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Subject: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: gibbo on 03/21/08 at 5:07 pm

This thread is to show appreciatiation to ninny and her truly excellent pics and wicked sense of humour!!!

This is NOT a serious thread .........

Subject: Re: Keep Ninny Broken

Written By: ninny on 03/21/08 at 5:36 pm

Thanks Gibbo,but I don't want to get you in trouble ;D

Subject: Re: Keep Ninny Broken

Written By: Badfinger-fan on 03/21/08 at 6:14 pm

ah yes censorship, well I know I say some things that are not mature and racy and raunchy and degenerate & naughty and not directed at the youth or family audience but as fun and hilarious as those posts and pics seem, others may be offended and then what do ya do? it's a tough one

Subject: Re: Keep Ninny Broken

Written By: Tia on 03/21/08 at 6:15 pm

This thread is in response to anyone who tries to make Ninny cease posting her excellent .....truly excellent pics OR tries to correct whatever is in her brain that motivates her wicked sense of humour!!!
it has been determined that truly excellent pics are a threat to national security!

Subject: Re: Keep Ninny Broken

Written By: Green Lantern on 03/21/08 at 6:22 pm

Well, I was toying with the idea of making a 'fan club' for you, ninny ........ since I love your pics .... think you're a brilliant addition to this board. 'gibbo's beaten me to the punch, but no problem there. Consider this your 'de facto' fan club ! :)

All hail ninny ! http://forum.pc-freakz.com/style_emoticons/default/unworthy.gif

:) 8)

Subject: Re: Keep Ninny Broken

Written By: ninny on 03/21/08 at 6:53 pm

Subject: Re: Keep Ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 03/21/08 at 6:57 pm

Look....as long as Janine STAYS broken...that's the main thing!!! ;)

Subject: Re: Keep Ninny Broken

Written By: ninny on 03/21/08 at 8:03 pm

it has been determined that truly excellent pics are a threat to national security!

We got National Security covered
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t274/Frubear/national_security_agency_cookie_mon.jpg
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n217/amywhipps/DSCN0189.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep Ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 03/21/08 at 8:16 pm

Look....as long as Janine STAYS broken...that's the main thing!!! ;)

http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh280/crazycarrott/straightjacket.jpg
http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k225/GinaTee/Breakdown.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep Ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 03/21/08 at 8:26 pm

http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh280/crazycarrott/straightjacket.jpg
http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k225/GinaTee/Breakdown.jpg

You TOO ? ???

Yeah, they took me away quite some time ago. :\'( Just remember, we're in this together ! >:( I'll try and help you ..... just as soon as I can ......

http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/4688/mrstraitjacketcopybx0.jpg
get out of this jacket ? :P :D

Subject: Re: Keep Ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 03/21/08 at 8:32 pm

You TOO ? ???

Yeah, they took me away quite some time ago. :\'( Just remember, we're in this together ! >:( I'll try and help you ..... just as soon as I can ......

http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/4688/mrstraitjacketcopybx0.jpg
get out of this jacket ? :P :D

Looks like we got company
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y234/tessie80018/Dr.jpg
http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb270/softballbabe_xtreme/crazy.png

Subject: Re: Keep Ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 03/21/08 at 8:38 pm

Looks like we got company
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y234/tessie80018/Dr.jpg
http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb270/softballbabe_xtreme/crazy.png

If HE'S in the 'nuthouse' too :o ......... what hope do ANY of us have ! ? ??? :P :D ;D

Subject: Re: Keep Ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: quirky_cat_girl on 03/21/08 at 8:49 pm

Your pictures are hella funny. Ninny rocks my socks off! :D :)

Subject: Re: Keep Ninny Broken

Written By: gibbo on 03/21/08 at 8:53 pm

Thanks Gibbo,but I don't want to get you in trouble ;D

What trouble....?. They CAN make me go away permanently but they can't actually cause me physical pain! So ..............I'm a ninny fan and proud of it!!! >:( ;) :)

Subject: Re: Keep Ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 03/21/08 at 8:58 pm

Your pictures are hella funny. Ninny rocks my socks off! :D :)

I'm glad to oblige
http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh103/SmellyMellieJellyBelly/urock003.gif

Subject: Re: Keep Ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: quirky_cat_girl on 03/21/08 at 9:07 pm

I'm glad to oblige
http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh103/SmellyMellieJellyBelly/urock003.gif

awww..that's incredibly cute! :)

Subject: Re: Keep Ninny Broken

Written By: ninny on 03/21/08 at 9:12 pm

What trouble....?. They CAN make me go away permanently but they can't actually cause me physical pain! So ..............I'm a ninny fan and proud of it!!! >:( ;) :)

http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg271/cftech/fan.png
were did they all go
http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q293/JoynerMeg/Cubs%20Game%206-14-07/DSC00564.jpg
there they are
http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r302/HeavenlyVT/bar.gif
http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee128/bennie_smiley/bar.gif
http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n115/PenmageIcons/shoebox%20project/orgy.png

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 03/22/08 at 6:38 am

How do you fix Ninny? ???

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 03/22/08 at 6:55 am

How do you fix Ninny? ???

There is no fixing her
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b30/saravg/mind-control-kitty.gif
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l187/amazonearl/mind_control.jpg

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d81/Paintedangel2003/graphics/ROTFLMAO.gif

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 03/22/08 at 6:57 am

http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l187/amazonearl/mind_control.jpg

What's he looking at? ::)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 03/22/08 at 7:09 am

http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l187/amazonearl/mind_control.jpg

What's he looking at? ::)

Hmmm...that's probably close to what that kid was thinking. Where is it??? ;)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 03/22/08 at 7:42 am

http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l187/amazonearl/mind_control.jpg

What's he looking at? ::)

http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc22/DariaBR/TRIANGE.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 03/22/08 at 7:53 am

How do you fix Ninny? ???

How can you mend, a 'broken ninny'
How can a pariah ever win ?
Please take your hands, off our sweet nin
and let her post again ! :P :D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 03/22/08 at 8:08 am

How can you mend, a 'broken ninny'
How can a pariah ever win ?
Please take your hands, off our sweet nin
and let her post again ! :P :D

Hey...THAT may have been actually good... :o

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 03/22/08 at 8:35 am

How can you mend, a 'broken ninny'
How can a pariah ever win ?
Please take your hands, off our sweet nin
and let her post again ! :P :D

Bravo
I can still see the photos that rustles through the threads
And misty memories of days gone by
We will see tomorrow, someone said a word about the photos
Whats wrong with things like this
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii132/scott69_photo/sex.jpg

http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff165/beccaaaxxx/sex.gif

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 03/22/08 at 8:45 am

Bravo
I can still see the photos that rustles through the threads
And misty memories of days gone by
We will see tomorrow, someone said a word about the photos
Whats wrong with things like this
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii132/scott69_photo/sex.jpg

http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff165/beccaaaxxx/sex.gif

Ooh ! That one needs to be slowed down a mite, to see what the woman's thinking though .....

http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff165/beccaaaxxx/sex.gif

So damned quick ... but it strikes me as materialistic. He can give me travel, car, money ... is there a cat in there too?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 03/22/08 at 8:50 am

Ooh ! That one needs to be slowed down a mite, to see what the woman's thinking though .....

http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff165/beccaaaxxx/sex.gif

So damned quick ... but it strikes me as materialistic. He can give me travel, car, money ... is there a cat in there too?

Yeah...I could only make out a car, plane, cat, present with a bow and a lamp?? Talk about overcomplicated compared to the mans thoughts... :o How's she gonna get all of THAT from one payday? ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 03/22/08 at 8:57 am

Ooh ! That one needs to be slowed down a mite, to see what the woman's thinking though .....

http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff165/beccaaaxxx/sex.gif

So damned quick ... but it strikes me as materialistic. He can give me travel, car, money ... is there a cat in there too?

Hey all I wanted was the cat
http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i276/amyhythrn/dc13_450.jpg
well maybe
http://i242.photobucket.com/albums/ff34/bblake91/money.gif
and of course
http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii115/lilybabe08/SEX.gif

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 03/22/08 at 8:59 am

Hey all I wanted was the cat
http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i276/amyhythrn/dc13_450.jpg
well maybe
http://i242.photobucket.com/albums/ff34/bblake91/money.gif
and of course
http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii115/lilybabe08/SEX.gif

Yeah.. we wanted the Cat as well but Cat rejected us and we have now moved on to what is shaping up to be some very green pastures.... ;)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Tia on 03/22/08 at 9:04 am

http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff165/beccaaaxxx/sex.gif

So damned quick ... but it strikes me as materialistic. He can give me travel, car, money ... is there a cat in there too?
i think it's a riff off "the sims," which is a very materialistic game. a cool, fun game, but materialistic.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Adults Only Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 03/22/08 at 9:06 am

Yeah.. we wanted the Cat as well but Cat rejected us and we have now moved on to what is shaping up to be some very green pastures.... ;)

I don't understand THAT remark gibbo. Maybe a PM ? .... I don't think there's been any such 'rejection' .... :-X

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 03/22/08 at 9:07 am

Yeah.. we wanted the Cat as well but Cat rejected us and we have now moved on to what is shaping up to be some very green pastures.... ;)

Oh I see it's like that First Baby Strange,Cat,Adaigo then me
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x286/brwneyedgrlkm/hand-me-downs-1.jpg
What kinda woman do you take me for
http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc42/RockC2493W/angry-woman-ani.gif

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y143/mjligouri/smilies/ground_laughing.gif

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 03/22/08 at 9:08 am

i think it's a riff off "the sims," which is a very materialistic game. a cool, fun game, but materialistic.

My son has that game,I never played it.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Tia on 03/22/08 at 9:11 am

My son has that game,I never played it.
avoid avoid avoid. it's SO addictive. at least it was to me. about ten years ago, that game and "Roller coaster tycoon" consumed, like, MONTHS of my life. it was bad. :D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Adults Only Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 03/22/08 at 9:18 am

Oh I see it's like that First Baby Strange,Cat,Adaigo then me
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x286/brwneyedgrlkm/hand-me-downs-1.jpg
What kinda woman do you take me for
http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc42/RockC2493W/angry-woman-ani.gif

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y143/mjligouri/smilies/ground_laughing.gif

I have to say, you ARE amazingly resourceful with those pics ninny. I am somewhat speechless by what you keep coming up with ........

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 03/22/08 at 9:24 am

Oh I see it's like that First Baby Strange,Cat,Adaigo then me
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x286/brwneyedgrlkm/hand-me-downs-1.jpg
What kinda woman do you take me for
http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc42/RockC2493W/angry-woman-ani.gif

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y143/mjligouri/smilies/ground_laughing.gif

Well by THAT head action.....well. let's just say it could come in handy! ;)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 03/22/08 at 9:25 am

avoid avoid avoid. it's SO addictive. at least it was to me. about ten years ago, that game and "Roller coaster tycoon" consumed, like, MONTHS of my life. it was bad. :D

I'm sitting her with the Sims2 Deluxe version, almost ready to pop it in my computer

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Adults Only Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 03/22/08 at 9:26 am

A slight change in club name I notice gibbo ! ::)

Maybe that'll buy us all some time ? ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Adults Only Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 03/22/08 at 9:27 am

A slight change in club name I notice gibbo ! ::)

Maybe that'll buy us all some time ? ;D

Yes, the flavour has been spiced up a tad........

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Tia on 03/22/08 at 9:27 am

I'm sitting her with the Sims2 Deluxe version, almost ready to pop it in my computer
you should get rollercoaster tycoon for her. :P not rollercoaster tycoon 3, though, get 1 or 2. you'll see her next when she's 20. ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 03/22/08 at 9:30 am

I'm sitting her with the Sims2 Deluxe version, almost ready to pop it in my computer

ninny has another addiction and we'll not be seeing her for awhile methinks....... :\'(

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 03/22/08 at 9:31 am

ninny has another addiction and we'll not be seeing her for awhile methinks....... :\'(

I think I'll wait to play

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 03/22/08 at 9:34 am

you should get rollercoaster tycoon for her. :P not rollercoaster tycoon 3, though, get 1 or 2. you'll see her next when she's 20. ;D

I think we had that years back,my son usually plays XBOX games,my daughter some times plays in the arcade here.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Adults Only Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 03/22/08 at 9:36 am

http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s68/wickedjolliffe/WW10.jpg

I think that one's JUST obscure enough .... that you'll get away with it ninny ! 'Just' ! (phew !) :D ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Adults Only Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 03/22/08 at 9:41 am

So True

http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg319/carrisa-sueann/Dude.gif

or
did
you
mean
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d126/PunkRawkVeggie/blowjobs.jpg

Us guys .... we ALL need to meet a doctor like that. What a swell guy ! :D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Adults Only Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 03/22/08 at 9:45 am

I think that one's JUST obscure enough .... that you'll get away with it ninny ! 'Just' ! (phew !) :D ;D

To quote The Eagles, I hope I didn't "Take It Too The Limit", with my last 2 posts

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Adults Only Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 03/22/08 at 9:50 am

Well, they are ...... HOPEFULLY in order ..... but I would have to say ..... that is the ABSOLUTE boundary (IMHO). Since it's not down to me, that's just a humble opinion.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Tia on 03/22/08 at 9:56 am

I think we had that years back,my son usually plays XBOX games,my daughter some times plays in the arcade here.
xbox looks pretty cool. i'm a child of the 70s and 80s so i'm a sucker for video games but the "god games" are what really suck me in. omg.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Adults Only Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 03/22/08 at 11:03 am

I think I should be like Mr. Rogers and have a word of the day
first word....entice (v.) To attract by arousing hope or desire; lure
some examples
http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd299/myspace_blueeyes/Stillettos/ENTICE-4202.jpg
http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa254/janeannsummers/enticenewredthumb.jpg
http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb223/tablesarecool/food.jpg
http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff122/cozijnsen/men.gif
If anyone else has examples feel free to share.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: CatwomanofV on 03/22/08 at 12:05 pm

Yeah.. we wanted the Cat as well but Cat rejected us and we have now moved on to what is shaping up to be some very green pastures.... ;)

What? Are you saying that I rejected you? Did I miss something here?

Cat

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Adults Only Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 03/22/08 at 5:17 pm

What? Are you saying that I rejected you? Did I miss something here?

Cat

That's set the 'Cat' amongst the pigeons gibbos ninnies whatever . Now, think VERY carefully about your response hear gibbo, unless you want to be wearing claw marks for the rest of your life. :P ;D

As for what he was talking about, I haven't the foggiest either ! ???

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 03/22/08 at 8:17 pm

What? Are you saying that I rejected you? Did I miss something here?

Cat

Ummm..... Aahhh....errrrr. How about this then? I anticipated that if I were to proposition Cat then, because of her deep love and devotion to Carlos (and of course..all things good)....gulp.... she would have, in fact, rejected me (and any other Board member) who had the bad manners and lack of insight to even imagine that she would not reject such a proposal if, in fact, such a proposal was ever made...which, of course, we know never happened but...if it ever did ...?

Can I please stop now?

BTW Cat .....what's the answer?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Adults Only Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 03/22/08 at 8:24 pm

Well, they are ...... HOPEFULLY in order ..... but I would have to say ..... that is the ABSOLUTE boundary (IMHO). Since it's not down to me, that's just a humble opinion.

Fear not ..I can always change the thread title to "Save ninny"... ;)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Adults Only Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 03/22/08 at 8:35 pm

Ummm..... Aahhh....errrrr. How about this then? I anticipated that if I were to proposition Cat then, because of her deep love and devotion to Carlos (and of course..all things good)....gulp.... she would have, in fact, rejected me (and any other Board member) who had the bad manners and lack of insight to even imagine that she would not reject such a proposal if, in fact, such a proposal was ever made...which, of course, we know never happened but...if it ever did ...?

Can I please stop now?

BTW Cat .....what's the answer?

Well ..... if you can't blind them with science, ... baffle them with bull shiiT! Always works for me.

Yes briliant job there gibbo. You've certainly managed to totally baffle me (in your blatant attempt to crawl out of a hole .... and a VERY convincing response .... I might add ! ::) :P ;D ).

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 03/22/08 at 8:46 pm

Ummm..... Aahhh....errrrr. How about this then? I anticipated that if I were to proposition Cat then, because of her deep love and devotion to Carlos (and of course..all things good)....gulp.... she would have, in fact, rejected me (and any other Board member) who had the bad manners and lack of insight to even imagine that she would not reject such a proposal if, in fact, such a proposal was ever made...which, of course, we know never happened but...if it ever did ...?

Can I please stop now?

BTW Cat .....what's the answer?

So is this just a basic pondering of what would happen if things were diferent.like if there was no Carlos? Or am I off base here.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 03/22/08 at 8:48 pm

So is this just a basic pondering of what would happen if things were diferent.like if there was no Carlos? Or am I off base here.

Don't YOU start....... ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 03/22/08 at 8:53 pm

Don't YOU start....... ;D

Hey I was just thinking out loud ;)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Adults Only Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 03/22/08 at 8:54 pm

Ummm..... Aahhh....errrrr. How about this then? I anticipated that if I were to proposition Cat then, because of her deep love and devotion to Carlos (and of course..all things good)....gulp.... she would have, in fact, rejected me (and any other Board member) who had the bad manners and lack of insight to even imagine that she would not reject such a proposal if, in fact, such a proposal was ever made...which, of course, we know never happened but...if it ever did ...?

Can I please stop now?

BTW Cat .....what's the answer?

THEN ....

gibbo applauds CatwomanofV Today at 12:37:30 PM

Very good move gibbo. Might buy you a LITTLE bit of time ! ::)

< Watching him crawl, crawl ... crawl ! Just LOVING it ! :P :D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 03/22/08 at 8:56 pm

Hey I was just thinking out loud ;)

Hey ..you're dangerous at the best of times .....without THINKING as well..... ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 03/22/08 at 9:04 pm

Hey ..you're dangerous at the best of times .....without THINKING as well..... ;D

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b382/eternal_sailorm/Icons/withtempchal/adangerousmind.jpg
http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o300/kellykpemberton/danger.gif
With that I bid you all http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s60/killswitch256/adieu.jpg
for hubby is waiting patiently for me

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Adults Only Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 03/22/08 at 9:08 pm

Cheers have a great day.....

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Adults Only Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 03/22/08 at 9:09 pm

Cheers have a great day.....

Thanks,you too, Happy Easter!

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Adults Only Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 03/22/08 at 9:30 pm

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b382/eternal_sailorm/Icons/withtempchal/adangerousmind.jpg
http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o300/kellykpemberton/danger.gif
With that I bid you all http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s60/killswitch256/adieu.jpg
for hubby is waiting patiently for me

We are now 'ninny-less' in the 'ninny fan club'. Is there ANY point in being here any longer ! :\'(

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Adults Only Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 03/22/08 at 9:36 pm

We are now 'ninny-less' in the 'ninny fan club'. Is there ANY point in being here any longer ! :\'(

Only aninny would be here and even a ninny isn't.... See ya later :D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Adults Only Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 03/22/08 at 10:23 pm

Why is it for Adults Only? ???

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Adults Only Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 03/22/08 at 10:29 pm

Why is it for Adults Only? ???

An enter at own risk disclaimer ... HOPING to keep out the prudes / whistle-blowers/ trouble-makers, , I suspect ? ::)

You are an adult now, aren't you Howard ? ??? :-\\ ??? :P ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Adults Only Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 03/22/08 at 10:31 pm

An enter at own risk disclaimer ... HOPING to keep out the prudes / whistle-blowers/ trouble-makers, , I suspect ? ::)

You are an adult now, aren't you Howard ? ??? :-\\ ??? :P ;D

Yes I'm 34 and still a virgin! ::) >:(

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Adults Only Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 03/22/08 at 10:33 pm

Yes I'm 34 and still a virgin! ::) >:(

Could be worse. At least you weren't picked to star in the 'Forty year old virgin' ?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Adults Only Fan Club)

Written By: quirky_cat_girl on 03/22/08 at 10:56 pm

Could be worse. At least you weren't picked to star in the 'Forty year old virgin' ?

give him 6 years! ;)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Adults Only Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 03/22/08 at 11:03 pm

give him 6 years! ;)

If Chucky somebody sees some of the posts he's submitted, he'll get more than 6 years ! ;) :P ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Adults Only Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 03/23/08 at 5:33 am

Could be worse. At least you weren't picked to star in the 'Forty year old virgin' ?

By The time I'm 40,By 2014,The film will be entitled The 80 year Old Virgin. ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Adults Only Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 03/23/08 at 8:19 am

The word of the day

virgin (n.) A person who has not experienced sexual intercourse.
virgin (adj.) Of, relating to, or being a virgin; chaste.
Virgin (n.) Virgo

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n284/nillaforilla/Virgin-Mary.png
http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb306/bulksimcards/VIRGIN.jpg
http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee4/singgung/Virgin.jpg
http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r203/mrsolow/Virgin.jpg
http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q61/angevinem/virgin.jpg
http://www.inthe00s.com/avatars_custom/avatar_74.jpg

As you can see there are some great virgin's

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Adults Only Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 03/23/08 at 8:27 am

The word of the day

virgin (n.) A person who has not experienced sexual intercourse.
virgin (adj.) Of, relating to, or being a virgin; chaste.
Virgin (n.) Virgo

As you can see there are some great virgin's

How about 'born again virgins'. I'm sure I'd be a prime candidate for THAT one ?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Adults Only Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 03/23/08 at 9:03 am

How about 'born again virgins'. I'm sure I'd be a prime candidate for THAT one ?

Technically, there's no such thing as a "born-again virgin"
But I'm sure there are some people who can help you with that
http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa203/ancelot77/logos/logo-adagio.jpg
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg186/iamchloe_2008/Bill.jpg :D
and a few nameless others ;D ;) ;)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: CatwomanofV on 03/23/08 at 12:11 pm

Ummm..... Aahhh....errrrr. How about this then? I anticipated that if I were to proposition Cat then, because of her deep love and devotion to Carlos (and of course..all things good)....gulp.... she would have, in fact, rejected me (and any other Board member) who had the bad manners and lack of insight to even imagine that she would not reject such a proposal if, in fact, such a proposal was ever made...which, of course, we know never happened but...if it ever did ...?

Can I please stop now?

BTW Cat .....what's the answer?

Um...can you repeat that-but in English this time. :D ;D ;D ;D

Cat

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Adults Only Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 03/23/08 at 4:52 pm

There's also The Virgin Suicides.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 03/23/08 at 4:55 pm

Um...can you repeat that-but in English this time. :D ;D ;D ;D

Cat

Ummmm .........No! but if I was to repeat it in English and you were, in fact, able to understand it (as my English can sometimes be a tad like raving) then I'm sure that in your infinite goodness (and wisdom) you would find it in your, incredibly good heart, to forgive any perceived indescretions that may have, or rather allegedly may have, ocurred at any point in time on these Boards.......I COULD go on (and on) but I think you probably get my drift and even if you didn't get the drift you have probably become tired of this whole paragraph which I'm sure ..in the fulness of time.. will become entirely clear as we all journey down the empty corridors of life.......

Am I forgiven yet ...or do I need to talk some more? :o

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Adults Only Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 03/23/08 at 5:01 pm

Ummmm .........No! but if I was to repeat it in English and you were, in fact, able to understand it (as my English can sometimes be a tad like raving) then I'm sure that in your infinite goodness (and wisdom) you would find it in your, incredibly good heart, to forgive any perceived indescretions that may have, or rather allegedly may have, ocurred at any point in time on these Boards.......I COULD go on (and on) but I think you probably get my drift and even if you didn't get the drift you have probably become tired of this whole paragraph which I'm sure ..in the fulness of time.. will become entirely clear as we all journey down the empty corridors of life.......

Am I forgiven yet ...or do I need to talk some more? :o

Nice try gibbo. Very nice !

< Sends PM to 'Cat' Make him squirm Cat, make him squirm ! This is just TOO much fun ! ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Adults Only Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 03/23/08 at 5:03 pm

Is this Fan Club X Rated?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Adults Only Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 03/23/08 at 5:07 pm

Nice try gibbo. Very nice !

< Sends PM to 'Cat' Make him squirm Cat, make him squirm ! This is just TOO much fun ! ;D

I appreciate all your support there Al.... but I think you're NOT helping me fill in this very large hole!!!! ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Adults Only Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 03/23/08 at 5:08 pm

I appreciate all your support there Al.... but I think you're NOT helping me fill in this very large hole!!!! ;D

What's in that hole?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Adults Only Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 03/23/08 at 5:09 pm

What's in that hole?

Unkown frontiers ....of PAIN.......(I suspect).

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Adults Only Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 03/23/08 at 5:10 pm

Unkown frontiers ....of PAIN.......(I suspect).

A big pain?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 03/23/08 at 5:16 pm

Ummmm .........No! but if I was to repeat it in English and you were, in fact, able to understand it (as my English can sometimes be a tad like raving) then I'm sure that in your infinite goodness (and wisdom) you would find it in your, incredibly good heart, to forgive any perceived indescretions that may have, or rather allegedly may have, ocurred at any point in time on these Boards.......I COULD go on (and on) but I think you probably get my drift and even if you didn't get the drift you have probably become tired of this whole paragraph which I'm sure ..in the fulness of time.. will become entirely clear as we all journey down the empty corridors of life.......

Am I forgiven yet ...or do I need to talk some more? :o

OK that made me

http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee99/MabesM/dizzy.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Adults Only Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 03/23/08 at 5:19 pm

I appreciate all your support there Al.... but I think you're NOT helping me fill in this very large hole!!!! ;D

Unkown frontiers ....of PAIN.......(I suspect).

No problema , gibbo ... no problema ! :)

http://img.alibaba.com/photo/10819806/Cat_O_Nine_Tails.jpg
^CAT o' nine tails ! :o

Being used on the gibbo !
http://www.smilies.our-local.co.uk/index_files/floggin.gif
'Cat' ^gibbo

"Confess what you REALLY meant, gibbo, .... CONFESS !" >:(

:P

:D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Adults Only Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 03/23/08 at 5:19 pm

Is this Fan Club X Rated?

It's rated

http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc217/dinozombiesohmy/x5t4i1.gif

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: CatwomanofV on 03/23/08 at 5:29 pm

Ummmm .........No! but if I was to repeat it in English and you were, in fact, able to understand it (as my English can sometimes be a tad like raving) then I'm sure that in your infinite goodness (and wisdom) you would find it in your, incredibly good heart, to forgive any perceived indescretions that may have, or rather allegedly may have, ocurred at any point in time on these Boards.......I COULD go on (and on) but I think you probably get my drift and even if you didn't get the drift you have probably become tired of this whole paragraph which I'm sure ..in the fulness of time.. will become entirely clear as we all journey down the empty corridors of life.......

Am I forgiven yet ...or do I need to talk some more? :o

Usually I am a very forgiving person but I must confess (oops wrong thread) that I do LOVE to see you squirm. ;) :D ;D ;D ;D

Cat

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 03/23/08 at 5:32 pm

Usually I am a very forgiving person but I must confess (oops wrong thread) that I do LOVE to see you squirm. ;) :D ;D ;D ;D

Cat

Hah... It just so happens..........I LOVE TO SQUIRM..........sqirm is my middle name...I EAT squirm for breakfast ...........being that I'm a squirmer from way back and if I tried not to squirm then that would be very difficult.......sorry, sorry...almost got carried away!! ;)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Adults Only Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 03/23/08 at 6:33 pm

Technically, there's no such thing as a "born-again virgin"
But I'm sure there are some people who can help you with that
http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa203/ancelot77/logos/logo-adagio.jpg
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg186/iamchloe_2008/Bill.jpg :D
and a few nameless others ;D ;) ;)

Yea...can I join, seeing that my name was bandied around like that.....I really do think that my husband can testify otherwise to that...too bad gibbo and Alan aren't here ...they think I wouldn't dare!! Geeesh...know nothings. And ninny, that hurts!!

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ChuckyG on 03/23/08 at 6:51 pm

So True

http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg319/carrisa-sueann/Dude.gif

or
did
you
mean

please stop posting adult cartoons

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Adults Only Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 03/23/08 at 8:48 pm

To the http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y257/KG___/I_heart_Ninny.gif
Keep Ninny Broken fan's we have to be more tasteful in our ( I should say my) posting

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club) rated PG

Written By: gibbo on 03/24/08 at 3:21 am

To the http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y257/KG___/I_heart_Ninny.gif
Keep Ninny Broken fan's we have to be more tasteful in our ( I should say my) posting

Sorry for my part in this issue ninny. We all can get carried away too easily. The only reason I didn't get an email from Chucky G is because I am hopelesson on computer and don't have your talents. :\'(

The rating for your Fan Club has now changed...... :-\\

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club) rated PG

Written By: ninny on 03/24/08 at 5:59 am

Sorry for my part in this issue ninny. We all can get carried away too easily. The only reason I didn't get an email from Chucky G is because I am hopelesson on computer and don't have your talents. :\'(

The rating for your Fan Club has now changed...... :-\\

Please don't worry about it.I'm a grown woman and should of known better(Noticed I said should of) ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club) rated PG

Written By: Howard on 03/24/08 at 6:03 am

So It's rated PG?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Adults Only Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 03/24/08 at 6:05 am

Yea...can I join, seeing that my name was bandied around like that.....I really do think that my husband can testify otherwise to that...too bad gibbo and Alan aren't here ...they think I wouldn't dare!! Geeesh...know nothings. And ninny, that hurts!!

What hurts I thought you wanted to help Alan with his problem ;D

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m109/FTBU/doctor.gif

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club) rated PG

Written By: ninny on 03/24/08 at 6:11 am

So It's rated PG?

Maybe...PG!13 or R under 17 allowed with parental guidance ;)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club) rated PG

Written By: Howard on 03/24/08 at 6:12 am

Maybe...PG!13 or R under 17 allowed with parental guidance ;)

I'm 34 I don't need my Parents. ::)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club) rated PG

Written By: Green Lantern on 03/24/08 at 7:11 am

Please don't worry about it.I'm a grown woman and should of known better(Noticed I said should of) ;D

They think you're 'broken' .... but I reckon you've got it 'very much together' ... just like you always have ! :P ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club) rated PG

Written By: ninny on 03/24/08 at 7:29 am

I'm 34 I don't need my Parents. ::)

Are we sure ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club) rated PG

Written By: ninny on 03/24/08 at 7:38 am

They think you're 'broken' .... but I reckon you've got it 'very much together' ... just like you always have ! :P ;D

You bet,just remember time heals all wounds....and someone(Who could that be) said things will look better tomorrow :)

http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z238/JacobWelby/time.jpg

I hope this is allright?

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg180/shidgen/Fixed.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club) rated PG

Written By: Green Lantern on 03/24/08 at 8:24 am

You bet,just remember time heals all wounds....and someone(Who could that be) said things will look better tomorrow :)

http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z238/JacobWelby/time.jpg

I hope this is allright?

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg180/shidgen/Fixed.jpg

I believe the one on the left. Definitely ! ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club) rated PG

Written By: ninny on 03/24/08 at 8:42 am

I believe the one on the left. Definitely ! ;D

http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff261/razz_16/laughing.gif

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Adults Only Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 03/24/08 at 8:54 am

What hurts I thought you wanted to help Alan with his problem ;D

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m109/FTBU/doctor.gif

It seemed as if you were making fun of me as the ever-lasting virgin. :-\\ No?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Adults Only Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 03/24/08 at 8:59 am

It seemed as if you were making fun of me as the ever-lasting virgin. :-\\ No?

I thought Howard was our only 'ever-lasting virgin'..and the answer is no ^

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Adults Only Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 03/24/08 at 9:26 am

I thought Howard was our only 'ever-lasting virgin'..and the answer is no ^

uh...*whew*, what would I EVER do :o

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Adults Only Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 03/24/08 at 9:37 am

uh...*whew*, what would I EVER do :o

?...what would you do to Alan?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Adults Only Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 03/24/08 at 10:04 am

?...what would you do to Alan?

hehe...I know HIM..exactly what he doesn't want me to. ::) :D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Adults Only Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 03/24/08 at 10:06 am

hehe...I know HIM..exactly what he doesn't want me to. ::) :D

You have to ask him.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Adults Only Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 03/24/08 at 10:10 am

You have to ask him.

ask him what? ::)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Adults Only Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 03/24/08 at 12:25 pm

ask him what? ::)

What ever he wants ;D ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Adults Only Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 03/24/08 at 12:33 pm

What ever he wants ;D ;D

I know what he wants. ;)...if I say any more it will ruin the surprise. Don't mind telling you, but he reads over posts... ;D ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club) rated PG

Written By: ninny on 03/24/08 at 12:34 pm

The word of the day

control (v.) To exercise authoritative or dominating influence over; direct. See synonyms at conduct
control (v.) To adjust to a requirement; regulate: controlled trading on the stock market; controls the flow of water.
control (n.) Authority or ability to manage or direct: lost control of the skidding car; the leaders in control of the country

http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n112/dayvydnatl/control.jpg

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o218/acecoolll/control.gif

http://i242.photobucket.com/albums/ff73/lolaisodd/poster-control.jpg

http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o107/RandaZanda/i_am_in_control.gif

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q2/nica77/Self_Control.gif

http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n126/rabenberg/control.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club) rated PG

Written By: adagio on 03/24/08 at 12:38 pm

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Adults Only Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 03/24/08 at 12:40 pm

I know what he wants. ;)...if I say any more it will ruin the surprise. Don't mind telling you, but he reads over posts... ;D ;D

I'm not sure
http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o118/Dirk1968/albums/Adagio_Sanctus.jpg

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii42/genovevagemma/First%20album/e28bbba8bff0d5837cc6a1580e456778.gif

There maybe a clue here as to what(OR WHO) he wants ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Adults Only Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 03/24/08 at 12:44 pm

I'm not sure
http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o118/Dirk1968/albums/Adagio_Sanctus.jpg

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii42/genovevagemma/First%20album/e28bbba8bff0d5837cc6a1580e456778.gif

There maybe a clue here as to what(OR WHO) he wants ;D

I know 'who', but...?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Adults Only Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 03/24/08 at 12:58 pm

I know 'who', but...?

http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s232/melinaAZ/WHERE.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Adults Only Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 03/24/08 at 1:02 pm

http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s232/melinaAZ/WHERE.jpg

why? I thought you were the fixer upper. ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Adults Only Fan Club)

Written By: karen on 03/24/08 at 1:37 pm

why? I thought you were the fixer upper. ;D

I thought that was Sylvester McMonkey McBean?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Adults Only Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 03/24/08 at 1:48 pm

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Adults Only Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 03/24/08 at 2:37 pm

why? I thought you were the fixer upper. ;D

You have to do somethings on your own...You are interested aren't you?
Maybe alittle of this http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x26/thequeenladybb/SimFam-Marchette/nightclub4.jpg
& http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii213/baby_luv_19/alcohol.jpg
&http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd234/dmissip/kissing.jpg
Will lead to

?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Adults Only Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 03/24/08 at 4:18 pm

You have to do somethings on your own...You are interested aren't you?
Maybe alittle of this http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x26/thequeenladybb/SimFam-Marchette/nightclub4.jpg
& http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii213/baby_luv_19/alcohol.jpg
&http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd234/dmissip/kissing.jpg
Will lead to

?

Who's to say if I'm interested? I think that ninny is trying to put me on the spot. ;D

The liquor would help........me. ::)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Adults Only Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 03/24/08 at 4:24 pm

Who's to say if I'm interested? I think that ninny is trying to put me on the spot. ;D

The liquor would help........me. ::)

http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/dd166/QueenBeeTU/spotlight-1.jpg
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii42/genovevagemma/First%20album/e28bbba8bff0d5837cc6a1580e456778.gif

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club) rated PG

Written By: Howard on 03/24/08 at 4:26 pm

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club) rated PG

Written By: ninny on 03/24/08 at 4:27 pm

Is that you,Ninny? ???

No Ninny big woman ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club) rated PG

Written By: Howard on 03/24/08 at 4:28 pm

No Ninny big woman ;D

I thought that was you with the Pussy Shirt. ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club) rated PG

Written By: ninny on 03/24/08 at 4:33 pm

I thought that was you with the Pussy Shirt. ;D

;D ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 03/24/08 at 4:36 pm

Who's to say if I'm interested? I think that ninny is trying to put me on the spot. ;D

The liquor would help........me. ::)

Maybe I can be of some assistance here ? My nickname is 'Courvoisier' :)

??? "Courvoisier" ? .... Ain't that one of them fancy lickers ? liquors ? ???

http://www.inthe00s.com/avatars_custom/avatar_7277.gif
You got it ! :P ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 03/24/08 at 4:42 pm

Maybe I can be of some assistance here ? My nickname is 'Courvoisier' :)

??? "Courvoisier" ? .... Ain't that one of them fancy lickers ? liquors ? ???

http://www.inthe00s.com/avatars_custom/avatar_7277.gif
You got it ! :P ;D

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b276/swimkelly/courvoisier.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club) rated PG

Written By: Howard on 03/24/08 at 4:43 pm

;D ;D

What's so funny so It was a shirt that said the word pussy on it. ::)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club) rated PG

Written By: ninny on 03/24/08 at 4:45 pm

What's so funny so It was a shirt that said the word pussy on it. ::)

Most be move love of cats :-\\

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club) rated PG

Written By: Howard on 03/24/08 at 4:48 pm

Most be move love of cats :-\\

Maybe the girl likes pussy,But not in that way. ::)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 03/24/08 at 4:59 pm

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 03/24/08 at 10:11 pm

http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/9541/ninfzr8.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 03/25/08 at 6:56 am

http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/9541/ninfzr8.jpg

http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc186/McKenzie_Ross/Graphics%20Shop/Ninny.png
she has to be careful
she is under the watchful
http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa215/ss_Jasmin/eyes.gif
of her hubby
every time I get on he is out here looking over my shoulder >:(

http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa304/clownfreak63_2007/BAD_GIRL.jpg
ninny will be back

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 03/25/08 at 7:11 am

I'd love to tap that ass. ;)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 03/25/08 at 7:30 am

Word of the day

virtual (adj.) Existing or resulting in essence or effect though not in actual fact, form, or name: the virtual extinction of the buffalo.
virtual (adj.) Existing in the mind, especially as a product of the imagination. Used in literary criticism of a text.
virtual (adj.) Created, simulated, or carried on by means of a computer or computer network: virtual conversations in a chatroom

http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg85/rokklobster/virtual.jpg

http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m11/pilarromero/VIRTUAL-2.jpg

http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m11/pilarromero/virtual-4.jpg

http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc77/nasty-cobb/Virtual.gif

http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z169/repline/virtual.jpg

http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x51/mstuck_2007/image004.gif

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 03/25/08 at 7:34 am

I'd love to tap that ass. ;)

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c52/nateisawsome/tap.jpg

http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t315/strikercwl/ass.gif

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a147/xxX0ddityXxx/hornyhippo.gif

http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n154/Xo_Molly325/Icons%20and%20Other%20Cute%20Things/tapthatass.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 03/25/08 at 9:35 am

All by myself don't wanna be
All by myself anymore
All by myself don't wanna live
All by myself anymore

http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee250/dv6tsz/lonely.jpg

http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd29/dav_morr/lonely.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 03/25/08 at 9:37 am

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 03/25/08 at 11:20 am

I sometimes wish I could!! Glad to see that right arm is growing back rapidly by the way. :)

Wish you could what?...slowly growing back HAHA

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 03/25/08 at 4:02 pm

Hi gibbo! ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 03/25/08 at 4:19 pm

Hi gibbo! ;D

Good morning Belle... :)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 03/25/08 at 4:57 pm

Good morning Belle... :)

Hi sweet thing. :)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 03/25/08 at 5:57 pm

Hi sweet thing. :)

Aww...shucks... ::)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 03/25/08 at 6:01 pm

Aww...shucks... ::)

Embarrasing gibbo...but he is sweet! ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 03/25/08 at 8:31 pm

http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa238/nhalyn_photos/seesaw.gif

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 03/25/08 at 8:33 pm

Wish you could what?...slowly growing back HAHA

Be all by myself....... :)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 03/25/08 at 8:37 pm

Be all by myself....... :)

Nobody wants to be by themselves..besides you have a family & all of us :)

You do not want to sing this song

http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f222/Rheinhart/Lonely____by_aneczka14.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 03/25/08 at 8:40 pm

Nobody wants to be by themselves..besides you have a family & all of us :)

You do not want to sing this song

http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f222/Rheinhart/Lonely____by_aneczka14.jpg

Only sometimes I need to be by myself.....

Everybody hates me nobody loves me....think I'll go eat worms!!! (now THAT's a song).. ;)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 03/25/08 at 8:44 pm

Only sometimes I need to be by myself.....

Everybody hates me nobody loves me....think I'll go eat worms!!! (now THAT's a song).. ;)

Ok,yes sometimes to be alone,or maybe be someone else,does that make sense?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 03/25/08 at 8:49 pm

Ok,yes sometimes to be alone,or maybe be someone else,does that make sense?

Yes it does... I'm alone right now (got this week off work). Quite happy posting without anyone telling me that there are a million other things I could/should be doing..... :)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 03/25/08 at 8:52 pm

Yes it does... I'm alone right now (got this week off work). Quite happy posting without anyone telling me that there are a million other things I could/should be doing..... :)

I hope you our enjoying your week,my week off starts tomorrow(Hubby goes back to work)...only joking :-\\

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 03/25/08 at 8:53 pm

I hope you our enjoying your week,my week off starts tomorrow(Hubby goes back to work)...only joking :-\\

Okay....half joking ;)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 03/25/08 at 9:20 pm

Only sometimes I need to be by myself.....

Everybody hates me nobody loves me....think I'll go eat worms!!! (now THAT's a song).. ;)

My favorite saying lately... ;) hint of how the parody is going.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 03/25/08 at 10:43 pm

Ninny would like to thank Alan for her 400th karma.
http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x276/adarsh007/smiley.gif

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 03/25/08 at 11:00 pm

Ninny would like to thank Alan for her 400th karma.
http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x276/adarsh007/smiley.gif

Who told you ! >:( ..... Damn ! .... and I wanted to keep that one secret ! >:( ....... the 'bar-steward' ! >:(

http://forum.pc-freakz.com/style_emoticons/default/secret.gif
It was Mr. Mister that told ninny !

Oh. :-[

:P

:D

Ooh, and thanks back ninny ! :-* :) 8)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 03/26/08 at 6:41 am

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/145/396280418_c96554dae3.jpg?v=0

This Ninny is broken.^

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 03/26/08 at 6:49 am

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 03/26/08 at 6:50 am

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/145/396280418_c96554dae3.jpg?v=0

This Ninny is broken.^

Why is the Ninny broken?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 03/26/08 at 7:05 am

Why is the Ninny broken?

She's housebroken,She needs a home.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 03/26/08 at 7:12 am

The Word of The Day...Gratitude

gratitude (n.) The state of being grateful; thankfulness

http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h130/canadiangirl74/comments/thank%20you/thank.gif

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh107/scottishrose122/Thank-You.gif

http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff107/neoglobel0/thank-you.gif

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q34/fejzax/hug.gif

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e281/errin_mcdonald/bear.gif

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e245/XLadyPortiaX/gratitude.jpg

http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q265/bradsilver/gratitude.png

Geez ... I know that's to ALL of us in this club ..... BUT .... wow ! Did that ever seem to come across as personal ... which I reckon we'll all feel !

Great pics, 8) as usual ......... and .....

An Error Has Occurred!
Sorry, you can't repeat a karma action without waiting 24 hours.

:\'(

:)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 03/26/08 at 7:58 am

She's housebroken,She needs a home.

Where will she go?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 03/26/08 at 8:02 am

Geez ... I know that's to ALL of us in this club ..... BUT .... wow ! Did that ever seem to come across as personal ... which I reckon we'll all feel !

Great pics, 8) as usual ......... and .....

:\'(

:)

Why yes it is to ALL The people here :)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 03/26/08 at 8:16 am

Why yes it is to ALL The people here :)

WHAT !!

To ALL the people here ?

http://www.xtremepccentral.com/forums/images/smilies/eek2.gif

Now where IS that 'smite button' ! >:( >:(

:P

:D ;D :D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 03/26/08 at 8:23 am

WHAT !!

To ALL the people here ?

http://www.xtremepccentral.com/forums/images/smilies/eek2.gif

Now where IS that 'smite button' ! >:( >:(

:P

:D ;D :D

Ego-driven Alan, and somthing else driven. :o

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 03/26/08 at 8:29 am

http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m243/cutie959/OLD/Come_Play_With_Me_by_HikaruHiwatari.jpg

http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l9/sxylilshawtii_03/comenplay.gif

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n309/K-Pop_Pics/GFX/TicTocBlinkie.gif

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b373/MafiaSky/Movies/hide.jpg

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b154/babyblu125/Going_slightly_mad_by_Girl_In_Glass.gif

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e360/bob-says-hi/My%20art%20lolz/writing/all-in-all.jpg :-\\

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 03/26/08 at 8:35 am

WHAT !!

To ALL the people here ?

http://www.xtremepccentral.com/forums/images/smilies/eek2.gif

Now where IS that 'smite button' ! >:( >:(

:P

:D ;D :D

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa173/dancechik188/im-sorry.gif

What I meant to say

was it is for AL L the people ;)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 03/26/08 at 8:35 am

ninny...could you make my name Adagio in blue? :)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 03/26/08 at 8:53 am

ninny...could you make my name Adagio in blue? :)

See message below

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 03/26/08 at 9:09 am

WHAT !!

To ALL the people here ?

http://www.xtremepccentral.com/forums/images/smilies/eek2.gif

Now where IS that 'smite button' ! >:( >:(

:P

:D ;D :D

:\'( :\'(
This is what you want to do to Ninny

smite (v.) To inflict a heavy blow on, with or as if with the hand, a tool, or a weapon.
smite (v.) To attack, damage, or destroy by or as if by blows.
smite (v.) To deal a blow with or as if with the hand or a hand-held weapon
:(
did he hit the http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w289/chezml/smite.jpg button on me

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b16/lilchubbs456/why.jpg

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b86/forbidden_ice/JACKpk.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 03/26/08 at 9:20 am

:\'( :\'(
This is what you want to do to Ninny

smite (v.) To inflict a heavy blow on, with or as if with the hand, a tool, or a weapon.
smite (v.) To attack, damage, or destroy by or as if by blows.
smite (v.) To deal a blow with or as if with the hand or a hand-held weapon
:(
did he hit the http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w289/chezml/smite.jpg button on me

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b16/lilchubbs456/why.jpg

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b86/forbidden_ice/JACKpk.jpg

Must have been bizarro 'Mister' talking. Bizarro say opposite of what really mean. When smite on bizarro world, am good thing. Is highest honor ! Him break mirror to give you 7 years good luck !

Yes that must be explanation ?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 03/26/08 at 9:33 am

Must have been bizarro 'Mister' talking. Bizarro say opposite of what really mean. When smite on bizarro world, am good thing. Is highest honor ! Him break mirror to give you 7 years good luck !

Yes that must be explanation ?

Bizzarro Mister needs to change back,unless this is opposite day ;D

I too live in my own little world

http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg24/TradeBulous/150A-1-mn.jpg

http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z89/drafe007/MadWorld_Rep.jpg

NINNYLAND :D :D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 03/26/08 at 2:13 pm

Ninny...you should know that your instuctions or a blue "Adagio' were too difficult for me. If Alan weren't in bizarro world, he could take a crack at it.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 03/26/08 at 2:22 pm

Ninny...you should know that your instuctions or a blue "Adagio' were too difficult for me. If Alan weren't in bizarro world, he could take a crack at it.

ok Go to Webfetti.com,then click on generators,Type in your name,pick what color you would like,pick what kind of writing then hit copy code & paste it on your My space or blog,I'm not sure if it will work here,hopefully that will work :)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 03/26/08 at 8:23 pm

Would it work on photobucket?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: bookmistress4ever on 03/26/08 at 10:03 pm

Here are a few for you Adagio, although I have a feeling you won't like any of them

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 03/26/08 at 10:23 pm

Here are a few for you Adagio, although I have a feeling you won't like any of them

I DO like them! :)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 03/26/08 at 10:24 pm

http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/3982/adagiose3.gif

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 03/26/08 at 10:48 pm

http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/3982/adagiose3.gif

;) ;D Thanks...now...do 'Belle'. (That is asking for it from YOU, but you know what I mean)

My, you have an awful lot of Karma!

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 03/26/08 at 11:21 pm

;) ;D Thanks...now...do 'Belle'. (That is asking for it from YOU, but you know what I mean)

My, you have an awful lot of Karma!

http://img329.imageshack.us/img329/5467/belle1bj4.gif

alternatively .......

http://img329.imageshack.us/img329/5854/belle2sg3.gif

:P

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 03/26/08 at 11:25 pm

http://img329.imageshack.us/img329/5467/belle1bj4.gif

alternatively .......

http://img329.imageshack.us/img329/5854/belle2sg3.gif

:P

I kinda like the last one although it makes me feel like a burrito. I like the first one too! Thanks :P

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 03/26/08 at 11:31 pm

Say, Alan, you wouldn't put your picture up so I put one up for you... ;D ;D ;D ;D

Well, here it is again....undies and all

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh93/adagio_photos/untitled2.jpg?t=1206590188

LET'S BOOGIE!!!

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 03/27/08 at 6:19 am

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 03/27/08 at 6:21 am

Where will she go?

In your house?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 03/27/08 at 6:38 am

In your house?

I already have 4 cats,hubby would freak,besides how would she get here,Fedex ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 03/27/08 at 6:52 am

The Word of the Day...Erotic

erotic (adj.) Of or concerning sexual love and desire; amatory.
erotic (adj.) Tending to arouse sexual desire.
erotic (adj.) Dominated by sexual love or desire

http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee111/MAJESTIC-ANGEL/lips.jpg

http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee111/MAJESTIC-ANGEL/thursday-1.jpg

http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee111/MAJESTIC-ANGEL/Erotic_Sunday.jpg

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o276/xoxrae9xox/erotic.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 03/27/08 at 7:27 am

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 03/27/08 at 8:39 am

This one I like.. ::)

thanks :),I'm going to try to do a word of the day everyday..people can post pics or examples of the word if they like.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 03/27/08 at 9:49 am

I made up a topic today (not erotic ;D) in PPP about rescued animals,,,give it a look.....they save ...er...cats too:

http://www.inthe00s.com/index.php?topic=31747.new;topicseen#new

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 03/27/08 at 9:53 am

I made up a topic today (not erotic ;D) in PPP about rescued animals,,,give it a look.....they save ...er...cats too:

http://www.inthe00s.com/index.php?topic=31747.new;topicseen#new

I just donated .6 of a bowls of food. Nice

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 03/27/08 at 10:00 am

I just donated .6 of a bowls of food. Nice

Thanks! Judging by the energy of my puppy, it's put to good use...she's from a shelter.

Did you listen to that song on the aspca site?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 03/27/08 at 10:07 am

I've been there. I did that click ! Hey, I'm 'cool' ! 8)

So hit me with that 'link stick' >:( ... hit me ! >:( hit me >:( ...... HIT ME !' :P :D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 03/27/08 at 10:09 am

Thanks! Judging by the energy of my puppy, it's put to good use...she's from a shelter.

Did you listen to that song on the aspca site?

I didn't hear a song

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/27/08 at 10:12 am

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 03/27/08 at 10:32 am

Thanks everyone...you know how much this means to me...always watching that program. :)

ninny...go to the aspca site and scroll down, you will see it.

Begging for a 'hit' Alan, the way I beg for karma? Well you know what they say...

Thank YOU, Philip. :) :) :) :) :) :) :)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 03/27/08 at 10:34 am

My click has been counted.

Your click ? You're in a click ? ??? Hey Phil I'm in a click . :-X I do believe it's the SAME one ! :P 8) :D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 03/27/08 at 10:36 am

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 03/27/08 at 10:45 am

Your click ? You're in a click ? ??? Hey Phil I'm in a click . :-X I do believe it's the SAME one ! :P 8) :D

So, we spell it differently, but yea. :D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 03/27/08 at 10:49 am

Those who beg, shall receive ! :D ;D

ok....so I'll get the 'instruments' out...perhaps. ;)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 03/27/08 at 11:13 am

ok....so I'll get the 'instruments' out...perhaps. ;)

^
Is on notice ..... that a '2 for one ' arrangement will NOT work ! :P :D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 03/27/08 at 11:33 am

^
Is on notice ..... that a '2 for one ' arrangement will NOT work ! :P :D

Did you think I was asking for two karmas?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 03/27/08 at 11:40 am

Did you think I was asking for two karmas?

I'm off to bed. Your action, or lack thereof, will be noted, and dealt with ... accordingly !

(SO .... next time you 'beg' ...... :P ;D)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Marian on 03/27/08 at 11:48 am

This thread is in response to anyone who tries to make ninny cease posting her excellent .....truly excellent pics OR tries to correct whatever is in her brain that motivates her wicked sense of humour!!!

This is NOT a serious thread .........
Why would they do that?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 03/27/08 at 11:53 am

I'm off to bed. Your action, or lack thereof, will be noted, and dealt with ... accordingly !

(SO .... next time you 'beg' ...... :P ;D)

Ok....but have patience, I do have a definite plan in the works. ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) :P :P :P 8) :) <....(could be a hint)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 03/27/08 at 11:58 am

Why would they do that?

Party poopers / whistle blowers / strict rule book followers/ teachers pet types ....... they're everywhere ... and must be resisted by liberal thinking / reformist/ free flowing types !

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 03/27/08 at 12:01 pm

Why would they do that?

Some people think Ninny is a little too off the wall,with my exotic (or Erotic) pics & posts.
S P I T E

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 03/27/08 at 12:15 pm

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 03/27/08 at 12:28 pm

Party poopers / whistle blowers / strict rule book followers/ teachers pet types ....... they're everywhere ... and must be resisted by liberal thinking / reformist/ free flowing types !

Now .... as I was trying to say ........ before I got mysteriously (?) chopped from free speech ........

Why would they do that?

I forgot to add Marian ... that is was not ME ..... that started a very negative mischief making thread ..... which was hardly constructive ... (me thinks) .........

But then there are certain petty jealousies ..... certain VERY petty people .......... whose history is WELL known ........... long before I ever arrived on these fair shores. :P

People who quit over others who were 'adored' ? ::)

:D

P.S.

You know who YOU are ! (used to say chief ass kicker .... but got modified / toned down by me)

P.S. I never immediately reacted to his negative thread ... but he feels free to do otherwise / be on the lookout on my honest response to your question here ?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 03/27/08 at 2:52 pm

I already have 4 cats,hubby would freak,besides how would she get here,Fedex ;D

That's a good idea.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 03/27/08 at 2:53 pm

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t124/lsyeha/bad/BadBoy.gif

sorry

adagio :D

why? What did you do. ???

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 03/27/08 at 3:20 pm

why? What did you do. ???

Use your imagination

kidding

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 03/27/08 at 3:26 pm

Is she fixed yet?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 03/27/08 at 3:27 pm

Is she fixed yet?

Is who fixed?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 03/27/08 at 3:29 pm

Is who fixed?

Ninny.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 03/27/08 at 3:46 pm

Ninny.

I don't know if there is any fixing Ninny,do you want Ninny fixed?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 03/27/08 at 4:49 pm

Why would they do that?

Our ninny can become very naughty from time to time.... ;)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 03/27/08 at 4:58 pm

Our ninny can become very naughty from time to time.... ;)

Yes she can. Not to mention < .... who has thoroughly enjoyed a good spanking ! :D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 03/27/08 at 5:26 pm

Yes she can. Not to mention < .... who has thoroughly enjoyed a good spanking ! :D

http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n132/shaunadf/spanking.gif

http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l127/squeegee721721/spanking.gif

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 03/27/08 at 5:30 pm

http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n132/shaunadf/spanking.gif

http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l127/squeegee721721/spanking.gif

< Died and gone to heaven ! 8)

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000002PH1.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg
Yes ! and it exists 'inthe00s' ! :D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 03/27/08 at 5:43 pm

< Died and gone to heaven ! 8)

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000002PH1.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg
Yes ! and it exists 'inthe00s' ! :D

Oh there's more heaven ;D ;)

http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh317/nmarien1105/HUMPDAY.gif

http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc86/unclestrech/spankingcoupons.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 03/27/08 at 6:04 pm

Oh there's more heaven ;D ;)

http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh317/nmarien1105/HUMPDAY.gif

http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc86/unclestrech/spankingcoupons.jpg

Hey ! How appropriate is THAT ^ ! The coupon's date is all '00s' ... just right for 'inthe00s' ! :D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 03/27/08 at 6:11 pm

Hey ! How appropriate is THAT ^ ! The coupon's date is all '00s' ... just right for 'inthe00s' ! :D

That's right
anyone for a spanking line up single file ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 03/27/08 at 6:41 pm

That's right
anyone for a spanking line up single file ;D

Why single file?...don't you have two hands? ohhhh.....that's right you lost an arm recently... ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 03/27/08 at 6:46 pm

That's right
anyone for a spanking line up single file ;D

http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/6174/queuegp2.jpg
Damn ! This line seems incredibly long today. >:( But I'm sure it will be worth it ! :P :D ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 03/27/08 at 6:48 pm

Why single file?...don't you have two hands? ohhhh.....that's right you lost an arm recently... ;D

That's right,besides I figured single file was better if your going over my lap,I only need one hand for that.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 03/27/08 at 6:50 pm

That's right,besides I figured single file was better if your going over my lap,I only need one hand for that.

Damn...I used to enjoy what you were doing with the other hand.......

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 03/27/08 at 6:52 pm

http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/6174/queuegp2.jpg
Damn ! This line seems incredibly long today. >:( But I'm sure it will be worth it ! :P :D ;D

There is SO much more, but then, why go out of my way?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 03/27/08 at 6:55 pm

http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/6174/queuegp2.jpg
Damn ! This line seems incredibly long today. >:( But I'm sure it will be worth it ! :P :D ;D

Oh it will be worth it,my hand will be nice and warm by the time you get up to me.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 03/27/08 at 6:59 pm

Damn...I used to enjoy what you were doing with the other hand.......

We are looking into reattchments ;D
Besides my husband says he prefers my left hand

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q63/AkumuTenshi/prechokath.png

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 03/27/08 at 7:02 pm

We are looking into reattchments ;D
Besides my husband says he prefers my left hand

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q63/AkumuTenshi/prechokath.png

I certainly hope I didn't see a corkscrew and can opener on that attachment.... :o

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 03/27/08 at 7:13 pm

I certainly hope I didn't see a corkscrew and can opener on that attachment.... :o

You too? oh yeah, you're top banana.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 03/27/08 at 7:17 pm

You too? oh yeah, you're top banana.

Whereas YOU are just bananas ! :D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 03/27/08 at 9:50 pm

I certainly hope I didn't see a corkscrew and can opener on that attachment.... :o

We are trying for improvement.,besides don't you want a women that can do everything.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 03/27/08 at 9:56 pm

We are trying for improvement.,besides don't you want a women that can do everything.

She can stand up and use the urinals ? Actually, if she can put the toilet seat back up afterwards OR not complain when I leave it down ... she will be well on the way ! :P ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 03/27/08 at 10:01 pm

She can stand up and use the urinals ? Actually, if she can put the toilet seat back up afterwards OR not complain when I leave it down ... she will be well on the way ! :P ;D

If I could stand and use the urinals,wouldn't that make me a man?
With my bionic arm I'm sure lifting the seat would be no problem ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 03/27/08 at 10:03 pm

If I could stand and use the urinals,wouldn't that make me a man?
With my bionic arm I'm sure lifting the seat would be no problem ;D

I thought we were designing the woman who could do everything ? After all I'm expecting to give birth in a few months !

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 03/27/08 at 10:15 pm

I thought we were designing the woman who could do everything ? After all I'm expecting to give birth in a few months !

So a little role reversal,sounds interesting,but I think I'll need that attachment somewhere else,something detachable.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 03/28/08 at 12:30 am

We are trying for improvement.,besides don't you want a women that can do everything.

Okay...but be very careful please..... ;)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 03/28/08 at 6:13 am

Our ninny can become very naughty from time to time.... ;)

She's been a naughty ninny. ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 03/28/08 at 6:34 am

Okay...but be very careful please..... ;)

It's a slow process,but will be careful. :)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 03/28/08 at 6:35 am

She's been a naughty ninny. ;D

Yes,she can be a naughty girl ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Badfinger-fan on 03/28/08 at 7:15 am

you have probably answered this somewhere, but is ninny short for another name or what?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 03/28/08 at 7:30 am

you have probably answered this somewhere, but is ninny short for another name or what?

I can answer that one. It's Janine. Right 'ninny' ?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 03/28/08 at 7:39 am

you have probably answered this somewhere, but is ninny short for another name or what?

Not certain why Janine picked that name.....it really doesn't seem to fit.

ninny = weak or foolish person :o

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 03/28/08 at 7:55 am

you have probably answered this somewhere, but is ninny short for another name or what?

Janine,people call me NeeNee,so I just took a different version of that......or I'm goofy(Nincompoop) ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 03/28/08 at 7:57 am

I can answer that one. It's Janine. Right 'ninny' ?

Aye aye captain! Janine it be or J9 or NeeNee there all my names

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 03/28/08 at 7:59 am

Not certain why Janine picked that name.....it really doesn't seem to fit.

ninny = weak or foolish person :o

It's a variant of Janine & NeeNee, plus I was weak and foolish when I first started here,like a little kitten.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 03/28/08 at 8:03 am

It's a variant of Janine & NeeNee, plus I was weak and foolish when I first started here,like a little kitten.

But quickly blossomed into a loveable tigress !

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 03/28/08 at 8:09 am

The word of the day
nincompoop (n.) A silly, foolish, or stupid person
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b31/Fynarra/b_nincompoopery_OD.gif

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v613/drfonce/blackadder-nincompoop.jpg

http://www.webster-dictionary.net/definition/witling

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v245/egosden/fool.png

http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r5/mygirl212/mommy.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 03/28/08 at 8:14 am

http://www.lostinspacetv.com/ART/fun/DrSmith4.jpg
Neanderthal ninny ^ !

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 03/28/08 at 8:15 am

But quickly blossomed into a loveable tigress !

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n307/debsdogs/tigress.gif MEOW

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 03/28/08 at 3:24 pm

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n307/debsdogs/tigress.gif MEOW

or Kitty Ninny.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Badfinger-fan on 03/28/08 at 3:25 pm

Janine,people call me NeeNee,so I just took a different version of that......or I'm goofy(Nincompoop) ;D
oh yeah, silly forgetful me.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 03/28/08 at 3:33 pm

Ninny The Nincompoop?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: CatwomanofV on 03/28/08 at 3:38 pm

I would join in but it seems like Ninny has all the men at her feet so she doesn't need my help. ;)

Keep up the good work, Ninny. I have taught you well. :D ;D ;D ;D

Cat

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 03/28/08 at 3:39 pm

I would join in but it seems like Ninny has all the men at her feet so she doesn't need my help. ;)

Keep up the good work, Ninny. I have taught you well. :D ;D ;D ;D

Cat

She has men bowing down and kissing her butt? :o

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: CatwomanofV on 03/28/08 at 3:58 pm

She has men bowing down and kissing her butt? :o

Did I say that, Howard? READ what I wrote.

Cat

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 03/28/08 at 4:18 pm

Did I say that, Howard? READ what I wrote.

Cat

Read what you wrote ? READ what ANYONE wrote ? Change the habits of a life time ? ??? :P :D

Alright .... to be fair .... you do have a roughly 50 % chance of that occurrence ? Especially if it's about / mentions sex ! (Hello, ...got his attention NOW !) :P

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 03/28/08 at 4:22 pm

or Kitty Ninny.

Yes Kitty Ninny,sounds a little wild

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 03/28/08 at 4:30 pm

I would join in but it seems like Ninny has all the men at her feet so she doesn't need my help. ;)

Keep up the good work, Ninny. I have taught you well. :D ;D ;D ;D

Cat

Thanks for the use of your whip, http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p286/AceOfSpadesx3x/m63810522.jpg
you taught me well :) :)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 03/28/08 at 4:33 pm

Yes Kitty Ninny,sounds a little wild

http://wirelessdigest.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/bad_kitty_1.jpg

Could this be kitty ninny ??? ...

http://www.hellblazer.com/media/ugly-kitty.jpg

Or this ?

http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/4108/images2zi8.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 03/28/08 at 4:35 pm

She has men bowing down and kissing her butt? :o

http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o316/Sashalanda/asskiss.gif

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: CatwomanofV on 03/28/08 at 4:40 pm

Thanks for the use of your whip, http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p286/AceOfSpadesx3x/m63810522.jpg
you taught me well :) :)

This is a song for our friends (namely Mr. Mister & gibbo).

I ache for the touch of your lips, dear,
But much more for the touch of your whips, dear.
You can raise welts
Like nobody else,
As we dance to the masochism tango.

Let our love be a flame, not an ember,
Say its me that you want to dismember.
Blacken my eye,
Set fire to my tie,
As we dance to the masochism tango.

At your command
Before you here I stand,
My heart is in my hand. ecch!
Its here that I must be.
My heart entreats,
Just hear those savage beats,
And go put on your cleats
And come and trample me.
Your heart is hard as stone or mahogany,
Thats why I'm in such exquisite agony.

My soul is on fire,
Its aflame with desire,
Which is why I perspire
When we tango.

You caught my nose
In your left castanet, love,
I can feel the pain yet, love,
Evry time I hear drums.
And I envy the rose
That you held in your teeth, love,
With the thorns underneath, love,
Sticking into your gums.

Your eyes cast a spell that bewitches.
The last time I needed twenty stitches
To sew up the gash
That you made with your lash,
As we danced to the masochism tango.

Bash in my brain,
And make me scream with pain,
Then kick me once again,
And say well never part.
I know too well
I'm underneath your spell,
So, darling, if you smell
Something burning, its my heart.
Excuse me!

Take your cigarette from its holder,
And burn your initials in my shoulder.
Fracture my spine,
And swear that you're mine,
As we dance to the masochism tango.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TytGOeiW0aE

Cat

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 03/28/08 at 4:44 pm

http://wirelessdigest.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/bad_kitty_1.jpg

Could this be kitty ninny ??? ...

http://www.hellblazer.com/media/ugly-kitty.jpg

Or this ?

http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/4108/images2zi8.jpg

bad kitty
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f265/nicole2881/df0ba9b94d9d1ade.gif

http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj31/Krystalreyes24/badkitty.jpg

http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj270/candy310girl/m_a341bf6be28d4de3bcc5b22f3262c3dd.gif

http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc288/cyndaelle/fetishkitties.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p312/robyn_ette/thBad_Kitty.gif

which bad kitty should I be

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 03/28/08 at 4:46 pm

http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o316/Sashalanda/asskiss.gif

^ Where've I seen THAT before ? Looks very familiar !

http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/2267/cheekybabyli7.gif http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o316/Sashalanda/asskiss.gif

Yes .... it IS nice to be regularly serviced thus ! < :P ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 03/28/08 at 4:49 pm

This is a song for our friends (namely Mr. Mister & gibbo).

I ache for the touch of your lips, dear,
But much more for the touch of your whips, dear.
You can raise welts
Like nobody else,
As we dance to the masochism tango.

Let our love be a flame, not an ember,
Say its me that you want to dismember.
Blacken my eye,
Set fire to my tie,
As we dance to the masochism tango.

At your command
Before you here I stand,
My heart is in my hand. ecch!
Its here that I must be.
My heart entreats,
Just hear those savage beats,
And go put on your cleats
And come and trample me.
Your heart is hard as stone or mahogany,
Thats why I'm in such exquisite agony.

My soul is on fire,
Its aflame with desire,
Which is why I perspire
When we tango.

You caught my nose
In your left castanet, love,
I can feel the pain yet, love,
Evry time I hear drums.
And I envy the rose
That you held in your teeth, love,
With the thorns underneath, love,
Sticking into your gums.

Your eyes cast a spell that bewitches.
The last time I needed twenty stitches
To sew up the gash
That you made with your lash,
As we danced to the masochism tango.

Bash in my brain,
And make me scream with pain,
Then kick me once again,
And say well never part.
I know too well
I'm underneath your spell,
So, darling, if you smell
Something burning, its my heart.
Excuse me!

Take your cigarette from its holder,
And burn your initials in my shoulder.
Fracture my spine,
And swear that you're mine,
As we dance to the masochism tango.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TytGOeiW0aE

Cat

Ok that's pretty heavy,I thought they just wanted excitment whips ;D ;)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 03/28/08 at 4:57 pm

Ok that's pretty heavy,I thought they just wanted excitment whips ;D ;)

http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/2267/cheekybabyli7.gifhttp://www.xtremepccentral.com/forums/images/smilies/whip.gif

More ! Give me more, I won't put up a fight. Give me more, I can take it all night. (Aha ... aha, aha, aha ! ). :P

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 03/28/08 at 6:12 pm

http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/2267/cheekybabyli7.gifhttp://www.xtremepccentral.com/forums/images/smilies/whip.gif

More ! Give me more, I won't put up a fight. Give me more, I can take it all night. (Aha ... aha, aha, aha ! ). :P

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i232/darkangel810/AUSW/DancingtotheMasochismTango.jpg

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e78/slvrhound7/anticipation.jpg

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l96/floridabum/I_Support_Whips_and_Flogs_by_Mistre.gif

Looks like I'm going to be pretty busy ;)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 03/28/08 at 7:23 pm

This is a song for our friends (namely Mr. Mister & gibbo).

I ache for the touch of your lips, dear,
But much more for the touch of your whips, dear.
You can raise welts
Like nobody else,
As we dance to the masochism tango.

Let our love be a flame, not an ember,
Say its me that you want to dismember.
Blacken my eye,
Set fire to my tie,
As we dance to the masochism tango.

At your command
Before you here I stand,
My heart is in my hand. ecch!
Its here that I must be.
My heart entreats,
Just hear those savage beats,
And go put on your cleats
And come and trample me.
Your heart is hard as stone or mahogany,
Thats why I'm in such exquisite agony.

My soul is on fire,
Its aflame with desire,
Which is why I perspire
When we tango.

You caught my nose
In your left castanet, love,
I can feel the pain yet, love,
Evry time I hear drums.
And I envy the rose
That you held in your teeth, love,
With the thorns underneath, love,
Sticking into your gums.

Your eyes cast a spell that bewitches.
The last time I needed twenty stitches
To sew up the gash
That you made with your lash,
As we danced to the masochism tango.

Bash in my brain,
And make me scream with pain,
Then kick me once again,
And say well never part.
I know too well
I'm underneath your spell,
So, darling, if you smell
Something burning, its my heart.
Excuse me!

Take your cigarette from its holder,
And burn your initials in my shoulder.
Fracture my spine,
And swear that you're mine,
As we dance to the masochism tango.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TytGOeiW0aE

Cat

Gee Cat...thanks for the excerpt from your private diary. It shows a lot of trust and we are truly honoured... ;)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 03/28/08 at 9:17 pm

Bad bionic arm

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q63/AkumuTenshi/prechokath.png

Got carried away again ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 03/29/08 at 6:49 am

http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o316/Sashalanda/asskiss.gif

Should we join your Kiss Your Ass Club? ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 03/29/08 at 7:01 am

Should we join your Kiss Your Ass Club? ;D

http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj38/brother-louis/kissmyass.png
You decide ;D ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 03/29/08 at 7:12 am

The word of the day..Sprite

sprite (n.) A small or elusive supernatural being; an elf or pixie.
sprite (n.) An elflike person.
sprite (n.) A specter or ghost

Sprite is a clear soda, lemon-lime flavored, caffeine free soft drink, produced by the Coca-Cola Company. It was introduced to the United States in 1961. This was Coke's response to the popularity of 7 Up, which had begun as "Lithiated Lemon" in 1929

http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z302/budagirl55/sprite.jpg

http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc60/hatshepsut89/sprite.jpg

http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh142/Johnwhitetoledo/Sprite.jpg

http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t16/meganddl4/sprite.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: CatwomanofV on 03/29/08 at 11:54 am

Gee Cat...thanks for the excerpt from your private diary. It shows a lot of trust and we are truly honoured... ;)

And here I thought it was a excerpt from YOUR diary. ;)

Cat

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 03/29/08 at 7:11 pm

And here I thought it was a excerpt from YOUR diary. ;)

Cat

Real clever response there......na na na na na :P ;)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 03/30/08 at 5:34 am

http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj38/brother-louis/kissmyass.png
You decide ;D ;D

hope it's clean? :P

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 03/30/08 at 6:07 am

hope it's clean? :P

Of Course ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 03/30/08 at 6:10 am

hope it's clean? :P

I might just have a spare rubber ass around here somewhere you two could borrow........

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 03/30/08 at 6:18 am

http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/2267/cheekybabyli7.gifhttp://www.xtremepccentral.com/forums/images/smilies/whip.gif

More ! Give me more, I won't put up a fight. Give me more, I can take it all night. (Aha ... aha, aha, aha ! ). :P

Greedy Alan! What if the whip is JUST out of reach......leaving you 'excited'?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/30/08 at 6:22 am

Greedy Alan! What if the whip is JUST out of reach......leaving you 'excited'?
...he can have another crack at it?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 03/30/08 at 6:28 am

The word of the day ..Arsenal

Definitions of 'arsenal' (ärsə-nəl) - 3 definitions - The American Heritage® Dictionary

arsenal (n.) A governmental establishment for the storing, development, manufacturing, testing, or repairing of arms, ammunition, and other war materiel.
arsenal (n.) A stock of weapons.
arsenal (n.) A store or supply: an arsenal of retorts

http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff245/thelyron/Arsenal-1.jpg

http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll310/irfanla12/arsenal.jpg

http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii176/lilsoccerpunk98/arsenal.jpg

http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee197/fox_arad/arsenal.jpg

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa109/mushelbie/arsenal.jpg

http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa123/boyvmax/arsenal.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 03/30/08 at 6:42 am

Greedy Alan! What if the whip is JUST out of reach......leaving you 'excited'?

Here's a few more whips for him ;D
http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o92/quipfan/whip.gif

http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd258/kimmi_528/emotes/spanker.gif

http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f91/kaylyne/various%20pics/whip.gif

One on each side,and one that goes both ways ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/30/08 at 6:57 am

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 03/30/08 at 7:38 am

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0000024RD.01.MZZZZZZZ.jpg

"Oh the Deadwood Stage is a-rollin' on over the plains
With the curtains flappin' and the driver slappin' the reins
A beautiful sky, a wonderful day
Whip crack-away, whip crack-away, whip crack-away"

Calamity Jane?

How about some Devo

When a problem comes along.
You must whip it.
Before the cream sits out too long.
You must whip it.
When something's going wrong.
You must whip it

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/30/08 at 7:44 am

Blazing Saddles

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/44/145856695_0bd5304dd7_m.jpg

Bart: on grandstand to the townspeople] Excuse me while I whip this out.
reaches into waistline as crowd gasps and screams; Bart pulls out paper, they sigh with relief]

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 03/30/08 at 7:50 am

Here's a few more whips for him ;D
http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o92/quipfan/whip.gif

http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd258/kimmi_528/emotes/spanker.gif

http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f91/kaylyne/various%20pics/whip.gif

One on each side,and one that goes both ways ;D

Very cheeky indeed. ^ Yes, it pays to be 'warmed up' ... ready for 'action' ?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 03/30/08 at 7:56 am

Adagio will probably like this one

http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k7/cateyezok/ATT221.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 03/30/08 at 8:02 am

Very cheeky indeed. ^ Yes, it pays to be 'warmed up' ... ready for 'action' ?

I'm not sure what this cheeky little guy is doing
http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee209/ethmis/cheeky.gif

http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh62/PebblesCave/Cheeky.gif

it's my turn

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb239/sapphire_gem94/Icons/crackingwhip.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 03/30/08 at 8:10 am

Adagio will probably like this one

http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k7/cateyezok/ATT221.jpg

Which reminds me of this old 'chestnut' ....

Jokes - The Boss:

One day the parts of the body are all having a conversation and discussing who should be the boss.

The brain says "I think i should be the boss, without me the body wouldn't be able to function". The eyes say that "without us the body wouldn't be able to see things". The legs argue that they took the body everywhere and made it possible to walk so they should be boss.The stomach said "I should be boss ..... I digest all the food and take all the good nutrients out of it that keep the body healthy.

The arsehole then pipes up that he should be boss as he gets rid of all the crap that the body doesn't need. At this all the body parts start to laugh so much that the arsehole gets really angry and closes up really tight. After a few days the brain suffers memory loss and headaches, the eyes vision goes cloudy, the legs go all wobbly and the stomach gets cramps. They all give in and make the arsehole the boss.

The Moral of the story: you don't have to be a brain to be the boss just an arsehole!!!!

:P :D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 03/30/08 at 8:37 am

Which reminds me of this old 'chestnut' ....

Jokes - The Boss:

One day the parts of the body are all having a conversation and discussing who should be the boss.

The brain says "I think i should be the boss, without me the body wouldn't be able to function". The eyes say that "without us the body wouldn't be able to see things". The legs argue that they took the body everywhere and made it possible to walk so they should be boss.The stomach said "I should be boss ..... I digest all the food and take all the good nutrients out of it that keep the body healthy.

The arsehole then pipes up that he should be boss as he gets rid of all the crap that the body doesn't need. At this all the body parts start to laugh so much that the arsehole gets really angry and closes up really tight. After a few days the brain suffers memory loss and headaches, the eyes vision goes cloudy, the legs go all wobbly and the stomach gets cramps. They all give in and make the arsehole the boss.

The Moral of the story: you don't have to be a brain to be the boss just an arsehole!!!!

:P :D

Good one ;D ;D..so true

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/30/08 at 8:38 am

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 03/30/08 at 12:43 pm

Adagio will probably like this one

http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k7/cateyezok/ATT221.jpg

I only like the words she say's not her. I'm not her!, for heaven's sake.. :)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 03/30/08 at 12:47 pm

Very cheeky indeed. ^ Yes, it pays to be 'warmed up' ... ready for 'action' ?

I think you'd be warmed up very well....ready? ::) 8)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 03/30/08 at 12:51 pm

...he can have another crack at it?

Maybe not Alan...maybe someone else.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 03/30/08 at 1:02 pm

I only like the words she say's not her. I'm not her!, for heaven's sake.. :)

Ok that's what I meant..I do have MySpace,I've seen her on yours

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 03/30/08 at 1:46 pm

oh.. :)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 03/30/08 at 4:50 pm

Of Course ;D

How do I know they're clean? ;)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 03/30/08 at 5:47 pm

How do I know they're clean? ;)

I guess your just going to have to take that chance ;)

http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x35/monroeville33/dialbodywash.jpg

What Ninny used today

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 03/31/08 at 6:48 am

The word of the day ...Excited

excited (adj.) Being in a state of excitement; emotionally aroused; stirred.
excited (adj.) Being at an energy level higher than the ground state

http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg214/JadedCherry/excited.gif

http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg116/cwilson28/excited.png

http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd277/editornia/excited.png

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb129/hljanes/excited.png

http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa182/BestRappAround/excited.gif

http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m166/piyokula/excited.jpg

http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k259/bambambfh/excited.gif

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 03/31/08 at 6:49 am

I guess your just going to have to take that chance ;)

http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x35/monroeville33/dialbodywash.jpg

What Ninny used today

Well I'm going to have to watch Ninny use it ,I don't believe her. ;)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 03/31/08 at 8:48 am

Well I'm going to have to watch Ninny use it ,I don't believe her. ;)

I see :) Do you have a high powered telescope ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 03/31/08 at 5:08 pm

Hi ninny. Well .... I just tried to PM you ......... BUT we've had a DRASTIC .......... and I DO mean DRASTIC very sudden cut to the number of PM's we're allowed to keep. See here .....

http://www.inthe00s.com/index.php?topic=31842.msg1598626#new

I DID try to PM you in this regard about the change .... but ::) ::)

Yeah ... just read the thread / my response to it. :-X

Yeah ...you'd better read that too Belle .... I'm sure you'll be baffled.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 03/31/08 at 6:02 pm

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 03/31/08 at 6:50 pm

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/01/08 at 6:58 am

The word of the day...Canine

canine (adj.) Of, relating to, or characteristic of the canids.
canine (adj.) Of, relating to, or being one of the pointed conical teeth located between the incisors and the first bicuspids.
canine (n.) An animal of the family Canidae, especially a dog.

http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p241/mustang_and_hawkeye_2ever/1075417120_irl_canine.jpg

http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh4/LeoUnderdown/CANINE/wolf-1.gif

http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc14/roadrunner_876/blog_1.jpg

http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd314/FoxWithFeelings/CanineSisters.jpg

http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r97/josh239mcgeemppd/11-08-06_1840.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 04/01/08 at 7:05 am

Every 'twisted sister' should have a 'K9' .... even if she sometimes APPEARS to be a cat ! :) 8)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 04/01/08 at 7:08 am

Every 'twisted sister' should have a 'K9' .... even if she sometimes APPEARS to be a cat ! :) 8)

I think she's become very confused today......... ???

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/01/08 at 7:10 am

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/01/08 at 7:29 am

I see :) Do you have a high powered telescope ;D

A surveillance camera. ;) ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/01/08 at 7:33 am

A surveillance camera. ;) ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/01/08 at 7:34 am

right in her bathroom. ;) ;)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 04/01/08 at 7:35 am

right in her bathroom. ;) ;)

Sounds like the lens would get steamed up........ ;)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/01/08 at 7:36 am

Sounds like the lens would get steamed up........ ;)

sure would.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/01/08 at 8:38 am

sure would.

What am I doing now men ;)

http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa290/detroitgirl77/Smilies/chores029.gif..this

http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj192/frostylaw/People/girl_drying_towel_lg_wht.gif..this

or
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f365/Notchy89/postwhore.gif

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 04/01/08 at 8:45 am

What am I doing now men ;)

http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa290/detroitgirl77/Smilies/chores029.gif..this

http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj192/frostylaw/People/girl_drying_towel_lg_wht.gif..this

or
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f365/Notchy89/postwhore.gif

I'm guessing (and I would like to think it to be so)....the 2nd one?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/01/08 at 9:01 am

I'm guessing (and I would like to think it to be so)....the 2nd one?

Ha you wish.....It was none of those it was

http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii268/amfamfamf/eating.gif

in
the

http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd16/alicewilkins/nude.gif ;)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 04/01/08 at 9:02 am

Ha you wish.....It was none of those it was

http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii268/amfamfamf/eating.gif

in
the

http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd16/alicewilkins/nude.gif ;)

So where are the pictures when we really need them?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/01/08 at 9:12 am

So where are the pictures when we really need them?

No camera or pic phone sorry

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 04/01/08 at 10:00 am

Sounds like the lens would get steamed up........ ;)

::) ;);D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/01/08 at 11:36 am

Sounds like the lens would get steamed up........ ;)

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y56/j0llym0lly/Picture383.jpg
or maybe
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v281/smurnane/steamy2.gif

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/01/08 at 11:41 am

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y56/j0llym0lly/Picture383.jpg
or maybe
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v281/smurnane/steamy2.gif
http://www.apexatvailcondos.com/details/images/details-steam.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/01/08 at 11:45 am

Every 'twisted sister' should have a 'K9' .... even if she sometimes APPEARS to be a cat ! :) 8)

We have lots of disguises

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c286/m1ar2nie3/funny-pictures-cat-disguised-rabbit.jpg

http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r22/OuuL/disguises.jpg

we are loyal pets ;D

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg176/Sailorshadowmars/boots.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/01/08 at 11:50 am

I think she's become very confused today......... ???

Not confused that's my name for the day K9=DOG

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 04/01/08 at 11:14 pm

We have lots of disguises

we are loyal pets ;D

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg176/Sailorshadowmars/boots.jpg

What that? You're a loyal pest? :D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/02/08 at 6:42 am

What that? You're a loyal pest? :D

Yes here I am in action

http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s13/BizyDeb/Garden%20pests/Hornworminaction3.jpg

The Hornworm

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/02/08 at 6:46 am

Yes here I am in action

http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s13/BizyDeb/Garden%20pests/Hornworminaction3.jpg

The Hornworm

That green pepper reminds me of something. ??? ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/02/08 at 6:49 am

The word of the day......Candy

candy (n.) A rich sweet confection made with sugar and often flavored or combined with fruits or nuts.
candy (v.) To reduce to sugar crystals.
candy (v.) To become crystallized into sugar

http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd19/KZSnow/Candy.jpg

http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee268/sk8nikkie2/candy.jpg

http://i208.photobucket.com/albums/bb76/MissVirgoette82/candy.jpg

http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb297/helohola123/Candy.jpg

http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa169/chelys86/candy.jpg

http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x188/empoisonner/candy.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p295/Michelle-Q/candy.gif

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/02/08 at 6:52 am

That green pepper reminds me of something. ??? ;D
I thought it was an unripe tomato.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/02/08 at 6:53 am

That green pepper reminds me of something. ??? ;D

An Italian sausage perhaps? :D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/02/08 at 6:55 am

An Italian sausage perhaps? :D
Are Italian sausages green in colour?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/02/08 at 6:56 am

I thought it was an unripe tomato.

I think it is too,but it doesn't say ..here is another pic

http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s13/BizyDeb/Garden%20pests/Hornworminaction.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/02/08 at 6:57 am

I think it is too,but it doesn't say ..here is another pic

http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s13/BizyDeb/Garden%20pests/Hornworminaction.jpg
It looks like the Hornworm has been busy eating.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/02/08 at 6:58 am

Are Italian sausages green in colour?

Funny....maybe it depends on how OLD they are ;D

http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z157/dreamdctr/Italian_Sausage_picture.jpg

this one looks good enough to eat

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/02/08 at 7:00 am

Funny....maybe it depends on how OLD they are ;D

http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z157/dreamdctr/Italian_Sausage_picture.jpg

this one looks good enough to eat
The onions look inviting.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/02/08 at 7:02 am

It looks like the Hornworm has been busy eating.

Very busy...I looked it up and there are only two common types of Hornworms...Tomato & Tobacco

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/02/08 at 7:03 am

The onions look inviting.

Yes,This maybe supper tonight :P

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/02/08 at 7:12 am

An Italian sausage perhaps? :D

sausage and peppers?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/02/08 at 7:17 am

sausage and peppers?

Of course,how do you eat yours?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/02/08 at 7:19 am

Of course,how do you eat yours?

What do you mean,How do I eat mine? On a toasted bun,Of course. ::)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/02/08 at 7:19 am

Very busy...I looked it up and there are only two common types of Hornworms...Tomato & Tobacco
..eats the tomato.

...smokes the tobacco?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/02/08 at 7:20 am

Yes,This maybe supper tonight :P
I am not sure what is set for dinner tonight.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/02/08 at 7:21 am

..eats the tomato.

...smokes the tobacco?

I've never heard of a hornworm eating tomatoes before.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/02/08 at 7:21 am

I've never heard of a hornworm eating tomatoes before.
We now have the evidence.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/02/08 at 7:23 am

We now have the evidence.

maybe it was a green tomato? ???

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/02/08 at 7:26 am

maybe it was a green tomato? ???

I thought it was an unripe tomato.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/02/08 at 8:02 am

We now have the evidence.

common name: tobacco hornworm
scientific name: Manduca sexta (Linnaeus) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Sphingidae)
common name: tomato hornworm
scientific name: Manduca quinquemaculata (Haworth) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Sphingidae
Tobacco and tomato hornworms are the common large caterpillars that defoliate tomato plants. Their large size allows them to strip a plant of foliage in a short period of time, so they frequently catch gardeners by surprise. They are quite similar in appearance and biology.
This is what it turns into
http://creatures.ifas.ufl.edu/field/hornworm_tomato_adult.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/02/08 at 8:07 am

Green tomatoes will usually ripen if they are removed
from the vine and wrapped individually in newspaper.
(Wrapping the tomatoes helps to prevent rotting and
provides the proper atmosphere for ripening to occur).
Allow tomatoes to ripen at room temperature or slightly
cooler. It may take awhile for totally green tomatoes to
ripen

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 04/02/08 at 8:15 am

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/02/08 at 8:28 am

Who would have thought eh? ....Education!!! :o

Yes you'll find everything on the Ninny thread ;D
I'm a pest of many colors ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 04/02/08 at 8:31 am

Yes you'll find everything on the Ninny thread ;D
I'm a pest of many colors ;D

Hey..I'm guessing I can't go off topic in this thread and because I created it I would have to ask myslef to leave if I did go off topic.... :o

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/02/08 at 8:44 am

Hey..I'm guessing I can't go off topic in this thread and because I created it I would have to ask myslef to leave if I did go off topic.... :o

Hey go as far off topic as you like,like you said you created it,Though as Ninny I should have some input into what goes in it
likea
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n218/alielara/smorgasbord.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v460/tijae/felix/sly_smorgasbord.png

Creativity should never be wasted on just one thing :)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 04/02/08 at 8:46 am

Hey go as far off topic as you like,like you said you created it,Though as Ninny I should have some input into what goes in it
likea
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n218/alielara/smorgasbord.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v460/tijae/felix/sly_smorgasbord.png

Creativity should never be wasted on just one thing :)

Agreed.....I am the bread in this sandwich ....you are the mutiple fillings. ;)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/02/08 at 9:01 am

Agreed.....I am the bread in this sandwich ....you are the mutiple fillings. ;)

And no one likes eating the same thing day after day ;)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 04/02/08 at 11:40 am

sausage and peppers?

Did you ever try pasta guitano? It's a mix of Italian sausage, chicken wings, tomatoes, mushrooms and all kinds of stuff...slow-cooked all day.mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!!!

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/02/08 at 11:41 am

Did you ever try pasta guitano? It's a mix of Italian sausage, chicken wings, tomatoes, mushrooms and all kinds of stuff...slow-cooked all day.mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!!!
I was told that cooking tomatoes that way makes the best sauce for pasta.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 04/02/08 at 12:02 pm

They don't taste too acid at least.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/02/08 at 2:03 pm

They don't taste too acid at least.

Thats what I need,too much heartburn

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 04/02/08 at 3:35 pm

I don't need the heartburn. :)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/02/08 at 4:23 pm

I don't need the heartburn. :)

Me either I have a Hiatal hernia,so lots of spicy foods bother me,that and some meat (hamburg & steak)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 04/02/08 at 10:07 pm

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 04/02/08 at 10:53 pm

A 'go off topic' thread ? With 'go off topic' COOL 8) 8) 8) people ! ??? :o (as opposed to ..... 8-P :P ).

Now THAT I like ! 8) 8) 8)

Back with a vengeance?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 04/02/08 at 11:12 pm

Back with a vengeance?

Seems like. :-\\

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/03/08 at 6:15 am

Back with a vengeance?

Lets hope ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/03/08 at 6:27 am

How do we un-break Ninny? ???

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/03/08 at 6:28 am

Did you ever try pasta guitano? It's a mix of Italian sausage, chicken wings, tomatoes, mushrooms and all kinds of stuff...slow-cooked all day.mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!!!

No I haven't.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/03/08 at 6:31 am

Did you ever try pasta guitano? It's a mix of Italian sausage, chicken wings, tomatoes, mushrooms and all kinds of stuff...slow-cooked all day.mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!!!
I fancy eating something Italian right now.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/03/08 at 6:32 am

I fancy eating something Italian right now.

Like Pizza?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/03/08 at 6:33 am

How do we un-break Ninny? ???

Why do you want to?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/03/08 at 6:33 am

Like Pizza?
Not pizza, something like spaghetti bolognaise

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/03/08 at 6:39 am

Why do you want to?

but why break yourself? ???

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/03/08 at 6:45 am

The word of the day...Conform

conform (v.) To correspond in form or character; be similar.
conform (v.) To act or be in accord or agreement; comply: a computer that conforms to the manufacturer's advertising claims. See synonyms at agree
conform (v.) To bring into agreement or correspondence; make similar

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w40/PLZKLLME0080/lol/conformity.jpg

http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s177/genabobeana/conform.jpg

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Ninny is not a comformist ;D ;D

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Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/03/08 at 6:48 am

but why break yourself? ???

You have to ask Gibbo,but I believe it's a metaphor,because a broken Ninny=a broadminded Ninny ;)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/03/08 at 6:50 am

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/03/08 at 7:12 am

You have to ask Gibbo,but I believe it's a metaphor,because a broken Ninny=a broadminded Ninny ;)

Ninny is a terrible thing to waste. ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 04/03/08 at 7:42 am

You have to ask Gibbo,but I believe it's a metaphor,because a broken Ninny=a broadminded Ninny ;)

That is correct......... ;) and conform really is a topical word......... 8)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 04/03/08 at 7:51 am

Ok folks .... time to come out of 'hiding'.

Yes, I've been doing some research .... into those oh so positively motivated threads. Threads that sound remarkably similar to one another .... just like my alphabet ones did ........ which got lumped together .......... but in THIS case ::)

Well, I guess it depends who you've got in your camp .... and I have to admit, it IS an impressive line up. Not for the 'quality' of those involved, but rather, who they can 'call upon' ::)

You see, in this thread ..... we don't go snitching / constantly sniping to the powers that be .. do we ?

Oh yes, back to the topic. Conformity ! I am PROUDLY a 'non-conformist' :P ;D :D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 04/03/08 at 8:00 am

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 04/03/08 at 8:01 am

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 04/03/08 at 8:04 am

Good to hear from you Alan.... :) ;)

Hey, Peter ... I may be just an import 'Aussie' ... but .... we gotta stick together, right ? ??? ;D

There used to be 'mooster' and 'fussbudgevanpelt' too, as regulars, but they're only occassional now. They boot me out, you'll be the lone Aussie here .......

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 04/03/08 at 8:06 am

We don't need no education ! We don't need no thought control !

School's out for summer, schools out ! ...........

(Teacher ! teacher . PLEASE do something about 'him' ....... I'll give you an apple .... I pwomise, I pwomise !' ).

Wow...that looked like you are almost back with us but ....not quite. Remember....."some people don't want to read the empty spaced, pic-morphed crap you post!".......... ;)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/03/08 at 8:06 am

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1105/1486536728_d55abeaa57_m.jpg

:)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 04/03/08 at 8:10 am

Wow...that looked like you are almost back with us but ....not quite. Remember....."some people don't want to read the empty spaced, pic-morphed crap you post!".......... ;)

Yes, a highly 'professional' comment ... that one .... or so I thought ::) but that's what you'd expect from somebody who a) isn't ... and b) isn't unbiased. :P

As for the actual comment, it certainly HAS given me an idea, earlier today .... (more later ? ) ....... :-\\ :P

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 04/03/08 at 8:10 am

Hey, Peter ... I may be just an import 'Aussie' ... but .... we gotta stick together, right ? ??? ;D

There used to be 'mooster' and 'fussbudgevanpelt' too, as regulars, but they're only occassional now. They boot me out, you'll be the lone Aussie here .......

Nah...there's a couple of others.....can't think of them now. Wish I hadn't deleted ALL my PM's. ;D...I'm probably thinking of the one's you mentioned. I have a hopeless memory......... :o

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/03/08 at 8:12 am

Ninny is a terrible thing to waste. ;D

Exactly,and so isn't A Howard,A Philip Eno,A Mr. Mister,A Gibbo,A Adaigo,etc,etc,etc..we could go on put you get the point,we all have something unique to offer :)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 04/03/08 at 8:16 am

Yes, a highly 'professional' comment ... that one .... or so I thought ::) but that's what you'd expect from somebody who a) isn't ... and b) isn't unbiased. :P

As for the actual comment, it certainly HAS given me an idea, earlier today .... (more later ? ) ....... :-\\ :P

That particular phrase bothered me considerably........ :-\\ :o >:(

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/03/08 at 8:18 am

That is correct......... ;) and conform really is a topical word......... 8)

I'm not saying that there are alot of conformist inthe00's,I'm just saying be an individual.You can follow guidelines and rules and still make things enjoyable

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 04/03/08 at 8:20 am

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/03/08 at 8:22 am

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 04/03/08 at 8:24 am

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/03/08 at 8:27 am

Wow...that looked like you are almost back with us but ....not quite. Remember....."some people don't want to read the empty spaced, pic-morphed crap you post!".......... ;)

if
you
are
going
to
waste
space
you
need
pics

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Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 04/03/08 at 8:33 am

Wow...that looked like you are almost back with us but ....not quite. Remember....."some people don't want to read the empty spaced, pic-morphed crap you post!".......... ;)

I hate empty spaced .........

Golly, gosh ! ^ Just LOOK at all those empty spaces. Almost as bad as leaving the toilet seat up. Call the police ..... SOMEBODY ! >:(

Oh .... and not to mention .... the pic-morphed 'crap' >:( ...

http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/4153/choosesomenewthreadscopek0.jpg

Well, I may not be a professional EITHER ... ::) ..... BUT that looks a pretty darned good effort (NOT 'crap' ) ... to me ! :P ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/03/08 at 8:35 am

ninny .... as often stated, I do honestly see you as a fantastic addition to the boards. Odd that I stumbled early on your talents / was possibly the quickest to sing your praises. Initially, as a postwhore potential challenger to Phil's crown, or so I thought.... but you've blossomed into so much more !

The more recent additions of gibbo, with his wicked wit and observations, and the ... how can I put it :-\\ bizarre ? contributions from
Belle, ........ have only added further spice to an already potent mix ! :D ;D

Thank you,I gained my wisdom through the likes of you,Phil,Cat,you are the teachers,you brought out the best in all of us..We Are The World..ok lets get back on track here,I'm not sure about the rest of them but I http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff253/CrazyHazeyNut/applaud.gif all of you :)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/03/08 at 8:37 am

I hate empty spaced .........

Golly, gosh ! ^ Just LOOK at all those empty spaces. Almost as bad as leaving the toilet seat up. Call the police ..... SOMEBODY ! >:(

Oh .... and not to mention .... the pic-morphed 'crap' >:( ...

http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/4153/choosesomenewthreadscopek0.jpg

Well, I may not be a professional EITHER ... ::) ..... BUT that looks a pretty darned good effort (NOT 'crap' ) ... to me ! :P ;D

Hey I have no talent doing that,so yes it does look good.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 04/03/08 at 8:43 am

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 04/03/08 at 8:44 am

Some pants/trousers would be good though? :o 8-P

Can you see my 'nuts' gibbo ?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 04/03/08 at 8:48 am

Can you see my 'nuts' gibbo ?

No ...that I could handle (yes...I regret saying that). It's more about the yellow ladies panties you're wearing and those thin spindly legs.......

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/03/08 at 8:49 am

Can you see my 'nuts' gibbo ?

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i27/rivera1823/Deeznuts.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 04/03/08 at 8:50 am

No ...that I could handle (yes...I regret saying that). It's more about the yellow ladies panties you're wearing and those thin spindly legs.......

You're supposed to be focusing on my jacket ! >:( ... you PERVERT ! >:(

:D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 04/03/08 at 8:52 am

You're supposed to be focusing on my jacket ! >:( ... you PERVERT ! >:(

:D

Well....I'm majorly offended and I'm going to report you immediately for using the word jacket........ :D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/03/08 at 8:53 am

You're supposed to be focusing on my jacket ! >:( ... you PERVERT ! >:(

:D
Shouldn't your jacket be red in colour?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 04/03/08 at 8:56 am

Wearing a jacket :o ...... and red in color at that ! :o NOW I'm in trouble ! :-[ :P :D ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 04/03/08 at 9:00 am

Shouldn't your jacket be red in colour?

His whole complexion should be red ...wearing an outfit like THAT.... ::)

Sorry folks...I need to get some sleep...big day at work tomorrow.......cheers

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/03/08 at 9:04 am

His whole complexion should be red ...wearing an outfit like THAT.... ::)

Sorry folks...I need to get some sleep...big day at work tomorrow.......cheers
Take care and sleep well.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/03/08 at 9:10 am

the three jesters in there youth

http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o164/PENNYWHITLOW/mg637t.jpg

Goodnight Gibbo

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 04/03/08 at 10:12 am

That particular phrase bothered me considerably........ :-\\ :o >:(

That empty spaced, pic-morphed phrase bothered me more than considerably... :-\\

Should have been said elsewhere, not in public.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 04/03/08 at 10:17 am

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 04/03/08 at 10:21 am

That empty spaced, pic-morphed phrase bothered me more than considerably... :-\\

Should have been said elsewhere, not in public.

When you're an unpaid 'professional' ..... you can say what you damn well please / be as unprofessional / biased as you like. Especially when you accuse the OTHER person in your own public rant of being the one to 'rant' ::)

Suggest/ imply that if they argue with you, that will be the 'last straw' .... and you'll pull the plug on them forthwith. I'm past the point of really caring.

Also, imply that they and their mates are 'few' .. whereas others are lots / loads ....

Yeah, right . :P

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 04/03/08 at 10:24 am

I hate empty spaced .........

Golly, gosh ! ^ Just LOOK at all those empty spaces. Almost as bad as leaving the toilet seat up. Call the police ..... SOMEBODY ! >:(

Oh .... and not to mention .... the pic-morphed 'crap' >:( ...

http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/4153/choosesomenewthreadscopek0.jpg

Well, I may not be a professional EITHER ... ::) ..... BUT that looks a pretty darned good effort (NOT 'crap' ) ... to me ! :P ;D

Ooooh...somebody's vewwy, vewwy angry...love it... ;)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/03/08 at 10:28 am

That empty spaced, pic-morphed phrase bothered me more than considerably... :-\\

Should have been said elsewhere, not in public.

Agreed,I like how all that was said,then they said I'll PM you..The PM is the only thing they should of done.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 04/03/08 at 10:34 am

Agreed,I like how all that was said,then they said I'll PM you..The PM is the only thing they should of done.

Exactly. Handled in 'reverse' . Brilliant piece of work ! ::) .... and some crazy statement about how I'd be only looking in that thread cos they were there. Fact was, I'd returned after several hours, and was checking through my replies ..... ::)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 04/03/08 at 11:01 am

Agreed,I like how all that was said,then they said I'll PM you..The PM is the only thing they should of done.

Right....that stuff belongs in PM...all of it.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/03/08 at 4:12 pm

Wearing a jacket :o ...... and red in color at that ! :o NOW I'm in trouble ! :-[ :P :D ;D
It is the symbals that make the jacket be red?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Rice_Cube on 04/03/08 at 5:34 pm

Right....that stuff belongs in PM...all of it.

Yes! It does! It all does! :o

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 04/03/08 at 5:52 pm

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 04/03/08 at 6:01 pm

How did he get my remark over here? I was responding to a newbie who said 'that was really bitchy' indicating Tam's remark about the pic morphing crap. Talk about morphing, Cube morphed and twisted my remark.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Rice_Cube on 04/03/08 at 6:10 pm

Did somebody from THAT camp .... just ..... ::) :-X

Not enough for them to spite us eleswhere, now they feel the need to step in and pollute our fair shores ! ::)

Seems to me I've stayed out of THEIR territory ::) :P

There is no rule against posting anywhere you want, as you have stated on several occasions.

How did he get my remark over here? I was responding to a newbie who said 'that was really bitchy' indicating Tam's remark about the pic morphing crap. Talk about morphing, Cube morphed and twisted my remark.

Why? Tam was simply calling people out on the incessant whining all over the place. If you want to whine, I don't see any reason why it can't be consolidated into one super-whine thread that I would totally ignore because I don't whine, or as you have implied, to keep it to private messages. I am merely showing you the irony of your own words.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 04/03/08 at 6:23 pm

http://Seems to me I've stayed out of THEIR territory Please continue to do so, Alan...you see what this ill-mannered, non-understanding 'person' will not hesitate to do. Btw, C ube...all this was said with a 'smile'. ::)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: karen on 04/03/08 at 6:25 pm

That is excessive igorance, Cube, and it's theft of my words and a newbies words.

How was it theft of your words? You only posted them one message above his!

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 04/03/08 at 6:27 pm

Hey...I have no issues with ANYONE/ALL contributing in this thread. I don't necessarily agree with all that is said but I will defend the concept of Freedom of Speech....
:)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 04/03/08 at 6:32 pm

Hey...I have no issues with ANYONE/ALL contributing in this thread. I don't necessarily agree with all that is said but I will defend the concept of Freedom of Speech....
:)

May I join you? It was getting intense in here.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Rice_Cube on 04/03/08 at 6:33 pm

Hey...I have no issues with ANYONE/ALL contributing in this thread. I don't necessarily agree with all that is said but I will defend the concept of Freedom of Speech....
:)

And that is really all we ask, right? :D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 04/03/08 at 6:36 pm

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 04/03/08 at 6:40 pm

I'm sure we're ALL big enough ...and ugly enough (read mature enough) to handle it all and then move on with the business of the day. ;)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Rice_Cube on 04/03/08 at 6:47 pm

Certainly there is no 'rule' to stop trouble makers stepping in to any thread they like .... to try to stir the pot. Which I'm sure they have a notoriety for doing .... from what OTHER long standing members have told me via PM. I sure as hell can enter their rats nest any time I like ... Of course, I'm sure the reception would be ecstatic. However, I choose not to associate with the forces of darkness / axis of evil as I see them !

Why certain people can't just stick to making their observations elsewhere, instead of deliberately trespassing ... well, trespassing in the sense of what HAS been the established sense of play .....

Not enough spice for some .... they've gotta try to make more mischief !

...what the hell are you talking about? What is this, junior high school? "Waaah! Big Member X says this other guy sucks, therefore it must be true because Big Member X likes me!"

Do you realize how ridiculous this all sounds?

Goodness.

I'm sure we're ALL big enough ...and ugly enough (read mature enough) to handle it all and then move on with the business of the day. ;)

I like Gibbo :)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 04/03/08 at 6:50 pm

So, now he's stooped to quoting me too, to try to further incite ....

The junior high school / whistle blowing/ teachers pet stuff is all on YOUR side of the fence, buster !

School finished 'long ago' .... but not for you lot !

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 04/03/08 at 6:55 pm

I think he's STILL in hiding. Come out where I can hit you !

http://www.inthe00s.com/smile/11/boxing.gif

:P

:D ;D :D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Red Ant on 04/03/08 at 7:00 pm

Janine, I apologize for taking your thread off topic...

You know, I like to think of inthe00s.com in itself as a club. A club of diversity, different views, people from all over the world. Do we always get along? No, we don't. And that's fine...

But, some people see fit to constantly bring up every little thing that has happened to them all the time. Some people seem to have a knack for constantly misreading posts and reading stuff into posts that isn't there. And that's their choice...

Contrary to what some here may believe, there are no "clubs"*. Sure, we all have people who we like to (or get the chance to) talk to more than others, but as far as teams or people on your side, whatever, it's complete bullsheesh as far as I'm concerned. Mods make decisions based on each event/report, and we side with what we think is right at the time. There are times where we take sides, based on the rules, but sometimes we don't do anything, or wind up chastising more than one party.

Everyone here is free to go and post or read whatever thread they want to at any time.

If anyone thinks that they have a mod on their side by default, friendship, past good actions, length of time here, etc, they would be sorely mistaken. Conversely, once a mod makes a statement as a moderator (and not as a member), we generally drop it and don't hold it against a member (we do remember though).

There also seems to still be some misunderstanding that mods are members too, and what is said by a mod is not always necessarily from a mod's point of view, rather sometimes from their own personal views, which is fine too.

Quite honestly, I considered splitting and wiping the last 2 pages of this thread, because most of what was posted here was started in or by what was said in another thread. I've said it at least 5 times since the beginning of the year: if you have a problem with someone, take it to PMs, because no one wants to read a bunch of personal bullsheesh posted over open boards. This is inthe00s.com, not nationalenquirer.com.

*Yes, there is now "Fight Club", but anyone here may join it at anytime.

I'm sure we're ALL big enough ...and ugly enough (read mature enough) to handle it all and then move on with the business of the day. ;)

Great post, gibbo.

Ant

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 04/03/08 at 7:10 pm

Janine, I apologize for taking your thread off topic...

You know, I like to think of inthe00s.com in itself as a club. A club of diversity, different views, people from all over the world. Do we always get along? No, we don't. And that's fine...

But, some people see fit to constantly bring up every little thing that has happened to them all the time. Some people seem to have a knack for constantly misreading posts and reading stuff into posts that isn't there. And that's their choice...

Contrary to what some here may believe, there are no "clubs"*. Sure, we all have people who we like to (or get the chance to) talk to more than others, but as far as teams or people on your side, whatever, it's complete balony as far as I'm concerned. Mods make decisions based on each event/report, and we side with what we think is right at the time. There are times where we take sides, based on the rules, but sometimes we don't do anything, or wind up chastising more than one party.

Everyone here is free to go and post or read whatever thread they want to at any time.

If anyone thinks that they have a mod on their side by default, friendship, past good actions, length of time here, etc, they would be sorely mistaken. Conversely, once a mod makes a statement as a moderator (and not as a member), we generally drop it and don't hold it against a member (we do remember though).

There also seems to still be some misunderstanding that mods are members too, and what is said by a mod is not always necessarily from a mod's point of view, rather sometimes from their own personal views, which is fine too.

Quite honestly, I considered splitting and wiping the last 2 pages of this thread, because most of what was posted here was started in or by what was said in another thread. I've said it at least 5 times since the beginning of the year: if you have a problem with someone, take it to PMs, because no one wants to read a bunch of personal balony posted over open boards. This is inthe00s.com, not nationalenquirer.com.

*Yes, there is now "Fight Club", but anyone here may join it at anytime.

Great post, gibbo.

Ant

For the record Ant ... you and I have had our differences ... and I like to think that that's over .... that we're now 'cool'.

I see you as the more balanced of the two mods ... and ... don't think I'm trying to start a war between the two of you ... but as two different human beings ... it would be highly unlikely that you two would agree on EVERYTHING ... though I do expect / understand you'd probably have to show public unity.

I think your above post is fair ..... though it's a shame this fun thread has now been tainted by all this. Sure, there's freedom of speech, and anyone CAN go into any thread. Whether this is wise / prudent ... given the known hostilities .... is something else ...

'gibbo' is his own man .... and to my mind, a decent and fair person. So, although I may not LIKE it that somebody from their side makes overtures to win him over .... in the end, he will make his own judgements / decisions.

It's too bad I don't get along with everyone here .... but the same can be said about them. I'm probably just more high profile / public ....

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 04/03/08 at 7:15 pm

Oh yes ... I was going to set the record straight too. Somebody in another thread .... stated ... 'that's been tried to' ... on the subject of PM'ing me.

The ACTUAL facts ... I received one PM from the person involved ... back on March 7th, which was purely of the nature of news about another member. The very last (and ONLY one I have received SINCE) .... is the public one .... that is to say ... AFTER the event.

I have not responded in that thread, to keep my gentleman's agreement !

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 04/03/08 at 7:26 pm

So.....are we all having fun yet? ;)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Tia on 04/03/08 at 7:32 pm

The ACTUAL facts ... I received one PM from the person involved ... honestly, and i don't know whether this is true or not, but one PM is all that it should take. if someone asks you to change your conduct, and they have a reason... just change it. you should stop making these big public snits out of it because it makes everyone sad. :(

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Red Ant on 04/03/08 at 7:38 pm

Again, apologies to Janine for taking this thread off topic again...

For the record Ant ... you and I have had our differences ... and I like to think that that's over .... that we're now 'cool'.

I see you as the more balanced of the two mods ... and ... don't think I'm trying to start a war between the two of you ... but as two different human beings ... it would be highly unlikely that you two would agree on EVERYTHING ... though I do expect / understand you'd probably have to show public unity.

I think your above post is fair ..... though it's a shame this fun thread has now been tainted by all this. Sure, there's freedom of speech, and anyone CAN go into any thread. Whether this is wise / prudent ... given the known hostilities .... is something else ...

'gibbo' is his own man .... and to my mind, a decent and fair person. So, although I may not LIKE it that somebody from their side makes overtures to win him over .... in the end, he will make his own judgements / decisions.

It's too bad I don't get along with everyone here .... but the same can be said about them. I'm probably just more high profile / public ....

Yes, our differences are over, Alan. They mainly arose not from personal issues, but from the fact that as a moderator I have to take action when it's required.

Actually, Tam and I get along great despite our differences. No, we don't agree on everything: I don't think anyone does. I'm always amazed that I can talk to person x civilly, and person y the same way, but persons x and y when together are like a matter/ anti-matter reaction: total annihilation with only a bright flash of light.

Mods disagree with each other at times: don't think that just because we have a tag that means we're always in automatic agreement (like a said before, we're members too!). Rarely do we have big disagreements, but if we do we compromise and move on. Life is too short to waste time and energy on things that, in the grand scheme of things, really don't matter a whole lot.

There's no "sides" here, though. I say it not just to you, but to anyone who feels like they might be out of the "loop" (there's no loop here either :P). I hated cliques in school and don't have time for them now.

Now, are there real emotions and feelings here? You bet! I've probably irritated almost every member here at least once, but I drop it and move on. I think most all of them have done the same with me.

I know men in general have a hard time with "subtle": we need a 15lb sledgehammer to beat it into our heads a few dozen times before we get it. Not to beat you repeatedly with the 15 lb sledgehammer, but sometimes discretion is the better part of valor. Not every battle is worth fighting (see Iraq if you don't get that! :D) and why make enemies when you can make friends?

Ant

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 04/03/08 at 7:49 pm

Again, apologies to Janine for taking this thread off topic again...

Yes, our differences are over, Alan. They mainly arose not from personal issues, but from the fact that as a moderator I have to take action when it's required.

Actually, Tam and I get along great despite our differences. No, we don't agree on everything: I don't think anyone does. I'm always amazed that I can talk to person x civilly, and person y the same way, but persons x and y when together are like a matter/ anti-matter reaction: total annihilation with only a bright flash of light.

Mods disagree with each other at times: don't think that just because we have a tag that means we're always in automatic agreement (like a said before, we're members too!). Rarely do we have big disagreements, but if we do we compromise and move on. Life is too short to waste time and energy on things that, in the grand scheme of things, really don't matter a whole lot.

There's no "sides" here, though. I say it not just to you, but to anyone who feels like they might be out of the "loop" (there's no loop here either :P). I hated cliques in school and don't have time for them now.

Now, are there real emotions and feelings here? You bet! I've probably irritated almost every member here at least once, but I drop it and move on. I think most all of them have done the same with me.

I know men in general have a hard time with "subtle": we need a 15lb sledgehammer to beat it into our heads a few dozen times before we get it. Not to beat you repeatedly with the 15 lb sledgehammer, but sometimes discretion is the better part of valor. Not every battle is worth fighting (see Iraq if you don't get that! :D) and why make enemies when you can make friends?

Ant

Ok. Your post ^ interrupted me just as I was about to tackle the latest participant. I'm not afraid of a fight ... but I will now not post what I had clicked on, and was interrupted by this ^ post by you (in the interests of SOME semblance of harmony).

I think it was your Iraq comment that gave me pause for thought ...

It's sad that I've fallen out with some of you here, cos you ARE American .... and Americans are probably my favourite people ANYWHERE ..... and I'm not trying to suck up in this statement of fact, to my mind.

For the record, I think that whole war illegal, / sucks .... and the loss of lives on both sides too. Now THERE'S a hornets nest if ever there was one .......... future generations of Arabs, stirred up to hate Americans, not without some justification, I should say, for the maming, killing of civilians in unfortunate accidents of war.

It DOES sort of put things in perspective ... doesn't it . Our 'petty wars' here ! :-[ :\'(

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/03/08 at 8:09 pm

All I want is to have the freedom to express ourself,to have fun to post things that maybe zany or off the wall.
The issue with Alan should of been handled better,remember Discretion is the better part of valor.
There are a few people here who take things far to serious,I thought when I joined that this would be a fun place,and for the most part it has been,And I would like to continue here,but there are times I feel like I'm in school.It seems to me to quote Rice Cube "Tam was simply calling people out on the incessant whining all over the place" the whining was being done by those who disaprove of anything off the beaten path,those who don't see the humor in life,there are times when things do get a little out of hand,and if a member has a problem then a nice PM to the person is how (IN MY OPINION) it should be handled,but not to be put out in front of everyone
Well I think I said enough and I'm not even sure it makes sense to anyone but myself,but thats how I feel.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/03/08 at 8:16 pm

honestly, and i don't know whether this is true or not, but one PM is all that it should take. if someone asks you to change your conduct, and they have a reason... just change it. you should stop making these big public snits out of it because it makes everyone sad. :(

OK Tia this is true on certain things ,like I was asked not to post Adult cartoons,which I've tried my best to cut down,but if your asking someone to stop wasting space with pics and long posts,thats a little ridiculous,sometimes it's the pics that capture the moment and make it a great post.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/03/08 at 8:19 pm

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 04/03/08 at 8:21 pm

:-* :-* :-*

I love you ninny. But not in THAT way ! :P ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/03/08 at 8:31 pm

:-* :-* :-*

I love you ninny. But not in THAT way ! :P ;D

I feel the same way :)
"Lovin' You is easy because your beautiful" and I think I'll stop there :) :-*

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 04/03/08 at 9:12 pm

I feel the same way :)
"Lovin' You is easy because your beautiful" and I think I'll stop there :) :-*

Little 'ninny' cat:
http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/9911/littleredcatbg7.jpg

And every time that we oooooh
I'm more in love with you
La la la la la la la... do do do do do

Isn't she adorable ! ;D :)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Red Ant on 04/03/08 at 9:15 pm

I feel the same way :)
"Lovin' You is easy because your beautiful" and I think I'll stop there :) :-*

Too late. I already vomited out my stomach lining and stabbed myself in the ears with pencils trying to get Minnie Ripperton's song out of my head.

Apology accept...Hey you stole my Discretion line ;D

I prefer the phrase "permanently borrowed ahead of time". :D

Ant

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 04/03/08 at 9:15 pm

Little 'ninny' cat:
http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/9911/littleredcatbg7.jpg

And every time that we oooooh
I'm more in love with you
La la la la la la la... do do do do do

Isn't she adorable ! ;D :)

Does ninny shave these dqays...... ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/03/08 at 9:20 pm

Too late. I already vomited out my stomach lining and stabbed myself in the ears with pencils trying to get Minnie Ripperton's song out of my head.

I prefer the phrase "permanently borrowed ahead of time". :D

Ant

I hate the song,just "borrowing the lyrics
You were only ahead of me because it took me 20 minutes to write my post,because my daughter keep calling from her friends house ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/03/08 at 9:25 pm

Does ninny shave these dqays...... ;D

Damm someone got a hold of these pics
don't look whatever you do

http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj233/katesamillion/hairless-cats.gif

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/03/08 at 9:28 pm

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 04/03/08 at 9:33 pm

Take the outfit off and will talk
Can I be one of these cats ;D
http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee179/belibeteoteo/cuteanimal10.jpg

So....what happens when you pour the boiling water in? :o

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 04/03/08 at 9:35 pm

'Shaved pussy alert' ! ^^^ 'Don't look' !

http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/2425/warningwarninghj6.gif
No kids ! No kids !

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Red Ant on 04/03/08 at 9:36 pm

Take the outfit off and will talk
Can I be one of these cats ;D
http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee179/belibeteoteo/cuteanimal10.jpg

The only time where "2 cats, 2 cups" will not be considered obscene.

Ant

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Tia on 04/03/08 at 9:39 pm

The only time where "2 cats, 2 cups" will not be considered obscene.

Ant
well, that's just the first frame of the movie. it goes seriously downhill from there. :o

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/03/08 at 9:55 pm

So....what happens when you pour the boiling water in? :o

This one is testing the water for them
http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x268/shadowropeburn/Cats%20Will%20Be%20Cats/Pot_O_Kitten.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/03/08 at 9:59 pm

The only time where "2 cats, 2 cups" will not be considered obscene.

Ant

These two we have to watch,there getting a little too close
http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z318/mimigama/Cats/112_cats_72159.jpg

Holy crap this is what home videos are made of :D
http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l300/idiotic_puppy/20071129-UNKNOWN.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/03/08 at 10:01 pm

'Shaved pussy alert' ! ^^^ 'Don't look' !

http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/2425/warningwarninghj6.gif
No kids ! No kids !

http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r147/kosherkitten/Cats/ShavedPussy.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Red Ant on 04/03/08 at 10:08 pm

These two we have to watch,there getting a little too close
http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z318/mimigama/Cats/112_cats_72159.jpg

Holy crap this is what home videos are made of :D
http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l300/idiotic_puppy/20071129-UNKNOWN.jpg

Posting kitty porn on a wholesome board like this? What kind of perv are you anyway, J9? ;D

*Homeland Insecurity: away with the miscreant!*

Ant

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/03/08 at 10:13 pm

Posting kitty porn on a wholesome board like this? What kind of perv are you anyway, J9? ;D

*Homeland Insecurity: away with the miscreant!*

Ant

Dammit Gibbo put the X rating back up ;D ;D
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i209/weareincandescent/perv.jpg
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l214/puppys_master/Other%20Junk/icons/perv.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/03/08 at 10:16 pm

Well it's time for this free thinking,maybe outspoken :-\\ perv to go to bed
So goodnight everyone :)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 04/03/08 at 10:20 pm

http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc70/giessel1/dieren/42.gif
Sleep well, ninny ! :)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 04/03/08 at 11:09 pm

Posting kitty porn on a wholesome board like this? What kind of perv are you anyway, J9? ;D

*Homeland Insecurity: away with the miscreant!*

Ant

What kind of perv? ....An extraordinarily talented perv ......THAT"S what type of perv ninny is. There you go ninny ...I stuck up for you!!

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 04/04/08 at 12:02 am

Peter? Still :( here. I can't shake it off.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 04/04/08 at 12:04 am

Peter? Still :( here. I can't shake it off.

No..of course I'm not here (I'm at work).....and sure you can shake it off. Suck it in and stand up straight and think CONFIDENCE... :)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 04/04/08 at 12:24 am

Peter. I was saying that I was still sad here.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 04/04/08 at 12:27 am

Peter. I was saying that I was still sad here.

Well.......just forget all that other crap I said and stop being sad....... ;) There you go......cheap advice that probably won't work...bargain eh?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/08 at 3:11 am

Guest 09:10:40 AM Viewing the topic Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club) .

We have a guest here.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/04/08 at 7:04 am

What's with all this kitty porn? ??? ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/04/08 at 8:20 am

What kind of perv? ....An extraordinarily talented perv ......THAT"S what type of perv ninny is. There you go ninny ...I stuck up for you!!

Yes Indeed ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 04/04/08 at 8:23 am

Yes Indeed ;D

Aw...my favourite female response.... ::)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/04/08 at 8:31 am

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/04/08 at 8:34 am

Aw...my favourite female response.... ::)

You sure its not..... on my knees ;D :D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 04/04/08 at 8:34 am

The word of the day ...Leader

leader (n.) One that leads or guides.
leader (n.) One who is in charge or in command of others.
leader (n.) One who heads a political party or organization

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh89/tiffanyanne3/peace/267783674_0df45461ab_m.jpg

http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn293/n_altieri/pope_benedict.jpg

http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z109/evelynlauren/nm_tom_brady_071123_ms.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w125/nutella_24/queen.jpg

Are you the leader of the pack?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/04/08 at 8:39 am

Are you the leader of the pack?

No..just one of the illustrious few that post here

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 04/04/08 at 8:40 am

You sure its not..... on my knees ;D :D

It's ALL good.... ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 04/04/08 at 8:41 am

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 04/04/08 at 8:42 am

No..just one of the illustrious few that post here

Yes ... it's your name on the marquee... ;)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/04/08 at 8:56 am

Thank you everyone for your loyalty....but DAMMIT where are the signs I gave you all to carry around. >:(..you know the ones

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y257/KG___/I_heart_Ninny.gif

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y257/KG___/I_heart_Ninny.gif

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q39/NkatChy/catslaughing.gif

No leader here,heck I'm still a follower :)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 04/04/08 at 9:29 am

Well.......just forget all that other crap I said and stop being sad....... ;) There you go......cheap advice that probably won't work...bargain eh?

Those stupid people led me to one of my depressions...not about them. though. So, You are saying 'snap out of it'? You should know that doesn't work. :( :)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/08 at 9:32 am

What's with all this kitty porn? ??? ;D
Does it exist?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/04/08 at 9:38 am

Does it exist?

YES and I got SHOCKING proof of it

This is not for the light at heart

http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q248/katiek68/kitty.jpg

http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n151/dodgerlorri/Kitty-Porn.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/08 at 9:40 am

YES and I got SHOCKING proof of it

This is not for the light at heart

http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q248/katiek68/kitty.jpg

http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n151/dodgerlorri/Kitty-Porn.jpg
I hope these items are not saved on your computer?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/04/08 at 10:18 am

I hope these items are not saved on your computer?

Why? will I have to delete them if the "kitty" porn police come?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/08 at 10:57 am

Why? will I have to delete them if the "kitty" porn police come?
Just cover it over in the Cat Litter tray.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/04/08 at 1:03 pm

Just cover it over in the Cat Litter tray.

I knew there was a reason that your a genius ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/08 at 1:08 pm

I knew there was a reason that your a genius ;D
Probably the best place for it?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/04/08 at 1:13 pm

Probably the best place for it?

Exactly,Where else?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/08 at 1:14 pm

Exactly,Where else?
In a darken room?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/04/08 at 1:18 pm

In a darken room?

Hmm,what if someone goes in there?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/08 at 1:22 pm

Hmm,what if someone goes in there?
As long as the light is not switched on.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/04/08 at 1:31 pm

As long as the light is not switched on.

Ok I should be safe then,but what if someone is reading this?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/08 at 1:56 pm

Ok I should be safe then,but what if someone is reading this?
Be assured that no one in the world will be reading these.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/04/08 at 2:07 pm

Be assured that no one in the world will be reading these.

Obviously someone in the world read it.......you did

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/08 at 2:09 pm

Obviously someone in the world read it.......you did
Other than me.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/08 at 2:10 pm

Obviously someone in the world read it.......you did

Other than me.
...and you.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: karen on 04/04/08 at 2:12 pm

I've been reading it all!

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/04/08 at 2:15 pm

...and you.

I've been reading it all!

See I told you

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/08 at 2:16 pm

See I told you
...mmm...

Would it make matters worse if all this was in a foreign language?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/08 at 2:17 pm

The contents of this thread have been deleted.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/08 at 2:36 pm

Yes I was was trying to delete this^but accidently sent it
Do you want to delete my reply?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/04/08 at 2:44 pm

Do you want to delete my reply?

Yes please if you could

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/08 at 3:06 pm

Yes please if you could
You now need to delete this reply of yours.

Yes I was was trying to delete this^but accidently sent it

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/04/08 at 3:18 pm

You now need to delete this reply of yours.

OK thanks :)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/08 at 3:18 pm

OK thanks :)
I think we are now in the clear.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: karen on 04/04/08 at 4:12 pm

But people are going to want to know what was deleted.

For a small fee I might 'forget'

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/04/08 at 4:22 pm

But people are going to want to know what was deleted.

For a small fee I might 'forget'

ok you said small
http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w63/Anitacook_13/coins.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/08 at 4:31 pm

But people are going to want to know what was deleted.

For a small fee I might 'forget'
How small a fee?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/04/08 at 4:42 pm

How small a fee?

I think she's holding out for more money

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/08 at 4:46 pm

I think she's holding out for more money
What is the best offer?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/04/08 at 4:56 pm

What is the best offer?

I offered her a handful of change ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 04/04/08 at 5:01 pm

Sounds like I must've missed a 'juicy pic' :\'( . Please feel free to PM me whatever it was ! :D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/08 at 5:24 pm

Sounds like I must've missed a 'juicy pic' :\'( . Please feel free to PM me whatever it was ! :D
" I know noth..... hing!"

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/graphics/2007/11/10/bomcc110.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/04/08 at 5:32 pm

" I know noth..... hing!"

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/graphics/2007/11/10/bomcc110.jpg

Agreed
http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff276/habaraca/nothing.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/08 at 5:34 pm

" I know noth..... hing!"

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/graphics/2007/11/10/bomcc110.jpg
"...but you say I learn"

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/08 at 5:34 pm

Agreed
http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff276/habaraca/nothing.jpg
My mouth is remaining zipped.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/04/08 at 5:39 pm

My mouth is remaining zipped.

Mums the word

http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff22/misa_love/Emoticons/ZipMouth.gif

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 04/04/08 at 5:46 pm

Mums the word

http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff22/misa_love/Emoticons/ZipMouth.gif

Grease too ?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/04/08 at 6:18 pm

Grease too ?

No the original was better :D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 04/04/08 at 6:36 pm

No the original was better :D

http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/2267/cheekybabyli7.gif
Go greased lightning you're burning up the quarter mile
(Greased lightning go greased lightning)

http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/2267/cheekybabyli7.gif
Go greased lighting you're coasting through the heat lap trial
(Greased lightning go greased lightning)

http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/2267/cheekybabyli7.gif
You are supreme the chicks'll scream for grease lightning

:P ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/04/08 at 6:47 pm

http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll52/katherine_fosho/thanimatedgrease.gif

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 04/04/08 at 8:14 pm

Those stupid people led me to one of my depressions...not about them. though. So, You are saying 'snap out of it'? You should know that doesn't work. :( :)

Yes...I do know it doesn't work. But if something can lead someone to sadness, then there are also trigures to lead to happiness (or at least not sadness).......I guess finding the trigures is the hard part. Continuing to engage in pleasant conversation on The Boards may be one of my trigures...hopefully yours too... :)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 04/04/08 at 8:29 pm

there are also trigures to lead to happiness (or at least not sadness).......I guess finding the trigures is the hard part.

I've located the 'trigure's'. Well, one of them. 8)

http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/adc/10048364A~Roy-Rogers-Trigger-Posters.jpg
Yep THERE he is ! ^ (Roy Rogers and Trigger Trigure ! :P )

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 04/04/08 at 8:49 pm

Yes...I do know it doesn't work. But if something can lead someone to sadness, then there are also trigures to lead to happiness (or at least not sadness).......I guess finding the trigures is the hard part. Continuing to engage in pleasant conversation on The Boards may be one of my trigures...hopefully yours too... :)

Whatever you said. ???

At least I'm mostly over it...look,I even talk to Alan. ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 04/04/08 at 8:51 pm

Whatever you said. ???

At least I'm mostly over it...look,I even talk to Alan. ;D

Good to hear.... ;)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/04/08 at 9:03 pm

Those stupid people led me to one of my depressions...not about them. though. So, You are saying 'snap out of it'? You should know that doesn't work. :( :)

Hope this makes you happier
http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc260/beebuzz22/puppies_1.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a199/xxsuicidexmakeoverxx/happy.gif
or for the guys
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h264/xxx_Raven_xxx/Buttons/IfYoureHappyAndYouKnowItDropYourPan.gif

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 04/04/08 at 9:13 pm

Hope this makes you happier
http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc260/beebuzz22/puppies_1.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a199/xxsuicidexmakeoverxx/happy.gif
or for the guys
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h264/xxx_Raven_xxx/Buttons/IfYoureHappyAndYouKnowItDropYourPan.gif

I was going to say that was warm and fuzzy...but that could be taken the wrong way...... ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/04/08 at 9:19 pm

I was going to say that was warm and fuzzy...but that could be taken the wrong way...... ;D

;D,I understood what you meant ;)

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f112/mamamoomoo/two/fuzzy.gif
http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l309/Cartographius/scarkitty.jpg
or maybe

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p75/joanbailey/warmfuzzy-sign.gif

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 04/04/08 at 10:46 pm

I was going to say that was warm and fuzzy...but that could be taken the wrong way...... ;D

LOL and thanks ninny!

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/05/08 at 3:24 am

http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/2267/cheekybabyli7.gif
Go greased lightning you're burning up the quarter mile
(Greased lightning go greased lightning)

http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/2267/cheekybabyli7.gif
Go greased lighting you're coasting through the heat lap trial
(Greased lightning go greased lightning)

http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/2267/cheekybabyli7.gif
You are supreme the chicks'll scream for grease lightning

:P ;D

Grief is the word!

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 04/05/08 at 3:51 am

Grief is the word!

That was pretty good Philip... ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/05/08 at 4:04 am

That was pretty good Philip... ;D
Thats the one that I want...

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 04/05/08 at 4:17 am

Thats the one that I want...

Had you a blast?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/05/08 at 4:19 am

Had you a blast?
At this time of the day?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 04/05/08 at 4:24 am

At this time of the day?

What time is it over there?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/05/08 at 4:24 am

What time is it over there?
10:30am

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 04/05/08 at 4:27 am

10:30am

Going on 7.30 pm here.......

Are you experiencing any timing deLAys with your posting? This reply froze for around 2 minutes and then it didn't post...had to do it again..!

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/05/08 at 4:42 am

Going on 7.30 pm here.......

Are you experiencing any timing deLAys with your posting? This reply froze for around 2 minutes and then it didn't post...had to do it again..!

Post at 10:27:47 AM, I type 10:30am for it would easier than typing out 10:27am, and there is no time delay.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 04/05/08 at 6:36 am

Going on 7.30 pm here.......

Are you experiencing any timing deLAys with your posting? This reply froze for around 2 minutes and then it didn't post...had to do it again..!

Who's your internet provider gibbo .... and what do you pay a month / what kind of plan are you on? I'm with 'Unwired', on their 2nd cheapest plan. Speeds are slighly above dial up most of the month .... (64kbps down, 32kbps upload) .. although the first 200MB ( or was it 300) .. are 128Kbp/s ) . I pay $20 a month for unlimited downloads .... and it's fairly stable now, though I used to experience lots of drop outs /time-outs before moving locations ....

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/05/08 at 6:54 am

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 04/05/08 at 7:33 am

Who's your internet provider gibbo .... and what do you pay a month / what kind of plan are you on? I'm with 'Unwired', on their 2nd cheapest plan. Speeds are slighly above dial up most of the month .... (64kbps down, 32kbps upload) .. although the first 200MB ( or was it 300) .. are 128Kbp/s ) . I pay $20 a month for unlimited downloads .... and it's fairly stable now, though I used to experience lots of drop outs /time-outs before moving locations ....

I'm not ignoring the post....I just haven't got a clue about iy all. My wife did all the deals with Optusnet and we do have poeople using it...

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/05/08 at 7:39 am

How about some dog porn? ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/05/08 at 7:56 am

The word of the day...according to Phil...Grief
grief (n.) Deep mental anguish, as that arising from bereavement. See synonyms at regret
grief (n.) A source of deep mental anguish.
grief (n.) Annoyance or frustration: Trying to follow their directions was nothing but grief.

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p290/mackypunky/GRIEF.jpg

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e92/dancingwithstars/grief.gif

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w239/rcnova/grief.jpg

http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m10/hamd32/others/grief.jpg

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a314/Kanakolu/Sayings/BLcharliebrown.gif

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/05/08 at 7:59 am

Good Grief.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/05/08 at 8:00 am

How about some dog porn? ;D

doggie

http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg315/theattraction/Miscelaneous/WildAnimalSex.jpg

http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii308/angiehen/2D77744510189.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/05/08 at 8:02 am

doggie

http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg315/theattraction/Miscelaneous/WildAnimalSex.jpg

http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii308/angiehen/2D77744510189.jpg

::) I shouldn't opened up my mouth.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/05/08 at 8:12 am

::) I shouldn't opened up my mouth.

They were doing the Cha Cha

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee138/mrbocaj88/Uchiha-cha-cha.gif

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/05/08 at 8:41 am

Good Grief.

http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u174/jmartin49/good-grief.jpg

http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s16/Hobryo/goodgrief.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 04/05/08 at 8:41 am

GRIEF

http://s254.photobucket.com/albums/hh93/adagio_photos/fairies/th_greyestear.gif

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 04/05/08 at 8:43 am

GRIEF

http://s254.photobucket.com/albums/hh93/adagio_photos/fairies/th_greyestear.gif

Good night kids...I'll leave you with your grief.....

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 04/05/08 at 8:45 am

Good night kids...I'll leave you with your grief.....

Good night...parting is such... ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/05/08 at 1:15 pm

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p290/mackypunky/s.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p290/mackypunky/myemoheart.jpg

http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u92/Million-Icons/Grief.png

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/05/08 at 7:43 pm

They were doing the Cha Cha

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee138/mrbocaj88/Uchiha-cha-cha.gif

No they're not,Liar,they're screwing... Doggie Style! ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/06/08 at 3:53 am

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/06/08 at 5:44 am

I thought dogging was something else?

Doggie Style?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/06/08 at 5:58 am

Doggie Style?
Not even that.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/06/08 at 6:30 am

Ok new word for today....Bust

bust (n.) A sculpture representing a person's head, shoulders, and upper chest.
bust (v.) To smash or break, especially forcefully:“Mr. Luger worked it with a rake, busting up the big clods, making a flat brown table” (Garrison Keillor)
bust (v.) To undergo breakage; become broken

http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii233/xmeowbarkx/-Bust_of_Zeus.jpg

http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk223/Koriordan/DSC00021.jpg

http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj147/hunterspalmsprings/Ads/BeerBustS.jpg

http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg78/katie_kat21/bust.jpg

http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff108/novelly-uk/bust.jpg

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e114/ndn_newsman420/bust.jpg

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o22/serenity723/bust.jpg

http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t30/bermudezkissd/bustit.gif

http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee292/Kilikimakos/bet01.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a240/AnandaTheAccursed/My%20room/P1100141.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 04/06/08 at 6:41 am

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/06/08 at 7:25 am

http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee292/Kilikimakos/bet01.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a240/AnandaTheAccursed/My%20room/P1100141.jpg
Thats my favourite Ludwig!

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/06/08 at 8:09 am

Thats my favourite Ludwig!

The Mozart & Beethoven ones were for you,I tried to find a Babbage,but they had his picture above his preserved brain

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/06/08 at 8:11 am

The Mozart & Beethoven ones were for you,I tried to find a Babbage,but they had his picture above his preserved brain
I have seen his preserved brain, it is at the Science Museum.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/06/08 at 9:03 am

I have seen his preserved brain, it is at the Science Museum.

That must of been interesting,I really don't know much about him,I know he was a mathmatican,did he have something to do with computers or calculators,maybe I'll look him up on Wikipedia.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/06/08 at 9:38 am

That must of been interesting,I really don't know much about him,I know he was a mathmatican,did he have something to do with computers or calculators,maybe I'll look him up on Wikipedia.
I took a picture of the brain in the jar, but I will have to downsize the image to place it here.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/06/08 at 9:43 am

That must of been interesting,I really don't know much about him,I know he was a mathmatican,did he have something to do with computers or calculators,maybe I'll look him up on Wikipedia.

I took a picture of the brain in the jar, but I will have to downsize the image to place it here.
Hoping the image works.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/06/08 at 10:21 am

Hoping the image works.

The image works good :)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 04/06/08 at 12:39 pm

It sure does!

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: snozberries on 04/06/08 at 1:50 pm

Hah... It just so happens..........I LOVE TO SQUIRM..........sqirm is my middle name...I EAT squirm for breakfast ...........being that I'm a squirmer from way back and if I tried not to squirm then that would be very difficult.......sorry, sorry...almost got carried away!! ;)

is squirm the aussie word for squidge? just kidding...

Hey Ninny! Cool Club....tho I haven't read all the way through so if something happens later know I'm only on page 6 of 38....

btw don't do the Sims....Tia's right it's totally addicting!!! I played once for 24 hours straight. My sim spent her time sleeping, waking, eating, cleaning, going to work, coming home eating cleaning, and going to bed...there wasn't enough time in the day for fun... I spent 24 hours playing a game who's lead character had no life...which really was just a little too close to home. I turned it off and never went back...

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/06/08 at 2:07 pm

is squirm the aussie word for squidge? just kidding...

Hey Ninny! Cool Club....tho I haven't read all the way through so if something happens later know I'm only on page 6 of 38....

btw don't do the Sims....Tia's right it's totally addicting!!! I played once for 24 hours straight. My sim spent her time sleeping, waking, eating, cleaning, going to work, coming home eating cleaning, and going to bed...there wasn't enough time in the day for fun... I spent 24 hours playing a game who's lead character had no life...which really was just a little too close to home. I turned it off and never went back...

Thanks :)
My son played it when we first bought it,but nobodies played it since he left for college in Sept.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/06/08 at 4:35 pm

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o22/serenity723/bust.jpg

Damn,I'm Hungry. :(

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/06/08 at 4:41 pm

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o22/serenity723/bust.jpg

Damn,I'm Hungry. :(

Whatcha hungry for?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/06/08 at 5:07 pm

Whatcha hungry for?

A juicy breast? ;)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: snozberries on 04/06/08 at 5:10 pm

A juicy breast? ;)

here ya go.... two juicy breasts just for you

http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m242/axiemeluv/Foods/Western%20Cuisine/ck046.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/06/08 at 5:11 pm

A juicy breast? ;)

Ah yes Chicken.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/06/08 at 5:15 pm

here ya go.... two juicy breasts just for you

http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m242/axiemeluv/Foods/Western%20Cuisine/ck046.jpg

wrong breast. ::)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 04/06/08 at 5:19 pm

A juicy breast? ;)

here ya go.... two juicy breasts just for you

http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m242/axiemeluv/Foods/Western%20Cuisine/ck046.jpg

Ah yes Chicken.

Yes, when people talk about women's breasts ..... I usually think they must be saying these women are having a nice chicken lunch. ::) As for chicken tits, ..... I can't imagine that one ! :-X

http://home.vicnet.net.au/~austrlis/100/100images/23_Gaultier_Fried_Chicken_6000.gif

Well, maybe I can ? ::) :P ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/06/08 at 5:34 pm

Yes, when people talk about women's breasts ..... I usually think they must be saying these women are having a nice chicken lunch. ::) As for chicken tits, ..... I can't imagine that one ! :-X

http://home.vicnet.net.au/~austrlis/100/100images/23_Gaultier_Fried_Chicken_6000.gif

Well, maybe I can ? ::) :P ;D

How about these

http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k251/schofieldcat/Chickenboobs.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 04/06/08 at 5:42 pm

How about these

http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k251/schofieldcat/Chickenboobs.jpg

I DO believe we're on the same 'wavelength' . You're SICK ninny ! :P ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/06/08 at 5:50 pm

I DO believe we're on the same 'wavelength' . You're SICK ninny ! :P ;D

http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh229/erickv22/sicko.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 04/06/08 at 6:02 pm

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 04/06/08 at 6:06 pm

http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh229/erickv22/sicko.jpg

A VERY timely reminder, if ever there was one. Thanks, ninny. I hired that a week back. If I don't return it today .... I'll incur extra fees. Still have to watch the 80mins of special features !

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/06/08 at 7:43 pm

A VERY timely reminder, if ever there was one. Thanks, ninny. I hired that a week back. If I don't return it today .... I'll incur extra fees. Still have to watch the 80mins of special features !

I've never seen it,is it just about healthcare?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 04/06/08 at 7:50 pm

I've never seen it,is it just about healthcare?

What's that , a film? About what?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 04/06/08 at 8:06 pm

I've never seen it,is it just about healthcare?

What's that , a film? About what?

SICKO:

Documentary look at health care in the United States as provided by profit-oriented health maintenance organizations (HMOs) compared to free, universal care in Canada, the U.K., and France. Moore contrasts U.S. media reports on Canadian care with the experiences of Canadians in hospitals and clinics there. He interviews patients and doctors in the U.K. about cost, quality, and salaries. He examines why Nixon promoted HMOs in 1971, and why the Clintons' reform effort failed in the 1990s. He talks to U.S. ex-pats in Paris about French services, and he takes three 9/11 clean-up volunteers, who developed respiratory problems, to Cuba for care. He asks of Americans, "Who are we?"

IMHO .... EVERY American should watch it. I can understand that some might wish to abstain .... cos it IS likely to make you get mad and depressed. However, the 'head in the sands' attitude ..... you're all just less likely to do ANYTHING about this appalling state of affairs. Well, that's my opinion.

Incidentally, I made a few comments here: SICKO

... in a thread created by 'Maxwell Smart' 8)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/07/08 at 1:52 am

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o22/serenity723/bust.jpg

Damn,I'm Hungry. :(
Bitty may spoil your appetite.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 04/07/08 at 2:05 am

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o22/serenity723/bust.jpg

Damn,I'm Hungry. :(

damn fine pic that......... ::)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/07/08 at 5:48 am

^ A view that could be looked at all day?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/07/08 at 6:03 am

The word of the day.....Comfort

comfort (v.) To soothe in time of affliction or distress.
comfort (v.) To ease physically; relieve.
comfort (n.) A condition or feeling of pleasurable ease, well-being, and contentment

http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg246/eliasandrade83/sobbingsoldiers_comfort.jpg

http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t18/anelphia/normal_couple_7.jpg

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh178/b4compassion/Comfort.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y291/SethBot2874/Green%20Day/543a2bea.gif

http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii207/oldtinshack/Switch%20Plates/LP963.jpg

http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk19/mornay34/comfort_suites889.jpg

http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii35/Jordmoren/DSCN3482.jpg

http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg134/Ivy5551212/comfort-1.gif

http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i249/clouda9/Cool%20Shots/Comfort.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v638/Toxicinfection/Funny%20Pictures/comfort.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/07/08 at 6:09 am

The word of the day.....Comfort

comfort (v.) To soothe in time of affliction or distress.
comfort (v.) To ease physically; relieve.
comfort (n.) A condition or feeling of pleasurable ease, well-being, and contentment

http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg246/eliasandrade83/sobbingsoldiers_comfort.jpg

http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t18/anelphia/normal_couple_7.jpg

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh178/b4compassion/Comfort.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y291/SethBot2874/Green%20Day/543a2bea.gif

http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii207/oldtinshack/Switch%20Plates/LP963.jpg

http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk19/mornay34/comfort_suites889.jpg

http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii35/Jordmoren/DSCN3482.jpg

A good word for the day, comfort, which is associated with some previous images.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/07/08 at 6:14 am

Bitty may spoil your appetite.

my dessert. ;)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/07/08 at 6:17 am

my dessert. ;)
More afters?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/07/08 at 6:17 am

A good word for the day, comfort, which is associated with some previous images.

Like the comfort of a womans bosom?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/07/08 at 6:18 am

More afters?

No,I'm good.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/07/08 at 6:19 am

Like the comfort of a womans bosom?

Yes,nothing like a guy snuggling their head on a nice woman's warm bosom. ;)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 04/07/08 at 6:57 am

Yes,nothing like a guy snuggling their head on a nice woman's warm bosom. ;)

aka 'breast'. But give me 'tit' ANY day ! :P :D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/07/08 at 7:06 am

aka 'breast'. But give me 'tit' ANY day ! :P :D

Did you see my add on in the word of the day

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v638/Toxicinfection/Funny%20Pictures/comfort.jpg

2 of your favs

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/07/08 at 2:22 pm

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b109/maiviegas/Food%20and%20Drink/comfort.gif

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o237/NymphoHo/4dery3c.jpg

http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m223/stephstephsteph_2006/angelcry.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/07/08 at 4:43 pm

aka 'breast'. But give me 'tit' ANY day ! :P :D

Alan,tit,breast,bosom,It doesn't matter what you call it,just as long as it just sits there nice and jiggly. ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/07/08 at 4:44 pm

Comfort zone?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/07/08 at 5:14 pm

Comfort zone?

It's like a nice soft pillow which I can fluff up and rest my soft head on. ;)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/07/08 at 5:18 pm

Comfort zone?

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m104/ILovEBubZ/ComforT%20ZonE/Picture006.jpg

http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l52/lovealwaysbabe/LOVE%20IS/loveis71.jpg

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Written By: Howard on 04/07/08 at 5:19 pm

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m104/ILovEBubZ/ComforT%20ZonE/Picture006.jpg

http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l52/lovealwaysbabe/LOVE%20IS/loveis71.jpg

Aw Damn Ninny,why you torture me with breast pictures? :(

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Written By: Green Lantern on 04/07/08 at 5:22 pm

It's like a nice soft pillow which I can fluff up and rest my soft head on. ;)

'Fun bags' is one term !

Something like .........

http://www.dailyhaha.com/_pics/fun_bags.jpg
What's stopping her falling flat on her face ? ???
::) ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/07/08 at 5:23 pm

Damn,could breasts get any bigger? :o

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Written By: CatwomanofV on 04/07/08 at 5:24 pm

'Fun bags' is one term !

Something like .........

http://www.dailyhaha.com/_pics/fun_bags.jpg
What's stopping her falling flat on her face ? ???
::) ;D

Is that the 52 J?

Cat

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/07/08 at 5:25 pm

Aw Damn Ninny,why you torture me with breast pictures? :(

Better not go check Mr. Misters site then ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/07/08 at 5:25 pm

Is that the 52 J?

Cat

I don't even care at this point.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 04/07/08 at 5:25 pm

Damn,could breasts get any bigger? :o

If she swings them your way, you could get a pair of black eyes, or be knocked out in the wrestling ring ! :\'(

Where's the ref ! ? >:(

:P

;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/07/08 at 5:25 pm

Better not go check Mr. Misters site then ;D

why? It has boobies too?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/07/08 at 5:26 pm

If she swings them your way, you could get a pair of black eyes, or be knocked out in the wrestling ring ! :\'(

Where's the ref ! ? >:(

:P

;D

I'd pin her to the floor. ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/07/08 at 5:27 pm

Is that the 52 J?

Cat

Man it would like be carrying twins around all day

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 04/07/08 at 5:28 pm

I don't even care at this point.

We thought you were the infamous 'bra inspector'. Here's one for 'checking' ..... if there ever was one !

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/07/08 at 5:28 pm

Man it would like be carrying twins around all day

But the milk is still in there. ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/07/08 at 5:30 pm

If she swings them your way, you could get a pair of black eyes, or be knocked out in the wrestling ring ! :\'(

Where's the ref ! ? >:(

:P

;D

That's not funny,my 11th grade gym teacher said that about me when I was running up and down the floor playing basketball ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/07/08 at 5:31 pm

That's not funny,my 11th grade gym teacher said that about me when I was running up and down the floor playing basketball ;D

Did the guys use your boobies as basketballs? ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/07/08 at 5:33 pm

Did the guys use your boobies as basketballs? ;D

No baseball ;) ;D

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/08/08 at 2:41 am

'Fun bags' is one term !

Something like .........

http://www.dailyhaha.com/_pics/fun_bags.jpg
What's stopping her falling flat on her face ? ???
::) ;D
A wheelbarrow?

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Written By: ninny on 04/08/08 at 6:17 am

The word of the day .......Sucker

One that sucks, especially an unweaned domestic animal.
Informal
One who is easily deceived; a dupe.
One that is indiscriminately attracted to something specified: “The nation's capital is a sucker for a symbolic gesture” (Jonathan Alter)
Slang
An unspecified thing. Used as a generalized term of reference, often as an intensive: “our goal of getting that sucker on the air before old age took the both of us” (Linda Ellerbee)
A person. Used as a generalized term of reference, often as an intensive: He's a mean sucker.
A lollipop.

http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p261/WhitneyEyres/sucker.jpg

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm84/butterfly76901/P1000522.jpg

http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn228/ashley29_012/a97f03662e8ee118e9e5b5b1a1a5e4be.png

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh191/bubbly_blondie_2008/sucker.png

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p286/isaac_elias/sucker.jpg

http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n208/blinville/Sucker.jpg
http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u111/HappyHeathenLynn/sucker.jpg
http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e319/kelsi07/sucker.png

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l206/cynld71/sucker.jpg

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/08/08 at 6:48 am

http://www.autographsmovieposters.com/Fields_Never_Give_TC.jpg

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Written By: Howard on 04/08/08 at 6:50 am

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l206/cynld71/sucker.jpg

I wish I was that lollipop. :(

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/08/08 at 7:49 am

http://www.autographsmovieposters.com/Fields_Never_Give_TC.jpg

Good one

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Written By: ninny on 04/08/08 at 7:50 am

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l206/cynld71/sucker.jpg

I wish I was that lollipop. :(

How did I know you would like that one ;) :D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/08/08 at 7:51 am

How did I know you would like that one ;) :D

I have sex on the brain. ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/08/08 at 7:57 am

I have sex on the brain. ;D

:o I never would of guessed

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/08/08 at 8:01 am

:o I never would of guessed

I'm sure everyone knows. ::)

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Written By: adagio on 04/08/08 at 8:07 am

I have sex on the brain. ;D

He'd probably like to see that in a beauty contest as a talent along with being
'bar nekkid'. ;D

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Written By: ninny on 04/09/08 at 6:44 am

The word of the day...Nobody

nobody (pron.) No person; not anyone: Nobody told you to go.
nobody (n.) A person of no importance or influence

http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj248/missleahabedee/nobody.jpg

http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj231/bob310_photos/865l7qd.jpg

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h215/kissmyass_03/4-5.jpg

http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii127/leslieKIDD/quotes/hurt-1.png

http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee29/angeloflove015/nobody_perfect-1.gif

http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t213/pyro_princess666/cry/Crying.jpg

http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q257/jojorocks06/NOBODY.gif

http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r5/mygirl212/mommy.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/09/08 at 6:48 am

"Well, nobody's perfect."

http://www.movieforum.com/people/actors/jacklemmon/images/joebrownhot.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/09/08 at 6:55 am

Nobody in this world is perfect.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/09/08 at 7:30 am

"Well, nobody's perfect."

http://www.movieforum.com/people/actors/jacklemmon/images/joebrownhot.jpg

Great movie

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/09/08 at 7:31 am

Nobody in this world is perfect.

So true

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/09/08 at 7:34 am

So true

Only God. ;)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/09/08 at 7:57 am

http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj84/BabiiOompa_x0x/nobody.png
Only God. ;)

Exactly :)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/09/08 at 11:36 am

Keep ninny Broken

http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i242/jerseyangel713/broken.jpg

http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm27/hollywilson15/broken.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/09/08 at 11:39 am

http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj84/BabiiOompa_x0x/nobody.pngExactly :)
http://www.cmamusic.net/T5490NPV.jpg

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Written By: ninny on 04/09/08 at 11:52 am

http://www.cmamusic.net/T5490NPV.jpg

Carly Simon
Nobody does it better
Makes me feel sad for the rest
Nobody does it half as good as you
Baby you're the best

I wasn't looking but somehow you found me
I tried to hide from your love light
But like heaven above me, the spy who loved me
Is keeping all my secrets safe tonight

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/09/08 at 12:00 pm

Carly Simon
Nobody does it better
Makes me feel sad for the rest
Nobody does it half as good as you
Baby you're the best

I wasn't looking but somehow you found me
I tried to hide from your love light
But like heaven above me, the spy who loved me
Is keeping all my secrets safe tonight
Great song, loved it when I first heard it, and it brings back memories.

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Written By: ninny on 04/09/08 at 12:08 pm

Great song, loved it when I first heard it, and it brings back memories.

Yes it does,some old and some a few years back,when timmy was in 7th grade and his field band won state championships in their division they played a tribute to James bond and this was one of the songs.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/09/08 at 12:13 pm

http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r285/EmK523/msbnr6.png

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/09/08 at 12:13 pm

Yes it does,some old and some a few years back,when timmy was in 7th grade and his field band won state championships in their division they played a tribute to James bond and this was one of the songs.
I was working in a cinema then, and hearing Carly Simon always me of the feeeling of after a long day at work and its the time to go home after a Late Night Show.

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Written By: ninny on 04/09/08 at 1:02 pm

I was working in a cinema then, and hearing Carly Simon always me of the feeeling of after a long day at work and its the time to go home after a Late Night Show.

Isn't it funny how certain songs will remind of different events,or times in your life.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/09/08 at 2:07 pm

Isn't it funny how certain songs will remind of different events,or times in your life.
Other songs and music gives me certain memories.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/09/08 at 2:20 pm

Other songs and music gives me certain memories.

That's the good thing about music

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/09/08 at 2:20 pm

That's the good thing about music
Music can command your life.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/09/08 at 3:19 pm

Music can command your life.

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p47/pdchristmas/music.jpg

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/09/08 at 3:22 pm

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p47/pdchristmas/music.jpg
Let music be the food of love

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Written By: adagio on 04/09/08 at 3:22 pm

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p47/pdchristmas/music.jpg

To me, the secret of our parodies on amiright.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 04/10/08 at 1:17 am

He'd probably like to see that in a beauty contest as a talent along with being
'bar nekkid'. ;D

Ahem....Who wouldn't? :D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 04/10/08 at 1:19 am

Keep ninny Broken

http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i242/jerseyangel713/broken.jpg

http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm27/hollywilson15/broken.jpg

That's just .....beautiful :\'(

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Written By: gibbo on 04/10/08 at 1:21 am

http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r285/EmK523/msbnr6.png

That's true! Nobody here ...I don't understand her......... :\'(

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 04/10/08 at 1:24 am

Isn't it funny how certain songs will remind of different events,or times in your life.

Those were lovely reminisences.... When I think of carly I remember an album cover where she wore a blue long sleeved T-shirt with no bra on an obviously cold day! Ahh .....the mamories evoked.........

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 04/10/08 at 1:55 am

Those were lovely reminisences.... When I think of carly I remember an album cover where she wore a blue long sleeved T-shirt with no bra on an obviously cold day! Ahh .....the mamories evoked.........

May be beautiful but then (?) ....

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/10/08 at 2:31 am

May be beautiful but then (?) ....
Beautiful then, but now some can still be annoying ?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/10/08 at 5:16 am

The word of the day....Birthday

birthday (n.) The day of one's birth.
birthday (n.) The anniversary of one's birth.

http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff284/Roxannpowell/birthday.gif

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn196/ace_suicide_seattle1/birthday.gif

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r52/crystal_fronsoe/birthday.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/10/08 at 6:40 am

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/10/08 at 6:49 am

Just in case...

Happy Birthday!

Why thank you,did I over due it with the clues ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 04/10/08 at 6:52 am

The word of the day....Birthday

birthday (n.) The day of one's birth.
birthday (n.) The anniversary of one's birth.

Not to be confused with HER ....

http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/280000/images/_281875_titanic.jpg
'Berth day' ! ::)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/10/08 at 6:54 am

Happy Birthday to my ex-girlfriend's Mother,her Birthday is tomorrow.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/10/08 at 7:39 am

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/10/08 at 7:43 am

Not to be confused with HER ....

http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/280000/images/_281875_titanic.jpg
'Berth day' ! ::)

That is the Titanic!

That ocean going passenger liner was asail this time 96 years ago.

Oh yes the unsinkable Titanic
I was unsinkable till my floatation devices were removed :D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 04/10/08 at 7:46 am

That is the Titanic!

That ocean going passenger liner was asail this time 96 years ago.

Indeed:

The ship began its maiden voyage from Southampton, England, bound for New York City, New York, on Wednesday, April 10, 1912,
Titanic struck an iceberg on April 14, 1912, and sank two hours and forty minutes later on April 15, 1912.

She came ............ she saw ............ she sank !

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/10/08 at 7:59 am

Happy Birthday.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/10/08 at 8:29 am

Happy Birthday.

Thank You :)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/10/08 at 3:31 pm

Indeed:

She came ............ she saw ............ she sank !
"I'm the king of the world!"

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/10/08 at 3:43 pm

"I'm the king of the world!"

Spoken by my daughter's future husband
http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff101/omgitssjessiee/thLeonardoDicaprio3.jpg ;D ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/10/08 at 3:59 pm

Spoken by my daughter's future husband
http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff101/omgitssjessiee/thLeonardoDicaprio3.jpg ;D ;D
...and does your heart go on?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/10/08 at 4:02 pm

...and does your heart go on?

well her's does ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/10/08 at 4:46 pm

Thank You :)

Have some birthday cake.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 04/10/08 at 4:53 pm

Ahem....Who wouldn't? :D

How silly of me!! Of course they and you would.

(Now I'm at 6000 posts)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/10/08 at 5:21 pm

Have some birthday cake.

I had a piece of cake,now my tooth hurts :(

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/10/08 at 5:23 pm

How silly of me!! Of course they and you would.

(Now I'm at 6000 posts)

Congrats on 6000

http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x41/ressiej/congratulations.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/10/08 at 5:23 pm

Have some birthday cake.
Any marzipan in the cake?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/10/08 at 5:24 pm

(Now I'm at 6000 posts)
Well done!

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 04/10/08 at 5:27 pm

I had a piece of cake,now my tooth hurts :(

You used the four letter 'c' word ! :o We don't wanna see that here ! >:(

However, leave the 'c' off of cake ......... get 'ake'.

Tooth 'ake !

:P

:D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/10/08 at 5:30 pm

I had a piece of cake,now my tooth hurts :(
What type of cake was it, other than a birthday cake?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/10/08 at 5:30 pm

Any marzipan in the cake?

No just chocolate and walnuts,I didn't have a regular birthday cake just a piece my dad bought me for lunch :)
Can they make anything out of that stuff?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/10/08 at 5:38 pm

You used the four letter 'c' word ! :o We don't wanna see that here ! >:(

However, leave the 'c' off of cake ......... get 'ake'.

Tooth 'ake !

:P

:D

Very bizarre ;D

eat me....http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x66/under_oath777/kamiocake2.gif

http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l291/ckatwoman_h/Smilies2/zahnwehtoothache.gif

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/10/08 at 6:20 pm

No just chocolate and walnuts,I didn't have a regular birthday cake just a piece my dad bought me for lunch :)
Can they make anything out of that stuff?
Delicious, as long as it does not have marzipan it is fine.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/10/08 at 6:55 pm

Delicious, as long as it does not have marzipan it is fine.

I don't think I ever had any

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 04/10/08 at 7:12 pm

Congrats on 6000

http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x41/ressiej/congratulations.jpg

Thanks ninny!! 8)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/11/08 at 6:27 am

I had a piece of cake,now my tooth hurts :(

Why?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/11/08 at 6:39 am

Why?

Because I have a bad tooth and sometimes sweets bother it.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 04/11/08 at 6:44 am

Because I have a bad tooth and sometimes sweets bother it.

We seem to running parallel lives presently. I had a tooth ache recently and the Dentist wanted to rip the tooth out... :o I wimped out and asked for antibiotics instead and it got better and hasn't bothered me for about 5 weeks now. I think that tooth is on the clock and will be departing sometime in the future but I'm glad it stayed with me......... :)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/11/08 at 6:48 am

The word of the day......Cricket

cricket (n.) Any of various insects of the family Gryllidae, having long antennae and legs adapted for leaping. The males of many species produce a shrill chirping sound by rubbing the front wings together.
cricket (n.) An outdoor game played with bats, a ball, and wickets by two teams of 11 players each.
cricket (n.) A small wooden footstool

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v735/Adrian_wee/Macro%20and%20Closeups/Cricket.jpg

http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg228/xXLUNAXx13/DSCN0487.jpg

http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/nn157/sunset_park/sachin.jpg

http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm182/dritzo/cricket_dance_5_16_08.gif

http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm4/petermetcalfe1/UHB%20photos/UHBCricketTeam1969.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v486/tdorn/leaflets%20for%20sale%20postage%20addtl/cross%20eyed%20cricket/cricketcollectionweddingangels.jpg

http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s57/timothyhudson/CricketWirelessLogo.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/11/08 at 6:51 am

We seem to running parallel lives presently. I had a tooth ache recently and the Dentist wanted to rip the tooth out... :o I wimped out and asked for antibiotics instead and it got better and hasn't bothered me for about 5 weeks now. I think that tooth is on the clock and will be departing sometime in the future but I'm glad it stayed with me......... :)

I can't do anything with mine,Tim has had 4 different jobs in the last year and he doesn't stay long enough to get insurance(you have to work at ajob 3 months)
Yesterday I could not find my anbesol,so I ate about 16 generic advilsand I'm still in pain >:(

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/11/08 at 7:03 am

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/11/08 at 7:06 am

The word of the day......Cricket

http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/nn157/sunset_park/sachin.jpg

Sachin Tendulkar probably the World's Best Batsman, who is a joy to watch a true master of his craft.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/11/08 at 8:20 am

Thank you for your choice of word, I apprreciate it.

Your Welcome :)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: karen on 04/11/08 at 8:22 am

Because I have a bad tooth and sometimes sweets bother it.

I remember years ago having that problem with one tooth. The dentist checked and said it was fine it just showed the tooth was alive!

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/11/08 at 12:13 pm

I remember years ago having that problem with one tooth. The dentist checked and said it was fine it just showed the tooth was alive!

Have you had anymore problems with it?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/11/08 at 3:23 pm

Is cricket easy to play?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/11/08 at 3:30 pm

Is cricket easy to play?
Yes.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/11/08 at 3:44 pm

Yes.

Is that the one with the horses?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/11/08 at 4:04 pm

Is that the one with the horses?
You are thinking of Polo.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/11/08 at 4:05 pm

Is that the one with the horses?

You are thinking of Polo.
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/1/115013_c48ea229dd_m.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/11/08 at 4:08 pm

Is cricket easy to play?
This is cricket

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1169/1381372388_664b72f5c7_m.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: karen on 04/11/08 at 4:54 pm

Have you had anymore problems with it?

I had it removed because my teeth were too crowded together.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/12/08 at 4:22 am

I had it removed because my teeth were too crowded together.
Last time I went to adentist I was told I had a tooth in an upside down position in my jaw, but it is not doing any harm.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/12/08 at 6:25 am

Last time I went to adentist I was told I had a tooth in an upside down position in my jaw, but it is not doing any harm.

Hopefully it never will.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/12/08 at 6:33 am

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/1/115013_c48ea229dd_m.jpg

Could you play polo without riding horses? ???

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/12/08 at 6:36 am

The word of the day...cuddle

cuddle (v.) To fondle in the arms; hug tenderly. See synonyms at caress
cuddle (v.) To nestle; snuggle.
cuddle (n.) The act of cuddling; a hug or embrace.

http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w45/Xuoy/cuddle.jpg

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh94/xXKindRainXx/AnimeCouples8.jpg

http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee141/Amz_Tigra/kimba.jpg

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k161/_-sierra-_/thCuteKitten.jpg

http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn46/Phigment_the_Fallen/Pictures/16_3_206.gif

http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/mm267/Bellalika/Logan-1stmonth086.jpg

http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z66/staceymaljian/IMG_1658-1.jpg

http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l170/okie_sweetyj/funny%20and%20random/cuddle.jpg

http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee238/DemonsPain88/cuddle.gif

http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii318/jezzfoxfire/Icons/new10.png

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/12/08 at 6:38 am

Could you play polo without riding horses? ???

Yeah water polo ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/12/08 at 6:40 am

I love cuddling,Well I would have to have a girlfriend first. >:(

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/12/08 at 6:45 am

I love cuddling,Well I would have to have a girlfriend first. >:(

You will,there's the perfect girl out there for you.You just never know where you'll find her.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/12/08 at 6:47 am

You will,there's the perfect girl out there for you.You just never know where you'll find her.

If Robin hadn't been a bitch,then I would still be with her today but No,she goes back to her dating website like a coward that she is! >:(

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/12/08 at 7:46 am

If Robin hadn't been a bitch,then I would still be with her today but No,she goes back to her dating website like a coward that she is! >:(

It's time to move on and find someone better.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/12/08 at 7:56 am

It's time to move on and find someone better.

That's what I'm trying to do. :(

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/12/08 at 7:58 am

That's what I'm trying to do. :(

You could meet someone today, you just never know. Is there anyone you like?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/12/08 at 8:01 am

You could meet someone today, you just never know. Is there anyone you like?

Not that I know of right now.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 04/12/08 at 8:01 am

That's what I'm trying to do. :(

She's not here Howard. Well, I very much doubt you'll hook up with anyone on THIS site ..... but you never know ?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/12/08 at 8:02 am

She's not here Howard. Well, I very much doubt you'll hook up with anyone on THIS site ..... but you never know ?

You must be joking. ::)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/12/08 at 8:05 am

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/12/08 at 8:07 am

Cuddles the Chimp

http://www.furrealfriends.org.uk/img/210x160-Fur-Real-cuddles-the-chimp.jpg

He's cute :)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 04/12/08 at 9:33 am

You could meet someone today, you just never know. Is there anyone you like?

Not that I know of right now.

Whatever became of Tamika?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/12/08 at 7:13 pm

Whatever became of Tamika?

I'll take her out ONLY as a co-worker/buddy but since her chain smoking turns me off I'll just keep it at co-worker/buddy and not a romantic relationship.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 04/12/08 at 7:27 pm

Could you play polo without riding horses? ???

Yes..that's called hockey or even soccer (if you also discard the mallets) :)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/12/08 at 8:54 pm

I'll take her out ONLY as a co-worker/buddy but since her chain smoking turns me off I'll just keep it at co-worker/buddy and not a romantic relationship.

I don't blame you there,that is a turn off.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 04/12/08 at 10:22 pm

I'll take her out ONLY as a co-worker/buddy but since her chain smoking turns me off I'll just keep it at co-worker/buddy and not a romantic relationship.

Chain smoker ... eh ? Now if she could only change her ways, she'd be eligible, right Howard ? ??? Maybe an educational pic. :-\\ Ah, I've got it ! 8)

Tell her to watch this ....

http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/9866/sigbb5.gif

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 04/12/08 at 10:36 pm

Chain smoker ... eh ? Now if she could only change her ways, she'd be eligible, right Howard ? ??? Maybe an educational pic. :-\\ Ah, I've got it ! 8)

Tell her to watch this ....

http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/9866/sigbb5.gif

http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/9866/sigbb5.gif

That's clever, Alan.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 04/12/08 at 10:38 pm

http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/9866/sigbb5.gif

That's clever, Alan.

:)

If it works though, Belle ... I expect commission from Howard ;) ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 04/12/08 at 11:27 pm

:)

If it works though, Belle ... I expect commission from Howard ;) ;D

You overlooked Hobbes, my dog, on the mascot site.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 04/12/08 at 11:54 pm

You overlooked Hobbes, my dog, on the mascot site.

Hobbes ? Just how many dog's you got, Belle ?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 04/13/08 at 5:50 am

Hobbes ? Just how many dog's you got, Belle ?

Two, one a few years old, a black lab named Pinky and the puppy, Lily.

Hobbes was my 11 yr. old dog who died years ago. He's the one I told snoz about, saying that they ARE family. He's still on my website even. There's a pic of him over in that thread.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/13/08 at 5:57 am

The word of the day....Scary
scary (adj.) Causing fright or alarm.
scary (adj.) Easily scared; very timid

http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc56/ZombieKagoume/scary.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y22/peaches97062/scary.gif

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b297/nxe18/misc/SCARY.jpg

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c328/chris-x/my%20icons/scary.jpg

http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q198/autumnolivia0/scary.jpg

http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm151/justysiaop/10262.gif

http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll160/1leggedbunny/scary.jpg

http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii121/Sisters2010/Scary.jpg

http://i242.photobucket.com/albums/ff30/mari_001_01/lovescareesme.png

http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk231/tink_luvin/scarygirl.gif

http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj23/monindashy/SCARY.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/13/08 at 6:00 am

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/52/184146264_83a7c2aa66_m.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 04/13/08 at 6:04 am

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/13/08 at 6:12 am

gibbo and alan? ;D ;D

Such a bad girl ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 04/13/08 at 6:22 am

Such a bad girl ;D

mea culpa ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/13/08 at 6:44 am

Alan's scary. ;D ;)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/13/08 at 6:45 am

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/13/08 at 7:02 am

That won't make her stop smoking. ::)

How about a pic of cancer cells

http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb232/Radams6532/Cancer%20Journey%20Revealed/cancercells.jpg
will that scare her?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/13/08 at 7:30 am

How about a pic of cancer cells

http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb232/Radams6532/Cancer%20Journey%20Revealed/cancercells.jpg
will that scare her?

They remind me of boobs floating around in circles. ;D ::)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 04/13/08 at 8:27 am

http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm151/justysiaop/10262.gif

Looks like the 'bitch from hell' >:( that I dated 7 years back. I only managed 95% perfection :-I was the one 'seeking perfection' ::)

She'll have a VERY long wait ! 8-P ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/13/08 at 8:29 am

They remind me of boobs floating around in circles. ;D ::)

Good Lord ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/13/08 at 8:32 am

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 04/13/08 at 8:43 am

Was that all around perfection..or just perfection in one area....because 95% is pretty damm good.

Well, I did give the effort of my lifetime. Actually felt damned close to 100% ... especially under the harrowing circumstances. However, when you go out with a 'Borderline personality disorder' ... it really doesn't matter how much good you bring in ... sooner or later, you are headed for the BIG fall.

Oh, oh here she comes, watch out boy, she'll chew you up ..... she's a man-eater ! :o >:(

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/13/08 at 9:08 am

Well, I did give the effort of my lifetime. Actually felt damned close to 100% ... especially under the harrowing circumstances. However, when you go out with a 'Borderline personality disorder' ... it really doesn't matter how much good you bring in ... sooner or later, you are headed for the BIG fall.

Oh, oh here she comes, watch out boy, she'll chew you up ..... she's a man-eater ! :o >:(

Maybe these are better pics of her

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e84/dancer1632/exorcistbitch.gif

http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm211/UbetterRECOGNIZE/THEEXORCISTDANCE-1.gif

;D ;D

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii65/amh--x3/maneater.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 04/13/08 at 9:43 am

Maybe these are better pics of her

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e84/dancer1632/exorcistbitch.gif

http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm211/UbetterRECOGNIZE/THEEXORCISTDANCE-1.gif

;D ;D

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii65/amh--x3/maneater.jpg

I just KNEW there was another presence near that room . So that was YOU when I thought it was thunder and lightning outside ??? :o .... actually your CAMERA- flash ! ??? :-[

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/13/08 at 9:47 am

I just KNEW there was another presence near that room . So that was YOU when I thought it was thunder and lightning outside ??? :o .... actually your CAMERA- flash ! ??? :-[
Is that Mike Oldfield I can hear?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/13/08 at 10:47 am

I just KNEW there was another presence near that room . So that was YOU when I thought it was thunder and lightning outside ??? :o .... actually your CAMERA- flash ! ??? :-[

Yes she made a lovely movie ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/13/08 at 10:54 am

Is that Mike Oldfield I can hear?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqMwgz2w9qQ#

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/13/08 at 11:17 am

Yes she made a lovely movie ;D
About two months ago The Exorcist was on TCM starting around midnight and my wife and I watched it. It was a real dose of nostalgia for I saw it back in 1974/5 when I was at school (underage), but because I was tall for my age I got in with no difficulty.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/13/08 at 11:18 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqMwgz2w9qQ#
Help Me!

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 04/13/08 at 12:08 pm

Well, I did give the effort of my lifetime. Actually felt damned close to 100% ... especially under the harrowing circumstances. However, when you go out with a 'Borderline personality disorder' ... it really doesn't matter how much good you bring in ... sooner or later, you are headed for the BIG fall.

Oh, oh here she comes, watch out boy, she'll chew you up ..... she's a man-eater ! :o >:(

Not only that. It's a good thing you got out when you did,,,she sounds emasculating!!

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 04/13/08 at 12:19 pm

Help Me!

Why? ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/13/08 at 12:23 pm

Why? ;D
http://www.ryanmcnamara.com/HelpMeWeb.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 04/13/08 at 12:44 pm

http://www.ryanmcnamara.com/HelpMeWeb.jpg

eww... and ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 04/13/08 at 9:26 pm

Maybe these are better pics of her

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e84/dancer1632/exorcistbitch.gif

http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm211/UbetterRECOGNIZE/THEEXORCISTDANCE-1.gif

;D ;D

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii65/amh--x3/maneater.jpg

Hmmm. always wanted to meet a girl who could do THAT in bed.... :o ;)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 04/13/08 at 10:05 pm

We were lying in bed together one night. Drinking wine, listening to music. Either just gotten it on, or about to (?) don't recall that part. I was on top of her. Something I said, or the music ... don't recall that either ... but it seemed to trigger an old memory. Next thing ... she was in tears below me. I then spontaneously licked her tears away (something that struck me at the time as beautifully romantic) .... then did something like this ...

http://www.tvgasm.com/shows/images/dancingwiththestars/season5/11-12-07%20Russian%20Mind%20Meld.jpg
^

based on ....

http://www.startrek.com/imageuploads/200303/tos-011-spock-performs-a-mind2/320x240.jpg
^
Vulcan mind meld

A temporary joining of two different minds. Idea .... maybe I could absorb and overcome her memories/ pain. Whilst my head was firmly against hers, hand on her head, I looked her in the eyes and said 'give me your demons'.

She looked me straight back with the most quizzical look, like I'd interrupted some brief reverie .. as if to say ??? ::) ... 'Who IS this fool ?'

Well, I certainly got a slice of her demons ... (WAY to powerful for me !) :-[

Yeah, this naive fool, :-[ thought if he just hung in there .... (NO MATTER WHAT) ... like she kept urging me to .... that ultimately, I could turn her around, be seen/ recognised as THE best, most beautiful, most wonderful guy she'd ever met/ COULD ever meet.

I certainly learnt an unforgettable lesson on THAT one ... ::)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 04/13/08 at 10:18 pm

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 04/13/08 at 10:21 pm

That was just beautiful... :\'( I had a similar experience ......except it was the neighbours dog licking the tears away when I hit myself on the thumb with the hammer..... Anyway, had my way with her and called it quits..... :D

Sounds like you got it on with a bitch too ! :D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/14/08 at 7:06 am

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 04/14/08 at 7:10 am

Anyone for Pea Soup?

Foggy in London ?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/14/08 at 7:11 am

Foggy in London ?
It is not the fog I was thinking of.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/14/08 at 8:22 am

The word of the day ....Model

A small object, usually built to scale, that represents in detail another, often larger object.

A preliminary work or construction that serves as a plan from which a final product is to be made: a clay model ready for casting.
Such a work or construction used in testing or perfecting a final product: a test model of a solar-powered vehicle.
A schematic description of a system, theory, or phenomenon that accounts for its known or inferred properties and may be used for further study of its characteristics: a model of generative grammar; a model of an atom; an economic model.
A style or design of an item: My car is last year's model.
One serving as an example to be imitated or compared: a model of decorum. See synonyms at ideal
One that serves as the subject for an artist, especially a person employed to pose for a painter, sculptor, or photographer

http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg273/ohlala20/model.jpg

http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x170/lyssa1795/model.jpg

http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/mm278/nashhk/Rimg0041.jpg

http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x159/blond_gurl4flags/models.jpg

http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk95/mksbookshop/FlyingModels.jpg

http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii183/Superslow95/models/modelcars030.jpg

http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee201/thisisforxanga/Models/NEXT-7.jpg

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn177/kiaranancebby0/thmodels.gif

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 04/14/08 at 8:37 am

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/14/08 at 8:41 am

The word of the day ....Model

A small object, usually built to scale, that represents in detail another, often larger object.

A preliminary work or construction that serves as a plan from which a final product is to be made: a clay model ready for casting.
Such a work or construction used in testing or perfecting a final product: a test model of a solar-powered vehicle.
A schematic description of a system, theory, or phenomenon that accounts for its known or inferred properties and may be used for further study of its characteristics: a model of generative grammar; a model of an atom; an economic model.
A style or design of an item: My car is last year's model.
One serving as an example to be imitated or compared: a model of decorum. See synonyms at ideal
One that serves as the subject for an artist, especially a person employed to pose for a painter, sculptor, or photographer

http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg273/ohlala20/model.jpg

http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg273/ohlala20/model.jpg

http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/mm278/nashhk/Rimg0041.jpg

http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x159/blond_gurl4flags/models.jpg

http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk95/mksbookshop/FlyingModels.jpg

http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii183/Superslow95/models/modelcars030.jpg

http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee201/thisisforxanga/Models/NEXT-7.jpg

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn177/kiaranancebby0/thmodels.gif

Airfix model ?

http://modelingmadness.com/scotts/civil/islandera.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/14/08 at 12:39 pm

A cool idea you came up with ninny ....... the 'word of the day'. How do you decide on the word ? A random dip into the dictionary ?

As for 'model' ........

http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/c8/1b/76df92c008a0eb33efe3a010._AA240_.L.jpg

http://cdn.last.fm/coverart/300x300/1423705.jpg

The CURRENT song I am listening to .... 'The Model' by Kraftwerk (UK #1 for them, I believe).

Whatever my wacky brain thinks of..somtimes people or things inspire me..like Phil with his love for cricket.If you want a certain word just let me know (Ijust have to be able to look pics up for the word) :)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/14/08 at 12:41 pm

Whatever my wacky brain thinks of..somtimes people or things inspire me..like Phil with his love for cricket.If you want a certain word just let me know (Ijust have to be able to look pics up for the word) :)
Personally speaking, I prefer if your word came as a surprize to me each day. I fill better inspired for that.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/14/08 at 12:46 pm

Personally speaking, I prefer if your word came as a surprize to me each day. I fill better inspired for that.

Sounds good to me :)

http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk9/MichaelScott7475/DCFC0140.jpg
model of Wrigley Field,Chicago

http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk228/roger989898/IMG_0117.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/14/08 at 12:49 pm

Sounds good to me :)

http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk9/MichaelScott7475/DCFC0140.jpg
model of Wrigley Field,Chicago
Wrigley Field, made out of chewing gum?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/14/08 at 12:57 pm

Wrigley Field, made out of chewing gum?

;D
It was also called Cubs Park from 1920 to 1926 before finally being renamed for then Cubs team owner and chewing gum industrialist William Wrigley Jr..

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/14/08 at 3:37 pm

http://www.accelerator3359.com/Wrestling/pictures/martel2.jpg

Rick "The Model" Martel.^

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/14/08 at 3:38 pm

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/14/08 at 4:22 pm

I'll take 2 of the girls home with me. ;)

Just for you :)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/14/08 at 4:30 pm

Just for you :)

Oh Thanks . ;D ;)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 04/14/08 at 4:35 pm

Oh Thanks . ;D ;)

Soooooo greedy!! >:(

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/14/08 at 4:43 pm

Soooooo greedy!! >:(

Ok,you take the top and I'll take her bottom. ;)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 04/14/08 at 4:48 pm

Ok,you take the top and I'll take her bottom. ;)

At the SAME time ? ??? :o

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/14/08 at 4:49 pm

At the SAME time ? ??? :o

no different times. ::)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/14/08 at 7:58 pm

Soooooo greedy!! >:(

Tell Ninny what you like :)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/14/08 at 7:59 pm

no different times. ::)

Why not at the same time? ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/15/08 at 5:04 am

At the SAME time ? ??? :o
Is there a queue forming here?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/15/08 at 7:11 am

Tell Ninny what you like :)

I'll take your top,please. ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 04/15/08 at 9:24 am

I'll take your top,please. ;D

The weapon of mass destruction George Dubbya failed to find ? A bra slingshot ?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/15/08 at 10:12 am

The wird of the day...Ship

A vessel of considerable size for deep-water navigation.
A sailing vessel having three or more square-rigged masts.
An aircraft or spacecraft.
The crew of one of these vessels.
One's fortune: When my ship comes in, I'll move to a larger house

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c150/johnt948/ship.jpg

http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm20/czarspeed/ship.jpg

http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z159/nique10606/P4030123.jpg

http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll170/ValCir_yyz/viking_ship.jpg

http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn83/drak-baby/bmvv.jpg

http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk126/jpd13_images/STSW.jpg

http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r153/melissadagr8/Hornblower/tallship2.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/15/08 at 10:51 am

"Ships that pass in the night"

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/15/08 at 3:31 pm

"Ships that pass in the night"

That's a good one.Ship of fools

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 04/15/08 at 4:33 pm

Tell Ninny what you like :)

You know what I like .........but you will be shot if you show it!!!! :o Now, there's a phrase to be reckoned with...........

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/15/08 at 7:18 pm

You know what I like .........but you will be shot if you show it!!!! :o Now, there's a phrase to be reckoned with...........

We'll have to dedicate the word of the day to you tomorrow.What should it be :-\\

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/15/08 at 7:23 pm

The weapon of mass destruction George Dubbya failed to find ? A bra slingshot ?

or a panty slingshot. :o

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/15/08 at 8:42 pm

I'll take your top,please. ;D

I hope you have fun playing with it.
Enjoy

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e165/sk8rcock/top.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 04/15/08 at 8:47 pm

We'll have to dedicate the word of the day to you tomorrow.What should it be :-\\

Hmmm.....wonderful, terrific, fantastic. So many to choose from...maybe you'd better just go with deviate, degenerate or just plain pathetic..... ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/16/08 at 2:10 am

That's a good one.Ship of fools
Ship of the desert.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/149/417325277_49b4ca7ea6_m.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/16/08 at 6:39 am

The word of the day..Lingerie

Women's underwear.
Archaic Linen articles, especially garments.
http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z238/kitana9/New%20File/Lingerie.jpg

http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk114/lucymuller/LP3.jpg

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll231/julie_XD/AdrianaLima-pink.jpg

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b169/onekissx5/WildNightsLingerie.jpg

http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg29/latinperformer/lingerie.jpg

http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii130/SexyTeenTaylor/lingerie.jpg

http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff247/chuckslilsis/lingerie.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/16/08 at 6:43 am

Time for a cold shower!

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/16/08 at 6:46 am

Time for a cold shower!

;D ;D

http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u250/wildnflgirl/cold_shower.gif

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/16/08 at 6:47 am

;D ;D

http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u250/wildnflgirl/cold_shower.gif
Now the shower has been taken, we can only wait for the others to return.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/16/08 at 7:11 am

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 04/16/08 at 7:13 am

*BOING*

Crap,Now I can't stand up! ;D

Or you can stand up while sitting..... ::)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/16/08 at 7:58 am

Or you can stand up while sitting..... ::)

That might hurt.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 04/16/08 at 10:09 am

For this conversation...an ad that I found:

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh93/adagio_photos/ad.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/16/08 at 10:10 am

For this conversation...an ad that I found:

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh93/adagio_photos/ad.jpg
What happens when the light is switch off?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 04/16/08 at 10:13 am

What happens when the light is switch off?

Brewers droop ?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 04/16/08 at 10:23 am

Brewers?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 04/16/08 at 10:24 am

What happens when the light is switch off?

It happens, unfortunately.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 04/17/08 at 12:21 am

For this conversation...an ad that I found:

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh93/adagio_photos/ad.jpg

A little light entertainment I see........That's a good one Belle!!! ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 04/17/08 at 12:26 am

A little light entertainment I see........That's a good one Belle!!! ;D

Agreed. Nice pic, Belle ! 8) ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/17/08 at 2:04 am

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/17/08 at 5:26 am

Several cold showers later...

;D ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/17/08 at 5:27 am

Agreed. Nice pic, Belle ! 8) ;D

Ditto,very good :)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/17/08 at 5:28 am

;D ;D
So much, I had to take a walk away from the computer.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/17/08 at 5:32 am

The word of the day..Lingerie

http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg29/latinperformer/lingerie.jpg

I have never seen the guitar played like that before.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/17/08 at 5:37 am

The word of the day ...Inspiration

inspiration (n.) Stimulation of the mind or emotions to a high level of feeling or activity.
inspiration (n.) An agency, such as a person or work of art, that moves the intellect or emotions or prompts action or invention.
inspiration (n.) Something, such as a sudden creative act or idea, that is inspired

http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg267/Carri09/inspiration.png

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i188/tWoShOrT5/inspiration.jpg

http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj189/justcrofty/Inspiration.jpg

http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii151/Patricia_42/inspiration/4.jpg

http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj13/sarahlucky7/needinginspiration.jpg

For Bill..http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d3/goodthoughts/nmadonna.jpg

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h58/GigiCarol05/scan0003.jpg

http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii205/Breedlebudge/DSC02015.jpg

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w31/Lushisme/inspiration_quote_graphic_b3.gif

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/17/08 at 5:39 am

My Inspiration

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3179/2305046411_2f58844ea9_m.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/17/08 at 5:49 am

I have never seen the guitar played like that before.

She's got the music in her(Or on her)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/17/08 at 5:50 am

My Inspiration

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3179/2305046411_2f58844ea9_m.jpg

I figured that or music :)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/17/08 at 5:52 am

She's got the music in her(Or on her)
I will not say what I just thought of just then

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/17/08 at 5:53 am

I figured that or music :)
Music and tea, double the inspiration

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/17/08 at 5:53 am

I will not say what I just thought of just then

Must of been bad.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/17/08 at 5:56 am

Music and tea, double the inspiration

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn181/grill1968/Beethoven-Krips-Symphonien/Beethoven_200.jpg

http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc149/mdherod/Vienna/SpringBreak08002.jpg

http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m268/food4thot/drinks/tea2.gif

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/17/08 at 5:58 am

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn181/grill1968/Beethoven-Krips-Symphonien/Beethoven_200.jpg

http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc149/mdherod/Vienna/SpringBreak08002.jpg

http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m268/food4thot/drinks/tea2.gif
Bless!

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 04/17/08 at 6:19 am

A little light entertainment I see........That's a good one Belle!!! ;D

thank you :) 8)

Agreed. Nice pic, Belle ! 8) ;D

thanks ;D

Ditto,very good :)

Thanks :)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/17/08 at 6:47 am

For this conversation...an ad that I found:

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh93/adagio_photos/ad.jpg

must be a small switch? ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 04/17/08 at 6:58 am

must be a small switch? ;D

Why? ::)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/17/08 at 7:24 am

Why? ::)

cause it's not big enough, Adagio. ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/17/08 at 1:00 pm

cause it's not big enough, Adagio. ;D

http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii29/bloomy_photo/Jokes1-1.jpg

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o36/tam008/viagra.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 04/17/08 at 3:33 pm

http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii29/bloomy_photo/Jokes1-1.jpg

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o36/tam008/viagra.jpg

ROFLMAO!!

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/17/08 at 6:51 pm

http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii29/bloomy_photo/Jokes1-1.jpg

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o36/tam008/viagra.jpg

Is Viagra the word of the day? ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 04/17/08 at 6:59 pm

Is Viagra the word of the day? ;D

http://www.futura-sciences.com/images2/viagra_actu.jpg

BUT .... IT .... ain't a bone ! :o (Even though they DO use the word 'boner'. ::)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/17/08 at 7:03 pm

http://www.futura-sciences.com/images2/viagra_actu.jpg

BUT .... IT .... ain't a bone ! :o (Even though they DO use the word 'boner'. ::)

So boner would be the word of the day? I'm confused. ::)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/17/08 at 7:42 pm

Is Viagra the word of the day? ;D

If thats your inspiration.(Word of the day)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 04/17/08 at 7:45 pm

heehee!

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/17/08 at 8:25 pm

heehee!

.
Is Viagra the word of the day? ;D

Maybe he could 'bone' up to it

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 04/17/08 at 8:43 pm

.Maybe he could 'bone' up to it

He would too. ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 04/17/08 at 9:08 pm

.Maybe he could 'bone' up to it

Howard ....

http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/9695/et2tk1.jpg
"Bone home" ! ? ::) :P ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/17/08 at 10:06 pm

I don't look anything like ET.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 04/17/08 at 10:09 pm

I don't look anything like ET.

But you ARE from another planet.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/17/08 at 10:11 pm

But you ARE from another planet.

Uranus? ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 04/17/08 at 10:13 pm

One-track mind. ::)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 04/17/08 at 10:28 pm

One-track mind. ::)

At least we know he's not broken .... unlike ninny.. who we definitely do NOT want 'fixed'.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 04/18/08 at 12:47 am

At least we know he's not broken .... unlike ninny.. who we definitely do NOT want 'fixed'.

Finally...back on topic... ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Badfinger-fan on 04/18/08 at 12:47 am

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 04/18/08 at 2:45 am

A cold and gusty easterly wind will blow today. It will be a grey day too with a lot of cloud and, at times, outbreaks of rain and drizzle.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/18/08 at 2:47 am

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 04/18/08 at 2:48 am

I had had never consider that situation, it is a good thing you didn't

Retirement ain't so bad AFTER all, is it Philip ?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 04/18/08 at 2:57 am

while I do enjoy lingerie images, I'm glad I didn't go through this thread while at work because that would be inappropriate internet use at work that could lead to disciplinary action and include dismissal, I sh*t you not :o Some of this stuff is mild, but it'd get me into trouble. :( so you won't find me in this thread during the day while I am at work, but at home is a different story. I can handle Diane and she ain't gonna fire me 8)

in fact, sometimes I have to be careful about looking at posts from certain members when at work because ya never know what they might spring on ya :o

Yes, viewing the net at work can be fraught with disaster (and so can email attachments). I remember some years ago I clicked on an email attachment sent to me from an idiot mate of mine that had a very porno pic and a junior staff female member walked in just as the pic came up and I panicked....pathetically fumbling around on the keyboard trying desperately to make it all go away. She gave me a look that said PERVERT..this is what you get up to instead of doing any work........ To make it all worse..the attachment somehow adjusted my volume to maximum and screamed out.." Hey everyone..I'm looking at porn"!!!!! :o

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/18/08 at 2:59 am

Retirement ain't so bad AFTER all, is it Philip ?
...but in this case there would be no payout.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 04/18/08 at 3:10 am

Well, I do have some sympathy towards Mike's situation ... and .... snoz had a go not so long ago .... on a similar note ... so ... :-X

Generally, I do try to post pics that are not OVERLY sensuous. The cartoon earlier .. well, I had a TINY reservation .... but ... I think you'd have to STOP and look a bit at that one. That bone (and .. it IS a bone) aint necessarily pointing North (though it probably is .... ) ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 04/18/08 at 3:29 am

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/18/08 at 3:45 am

Has the bone now been long dead and buried?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 04/18/08 at 4:43 am

Has the bone now been long dead and buried?

Absolutely bone dead now......

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/18/08 at 6:17 am

Has the bone now been long dead and buried?

Yes,I'd say so. ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/18/08 at 6:36 am

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/18/08 at 6:41 am

The word of the day...Colorful

colorful (adj.) Full of color; abounding in colors: colorful leaves in the fall.
colorful (adj.) Characterized by rich variety; vividly distinctive: colorful language
http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm228/Tubbi-t/Cute/COLORFUL.jpg

http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z291/normarilyn_photos/colorful-6.jpg

http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m51/alwaysbeehappy/Quotes/colorful.jpg

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g123/teddyyBEARR/colorful.jpg

http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn53/freexinsane/colorful.jpg

http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff4/FizzleDarkbane/AQPics/colorful.jpg

http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm11/keiishiepooh3/COLORFUL.gif

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/18/08 at 6:44 am

"The colour of the rainbow so pretty in the sky"

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/113/251223611_d324d031cf_m.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/18/08 at 7:45 am

"The colour of the rainbow so pretty in the sky"

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/113/251223611_d324d031cf_m.jpg

Very Nice :)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 04/18/08 at 8:37 am

Finally...back on topic... ;D

There was a topic?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 04/18/08 at 8:50 am

There was a topic?

Yes...the amazing brokeness of ninny

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 04/18/08 at 9:04 am

Thank god for that (?). For once .. I was trying to get back on topic .... in a topic-less thread !

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 04/18/08 at 9:09 am

Thank god for that (?). For once .. I was trying to get back on topic .... in a topic-less thread !

Did someone say "topless thread"??

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 04/18/08 at 9:34 am

Did someone say "topless thread"??

Where's the 'bra-inspector' ?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/18/08 at 9:38 am

Where's the 'bra-inspector' ?
Gone to work?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 04/18/08 at 1:47 pm

Did someone say "topless thread"??

;D ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/18/08 at 1:56 pm

Did someone say "topless thread"??
Topless Car Wash

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/18/08 at 3:58 pm

Topless Car Wash

Crap,I was fooled,thought those were 2 women in string bikinis. ::)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/18/08 at 3:58 pm

Crap,I was fooled,thought those were 2 women in string bikinis. ::)
He-He!!

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/18/08 at 4:21 pm

He-He!!

It said Car wash. ::)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/18/08 at 4:21 pm

It said Car wash. ::)
...working at the car wash.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/18/08 at 4:25 pm

...working at the car wash.

One of my best disco songs.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/18/08 at 4:26 pm

One of my best disco songs.
On Kareoke?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/18/08 at 4:26 pm

1002 The Howard Fun Club
1098 Mr. Mister Fun Fan Club
854 Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

If there is any competition between the clubs this is how they stand on the replies received.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/18/08 at 4:27 pm

On Kareoke?

No,on the radio.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/18/08 at 5:18 pm

It said Car wash. ::)

http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh313/mauiboy420/marzia.jpg

http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh12/taxman4anarchy/DSC03236.jpg

http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/dd212/CamaroRs68/misc/redneck/jessicasimpson7yq.gif

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/18/08 at 5:19 pm

http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh313/mauiboy420/marzia.jpg

http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh12/taxman4anarchy/DSC03236.jpg

http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/dd212/CamaroRs68/misc/redneck/jessicasimpson7yq.gif
Another cold shower....

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/18/08 at 5:20 pm

Another cold shower....

OOPS :)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/18/08 at 5:25 pm

OOPS :)
Mike could be watching at work again.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/18/08 at 5:36 pm

Mike could be watching at work again.

I think he knows better now,I think he said he would only check this at home.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/18/08 at 5:39 pm

I think he knows better now,I think he said he would only check this at home.
When the house is empty.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 04/18/08 at 5:42 pm

Topless Car Wash

There's that wrye English humour again...... Got me as well. Would have been surprised if it was as suggested though... ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 04/18/08 at 5:45 pm

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/18/08 at 5:45 pm

There's that wrye English humour again...... Got me as well. Would have been surprised if it was as suggested though... ;D
He-He!!

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/19/08 at 5:39 am

The word of the day....Hard

hard (adj.) Resistant to pressure; not readily penetrated.
hard (adj.) Physically toughened; rugged.
hard (adv.) With strenuous effort; intently: worked hard all day; stared hard at the accused criminal

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Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/19/08 at 5:41 am

http://www.fannins-collectables.com/images/q_listing/queen/its_a_hard_life/queen3_a1-fs.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 04/19/08 at 5:46 am

^^
A hard act to follow. But .......

http://www.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/1504451/2/istockphoto_1504451_erect_banana_with_nuts.jpg

:P ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 04/19/08 at 5:48 am

I'm finding these posts hard to follow....hard to read. :D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/19/08 at 5:51 am

Now see this isn't hard is it.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 04/19/08 at 5:54 am

... and who cracks nuts with a banana? :D No....don't answer that.. :o

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/19/08 at 6:01 am

Who once said:

"A hard man is good to find"

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 04/19/08 at 6:06 am

Who once said:

"A hard man is good to find"

I'm guessing some nuts said that..

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/19/08 at 6:07 am

I'm guessing some nuts said that..
a nut?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/19/08 at 6:25 am

Who once said:

"A hard man is good to find"

Flannery O'Connor

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/19/08 at 6:48 am

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/19/08 at 6:49 am

Life is hard.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/19/08 at 7:23 am

Hard to follow!

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/19/08 at 7:24 am

I'm hard just looking at those pictures. ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/19/08 at 7:37 am

I'm hard just looking at those pictures. ;D

Well that's a hard act to follow

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/19/08 at 7:38 am

Well that's a hard act to follow

Well,they're hard to swallow. ;D ;)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/19/08 at 7:41 am

Well,they're hard to swallow. ;D ;)

I hard-ly know what to say.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/19/08 at 7:42 am

I hard-ly know what to say.

It's hard,Isn't it? ;)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/19/08 at 7:43 am

It's hard,Isn't it? ;)

It's hard to come up with things. :)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 04/19/08 at 7:54 am

It's hard to come up with things. :)

In that case, seems like it would be very easy for some.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/19/08 at 7:55 am

It's hard to come up with things. :)
Do you prepared a list beforehand?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/19/08 at 8:01 am

Do you prepared a list beforehand?

Hardly.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/19/08 at 8:05 am

Hardly.
...down to inspiration of the moment.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/19/08 at 8:40 am

...down to inspiration of the moment.

Yes,usually it's hard to explain.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/19/08 at 1:30 pm

Yes,usually it's hard to explain.
I find it hard, but do prefer the spur of the moment effect.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/19/08 at 3:58 pm

I find it hard, but do prefer the spur of the moment effect.

Sometimes that's hard to come by

Easy To Be Hard-Three Dog Night

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Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/19/08 at 4:17 pm

Sometimes that's hard to come by

Easy To Be Hard-Three Dog Night

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Just sit back and reflect on it and then go for it!

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/19/08 at 4:25 pm

Just sit back and reflect on it and then go for it!

I guess it's not to hard to let it all hang out.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/19/08 at 4:27 pm

I guess it's not to hard to let it all hang out.
But you do not want to jump in straight away

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/19/08 at 4:30 pm

But you do not want to jump in straight away

Hard to know what to do now.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/19/08 at 4:33 pm

Hard to know what to do now.
You cannot what could be around the corner.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/19/08 at 4:37 pm

You cannot what could be around the corner.

Hard saying what could happen.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/19/08 at 4:39 pm

Hard saying what could happen.
Sometimes the future can be seen, but it may not be all to clear.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/19/08 at 5:13 pm

Sometimes the future can be seen, but it may not be all to clear.

It could be a hard road ahead.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 04/19/08 at 7:50 pm

It could be a hard road ahead.

ninny is find it hard to find the words........ ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/19/08 at 10:01 pm

ninny is find it hard to find the words........ ;D

It's a hard habit to break.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 04/19/08 at 10:03 pm

ninny, what's this conversation you and Philip were having?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 04/19/08 at 10:04 pm

It's a hard habit to break.

That hardly sounds correct...

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 04/19/08 at 10:05 pm

ninny, what's this conversation you and Philip were having?

It's hard for ninny to talk about....

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/19/08 at 10:08 pm

ninny, what's this conversation you and Philip were having?

It's hard to discribe ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/19/08 at 10:08 pm

It's hard for ninny to talk about....

I can hardly keep from laughing

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 04/19/08 at 10:09 pm

I can hardly keep from laughing

Hardy, har har........ ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 04/19/08 at 10:14 pm

Well...I can hardly keep from leaving.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/19/08 at 10:16 pm

Well...I can hardly keep from leaving.

Please don't take it so hard.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 04/19/08 at 10:19 pm

Please don't take it so hard.

Yeah...don't be hard hearted... :-\\

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 04/19/08 at 10:29 pm

ok....you all can stop making fun of me, NOW I'm in no mood. Either answer or don't...just don't give me silly answers >:(

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/19/08 at 10:29 pm

Sometimes that's hard to come by

Easy To Be Hard-Three Dog Night

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Can it be hard to be Easy?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 04/19/08 at 10:34 pm

ok....you all can stop making fun of me, NOW I'm in no mood. Either answer or don't...just don't give me silly answers >:(

Belle...not certain what this conversation is about.....just sticking with the word 'hard'. I think it all originated when somone asked ninny how she came up with either pic or new word ideas. Hard to say........

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 04/19/08 at 10:40 pm

Thank you Peter.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 04/19/08 at 10:46 pm

ok....you all can stop making fun of me, NOW I'm in no mood. Either answer or don't...just don't give me silly answers >:(

Belle chucked a 'wobbly'. :o Don't mess with the 'Belle' ! >:( Don't give HER a 'hard' time ! :P ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/19/08 at 10:46 pm

ok....you all can stop making fun of me, NOW I'm in no mood. Either answer or don't...just don't give me silly answers >:(

He says something and my answer has the word hard in it..hard was the word of the day

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 04/19/08 at 10:47 pm

He says something and my answer has the word hard in it..hard was the word of the day

Now that wasn't too hard..was it?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/19/08 at 10:49 pm

Now that wasn't too hard..was it?

I have a hard time communicating.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 04/19/08 at 10:51 pm

I have a hard time communicating.

Yes..it's very hard to get the timing correct..

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/19/08 at 10:51 pm

Belle chucked a 'wobbly'. :o Don't mess with the 'Belle' ! >:( Don't give HER a 'hard' time ! :P ;D

It's hard to figure people out :(

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/19/08 at 10:52 pm

Yes..it's very hard to get the timing correct..

I can hardly talk now.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 04/19/08 at 10:55 pm

There! Now look what's happened ! Poor little ninny cat is sad! >:( :( :\'(

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 04/19/08 at 10:58 pm

There! Now look what's happened ! Poor little ninny cat is sad! >:( :( :\'(

We all suffer these kinds of hardships from time to time.........

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 04/19/08 at 11:05 pm

ninny is hardly sad. :P

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/19/08 at 11:15 pm

ninny is hardly sad. :P

I'm having a hard time holding back the tears :\'( :\'(

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 04/19/08 at 11:16 pm

I'm having a hard time holding back the tears :\'( :\'(

Come on ninny...you're hardier than that!

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/19/08 at 11:16 pm

There! Now look what's happened ! Poor little ninny cat is sad! >:( :( :\'(

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Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 04/19/08 at 11:17 pm

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I'd be sad too ..if dressed like that!

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/19/08 at 11:17 pm

Come on ninny...you're hardier than that!

I'm not :\'( a hardass.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/19/08 at 11:20 pm

I'd be sad too ..if dressed like that!

Why so hard on Ninny?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 04/19/08 at 11:23 pm

Why so hard on Ninny?

Hard-headed woman.. ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 04/19/08 at 11:25 pm

Why so hard on Ninny?

Hey ! You just capitalized your user name. It's actually 'ninny' ! >:(

Now I'm 'channeling' Nally ! (Oops, I meant nally ..... ::) I 'think' :P :D ;D ).

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 04/19/08 at 11:27 pm

Hey ! You just capitalized your user name. It's actually 'ninny' ! >:(

Now I'm 'channeling' Nally ! (Oops, I meant nally ..... ::) I 'think' :P :D ;D ).

Look out ...it's the user name nazi...taking a hard-line on the quality of usernames.. :o

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/19/08 at 11:29 pm

It's after midnight so technically I can do a new word of the day....sad

sad (adj.) Affected or characterized by sorrow or unhappiness.
sad (adj.) Expressive of sorrow or unhappiness
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Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/19/08 at 11:31 pm

Hey ! You just capitalized your user name. It's actually 'ninny' ! >:(

Now I'm 'channeling' Nally ! (Oops, I meant nally ..... ::) I 'think' :P :D ;D ).

You always capitalize a proper name :D :D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 04/19/08 at 11:33 pm

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/19/08 at 11:33 pm

Hard-headed woman.. ;D

New word sad
Sad inside

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 04/19/08 at 11:37 pm

New word sad
Sad inside

Don't be sad...if you're sad, then I'll be sad.. :\'(

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 04/19/08 at 11:39 pm

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I'm sad...

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 04/19/08 at 11:44 pm

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I'm sad...

Well of course you're sad...you've got green hair and crying blue tears...... :o

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/19/08 at 11:48 pm

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I'm sad...

I'm sorry
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Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 04/19/08 at 11:50 pm

I'm sorry
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Sorry for what? ???

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/19/08 at 11:51 pm

Don't be sad...if you're sad, then I'll be sad.. :\'(

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Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/19/08 at 11:53 pm

Sorry for what? ???

Sorry that she's sad(I think ninny made her sad)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 04/19/08 at 11:54 pm

http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o77/stjamesj2008/sad85.gif

Now that was cute....... :)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 04/19/08 at 11:59 pm

Did I menton that Gibbo was hard-hearted and hard assed?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 04/20/08 at 12:00 am

Did I menton that Gibbo was hard-hearted and hard assed?

Sorry ....too late. The new word is sad !@!! ;D ...and I already knew those things.. :D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 04/20/08 at 12:02 am

Sorry ....too late. The new word is sad !@!! ;D ...and I already knew those things.. :D

But I meant it. And, of course I'm sad because of it. And I mean that! :\'( :\'( :\'( :\'(

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 04/20/08 at 12:09 am

But I meant it. And, of course I'm sad because of it. And I mean that! :\'( :\'( :\'( :\'(

Hey ninny.....can we change the word of the day to confused? (that'd be me)....

At least you may now already have tomorrows word.......

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/20/08 at 12:15 am

Hey ninny.....can we change the word of the day to confused? (that'd be me)....

At least you may now already have tomorrows word.......

It's a sad situation..to be so confused,what does she mean?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 04/20/08 at 12:17 am

'Good evening'. This is the voice of ......

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Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 04/20/08 at 12:19 am

Hey ninny.....can we change the word of the day to confused? (that'd be me)....

At least you may now already have tomorrows word.......

'Confused' .... synonyms: 'Belle'; 'Pat'; 'adagio' ............ :P ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 04/20/08 at 12:23 am

It's a sad situation..to be so confused,what does she mean?

Actually, when I think about it....confused it my normal state!! I think I have been missing the clues to someone elses state of sadness.. :-[

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 04/20/08 at 12:32 am

Actually, when I think about it....confused it my normal state!! I think I have been missing the clues to someone elses state of sadness.. :-[

You mean Belle. Didn't start out that way. She was boogy-ing to Sir Mix a lot .... dancing ...

Now all of a sudden .... upset/ sad ... and surely she can see we're only playfully teasing ...

Do we have to handle her with super kid gloves from now on ? ::)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 04/20/08 at 12:36 am

You mean Belle. Didn't start out that way. She was boogy-ing to Sir Mix a lot .... dancing ...

Now all of a sudden .... upset/ sad ... and surely she can see we're only playfully teasing ...

Do we have to handle her with super kid gloves from now on ? ::)

No..Belle always bounces back. We should always treat her as we normally would. I seem to get into more hot water every time I treat with 'kid gloves'. Better to be as normal and she will come good.......

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 04/20/08 at 12:44 am

Belle should realise by now .... we ARE her friends .... and there is NO malicious intent from ANY of us.

I sometimes can't help thinking she sees unintentional slights .. for the attention aspect. I can't stand people who are constantly looking for attention .... >:(

Oh... :o

I just realised ....

You now all know ..... I HATE myself ! :-[ :( :\'(

See now look what you've all done. Got 'Mister' all upset too ! :\'(

I'm gonna need someone to pay attention to me ... and cheer me up now ! :\'(

:P

;D

:D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 04/20/08 at 12:51 am

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 04/20/08 at 12:58 am

Anyway, don't think I'm giving you the silent treatment, Peter ;D .... I'm off to a quiz now .. 8)

See you later !

:)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 04/20/08 at 1:02 am

Anyway, don't think I'm giving you the silent treatment, Peter ;D .... I'm off to a quiz now .. 8)

See you later !

:)

Cheers and good hunting......

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/20/08 at 5:53 am

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/20/08 at 6:18 am

The word of the day has been already done!

I was up past midnight..plus Belle(Pat) was getting upset because Peter & I were continuing are 'hard' conversation,and she wanted to know what we were talking about.We never really came out and told her,we just answered with the word 'hard' in our sentences,so she got upset,I felt sad so we came out with a new word.We both explained to her later are use of the word'hard all of the time.

http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj19/Anell_A/afriend.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/20/08 at 6:20 am

I was up past midnight..plus Belle(Pat) was getting upset because Peter & I were continuing are 'hard' conversation,and she wanted to know what we were talking about.We never really came out and told her,we just answered with the word 'hard' in our sentences,so she got upset,I felt sad so we came out with a new word.We both explained to her later are use of the word'hard all of the time.

http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj19/Anell_A/afriend.jpg

I see, I could say something else but that could be hard to say.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/20/08 at 6:37 am

I'm sad cause I want a girlfriend and I miss those good times with my ex. :(

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/20/08 at 6:38 am

Now that wasn't too hard..was it?

No,pretty soft. ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/20/08 at 6:41 am

I was up past midnight..plus Belle(Pat) was getting upset because Peter & I were continuing are 'hard' conversation,and she wanted to know what we were talking about.We never really came out and told her,we just answered with the word 'hard' in our sentences,so she got upset,I felt sad so we came out with a new word.We both explained to her later are use of the word'hard all of the time.

http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj19/Anell_A/afriend.jpg

The same way we were rattling on about the uncertainty of the future?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/20/08 at 7:11 am

Clowns are sad.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/20/08 at 7:32 am

Clowns are sad.
Even with a happy face.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/20/08 at 7:33 am

I'm sad cause I want a girlfriend and I miss those good times with my ex. :(

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1103/reflections/cheerup.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/20/08 at 7:34 am

The same way we were rattling on about the uncertainty of the future?

Who knows.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/20/08 at 7:34 am

I'm sad cause I want a girlfriend and I miss those good times with my ex. :(
Always look on the bright side of life.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/20/08 at 7:35 am

Clowns are sad.

http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa165/Screwston_Shawtie/Clowns/Tears_of_a_clown.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/20/08 at 7:36 am

Who knows.
Some people claim to know the future and tell you if you cross their palms with silver.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/20/08 at 7:37 am

Clowns are sad.
http://www.kennethmorris.com/pics/09-330.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/20/08 at 7:39 am

I'm sad cause I want a girlfriend and I miss those good times with my ex. :(

Always look on the bright side of life.

Bye Bye Birdie..Put On a Happy Face

Put on a happy face;
Brush off the clouds and cheer up,
Put on a happy face.
Take off the gloomy mask of tragedy,
It's not your style;
You'll look so good that you'll be glad
Ya' decide to smile!
Pick out a pleasant outlook,
Stick out that noble chin;
Wipe off that "full of doubt" look,
Slap on a happy grin!
And spread sunshine all over the place,
Just put on a happy face!
Put on a happy face
Put on a happy face
And if you're feeling cross and bitterish
Don't sit and whine
Think of banana split and licorice
And you'll feel fine
I knew a girl so glooming
She'd never laugh or sing
She wouldn't listen to me
Now she's a mean old thing
So spread sunshine all over the place
Just put on a happy face
So, put on a happy face

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/20/08 at 7:40 am

Some people claim to know the future and tell you if you cross their palms with silver.

The only thing they know is that there's a sucker born everyday.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/20/08 at 7:41 am

Bye Bye Birdie..Put On a Happy Face

Put on a happy face;
Brush off the clouds and cheer up,
Put on a happy face.
Take off the gloomy mask of tragedy,
It's not your style;
You'll look so good that you'll be glad
Ya' decide to smile!
Pick out a pleasant outlook,
Stick out that noble chin;
Wipe off that "full of doubt" look,
Slap on a happy grin!
And spread sunshine all over the place,
Just put on a happy face!
Put on a happy face
Put on a happy face
And if you're feeling cross and bitterish
Don't sit and whine
Think of banana split and licorice
And you'll feel fine
I knew a girl so glooming
She'd never laugh or sing
She wouldn't listen to me
Now she's a mean old thing
So spread sunshine all over the place
Just put on a happy face
So, put on a happy face

Happy Face on Mars?

http://www.msss.com/education/happy_face/smile_icon.gif

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/20/08 at 7:42 am

The only thing they know is that there's a sucker born everyday.
Gullible and rich!

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/20/08 at 7:46 am

http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj73/KeanaW/SophierelaxingOct07.jpg

He looks so sad :(

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/20/08 at 7:48 am

Happy Face on Mars?

http://www.msss.com/education/happy_face/smile_icon.gif

Another pic
http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r257/tgarstad/060410_happy_crater_01.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/20/08 at 8:32 am

Happy Face on Mars?

http://www.msss.com/education/happy_face/smile_icon.gif
...this could almost be Mickey Mouse?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 04/20/08 at 9:01 am

...this could almost be Mickey Mouse?

With an ear missing.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/20/08 at 10:23 am

With an ear missing.
This picture must be a forgery!

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 04/20/08 at 10:42 am

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/20/08 at 10:57 am

http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o311/katsbucket_2006/smile.gif

If you look at the pic doesn't it look like a pair of glasses in the bottom right

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 04/20/08 at 11:16 am

I think I did it, ninny.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 04/20/08 at 11:19 am

I kind of figured it out.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/20/08 at 11:20 am

http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o311/katsbucket_2006/smile.gif

If you look at the pic doesn't it look like a pair of glasses in the bottom right
The picture has been doctored, look at the main circle at one o'clock to around three, there is straight lines of copy and paste, etc.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/20/08 at 11:22 am

Found Mickey Mouse on Mars.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/20/08 at 12:13 pm

Just testing the image out...

http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm66/Phil_O-Sopher/MickeyMouse.gif

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/20/08 at 12:13 pm

Just testing the image out...

http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm66/Phil_O-Sopher/MickeyMouse.gif
It works!

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/20/08 at 12:32 pm

I kind of figured it out.

That's good :) now you can play games.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/20/08 at 12:33 pm

That's good :) now you can play games.
That is what I am thinking, with a bit of practise first.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/20/08 at 12:36 pm

It works!

That's funny

The real face on Mars

http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2001/ast24may_1.htm

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/20/08 at 12:42 pm

That's funny

The real face on Mars

http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2001/ast24may_1.htm
Now what can be done here?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/20/08 at 12:48 pm

Now what can be done here?

They tried to compare it to Allister Crowley

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c346/angelbrains/synchronisticbedfellowsorcosmiccoin.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 04/20/08 at 12:52 pm

That's good :) now you can play games.

Except that I don't really play them...I was mainly (eternally) curious. ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/20/08 at 12:54 pm

They tried to compare it to Allister Crowley

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c346/angelbrains/synchronisticbedfellowsorcosmiccoin.jpg
He-He!!

I hope you do not mind me experimenting in your thread?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/20/08 at 12:56 pm

http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm66/Phil_O-Sopher/FaceonMars.gif

Definite proof that Walt Disney was on Mars before NASA.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/20/08 at 4:01 pm

Except that I don't really play them...I was mainly (eternally) curious. ;D

The one game you were playing doesn't register your high score.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/20/08 at 4:02 pm

He-He!!

I hope you do not mind me experimenting in your thread?

:) That's fine,do whatever you want.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 04/20/08 at 4:48 pm

The one game you were playing doesn't register your high score.

Probably none would because I'm such a lousy player. ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/20/08 at 5:19 pm

The one game you were playing doesn't register your high score.
I have only just started to venture back into The Arcade.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/20/08 at 5:25 pm

I have only just started to venture back into The Arcade.

I looked at the stats and I play it the most,you are second. My husband said that's not something to be proud of (I thought it was ;D)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/20/08 at 5:26 pm

I looked at the stats and I play it the most,you are second. My husband said that's not something to be proud of (I thought it was ;D)
I had that top spot for a while, can it be I have found a life now?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 04/20/08 at 5:32 pm

Space .... the final frontier .....

To boldly go .... where no man has gone before ...

http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/2283/moonsurfaceft7.jpg
^
:o On second thoughts ^ :-[

Don't remember Neil Armstrong reporting ... he'd found the ORIGINAL 'man in the moon' ! :P :D ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 04/20/08 at 5:54 pm

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 04/20/08 at 5:57 pm

are you 'online'?

I'm in 'outta space' !

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 04/20/08 at 6:04 pm

I'm in 'outta space' !

That's for darn sure! :)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/20/08 at 9:48 pm

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1103/reflections/cheerup.jpg

I'll try Ninny,I'll try. :( :)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/20/08 at 10:02 pm

I'll try Ninny,I'll try. :( :)

That's good to hear :)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 04/20/08 at 10:07 pm

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 04/20/08 at 11:27 pm

Hmm? Oh, Alan... ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/21/08 at 2:25 am

:) That's fine,do whatever you want.
Thank Janine, plus karma.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/21/08 at 2:36 am

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/21/08 at 6:25 am

Hmm? Oh, Alan... ;D

Leave Alan alone,he doesn't want to be bothered. ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/21/08 at 6:45 am

If you believed they put a man on the moon, man on the moon

If you believe there's nothing up their sleeve,then nothing is cool.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/21/08 at 6:52 am

The word of the day....Creepy

1. having or causing a creeping sensation of the skin, as from horror or fear: a creepy ghost story.
2. that creeps: a creepy insect.
3. Slang. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a person who is a creep; obnoxious; weird.

http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh248/wayne1972/Image20070924002822960.jpg

http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s282/Goldenmasamune/creepy4.jpg

http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s282/Goldenmasamune/creepy3.jpg

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d125/Kalevias/1208409748553.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v691/Hlyhnybear/Backgrounds/Black/th641c83b1.jpg

http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh257/ksburrows_2008/IMG_1842.jpg

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h219/samuraijas/Funny/grudge.gif

http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn299/PHOTOBUCKET-help/creepy.gif

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/21/08 at 6:58 am

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/21/08 at 7:07 am

guaranteed nightmares tonight!

Yeah I'm not really into creepy things myself.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 04/21/08 at 7:15 am

Leave Alan alone,he doesn't want to be bothered. ;D

Ok...I won't give him the karma I have for him.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/21/08 at 7:15 am

Yeah I'm not really into creepy things myself.
...other members may be venerable vunerable?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/21/08 at 10:02 am

...other members may be venerable?

Isn't venerable honored?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/21/08 at 11:38 am

Isn't venerable honored?
The word vunerable was meant to be type then.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/21/08 at 11:59 am

The word vunerable was meant to be type then.

Oh,yes some people might be :o like me ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/21/08 at 12:00 pm

Oh,yes some people might be :o like me ;D
Just one wrong letter and a completely different meaning?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/21/08 at 12:16 pm

Just one wrong letter and a completely different meaning?

Thatsrite right

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/21/08 at 3:43 pm

http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0WTefg._AxIBjgArhijzbkF/SIG=123blusnp/EXP=1208896958/**http%3A//www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/creepy.jpg

Pretty Creepy.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/21/08 at 3:47 pm

http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0WTefg._AxIBjgArhijzbkF/SIG=123blusnp/EXP=1208896958/**http%3A//www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/creepy.jpg

Pretty Creepy.
Scary!

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/21/08 at 4:02 pm

How creepy can you get?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/21/08 at 5:01 pm

How creepy can you get?
As long as the clown picture is not shown all will be fine.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 04/21/08 at 5:57 pm

As long as the clown picture is not shown all will be fine.

WHICH clown picture ? ???

http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn223/MrMisterAl/clown1a.jpg
Got something against clowns ? ??? :( :\'(

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/21/08 at 6:28 pm

As long as the clown picture is not shown all will be fine.

Pennywise perhaps?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 04/21/08 at 6:40 pm

WHICH clown picture ? ???

http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn223/MrMisterAl/clown1a.jpg
Got something against clowns ? ??? :( :\'(

What's that in his nose,,,a red booger?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/21/08 at 7:01 pm

What's that in his nose,,,a red booger?

That's snot nice :D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 04/21/08 at 7:58 pm

heehee :)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/22/08 at 4:37 am

WHICH clown picture ? ???

http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn223/MrMisterAl/clown1a.jpg
Got something against clowns ? ??? :( :\'(
A nose-ring in the nose?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/22/08 at 5:53 am

The word of the day ......Time

A nonspatial continuum in which events occur in apparently irreversible succession from the past through the present to the future.
An interval separating two points on this continuum; a duration: a long time since the last war; passed the time reading.
A number, as of years, days, or minutes, representing such an interval: ran the course in a time just under four minutes.
A similar number representing a specific point on this continuum, reckoned in hours and minutes: checked her watch and recorded the time, 6:17 A.M.
A system by which such intervals are measured or such numbers are reckoned: solar time.

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g278/RasputenTaru/Time.png

http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/mm275/lohbakk/Time_Goes_Retro_by_splatou.jpg

http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x306/purpleraze9/time.jpg

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b65/angelofthedesert/Clow%20Cards/Time.jpg

http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm229/bLeEdInG_LoVe01/thIcon637.png

http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj219/mirror229/7d68541.jpg

http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l30/AbsinthMonster/hammer_time_21.gif

http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn83/drak-baby/sexytime.png

http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/nn144/ProudlyDownunder/TimetoUpgrade.jpg

http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn300/bakflyfisher/DSCF0923.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/22/08 at 5:56 am

http://www.tauworkshop.com/DaliWatch.JPG

How time feels for me.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/22/08 at 5:58 am

WHICH clown picture ? ???

http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn223/MrMisterAl/clown1a.jpg
Got something against clowns ? ??? :( :\'(

Is that supposed to be a gold booger?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/22/08 at 5:58 am

I've got no time.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/22/08 at 6:00 am

Is that supposed to be a gold booger?
In time for the Olympics?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/22/08 at 6:01 am

In time for the Olympics?

Like he'd win,Please! :P

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/22/08 at 6:20 am

Lying in my bed I hear the clock tick,
and think of you
caught up in circles confusion--
is nothing new
Flashback--warm nights--
almost left behind
suitcases of memories,
time after--

sometimes you picture me--
I'm walking too far ahead
you're calling to me, I can't hear
what you've said--
Then you say--go slow--
I fall behind--
the second hand unwinds

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/22/08 at 6:23 am

In time it could have been so much more
The time is precious i know
In time it could have been so much more
The time has nothing to show

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/22/08 at 6:23 am

In time it could have been so much more
The time is precious i know
In time it could have been so much more
The time has nothing to show

Time won't give me time.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/22/08 at 6:28 am

Time won't give me time.

And time makes lovers feel
Like they've got something real
But you and me we know
They've got nothing but time
And time won't give me time
Won't give me time

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/22/08 at 6:31 am

Time for lunch!

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/22/08 at 6:44 am

http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii28/MistyBlues/Party/PartyTime.gif

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/22/08 at 9:34 am

http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u89/marydeglman/Time-Bandits-40x60.jpg

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e166/HoganHenderson/time-machine-DVDcover.jpg

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h223/newlist/h.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/22/08 at 9:35 am

http://www.evacassidy.com/music/cdtat.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/22/08 at 10:27 am

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q78/KylePix/080413-5471TimeCapsule100.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/22/08 at 10:29 am

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q78/KylePix/080413-5471TimeCapsule100.jpg
Do we have to wait till then?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/22/08 at 11:12 am

Do we have to wait till then?

That year may never come

http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk175/avistein/0322081102.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/22/08 at 11:17 am

That year may never come

http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk175/avistein/0322081102.jpg
Oh yes, that 2012 debate?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/22/08 at 11:26 am

Oh yes, that 2012 debate?

Must be Zager & Evans didn't know about it. Will there be a 2525, if man is still alive,if woman can survive.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/22/08 at 11:28 am

Must be Zager & Evans didn't know about it. Will there be a 2525, if man is still alive,if woman can survive.
Everything you think, do, or say, Is in the pill you took today

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/22/08 at 11:29 am

Must be Zager & Evans didn't know about it. Will there be a 2525, if man is still alive,if woman can survive.
http://millennium-thisiswhoweare.net/cmeacg/img/music/profile_image/46/cover_large.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/22/08 at 11:33 am

http://millennium-thisiswhoweare.net/cmeacg/img/music/profile_image/46/cover_large.jpg

Apparently they didn't know how to have another hit.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/22/08 at 11:40 am

Apparently they didn't know how to have another hit.
After the spilt of Zager and Evans...

Denny Zager became a music teacher (teaching private guitar lessons and luthier skills) and resides in Lincoln, Nebraska. He now sells EZ-Play™ modified guitars and online video guitar lessons on his website.

Rick Evans went on to a solo career and continued to perform and write songs, and is an alumnus of Nebraska Wesleyan University where he was a member of Phi Kappa Tau fraternity

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/22/08 at 11:53 am

Time is on my side.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/22/08 at 12:16 pm

Time is on my side.
My time is on my wrist.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/22/08 at 12:38 pm

My time is on my wrist.

Time is on the wall.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/22/08 at 1:35 pm

Time is on the wall.

Time is of the esscence.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/22/08 at 2:17 pm

Time is of the esscence.

There is no time like the present.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/22/08 at 2:19 pm

There is no time like the present.
Time flies out the window like my alarm clock every morning!

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/22/08 at 2:24 pm

Time flies out the window like my alarm clock every morning!

You must have 365 then

http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t308/Loxias16/clock.jpg

How about one of these
http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh28/UnwantedPurpleAngel/bestalarmclock.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/22/08 at 3:37 pm

http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee33/Luciana_1128/hugs_time.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 04/22/08 at 4:32 pm

http://millennium-thisiswhoweare.net/cmeacg/img/music/profile_image/46/cover_large.jpg

Apparently they didn't know how to have another hit.

They may have another one ... in the year 2525 (?) ... if both are still alive ?

"We have the technology ..... we can rebuild them !" The 6 million dollar man will be the 6 trillion billion dollar man .... and Z&E will be singing about the year 252525 A.D !

:D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 04/22/08 at 4:41 pm

How about one of these
http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh28/UnwantedPurpleAngel/bestalarmclock.jpg

Guess you haven't had a puppy hit you with a two ton force and start chewing on you? ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/22/08 at 4:45 pm

Guess you haven't had a puppy hit you with a two ton force and start chewing on you? ;D

just for you
http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n88/ashleycrystal7/Icons/puppy.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 04/22/08 at 4:49 pm

Guess you haven't had a puppy hit you with a two ton force and start chewing on you? ;D

http://www.cyabc.ca/upload/puppy_love.jpg

http://www.vetmedicalcenter.com/images/puppy_kitten2.jpg

http://www.babyanimalz.com/Images/puppy.kitten.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/22/08 at 4:50 pm

They may have another one ... in the year 2525 (?) ... if both are still alive ?

"We have the technology ..... we can rebuild them !" The 6 million dollar man will be the 6 trillion billion dollar man .... and Z&E will be singing about the year 252525 A.D !

:D

Lucky us :-\\ Will they come in doll form also
http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj158/cantina00/sixman1.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/22/08 at 4:58 pm

http://www.cyabc.ca/upload/puppy_love.jpg

http://www.vetmedicalcenter.com/images/puppy_kitten2.jpg

http://www.babyanimalz.com/Images/puppy.kitten.jpg

So Cute

http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh291/dennise911/Dogs%20%20Cats/c386.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 04/22/08 at 5:13 pm

just for you
http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n88/ashleycrystal7/Icons/puppy.jpg

:) :)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 04/22/08 at 5:54 pm

....There's a time for every season under Heaven.....

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 04/22/08 at 7:43 pm

Peter, have you read that poem about time and friends?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/22/08 at 10:14 pm

....There's a time for every season under Heaven.....

What about under hell?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 04/22/08 at 10:22 pm

Plenty if time there...don't worry. :)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/23/08 at 5:52 am

Peter, have you read that poem about time and friends?
Can it be this one?

A Time to Talk by Robert Frost

When a friend calls to me from the road
And slows his horse to a meaning walk,
I don't stand still and look around
On all the hills I haven't hoed,
And shout from where I am, What is it?
No, not as there is a time to talk.
I thrust my hoe in the mellow ground,
Blade-end up and five feet tall,
And plod: I go up to the stone wall
For a friendly visit.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/23/08 at 6:10 am

Plenty if time there...don't worry. :)

There's never enough time in hell.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/23/08 at 6:42 am

The word of the day....Paradox

A seemingly contradictory statement that may nonetheless be true: the paradox that standing is more tiring than walking.
One exhibiting inexplicable or contradictory aspects: “The silence of midnight, to speak truly, though apparently a paradox, rung in my ears” (Mary Shelley).
An assertion that is essentially self-contradictory, though based on a valid deduction from acceptable premises.
A statement contrary to received opinion.

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Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/23/08 at 6:46 am

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Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/23/08 at 7:15 am

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z144/tomasbodin/paradox_hotel.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/23/08 at 2:05 pm

http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~karthik/pics/2001-12-4-US/1/640-480/2.042-IMG_0751.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/23/08 at 3:49 pm

I don't see a pair of docs. ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 04/23/08 at 4:32 pm

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 04/23/08 at 4:59 pm

http://www.exceler8ion.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/oxymoron.jpg

http://vrombc.com/v-web/gallery/albums/JamieJames/oxymoron.sized.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1064/537860694_481872048d_m.jpg

I'll give you that one, they're funny. 8)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/23/08 at 5:08 pm

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 04/23/08 at 9:41 pm

I don't see a pair of docs. ;D

That actually wasn't a bad pun there Howard... ;D What I would call Dad humour....when someone becomes a dad his humour for some inexplicable reason becomes corny. So...what's YOUR excuse? ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 04/23/08 at 9:45 pm

That actually wasn't a bad pun there Howard... ;D What I would call Dad humour....when someone becomes a dad his humour for some inexplicable reason becomes corny. So...what's YOUR excuse? ;D

;D Never thought of it, but it's true!

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 04/24/08 at 1:25 am

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 04/24/08 at 2:54 am

I ain't even a dad ! What's MY excuse ? :-http://www.footcentre.co.nz/images/corns.jpg
My feet ! The corn must be spreading ! :P

Nothing personal but.......BLECH!! 8-P

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/24/08 at 6:14 am

I ain't even a dad ! What's MY excuse ? :-http://www.footcentre.co.nz/images/corns.jpg
My feet ! The corn must be spreading ! :P

I just had my breakfast. :P

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/24/08 at 6:21 am

The word of the day....Classic

Belonging to the highest rank or class.
Serving as the established model or standard: a classic example of colonial architecture.
Having lasting significance or worth; enduring.

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Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 04/24/08 at 6:32 am

I ain't even a dad ! What's MY excuse ? :-[ :(

That's what I keep asking myself, but YOU seem to get a kick out of them at least! ::) ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/24/08 at 6:36 am

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/24/08 at 8:29 am

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http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q210/12kh5/art/monsters.jpg

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Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/24/08 at 8:30 am

http://pixhost.eu/avaxhome/avaxhome/2007-08-03/Face.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/24/08 at 8:38 am

http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z249/momowh/Classicmusicstand.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v284/melinarse/TT%20Book%20Lots/IMG_4562.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/24/08 at 12:23 pm

Ava Maria- Josh Groban(no it's not just a Christmas song)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_k5TKCPYLI&feature=related#
Every time my wife hears Ave Maria, she says "I don't like that, it is paid at funerals". I always reply with "yes that is so, do it was also played at our wedding".

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/24/08 at 12:25 pm

I always loved Classic Coke.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/24/08 at 12:26 pm

I always loved Classic Coke.
What does Classic Coke taste of?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/24/08 at 12:27 pm

What does Classic Coke taste of?

It's an older version of the coke that used to be,lots of sugar.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/24/08 at 12:28 pm

It's an older version of the coke that used to be,lots of sugar.
From a can or a bottle?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/24/08 at 12:30 pm

From a can or a bottle?

Basically both with high fructose.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/24/08 at 12:39 pm

Basically both with high fructose.
Too much sugar for my liking.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/24/08 at 1:23 pm

Too much sugar for my liking.

Yes Me too,just too much sugar can make you hyper.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/24/08 at 1:32 pm

Every time my wife hears Ave Maria, she says "I don't like that, it is paid at funerals". I always reply with "yes that is so, do it was also played at our wedding".

Well it was played at my mom's funeral,I just think it's a beautiful song :)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/24/08 at 1:34 pm

Yes Me too,just too much sugar can make you hyper.

http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii299/_HorseCrazy92_/horse9665555.gif

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/24/08 at 1:35 pm

http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii299/_HorseCrazy92_/horse9665555.gif

He's had way too much sugar.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/24/08 at 1:36 pm

Well it was played at my mom's funeral,I just think it's a beautiful song :)
It is one of those tunes I (try to) play on the keyboard, it is a wonderful piece.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/24/08 at 1:37 pm

http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii299/_HorseCrazy92_/horse9665555.gif
...don't reminded of hyper-activity!

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/24/08 at 1:37 pm

Should we keep her birthday and fan club together?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/24/08 at 1:39 pm

Should we keep her birthday and fan club together?

Why,they are both doing fine. :)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/24/08 at 1:40 pm

Why,they are both doing fine. :)

The Ninny broken birthday club? ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/24/08 at 1:50 pm

The Ninny broken birthday club? ;D

:-\\ :(

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/24/08 at 1:51 pm

:-\\ :(

Oh I'm sorry if that was taken as an offense. :(

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/24/08 at 2:01 pm

Oh I'm sorry if that was taken as an offense. :(

OK :) No broken birthday club,that doesn't sound right.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 04/24/08 at 2:08 pm

The Ninny broken birthday club? ;D

That sounds as if somebody broke, or smushed, her b'day cake. :-\\

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/24/08 at 3:24 pm

That sounds as if somebody broke, or smushed, her b'day cake. :-\\
...we can always find another cake.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 04/24/08 at 5:09 pm

Well it was played at my mom's funeral,I just think it's a beautiful song :)

Yes..it is a beautiful tune. I particularly enjoy it when song by a competent boy soprano.. :)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 04/24/08 at 5:11 pm

...we can always find another cake.

Did someone say cake? :)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/24/08 at 5:16 pm

Did someone say cake? :)
Cake....

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 04/24/08 at 5:21 pm

Did someone say cake? :)

Stiil hungry gibbo ? Thought you'd've pigged out on these ....

http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/4664/anz333c24zf2.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 04/24/08 at 5:31 pm

Stiil hungry gibbo ? Thought you'd've pigged out on these ....

http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/4664/anz333c24zf2.jpg

Don't even joke about it...I had six of the large anzac biscuits last night!! ...but I'm still serious about losing some weight...oh, right after the BBQ later today! ;)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/24/08 at 5:59 pm

Stiil hungry gibbo ? Thought you'd've pigged out on these ....

http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/4664/anz333c24zf2.jpg

They look like cookies,not biscuits,what's in them?it looks like oats.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 04/24/08 at 6:09 pm

They look like cookies,not biscuits,what's in them?it looks like oats.

I thought they were made from dead anzacs. (I'll probably pay for that comment as it IS ANZAC day here).

...and this is another difference between the two continents/countries. Cookies ARE biscuits here....not certain what you would call a biscuit then. ???

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/24/08 at 6:27 pm

I thought they were made from dead anzacs. (I'll probably pay for that comment as it IS ANZAC day here).

...and this is another difference between the two continents/countries. Cookies ARE biscuits here....not certain what you would call a biscuit then. ???
Biscuits are biscuits and will only be biscuits!

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/24/08 at 6:31 pm

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/24/08 at 6:32 pm

Biscuits are biscuits and will only be biscuits!

So their not cookie biscuits in England?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 04/24/08 at 6:49 pm

Stiil hungry gibbo ? Thought you'd've pigged out on these ....

http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/4664/anz333c24zf2.jpg

Those look ver good, whatever they are. :)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 04/24/08 at 7:15 pm

Those look ver good, whatever they are. :)

ANZAC Biscuits are a snack food most commonly made from the primary ingredients of rolled oats, coconut, and golden syrup.

Many myths surround the origin of the ANZAC Biscuits. One story is that the biscuits were made by Australian and New Zealand women for the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) soldiers during World War I, that they were reputedly first called "Soldiers' Biscuits" then renamed "ANZAC Biscuits" after the Gallipoli landing. The recipe was reportedly created to ensure the biscuits would keep well during naval transportation to those fighting overseas. However, those biscuits were shaped more like rock cakes and were made from entirely different ingredients.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 04/24/08 at 7:57 pm

The Anzac type look yummy.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 04/25/08 at 1:58 am

This is a baking powder biscuit
http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc302/Appledumplingo/Food%20photos/Zaar%20photos%20posted/HPIM2809.jpg

Those look like scones to me (pronounced scon .....not rhyming with stone).. :)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/25/08 at 6:16 am

The word of the day.....Dangerous
Involving or filled with danger; perilous.
Being able or likely to do harm.

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Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/25/08 at 6:21 am

That sounds as if somebody broke, or smushed, her b'day cake. :-\\

That wouldn't be a good idea. :(

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/25/08 at 6:22 am

I'm feeling dangerous tonight.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/25/08 at 6:23 am

Those look like scones to me (pronounced scon .....not rhyming with stone).. :)

I've heard of them. So which one looks more like it
http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa118/breeze1970/scones.jpg
http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m218/NeeJay88/scones.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v322/cc_levein/scones.jpg
http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w281/laptop_geek/Scones.jpg
or are they alll scones
nevermind I looked it up

British scones closely resemble a North American biscuit (many recipes are actually identical) — itself not to be confused with the English biscuit, which equates to the American cookie. In the United States, there is a growing tendency to refer to sweet variations as "scones" (perhaps under influence from espresso bars, where they are popular fare), while those eaten as part of savoury meals are known as "biscuits". American "scones" are often baked to a dry and somewhat crumbly texture, and are typically large and rectangular; more like a cross between a cookie and a muffin than a biscuit. In Canada, both tend to be called "biscuits" or "tea biscuits

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/25/08 at 6:23 am

I'm feeling dangerous tonight.

Really how so?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/25/08 at 6:24 am

http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m218/NeeJay88/scones.jpg

WTF is wrong with this picture? ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/25/08 at 6:25 am

Really how so?

Gonna do some cart collecting.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 04/25/08 at 6:26 am

http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m218/NeeJay88/scones.jpg

WTF is wrong with this picture? ;D

They are needing a good licking.....

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/25/08 at 6:28 am

They are needing a good licking.....

I think she needs a good licking. Does she have a boyfriend? ;)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/25/08 at 6:28 am

Gonna do some cart collecting.

Is that dangerous?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/25/08 at 6:29 am

Is that dangerous?

You have to watch out for cars,that's pretty dangerous.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/25/08 at 6:31 am

They are needing a good licking.....

I think she needs a good licking. Does she have a boyfriend? ;)

I never knew you guys liked fruit that much. :)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/25/08 at 6:32 am

I never knew you guys liked fruit that much. :)

She's the fruit. ;)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/25/08 at 6:33 am

You have to watch out for cars,that's pretty dangerous.

Yes that can be dangerous.Has one ever come close to hitting you?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/25/08 at 6:34 am

She's the fruit. ;)

What flavor would she be :)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/25/08 at 7:11 am

What flavor would she be :)

strawberry banana.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/25/08 at 7:12 am

Yes that can be dangerous.Has one ever come close to hitting you?

Yes almost did when one stupid moron didn't see how he backed up and knocked over 10 of my carts! >:(

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 04/25/08 at 7:15 am

I never knew you guys liked fruit that much. :)

With two cherries on top...... ;) ::)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/25/08 at 7:16 am

With two cherries on top...... ;) ::)

and whipped cream...
:o :o

*faints*

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 04/25/08 at 7:41 am

The word of the day.....Dangerous
Involving or filled with danger; perilous.
Being able or likely to do harm.

http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l147/Bibi1983/Other%20Stuff/spongespider.gif

Also .... living dangerously ...

http://politicalhumor.about.com/library/graphics/condi_bush_bed.jpg
::)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/25/08 at 3:36 pm

Yes almost did when one stupid moron didn't see how he backed up and knocked over 10 of my carts! >:(

Did you want to curse him?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/25/08 at 3:38 pm

and whipped cream...
:o :o

*faints*

Who provides the whip cream?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/25/08 at 3:39 pm

Also .... living dangerously ...

http://politicalhumor.about.com/library/graphics/condi_bush_bed.jpg
::)

She looks bored ;D ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/25/08 at 3:47 pm

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/25/08 at 4:00 pm

Which is more dangerous than the other?

Health wise the cigs,The wolf and the croc can be dangerous too..also getting caught in bed with someone and a woman's charm also could lead to danger..but I think the most dangerous is the guy on top ;D ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/25/08 at 4:09 pm

Health wise the cigs,The wolf and the croc can be dangerous too..also getting caught in bed with someone and a woman's charm also could lead to danger..but I think the most dangerous is the guy on top ;D ;D
All to be avoided?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/25/08 at 4:19 pm

All to be avoided?

That depends on if you like living dangerously. :)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/25/08 at 4:20 pm

That depends on if you like living dangerously. :)
Certainly not my kind of life style.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/25/08 at 5:17 pm

Certainly not my kind of life style.

:) mine either.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/25/08 at 10:10 pm

Did you want to curse him?

felt like it. >:(

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/25/08 at 10:10 pm

Who provides the whip cream?

I have it...IN MY PANTS! ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 04/25/08 at 10:14 pm

I have it...IN MY PANTS! ;D

Have to ask Bill if it tastes off?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/25/08 at 10:17 pm

Have to ask Bill if it tastes off?

I meant a girl Gibbo. ::)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 04/25/08 at 11:33 pm

Have to ask Bill if it tastes off?

;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/25/08 at 11:42 pm

I have it...IN MY PANTS! ;D

That's a strange place to put it :D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/26/08 at 12:15 am

The word of the day.....Torture

Infliction of severe physical pain as a means of punishment or coercion.
An instrument or a method for inflicting such pain.
Excruciating physical or mental pain; agony: the torture of waiting in suspense.
Something causing severe pain or anguish.
http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk106/Design_Savage/torture-05.jpg

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e75/SufMan/gitmo_torture.jpg

http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn282/theonlyolly/Gummy.jpg

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn186/lyrizgte/butt-3.jpg

http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa314/TheHollow13/London/DSC00267.jpg

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http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q309/NoMeV/torture.jpg

http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s85/stan76044/torture.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v466/catfoster04/torture.gif

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b252/agmcgehee/Michael-Bolton_8222.jpg ;D ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 04/26/08 at 12:27 am

How are they torturing that poor woman on the rack??

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/26/08 at 12:30 am

How are they torturing that poor woman on the rack??

They seem to be stretching her and pouring something down her throat.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 04/26/08 at 12:36 am

I knew they were stretching her, but they also had a whole committee doing 'something' ewww :D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/26/08 at 1:07 am

How are they torturing that poor woman on the rack??
If she was a witch she would be down.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 04/26/08 at 2:37 am

The word of the day.....Torture

Infliction of severe physical pain as a means of punishment or coercion.
An instrument or a method for inflicting such pain.
Excruciating physical or mental pain; agony: the torture of waiting in suspense.
Something causing severe pain or anguish.

AMERICA'S 'Secret (torture) weapon' ! .......

http://www.musictowers.com/assets/gallery/B/pic_7-26-2006_5-32-39_AM_7056.jpg
"You can tell my heart, my achy breaky ...."

http://www.bp.com/liveassets/bp_internet/bp_ultimate/STAGING/brand_assets/images/global_diesel_reducednoise_summary_180x144.jpg
"AAGHH !!! No!! Not THAT song ! "

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/38998000/jpg/_38998835_surrender203ap.jpg
We give up ! Mercy ! ... no more Billy Ray ! :-[ :\'(

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 04/26/08 at 3:43 am

Nice touch slipping Michael Bolton in there... ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 04/26/08 at 3:47 am

Nice touch slipping Michael Bolton in there... ;D

??? ::) ???

That's Billy Ray Cyrus. Famously associated with THAT song ! 8-P

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 04/26/08 at 3:51 am

??? ::) ???

That's Billy Ray Cyrus. Famously associated with THAT song ! 8-P

Hey....I know that!! I have kids and watch Hannah Montana (with Billy Ray in it). I was talking about the final picture in ninny'd 'toture' collage... ;D I am well familiar with the pain inflicted by having Achy Breaky Heart played... ;)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 04/26/08 at 3:56 am

Hey....I know that!! I have kids and watch Hannah Montana (with Billy Ray in it). I was talking about the final picture in ninny'd 'toture' collage... ;D I am well familiar with the pain inflicted by having Achy Breaky Heart played... ;)

So you didn't think much of ^^^^ ??? :-[ :( :\'(

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/26/08 at 3:59 am

??? ::) ???

That's Billy Ray Cyrus. Famously associated with THAT song ! 8-P
That song that should never be mentioned!

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 04/26/08 at 4:08 am

So you didn't think much of ^^^^ ??? :-[ :( :\'(

Strangely enough I didn't actually hate it until it was over played. The song was ridiculous as was the film clip.....but that also made it interesting for a while. I liken it to slowing down to have a look at a car accident or a dead animal on the road.... ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/26/08 at 4:10 am

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 04/26/08 at 4:12 am

...all that dancing, etc?

Yes, that's right...line dancing was big at that time.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/26/08 at 4:15 am

Yes, that's right...line dancing was big at that time.
...in some places, it still is.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 04/26/08 at 4:17 am

Strangely enough I didn't actually hate it until it was over played. The song was ridiculous as was the film clip.....but that also made it interesting for a while. I liken it to slowing down to have a look at a car accident or a dead animal on the road.... ;D

???

You think ??? :-[ :( :\'( was on account of THAT song ? :o ??? >:( 8-P

It was about my POST that mentioned that song ! ::) :-\\

Still ... I suppose mention of THAT song ... is NEVER any laughing matter. I should face a firing squad ? :-[ :(

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 04/26/08 at 4:20 am

???

You think ??? :-[ :( :\'( was on account of THAT song ? :o ??? >:( 8-P

It was about my POST that mentioned that song ! ::) :-\\

Still ... I suppose mention of THAT song ... is NEVER any laughing matter. I should face a firing squad ? :-[ :(

Aww....somebody's feeling unloved!!! :-[ I only commented on ninny's pictorial now because I was away for awhile today and am back reading. I had not really caught up to you recent posts yet. ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 04/26/08 at 5:27 am

Aww....somebody's feeling unloved!!! :-[ I only commented on ninny's pictorial now because I was away for awhile today and am back reading. I had not really caught up to you recent posts yet. ;D

It's alright gibbo. I'll live. The emotional stuff ... a bit shambolic ... just playing for sympathy there. :-[

Still, maybe I AM losing my touch :( ...Maybe too much dope in the past. It can make you forget :-\\ ..... what was I going to say ? ???

:P

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 04/26/08 at 5:29 am

It's alright gibbo. I'll live. The emotional stuff ... a bit shambolic ... just playing for sympathy there. :-[

Still, maybe I AM losing my touch :( ...Maybe too much dope in the past. It can make you forget :-\\ ..... what was I going to say ? ???

:P

You're doing just fine..... ;)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/26/08 at 5:43 am

That's a strange place to put it :D

I have no where else to put it.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/26/08 at 5:44 am

How about Bolton and Cyrus in a duet? ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 04/26/08 at 5:52 am

How about Bolton and Cyrus in a duet? ;D

Oh my achy breaky EARS....... :o

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/26/08 at 5:54 am

Oh my achy breaky EARS....... :o

Now that's TORTURE!

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/26/08 at 6:59 am

I have no where else to put it.

I'm sure you can think of a place ;)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/26/08 at 7:00 am

Nice touch slipping Michael Bolton in there... ;D

Thanks ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/26/08 at 7:01 am

??? ::) ???

That's Billy Ray Cyrus. Famously associated with THAT song ! 8-P

He was talking about my original torture had Michael Bolton :)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/26/08 at 9:21 am

It's alright gibbo. I'll live. The emotional stuff ... a bit shambolic ... just playing for sympathy there. :-http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc155/stella62607/MJZ1033.gif

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 04/26/08 at 10:03 am

We luvs ya

http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc155/stella62607/MJZ1033.gif

We do.. :)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/26/08 at 2:43 pm

I'm sure you can think of a place ;)

I'm sure you know where. ::) ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/26/08 at 4:04 pm

How about Bolton and Cyrus in a duet? ;D
A good time to buy earplugs?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/26/08 at 5:15 pm

A good time to buy earplugs?

So true.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/26/08 at 5:27 pm

So true.
Why not two set of earplugs?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/26/08 at 7:08 pm

I'm sure you know where. ::) ;D

Well It's good to eat :)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/26/08 at 7:09 pm

Why not two set of earplugs?

Or better yet just don't listen.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/26/08 at 7:41 pm

Well It's good to eat :)

I'm Hungry!

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 04/26/08 at 8:19 pm

I'm Hungry!

I think that was a hint for more food in here. ;)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/26/08 at 9:35 pm

I'm Hungry!

I think that was a hint for more food in here. ;)

Lets see what I can do
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c365/nat_88neo/Cherry.jpg
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk268/MizzCarrieCole/dfg.jpg
http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee70/RhianBevan/s_peanuts1.jpg
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f326/simpsonator2005/hershyes-chocolate-syru.gif
http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i171/jonabang/Food/IceCream3.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/26/08 at 11:54 pm

The word of the day......Silly
Exhibiting a lack of wisdom or good sense; foolish. See synonyms at foolish.
Lacking seriousness or responsibleness; frivolous: indulged in silly word play; silly pet names for each other.
Semiconscious; dazed: knocked silly by the impact

http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q176/spg34us/1.gif
http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh187/sonyaberry/silly.jpg
http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk142/kau808/silly-1.png
http://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll261/coolbeans1211/Picture032.jpg
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii160/GTHOMAS312/b06dc3e0.gif
http://i242.photobucket.com/albums/ff318/Sov94/PA1200181.jpg
http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm107/williiss/sillynannies.jpg
http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q11/weenie_015/sillyprincesses.jpg
http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s263/kimtsmith/baseballgameandrivandlila027.jpg
http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee61/wiatr1/Silly_Putty_html_m43a19f36.jpg
http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q204/pesest/hahakitty.jpg
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii146/mamarokka/funnywalkssm.gif

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 04/27/08 at 12:04 am

http://www.inthe00s.com/avatars_custom/avatar_9529.jpg
^
The 'champeen' of silliness ? (but maybe, for not much longer ! ::) ;D )

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/27/08 at 12:44 am

http://www.inthe00s.com/avatars_custom/avatar_9529.jpg
^
The 'champeen' of silliness ? (but maybe, for not much longer ! ::) ;D )

Hello Champ :)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 04/27/08 at 4:44 am

Hello Champ :)

Thanks ! That could have so easily been another middle vowel. Don't think 'chimp' is what I've in mind .... but sorta appropriate ?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 04/27/08 at 5:00 am

Thanks ! That could have so easily been another middle vowel. Don't think 'chimp' is what I've in mind .... but sorta appropriate ?

I believe "champ" to be the correct word....not that other word with a 'u' in it. ;)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/27/08 at 5:54 am

I'm not feeling Silly today.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/27/08 at 5:56 am

The word of the day......Silly
Exhibiting a lack of wisdom or good sense; foolish. See synonyms at foolish.
Lacking seriousness or responsibleness; frivolous: indulged in silly word play; silly pet names for each other.
Semiconscious; dazed: knocked silly by the impact

http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii146/mamarokka/funnywalkssm.gif
Classic!

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/27/08 at 5:58 am

I'm not feeling Silly today.
I, in one sense do not fancy being silly today.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/27/08 at 5:59 am

I, in one sense do not fancy being silly today.

Me neither,getting ready for work.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/27/08 at 6:13 am

I'm not feeling Silly today.

Why Not?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/27/08 at 6:14 am

I, in one sense do not fancy being silly today.

Me neither,getting ready for work.

Such silly boys

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 04/27/08 at 6:23 am

http://www.inthe00s.com/avatars_custom/avatar_9529.jpg
^
The 'champeen' of silliness ? (but maybe, for not much longer ! ::) ;D )

But why? :(

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 04/27/08 at 6:25 am

I believe "champ" to be the correct word....not that other word with a 'u' in it. ;)

;D ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 04/27/08 at 6:47 am

But why? :(

Cos the likes of 'ninny' (for one ... ) are NOT to be underestimated !

The tennis player .... 'Bjorn Borg' ... I once regarded him as the GREATEST player of all time ... my 'hero' .. that NOBODY ... at least in MY life time .... could ever touch. Well, Roger Federer has done just that (equalling his 5 straight Wimbledons). Now, Roger has never won the French Open ... and Borg won that a record 6 times ... so ... in OUR lifetimes .... he HAS to be considered 'right up there' ... amongst the 'all time greats'. Nevertheless, many of the players of today ..... regard him as a 'dinosaur' ... :\'( a once great ... who couldn't hack it TODAY (even if he could be transported here and now, at his PEAK ! ). ??? >:(

So .. the 'lesson' ? Every 'dog' has his day..... and 'Mister' .... a once 'champeen' ... is not irreplaceable. In fact the 'ninny' for one ... has to be regarded as a VERY worthy next generation successor .... to dethrone the archaic 'Mister' ..... But regardless of whether it's the 'ninny' or a greenhorn to this site ... SOMEBODY will make 'Mister' look like 'yesterday's news' ..... somewhere, somehow, sometime ....

But all things must pass ? ???

:(

;)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/27/08 at 8:33 am

Cos the likes of 'ninny' (for one ... ) are NOT to be underestimated !

The tennis player .... 'Bjorn Borg' ... I once regarded him as the GREATEST player of all time ... my 'hero' .. that NOBODY ... at least in MY life time .... could ever touch. Well, Roger Federer has done just that (equalling his 5 straight Wimbledons). Now, Roger has never won the French Open ... and Borg won that a record 6 times ... so ... in OUR lifetimes .... he HAS to be considered 'right up there' ... amongst the 'all time greats'. Nevertheless, many of the players of today ..... regard him as a 'dinosaur' ... :\'( a once great ... who couldn't hack it TODAY (even if he could be transported here and now, at his PEAK ! ). ??? >:(

So .. the 'lesson' ? Every 'dog' has his day..... and 'Mister' .... a once 'champeen' ... is not irreplaceable. In fact the 'ninny' for one ... has to be regarded as a VERY worthy next generation successor .... to dethrone the archaic 'Mister' ..... But regardless of whether it's the 'ninny' or a greenhorn to this site ... SOMEBODY will make 'Mister' look like 'yesterday's news' ..... somewhere, somehow, sometime ....

But all things must pass ? ???

:(

;)

Not quite yet..you are still the champ...ninny cat..http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p175/sillymunky/bowing.jpg
bows before you.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 04/27/08 at 8:58 am

Not quite yet..you are still the champ...ninny cat..http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p175/sillymunky/bowing.jpg
bows before you.

Oh shucks .... how sweet ! What an HONOR ! The queen to to the throne. ::) 8) :-* ;D

I am not worthy ? :-\\ I AM worthy ? .. . Let me work that one out !

In the MEAN time ... I remain the champeen of 'silly' ? Yay ! Knew I was good for SOME thing ! 8) ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/27/08 at 9:00 am

Why Not?
I have a serious day tomorrow, and can be silly afterwards.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 04/27/08 at 9:04 am

I have a serious day tomorrow, and can be silly afterwards.

Something in common there ! :( ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/27/08 at 9:08 am

Something in common there !   :( ;D
...but I would rather be silly all the time.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 04/27/08 at 9:14 am

...but I would rather be silly all the time.

We TOTALLY encourage you to explore such horizons ... in your interactions .. with us .... incorrigibles ? Postwhore supremo becomes Silly-whore supremo ?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/27/08 at 9:33 am

We TOTALLY encourage you to explore such horizons ... in your interactions .. with us .... incorrigibles ? Postwhore supremo becomes Silly-whore supremo ?
New horizons will be ventured on Tuesday this week.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 04/27/08 at 9:34 am

New horizons will be ventured on Tuesday this week.

A 'holy' day ?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/27/08 at 9:35 am

A 'holy' day ?
Just an ordinary day.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/27/08 at 9:53 am

I have a serious day tomorrow, and can be silly afterwards.

Oh Ok,hopefully not too serious.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 04/27/08 at 9:56 am

Nighty nite ninny. Mister's pooped !

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/27/08 at 9:58 am

Nighty nite ninny. Mister's pooped !

Goodnight!
sleep well :)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 04/27/08 at 10:48 am

Cos the likes of 'ninny' (for one ... ) are NOT to be underestimated !

The tennis player .... 'Bjorn Borg' ... I once regarded him as the GREATEST player of all time ... my 'hero' .. that NOBODY ... at least in MY life time .... could ever touch. Well, Roger Federer has done just that (equalling his 5 straight Wimbledons). Now, Roger has never won the French Open ... and Borg won that a record 6 times ... so ... in OUR lifetimes .... he HAS to be considered 'right up there' ... amongst the 'all time greats'. Nevertheless, many of the players of today ..... regard him as a 'dinosaur' ... :\'( a once great ... who couldn't hack it TODAY (even if he could be transported here and now, at his PEAK ! ). ??? >:(

So .. the 'lesson' ? Every 'dog' has his day..... and 'Mister' .... a once 'champeen' ... is not irreplaceable. In fact the 'ninny' for one ... has to be regarded as a VERY worthy next generation successor .... to dethrone the archaic 'Mister' ..... But regardless of whether it's the 'ninny' or a greenhorn to this site ... SOMEBODY will make 'Mister' look like 'yesterday's news' ..... somewhere, somehow, sometime ....

But all things must pass ? ???

:(

;)

But...but...just giving over your crown without so much as a bye your leave? I think their are two distict kinds of humor here, anyway. And you both entertain me. :D

But, to just leave... :\'( :\'( :\'( :\'(

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/27/08 at 11:29 am

Oh Ok,hopefully not too serious.
As serious as it can be.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/27/08 at 12:06 pm

As serious as it can be.

Is this of personal reasons (A death) or job hunting?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/27/08 at 12:17 pm

Is this of personal reasons (A death) or job hunting?
I will not say any more other than the latter.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/27/08 at 1:07 pm

I will not say any more other than the latter.

Good Luck.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/27/08 at 3:28 pm

But...but...just giving over your crown without so much as a bye your leave? I think their are two distict kinds of humor here, anyway. And you both entertain me. :D

But, to just leave... :\'( :\'( :\'( :\'(

Don't dispair,I don't think he's actually going anywhere,I think he is what ifing(sic) like weighing the options.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 04/27/08 at 4:28 pm

Don't dispair,I don't think he's actually going anywhere,I think he is what ifing(sic) like weighing the options.

No despair, Just telling him that there are different ways to entertain people. :)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/27/08 at 4:34 pm

Why Not?

I was in a work-related mood.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/27/08 at 4:35 pm

Nighty nite ninny. Mister's pooped !

Good night and Good Luck!

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/27/08 at 4:36 pm

No despair, Just telling him that there are different ways to entertain people. :)

He's like the court jester.
http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj191/ajb0420/jester.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/27/08 at 4:37 pm

He's like the court jester.
http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj191/ajb0420/jester.jpg

King Cat?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/27/08 at 4:38 pm

I was in a work-related mood.

Are you always serious at work? You can work and be in a good (silly) mood.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/27/08 at 4:39 pm

Are you always serious at work? You can work and be in a good (silly) mood.

Not always serious,I can be silly too with customers.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/27/08 at 4:39 pm

King Cat?

I guess we'll make her a queen.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/27/08 at 4:40 pm

I guess we'll make her a queen.

Queen Cat. ;)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/27/08 at 4:40 pm

Not always serious,I can be silly too with customers.

that's good it probably makes your day go faster.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/27/08 at 4:41 pm

that's good it probably makes your day go faster.

Yeah,it sure does,I hate when the day is slow. :P

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/27/08 at 4:44 pm

Yeah,it sure does,I hate when the day is slow. :P

Yeah,that must suck..do you work 8 hours everyday.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/27/08 at 4:45 pm

Yeah,that must suck..do you work 8 hours everyday.

No between (4-7) 20-25 hours a week.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/27/08 at 4:47 pm

No between (4-7) 20-25 hours a week.

That's not many hours.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/27/08 at 4:48 pm

That's not many hours.

Part Time with either 1,2 or 3 days off.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/27/08 at 4:52 pm

Part Time with either 1,2 or 3 days off.

Have you thought of getting something better,or another part time job?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 04/27/08 at 5:01 pm

He's like the court jester.
http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj191/ajb0420/jester.jpg

I whole-heartedly agree!! ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/27/08 at 5:07 pm

Have you thought of getting something better,or another part time job?

I might work towards full time.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/27/08 at 5:09 pm

I whole-heartedly agree!! ;D

He needs to know he's appreciated.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/27/08 at 5:10 pm

I might work towards full time.

It'll give you more money to buy nice things.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/27/08 at 5:11 pm

It'll give you more money to buy nice things.

and better stuff to eat.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/27/08 at 5:12 pm

and better stuff to eat.

Good food :P

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/27/08 at 5:13 pm

Good food :P

Instead of TV Dinners.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/27/08 at 5:14 pm

Instead of TV Dinners.

Some nice steak and potatoes.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/27/08 at 5:15 pm

Some nice steak and potatoes.

Hungry Man's 1LB of Food.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/27/08 at 5:19 pm

Hungry Man's 1LB of Food.

If you get more hours you can buy real steak and potatoes, not Hungry Man's.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/27/08 at 5:20 pm

If you get more hours you can buy real steak and potatoes, not Hungry Man's.

With the money I make,Of course I can.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/27/08 at 8:18 pm

With the money I make,Of course I can.

Right alot better than Hungry Mans.

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h16/betherickson4/swansons.jpg
or this
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f369/ginawithag03/steak-potatoes-lighter1.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/28/08 at 2:37 am

Right alot better than Hungry Mans.

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h16/betherickson4/swansons.jpg
or this
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f369/ginawithag03/steak-potatoes-lighter1.jpg
Did someone say food?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/28/08 at 6:08 am

Right alot better than Hungry Mans.

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h16/betherickson4/swansons.jpg
or this
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f369/ginawithag03/steak-potatoes-lighter1.jpg

I'd take Hungry Man any day,It keeps me full.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/28/08 at 6:29 am

The word of the say......Style
The way in which something is said, done, expressed, or performed: a style of speech and writing.
The combination of distinctive features of literary or artistic expression, execution, or performance characterizing a particular person, group, school, or era.
Sort; type: a style of furniture.
A quality of imagination and individuality expressed in one's actions and tastes: does things with style

http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u143/kaliokalio/style.jpg
http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm117/sexyalready8/aliciakeys.jpg
http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff220/zhungkeaisha/prettie_style.jpg
http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj226/ninabbyx33/stule.jpg
http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk155/cvcruiser/motivator6692887.jpg
http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj87/YLBP_2008/ynnaspic.jpg
http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh147/23STYL3Sz/NEW.gif
http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm207/furqan_butt/DSC00308.jpg
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk265/sexpistolsflip/SEXPISTOLS7.jpg
http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh79/jhun_e41/angaztignghairq.jpg
http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh17/weneda/midsommer07.jpg
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg163/ic_wiener/threbel.jpg
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii129/johnnyinnyc/taradoggiestyle.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 04/28/08 at 6:38 am

The word of the say......Style
The way in which something is said, done, expressed, or performed: a style of speech and writing.
The combination of distinctive features of literary or artistic expression, execution, or performance characterizing a particular person, group, school, or era.
Sort; type: a style of furniture.
A quality of imagination and individuality expressed in one's actions and tastes: does things with style

http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u143/kaliokalio/style.jpg
http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm117/sexyalready8/aliciakeys.jpg
http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff220/zhungkeaisha/prettie_style.jpg
http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj226/ninabbyx33/stule.jpg
http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk155/cvcruiser/motivator6692887.jpg
http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj87/YLBP_2008/ynnaspic.jpg
http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh147/23STYL3Sz/NEW.gif
http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm207/furqan_butt/DSC00308.jpg
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk265/sexpistolsflip/SEXPISTOLS7.jpg
http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh79/jhun_e41/angaztignghairq.jpg
http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh17/weneda/midsommer07.jpg
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg163/ic_wiener/threbel.jpg
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii129/johnnyinnyc/taradoggiestyle.jpg

A very stylish display.. ;)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/28/08 at 8:49 am

The word of the say......Style
The way in which something is said, done, expressed, or performed: a style of speech and writing.
The combination of distinctive features of literary or artistic expression, execution, or performance characterizing a particular person, group, school, or era.
Sort; type: a style of furniture.
A quality of imagination and individuality expressed in one's actions and tastes: does things with style

http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u143/kaliokalio/style.jpg
http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm117/sexyalready8/aliciakeys.jpg
http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff220/zhungkeaisha/prettie_style.jpg
http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj226/ninabbyx33/stule.jpg
http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk155/cvcruiser/motivator6692887.jpg
http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj87/YLBP_2008/ynnaspic.jpg
http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh147/23STYL3Sz/NEW.gif
http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm207/furqan_butt/DSC00308.jpg
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk265/sexpistolsflip/SEXPISTOLS7.jpg
http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh79/jhun_e41/angaztignghairq.jpg
http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh17/weneda/midsommer07.jpg
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg163/ic_wiener/threbel.jpg
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii129/johnnyinnyc/taradoggiestyle.jpg
http://991.com/newgallery/Style-Council-The-Lodgers-42562.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/28/08 at 10:14 am

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j139/Lorena1313/Furniture/simmons-19.jpg
http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u198/enetviet/103.jpg
http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n83/positano1/11-1.jpg
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q120/clairemgilmore/country%20club/backofhouse.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/28/08 at 3:13 pm

This thread has style.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/28/08 at 3:22 pm

This thread has style.

That's so sweet
:)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/28/08 at 3:28 pm

http://pds3.egloos.com/pds/200611/26/36/c0056136_05115588.jpg

She has style. ;)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/28/08 at 6:02 pm

http://pds3.egloos.com/pds/200611/26/36/c0056136_05115588.jpg

She has style. ;)

What style? ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 04/28/08 at 7:49 pm

What style? ;D

I love well made stylish woolly winter clothing...

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 04/28/08 at 8:00 pm

That wouldn't even keep a tooshie warm in a draft! ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/28/08 at 8:04 pm

I love well made stylish woolly winter clothing...

Are you sure that's what you like..stylish winter clothes
not this

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f399/IvanDragon112/santas_little_helpers-1.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 04/28/08 at 8:33 pm

Are you sure that's what you like..stylish winter clothes
not this

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f399/IvanDragon112/santas_little_helpers-1.jpg

They ARE winter clothes...fur lined and STYLISH AS....

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 04/28/08 at 8:39 pm

Wow ... I do believe I saw a pic ... and then didn't. Like in a flash ! The page was loading the pics ... and it disappeared before my eyes. Looks like SOMEBODY chose to delete their pic !

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 04/28/08 at 8:40 pm

Wow ... I do believe I saw a pic ... and then didn't. Like in a flash ! The page was loading the pics ... and it disappeared before my eyes. Looks like SOMEBODY chose to delete their pic !

What was the pic about and who posted it?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 04/28/08 at 8:43 pm

Now, it's mysteriously re-appeared. The two xmas girls ... saucy !

Warning - while you were typing a new reply has been posted. You may wish to review your post.

Maybe it was a photobucket glitch ?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 04/28/08 at 10:16 pm

Are you sure that's what you like..stylish winter clothes
not this

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f399/IvanDragon112/santas_little_helpers-1.jpg

don't encourage them, ninny. ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/28/08 at 10:29 pm

That wouldn't even keep a tooshie warm in a draft! ;D

What about the front? You have to keep that warm. ;)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/28/08 at 10:29 pm

Are you sure that's what you like..stylish winter clothes
not this

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f399/IvanDragon112/santas_little_helpers-1.jpg

Ho,Ho,Ho! ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/28/08 at 10:30 pm

What style? ;D

porn style.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/29/08 at 1:46 am

Wow ... I do believe I saw a pic ... and then didn't. Like in a flash ! The page was loading the pics ... and it disappeared before my eyes. Looks like SOMEBODY chose to delete their pic !
Has there been more deleted pictures?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/29/08 at 6:02 am

Has there been more deleted pictures?

No,the 2 little santa's helper girls are what he was refering to.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/29/08 at 6:12 am

No,the 2 little santa's helper girls are what he was refering to.
Oh...!

I never saw them in the Santa's Grotto last Christmas.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/29/08 at 6:13 am

The word of the day.....Golden
Of, relating to, made of, or containing gold.

Having the color of gold or a yellow color suggestive of gold.
Lustrous; radiant: the golden sun.
Suggestive of gold, as in richness or splendor: a golden voice.
Of the greatest value or importance; precious.
Marked by peace, prosperity, and often creativeness: a golden era.
Very favorable or advantageous; excellent: a golden opportunity.
Having a promising future; seemingly assured of success: a golden generation.
Of or relating to a 50th anniversary.

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Murthy6712/GOLDEN.jpg
http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd144/livingsyndicationfan/Champagne.jpg
http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll4/grandmayoder/NATIVE%20AMERICAN%20PAHS/FANTASY/Religious/Golden-1.jpg
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d3/Aniu_Lonewolf/Animals/Golden-Tabby.jpg
http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm103/ferrilove/GoldenForest.jpg
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm71/tonibachan/gold.png
http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm190/kzoie1912/goldenpig.jpg
http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg202/jhmainevent/goldencompass.jpg
http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc157/teffthemeleer/GoldenGatePics006.jpg
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj40/Jillbeth1121/DSC00482.jpg
http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n124/annabelle50/zoo059.jpg
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i316/blevndrmzz/ww_002.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/29/08 at 6:15 am

Oh...!

I never saw them in the Santa's Grotto last Christmas.

Hmm,I don't know how you missed them.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/29/08 at 6:16 am

.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/29/08 at 6:16 am

.
This reply was left blank for silence is golden.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/29/08 at 6:33 am

This reply was left blank for silence is golden.

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d81/Paintedangel2003/graphics/ROTFLMAO.gif

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/29/08 at 6:39 am

http://www.cereal.com/Breakfast-Cereals/goldengrahams.jpg

I always liked this cereal.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/29/08 at 7:06 am

http://www.cereal.com/Breakfast-Cereals/goldengrahams.jpg

I always liked this cereal.
I like them too!

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/29/08 at 7:36 am

I like them too!

always goes well with milk.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 04/29/08 at 7:37 am

always goes well with milk.

Most things go well with milk. Still probably my favourite drink......... :)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/29/08 at 7:38 am

Most things go well with milk. Still probably my favourite drink......... :)

Have you tried warm milk?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 04/29/08 at 8:21 am

Most things go well with milk. Still probably my favourite drink......... :)

And I know why. (what's that, a baby crying?) ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 04/29/08 at 8:24 am

Have you tried warm milk?

Sometimes...just before sleeping. It does seem to help induce sleep......

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 04/29/08 at 8:25 am

And I know why. (what's that, a baby crying?) ;D

Waaa...waaaa! I mean...Where .......where?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/29/08 at 8:26 am

Most things go well with milk. Still probably my favourite drink......... :)
Tea goes with milk?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 04/29/08 at 8:27 am

Tea goes with milk?

So true....another favourite drink...

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/29/08 at 8:28 am

So true....another favourite drink...
I cannot image the concoction of cider and milk.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 04/29/08 at 8:29 am

I cannot image the concoction of cider and milk.

I think we'll keep those two separate.....probably don't mix too well at all... 8-P

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/29/08 at 10:38 am

I think we'll keep those two separate.....probably don't mix too well at all... 8-P
Well and truly separated with several hours difference.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/29/08 at 1:25 pm

http://www.cereal.com/Breakfast-Cereals/goldengrahams.jpg

I always liked this cereal.

Me too :P

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/29/08 at 1:25 pm

Me too :P
I fancy some right now!

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/29/08 at 1:28 pm

Tea goes with milk?

My grandma ,who is from German descent is the only person I ever knew who put milk in her tea.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/29/08 at 1:29 pm

My grandma ,who is from German descent is the only person I ever knew who put milk in her tea.
I grew up with putting milk into my tea, but now for health reason I do not.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/29/08 at 1:32 pm

I fancy some right now!

I could go for a bowl

Oh...those Golden Grahams. Oh...those Golden Grahams. Golden honey, just a touch, with grahams golden wheat

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/29/08 at 1:35 pm

I grew up with putting milk into my tea, but now for health reason I do not.

Yeah see you grew up drinking it that way,my mom was always a tea drinker so I grew up drinking tea with just sugar....I never really tried it with milk.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/29/08 at 1:41 pm

Yeah see you grew up drinking it that way,my mom was always a tea drinker so I grew up drinking tea with just sugar....I never really tried it with milk.
When I waved goodbye to my teenage years, that was when I said cheerio to sugar in tea. In the long run sugar will do great harm.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/29/08 at 1:45 pm

When I waved goodbye to my teenage years, that was when I said cheerio to sugar in tea. In the long run sugar will do great harm.

I know it's not good,but if I'm drinking black tea I have to have a teaspoon of sugar.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/29/08 at 1:55 pm

I know it's not good,but if I'm drinking black tea I have to have a teaspoon of sugar.
I understand having sugar in coffee for there is a bitter taste to contend with.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/29/08 at 1:57 pm

I understand having sugar in coffee for there is a bitter taste to contend with.

Lately I've been more into the herbal teas..lots of flavors to choose.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/29/08 at 1:58 pm

Lately I've been more into the herbal teas..lots of flavors to choose.
Lots of flavour, no need for sugar?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/29/08 at 2:02 pm

Lots of flavour, no need for sugar?

Once in a great while I'll put sugar in, but most of the time it taste just as good without it.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/29/08 at 2:09 pm

Once in a great while I'll put sugar in, but most of the time it taste just as good without it.
Just boiling water with a tea does me fine.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/29/08 at 2:24 pm

Just boiling water with a tea does me fine.

Sounds divine.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/29/08 at 2:26 pm

Sounds divine.
I still have to wait for the tea to cool down before my first sip.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/29/08 at 2:39 pm

I still have to wait for the tea to cool down before my first sip.

The first sip can be painful,if you don't blow on it,or cool it down

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/29/08 at 3:36 pm

The first sip can be painful,if you don't blow on it,or cool it down
Blowing does help it, but I prefer to wait.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/29/08 at 3:37 pm

Blowing does help it, but I prefer to wait.

Either way is good,depends on how long you want to wait. Do you like Iced tea?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/29/08 at 3:39 pm

Either way is good,depends on how long you want to wait.   Do you like Iced tea?
The appeal of drinking something cold that should be hot does not work for me.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 04/29/08 at 4:25 pm

My grandma ,who is from German descent is the only person I ever knew who put milk in her tea.

I always put milk in my tea.... :o

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 04/29/08 at 4:27 pm

I always put milk in my tea.... :o

Same here.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 04/29/08 at 4:28 pm

Blowing does help it, but I prefer to wait.

Either way is good,depends on how long you want to wait.

Are we still talking about tea here? Sounds dirty to me........

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 04/29/08 at 6:20 pm

Are we still talking about tea here? Sounds dirty to me........

Come to think of it, that's a lot of talk about just tea.. ;)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 04/29/08 at 8:29 pm

Come to think of it, that's a lot of talk about just tea.. ;)

yes...tea hee

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/29/08 at 8:58 pm

I always put milk in my tea.... :o

Same here.

That just goes to prove my point,that if your brought up drinking it like that..like the English
According to Wikipedia

In Britain and some Commonwealth countries, the order in which the milk and the tea enter the cup is often considered an indicator of social class. Persons of working class background are supposedly more likely to add the milk first and pour the tea in afterwards, whereas persons of middle and upper class backgrounds are more likely to pour the tea in first and then add milk. This is said to be a continuing practice from a time when porcelain (the only ceramic which could withstand boiling water) was only within the purchasing range of the rich - the less wealthy had access only to poor quality earthenware, which would crack unless milk was added first in order to lower the temperature of the tea as it was poured in.

Moroccan tea being served. It is poured from a distance to produce a foam on the tea.A recent medical study found that certain beneficial effects of tea are lost through the addition of milk.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 04/29/08 at 10:22 pm

yes...tea hee

tea hee hee

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/30/08 at 4:26 am

Are we still talking about tea here? Sounds dirty to me........
Yes, it still is tea...

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/30/08 at 6:13 am

The word of the day.....Alluring

Al·lur·ing
a.
That allures; attracting; charming; tempting.

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Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/30/08 at 6:16 am

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Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/30/08 at 6:35 am

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The eyes have it.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/30/08 at 6:35 am

A Full Moon is alluring.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/30/08 at 6:37 am

A Full Moon is alluring.

you might turn into a warewolf. :o

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/30/08 at 6:42 am

you might turn into a warewolf. :o
With my beard, I have already started.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/30/08 at 6:43 am

With my beard, I have already started.

a full moon tonight?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/30/08 at 6:44 am

a full moon tonight?
There was one recently.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/30/08 at 6:47 am

A Full Moon is alluring.

It maybe to some people..people that like halloween & scary things :-\\

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Flowers can be alluring

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Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/30/08 at 6:49 am

It maybe to some people..people that like halloween & scary things :-\\
Must be a full moon
Feel like one of those nights

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/30/08 at 6:55 am

Must be a full moon
Feel like one of those nights

One of these nights
One of these crazy old nights
Were gonna find out
Pretty mama
What turns on your lights
The full moon is calling
The fever is high
And the wicked wind whispers
And moans

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/30/08 at 7:18 am

It maybe to some people..people that like halloween & scary things :-\\

http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r275/Lighthousegardens/DSCN0196.jpg
Flowers can be alluring

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I haven't read that book yet.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/30/08 at 7:19 am

It maybe to some people..people that like halloween & scary things :-\\

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Flowers can be alluring

http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w200/aftermidnightwriters/0061176036.jpg
you cannot judge the book from the cover alone.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/30/08 at 7:22 am

you cannot judge the book from the cover alone.

though it might contain something different.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/30/08 at 7:28 am

though it might contain something different.
Something worth not the while?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/30/08 at 7:32 am

Something worth not the while?

or something not worth looking at.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/30/08 at 7:33 am

or something not worth looking at.
The words maybe too long to understand?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/30/08 at 7:37 am

The words maybe too long to understand?

or the pictures too.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/30/08 at 7:40 am

or the pictures too.
If it is a novel then, there will be no pictures.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 04/30/08 at 7:41 am

If it is a novel then, there will be no pictures.

I hope not.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/30/08 at 8:29 am

I hope not.
How about a comic book?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/30/08 at 9:50 am

I haven't read that book yet.

Alluring Tales--Awaken the Fantasy (Avon Red) (Paperback)
by Sasha White (Author), Myla Jackson (Author), Sylvia Day (Author), Lisa Renee Jones (Author), Vivi Anna (Author), Delilah Devlin (Author), Cathryn Fox (Author)
Key Phrases: Ice Man, Keeper of Darkness, High Council

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/30/08 at 9:51 am

or something not worth looking at.

This one would be

What is your most wicked fantasy?

A television executive lets loose when her favorite heartthrob strides into her office–and gives her the ride of her life.

This one night stand may be too hot to handle for a newly single woman, but that won’t stop her from enjoying every delicious second.

When a mysterious package opens to reveal an oh-so-sexy, nearly naked man, these two have no choice but to hide out…for a good, long time.

A minister’s son harbors impure thoughts about a voluptuous stripper–and sets out to make his erotic dreams come true…

A big city cop discovers that once bitten is not twice shy after spending a tantalizing night with a beautiful vampire…

A sheltered young woman opens a mysterious locket–and is plunged into a legendary battle of good versus evil to set her imprisoned lover free…

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 04/30/08 at 9:54 am

This one would be

What is your most wicked fantasy?

A television executive lets loose when her favorite heartthrob strides into her office–and gives her the ride of her life.

This one night stand may be too hot to handle for a newly single woman, but that won’t stop her from enjoying every delicious second.

When a mysterious package opens to reveal an oh-so-sexy, nearly naked man, these two have no choice but to hide out…for a good, long time.

A minister’s son harbors impure thoughts about a voluptuous stripper–and sets out to make his erotic dreams come true…

A big city cop discovers that once bitten is not twice shy after spending a tantalizing night with a beautiful vampire…

A sheltered young woman opens a mysterious locket–and is plunged into a legendary battle of good versus evil to set her imprisoned lover free…

Or an hour with 'Stewie .... the avatar ' :-X

:P

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/30/08 at 9:58 am

Or an hour with 'Stewie .... the avatar ' :-X

:P

I see your into the young ones :-X

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 04/30/08 at 10:05 am

Don't know anythin about 'Thewie' really. Ith he a call guy ? Oopth .. . I meant 'cool guy' !

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/30/08 at 10:30 am

Don't know anythin about 'Thewie' really. Ith he a call guy ? Oopth .. . I meant 'cool guy' !

Stewie is cool..A little something from Wikipedia
Stewart Gilligan Griffin, more commonly known as Stewie, is a fictional character in the animated television series Family Guy. He is the youngest and the smartest (although there are times where he has misunderstood things such as sex) child of Peter and Lois Griffin. In addition to siblings Chris and Meg, Stewie has a half-brother Bertram who is unknown to the other Griffins. Stewie is voiced by Seth MacFarlane.

Stewie is considered to be the show's breakout character. Wizard magazine rated him the 95th greatest villain of all time. and has no idea how to use the toilet. MacFarlane has stated that Stewie is meant to represent the general helplessness of an infant through the eyes of an adult.

Per cartoon physics, his ability to move objects of greater weight than himself is not surprising to other characters, nor is his ability to retrieve firearms from hammerspace.

Stewie's mastery of physics and mechanical engineering are at a science-fictional level. He has constructed advanced fighter-jets, a mind control device, a weather control device, robots, and a time machine. Stewie employs these to cope with the stresses of infant life (such as teething pain, and eating hated broccoli) and to murder his mother Lois, with mixed success at best depending on the objective
Here is the link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stewie_Griffin

Here's some clips from Family Guy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2TkGVhVyd0#

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7xwFgnGTYw&feature=related#

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 04/30/08 at 12:39 pm

This one would be

What is your most wicked fantasy?

A television executive lets loose when her favorite heartthrob strides into her office–and gives her the ride of her life.

This one night stand may be too hot to handle for a newly single woman, but that won’t stop her from enjoying every delicious second.

When a mysterious package opens to reveal an oh-so-sexy, nearly naked man, these two have no choice but to hide out…for a good, long time.

A minister’s son harbors impure thoughts about a voluptuous stripper–and sets out to make his erotic dreams come true…

A big city cop discovers that once bitten is not twice shy after spending a tantalizing night with a beautiful vampire…

A sheltered young woman opens a mysterious locket–and is plunged into a legendary battle of good versus evil to set her imprisoned lover free…

It all sounds prrrrrrrr..fect. ;) ;) ;) ;)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/30/08 at 1:20 pm

It all sounds prrrrrrrr..fect. ;) ;) ;) ;)

Yes maybe I should start reading some more :)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 04/30/08 at 4:25 pm

Must be a full moon
Feel like one of those nights

I see a bad moon rising.
I see trouble on the way

Don't go out tonight........ :o

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/30/08 at 6:21 pm

I see a bad moon rising.
I see trouble on the way

Don't go out tonight........ :o

Are the crazies out tonight?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 04/30/08 at 6:56 pm

They're out every night! :D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 04/30/08 at 7:01 pm

They're out every night! :D

So true ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 04/30/08 at 9:57 pm

So true ;D

Hey...stop that!!! This is no place for truth..... ;)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 04/30/08 at 10:19 pm

Hey...stop that!!! This is no place for truth..... ;)

like ^ for instance. :P

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 04/30/08 at 10:25 pm

like ^ for instance. :P

Don't poke your tongue at me...I still don't feel like picking on you yet!!! :P ....but I'm getting there... ;)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 04/30/08 at 10:28 pm

Don't poke your tongue at me...I still don't feel like picking on you yet!!! :P ....but I'm getting there... ;)

So look who's poking out their tongue!! You. ::)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 04/30/08 at 10:30 pm

So look who's poking out their tongue!! You. ::)

I'm not poking out my tongue at you ...I just spilled some coca cola on the screen and am licking it off..... :D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 04/30/08 at 10:34 pm

Oh yeah, so likely. ;)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 04/30/08 at 10:54 pm

Where'd that lettle snake get to? A feered a me?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/01/08 at 2:42 am

Are the crazies out tonight?
Everynight ?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/01/08 at 6:44 am

The word of the day....Cold

Having a low temperature.
Having a temperature lower than normal body temperature.
Feeling no warmth; uncomfortably chilled.

Marked by deficient heat: a cold room.
Being at a temperature that is less than what is required: cold oatmeal.
Chilled by refrigeration or ice: cold beer.
Lacking emotion; objective: cold logic.
Having no appeal to the senses or feelings: a cold decor.

Not affectionate or friendly; aloof: a cold person; a cold nod.
Exhibiting or feeling no enthusiasm: a cold audience; a cold response to the new play; a concert that left me cold.
Devoid of sexual desire; frigid.

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Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/01/08 at 7:12 am

Shiver!

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/01/08 at 2:37 pm

Shiver!

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or
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Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/01/08 at 3:08 pm

The word of the day....Cold

Having a low temperature.
Having a temperature lower than normal body temperature.
Feeling no warmth; uncomfortably chilled.

Marked by deficient heat: a cold room.
Being at a temperature that is less than what is required: cold oatmeal.
Chilled by refrigeration or ice: cold beer.
Lacking emotion; objective: cold logic.
Having no appeal to the senses or feelings: a cold decor.

Not affectionate or friendly; aloof: a cold person; a cold nod.
Exhibiting or feeling no enthusiasm: a cold audience; a cold response to the new play; a concert that left me cold.
Devoid of sexual desire; frigid.

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Cold as ice?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/01/08 at 3:10 pm

Shiver my Timbers.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/02/08 at 6:10 am

The word of the day.....HOT

Having or giving off heat; capable of burning.
Being at a high temperature.
Being at or exhibiting a temperature that is higher than normal or desirable: a hot forehead.
Causing a burning sensation, as in the mouth; spicy: hot peppers; a hot curry.

Charged or energized with electricity: a hot wire.
Radioactive, especially to a dangerous degree.

Marked by intensity of emotion; ardent or fiery: a hot temper.
Having or displaying great enthusiasm; eager: hot for travel.

Informal. Arousing intense interest, excitement, or controversy: a hot new book; a hot topic.
Informal. Marked by excited activity or energy: a hot week on the stock market.
Violent; raging: a hot battle.
Slang. Sexually excited or exciting

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Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/02/08 at 6:12 am

http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l197/MotherF_01/sun.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/02/08 at 6:14 am

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Very Hot :)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/02/08 at 6:16 am

Very Hot :)
Can it get any hotter?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/02/08 at 6:29 am

Can it get any hotter?

I don't think so.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/02/08 at 6:30 am

I don't think so.
...Howard has yet to arrive?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/02/08 at 6:41 am

...Howard has yet to arrive?

He just posted on The Howard Fun Club :)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/02/08 at 6:42 am

...Howard has yet to arrive?

I'm here,loud and clear. ;)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/02/08 at 6:43 am

He just posted on The Howard Fun Club :)
Take cover!

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/02/08 at 6:43 am

I'm here,loud and clear. ;)
Hello Howard!

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/02/08 at 6:44 am

Hello Howard!

Good Morning from The Ninny Club.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/02/08 at 6:45 am

Good Morning from The Ninny Club.

Good Morning Howard!

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Morning Has Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/02/08 at 6:46 am

Good Morning from The Ninny Club.
Howdy Howard!

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/02/08 at 6:47 am

Howdy Howard!

Were are my Manners I never said Good Day to Philip...So Good Day Phil :)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/02/08 at 6:47 am

Good Morning Howard!

How's everything? :)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/02/08 at 6:48 am

Were are my Manners I never said Good Day to Philip...So Good Day Phil :)
...and the same for me, Hello and good afternoon Janine.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 05/02/08 at 6:49 am

http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l197/MotherF_01/sun.jpg

Wow, Philip ..you're eye look really red!

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/02/08 at 6:49 am

finally got rid of the nest. ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/02/08 at 6:52 am

Wow, Philip ..you're eye look really red!

Hello Peter..have you been playing hard today ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/02/08 at 6:52 am

Hello Peter..have you been playing hard today ;D

has he been working hard?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/02/08 at 6:53 am

Wow, Philip ..you're eye look really red!
Morning Peter.

Old red eyes is back!

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 05/02/08 at 6:54 am

has he been working hard?

I think she may have actually MEANT playing hard! ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/02/08 at 6:54 am

Morning Peter.

Old red eyes is back!

need Visine?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/02/08 at 7:00 am

I think she may have actually MEANT playing hard! ;D

Exactly!!!

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 05/02/08 at 7:01 am

Exactly!!!

I don't know what you're talking about..I'm sure! ::)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/02/08 at 7:04 am

I don't know what you're talking about..I'm sure! ::)
I have lost track too.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 05/02/08 at 7:07 am

I have lost track too.

.....So take a good look at my face
You'll see my smile looks out of place
If you look closer, it's easy to trace
The tracks of my tears..

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/02/08 at 7:25 am

Get Back On Track.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 05/02/08 at 7:28 am

Get Back On Track.

There's a track, winding back...to an old fashioned shack....along the road to Gundagai..

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/02/08 at 7:30 am

There's a track, winding back...to an old fashioned shack....along the road to Gundagai..

Where's Gundagai?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 05/02/08 at 7:32 am

Where's Gundagai?

It's a town in Australia! ....where the dog sits on the tucker box...five miles from Gundagai....

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/02/08 at 7:35 am

It's a town in Australia! ....where the dog sits on the tucker box...five miles from Gundagai....

Why does he sit on that?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 05/02/08 at 7:36 am

Why does he sit on that?

It's a bronze statue of a dog sitting on a tucker box...in the township of Gundagai. Tucker is a Aussie word for food.....so a tucker box is like a lunch box...

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/02/08 at 7:38 am

It's a bronze statue of a dog sitting on a tucker box...in the township of Gundagai. Tucker is a Aussie word for food.....so a tucker box is like a lunch box...

Oh I see,Thanks.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/02/08 at 7:49 am

.....So take a good look at my face
You'll see my smile looks out of place
If you look closer, it's easy to trace
The tracks of my tears..

The track is long and winding for me.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 05/02/08 at 8:21 am

It's a bronze statue of a dog sitting on a tucker box...in the township of Gundagai. Tucker is a Aussie word for food.....so a tucker box is like a lunch box...

I think it's one of those 'blink ... and you could miss it' type 'monuments. Know a friend took me through there, many moons ago. I was off in space ... and almost didn't notice .... 'cept he pointed it out.

One version:

http://members.pcug.org.au/~stmcdona/pix/dog1.jpg

http://redink.typepad.com/my_weblog/images/2007/12/08/tuckerdog.jpg

^
Another angle (?) / modernised/ overhauled ? :-\\

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 05/02/08 at 8:22 am

The track is long and winding for me.

...that leads to your door?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/02/08 at 8:25 am

I think it's one of those 'blink ... and you could miss it' type 'monuments. Know a friend took me through there, many moons ago. I was off in space ... and almost didn't notice .... 'cept he pointed it out.

One version:

http://members.pcug.org.au/~stmcdona/pix/dog1.jpg

http://redink.typepad.com/my_weblog/images/2007/12/08/tuckerdog.jpg

^
Another angle (?) / modernised/ overhauled ? :-\\
Is there a history to this dog?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 05/02/08 at 8:29 am

Is there a history to this dog?

See here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog_on_the_Tuckerbox

The first paragraph:

Dog on the Tuckerbox is an Australian historical monument and tourist attraction, located at Snake Gully, five miles (8 km) from Gundagai, New South Wales. It was sculpted by local stonemason Frank Rusconi and was unveiled by the then Prime Minister of Australia Joseph Lyons on 28 November 1932 as a tribute to pioneers. The statue was inspired by a bullock driver's poem, Bullocky Bill, which celebrates the life of a mythical driver's dog that loyally guarded the man's tuckerbox (lunch box) until death.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 05/02/08 at 8:31 am

I think it's one of those 'blink ... and you could miss it' type 'monuments. Know a friend took me through there, many moons ago. I was off in space ... and almost didn't notice .... 'cept he pointed it out.

One version:

http://members.pcug.org.au/~stmcdona/pix/dog1.jpg

http://redink.typepad.com/my_weblog/images/2007/12/08/tuckerdog.jpg

^
Another angle (?) / modernised/ overhauled ? :-\\

It was a dirty old monument when I saw it as a child .....about 40 years ago.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/02/08 at 8:52 am

See here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog_on_the_Tuckerbox

The first paragraph:

Dog on the Tuckerbox is an Australian historical monument and tourist attraction, located at Snake Gully, five miles (8 km) from Gundagai, New South Wales. It was sculpted by local stonemason Frank Rusconi and was unveiled by the then Prime Minister of Australia Joseph Lyons on 28 November 1932 as a tribute to pioneers. The statue was inspired by a bullock driver's poem, Bullocky Bill, which celebrates the life of a mythical driver's dog that loyally guarded the man's tuckerbox (lunch box) until death.
Thanks.

The final paragraph or line:

A food court style development opened nearby in 2006 with a KFC, Subway, McCafe, BP service station and Tuckerbox restaurant.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/02/08 at 8:55 am

I don't know what you're talking about..I'm sure! ::)

Be a leader not a FOLLOWER ;)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/02/08 at 8:55 am

See here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog_on_the_Tuckerbox

The first paragraph:

Dog on the Tuckerbox is an Australian historical monument and tourist attraction, located at Snake Gully, five miles (8 km) from Gundagai, New South Wales. It was sculpted by local stonemason Frank Rusconi and was unveiled by the then Prime Minister of Australia Joseph Lyons on 28 November 1932 as a tribute to pioneers. The statue was inspired by a bullock driver's poem, Bullocky Bill, which celebrates the life of a mythical driver's dog that loyally guarded the man's tuckerbox (lunch box) until death.
We have are own dog statue (in Scotland)

Greyfriars Bobby

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Greyfriars-bobby-edin.jpg/180px-Greyfriars-bobby-edin.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 05/02/08 at 8:59 am

Be a leader not a FOLLOWER ;)

Who do you think I am following? ???

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/02/08 at 9:07 am

Who do you think I am following? ???

The Moon ;)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/02/08 at 9:18 am

I'll follow the sun!

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 05/02/08 at 9:20 am

The Moon ;)

Aaahoo, werewolves of London

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/02/08 at 9:21 am

Aaahoo, werewolves of London

The next Full Moon should be in another fortnights time.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/02/08 at 9:31 am

I'll follow the sun!

Yes, tomorrow may rain, so I'll follow the sun

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 05/02/08 at 9:33 am

Yes, tomorrow may rain, so I'll follow the sun

Sun, sun, sun, sun ...oooooooooo oo

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/02/08 at 9:36 am

Sun, sun, sun, sun ...oooooooooo oo
Some day you'll know I was the one
But tomorrow may rain,
so I'll follow the sun

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 05/02/08 at 9:54 am

Yes, tomorrow may rain, so I'll follow the sun

There's always the sun, always the sun. Always, always, always .......... ALWAYS ! 8)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/02/08 at 9:56 am

There's always the sun, always the sun. Always, always, always .......... ALWAYS !   8)
Where would we be without the sun?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 05/02/08 at 9:57 am

Where would we be without the sun?

Here comes the sun...doo doo doo doo

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/02/08 at 10:01 am

Here comes the sun...doo doo doo doo

and I say it's all right

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 05/02/08 at 10:03 am

and I say it's all right

Sun, sun, sun, here it comes...

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/02/08 at 10:27 am

Sun, sun, sun, here it comes...

Little darling, I feel that ice is slowly melting
Little darling, it seems like years since it's been clear
Here comes the sun, here comes the sun,
and I say it's all right
It's all right

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/02/08 at 1:14 pm

Little darling, I feel that ice is slowly melting
Little darling, it seems like years since it's been clear
Here comes the sun, here comes the sun,
and I say it's all right
It's all right
Here comes the sun, do do do do
Here comes the sun, and I say
It's all right

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/02/08 at 5:20 pm

Hot
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j158/luvclowns/Nature/hot_lava_08.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 05/02/08 at 6:42 pm

Hot
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j158/luvclowns/Nature/hot_lava_08.jpg

I'm a larva ...not a fighter.. ;)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/02/08 at 7:52 pm

I'm a larva ...not a fighter.. ;)

http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg151/maidenbrina/lava_lamp_e0.gif
How about a lava?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 05/02/08 at 7:54 pm

http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg151/maidenbrina/lava_lamp_e0.gif
How about a lava?

But I've been called an insect in the past.... ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/02/08 at 7:56 pm

But I've been called an insect in the past.... ;D

How about a lizard

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn163/spdmom/DSC_3450.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 05/02/08 at 8:01 pm

How about a lizard

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn163/spdmom/DSC_3450.jpg

I think I'll metamorphosise back into my usual frog character...... ;)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/02/08 at 9:16 pm

I think I'll metamorphosise back into my usual frog character...... ;)

There you are

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a322/MGCKCard/frog.jpg

http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee28/kguillot6/frog.gif

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/02/08 at 9:45 pm

http://www.hotbloggirls.com/images/EVEN_MORE_HOT_GIRLS.JPG

They're hot,Ooh,I see cleavage! ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/02/08 at 9:58 pm

http://www.hotbloggirls.com/images/EVEN_MORE_HOT_GIRLS.JPG

They're hot,Ooh,I see cleavage! ;D

Bad Boy ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/02/08 at 10:00 pm

Bad Boy ;D

Man,I need some cleavage. :(

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/02/08 at 10:08 pm

Man,I need some cleavage. :(

Good things come to those who wait.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/02/08 at 10:15 pm

Good things come to those who wait.

I don't wait. >:(

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 05/02/08 at 10:21 pm

I don't wait. >:(

Well..you'd better start growing your own then.......... ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 05/02/08 at 10:39 pm

I think I'll metamorphosise back into my usual frog character...... ;)

easier to stomp on... ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 05/02/08 at 10:40 pm

easier to stomp on... ;D

...that would be a very TOUGH frog ....in addition to humble, good looking and never tells a lie.......

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/02/08 at 10:50 pm

I don't wait. >:(

Do you have a choice?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 05/02/08 at 11:43 pm

...that would be a very TOUGH frog ....in addition to humble, good looking and never tells a lie.......

Such a multi-faceted frog does not exist.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 05/02/08 at 11:45 pm

Such a multi-faceted frog does not exist.

Ahh yes...we intelligent frogs are very complex....and rare.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 05/03/08 at 12:25 am

http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg151/maidenbrina/lava_lamp_e0.gif
How about a lava?

Hey ... cool !

Feels like the '70's again ! 8)

http://img398.imageshack.us/img398/4844/fiberoptixsj0.gif

http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/7816/hippyalqp0.jpg
"Peace, and love .... and all that CRAP ! .... man !"

:P

;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/03/08 at 2:15 am

Hey ... cool !

Feels like the '70's again ! 8)

http://img398.imageshack.us/img398/4844/fiberoptixsj0.gif

http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/7816/hippyalqp0.jpg
"Peace, and love .... and all that CRAP ! .... man !"

:P

;D
Groovy.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/03/08 at 5:47 am

The word of the day...Delicious
Highly pleasing or agreeable to the senses, especially of taste or smell.
Very pleasant; delightful: a delicious revenge

http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc293/randaroo5680/mmm.jpg
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x300/1_true_jangster/STA71296.jpg
http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm117/champ_125/coffee3.jpg
http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r119/BritNutz/922ceaee.jpg
http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk121/Silentstab/Cake.jpg
http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa212/TheseAreThingsILike/One%20Through%20Two/ImDelicious.jpg
http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w200/aftermidnightwriters/Cover_327.jpg
http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj44/ohnoezitscara/delicious.jpg
http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd60/Sweetheart16/delicious.jpg
http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o287/imadadog69/delicious.jpg
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p100/end-scene/Delicious.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/03/08 at 5:52 am

Delicious... a tasty word for the day?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/03/08 at 6:10 am

Delicious... a tasty word for the day?

Very :)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/03/08 at 6:21 am

http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u199/whitelighter_love/delicious_cake_cat.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/03/08 at 6:24 am

women are delicious,sexually speaking. ;D ;)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/03/08 at 6:25 am

Well..you'd better start growing your own then.......... ;D

or just grab some today at Pathmark.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/03/08 at 6:27 am

http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg151/maidenbrina/lava_lamp_e0.gif
How about a lava?
A thing from the past?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/03/08 at 6:29 am

A thing from the past?

very interesting.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/03/08 at 6:30 am

very interesting.
70's

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/03/08 at 6:31 am

70's

like disco.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/03/08 at 6:36 am

like disco.
Yes one of the same time.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/03/08 at 6:41 am

Yes one of the same time.

and it came out in the 70's.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/03/08 at 6:52 am

and it came out in the 70's.
Many have survived.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/03/08 at 7:18 am

Many have survived.

and many have died.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/03/08 at 7:21 am

and many have died.
Many are sold in charity shops and car boot sales.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/03/08 at 7:22 am

Many are sold in charity shops and car boot sales.

and many are sold in record stores.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/03/08 at 7:29 am

and many are sold in record stores.
...or on eBay?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/03/08 at 8:18 am

A thing from the past?

Actually still around I bought my daughter one for christmas a few years back. :)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 05/03/08 at 8:22 am

Ahh yes...we intelligent frogs are very complex....and rare.

Oh, good grief...you mean I can't stomp on you?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 05/03/08 at 8:26 am

Oh, good grief...you mean I can't stomp on you?

You can try....but I'm off to sleep very soon. :P

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/03/08 at 8:28 am

WAHOO!! 600 karma..Thank You Phil

http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh310/soccerwalker60/s4.jpg
You like me! Right now, you like me!

http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj65/sirobri/FANFARE.gif

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 05/03/08 at 8:31 am

WAHOO!! 600 karma..Thank You Phil

http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh310/soccerwalker60/s4.jpg
You like me! Right now, you like me!

http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj65/sirobri/FANFARE.gif

I can guess the movie title...Field of Dreams....right? :) Oh...wrong thread... ??? :-[

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 05/03/08 at 8:35 am

WAHOO!! 600 karma..Thank You Phil

http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh310/soccerwalker60/s4.jpg
You like me! Right now, you like me!

http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj65/sirobri/FANFARE.gif

Yes .... I had noticed you were 'primed' ninny ... but my hands were tied ! 24 hour thing. :(

Enjoy ! ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/03/08 at 8:49 am

WAHOO!! 600 karma..Thank You Phil

http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh310/soccerwalker60/s4.jpg
You like me! Right now, you like me!

http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj65/sirobri/FANFARE.gif
No problem.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 05/03/08 at 9:12 am

No problem.

You may be able to do a similar favor to 'Hawk'. Once again ... my hands are tied.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/03/08 at 9:13 am

You may be able to do a similar favor to 'Hawk'. Once again ... my hands are tied.
Lets see what I can do.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/03/08 at 9:14 am

You may be able to do a similar favor to 'Hawk'. Once again ... my hands are tied.
The mission I chose to do has been successful.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 05/03/08 at 9:16 am

The mission I chose to do has been successful.

Yay. He will now sleep better ! ;D ..... AND your mouse got more exercise ! ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/03/08 at 9:17 am

Yay. He will now sleep better !   ;D ..... AND your mouse got more exercise ! ;D
...and my clicking finger.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 05/03/08 at 9:18 am

...and my clicking finger.

The awesome ... 'trigger happy' one ?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/03/08 at 9:19 am

The awesome ... 'trigger happy' one ?
I am amazed that the mouse has not warn out yet.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 05/03/08 at 9:21 am

I am amazed that the mouse has not warn out yet.

Plenty of cheese ?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/03/08 at 9:23 am

Plenty of cheese ?
Indeed!

Aqua or Barry Manilow?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 05/03/08 at 9:26 am

Indeed!

Aqua or Barry Manilow?

I prefer 'Blue Vein' .... but if it's a song ... as long as it's not THAT one ... which is NEVER to be mentioned !

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 05/03/08 at 9:26 am

You can try....but I'm off to sleep very soon. :P

What's the use if you're unstompable?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/03/08 at 9:27 am

I prefer 'Blue Vein' .... but if it's a song ... as long as it's not THAT one ... which is NEVER to be mentioned !
Stilton ?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 05/03/08 at 9:30 am

Stilton ?

The 'big cheese' that kept goal for England .... for so many years !

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 05/03/08 at 9:30 am

You may be able to do a similar favor to 'Hawk'. Once again ... my hands are tied.

You're working against me! I'll get my puppy to go after you ;)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/03/08 at 9:32 am

The 'big cheese' that kept goal for England .... for so many years !
Whatever became of Peter Shilton?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 05/03/08 at 9:33 am

You're working against me! I'll get my puppy to go after you ;)

No ... just that he was sitting on 499. Nothing to do with you.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Mr Tumnus on 05/03/08 at 9:34 am

Big Cheese??

Peter Stilton ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/03/08 at 9:35 am

I prefer 'Blue Vein' .... but if it's a song ... as long as it's not THAT one ... which is NEVER to be mentioned !
Devil's Dance Blue Cheese ?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/03/08 at 9:36 am

Big Cheese??

Peter Stilton   ;D
I seem to remember Peter Stilton having a big grin.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 05/03/08 at 9:37 am

Whatever became of Peter Shilton?

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/ae/Shiltonb1.jpg

With 998 Football League matches to his name, Shilton was anxious to reach the 1,000 mark and this he did when he joined Leyton Orient. His thousandth League game came against Brighton & Hove Albion, which was screened live on Sky Sports and was preceded by the presentation from the Football League of a special edition of the Guinness Book of Records to Shilton. He played five more matches before retiring on 1005 games at the age of 47.

Shilton, recovered from financial troubles caused by business decisions and gambling, and became a prolific after-dinner speaker. He and wife Sue were married in 1970 and had two sons - Michael and Samuel.

Sam Shilton is a professional footballer, though a midfielder rather than a goalkeeper. He played for several senior clubs, including Plymouth Argyle and Coventry City, and is currently at Kettering Town in the Blue Square North.

Shilton received the MBE, and later the OBE, during his playing career for services to football. In 1990, following his retirement from international football, he was awarded the prestigious Order of Merit by the PFA and a year later he received the Football Writers' Tribute Award. Shilton was made an Inaugural Inductee of the English Football Hall of Fame in 2002 in recognition of his impact on the English game as one of the greatest English goalkeepers.

Shilton was a keen golfer, having an 18 handicap. He was famously competitive at the sport, an indicator of his past gambling problems. He notably lost £150 over 18 holes twice to the same hotel employee, claiming before the second instance that he had improved and would win back the original £150.

Gosh ! He's now 58 !!! :o

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Mr Tumnus on 05/03/08 at 9:37 am

I seem to remember Peter Stilton having a big grin.

I'll bet it was a cheesy one

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/03/08 at 9:39 am

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/ae/Shiltonb1.jpg

Gosh ! He's now 58 !!!   :o
Can't see from this distance

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2155/2118187440_c6ace7d324_m.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 05/03/08 at 9:40 am

I'll bet it was a cheesy one

Do YOU look anything like Kate Bush ... 'Babs' ?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/03/08 at 9:41 am

I'll bet it was a cheesy one
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1096/1278712248_45e442f25a_m.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Mr Tumnus on 05/03/08 at 9:53 am

Do YOU look anything like Kate Bush ... 'Babs' ?

if only

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 05/03/08 at 9:56 am

if only

It IS a nice avatar ! :-* ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Mr Tumnus on 05/03/08 at 9:57 am

She's a doll isn't she :)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 05/03/08 at 9:58 am

She's a doll isn't she :)

Seems to be looking STRAIGHT AT ME ! (are those 'bedroom eyes' ... or is it just my imagination ! :-X )

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/03/08 at 10:09 am

Yes .... I had noticed you were 'primed' ninny ... but my hands were tied ! 24 hour thing. :(

Enjoy ! ;D

Thank you..I'll bask in the glory for a little while ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 05/03/08 at 10:11 am

Thank you..I'll bask in the glory for a little while ;D

Not too long, as it turned out. Already one beyond ! :)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/03/08 at 10:14 am

Not too long, as it turned out. Already one beyond ! :)

Heading for 700 ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/03/08 at 10:15 am

Heading for 700 ;D
Already?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 05/03/08 at 10:17 am

Heading for 700 ;D

Onwards, and upwards !

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/03/08 at 10:18 am

Onwards, and upwards !
...to infinite and beyond!

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/03/08 at 10:19 am

Already?

...to infinite and beyond!

Hey the sky's the limit :)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 05/03/08 at 10:21 am

Hey the sky's the limit :)

Fly like an eagle !

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/03/08 at 10:23 am

Fly like an eagle !
Let my spirit carry me

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 05/03/08 at 10:26 am

Let my spirit carry me

Cos I'm a joker, I'm a toker ...

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/03/08 at 10:27 am

Cos I'm a joker, I'm a toker ...
Want to shake your tree

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 05/03/08 at 10:28 am

Want to shake your tree

Sure don't want to hurt no one ..

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/03/08 at 10:31 am

Let my spirit carry me

I want to fly like an eagle
Till Im free
Cos I'm a joker, I'm a toker ...

Abracadara..I want to reach out and..
Sweet old Jetairliner

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/03/08 at 10:31 am

Sure don't want to hurt no one ..
Lovey-dovey, lovey-dovey, lovey-dovey all the time

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/03/08 at 2:34 pm

Lovey-dovey, lovey-dovey, lovey-dovey all the time

Ooo-eee baby, I'll sure show you a good time

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 05/03/08 at 4:12 pm

Ooo-eee baby, I'll sure show you a good time

You're the cutest thang that I ever did see............

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/03/08 at 4:34 pm

You're the cutest thang that I ever did see............

I really love your peaches.wanna shake your tree..

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/03/08 at 5:11 pm

I really love your peaches.wanna shake your tree..
Cause Im a picker

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 05/03/08 at 5:58 pm

I really love your peaches.wanna shake your tree..

Cause Im a picker

???

:o

8-P

http://pro.corbis.com/images/42-15200712.jpg?size=572&uid=%7BEAAEFECE-055F-4EB6-8160-B51DC0344479%7D

http://mistupid.com/pictures/images/pickyournose.jpg

http://www.dba-oracle.com/images/professional_etiquette_picking_nose.jpg

??? ::) :-X

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/03/08 at 6:34 pm

???

:o

8-P

http://pro.corbis.com/images/42-15200712.jpg?size=572&uid=%7BEAAEFECE-055F-4EB6-8160-B51DC0344479%7D

http://mistupid.com/pictures/images/pickyournose.jpg

http://www.dba-oracle.com/images/professional_etiquette_picking_nose.jpg

??? ::) :-X

Well heck if the queen can do it ;D

It could be disasterous

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l227/timmyboysd/fingerhead.jpg
you could lose an eye.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 05/03/08 at 6:37 pm

Well heck if the queen can do it ;D

It could be disasterous

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l227/timmyboysd/fingerhead.jpg
you could lose an eye.

CAN we 'pick a winner' ? ???

Pick it ... lick it ... roll it, ... flick it ! :)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/03/08 at 7:32 pm

Well heck if the queen can do it ;D

It could be disasterous

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l227/timmyboysd/fingerhead.jpg
you could lose an eye.

How does he do that?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 05/03/08 at 7:33 pm

How does he do that?

Do you need some pointers?... ;)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/03/08 at 7:34 pm

Do you need some pointers?... ;)

I don't want to stick my nose all the way up into my eye.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 05/03/08 at 7:37 pm

I don't want to stick my nose all the way up into my eye.

The question is....how did he ever discover he could do that?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/03/08 at 7:37 pm

The question is....how did he ever discover he could do that?

luck,probably.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 05/03/08 at 7:39 pm

luck,probably.

What...he was at an air show and went to point at a fast flying jet that went back over his head and ended up skewering himself?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 05/03/08 at 7:41 pm

;D ;D ;D ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/04/08 at 5:17 am

???

:o

8-P

http://pro.corbis.com/images/42-15200712.jpg?size=572&uid=%7BEAAEFECE-055F-4EB6-8160-B51DC0344479%7D

http://mistupid.com/pictures/images/pickyournose.jpg

http://www.dba-oracle.com/images/professional_etiquette_picking_nose.jpg

??? ::)    :-X
You could have picked a better nose?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/04/08 at 5:17 am

Do you need some pointers?... ;)
http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z124/rareoopdvdscds/OOPCD/New%20OOPCD/pointer.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/04/08 at 5:57 am

;D ;D ;D ;D

There's only 1 nose.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/04/08 at 5:59 am

The word of the day....Anger
A strong feeling of displeasure or hostility

http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh276/csonnek/anger.gif
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h74/Kayarion_360/Anger.jpg
http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l88/Matt19871/anger.jpg
http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm201/MiiChan_2008/ee6320eea49b46cee9025eb1bf4e53ba.gif
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http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u36/DoctorDiablo88/AngerCat2.jpg
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http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z216/Forddude65/subalbum%203/1209694632033.jpg
http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll51/WildMtnHoneyVideo/Domestic%20Violence/1-anger.jpg
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z46/dpainter54/anger.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/04/08 at 6:00 am

I'm still angry.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/04/08 at 6:03 am

I'm still angry.

It takes time.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/04/08 at 6:05 am

It takes time.

Why she chose a guy over the internet over me. :(

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/04/08 at 6:17 am

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o217/BecKaDoodles/yoda.jpg

“Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.”

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/04/08 at 6:27 am

Why she chose a guy over the internet over me. :(

You should try not to dwell on it..Think of moving ahead,not looking behind you. :)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/04/08 at 6:36 am

Why she chose a guy over the internet over me. :(
Why are you still concerned over her when she is not concerned over you?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 05/04/08 at 7:27 am

What a word for the day, ninny. :)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/04/08 at 8:26 am

http://chipmunkapublishing.co.uk/shop/images/t%20Look%20Back%20in%20Anger.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/04/08 at 8:41 am

Why are you still concerned over her when she is not concerned over you?

So true,I've been trying to tell him he needs to forget her.
What a word for the day, ninny. :)

Anger is a broad term that can pervoke lots of images.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/04/08 at 8:44 am

http://www.notesfromhollywood.com/images/Outfest06KennethAngerAcceptingOutfestAchievementAward.jpg

Kenneth Anger

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/04/08 at 8:45 am

http://chabad.nu/images/noanger.JPG

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/04/08 at 8:50 am

All good ones Phil :)

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o9/i_am_the_sky/anger.jpg

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb220/wordpasschoose/Anger_Management1.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/04/08 at 11:54 am

Thanks!

http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm66/Phil_O-Sopher/AAR140A.jpg

The cover to Oasis' Don't Look Back In Anger

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/04/08 at 12:00 pm

http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w188/chevygirlz24/ANGER.jpg
http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w189/Kerrymdb/Anger.jpg
http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u94/coffee_cigarettez/anger.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e21/winnytheglotte/anger.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/04/08 at 2:30 pm

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e21/winnytheglotte/anger.jpg
I can feel the agony!

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/04/08 at 3:29 pm

I can feel the agony!

That looks like a lot of pain and aner

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 05/04/08 at 4:17 pm

It looks like hell.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/04/08 at 4:39 pm

Why are you still concerned over her when she is not concerned over you?

I guess I worry too much. :(

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/04/08 at 4:40 pm

You should try not to dwell on it..Think of moving ahead,not looking behind you. :)

It should take a while.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/04/08 at 4:51 pm

It should take a while.

time will pass.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/04/08 at 5:19 pm

time will pass.

I hope so. :(

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/04/08 at 5:21 pm

I hope so. :(

Next thing you know you will fall for someone else.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/04/08 at 5:23 pm

Next thing you know you will fall for someone else.

That's why I want a girlfriend,I'm tired of coming home after 4 Sundays,I want to go back to the way it used to be when I was with her,not with her but with someone else.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/04/08 at 5:25 pm

That's why I want a girlfriend,I'm tired of coming home after 4 Sundays,I want to go back to the way it used to be when I was with her,not with her but with someone else.

Have you tried dating services?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 05/04/08 at 5:59 pm

I guess I worry too much. :(

Some things in life are bad,
They can really make you mad,
Other things just make you swear and curse,
When you're chewing life's gristle,
Don't grumble,
Give a whistle
And this'll help things turn out for the best.
And...

Always look on the bright side of life.

Always look on the light side of life.

If life seems jolly rotten,
There's something you've forgotten,
And that's to laugh and smile and dance and sing.
When you're feeling in the dumps,
Don't be silly chumps.
Just purse your lips and whistle.
That's the thing.
And...

Always look on the bright side of life.

Always look on the right side of life,

For life is quite absurd
And death's the final word.
You must always face the curtain with a bow.
Forget about your sin.
Give the audience a grin.
Enjoy it. It's your last chance, anyhow.
So,...

Always look on the bright side of death,

Just before you draw your terminal breath.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/05/08 at 3:57 am

Some things in life are bad,
They can really make you mad,
Other things just make you swear and curse,
When you're chewing life's gristle,
Don't grumble,
Give a whistle
And this'll help things turn out for the best.
And...

Always look on the bright side of life.

Always look on the light side of life.

If life seems jolly rotten,
There's something you've forgotten,
And that's to laugh and smile and dance and sing.
When you're feeling in the dumps,
Don't be silly chumps.
Just purse your lips and whistle.
That's the thing.
And...

Always look on the bright side of life.

Always look on the right side of life,

For life is quite absurd
And death's the final word.
You must always face the curtain with a bow.
Forget about your sin.
Give the audience a grin.
Enjoy it. It's your last chance, anyhow.
So,...

Always look on the bright side of death,

Just before you draw your terminal breath.

http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/nn123/DexterMorgan72/g_joke1.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/05/08 at 5:57 am

The wored of the day....Disaster
An occurrence causing widespread destruction and distress; a catastrophe.
A grave misfortune.
Informal. A total failure: The dinner party was a disaster.
Obsolete. An evil influence of a star or planet.

http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd103/ianswerit/WarningSignals.jpg
http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd103/ianswerit/hurricanedean.jpg
http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd103/ianswerit/a333.jpg
http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x113/Alesha223/hiroshima2.gif
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll85/mexicanitadf/beautifuldisaster2.jpg
http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa153/gorillagan/Bench003.jpg
http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x113/Alesha223/american-cities-130.jpg
http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w299/mrdjs7/WellingtonAvalancheDisaster4.jpg
http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll293/shawposters/postershow_059.jpg
http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd81/nsabin7806/Baby%20Shower%20FL/IMG_0257.jpg
http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k88/bleed_memories/photography/Historic%20Photographs/hindenburgxdis.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/05/08 at 6:43 am

Have you tried dating services?

Ninny,I don't have time for dating services,the only time I'd have off is on my days off whenever or whatever they give me and after 4 Sundays which now I'm the 10-4 guy so that's basically my week,just not enough time to do anything. :(

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/05/08 at 6:44 am

New York Mining Disaster-Bee Gees.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 05/05/08 at 7:26 am

'Disaster':

http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc70/giessel1/dieren/42.gif
'ninny cat not getting a restful night's sleep !' :(

http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r5/mygirl212/kittys.jpg
'ninny cat.... not about to comfort that 'online' friend ! :( :\'(

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/05/08 at 7:29 am

The wored of the day....Disaster
An occurrence causing widespread destruction and distress; a catastrophe.
A grave misfortune.
Informal. A total failure: The dinner party was a disaster.
Obsolete. An evil influence of a star or planet.

http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd103/ianswerit/WarningSignals.jpg
http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd103/ianswerit/hurricanedean.jpg
http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd103/ianswerit/a333.jpg
http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x113/Alesha223/hiroshima2.gif
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll85/mexicanitadf/beautifuldisaster2.jpg
http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa153/gorillagan/Bench003.jpg
http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x113/Alesha223/american-cities-130.jpg
http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w299/mrdjs7/WellingtonAvalancheDisaster4.jpg
http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll293/shawposters/postershow_059.jpg
http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd81/nsabin7806/Baby%20Shower%20FL/IMG_0257.jpg
http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k88/bleed_memories/photography/Historic%20Photographs/hindenburgxdis.jpg

http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn75/XittoN/3.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/05/08 at 7:29 am

http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn75/XittoN/3.jpg
http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn199/erw5979/HoneymoonCruise173.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 05/05/08 at 7:31 am

Ninny,I don't have time for dating services,the only time I'd have off is on my days off whenever or whatever they give me and after 4 Sundays which now I'm the 10-4 guy so that's basically my week,just not enough time to do anything. :(

Then go with that excuse, or do something about it if you're truly interested.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/05/08 at 7:46 am

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn199/erw5979/HoneymoonCruise173.jpg
http://www.cusslermen.com/images/RTTDVD2.jpg

One disaster about a disaster.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/05/08 at 11:15 am

Ninny,I don't have time for dating services,the only time I'd have off is on my days off whenever or whatever they give me and after 4 Sundays which now I'm the 10-4 guy so that's basically my week,just not enough time to do anything. :(

Do you go anywhere on your days off? somewhere you could meet girls..even your local diner or laundrymat.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/05/08 at 11:18 am

'Disaster':

http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc70/giessel1/dieren/42.gif
'ninny cat not getting a restful night's sleep !' :(

http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r5/mygirl212/kittys.jpg
'ninny cat.... not about to comfort that 'online' friend ! :( :\'(

No I haven't been sleeping to good lately, I'll PM you why.
That word just poped in my head,I'll try to be more cheerful tomorrow.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/05/08 at 11:26 am

http://www.cusslermen.com/images/RTTDVD2.jpg

One disaster about a disaster.

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f118/marker11/disaster.jpg
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h67/pflaumenauflauf/Warren/disaster.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 05/05/08 at 1:14 pm

No I haven't been sleeping to good lately.

Sorry about the sleeplessness, ninny. Unfortunately I've been there too.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/05/08 at 1:58 pm

Sorry about the sleeplessness, ninny. Unfortunately I've been there too.

It sucks doesn't it.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 05/05/08 at 2:08 pm

Yes...trying not to be a sleepy 'zombie' the next day..

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/05/08 at 7:03 pm

Do you go anywhere on your days off? somewhere you could meet girls..even your local diner or laundrymat.

I hang out with a friend once in a while,see my job coach,volunteer once a month,that's basically it right now.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/05/08 at 7:23 pm

I hang out with a friend once in a while,see my job coach,volunteer once a month,that's basically it right now.

Where do you volunteer?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/05/08 at 10:38 pm

Where do you volunteer?

I volunteer at Long Island Jewish (LIJ) been a volunteer there for almost 3 1/2 years. :)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/06/08 at 6:01 am

I volunteer at Long Island Jewish (LIJ) been a volunteer there for almost 3 1/2 years. :)

Is it an nursing home?...or an activity center?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/06/08 at 6:11 am

The word of the day ...Enjoy
To receive pleasure or satisfaction from.
To have the use or benefit of: enjoys good health.
v.intr.
To have a pleasurable or satisfactory time.

http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd133/crisco68/mermGreatDay.gif
http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll49/j_ragan05/weekend309.gif
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll97/jesse327725garon/174842rcj5l5z4qt.gif
http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg3/dfranklin698/Enjoy.jpg
http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk90/anuskap/923399kwxsacvlp3.jpg
http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll316/SongBird_4_Jesus/enjoy.gif
http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee163/sempozeur/Image1-1.png
http://i283.photobucket.com/albums/kk295/moongirl7691/sunset.jpg
http://i283.photobucket.com/albums/kk295/moongirl7691/relax-1.jpg
http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk72/meowmomto2/comewhatmayenjoyyourday.jpg
http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd51/realsugarbaby/Blinkies/cute%20and%20funny%20blinkies/thcherishthepast.gif
http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh142/melaniewhatsup/photography/invisibility.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 05/06/08 at 6:38 am

^

Some VERY COOL gifs / pics there, ... ninny ! 8)

:)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/06/08 at 6:42 am

http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa116/OneTHilllove/silence.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 05/06/08 at 6:49 am

http://www.poetseers.org/imagelib/unmesh/boatlakemountain/

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/06/08 at 6:54 am

^

Some VERY COOL gifs / pics there, ... ninny ! 8)

:)

Thanks :)
http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa116/OneTHilllove/silence.jpg

Silence can be golden :)

http://www.poetseers.org/imagelib/unmesh/boatlakemountain/

Nice & tranquil :)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/06/08 at 6:58 am

Thanks :)Silence can be golden :)Nice & tranquil :)
Silence is peaceful (all set to enjoy)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 05/06/08 at 7:28 am

Silence is peaceful (all set to enjoy)

???

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/30/50217217_2ba757f032.jpg?v=0

http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/9745/imagesjp5.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/06/08 at 7:50 am

http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/9745/imagesjp5.jpg
In a galaxy far far away...

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/06/08 at 10:31 am

In a galaxy far far away...

a psychopathic emperor and his most trusted servant - a former Jedi Knight known as Darth Vader - are ruling a universe with fear.

http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj190/El-che-no/694px-Star_Wars_Logosvg.png
Something to watch and enjoy.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/06/08 at 11:04 am

a psychopathic emperor and his most trusted servant - a former Jedi Knight known as Darth Vader - are ruling a universe with fear.

http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj190/El-che-no/694px-Star_Wars_Logosvg.png
Something to watch and enjoy.

The films I have seen

If you were to ask me which one is which

I will struggle, for

each film of the series have merged into one

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/06/08 at 2:42 pm

Is it an nursing home?...or an activity center?

It's a hospital.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/06/08 at 2:44 pm

I'll enjoy myself on my day off.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/06/08 at 2:47 pm

I'll enjoy myself on my day off.
Takin' it easy?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/06/08 at 3:12 pm

Takin' it easy?

That'll be Saturday,the day before Mother's Day.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/06/08 at 7:29 pm

It's a hospital.

What do you do there?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 05/06/08 at 7:45 pm

The word of the day ...Enjoy
To receive pleasure or satisfaction from.
To have the use or benefit of: enjoys good health.
v.intr.
To have a pleasurable or satisfactory time.

http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd133/crisco68/mermGreatDay.gif
http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll49/j_ragan05/weekend309.gif
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll97/jesse327725garon/174842rcj5l5z4qt.gif
http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg3/dfranklin698/Enjoy.jpg
http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk90/anuskap/923399kwxsacvlp3.jpg
http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll316/SongBird_4_Jesus/enjoy.gif
http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee163/sempozeur/Image1-1.png
http://i283.photobucket.com/albums/kk295/moongirl7691/sunset.jpg
http://i283.photobucket.com/albums/kk295/moongirl7691/relax-1.jpg
http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk72/meowmomto2/comewhatmayenjoyyourday.jpg
http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd51/realsugarbaby/Blinkies/cute%20and%20funny%20blinkies/thcherishthepast.gif
http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh142/melaniewhatsup/photography/invisibility.jpg

Really good pics, ninny...for some reason I especially liked the last one. ::)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/06/08 at 10:20 pm

What do you do there?

I file papers.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/07/08 at 1:52 am

I file papers.
Admin work?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/07/08 at 6:28 am

I file papers.

Is there anyone there you like?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/07/08 at 6:30 am

I file papers.
I am looking for Admin work...

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/07/08 at 6:35 am

Is there anyone there you like?

No,I have no interest in them.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/07/08 at 6:35 am

I am looking for Admin work...

in a hospital?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/07/08 at 6:36 am

Admin work?

file clerk.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/07/08 at 6:36 am

No,I have no interest in them.
Anyone there showing an interest in you?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/07/08 at 6:37 am

Anyone there showing an interest in you?

No,not at all,they're too busy. ::)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/07/08 at 6:37 am

in a hospital?
Ward Clerk, have paperwork to do, and the hospital still has to be run.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/07/08 at 6:38 am

No,not at all,they're too busy. ::)
In deep conversation during a lunch or coffee break?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/07/08 at 6:38 am

The word of the day...Odd

Deviating from what is ordinary, usual, or expected; strange or peculiar: an odd name; odd behavior. See synonyms at strange.
Being in excess of the indicated or approximate number, extent, or degree. Often used in combination: invited 30-odd guests.

Constituting a remainder: had some odd dollars left over.
Small in amount: jingled the odd change in my pockets.

Being one of an incomplete pair or set: an odd shoe.
Remaining after others have been paired or grouped.
Mathematics. Designating an integer not divisible by two, such as 1, 3, and 5.
Not expected, regular, or planned: called at odd intervals.
Remote; out-of-the-way: found the antique shop in an odd corner of town.
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i206/Katnapp/odd.jpg
http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm190/OddBall3/OddsRef.jpg
http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm147/lilcritter02/FairlyOddParents.jpg
http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll187/imagirl555/panicatthedisco04.gif
http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk236/lisamarie223/Sundries/PICT0773.jpg
http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd284/bre19az/Atlanta015.jpg
http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj61/Moses66737/Odd%20Things/rednecklawnmower.jpg
http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh140/xochitlalannah/EMOLICIOUS/different_by_deadliestdance.jpg
http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm143/pupu04/bali%20april%202008/IMGP0168.jpg
http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l54/RuinYourMoonlight/meanies.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/07/08 at 6:39 am

In deep conversation during a lunch or coffee break?

No,they're still doing work.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/07/08 at 6:40 am

There a website called oddtodd.com. ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/07/08 at 6:40 am

No,they're still doing work.
They work during a break?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/07/08 at 6:41 am

They work during a break?

Sometimes.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/07/08 at 6:42 am

http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j106/zombi3bub/OddJob.gif

Oddjob

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/07/08 at 6:43 am

Sometimes.
The staff may go home hungry?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/07/08 at 6:43 am

http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j106/zombi3bub/OddJob.gif

Oddjob

That's an odd man.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/07/08 at 6:43 am

The staff may go home hungry?

Believe Me,They have food.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/07/08 at 6:45 am

Believe Me,They have food.
While working?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/07/08 at 6:56 am

While working?

No,when they go home.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/07/08 at 6:58 am

No,when they go home.
So the members of staff go all day without eating?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/07/08 at 6:58 am

So the members of staff go all day without eating?

They take a break here and there.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/07/08 at 9:31 am

http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w200/triplepppink/22900.gif
http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd312/luna_viking/OddBall.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 05/07/08 at 10:42 am

http://img24.imagevenue.com/loc730/th_74492_oddball_122_730lo.jpg

Negative waves ... please .... NO negative waves ! Yes .... I WAS one of 'Kelly's heroes' !

'Oddball's my name .. odd is the game !'

:P

:D

;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/07/08 at 2:22 pm

The Odd Couple

http://www.sumterplayer.org/OddCouple051.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/07/08 at 2:23 pm

Another Odd Couple

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/112/367549430_5eaea8edce_m.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/08/08 at 5:31 am

The word of the day ...Gesture(s)
A motion of the limbs or body made to express or help express thought or to emphasize speech.
The act of moving the limbs or body as an expression of thought or emphasis.
An act or a remark made as a formality or as a sign of intention or attitude: sent flowers as a gesture of sympathy.

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn190/verow_01/BEST%20DAYS/DSC00061.jpg
http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i256/rhaselrigStoryboarding/F%20FIGURE%20DRAWING/1gestures.jpg
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p72/DagothReau/GestureS.jpg
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii141/nickybootz/image004.jpg
http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd81/pepo17/gestures.jpg
http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x133/xxMiss_Stephaniexx/blinkobscenegesture.gif
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa257/andstrand/Summer%202006/fe18.jpg
http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q320/lazywoman/Maxine/ATT5682060.jpg
http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o230/chapster5/Hand%20Gestures/Army.jpg
http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o230/chapster5/Hand%20Gestures/Coffee.jpg
http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o230/chapster5/Hand%20Gestures/Women.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t44/Mitanika/patchworkmindONE.png
http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff17/rande159/nationalitys/italian/CCC-1.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/08/08 at 5:34 am

Of course there are other hand gestures...

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/08/08 at 6:18 am

Of course there are other hand gestures...

I'm pretty sure there are.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/08/08 at 6:28 am

Of course there are other hand gestures...

Oh yes I forgot

http://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll280/JazzyxWazzy/peace-sign-3.gif

or maybe that's not the gesture you were talking about ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/08/08 at 6:30 am

Oh yes I forgot

http://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll280/JazzyxWazzy/peace-sign-3.gif

or maybe that's not the gesture you were talking about ;D
You seem to know.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/08/08 at 6:41 am

You seem to know.

http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll74/pcmkrfn/FUNNY/flipthebird.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/08/08 at 6:43 am

http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll74/pcmkrfn/FUNNY/flipthebird.jpg
After a little research, I can say that is the gesture I am thinking of.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 05/08/08 at 6:49 am

The word of the day ...Gesture(s)
A motion of the limbs or body made to express or help express thought or to emphasize speech.
The act of moving the limbs or body as an expression of thought or emphasis.
An act or a remark made as a formality or as a sign of intention or attitude: sent flowers as a gesture of sympathy.

http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q320/lazywoman/Maxine/ATT5682060.jpg

Belle ! Sounds like you should do an 'anger management' course ! :o ::) :P

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 05/08/08 at 8:43 am

Belle ! Sounds like you should do an 'anger management' course ! :o ::) :P

I knew you'd drag my name into it. ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/08/08 at 1:20 pm

http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc102/kmw219/LoveIs.Gesture.jpg
http://i242.photobucket.com/albums/ff283/MumblingSage/avatar3.jpg
http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee69/buxtheudeoma/SMILEY/signs/ASMGESTURE.gif
http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa317/quizgirl/45f31d16b1058d586fc3be7207b58053.gif
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f252/jeanroman/Elvisgesture.jpg
http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh112/horns-halos4ever/comehither.gif

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/08/08 at 1:54 pm

...arm gestures?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/08/08 at 2:14 pm

...arm gestures?

http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii306/onthetrailtoolong/upyours.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/08/08 at 2:46 pm

http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii306/onthetrailtoolong/upyours.jpg
Can be ?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/08/08 at 2:48 pm

http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii306/onthetrailtoolong/upyours.jpg

I thought for a minute that said "Up Your Bush". ;D

Only me would think of that. ::)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/08/08 at 2:49 pm

I thought for a minute that said "Up Your Bush". ;D

Only me would think of that. ::)
I never read it that way.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/08/08 at 2:57 pm

I never read it that way.

I didn't see the "S" at the end. ::)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/08/08 at 3:17 pm

...face gestures?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/08/08 at 3:21 pm

I thought for a minute that said "Up Your Bush". ;D

Only me would think of that. ::)

So true :)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/08/08 at 3:25 pm

...face gestures?

http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff209/meeka_0829/TheoryPictures133.jpg
http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x70/dje_dude/OKCJaimeDestry049.jpg
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h26/xtrustisalie/SYTYCD/tca03fy8.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/08/08 at 3:26 pm

There are so many face gestures.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/08/08 at 3:29 pm

Can you gesture elsewhere?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/08/08 at 3:37 pm

Can you gesture elsewhere?

Not that I'm aware of....butt gestures :-\\

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/08/08 at 3:39 pm

Not that I'm aware of....butt gestures :-\\

penis gestures?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/08/08 at 3:41 pm

Not that I'm aware of....butt gestures :-\\
Like Bart Simpson

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/08/08 at 3:41 pm

Like Bart Simpson

or Homer.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 05/08/08 at 4:13 pm

or Homer.

Are you Homer-phobic?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/08/08 at 4:16 pm

Are you Homer-phobic?
Can you be Bart-phobic?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 05/08/08 at 4:20 pm

Can you be Bart-phobic?

I know I am..... ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/08/08 at 5:43 pm

Like Bart Simpson

http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll83/Hoodyboy410/Bart.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 05/08/08 at 6:45 pm

http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii306/onthetrailtoolong/upyours.jpg

I thought for a minute that said "Up Your Bush". ;D

Only me would think of that. ::)

You have company ! <

I'm sure 'Dick' can help him in that regard ?

See attachment ! ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/08/08 at 6:51 pm

http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii306/onthetrailtoolong/upyours.jpg

You have company ! <

I'm sure 'Dick' can help him in that regard ?

See attachment ! ;D

lovers for life

http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l175/ynot2006/_____chaney__s_theme_____.gif

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/08/08 at 10:26 pm

http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll83/Hoodyboy410/Bart.jpg

Can someone actually eat shorts?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/08/08 at 10:28 pm

Can someone actually eat shorts?

Deep fried or steamed ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/08/08 at 10:31 pm

Deep fried or steamed ;D

Deep Fried.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/09/08 at 4:07 am

Deep Fried.
with fries?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/09/08 at 4:12 am

With gestures and the cats etc, can cats be anthropomorphic?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/09/08 at 5:36 am

With gestures and the cats etc, can cats be anthropomorphic?

Of course,they can act human like,some of my cats are jealous,they know how to give and receive love :)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/09/08 at 5:41 am

Of course,they can act human like,some of my cats are jealous,they know how to give and receive love :)
...and of course, the same with hunger, they (cats) come along when food is required.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/09/08 at 5:46 am

The word of the day...Lilacs
Any of various shrubs of the genus Syringa, especially S. vulgaris, widely cultivated for its clusters of fragrant purplish or white flowers.
A pale to light or moderate purple.
http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh145/Janeramil/lilac-747441.jpg
http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj41/trishtrash1/garden%20at%20uplands/lilac.jpg
http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll179/pearmaid/DSC00063.jpg
http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee281/kennmarg1989/lilacflowerbear.jpg
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z79/Florida_Marcy/VICTORIAN%20ART/The_Bunch_of_Lilacs_jpg.jpg
http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee130/Cinderbug1/3349_11.jpg
http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee130/Cinderbug1/2brushes.jpg
http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh232/GramGram_64/Flutterbies/lilac26.jpg
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm72/CatwomanCatwoman/Catwoman/OrchidLilacsNBlackLace.jpg
http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i56/eadahlgren/lilacs-060508/dscn3206-1200x900-bc3030-s50-800-35.jpg
http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m72/Ginabu45/lilacs.jpg

Why lilac..today is the start of the annual lilac festival in Rochester,NY

Lilac Festival is an art, music, food and flora festival hosted annually in early May in the Highland Park in Rochester, New York. It is one of the largest festivals of its kind in North America, drawing spectators from all over the globe. Highland Park possesses a huge collection of lilacs, featuring more than a thousand bushes and hundreds of different varieties. Early May is the season that lilacs are blooming in Rochester.

The festival was informally started in 1898 when 3,000 people came to the park one Sunday in May to see the lilacs. Since then the number of viewers has grown to over half a million and the festival plays out over the course of ten days. The modern day festival is started with a parade and frequently hosts concerts and other attractions during the week. The Highland Park arboretum is toured free of charge and is open to all visitors. The fields surrounding the arboretum host a myriad of vendor's tents and food stands.

Tents
In recent years the festival has expanded to include many different vendors in tents set up around Highland Park. It's not uncommon at the festival to find tents ranging from car windshield repair to cable tv service to fried dough. One staple of the festival is the Rochester kettle corn tent where its not uncommon for the line to be 30 to 50 people long almost all day.

History
In 1888, nurserymen George Ellwanger and Patrick Barry endowed the Rochester community with 20 acres of gently rolling hills that are now known as Highland Park. It was noted as one of the nation's first municipal arboretums. Renowned park designer Frederick Law Olmsted was responsible for final development of Highland Park. The park's lilac collection was started by horticulturist John Dunbar in 1892 with 20 varieties, some of which were descendants of slips of native Balkan Mountain flowers that were carried to the new world by early colonists. Today, over 500 varieties of lilacs cover 22 of Highland Park's 155 acres.

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Written By: ninny on 05/09/08 at 5:47 am

...and of course, the same with hunger, they (cats) come along when food is required.

They do that best. :)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/09/08 at 5:49 am

They do that best. :)
The cats can hear the tin opener been taken out of the drawer from miles away.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/09/08 at 5:49 am

The word of the day...Lilacs
Any of various shrubs of the genus Syringa, especially S. vulgaris, widely cultivated for its clusters of fragrant purplish or white flowers.
A pale to light or moderate purple.
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Why lilac..today is the start of the annual lilac festival in Rochester,NY

Lilac Festival is an art, music, food and flora festival hosted annually in early May in the Highland Park in Rochester, New York. It is one of the largest festivals of its kind in North America, drawing spectators from all over the globe. Highland Park possesses a huge collection of lilacs, featuring more than a thousand bushes and hundreds of different varieties. Early May is the season that lilacs are blooming in Rochester.

The festival was informally started in 1898 when 3,000 people came to the park one Sunday in May to see the lilacs. Since then the number of viewers has grown to over half a million and the festival plays out over the course of ten days. The modern day festival is started with a parade and frequently hosts concerts and other attractions during the week. The Highland Park arboretum is toured free of charge and is open to all visitors. The fields surrounding the arboretum host a myriad of vendor's tents and food stands.

Tents
In recent years the festival has expanded to include many different vendors in tents set up around Highland Park. It's not uncommon at the festival to find tents ranging from car windshield repair to cable tv service to fried dough. One staple of the festival is the Rochester kettle corn tent where its not uncommon for the line to be 30 to 50 people long almost all day.

History
In 1888, nurserymen George Ellwanger and Patrick Barry endowed the Rochester community with 20 acres of gently rolling hills that are now known as Highland Park. It was noted as one of the nation's first municipal arboretums. Renowned park designer Frederick Law Olmsted was responsible for final development of Highland Park. The park's lilac collection was started by horticulturist John Dunbar in 1892 with 20 varieties, some of which were descendants of slips of native Balkan Mountain flowers that were carried to the new world by early colonists. Today, over 500 varieties of lilacs cover 22 of Highland Park's 155 acres.

Gather lilacs in the spring again....

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Written By: ninny on 05/09/08 at 5:56 am

The cats can hear the tin opener been taken out of the drawer from miles away.

Mine come running as soon as I open the cupboard or fridge ;D

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Written By: ninny on 05/09/08 at 5:58 am

Gather lilacs in the spring again....

My all time favorite :) They smell so good :)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/09/08 at 6:00 am

My all time favorite :) They smell so good :)
The smell is aromatic and pleasant, but not for Hay Fever sufferers.

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Written By: Howard on 05/09/08 at 6:11 am

How do they get that purple color?

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/09/08 at 6:18 am

How do they get that purple color?
In beetroot the colour comes natural.

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Written By: ninny on 05/09/08 at 6:27 am

How do they get that purple color?

Not really sure,not all are purple some are white and there is a new dark reddish color.
this is what the colors mean.
Purple lilacs symbolise first love and white lilacs youthful innocence.

If you want to read more about it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilac

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/09/08 at 6:28 am

Not really sure,not all are purple some are white and there is a new dark reddish color.
this is what the colors mean.
Purple lilacs symbolise first love and white lilacs youthful innocence.

If you want to read more about it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilac
Lilacs are asssociated with Easter time.

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Written By: ninny on 05/09/08 at 6:33 am

Lilacs are asssociated with Easter time.

I always thought the lily was,because lilacs usually don't come out till May..long after Easter.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/09/08 at 6:34 am

I always thought the lily was,because lilacs usually don't come out till May..long after Easter.
Lily, Lilacs to a Hay Fever sufferer like me they look all the same.

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Written By: ninny on 05/09/08 at 6:37 am

Lily, Lilacs to a Hay Fever sufferer like me they look all the same.

I usually get my allergies in the early fall,never really had hay fever.They must have medicine now that relieves most of your suffering.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/09/08 at 6:38 am

I usually get my allergies in the early fall,never really had hay fever.They must have medicine now that relieves most of your suffering.
The medicine (antihistomines) make me feel even worse.

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Written By: Green Lantern on 05/09/08 at 8:13 am

Hi ! :)

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Written By: ninny on 05/09/08 at 8:24 am

Hi ! :)

Good day to you :)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/09/08 at 8:26 am

Hi !   :)
Hello!

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Written By: ninny on 05/09/08 at 8:28 am

The medicine (antihistomines) make me feel even worse.

Sleepy?

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/09/08 at 8:31 am

Sleepy?
Yes, and irritable. I prefer to suffer from the coughs, sneezes, running eyes and headaches.

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Written By: Green Lantern on 05/09/08 at 8:35 am

Nice to see you both.

Got a cold Phil ?

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/09/08 at 8:37 am

Nice to see you both.

Got a cold Phil ?
Not a cold, it is just the start of the Hay Fever season

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Written By: Green Lantern on 05/09/08 at 8:40 am

Not a cold, it is just the start of the Hay Fever season

Anti-histamine tablets usually help. Think the ingredient 'pseudophrine' or some such name .... is the element that helps most. Believe I've started to suffer from it myself, in more recent years ! A pain.

As for a cold ... I now swear by that 'First Defence' remedy ... that I mentioned in another thread. Reckon it's worked, and saved me weeks of suffering !

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/09/08 at 8:42 am

Anti-histamine tablets usually help. Think the ingredient 'pseudophrine' or some such name .... is the element that helps most. Believe I've started to suffer from it myself, in more recent years ! A pain.

As for a cold ... I now swear by that 'First Defence' remedy ... that I mentioned in another thread. Reckon it's worked, and saved me weeks of suffering !
With a sore throat too, plenty of liquid helps.

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Written By: Green Lantern on 05/09/08 at 8:45 am

With a sore throat too, plenty of liquid helps.

Although in my case ... the liquids are often NOT the recommended ones !

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/09/08 at 8:46 am

Although in my case ... the liquids are often NOT the recommended ones !
...after a rough day, me too!

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Written By: Green Lantern on 05/09/08 at 8:48 am

...after a rough day, me too!

You've had a rough day ? What's happened ?

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/09/08 at 8:54 am

You've had a rough day ? What's happened ?
It is the prospect of the rough day with Hay Fever to come, yesterday was the hottest day for the year so far, it is muggy today, but the weekend here will be a scorcher.

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Written By: ninny on 05/09/08 at 8:58 am

Yes, and irritable. I prefer to suffer from the coughs, sneezes, running eyes and headaches.

I hear you,Tim gets mad because I can fall asleep after taking "non drowsey" medicine.I also have to be careful what I take with high blood pressure.
It is the prospect of the rough day with Hay Fever to come, yesterday was the hottest day for the year so far, it is muggy today, but the weekend here will be a scorcher.

What temps do you consider hot weather?

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Written By: Green Lantern on 05/09/08 at 9:00 am

Probably anything over 80 F ... I'd think ?

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/09/08 at 9:03 am

Probably anything over 80 F ... I'd think ?
78°F today, 80°F for tomorrow.

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Written By: ninny on 05/09/08 at 9:11 am

78°F today, 80°F for tomorrow.

Those are what I consider pleasant.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/09/08 at 9:13 am

Those are what I consider pleasant.
Very hot and unseasonal for us!

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Written By: ninny on 05/09/08 at 9:19 am

Very hot and unseasonal for us!

Our weather has been wacky,In April we had temps in the 70's now here in May it's been in the 50's &60's.
What are your temps usually around May?

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/09/08 at 9:21 am

Our weather has been wacky,In April we had temps in the 70's now here in May it's been in the 50's &60's.
What are your temps usually around May?
Last week it was the wettest day of the year, today it is the warmest. What we are having now is the weather we expect at the end of June.

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Written By: ninny on 05/09/08 at 1:37 pm

Last week it was the wettest day of the year, today it is the warmest. What we are having now is the weather we expect at the end of June.

Wacky,could this be part of global warming?

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/09/08 at 1:47 pm

Wacky,could this be part of global warming?
Exactly, remember the UK last year had those extra-ordinary floods?

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Written By: ninny on 05/09/08 at 1:53 pm

Exactly, remember the UK last year had those extra-ordinary floods?

I know in the US,the midwest has had lots of wacky weather.Snow in May,tornadoes and lots of rain.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/09/08 at 1:59 pm

I know in the US,the midwest has had lots of wacky weather.Snow in May,tornadoes and lots of rain.
...and you do hear reports from around the world.

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Written By: ninny on 05/09/08 at 2:07 pm

...and you do hear reports from around the world.

Will we see a drastic change in our lifetime?

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/09/08 at 2:11 pm

Will we see a drastic change in our lifetime?
Who knows what it will be like for the next generation?

I must take a break, I will be back later

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Written By: ninny on 05/09/08 at 2:13 pm

Who knows what it will be like for the next generation?

I must take a break, I will be back later

OK

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Written By: adagio on 05/09/08 at 2:19 pm

Hi ! :)

Hi to you too, :)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/09/08 at 2:35 pm

OK

That did not take long

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/09/08 at 2:37 pm

Hi to you too,   :)
Hello Pat!

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Written By: adagio on 05/09/08 at 2:42 pm

Speaking of wacky weather, even here in this one city, Knoxville, it can be rainy and coolish in the morning (the day before was too hot for any except short sleeves) but in the afternoon it is windy and cool , turning to windy and warmer, then warm. I seem to be constantly changing my winter and summer wardrobes in different closets.

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Written By: adagio on 05/09/08 at 2:43 pm

Hello Pat!

Hi Philip!

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/09/08 at 2:43 pm

Speaking of wacky weather, even here in this one city, Knoxville, it can be rainy and coolish in the morning (the day before was too hot for any except short sleeves) but in the afternoon it is windy and cool , turning to windy and warmer, then warm. I seem to be constantly changing my winter and summer wardrobes in different closets.
Where abouts is Knoxville?

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/09/08 at 2:45 pm

Hi Philip!
Pleasant day for you?

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Written By: Howard on 05/09/08 at 3:51 pm

Is anyone experiencing a slowness on the boards now? ???

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Written By: Howard on 05/09/08 at 3:53 pm

Our weather has been wacky,In April we had temps in the 70's now here in May it's been in the 50's &60's.
What are your temps usually around May?

New York in May is upper 60's to near 70 and today was 49 with a cold rain.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/09/08 at 3:54 pm

Is anyone experiencing a slowness on the boards now? ???
The boards are fine here.

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Written By: Howard on 05/09/08 at 3:58 pm

The boards are fine here.

I think it was your crossing picture that was having problems on my side.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/09/08 at 4:00 pm

I think it was your crossing picture that was having problems on my side.
The downloading of images does slow the boards, and the more images there is the slower it will be.

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Written By: Howard on 05/09/08 at 4:08 pm

The downloading of images does slow the boards, and the more images there is the slower it will be.

So why was your image slow on my side? ???

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/09/08 at 4:09 pm

So why was your image slow on my side? ???
...because it has a longer distance to reach you?

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Written By: Howard on 05/09/08 at 4:10 pm

...because it has a longer distance to reach you?

Ok I see,Thank You.

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Written By: gibbo on 05/09/08 at 4:13 pm

...because it has a longer distance to reach you?

Philip, your Abbey Rd pic took a minute to materialise just then....maybe there ARE some issues here.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/09/08 at 4:17 pm

Philip, your Abbey Rd pic took a minute to materialise just then....maybe there ARE some issues here.
It is night time over here and the webcam man has gone home for the day.

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Written By: gibbo on 05/09/08 at 4:18 pm

It is night time over here and the webcam man has gone home for the day.

web...night time...maybe HE'S Spiderman!

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/09/08 at 4:19 pm

It is night time over here and the webcam man has gone home for the day.
You are all right, I am getting a red cross now!

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Written By: Howard on 05/09/08 at 5:05 pm

much faster now.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/09/08 at 5:06 pm

much faster now.
Perfect now.

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Written By: gibbo on 05/09/08 at 5:07 pm

Perfect now.

agreed...also fine in Australia

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Written By: Howard on 05/09/08 at 5:07 pm

Perfect now.

What happened before?

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/09/08 at 5:08 pm

agreed...also fine in Australia
That must be further away?

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/09/08 at 5:08 pm

What happened before?
I was seeing a red croos in the box.

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Written By: Howard on 05/09/08 at 5:08 pm

That must be further away?

from London?

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Written By: gibbo on 05/09/08 at 5:10 pm

What happened before?

Things were happening a bit slower...red X's on pics etc...

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Written By: Howard on 05/09/08 at 5:11 pm

Things were happening a bit slower...red X's on pics etc...

Yeah my side too.

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Written By: gibbo on 05/09/08 at 5:32 pm

Yeah my side too.

You have a red X on your side?......that must have hurt :D

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/09/08 at 5:34 pm

You have a red X on your side?......that must have hurt :D
It was agony back then!

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Written By: adagio on 05/09/08 at 11:35 pm

Where abouts is Knoxville?

It's in Tennesee.

My day is ok.

Speaking of slowness in the boards, mine was the slowest....we had a wild storm and all the electricity went out for the longest time, at least an hour. I was FORCED to listen to country music because they had weather updates there.

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Written By: adagio on 05/09/08 at 11:37 pm

I keep waiting for the next power outage...we've had three.

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Written By: adagio on 05/09/08 at 11:38 pm

...so if I dissappear...

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/10/08 at 2:47 am

It's in Tennesee.

My day is ok.

Speaking of slowness in the boards, mine was the slowest....we had a wild storm and all the electricity went out for the longest time, at least an hour. I was FORCED to listen to country music because they had weather updates there.

The storm could effect you ISP.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/10/08 at 2:48 am

...so if I dissappear...
...and there she went!

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Written By: Howard on 05/10/08 at 7:23 am

You have a red X on your side?......that must have hurt :D

It must've been from the rain,computers were running a bit slower yesterday.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/10/08 at 7:28 am

It must've been from the rain,computers were running a bit slower yesterday.
With the storms affecting the ISPs

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Written By: Howard on 05/10/08 at 7:43 am

With the storms affecting the ISPs

Maybe that's why the messageboard was slow yesterday.

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Written By: adagio on 05/10/08 at 8:01 am

The storm could effect you ISP.

Not only the ISP, but the computer turned off and the lights went out...about 5 times yesterday. We expect more of the same even through Mother's Day...which one of you ticked off Mother Nature?

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Written By: ninny on 05/10/08 at 8:13 am

The word of the day..Bridge(s)

A structure spanning and providing passage over a gap or barrier, such as a river or roadway.
Something resembling or analogous to this structure in form or function: a land bridge between the continents; a bridge of understanding between two countries.

The upper bony ridge of the human nose.
The part of a pair of eyeglasses that rests against this ridge.
A fixed or removable replacement for one or several but not all of the natural teeth, usually anchored at each end to a natural tooth.
Music.
A thin, upright piece of wood in some stringed instruments that supports the strings above the soundboard.
A transitional passage connecting two subjects or movements.
Nautical. A crosswise platform or enclosed area above the main deck of a ship from which the ship is controlled.
Games.
A long stick with a notched plate at one end, used to steady the cue in billiards. Also called rest.
The hand used as a support to steady the cue.
Electricity.
Any of various instruments for measuring or comparing the characteristics, such as impedance or inductance, of a conductor.
An electrical shunt.
Chemistry. An intramolecular connection that spans atoms or groups of atoms.

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Written By: gibbo on 05/10/08 at 8:23 am

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb264/soaplabrissy/P7100075.jpg

Could that be the Story Bridge in my home city, Brisbane? If so .....that was a pretty good find ninny...... ;)

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Written By: Green Lantern on 05/10/08 at 8:29 am

Could that be the Story Bridge in my home city, Brisbane? If so .....that was a pretty good find ninny...... ;)

If so ... tongues may start to wag / rumours about gibbo and ninny. But that's another 'story' ? ??? :P

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Written By: ninny on 05/10/08 at 8:31 am

Could that be the Story Bridge in my home city, Brisbane? If so .....that was a pretty good find ninny...... ;)

Could be, and is :)

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Written By: gibbo on 05/10/08 at 8:32 am

If so ... tongues may start to wag / rumours about gibbo and ninny. But that's another 'story' ? ??? :P

Best to start my own rumours...quality control...

gibbo and ninny under a bridge ........ the only reason the beer was cold was cos gibbo brought a fridge.. :D

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Written By: ninny on 05/10/08 at 8:37 am

If so ... tongues may start to wag / rumours about gibbo and ninny. But that's another 'story' ? ??? :P

Sure try to get me in trouble ;D

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v330/squaylor/Sydney%202005e/Picture050.jpg
what bridge is this?

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Written By: ninny on 05/10/08 at 8:40 am

Best to start my own rumours...quality control...

gibbo and ninny under a bridge ........ the only reason the beer was cold was cos gibbo brought a fridge.. :D

;D

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Written By: gibbo on 05/10/08 at 8:47 am

Sure try to get me in trouble ;D

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v330/squaylor/Sydney%202005e/Picture050.jpg
what bridge is this?

I have no idea....a bridge over troubled waters?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 05/10/08 at 9:11 am

Best to start my own rumours...quality control...

gibbo and ninny under a bridge ........ the only reason the beer was cold was cos gibbo brought a fridge.. :D

I see.. :P 8)

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Written By: gibbo on 05/10/08 at 9:21 am

I see.. :P 8)

I do wonder what you see......... ;)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/10/08 at 9:37 am

I have no idea....a bridge over troubled waters?

Alan & you should know,it's in Australia.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/10/08 at 9:40 am

I see.. :P 8)

See what?

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Written By: gibbo on 05/10/08 at 9:54 am

Alan & you should know,it's in Australia.

...and here I was trying to find pictures of bridges in NY State. :o

Nope....still don't know it straight away. Australia is a big place........... I'll do some more research and get back to you.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/10/08 at 10:09 am

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2103/2471483038_e871945ef6_m.jpg

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/10/08 at 10:10 am

http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn60/timessquare1/100_0943.jpg

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Written By: Green Lantern on 05/10/08 at 10:14 am

Alan & you should know,it's in Australia.

It would appear to be some bridge in Sydney ... but there are a number. Doesn't strike me as one of the more memorable ones, whichever it might be ...

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Written By: gibbo on 05/10/08 at 10:18 am

It would appear to be some bridge in Sydney ... but there are a number. Doesn't strike me as one of the more memorable ones, whichever it might be ...

I think it might be the Spit Bridge near Manly????

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/10/08 at 10:18 am

http://991.com/newGallery/Wax-Building-A-Bridge-55934.jpg

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Written By: ninny on 05/10/08 at 10:48 am

I think it might be the Spit Bridge near Manly????

http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee256/autumlovr/winner2.jpg

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Written By: gibbo on 05/10/08 at 10:51 am

http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee256/autumlovr/winner2.jpg

Alan...you have to get out more... ;D I have no idea how Janine found it if we couldn't!! :o

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Written By: ninny on 05/10/08 at 10:53 am

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2103/2471483038_e871945ef6_m.jpg

http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn60/timessquare1/100_0943.jpg

http://991.com/newGallery/Wax-Building-A-Bridge-55934.jpg

Nice pics Phil :)

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Written By: gibbo on 05/10/08 at 10:54 am

http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn60/timessquare1/100_0943.jpg

There's something majestic about the Brooklyn Bridge........

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/10/08 at 10:56 am

There's something majestic about the Brooklyn Bridge........
I saw a programme on its contruction once, a masterpiece of its time.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/10/08 at 10:57 am

Alan...you have to get out more... ;D I have no idea how Janine found it if we couldn't!! :o

Pure genius that's how :D

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Written By: gibbo on 05/10/08 at 10:58 am

Pure genius that's how :D

There MUST be some other explanation..... :D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 05/10/08 at 10:59 am

Alan...you have to get out more... ;D I have no idea how Janine found it if we couldn't!! :o

Now that you mention it. Yes ! I think I walked across it around 9 months back ? Doh !

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/10/08 at 11:00 am

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s127/mc76cz/London/hammersmithbridge.jpg

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Written By: gibbo on 05/10/08 at 11:02 am

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s127/mc76cz/London/hammersmithbridge.jpg

Is this another challenge? I'm going to bed....I'll check this one out later on...unless Alan works it out before then

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Written By: Green Lantern on 05/10/08 at 11:04 am

Is this another challenge? I'm going to bed....I'll check this one out later on...unless Alan works it out before then

Time for rumours about us to re-surface ? I'm going to bed too, since .... nearly fallen asleep a couple of times here in this chair ! Bed ... more comfortable ! Goodnight folks !

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/10/08 at 11:04 am

There MUST be some other explanation..... :D

Funny guy..or Family Guy

http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa173/yomama74yall/funny/family-guy.jpg

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Written By: gibbo on 05/10/08 at 11:07 am

Time for rumours about us to re-surface ? I'm going to bed too, since .... nearly fallen asleep a couple of times here in this chair ! Bed ... more comfortable ! Goodnight folks !

Night Al...(night Tec)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/10/08 at 11:08 am

Is this another challenge? I'm going to bed....I'll check this one out later on...unless Alan works it out before then

Time for rumours about us to re-surface ? I'm going to bed too, since .... nearly fallen asleep a couple of times here in this chair ! Bed ... more comfortable ! Goodnight folks !

Goodnight all sleep tight

http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t284/cindy76014/emoticons/sensth_bed.gif

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Written By: gibbo on 05/10/08 at 11:08 am

Funny guy..or Family Guy

http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa173/yomama74yall/funny/family-guy.jpg

That is the spitting unabridged image of me....... :D

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/10/08 at 11:09 am

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s127/mc76cz/London/hammersmithbridge.jpg
I know this bridge, I crossed it last month.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/10/08 at 11:16 am

I know this bridge, I crossed it last month.

I knew you would know it....Hammersmith Bridge.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/10/08 at 11:16 am

That is the spitting unabridged image of me....... :D

Spit Bridge ;D

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/10/08 at 11:26 am

I knew you would know it....Hammersmith Bridge.
I have seen (and crossed) this bridge many a time, and also recall the time when it was closed to traffic due to a bomb incident.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/10/08 at 3:36 pm

I have seen (and crossed) this bridge many a time, and also recall the time when it was closed to traffic due to a bomb incident.

Was it a hoaxs?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/10/08 at 4:00 pm

Was it a hoaxs?
The bomb incident was for real, it went off and weaken the structure of the bridge.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/10/08 at 4:02 pm

Was it a hoaxs?
From wiki:

"At 4.30am on Thursday 1 June 2000 the bridge was damaged by a Real IRA bomb planted underneath the Barnes span. The blast came four years after a previous attempted bombing by the Provisional IRA, but following two years of closure for repairs the bridge was reopened with further weight restrictions in place

The IRA's first attempt to destroy the 113-year-old bridge in 1939 had been foiled by a quick-thinking member of the public. Maurice Childs, a hairdresser from nearby Chiswick was walking home across the bridge in the early morning when he noticed smoke and sparks coming from a suitcase. He opened it to find a bomb. He threw the bag into the river and the resultant explosion sent up a 60ft column of water. Moments later, a second device exploded causing girders on the west side of the bridge to collapse and shattering windows in nearby houses.

Mr Childs was awarded an MBE for his courage.

Eddie Connell and William Browne were subsequently given jail sentences of 20 and 10 years respectively, for involvement in the bombing."

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Written By: Howard on 05/10/08 at 6:06 pm

Is London Bridge falling down?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/10/08 at 6:07 pm

Is London Bridge falling down?
The one in London is still standing, plus the one in Arizona.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/10/08 at 6:33 pm

The one in London is still standing, plus the one in Arizona.

and it hasn't fallen yet?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/10/08 at 8:29 pm

From wiki:

"At 4.30am on Thursday 1 June 2000 the bridge was damaged by a Real IRA bomb planted underneath the Barnes span. The blast came four years after a previous attempted bombing by the Provisional IRA, but following two years of closure for repairs the bridge was reopened with further weight restrictions in place

The IRA's first attempt to destroy the 113-year-old bridge in 1939 had been foiled by a quick-thinking member of the public. Maurice Childs, a hairdresser from nearby Chiswick was walking home across the bridge in the early morning when he noticed smoke and sparks coming from a suitcase. He opened it to find a bomb. He threw the bag into the river and the resultant explosion sent up a 60ft column of water. Moments later, a second device exploded causing girders on the west side of the bridge to collapse and shattering windows in nearby houses.

Mr Childs was awarded an MBE for his courage.

Eddie Connell and William Browne were subsequently given jail sentences of 20 and 10 years respectively, for involvement in the bombing."

The Irish Republican Army,Wow I haven't heard about them in years.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 05/10/08 at 10:21 pm

The Irish Republican Army,Wow I haven't heard about them in years.

Yes Philip...are the IRA finished or in a truce at the moment?

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Written By: ninny on 05/11/08 at 4:57 am

The word of the day....Mother(s)

A female person who is pregnant with or gives birth to a child.
A female person whose egg unites with a sperm, resulting in the conception of a child.
A woman who adopts a child.
A woman who raises a child.
A female parent of an animal.
A female ancestor.
A woman who holds a position of authority or responsibility similar to that of a mother: a den mother.
Roman Catholic Church.
A mother superior.
Used as a form of address for such a woman.
A woman who creates, originates, or founds something: “the discovery of radium, which made Marie Curie mother to the Atomic Age” (Alden Whitman).
A creative source; an origin: Philosophy is the mother of the sciences.
Used as a title for a woman respected for her wisdom and age.
Maternal love and tenderness: brought out the mother in her.
The biggest or most significant example of its kind: the mother of all battles.
Vulgar Slang. Something considered extraordinary, as in disagreeableness, size, or intensity.

http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj301/danceofmotherhood/Mothers.jpg
http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s67/M_I_C_K_E_Y/mothers_day.jpg
http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb320/dcarnes3/MOTHERS%20DAY/may07151.jpg
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o264/angelsamongus_01/Mothers%20Day/0-2.gif
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o264/angelsamongus_01/Mothers%20Day/50.gif
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm62/kNicolef2008/jaylynnandmommymothersday.jpg
http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn198/hillybillygal/thmotherandchild.gif
http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p33/DOGLADY1948/file000.jpg
http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p33/DOGLADY1948/file001.jpg
http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p33/DOGLADY1948/file004.jpg
http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p33/DOGLADY1948/file006.jpg
http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p33/DOGLADY1948/file008.jpg
http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p33/DOGLADY1948/file009.jpg
http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p33/DOGLADY1948/file010.jpg
http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p33/DOGLADY1948/file011.jpg
http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p33/DOGLADY1948/file012.jpg
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p105/meenomc/mothers%20day/26.gif
http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk52/ghie1312/weng.jpg
http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh54/jmaregalado/blackwhite.jpg
http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg238/auroralady71/Mothers%20Day/Mom-2002BlessHerSoul.jpg
http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r24/ksweetbuns/native%20am/AMothersLove-2.jpg
http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll191/miszeth/mother.jpg
http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee204/Whitetiger2162007/motherday.jpg

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Written By: gibbo on 05/11/08 at 5:13 am

Happy Mothers Day...... :)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/11/08 at 5:28 am

I took mine out to dinner yesterday. :)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/11/08 at 5:32 am

The word of the day....Mother(s)

A female person who is pregnant with or gives birth to a child.
A female person whose egg unites with a sperm, resulting in the conception of a child.
A woman who adopts a child.
A woman who raises a child.
A female parent of an animal.
A female ancestor.
A woman who holds a position of authority or responsibility similar to that of a mother: a den mother.
Roman Catholic Church.
A mother superior.
Used as a form of address for such a woman.
A woman who creates, originates, or founds something: “the discovery of radium, which made Marie Curie mother to the Atomic Age” (Alden Whitman).
A creative source; an origin: Philosophy is the mother of the sciences.
Used as a title for a woman respected for her wisdom and age.
Maternal love and tenderness: brought out the mother in her.
The biggest or most significant example of its kind: the mother of all battles.
Vulgar Slang. Something considered extraordinary, as in disagreeableness, size, or intensity.

http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj301/danceofmotherhood/Mothers.jpg
http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s67/M_I_C_K_E_Y/mothers_day.jpg
http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb320/dcarnes3/MOTHERS%20DAY/may07151.jpg
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o264/angelsamongus_01/Mothers%20Day/0-2.gif
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o264/angelsamongus_01/Mothers%20Day/50.gif
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm62/kNicolef2008/jaylynnandmommymothersday.jpg
http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn198/hillybillygal/thmotherandchild.gif
http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p33/DOGLADY1948/file000.jpg
http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p33/DOGLADY1948/file001.jpg
http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p33/DOGLADY1948/file004.jpg
http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p33/DOGLADY1948/file006.jpg
http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p33/DOGLADY1948/file008.jpg
http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p33/DOGLADY1948/file009.jpg
http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p33/DOGLADY1948/file010.jpg
http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p33/DOGLADY1948/file011.jpg
http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p33/DOGLADY1948/file012.jpg
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p105/meenomc/mothers%20day/26.gif
http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk52/ghie1312/weng.jpg
http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh54/jmaregalado/blackwhite.jpg
http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg238/auroralady71/Mothers%20Day/Mom-2002BlessHerSoul.jpg
http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r24/ksweetbuns/native%20am/AMothersLove-2.jpg
http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll191/miszeth/mother.jpg
http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee204/Whitetiger2162007/motherday.jpg
Even though the UK has had Mother's Day already for this year, I must phone Mum.

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Written By: Howard on 05/11/08 at 5:34 am

I Always Love My Mama-Intruders.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/11/08 at 5:34 am

I took mine out to dinner yesterday. :)

That was very sweet

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/11/08 at 5:35 am

http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm66/Phil_O-Sopher/SquirrelsonBalcony002.jpg

My recent mother and youngun picture.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/11/08 at 5:35 am

Mother of Mine ~ Neil Reid

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/11/08 at 5:35 am

That was very sweet

took her out to my delicatessen.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 05/11/08 at 5:38 am

http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm66/Phil_O-Sopher/SquirrelsonBalcony002.jpg

My recent mother and youngun picture.

You have VERY strange genes, Phil ! ::)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/11/08 at 5:39 am

Where's My Mama?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/11/08 at 5:39 am

Even though the UK has had Mother's Day already for this year, I must phone Mum.

Yes I see they have a Mothering Sunday,I never knew that. Tell your Mom Happy Mothers day for me :)
Happy Mothers Day...... :)

Thank you....Do they celebrate in Australia today? If so pass along my wishes to your Mom & wife :)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/11/08 at 5:41 am

Where's My Mama?
Did you leave her at the restaurant last night?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/11/08 at 5:42 am

Did you leave her at the restaurant last night?

No,she came home with me.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/11/08 at 5:44 am

Yes I see they have a Mothering Sunday,I never knew that. Tell your Mom Happy Mothers day for me :)It was back in March, before Easter.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 05/11/08 at 6:55 am

The word of the day....Mother(s)

A female person who is pregnant with or gives birth to a child.
A female person whose egg unites with a sperm, resulting in the conception of a child.
A woman who adopts a child.
A woman who raises a child.
A female parent of an animal.
A female ancestor.
A woman who holds a position of authority or responsibility similar to that of a mother: a den mother.
Roman Catholic Church.
A mother superior.
Used as a form of address for such a woman.
A woman who creates, originates, or founds something: “the discovery of radium, which made Marie Curie mother to the Atomic Age” (Alden Whitman).
A creative source; an origin: Philosophy is the mother of the sciences.
Used as a title for a woman respected for her wisdom and age.
Maternal love and tenderness: brought out the mother in her.
The biggest or most significant example of its kind: the mother of all battles.
Vulgar Slang. Something considered extraordinary, as in disagreeableness, size, or intensity.

http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj301/danceofmotherhood/Mothers.jpg
http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s67/M_I_C_K_E_Y/mothers_day.jpg
http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb320/dcarnes3/MOTHERS%20DAY/may07151.jpg
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o264/angelsamongus_01/Mothers%20Day/0-2.gif
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o264/angelsamongus_01/Mothers%20Day/50.gif
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm62/kNicolef2008/jaylynnandmommymothersday.jpg
http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn198/hillybillygal/thmotherandchild.gif
http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p33/DOGLADY1948/file000.jpg
http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p33/DOGLADY1948/file001.jpg
http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p33/DOGLADY1948/file004.jpg
http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p33/DOGLADY1948/file006.jpg
http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p33/DOGLADY1948/file008.jpg
http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p33/DOGLADY1948/file009.jpg
http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p33/DOGLADY1948/file010.jpg
http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p33/DOGLADY1948/file011.jpg
http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p33/DOGLADY1948/file012.jpg
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p105/meenomc/mothers%20day/26.gif
http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk52/ghie1312/weng.jpg
http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh54/jmaregalado/blackwhite.jpg
http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg238/auroralady71/Mothers%20Day/Mom-2002BlessHerSoul.jpg
http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r24/ksweetbuns/native%20am/AMothersLove-2.jpg
http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll191/miszeth/mother.jpg
http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee204/Whitetiger2162007/motherday.jpg

That was BEAUTIFUL, ninny...If you're a mother, happy mother's day
day!!

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/11/08 at 7:53 am

That was BEAUTIFUL, ninny...If you're a mother, happy mother's day
day!!

Thank You, Happy Mother's Day to you. :)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 05/11/08 at 8:49 am

Thank you, ninny. :)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/11/08 at 11:29 am

http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x235/fallenangel_079/Happy_Mothers_Day.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 05/11/08 at 1:22 pm

Beautiful, Philip!!

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/11/08 at 1:27 pm

Beautiful, Philip!!
Thank you.

When I spoke to my mother earlier today, she was totally unaware that it is Mother's Day elsewhere in the world.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 05/11/08 at 1:34 pm

That's a nice surprise for her.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/11/08 at 1:35 pm

That's a nice surprise for her.
As she has had everything we could throw at her on the UK Mother's Day last March, she has not missed out.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 05/11/08 at 1:41 pm

every little remembrance helps, even a good word unexpectedly. :)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/11/08 at 1:43 pm

every little remembrance helps, even a good word unexpectedly. :)
Now I am trying to remember is there a Grandparent's Day?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 05/11/08 at 1:48 pm

There is here, but I keep forgetting when.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/11/08 at 4:07 pm

There is here, but I keep forgetting when.
I must find out if the UK does have an official one.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/11/08 at 4:22 pm

Now I am trying to remember is there a Grandparent's Day?

It's the first sunday after Labor Day

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/11/08 at 4:29 pm

It's the first sunday after Labor Day
When is that?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/11/08 at 4:31 pm

When is that?

In September and my Grandmother is 90 but she is suffering from Alzimers. :(

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/11/08 at 4:39 pm

In September and my Grandmother is 90 but she is suffering from Alzimers. :(
That is in the US, but it is a British one I wish to find.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/11/08 at 4:43 pm

That is in the US, but it is a British one I wish to find.

A British what? ???

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/11/08 at 4:47 pm

A British what? ???
A British Grandparent's Day.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/11/08 at 4:48 pm

A British what? ???

A British Grandparent's Day.
Found it Sunday 5th October 2008.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/11/08 at 4:48 pm

A British Grandparent's Day.

So they don't have it over there? ???

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 05/11/08 at 5:48 pm

Now I am trying to remember is there a Grandparent's Day?

Or a postwhore's day ?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/11/08 at 11:16 pm

Or a postwhore's day ?

Everyday for Phil is PostWhore Day ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/12/08 at 12:13 am

Everyday for Phil is PostWhore Day ;D
The last two days have been a struggle.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 05/12/08 at 2:30 am

The last two days have been a struggle.

Have you had trouble keeping it up Phil? ;)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/12/08 at 2:54 am

Have you had trouble keeping it up Phil? ;)
Truefully speaking, there has been less replies to reply to.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 05/12/08 at 4:15 am

Truefully speaking, there has been less replies to reply to.

You can reply to yourself ?

You can start new threads !

You can resurrect old dinosaurs !

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/12/08 at 4:53 am

You can reply to yourself ?

You can start new threads !

You can resurrect old dinosaurs !
Indeed that can be done.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/12/08 at 4:53 am

Indeed that can be done.
Yes, indeed!

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/12/08 at 5:01 am

Truefully speaking, there has been less replies to reply to.

Sorry, Ninny hasn't done much posting :(

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/12/08 at 5:03 am

Sorry, Ninny hasn't done much posting :(

It was Mother's Day yesterday and everyone (especially in the USA) had there mother on their minds

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/12/08 at 5:04 am

Sorry, Ninny hasn't done much posting :(

Looking at the Stats Board, the corresponding weekend last year have less than average posts sent.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/12/08 at 5:12 am

The word of the day......Temptation

The act of tempting or the condition of being tempted.
Something tempting or enticing
temptation

noun

Something that attracts, especially with the promise of pleasure or reward: allurement, bait, come-on, enticement, inducement, inveiglement, invitation, lure, seduction

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http://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll252/viczlynn/ShineCrossVickyTemptationFinal.jpg
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Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/12/08 at 5:14 am

The word of the day......Temptation

The act of tempting or the condition of being tempted.
Something tempting or enticing
temptation

noun

Something that attracts, especially with the promise of pleasure or reward: allurement, bait, come-on, enticement, inducement, inveiglement, invitation, lure, seduction

http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh152/DarkDragonDave/Temptation.jpg
http://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll252/viczlynn/ShineCrossVickyTemptationFinal.jpg
http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk209/SaManThaNazaRiiO/temptation.jpg
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l182/kinai_dosu4/Celebrities/within-temptation.jpg
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e181/posionedsnow/j31.gif
http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh77/mystyledenise/scan-2.jpg
http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll205/abrahamlove/temptation_www.jpg
http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u40/lilpinkgoddess/effects/Disney/aladdin4.gif
http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii84/o0JakeStorm0o/Books/Temptation1.jpg
http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t142/FB2006/Blinkies/Weight%20Loss_Blinkies/temptation.gif
http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh56/wardy-32/temptation_logo_v3copy.jpg
http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff57/TenderTNkisses/Tags%20for%20Hoyle%20Friends/Tag-a-thon/Cowgirl/cowgirlTemptation.gif
http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk42/ravitsol/100_4903.jpg
http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk104/mavrcat/temptation.jpg

Now, why did I think of Howard when I read the word Temptation?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/12/08 at 5:17 am

http://www.kkbox.com.tw/funky/album/69022.jpg

The Everly Brothers had Temptation

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/12/08 at 5:20 am

Now, why did I think of Howard when I read the word Temptation?

;D Oh I'm sure he has been tempted by quite a lot.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 05/12/08 at 6:05 am

Indeed that can be done.

Yes, indeed!

What a good idea !

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 05/12/08 at 6:06 am

A very good idea !

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/12/08 at 6:08 am

Looking at the Stats Board, the corresponding weekend last year have less than average posts sent.
Were every other members sending e-mails to their respective mothers?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/12/08 at 6:18 am

;D Oh I'm sure he has been tempted by quite a lot.

Yes I'm pretty sure I did over the years. ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/12/08 at 6:19 am

There's also The Temptations who had many countless hits.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 05/12/08 at 6:20 am

The word of the day......Temptation

The act of tempting or the condition of being tempted.
Something tempting or enticing
temptation

noun

Something that attracts, especially with the promise of pleasure or reward: allurement, bait, come-on, enticement, inducement, inveiglement, invitation, lure, seduction

http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh152/DarkDragonDave/Temptation.jpg

http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/435/sourire2aw1.gif

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/12/08 at 6:22 am

That nude picture tempted me. ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/12/08 at 6:24 am

http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/435/sourire2aw1.gif

;D
That nude picture tempted me. ;D

Yeah..partially nude

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/12/08 at 6:25 am

;DYeah..partially nude

And you couldn't step it up a bit? ??? ;)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/12/08 at 10:29 am

And you couldn't step it up a bit? ??? ;)

No sorry rules to follow you know ;)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 05/12/08 at 10:52 am

And you couldn't step it up a bit? ??? ;)

You wanna get ninny in trouble? For shame!!! :)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/12/08 at 11:53 am

You wanna get ninny in trouble? For shame!!! :)

That's what I was thinking :)..he probably didn't mean anything..you know Howard

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/12/08 at 11:55 am

That's what I was thinking :)..he probably didn't mean anything..you know Howard
So Howard was tempted?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 05/12/08 at 11:58 am

That's what I was thinking :)..he probably didn't mean anything..you know Howard

Not meanness, just wanting you to take off these womens' clothes for him, but not thinking about what you have to do. :o :o :o :)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 05/12/08 at 12:00 pm

So Howard was tempted?

very, very tempted until he almost lost his senses.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/12/08 at 2:13 pm

very, very tempted until he almost lost his senses.

He's always tempted by a scantly clad pic

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/12/08 at 2:17 pm

He's always tempted by a scantly clad pic

He has to resist!

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/13/08 at 5:38 am

The word of the day ...Friendship
The quality or condition of being friends.
A friendly relationship: formed many new friendships over the summer.
Friendliness; good will: a policy of friendship toward other nations.

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http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn255/cushi_bucket/FriENdShip.jpg
http://i283.photobucket.com/albums/kk295/moongirl7691/friendship.gif
http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn226/Lauran206/Friendship.jpg
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h300/wbcruisers/Awards/Friendship.jpg
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http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk24/momaguins/FRIENDSHIP.gif
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g195/bedtimefawy7891/friendship-2.jpg

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http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll92/dolphin_81/65.jpg
http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb138/Nyna_91/Friendship.gif
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa83/Cygnet-5/quotes.jpg
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i231/chevelle68ss80/Cat6.jpg
http://img74.imageshack.us/img74/678/buspassengers2moosterky6.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 05/13/08 at 6:09 am

^

Very nice, ninny ... but looks like you forgot to apply image tags to the one I recognise at the bottom ! :D ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/13/08 at 6:10 am

I'll Be There for You by the Rembrandts

The theme song from Friends

"So no one told you life was going to be this way.
Your job's a joke, you're broke, you're love life's DOA.
It's like you're always stuck in second gear,
Well, it hasn't been your day, your week, your month, or even your year.

But, I'll be there for you, when the rain starts to pour.
I'll be there for you, like I've been there before.
I'll be there for you, cause you're there for me too.

You're still in bed at ten, the work began at eight.
You've burned your breakfast, so far, things are going great.
Your mother warned you there'd be days like these,
But she didn't tell you when the world has brought you down to your knees.

That, I'll be there for you, when the rain starts to pour.
I'll be there for you, like I've been there before.
I'll be there for you, cause you're there for me too.

No one could ever know me, no one could ever see me.
Seems like you're the only one who knows what it's like to be me.
Someone to face the day with, make it through all the rest with,
Someone I'll always laugh with, even at my worst, I'm best with you.

It's like you're always stuck in second gear,
Well, it hasn't been your day, your week, your month, or even your year.

But, I'll be there for you, when the rain starts to pour.
I'll be there for you, like I've been there before.
I'll be there for you, cause you're there for me too"

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/13/08 at 6:11 am

^

Very nice, ninny ... but looks like you forgot to apply image tags to the one I recognise at the bottom ! :D ;D

I never can get the thing right :( :-[

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 05/13/08 at 6:13 am

I never can get the thing right :( :-[

Don't worry about it. Looks fine the way it is. Those 2 cats .....nice way to finish it off. :)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/13/08 at 6:13 am

I'll Be There for You by the Rembrandts

The theme song from Friends

"So no one told you life was going to be this way.
Your job's a joke, you're broke, you're love life's DOA.
It's like you're always stuck in second gear,
Well, it hasn't been your day, your week, your month, or even your year.

But, I'll be there for you, when the rain starts to pour.
I'll be there for you, like I've been there before.
I'll be there for you, cause you're there for me too.

You're still in bed at ten, the work began at eight.
You've burned your breakfast, so far, things are going great.
Your mother warned you there'd be days like these,
But she didn't tell you when the world has brought you down to your knees.

That, I'll be there for you, when the rain starts to pour.
I'll be there for you, like I've been there before.
I'll be there for you, cause you're there for me too.

No one could ever know me, no one could ever see me.
Seems like you're the only one who knows what it's like to be me.
Someone to face the day with, make it through all the rest with,
Someone I'll always laugh with, even at my worst, I'm best with you.

It's like you're always stuck in second gear,
Well, it hasn't been your day, your week, your month, or even your year.

But, I'll be there for you, when the rain starts to pour.
I'll be there for you, like I've been there before.
I'll be there for you, cause you're there for me too"

http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm286/Rubens_Dawn/Emoticons/clappingsmiley.gif
:)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/13/08 at 6:15 am

Don't worry about it. Looks fine the way it is. Those 2 cats .....nice way to finish it off. :)

Thanks :) Do they look familiar..sig line

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/13/08 at 6:17 am

FRIENDS by Arrival (written by Terry Reid) - 1970

I had a friend who had friends by a river
They too had friends who had friends of their own
All seated round takin' port after dinner,
Port that was bought by the friends that were known

No one ever seems to care
Just as long as they were there
Friends beside you
Friends to guide you
Friends beside you, everywhere

There's nothing new, it's all there to remind you
It's no different anyway you recall
You only wait around and float on every corner
And know you're in luck
'Cause you know them more

No one ever seems to care
Just as long as you are there

Friends beside you ( beside you)
There to guide you (to guide you)
Friends beside you (beside you)
Everywhere (everywhere)

We all have friends who have friends by a river
We too have friends who have friends of their own
All seated round drinkin' port after dinner
Port that is bought by the friends for their own

No one ever seems to care
Just as long as you are there

Friends beside you
Friends to guide you
Friends beside you to stay
Friends beside you (you need)
Friends to guide you (you know you need)
Friends beside you (you need)
Friends to guide you (you really need)
Friends beside you (you need)
Friends to guide you (you need)
Friends beside.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/13/08 at 6:19 am

When you're down and troubled
And you need some loving care
And nothing, nothing is going right
Close your eyes and think of me
And soon I will be there
To brighten up even your darkest night

You just call out my name
And you know wherever I am
I'll come running to see you again
Winter, spring, summer or fall
All you have to do is call
And I'll be there
You've got a friend

If the sky above you
Grows dark and full of clouds
And that old north wind begins to blow
Keep your head together
And call my name out loud
Soon you'll hear me knocking at your door

You just call out my name
And you know wherever I am
I'll come running to see you
Winter, spring, summer or fall
All you have to do is call
And I'll be there

Ain't it good to know that you've got a friend
When people can be so cold
They'll hurt you, and desert you
And take your soul if you let them
Oh, but don't you let them

You just call out my name
And you know wherever I am
I'll come running to see you again
Winter, spring, summer or fall
All you have to do is call
And I'll be there
You've got a friend

You Got A friend....James Taylor...Carole King

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 05/13/08 at 6:20 am

Thanks :) Do they look familiar..sig line

I gave it an unusual name. I use imageshack ... you usually use photobucket. 'buspassengers2mooster' ... how could that NOT register with me ! ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/13/08 at 6:22 am

I gave it an unusual name. I use imageshack ... you usually use photobucket. 'buspassengers2mooster' ... how could that NOT register with me ! ;D

I should check out imageshack someday :)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/13/08 at 6:24 am

Friends Will Be Friends ~ Queen

Another red letter day,
So the pound has dropped and the children are creating,
The other half ran away,
Taking all the cash and leaving you with the lumber,
Got a pain in the chest,
Doctors on strike what you need is a rest

It's not easy love, but you've got friends you can trust,
Friends will be friends,
When you're in need of love they give you care and attention,
Friends will be friends,
When you're through with life and all hope is lost,
Hold out your hand cos friends will be friends right till the end

Now it's a beautiful day,
The postman delivered a letter from your lover,
Only a phone call away,
You tried to track him down but somebody stole his number,
As a matter of fact,
You're getting used to life without him in your way

It's so easy now, cos you got friends you can trust,
Friends will be friends,
When you're in need of love they give you care and attention,
Friends will be friends,
When you're through with life and all hope is lost,
Hold out your hand cos friends will be friends (right till the end)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/13/08 at 6:41 am

He's always tempted by a scantly clad pic

Hey I can't help it! ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/13/08 at 6:42 am

The word of the day ...Friendship
The quality or condition of being friends.
A friendly relationship: formed many new friendships over the summer.
Friendliness; good will: a policy of friendship toward other nations.

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a166/suebaby41/Friendship.jpg
http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn255/cushi_bucket/FriENdShip.jpg
http://i283.photobucket.com/albums/kk295/moongirl7691/friendship.gif
http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn226/Lauran206/Friendship.jpg
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h300/wbcruisers/Awards/Friendship.jpg
http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk85/lolz_funnibunny/hm/friendship-unframed.jpg
http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd85/lovewill999/friendship-1.jpg
http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk24/momaguins/FRIENDSHIP.gif
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g195/bedtimefawy7891/friendship-2.jpg

http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll8/beauty_is_withint43/friendship.gif
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll92/dolphin_81/65.jpg
http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb138/Nyna_91/Friendship.gif
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa83/Cygnet-5/quotes.jpg
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i231/chevelle68ss80/Cat6.jpg
http://img74.imageshack.us/img74/678/buspassengers2moosterky6.jpg

Friendship can last a long time. :)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/13/08 at 6:46 am

Friendship can last a long time. :)
For eternity?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/13/08 at 6:48 am

For eternity?

infinity and beyond.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/13/08 at 7:31 am

Friendship can last a long time. :)

If you have a real good friend :)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/13/08 at 7:32 am

If you have a real good friend :)

I have 2 old friends whom I've know for well over a decade.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/13/08 at 7:33 am

If you have a real good friend :)
My best friend is more than just a friend to me.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/13/08 at 7:34 am

My best friend makes me laugh.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/13/08 at 10:14 am

My best friend is more than just a friend to me.

My best friend is my husband.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/13/08 at 10:22 am

My best friend is my husband.
Yes, you have read my reply perfectly, my best friend is my wife.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Mr Tumnus on 05/13/08 at 2:14 pm

Have you had trouble keeping it up Phil? ;)

:D

;D ;D ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 05/13/08 at 2:14 pm

You wanna get ninny in trouble? For shame!!! :)

Awww....what's so terrible about a little bit of trouble? (a little devil said in his ear)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 05/13/08 at 2:21 pm

My best friend's I have known fro 38 and 34 years respectively... :)

....I seem to have missed a whole day here. :o

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/13/08 at 2:23 pm

My best friend's I have known fro 38 and 34 years respectively... :)

....I seem to have missed a whole day here. :o

I have a friend whom my brother knew and I've known this guy for 14 years.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/14/08 at 5:03 am

My best friend's I have known fro 38 and 34 years respectively... :)

....I seem to have missed a whole day here. :o

I have a friend whom my brother knew and I've known this guy for 14 years.

You guys are lucky to have had friends that long. :)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/14/08 at 5:14 am

The word of the day....Explode
To release mechanical, chemical, or nuclear energy by the sudden production of gases in a confined space: The bomb exploded.
To burst violently as a result of internal pressure.
To shatter with a loud noise: The vase exploded into tiny pieces when it hit the floor.
To make an emotional outburst: My neighbor exploded in rage at the trespassers.
To increase suddenly, sharply, and without control: The population level in this area has exploded during the past 12 years.
To change state or appearance suddenly: Over the weekend the trees exploded with color.
Sports. To hit a golf ball out of a sand trap with a shot that scatters the sand.

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Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/14/08 at 7:29 am

I think I have to go explode. :o

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/14/08 at 8:45 am

I think I have to go explode. :o

:o

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/14/08 at 8:58 am

I'm a
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a197/lockheart87/chilly.gif

THE ONLY PENGUIN in Polar history to wear a wool cap, Chilly Willy made his screen debut in 1953 and quickly warmed his way into the hearts of audiences around the world.

Chilly Willy made his debut in 1953 and starred in over 45 original cartoons by Walter Lantz, creator of Woody Woodpecker.

Chilly Willy is a trademark and copyright of Walter Lantz Productions, Inc. Licensed by Universal Studios Licensing, Inc. All rights reserved.

The star of cartoon classics like I'm Cold and the Academy Award nominated The Legend of Rockabye Point, Chilly Willy is well-known for his sensitivity to cold. Among the many characters from the Walter Lantz studio, Chilly Willy is one of the most famous: only Woody Woodpecker himself has been in production for a longer period of time or starred in more cartoons. Chilly Willy has also appeared as a comic book character for several years

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 05/14/08 at 5:34 pm

I'm a
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a197/lockheart87/chilly.gif

THE ONLY PENGUIN in Polar history to wear a wool cap

Rub it in ... won't you ! :(

I am merely 'Badtz Maru' ! :( :-http://www.freewebs.com/hellosanrio/badtz%20maru.jpg

http://images.all4myspace.com/1201896165/thumbs/glg_2289.jpg

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Badtz-Maru, literally "XO", is one of the many fictional characters produced by Japanese corporation Sanrio. Unlike the more popular Hello Kitty, Badtz-Maru has an attitude and is one of the few characters that is marketed to both males and females.

* Name: Badtz-Maru
* Japanese Name: バッドばつ丸 (bad batsu maru)
* Birthday: April 1, 1993 (April Fools Day)
* Place of birth: Oahu, Hawaii
* Species: Penguin
* Pet: Alligator named Pochi
* Friends: Pandaba, a female Giant Panda who always is seen in a short frilly skirt, and Hana Maru, a male white seal.
* Family: Papa (blue penguin), Mama (pink penguin), Bad Twins (black younger siblings), and Bad Tsunko (pink younger sister who often wears a nurse uniform).
* School: Gorgeous Academy, enrolled in the 1st grade
* Residence: Gorgeoustown, lives with mother and pinball-playing father
* Description: "Has dreams of greatness when he grows up, but for now he rolls his eyes at his humorous life in Gorgeoustown."

In Japanese "badtz" (batsu) is a term for "X", the cross signifying a wrong answer. "Maru" means circle or "O", and signifies a correct answer. So, his name is like "wrong-correct," and is frequently represented by "XO". Indeed, with his friends Pandaba and Hana Maru, Badtz runs the mischievous XO clan. Badtz-Maru has many different facial expressions and poses, but he is classically recognized for pulling one eye down and sticking out his tongue. < ( :P )

While Badtz-Maru seems perpetually stuck in the first grade, ( ??? :-

Still ... a 'Chilly WILLY' upgrade :o .... I've gotta say ..... 'nuts to that !' >:( :P ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 05/14/08 at 6:28 pm

I don't think that little naked kid would be so chilly if you just put some clothes on him,

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 05/14/08 at 8:10 pm

I don't think that little naked kid would be so chilly if you just put some clothes on him,

It's probably that ... the cold ... which has resulted in him (me ? ) appearing to have such a tiny .... (uhm ... :-X :-http://forum.pc-freakz.com/style_emoticons/default/wank.gif :o :P :D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 05/14/08 at 8:17 pm

You guys are lucky to have had friends that long. :)

Thanks...but I am a lousy friend to have. I see those guys only a couple of times each year (and they live reasonably close). As I get older I prefer to be all by myself....just wanna be all by myself......

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 05/14/08 at 8:20 pm

I think I have to go explode. :o

Just clean up the mess when your done.... ;)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 05/14/08 at 8:22 pm

Just clean up the mess when your done.... ;)

I think my baby may have just 'exploded' ..... if you know what I mean ? :o ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 05/14/08 at 8:43 pm

I think my baby may have just 'exploded' ..... if you know what I mean ? :o ;D

Yeah...I think you're right...if I remember THAT smell correctly!!! :o

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 05/14/08 at 8:46 pm

I think my baby may have just 'exploded' ..... if you know what I mean ?    :o    ;D

You nasty, silly boy...thinking of that and the poor kid is freezing! ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/14/08 at 10:16 pm

Dancing baby has some friends
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Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 05/14/08 at 10:48 pm

Dancing baby has some friends
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::)

YAY !

Friends for 'cheeky baby' ! 8)

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"Let's get it on ......... it's time to get down !"

:D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 05/14/08 at 10:50 pm

Well, they're somewhat clothed. As if a diaper could help. ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 05/15/08 at 1:29 am

Well, they're somewhat clothed. As if a diaper could help. ;D

.....and having a ball!

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/15/08 at 2:47 am

Rub it in ... won't you ! :(

I am merely 'Badtz Maru' ! :( :-http://www.freewebs.com/hellosanrio/badtz%20maru.jpg

http://images.all4myspace.com/1201896165/thumbs/glg_2289.jpg

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Badtz-Maru, literally "XO", is one of the many fictional characters produced by Japanese corporation Sanrio. Unlike the more popular Hello Kitty, Badtz-Maru has an attitude and is one of the few characters that is marketed to both males and females.

* Name: Badtz-Maru
* Japanese Name: バッドばつ丸 (bad batsu maru)
* Birthday: April 1, 1993 (April Fools Day)
* Place of birth: Oahu, Hawaii
* Species: Penguin
* Pet: Alligator named Pochi
* Friends: Pandaba, a female Giant Panda who always is seen in a short frilly skirt, and Hana Maru, a male white seal.
* Family: Papa (blue penguin), Mama (pink penguin), Bad Twins (black younger siblings), and Bad Tsunko (pink younger sister who often wears a nurse uniform).
* School: Gorgeous Academy, enrolled in the 1st grade
* Residence: Gorgeoustown, lives with mother and pinball-playing father
* Description: "Has dreams of greatness when he grows up, but for now he rolls his eyes at his humorous life in Gorgeoustown."

In Japanese "badtz" (batsu) is a term for "X", the cross signifying a wrong answer. "Maru" means circle or "O", and signifies a correct answer. So, his name is like "wrong-correct," and is frequently represented by "XO". Indeed, with his friends Pandaba and Hana Maru, Badtz runs the mischievous XO clan. Badtz-Maru has many different facial expressions and poses, but he is classically recognized for pulling one eye down and sticking out his tongue. <   (   :P )

While Badtz-Maru seems perpetually stuck in the first grade, ( ??? :-

Still ... a 'Chilly WILLY' upgrade   :o .... I've gotta say ..... 'nuts to that !' >:(    :P    ;D
There still no geek breed of penguin.... ?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/15/08 at 5:46 am

The word of the day .....Style

The way in which something is said, done, expressed, or performed: a style of speech and writing.
The combination of distinctive features of literary or artistic expression, execution, or performance characterizing a particular person, group, school, or era.
Sort; type: a style of furniture.
A quality of imagination and individuality expressed in one's actions and tastes: does things with style.

A comfortable and elegant mode of existence: living in style.
A mode of living: the style of the very rich.

The fashion of the moment, especially of dress; vogue.
A particular fashion: the style of the 1920s. See synonyms at fashion.
A customary manner of presenting printed material, including usage, punctuation, spelling, typography, and arrangement.
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Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/15/08 at 5:49 am

http://www.healthquest-brands.co.uk/images/articles/EFB_Style_Sunday_Times_27_August_2006.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/15/08 at 8:01 am

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b154/gag75/Bishoujo/oujikana.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/15/08 at 8:03 am

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b154/gag75/Bishoujo/oujikana.jpg
What kind of style is that?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/15/08 at 9:30 am

What kind of style is that?

Wacky ;D
No, it's called..Ouji-kei style

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/15/08 at 9:37 am

Wacky ;D
No, it's called..Ouji-kei style
I do not think I have seen any of that over here.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/15/08 at 9:42 am

I do not think I have seen any of that over here.

This is what I found out about it..it's the male lolita style

Ouji/kodona/dandy (male Lolita fashions)
Ouji (王子　or Oujisama　王子様), meaning "prince," is a Japanese fashion that is considered the male version of Lolita fashion. This style takes its influence from the clothing boys in the Victorian era wore.

Ouji is inspired by what was worn by Victorian boys, but can be worn by either gender and includes masculine blouses and shirts, knickerbockers and other styles of short trousers, knee high socks, top hats, and newsboy caps. The colors usually used are black, white, blue and burgundy, though there are feminine versions of the fashion with a broader palette. Make-up, when worn with the fashion, is usually light and minimal, though sometimes when women wear it, more make-up is used than what they would wear with Lolita. Ryūtarō from Plastic Tree and Yukke from Mucc are two of the most popular wearers of the oujisama style.

The term kodona (from "kodomo otona", literally "child-adult") was coined by Plastic Tree's vocalist Ryūtarō Arimura as he described his dress sense and is often used as the Western name for the fashion.

Lolita

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/15/08 at 12:30 pm

This is what I found out about it..it's the male lolita style

Ouji/kodona/dandy (male Lolita fashions)
Ouji (王子　or Oujisama　王子様), meaning "prince," is a Japanese fashion that is considered the male version of Lolita fashion. This style takes its influence from the clothing boys in the Victorian era wore.

Ouji is inspired by what was worn by Victorian boys, but can be worn by either gender and includes masculine blouses and shirts, knickerbockers and other styles of short trousers, knee high socks, top hats, and newsboy caps. The colors usually used are black, white, blue and burgundy, though there are feminine versions of the fashion with a broader palette. Make-up, when worn with the fashion, is usually light and minimal, though sometimes when women wear it, more make-up is used than what they would wear with Lolita. Ryūtarō from Plastic Tree and Yukke from Mucc are two of the most popular wearers of the oujisama style.

The term kodona (from "kodomo otona", literally "child-adult") was coined by Plastic Tree's vocalist Ryūtarō Arimura as he described his dress sense and is often used as the Western name for the fashion.

Lolita

...male lolita... the mind boggles?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/15/08 at 12:33 pm

What's everyone's style?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/15/08 at 12:37 pm

What's everyone's style?
Individually?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/15/08 at 1:11 pm

Individually?

My style is more of like preppy.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/15/08 at 5:55 pm

What's everyone's style?

Casual

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/15/08 at 5:57 pm

What's everyone's style?
Ordinary.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 05/15/08 at 6:56 pm

I don't have one ! :-[ :( :\'(

On the OTHER hand .... :-\\

???

>:( >:( ( < Mock anger )

Insert loads of spaces here:

* Insert photoshopped pic(s) here < *

Then .....

:P

:D

;D

Yeah .... I'll have to try that ONE day ! ::) :-X

:P

:D

;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/16/08 at 4:07 am

Ordinary.
...but always in a smart appearance.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/16/08 at 4:51 am

The word of the day....Baby

A very young child; an infant.
An unborn child; a fetus.
The youngest member of a family or group.
A very young animal.
An adult or young person who behaves in an infantile way.
Slang. A girl or young woman.
Informal. Sweetheart; dear. Used as a term of endearment.
Slang. An object of personal concern or interest: Keeping the boat in good repair is your baby.

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Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/16/08 at 5:09 am

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r50/crow72284/baby_dancing.gif

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/16/08 at 5:30 am

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r50/crow72284/baby_dancing.gif

:)
Another "Baby" dancing

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Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/16/08 at 6:20 am

Hey,That's My Baby,no don't mean maybe.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/16/08 at 6:21 am

:)
Another "Baby" dancing

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This baby is dancing a bit to fast, can it be hyperactive?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/16/08 at 6:22 am

This baby is dancing a bit to fast, can it be hyperactive?

too much milk.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/16/08 at 6:23 am

too much milk.
Too much colouring in the milk.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/16/08 at 7:32 am

Hey,That's My Baby,no don't mean maybe.

YES SIR, THAT'S MY BABY

Yes sir, that's my baby
No sir, I don't mean maybe
Yes sir, that's my baby now

Yes sir, that's my baby
No sir, I don't mean maybe
Yes sir, that's my baby now

By the way, by the way
When we reach the preacher
I'll say with feeling

Yes sir, that's my baby
No sir, I don't mean maybe
Yes sir, that's my baby now

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 05/16/08 at 9:27 am

YES SIR, THAT'S MY BABY

Yes sir, that's my baby
No sir, I don't mean maybe
Yes sir, that's my baby now

Yes sir, that's my baby
No sir, I don't mean maybe
Yes sir, that's my baby now

By the way, by the way
When we reach the preacher
I'll say with feeling

Yes sir, that's my baby
No sir, I don't mean maybe
Yes sir, that's my baby now

http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/1747/cheekybabyrt8.gif

"Goo-goo-goo ! Gah-gah-gah ! " ^

Yes Ma'm ...... that's MY baby ! 8)

:D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/16/08 at 9:34 am

http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/1747/cheekybabyrt8.gif

"Goo-goo-goo ! Gah-gah-gah ! " ^

Yes Ma'm ...... that's MY baby ! 8)

:D

:)
AWW what a cute baby

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 05/16/08 at 9:40 am

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Baby says 'Hi' to 'Stewie ! ^ :P ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/16/08 at 10:55 am

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Baby says 'Hi' to 'Stewie ! ^ :P ;D

Stewie says Hi back :)

Let's Dance
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Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/16/08 at 11:17 am

Let's Dance
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Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 05/16/08 at 11:31 am

What kind of style is that?

Very funny about the sig line...the parrots. ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/16/08 at 11:32 am

Very funny about the sig line...the parrots. ;D
Thanks.

I had it sent to as an e-mail ages ago and then lost it, but now I have found it.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/16/08 at 11:58 am

Thanks.

I had it sent to as an e-mail ages ago and then lost it, but now I have found it.

That's funny..his parrot-chute didn't open ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/16/08 at 12:07 pm

Let's Dance
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Can we join?
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Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/16/08 at 3:20 pm

http://mirror-us-ga1.gallery.hd.org/_exhibits/baby/_more2006/_more01/baby-girl-5-five-weeks-old-active-on-playmat-playgym-baby-gym-colourful-mat-and-toys-closeup-8-JR.jpg

very cute. :)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/16/08 at 4:02 pm

http://mirror-us-ga1.gallery.hd.org/_exhibits/baby/_more2006/_more01/baby-girl-5-five-weeks-old-active-on-playmat-playgym-baby-gym-colourful-mat-and-toys-closeup-8-JR.jpg

very cute. :)
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Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 05/16/08 at 4:08 pm

Thanks.

I had it sent to as an e-mail ages ago and then lost it, but now I have found it.

That IS funny. Normally corny if only verbally stated ....but actually funny with the visuals... ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 05/16/08 at 4:10 pm

Let's Dance
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This stuff is cute too.......

Baby it's you
who makes me feel the way that you do
you know I can't forget you so soon
baby it's you.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 05/16/08 at 5:10 pm

That's funny..his parrot-chute didn't open ;D

As they say ..... 'chute happens !'

Except in 'Bill's' case ....... it sadly didn't. Nevertheless ........ he ended up ............ in the 'chute' !

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/16/08 at 5:14 pm

http://mirror-us-ga1.gallery.hd.org/_exhibits/baby/_more2006/_more01/baby-girl-5-five-weeks-old-active-on-playmat-playgym-baby-gym-colourful-mat-and-toys-closeup-8-JR.jpg

very cute. :)

Adorable :)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 05/16/08 at 5:25 pm

As they say ..... 'chute happens !'

Except in 'Bill's' case ....... it sadly didn't. Nevertheless ........ he ended up ............ in the 'chute' !

So .... paradoxically .... he got what he wanted (?) ..... ( if 'chute happens' he's still here .... if it don't ... but he's in the 'chute' yet he's NOT here ..... this is too hard to work out ! :-\\ :( :\'( Why did I start this chute ! >:( ).

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/16/08 at 5:27 pm

So .... paradoxically .... he got what he wanted (?) ..... ( if 'chute happens' he's still here .... if it don't ... but he's in the 'chute' yet he's NOT here ..... this is too hard to work out ! :-\\ :( :\'( Why did I start this chute ! >:( ).

What the 'chute' are you talking about :D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 05/16/08 at 5:32 pm

What the 'chute' are you talking about :D

I wish I knew ..... Doctor ninny ! I've been afflicted with this condition of being full of chute ... almost since the time of joining this site ! Well .... if I ever take a big fall .... my chute should make for a softer (albeit smelly) landing ?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/16/08 at 6:03 pm

I wish I knew ..... Doctor ninny ! I've been afflicted with this condition of being full of chute ... almost since the time of joining this site ! Well .... if I ever take a big fall .... my chute should make for a softer (albeit smelly) landing ?

;D
I myself have almost experienced the 'chute' hitting the fan so to speak.
Right now I feel like 'chute' so I will lay down.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 05/16/08 at 6:06 pm

;D
I myself have almost experienced the 'chute' hitting the fan so to speak.
Right now I feel like 'chute' so I will lay down.

Hope the chute opens for you soon ninny.......

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 05/16/08 at 6:09 pm

;D
I myself have almost experienced the 'chute' hitting the fan so to speak.
Right now I feel like 'chute' so I will lay down.

As an 'Elton' fan .... is it appropriate to ask 'When are you gonna come down .... when are you going to land' ? Will you lie down to the strains of his 'Don't chute me, I'm only the piano player' album ' ?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/16/08 at 10:21 pm

Hope the chute opens for you soon ninny.......

As an 'Elton' fan .... is it appropriate to ask 'When are you gonna come down .... when are you going to land' ? Will you lie down to the strains of his 'Don't chute me, I'm only the piano player' album ' ?

Right now I feel more like the movie..They 'chute' Horses, Don't They?

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More Ibuprofen
and hopefully I will be
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Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/17/08 at 5:48 am

The word of the day ....Empathy
Identification with and understanding of another's situation, feelings, and motives. See Synonyms at pity.
2. The attribution of one's own feelings to an object

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Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/17/08 at 5:53 am

I have empathy.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/17/08 at 5:58 am

I have empathy.

Hopefully we all do :)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/17/08 at 5:59 am

Hopefully we all do :)

Is that the same thing as sympathy?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/17/08 at 6:00 am

The word of the day ....Empathy
Identification with and understanding of another's situation, feelings, and motives. See Synonyms at pity.
2. The attribution of one's own feelings to an object

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I understand.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/17/08 at 6:09 am

Is that the same thing as sympathy?

Close..this is the meaning of sympathy

A relationship or an affinity between people or things in which whatever affects one correspondingly affects the other.
Mutual understanding or affection arising from this relationship or affinity.

The act or power of sharing the feelings of another.
A feeling or an expression of pity or sorrow for the distress of another; compassion or commiseration. Often used in the plural. See synonyms at pity

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/17/08 at 6:11 am

Close..this is the meaning of sympathy

A relationship or an affinity between people or things in which whatever affects one correspondingly affects the other.
Mutual understanding or affection arising from this relationship or affinity.

The act or power of sharing the feelings of another.
A feeling or an expression of pity or sorrow for the distress of another; compassion or commiseration. Often used in the plural. See synonyms at pity
I have got it right?

Symphony to share....
Empathy to understand....

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/17/08 at 6:53 am

I have got it right?

Symphony to share....
Empathy to understand....

That sounds right to me.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/17/08 at 2:38 pm

“Two parts of empathy: Skill (tip of iceberg) and Attitude (mass of the iceberg).”

I have no idea who said it.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/17/08 at 2:40 pm

So empathy means feeling sorry for someone or is that sympathy? ???

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/17/08 at 5:40 pm

So empathy means feeling sorry for someone or is that sympathy? ???

That's sympathy...empathy you feel their pain.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/17/08 at 5:56 pm

So empathy means feeling sorry for someone or is that sympathy? ???

That's sympathy...empathy you feel their pain.
Understand the pain.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/17/08 at 6:06 pm

Understand the pain.

Your right..understand the pain

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/17/08 at 6:09 pm

So can you feel the empathy for the wine I had with dinner just then?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 05/17/08 at 7:53 pm

Understand the pain.

Yes, sort of walk in their shoes......

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/17/08 at 10:33 pm

So can you feel the empathy for the wine I had with dinner just then?

;D I don't think so..can your parrots feel it for the poor fellow who didn't make it?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 05/17/08 at 10:35 pm

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Thought I'd share those ^ ;D ... which came up in a search on this topic ... though not EXACTLY related ....

However:

Death of a Father oooooooo

A man is talking about his father's death, which had occurred a week earlier. As he talks about missing his father and his powerful love for him, the man's voice gradually becomes filled with anguish and then he bursts into tears in front of a friend who is listening to him.

If the friend uses sympathy, she might think, for example: He is remembering his father with pain. Poor Roger. If the friend decides to verbalize her thoughts, she might say to the grieving man words such as: "I feel your pain."

If the friend uses empathy, she might think, for example: He is remembering his father with pain and also the pleasure of his love for him. If the friend decides to verbalize her thoughts, she might say to the grieving man words such as: "I feel your pain and also your great love for your father."

This sharing of the painful feelings of another person is characteristic of both sympathy and empathy. However, the person using sympathy would pay more attention to the pain than to the love for the father whereas the person using empathy would pay equal attention to the pain and love.

If the friend added "I'm sorry for your loss," this statement would also be characteristic of sympathy, but not of empathy. The person using empathy would share the grieving man's emotional pain, but not necessarily feel sorry for or pity him. Of course, one can use both sympathy and empathy, for example: "I feel your pain and also your great love for your father. I'm sorry for your loss."

The above extract .... and further discussion ... here: http://www.empathy-and-listening-skills.info/

So .... when somebody on this site tells you some bad news .... and you respond

Hey 'x' .... sorry to hear your bad news :( < that would be showing sympathy.

If you said .. 'Hey x ... sorry .... but they are out of pain now ... and I know what you're going through ... but it was for the best ... you loved him/her/it (etc;etc;) ...

In general, (rough guide ? ) you might say those who go more in depth about it are empathising ... whereas a one or two liner response is likely to by sympathy ?

:)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/18/08 at 5:18 am

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http://data4.blog.de/media/369/1697369_6f1d1b05f6_m.jpeg

Thought I'd share those ^ ;D ... which came up in a search on this topic ... though not EXACTLY related ....

However:

The above extract .... and further discussion ... here: http://www.empathy-and-listening-skills.info/

So .... when somebody on this site tells you some bad news .... and you respond

Hey 'x' .... sorry to hear your bad news :( < that would be showing sympathy.

If you said .. 'Hey x ... sorry .... but they are out of pain now ... and I know what you're going through ... but it was for the best ... you loved him/her/it (etc;etc;) ...

In general, (rough guide ? ) you might say those who go more in depth about it are empathising ... whereas a one or two liner response is likely to by sympathy ?

:)

Yes,your very empathic :)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/18/08 at 5:24 am

The word of the day...Blues
A state of depression or melancholy. Often used with the.
A style of music that evolved from southern African-American secular songs and is usually distinguished by a strong 4/4 rhythm, flatted thirds and sevenths, a 12-bar structure, and lyrics in a three-line stanza in which the second line repeats the first: “The blues is an expression of anger against shame and humiliation” (B.B. King).
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Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/18/08 at 5:36 am

There's also The Blues Brothers.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/18/08 at 7:03 am

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Chelsea Footbal Club have the nickname "The Blues"

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 05/18/08 at 8:44 am

There's also ...

http://www.wussu.com/steve/images/eltonani.gif
"I guess that's why they call it the blues ..."

As for Chelsea .. I will definitely be hoping against hope .. that they can do the unlikely, and defeat Manchester United to win the Champions League cup in a few days / become European champions !

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/18/08 at 8:55 am

There's also ...

http://www.wussu.com/steve/images/eltonani.gif
"I guess that's why they call it the blues ..."

As for Chelsea .. I will definitely be hoping against hope .. that they can do the unlikely, and defeat Manchester United to win the Champions League cup in a few days / become European champions !
As Chelsea are my local football team I hope they do well too.

Even though, Chelsea's ground is in a different borough of London.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/18/08 at 8:59 am

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Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/18/08 at 9:02 am

There's also ...

http://www.wussu.com/steve/images/eltonani.gif
"I guess that's why they call it the blues ..."

As for Chelsea .. I will definitely be hoping against hope .. that they can do the unlikely, and defeat Manchester United to win the Champions League cup in a few days / become European champions !

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Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/18/08 at 9:03 am

http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh28/xDeppKandie/moonSMALL.jpg
Blue Moon ?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/18/08 at 11:22 am

Blue Moon ?

Looks gray(grey) to me..maybe he's singing the blues in the moonlight.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/18/08 at 11:25 am

Looks gray(grey) to me..maybe he's singing the blues in the moonlight.
...or playing the Moonlight Sonata

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/18/08 at 11:31 am

...or playing the Moonlight Sonata

It could be Moon over Miami :)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/18/08 at 11:49 am

It could be Moon over Miami :)
It's a wonderful night for a moon dance.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/18/08 at 12:18 pm

It's a wonderful night for a moon dance.

Along Moon River.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/18/08 at 12:30 pm

Along Moon River.
I See The Moon by The Stargazers

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/18/08 at 4:41 pm

It's a wonderful night for a moon dance.

Van Morrison?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/18/08 at 4:42 pm

Van Morrison?
That's him!

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/18/08 at 5:02 pm

That's him!

Does he Moondance?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/18/08 at 5:13 pm

I See The Moon by The Stargazers

Harvest Moon

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/18/08 at 5:14 pm

Harvest Moon
Blue moon, you got me singing in tune!

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 05/18/08 at 5:50 pm

Blue moon, you got me singing in tune!

Dang-dang-dang-dang

Dang-da-dinga-dong-dong

http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/9499/philjonesbb5.jpg
"Blue Moon ..........................."

:D

;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 05/18/08 at 7:25 pm

What is THAT. Alan?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 05/18/08 at 7:40 pm

What is THAT. Alan?

I take it you're not familiar with what Philip Eno looks like ? ^^

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 05/18/08 at 7:56 pm

I take it you're not familiar with what Philip Eno looks like ? ^^

What he looks like? He makes feel like singing....

So don't let me wait, come to me tenderly in the June night.
I stand at your gate and I sing you a song in the moonlight,
a love song, my darling, a Moonlight Serenade

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 05/18/08 at 9:25 pm

I take it you're not familiar with what Philip Eno looks like ? ^^

In a picture, yes. That looked like a caricature.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 05/18/08 at 10:15 pm

In a picture, yes. That looked like a caricature.

I've only one pic of him to work with ......... and ..... it's a very grainy original. Hard work, to make it look real. :(

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 05/19/08 at 12:44 am

I've only one pic of him to work with ......... and ..... it's a very grainy original. Hard work, to make it look real. :(

It's okay Al...Philip probably looks better grainy.... :D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/19/08 at 3:06 am

Dang-dang-dang-dang

Dang-da-dinga-dong-dong

http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/9499/philjonesbb5.jpg
"Blue Moon ..........................."

:D

;D
Kareoke time!

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/19/08 at 3:07 am

What he looks like? He makes feel like singing....

So don't let me wait, come to me tenderly in the June night.
I stand at your gate and I sing you a song in the moonlight,
a love song, my darling, a Moonlight Serenade
Think of Bill Bryson and think of me...

My son says because I have glasses and a bread think of Rolf Harris.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/19/08 at 3:08 am

It's okay Al...Philip probably looks better grainy.... :D
Is my age showing?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/19/08 at 5:26 am

The word of the day....Serene
Unaffected by disturbance; calm and unruffled. See synonyms at calm.
Unclouded; fair: serene skies and a bright blue sea.
often Serene Used as a title and form of address for certain members of royalty: Her Serene Highness; His Serene Highness.

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Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/19/08 at 5:34 am

The word of the day....Serene
Unaffected by disturbance; calm and unruffled. See synonyms at calm.
Unclouded; fair: serene skies and a bright blue sea.
often Serene Used as a title and form of address for certain members of royalty: Her Serene Highness; His Serene Highness.

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http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg213/hikaru_prince_of_saiyans/Serene.jpg
http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj174/serene_memoirs/serene.jpg
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o263/Countrygirl12998/Serene.jpg
http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc53/infernalstrata/serene-blue.jpg
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q108/marj69/STILL%20PHOTOS/Bench/serene.jpg
http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p7/pbstudios/Serene-moments.jpg
http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t304/bittersweetroad/wordpress%20pics/meez/serene.gif
http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s214/xiangi/Serene_Angel.jpg
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj279/FachtnaCarnahan/japan.jpg
http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o47/lodonohue/peaceful.jpg
http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l43/tasheik1/P0003178.jpg
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n269/Sryn658/09cd2450.jpg
http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w40/waxmonskj/serene.jpg
Very peaceful.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/19/08 at 5:58 am

I like serene.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 05/19/08 at 7:12 am

^^^

The usual very high standard picture selections .... that we've come to expect from ninny !

Glorious. 8)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/19/08 at 7:20 am

Pachelbel's Canon in D is a serene piece of music.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/19/08 at 8:02 am

I like serene.

Yes it's very nice..calm :)
^^^

The usual very high standard picture selections .... that we've come to expect from ninny !

Glorious. 8)

Thank You..hopefully it will make the day brighter :)
Pachelbel's Canon in D is a serene piece of music.

Very much so :)
Don't they have serene music for spas?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/19/08 at 8:04 am

Don't they have serene music for spas?
I would not know, I have never been to one.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/19/08 at 9:37 am

I would not know, I have never been to one.

Either have I.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 05/19/08 at 10:09 am

Funny last picture on the serene picturs and hi!!

Hi Peter and everyone!! :)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/19/08 at 10:10 am

Either have I.
Perhaps I should, it may do me a world of good.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/19/08 at 11:47 am

Funny last picture on the serene picturs and hi!!

Hi Peter and everyone!! :)

Hello..sometimes you gotta think about it ;D
Perhaps I should, it may do me a world of good.

I would like to go there at least once..it's probably expensive :-\\

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/19/08 at 2:34 pm

The parking lot at Pathmark is never serene. ::)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 05/19/08 at 3:11 pm

I would like to go there at least once..it's probably expensive :-\\

No harm in asking. :)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 05/19/08 at 9:09 pm

Thank you Janine.....I logged in and saw those serene pics and it was a great start to the day. :)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/20/08 at 3:37 am

The parking lot at Pathmark is never serene. ::)
Should we shop elsewhere?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/20/08 at 5:27 am

Thank you Janine.....I logged in and saw those serene pics and it was a great start to the day. :)

:) Your welcome

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/20/08 at 5:39 am

The word of the day..Soccer (football)
soc·cer (sŏk'ər)
n.
A game played on a rectangular field with net goals at either end in which two teams of 11 players each try to drive a ball into the other's goal by kicking, heading, or using any part of the body except the arms and hands. The goalie is the only player who may touch or move the ball with the arms or hands.

http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll167/x00courtney/soccer.jpg
http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb96/jasperbenedict/Soccer.jpg
http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/nn7/19172322/soccer.jpg
http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm182/brandizepeda4/soccer.jpg
http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o68/ouchiz/soccer.jpg
http://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll249/hammergirl10/Soccer.jpg
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk249/KrimsnJustice/soccer-kick.gif
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j297/x0skibrat0x/sexy_soccer.jpg
http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn288/Sambita_Tapatia/socerjpg.jpg
http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh48/bloomluverx3/10.jpg
http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l7/tretana/soccerballs.gif
http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i184/benavides_photos/Soccer.jpg
http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm27/scrapperjen/Kicking.jpg
http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn199/Gallus4real/manchester_united.jpg
http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w148/Kips192/Soccer%20Stuff/ColorPlate-Chelsea.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/20/08 at 5:44 am

http://www.learnhistory.org.uk/images/sourcebcrunch.jpg

How it all began.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/20/08 at 6:31 am

Should we shop elsewhere?

No,you can shop here.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/20/08 at 6:32 am

Why do they call them Soccer Moms?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/20/08 at 6:35 am

Why do they call them Soccer Moms?
Do yoy WaGs?

Wives and Girlfriends

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/20/08 at 6:38 am

Do yoy WaGs?

Wives and Girlfriends

I don't get it. ???

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/20/08 at 6:46 am

I don't get it. ???
The wives and girlfriends of the team members (like the England Football Squad) when in a competition (like the World Cup) all go together, the husbands (the footballers) play the football and the Wags go shopping, eat and drink together.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/20/08 at 7:09 am

What's today secret word Ninny?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/20/08 at 7:14 am

What's today secret word Ninny?
I do not think it is a secret word.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/20/08 at 7:15 am

I do not think it is a secret word.

She'll come on later with it.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/20/08 at 7:29 am

She'll come on later with it.
It has already been announced on the previous page.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/20/08 at 2:03 pm

What's today secret word Ninny?

It was Soccer :)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/20/08 at 2:05 pm

It was Soccer :)
Hence my football picture and the talk of the WaGs?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/21/08 at 5:44 am

The word of the day....Androgynous

an·drog·y·nous (ăn-drŏj'ə-nəs)
adj.
Biology. Having both female and male characteristics; hermaphroditic.
Being neither distinguishably masculine nor feminine, as in dress, appearance, or behavior.

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c122/uglydoris/Androgonous%20men/PrinceLOvesexy.jpg
http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c122/uglydoris/Androgonous%20men/marc_bolan.jpg
http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c122/uglydoris/Androgonous%20men/marilyn.jpg
http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c122/uglydoris/Androgonous%20men/Blast9pic.jpg
http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x198/rpdsbucket/androgynous.jpg
http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh252/vegas5683/08018.jpg
http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll173/BleedingPostHumously/brian1.jpg
http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x8/HugTheTreez/clothes/00080m.jpg
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d186/applehell20/eb27e5ec.jpg
http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj214/hoboyeah/Pretty/Interview0902.jpg
http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii290/deviousandrogyny/inspiring%20fashion/RockRepublicFall08Readytowear_andro.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/21/08 at 5:52 am

The word of the day....Androgynous

an·drog·y·nous (ăn-drŏj'ə-nəs)
adj.
Biology. Having both female and male characteristics; hermaphroditic.
Being neither distinguishably masculine nor feminine, as in dress, appearance, or behavior.

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c122/uglydoris/Androgonous%20men/PrinceLOvesexy.jpg
http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c122/uglydoris/Androgonous%20men/marc_bolan.jpg
http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c122/uglydoris/Androgonous%20men/marilyn.jpg
http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c122/uglydoris/Androgonous%20men/Blast9pic.jpg
http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x198/rpdsbucket/androgynous.jpg
http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh252/vegas5683/08018.jpg
http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll173/BleedingPostHumously/brian1.jpg
http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x8/HugTheTreez/clothes/00080m.jpg
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d186/applehell20/eb27e5ec.jpg
http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj214/hoboyeah/Pretty/Interview0902.jpg
http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii290/deviousandrogyny/inspiring%20fashion/RockRepublicFall08Readytowear_andro.jpg
A big word for today?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/21/08 at 6:13 am

Like Pee Wee Herman used to say Should we scream real loud? ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/21/08 at 6:15 am

Pete Burns
http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0WTb_srBDRIy74AoBWjzbkF/SIG=12kegstp2/EXP=1211454891/**http%3A//www.drijfzand.com/wordpress/images/2007/01/pete-burns.JPG

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/21/08 at 6:27 am

Pete Burns
http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0WTb_srBDRIy74AoBWjzbkF/SIG=12kegstp2/EXP=1211454891/**http%3A//www.drijfzand.com/wordpress/images/2007/01/pete-burns.JPG
I saw him on Big Brother...

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/21/08 at 6:58 am

I saw him on Big Brother...

Does he still look the same? ???

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/21/08 at 7:01 am

Does he still look the same? ???
In truth, he look grotesque.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/21/08 at 7:04 am

In truth, he look grotesque.

He still never changed his ways,still looks like a woman. :P

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/21/08 at 7:07 am

He still never changed his ways,still looks like a woman. :P
Like me try and find a picture.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/21/08 at 7:55 am

In truth, he look grotesque.

http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb123/ClubMaradans/Pete.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e38/soph4rhcp/pete.jpg
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a246/Lady_Techno/pete.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/21/08 at 8:05 am

http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb123/ClubMaradans/Pete.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e38/soph4rhcp/pete.jpg
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a246/Lady_Techno/pete.jpg
Thanks, you have saved me a task. The middle picture was the image I was wishing to find.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 05/21/08 at 8:07 am

The word of the day....Androgynous

an·drog·y·nous (ăn-drŏj'ə-nəs)
adj.
Biology. Having both female and male characteristics; hermaphroditic.

Contrary to rumours that may or may not exist ..... I am NOT a hermaphrodite ! >:( Thus ..... though who may exhort me to go and f**k myself .... >:(

Whilst I might actually enjoy the experience ............ sorry, but it just AIN'T possible ! >:(

:D

;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/21/08 at 8:13 am

Contrary to rumours that may or may not exist ..... I am NOT a hermaphrodite ! >:( Thus ..... though who may exhort me to go and f**k myself .... >:(

Whilst I might actually enjoy the experience ............ sorry, but it just AIN'T possible ! >:(

:D

;D

Wow :D
What if you could F*** yourself and didn't like it,could you break up or not talk to yourself :D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 05/21/08 at 8:20 am

Wow :D
What if you could F*** yourself and didn't like it,could you break up or not talk to yourself :D

I'd promise to be 'gentle with myself'. Hopefully, things would work out, especially with a tub of vaseline. I reckon I'd be a cheap date, and in the event things didn't work out ... I'd probably NOT seek a divorce settlement ?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 05/21/08 at 8:56 am

Contrary to rumours that may or may not exist ..... I am NOT a hermaphrodite ! >:( Thus ..... though who may exhort me to go and f**k myself .... >:(

Whilst I might actually enjoy the experience ............ sorry, but it just AIN'T possible !   >:(

:D

;D

I'd promise to be 'gentle with myself'. Hopefully, things would work out, especially with a tub of vaseline. I reckon I'd be a cheap date, and in the event things didn't work out ... I'd probably NOT seek a divorce settlement ?

Alan, you are outrageous!! ;D ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 05/21/08 at 4:24 pm

Wow :D
What if you could F*** yourself and didn't like it,could you break up or not talk to yourself :D

Just stick a pin in a light socket and you'll be f**ked......... :D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/21/08 at 4:50 pm

http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb123/ClubMaradans/Pete.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e38/soph4rhcp/pete.jpg
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a246/Lady_Techno/pete.jpg
I am lead to believe that the surgery cost thousands of pound.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/21/08 at 5:21 pm

I am lead to believe that the surgery cost thousands of pound.

Is it worth it thou?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 05/21/08 at 6:27 pm

Is it worth it thou?

I think a person's brain must have serious issues to justify this type of mutilation..... :o

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 05/21/08 at 9:20 pm

I am lead to believe that the surgery cost thousands of pound.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a246/Lady_Techno/pete.jpg

I think a person's brain must have serious issues to justify this type of mutilation..... :o

http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/323/highwaysigndj9.jpg

http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/3717/dralkc9.jpg

http://img357.imageshack.us/img357/8973/plasticsurgeoninkel3.jpg

"Hello Ma'm, what can I do for you ? "

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a246/Lady_Techno/pete.jpg

"Dr. Al, make be look beautiful please !"

http://img357.imageshack.us/img357/8973/plasticsurgeoninkel3.jpg
"Having been trained by Dr. Frank Spencer, and Dr. Alfred E. Neumann, I assure you ma'm you're in EXCELLENT hands ! "

Hours later .....

http://img234.imageshack.us/img234/5605/surgeonqh0.jpg

"Ma'm .... wake up ! Surgery's complete. So ........ what do you think ? "

http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/840/petebk1.gif
"More than I could have EVER hoped for ! "

http://img357.imageshack.us/img357/8973/plasticsurgeoninkel3.jpg
"ANOTHER satisfied customer ! " 8)

:D

;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/21/08 at 9:28 pm

http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/323/highwaysigndj9.jpg

http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/3717/dralkc9.jpg

http://img357.imageshack.us/img357/8973/plasticsurgeoninkel3.jpg

"Hello Ma'm, what can I do for you ? "

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a246/Lady_Techno/pete.jpg

"Dr. Al, make be look beautiful please !"

http://img357.imageshack.us/img357/8973/plasticsurgeoninkel3.jpg
"Having been trained by Dr. Frank Spencer, and Dr. Alfred E. Neumann, I assure you ma'm you're in EXCELLENT hands ! "

Hours later .....

http://img234.imageshack.us/img234/5605/surgeonqh0.jpg

"Ma'm .... wake up ! Surgery's complete. So ........ what do you think ? "

http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/840/petebk1.gif
"More than I could have EVER hoped for ! "

http://img357.imageshack.us/img357/8973/plasticsurgeoninkel3.jpg
"ANOTHER satisfied customer ! " 8)

:D

;D

Excellent work Dr. Al

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 05/21/08 at 9:38 pm

Excellent work Dr. Al

Many thanks, Dr. ninny !

However ... I must confess THIS comment by gibbo ..... DOES have me slightly worried .....

I think a person's brain must have serious issues to justify this type of mutilation..... :o

::) :-\\

Nah ! What am I worried about ! 8) Since she WASN'T 'mutilated' ....... there's NO way that could apply to ME ! 8)

:D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/21/08 at 10:28 pm

Many thanks, Dr. ninny !

However ... I must confess THIS comment by gibbo ..... DOES have me slightly worried .....

::) :-\\

Nah ! What am I worried about ! 8) Since she WASN'T 'mutilated' ....... there's NO way that could apply to ME ! 8)

:D

Ah,what do you mean she..http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a246/Lady_Techno/pete.jpg
is a he..Pete Burns..http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm316/mandi0027/peteburns.gif

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/22/08 at 5:48 am

http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/323/highwaysigndj9.jpg

http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/3717/dralkc9.jpg

http://img357.imageshack.us/img357/8973/plasticsurgeoninkel3.jpg

"Hello Ma'm, what can I do for you ? "

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a246/Lady_Techno/pete.jpg

"Dr. Al, make be look beautiful please !"

http://img357.imageshack.us/img357/8973/plasticsurgeoninkel3.jpg
"Having been trained by Dr. Frank Spencer, and Dr. Alfred E. Neumann, I assure you ma'm you're in EXCELLENT hands ! "

Hours later .....

http://img234.imageshack.us/img234/5605/surgeonqh0.jpg

"Ma'm .... wake up ! Surgery's complete. So ........ what do you think ? "

http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/840/petebk1.gif
"More than I could have EVER hoped for ! "

http://img357.imageshack.us/img357/8973/plasticsurgeoninkel3.jpg
"ANOTHER satisfied customer ! " 8)

:D

;D
Did that cost thousands?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/22/08 at 5:52 am

The word of the day...Invisible
Impossible to see; not visible: Air is invisible.
Not accessible to view; hidden: mountain peaks invisible in the fog.
Not easily noticed or detected; inconspicuous: “The poor are politically invisible” (Michael Harrington).
Not published in financial statements: an invisible asset

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http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/nn149/Stantasio/invisible_accordion_410.jpg
http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn222/FallenXxXAngle/2001155862081208266_rs.jpg
http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee14/JBluver_4ever/eyes4.jpg
http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd48/ktrose17/thI_Am_Invisible_by_Shanaah.png
http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh137/whattadork11/Stuff/Icons/041.gif
http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc84/michelle_20070407/z104613950-1.jpg
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa44/Jmarlar/thinvisiblebanana.gif
http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/nn149/Stantasio/invisiblemovieexplosoin.jpg
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii74/tikimom1369a/Invisible_Tango.jpg
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h59/TJF588/cats/1172318391329.jpg
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j154/4eversupagirl/Post%20Secrets/invis.jpg
http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s205/ranshebang/1ed0be65-1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/bottled/InvisibleMotorcycleFall.gif

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/22/08 at 5:56 am

There's also The Invisible Woman.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/22/08 at 6:06 am

I cannot see the invisible.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/22/08 at 6:10 am

I cannot see the invisible.

no one can.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/22/08 at 6:14 am

There's also The Invisible Woman.

You are right :)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032637/
no one can.

Only the invisible :D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/22/08 at 6:15 am

no one can.
The wind is invisible.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/22/08 at 6:19 am

passing gas is invisible.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 05/22/08 at 7:01 am

The word of the day...Invisible

Since I APPEAR to be 'offline' ...... I am invisible (?)

As for the 'invisible man' ....

http://nothingbutbohs.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/invisible-man.jpg

An old joke:

Superman is flying over Metropolis keeping his eyes vigilant for anything that he may be of need. Suddenly, a naked figure laying on top of a roof in a complete spread eagle position catches his eye. He has super vision after all. Then he realized that it is his girlfriend Lois Lane! He pondered this for a short minute and decided he may swoop down there, do some super fast and fun “super-action” and swoop out. He is faster than a bullet so of course Lois wouldn’t even know he was ever there.

Suddenly - a very fast wind and loud swoosh noise catches Lois’s attention and she says “What on Earth was that?”. The Invisible Man says “I have no idea but my ass is killing me”.

??? :o ???

:D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/22/08 at 7:06 am

http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee9/jeffblaine/invisbike.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/22/08 at 7:08 am

There's also The Invisible Woman.
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj25/yummii1/invisible_bikergal.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 05/22/08 at 7:54 am

So my concern is .......

http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/9782/halloweenstraightjacketeo1.jpg

IS my 'invisibility' starting to wear off ? Can I continue to 'get away with it' .... with Lois Lane ? :-X

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/22/08 at 8:02 am

So my concern is .......

http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/9782/halloweenstraightjacketeo1.jpg

IS my 'invisibility' starting to wear off ? Can I continue to 'get away with it' .... with Lois Lane ?    :-X
Can you get a grip of yourself in that straight jacket?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 05/22/08 at 8:09 am

Can you get a grip of yourself in that straight jacket?

I do TRY to get a grip on ...... on ..... on myself at LEAST once a day (?) :-X

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/22/08 at 8:34 am

I do TRY to get a grip on ...... on ..... on myself    at LEAST once a day (?) :-X
Perhaps if you took that straight jacket off first?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 05/22/08 at 8:47 am

Perhaps if you took that straight jacket off first?

If I can start by getting THAT off ............ everything else will follow !

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 05/22/08 at 9:01 am

Since I APPEAR to be 'offline' ...... I am invisible (?)

As for the 'invisible man' ....

http://nothingbutbohs.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/invisible-man.jpg

An old joke:

Superman is flying over Metropolis keeping his eyes vigilant for anything that he may be of need. Suddenly, a naked figure laying on top of a roof in a complete spread eagle position catches his eye. He has super vision after all. Then he realized that it is his girlfriend Lois Lane! He pondered this for a short minute and decided he may swoop down there, do some super fast and fun “super-action” and swoop out. He is faster than a bullet so of course Lois wouldn’t even know he was ever there.

Suddenly - a very fast wind and loud swoosh noise catches Lois’s attention and she says “What on Earth was that?”. The Invisible Man says “I have no idea but my ass is killing me”.

??? :o ???

:D

:o :o ;D ;D ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/22/08 at 9:39 am

Since I APPEAR to be 'offline' ...... I am invisible (?)

As for the 'invisible man' ....

http://nothingbutbohs.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/invisible-man.jpg

An old joke:

Superman is flying over Metropolis keeping his eyes vigilant for anything that he may be of need. Suddenly, a naked figure laying on top of a roof in a complete spread eagle position catches his eye. He has super vision after all. Then he realized that it is his girlfriend Lois Lane! He pondered this for a short minute and decided he may swoop down there, do some super fast and fun “super-action” and swoop out. He is faster than a bullet so of course Lois wouldn’t even know he was ever there.

Suddenly - a very fast wind and loud swoosh noise catches Lois’s attention and she says “What on Earth was that?”. The Invisible Man says “I have no idea but my ass is killing me”.

??? :o ???

:D

;D ;D ;D..classichttp://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm196/nuvopirate08/invisible_buttsecks.jpg

I do TRY to get a grip on ...... on ..... on myself    at LEAST once a day (?) :-X

A nice firm grip?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 05/22/08 at 9:45 am

;D ;D ;D..classichttp://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm196/nuvopirate08/invisible_buttsecks.jpg A nice firm grip?

Well, at least the GRIP is firm ! :-X :-[

:P

;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/22/08 at 2:55 pm

Can anyone have Invisible Sex? ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/22/08 at 3:05 pm

Can anyone have Invisible Sex? ;D

:D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/22/08 at 3:07 pm

:D

So I'm guessing by that smiley,you have.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/22/08 at 3:08 pm

:D
How can you?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/22/08 at 3:09 pm

How can you?

Isn't that called virtual sex?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/22/08 at 3:12 pm

Isn't that called virtual sex?
I was hoping you could tell me that?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/22/08 at 3:16 pm

I was hoping you could tell me that?

without any genital contact,it's called Virtual sex". ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 05/22/08 at 3:23 pm

Can anyone have Invisible Sex? ;D

:D

Coward Janine....post one smiley at Howard's comment ...and then all quiet. ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/22/08 at 3:27 pm

Coward Janine....post one smiley at Howard's comment ...and then all quiet. ;D

She has to think about it now?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 05/22/08 at 3:40 pm

She has to think about it now?

Hey...since when have we ever thought BEFORE posting? ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/22/08 at 3:48 pm

Hey...since when have we ever thought BEFORE posting? ;D
True, you just tap away on the key the first thing that comes to mind.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/22/08 at 5:15 pm

Coward Janine....post one smiley at Howard's comment ...and then all quiet. ;D

She has to think about it now?

She has roaming eyes watching her...besides I'm still in a mind meld with Phil,he's making me smarter :)
What is better..invisible sex..no sex at all or imaginary sex?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/22/08 at 5:17 pm

What is better..invisible sex..no sex at all or imaginary sex?
All are not harmful.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/22/08 at 5:21 pm

All are not harmful.

True ,imaginary sex is probably the most productive.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/22/08 at 5:22 pm

True ,imaginary sex is probably the most productive.
True!

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 05/22/08 at 8:18 pm

Hey...since when have we ever thought BEFORE posting? ;D

Not guys, that's for sure!

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 05/22/08 at 8:25 pm

Can anyone have Invisible Sex?

:D

NINNY!! :D ;D ;D ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 05/23/08 at 1:59 am

Not guys, that's for sure!

Thank you for recognising our talents. ;) My motto...take EVERYTHING as a compliment! ;D

PS I Like your new avatar...

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/23/08 at 2:07 am

What is better..invisible sex..no sex at all or imaginary sex?
Invisible sex can be had all the time?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 05/23/08 at 2:16 am

She has roaming eyes watching her...besides I'm still in a mind meld with Phil,he's making me smarter :)
What is better..invisible sex..no sex at all or imaginary sex?

Invisible sex is the way to go. It implies that I am invisible and having sex with either invisible or non-invisible partners. Sounds perfectly good to me! ;) (until superman swoops that is)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 05/23/08 at 2:19 am

Invisible sex is the way to go. It implies that I am invisible and having sex with either invisible or non-invisible partners. Sounds perfectly good to me! ;) (until superman swoops that is)

Yes ..... the man of 'steel'. You wouldn't want cold hard steel up THERE. Well, it might be warm, even hot ... but STILL steel. That's gotta hurt !

:D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 05/23/08 at 2:26 am

Yes ..... the man of 'steel'. You wouldn't want cold hard steel up THERE. Well, it might be warm, even hot ... but STILL steel. That's gotta hurt !

Yes....a whole new meaning to steeling oneself...... :o

:D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/23/08 at 5:32 am

Invisible sex can be had all the time?

Invisible sex can be hard all the time ;D
Yes ..... the man of 'steel'. You wouldn't want cold hard steel up THERE. Well, it might be warm, even hot ... but STILL steel. That's gotta hurt !

:D

Your Steel the one..Your steel the one I run to

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/23/08 at 5:37 am

Invisible sex can be hard all the time
Yes, it can be difficult at times.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/23/08 at 5:45 am

The word of the day....Adventure
An undertaking or enterprise of a hazardous nature.
An undertaking of a questionable nature, especially one involving intervention in another state's affairs.
An unusual or exciting experience: an adventure in dining.
Participation in hazardous or exciting experiences: the love of adventure.
A financial speculation or business venture.

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Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/23/08 at 6:09 am

Invisible sex can be had all the time?

Yeah,It's called "Dry Humping". ::)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/23/08 at 6:09 am

Life is an adventure.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/23/08 at 8:29 am

I may have an adventure over the weekend, we all want to see the latest Indiana Jones movie.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 05/23/08 at 8:43 am

Life is an adventure.

Tell THAT to a new born fly .... that you squash ............ on it's FIRST day ........... of 'adventure' ! :D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/23/08 at 8:45 am

Tell THAT to a new born fly .... that you squash ............ on it's FIRST day ........... of 'adventure' ! :D
The May Fly only lives for one day (24 hours)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 05/23/08 at 8:51 am

The May Fly only lives for one day (24 hours)

So much 'knowledge' / info to pass on to it's 'mate's' in 'May Fly' heaven ! :-X ::)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/23/08 at 8:53 am

So much 'knowledge' / info to pass on to it's 'mate's' in 'May Fly' heaven !    :-X    ::)
The male May Fly hatches out, flies around stretching it's wings, finds a female....

...nature takes it's course....

Then the male May Fly drops dead!

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 05/23/08 at 9:26 am

Invisible sex can be hard all the time ;DYour Steel the one..Your steel the one I run to

Not really hard. I agree with the last stement. :D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/23/08 at 9:35 am

I may have an adventure over the weekend, we all want to see the latest Indiana Jones movie.

My son either went last night or is going tonight..lucky,I haven't been to the movies in years.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/23/08 at 9:38 am

The male May Fly hatches out, flies around stretching it's wings, finds a female....

...nature takes it's course....

Then the male May Fly drops dead!

What a way to go..The Black Widow spider,The Praying Mantis are two other species that are killed during mating.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/23/08 at 11:07 am

What a way to go..The Black Widow spider,The Praying Mantis are two other species that are killed during mating.
This species are not on the requested list for reincarntion.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 05/23/08 at 2:02 pm

You get a choice? ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/23/08 at 2:08 pm

You get a choice? ;D
If I had a choice on the question of which animal to come back as, my answer would be to come back as a parrot, for that bird lives to a ripe old age.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 05/23/08 at 4:09 pm

Steel the one..Your steel the one I run to

Yeah....We're steel having fun and you're steel the one......(corny ninny ...corny). ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 05/23/08 at 4:11 pm

If I had a choice on the question of which animal to come back as, my answer would be to come back as a parrot, for that bird lives to a ripe old age.

http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/6427/parrotxr0.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 05/23/08 at 4:13 pm

Yes Al...unless you're Philip's 3rd parrot,,,, :o

http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/6427/parrotxr0.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/23/08 at 4:14 pm

http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/6427/parrotxr0.jpg
;D

...but as being a parrot I would stay away from chutes.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/23/08 at 4:15 pm

Yes Al...unless you're Philip's 3rd parrot,,,,
The third parrot was Bill not Phil.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 05/23/08 at 4:17 pm

The third parrot was Bill not Phil.

It's usually good when a bill does not arrive....... :D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/23/08 at 4:19 pm

It's usually good when a bill does not arrive....... :D
The longer the time the better?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/23/08 at 6:36 pm

Yeah....We're steel having fun and you're steel the one......(corny ninny ...corny). ;D

Corny

http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk62/scya18/corn.gif

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 05/23/08 at 6:39 pm

Corny

http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk62/scya18/corn.gif

I'm corny, corny, corny, corny

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 05/23/08 at 6:40 pm

Corny

http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk62/scya18/corn.gif

Looks as if he steel has it (literally). :D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 05/23/08 at 6:42 pm

Looks as if he still has it (literally). :D

Luckily...I hate eating corn!! :o

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 05/23/08 at 6:43 pm

um...there's no eating going on. :-[

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/23/08 at 6:45 pm

Looks as if he steel has it (literally). :D

He Steel does ;D

Luckily...I hate eating corn!! :o

How should we take that?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 05/23/08 at 6:48 pm

He Steel does ;DHow should we take that?

With hot butter?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/23/08 at 6:52 pm

With hot butter?

Driping down the chin?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 05/23/08 at 6:54 pm

Driping down the chin?

;D I'm starting to worry about you.... ;)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/23/08 at 6:59 pm

;D I'm starting to worry about you.... ;)

Statng :-\\ ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 05/23/08 at 7:04 pm

Unfortunately, there's no eating going on...here. ::)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 05/23/08 at 7:05 pm

Corny

http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk62/scya18/corn.gif

Disgusting. Shocking. Obscene ! ..... AND .... may I just add .......

http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/7664/kermitrootic6.gif

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/23/08 at 7:10 pm

Disgusting. Shocking. Obscene ! ..... AND .... may I just add .......

http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/7664/kermitrootic6.gif

GO Kermit...Someone may be jealous
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Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/23/08 at 7:11 pm

Unfortunately, there's no eating going on...here. ::)

:-[ That's either to much or to little info.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 05/23/08 at 7:15 pm

:-[ That's either too much or too little info.

Agreed !

Was she eating Pizza ? Kentucky Fried ? McDonalds .....................

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 05/23/08 at 7:20 pm

Agreed !

Was she eating Pizza ? Kentucky Fried ? McDonalds .....................

Finger lickin' good though...

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 05/23/08 at 8:03 pm

:D :D :D :o uh......corn? That's it...corn. ::)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/24/08 at 12:31 am

:D :D :D :o uh......corn? That's it...corn. ::)

Creamed Corn?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 05/24/08 at 3:54 am

Creamed Corn?

If the corn is as high as an elephant's eye...what does that mean? :o

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/24/08 at 4:03 am

If the corn is as high as an elephant's eye...what does that mean? :o
Anything to do with a beautiful morning?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/24/08 at 5:56 am

The word of the day......Corn Groovy

groov·y (grū'vē)
adj. Slang., -i·er, -i·est.
Very pleasing; wonderful.
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Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/24/08 at 6:12 am

Corny

http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk62/scya18/corn.gif

corn humping. ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/24/08 at 6:13 am

Have a groovy day. :)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 05/24/08 at 6:19 am

http://www.nerve.com/CS/blogs/nerveinsider/2008/04/08-15/Austin_Danger_Powers_Mike_Myers.jpg

VERY groovy ......... 'ninny baby' ! ^

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:D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/24/08 at 6:22 am

http://www.nerve.com/CS/blogs/nerveinsider/2008/04/08-15/Austin_Danger_Powers_Mike_Myers.jpg

VERY groovy ......... 'ninny baby' ! ^

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:D

His yellow teeth scares me.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 05/24/08 at 6:35 am

His yellow teeth scares me.

I've a friend / somebody I've had a bunch of beers with many times .... who's almost the spitting image of this guy. In fact, we jokingly refer to him (to his face) as 'Austin' ! He LOVES it ! Has a wicked laugh, very good sense of humour. His teeth though ... are black in places ... worse than those !

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/24/08 at 7:01 am

I've a friend / somebody I've had a bunch of beers with many times .... who's almost the spitting image of this guy. In fact, we jokingly refer to him (to his face) as 'Austin' ! He LOVES it ! Has a wicked laugh, very good sense of humour. His teeth though ... are black in places ... worse than those !

Is he British?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 05/24/08 at 7:48 am

Is he British?

Born in the UK. Came here with his family as a kid, I seem to recall, and spent most of his life here (in his 40's / 50's ? ).

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/24/08 at 8:14 am

Groovy!

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/24/08 at 8:42 am

Have a groovy day. :)

Groovin' . . . on a Sunday afternoon
Really couldn't get away too soon
I can't imagine anything that's better
The world is ours whenever we're together
There ain't a place I'd like to be instead of . . .
Groovin' . . . down a crowded avenue
http://www.nerve.com/CS/blogs/nerveinsider/2008/04/08-15/Austin_Danger_Powers_Mike_Myers.jpg

VERY groovy ......... 'ninny baby' ! ^

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:D

I knew somebody would post him :)
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Groovy car.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/25/08 at 2:17 am

Groovin' . . . on a Sunday afternoon
Really couldn't get away too soon
I can't imagine anything that's better
The world is ours whenever we're together
There ain't a place I'd like to be instead of . . .
Groovin' . . . down a crowded avenueI knew somebody would post him :)
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Groovy car.
I went to see the first Austin Powers movie without seeing all the pre-hype, I know not what to expect and I still enjoyed it.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/25/08 at 5:38 am

The word of the day......Magical
Of, relating to, or produced by magic.
Enchanting; bewitching: a magical performance of the ballet.

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Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/25/08 at 6:29 am

Life is magical.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/25/08 at 6:48 am

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o245/neville92/magical_mystery_tour.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/25/08 at 6:52 am

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o245/neville92/magical_mystery_tour.jpg

I see a hippo,rabbit,penguin and a walrus.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/25/08 at 6:53 am

I see a hippo,rabbit,penguin and a walrus.
The walrus was Paul.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/25/08 at 6:57 am

The walrus was Paul.

Then who was everyone else?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/25/08 at 10:43 am

Then who was everyone else?
...the other members of the Beatles

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/25/08 at 10:55 am

...the other members of the Beatles

The guy with the green thing on his head looks like Ringo.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/26/08 at 5:57 am

...the other members of the Beatles

I meant the animals.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/26/08 at 7:40 am

The word of the day....Virtue(S)
vir·tue (vûr'chū)
n.

Moral excellence and righteousness; goodness.
An example or kind of moral excellence: the virtue of patience.
Chastity, especially in a woman.
A particularly efficacious, good, or beneficial quality; advantage: a plan with the virtue of being practical.
Effective force or power: believed in the virtue of prayer.
virtues Christianity. The fifth of the nine orders of angels in medieval angelology.
Obsolete. Manly courage; valor

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Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 05/26/08 at 9:05 am

Those are good, Ninny. :)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/26/08 at 11:02 am

Those are good, Ninny. :)

Thanks :)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/26/08 at 4:27 pm

Virtual?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/26/08 at 4:29 pm

Patience is a Virtue. :)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 05/26/08 at 6:11 pm

The word of the day....Virtue(S)
vir·tue (vûr'chū)
n.

http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l303/Fallen_Angel500/Sins%20and%20Virtues/1121192557_schristain.jpg

'The world according to Garp Howard ? ' :(

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::) :P :D ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/26/08 at 7:01 pm

Virtual?

Not quite the same ;)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/26/08 at 7:07 pm

Patience is a Virtue. :)

It sure is :)

'The world according to Garp Howard ? '   :(

http://img284.imageshack.us/img284/9303/gimmicktablechastitybelt8ls.jpg

::) :P    :D ;D

;D ;D..That goes along with his patience.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 05/26/08 at 7:09 pm

What is slap-nuts?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 05/26/08 at 7:14 pm

What is slap-nuts?

See here: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=slapnuts&defid=658616

The 'urbandictionary.com' ... is DEFINITELY one worth 'bookmarking' !

As for the above, pick your definition (but only joking, Howard ! ) . :) ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/26/08 at 7:16 pm

See here: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=slapnuts&defid=658616

The 'urbandictionary.com' ... is DEFINITELY one worth 'bookmarking' !

As for the above, pick your definition (but only joking, Howard ! ) . :) ;D

Interesting 3rd meaning
Yeah I took her home last night and gave her some slapnuts for dinner ..Well thats the sentence for it ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 05/26/08 at 7:20 pm

See here: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=slapnuts&defid=658616

The 'urbandictionary.com' ... is DEFINITELY one worth 'bookmarking' !

As for the above, pick your definition (but only joking, Howard ! ) . :) ;D

Thanks Alan... ;D ;D ;D ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 05/26/08 at 7:22 pm

Not quite the same ;)

geez...no way!! ;D ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/27/08 at 2:23 am

http://enewschannels.com/META/enc-virtue0407.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/27/08 at 6:15 am

The word of the day..Ceremonial
Of, appropriate to, or characterized by ceremony; formal or ritual.
Involved or used in ceremonies: ceremonial garb.
n.
A set of ceremonies prescribed for an occasion; a ritual.
A ceremony or rite.

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Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/27/08 at 6:42 am

http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd114/CathyBoehm/CIMG4298.jpg

That could be me one day. ;)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 05/27/08 at 6:56 am

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That could be me one day. ;)

Yes...and your dress could well be white.... ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/27/08 at 7:15 am

Yes...and your dress could well be white.... ;D

No dummy,I meant the tuxedo. ::)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 05/27/08 at 8:22 am

Yes...and your dress could well be white.... ;D

No dummy,I meant the tuxedo. ::)

Beautiful. Just BEAUTIFUL ! :) 8) :\'(

http://img398.imageshack.us/img398/8282/weddingsn6.jpg
Bill ! You may kiss the bride ! 8)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/27/08 at 8:26 am

No dummy,I meant the tuxedo. ::)
Brides do not tuxedos....

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 05/27/08 at 9:01 am

No dummy,I meant the tuxedo. ::)

You mean the one with the pretty pink shirt?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 05/27/08 at 9:03 am

Beautiful. Just BEAUTIFUL ! :) 8) :\'(

http://img398.imageshack.us/img398/8282/weddingsn6.jpg
Bill ! You may kiss the bride ! 8)

Truly a beautiful couple. It took a talented photographer (like Al) to bring out the real Howard and Sir Billzy.........

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 05/27/08 at 9:04 am

Truly a beautiful couple. It took a talented photographer (like Al) to bring out the real Howard and Sir Billzy.........

The 'camera' never lies, right, gibbo ! ? ;) ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 05/27/08 at 9:20 am

The 'camera' never lies, right, gibbo ! ? ;) ;D

Never ever.... ::)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/27/08 at 9:22 am

Beautiful. Just BEAUTIFUL ! :) 8) :\'(

http://img398.imageshack.us/img398/8282/weddingsn6.jpg
Bill ! You may kiss the bride ! 8)

What a radiant couple..now off to the honeymoon suite
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Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 05/27/08 at 9:24 am

What a radiant couple..now off to the honeymoon suite
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l204/volusiantriker/CeremonialSouthPole.jpg

They look poles apart to me.....and I can't see to much suite sweet about THAT honeymoon. :o

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/27/08 at 9:28 am

They look poles apart to me.....and I can't see to much suite sweet about THAT honeymoon. :o

Crap wrong pic
http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd63/rlagaly/Honeymoon-05.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 05/27/08 at 9:30 am

Crap wrong pic
http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd63/rlagaly/Honeymoon-05.jpg

...and here I was thinking you being so cryptically clever. I just couldn't get the connection (and either can Howard).

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 05/27/08 at 9:41 am

;D You all still teasing Howard? ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/27/08 at 9:43 am

...and here I was thinking you being so cryptically clever. I just couldn't get the connection (and either can Howard).
The swans show a pure sign of romance.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 05/27/08 at 9:58 am

Crap wrong pic
http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd63/rlagaly/Honeymoon-05.jpg

Where the bride and groom get it on ? ??? :o

Oh my god ! They look :-X ....

http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/1989/billhowiebedne1.jpg

SO Happy together ! :) 8) :\'(

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/27/08 at 10:00 am

Where the bride and groom get it on ? ??? :o

Oh my god !   They look :-X   ....

http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/1989/billhowiebedne1.jpg

SO Happy together ! :)   8) :\'(
so divine!

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 05/27/08 at 10:10 am

Where the bride and groom get it on ? ??? :o

Oh my god ! They look :-X ....

http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/1989/billhowiebedne1.jpg

SO Happy together ! :) 8) :\'(

ooooo...you gonna get it... ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/27/08 at 10:18 am

The swans show a pure sign of romance.

Beautiful :)
Love is in the air

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/27/08 at 11:15 am

Beautiful :)
Love is in the air
showing peace and tranquility.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/27/08 at 11:23 am

showing peace and tranquility.

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm93/jasminekelly_photo/47b5a154dbc43tn.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/27/08 at 11:38 am

http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb37/fishyakk/SwansReflectingElephants.jpg

Probably my favourite Salvador Dali painting.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 05/27/08 at 2:13 pm

http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb37/fishyakk/SwansReflectingElephants.jpg

Probably my favourite Salvador Dali painting.

I like it. I like Salvador Dali.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/27/08 at 2:45 pm

I like it. I like Salvador Dali.
I saw the actual painting in an exhibition in London at the Tate Gallery in the late 1970's. I simply feel in love with it.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/27/08 at 3:45 pm

http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb37/fishyakk/SwansReflectingElephants.jpg

Probably my favourite Salvador Dali painting.

Very nice :)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 05/27/08 at 5:52 pm

http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb37/fishyakk/SwansReflectingElephants.jpg

Probably my favourite Salvador Dali painting.

'Swans reflecting elephants' ^

Agreed .... generally keen on his stuff ! 8)

http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/exhibitions/daliandfilm/images/dali_metamorphosis_of_narcissus.jpg
metamorphosis of narcissus

http://www.authenticsociety.com/article/img/ThePersistenceOfMemory.SalvadorDali(1931).jpg
The Persistence of memory (aka 'Melting clocks' )

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/27/08 at 6:12 pm

'Swans reflecting elephants' ^

Agreed .... generally keen on his stuff ! 8)

http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/exhibitions/daliandfilm/images/dali_metamorphosis_of_narcissus.jpg
metamorphosis of narcissus

http://www.authenticsociety.com/article/img/ThePersistenceOfMemory.SalvadorDali(1931).jpg
The Persistence of memory (aka 'Melting clocks' )

I think I have my word of the day for tomorow.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 05/27/08 at 6:16 pm

I think I have my word of the day for tomorow.

Do I get any prizes ..... for guessing ..... 'surrealism' / surrealist ?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 05/27/08 at 7:53 pm

Do I get any prizes ..... for guessing ..... 'surrealism' / surrealist ?

Gee ... I would have guessed Narcissus, metamorphosis or persistence!

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 05/27/08 at 7:56 pm

Gee ... I would have guessed Narcissus, metamorphosis or persistence!

Narcissus ? Somehow .... I think I can relate. :-\\ Might have to reflect on that one ?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 05/27/08 at 7:59 pm

Narcissus ? Somehow .... I think I can relate. :-\\ Might have to reflect on that one ?

Maybe you can relate... ;)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 05/27/08 at 8:46 pm

Maybe you cab relate... ;)

I might have to remove my sunglasses at night ?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 05/27/08 at 8:47 pm

I might have to remove my sunglasses at night ?

The mirrored sunglasses with the mirrors on the inside?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 05/27/08 at 9:03 pm

The mirrored sunglasses with the mirrors on the inside?

It's hardest to be modest ... when you're stunningly handsome ?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 05/27/08 at 9:06 pm

It's hardest to be modest ... when you're stunningly handsome ?

I'd reply but I too am stunned by your rugged good looks. ;)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 05/27/08 at 10:04 pm

I'd reply but I too am stunned by your rugged good looks. ;)

Thank god you're a married man. However for insurance, I generally carry a champagne cork as 'extra protection' :-X

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 05/27/08 at 10:38 pm

Thank god you're a married man. However for insurance, I generally carry a champagne cork as 'extra protection' :-X

Of course...no ordinary wine cork for you...only the good stuff!! ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 05/27/08 at 10:40 pm

Of course...no ordinary wine cork for you...only the good stuff!! ;D

Of course, don't tell me to 'sit on it' ! >:( I already am ! Hey, that's how the 'protection' ... works ! :P :D ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 05/27/08 at 11:35 pm

Of course, don't tell me to 'sit on it' ! >:( I already am ! Hey, that's how the 'protection' ... works ! :P :D ;D

Wow...hope you don't get 'corked'!!!!! ;)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 05/27/08 at 11:38 pm

Wow...hope you don't get 'corked'!!!!! ;)

I certainly don't pop it ... for every guy I see ! In fact ... if you're a guy ... you're likely to be out of luck ..... unless you just wanna have a drink with me ! :D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 05/27/08 at 11:40 pm

I certainly don't pop it ... for every guy I see ! In fact ... if you're a guy ... you're likely to be out of luck ..... unless you just wanna have a drink with me ! :D

You know...some might say that using bigger corks is more to 'prepare' (read stretch) the area for the REAL action....... :o

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 05/27/08 at 11:43 pm

You know...some might say that using bigger corks is more to 'prepare' (read stretch) the area for the REAL action....... :o

You seem to know a lot about this subject, gibbo. Anything you'd like to confess ?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 05/27/08 at 11:45 pm

You seem to know a lot about this subject, gibbo. Anything you'd like to confess ?

Sorry Al...hate to disappoint but I did see 'The Story of O' many moons ago. Always think of that movie when changing O rings in the sink. ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 05/27/08 at 11:45 pm

You two are a little weird tonight. ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/28/08 at 1:48 am

I think I have my word of the day for tomorow.
My thoughts too!

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 05/28/08 at 1:54 am

You two are a little weird tonight. ;D

Damn....we'll have to try harder ....we were aiming for 'a lot' weird.... :D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/28/08 at 1:56 am

Damn....we'll have to try harder ....we were aiming for 'a lot' weird.... :D
I feel sorry that I could not contribute towards the weirdness.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 05/28/08 at 2:00 am

I feel sorry that I could not contribute towards the weirdness.

Oh Philip....you contribute just by being here... ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/28/08 at 4:58 am

Oh Philip....you contribute just by being here... ;D
I am here now, lets see if I can contribute towards the weirdness, even though I am late.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 05/28/08 at 5:03 am

I am here now, lets see if I can contribute towards the weirdness, even though I am late.

I hope you have a note young man! >:( ;)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/28/08 at 6:25 am

The word of the day..Surealism (bet you never guess that one) ;D
A 20th-century literary and artistic movement that attempts to express the workings of the subconscious and is characterized by fantastic imagery and incongruous juxtaposition of subject matter.
Literature or art produced in this style.

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Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/28/08 at 6:41 am

Beautiful. Just BEAUTIFUL ! :) 8) :\'(

http://img398.imageshack.us/img398/8282/weddingsn6.jpg
Bill ! You may kiss the bride ! 8)

Jesus Christ! ::)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/28/08 at 6:42 am

What does that definition mean? ???

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/28/08 at 6:48 am

What does that definition mean? ???

Which definition?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/28/08 at 7:41 am

Which definition?

Surreal.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/28/08 at 7:44 am

The word of the day..Surealism (bet you never guess that one) ;D
A 20th-century literary and artistic movement that attempts to express the workings of the subconscious and is characterized by fantastic imagery and incongruous juxtaposition of subject matter.
Literature or art produced in this style.

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Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/28/08 at 10:05 am

Which definition?

I think it,but not really sure about this.
It's the subconsius,dreamlike quality..fantasies..images. made into art.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/28/08 at 3:52 pm

Like The Surreal Life?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 05/28/08 at 6:08 pm

Jesus Christ! ::)

You 'forgot' ..... to quote THIS one .... Howard ....

Where the bride and groom get it on ? ??? :o

Oh my god ! They look :-X ....

http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/1989/billhowiebedne1.jpg

SO Happy together ! :) 8) :\'(

::)
Why, why why ! ??? :( :\'(

:P

:D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 05/28/08 at 7:14 pm

I think it,but not really sure about this.
It's the subconsius,dreamlike quality..fantasies..images. made into art.

Maybe THIS is surreal ? ???

http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/6442/assembledmanvx2.gif

::) ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 05/28/08 at 7:25 pm

Maybe THIS is surreal ? ???

http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/6442/assembledmanvx2.gif

::) ;D

I thought Coke was surreal thing.....

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 05/28/08 at 7:45 pm

I thought Coke was surreal thing.....

Is that YOU gibbo ?

http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/7734/ifapictureaspxbt0.jpg

^
???

:P

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 05/28/08 at 7:48 pm

Is that YOU gibbo ?

http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/7734/ifapictureaspxbt0.jpg

^
???

:P

No...that guy's way too thin! ;)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/29/08 at 1:34 am

Maybe THIS is surreal ? ???

http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/6442/assembledmanvx2.gif

::) ;D
It is and very clever.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/29/08 at 5:54 am

Maybe THIS is surreal ? ???

http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/6442/assembledmanvx2.gif

::) ;D

Cool..

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/29/08 at 6:03 am

The word of the day...Lust
Intense or unrestrained sexual craving.

An overwhelming desire or craving: a lust for power.
Intense eagerness or enthusiasm: a lust for life.
Obsolete. Pleasure; relish.

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Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/29/08 at 6:05 am

I have to think carefully about this word today.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/29/08 at 6:06 am

I'm lusting for a hot girl at Pathmark. ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/29/08 at 6:21 am

I have to think carefully about this word today.

:)
I'm lusting for a hot girl at Pathmark. ;D

You found someone new you like.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/29/08 at 6:28 am

:)You found someone new you like.

No I haven't yet.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 05/29/08 at 7:41 am

The word of the day...Lust
Intense or unrestrained sexual craving.

An overwhelming desire or craving: a lust for power.
Intense eagerness or enthusiasm: a lust for life.
Obsolete. Pleasure; relish.

Aah, that beautiful 'Air Supply' song .... which I DO like a heap ! 8)

You know you cant fool me
Ive been lusting you too long
It started so easy
You want to carry on

(chorus)
Now Im lust, lust in love, lust in love, lust in love
Now Im lust, lust in love, lust in love, lust in love
Lust in love, lust in love, lust in love
Lust in love, lust in love, lust in love

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/29/08 at 8:30 am

Aah, that beautiful 'Air Supply' song .... which I DO like a heap ! 8)

You know you cant fool me
Ive been lusting you too long
It started so easy
You want to carry on

(chorus)
Now Im lust, lust in love, lust in love, lust in love
Now Im lust, lust in love, lust in love, lust in love
Lust in love, lust in love, lust in love
Lust in love, lust in love, lust in love

I'm so Lust without you

How about Lust For Life -Iggy Pop

"Lust For Life"

Here comes Johnny Yen again
With the liquor and drugs
And a flesh machine
He's gonna do another strip tease

Hey man, where'd you get that lotion?
I've been hurting since I bought the gimmick
About something called love
Yeah, something called love
Well, that's like hypnotising chickens

Well, I'm just a modern guy
Of course, I've had it in the ear before
'Cause of a lust for life
'Cause of a lust for life

I'm worth a million in prizes
With my torture film
Drive a G.T.O.
Wear a uniform
All on government loan

I'm worth a million in prizes
Yeah, I'm through with sleeping on the sidewalk
No more beating my brains
No more beating my brains
With the liquor and drugs
With the liquor and drugs

Well, I'm just a modern guy
Of course, I've had it in my ear before
'Cause, of a lust for life (lust for life)
'Cause of a lust for life (lust for life, oooo)
I've got a lust for life (oooh)
Got a lust for life (oooh)
Oh, a lust for life (oooh)
Oh, a lust for life (oooh)
A lust for life (oooh)
I got a lust for life (oooh)
Got a lust for life

Well, I'm just a modern guy
Of course, I've had it in my ear before
'Cause I've a lust for life
'Cause I've a lust for life.

Well, here comes Johnny Yen again
With the liquor and drugs
And a flesh machine
I know he's gonna do another strip tease

Hey man, where'd ya get that lotion?
Your skin starts itching once you buy the gimmick
About something called love
Oh Love, love, love
Well, that's like hypnotising chickens.

Well, I'm just a modern guy
Of course, I've had it in the ear before
And I've a lust for life (lust for life)
'Cause I've a lust for life (lust for life)
Got a lust for life
Yeah, a lust for life
I got a lust for life
Oh, a lust for life
Got a lust for life
Yeah a lust for life
I got a lust for life
Lust for life

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 05/29/08 at 8:38 am

^

Actually, you've just reminded me of 'Lust for Life' .... starring Kirk Douglas ... and Anthony Quinn ..... portraying (respectively) Vincent Van Gogh .... and Paul Gaugin.

This is one of my all time favorite movies. Have you seen it ? ??? Perhaps Kirk's best role, for me. 8)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/29/08 at 10:24 am

^

Actually, you've just reminded me of 'Lust for Life' .... starring Kirk Douglas ... and Anthony Quinn ..... portraying (respectively) Vincent Van Gogh .... and Paul Gaugin.

This is one of my all time favorite movies. Have you seen it ? ??? Perhaps Kirk's best role, for me. 8)

I've never seen it,but I have heard about it.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 05/29/08 at 10:29 am

I've never seen it,but I have heard about it.

Damn ! Well, if you get the opportunity ....hire it from your video store ? Worthwhile ........... trust me ! :)

Before THIS movie .... my opinion of Kirk Douglas was fairly average ........ but rocketed afterwards ! 8)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/29/08 at 1:01 pm

Damn ! Well, if you get the opportunity ....hire it from your video store ? Worthwhile ........... trust me ! :)

Before THIS movie .... my opinion of Kirk Douglas was fairly average ........ but rocketed afterwards ! 8)

Is his perfomance better in this movie or Spartacus?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/29/08 at 2:56 pm

Has anyone ever been to The International House of Lust? ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/29/08 at 6:18 pm

Has anyone ever been to The International House of Lust? ;D

Do they have all the lust you can eat? ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 05/29/08 at 6:35 pm

Is his perfomance better in this movie or Spartacus?

It is so long since I've seen EITHER movie ... but I certainly would say .... 'Lust for Life' ... has left me with a deeper impression of the two. But let's see what some fans say:

4.0 out of 5 stars You look too fast!
The above title was my favorite line from Lust For Life. Without a doubt Kirk Douglases' finest performance. Read more
Published 10 days ago by J. E. Monaghan

5.0 out of 5 stars I can't take this anymore!
I gave this film a watch recently, after a period of about 12 years. I am still impressed by Kirk Douglas. He is DEFINITELY one of Hollywood's best actors! Read more
Published 1 month ago by Marian M. Matsunaga

5.0 out of 5 stars Starry, Starry Night
Kirk Douglas is at his finest in his portrayal of Vincent van Gough, the tortured painter who wanted so much, but was held back by his continuing mental illness. Read more

5.0 out of 5 stars Kirk Douglas in the role that should have won him an Oscar...
Not only does KIRK DOUGLAS bear a remarkable resemblance to the real Vincent Van Gogh, but he gives a deeply felt, bigger than life performance in the role of a lifetime, fully... Read more
Published 8 months ago by Neil F. Doyle

5.0 out of 5 stars Lust for Life 1956
High-Voltage acting ! Douglas'finest performance .Vibrant orange sunflowers . Rippling yellow grain . Trees bursting with bloom . Read more
Published 9 months ago by John W . Ford

For more info /details ... read HERE: http://www.amazon.com/Lust-Life-Kirk-Douglas/dp/6301971191

http://img65.imageshack.us/img65/9287/lforlqd5.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 05/30/08 at 1:06 am

I'm lusting for a hot girl at Pathmark. ;D

Wow ...they have hot girls there? What aisle are they kept in?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/30/08 at 2:10 am

^

Actually, you've just reminded me of 'Lust for Life' .... starring Kirk Douglas ... and Anthony Quinn ..... portraying (respectively) Vincent Van Gogh .... and Paul Gaugin.

This is one of my all time favorite movies. Have you seen it ? ??? Perhaps Kirk's best role, for me.   8)
One film I have never seen.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/30/08 at 2:11 am

Wow ...they have hot girls there? What aisle are they kept in?
...the ones with the money?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/30/08 at 6:00 am

The word of the day...Motion
The act or process of changing position or place.
A meaningful or expressive change in the position of the body or a part of the body; a gesture.
Active operation: set the plan in motion.
The ability or power to move: lost motion in his arm.
The manner in which the body moves, as in walking.
A prompting from within; an impulse or inclination: resigned of her own motion.
Music. Melodic ascent and descent of pitch.
Law. An application made to a court for an order or a ruling.
A formal proposal put to the vote under parliamentary procedures.

A mechanical device or piece of machinery that moves or causes motion; a mechanism.
The movement or action of such a device

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Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/30/08 at 6:12 am

Wow ...they have hot girls there? What aisle are they kept in?

NO,the customers.All I do as a cart attendant waiting for carts and wagging breasts and asses. ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/30/08 at 6:13 am

...the ones with the money?

that would be outside.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/30/08 at 6:14 am

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c138/meganleigh92/slow%20motion/BrianiRay2.jpg

Alright Ninny,What does this picture have to do with motion? ;)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/30/08 at 6:27 am

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c138/meganleigh92/slow%20motion/BrianiRay2.jpg

Alright Ninny,What does this picture have to do with motion? ;)

She's moving,the manner in which she moves.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/30/08 at 6:38 am

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg170/imgdesign/rollingcart.gif

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/30/08 at 6:39 am

BTW...

http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc253/toontownjuggalo/invisible-shopping-cart.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/30/08 at 6:42 am

Motiion....

...why not move it in your MC Hammer Pants!

http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg256/RedDragon575/MC-Hammer.gif

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/30/08 at 6:43 am

Or...

Motiion....

...why not move it in your MC Hammer Pants!

http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg256/RedDragon575/MC-Hammer.gif

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/30/08 at 8:41 am

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg170/imgdesign/rollingcart.gif

Where's Howard,there's a runaway cart.
Or...

Motiion....

...why not move it in your MC Hammer Pants!

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]quote]
Lets get some background dancers too...maybe a cat
http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm142/Jeanib3/mc-hammer-cat.jpg

http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff49/britt_411_07/mchammer9ip3ji.gif

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 05/30/08 at 8:52 am

Where's Howard,there's a runaway cart.
Or...

Motiion....

...why not move it in your MC Hammer Pants!

http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg256/RedDragon575/MC-Hammer.gif
]quote]
Lets get some background dancers too...maybe a cat
http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm142/Jeanib3/mc-hammer-cat.jpg

http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff49/britt_411_07/mchammer9ip3ji.gif

Feel ENTIRELY free ... to post / repeat ... the above COOL post in a 'certain thread' :-X .... THE thread for the discerning poster ! ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/30/08 at 3:46 pm

She's moving,the manner in which she moves.

that bitch better move on my bed. ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 05/30/08 at 3:54 pm

that bitch better move on my bed. ;D

Now Howard...she may be a very nice girl.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/30/08 at 4:09 pm

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg170/imgdesign/rollingcart.gif
Save the cart Howard!

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/30/08 at 4:10 pm

Now Howard...she may be a very nice girl.

Hey,I'll take her.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/30/08 at 4:11 pm

Hey,I'll take her.
Save the cart first.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 05/30/08 at 4:11 pm

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg170/imgdesign/rollingcart.gif

Save the cart Howard!

Don't worry Howard ...that cart doesn't seem to be going too far.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/30/08 at 4:12 pm

Save the cart first.

work first,relax later. ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/30/08 at 4:13 pm

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg170/imgdesign/rollingcart.gif

Quick!

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 05/30/08 at 4:14 pm

Hey,I'll take her.

I was just worried ...your language was getting abusive towards her... :-\\ You may wish to see her again later... ;)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/30/08 at 4:14 pm

I was just worried ...your language was getting abusive towards her... :-\\ You may wish to see her again later... ;)

around what time?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 05/30/08 at 4:16 pm

around what time?

Anytime...all the time. Don't just want to use and abuse her. She might be good girlfriend material.... ::)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/30/08 at 4:16 pm

Anytime...all the time. Don't just want to use and abuse her. She might be good girlfriend material.... ::)

Does she want my money?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 05/30/08 at 4:19 pm

Does she want my money?

No that looked like genuine 'like' in her eyes... :)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/30/08 at 4:26 pm

No that looked like genuine 'like' in her eyes... :)

How do I know that?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 05/30/08 at 4:28 pm

How do I know that?

You'll just have to treat her nice and trust in her........ :)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/30/08 at 4:28 pm

You'll just have to treat her nice and trust in her........ :)

Does she have a job? ???

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 05/30/08 at 7:56 pm

Anytime...all the time. Don't just want to use and abuse her. She might be good girlfriend material.... ::)

I've noticed that Howard DOES tend to talk like that, as if women were pieces of meat...good luck getting a girlfriend THAT way! :-\\

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/31/08 at 5:21 am

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg170/imgdesign/rollingcart.gif

Quick!
The cart is still getting away!

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/31/08 at 6:18 am

I've noticed that Howard DOES tend to talk like that, as if women were pieces of meat...good luck getting a girlfriend THAT way! :-\\

Only once in a while,not ALL the time.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/31/08 at 6:19 am

The cart is still getting away!

Hope it doesn't crash. :o

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/31/08 at 6:29 am

Hope it doesn't crash. :o
Stop it before any crash happens.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 05/31/08 at 6:46 am

Only once in a while,not ALL the time.

You'd better watch it, women do..that's for sure! >:( 8)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/31/08 at 6:51 am

Stop it before any crash happens.

carts crash only when customers become carelessness.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 05/31/08 at 6:51 am

You'd better watch it, women do..that's for sure! >:( 8)

So where's my new girlfriend?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/31/08 at 6:57 am

The word of the day....Panorama(ic)
An unbroken view of an entire surrounding area.
A comprehensive presentation; a survey: a panorama of American literature.
A picture or series of pictures representing a continuous scene, often exhibited a part at a time by being unrolled and passed before the spectator.
A mental vision of a series of events.
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Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 05/31/08 at 7:41 am

Beautififul scenery, ninny. :)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/31/08 at 7:44 am

http://www.londoneditions.com/large/city45x12.jpg

A panoramic view of the City of London, the curved building is The Gerkin.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/31/08 at 7:45 am

http://www.londoneditions.com/large/city45x12.jpg

A panoramic view of the City of London, the curved building is The Gerkin.
http://thumbs.dreamstime.com/thumb_159/1182774760MObaP0.jpg

The Gerkin

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 05/31/08 at 8:49 am

Beautififul scenery, ninny. :)

Thank you :)
http://thumbs.dreamstime.com/thumb_159/1182774760MObaP0.jpg

The Gerkin

Why was it built? is there any reason for it?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/31/08 at 5:17 pm

Thank you :)Why was it built? is there any reason for it?
The Gerkin, the answer should be there somewhere.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 06/01/08 at 6:15 am

The word of the day....Fantasy
The creative imagination; unrestrained fancy. See synonyms at imagination.
Something, such as an invention, that is a creation of the fancy.
A capricious or fantastic idea; a conceit.

Fiction characterized by highly fanciful or supernatural elements.
An example of such fiction.
An imagined event or sequence of mental images, such as a daydream, usually fulfilling a wish or psychological need.
An unrealistic or improbable supposition.
Music. See fantasia (sense 1).
A coin issued especially by a questionable authority and not intended for use as currency.
Obsolete. A hallucination

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Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 06/01/08 at 6:19 am

http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0WTefR0hUJI9FwBVkOjzbkF/SIG=14t0vb3os/EXP=1212405492/**http%3A//kwest.net/Desk-Top_Publishing/Events/Holidays/FantasyFest_2004/Main_Parade/FantasyFest2004-MainParade-PrettyGirlR1-400x300x256.JPG

fantasy girls. ;)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/01/08 at 6:21 am

^ two images have not come through, (have upgrade to Pro today, Bandwidth Exceeded) these ones:

http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/nn30/Chichimaus/Fantasy/153603lf5p95xsh2.gif

http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/nn30/Chichimaus/Fantasy/358742phy8akiupm.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 06/01/08 at 6:22 am

those pictures don't look like fantasies.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/01/08 at 6:24 am

http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm309/x-change_2008/30cactus.gif

This was found under a search for Fantasy.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 06/01/08 at 6:24 am

http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm309/x-change_2008/30cactus.gif

This was found under a search for Fantasy.

What kind of fantasy is that? :o

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/01/08 at 6:27 am

What kind of fantasy is that? :o
That is a mystery to me!

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 06/01/08 at 7:04 am

That is a mystery to me!

It sure boggles my mind.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 06/01/08 at 7:23 am

The word of the day....Fantasy
The creative imagination; unrestrained fancy.
Something, such as an invention, that is a creation of the fancy.
A capricious or fantastic idea; a conceit.

An imagined event or sequence of mental images, such as a daydream, usually fulfilling a wish or psychological need.

Wish I knew SOMETHING about THIS ^ subject ! :-[ :( ::) :P :D ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 06/01/08 at 7:38 am

http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm309/x-change_2008/30cactus.gif

This was found under a search for Fantasy.

I know I saw that and was going to post it and ask what kind of fantasy it was ;D..maybe it was the cactus fantasy.
It looks more like a revenge to me ;D

Wish I knew SOMETHING about THIS ^ subject !    :-[ :(    ::)    :P :D    ;D

Yes you need to broaden your imagination more ;D try living in a fantasy world...

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/01/08 at 7:40 am

I know I saw that and was going to post it and ask what kind of fantasy it was ;D..maybe it was the cactus fantasy.
It looks more like a revenge to me ;DYes you need to broaden your imagination more ;D try living in a fantasy world...
Is there a type of cactus called Fantasy?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 06/01/08 at 7:41 am

It looks more like a revenge to me ;DYes you need to broaden your imagination more ;D try living in a fantasy world...

Yes, I am a shameful 'ambassador' in this respect. :-[ :( :\'(

I'll try to do better (?) ???

:P

:D

;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/01/08 at 7:43 am

http://g.sheetmusicplus.com/Look-Inside/covers/3801366.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 06/01/08 at 7:44 am

Is there a type of cactus called Fantasy?

The cactus is having the fantasy..that it gets to prick someone

Yes, I am a shameful 'ambassador' in this respect. :-[ :( :\'(

I'll try to do better (?) ???

:P

:D

;D

Glad to hear it,don't be so shy loosen up a little.

:D
;D
;D
;)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 06/01/08 at 3:35 pm

http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k156/Hotmimi_1/fantasy-by-britney-spears3.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/01/08 at 3:36 pm

http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k156/Hotmimi_1/fantasy-by-britney-spears3.jpg
So fantasy can smell after all?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 06/01/08 at 5:23 pm

So fantasy can smell after all?

Yes according to Britney Spears
http://www.fragrancenet.com/images/photos/smallfnet/sm_FANTASY_BRITNEY_SPEARS_W.JPG

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/01/08 at 5:57 pm

Yes according to Britney Spears
http://www.fragrancenet.com/images/photos/smallfnet/sm_FANTASY_BRITNEY_SPEARS_W.JPG
Does Britney Spears used it?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 06/01/08 at 10:25 pm

Does Britney Spears used it?

Not sure if she uses her own products.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 06/02/08 at 5:59 am

The word of the day...Delicate
Pleasing to the senses, especially in a subtle way: a delicate flavor; a delicate violin passage.
Exquisitely fine or dainty: delicate china.
Frail in constitution or health.
Easily broken or damaged: a kite too delicate to fly.
Marked by sensitivity of discrimination: a critic's delicate perception.

Considerate of the feelings of others.
Concerned with propriety.
Squeamish or fastidious.
Requiring tactful treatment: a delicate situation.
Fine or soft in touch or skill: a surgeon's delicate touch.
Measuring, indicating, or responding to very small changes; precise: a delicate set of scales.
Very subtle in difference or distinction.

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Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 06/02/08 at 2:57 pm

A woman is like a delicate flower. :)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 06/02/08 at 3:34 pm

A woman is like a delicate flower. :)

Yes most of us are.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/02/08 at 3:37 pm

Delicate...

..like my back!

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 06/03/08 at 12:24 am

A woman is like a delicate flower. :)

Yeah...deilcate ...like a steam train..... ;)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/03/08 at 12:27 am

http://www.historyandnostalgia.com/china/images/CH071197.jpg

Very delicate

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 06/03/08 at 6:53 am

The meaning of the word ..Spirit(s)

The vital principle or animating force within living beings.
Incorporeal consciousness.
The soul, considered as departing from the body of a person at death.
Spirit The Holy Spirit.
A supernatural being, as:
An angel or a demon.
A being inhabiting or embodying a particular place, object, or natural phenomenon.
A fairy or sprite.

The part of a human associated with the mind, will, and feelings: Though unable to join us today, they are with us in spirit.
The essential nature of a person or group.
A person as characterized by a stated quality: He is a proud spirit.

An inclination or tendency of a specified kind: Her actions show a generous spirit.
A causative, activating, or essential principle: The couple's engagement was announced in a joyous spirit.
spirits A mood or an emotional state: The guests were in high spirits. His sour spirits put a damper on the gathering.
A particular mood or an emotional state characterized by vigor and animation: sang with spirit.
Strong loyalty or dedication: team spirit.
The predominant mood of an occasion or a period: “The spirit of 1776 is not dead” (Thomas Jefferson).
The actual though unstated sense or significance of something: the spirit of the law.
An alcohol solution of an essential or volatile substance. Often used in the plural with a singular verb.
spirits An alcoholic beverage, especially distilled liquor

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Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/03/08 at 6:56 am

The meaning of the word ..Spirit(s)

http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh42/Sin_photo_01/SPIRITS.jpg

Good idea!

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/03/08 at 6:57 am

http://www.rockofages.uk.com/stock/7251.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 06/03/08 at 7:03 am

http://www.rockofages.uk.com/stock/7251.jpg

One of their best.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 06/03/08 at 7:08 am

One of their best.

Yes was it 1979?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 06/03/08 at 7:16 am

Yes was it 1979?

I believe it was.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/03/08 at 8:54 am

One of their best.
One of the best groups.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 06/03/08 at 10:26 am

One of the best groups.

Yes they were...still are

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 06/03/08 at 2:25 pm

Yes they were...still are

But only 2 remain.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 06/03/08 at 3:16 pm

But only 2 remain.

Yes.but they will always be a great group :)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/03/08 at 4:13 pm

Yes.but they will always be a great group :)
Fond memories for me.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 06/04/08 at 6:37 am

The word of the day...Sorrow
Mental suffering or pain caused by injury, loss, or despair. See synonyms at regret.
A source or cause of sorrow; a misfortune.
Expression of sorrow; grieving.
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Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 06/04/08 at 6:40 am

13 years this Sunday,Our family will experience sorrow. :(

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 06/04/08 at 7:19 am

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh93/adagio_photos/thgreyestear-160x132.gif?t=1212581772

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 06/04/08 at 7:22 am

We feel sorrow when we're sad.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/04/08 at 7:45 am

David Bowie's Sorrow

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 06/05/08 at 5:51 am

The word of the day...Change
To cause to be different: change the spelling of a word.
To give a completely different form or appearance to; transform: changed the yard into a garden.
To give and receive reciprocally; interchange: change places.
To exchange for or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category: change one's name; a light that changes colors.

To lay aside, abandon, or leave for another; switch: change methods; change sides.
To transfer from (one conveyance) to another: change planes.
To give or receive the equivalent of (money) in lower denominations or in foreign currency.
To put a fresh covering on: change a bed; change the baby.
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Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/05/08 at 6:09 am

^ Love the bottom image!!!

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/165/346189157_35cdf370cd_m.jpg

A change in the weather.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 06/05/08 at 6:09 am

Could girlfriends change? :(

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 06/05/08 at 9:06 am

^ Love the bottom image!!!

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/165/346189157_35cdf370cd_m.jpg

A change in the weather.

I know that's funny

Our weather is always changing..Sunday it was in the 60's tomorrow it is suppose to be in the 90's.
Could girlfriends change? :(

They can but it may not be for the better.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/05/08 at 9:18 am

I know that's funny

Our weather is always changing..Sunday it was in the 60's tomorrow it is suppose to be in the 90's.They can but it may not be for the better.
The was wonderful this morning, now it is turning cold again!

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 06/05/08 at 10:22 am

The was wonderful this morning, now it is turning cold again!

The weather is so fickled now a days.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/05/08 at 10:48 am

The weather is so fickled now a days.
You just do not know how to plan your day now.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 06/05/08 at 2:56 pm

They can but it may not be for the better.

Is it possible? ???

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/05/08 at 5:32 pm

Is it possible? ???
Everything changes.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 06/05/08 at 9:33 pm

Everything changes.

So true,sometimes we're not ready for the change.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/06/08 at 1:48 am

So true,sometimes we're not ready for the change.
...always having left the umbrella at home!

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 06/06/08 at 2:51 am

...always having left the umbrella at home!

Plan for the unexpected....

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/06/08 at 3:17 am

Plan for the unexpected....
...stay at home?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 06/06/08 at 6:02 am

The word of the day....Dance(ING)
dance (dăns)

v., danced, danc·ing, danc·es.

v.intr.
To move rhythmically usually to music, using prescribed or improvised steps and gestures.

To leap or skip about excitedly.
To appear to flash or twinkle: eyes that danced with merriment.
Informal. To appear to skip about; vacillate: danced around the issue.
To bob up and down.
v.tr.
To engage in or perform (a dance).
To cause to dance.
To bring to a particular state or condition by dancing: My partner danced me to exhaustion.
n.
A series of motions and steps, usually performed to music.
The art of dancing: studied dance in college.
A party or gathering of people for dancing; a ball.
One round or turn of dancing: May I have this dance?
A musical or rhythmical piece composed or played for dancing.
The act or an instance of dancing.
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http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee162/Drea809/253151op224yp0xi.gif

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 06/06/08 at 6:14 am

http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee237/poshmole/141637p5gzb9e1ls.gif

My favorite dance. ;)^

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 06/06/08 at 6:53 am

http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee237/poshmole/141637p5gzb9e1ls.gif

I never really considered it before....but after I die I'd like to come back as that car....

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 06/06/08 at 7:19 am

http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee237/poshmole/141637p5gzb9e1ls.gif

My favorite dance. ;)^

Some how I knew you'd like that ;)
I never really considered it before....but after I die I'd like to come back as that car....

But Why? ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/06/08 at 5:11 pm

The word of the day....Dance(ING)

http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee162/Drea809/253151op224yp0xi.gif

My favorite dance. ;)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 06/06/08 at 6:48 pm

My favorite dance. ;)

I still haven't watched all of Happy Feet :-[

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/07/08 at 5:03 am

I still haven't watched all of Happy Feet :-[
You should, and I want to see it again.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 06/07/08 at 5:27 am

I still haven't watched all of Happy Feet :-[

Strangely, even with 4 children, I've never seen Happy Feet!!!

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 06/07/08 at 5:49 am

Strangely, even with 4 children, I've never seen Happy Feet!!!

So I guess we both need to take time to watch it. What is the age range of your children?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/07/08 at 5:52 am

Strangely, even with 4 children, I've never seen Happy Feet!!!
When we saw the film, the whole family went

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 06/07/08 at 6:01 am

The word of the day....Impressionisn
often Impressionism A theory or style of painting originating and developed in France during the 1870s, characterized by concentration on the immediate visual impression produced by a scene and by the use of unmixed primary colors and small strokes to simulate actual reflected light.
A literary style characterized by the use of details and mental associations to evoke subjective and sensory impressions rather than the re-creation of objective reality.
Music. A style of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, using somewhat vague harmony and rhythm to evoke a mood, place, and natural phenomena.
The practice of expressing or developing one's subjective response to a work of art or to actual experience

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http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc242/krsnk/Impressionism.jpg
http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n101/Mcsart/DSC00359.jpg
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http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g301/d-a-n-e/82.jpg
http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g301/d-a-n-e/impressionism_american_william_merr.jpg
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http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e126/starving_artist_315/Artwork/thPicture004.jpg

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http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a280/darthrawr/Encore/Maurice_Ravel.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 06/07/08 at 6:04 am

The word of the day....Impressionisn
often Impressionism A theory or style of painting originating and developed in France during the 1870s, characterized by concentration on the immediate visual impression produced by a scene and by the use of unmixed primary colors and small strokes to simulate actual reflected light.
A literary style characterized by the use of details and mental associations to evoke subjective and sensory impressions rather than the re-creation of objective reality.
Music. A style of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, using somewhat vague harmony and rhythm to evoke a mood, place, and natural phenomena.
The practice of expressing or developing one's subjective response to a work of art or to actual experience

http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh237/calistart/impressionism2.jpg
http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc242/krsnk/Impressionism.jpg
http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n101/Mcsart/DSC00359.jpg
http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l137/claudiagiri/italyimpressionism.jpg
http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g301/d-a-n-e/82.jpg
http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g301/d-a-n-e/impressionism_american_william_merr.jpg
http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg301/6potatoes/impressionism1.jpg
http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/dd281/SaraBeth510/061-1.jpg
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e126/starving_artist_315/Artwork/thPicture004.jpg

http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll286/sdsulitpub/1989englishwriters.jpg
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a280/darthrawr/Encore/Maurice_Ravel.jpg

Now THAT made quite an impression.....

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 06/07/08 at 6:14 am

Now THAT made quite an impression.....

:) I aim...try to please.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 06/07/08 at 6:15 am

:) I aim...try to please.

Yes....very impressive!!

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 06/07/08 at 6:18 am

Always make a good impression on a first date. ;)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 06/07/08 at 6:36 am

Always make a good impression on a first date. ;)

Yes,it makes a big difference on whether there is a second date.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 06/07/08 at 6:41 am

Yes,it makes a big difference on whether there is a second date.

or a 3rd or a 4th,then you can go further than that.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 06/07/08 at 6:59 am

or a 3rd or a 4th,then you can go further than that.

Before I was married..I always just went straight to the first and final date. It saved a heap of time........

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 06/07/08 at 7:46 am

Before I was married..I always just went straight to the first and final date. It saved a heap of time........

Were you that fussy or just a player?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 06/07/08 at 7:49 am

Were you that fussy or just a player?

No ...I was so pathetic I found a reason to break up early to avoid certain rejection (well that was my theory)...

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 06/07/08 at 8:00 am

No ...I was so pathetic I found a reason to break up early to avoid certain rejection (well that was my theory)...

Yes rejection can be tough.Obviously you got over that when you dated your wife. :)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 06/07/08 at 8:09 am

Yes rejection can be tough.Obviously you got over that when you dated your wife. :)

Yes but only because my friends insisted she actually liked me... Prior to that a girl could be all over me and I still questioned if she was interested.. :o

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 06/07/08 at 8:21 am

Yes but only because my friends insisted she actually liked me... Prior to that a girl could be all over me and I still questioned if she was interested.. :o

You're kidding? Guess not. :(

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 06/07/08 at 8:26 am

You're kidding? Guess not. :(

Yeah...I got dumped when I was 17 and didn't like the feeling. So, I walked away before anyone got serious after that. I figured we didn't know each other well enough for anyone to get hurt after a short time....... Years later...speaking to a couple of ex's...I found out I was wrong...you can hurt people in that way and really regret what might have been.

That was until I met my dear wife.... ;)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 06/07/08 at 9:36 am

Yeah...I got dumped when I was 17 and didn't like the feeling. So, I walked away before anyone got serious after that. I figured we didn't know each other well enough for anyone to get hurt after a short time....... Years later...speaking to a couple of ex's...I found out I was wrong...you can hurt people in that way and really regret what might have been.

That was until I met my dear wife.... ;)

That's kinda sad....but it ended up for the best in the long run.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/08/08 at 1:00 am

The word of the day....Impressionisn
often Impressionism A theory or style of painting originating and developed in France during the 1870s, characterized by concentration on the immediate visual impression produced by a scene and by the use of unmixed primary colors and small strokes to simulate actual reflected light.
A literary style characterized by the use of details and mental associations to evoke subjective and sensory impressions rather than the re-creation of objective reality.
Music. A style of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, using somewhat vague harmony and rhythm to evoke a mood, place, and natural phenomena.
The practice of expressing or developing one's subjective response to a work of art or to actual experience

http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh237/calistart/impressionism2.jpg
http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc242/krsnk/Impressionism.jpg
http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n101/Mcsart/DSC00359.jpg
http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l137/claudiagiri/italyimpressionism.jpg
http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g301/d-a-n-e/82.jpg
http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g301/d-a-n-e/impressionism_american_william_merr.jpg
http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg301/6potatoes/impressionism1.jpg
http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/dd281/SaraBeth510/061-1.jpg
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e126/starving_artist_315/Artwork/thPicture004.jpg

http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll286/sdsulitpub/1989englishwriters.jpg
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a280/darthrawr/Encore/Maurice_Ravel.jpg
Impressive!

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 06/08/08 at 6:03 am

Impressive!

Thank You :)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 06/08/08 at 6:12 am

The word of the day...Enjoy
To receive pleasure or satisfaction from.
To have the use or benefit of: enjoys good health.
v.intr.
To have a pleasurable or satisfactory time
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http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll3/mollugirl/enjoy1105BA1378711.jpg
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http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x36/blondie1958/71888014r71899315_GZS7SGEX7L1WWtvRx.gif

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 06/08/08 at 6:17 am

Enjoy your day today,It's going to be HOT! :P

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 06/08/08 at 6:24 am

Enjoy your day today,It's going to be HOT! :P

Enjoy your day..yep another day around 90.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 06/08/08 at 6:25 am

Enjoy your day..yep another day around 90.

near 95 here and tomorrow 97. :o :P

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 06/08/08 at 6:47 am

The word of the day....Impressionisn

^

Well, once again ... impressive stuff.

I'm sure the impressionists would be impressed .......

The word of the day...Enjoy

In fact ... they'd 'enjoy' ninny's works ................. more than their own ! :o

:P

:D

;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 06/08/08 at 6:51 am

http://img489.imageshack.us/img489/5006/keeleybikiniat601kr8.jpg

This is what I enjoy.^ ;)

Let me give her a little kiss. :-*

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 06/08/08 at 6:58 am

http://img489.imageshack.us/img489/5006/keeleybikiniat601kr8.jpg

This is what I enjoy.^ ;)

Let me give her a little kiss. :-*

Who has the cuter 'cheeks' ? ???

http://img489.imageshack.us/img489/5006/keeleybikiniat601kr8.jpg

OR .....

http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/1747/cheekybabyrt8.gif

::)

:P

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 06/08/08 at 10:06 am

^

Well, once again ... impressive stuff.

I'm sure the impressionists would be impressed .......

In fact ... they'd 'enjoy' ninny's works ................. more than their own ! :o

:P

:D

;D

Such kind words from the master :) http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f396/shants5/worthy.gif

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 06/08/08 at 10:59 am

Such kind words from the master :) http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f396/shants5/worthy.gif

I have taught you well ! ... and now it's MY turn .....

> Mister > http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f396/shants5/worthy.gifhttp://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc70/giessel1/dieren/42.gif

;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 06/08/08 at 7:14 pm

I have taught you well ! ... and now it's MY turn .....

> Mister > http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f396/shants5/worthy.gifhttp://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc70/giessel1/dieren/42.gif

;D

Aww shucks,thank you..I'm even in my favorite position laying down and relaxing..Us cats have it rough
http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z102/Pyronymphy/kittens_beds.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 06/08/08 at 7:44 pm

Aww shucks,thank you..I'm even in my favorite position laying down and relaxing..Us cats have it rough
http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z102/Pyronymphy/kittens_beds.jpg

Remind me to come back as a 'pussy' ! ::) :-X

Pussy cat ! 8)

;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 06/08/08 at 8:34 pm

Remind me to come back as a 'pussy' ! ::) :-X

Pussy cat ! 8)

;D

What about a Pussy

Willow ;D
http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r200/jlp2000/Dolls%20AR%20Little%20Gienie%20Lilica/c840.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 06/08/08 at 9:51 pm

What about a Pussy

Willow ;D
http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r200/jlp2000/Dolls%20AR%20Little%20Gienie%20Lilica/c840.jpg

Pussy cat ..... pussy willow .... it matters not. Probably, like most guys .... when it comes to 'pussy' ......... I am but jelly .... putty in the hands of the almighty 'pussy' ! :-http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/6007/pussywhippedfl4.jpg

???

:P

:D ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 06/08/08 at 10:01 pm

Pussy cat ..... pussy willow .... it matters not. Probably, like most guys .... when it comes to 'pussy' ......... I am but jelly .... putty in the hands of the almighty 'pussy' ! :-http://s254.photobucket.com/albums/hh93/adagio_photos/smilies/th_secret.gifSOOO clever, ain't he?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/09/08 at 4:59 am

The word of the day...Enjoy
To receive pleasure or satisfaction from.
To have the use or benefit of: enjoys good health.
v.intr.
To have a pleasurable or satisfactory time
http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn103/afifahh/flores025.gif
http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll3/mollugirl/ATT44.jpg
http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll3/mollugirl/enjoy1105BA1378711.jpg
http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll3/mollugirl/EnjoyLILACBRANCH.gif
http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk24/Maxwellce/enjoy.gif
http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh134/iinga1991/coke1.jpg
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk263/qlydequeenie/DORTHYSPICS269.jpg
http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll309/peytonlovesyou_123/enjoythemoment.jpg
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll117/shyboy_333/2nl4qh1.jpg
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii129/XxStarflakexX/kawaii.jpg
http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll317/monicangoie/Enjoy%20yourself/ya5.jpg
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii143/princesswhit09/Icons/Blank.png
http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc55/kathy_davis30/ENJOYURDAY.gif
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g38/oceanangel05/Quotes/_plenty.jpg
http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x36/blondie1958/71888014r71899315_GZS7SGEX7L1WWtvRx.gif

I did enjoy myself yesterday!

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 06/09/08 at 5:46 am

I did enjoy myself yesterday!

Glad to hear it :)...

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 06/09/08 at 5:56 am

I didn't enjoy myself,It was damn HOT yesterday in the parking lot,temperatures were near 95 and today is going to feel even worse. :P

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 06/09/08 at 5:57 am

The word ofthe day....Sensual
Relating to or affecting any of the senses or a sense organ; sensory.

Of, relating to, given to, or providing gratification of the physical and especially the sexual appetites. See synonyms at sensuous.
Suggesting sexuality; voluptuous.
Physical rather than spiritual or intellectual.
Lacking in moral or spiritual interests; worldly

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http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk42/cleo72_photo/imagemcleo.jpg
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http://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll274/bk-sk/Sensual/candlesnflowers.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/09/08 at 5:58 am

Glad to hear it :)...
...till my hay fever took over!

I was watching a good day of cricket.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 06/09/08 at 6:00 am

http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x284/United_Airlinesmco/sensual.jpg

What are you getting at? ::) ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 06/09/08 at 6:02 am

I didn't enjoy myself,It was damn HOT yesterday in the parking lot,temperatures were near 95 and today is going to feel even worse. :P

I hate it when it's too hot and sticky >:(......But maybe the word of the day will make you feel a little better :)
...till my hay fever took over!

I was watching a good day of cricket.

Hay fever and allergies suck.
Did you watch it in person or on the tube?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 06/09/08 at 6:03 am

I hate it when it's too hot and sticky >:(......But maybe the word of the day will make you feel a little better :)Hay fever and allergies suck.
Did you watch it in person or on the tube?

When I cool off in the freezer,it'll make me feel better.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 06/10/08 at 4:04 am

The word ofthe day....Sensual
Relating to or affecting any of the senses or a sense organ; sensory.

Of, relating to, given to, or providing gratification of the physical and especially the sexual appetites. See synonyms at sensuous.
Suggesting sexuality; voluptuous.
Physical rather than spiritual or intellectual.
Lacking in moral or spiritual interests; worldly

http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x284/United_Airlinesmco/sensual.jpg

...and you think that images like this will make it cooler? I think not.... ;)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/10/08 at 5:30 am

Time for a cold shower?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 06/10/08 at 6:24 am

The word of the day...Mythology
A body or collection of myths belonging to a people and addressing their origin, history, deities, ancestors, and heroes.
A body of myths associated with an event, individual, or institution: “A new mythology, essential to the . . . American funeral rite, has grown up” (Jessica Mitford).
The field of scholarship dealing with the systematic collection and study of myths.

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Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 06/10/08 at 8:05 am

Time for a cold shower?

A cold shower would be nice.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 06/11/08 at 4:17 am

A cxold shower would be nice.

Howard must take a lot of cold showers... ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 06/11/08 at 6:05 am

ninny never fails to impress with the pic selections ! ^

So mythology today ?

Hey ........ I've already decided. If I've gotta be mythological ..... I want to be the 'Mighty Thor' ! 8)

http://img239.imageshack.us/img239/4929/thorgh5.jpg
"It's HAMMER time !" >:(

:D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 06/11/08 at 6:14 am

Howard must take a lot of cold showers... ;D

and a lot of hot showers too.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 06/11/08 at 6:26 am

The word of the day....Thrilling
Causing a thrill; causing tremulous excitement; deeply moving; as, a thrilling romance

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Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/11/08 at 6:56 am

ninny never fails to impress with the pic selections ! ^

So mythology today ?

Hey ........ I've already decided. If I've gotta be mythological ..... I want to be the 'Mighty Thor' ! 8)

http://img239.imageshack.us/img239/4929/thorgh5.jpg
"It's HAMMER time !" >:(

:D
Thor or Phaw!! ?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/11/08 at 7:03 am

The word of the day....Thrilling
Causing a thrill; causing tremulous excitement; deeply moving; as, a thrilling romance

http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb296/canickus/ThrillingWonderStories1.jpg

Which brings us back to 'pi' again?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 06/12/08 at 2:20 am

Which brings us back to 'pi' again?

Heh Heh...very droll Philip.... ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 06/12/08 at 2:22 am

So...thrilling is the new word. I muth have mythed the previouth word..... :D Thrilled...I'm sure....

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 06/12/08 at 6:15 am

The word of the day..Western
Situated in, toward, or facing the west.
Coming from the west: western breezes.
Native to or growing in the west.
often Western Of, relating to, or characteristic of western regions or the West.
Western Of, relating to, or descended from those Christian churches that use or formerly used Latin as their liturgical language.
n.
often Western A novel, film, television program, or other dramatic work including themes, characters, or settings characteristic of the American West, especially of the late 1800s
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Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/12/08 at 6:19 am

http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m198/broadway_baby000/blazing-saddles.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/12/08 at 6:19 am

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/46/136075894_38eacbed4f_m.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 06/12/08 at 7:51 am

I'm looking for a cowgirl and she can ride my saddle anytime. ;D ;)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 06/12/08 at 8:20 am

I'm looking for a cowgirl and she can ride my saddle anytime. ;D ;)

Looks like you might have to quit Pathmark after all ....... if you want THAT position ! :P

:D

;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/12/08 at 5:02 pm

http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/mm278/danmcfan/ANNIEOAKLEY9.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 06/12/08 at 5:57 pm

Looking at some of those images...I can see why it was named the WILD west..... :o

I want to be your cowboy.....and you can be my cowgirl....

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 06/12/08 at 6:23 pm

Who Peter? Howard's? :o

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 06/12/08 at 6:30 pm

Looking at some of those images...I can see why it was named the WILD west..... :o

I want to be your cowboy.....and you can be my cowgirl....

Yes what a good idea. You have just inspired my first song (to listen to) of the day, gibbo ! Yippe i oh .... yippy yippy i oh !

My name is Ted Al .... and one day ... I'll be dead :( :\'(

Hey ... don't cry ! >:(

:P

:D

;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 06/12/08 at 10:04 pm

Just stumbled across THIS pic:

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y31/Fredcat/Cats%2004/Kitten-KittenSittingOnParkBenchLook.jpg

::) :D ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 06/12/08 at 10:26 pm

Looks like you might have to quit Pathmark after all ....... if you want THAT position ! :P

:D

;D

How much do they make in salary? ???

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 06/12/08 at 10:55 pm

How much do they make in salary? ???

YOU can ........

http://img73.imageshack.us/img73/9118/americangigolopostersbk5.jpg
Name your own price ? ??? ::)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 06/12/08 at 11:48 pm

Who's Peter? Howard'S? :o

What the.....???? ???

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 06/13/08 at 5:52 am

The word of the day...Bird(s)
Any of various warm-blooded, egg-laying, feathered vertebrates of the class Aves, having forelimbs modified to form wings.
Such an animal hunted as game.
Such an animal, especially a chicken or turkey, used as food: put the bird in the oven.
See clay pigeon.
Sports. See shuttlecock.
Slang. A rocket, guided missile, satellite, or airplane.
Slang. A person, especially one who is odd or remarkable: a sly old bird.
Chiefly British Slang. A young woman.
Slang.
A loud sound expressing disapproval; a raspberry.
Discharge from employment: lost a big sale and nearly got the bird.
An obscene gesture of anger, defiance, or derision made by pointing or jabbing the middle finger upward

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Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 06/13/08 at 6:05 am

What the.....???? ???

Makes more sense without the typos. Who, Peter? Howard? in response to a cowboy statement of yours.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 06/13/08 at 6:32 am

flipping the bird. ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/13/08 at 7:41 am

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f378/kyoungkin/birds.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 06/13/08 at 8:33 am

flipping the bird. ;D

I figured someone would say that ;D
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The Birds..now why didn't I think of that :)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/13/08 at 9:28 am

I figured someone would say that ;DThe Birds..now why didn't I think of that :)
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The Master of Suspense!

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 06/13/08 at 9:58 am

http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn75/astrobaba/hitchcock_los_pajaros.jpg

The Master of Suspense!

Yes Indeed

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/13/08 at 11:09 am

Yes Indeed
I wish his films were shown more often on the television.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 06/13/08 at 3:36 pm

Makes more sense without the typos. Who, Peter? Howard? in response to a cowboy statement of yours.

Ahhhhh... now I see. ;)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 06/13/08 at 3:39 pm

I wish his films were shown more often on the television.

Noth By Northwest was shown here just last week. I also have on DVD The Birds, Rear Window abd The Man Who Knew Too Much... Great films...

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/13/08 at 3:42 pm

Noth By Northwest was shown here just last week. I also have on DVD The Birds, Rear Window abd The Man Who Knew Too Much... Great films...
It is The Man Who Knew Too Much (the 50's version, Hitchcock made it twice) I would like to see again.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 06/13/08 at 3:43 pm

It is The Man Who Knew Too Much (the 50's version, Hitchcock made it twice) I would like to see again.

It stars Jimmy Stewart and Doris Day (and she sings Que Sera........)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/13/08 at 3:46 pm

It stars Jimmy Stewart and Doris Day (and she sings Que Sera........)
That is the one.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 06/13/08 at 6:08 pm

That is the one.

Is she the original?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 06/14/08 at 5:56 am

The word of the day....Suspense

The condition of being physically suspended.

The state or quality of being undecided, uncertain, or doubtful.
Pleasurable excitement and anticipation regarding an outcome, such as the ending of a mystery novel.
Anxiety or apprehension resulting from an uncertain, undecided, or mysterious situation.

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Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 06/14/08 at 6:33 am

Horror films always have suspense.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 06/14/08 at 6:35 am

Ahhh finally...the new word of the day! The suspense was killing me..........

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 06/14/08 at 6:36 am

Ahhh finally...the new word of the day! The suspense was killing me..........

Were you suspended?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 06/14/08 at 6:45 am

Were you suspended?

....no, wearing suspenders! ;)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 06/14/08 at 6:47 am

http://www.scotweb.co.uk/club_images/largeitems/sr_hotch_bra_pants_suspenders.jpg

She's wearing suspenders.^ ;)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 06/14/08 at 8:27 am

Ahhh finally...the new word of the day! The suspense was killing me..........

That was...original ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 06/14/08 at 9:07 am

That was...original ;D

What was the original?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/14/08 at 10:00 am

The word of the day....Suspense

The condition of being physically suspended.

The state or quality of being undecided, uncertain, or doubtful.
Pleasurable excitement and anticipation regarding an outcome, such as the ending of a mystery novel.
Anxiety or apprehension resulting from an uncertain, undecided, or mysterious situation.

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Which brings us back to Hitchcock.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 06/14/08 at 2:30 pm

What was the original?

The suspense was killing him
Which brings us back to Hitchcock.

We've gone full circle.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/14/08 at 2:37 pm

The suspense was killing himWe've gone full circle.
Full Circle now that was another good film, not by Hitchcock though.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 06/14/08 at 7:21 pm

I'm in suspense.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 06/14/08 at 8:34 pm

Full Circle now that was another good film, not by Hitchcock though.

I don't remember that movie :-[

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 06/14/08 at 9:29 pm

I don't remember that movie :-[

Why not?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 06/15/08 at 5:33 am

Why not?

I probably never saw it.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 06/15/08 at 5:36 am

What's today's secret word Pee Wee? ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 06/15/08 at 5:45 am

The word of the day....Father

A male person whose sperm unites with an egg, resulting in the conception of a child.
A man who adopts a child.
A man who raises a child.
A male parent of an animal.
A male ancestor.
A man who creates, originates, or founds something: Chaucer is considered the father of English poetry.
An early form; a prototype.
Father Christianity.
God.
The first person of the Christian Trinity.
An elderly or venerable man. Used as a title of respect.
A member of the senate in ancient Rome.
One of the leading men, as of a city: the town fathers.
or Father A church father.
(Abbr. Fr.)
A priest or clergyman in the Roman Catholic or Anglican churches.
Used as a title and form of address with or without the clergyman's name.
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Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 06/15/08 at 5:46 am

good one Ninny. :)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 06/15/08 at 5:48 am

good one Ninny. :)

Thanks :)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 06/15/08 at 5:50 am

Is your Father a grump sometimes?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 06/15/08 at 7:11 am

The word of the day....Father

http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb93/QuitaKahne/fathersday.jpg

Try convincing Adolf Hitler's dad of that ! ^

On the other hand .... he'd maybe just respond ............. 'THAT'S my boy !' 8)

:P

:D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 06/15/08 at 7:13 am

Try convincing Adolf Hitler's dad of that ! ^

On the other hand .... he'd maybe just respond ............. 'THAT'S my boy !' 8)

:P

:D

Btw ... I might add ... I seriously doubt YOU could be a 'father' ... EVEN if you WANTED to, ninny ! :P ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 06/15/08 at 8:07 am

Is your Father a grump sometimes?

Oh yeah he can be..he's very stubborn and thrifty,my son is just like his grandfather :)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 06/15/08 at 8:09 am

Btw ... I might add ... I seriously doubt YOU could be a 'father' ... EVEN if you WANTED to, ninny ! :P ;D

I can't :o :o Why not?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 06/15/08 at 8:21 am

I can't :o :o Why not?

Sounds like you missed biology lessons, ninny ? Something to do with birds and bees .... although I've never seen the offspring of such a combo .
::)

I have a suspicion ... you don't have the biology for 'fatherhood'. .... but COULD be wrong ? :-\\

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 06/15/08 at 8:28 am

Sounds like you missed biology lessons, ninny ? Something to do with birds and bees .... although I've never seen the offspring of such a combo .
::)

I have a suspicion ... you don't have the biology for 'fatherhood'. .... but COULD be wrong ? :-\\

WOW....Am I missing something? I just can't believe it ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 06/15/08 at 8:33 am

WOW....Am I missing something? I just can't believe it ;D

The large majority of guys ... are happy that it's turned out that way. You should be too ! 8)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 06/15/08 at 9:52 am

The large majority of guys ... are happy that it's turned out that way. You should be too ! 8)

Very Happy ;)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 06/15/08 at 9:56 am

Very Happy ;)

I want one of THEM ... for Christmas. On second thoughts ....... hey .. I am going to Thailand. If I don't get one of them BEFORE xmas ........... I should be 'ashamed of myself ' ? ??? :-X ::) ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/15/08 at 12:49 pm

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p52/WhoseLineIsItAnyway/Father%20Ted/untitled.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/15/08 at 12:52 pm

http://www.mattscdsingles.com/acatalog/1662nsns.jpg

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 06/15/08 at 3:31 pm

http://www.mattscdsingles.com/acatalog/1662nsns.jpg

Looks like a boy band.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/15/08 at 3:41 pm

Looks like a boy band.
Boyzone, they sung many cover songs.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 06/15/08 at 3:45 pm

Boyzone, they sung many cover songs.

Do I know some?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 06/15/08 at 5:50 pm

Boyzone, they sung many cover songs.

The only one I know is Ronan Keating..He sang Your Song with Elton John :)
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Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 06/15/08 at 10:38 pm

The only one I know is Ronan Keating..He sang Your Song with Elton John :)
<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/buzVBu0bR-w&hl=en">

That's quite good.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/16/08 at 1:41 am

Do I know some?
Practically all their hits are covers.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 06/16/08 at 6:00 am

The word of the day...Gamble
-bled, -bling, -bles.

v.intr.

To bet on an uncertain outcome, as of a contest.
To play a game of chance for stakes.
To take a risk in the hope of gaining an advantage or a benefit.
To engage in reckless or hazardous behavior: You are gambling with your health by continuing to smoke.
v.tr.
To put up as a stake in gambling; wager.
To expose to hazard; risk: gambled their lives in a dangerous rescue mission.
n.
A bet, wager, or other gambling venture.
An act or undertaking of uncertain outcome; a risk: I took a gamble that stock prices would rise

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Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 06/16/08 at 6:03 am

Life is a gamble.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 06/16/08 at 6:22 am

Life is a gamble.

It sure is.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/16/08 at 6:35 am

Life is a gamble.
You never know what will come next.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 06/16/08 at 9:29 am

You never know what will come next.

You just have to take a chance.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 06/16/08 at 4:52 pm

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p52/WhoseLineIsItAnyway/Father%20Ted/untitled.jpg

A mate loaned me 5 DVD's of that series a few years back.....it was VERY amusing.....(now FEK OFF).. ;)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: gibbo on 06/16/08 at 4:56 pm

Gambling can lead to broken homes...if left unchecked!

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 06/16/08 at 7:01 pm

You just have to take a chance.

and see what the day brings.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 06/17/08 at 5:26 am

The word of the day....Drama
A prose or verse composition, especially one telling a serious story, that is intended for representation by actors impersonating the characters and performing the dialogue and action.
A serious narrative work or program for television, radio, or the cinema.
Theatrical plays of a particular kind or period: Elizabethan drama.
The art or practice of writing or producing dramatic works.
A situation or succession of events in real life having the dramatic progression or emotional effect characteristic of a play: the drama of the prisoner's escape and recapture.
The quality or condition of being dramatic: a summit meeting full of drama.
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Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/17/08 at 6:26 am

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Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 06/17/08 at 7:00 am

I hate drama in my life.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 06/17/08 at 7:44 am

http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm186/cinderellaslut90/FL4CAQJO7V8CALV5IPKCAGWELAOCAUG2YHG.jpg

I probably should know who that is.but am drawng a blank right now :-[

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/17/08 at 8:48 am

I probably should know who that is.but am drawng a blank right now :-[
It portray Hamlet, but I should know too.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 06/17/08 at 10:07 am

It portray Hamlet, but I should know too.

Is it Richard Burton?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/17/08 at 11:19 am

Is it Richard Burton?
The File Name of the image is FL4CAQJO7V8CALV5IPKCAGWELAOCAUG2YHG, is there any indication of the actor's name there?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 06/17/08 at 12:19 pm

The File Name of the image is FL4CAQJO7V8CALV5IPKCAGWELAOCAUG2YHG, is there any indication of the actor's name there?

I was just thinking of who it could be..lots of times it says who is in the pic..figured this one wouldn't.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/17/08 at 12:27 pm

I was just thinking of who it could be..lots of times it says who is in the pic..figured this one wouldn't.
Solved!

It is Laurence Olivier.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 06/17/08 at 3:49 pm

Solved!

It is Laurence Olivier.

Cool Sir Laurence before he was Sir..I thought it looked a little older than the Burton era,but wasn't sure. :)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/17/08 at 4:28 pm

Cool Sir Laurence before he was Sir..I thought it looked a little older than the Burton era,but wasn't sure. :)
The Hamlet that Laurence Olivier made was in 1948

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 06/17/08 at 7:35 pm

http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm186/cinderellaslut90/FL4CAQJO7V8CALV5IPKCAGWELAOCAUG2YHG.jpg

and his understudy (?) ...

http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/5415/loliverkg3.jpg
"Alas poor Eno ... no more posts !" :\'(

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 06/17/08 at 8:03 pm

and his understudy (?) ...

http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/5415/loliverkg3.jpg
"Alas poor Eno ... no more posts !" :\'(

I think you're probably understudy to the monkey. :P

::)

;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 06/17/08 at 10:03 pm

and his understudy (?) ...

http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/5415/loliverkg3.jpg
"Alas poor Eno ... no more posts !" :\'(

Why are you holding a skull?

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 06/17/08 at 10:08 pm

Is that what it is? Works even better...understudy to a skull. ;D

::) ::) ::) ::)

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 06/17/08 at 10:09 pm

Is that what it is? Works even better...understudy to a skull. ;D

::) ::) ::) ::)

Yeah,it's a skull alright.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Green Lantern on 06/17/08 at 10:20 pm

Yeah,it's a skull alright.

The late great Philip Eno ! :\'(

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: ninny on 06/18/08 at 5:20 am

The word of the day...Toy(s)
An object for children to play with.
Something of little importance; a trifle.
An amusement; a pastime: thought of the business as a toy.
A small ornament; a bauble.
A diminutive thing or person.
A dog of a very small breed or of a variety smaller than the standard variety of its breed.
Scots. A loose covering for the head, formerly worn by women.
Chiefly Southern U.S. A shooter marble.
intr.v., toyed, toy·ing, toys.
To amuse oneself idly; trifle: a cat toying with a mouse.
To treat something casually or without seriousness: toyed with the idea of writing a play. See synonyms at flirt
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Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/18/08 at 5:31 am

and his understudy (?) ...

http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/5415/loliverkg3.jpg
"Alas poor Eno ... no more posts !" :\'(
a fellow of infinite posts, of most excellent fancy.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 06/18/08 at 6:09 am

Who loves their toys? ;D

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: adagio on 06/18/08 at 7:57 am

The late great Philip Eno ! :\'(

Unless the skull called for and undertudy...HE didn't want to die.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/18/08 at 8:01 am

Who loves their toys? ;D
When I grew into a man, I put my toys away.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/18/08 at 8:02 am

When I grew into a man, I put my toys away.
...then years on, sold them on eBay.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Howard on 06/18/08 at 7:12 pm

When I grew into a man, I put my toys away.

I still have mine.

Subject: Re: Keep ninny Broken (Fan Club)

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/19/08 at 2:39 am

I still have mine.
My mother still has some of mine.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 06/19/08 at 5:53 am

The word of the day....Gentle
Considerate or kindly in disposition; amiable and tender.
Not harsh or severe; mild and soft: a gentle scolding; a gentle tapping at the window.
Easily managed or handled; docile: a gentle horse.
Not steep or sudden; gradual: a gentle incline.

Of good family; wellborn: a child of gentle birth.
Suited to one of good breeding; refined and polite: a gentle greeting to a stranger.
Archaic. Noble; chivalrous: a gentle knight.

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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/19/08 at 6:02 am

Feeling a little gentle on my mind...

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 06/19/08 at 6:03 am

Please be gentle. ;)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 06/19/08 at 6:08 am

Feeling a little gentle on my mind...

Good song

Please be gentle. ;)

Good advice :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 06/19/08 at 6:12 am

http://www.freefoto.com/images/05/27/05_27_4---A-gentle-answer-turns-away-wrath_web.jpg

Gentle.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/20/08 at 2:25 am

Feeling a little gentle on my mind...
"It's knowin' that your door is always open
And your path is free to walk
That makes me tend to leave my sleepin' bag
Rolled up and stashed behind your couch
And it's knowin' I'm not shackled
By forgotten words and bonds
And the ink stains that have dried upon some line
That keeps you in the back roads
By the rivers of my memory
That keeps you ever gentle on my mind

It's not clingin' to the rocks and ivy
Planted on their columns now that bind me
Or something that somebody said because
They thought we fit together walkin'
It's just knowing that the world
Will not be cursing or forgiving
When I walk along some railroad track and find
That you're movin' on the back roads
By the rivers of my memory
And for hours you're just gentle on my mind

Though the wheat fields and the clothes lines
And the junkyards and the highways come between us
And some other woman's cryin' to her mother
'cause she turned and I was gone
I still might run in silence
Tears of joy might stain my face
And the summer sun might burn me till I'm blind
But not to where I cannot see
You walkin' on the back roads
By the rivers flowin' gentle on my mind

I dip my cup of soup back from a gurglin' cracklin' cauldron
In some train yard
My beard a rustlin' coal pile
And a dirty hat pulled low across my face
Through cupped hands 'round a tin can
I pretend to hold you to my breast and find
That you're waitin' from the back roads
By the rivers of my memory
Ever smilin', ever gentle on my mind "

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 06/20/08 at 5:17 am

"It's knowin' that your door is always open
And your path is free to walk
That makes me tend to leave my sleepin' bag
Rolled up and stashed behind your couch
And it's knowin' I'm not shackled
By forgotten words and bonds
And the ink stains that have dried upon some line
That keeps you in the back roads
By the rivers of my memory
That keeps you ever gentle on my mind

It's not clingin' to the rocks and ivy
Planted on their columns now that bind me
Or something that somebody said because
They thought we fit together walkin'
It's just knowing that the world
Will not be cursing or forgiving
When I walk along some railroad track and find
That you're movin' on the back roads
By the rivers of my memory
And for hours you're just gentle on my mind

Though the wheat fields and the clothes lines
And the junkyards and the highways come between us
And some other woman's cryin' to her mother
'cause she turned and I was gone
I still might run in silence
Tears of joy might stain my face
And the summer sun might burn me till I'm blind
But not to where I cannot see
You walkin' on the back roads
By the rivers flowin' gentle on my mind

I dip my cup of soup back from a gurglin' cracklin' cauldron
In some train yard
My beard a rustlin' coal pile
And a dirty hat pulled low across my face
Through cupped hands 'round a tin can
I pretend to hold you to my breast and find
That you're waitin' from the back roads
By the rivers of my memory
Ever smilin', ever gentle on my mind "

:) That brings back memeries,my mom was a big Glen Campbell fan.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 06/20/08 at 5:28 am

The word of the day.....Jolly
Full of good humor and high spirits.
Exhibiting or occasioning happiness or mirth; cheerful: a jolly tune.
Greatly pleasing; enjoyable: had a jolly time.
adv. Chiefly British.
To a great extent or degree; extremely.

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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/20/08 at 5:42 am

:) That brings back memeries,my mom was a big Glen Campbell fan.
For me it is always Dean Martin.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 06/20/08 at 6:04 am

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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 06/20/08 at 6:16 am

The word of the day.....Jolly
Full of good humor and high spirits.
Exhibiting or occasioning happiness or mirth; cheerful: a jolly tune.
Greatly pleasing; enjoyable: had a jolly time.

"Avast there, me hearties ! Shiver me timbers .... and ...."

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"Splice the main brace !" :D ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 06/20/08 at 6:17 am

"Avast there, me hearties ! Shiver me timbers .... and ...."

http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/7754/jollycopylk1.jpg
"Splice the main brace !" :D ;D

Shouldn't that be a skull?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 06/20/08 at 6:20 am

Shouldn't that be a skull?

Yes .......... but not a very becoming look for ME ! :P ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 06/20/08 at 7:01 am

For me it is always Dean Martin.

I never even knew he sang it....his version was more popular in the UK.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gentle_On_My_Mind

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/20/08 at 7:58 am

"Avast there, me hearties ! Shiver me timbers .... and ...."

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"Splice the main brace !" :D    ;D

Jolly Jack Tar!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 06/20/08 at 3:19 pm

Yes .......... but not a very becoming look for ME ! :P ;D

You don't have your skull face on.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 06/20/08 at 7:41 pm

You don't have your skull face on.

It's okay Howard...I'm sure Mr. Mister has a skull SOMEWHERE ...... in behind all that face.... ;)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 06/20/08 at 9:26 pm

Good song...

"It's knowin' that your door is always open
And your path is free to walk
That makes me tend to leave my sleepin' bag
Rolled up and stashed behind your couch
And it's knowin' I'm not shackled
By forgotten words and bonds
And the ink stains that have dried upon some line
That keeps you in the back roads
By the rivers of my memory
That keeps you ever gentle on my mind.....

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 06/21/08 at 6:30 am

The word of the day....Love
A deep, tender, ineffable feeling of affection and solicitude toward a person, such as that arising from kinship, recognition of attractive qualities, or a sense of underlying oneness.
A feeling of intense desire and attraction toward a person with whom one is disposed to make a pair; the emotion of sex and romance.

Sexual passion.
Sexual intercourse.
A love affair.
An intense emotional attachment, as for a pet or treasured object.
A person who is the object of deep or intense affection or attraction; beloved. Often used as a term of endearment.
An expression of one's affection: Send him my love.

A strong predilection or enthusiasm: a love of language.
The object of such an enthusiasm: The outdoors is her greatest love.
Love Mythology. Eros or Cupid.
often Love Christianity. Charity.
Sports. A zero score in tennis.

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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 06/21/08 at 6:39 am

I love to love....but my baby just wants to dance!!!! :o

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 06/21/08 at 6:43 am

I love to love....but my baby just wants to dance!!!! :o

Tina Charles?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 06/21/08 at 6:56 am

Tina Charles?

Yes...I believe so! I had this argument bwith a mate at the pub last night. They had a 70's music night in a room upstairs and they played some really good 70's & 80's music. Some women were really grooving to the music and got my mate and I up to dance. Í simply never dance anymore (because I really have no talent)...but I'd had a few beers and felt particularly brilliant last night so...I got up to dance. The song was Robert Palmer's "Bad Case of Loving'You" (which I love)......anyway after about 1 minute this total stranger that I was dancing with leaned over and whispered in my ear......."You really have no rythym...you poor bastard". At that point I thought it wise to call it quits and made my way home feeling a little sadder inside. My wife had a good laugh when I told her about it in the morning though......

Oh...by the way...they played that Tina Charles song....

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 06/21/08 at 6:58 am

I love to love....but my baby just wants to dance!!!! :o

Tina Charles?

http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/1747/cheekybabyrt8.gif
^
Mr. Mister ? ???

:P

;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 06/21/08 at 7:01 am

What Is Love?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 06/21/08 at 7:09 am

Where is love?
Does it fall from skies above?
Is it underneath the willow tree
That I've been dreaming of?
Where is she?
Who I close my eyes to see?
Will I ever know the sweet "hello"
That's only meant for me?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 06/21/08 at 7:12 am

What is this thing called Love?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 06/21/08 at 7:13 am

You mean...that crazy little thing called love?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 06/21/08 at 7:14 am

You mean...that crazy little thing called love?

like Foreigner said I Want To Know What Love Is. ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 06/21/08 at 7:23 am

like Foreigner said I Want To Know What Love Is. ;D

So you want to know what love is ....eh? My old mate Andy Gibb once said to me.....Pete, ......

Love is higher than a mountain
Love is thicker than water
You are this dreamers only dream
Heaven's angel , devil's daughter

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 06/21/08 at 7:24 am

So you want to know what love is ....eh? My old mate Andy Gibb once said to me.....Pete, ......

Love is higher than a mountain
Love is thicker than water
You are this dreamers only dream
Heaven's angel , devil's daughter

good song BTW. ;)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 06/21/08 at 7:36 am

So you want to know what love is ....eh? My old mate Andy Gibb once said to me.....Pete, ......

Love is higher than a mountain
Love is thicker than water
You are this dreamers only dream
Heaven's angel , devil's daughter

Very nice..just remember
Love makes the world go 'round.
Love makes the world go 'round.
Somebody soon will love you,
If no one loves you now.
:)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 06/21/08 at 7:47 am

Very nice..just remember
Love makes the world go 'round.
Love makes the world go 'round.
Somebody soon will love you,
If no one loves you now.
:)

Yes...Love is a beautiful song. La, la, la, la, la la la......

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 06/21/08 at 9:01 am

Good morning, everyone. Good sayings , all.

Got any sayings about friendship 'love'?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 06/21/08 at 9:07 am

You just call out my name and you know wherever I am
Ill come running to see you again.
Oh babe, dont you know that,
Winter spring summer or fall,
Hey now, all youve got to do is call.
Lord, Ill be there, yes I will.
Youve got a friend.
Youve got a friend.
Aint it good to know youve got a friend.
Aint it good to know youve got a friend.
Youve got a friend.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 06/21/08 at 9:09 am

You just call out my name and you know wherever I am
Ill come running to see you again.
Oh babe, dont you know that,
Winter spring summer or fall,
Hey now, all youve got to do is call.
Lord, Ill be there, yes I will.
Youve got a friend.
Youve got a friend.
Aint it good to know youve got a friend.
Aint it good to know youve got a friend.
Youve got a friend.

Good lyrics and saying.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 06/21/08 at 9:20 am

What about....

If you've got a problem, I don't care what it is
If you need a hand, I can assure you this
I can help, I've got two strong arms, I can help
It would sure do me good to do you good,
Let me help

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 06/21/08 at 9:35 am

Good morning, everyone. Good sayings , all.

Got any sayings about friendship 'love'?

Morning :)

You just call out my name and you know wherever I am
Ill come running to see you again.
Oh babe, dont you know that,
Winter spring summer or fall,
Hey now, all youve got to do is call.
Lord, Ill be there, yes I will.
Youve got a friend.
Youve got a friend.
Aint it good to know youve got a friend.
Aint it good to know youve got a friend.
Youve got a friend.

Love that song
What about....

If you've got a problem, I don't care what it is
If you need a hand, I can assure you this
I can help, I've got two strong arms, I can help
It would sure do me good to do you good,
Let me help

The message is nice..but I never could stand that song :-[

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 06/21/08 at 9:40 am

What about....

If you've got a problem, I don't care what it is
If you need a hand, I can assure you this
I can help, I've got two strong arms, I can help
It would sure do me good to do you good,
Let me help

What song is it? I like the words. :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 06/21/08 at 9:43 am

What song is it? I like the words. :)

From memory..it was Billy Swan - I Can Help (early 70's I think)...maybe 1972??

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 06/21/08 at 9:45 am

From memory..it was Billy Swan - I Can Help (early 70's I think)...maybe 1972??

I never heard it, but bet I would like it.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 06/21/08 at 9:48 am

I have no sound on my computer presently so hope this works....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sr645Ti4ju8

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 06/21/08 at 9:55 am

I have no sound on my computer presently so hope this works....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sr645Ti4ju8

It had sound. And I recognized it...I always did like that song. Thanks. :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 06/21/08 at 9:57 am

It had sound. And I recognized it...I always did like that song. Thanks. :)

Yeah...I liked it when I was 12. Another one from that same time that came to mind was Gee Baby by Peter Shelley......ah, good memories! :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 06/21/08 at 10:02 am

Yeah...I liked it when I was 12. Another one from that same time that came to mind was Gee Baby by Peter Shelley......ah, good memories! :)

12? :-\\ I'm behind the times! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 06/21/08 at 10:12 am

12? :-\\ I'm behind the times! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

Hey...I'm just lucky I can remember when I was 12.... ;)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/21/08 at 10:22 am

Love is a many splendid thing.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 06/21/08 at 10:25 am

Hey...I'm just lucky I can remember when I was 12.... ;)

I can remember snatches from when I was 4.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 06/21/08 at 10:27 am

I can remember snatches from when I was 4.

The earliest memory I have was when I was 4 and ran into a ladder splitting open just near one of my eyebrows.....

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 06/21/08 at 10:32 am

The earliest memory I have was when I was 4 and ran into a ladder splitting open just near one of my eyebrows.....

Ouch on yours!

I remember 4, because I got my thumb caught in a car door. Ouch! It was painful, and I wondered why I didn't cry.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 06/21/08 at 10:40 am

Yeah...I liked it when I was 12. Another one from that same time that came to mind was Gee Baby by Peter Shelley......ah, good memories! :)

The sang came out in 1974,so you must be a psychic ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 06/21/08 at 10:43 am

I may have to take a break soon.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 06/21/08 at 7:48 pm

The sang came out in 1974,so you must be a psychic ;D

Yes.....I was before my time. ;D I associate it with when we moved to Brisbane and I had a crush on the girl next door. I guess I had that crush for a few years then.... ;)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 06/22/08 at 6:06 am

I may have to take a break soon.

Where to?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 06/22/08 at 6:15 am

The word of the day...Laughter
The act of laughing.
The sound produced by laughing.
Archaic. A cause or subject for laughter.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 06/22/08 at 2:56 pm

Laughter is the best medicine.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 06/23/08 at 2:25 am

Laughter is the best medicine.

Laughter in the rain?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 06/23/08 at 5:47 am

Laughter in the rain?

Some good ole Neil Sedaka

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/23/08 at 5:50 am

Bring Your Daughter... To The Laughter ~ Iron Maiden

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 06/23/08 at 6:01 am

The word of the day.....Naughty
Behaving disobediently or mischievously: a naughty child.
Indecent; improper: a naughty wink.
Archaic. Wicked; immoral.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 06/23/08 at 6:02 am

Bring Your Daughter... To The Laughter ~ Iron Maiden

My knowledge of Iron Maiden is very limited :-[

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/23/08 at 6:34 am

My knowledge of Iron Maiden is very limited :-[
So is mind.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/23/08 at 6:35 am

The word of the day.....Naughty
Behaving disobediently or mischievously: a naughty child.
Indecent; improper: a naughty wink.
Archaic. Wicked; immoral.

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Oh my!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 06/23/08 at 6:37 am

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You heard her! >:(

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 06/23/08 at 8:20 am

Oh my!

Yeah I'd hate to be their parents when they seen that.....well actually I'd hate to be the kids after the parents saw it ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/23/08 at 8:53 am

Yeah I'd hate to be their parents when they seen that.....well actually I'd hate to be the kids after the parents saw it ;D
Who can be put to blame here, the parent for having a can of paint in easy access of the children.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 06/23/08 at 7:35 pm

What's today secret word?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 06/24/08 at 5:25 am

What's today secret word?

It was Naughty ;)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 06/24/08 at 5:32 am

The word of the day...Beach(es)
The shore of a body of water, especially when sandy or pebbly.
The sand or pebbles on a shore.
The zone above the water line at a shore of a body of water, marked by an accumulation of sand, stone, or gravel that has been deposited by the tide or waves.
tr.v., beached, beach·ing, beach·es.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/24/08 at 5:35 am

What's today secret word?

It was Naughty ;)
Naughty of you to miss that!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/24/08 at 5:37 am

The word of the day...Beach(es)
The shore of a body of water, especially when sandy or pebbly.
The sand or pebbles on a shore.
The zone above the water line at a shore of a body of water, marked by an accumulation of sand, stone, or gravel that has been deposited by the tide or waves.
tr.v., beached, beach·ing, beach·es.

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In the UK, a fur coat is optional on the beach.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 06/24/08 at 5:52 am

In the UK, a fur coat is optional on the beach.

Is it that chilli there?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/24/08 at 5:57 am

Is it that chilli there?
With strong winds blowing it still can be cold on summer's day.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 06/24/08 at 6:02 am

I love the beach on a nice summer day. :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/24/08 at 3:01 pm

I love the beach on a nice summer day. :)
I did in my younger days

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 06/24/08 at 6:05 pm

I love the beach on a nice summer day. :)

I use to :\'( I never get to go anymore,hubby does not like crowds. :(

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/25/08 at 2:09 am

I love the beach on a nice summer day. :)
You get sand in your sandwiches there.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 06/25/08 at 6:06 am

The word of the day....Landmarks
A prominent identifying feature of a landscape.
A fixed marker, such as a concrete block, that indicates a boundary line.
An event marking an important stage of development or a turning point in history.
A building or site with historical significance, especially one marked for preservation by a municipal or national government.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 06/25/08 at 6:21 am

Beautiful pictures,ninny. :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 06/25/08 at 6:58 am

Beautiful pictures,ninny. :)

Thanks :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 06/25/08 at 7:00 am

Do you take some of those pictures yourself?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/25/08 at 7:01 am

The word of the day....Landmarks
A prominent identifying feature of a landscape.
A fixed marker, such as a concrete block, that indicates a boundary line.
An event marking an important stage of development or a turning point in history.
A building or site with historical significance, especially one marked for preservation by a municipal or national government.
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I have been to only four of the places featured here.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 06/25/08 at 7:02 am

I have been to only four of the places featured here.

I don't remember some of them.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 06/25/08 at 10:40 am

I have been to only four of the places featured here.

Wow! Which 4. I should say 3 I'm sure you been to the London Eye :)
I've only been to 2 :(..Niagra Falls and The White House

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/25/08 at 3:03 pm

http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh127/queen-minnie/Landmarks.jpg

http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k36/Madhatter1uk/Landmarks/DSC04363.jpg

From the above, in black and white: Tower Bridge, House of Parliament and Trafalgar Square.

...and the London Eye.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/25/08 at 3:04 pm

From the above, in black and white: Tower Bridge, House of Parliament and Trafalgar Square.

...and the London Eye.
Make it 6 now.

Add the London Cab and Harrod's

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 06/25/08 at 9:42 pm

I remember visiting Niagra Falls.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/26/08 at 1:36 am

I remember visiting Niagra Falls.
It must be an impressive sight?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 06/26/08 at 3:01 am

I've only been to one (or 2 if count the Sydney Harbour Bridge and Opera House separately).... :( I really want to go to most of those places but after watching North By Northwest, I always wanted to go to Mt Rushmore.......

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 06/26/08 at 5:41 am

It must be an impressive sight?

It is :) It's better on the Canadian side.It's really nice to see at night when they have the fireworks.Hopefully this link will work
http://www.infoniagara.com/
I've only been to one (or 2 if count the Sydney Harbour Bridge and Opera House separately).... :( I really want to go to most of those places but after watching North By Northwest, I always wanted to go to Mt Rushmore.......

Mt Rushmore is a place that I've always wanted to see also. I would like someday to visit places like London and Sydney,but alas I doubt it will be in this lifetime..maybe I'll be reincarnated. ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 06/26/08 at 5:57 am

The word of the day ....Athletic
Of or befitting athletics or athletes.
Characterized by or involving physical activity or exertion; active: an athletic lifestyle; an athletic child.
Physically strong and well-developed; muscular: an actor with an athletic build. See synonyms at muscular
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: bookmistress4ever on 06/26/08 at 6:03 am

I've never been much of an Athletic Supporter. :P ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/26/08 at 6:18 am

Let us not forget Linford Christie

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g68/almaxp/linfordchristielunchbox.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 06/26/08 at 6:42 am

It must be an impressive sight?

Yes,very impressive.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 06/26/08 at 6:43 am

or Richard Simmons.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/26/08 at 7:48 am

or Richard Simmons.
Is he athletic?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 06/26/08 at 8:22 am

Is he athletic?

He still is on occasions.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 06/26/08 at 9:55 am

I've never been much of an Athletic Supporter. :P ;D

That would depend on what this is supporting
http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p198/pattih_photos/menscatcherslider.jpg
;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/26/08 at 12:31 pm

He still is on occasions.
Is he always looking fit?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/26/08 at 12:32 pm

Let us not forget Linford Christie

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g68/almaxp/linfordchristielunchbox.jpg

Yes,very impressive.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 06/27/08 at 6:05 am

The word of the day.....Smile
A facial expression characterized by an upward curving of the corners of the mouth and indicating pleasure, amusement, or derision.
A pleasant or favorable disposition or aspect.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 06/27/08 at 6:12 am

Happy, Happy...joy joy!

Come up and see me, make me smile
Or do what you want, run on wild

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 06/27/08 at 6:38 am

Smile.. You're on Candid Camera.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 06/27/08 at 8:43 am

Smile a little smile for me Rosemarie.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 06/27/08 at 8:47 am

Smi-i-ile an everlasting smi-i-ile...a smile could bring you ne-e-ar to me-e-e
Don't ev-e-er let me find you go-o-one cos that would bring a te-e-ar to me....

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: thereshegoes on 06/27/08 at 11:54 am

I never noticed you did this word of the day thing. Very cool idea,karma :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 06/27/08 at 7:28 pm

A smile goes a long way.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 06/27/08 at 10:24 pm

I never noticed you did this word of the day thing. Very cool idea,karma :)

Thank You :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 06/27/08 at 10:39 pm

A smile goes a long way.

Hitch a ride on a smile...laugh and sing for awhile.... :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: bookmistress4ever on 06/28/08 at 5:32 am

Smile is your best "word of the day" yet. Love all those smiles.

A smile is very contagious. :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 06/28/08 at 5:42 am

The word of the day.....Addiction

Compulsive physiological and psychological need for a habit-forming substance: a drug used in the treatment of heroin addiction.
An instance of this: a person with multiple chemical addictions.

The condition of being habitually or compulsively occupied with or or involved in something.
An instance of this: had an addiction for fast cars.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 06/28/08 at 5:43 am

Smile is your best "word of the day" yet. Love all those smiles.

A smile is very contagious. :)

Thank you..I'm smiling right now :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 06/28/08 at 6:42 am

I have my own addiction. ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 06/28/08 at 8:13 am

I have my own addiction. ;D

No,I just can't imagine what it is.....To quote Def Leppard...Women! women! - Lots of pretty women :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 06/28/08 at 9:10 am

No,I just can't imagine what it is.....To quote Def Leppard...Women! women! - Lots of pretty women :)

Damn,How'd you know? ;)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 06/28/08 at 4:25 pm

Damn,How'd you know? ;)

....and it was so cleverly concealed too..... ;)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 06/28/08 at 7:20 pm

....and it was so cleverly concealed too..... ;)

What's your addiction? ::)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 06/28/08 at 7:28 pm

What's your addiction? ::)

I would have to say fatty/junk foods......I keep eating and the weight keeps increasing! I'm starting to think there just may be some connection..... :o ;) ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 06/28/08 at 7:30 pm

I would have to say fatty/junk foods......I keep eating and the weight keeps increasing! I'm starting to think there just may be some connection..... :o ;) ;D

My addiction is:

porn

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 06/28/08 at 7:33 pm

My addiction is:

porn

Wow...that must be some good porn....It was a long time coming.... ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 06/28/08 at 7:35 pm

Wow...that must be some good porn....It was a long time coming.... ;D

Heh Heh,you said coming! ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 06/28/08 at 7:42 pm

Heh Heh,you said coming! ;D

Yeah...heh, heh...I know... ;)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 06/29/08 at 5:57 am

http://homesteadbook.com/blog/wp-images/buttcrack.jpg

I'm also addicted to crack. :-[

;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 06/29/08 at 6:21 am

The word of the day...Transportation
The act or an instance of transporting.
The state of being transported.
A means of conveyance.
The business of conveying passengers or goods.
A charge for public conveyance; fare.
Deportation to a penal colony.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 06/29/08 at 5:30 pm

I've been taking public transportation for almost 20 years.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 06/29/08 at 8:56 pm

I've been taking public transportation for almost 20 years.

How costly is that?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: bookmistress4ever on 06/29/08 at 11:07 pm

Another picture for your transportation topic

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n253/Traviscwebre/rickshaw.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/30/08 at 2:56 am

http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/nn138/cazzee_bucket/oxford_street2.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 06/30/08 at 3:27 am

I've been taking public transportation for almost 20 years.

Well....you should put it back!!! :D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 06/30/08 at 6:31 am

How costly is that?

not that costly but I have knowledge of buses and trains.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 06/30/08 at 6:31 am

Well....you should put it back!!! :D

not that kind of "taking". ::)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 06/30/08 at 7:41 am

Another picture for your transportation topic

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n253/Traviscwebre/rickshaw.jpg

Thanks,I was going to put a pic of a richshaw,but decided against it so other people can post different pics.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 06/30/08 at 7:51 am

The word of the day....Kiss
To touch or caress with the lips as an expression of affection, greeting, respect, or amorousness.
To touch lightly or gently: flowers that were kissed by dew.
To strike lightly; brush against: barely kissed the other car with the bumper.
v.intr.
To engage in mutual touching or caressing with the lips.
To come into light contact.
n.
A caress or touch with the lips.
A slight or gentle touch.
A small piece of candy, especially of chocolate.
A drop cookie made of egg whites and sugar.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 06/30/08 at 8:02 am

http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk205/meetza_mawa/kiss.gif

Ahhh...the true long lasting KIZZ.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 06/30/08 at 8:58 am

A french kiss can last a long time. ;)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 06/30/08 at 7:59 pm

http://www.joshwolk.com/blogs/media/users/josh/HallOates.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/02/KissOnMyListHall&Oates.jpg

^

One I like ! 8)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 06/30/08 at 8:02 pm

Also very nice ..

http://www.mattscdsingles.com/acatalog/it%20started%20with%20a%20kiss%20gatefold.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 06/30/08 at 9:14 pm

Hmmm...;)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 07/01/08 at 7:00 am

Prince-Kiss.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 07/01/08 at 7:36 am

The word of the day...Activity
The state of being active.
Energetic action or movement; liveliness.

A specified pursuit in which a person partakes.
An educational process or procedure intended to stimulate learning through actual experience.
The intensity of a radioactive source.
The ability to take part in a chemical reaction.
A physiological process: respiratory activity.

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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 07/01/08 at 7:41 am

Wanna play???

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/01/08 at 7:49 am

http://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll262/John_n_Lorelei/DSC07016.jpg
Is that young girl doing the crossword in the newspaper?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 07/01/08 at 11:16 am

Is that young girl doing the crossword in the newspaper?

Maybe she's a Child genius.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/01/08 at 11:17 am

Maybe she's a Child genius.
...starting on a Sudoku ?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 07/01/08 at 11:27 am

...starting on a Sudoku ?

She's got more smarts or patience than I do ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/01/08 at 12:23 pm

She's got more smarts or patience than I do ;D
The boy to her left is writing his memoirs.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 07/01/08 at 5:39 pm

Is that young girl doing the crossword in the newspaper?

Maybe she's looking thru the classified.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 07/01/08 at 9:01 pm

She's got more smarts or patience than I do ;D

Sorry...not falling for that!!! You have more patience and smarts than anyone on this board!!! :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 07/01/08 at 9:31 pm

The boy to her left is writing his memoirs.

Maybe a little Phil in the making :)
Sorry...not falling for that!!! You have more patience and smarts than anyone on this board!!! :)

Your so sweet..but we all know there's alot more intelligent people than me :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 07/02/08 at 5:58 am

The word of the day....Friends
A person whom one knows, likes, and trusts.
A person whom one knows; an acquaintance.
A person with whom one is allied in a struggle or cause; a comrade.
One who supports, sympathizes with, or patronizes a group, cause, or movement: friends of the clean air movement.
Friend A member of the Society of Friends; a Quaker.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 07/02/08 at 6:39 am

Friends can last forever. :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 07/02/08 at 6:53 am

The word of the day....Friends
A person whom one knows, likes, and trusts.
A person whom one knows; an acquaintance.
A person with whom one is allied in a struggle or cause; a comrade.
One who supports, sympathizes with, or patronizes a group, cause, or movement: friends of the clean air movement.
Friend A member of the Society of Friends; a Quaker.
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I like That word for today.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 07/02/08 at 10:31 am

Friends can last forever. :)

Hopefully. My daughter is having a problem with one of her friends,so I'm hoping they work things out.
I like That word for today.

Thanks :) You got to have friends to make this world a better place :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/02/08 at 10:59 am

FRIENDS by Arrival (written by Terry Reid) - 1970

I had a friend who had friends by a river
They too had friends who had friends of their own
All seated round takin' port after dinner,
Port that was bought by the friends that were known

No one ever seems to care
Just as long as they were there
Friends beside you
Friends to guide you
Friends beside you, everywhere

There's nothing new, it's all there to remind you
It's no different anyway you recall
You only wait around and float on every corner
And know you're in luck
'Cause you know them more

No one ever seems to care
Just as long as you are there

Friends beside you ( beside you)
There to guide you (to guide you)
Friends beside you (beside you)
Everywhere (everywhere)

We all have friends who have friends by a river
We too have friends who have friends of their own
All seated round drinkin' port after dinner
Port that is bought by the friends for their own

No one ever seems to care
Just as long as you are there

Friends beside you
Friends to guide you
Friends beside you to stay
Friends beside you (you need)
Friends to guide you (you know you need)
Friends beside you (you need)
Friends to guide you (you really need)
Friends beside you (you need)
Friends to guide you (you need)
Friends beside.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 07/02/08 at 12:32 pm

Nice!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 07/03/08 at 5:57 am

The word of the day...Luxury
Something inessential but conducive to pleasure and comfort.
Something expensive or hard to obtain.
Sumptuous living or surroundings: lives in luxury.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 07/03/08 at 6:40 am

How does someone live in the lap of luxury? ???

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 07/03/08 at 7:19 am

Mystic Topaz (changes color when turned)

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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 07/03/08 at 7:38 am

Mystic Topaz (changes color when turned)

http://img.inkfrog.com/pix/grajalez/DSCN4397.JPG

looks like a wedding ring.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 07/03/08 at 7:59 am

It's not. except I have a similar one..with a few tiny diamonds for accent on the side. :)

I've heard of some people using topazes as wedding rnigs, however.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/04/08 at 2:59 am

The word of the day...Luxury
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An absolute classic.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 07/04/08 at 5:47 am

An absolute classic.

:) Luxury. We used to have to get out of the lake at six o'clock in the morning, clean the lake, eat a handful of 'ot gravel, work twenty hour day at mill for tuppence a month, come home, and Dad would thrash us to sleep with a broken bottle, if we were lucky!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 07/04/08 at 6:14 am

:) Luxury. We used to have to get out of the lake at six o'clock in the morning, clean the lake, eat a handful of 'ot gravel, work twenty hour day at mill for tuppence a month, come home, and Dad would thrash us to sleep with a broken bottle, if we were lucky!

You just started me on a series of Python skits on youtube..... They crack me up...... ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 07/04/08 at 6:16 am

The word of the day..Independence
The state or quality of being independent.
Archaic. Sufficient income for comfortable self-support; a competence.

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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 07/04/08 at 6:17 am

You just started me on a series of Python skits on youtube..... They crack me up...... ;D

I just watched that myself ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 07/04/08 at 6:38 am

It's taken some pretty massive clues but I finally get it.....Happy 4th of July!!! :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 07/04/08 at 6:52 am

It's taken some pretty massive clues but I finally get it.....Happy 4th of July!!! :)

Why thank you :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 07/04/08 at 5:09 pm

Happy Independence Day.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 07/04/08 at 5:53 pm

Happy Independence Day.

The same to you..Are you watching the fireworks tonight?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 07/05/08 at 12:15 am

The same to you..Are you watching the fireworks tonight?

Sounds like a pretty special celebration...... :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 07/05/08 at 12:40 am

Drives the dogs crazy.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 07/05/08 at 5:49 am

The same to you..Are you watching the fireworks tonight?

From outside.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 07/05/08 at 6:04 am

Sounds like a pretty special celebration...... :)

It usually is...I missed everything this year :( Tim works 11pm-7am so he sleeped through the parade,then he had to leave to go to work when they were doing the fireworks.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 07/05/08 at 6:05 am

It usually is...I missed everything this year :( Tim works 11pm-7am so he sleeped through the parade,then he had to leave to go to work when they were doing the fireworks.

What were you doing?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 07/05/08 at 6:07 am

It usually is...I missed everything this year :( Tim works 11pm-7am so he sleeped through the parade,then he had to leave to go to work when they were doing the fireworks.

Bummer..... ???

What were you doing?

Yes..Did you feel well enough to do something else?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 07/05/08 at 6:07 am

Bummer..... ???

Yes..Did you feel well enough to do something else?

Maybe she was sick?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 07/05/08 at 6:08 am

Maybe she was sick?

Yes...I believe our friend Janine has not been too well lately..... :(

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 07/05/08 at 6:09 am

Yes...I believe out friend Janine has not been too well lately..... :(

Will she feel better?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 07/05/08 at 6:20 am

Will she feel better?

I'm sure she will feel better soon........ :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 07/05/08 at 6:21 am

The word of the day....Tennis
A game played with rackets and a light ball by two players or two pairs of players on a rectangular court, as of grass, clay, or asphalt, divided by a net. Also called lawn tennis.
Court tennis
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 07/05/08 at 6:24 am

You've certainly got to have balls to play that game! ;)

Should be a great final for Wimbledon.......

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 07/05/08 at 6:28 am

What were you doing?

Sitting at home posting and watching TV.
Bummer..... ???

Yes..Did you feel well enough to do something else?

Maybe she was sick?

Yes...I believe our friend Janine has not been too well lately..... :(

Yes I have been feeling lot crap the last few days. I did something to my back and it is bothering my legs and arms they feel heavy and prickly at the same time,plus I still have bad headaches and a neckache..But I'm sure I could of sat in the vehicle and watched the fireworks
I'm feeling a little better today,,Thank You :) Hopefuly I'll be back to normal ;D soon.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 07/05/08 at 6:31 am

You've certainly got to have balls to play that game! ;)

Should be a great final for Wimbledon.......

:)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 07/05/08 at 5:16 pm

Why is there so much "love" in Tennis?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/05/08 at 5:34 pm

The word of the day....Tennis
A game played with rackets and a light ball by two players or two pairs of players on a rectangular court, as of grass, clay, or asphalt, divided by a net. Also called lawn tennis.
Court tennis
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...and a British girl won a junior title today.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 07/05/08 at 5:40 pm

...and a British girl won a junior title today.

Really that's cool :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 07/05/08 at 6:43 pm

Why is there so much "love" in Tennis?

Because Venus (the God of Love) won....... ;)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 07/06/08 at 6:07 am

Because Venus (the God of Love) won....... ;)

She beat her sister.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 07/06/08 at 6:15 am

The word of the day.....Imagination

The formation of a mental image of something that is neither perceived as real nor present to the senses.
The mental image so formed.
The ability or tendency to form such images.
The ability to confront and deal with reality by using the creative power of the mind; resourcefulness: handled the problems with great imagination.
A traditional or widely held belief or opinion.
Archaic.
An unrealistic idea or notion; a fancy.
A plan or scheme.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/06/08 at 6:20 am

Because Venus (the God of Love) won....... ;)

She beat her sister.
I know that one the Williams sisters would win.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/06/08 at 6:21 am

Imagination is the one thing that has made humans superior over other animals, for the other animals lack it.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 07/06/08 at 6:52 am

Without imagination...there would have been few inventions throughout time........

Imagine me and you, I do
I think about you day and night, it's only right
To think about the girl you love and hold her tight
So happy together

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 07/06/08 at 8:35 am

Imagination is the one thing that has made humans superior over other animals, for the other animals lack it.

So true,were would are great inventions come from if people like Ben Franklin,Thomas Edison,Alexander Graham Bell and others,did not have good imaginations
Without imagination...there would have been few inventions throughout time........

Imagine me and you, I do
I think about you day and night, it's only right
To think about the girl you love and hold her tight
So happy together

Nice song by the Turtles :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 07/06/08 at 5:51 pm

The world is our imagination.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 07/07/08 at 6:36 am

The word of the day.....Fright
Sudden intense fear, as of something immediately threatening; alarm. See synonyms at fear.
Informal. Something extremely unsightly, alarming, or strange: Brush your hair; you look a fright.

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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 07/07/08 at 6:54 am

Most of those pictures are frighening. :o

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 07/07/08 at 7:02 am

Seems this is fright night!!! :o Seems ninny is not over the puking episode yet! ;)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 07/07/08 at 7:06 am

Seems this is fright night!!! :o Seems ninny is not over the puking episode yet! ;)

puking is frightening.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 07/07/08 at 9:27 am

Seems this is fright night!!! :o Seems ninny is not over the puking episode yet! ;)

;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 07/07/08 at 9:17 pm

Still puking?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 07/08/08 at 6:21 am

The word of the day.....TREASURE
Accumulated or stored wealth in the form of money, jewels, or other valuables.
Valuable or precious possessions of any kind.
One considered especially precious or valuable.
tr.v., -ured, -ur·ing, -ures.
To keep or regard as precious; value highly. See synonyms at appreciate.
To accumulate and store away, as for future use.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 07/08/08 at 6:24 am

Still puking?

As Simon and Garfunkel sang.....'Still puking after all these years'......... ;)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 07/08/08 at 6:26 am

Now...who wouldn't want to search for burried treasure? :) Arrrrrrrrrrrrhhh....me hearties....

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 07/08/08 at 7:13 am

Walk Da Plank! ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 07/09/08 at 6:30 am

The word of the day...CURIOUS
Eager to learn more: curious investigators; a trapdoor that made me curious.
Unduly inquisitive; prying.
Arousing interest because of novelty or strangeness: a curious fact.
Archaic.
Accomplished with skill or ingenuity.
Extremely careful; scrupulous.

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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 07/09/08 at 6:48 am

How curious are you?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 07/09/08 at 6:50 am

Curiosity killed the ninny cat....... ;)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 07/09/08 at 6:52 am

Curiosity killed the ninny cat....... ;)

Hope she comes back.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 07/09/08 at 7:08 am

Hope she comes back.

She's got eight more lives yet........ :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 07/09/08 at 8:22 am

She's got eight more lives yet........ :)

Only 8? ???

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/09/08 at 9:03 am

At times we can all be curious.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 07/09/08 at 9:52 am

<...some more than most. :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 07/09/08 at 10:09 am

Curiosity killed the ninny cat....... ;)

Curiosity only slowed the ninny cat down ;D especially when she has to share the computer :(

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 07/09/08 at 12:51 pm

Curiosity only slowed the ninny cat down ;D especially when she has to share the computer :(

You don't have your own computer?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/09/08 at 12:53 pm

Curiosity killed the ninny cat....... ;)
...satisfaction brought it back.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 07/09/08 at 1:01 pm

...satisfaction brought it back.

satisfaction guaranteed.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/10/08 at 2:57 am

satisfaction guaranteed.
Paid in full.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 07/10/08 at 5:46 am

You don't have your own computer?

It's the family computer. My husband did not work Tuesday night,so he was up all day Wednesday.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 07/10/08 at 6:06 am

The word of the day.....AROMA
A quality that can be perceived by the olfactory sense: the aroma of garlic and onions. See synonyms at smell.
A pleasant characteristic odor, as of a plant, spice, or food: the aroma of roses. See synonyms at fragrance.
A distinctive, intangible quality; an aura: the aroma of success.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 07/10/08 at 6:08 am

Ah....ah...ah choooooo

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 07/10/08 at 7:00 am

Ah....ah...ah choooooo

God Bless You.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 07/10/08 at 7:01 am

God Bless You.

Need all the help I can get..... ;)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 07/10/08 at 7:03 am

Need all the help I can get..... ;)

I meant do you need a tissue?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 07/10/08 at 7:24 am

I meant do you need a tissue?

I could do with more brain tissue..... :D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 07/10/08 at 7:40 am

I could do with more brain tissue..... :D

your brain sneezed?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 07/10/08 at 7:42 am

your brain sneezed?

I just sneezed then and nearly blew my brains OUT!! :o I think I woke up the household..... ???

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 07/10/08 at 7:46 am

I just sneezed then and nearly blew my brains OUT!! :o I think I woke up the household..... ???

That must've been some sneeze.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 07/11/08 at 6:12 am

The word of the day FAIRY(IES)
A tiny imaginary being in human form, depicted as clever, mischievous, and possessing magical powers.
Offensive Slang. Used as a disparaging term for a homosexual man.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 07/11/08 at 6:16 am

How about some sexy fairies? ;)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 07/11/08 at 6:50 am

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Midsummer fairy

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 07/11/08 at 3:46 pm

not sexy enough.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 07/11/08 at 5:43 pm

not sexy enough.

How about her
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 07/11/08 at 5:50 pm

How about her
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I only got a big window with "Upgrade to Photobucket....Bandwidth exceeded" message... :( I bet I missed something pretty good.. :-\\
How about some sexy fairies? ;)

Maybe Sir Billzy could dress up for you Howard.... ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/11/08 at 5:51 pm

The word of the day FAIRY(IES)
A tiny imaginary being in human form, depicted as clever, mischievous, and possessing magical powers.
Offensive Slang. Used as a disparaging term for a homosexual man.
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Not one fairy on a Christmas Tree?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 07/11/08 at 6:16 pm

Not one fairy on a Christmas Tree?

Is that an English custom? We usually put an angel up there..here are some pics for you.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 07/11/08 at 6:19 pm

Is that an English custom? We usually put an angel up there..here are some pics for you.
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I have never associated the two either... ???

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 07/11/08 at 6:50 pm

not sexy enough.

Wasn't supposed to be. ::)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 07/11/08 at 8:05 pm

I have never associated the two either... ???
I found this

The Tale of the Christmas Tree Fairy
THE TALE OF THE CHRISTMAS TREE FAIRY
By Tim brooks and Mick Fall, 1972.

I’ll tell you an old Christmas story,
as we sit round the log fire at night.
Why each Christmas tree has its fairy on top
and why Santa’s beard is so white.

It happened one winter in England,
on a dark Christmas Eve long ago
There was Santa out doing his rounds
and playing on t’ sledge in t’ snow.

He were taking all t’ presents t’ t’ houses
and then, when that job were done,
he went round once again with his fairies
putting Christmas Trees in every one.

Now just when he thought he might finish
an’ ‘t’ last house were comin' in sight.
He went to fetch more trees off t’ toboggan,
And he found he were just, four trees light.

This discovery quite upset Santa,
So he gave to his reindeer a shout (whoa up!)
And he sent for his Christmas Tree fairy
to chastise her for leaving them out.

"Eeee by gum, tha’s a daft little fairy.
Tha’s daft as a fairy could be.
When you loaded the sledge up this evening
Tha must‘ve missed off some o’ trees".

“Oh Sod it!” replied t’ little fairy.
Which was really quite un-fairy like,
“I’ll ‘ave fer t’ go back t’ factory.”
And with that she got on her bike.

“Hold on a minute,” cried Santa
“There’s a way that won’t let yer forget
Fetch one tree back fer each finger
On ‘t right ‘and – you’ll get it right yet”

Then off like a shot went our fairy.
Much faster than t’ light from ‘t sun
‘Cause Einstein hadn’t been invented
and she wasn’t to know it weren’t done.

Now if you could ‘ave watched ‘t little fairy
There was trouble to come, you could tell.
For when she were counting her fingers,
She added her thumb in as well.

Now Santa, he waited for hours
‘Till his patience were running quite dry
When at last he saw t’ fairy peddling
For all she was worth through t’ sky
.

But then, as the fairy got nearer,
Santa’s anger it grew more and more.
He could tell by the load she was bearing,
that she’d fetched him five trees, not four.

Then Santa got redder and redder,
started roaring with all of his might.
Till the glow from his nose outshone Rudolph’s
and his beard, it began to turn white.

“Why, tha’s stupid”, he yelled at the fairy,
“Tha’s four times as thick as I’d thought.
Now go and put t’ trees in t’ houses
And when tha’s finished - report.”

So straightway off went the fairy,
and as soon as she’d finished, t’ last place
She brought fifth tree back to Santa
And waved it in front of his face.

“Whatever shall I do with this one?”
Our innocent fairy enquired,
So Santa, he upped and he told her
‘Cause by now he were feeling quite tired.

The fairy, she looked up at Santa
And her face it went a mite red
But then, being the good little fairy she was
She upped and she did as he said.

So now, at the end of my story
You’ll see why to this very night,
each Christmas Tree has a fairy on top
And old Santa’s beard is quite white.

The moral, should ever you want one
is simple – when doing your sums
If you really must count on your fingers,
Don’t forget to remember your thumbs.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 07/11/08 at 8:22 pm

That was a fairy goodbut fairy long story.... ;)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 07/12/08 at 5:30 am

The word of the day......FAN
A device for creating a current of air or a breeze, especially:
A machine using an electric motor to rotate thin, rigid vanes in order to move air, as for cooling.
A collapsible, usually wedge-shaped device made of a light material such as silk, paper, or plastic.
A machine for winnowing.
Something resembling an open fan in shape: a peacock's fan.

v., fanned, fan·ning, fans.

v.tr.
To move or cause a current of (air) with or as if with a fan.
To direct a current of air or a breeze upon, especially in order to cool: fan one's face.
To stir (something) up by or as if by fanning: fanned the flames in the fireplace; a troublemaker who fanned resentment among the staff.
To open (something) out into the shape of a fan: The bird fanned its colorful tail.

To fire (an automatic gun) in a continuous sweep by keeping one's finger on the trigger.
To fire (a nonautomatic gun) rapidly by chopping the hammer with the palm.
To winnow.
Baseball. To strike out (a batter).
v.intr.
To spread out like a fan: The troops fanned out from the beachhead.
Baseball. To strike out.

fan2 (făn)
n.
An ardent devotee; an enthusiast
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 07/12/08 at 6:22 am

Fantastic, fantabulous, fanatical............. :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 07/12/08 at 6:37 am

http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t37/ESFEVE/howard.jpg

I don't even have any of those outfits.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 07/12/08 at 6:39 am

Maybe Sir Billzy could dress up for you Howard....

Uh... NO! :P

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 07/12/08 at 6:40 am

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I don't even have any of those outfits.

Would you like some

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 07/12/08 at 6:42 am

Would you like some

I have to update my sport coats,the only time I wear them is during my volunteering once a month.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 07/13/08 at 5:47 am

The word of the day...Stormy
Subject to, characterized by, or affected by storms; tempestuous.
Characterized by violent emotions, passions, speech, or actions: a stormy argument
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 07/13/08 at 5:52 am

very nice pictures,just beautiful.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 07/13/08 at 6:21 am

very nice pictures,just beautiful.

Thank you :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/13/08 at 6:29 am

"Dont know why theres no sun up in the sky
Stormy weather
Since my man and I aint together,
Keeps rainin all the time

Life is bare, gloom and misry everywhere
Stormy weather
Just cant get my poorself together,
Im weary all the time
So weary all the time
When he went away the blues walked in and met me.
If he stays away old rockin chair will get me.

All I do is pray the lord above will let me walk in the sun once more.
Cant go on, evry thing I had is gone
Stormy weather

Since my man and I aint together,
Keeps rainin all the time"

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 07/13/08 at 5:30 pm

What's today secret word,ninnster? ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: bookmistress4ever on 07/13/08 at 6:37 pm

What's today secret word,ninnster? ;D

Today's secret word was stormy. (See above)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 07/14/08 at 5:41 am

The word of the day....Dream(s)
dream (drēm)
n.
A series of images, ideas, emotions, and sensations occurring involuntarily in the mind during certain stages of sleep.
A daydream; a reverie.
A state of abstraction; a trance.
A wild fancy or hope.
A condition or achievement that is longed for; an aspiration: a dream of owning their own business.
One that is exceptionally gratifying, excellent, or beautiful: Our new car runs like a dream.

v., dreamed or dreamt (drĕmt), dream·ing, dreams.

v.intr.
To experience a dream in sleep: dreamed of meeting an old friend.
To daydream.
To have a deep aspiration: dreaming of a world at peace.
To regard something as feasible or practical: I wouldn't dream of trick skiing on icy slopes.
v.tr.
To experience a dream of while asleep: Did it storm last night, or did I dream it?
To conceive of; imagine.
To pass (time) idly or in reverie.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 07/14/08 at 5:43 am

The dream police, they live inside of my head.
The dream police, they come to me in my bed.
The dream police, theyre coming to arrest me, oh no.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 07/14/08 at 5:43 am

Hey now, hey now
Don't dream it's over
Hey now, hey now
When the world comes in
They come, they come
To build a wall between us
We know they won't win

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 07/14/08 at 5:52 am

Hey now, hey now
Don't dream it's over
Hey now, hey now
When the world comes in
They come, they come
To build a wall between us
We know they won't win

Crowded House? Did they have anymore hits besides that one? ???

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 07/14/08 at 5:56 am

Crowded House? Did they have anymore hits besides that one? ???

Several.....Better Be Home Soon, Something So Strong, Fall At Your Feet, It's Only Natural etc.... :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 07/14/08 at 5:56 am

These lyrics probably fit this place better.... :D

Don't dream it - be it.

Ach! We've got to get out of this trap
Before this decadence saps our will
I've got to be strong and try to hang on
Or my mind may well snap
Und my life will be lived for the thrills...

It's beyond me, help me Mommy

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 07/14/08 at 5:59 am

Several.....Better Be Home Soon, Something So Strong, Fall At Your Feet, It's Only Natural etc.... :)

I remember one of those hits.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 07/14/08 at 6:00 am

I remember one of those hits.

You'd probbaly know most of them if you heard them... :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 07/14/08 at 6:01 am

You'd probbaly know most of them if you heard them... :)

Something So Strong I've heard before.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 07/14/08 at 6:32 am

The dream police, they live inside of my head.
The dream police, they come to me in my bed.
The dream police, theyre coming to arrest me, oh no.

Hey now, hey now
Don't dream it's over
Hey now, hey now
When the world comes in
They come, they come
To build a wall between us
We know they won't win

2 great songs :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 07/14/08 at 4:46 pm

What was Don't Dream It's Over About?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 07/15/08 at 6:26 am

The word of the day...Baseball
A game played with a bat and ball by two opposing teams of nine players, each team playing alternately in the field and at bat, the players at bat having to run a course of four bases laid out in a diamond pattern in order to score.
The ball that is used in this game.
A game of darts in which the players attempt to score points by throwing the darts at a target laid out in the form of a baseball diamond.

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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 07/15/08 at 6:41 am

Steeee.....rike yer out!!!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 07/15/08 at 6:43 am

I remember the old Mets back when Wally Kingman and Rusty Staub were part of it.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 07/15/08 at 9:24 am

I remember the old Mets back when Wally Kingman and Rusty Staub were part of it.

Did you mean Dave Kingman? back in the mid 70's

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/15/08 at 4:36 pm

The word of the day...Baseball
A game played with a bat and ball by two opposing teams of nine players, each team playing alternately in the field and at bat, the players at bat having to run a course of four bases laid out in a diamond pattern in order to score.
The ball that is used in this game.
A game of darts in which the players attempt to score points by throwing the darts at a target laid out in the form of a baseball diamond.

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http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h301/jiiayii/Baseball.jpg
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Take me out to the ball game

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 07/16/08 at 5:37 am

The word of the day.....Cry(ing)
To sob or shed tears because of grief, sorrow, or pain; weep.
To call loudly; shout.
To utter a characteristic sound or call. Used of an animal.
To demand or require immediate action or remedy: grievances crying out for redress.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/16/08 at 5:46 am

http://www.kyushu-ns.ac.jp/~allan/Assets/Man%20Ray/tears.jpg

I'll cry if this image does not work.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 07/16/08 at 6:18 am

I like this one

http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z252/basdyez_Zaoldiek/Sick_of_crying.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 07/16/08 at 7:23 am

Did you mean Dave Kingman? back in the mid 70's

Yes,Dave Kingman,I meant Wally Backman.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 07/16/08 at 7:24 am

Everyone love a good cry once in a while. :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 07/16/08 at 8:21 am

http://www.kyushu-ns.ac.jp/~allan/Assets/Man%20Ray/tears.jpg

I'll cry if this image does not work.

Nice
I like this one

http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z252/basdyez_Zaoldiek/Sick_of_crying.jpg

Yes I know what you mean.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 07/16/08 at 8:37 pm

Who's crying now?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/17/08 at 2:45 am

"I'll never let you see
The way this broken heart is hurting me
I've got my pride
And I know how to hide
All the sorrow and pain
I'll do my crying in the rain
If I wait for cloudy skies
You won't know the rain from the tears in my eyes
You'll never know
That I still love you so
Though the heartaches remain
I'll do my crying in the rain
Raindrops falling from Heaven
Could never wash away my misery
Since we're not together
I pray for stormy weather
Raindrops falling from Heaven
Could never wash away my misery
Since we're not together
I pray for stormy weather
To hide these tears I hope you never see
Some day when my crying's done
I'm gonna wear a smile and walk in the sun
I may be a fool
But 'til then darling you'll
Never see me complain
I'll do my crying in the rain
To hide these tears I hope you never see
Some day when my crying's done
I'm gonna wear a smile and walk in the sun
I may be a fool
But 'til then darling you'll
Never see me complain
I'll do my crying in the rain
Raindrops falling from Heaven
Could never wash away my misery
Since we're not together
I pray for stormy weather
To hide these tears I hope you never see
Some day when my crying's done
I'm gonna wear a smile and walk in the sun
I may be a fool
But 'til then darling you'll
Never see me complain
I'll do my crying in the rain
I'll do my crying in the rain
I'll do my crying in the... rain"

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 07/17/08 at 5:49 am

"I'll never let you see
The way this broken heart is hurting me
I've got my pride
And I know how to hide
All the sorrow and pain
I'll do my crying in the rain
If I wait for cloudy skies
You won't know the rain from the tears in my eyes
You'll never know
That I still love you so
Though the heartaches remain
I'll do my crying in the rain
Raindrops falling from Heaven
Could never wash away my misery
Since we're not together
I pray for stormy weather
Raindrops falling from Heaven
Could never wash away my misery
Since we're not together
I pray for stormy weather
To hide these tears I hope you never see
Some day when my crying's done
I'm gonna wear a smile and walk in the sun
I may be a fool
But 'til then darling you'll
Never see me complain
I'll do my crying in the rain
To hide these tears I hope you never see
Some day when my crying's done
I'm gonna wear a smile and walk in the sun
I may be a fool
But 'til then darling you'll
Never see me complain
I'll do my crying in the rain
Raindrops falling from Heaven
Could never wash away my misery
Since we're not together
I pray for stormy weather
To hide these tears I hope you never see
Some day when my crying's done
I'm gonna wear a smile and walk in the sun
I may be a fool
But 'til then darling you'll
Never see me complain
I'll do my crying in the rain
I'll do my crying in the rain
I'll do my crying in the... rain"

A little Everly Brothers for the occasion :) Marian would like that :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 07/17/08 at 5:55 am

I was all right for a while, I could smile for a while
But I saw you last night, you held my hand so tight
As you stopped to say "Hello"
Aww you wished me well, you couldn't tell

That I'd been cry-i-i-i-ng over you, cry-i-i-i-ng over you
Then you said "so long". left me standing all alone
Alone and crying, crying, crying cry-i-ing
It's hard to understand but the touch of your hand
Can start me crying

I thought that I was over you but it's tru-ue, so true
I love you even more than I did before but darling what can I do-o-o-o
For you don't love me and I'll always be

Cry-i-i-i-ng over you, cry-i-i-i-ng over you
Yes, now you're gone and from this moment on
I'll be crying, crying, crying, cry-i-i-ing
Yeah crying, crying, o-o-o-o-ver you

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 07/17/08 at 6:06 am

The word of the day.....Desire
To wish or long for; want.
To express a wish for; request.
n.
A wish or longing.
A request or petition.
The object of longing: My greatest desire is to go back home.
Sexual appetite; passion.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 07/17/08 at 6:07 am

I was all right for a while, I could smile for a while
But I saw you last night, you held my hand so tight
As you stopped to say "Hello"
Aww you wished me well, you couldn't tell

That I'd been cry-i-i-i-ng over you, cry-i-i-i-ng over you
Then you said "so long". left me standing all alone
Alone and crying, crying, crying cry-i-ing
It's hard to understand but the touch of your hand
Can start me crying

I thought that I was over you but it's tru-ue, so true
I love you even more than I did before but darling what can I do-o-o-o
For you don't love me and I'll always be

Cry-i-i-i-ng over you, cry-i-i-i-ng over you
Yes, now you're gone and from this moment on
I'll be crying, crying, crying, cry-i-i-ing
Yeah crying, crying, o-o-o-o-ver you

A bit of Roy Orbison :) touching.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 07/17/08 at 6:13 am

Lover, I'm on the street
Gonna go where the bright lights
And the big city meet
With a red guitar...on fire
Desire

She's a candle burning in my room
Yeah I'm like the needle, needle and spoon
Over the counter with a shotgun
Pretty soon everybody got one
And the fever when I'm beside her
Desire, desire...

And the fever...getting higher
Desire, desire...burning, burning

She's the dollars
She's my protection
Yeah she's a promise
In the year of election
Oh sister, I can't let you go
Like a preacher stealing hearts
At a traveling show
For love or money money money
money money money money money
money money money
And the fever, getting higher
Desire, desire, desire, desire
Desire, desire

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 07/17/08 at 6:13 am

A bit of Roy Orbison :) touching.

I like to touch...... ;)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 07/17/08 at 6:34 am

I like to touch...... ;)

I like to touch women. ;D ;)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 07/17/08 at 6:35 am

http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm80/notiskopritis/Emmanuelle2of7_DVD2-WorldofDesirefr.jpg

Ninny,How did you know this was my favorite? ;)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 07/17/08 at 6:45 am

I like to touch women. ;D ;)

Oh....how touching........

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 07/17/08 at 6:48 am

Oh....how touching........

I'm sure in hell ain't touching you. 8-P

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 07/17/08 at 7:06 am

I'm sure in hell ain't touching you. 8-P

But...now that I posted my picture....I thought I would become more attractive to you! ::) ;) ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 07/17/08 at 7:43 am

But...now that I posted my picture....I thought I would become more attractive to you! ::) ;) ;D

Don't become another Billzy. ::)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 07/17/08 at 7:45 am

Don't become another Billzy. ::)

Can only handle one at a time...eh? ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 07/17/08 at 7:47 am

Can only handle one at a time...eh? ;D

Yeah,one Bill is enough. ::)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 07/17/08 at 8:42 am

I like to touch...... ;)

Reach out and touch
Somebody's hand
Make this world a better place
If you can
Reach out and touch
Somebody's hand
Make this world a better place
If you can

http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm80/notiskopritis/Emmanuelle2of7_DVD2-WorldofDesirefr.jpg

Ninny,How did you know this was my favorite? ;)

Howard would like to touch that ;D
Don't become another Billzy. ::)

Has Sir Billzy been around lately?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/17/08 at 8:44 am

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/26/90089573_9bf4b3c85b_m.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 07/17/08 at 8:55 am

But...now that I posted my picture....I thought I would become more attractive to you! ::) ;) ;D

Where is your picture posted?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/17/08 at 12:10 pm

The word of the day.....Desire
Congrats on your 20,000th post

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 07/17/08 at 12:13 pm

Where is your picture posted?

Say Cheese...Show us what you look like.
Congrats on your 20,000th post

Thank You :) It's my Desire to get another 20,000 more :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/17/08 at 12:28 pm

It's my Desire to get another 20,000 more :)

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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: nally on 07/17/08 at 12:39 pm

It's my Desire to get another 20,000 more :)

Let's see...it's taken you 9 months to get the first 20K...so at this rate you would be at 40K by April 17, 2009.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 07/17/08 at 1:19 pm

You really like trivia and numbers, right, Jeff? :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: nally on 07/17/08 at 1:32 pm

Yep, that's always been my sort of thing. 8)

It took me 10 months to get my first 20,000 posts...but then the next 20,000 took 8 months to achieve.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 07/17/08 at 2:14 pm

Let's see...it's taken you 9 months to get the first 20K...so at this rate you would be at 40K by April 17, 2009.

We can only hope ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 07/17/08 at 4:32 pm

I hope that I can make it as far as you, ninny.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/17/08 at 4:52 pm

Yep, that's always been my sort of thing. 8)

It took me 10 months to get my first 20,000 posts...but then the next 20,000 took 8 months to achieve.
Jeff, to save me going through all my posts, do you happen to know how long it took me to reach 20,000?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 07/17/08 at 7:28 pm

Reach out and touch
Somebody's hand
Make this world a better place
If you can
Reach out and touch
Somebody's hand
Make this world a better place
If you canHoward would like to touch that ;DHas Sir Billzy been around lately?

Are you kidding,I would like to be in the film. ;D ;)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: nally on 07/17/08 at 10:24 pm

Jeff, to save me going through all my posts, do you happen to know how long it took me to reach 20,000?

No, but as I recall, you got there after I did. Then you passed me up around 30,000.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 07/17/08 at 11:12 pm

I hope that I can make it as far as you, ninny.

You will in time :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/18/08 at 2:43 am

No, but as I recall, you got there after I did. Then you passed me up around 30,000.
Thanks.

The answer must be there out somewhere.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 07/18/08 at 4:27 am

Congrats on your 20,000th post

Wow ..you're prolific. Congrats.... :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: bookmistress4ever on 07/18/08 at 4:30 am

Jeff, to save me going through all my posts, do you happen to know how long it took me to reach 20,000?

No, but as I recall, you got there after I did. Then you passed me up around 30,000.

Thanks.

The answer must be there out somewhere.

This is as near to it as I can get:
Philip Eno inthe00s.com posting milestones

started here on May 8th 2004, but then I only posted a few replies. Back then my home messageboard was TOTP (Top of the Pops) on the BBC, which was shutdown in January 2005,
so starting on 18th December 2004 I started here full time

May 28, 2005 25,000
June 29, 2005 30,000
Sept. 28. 2005 40,000
Apr. 22, 2006 60,000
Dec. 09, 2006 100,000
May 20, 2008 200,000

386 days from first day to 25,000 posts, unless you want to count it from when he really got started posting full-time 162 days

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 07/18/08 at 5:45 am

Wow ..you're prolific. Congrats.... :)

Thanks :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 07/18/08 at 5:58 am

The word of the day...Energy
The capacity for work or vigorous activity; vigor; power. See synonyms at strength.

Exertion of vigor or power: a project requiring a great deal of time and energy.
Vitality and intensity of expression: a speech delivered with energy and emotion.

Usable heat or power: Each year Americans consume a high percentage of the world's energy.
A source of usable power, such as petroleum or coal.
Physics. The capacity of a physical system to do work.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/18/08 at 6:10 am

This is as near to it as I can get:
Philip Eno inthe00s.com posting milestones

started here on May 8th 2004, but then I only posted a few replies. Back then my home messageboard was TOTP (Top of the Pops) on the BBC, which was shutdown in January 2005,
so starting on 18th December 2004 I started here full time

May 28, 2005   25,000
June 29, 2005   30,000
Sept. 28. 2005 40,000
Apr. 22, 2006   60,000
Dec. 09, 2006   100,000
May 20, 2008   200,000

386 days from first day to 25,000 posts, unless you want to count it from when he really got started posting full-time 162 days

Thanks for the research that thas been done.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 07/18/08 at 6:10 am

Just a quick Hi, ninny. I don't really have the time to read through all the missed posts in my favorite threads, else will be here forever ! So, will probably go through them at my leisure, when I return to Australia in a couple of months or so.

Well, I'm happy enough to have been able to shift you along from the dreaded '911' !

I can now die, and go to heaven ! 8) :P :D ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/18/08 at 6:11 am

The word of the day...Energy
The capacity for work or vigorous activity; vigor; power. See synonyms at strength.

Exertion of vigor or power: a project requiring a great deal of time and energy.
Vitality and intensity of expression: a speech delivered with energy and emotion.

Usable heat or power: Each year Americans consume a high percentage of the world's energy.
A source of usable power, such as petroleum or coal.
Physics. The capacity of a physical system to do work.
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My energy for the date has left me!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/18/08 at 6:12 am

Just a quick Hi, ninny. I don't really have the time to read through all the missed posts in my favorite threads, else will be here forever ! So, will probably go through them at my leisure, when I return to Australia in a couple of months or so.

Well, I'm happy enough to have been able to shift you along from the dreaded '911' !

I can now die, and go to heaven !   8) :P    :D    ;D

Hi Al!

Do you know that Amanda is back?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 07/18/08 at 6:16 am

Hi Al!

Do you know that Amanda is back?

Yes, Philip. In fact, when I signed in earlier, I had one PM awaiting ......... which turned out to be from Amanda !

So, that was the very first thing I attended to (a response). It is indeed, very welcome news ! 8)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 07/18/08 at 6:17 am

Yes, Philip. In fact, when I signed in earlier, I had one PM awaiting ......... which turned out to be from Amanda !

So, that was the very first thing I attended to (a response). It is indeed, very welcome news ! 8)

Yes, an unexpected surprize... :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 07/18/08 at 6:20 am

Just a quick Hi, ninny. I don't really have the time to read through all the missed posts in my favorite threads, else will be here forever ! So, will probably go through them at my leisure, when I return to Australia in a couple of months or so.

Well, I'm happy enough to have been able to shift you along from the dreaded '911' !

I can now die, and go to heaven ! 8) :P :D ;D

Hi Alan :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 07/18/08 at 6:22 am

Hi Al!

Do you know that Amanda is back?

Is that Mandamoo?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 07/18/08 at 6:22 am

I don't have the energy today,too damn hot. :P

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 07/18/08 at 6:40 am

Is that Mandamoo?

Yes ! Also known as 'Mooster'.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 07/18/08 at 6:42 am

Yes ! Also known as 'Mooster'.

I thought so,they sounded the same.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 07/18/08 at 8:28 am

Hi Alan!! You're still having a good time, I hope.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/18/08 at 4:21 pm

Is that Mandamoo?
Yes

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: nally on 07/18/08 at 5:40 pm

Thanks for the research that thas been done.

Not a problem at all...

I am less than a thousand posts away from my post tally reaching 123,456 :D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 07/18/08 at 6:27 pm

I saw a parody or comment by mandamoo/mooster.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: nally on 07/18/08 at 6:29 pm

I saw a parody or comment by mandamoo/mooster.

I know that she has been commenting regularly on the parodies of Merry & Pippen. :) For those, she uses the 'mandamoo' alias.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 07/18/08 at 6:40 pm

Not a problem at all...

I am less than a thousand posts away from my post tally reaching 123,456 :D

Wow,now isn't that weird? :o

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 07/19/08 at 6:07 am

The word of the day.....Farm(S)
A tract of land cultivated for the purpose of agricultural production.

A tract of land devoted to the raising and breeding of domestic animals.
An area of water devoted to the raising, breeding, or production of a specific aquatic animal: a trout farm; an oyster farm.
An area of land devoted to the storage of a commodity or the emplacement of a group of devices: a tank farm; an antenna farm.
Baseball. A minor-league club affiliated with a major-league club for the training of recruits and the maintenance of temporarily unneeded players.
Obsolete.
The system of leasing out the rights of collecting and retaining taxes in a certain district.
A district so leased.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 07/19/08 at 6:33 am

Eee- I - eee - I - oh!!!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 07/19/08 at 8:51 am

Eee- I - eee - I - oh!!!

Old Mc Donald had a farm.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 07/19/08 at 3:48 pm

Old Mc Donald had a farm.

and on his farm he had some ducks ei ei oh! ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Reynolds1863 on 07/19/08 at 4:20 pm

I suddenly feel compelled to put on bib overall and run around the farm adjacent to my back yard like a rabid farm animal. Or I could just stay here and type to the music of Hanson. :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 07/19/08 at 4:23 pm

I suddenly feel compelled to put on bib overall and run around the farm adjacent to my back yard like a rabid farm animal. Or I could just stay here and type to the music of Hanson. :)

Hey if you were going to run around the farm like an animal....you would be naked! :o ;)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Reynolds1863 on 07/19/08 at 4:25 pm

Hey if you were going to run around the farm like an animal....you would be naked! :o ;)

Oh, I think that might upset the farmer. He has been grumpy these days.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 07/19/08 at 4:26 pm

Oh, I think that might upset the farmer. He has been grumpy these days.

Go on ....share with us. Set up a webcam and off you go... ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Reynolds1863 on 07/19/08 at 4:31 pm

Go on ....share with us. Set up a webcam and off you go... ;D

Out in the middle of someone else's field. I'd probably get arrested. I'm not going to risk it, the jail here isn't exactly pleasant from what I'm told.

I'm not a coward, I'm just too stingy to give the county jail bail money. :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 07/19/08 at 5:35 pm

gibbo...when you wrote the post previous, what time was it here?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 07/19/08 at 8:47 pm

I suddenly feel compelled to put on bib overall and run around the farm adjacent to my back yard like a rabid farm animal. Or I could just stay here and type to the music of Hanson. :)

NOOO,Anything but Hanson! :o 8-P

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 07/20/08 at 12:21 am

gibbo...when you wrote the post previous, what time was it here?

Just saw this...... and the answer was.....

07:25:13 a.m. Sunday July 20, 2008 in Australia/Brisbane converts to
05:25:13 p.m. Saturday July 19, 2008 in US/Eastern

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 07/20/08 at 5:46 am

Hey if you were going to run around the farm like an animal....you would be naked! :o ;)

I love naked.Who doesn't? ;)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 07/20/08 at 6:09 am

The word of the day..Glitter
A sparkling or glistening light.
Brilliant or showy, often superficial attractiveness.
Small pieces of light-reflecting decorative material.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/20/08 at 6:30 am

Glitter in the UK is something else all together

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 07/20/08 at 7:13 am

Just saw this...... and the answer was.....

07:25:13 a.m. Sunday July 20, 2008 in Australia/Brisbane converts to
05:25:13 p.m. Saturday July 19, 2008 in US/Eastern

So, you wrote those posts last night? (your night)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 07/20/08 at 7:57 am

Glitter in the UK is something else all together

Dare I ask..or are you refering to glitter glam rock..like Gary Glitter?

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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/20/08 at 8:04 am

Dare I ask..or are you refering to glitter glam rock..like Gary Glitter?

http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh72/TeddyPossum/gary.jpg
Yes

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Reynolds1863 on 07/20/08 at 3:11 pm

Glitter, sparkle stuff. Oh boy.

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The mere thought of Gary ruins everything. 8-P

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 07/20/08 at 3:29 pm

Glitter, sparkle stuff. Oh boy.

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The mere thought of Gary ruins everything. 8-P

I know the F**king Perv 8-P

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 07/20/08 at 4:17 pm

Just saw this...... and the answer was.....

07:25:13 a.m. Sunday July 20, 2008 in Australia/Brisbane converts to
05:25:13 p.m. Saturday July 19, 2008 in US/Eastern

Where did you get this?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 07/20/08 at 4:46 pm

Dare I ask..or are you refering to glitter glam rock..like Gary Glitter?

http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh72/TeddyPossum/gary.jpg

Rock And Roll Part 1 was one of his songs.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 07/21/08 at 3:50 am

So, you wrote those posts last night? (your night)

No....I wrote them around 7.25 am (on Sunday morning) and it was 7.25 pm (on Saturday evening) at your place.. ;)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 07/21/08 at 3:55 am

Where did you get this?

I just googled U.S. Time Zone converter and got this site..

http://www.timezoneconverter.com/

then I clicked on the big "Go To The Time Zone Coverter" tab. It takes you to another page...just scroll down and type in the times and it converts them.

I had to look up what time zone Knoxville TN was first though. I think it was US East.......

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 07/21/08 at 3:57 am

I know the F**king Perv 8-P

Did you just say that you know him? :o ;D

I used to like some of his hits..... I also liked The Sweet (Ballroom Blitz) and Slade. They were also big glam exponents....

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: bookmistress4ever on 07/21/08 at 4:17 am

I adore glitter (the sparkly stuff, not the singer) although I do like some of the singer's stuff too (come to think of it.)

If I weren't so self conscious, I'd wear sparkly stuff all the time!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 07/21/08 at 5:47 am

I adore glitter (the sparkly stuff, not the singer) although I do like some of the singer's stuff too (come to think of it.)

If I weren't so self conscious, I'd wear sparkly stuff all the time!

Would you wear lots of glitter?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 07/21/08 at 7:03 am

The word of the day.....Horror
An intense, painful feeling of repugnance and fear. See synonyms at fear.
Intense dislike; abhorrence.
A cause of horror.
Informal. Something unpleasant, ugly, or disagreeable: That hat is a horror.
horrors Informal. Intense nervous depression or anxiety. Often used with the.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 07/21/08 at 8:03 am

I just googled U.S. Time Zone converter and got this site..

http://www.timezoneconverter.com/

then I clicked on the big "Go To The Time Zone Coverter" tab. It takes you to another page...just scroll down and type in the times and it converts them.

I had to look up what time zone Knoxville TN was first though. I think it was US East.......

Thanks!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 07/21/08 at 8:17 am

I just googled U.S. Time Zone converter and got this site..

http://www.timezoneconverter.com/

then I clicked on the big "Go To The Time Zone Coverter" tab. It takes you to another page...just scroll down and type in the times and it converts them.

I had to look up what time zone Knoxville TN was first though. I think it was US East.......

09:03:00 a.m. Monday July 21, 2008 in US/Eastern converts to
11:03:00 p.m. Monday July 21, 2008 in Australia/Brisbane

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Reynolds1863 on 07/21/08 at 1:52 pm

You forgot Bela Lugosi in your collage.

http://www.horroretc.com/Horroretc.com%20images/Bela%20Lugosi%20-%20Dracula.jpg

Although Cat would call it comedy. :D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 07/21/08 at 4:45 pm

The word of the day.....Horror
An intense, painful feeling of repugnance and fear. See synonyms at fear.
Intense dislike; abhorrence.
A cause of horror.
Informal. Something unpleasant, ugly, or disagreeable: That hat is a horror.
horrors Informal. Intense nervous depression or anxiety. Often used with the.
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I love a good horror movie.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: nally on 07/21/08 at 10:58 pm

I just googled U.S. Time Zone converter and got this site..

http://www.timezoneconverter.com/

then I clicked on the big "Go To The Time Zone Coverter" tab. It takes you to another page...just scroll down and type in the times and it converts them.

I had to look up what time zone Knoxville TN was first though. I think it was US East.......

Another cool site involving time zones is www.timeanddate.com, which I discovered some four years ago or so.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 07/22/08 at 12:02 am

Thanks, Jeff.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 07/22/08 at 3:00 am

09:03:00 a.m. Monday July 21, 2008 in US/Eastern converts to
11:03:00 p.m. Monday July 21, 2008 in Australia/Brisbane

So...basically you are 14 hrs behind us........ Good to remember! :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 07/22/08 at 3:03 am

Another cool site involving time zones is www.timeanddate.com, which I discovered some four years ago or so.

Thanks Jeff :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 07/22/08 at 3:04 am

Glad to see my pic didn't make it into your collage... ;) Here's a song from The Skyhooks.

Watch a horror movie right there on my TV
Horror movie right there on my TV
Horror movie right there on my TV
Shockin' me right out of my brain
Shockin' me right out of my brain

Watch horror movie right there on my TV
Horror movie right there on my TV
Horror movie right there on my TV
Shockin' me right out of my brain
Shockin' me right out of my brain

It's bound to get ya in, get ya under your skin
Hit you right on the chin, oh yeah
It's bound to be a thriller, it's bound to be a chiller
It's bound to be a killer, oh yeah

Watch a horror movie right there on my TV
Horror movie right there on my TV
Horror movie right there on my TV
Shockin' me right out of my brain
Shockin' me right out of my brain

The planes are a-crashin', the cars are a-smashin'
They come for a-bashin', oh yeah
The kids are a-fightin', the fires are a-lighti'
The dogs are a-bitin', oh yeah

Watch a horror movie right there on my TV
Horror movie right there on my TV
Horror movie right there on my TV
Shockin' me right out of my brain
Shockin' me right out of my brain

You think it's just a movie on a silver screen
And they're all actors and fake each scene
Maybe you dont care whose gonna lose or win
Listen to this and I'll tell you somethin'

It's a horror movie right there on my TV
Horror movie right there on my TV
Horror movie and there's known abuse
Horror movie, it's the six-thirty news
Horror movie, it's the six-thirty news

The public's waitin' for the killin' and the hatin'
Switch on the station, oh yeah
They do a lot a-sellin' 'tween the firin' and the yellin'-a

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/22/08 at 3:10 am

Monster Mash ~ Bobby "Boris" Pickett

I was working in the lab late one night
When my eyes beheld an eerie sight
For my monster from his slab began to rise
And suddenly to my surprise

He did the mash
He did the monster mash
The monster mash
It was a graveyard smash
He did the mash
It caught on in a flash
He did the mash
He did the monster mash

From my laboratory in the castle east
To the master bedroom where the vampires feast
The ghouls all came from their humble abodes
To get a jolt from my electrodes

They did the mash
They did the monster mash
The monster mash
It was a graveyard smash
They did the mash
It caught on in a flash
They did the mash
They did the monster mash

The zombies were having fun
The party had just begun
The guests included Wolf Man
Dracula and his son

The scene was rockin', all were digging the sounds
Igor on chains, backed by his baying hounds
The coffin-bangers were about to arrive
With their vocal group, "The Crypt-Kicker Five"

They played the mash
They played the monster mash
The monster mash
It was a graveyard smash
They played the mash
It caught on in a flash
They played the mash
They played the monster mash

Out from his coffin, Drac's voice did ring
Seems he was troubled by just one thing
He opened the lid and shook his fist
And said, "Whatever happened to my Transylvania twist?"

It's now the mash
It's now the monster mash
The monster mash
And it's a graveyard smash
It's now the mash
It's caught on in a flash
It's now the mash
It's now the monster mash

Now everything's cool, Drac's a part of the band
And my monster mash is the hit of the land
For you, the living, this mash was meant too
When you get to my door, tell them Boris sent you

Then you can mash
Then you can monster mash
The monster mash
And do my graveyard smash
Then you can mash
You'll catch on in a flash
Then you can mash
Then you can monster mash

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 07/22/08 at 6:38 am

Glad to see my pic didn't make it into your collage... ;) Here's a song from The Skyhooks.

Watch a horror movie right there on my TV
Horror movie right there on my TV
Horror movie right there on my TV
Shockin' me right out of my brain
Shockin' me right out of my brain

Watch horror movie right there on my TV
Horror movie right there on my TV
Horror movie right there on my TV
Shockin' me right out of my brain
Shockin' me right out of my brain

It's bound to get ya in, get ya under your skin
Hit you right on the chin, oh yeah
It's bound to be a thriller, it's bound to be a chiller
It's bound to be a killer, oh yeah

Watch a horror movie right there on my TV
Horror movie right there on my TV
Horror movie right there on my TV
Shockin' me right out of my brain
Shockin' me right out of my brain

The planes are a-crashin', the cars are a-smashin'
They come for a-bashin', oh yeah
The kids are a-fightin', the fires are a-lighti'
The dogs are a-bitin', oh yeah

Watch a horror movie right there on my TV
Horror movie right there on my TV
Horror movie right there on my TV
Shockin' me right out of my brain
Shockin' me right out of my brain

You think it's just a movie on a silver screen
And they're all actors and fake each scene
Maybe you dont care whose gonna lose or win
Listen to this and I'll tell you somethin'

It's a horror movie right there on my TV
Horror movie right there on my TV
Horror movie and there's known abuse
Horror movie, it's the six-thirty news
Horror movie, it's the six-thirty news

The public's waitin' for the killin' and the hatin'
Switch on the station, oh yeah
They do a lot a-sellin' 'tween the firin' and the yellin'-a

I was going to put my picture up ;D..Did The Skyhooks have any big hits?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 07/22/08 at 6:45 am

I was going to put my picture up ;D..Did The Skyhooks have any big hits?

Only over here. They were a band that came up in era when bands dressed up outlandishly. The lead singer (Shirley Strachan) went on to host a childrens tv hour, then a home handman show. He died a few years ago in a helicopter crash (he was the pilot). The guitarist sits on the judging panels of talent shows etc....

Not everyones cup of tea but I liked them when I was 14....

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 07/22/08 at 6:49 am

The word of the day.....Impossible
Incapable of having existence or of occurring.
Not capable of being accomplished: an impossible goal.
Unacceptable; intolerable: impossible behavior.
Extremely difficult to deal with or tolerate: an impossible child; an impossible situation.

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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 07/22/08 at 6:51 am

Only over here. They were a band that came up in era when bands dressed up outlandishly. The lead singer (Shirley Strachan) went on to host a childrens tv hour, then a home handman show. He died a few years ago in a helicopter crash (he was the pilot). The guitarist sits on the judging panels of talent shows etc....

Not everyones cup of tea but I liked them when I was 14....

So they were a Glam-Rock band?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 07/22/08 at 7:03 am

So they were a Glam-Rock band?

I guess so....but they were not just a poppy band. They had songs with lyrics that couldn't be played on the radio at that time (even though Australia was fairly liberal back then with full frontal nudity on tv in prime time). Shirley had a squeaky high voice.....didn't sound that rocky.

Here's a clip of " Ego Is Not A Dirty Word" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKS71oW0tZU&feature=related

They had songs like "Why Don't You All Get F****D"

They used to play "You Just Like Me Cause I'm Good In Bed" on the radio here.

Smut was another...some lyrics..

Better get a grip on yourself
You better pull yourself together..

Picture's almost over but still your not quite there
John Wayne pulls his gun out and you wish he'd some to spare
Then they turn the lights on and people start to stare
You find you've got a boot full and your coat's stuck to the chair

If your mother knew what you were doing...etc.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 07/22/08 at 7:13 am

I guess so....but they were not just a poppy band. They had songs with lyrics that couldn't be played on the radio at that time (even though Australia was fairly liberal back then with full frontal nudity on tv in prime time). Shirley had a squeaky high voice.....didn't sound that rocky.

Here's a clip of " Ego Is Not A Dirty Word" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKS71oW0tZU&feature=related

They had songs like "Why Don't You All Get F****D"

They used to play "You Just Like Me Cause I'm Good In Bed" on the radio here.

Smut was another...some lyrics..

Better get a grip on yourself
You better pull yourself together..

Picture's almost over but still your not quite there
John Wayne pulls his gun out and you wish he'd some to spare
Then they turn the lights on and people start to stare
You find you've got a boot full and your coat's stuck to the chair

If your mother knew what you were doing...etc.

Interesting...I'd have to listen to more to form more of an opinion....What is that one guy dressed as..It looks like a Cardinal.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 07/22/08 at 7:19 am

Interesting...I'd have to listen to more to form more of an opinion....What is that one guy dressed as..It looks like a Saint.

Looks like a bishop's headdress..... He was the one who sits on judging panels etc. He also is smarter than he looks....he got right up to the half million in Celebrity Who Wants To Be A Millionaire but blew it all (for the home viewer). He was 110% sure of the answer and didn't use his last lifeline......and went all the way back to $30000. He looked so embarrassed.... ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 07/22/08 at 7:39 am

That's Impossible.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 07/22/08 at 8:40 am

That's Impossible.

Why do you say that ...young man?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 07/22/08 at 9:05 am

They may sing good, but I really do have a problem with people using priesr's, bishop's, nun's, etc. outfits as COSTUMES!!! They aren't!!

The same with any other religious sect.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: nally on 07/22/08 at 10:31 am

Thanks Jeff :)

No prob... it is a useful site to use when figuring out the day of the week of a certain date..in any year. Or figuring out how many days between any pair of dates....or things of that nature.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 07/23/08 at 12:59 am

They may sing good, but I really do have a problem with people using priesr's, bishop's, nun's, etc. outfits as COSTUMES!!! They aren't!!

The same with any other religious sect.

Yes..I tend to agree with you! :) Now...how many is that? .....at least twice we've agreed on something this year? ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/23/08 at 2:46 am

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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 07/23/08 at 4:35 am

This threads impossible to ignore..... :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 07/23/08 at 6:18 am

Yes..I tend to agree with you! :) Now...how many is that? .....at least twice we've agreed on something this year? ;D

ta-da!! :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 07/23/08 at 6:36 am

Why do you say that ...young man?

I don't know just cause.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 07/23/08 at 6:37 am

This threads impossible to ignore..... :)

I don't blame you.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 07/23/08 at 6:45 am

ta-da!! :)

ta-da indeed! ;)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 07/23/08 at 6:46 am

Is that the secret word?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/23/08 at 6:46 am

This threads impossible to ignore..... :)
I look forward to the word of the day, and I like to guess the possiblity of what the word could be.

Dinner ?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 07/23/08 at 6:47 am

I look forward to the word of the day, and I like to guess the possiblity of what the word could be.

Dinner ?

I wonder myself.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 07/23/08 at 6:49 am

The word of the day.....Jam
To drive or wedge forcibly into a tight position: jammed the cork in the bottle.
To activate or apply (a brake) suddenly. Often used with on: jammed the brakes on.
To cause (moving parts, for example) to lock into an unworkable position: jammed the typewriter keys.

To pack (items, for example) to excess; cram: jammed my clothes into the suitcase.
To fill (a container or space) to overflowing: I jammed the suitcase with clothes. Fans jammed the hallway after the concert.
To block, congest, or clog: a drain that was jammed by debris.
To crush or bruise: jam a finger.
Electronics. To interfere with or prevent the clear reception of (broadcast signals) by electronic means.
Baseball. To throw an inside pitch to (a batter), especially to prevent the batter from hitting the ball with the thicker part of the bat.
v.intr.
To become wedged or stuck.
To become inoperable: The computer keyboard jammed.
To force one's way into or through a limited space.
Music. To participate in a jam session.
Basketball. To make a dunk shot.
n.
A preserve made from whole fruit boiled to a pulp with sugar.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 07/23/08 at 6:50 am

I would love some jam right now.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 07/23/08 at 6:51 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrzFHSJFrfo

Shirley Bassey's Impossible........

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 07/23/08 at 6:54 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrzFHSJFrfo

Shirley Bassey's Impossible........

Wow,that's an old video. :o

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 07/23/08 at 7:06 am

This threads impossible to ignore..... :)

you haven't tried. :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 07/23/08 at 7:14 am

I'm in the mood for some peanut butter and jam.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 07/23/08 at 7:21 am

I'm in the mood for some peanut butter and jam.

Delicious :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/23/08 at 7:22 am

Delicious :)
I haven't had jam for somewhile now.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 07/23/08 at 7:25 am

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The jam she is jammed.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 07/23/08 at 7:56 am

Delicious :)

I watched Sesame Street...you guys call it jelly ....don't you?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 07/23/08 at 8:09 am

I watched Sesame Street...you guys call it jelly ....don't you?

Some of it is jelly, depending on how jelled it is, the others are jam.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 07/23/08 at 8:11 am

Some of it is jelly, depending on how jelled it is, the others are jam.

Well there you go....you learn something every day! :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 07/23/08 at 8:17 am

cya all later...bye.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 07/23/08 at 8:21 am

cya all later...bye.

cya

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/23/08 at 8:24 am

cya all later...bye.
Ta Ta!!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/23/08 at 8:25 am

cya
...are you staying?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Mr Tumnus on 07/23/08 at 8:26 am

Toodle Pip!!

;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 07/23/08 at 8:27 am

...are you staying?

Can't stay too much longer. I'm not like Mike.....who seems to be able to run on only 4 hours sleep.. :o

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: bookmistress4ever on 07/23/08 at 8:44 am

I watched Sesame Street...you guys call it jelly ....don't you?

In the U.S., Jelly doesn't have pieces of fruit in it, it's just ummm...like clear jelly,

Jam has pieces of fruit...

ah heck, just read this, it'd be alot easier then me typing it out:
http://community.cookinglight.com/showthread.php?referrerid=17575&t=85748

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 07/23/08 at 8:55 am

In the U.S., Jelly doesn't have pieces of fruit in it, it's just ummm...like clear jelly,

Jam has pieces of fruit...

ah heck, just read this, it'd be alot easier then me typing it out:
http://community.cookinglight.com/showthread.php?referrerid=17575&t=85748

Way too much info.....Now I have to 'get' conserves, spreads etc etc.....and all this at midnight! Time for beddie byes methinks... ;)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/23/08 at 8:57 am

Toodle Pip!!

;D
TTFN!!!!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 07/23/08 at 9:00 am

TTFN!!!!

I had to look that up.........

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/23/08 at 9:07 am

I had to look that up.........
It dates from the 1940's and is clean.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 07/23/08 at 9:14 am

It dates from the 1940's and is clean.

Very.....This time it is definitrly Good night from me........talk to you tomorrow.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/23/08 at 9:18 am

Very.....This time it is definitrly Good night from me........talk to you tomorrow.
Sleep well

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 07/23/08 at 9:30 am

Some of it is jelly, depending on how jelled it is, the others are jam.

Jam..A preserve made from whole fruit boiled to a pulp with sugar
Jelly..A soft, semisolid food substance with a resilient consistency, made by the setting of a liquid containing pectin or gelatin or by the addition of gelatin to a liquid, especially such a substance made of fruit juice containing pectin boiled with sugar
Clear jam made from strained fruit juice by boiling with sugar. Also used in this sense in north America to mean any jam

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 07/23/08 at 9:32 am

Very.....This time it is definitrly Good night from me........talk to you tomorrow.

Goodnight

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/23/08 at 9:43 am

Jam..A preserve made from whole fruit boiled to a pulp with sugar
Jelly..A soft, semisolid food substance with a resilient consistency, made by the setting of a liquid containing pectin or gelatin or by the addition of gelatin to a liquid, especially such a substance made of fruit juice containing pectin boiled with sugar
Clear jam made from strained fruit juice by boiling with sugar. Also used in this sense in north America to mean any jam
Jello ?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 07/23/08 at 12:48 pm

I watched Sesame Street...you guys call it jelly ....don't you?

What does Sesame Street have to do with jelly? ::) ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 07/23/08 at 2:45 pm

Very.....This time it is definitrly Good night from me........talk to you tomorrow.

I'm back...now see you later. Peter!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 07/23/08 at 3:11 pm

Jello ?

The noun jello has one meaning:

Meaning #1: fruit-flavored dessert (trade mark Jell-O) made from a commercially prepared gelatin powder

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/23/08 at 3:25 pm

The noun jello has one meaning:

Meaning #1: fruit-flavored dessert (trade mark Jell-O) made from a commercially prepared gelatin powder

Any chance of that being tomorrow's word of the day?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Reynolds1863 on 07/23/08 at 4:20 pm

Jam..A preserve made from whole fruit boiled to a pulp with sugar
Jelly..A soft, semisolid food substance with a resilient consistency, made by the setting of a liquid containing pectin or gelatin or by the addition of gelatin to a liquid, especially such a substance made of fruit juice containing pectin boiled with sugar
Clear jam made from strained fruit juice by boiling with sugar. Also used in this sense in north America to mean any jam

My Mom has an addiction to making blackberry jelly. That's a time consuming process. Growing up eating that, store bought is a pale substitute.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 07/23/08 at 4:25 pm

What does Sesame Street have to do with jelly? ::) ;D

Ernie was always making peanut butter and jelly sandwiches....

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Written By: gibbo on 07/23/08 at 4:26 pm

My Mom has an addiction to making blackberry jelly. That's a time consuming process. Growing up eating that, store bought is a pale substitute.

It certainly would be difficult to go backwards in quality........

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Written By: Howard on 07/23/08 at 9:30 pm

Ernie was always making peanut butter and jelly sandwiches....

I don't remember seeing that episode.

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Written By: ninny on 07/24/08 at 5:36 am

My Mom has an addiction to making blackberry jelly. That's a time consuming process. Growing up eating that, store bought is a pale substitute.

Oh yes, my mom and my 2 grandmas use to make blackberry, grape and strawberry jelly :)

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Written By: ninny on 07/24/08 at 5:59 am

Any chance of that being tomorrow's word of the day?

Sorry no
The word of the day.....Kind
Of a friendly, generous, or warm-hearted nature.
Showing sympathy or understanding; charitable: a kind word.
Humane; considerate: kind to animals.
Forbearing; tolerant: Our neighbor was very kind about the window we broke.
Generous; liberal: kind words of praise.
Agreeable; beneficial: a dry climate kind to asthmatics

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Written By: Howard on 07/24/08 at 6:46 am

There's also Richard Kind.

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Written By: ninny on 07/24/08 at 8:45 am

There's also Richard Kind.

Yes of SpinCity
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Written By: adagio on 07/24/08 at 9:11 am

That sounds like a good breakfast...toast and jam.

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Written By: Mr Tumnus on 07/24/08 at 2:46 pm

Ernie was always making peanut butter and jelly sandwiches....

was he now?

he also drove 'the fastest milkcart in the West'

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Written By: gibbo on 07/24/08 at 4:16 pm

was he now?

he also drove 'the fastest milkcart in the West'

Wrong Ernie ;D ....but queu the music anyway........ ;)

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Written By: gibbo on 07/24/08 at 4:17 pm

I'm ususally kind of confused...... :D

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Written By: ninny on 07/24/08 at 5:50 pm

I'm ususally kind of confused...... :D

That's kind of an understatement ;D

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Written By: adagio on 07/24/08 at 6:46 pm

That's kind of an understatement ;D

I would tend to agree. And he thinks I'M confused? ;D

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Written By: Howard on 07/24/08 at 7:31 pm

That sounds like a good breakfast...toast and jam.

with a cup of coffee.

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Written By: Howard on 07/24/08 at 7:31 pm

was he now?

he also drove 'the fastest milkcart in the West'

What about Bert?

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Written By: gibbo on 07/24/08 at 9:49 pm

I would tend to agree. And he thinks I'M confused? ;D

You're not confused...just frequently misunderstood :)

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Written By: adagio on 07/24/08 at 10:46 pm

You're not confused...just frequently misunderstood :)

By you? :D

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/24/08 at 11:33 pm

All Kinds Of Everything by Dana

(written by: Derry Lindsay & Jackie Smith)

Snowdrops and daffodils
butterflies and bees
sailboats and fishermen
things of the sea
wishing-wells
wedding bells
early morning dew
all kinds of everything remind me of you

Seagulls and aeroplanes
things of the sky
winds that go howlin'
breezes that sigh
city sights
neon lights
grey skies or blue
all kinds of everything remind me of you

Summertime
wintertime
spring and autumn too
Monday
Tuesday every day
I think of you.
Dances
romances
things of the night
sunshine and holidays
postcards to write
Budding trees
autumn leaves
a snowflake or two
all kinds of everything remind me of you.

Summertime
wintertime
spring and autumn too
seasons will never change
the way that I love you.

Dances
romances
things of the night
sunshine and holidays
postcards to write
Budding trees
autumn leaves
a snowflake or two
all kinds of everything remind me of you.
All kinds of everything remind me of you.

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Written By: bookmistress4ever on 07/25/08 at 12:10 am

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Every Kinda People
Robert Palmer
Words & Music : Andy Fraser

Said the fight to make ends meet
Keeps a man upon his feet
Holding down his job
Trying to show he can't be bought

Ooh, it takes every kind of people
To make what life's about, yeah
Every kind of people
To make the world go 'round

Someone's looking for a lead
In his duty to a King or creed
Protecting what he feels is right
Fights against wrong with his life

There's no profit in deceit
Honest men know that
Revenge do not taste sweet
Whether yellow, black or white
Each and every man's the same inside

It takes every kind of people
To make what life's about, yeah
Every kind of people
To make the world go 'round

You know that love's the only goal
That could bring a peace to any soul
Hey, and every man's the same
He wants the sunshine in his name

Ooh, it takes every kind of people...

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Written By: ninny on 07/25/08 at 6:04 am

^ ^^ -Those are 2 of a kind I was going to do A Kind of Hush :)

The word of the day......Laughter
The act of laughing.
The sound produced by laughing.
Archaic. A cause or subject for laughter.
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Written By: gibbo on 07/25/08 at 6:09 am

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Hang on...it's not THAT funny.... :D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 07/25/08 at 6:11 am

Now I'm so dizzy by looking at all those smilies. :o

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/25/08 at 7:13 am

^ ^^ -Those are 2 of a kind I was going to do A Kind of Hush :)

The word of the day......Laughter
The act of laughing.
The sound produced by laughing.
Archaic. A cause or subject for laughter.
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Ha Ha!!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/25/08 at 7:14 am

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Hang on...it's not THAT funny.... :D
Ha Ha Ha!!!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/25/08 at 7:14 am

Now I'm so dizzy by looking at all those smilies. :o
Ha Ha Ha Ha!!!!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Reynolds1863 on 07/25/08 at 8:32 am

Laugh by The Monkees.

Ev'ry face that I see is all wrapped up in frowns,
And unfortunately, it kind of gets me down.
Laugh,
'Cause the music is funny
Yeah, the bass sounds off-beat.
Ain't that neat.
Laugh,
When you lose all your money,
Or you can't find your shoes
To cover your feet.

It's not so hard to see exactly what I'm after.
Sometimes a tear should fall, but I require giggles and chuckles
Laugh,
When you're keepin' a secret
And it seems to be known
By the rest of the world.
Laugh,
When you go to a party,
And you can't tell the boys
From the girls.

Every face that I see is all wrapped up in frowns
And unfortunately, it kind of gets me down.
Laugh,
At the things that are wrong.
If you thinks it's this song,
Then laugh.
Then laugh.
Then laugh.

Sung best while doing a Davy Jones imitation. :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 07/25/08 at 10:05 am

Laugh by The Monkees.

Ev'ry face that I see is all wrapped up in frowns,
And unfortunately, it kind of gets me down.
Laugh,
'Cause the music is funny
Yeah, the bass sounds off-beat.
Ain't that neat.
Laugh,
When you lose all your money,
Or you can't find your shoes
To cover your feet.

It's not so hard to see exactly what I'm after.
Sometimes a tear should fall, but I require giggles and chuckles
Laugh,
When you're keepin' a secret
And it seems to be known
By the rest of the world.
Laugh,
When you go to a party,
And you can't tell the boys
From the girls.

Every face that I see is all wrapped up in frowns
And unfortunately, it kind of gets me down.
Laugh,
At the things that are wrong.
If you thinks it's this song,
Then laugh.
Then laugh.
Then laugh.

Sung best while doing a Davy Jones imitation. :)

Nice.....Laugh Laugh-Beau Brummels
I hate to say it but I told you so

Don't mind my preaching to you

I said "don't trust him", baby, now you know

You don't learn everything there is to know in school

Wouldn't believe me when I gave advice

I said that he was a tease

If you want help you better ask me nice

So be sincere, convince me with a "pretty please"

(Chorus)

Laugh, Laugh, I thought I'd die

It seemed so funny to me,

Laugh, Laugh, you met a guy

who taught you how it feels to be

Lonely, oh so lonely

Don't think I'm being funny when I say

You got just what you deserve

I can't help feeling you found out today

You thought you were too good you had a lot of nerve

Won't say I'm sorry for the things I said

I'm glad he packed up to go

You kept on bragging he was yours instead

Found you don't know everything there is to know

(Chorus)

Before I go I'd like to say one thing

Don't close your ears to me

Take my advice and you'll find out that being

Just another girl won't cause you misery

You say you can get any boy at your call

Don't be so smug or else

You'll find you can't get any boy at all

You'll wind up an old lady sitting on the shelf

(Chorus)

Lonely, oh so lonely

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 07/25/08 at 10:19 am

Peter, were all those ;D ;D ;D ;D suppposed to be a message in a bottle?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/25/08 at 11:29 am

Peter, were all those ;D ;D ;D ;D suppposed to be a message in a bottle?
I think a bottle could have been involved there.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 07/25/08 at 12:02 pm

I think a bottle could have been involved there.

maybe some of these bottles

http://i350.photobucket.com/albums/q408/xSiriusVII/Bottles-1.gif

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/25/08 at 12:06 pm

maybe some of these bottles

http://i350.photobucket.com/albums/q408/xSiriusVII/Bottles-1.gif
I would think so

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 07/25/08 at 12:35 pm

I think a bottle could have been involved there.

Definitely ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Mr Tumnus on 07/25/08 at 3:20 pm

Wrong Ernie ;D ....but queu the music anyway........ ;)

It's a classic innit ;D

'You could hear the hoof beats pound...'

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/25/08 at 4:07 pm

It's a classic innit   ;D

'You could hear the hoof beats pound...'
It was a Christmas Number One Record

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 07/25/08 at 4:29 pm

It was a Christmas Number One Record

....and it even charted over here in Oz.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/25/08 at 4:39 pm

....and it even charted over here in Oz.
...thus making an even bigger hit!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 07/25/08 at 4:44 pm

Peter, were all those ;D ;D ;D ;D suppposed to be a message in a bottle?

maybe some of these bottles

http://i350.photobucket.com/albums/q408/xSiriusVII/Bottles-1.gif

I would think so

No bottles were harmed in the making of any smiles......... ;)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 07/25/08 at 5:45 pm

Peter, were all those ;D ;D ;D ;D suppposed to be a message in a bottle?

or a genie In A Bottle?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/26/08 at 5:47 am

No bottles were harmed in the making of any smiles......... ;)
...any glasses used?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 07/26/08 at 5:53 am

The word of the day....Mystical
Of or having a spiritual reality or import not apparent to the intelligence or senses.
Of, relating to, or stemming from direct communion with ultimate reality or God: a mystical religion.
Enigmatic; obscure: mystical theories about the securities market.
Of or relating to mystic rites or practices.
Unintelligible; cryptic.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 07/26/08 at 7:38 am

Those are such very nice pictures. :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 07/26/08 at 10:38 am

Those are such very nice pictures. :)

Thank You :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 07/26/08 at 6:37 pm

Where do you get them? ???

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: bookmistress4ever on 07/26/08 at 9:26 pm

Did the Beatles take a magical, mystical tour? :P ;)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 07/26/08 at 9:53 pm

Where do you get them? ???

Photobucket

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 07/26/08 at 9:54 pm

Did the Beatles take a magical, mystical tour? :P ;)

I think they took more than one ;)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 07/27/08 at 5:44 am

The word of the day......Nature
The material world and its phenomena.
The forces and processes that produce and control all the phenomena of the material world: the laws of nature.
The world of living things and the outdoors: the beauties of nature.
A primitive state of existence, untouched and uninfluenced by civilization or artificiality: couldn't tolerate city life anymore and went back to nature.
Theology. Humankind's natural state as distinguished from the state of grace.
A kind or sort: confidences of a personal nature.
The essential characteristics and qualities of a person or thing: “She was only strong and sweet and in her nature when she was really deep in trouble” (Gertrude Stein).
The fundamental character or disposition of a person; temperament: “Strange natures made a brotherhood of ill” (Percy Bysshe Shelley).
The natural or real aspect of a person, place, or thing. See synonyms at disposition.
The processes and functions of the body
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 07/27/08 at 5:46 am

Once again,very gorgeous pictures,you impress me. :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 07/27/08 at 5:57 am

Dare I say it for you Janine......naturally!!!! ;)

Mr Natural lyrics

I don't drink
I don't smoke
I don't sniff no coke
New age
That's me
And that's what you should be
I am Mr Natural
You can call me Mr Natural
I don't drive no car
I live by the stars
I don't eat no meat
I am Mr Complete
I am Mr Natural
You can call me Mr Natural
I am Mr Natural
I don't wear no skin
I don't care who wins
When I know that I'm right
I don't get uptight
I am Mr Natural
You can call me Mr Natural
I am Mr Natural
You can call me Mr Natural
Mr Natural
Mr Natural
Mr Natural

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/27/08 at 6:04 am

Mother Nature's Son by Lennon/McCartney

Born a poor young country boy
Mother Nature's Son
All day long I'm sitting
singing songs for every one

Sit beside a mountain stream
See her waters rise
Listen to the pretty
sound of music as she flies
tu tu tu, tu, du tu

Find me in my field of grass
Mother Nature's Son
swaying daisies sing
a lazy song beneath the sun
tu tu, yeah yeah yeah

Ooo
Ooo
Ah, Mother Nature's Son

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 07/27/08 at 8:01 am

Once again,very gorgeous pictures,you impress me. :)

Why thank you sir :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 07/27/08 at 8:05 am

Great songs :)
Yes I am Mental As Anything :D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 07/27/08 at 5:12 pm

What's tomorrow word of the day?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 07/27/08 at 5:31 pm

Wait til tomorrow.. :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 07/28/08 at 7:50 am

Wait til tomorrow.. :)

It's tomorrow. ;)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 07/28/08 at 8:03 am

The word of the day.....Obsession
Compulsive preoccupation with a fixed idea or an unwanted feeling or emotion, often accompanied by symptoms of anxiety.
A compulsive, often unreasonable idea or emotion
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/28/08 at 9:41 am

The word of the day.....Obsession

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Obsession for Men ?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: bookmistress4ever on 07/28/08 at 9:49 am

Obsession for Men ?

Many young, single girls have such a predictament. ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Mr Tumnus on 07/28/08 at 9:54 am

Many young, single girls have such a predictament. ;D

many not so young girls too

;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 07/28/08 at 4:16 pm

many not so young girls too

;D

Of course...I keep forgetting you're 99. Just call me 86........ ;)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Reynolds1863 on 07/28/08 at 6:17 pm

So, what defines a normal obsession and one where people tell you that you need professional help? :-\\

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 07/28/08 at 6:50 pm

The word of the day.....Obsession
Compulsive preoccupation with a fixed idea or an unwanted feeling or emotion, often accompanied by symptoms of anxiety.
A compulsive, often unreasonable idea or emotion
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There's also Obsession by Animotion.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 07/28/08 at 8:28 pm

So, what defines a normal obsession and one where people tell you that you need professional help? :-\\

I think it's how far you take it..Like if you like a celebrity and you have lots of pics and memorbilla on that person that's a normal obsession,but if you start to write to the person and tell them that you would kill for them,or you start stalking them,then the obsession has gone to far.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/29/08 at 1:58 am

Is this topic an obsession?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 07/29/08 at 5:56 am

Is this topic an obsession?

;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 07/29/08 at 6:10 am

The word of the day....Paradise
often Paradise The Garden of Eden.
Christianity.
The abode of righteous souls after death; heaven.
An intermediate resting place for righteous souls awaiting the Resurrection.
A place of ideal beauty or loveliness.
A state of delight
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http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w136/slay4angel/cheeseburger.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/29/08 at 6:49 am

(If Paradise Is) Half As Nice ~ Amen Corner

If paradise is half as nice as heaven that you take me to
Who needs paradise I'd rather have you.
They say paradise is up in the stars
But I needn't sigh because it's so far
'Cos I know it's worth a heaven on earth
For me where you are.

A look from your eyes, a touch of your hand
And I seem to fly to some other land
When you are around my heart always pounds
Just like a brass band.

If paradise is half as nice as heaven that you take me to
Who needs paradise I'd rather have you
Oh yes I'd rather have you.

If paradise is half as nice as heaven that you take me to
Who needs paradise I'd rather have you
Oh yes I'd rather have you.

They say paradise is up in the stars
But I needn't sigh because it's so far
'Cos I know it's worth a heaven on earth
To me where you are.

A look from your eyes a touch of your hand
And I seem to fly to some other land

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 07/29/08 at 7:32 am

We're obsessed with obsession. ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/29/08 at 7:34 am

Is this topic paradise?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 07/29/08 at 7:35 am

Is this topic paradise?

Almost Paradise.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 07/29/08 at 10:11 am

Is this topic paradise?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0ns8t9iQck#

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Reynolds1863 on 07/29/08 at 3:36 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0ns8t9iQck#

Meatloaf is awesome.

I'm surprised Howard hasn't posted Almost Paradise by Mike Reno and Ann Wilson.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Mr Tumnus on 07/29/08 at 3:37 pm

Is this topic an obsession?

I used to be obsessed with Topics when younger

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/29/08 at 4:39 pm

I used to be obsessed with Topics when younger
Are Topics still available?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 07/29/08 at 5:19 pm

Are Topics still available?

What are Topics?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/29/08 at 5:42 pm

What are Topics?
Choccy Bars in the UK

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/29/08 at 5:44 pm

What are Topics?

Choccy Bars in the UK
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/cb/Topic_(chocolate_bar).jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 07/29/08 at 6:16 pm

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/cb/Topic_(chocolate_bar).jpg

Ok,they look like they have some sorta nut in them.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 07/29/08 at 7:12 pm

Meatloaf is awesome.

I'm surprised Howard hasn't posted Almost Paradise by Mike Reno and Ann Wilson.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yc40EasXz18

Here You Go. ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 07/29/08 at 7:53 pm

oooh, ninny....I would LOVE to live here

http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll58/darkhack16/Fromwwwmetacafecom136986871066671.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 07/29/08 at 8:47 pm

oooh, ninny....I would LOVE to live here

http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll58/darkhack16/Fromwwwmetacafecom136986871066671.jpg

It looks modern,but peaceful.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: bookmistress4ever on 07/29/08 at 9:09 pm

I want the little castle on the island by myself. :P As long as I have good internet access there and a endless supply of cheese and Diet Coke. ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 07/29/08 at 10:12 pm

What a dream! Just give me a microwave and my coffee.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 07/30/08 at 5:27 am

I want the little castle on the island by myself. :P As long as I have good internet access there and a endless supply of cheese and Diet Coke
What a dream!   Just give me a microwave and my coffee.

My husband said I would have to have chocolate,ice cream and my cats ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Reynolds1863 on 07/30/08 at 5:37 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yc40EasXz18

Here You Go. ;D

Right on cue. :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 07/30/08 at 5:38 am

My husband said I would have to have chocolate,ice cream and my cats ;D

You eat cats? :o

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 07/30/08 at 5:40 am

The word of the day.....Quaint
Charmingly odd, especially in an old-fashioned way: “Sarah Orne Jewett . . . was dismissed by one critic as merely a New England old maid who wrote quaint, plotless sketches of late 19th-century coastal Maine” (James McManus).
Unfamiliar or unusual in character; strange: quaint dialect words. See synonyms at strange.
Cleverly made; artful.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 07/30/08 at 5:41 am

You eat cats? :o

Why don't you ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 07/30/08 at 5:48 am

Why don't you ;D

Of course...but I already had cat for lunch. ;)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 07/30/08 at 7:01 am

Of course...but I already had cat for lunch. ;)

Do you mean pussy? ;D ;)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 07/30/08 at 7:01 am

You eat cats? :o

Only Alf would eat cats.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/30/08 at 10:26 am

The word of the day.....Quaint

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a64/rapstertee/brid2008/Image018-1.jpg

Is that Reading Station, Gis would know?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 07/30/08 at 10:55 am

Is that Reading Station, Gis would know?

It says Bridlington Station

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 07/30/08 at 1:20 pm

You eat cats? :o

Only a wacky mind like yours would think she EATS cats. ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Reynolds1863 on 07/30/08 at 2:33 pm

This is quaint. People come from all over to partake in this form of quaint. I believe it's called a "tourist trap".

http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s282/objetdart2000/92705076.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/30/08 at 2:38 pm

It says Bridlington Station
Thanks, Bridlington is elsewhere, Yorkshire I think.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/30/08 at 2:38 pm

This is quaint. People come from all over to partake in this form of quaint. I believe it's called a "tourist trap".

http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s282/objetdart2000/92705076.jpg
Is that place a paradise too?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Reynolds1863 on 07/30/08 at 2:42 pm

Is that place a paradise too?

Would you believe me if I told you it was near Paradise Pennsylvania?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradise,_Pennsylvania

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 07/30/08 at 4:22 pm

Only a wacky mind like yours would think she EATS cats. ;D

Do you mean that I have a quaint mind? ;)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 07/30/08 at 4:25 pm

A quaint song ....about paradise?

A Touch of Paradise

Flamingos walk, and sway in peace
Seeing this, it makes my troubles cease
The sun is hiding, leaving a pink scar
That stretches right across the sky
That’s all we’ve seen so far
And all I do is look into your eyes

For that special touch of paradise
Just a touch, a touch of paradise
Just a special touch of paradise

You hold my hand, that’s when we kiss
And it doesn’t take long no, until I get the gist
Of this love that stretches out across the land
Where rainbows flash, as we’re walking in the sand
And all I do is look into your eyes

A touch of spring, and autumn sweet
Well the trees vibrate when our eyes meet
And I think of all the love that we have been making
You touch my hand and I walk off shaking
And all I do is look into your eyes

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 07/30/08 at 4:56 pm

Do you mean that I have a quaint mind? ;)

Quaint? More like weird! ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: bookmistress4ever on 07/30/08 at 5:02 pm

Would you believe me if I told you it was near Paradise Pennsylvania?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradise,_Pennsylvania

I remember my aunt having a postcard once that said they were stuck in between Intercourse and Paradise (both towns in Pennsylvania Amish country). ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Reynolds1863 on 07/30/08 at 5:15 pm

I remember my aunt having a postcard once that said they were stuck in between Intercourse and Paradise (both towns in Pennsylvania Amish country). ;D

Lancaster County is filled with names that have sexual innuendos. Never a dull town sign. :D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 07/30/08 at 6:38 pm

This is quaint. People come from all over to partake in this form of quaint. I believe it's called a "tourist trap".

http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s282/objetdart2000/92705076.jpg

Yes very quaint and very familiar,there are lots of Mennonites near where I live.Saturday the town will be full of them,It's the Greater Rushville days with lots of bake sales and yard sales,so they come by the wagonful when there are sales.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 07/30/08 at 7:13 pm

Only a wacky mind like yours would think she EATS cats. ;D

with ketchup.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/31/08 at 2:17 am

It says Bridlington Station
Somewhere up north.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 07/31/08 at 5:40 am

The word of the day........Romantic
Of, relating to, or characteristic of romance.
Given to thoughts or feelings of romance. See synonyms at sentimental.
Displaying, expressive of, or conducive to love: a romantic atmosphere.
Imaginative but impractical; visionary: romantic notions.
Not based on fact; imaginary or fictitious: His memoirs were criticized as a romantic view of the past.
often Romantic Of or characteristic of romanticism in the arts.
n.
A romantic person.
often Romantic A follower or adherent of romanticism
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 07/31/08 at 5:58 am

Ahhhh Ninny, what can I say? Entre deux coeurs qui s'aiment, nul besoin de paroles :-*

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 07/31/08 at 6:14 am

Ahhhh Ninny, what can I say? Entre deux coeurs qui s'aiment, nul besoin de paroles :-*

Two hearts in love have no need for words.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 07/31/08 at 6:19 am

Two hearts in love have no need for words.

Luckily....Love is free, and is never ruled by fate ;)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 07/31/08 at 6:46 am

7 more months till Valentine's Day.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 07/31/08 at 7:36 am

For the ladies in the club............

http://i351.photobucket.com/albums/q474/gibbo4/romantic-flowers.jpg

and

http://i351.photobucket.com/albums/q474/gibbo4/chocolatechocolatechocolate.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 07/31/08 at 7:44 am

Or....how about a ride in one of these?

http://i351.photobucket.com/albums/q474/gibbo4/VictoriaBCCanada-616.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 07/31/08 at 7:45 am

For the ladies in the club............

http://i351.photobucket.com/albums/q474/gibbo4/romantic-flowers.jpg

and

http://i351.photobucket.com/albums/q474/gibbo4/chocolatechocolatechocolate.jpg

The best of both worlds. Something that smells and looks good,and something that looks and taste good :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 07/31/08 at 7:47 am

Or....how about a ride in one of these?

http://i351.photobucket.com/albums/q474/gibbo4/VictoriaBCCanada-616.jpg

Nice,you must be such a romantic.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 07/31/08 at 8:10 am

Nice,you must be such a romantic.

I have my moments...they are just further apart than they once were......... :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 07/31/08 at 9:12 am

But, Peter you are romantic!!

http://www.inthe00s.com/smile/05/heartline.gif

:) :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/31/08 at 10:20 am

Or....how about a ride in one of these?

http://i351.photobucket.com/albums/q474/gibbo4/VictoriaBCCanada-616.jpg
Very romantic but what of the view in front?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 07/31/08 at 11:00 am

Very romantic but what of the view in front?

Extra bonus when he stops and does his business ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 07/31/08 at 11:09 am

Very romantic but what of the view in front?

He's horsing around. ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/31/08 at 11:13 am

Extra bonus when he stops and does his business ;D
...very good for the roses ?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 07/31/08 at 11:19 am

For the ladies in the club............

http://i351.photobucket.com/albums/q474/gibbo4/romantic-flowers.jpg

and

http://i351.photobucket.com/albums/q474/gibbo4/chocolatechocolatechocolate.jpg

You can't have this without some sexy Barry White music to go along with it. ;)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNLCNVUtsWM&feature=related

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 07/31/08 at 11:20 am

...very good for the roses ?

But they'll turn a different color. :P

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 07/31/08 at 4:50 pm

Very romantic but what of the view in front?

No problem Philip....the horse has blinkers! :D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 07/31/08 at 4:55 pm

You can't have this without some sexy Barry White music to go along with it. ;)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNLCNVUtsWM&feature=related

I prefer this old standard......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXvHRnGe940

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 07/31/08 at 4:57 pm

But, Peter you are romantic!!

In reality...I am the direct oposite to romantic... ;D But it's fun to pretend...... ;)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 07/31/08 at 6:44 pm

Ok...but you pretend very well. :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 07/31/08 at 8:53 pm

I prefer this old standard......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXvHRnGe940

Good Choice. ;)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 07/31/08 at 10:10 pm

...very good for the roses ?

You can't have enough fertilizer and nutrients for your flowers.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 07/31/08 at 10:32 pm

You can't have enough fertilizer and nutrients for your flowers.

I don't know about that..these boards provide enough fertilizer for the world's flora......... ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/01/08 at 2:33 am

You can't have enough fertilizer and nutrients for your flowers.
Just follow with a bucket and a shovel.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 08/01/08 at 5:43 am

The word of the day....Spiral(s)

A curve on a plane that winds around a fixed center point at a continuously increasing or decreasing distance from the point.
A three-dimensional curve that turns around an axis at a constant or continuously varying distance while moving parallel to the axis; a helix.
Something having the form of such a curve: a spiral of black smoke.
Printing. A spiral binding.
The course or flight path of an object rotating on its longitudinal axis.
A continuously accelerating increase or decrease: the wage-price spiral.
adj.
Of or resembling a spiral.
Circling around a center at a continuously increasing or decreasing distance.
Coiling around an axis in a constantly changing series of planes; helical.
Printing. Relating to or having a spiral binding: a spiral notebook
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 08/01/08 at 6:04 am

Oh no...we seem to be spiralling out of control....again!

http://i351.photobucket.com/albums/q474/gibbo4/spiral.gif

Now..here's my type of spiral related subject matter..... ::)

http://i351.photobucket.com/albums/q474/gibbo4/Spiral-1.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 08/01/08 at 6:22 am

Oh no...we seem to be spiralling out of control....again!

http://i351.photobucket.com/albums/q474/gibbo4/spiral.gif

Now..here's my type of spiral related subject matter..... ::)

http://i351.photobucket.com/albums/q474/gibbo4/Spiral-1.jpg

Very impressive :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 08/01/08 at 6:36 am

There's also Spiral Starecase "More Today Than Yesterday". :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JTu8flw8jk

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 08/01/08 at 6:59 am

There's also Spiral Starecase "More Today Than Yesterday". :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JTu8flw8jk

Nice song Howard... :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 08/01/08 at 7:03 am

Nice song Howard... :)

One hit wonder from 1969.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 08/01/08 at 7:48 am

There's also Spiral Starecase "More Today Than Yesterday". :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JTu8flw8jk

Yes great song

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/01/08 at 8:14 am

http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r261/tristane_bucket/Annex20-20Stewart20James20Vertigo_0.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 08/01/08 at 9:05 am

http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r261/tristane_bucket/Annex20-20Stewart20James20Vertigo_0.jpg

Is that from the movie the Spiral Staircase?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/01/08 at 9:19 am

Is that from the movie the Spiral Staircase?
That is Vertigo with James Stewart

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 08/01/08 at 8:17 pm

http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r261/tristane_bucket/Annex20-20Stewart20James20Vertigo_0.jpg

No Spiral Starecase was a group from the late 1960's to early 70's with the one hit wonder More Today Than Yesterday.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 08/01/08 at 10:00 pm

No Spiral Starecase was a group from the late 1960's to early 70's with the one hit wonder More Today Than Yesterday.

Ah but The Siral Staircase was also a 1945 Psycho thriller movie...

http://i351.photobucket.com/albums/q474/gibbo4/MV5BMTI5MzQzMzYwMV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTc.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 08/01/08 at 10:18 pm

Another one?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 08/01/08 at 10:19 pm

Another one?

....and it has been remade twice since then...

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 08/01/08 at 10:35 pm

....and it has been remade twice since then...

I've got to see that one.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 08/02/08 at 5:33 am

Ah but The Siral Staircase was also a 1945 Psycho thriller movie...

http://i351.photobucket.com/albums/q474/gibbo4/MV5BMTI5MzQzMzYwMV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTc.jpg

Never saw that before.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 08/02/08 at 5:53 am

The word of the day......Tranquil
Free from commotion or disturbance. See synonyms at calm.
Free from anxiety, tension, or restlessness; composed.
Steady; even: a tranquil flame
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http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n208/looselucy/jl15.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 08/02/08 at 7:46 am

Very soothing and calming Janine... :) So is this place....

http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll108/ladyfire60/759658bdbbe6.gif

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/02/08 at 7:59 am

We should all feel tranquil.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 08/02/08 at 9:53 am

We should all feel tranquil.

That would be nice.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 08/02/08 at 5:08 pm

I really love those pictures Ninny,very breathtaking. :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 08/02/08 at 10:39 pm

I really love those pictures Ninny,very breathtaking. :)

Thank You :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Reynolds1863 on 08/03/08 at 12:01 am

Tranquility, I think that's what we all need.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 08/03/08 at 5:23 am

Tranquility, I think that's what we all need.

That's for sure :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 08/03/08 at 5:37 am

and a lot of peace and quiet,not much quiet these days with all the Ipods and cell phones going off every day. ::)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 08/03/08 at 5:41 am

The word of the day......Unusual
Not usual, common, or ordinary.
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http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r223/nickculver1/48sep6-a-bit-unusual.jpg
http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k121/chismtony/the%20strange%20and%20unusual/unusual1.jpg
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http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k121/chismtony/the%20strange%20and%20unusual/image.jpg
http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k121/chismtony/the%20strange%20and%20unusual/butt-11.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y98/pixiebarrett/mammatusClouds4.jpg
http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff171/babs51/21.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 08/03/08 at 5:42 am

It's not Unusual-Tom Jones.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/03/08 at 6:18 am

Now that is strange...

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 08/03/08 at 6:57 am

Very strange indeed.... What has 3 heads and 4 legs?.........

http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb134/justagirl75/strange-chair2.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/03/08 at 7:30 am

Very starnge indeed.... What has 3 heads and 4 legs?.........

http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb134/justagirl75/strange-chair2.jpg

This chair?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 08/03/08 at 7:54 am

This chair?

Good guess.... ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/03/08 at 8:00 am

Good guess.... ;D
Is there a value on this chair?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Reynolds1863 on 08/03/08 at 9:39 am

Very strange indeed.... What has 3 heads and 4 legs?.........

http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb134/justagirl75/strange-chair2.jpg

These things could happen when you start playing around with genetics.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 08/03/08 at 5:18 pm

Very strange indeed.... What has 3 heads and 4 legs?.........

http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb134/justagirl75/strange-chair2.jpg

Damn,that looks so very real. :o

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 08/03/08 at 11:49 pm

We could tell that chair to "get flocked'... :D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 08/04/08 at 6:12 am

I'd love to have a Lamb Chair. ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 08/04/08 at 6:15 am

I'd love to have a Lamb Chair. ;D

and when it gets older it becomes a mutton chair?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 08/04/08 at 6:17 am

and when it gets older it becomes a mutton chair?

What's a mutton? ???

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 08/04/08 at 6:18 am

What's a mutton? ???

Lamb, hogget, and mutton are the meat of domestic sheep. The meat of an animal in its first year is lamb; that of an older sheep is hogget and later mutton.
:)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 08/04/08 at 6:19 am

Lamb, hogget, and mutton are the meat of domestic sheep. The meat of an animal in its first year is lamb; that of an older sheep is hogget and later mutton.
:)

Ok,I wasn't too sure what that was.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 08/04/08 at 6:23 am

The word of the day.....Variety
The quality or condition of being various or varied; diversity.
A number or collection of varied things, especially of a particular group; an assortment: brought home a variety of snacks.
A group that is distinguished from other groups by a specific characteristic or set of characteristics.
Biology.
A taxonomic subdivision of a species consisting of naturally occurring or selectively bred populations or individuals that differ from the remainder of the species in certain minor characteristics.
An organism, especially a plant, belonging to such a subdivision.
A variety show
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 08/04/08 at 6:26 am

Variety is the spice of life.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 08/04/08 at 6:28 am

Lamb, hogget, and mutton are the meat of domestic sheep. The meat of an animal in its first year is lamb; that of an older sheep is hogget and later mutton.
:)

Hogget like Babe's Boss :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 08/04/08 at 6:29 am

I like variety.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 08/04/08 at 6:39 am

I like variety.

It's the spice of life :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 08/04/08 at 7:10 am

I like variety.........

http://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll265/wiixue888/thewomen.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 08/04/08 at 8:44 pm

I like variety.........

http://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll265/wiixue888/thewomen.jpg

Sorry,too old for me. :P

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 08/04/08 at 11:54 pm

Sorry,too old for me. :P

I would have thought Pinkett-Smith and Mendes would be more your age.....or is it that you couldn't handle all those women at the same time? 8)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/05/08 at 1:15 am

http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee97/Marjolijnspoiler/heinz.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 08/05/08 at 5:17 am

http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee97/Marjolijnspoiler/heinz.jpg

I prefer them in BBQ sauce.... :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/05/08 at 5:21 am

I prefer them in BBQ sauce.... :)
Now that is a variety.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 08/05/08 at 6:06 am

The word of the day.....Wonderful
Capable of eliciting wonder; astonishing: “The … whale is one of the most wonderful animals in the world” (Charles Darwin).
Admirable; excellent: “The spirit of the movement was wonderful. It was joyous and grave at the same time” (Christabel Pankhurst
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/05/08 at 6:38 am

^ Wonderful! Most of the pictures above cannot be seen

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 08/05/08 at 7:37 am

^ Wonderful! Most of the pictures above cannot be seen

I wonder why,they come out fine on mine.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 08/05/08 at 7:37 am

I would have thought Pinkett-Smith and Mendes would be more your age.....or is it that you couldn't handle all those women at the same time? 8)

no,with my 34 years of sexual frustration,they couldn't handle me. ;)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 08/05/08 at 7:38 am

The word of the day.....Wonderful
Capable of eliciting wonder; astonishing: “The … whale is one of the most wonderful animals in the world” (Charles Darwin).
Admirable; excellent: “The spirit of the movement was wonderful. It was joyous and grave at the same time” (Christabel Pankhurst
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f193/ecstaceyx/Everythings-Wonderful.jpg
http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u252/Norail/wonderful.jpg
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h235/Ignwar/HiddenLakeGlacierNationalParkMontan.jpg
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h235/Ignwar/CraterLakeinWinterOregon.jpg
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h235/Ignwar/QuietGetawayLakeTahoeNevada.jpg
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h235/Ignwar/HallstattAustria.jpg
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm73/byte2702/_Photobucket/bed9f390da73309cfbe92b3f785e0c72.gif
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h235/Ignwar/UpperYosemiteFallsYosemiteNation-1.jpg
http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w146/Observer_02/WonderfulWorld.png
http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x286/hiwujie/zena-holloway-3.jpg
http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z202/phobien_autumn/cute-baby-08.jpg
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk272/missrlh123/good-day.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t50/ACE1403/Monkton_Coaster1.jpg
http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/CowboySunset/Pictures/Its%20A%20Wonderful%20Life/thataboy.jpg
http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e314/amar_068/th597592rqty6axxqe1.gif

Wonderful. :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/05/08 at 9:16 am

I wonder why,they come out fine on mine.
The message on the image is telling me to upgrade to Photobucket Pro today.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Reynolds1863 on 08/05/08 at 9:24 am

I think we need a picture of Lawrence Welk with the caption "Wunderful, Wunderful" Just a suggestion. :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/05/08 at 9:27 am

I think we need a picture of Lawrence Welk with the caption "Wunderful, Wunderful" Just a suggestion. :)
http://www.ablogistan.com/The%20Lawrence%20Welk%20Show-thumb.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Reynolds1863 on 08/05/08 at 9:32 am

http://www.ablogistan.com/The%20Lawrence%20Welk%20Show-thumb.jpg

Even hardcore Rock fans like Lawrence because he's wunderful. :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 08/05/08 at 10:55 am

Even hardcore Rock fans like Lawrence because he's wunderful. :)

My family watched him every Sat night,once in a great while I'll catch a peek on PBS. :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/05/08 at 11:45 am

My family watched him every Sat night,once in a great while I'll catch a peek on PBS. :)
I do not think I have ever since on tv etc.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 08/05/08 at 4:22 pm

"This is a wonderful day...
It's as bright as a day's ever been
There is a big yellow Sun looking down
On a wonderful scene...
Heaven is found right here on the Earth
It surrounds us in the wonderful things all around
In this wonderful, wonderful,
Wonderful, wonderful World..."

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 08/05/08 at 5:09 pm

It's a wonderful day in the neighborhood. :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/06/08 at 2:05 am

It's a wonderful day in the neighborhood. :)
That sounds like something from Sesame Street?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 08/06/08 at 4:56 am

That sounds like something from Sesame Street?

From previous discussions, I'd say it was Mr Rogers....

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 08/06/08 at 5:44 am

The word of the day...Extreme
Most remote in any direction; outermost or farthest: the extreme edge of the field.
Being in or attaining the greatest or highest degree; very intense: extreme pleasure; extreme pain.
Extending far beyond the norm: an extreme conservative. See synonyms at excessive.
Of the greatest severity; drastic: took extreme measures to conserve fuel.
Biology.
Characterized by severe, usually oxygen-poor environmental conditions.
Having an affinity for such conditions: an extreme microorganism.
Sports.
Very dangerous or difficult: extreme rafting.
Participating or tending to participate in a very dangerous or difficult sport: an extreme skier.
Archaic. Final; last
http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk38/Sweeney1202/TeamExtreme.jpg
http://i538.photobucket.com/albums/ff341/ajratedkiller/crisandrvvd.jpg
http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll202/julianjoules/extreme-skiing.jpg0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-
http://i509.photobucket.com/albums/s337/charlis_album/P3032725.jpg
http://i318.photobucket.com/albums/mm411/mightygrillo/exhhrt.jpg
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http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m310/deminpig/Cars/2008-Saleen-S302-Extreme-Front-Top-.jpg
http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd146/evil_xxx_eyes/Sarah-Holic.jpg
http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd169/Varnyard-Herps/Chacoan%20giant%20babies/DSCN4159.jpg
http://gi252.photobucket.com/groups/hh16/3OS0AO9CR7/Urban-Extreme-Street-Rage-Wii-02.jpg
http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e250/Ramirosaenz/jbs1a.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 08/06/08 at 5:56 am

Extremely good pics ninny.
Here are a few more....

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f393/jessica119/extreme_confidence.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/rlynns/extreme.jpg
http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s202/bullsdude01/extreme_ironing4.jpg
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j158/luvclowns/funny%20people/extreme.jpg
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d89/davisshopper/KAM_7481z-km.jpg

Okay..the last one isn't extreme...I just got a little sidetracked! ;)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 08/06/08 at 5:59 am

Extremely good pics ninny.
Here are a few more....

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f393/jessica119/extreme_confidence.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/rlynns/extreme.jpg
http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s202/bullsdude01/extreme_ironing4.jpg
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j158/luvclowns/funny%20people/extreme.jpg
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d89/davisshopper/KAM_7481z-km.jpg

Okay..the last one isn't extreme...I just got a little sidetracked! ;)

Extremely great :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 08/06/08 at 6:26 am

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d89/davisshopper/KAM_7481z-km.jpg

Wow,Gibbo,something I feel right now is extreme. :o ;D ;)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 08/06/08 at 6:28 am

The word of the day...Extreme
Most remote in any direction; outermost or farthest: the extreme edge of the field.
Being in or attaining the greatest or highest degree; very intense: extreme pleasure; extreme pain.
Extending far beyond the norm: an extreme conservative. See synonyms at excessive.
Of the greatest severity; drastic: took extreme measures to conserve fuel.
Biology.
Characterized by severe, usually oxygen-poor environmental conditions.
Having an affinity for such conditions: an extreme microorganism.
Sports.
Very dangerous or difficult: extreme rafting.
Participating or tending to participate in a very dangerous or difficult sport: an extreme skier.
Archaic. Final; last
http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk38/Sweeney1202/TeamExtreme.jpg
http://i538.photobucket.com/albums/ff341/ajratedkiller/crisandrvvd.jpg
http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll202/julianjoules/extreme-skiing.jpg0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-
http://i509.photobucket.com/albums/s337/charlis_album/P3032725.jpg
http://i318.photobucket.com/albums/mm411/mightygrillo/exhhrt.jpg
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j34/imarockstarfoo/small440874.jpg
http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh311/playboygirlgexy/Untitled-1-1.jpg
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk251/Frisbeetarianism/Halo/halo_warthog.gif
http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/nn27/dbmxer69/nofootcanhibship.jpg
http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m310/deminpig/Cars/2008-Saleen-S302-Extreme-Front-Top-.jpg
http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd146/evil_xxx_eyes/Sarah-Holic.jpg
http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd169/Varnyard-Herps/Chacoan%20giant%20babies/DSCN4159.jpg
http://gi252.photobucket.com/groups/hh16/3OS0AO9CR7/Urban-Extreme-Street-Rage-Wii-02.jpg
http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e250/Ramirosaenz/jbs1a.jpg

That must be The Hardy Boys And Lita. :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/06/08 at 1:36 pm

More than words

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 08/06/08 at 6:33 pm

More than words

more than I can say.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/07/08 at 1:28 am

More than words
"Saying I love you
Is not the words I want to hear from you
Its not that I want you
Not to say, but if you only knew
How easy it would be to show me how you feel
More than words is all you have to do to make it real
Then you wouldnt have to say that you love me
Cos Id already know

What would you do if my heart was torn in two
More than words to show you feel
That your love for me is real
What would you say if I took those words away
Then you couldnt make things new
Just by saying I love you

More than words

Now Ive tried to talk to you and make you understand
All you have to do is close your eyes
And just reach out your hands and touch me
Hold me close dont ever let me go
More than words is all I ever needed you to show
Then you wouldnt have to say that you love me
Cos Id already know

What would you do if my heart was torn in two
More than words to show you feel
That your love for me is real
What would you say if I took those words away
Then you couldnt make things new
Just by saying I love you

More than words"

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 08/07/08 at 6:46 am

and today's secret word is?....

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 08/07/08 at 9:12 am

The word of the day.....Young

Being in an early period of life, development, or growth.
Newly begun or formed; not advanced: The evening is still young.
Of, belonging to, or suggestive of youth or early life: He is young for his age.
Vigorous or fresh; youthful.
Lacking experience; immature: a young hand at plowing.
Being the junior of two people having the same name.
Geology. Being of an early stage in a geologic cycle. Used of bodies of water and land formations.
n.
Young persons considered as a group; youth: entertainment for the young.
Offspring; brood: a lioness with her young
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/07/08 at 11:00 am

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh103/tonybeltran/the_young_ones_screenshot.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 08/07/08 at 2:52 pm

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f279/08kitty_08/Young_And_Restless_Logo-1.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 08/07/08 at 7:59 pm

Forever Young.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Reynolds1863 on 08/07/08 at 8:05 pm

http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h295/KBrookeC/livealittle.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 08/07/08 at 8:18 pm

I'm young at heart.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/08/08 at 2:43 am

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00000286F.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 08/08/08 at 6:10 am

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00000286F.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

He had some good hits.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/08/08 at 6:14 am

He had some good hits.
...and is still performing today.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 08/08/08 at 6:16 am

The young ones,
Darling were the young ones,
And young ones shouldnt be afraid.

To live, love
While the flame is strong,
For we wont be the young ones very long.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/08/08 at 6:20 am

The young ones,
Darling were the young ones,
And young ones shouldnt be afraid.

To live, love
While the flame is strong,
For we wont be the young ones very long.

From the Peter Pan of Pop.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 08/08/08 at 6:49 am

...and is still performing today.

Where does he perform today?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 08/08/08 at 6:51 am

Where does he perform today?

Hmmmm..... Wimbeldon's over....maybe the Australian Open?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 08/08/08 at 6:53 am

Hmmmm..... Wimbeldon's over....maybe the Australian Open?

What about his original song Everytime you go away?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 08/08/08 at 6:56 am

What about his original song Everytime you go away?

;D We're referring to Cliff Richard NOT Paul Young.... I'm not sure if I liked Paul Young's singing or not :-\\

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 08/08/08 at 6:57 am

;D We're referring to Cliff Richard NOT Paul Young.... I'm not sure if I liked Paul Young's singing or not :-\\

Oh I'm sorry,I thought this was the discussion of Paul Young.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 08/08/08 at 7:01 am

Oh I'm sorry,I thought this was the discussion of Paul Young.

Actually...I'm sorry Howard. We jumped onto Cliff Richard momentarily and then Philip went back to Paul Young. I'm the only one still talking about Cliff.........You and Philip were on the same page ...and I wasn't!!

I'm soooo confused.........

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/08/08 at 7:11 am

Actually...I'm sorry Howard. We jumped onto Cliff Richard momentarily and then Philip went back to Paul Young. I'm the only one still talking about Cliff.........You and Philip were on the same page ...and I wasn't!!

I'm soooo confused.........
I watched that singing moment live from Wimbledon that day.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 08/08/08 at 7:17 am

I watched that singing moment live from Wimbledon that day.

It would have been fun to be a part of that impromtu singalong!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/08/08 at 7:18 am

It would have been fun to be a part of that impromtu singalong!
It was embarassing more than fun.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/08/08 at 7:18 am

Janine (ninny) is late today?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 08/08/08 at 7:21 am

Janine (ninny) is late today?

Wasn't she late yesterday too?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/08/08 at 7:25 am

Wasn't she late yesterday too?
I believe so, but yesterday I was watching tv so I did not really noticed.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 08/08/08 at 7:57 am

Janine (ninny) is late today?

Yes,sorry Janine's Internet Explorer is a piece of crap. I spent several hours the last 2 days talking to idiots at Dell to fix it,it would work formaybe an hour or two then the screen just dissapears. The 3rd time I called they informed me they didn't realise that my warranty had run out so now I have to pay for tech support,so I told them to shove it..My son comes home this morning,goes through different files,then goes back to when the internet was working fine,and restores it. Hopefully all will be good.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 08/08/08 at 8:09 am

The word of the day....Zoo
A park or an institution in which living animals are kept and usually exhibited to the public. Also called zoological garden.
Slang. A place or situation marked by confusion or disorder: The bus station is a zoo on Fridays.

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http://gi254.photobucket.com/groups/hh85/1FL5VC3VO1/be-safe-at-the-zoo.jpg
http://gi248.photobucket.com/groups/gg176/1XUUUAQ304/zoo_jaguar.jpg
http://i523.photobucket.com/albums/w356/SIBP/zoo1.jpg
http://i337.photobucket.com/albums/n362/VARNADOFAMILY04/DSCN3825.jpg
http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii180/rubysilvermint/zoo1.jpg
http://i328.photobucket.com/albums/l327/usa2cc272/panj508110.jpg
http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn306/goldpup2008/1214517681.jpg
http://i352.photobucket.com/albums/r343/quietquincy/PHTO0133.jpg
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g25/Jennchick/zoo/Picture276.jpg
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g25/Jennchick/zoo/Picture847.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/08/08 at 9:01 am

Yes,sorry Janine's Internet Explorer is a piece of crap. I spent several hours the last 2 days talking to idiots at Dell to fix it,it would work formaybe an hour or two then the screen just dissapears. The 3rd time I called they informed me they didn't realise that my warranty had run out so now I have to pay for tech support,so I told them to shove it..My son comes home this morning,goes through different files,then goes back to when the internet was working fine,and restores it. Hopefully all will be good.
Thank goodness for those with I.T. skills.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/08/08 at 9:06 am

The word of the day....Zoo
A park or an institution in which living animals are kept and usually exhibited to the public. Also called zoological garden.
Slang. A place or situation marked by confusion or disorder: The bus station is a zoo on Fridays.

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http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm66/Phil_O-Sopher/rodent.gif

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/08/08 at 9:09 am

Going To The Zoo
by Tom Paxton

Daddy’s taking us to the zoo tomorrow
Zoo tomorrow, zoo tomorrow
Daddy’s taking us to the zoo tomorrow
And we can stay all day

(Chorus)
We’re going to the zoo zoo zoo
How about you you you
You can come too too too
We’re going to the zoo zoo zoo

See the elephant with a long trunk swinging
Great big ears and a long trunk swinging
Snuffin’ up peanuts with a long trunk swinging
And we can stay all day (repeat chorus)

There’s a big black bear he’s a huff puff puffing
His coat’s too heavy he’s a huff puff puffing
Don’t get too near the huff puff puffing
Or you won’t stay all day (repeat chorus)

See all the monkeys they’re scritch scritch scratchin’
Jumping around and a scritch scritch scratchin’
Hanging by their long tails
And we can stay all day (repeat chorus)

See all the seals they’re honk honk honking
Eating the fish and a honk honk honking
Little baby seal he’s honk honk honking
And we can stay all day (repeat chorus)

We’ll we stayed all day and I’m a getting sleepy
Sitting in the car getting sleep sleep sleepy
Almost home and I’m sleep sleep sleepy
‘Cause we have stayed all day

We’ve been to the zoo zoo zoo
How about you you you
You came too too too
We’ve been to the zoo zoo zoo

Mama’s taking us to the zoo tomorrow
Zoo tomorrow, zoo tomorrow
Mama’s taking us to the zoo tomorrow
And we can stay all day (repeat chorus twice)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 08/08/08 at 9:40 am

At the Zoo - Simon & Garfunkel

Someone told me
It's all happening at the zoo
I do believe it
I do believe it's true
Mmmmm, mmmmm, mmmmm
Mmmmm, mmmmm, mmmmm
Oh ho ho ho
Mmmmm, mmmmm, mmmmm

It's a light and tumble journey
From the East Side to the park
Just a fine and fancy ramble

> To the zoo

But you can take the crosstown bus
If it's raining or it's cold
And the animals will love it
If you do

If ya do now

Something tells me
It's all happening at the zoo
I do believe it
I do believe it's true
Mmmmm, mmmmm, mmmmm
Mmmmm, mmmmm, mmmmm
Oh ho ho ho

Mmmmm, mmmmm, mmmmm

The monkeys stand for honesty
Giraffes are insincere
And the elephants are kindly but they're dumb
Ourang-outangs are skeptical
Of changes in their cages
And the zookeeper is very fond of rum

Zebras are reactionaries
Antelopes are missionaries
Pigeons plot in secrecy
And hamsters turn on frequently
What a gas
Ya gotta come and see
At the zoo
At the zoo
At the zoo
At the zoo

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 08/08/08 at 8:00 pm

I always loved the zoo. :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 08/09/08 at 1:40 am

I always loved the zoo. :)

I always find that there are too many animals there.......and you get in trouble when you shoot them!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/09/08 at 2:54 am

I only go to the zoo for the penguins.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 08/09/08 at 6:22 am

I always find that there are too many animals there.......and you get in trouble when you shoot them!

Why would you shoot them? ::) ???

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 08/09/08 at 6:39 am

The word of the day.....Landscapes
An expanse of scenery that can be seen in a single view: a desert landscape.
A picture depicting an expanse of scenery.
The branch of art dealing with the representation of natural scenery.
The aspect of the land characteristic of a particular region: a bleak New England winter landscape.
Grounds that have been landscaped: liked the house especially for its landscape.
An extensive mental view; an interior prospect: “They occupy the whole landscape of my thought” (James Thurber).
adj.
Of or relating to a landscape or landscapes: landscape painting.
Of or relating to landscaping: a nursery offering landscape services.
Of or relating to the orientation of a page such that the shorter side runs from top to bottom: printed the document in landscape mode in order to accommodate the wide columns of a table.
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http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q277/elusive_life_77/landscapes/mbsunset.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 08/09/08 at 6:42 am

Wow,those are really beautiful. :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/09/08 at 6:59 am

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b257/Lucelucy/London%202005/brightwellchurchandvillage.jpgJohn Constable

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/09/08 at 7:02 am

The word of the day.....Landscapes

http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn273/avianflowerpower/landscapes/DSCF6540.jpg

I am wondering is that Corfe Castle in Dorset?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/09/08 at 7:04 am

I am wondering is that Corfe Castle in Dorset?
It is, I have found another view of it.

http://www.hadrian-way.co.uk/Corfe_Castle/Corfe_Castle_2.JPG

I thought I recognised it, I went there back in 1973.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 08/09/08 at 7:16 am

Those are truly stellar pics Janine.......maybe the best yet! :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 08/09/08 at 7:37 am

Just a few more.....

http://i332.photobucket.com/albums/m351/ken861/Mountains_061024.jpg
http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/dd83/CrAzYcHiCkFrOmCaLi/scenic-2.jpg
http://i332.photobucket.com/albums/m351/ken861/ef36895675929653c41d294c1697e644_we.jpg
http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj227/rockygirlcat/Scenic%20Fantasy/VauxleVicomte03.jpg
http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd275/blossomdp/Beach%20And%20Scenic/Colorado-1.jpg
http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z202/vendettachrncls/waterfalls.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v608/juzz8/Lord%20Howe/IMGP1477.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 08/09/08 at 7:39 am

Those are truly stellar pics Janine.......maybe the best yet! :)

Thank You :)
Just a few more.....

http://i332.photobucket.com/albums/m351/ken861/Mountains_061024.jpg
http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/dd83/CrAzYcHiCkFrOmCaLi/scenic-2.jpg
http://i332.photobucket.com/albums/m351/ken861/ef36895675929653c41d294c1697e644_we.jpg
http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj227/rockygirlcat/Scenic%20Fantasy/VauxleVicomte03.jpg
http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd275/blossomdp/Beach%20And%20Scenic/Colorado-1.jpg
http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z202/vendettachrncls/waterfalls.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v608/juzz8/Lord%20Howe/IMGP1477.jpg

Just lovely Peter :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 08/09/08 at 7:40 am

Wow,those are really beautiful. :)

Thank You Howard :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 08/09/08 at 7:42 am

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b257/Lucelucy/London%202005/brightwellchurchandvillage.jpgJohn Constable

Very Nice :)
I am wondering is that Corfe Castle in Dorset?

Yes :)
It is, I have found another view of it.

http://www.hadrian-way.co.uk/Corfe_Castle/Corfe_Castle_2.JPG

I thought I recognised it, I went there back in 1973.

That's a nice view. :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/09/08 at 7:46 am

Very Nice :)Yes :)That's a nice view. :)
I do not know yet where the John Constable is located.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 08/09/08 at 7:50 am

I do not know yet where the John Constable is located.

Is it Dedham Vale?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 08/09/08 at 7:58 am

I do not know yet where the John Constable is located.

Isn't there a constable on every corner over there? :D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/09/08 at 7:59 am

Is it Dedham Vale?
Not the National Gallery?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/09/08 at 8:11 am

Is it Dedham Vale?
http://www.stacey.peak-media.co.uk/Langham/Spring2007/1024-DSC02157.JPG

Debham Vale today, not quite the same.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 08/09/08 at 8:44 am

Not the National Gallery?

What about Bridge Cottage?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 08/09/08 at 9:11 am

How about some more pictures?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 08/09/08 at 9:41 am

How about some more pictures?

http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q277/elusive_life_77/landscapes/kuai.jpg
http://i355.photobucket.com/albums/r448/dark-paladin/Landscapes/IMG_0958.jpg
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e114/tcox4040/Landscapes/jenaut10-5-07-1.jpg
http://i515.photobucket.com/albums/t351/Meltz-Melk/landscapes/aplanetthanetsunset.jpg
http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q277/elusive_life_77/landscapes/Lush_Summer_Louisville_Kentucky_102.jpg
http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t173/trashcat_2007/Belinda/Landscapes.jpg
http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o289/hfairchild/backgrounds/landscapes.jpg
http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff80/m16a1exprt/26.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/09/08 at 12:11 pm

^ soothing to sea.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 08/09/08 at 6:48 pm

May I have these as my computer wallpaper one day,just beautiful. :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Reynolds1863 on 08/09/08 at 7:40 pm

I agree Howard. I really like the beach picture. :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 08/09/08 at 9:08 pm

....And even some more...

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g248/wpxq69/Wallpaper-Islands-Ocean-Beaches-Haw.jpg
http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii89/yameles/Scenery-Beach-Pulau%20Redang/9ead.jpg
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a250/beingdownunder/1c5a030e.jpg
http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k305/NickW_01/yosemite.jpg
http://i351.photobucket.com/albums/q474/gibbo4/MJONDCAG4F5C8CA0EEW2ZCAV5BDVBCAQDAV.jpg
http://i351.photobucket.com/albums/q474/gibbo4/landscape-big1.jpg
http://i351.photobucket.com/albums/q474/gibbo4/1318220213_2e3f86afeb1.jpg
http://i351.photobucket.com/albums/q474/gibbo4/92-thailand-264-WP1.jpg
http://i351.photobucket.com/albums/q474/gibbo4/image2.jpg
http://i351.photobucket.com/albums/q474/gibbo4/scenic_waterfalls_screensaver_21541.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 08/10/08 at 5:43 am

I'm amazed,very nice pictures. :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/10/08 at 6:16 am

Makes you want to go and relax there.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 08/10/08 at 6:25 am

May I have these as my computer wallpaper one day,just beautiful. :)

I got them off Photobucket,I've never tried using them for wallpaper. For my wallpaper I use Popularscreensavers.com. :)
....And even some more...

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g248/wpxq69/Wallpaper-Islands-Ocean-Beaches-Haw.jpg
http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii89/yameles/Scenery-Beach-Pulau%20Redang/9ead.jpg
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http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k305/NickW_01/yosemite.jpg
http://i351.photobucket.com/albums/q474/gibbo4/MJONDCAG4F5C8CA0EEW2ZCAV5BDVBCAQDAV.jpg
http://i351.photobucket.com/albums/q474/gibbo4/landscape-big1.jpg
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http://i351.photobucket.com/albums/q474/gibbo4/92-thailand-264-WP1.jpg
http://i351.photobucket.com/albums/q474/gibbo4/image2.jpg
http://i351.photobucket.com/albums/q474/gibbo4/scenic_waterfalls_screensaver_21541.jpg

Those are beautiful :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/10/08 at 6:28 am

For my wallpaper I use Popularscreensavers.com. :)Those are beautiful :)
I use pictures I have taken for my wallpaper.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 08/10/08 at 6:36 am

The word of the day.....Surprise
To encounter suddenly or unexpectedly; take or catch unawares.
To attack or capture suddenly and without warning.
To cause to feel wonder, astonishment, or amazement, as at something unanticipated.

To cause (someone) to do or say something unintended.
To elicit or detect through surprise.
n.
The act of surprising or the condition of being surprised.
Something, such as an unexpected encounter, event, or gift, that surprises.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/10/08 at 6:52 am

Interesting of your choice today, for it was on this day (August 10th) 1948, Candid Camera makes its television debut after being on radio for a year as Candid Microphone.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 08/10/08 at 8:51 am

Interesting of your choice today, for it was on this day (August 10th) 1948, Candid Camera makes its television debut after being on radio for a year as Candid Microphone.

WOW,I didn't even know that.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/10/08 at 9:38 am

WOW,I didn't even know that.
Did that come as a surprise to you?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 08/10/08 at 3:22 pm

Did that come as a surprise to you?

Golly yes :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 08/10/08 at 5:22 pm

I'm surprised.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 08/11/08 at 3:37 am

As Gomer Pyle would say....surprize, surprize, surprize (said more like surprarze, surprarze surprarze)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 08/11/08 at 5:44 am

Is the secret word a "suprise"?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 08/11/08 at 5:47 am

As Gomer Pyle would say....surprize, surprize, surprize (said more like surprarze, surprarze surprarze)

GOLLY :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 08/11/08 at 5:48 am

GOLLY :)

Gee.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 08/11/08 at 6:00 am

The word of the day....Beach(es)
The shore of a body of water, especially when sandy or pebbly.
The sand or pebbles on a shore.
The zone above the water line at a shore of a body of water, marked by an accumulation of sand, stone, or gravel that has been deposited by the tide or waves.
tr.v., beached, beach·ing, beach·es.
To run, haul, or bring ashore: beached the rowboat in front of the cabin; hooked a big bluefish but was unable to beach it.
To leave stranded or helpless.
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http://i517.photobucket.com/albums/u336/kendall57/Aug%203rd/DSCF2697.jpg
http://i325.photobucket.com/albums/k383/thizz_kween/beaches.jpg
http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll126/marshall1023/beaches.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 08/11/08 at 6:05 am

The word of the day....Beach(es)
The shore of a body of water, especially when sandy or pebbly.
The sand or pebbles on a shore.
The zone above the water line at a shore of a body of water, marked by an accumulation of sand, stone, or gravel that has been deposited by the tide or waves.
tr.v., beached, beach·ing, beach·es.
To run, haul, or bring ashore: beached the rowboat in front of the cabin; hooked a big bluefish but was unable to beach it.
To leave stranded or helpless.
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http://i325.photobucket.com/albums/k383/thizz_kween/beaches.jpg
http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll126/marshall1023/beaches.jpg

Life's a beach.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 08/11/08 at 6:14 am

Well then.......how about a beach party?

http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m62/skye111/8-8-20085-40-11AM_0010.jpg
http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x162/coilea/beach_party.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 08/11/08 at 6:18 am

Well then.......how about a beach party?

http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m62/skye111/8-8-20085-40-11AM_0010.jpg
http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x162/coilea/beach_party.jpg

http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x162/coilea/144112Beach-Blanket-Bingo-Posters.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 08/11/08 at 6:37 am

Hey Janine...are you one cat short in your signature?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 08/11/08 at 9:13 am

Son of a beach ! :P

Yeah, the sands of time are the only grains I'm seeing at the moment. Time on this computer just about up ......... so, hi and bye (everyone) ..... I think ! :) :(

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 08/11/08 at 9:28 am

Son of a beach ! :P

Yeah, the sands of time are the only grains I'm seeing at the moment. Time on this computer just about up ......... so, hi and bye (everyone) ..... I think ! :) :(

Cheers Alan...you are missed! :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/11/08 at 9:43 am

Son of a beach ! :P

Yeah, the sands of time are the only grains I'm seeing at the moment. Time on this computer just about up ......... so, hi and bye (everyone) ..... I think ! :) :(
Take care!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 08/11/08 at 12:27 pm

Hey Janine...are you one cat short in your signature?

No there should be 6 :)
Son of a beach ! :P

Yeah, the sands of time are the only grains I'm seeing at the moment. Time on this computer just about up ......... so, hi and bye (everyone) ..... I think ! :) :(

Have fun and hurry back :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 08/11/08 at 5:56 pm

http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m62/skye111/8-8-20085-40-11AM_0010.jpg

My kind of party. ;)^

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/12/08 at 6:13 am

http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m62/skye111/8-8-20085-40-11AM_0010.jpg

My kind of party. ;)^
Are you there?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 08/12/08 at 6:26 am

The word of the day...Colorful
Full of color; abounding in colors: colorful leaves in the fall.
Characterized by rich variety; vividly distinctive: colorful language.
colorfully col'or·ful·ly adv.

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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/12/08 at 6:28 am

http://i0006.photobucket.com/albums/0006/pbhomepage/Rainbows/ugvkv.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 08/12/08 at 6:31 am

No there should be 6 :)Have fun and hurry back :)

I only can see 5

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 08/12/08 at 6:37 am

I only can see 5

Are you at 100%.if I don't maximize my screen then I only see 5.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/12/08 at 6:41 am

I can see 5 cats, but there is a 6th option which says "Upgrade to Pro today"

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 08/12/08 at 7:19 am

These girls are colourful.........and I may be in trouble?? :-\\

http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n66/xadrai/bodypaint.jpg

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l115/jann2227/bodypaint.jpg

http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u171/Caspar79/1115b3b2.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 08/12/08 at 7:40 am

These girls are colourful.........and I may be in trouble?? :-\\

http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n66/xadrai/bodypaint.jpg

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l115/jann2227/bodypaint.jpg

http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u171/Caspar79/1115b3b2.jpg

Um,Eh Wow that's all I have to say.

*drool* :o

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 08/12/08 at 7:41 am

Are you there?

No,I don't have a buff body unless the girls like a sasquatch chest on a guy? ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 08/12/08 at 7:41 am

Will I get into trouble? ....or are they covered enough?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 08/12/08 at 7:42 am

Will I get into trouble? ....or are they covered enough?

I don't see anything. ;)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 08/12/08 at 8:37 am

These girls are colourful.........and I may be in trouble?? :-\\

http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n66/xadrai/bodypaint.jpg

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l115/jann2227/bodypaint.jpg

http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u171/Caspar79/1115b3b2.jpg

Interesting
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f322/fairyzyndi/BodyPaint.jpg
You men thirsty?
http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k245/tedyfinger/heineken.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/12/08 at 8:56 am

http://justcans.biz/paint%20coatings.gif

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 08/12/08 at 10:13 am

Interesting
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f322/fairyzyndi/BodyPaint.jpg
You men thirsty?
http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k245/tedyfinger/heineken.jpg

YUM.. Beer Boobs. ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 08/12/08 at 10:56 am

http://justcans.biz/paint%20coatings.gif

Very Colorful :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 08/12/08 at 12:30 pm

I think the girls in the picture need a paint job. ;)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 08/13/08 at 5:52 am

The word of the day....Sunsets
The event or time of the daily disappearance of the sun below the western horizon.
A decline or final phase: the sunset of an empire.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/13/08 at 5:57 am

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2250/2204533360_7a79074f45_m.jpg

Sunset over London.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 08/13/08 at 5:59 am

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2250/2204533360_7a79074f45_m.jpg

Sunset over London.

Very nice :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/13/08 at 6:01 am

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2075/2201506433_e65c6a8b8a_m.jpg

Sunset over Lord's Cricket Ground, again in London

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 08/13/08 at 5:05 pm

Sunrise,Sunset.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: bookmistress4ever on 08/13/08 at 5:41 pm

http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff30/bookmistress4ever/RonsweddingreceptionJuly92008013.jpg

Here's a sunset picture I took on Saturday. It was alot prettier then it came out in the picture.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 08/14/08 at 5:48 am

http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff30/bookmistress4ever/RonsweddingreceptionJuly92008013.jpg

Here's a sunset picture I took on Saturday. It was alot prettier then it came out in the picture.

That's just lovely. :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 08/14/08 at 6:05 am

Some final sunsets.........

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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 08/14/08 at 6:23 am

The word of the day....Happy
Characterized by good luck; fortunate.
Enjoying, showing, or marked by pleasure, satisfaction, or joy.
Being especially well-adapted; felicitous: a happy turn of phrase.
Cheerful; willing: happy to help.

Characterized by a spontaneous or obsessive inclination to use something. Often used in combination: trigger-happy.
Enthusiastic about or involved with to a disproportionate degree. Often used in combination: money-happy; clothes-happy
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http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x1/xCaptainJenx/Jack/happy.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 08/14/08 at 6:41 am

Here's a happy Stephanie Rice at the Olympics......

http://i331.photobucket.com/albums/l473/maki1991/r234601_941958.jpg

...and the greatest ever male swimmer.

http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll13/marcomummey/michael-phelps.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 08/14/08 at 6:47 am

Here's a happy Stephanie Rice at the Olympics......

http://i331.photobucket.com/albums/l473/maki1991/r234601_941958.jpg

...and the greatest ever male swimmer.

http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll13/marcomummey/michael-phelps.jpg

Yes they are very happy and very talented.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 08/14/08 at 6:17 pm

Who's happy today? :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/14/08 at 6:34 pm

Here's a happy Stephanie Rice at the Olympics......

http://i331.photobucket.com/albums/l473/maki1991/r234601_941958.jpg

...and the greatest ever male swimmer.

http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll13/marcomummey/michael-phelps.jpg
His feet are double-jointed.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/14/08 at 6:37 pm

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q76/heymeshaz/happydwarfglobe.gif

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 08/15/08 at 5:09 am

The Happy Happy Joy Joy song

Hello, boys and girls. This is your old pal, Stinky Wizzleteats. This is a song about a whale. No! This is a song about being happy! That's right! It's the Happy Happy Joy Joy song!

Happy Happy Joy Joy Happy Happy Joy Joy
Happy Happy Joy Joy Happy Happy Joy Joy
Happy Happy Joy Joy Happy Happy Joy Joy
Happy Happy Joy Joy Joy!
I don't think you're happy enough! That's right! I'll teach you to be happy! I'll teach your grandmother to suck eggs! Now, boys and girls, let's try it again!

Happy Happy Joy Joy Happy Happy Joy Joy
Happy Happy Joy Joy Happy Happy Joy Joy
Happy Happy Joy Joy Happy Happy Joy Joy
Happy Happy Joy Joy Joy!
If'n you aint the grandaddy of all liars! The little critters of nature... They don't know that they're ugly! That's very funny, a fly marrying a bumblebee! I told you I'd shoot! But you didn't believe me! Why didn't you believe me?!

Happy Happy Joy Joy Happy Happy Joy Joy
Happy Happy Joy Joy Happy Happy Joy Joy
Happy Happy Joy Joy Happy Happy Joy Joy
Happy Happy Happy Happy
Happy Happy Happy Happy
Happy Happy Joy Joy Joy!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/15/08 at 5:39 am

Happy Together ~ The Turtles

Imagine me and you, I do
I think about you day and night, it's only right
To think about the girl you love and hold her tight
So happy together

If I should call you up, invest a dime
And you say you belong to me and ease my mind
Imagine how the world could be, so very fine
So happy together

I can't see me lovin' nobody but you
For all my life
When you're with me, baby the skies'll be blue
For all my life

Me and you and you and me
No matter how they toss the dice, it has to be
The only one for me is you, and you for me
So happy together

I can't see me lovin' nobody but you
For all my life
When you're with me, baby the skies'll be blue
For all my life

Me and you and you and me
No matter how they toss the dice, it has to be
The only one for me is you, and you for me
So happy together

Ba-ba-ba-ba ba-ba-ba-ba ba-ba-ba ba-ba-ba-ba
Ba-ba-ba-ba ba-ba-ba-ba ba-ba-ba ba-ba-ba-ba

Me and you and you and me
No matter how they toss the dice, it has to be
The only one for me is you, and you for me
So happy together

So happy together
How is the weather
So happy together
We're happy together
So happy together
Happy together
So happy together
So happy together (ba-ba-ba-ba ba-ba-ba-ba)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 08/15/08 at 5:43 am

The word of the day....Spirit(es)

The vital principle or animating force within living beings.
Incorporeal consciousness.
The soul, considered as departing from the body of a person at death.
Spirit The Holy Spirit.
A supernatural being, as:
An angel or a demon.
A being inhabiting or embodying a particular place, object, or natural phenomenon.
A fairy or sprite.

The part of a human associated with the mind, will, and feelings: Though unable to join us today, they are with us in spirit.
The essential nature of a person or group.
A person as characterized by a stated quality: He is a proud spirit.

An inclination or tendency of a specified kind: Her actions show a generous spirit.
A causative, activating, or essential principle: The couple's engagement was announced in a joyous spirit.
spirits A mood or an emotional state: The guests were in high spirits. His sour spirits put a damper on the gathering.
A particular mood or an emotional state characterized by vigor and animation: sang with spirit.
Strong loyalty or dedication: team spirit.
The predominant mood of an occasion or a period: “The spirit of 1776 is not dead” (Thomas Jefferson).
The actual though unstated sense or significance of something: the spirit of the law.
An alcohol solution of an essential or volatile substance. Often used in the plural with a singular verb.
spirits An alcoholic beverage, especially distilled liquor
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 08/15/08 at 5:44 am

Happy Together ~ The Turtles

Imagine me and you, I do
I think about you day and night, it's only right
To think about the girl you love and hold her tight
So happy together

If I should call you up, invest a dime
And you say you belong to me and ease my mind
Imagine how the world could be, so very fine
So happy together

I can't see me lovin' nobody but you
For all my life
When you're with me, baby the skies'll be blue
For all my life

Me and you and you and me
No matter how they toss the dice, it has to be
The only one for me is you, and you for me
So happy together

I can't see me lovin' nobody but you
For all my life
When you're with me, baby the skies'll be blue
For all my life

Me and you and you and me
No matter how they toss the dice, it has to be
The only one for me is you, and you for me
So happy together

Ba-ba-ba-ba ba-ba-ba-ba ba-ba-ba ba-ba-ba-ba
Ba-ba-ba-ba ba-ba-ba-ba ba-ba-ba ba-ba-ba-ba

Me and you and you and me
No matter how they toss the dice, it has to be
The only one for me is you, and you for me
So happy together

So happy together
How is the weather
So happy together
We're happy together
So happy together
Happy together
So happy together
So happy together (ba-ba-ba-ba ba-ba-ba-ba)

LOL they made us sing that at our high school senoir speech/awards night (all boys school)...

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/15/08 at 5:50 am

LOL they made us sing that at our high school senoir speech/awards night (all boys school)...
Were you happy together?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 08/15/08 at 6:23 am

We are all a happy spirit. ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 08/15/08 at 6:29 am

We are all a happy spirit. ;D

:)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 08/15/08 at 6:31 am

Are we all in good spirits?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/15/08 at 9:08 am

Are we all in good spirits?
At the moment yes.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 08/15/08 at 6:42 pm

Were you happy together?

Reasonably......!! When we had our 30th class reunion (last year)... we sang that same song as we were walking down to a pub (about 10 of us) ...after the reunion function. We certainly got some looks from the people in the street in the city that night...

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 08/15/08 at 6:49 pm

At the moment yes.

I'm in good spirits at the moment.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 08/16/08 at 5:55 am

The word of the day.....Clouds

A visible body of very fine water droplets or ice particles suspended in the atmosphere at altitudes ranging up to several miles above sea level.
A mass, as of dust, smoke, or steam, suspended in the atmosphere or in outer space.
A large moving body of things in the air or on the ground; a swarm: a cloud of locusts.
Something that darkens or fills with gloom.
A dark region or blemish, as on a polished stone.
Something that obscures.
Suspicion or a charge affecting a reputation.
A collection of charged particles: an electron cloud.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/16/08 at 6:16 am

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/131/347668356_bdfbec4c64_m.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 08/16/08 at 6:31 am

The word of the day.....Clouds

A visible body of very fine water droplets or ice particles suspended in the atmosphere at altitudes ranging up to several miles above sea level.
A mass, as of dust, smoke, or steam, suspended in the atmosphere or in outer space.
A large moving body of things in the air or on the ground; a swarm: a cloud of locusts.
Something that darkens or fills with gloom.
A dark region or blemish, as on a polished stone.
Something that obscures.
Suspicion or a charge affecting a reputation.
A collection of charged particles: an electron cloud.
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Wow Ninny your pictures would make fabulous computer wallpaper. :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/16/08 at 6:33 am

Any funny shaped cloud pictures?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 08/16/08 at 6:37 am

http://ex-cyclist.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/p1030563.JPG

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/16/08 at 6:38 am

http://ex-cyclist.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/p1030563.JPG
Is that a start of a tornado?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 08/16/08 at 6:39 am

Is that a start of a tornado?

Looks like a tornado.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/16/08 at 7:31 am

Looks like a tornado.
It looks threatening.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 08/16/08 at 10:06 am

It looks threatening.

I can't tell if it is threatening.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/16/08 at 10:43 am

I can't tell if it is threatening.
For me, if it looks unusual out of the norm, it could be threatening.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: bookmistress4ever on 08/16/08 at 3:30 pm

The current background of my myspace page has clouds. http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=5860804

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 08/16/08 at 3:50 pm

For me, if it looks unusual out of the norm, it could be threatening.

It could be a funnel cloud.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/16/08 at 4:34 pm

It could be a funnel cloud.
What is a funnel cloud?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 08/16/08 at 4:42 pm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funnel_cloud

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Reynolds1863 on 08/17/08 at 3:12 am

The current background of my myspace page has clouds. http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=5860804

I do like that. :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 08/17/08 at 5:45 am

What's today's word of the day,Ninny? :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 08/17/08 at 6:47 am

The word of the day....Peaceful
Undisturbed by strife, turmoil, or disagreement; tranquil. See synonyms at calm.
Inclined or disposed to peace; peaceable.
Of or characteristic of a condition of peace.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/17/08 at 6:59 am

What's today's word of the day,Ninny? :)

The word of the day....Peaceful

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 08/17/08 at 5:04 pm

very nice peaceful pictures. :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Reynolds1863 on 08/17/08 at 6:06 pm

http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j111/bratley89/PEACEFUL.jpg

This is my definition of a peaceful summer. :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/18/08 at 2:20 am

The word of the day....Peaceful
Undisturbed by strife, turmoil, or disagreement; tranquil. See synonyms at calm.
Inclined or disposed to peace; peaceable.
Of or characteristic of a condition of peace.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 08/18/08 at 5:52 am

http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j111/bratley89/PEACEFUL.jpg

This is my definition of a peaceful summer. :)

Peaceful.as long as there is not many people.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 08/18/08 at 6:07 am

The word of the day....Wings
One of a pair of movable organs for flying, as the feather-covered modified forelimb of a bird or the skin-covered modified digits of the forelimb of a bat.
Any of usually four membranous organs for flying that extend from the thorax of an insect.
A winglike organ or structure used for flying, as the folds of skin of a flying squirrel or the enlarged pectoral fin of a flying fish.
Botany.
A thin or membranous extension, such as of the fruit of the elm, maple, or ash or of the seed of the pine.
One of the lateral petals of the flower of a pea or of most plants in the pea family.
Informal. An arm of a human.
An airfoil whose principal function is providing lift, especially either of two such airfoils symmetrically positioned on each side of the fuselage of an aircraft.
Something that resembles a wing in appearance, function, or position relative to a main body.

The act or manner of flying.
A means of flight or rapid movement: Fear lent wings to his feet.

Something, such as a weathervane, that is moved by or moves against the air.
The sail of a ship.
Chiefly British. The fender of a motor vehicle.
A folding section, as of a double door or of a movable partition.
Either of the two side projections on the back of a wing chair.

A flat of theatrical scenery projecting onto the stage from the side.
wings The unseen backstage area on either side of the stage of a proscenium theater.
A structure attached to and connected internally with the side of a main building.
A section of a large building devoted to a specific purpose: the children's wing of the hospital.
A group affiliated with or subordinate to an older or larger organization.

Either of two groups with opposing views within a larger group; a faction.
A section of a party, legislature, or community holding distinct, especially dissenting, political views: the conservative wing.

Either the left or right flank of an army or a naval fleet.
An air force unit larger than a group but smaller than a division.
Sports.
Either of the forward positions played near the sideline, especially in hockey.
A player who plays such a position.
wings An outspread pair of stylized bird's wings worn as insignia by qualified pilots or air crew members.

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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 08/18/08 at 6:13 am

I love Buffalo Wings. :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 08/18/08 at 6:24 am

http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee222/reydir24/Paul%20Mccartney/Front-11.jpg
http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee303/MissBeatles/wings.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 08/18/08 at 7:18 am

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My favorite is Silly Love Songs.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Reynolds1863 on 08/18/08 at 4:54 pm

Peaceful.as long as there is not many people.

Right, I can't stand crowded beaches. :P

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 08/18/08 at 5:38 pm

My favorite is Silly Love Songs.

Good song.My favorite is Band On The Run :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 08/19/08 at 5:02 am

I liked most of them.........Uncle Albet/Admiral Halsey was quirky and clever, Band on the Run, Silly Love Songs, Another Day )on the Greatest Hits album even though it was not a Wings recording...i wa pre-Wings), My Love (great ballad), Let Em' In, Mull Of Kintyre etc etc etc... :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/19/08 at 5:09 am

I liked most of them.........Uncle Albet/Admiral Halsey was quirky and clever, Band on the Run, Silly Love Songs, Another Day )on the Greatest Hits album even though it was not a Wings recording...i wa pre-Wings), My Love (great ballad), Let Em' In, Mull Of Kintyre etc etc etc... :)
These just brings back the memories of being at school.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/19/08 at 5:09 am

I liked most of them.........Uncle Albet/Admiral Halsey was quirky and clever, Band on the Run, Silly Love Songs, Another Day )on the Greatest Hits album even though it was not a Wings recording...i wa pre-Wings), My Love (great ballad), Let Em' In, Mull Of Kintyre etc etc etc... :)

These just brings back the memories of being at school.
...but I had left school and was working at the time of Mull Of Kintyre

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 08/19/08 at 6:13 am

I liked most of them.........Uncle Albet/Admiral Halsey was quirky and clever, Band on the Run, Silly Love Songs, Another Day )on the Greatest Hits album even though it was not a Wings recording...i wa pre-Wings), My Love (great ballad), Let Em' In, Mull Of Kintyre etc etc etc... :)

Yes so true,they did have alot of good songs..I just downloaded Mull Of Kintyre to MySpace.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 08/19/08 at 6:15 am

Wings could've lasted another couple of years. :(

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/19/08 at 6:16 am

Wings could've lasted another couple of years. :(
I wanted them to last longer too.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 08/19/08 at 6:17 am

I wanted them to last longer too.

What made them break up? ???

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 08/19/08 at 6:26 am

The word of the day...Dream(s)
A series of images, ideas, emotions, and sensations occurring involuntarily in the mind during certain stages of sleep.
A daydream; a reverie.
A state of abstraction; a trance.
A wild fancy or hope.
A condition or achievement that is longed for; an aspiration: a dream of owning their own business.
One that is exceptionally gratifying, excellent, or beautiful: Our new car runs like a dream.

v., dreamed or dreamt (drĕmt), dream·ing, dreams.

v.intr.
To experience a dream in sleep: dreamed of meeting an old friend.
To daydream.
To have a deep aspiration: dreaming of a world at peace.
To regard something as feasible or practical: I wouldn't dream of trick skiing on icy slopes.
v.tr.
To experience a dream of while asleep: Did it storm last night, or did I dream it?
To conceive of; imagine.
To pass (time) idly or in reverie.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/19/08 at 6:30 am

What made them break up? ???
The band's other member were leaving for other ventures, thus leaving Macca on his own.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 08/19/08 at 6:30 am

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b400/prtyfinechck/untitled.jpg

of Course I dream about her..On my bed! ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/19/08 at 6:30 am

The band's other member were leaving for other ventures, thus leaving Macca on his own.
...with Linda

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 08/19/08 at 6:31 am

...with Linda

Then Paul went on his own in the 80's.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 08/19/08 at 6:53 am

Then Paul went on his own in the 80's.

Ah yes, who could forget that classic movie "Goodbye To Broad Street" ;D I paid money to see it and actually enjoyed it....especially the segment where Paul played some of his songs with just his accoustic guitar....what a talent!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/19/08 at 6:55 am

Ah yes, who could forget that classic movie "Goodbye To Broad Street" ;D   I paid money to see it and actually enjoyed it....especially the segment where Paul played some of his songs with just his accoustic guitar....what a talent!
I never saw it!

That accoustic guitar segment, is that the busker scene?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 08/19/08 at 8:02 pm

Ah yes, who could forget that classic movie "Goodbye To Broad Street" ;D I paid money to see it and actually enjoyed it....especially the segment where Paul played some of his songs with just his accoustic guitar....what a talent!

or how about Say Say Say with Michael Jackson.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 08/20/08 at 5:30 am

I never saw it!

That accoustic guitar segment, is that the busker scene?

It's funny how the memory plays tricks.............The movie name was "Give My Regards To Broad Street". The segment was in a recording studio when Paul plays a medley of his songs. He actually wasn't slo...he had musical backing (horns etc). There is a clip on Youtube but the sound keeps dropping out....very annoying.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 08/20/08 at 5:45 am

Who remembers the video with Michael Jackson? ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 08/20/08 at 6:07 am

Who remembers the video with Michael Jackson? ;D

Is that the one were they are at a carnival?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 08/20/08 at 6:15 am

The word of the day......Dreary
Dismal; bleak.
Boring; dull: dreary tasks.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/20/08 at 7:17 am

Who remembers the video with Michael Jackson? ;D
Say Say Say?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/20/08 at 7:18 am

It's funny how the memory plays tricks.............The movie name was "Give My Regards To Broad Street". The segment was in a recording studio when Paul plays a medley of his songs. He actually wasn't slo...he had musical backing (horns etc). There is a clip on Youtube but the sound keeps dropping out....very annoying.
So not the busker scene, which I tell you all about in a moment or two.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: bookmistress4ever on 08/20/08 at 11:23 am

Once upon a midnight dreary
while I pondered, weak and weary
over many posts on a message board

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 08/20/08 at 3:24 pm

Is that the one were they are at a carnival?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gWvBXS2t4A

yes,classic from 1983. :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 08/20/08 at 3:25 pm

Say Say Say?

Yes it is.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 08/20/08 at 3:26 pm

Wow,cool Ninny I just used one of your pictures as computer wallpaper. :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/20/08 at 4:25 pm

Wow,cool Ninny I just used one of your pictures as computer wallpaper. :)
Which one?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 08/21/08 at 6:17 am

Which one?

Yeah which one?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 08/21/08 at 6:19 am

Yeah which one?

The one with the tall building and the dark clouds.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Reynolds1863 on 08/21/08 at 6:20 am

The one with the tall building and the dark clouds.

Yeah the one with the small castle is pretty cool.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 08/21/08 at 6:21 am

Yeah the one with the small castle is pretty cool.

She has such great taste in pictures. :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Reynolds1863 on 08/21/08 at 6:23 am

She has such great taste in pictures. :)

Yes she does. :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 08/21/08 at 6:23 am

What's today secret word?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 08/21/08 at 6:26 am

The word of the day......Flying
Of or relating to aviation: a flying time of three hours between cities.
Capable of or engaged in flight: The bat is a flying mammal.
Situated, extending, or functioning in the air: a flying deck.

Swiftly moving; fleet: played the difficult passage with flying fingers.
Done or performed swiftly in or as if in the air: crossed the goal line with a flying leap.
Brief; hurried: made a flying visit to the neighbors' house; took a flying glance at the report.
Capable of swift deployment or response; extremely mobile.
Nautical. Not secured by spars or stays. Used of a sail.
n.
Flight in an aircraft or spacecraft.
The piloting or navigation of an aircraft or spacecraft.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 08/21/08 at 6:28 am

I don't fly,I'm not a bird.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 08/21/08 at 6:29 am

The one with the tall building and the dark clouds.

Yeah that's cool
Yeah the one with the small castle is pretty cool.

That's another nice one :)
She has such great taste in pictures. :)

Yes she does. :)

Thank You :) I sometimes have a hard time figuring out what pics to use

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 08/21/08 at 6:41 am

Do you take your own pictures?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 08/21/08 at 6:50 am

Do you take your own pictures?

No I don't even have a camera :(

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 08/21/08 at 6:54 am

No I don't even have a camera :(

Do you have photos from a photobook?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 08/22/08 at 6:21 am

The word of the day....Magical
Of, relating to, or produced by magic.
Enchanting; bewitching: a magical performance of the ballet.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 08/22/08 at 6:24 am

The Magical Mystery Tour is coming to take you away.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 08/22/08 at 6:31 am

Do you have photos from a photobook?

No all the pics I use are found on Photobucket.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 08/22/08 at 6:32 am

No all the pics I use are found on Photobucket.

Thhey look so magical. ;)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 08/22/08 at 7:18 am

This is a fun word Janine.... :)

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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/22/08 at 7:43 am

Can I saw Paul as the Walrus above us?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 08/22/08 at 7:47 am

Can I saw Paul as the Walrus above us?

How do you know it is Paul as the walrus? Why not John...he DID sing the words I am the walrus....

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/22/08 at 7:57 am

How do you know it is Paul as the walrus? Why not John...he DID sing the words I am the walrus....
True, only the costumer would only know?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 08/22/08 at 8:06 am

True, only the costumer would only know?

I thought maybe you had inside knowledge.... ;D Lulu might have told you..... ;)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/22/08 at 8:08 am

I thought maybe you had inside knowledge.... ;D Lulu might have told you..... ;)
That was one question I never got to ask her.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 08/22/08 at 8:10 am

Thhey look so magical. ;)

Yes they can be :)
This is a fun word Janine.... :)

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I'm glad to see if I suddenly got sick or died that I can leave the word of the day in the capable hands of Peter :) Very Very nice pics

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 08/22/08 at 8:13 am

The last pic was for Howard.......... ;D ...anyway, we're the same age and will probably depart around the same time.... ;)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/22/08 at 8:18 am

I thought maybe you had inside knowledge.... ;D Lulu might have told you..... ;)
Magical and still a mystery to me.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 08/22/08 at 8:20 am

The last pic was for Howard.......... ;D ...anyway, we're the same age and will probably depart around the same time.... ;)

I'm sure you will live longer than me,I'm overweight with health problems.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 08/22/08 at 8:22 am

How do you know it is Paul as the walrus? Why not John...he DID sing the words I am the walrus....

Paul is the Walrus was one of the clues to the Paul is dead mystery

The Walrus Was Paul - The Great Beatle Death Clues of 1969

One of the wildest rumors to ever sweep the US happened in the fall of 1969. Disc jockeys across the country began pointing to so-called "clues" on Beatle albums that suggested Paul McCartney was dead. The story goes that Paul McCartney had died in a mysterious automobile accident in 1966 and was replaced by a look-alike, by the remaining Beatles. As crazy as it sounds, that rumor really took hold in America.

Author R. Gary Patterson has chronicled that amazing, but brief period in rock'n'roll history with a book titled, The Walrus was Paul, The Great Beatle Death Clues of 1969 The very idea that the Beatles would put "clues" in their songs and on their album jackets is ridiculous, isn't it? Maybe, just maybe, it isn't so ridiculous.

Q - When did the rumor take hold?

A - October 12, 1969. It was during 'Abbey Road'. There are so many disc jockeys who claim to be the first to break the rumor, or who designed which clues. It's almost impossible to say this is the beginning. But, (d.j.) Russ Gibb gets credit for being the one to actually go on and confront Peter Asher and Allen Klein with F. Lee Bailey. He's definitely the figurehead behind it, in my estimation. So, this was started in October of 1969, and the clues would pre-date that, which I think is really strange. A lot of d.j.'s will take a look at the line from 'Glass Onion', "Here's another clue for you all, The Walrus was Paul." This was to suggest they were teasing their fans. They'd heard these death rumors that Paul is dead and they were just gonna throw out little clues to tease 'em. But, you gotta remember, The White Album was released in '68 and there were no rumors of any clues until 1969. So, how can you have another clue, when another clue isn't even suggested until a year later?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 08/23/08 at 6:21 am

The word of the day......Sunrise
The event or time of the daily first appearance of the sun above the eastern horizon.
An outset or emergence: the sunrise of classical art and sculpture
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 08/23/08 at 6:24 am

The last pic was for Howard.......... ;D ...anyway, we're the same age and will probably depart around the same time.... ;)

Only if she took those straps off. ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 08/23/08 at 6:25 am

Sunrise today in NY was 614am.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 08/23/08 at 7:05 am

I'm sure you will live longer than me,I'm overweight with health problems.

I certainly hope you're not planning on leaving us for many years yet!!! :o I used to be reasonably healthy but I now sit in front of a computer at work AND at home.....I need to start exercising as I can feel my health rapidly declining...

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 08/23/08 at 7:09 am

I certainly hope you're not planning on leaving us for many years yet!!! :o I used to be reasonably healthy but I now sit in front of a computer at work AND at home.....I need to start exercising as I can feel my health rapidly declining...

I need to exercise,but everytime I start to walk my back and legs start to bother me.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/23/08 at 8:02 am

I certainly hope you're not planning on leaving us for many years yet!!! :o I used to be reasonably healthy but I now sit in front of a computer at work AND at home.....I need to start exercising as I can feel my health rapidly declining...
Now what do I associate with Sunrise...

...especially as a song?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 08/23/08 at 8:32 am

Now what do I associate with Sunrise...

...especially as a song?

Now that wouldn't be sunrise, sunset...would it?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/23/08 at 9:36 am

Now that wouldn't be sunrise, sunset...would it?
..."...early in the morning."

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: bookmistress4ever on 08/23/08 at 10:32 pm

Now what do I associate with Sunrise...

...especially as a song?

Simply Red did a great song called "Sunrise"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PE3g2zeBVQQ

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/24/08 at 1:55 am

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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 08/24/08 at 6:18 am

The word of the day....Castle(s)

A large fortified building or group of buildings with thick walls, usually dominating the surrounding country.
A fortified stronghold converted to residential use.
A large ornate building similar to or resembling a fortified stronghold.
A place of privacy, security, or refuge.
Games. See rook2.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 08/24/08 at 6:21 am

The world is my castle.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 08/25/08 at 5:53 am

The word of the day.....Conceptual
Of or relating to concepts or mental conception: conceptual discussions that antedated development of the new product.
Of or relating to conceptualism
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http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k93/Edits_Sad_Parts/Conceptual/And_They_Thought_It_Was_Global_Warm.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c342/m_o_t_n_a_h_p/Conceptual/In_Dreams_by_cosmosue.jpg
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z302/DBagg6/Conceptual-Terrorists.jpg
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z136/pumpkinpiesmasher/Conceptual%20and%20Surreal/theGreatEscape.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/25/08 at 5:55 am

^ the second cat from the right is missing

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 08/25/08 at 6:04 am

^ the second cat from the right is missing

If it's the one on the hammock I can see it,I'm not sure why you can't...Peter had problems one time seeing the last one.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 08/25/08 at 6:06 am

If it's the one on the hammock I can see it,I'm not sure why you can't...Peter had problems one time seeing the last one.
\

I still can't see the last cat ...but I can see all others..

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/25/08 at 6:07 am

If it's the one on the hammock I can see it,I'm not sure why you can't...Peter had problems one time seeing the last one.
I can see the hammocked cat.

http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l290/tkdgirl845/myspace-icons-051.gif is the missing one

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 08/25/08 at 6:31 am

I can see the hammocked cat.

http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l290/tkdgirl845/myspace-icons-051.gif is the missing one

That's odd I can see all of them

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/25/08 at 6:32 am

That's odd I can see all of them
...mmm...

strokes chin

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 08/25/08 at 6:41 am

wow Ninny I just love your pictures as my computer wallpaper. :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 08/26/08 at 6:09 am

wow Ninny I just love your pictures as my computer wallpaper. :)

Thanks,that's cool. :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 08/26/08 at 6:18 am

The word of the day.....Dragon(s)
. (Myth.) A fabulous animal, generally represented as a monstrous winged serpent or lizard, with a crested head and enormous claws, and regarded as very powerful and ferocious.

http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee303/nutnbutmny/dragons.jpg
http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z69/misery_020/dragons.jpg
http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa110/dracul_02/dragons.jpg
http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q49/mickeyasnmouse/dragons-1.jpg
http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd277/envied_kisses/Dragons/dragonpair.jpg
http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/nn25/rafael879/others/Dragons.jpg
http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll237/bears1992/Dragons-5.jpg
http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z69/misery_020/dragon1.jpg
http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z69/misery_020/dragonqueen.jpg
http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z69/misery_020/dragon.jpg
http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm199/tequilatoni/big635083.jpg
http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l303/trust_to_earn_faith/zelectric.jpg
http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii302/deathrow040763/girlflankedbydragonsblue.gif
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d119/darkskitlz/Dragons/fa2dre2.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/26/08 at 6:36 am

http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z144/Plodwyn/welsh-dragon.gif

The Welsh Dragon on the flag of Wales

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 08/26/08 at 6:55 am

Puff The Magic Dragon.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 08/26/08 at 10:38 am

Wow Ninny your pictures would make fabulous computer wallpaper. :)

The lady has amazing taste in pics ! 8)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 08/26/08 at 1:31 pm

What today's secret word?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 08/26/08 at 5:22 pm

hello again, Alan.. :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: bookmistress4ever on 08/26/08 at 5:31 pm

What today's secret word?

Today's secret word was dragon, Howard! Weren't you paying attention to the post just above you? ???

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/26/08 at 5:34 pm

What today's secret word?

Puff The Magic Dragon.

Today's secret word was dragon, Howard! Weren't you paying attention to the post just above you? ???

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: bookmistress4ever on 08/26/08 at 5:42 pm

Can't forget our very own resident dragon

http://a987.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/124/m_39c30b0c108466b169daee70b2d2abda.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 08/26/08 at 6:55 pm

The lady has amazing taste in pics ! 8)

Thank You kind sir :).You have better talent than I do.
Can't forget our very own resident dragon

http://a987.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/124/m_39c30b0c108466b169daee70b2d2abda.jpg

That's a very good one,I must have been asleep this morning.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 08/26/08 at 9:26 pm

Today's secret word was dragon, Howard! Weren't you paying attention to the post just above you? ???

I thought the word was changed.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: bookmistress4ever on 08/26/08 at 10:23 pm

I thought the word was changed.

Word of the day implies one word a day, and since she posted it at 7 a.m. today, that is the word of the day.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 08/27/08 at 6:16 am

The word of the day.....Breathtaking
Inspiring or exciting: a breathtaking view; a breathtaking ride.
Astonishing; astounding: breathtaking insensitivity.
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e43/jillaup/Colorado/Colorado263.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v350/runawayemotions/CrossCultural/HPIM3017.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v298/islandbabae/Philippines%2008/Philippines08044.jpg
http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff22/dnmaaa/Cairo/IMG_5023.jpg
http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p255/moe24_2007/100_3980.jpg
http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk22/island_breezie/Honeymoon%20Kauai%20Aug%2008/59.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v77/Hannah_Scho/2008-08%20Summer%20holiday/1-%20Picardie%20and%20Nord-Pas%20de%20Calais%20inland/2008-0801Laon12.jpg
http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk41/rjlowell/DSCF0414.jpg
http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd346/d_larke/DSCN1712.jpg
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f288/wast3ddays/breathtaking.jpg
http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z257/rogeriokirstin/breathtaking.jpg
http://i354.photobucket.com/albums/r421/poohbear2258/breathtaking.jpg
http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn346/mazzie2008/France%202008/DSC02039.jpg
http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o45/fr88888/Breathtaking_Waterfalls_13.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 08/27/08 at 6:20 am

Wow,that is beautiful,Could I use one of these as computer wallpaper? :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 08/27/08 at 6:23 am

Those are very pretty, ninny!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 08/27/08 at 6:38 am

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb101/AlyssaDancer09/3.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 08/27/08 at 6:44 am

Pretty!!!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 08/27/08 at 8:28 am

Wow,that is beautiful,Could I use one of these as computer wallpaper? :)

Sure :)
Those are very pretty, ninny!

Thank You :)
http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb101/AlyssaDancer09/3.jpg

Amazing

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/27/08 at 9:43 am

The word of the day.....Breathtaking

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v298/islandbabae/Philippines%2008/Philippines08044.jpg

I recognise this place.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 08/27/08 at 10:32 am

I recognise this place.

I believe it's in the Phillipines

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/27/08 at 11:34 am

I believe it's in the Phillipines
Correct, on my next trip there I plan to visit that site.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 08/27/08 at 3:56 pm

Correct, on my next trip there I plan to visit that site.

That would be nice,take lots of pictures.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 08/27/08 at 4:03 pm

Wow,just breathtaking,Ninny. :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 08/28/08 at 6:27 am

The word of the day.......Mountains
(Abbr. Mt. or Mtn.) A natural elevation of the earth's surface having considerable mass, generally steep sides, and a height greater than that of a hill.

A large heap: a mountain of laundry.
A huge quantity: a mountain of trouble
http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s312/christiewil_album/mountains.jpg
http://i425.photobucket.com/albums/pp331/DressageGirly32/mountains.jpg
http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee233/jillaluna/vacation225.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f131/brhighfield/Mtnsky.jpg
http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb194/Lady_Jan2007/Mountains/RocktopMountain.jpg
http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u121/railfan2006/Scenery%20Pictures/Mountain%20Scenes/Mountains.jpg
http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb152/virgie45/virgie%20on%20holiday/sglasshouse_mountains.jpg
http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s152/aeliyahpeanut/wyoming-rocky-mountains.jpg
http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m80/shikaa/alaska-summer07/vvarious181.jpg
http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r203/Skyhawk-N/SmokeyMountains2.jpg
http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r203/Skyhawk-N/SmokeyMountains.jpg
http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff337/KSullivan/karstmountainsLiRiver35.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 08/28/08 at 6:33 am

more wonderful pictures as usual. ;)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 08/28/08 at 6:46 am

One of the smaller pics is of The Glasshouse Mountains ...just North of where I live.. :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 08/28/08 at 6:49 am

One of the smaller pics is of The Glasshouse Mountains ...just North of where I live.. :)

and where would that be?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 08/28/08 at 7:03 am

Some more mountains........I'm a sucker for mountain scenery...

http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z211/wclemily/Scenery/6270.jpghttp://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z211/wclemily/Scenery/f46b.jpghttp://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o74/red_wine_lady/nature-scenery.jpghttp://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f151/JaguarPOWER/Scenery%20Icons/297bec53.gifhttp://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa193/Samson_2007_01/Bliss_Scenery_Mountain_Lake.jpghttp://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc130/Xubaoqian/China%20%20scenery/a91a46f2.jpghttp://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc208/vanisleacc/MS-DougHurrell-SunriseLightsuptheRa.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 08/28/08 at 7:04 am

and where would that be?

That would be about 60 miles north of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 08/28/08 at 7:12 am

more wonderful pictures as usual. ;)

Thank You :)
Some more mountains........I'm a sucker for mountain scenery...

http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z211/wclemily/Scenery/6270.jpghttp://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z211/wclemily/Scenery/f46b.jpghttp://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o74/red_wine_lady/nature-scenery.jpghttp://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f151/JaguarPOWER/Scenery%20Icons/297bec53.gifhttp://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa193/Samson_2007_01/Bliss_Scenery_Mountain_Lake.jpghttp://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc130/Xubaoqian/China%20%20scenery/a91a46f2.jpghttp://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc208/vanisleacc/MS-DougHurrell-SunriseLightsuptheRa.jpg

Some more mountains........I'm a sucker for mountain scenery...

http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z211/wclemily/Scenery/6270.jpghttp://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z211/wclemily/Scenery/f46b.jpghttp://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o74/red_wine_lady/nature-scenery.jpghttp://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f151/JaguarPOWER/Scenery%20Icons/297bec53.gifhttp://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa193/Samson_2007_01/Bliss_Scenery_Mountain_Lake.jpghttp://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc130/Xubaoqian/China%20%20scenery/a91a46f2.jpghttp://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc208/vanisleacc/MS-DougHurrell-SunriseLightsuptheRa.jpg

Some more mountains........I'm a sucker for mountain scenery...

http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z211/wclemily/Scenery/6270.jpghttp://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z211/wclemily/Scenery/f46b.jpghttp://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o74/red_wine_lady/nature-scenery.jpghttp://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f151/JaguarPOWER/Scenery%20Icons/297bec53.gifhttp://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa193/Samson_2007_01/Bliss_Scenery_Mountain_Lake.jpghttp://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc130/Xubaoqian/China%20%20scenery/a91a46f2.jpghttp://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc208/vanisleacc/MS-DougHurrell-SunriseLightsuptheRa.jpg

Stunning as usual :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 08/28/08 at 7:14 am

You copied that post 3 times.... :o ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 08/28/08 at 7:52 am

You copied that post 3 times.... :o ;D

;D I hit insert quote,but it didn't seem to be working so I hit it twice more.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 08/28/08 at 8:21 am

VERY pretty pictures.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 08/28/08 at 8:32 am

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh93/adagio_photos/scenes/Cabo.jpg?t=1219930296

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/28/08 at 9:08 am

Some more mountains........I'm a sucker for mountain scenery...

http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa193/Samson_2007_01/Bliss_Scenery_Mountain_Lake.jpg
Is this image upside down?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/28/08 at 9:08 am

"Climb every mountain, ford every stream..."

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/28/08 at 9:16 am

http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm66/Phil_O-Sopher/Bliss_Scenery_Mountain_Lake.jpg

http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm66/Phil_O-Sopher/Bliss_Scenery_Mountain_Lake-1.jpg

Spot the difference?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 08/28/08 at 2:12 pm

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh93/adagio_photos/scenes/Cabo.jpg?t=1219930296

Nice one :)
"Climb every mountain, ford every stream..."

"Follow every rainbow,til you find your dream."
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm66/Phil_O-Sopher/Bliss_Scenery_Mountain_Lake.jpg

http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm66/Phil_O-Sopher/Bliss_Scenery_Mountain_Lake-1.jpg

Spot the difference?

Very clever,it's like a reflection.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/28/08 at 2:19 pm

Nice one :)"Follow every rainbow,til you find your dream."Very clever,it's like a reflection.
Some of the other could work the same way.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 08/28/08 at 7:07 pm

That would be about 60 miles north of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

How's the weather ?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 08/29/08 at 5:52 am

The word of the day....Rain

Water condensed from atmospheric vapor and falling in drops.
A fall of such water; a rainstorm.
The descent of such water.
Rainy weather.
rains A rainy season.
A heavy or abundant fall: a rain of fluffy cottonwood seeds; a rain of insults.

http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc8/thereisnotruth/rain.jpg
http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll124/polly-pumpkin-pie/rain.jpg
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f59/jades-photobucket_96/Rain.jpg
http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/oo261/Freya_052/Rain_.jpg
http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn72/sexy_kaotik04/rain.jpg
http://i493.photobucket.com/albums/rr296/twi112108grl/rain.gif
http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg158/tAvOrKo/rain-1.jpg
http://i349.photobucket.com/albums/q398/XCheckYesJulietX/rain-1.jpg
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm43/adictedto24/rain.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e14/KiKi-Neko/Icons/Misc/Rain/thwalking_in_the_rain.gif
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y109/nicegurl721/Love/rain.jpg
http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg42/basketsforyou2/rain/rain5.gif
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o259/Jackpokroshytel/cat.jpg
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j2/VelvetGunpowder/Singing_In_The_Rain-front.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/29/08 at 6:15 am

How's the weather ?
Overcast here.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/29/08 at 6:17 am

Rain ~ The Beatles

If the rain comes
they run and hide their heads
They might as well be dead
If the rain comes
If the rain comes

When the sun shines
they slip into the shade
and sip their lemonade
When the sun shines
When the sun shines

Rain, I don't mind
Shine, the weather's fine

I can show you
that when it starts to rain
everything's the same
I can show you
I can show you

Rain, I don't mind
Shine, the weather's fine

Can you hear me
that when it rains and shines
it's just a state of mind
Can you hear me
Can you hear me

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 08/29/08 at 6:21 am

I guess the next word will be Pneumonia... :o ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/29/08 at 6:25 am

I guess the next word will be Pneumonia... :o ;D
At least some word describing cold or coldness?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 08/29/08 at 6:47 am

The word of the day....Rain

Water condensed from atmospheric vapor and falling in drops.
A fall of such water; a rainstorm.
The descent of such water.
Rainy weather.
rains A rainy season.
A heavy or abundant fall: a rain of fluffy cottonwood seeds; a rain of insults.

http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc8/thereisnotruth/rain.jpg
http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll124/polly-pumpkin-pie/rain.jpg
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f59/jades-photobucket_96/Rain.jpg
http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/oo261/Freya_052/Rain_.jpg
http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn72/sexy_kaotik04/rain.jpg
http://i493.photobucket.com/albums/rr296/twi112108grl/rain.gif
http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg158/tAvOrKo/rain-1.jpg
http://i349.photobucket.com/albums/q398/XCheckYesJulietX/rain-1.jpg
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm43/adictedto24/rain.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e14/KiKi-Neko/Icons/Misc/Rain/thwalking_in_the_rain.gif
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y109/nicegurl721/Love/rain.jpg
http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg42/basketsforyou2/rain/rain5.gif
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o259/Jackpokroshytel/cat.jpg
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j2/VelvetGunpowder/Singing_In_The_Rain-front.jpg

It's raining,chance of a shower or thunderstorm.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/29/08 at 7:00 am

It's raining,chance of a shower or thunderstorm.
As always?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 08/29/08 at 7:02 am

As always?

It's a summer thing.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 08/29/08 at 7:11 am

Overcast here.

Most of the summer here was a washout.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 08/29/08 at 7:13 am

Most of the summer here was a washout.

over here it was basically July.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/29/08 at 9:59 am

over here it was basically July.
July means rain over here.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 08/29/08 at 7:39 pm

July means rain over here.

Does it get hot and humid?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 08/30/08 at 5:00 am

The word of the day.......Sun
often Sun A star that is the basis of the solar system and that sustains life on Earth, being the source of heat and light. It has a mean distance from Earth of about 150 million kilometers (93 million miles) a diameter of approximately 1,390,000 kilometers (864,000 miles) and a mass about 330,000 times that of Earth.
A star that is the center of a planetary system.
The radiant energy, especially heat and visible light, emitted by the sun; sunshine.
A sunlike object, representation, or design.

http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u250/mu13/sun.jpg
http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee166/Sav_vy185/sun.jpg
http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r193/animagifs/wallpapers/abstract/sun.jpg
http://i411.photobucket.com/albums/pp193/phenix2012/sun.jpg
http://i373.photobucket.com/albums/oo176/pojn/sun02.jpg
http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm146/brontandhaz/WinterSun.jpg
http://i366.photobucket.com/albums/oo103/mercycovered/1.jpg
http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj188/isabelldpunkt/DSC00050.jpg
http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e327/liddierose/back15.jpg
http://i534.photobucket.com/albums/ee350/lucy_lionheart/sky1.jpg
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/30/08 at 5:19 am

"I've got the sun in the morning and the moon at night"

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 08/30/08 at 5:31 am

No sun this morning,just pouring rain. :(

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 08/30/08 at 6:28 am

This was one of my kids favorites when they were little.
Oh Mister Sun, Sun,
Mister Golden Sun,
Please shine down on me

Oh Mister Sun, Sun,
Mister Golden Sun,
Hiding behind a tree...

These little children
Are asking you
To please come out
So we can play with you

Oh Mister Sun, Sun,
Mister Golden Sun,
Please shine down on me!

Oh Mister Sun, Sun,
Mister Golden Sun,
Please shine down on me

Oh Mister Sun, Sun,
Mister Golden Sun,
Hiding behind a tree...

These little children
Are asking you
To please come out
So we can play with you

Oh Mister Sun, Sun,
Mister Golden Sun,
Please shine down on...
Please shine down on...
Please shine down on me

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: bookmistress4ever on 08/30/08 at 8:49 am

It is bright and sunny today.

Here comes the sun (do do do do)
Here comes the sun and I say
It's alright

Little darling, it's been a long, cold, lonely winter
Little darling, it's felt like years since it's been here
Here comes the sun (do do do do)
Here comes the sun and I say
It's alright

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/30/08 at 9:00 am

No sun this morning,just pouring rain. :(
The sun is with us today

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 08/30/08 at 2:33 pm

The sun is with us today

The sun came out later in the afternoon but very humid. :P

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/30/08 at 3:39 pm

The sun came out later in the afternoon but very humid. :P
That is what happens when the sun is to hot.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 08/30/08 at 3:53 pm

:)
Good day sunshine
Good day sunshine
Good day sunshine

I need to laugh, and when the sun is out
I've got something I can laugh about
I feel good, in a special way
I'm in love and it's a sunny day

Good day sunshine
Good day sunshine
Good day sunshine

We take a walk, the sun is shining down
Burns my feet as they touch the ground

Good day sunshine
Good day sunshine
Good day sunshine

Then we lie beneath a shady tree
I love her and she's loving me
She feels good, she know she's looking fine
I'm so proud to know that she is mine

Good day sunshine
Good day sunshine
Good day sunshine
Good day sunshine
Good day sunshine
Good day sunshine
Good day sunshine
Good day sunshine

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 08/30/08 at 3:57 pm

Hi Peter. :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/30/08 at 3:58 pm

The Sun Has Got His Hat On

Joy bells are ringing,
The songs birds are singing,
And ev'ryone's happy and gay.
Dull days are over,
We'll soon be in clover,
So pack all your troubles away.

The sun has got his hat on
Hip-hip-hip-hooray!
The sun has got his hat on,
He's coming out today.

Now we'll all be happy,
Hip-hip-hip-hooray!
The sun has got his hat on,
And he's coming out today.

He's been roastin peanuts out in Timbuctoo,
Now he's coming back to do the same for you.
So jump into your sunbath
Hip-hip-hip-hooray!
The sun has got his hat on,
And he's coming out today.
Never saw the grass so green
Never saw the sky so blue
What a lot of fun to ev'ryone,
Sitting in the sun all day.

All the little boys excited,
All the little girls delighted,
What a lot of fun to ev'ryone,
Sitting in the sun all day.

Now we all be happy
Hip-hip-hip-hooray!
The sun has got his hat on,
And he's coming out today.

He's been roastin peanuts out in Timbuctoo
Now he's coming back to do the same for you.
So jump into your sunbath
Hip-hip-hip-hooray!
The sun has got his hat on,
And he's coming out today.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 08/30/08 at 3:58 pm

Hi Peter. :)

Hello Belle...just jumped in while awaiting rest of family ...while they are still getting ready to go to church. :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 08/30/08 at 4:01 pm

Sunshine on my shoulders makes me happy
Sunshine in my eyes can make me cry
Sunshine on the water looks so lovely
Sunshine almost always makes me high

If I had a day that I could give you
Id give to you a day just like today
If I had a song that I could sing for you
Id sing a song to make you feel this way

Sunshine on my shoulders makes me happy
Sunshine in my eyes can make me cry
Sunshine on the water looks so lovely
Sunshine almost always makes me high

If I had a tale that I could tell you
Id tell a tale sure to make you smile
If I had a wish that I could wish for you
Id make a wish for sunshine all the while

Sunshine on my shoulders makes me happy
Sunshine in my eyes can make me cry
Sunshine on the water looks so lovely
Sunshine almost always makes me high
Sunshine almost all the time makes me high
Sunshine almost always

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 08/30/08 at 4:02 pm

oh...lucky...Peter! Between being sick and all I haven't made church lately and miss it.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 08/30/08 at 4:11 pm

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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/30/08 at 4:11 pm

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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/30/08 at 4:12 pm

Sun Arise come every mornin'
Sun Arise come every mornin'
Sun Arise come every mornin'
Bringin' back the warmth to the ground

Sun Arise fillin' up the hollow
Sun Arise fillin' up the hollow
Sun Arise fillin' up the hollow
Bringin' back the warmth to the ground

Sun Arise, she come every mornin'
Sun Arise, each and every day
Sun Arise, she come every mornin'
Sun Arise
ever-y ever-y ever-y ever-y day

She drive away the darkness everyday
She drive away the darkness everyday
She drive away your darkness everyday
Bringin' back the warmth to the ground

Sun Arise
Whoa-oh-oh
Sun Arise
Whoa-oh-oh
Sun Arise
Whoa-oh-oh
ever-y ever-y ever-y ever-y day

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 08/30/08 at 4:13 pm

oh...lucky...Peter! Between being sick and all I haven't made church lately and miss it.

Go tomorrow! It's only another taxi ride away! :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 08/30/08 at 4:17 pm

The Beatles appear to like writing about the Sun.......

One day you'll look to see I've gone
For tomorrow may rain,
so I'll follow the sun

Some day you'll know I was the one
But tomorrow may rain,
so I'll follow the sun

And now the time has come
and, my love, I must go
And though I lose a friend
In the end you will know, oh

One day you'll find that I have gone
But tomorrow may rain,
so I'll follow the sun
But tomorrow may rain,
so I'll follow the sun

And now the time has come
and, my love, I must go
And though I lose a friend
In the end you will know, oh

One day you'll find that I have gone
But tomorrow may rain,
so I'll follow the sun

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 08/30/08 at 7:01 pm

Go tomorrow! It's only another taxi ride away! :)

I'm planning on it. Just seeing if I'm too dizzy and nauseous to go.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 08/30/08 at 7:50 pm

I'm planning on it. Just seeing if I'm too dizzy and nauseous to go.

Sounds like a good plan...... ;)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/31/08 at 2:21 am

Sounds like a good plan...... ;)
Remember to take pictures.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: bookmistress4ever on 08/31/08 at 3:55 am

Remember to take pictures.

at church? ???

Perhaps the congregation will pose for a photo, I wonder if somewhere in the world there is live church webcam. This being the internet, I'm sure there is. ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/31/08 at 3:59 am

at church? ???

Perhaps the congregation will pose for a photo, I wonder if somewhere in the world there is live church webcam. This being the internet, I'm sure there is.   ;D
Today is the day for it.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 08/31/08 at 6:17 am

The word of the day.....Bubble(s)
A thin, usually spherical or hemispherical film of liquid filled with air or gas: a soap bubble.
A globular body of air or gas formed within a liquid: air bubbles rising to the surface.
A pocket formed in a solid by air or gas that is trapped, as during cooling or hardening.

The act or process of forming bubbles.
A sound made by or as if by the forming and bursting of bubbles.
Something insubstantial, groundless, or ephemeral, especially:
A fantastic or impracticable idea or belief; an illusion: didn't want to burst the new volunteers' bubble.
A speculative scheme that comes to nothing: lost money in the real estate bubble.
Something light or effervescent: “Macon—though terribly distressed—had to fight down a bubble of laughter” (Anne Tyler).
A usually transparent glass or plastic dome.
A protective, often isolating envelope or cover: “The Secret Service will talk of tightening protection, but no President wants to live in a bubble” (Anthony Lewis).
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/31/08 at 6:21 am

http://blog.wired.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/05/11/bubbles.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 08/31/08 at 6:23 am

http://blog.wired.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/05/11/bubbles.jpg

Classic :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 08/31/08 at 6:26 am

http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa183/poestyle/I6XZERCAMVKKFYCAWOWCBZCAB53O97CACHJ.jpg

Hey,you found my porn tape. ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 08/31/08 at 6:31 am

Sounds like a good plan...... ;)

I seem to be good to go this Sunday. Last week I was , but the taxi was 2 hours late and Mass was already over.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 08/31/08 at 6:34 am

http://blog.wired.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/05/11/bubbles.jpg

I wonder if he still has Bubbles? ???

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/31/08 at 6:35 am

I wonder if he still has Bubbles? ???
He still had Bubbles in 2005.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 08/31/08 at 6:36 am

He still had Bubbles in 2005.

grown up now?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/31/08 at 6:37 am

grown up now?
Bubbles (chimpanzee)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 08/31/08 at 6:39 am

Bubbles (chimpanzee)

Thanks Phil. ;)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/31/08 at 6:53 am

Thanks Phil. ;)
No problem.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 08/31/08 at 6:53 am

Bubble,Bubble,toil and trouble.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 08/31/08 at 7:09 am

I seem to be good to go this Sunday. Last week I was , but the taxi was 2 hours late and Mass was already over.

That sounds like ...mass confusion... :D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 08/31/08 at 7:11 am

Bubble,Bubble,toil and trouble.

Ha, ha....this is a common misconception... ;D That term is from MacBeth and it is actually "Double, double toil and trouble".. ;)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 08/31/08 at 7:14 am

My Mum sang this to me when I was very young.....and I found myself singing it to my kids ..while rocking them off to sleep... :)

I'm forever blowing bubbles,
Pretty bubbles in the air.
They fly so high,
Nearly reach the sky,
Then like my dreams,
They fade and die.
Fortune's always hiding,
I've looked everywhere,
I'm forever blowing bubbles,
Pretty bubbles in the air.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/31/08 at 7:18 am

My Mum sang this to me when I was very young.....and I found myself singing it to my kids ..while rocking them off to sleep... :)

I'm forever blowing bubbles,
Pretty bubbles in the air.
They fly so high,
Nearly reach the sky,
Then like my dreams,
They fade and die.
Fortune's always hiding,
I've looked everywhere,
I'm forever blowing bubbles,
Pretty bubbles in the air.

That for some reason is the theme song for West Ham United Football Club.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 08/31/08 at 7:22 am

My Mum sang this to me when I was very young.....and I found myself singing it to my kids ..while rocking them off to sleep... :)

I'm forever blowing bubbles,
Pretty bubbles in the air.
They fly so high,
Nearly reach the sky,
Then like my dreams,
They fade and die.
Fortune's always hiding,
I've looked everywhere,
I'm forever blowing bubbles,
Pretty bubbles in the air.

Cute. My mom loved the song Tiny Bubbles by Don Ho.
Tiny bubbles (tiny bubbles)
In the wine (in the wine)
Make me happy (make me happy)
Make me feel fine (make me feel fine)

Tiny bubbles (tiny bubbles)
Make me warm all over
With a feeling that I'm gonna
Love you till the end of time

So here's to the golden moon
And here's to the silver sea
And mostly here's a toast
To you and me

So here's to the ginger lei
I give to you today
And here's a kiss
That will not fade away

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 08/31/08 at 7:35 am

That sounds like ...mass confusion... :D

Lets hope the same doesn't happen today.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: bookmistress4ever on 08/31/08 at 9:20 am

For those American television afficinados of the 60s and 70s and 80s, a little look back at the bubble machine going full-blast for the ending credits of the Lawrence Welk show:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6VWYDd5hgE

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 08/31/08 at 9:42 am

Ha, ha....this is a common misconception... ;D That term is from MacBeth and it is actually "Double, double toil and trouble".. ;)

I got the words mixed up. ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: seamermar on 08/31/08 at 11:44 am

The word of the day....Rain

Water condensed from atmospheric vapor and falling in drops.
A fall of such water; a rainstorm.
The descent of such water.
Rainy weather.
rains A rainy season.
A heavy or abundant fall: a rain of fluffy cottonwood seeds; a rain of insults.

Since I'm on the crazy bus beside you I start to listen to you on "The ninny Fan Club" and along all this water it came to my head that song :

how high is the water Mamma
two feet high and rising

...

it looks like we'll be blessed with a little more rain

....

the bus is coming gonna take us to the train.

Thanks ninny I really like these songs, and these "bubbles" ;)

By the way, what does it mean " rain, wind and weather, hell bent for leather"
from the song Rawhide. ::)

I'm always trying to improve ;)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: seamermar on 08/31/08 at 11:57 am

The word of the day.......Sun

There were seven Spanish angels
at the alter of the sun
they were praying for the lovers
in the Valley of the guns
when the battle stopped
and the smoke cleared
there were thunder from throne
and seven Spanish angels
took another angel home.

My whole English Universe turn around songs, so every word you say it brings me up a song to me. 8) ::)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: bookmistress4ever on 08/31/08 at 1:48 pm

There were seven Spanish angels
at the alter of the sun
they were praying for the lovers
in the Valley of the guns
when the battle stopped
and the smoke cleared
there were thunder from throne
and seven Spanish angels
took another angel home.

My whole English Universe turn around songs, so every word you say it brings me up a song to me. 8) ::)

I love that song!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 08/31/08 at 3:53 pm

Since I'm on the crazy bus beside you I start to listen to you on "The ninny Fan Club" and along all this water it came to my head that song :

how high is the water Mamma
two feet high and rising

...

it looks like we'll be blessed with a little more rain

....

the bus is coming gonna take us to the train.

Thanks ninny I really like these songs, and these "bubbles" ;)

By the way, what does it mean " rain, wind and weather, hell bent for leather"
from the song Rawhide. ::)

I'm always trying to improve ;)

Your welcome..bubbles are always fun :)
The words to Rawhide
Keep movin’, movin’, movin’, Though they’re disapprovin’,
Keep them dogies movin’, Rawhide. Don’t try to understand ‘em,
Just rope ‘em, throw, and brand ‘em. Soon we’ll be livin’ high and wide.
My heart’s calculatin’, My true love will be waitin’, Be waitin’
at the end of my ride.
Move ‘em on, head ‘em up, Head ‘em up, move ‘em on,
Move ‘em on, head ‘em up, Rawhide!
Head ‘em out, ride ‘em in, Ride ‘em in, let ‘em out,
Cut ‘em out, ride ‘em in, Rawhide!
Keep rollin’, rollin’, rollin’, Though the streams are swollen,
keep them dogies rollin’, Rawhide. Through rain and wind and weather,
Hell bent for leather, Wishin’ my gal was by my side.
All the things I’m missin’, Good vittles, love and kissin’,
Are waiting at the end of my ride.
Move ‘em on, head ‘em up,Head ‘em up, move ‘em on,
Move ‘em on, head ‘em up, Rawhide!
Head ‘em out, ride ‘em in, Ride ‘em in, let ‘em out,
Cut ‘em out, ride ‘em in, Rawhide!
Rawhide! Head ‘em out, ride ‘em in, Ride ‘em in, let ‘em out,
Cut ‘em out, ride ‘em in, Rawhide!
RAWHIDE!
I think they basically are talking about driving the cattle through any type of weather,Hell bent for leather,I think is that your determined to go fast.
There were seven Spanish angels
at the alter of the sun
they were praying for the lovers
in the Valley of the guns
when the battle stopped
and the smoke cleared
there were thunder from throne
and seven Spanish angels
took another angel home.

My whole English Universe turn around songs, so every word you say it brings me up a song to me. 8) ::)

Very nice song :) I just listened to a version with Elvis Presley,Willie Nelson & Doug Church

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 08/31/08 at 9:47 pm

What's today's secret word? ???

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 09/01/08 at 6:11 am

The word of the day...Reflection(s)
The act of reflecting or the state of being reflected.
Something, such as light, radiant heat, sound, or an image, that is reflected.

Mental concentration; careful consideration.
A thought or an opinion resulting from such consideration.
An indirect expression of censure or discredit: a reflection on his integrity.
A manifestation or result: Her achievements are a reflection of her courage.
Anatomy.
The folding of a membrane from the wall of a cavity over an organ and back to the wall.
The folds so made.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 09/01/08 at 6:16 am

Reflections-Diana Ross and The Supremes.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 09/01/08 at 6:17 am

http://i491.photobucket.com/albums/rr275/the_Dogfather/Jell-O%20Booty/reflections.gif

I don't know why booty pictures like this get me hot.^ ;D ::)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/01/08 at 11:51 am

Reflections Of My Life ~ Marmalade

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/01/08 at 11:52 am

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http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm66/Phil_O-Sopher/Bliss_Scenery_Mountain_Lake-1.jpg

Refections ?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: bookmistress4ever on 09/01/08 at 2:30 pm

http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee39/looneyspeaches/Reflections.gif

It's funny that you picked this one to post, as it is my wallpaper for Windows (although mine isn't animated.) I love the colors in it.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/01/08 at 2:41 pm

It's funny that you picked this one to post, as it is my wallpaper for Windows (although mine isn't animated.) I love the colors in it.
Catch a falling star....

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 09/01/08 at 9:58 pm

It's funny that you picked this one to post, as it is my wallpaper for Windows (although mine isn't animated.) I love the colors in it.

Yes it is pretty :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: seamermar on 09/02/08 at 2:44 am

Every today's word means an asking in my brain
no matters whether it's reflection, sun or rain
they always make me think about again and again
and I'm sure the challenge it will never be in vain.

a catchy challenge that needs no sword,
though I feel as I'm falling into a spell
my mind keeps in peace and fair well
cause I love rather to trade songs to words
.

I was bruised and battered
and I couldn't tell what I felt
I was unrecognizable to myself
Saw my reflection in a window
I didn't know my own face
Oh brother are you gonna leave me wasting away
On the streets of Philadelphia

This time reflections got me deep in my skin

Once more, ninny thanks a lot
;)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 09/02/08 at 6:24 am

Are we still on the word "reflections"? ???

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 09/02/08 at 6:56 am

Every today's word means an asking in my brain
no matters whether it's reflection, sun or rain
they always make me think about again and again
and I'm sure the challenge it will never be in vain.

a catchy challenge that needs no sword,
though I feel as I'm falling into a spell
my mind keeps in peace and fair well
cause I love rather to trade songs to words
.

I was bruised and battered
and I couldn't tell what I felt
I was unrecognizable to myself
Saw my reflection in a window
I didn't know my own face
Oh brother are you gonna leave me wasting away
On the streets of Philadelphia

This time reflections got me deep in my skin

Once more, ninny thanks a lot
;)

Streets Of Philadelphia-Bruce Springsteen From The movie Philadelphia :)
Are we still on the word "reflections"? ???

No I'm just slow this morning :-[

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: bookmistress4ever on 09/02/08 at 6:57 am

Are we still on the word "reflections"? ???

Such a task master! Give a girl a break, will ya? ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 09/02/08 at 7:09 am

The word of the day.....Vibrant

Pulsing or throbbing with energy or activity: the vibrant streets of a big city.
Vigorous, lively, and vital: “a vibrant group that challenged the . . . system” (Philip Taubman).
Exhibiting or characterized by rapid, rhythmic movement back and forth or to and fro; vibrating.
Produced as a result of vibration; resonant or resounding: vibrant voices.
Relatively high on the scale of brightness: a vibrant hue.
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http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n206/Nilebluejazz/VibrantFallColors.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: bookmistress4ever on 09/02/08 at 7:13 am

ooh pretty! I've always been attracted to vibrant colors. Someone said once (not to my face or even about me, but to a friend of mine) that it looked like a peacock threw up on me (because all the bright colors). 8-P ;D

I especially like the fall leaves one. I will be changing my avatar to my usual fall foilage collection sometime soon.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 09/02/08 at 7:20 am

ooh pretty! I've always been attracted to vibrant colors. Someone said once (not to my face or even about me, but to a friend of mine) that it looked like a peacock threw up on me (because all the bright colors). 8-P ;D

I especially like the fall leaves one. I will be changing my avatar to my usual fall foilage collection sometime soon.

LOL..I like bright neon colors myself,but I'm too scared to wear them,so I usually settle for yellow,blue,light green and peach.
The fall colors are pretty,but they just remind me that we are getting closer to winter and I'm not a winter person.I just love vibrant flower colors.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/02/08 at 7:22 am

Vibrant reflections ?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 09/02/08 at 7:39 am

Vibrant reflections ?

Yes did you like the last pic.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 09/02/08 at 7:42 am

I really loved the last Autumn pic...just stunning. Here's some flowers for you all.......

http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z252/bucielo/Flowers-Trees-Gardens/flowers-colourful1.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/02/08 at 8:07 am

I really loved the last Autumn pic...just stunning. Here's some flowers for you all.......

http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z252/bucielo/Flowers-Trees-Gardens/flowers-colourful1.jpg

Very soothing.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 09/02/08 at 8:19 am

I really loved the last Autumn pic...just stunning. Here's some flowers for you all.......

http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z252/bucielo/Flowers-Trees-Gardens/flowers-colourful1.jpg

They're so vibrant and mellow at the same time.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: bookmistress4ever on 09/02/08 at 12:05 pm

Those sure are pretty flowers Peter! I wonder what kind they are. I have a black thumb unfortunately, so I can't garden, but I sure do like walking in someone else's garden, as long as I don't try to grow anything myself, we're good!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 09/02/08 at 2:24 pm

http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn256/patty58-47/Wildflowers.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: bookmistress4ever on 09/02/08 at 2:58 pm

Wow, another amazing find ninny! You do have a talent girl!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 09/02/08 at 3:41 pm

That's beautiful, ninny!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 09/02/08 at 6:47 pm

Beautiful Ninny. :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 09/02/08 at 7:35 pm

Wow, another amazing find ninny! You do have a talent girl!

That's beautiful, ninny!

Beautiful Ninny. :)

Aw! shucks folks your making me blush :-[

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 09/03/08 at 2:26 am

Aw! shucks folks your making me blush :-[

Bloody shocking pic there Janine!!!!.........just thought the comments needed balance!! :o :D ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: seamermar on 09/03/08 at 3:55 am

It look so nice indeed, good for you ninny :D
this time some verses "ride around my brain",
I hope don't make anybody bored ::)

I would like to ride around,
behind my faithful hound
go backwards and forth
just upon the back a horse
through that sea of colorful flowers
and over the hill to say a prayer.

Good God the earth is nice
we gotta be keen and wise
to find a way to keep this bliss
for our children enjoy it in peace.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: bookmistress4ever on 09/03/08 at 3:59 am

It look so nice indeed, good for you ninny :D
this time some verses "ride around my brain",
I hope don't make anybody bored ::)

I would like to ride around,
behind my faithful hound
go backwards and forth
just upon the back a horse
through that sea of colorful flowers
and over the hill to say a prayer.

Good God the earth is nice
we gotta be keen and wise
to find a way to keep this bliss
for our children enjoy it in peace.

Very nice seamermar, you have a poets' soul. :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: seamermar on 09/03/08 at 4:15 am

Thanks Bookmiss, as usual you brings calm and serenity to this "foreign penguin" :)
I wonder how to insert images from my pc, I push the key "" and then...what?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: seamermar on 09/03/08 at 4:35 am

Cute. My mom loved the song Tiny Bubbles by Don Ho.
Tiny bubbles (tiny bubbles)
In the wine (in the wine)
Make me happy (make me happy)
Make me feel fine (make me feel fine)

Tiny bubbles (tiny bubbles)
Make me warm all over
With a feeling that I'm gonna
Love you till the end of time

So here's to the golden moon
And here's to the silver sea
And mostly here's a toast
To you and me

So here's to the ginger lei
I give to you today
And here's a kiss
That will not fade away

A call mayday to gibbo and ninny, do you know where I can listen to both bubbles songs ?

I would like to listen to ::) if it was able .

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 09/03/08 at 4:50 am

A call mayday to gibbo and ninny, do you know where I can listen to both bubbles songs ?

I would like to listen to ::) if it was able .

Hi there seamermar....Here is the 'bubbles' song I used to sing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzuB4SBgWb8

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: bookmistress4ever on 09/03/08 at 5:15 am

Thanks Bookmiss, as usual you brings calm and serenity to this "foreign penguin" :)
I wonder how to insert images from my pc, I push the key "http://" and then...what?

Depends on where you want them.

Like if you want them in your signature line (like where mine says "Stuck in the 80s")?

You have to upload your pictures from your computer to an online photo album like http://photobucket.com/?special_track=nav_logo Photobucket. You will have to register for an account there (it's free though, so no need to worry) or if you don't want to use pictures that are on YOUR computer and just want to use something you found somewhere on the internet (You have to right click on your mouse and scroll down to where it says "Copy image location") Then left click with your mouse on that (Copy image location)

After you get that done, Come back here and left click with your mouse onto where it says profile

Then left click with your mouse onto where it says Forum Profile Information

Move your page down so that you can see something that says Signature

Left click on the white box next to that word so that the blinking cursor is blinking in that box

Next right click with your mouse and look for something that says paste.

Now there should be an internet address which would correspond with where your picture came from.

You now need to type and move your address of the picture in between the www.huifhoaifhoaisdjfaoijfo
Make sure that there is no spaces between the [ and the I - I had to put them there so that this command would show up in the post.

OK, so hopefully that worked for you. Make sure that you scroll down your screen and left click on update profile to save it.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 09/03/08 at 5:53 am

The word of the day....School
An institution for instruction in a skill or business: a secretarial school; a karate school.

A college or university.
An institution within or associated with a college or university that gives instruction in a specialized field and recommends candidates for degrees.
A division of an educational institution constituting several grades or classes: advanced to the upper school.
The student body of an educational institution.
The building or group of buildings housing an educational institution.
The process of being educated formally, especially education constituting a planned series of courses over a number of years: The children were put to school at home. What do you plan to do when you finish school?
A session of instruction: School will start in three weeks. He had to stay after school today.

A group of people, especially philosophers, artists, or writers, whose thought, work, or style demonstrates a common origin or influence or unifying belief: the school of Aristotle; the Venetian school of painters.
A group of people distinguished by similar manners, customs, or opinions: aristocrats of the old school.
Close-order drill instructions or exercises for military units or personnel.
Australian. A group of people gathered together for gambling.
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http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii242/cheyenne2011_pics/FunnyStupidSchool.jpg
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http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b116/jennifer427/The%20School/lunchroom1.jpg
http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh56/gryffindell/school.jpg
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z211/reggiedx1/MWLogo.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 09/03/08 at 5:56 am

A call mayday to gibbo and ninny, do you know where I can listen to both bubbles songs ?

I would like to listen to ::) if it was able .

Tiny Bubbles - Don Ho
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2wkHADrDqI#

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/08 at 5:57 am

School, back to school, my first thought is that the buses will be empty again!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 09/03/08 at 6:07 am

Bloody shocking pic there Janine!!!!.........just thought the comments needed balance!! :o :D ;D

Balance,I was just saying I was blushing from all the nice comments they were saying.
http://i319.photobucket.com/albums/mm458/gen0507/thank.gif-

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 09/03/08 at 6:33 am

Balance,I was just saying I was blushing from all the nice comments they were saying.
http://i319.photobucket.com/albums/mm458/gen0507/thank.gif-

Aww ..I was just kidding. It was a damn fine pic!!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 09/03/08 at 6:39 am

The word of the day....School
An institution for instruction in a skill or business: a secretarial school; a karate school.

A college or university.
An institution within or associated with a college or university that gives instruction in a specialized field and recommends candidates for degrees.
A division of an educational institution constituting several grades or classes: advanced to the upper school.
The student body of an educational institution.
The building or group of buildings housing an educational institution.
The process of being educated formally, especially education constituting a planned series of courses over a number of years: The children were put to school at home. What do you plan to do when you finish school?
A session of instruction: School will start in three weeks. He had to stay after school today.

A group of people, especially philosophers, artists, or writers, whose thought, work, or style demonstrates a common origin or influence or unifying belief: the school of Aristotle; the Venetian school of painters.
A group of people distinguished by similar manners, customs, or opinions: aristocrats of the old school.
Close-order drill instructions or exercises for military units or personnel.
Australian. A group of people gathered together for gambling.
http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj127/Birgit_012/School/school.gif
http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t315/kriskreations/School.jpg
http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x298/ghosty01_2007/school.gif
http://i355.photobucket.com/albums/r449/colin136_photos/school.jpg
http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee161/kharrison09/school.jpg
http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj127/Birgit_012/School/ready_for_school.gif
http://i538.photobucket.com/albums/ff342/Naturalwriter/Icons/School.jpg
http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii242/cheyenne2011_pics/FunnyStupidSchool.jpg
http://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll273/hollicrombie_hawty/hahahwoww.jpg
http://i378.photobucket.com/albums/oo221/Hannah85_Korea/CIMG0602.jpg
http://i415.photobucket.com/albums/pp233/taylorleighhukill/DSCN4786.jpg
http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff301/vikkitree/DSC03313.jpg
http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u193/mozmo11/backatschool.jpg
http://i515.photobucket.com/albums/t355/JAPANADVENTURE/DSC_0896.jpg
http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u275/conradremington/My%20Last%20Day%20at%20School/DSC00020.jpg
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b116/jennifer427/The%20School/lunchroom1.jpg
http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh56/gryffindell/school.jpg
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z211/reggiedx1/MWLogo.jpg

This month,It would be 16 years since I last seen High School.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 09/03/08 at 6:51 am

Bloody shocking pic there Janine!!!!.........just thought the comments needed balance!! :o :D ;D

Such language!! :o

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 09/03/08 at 6:52 am

School started yesterday.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 09/03/08 at 6:56 am

Such language!! :o

Oh, I forgot that THAT word is more shocking over there, than in Oz.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 09/03/08 at 7:06 am

Oh, I forgot that THAT word is more shocking over there, than in Oz.

Which word is that?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 09/03/08 at 7:17 am

Well we got no choice
All the girls and boys
Makin all that noise
'Cause they found new toys
Well we can't salute ya
Can't find a flag
If that don't suit ya
That's a drag

School's out for summer
School's out forever
School's been blown to pieces

No more pencils
No more books
No more teacher's dirty looks

Well we got no class
And we got no principles
And we got no innocence
We can't even think of a word that rhymes

School's out for summer
School's out forever
School's been blown to pieces

No more pencils
No more books
No more teacher's dirty looks

Out for summer
Out till fall
We might not go back at all

School's out forever
School's out for summer
School's out with fever
School's out completely

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 09/03/08 at 10:20 am

School started yesterday.

School started today in are area.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/08 at 10:23 am

School started today in are area.
...and the schooldchildren look very happy on their way home from school.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 09/03/08 at 7:03 pm

School started today in are area.

That means more crowded buses.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 09/04/08 at 6:20 am

The word of the day....Clock(s)
An instrument other than a watch for measuring or indicating time, especially a mechanical or electronic device having a numbered dial and moving hands or a digital display.
A time clock.
A source of regularly occurring pulses used to measure the passage of time, as in a computer.
Any of various devices that indicate measurement, such as a speedometer or a taximeter.
A biological clock.
Botany. The downy flower head of a dandelion that has gone to seed.

http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc72/nyclove3877/clocks.jpg
http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff235/HowardJonesForever/clocks.jpg
http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q144/SusanF2000/Oztion/VinsClocks.jpg
http://i347.photobucket.com/albums/p449/cathyskye/Family%20Photos/3d51f40d.jpg
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/04/08 at 6:24 am

That means more crowded buses.
True.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 09/04/08 at 6:39 am

That means more crowded buses.

Only in some big cities,most schools have their own buses.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/04/08 at 6:40 am

Only in some big cities,most schools have their own buses.
It will be the public transport buses that suffer here.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 09/04/08 at 6:42 am

Time (Clock Of The Heart) Culture Club).

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/04/08 at 6:42 am

Coldplay

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 09/04/08 at 6:43 am

Coldplay

What about Coldplay? ???

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: bookmistress4ever on 09/04/08 at 6:55 am

http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff235/HowardJonesForever/clocks.jpg

I'm guessing that this had something to do with Live Aid concert on July 13, 1985

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/04/08 at 7:00 am

What about Coldplay? ???
They had a hit single called Clocks

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/04/08 at 7:01 am

I'm guessing that this had something to do with Live Aid concert on July 13, 1985
Interesting picture.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 09/04/08 at 7:19 am

They had a hit single called Clocks

Culture Club had a hit called Time Clock Of The Heart.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/04/08 at 7:29 am

Three blind mice once climbed a clock.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Reynolds1863 on 09/04/08 at 8:05 am

http://blog.sanriotown.com/hellokitty_news:hellokitty.com/files/2008/03/windowslivewriterhellokittyfarmanimalsalarmclocks-e19chello-kitty-pig-clock41.jpg

;D ;D ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/04/08 at 8:14 am

Ding Dong Leslie Philips

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 09/04/08 at 8:19 am

I'm guessing that this had something to do with Live Aid concert on July 13, 1985

That would be correct :)
http://blog.sanriotown.com/hellokitty_news:hellokitty.com/files/2008/03/windowslivewriterhellokittyfarmanimalsalarmclocks-e19chello-kitty-pig-clock41.jpg

;D ;D ;D

Cute

Culture Club had a hit called Time Clock Of The Heart.

Coldplay

They had a hit single called Clocks

Good songs :)
Five O'Clock World- The Vogues

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/04/08 at 9:04 am

Rock Around The Clock ?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 09/04/08 at 3:56 pm

We all have a biological clock.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: seamermar on 09/05/08 at 2:42 am

Hi there seamermar....Here is the 'bubbles' song I used to sing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzuB4SBgWb8

I got it Gibbo, I now know how tihs song sounds :D
for, you know, I'm just making up every new line I got

Whales and bubbles in the sea
there's nothing esle to please
a "sea mer mar " to see and hear.
Angels of merci answered my plea.

alotta love Gibbo ;)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/05/08 at 2:50 am

We all have a biological clock.
Is my biological clock running fast?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: seamermar on 09/05/08 at 2:58 am

Tiny Bubbles - Don Ho
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2wkHADrDqI#

Gibbo & ninny

By these two " square purple bubbles"
You both made me happy for a while.
saved me for long in google a-scrabble
and this time moved away my whines
;)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: seamermar on 09/05/08 at 3:15 am

The word of the day....School

Neil Young wrote some words to those kids away from school:

There's one more kid
that will never go to school
Never get to fall in love,
never get to be cool.

Among all the things I'm reading about the beginning of "States" is the fact of every child had to go to school after work on the ranche.
I think this thing made people at the time feel himself reallly free, and the country great.
Meanwhile in Spain only riches and prayers had the right to go to school.

The other hand nowadays teenagers seems to hate putting the rear on the desk, and see and hear for their best. :\'(
that's a stupidity ? ???

Papa says I look so crazy
Mama says I look a fool
I don’t mind their criticism
They do that every day in school

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 09/05/08 at 3:32 am

Gibbo & ninny

By these two " square purple bubbles"
You both made me happy for a while.
saved me for long in google a-scrabble
and this time moved away my whines
;)

You're welcome seamermar..... :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: seamermar on 09/05/08 at 3:54 am

Are we still on the word "reflections"? ???

I'm still in word reflections and this my world's reflection, just my brother on a clear mountain's morning holding a "mountain-bubble on a hand" ;)

http://i497.photobucket.com/albums/rr334/seamermar/JoseAnayetreflejo.jpg

I hope this time this works ::)

http://i497.photobucket.com/albums/rr334/seamermar/AtheavendoorsinPirineos.jpg

I use to go to ride on snow
at winters when I got some day off,
sea and mountains flowing through my veins
I'm caught up by the open ranges.

:D Eureka I got it :D

Thanks God and "Book" ;) For my hundred post I charged it with a shot.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 09/05/08 at 4:05 am

I'm still in word reflections and this my world's reflection, just my brother on a clear mountain's morning holding a "mountain-bubble on a hand" ;)

http://i497.photobucket.com/albums/rr334/seamermar/JoseAnayetreflejo.jpg

I hope this time this works ::)

:D Eureka I got it :D

Thanks God and "Book" ;) For my hundred post I charged it with a shot.

Wooo...Hoooo !!!! :D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/05/08 at 5:43 am

I'm still in word reflections and this my world's reflection, just my brother on a clear mountain's morning holding a "mountain-bubble on a hand" ;)

http://i497.photobucket.com/albums/rr334/seamermar/JoseAnayetreflejo.jpg

I hope this time this works ::)

http://i497.photobucket.com/albums/rr334/seamermar/AtheavendoorsinPirineos.jpg

I use to go to ride on snow
at winters when I got some day off,
sea and mountains flowing through my veins
I'm caught up by the open ranges.

:D Eureka I got it :D

Thanks God and "Book" ;) For my hundred post I charged it with a shot.
Your brother must be strong?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 09/05/08 at 5:49 am

Is my biological clock running fast?

How do you know when it's run out of time? ???

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 09/05/08 at 6:16 am

The word of the day......Nature
The material world and its phenomena.
The forces and processes that produce and control all the phenomena of the material world: the laws of nature.
The world of living things and the outdoors: the beauties of nature.
A primitive state of existence, untouched and uninfluenced by civilization or artificiality: couldn't tolerate city life anymore and went back to nature.
Theology. Humankind's natural state as distinguished from the state of grace.
A kind or sort: confidences of a personal nature.
The essential characteristics and qualities of a person or thing: “She was only strong and sweet and in her nature when she was really deep in trouble” (Gertrude Stein).
The fundamental character or disposition of a person; temperament: “Strange natures made a brotherhood of ill” (Percy Bysshe Shelley).
The natural or real aspect of a person, place, or thing. See synonyms at disposition.
The processes and functions of the body.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/05/08 at 6:28 am

How do you know when it's run out of time? ???
In one sense, I will not know when it's run out of time.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/05/08 at 6:30 am

Mother Nature's Son by Lennon/McCartney

Born a poor young country boy
Mother Nature's Son
All day long I'm sitting
singing songs for every one

Sit beside a mountain stream
See her waters rise
Listen to the pretty
sound of music as she flies
tu tu tu, tu, du tu

Find me in my field of grass
Mother Nature's Son
swaying daisies sing
a lazy song beneath the sun
tu tu, yeah yeah yeah

Ooo
Ooo
Ah, Mother Nature's Son

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 09/05/08 at 7:11 am

Gibbo & ninny

By these two " square purple bubbles"
You both made me happy for a while.
saved me for long in google a-scrabble
and this time moved away my whines
;)

It was my pleasure :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 09/05/08 at 8:01 am

More of nature.....

http://i499.photobucket.com/albums/rr360/skalion/8Vs3do826876-02.jpghttp://i448.photobucket.com/albums/qq204/hanny38_bucket/nature-4.jpghttp://i491.photobucket.com/albums/rr271/yardles/Nature/KayleeRose.jpghttp://i515.photobucket.com/albums/t360/sez77/Pictures/cid_516E0C559D8240579F376072DDE6A8E.jpghttp://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm289/AsmoTheDragon/Landscape%20BGs/pictures_of_nature_13.jpghttp://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z45/dezannah2007/sweetandwild08/nature-1.jpghttp://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii116/Kimberlydia/nature.jpghttp://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x180/WannyDilson/nature.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 09/05/08 at 8:22 am

More of nature.....

http://i499.photobucket.com/albums/rr360/skalion/8Vs3do826876-02.jpghttp://i448.photobucket.com/albums/qq204/hanny38_bucket/nature-4.jpghttp://i491.photobucket.com/albums/rr271/yardles/Nature/KayleeRose.jpghttp://i515.photobucket.com/albums/t360/sez77/Pictures/cid_516E0C559D8240579F376072DDE6A8E.jpghttp://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm289/AsmoTheDragon/Landscape%20BGs/pictures_of_nature_13.jpghttp://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z45/dezannah2007/sweetandwild08/nature-1.jpghttp://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii116/Kimberlydia/nature.jpghttp://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x180/WannyDilson/nature.jpg

Beautiful, Peter!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 09/05/08 at 12:11 pm

More of nature.....

http://i499.photobucket.com/albums/rr360/skalion/8Vs3do826876-02.jpghttp://i448.photobucket.com/albums/qq204/hanny38_bucket/nature-4.jpghttp://i491.photobucket.com/albums/rr271/yardles/Nature/KayleeRose.jpghttp://i515.photobucket.com/albums/t360/sez77/Pictures/cid_516E0C559D8240579F376072DDE6A8E.jpghttp://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm289/AsmoTheDragon/Landscape%20BGs/pictures_of_nature_13.jpghttp://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z45/dezannah2007/sweetandwild08/nature-1.jpghttp://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii116/Kimberlydia/nature.jpghttp://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x180/WannyDilson/nature.jpg

Once again gorgeous pics :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: seamermar on 09/05/08 at 2:17 pm

Some lyrics you can explain to me if you are up for it.

From Neil young's song -a singer that I love so, After the gold rush.

Well, I dreamed I saw the silver
Space ships flying
In the yellow haze of the sun,
There were children crying
And colors flying
All around the chosen ones.
All in a dream, all in a dream
The loading had begun.
They were flying Mother Nature's
Silver seed to a new home in the sun.
Flying Mother Nature's
Silver seed to a new home.

http://i497.photobucket.com/albums/rr334/seamermar/Albordedelabismo.jpg
Well, that's me close to edge.

Mother Nature's quite a Lady but don't forget guys and girls :

Flesh And Blood from Johnny Cash

So when this Day was ended
I was still not satisfied
For I knew ev'rything I touched
Would wither and would die
And Love is all that will remain
And grow from all these Seed;

Mother Nature's quite a Lady
But you're the one I need
Flesh And Blood need Flesh And Blood
And you're the one I need.

So nice ninny, thanks a lot

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 09/05/08 at 2:23 pm

I liked what you wrote, seamermar ! :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 09/05/08 at 3:22 pm

lovely nature pictures,I used one of them as my computer wallpaper. :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: bookmistress4ever on 09/05/08 at 4:17 pm

http://i497.photobucket.com/albums/rr334/seamermar/Albordedelabismo.jpg
Well, that's me close to edge.

Don't jump! ;D

You are more brave then I am, being close to the edge.

http://i497.photobucket.com/albums/rr334/seamermar/JoseAnayetreflejo.jpg

That is such a cool photo!

http://i497.photobucket.com/albums/rr334/seamermar/AtheavendoorsinPirineos.jpg

Beautiful scenery.

Thanks God and "Book" ;) For my hundred post I charged it with a shot.

You are welcome! :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: seamermar on 09/05/08 at 6:53 pm

Nver, never, never Mrs "booky"

I can be a bit clumsy when I write English

But I only love jumping into "Yes' Close to the edge"

A seasoned witch could call you from the depths of your disgrace,
And rearrange your liver to the solid mental grace,
And achieve it all with music that came quickly from afar,
Then taste the fruit of man recorded losing all against the hour.
And assessing points to nowhere, leading ev’ry single one.
A dewdrop can exalt us like the music of the sun,
And take away the plain in which we move,
And choose the course you’re running.

Down at the edge, round by the corner,
Not right away, not right away.
Close to the edge, down by a river,
Not right away, not right away.

Crossed the line around the changes of the summer,
Reaching out to call the color of the sky.
Passed around a moment clothed in mornings faster than we see.
Getting over all the time I had to worry,
Leaving all the changes far from far behind.
We relieve the tension only to find out the master’s name.

Down at the end, round by the corner.
Close to the edge, just by a river.
Seasons will pass you by.
I get up, I get down.
Now that it’s all over and done,
Now that you find, now that you’re whole.

thirty years ago I roammed the mountains with this song in my soul
now at my nearly fifties still love it.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: seamermar on 09/05/08 at 6:59 pm

It was my pleasure :)

ninny

Will I see you give more than I can take?
Will I only harvest some?
As the days fly past will we lose our grasp
Or fuse it in the sun?

Neil young

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 09/05/08 at 7:03 pm

seamermar, that's very pretty.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 09/06/08 at 5:40 am

Some lyrics you can explain to me if you are up for it.

From Neil young's song -a singer that I love so, After the gold rush.

Well, I dreamed I saw the silver
Space ships flying
In the yellow haze of the sun,
There were children crying
And colors flying
All around the chosen ones.
All in a dream, all in a dream
The loading had begun.
They were flying Mother Nature's
Silver seed to a new home in the sun.
Flying Mother Nature's
Silver seed to a new home.

http://i497.photobucket.com/albums/rr334/seamermar/Albordedelabismo.jpg
Well, that's me close to edge.

Mother Nature's quite a Lady but don't forget guys and girls :

Flesh And Blood from Johnny Cash

So when this Day was ended
I was still not satisfied
For I knew ev'rything I touched
Would wither and would die
And Love is all that will remain
And grow from all these Seed;

Mother Nature's quite a Lady
But you're the one I need
Flesh And Blood need Flesh And Blood
And you're the one I need.

So nice ninny, thanks a lot

You have such an elegant way with words

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 09/06/08 at 5:51 am

The word of the day....Column(s)
Architecture. A supporting pillar consisting of a base, a cylindrical shaft, and a capital.
Something resembling an architectural pillar in form or function: a column of mercury in a thermometer.

Printing. One of two or more vertical sections of typed lines lying side by side on a page and separated by a rule or a blank space.
A feature article that appears regularly in a publication, such as a newspaper.
A formation, as of troops or vehicles, in which all elements follow one behind the other.
Botany. A columnlike structure, especially one formed by the union of a stamen and the style in an orchid flower, or one formed by the united staminal filaments in flowers such as those of the hibiscus or mallow.
Anatomy. Any of various tubular or pillarlike supporting structures in the body, each generally having a single tissue origin and function: the vertebral column.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/06/08 at 6:02 am

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3179/2631331710_4d420df1f5_m.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 09/06/08 at 6:19 am

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3179/2631331710_4d420df1f5_m.jpg

Who's that a statue of? ???

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 09/06/08 at 6:56 am

http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w305/celicoligy_2007/Petra.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: bookmistress4ever on 09/06/08 at 8:40 am

^ cute camel

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/06/08 at 5:48 pm

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3179/2631331710_4d420df1f5_m.jpg

Who's that a statue of? ???
Admiral Horatio Nelson, in Trafalgar Square.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/06/08 at 5:49 pm

^ cute camel
The camel looks quite small compared to the columns behind.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 09/06/08 at 6:40 pm

He must be resting.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 09/06/08 at 7:32 pm

http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w305/celicoligy_2007/Petra.jpg

The ancient 'lost' city of Petra (used in an Indiana Jones movie)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 09/06/08 at 7:42 pm

http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w305/celicoligy_2007/Petra.jpg

Neat!! I like stuff like that. Old architecture.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/07/08 at 4:08 am

...used in an Indiana Jones movie)
I thought so.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 09/07/08 at 6:28 am

What's today's word of the day? :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 09/07/08 at 6:58 am

The word of the day....Blossom(s)
A flower or cluster of flowers.
The condition or time of flowering: peach trees in blossom.
A period or condition of maximum development. See synonyms at bloom1.
intr.v., -somed, -som·ing, -soms.
To come into flower; bloom.
To develop; flourish: The child blossomed into a beauty
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/07/08 at 7:13 am

The word of the day....Blossom(s)

http://i490.photobucket.com/albums/rr267/SiennaRose1220/blossom.jpg

Which one is Blossom?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 09/07/08 at 7:16 am

As a sufferer from hayfever.....I feel a sneeze coming on..........(I actually did snezze twice) :o

Loved the Japanese Cherry Blossom pic Janine... ;D

More Cherry Blossoms
http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm89/Lucy-_-/stuff/800pxsakurahealed1.png

Always liked the Jacaranda tree colouring ...tho the foliage is not aromatic!!

http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o74/FaeRose/JacarandaTree.jpg

Also like the Poinciana tree

http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s312/A_little_bit_of_R_and_R/Australia/Brisbane/New%20Farm%20Park/PoinsianaTreeinNewFarmPark.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 09/07/08 at 7:17 am

Which one is Blossom?

I think they may be just about to blossom ...age wise! ;)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 09/07/08 at 7:23 am

http://i533.photobucket.com/albums/ee336/lovebug016_2008/my%20pics/love-blooms-roses_bunch-of-flowers.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/07/08 at 8:07 am

I think they may be just about to blossom ...age wise! ;)
He-He!!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/07/08 at 8:07 am

Was there once someone called Blosson Deary?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 09/07/08 at 10:03 am

Which one is Blossom?

They both could be..They are suppose to be blossoming into young ladies :)
As a sufferer from hayfever.....I feel a sneeze coming on..........(I actually did snezze twice) :o

Loved the Japanese Cherry Blossom pic Janine... ;D

More Cherry Blossoms
http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm89/Lucy-_-/stuff/800pxsakurahealed1.png

Always liked the Jacaranda tree colouring ...tho the foliage is not aromatic!!

http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o74/FaeRose/JacarandaTree.jpg

Also like the Poinciana tree

http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s312/A_little_bit_of_R_and_R/Australia/Brisbane/New%20Farm%20Park/PoinsianaTreeinNewFarmPark.jpg

Very pretty :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 09/07/08 at 10:06 am

Was there once someone called Blosson Deary?

Blossom Dearie (born April 28, 1926) is an American jazz singer and pianist, often performing in the bebop genre. Dearie is known for her "distinctive, girlish voice

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 09/07/08 at 7:24 pm

I used to watch Blossom with Myiam Bialik.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 09/08/08 at 5:44 am

The word of the day.....Scenery
A view or views of natural features, especially in open country: enjoying the varied mountain scenery.
Backdrops, hangings, furnishings, and other accessories on a stage that represent the location of a scene.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 09/08/08 at 5:50 am

Wow Ninny May I say your pictures make fantastic computer wallpaper. :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 09/08/08 at 5:50 am

Those are really nice pics Janine. :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 09/08/08 at 5:51 am

Those are really nice pics Janine. :)

I like them as computer wallpaper.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 09/08/08 at 6:34 am

More scenery...there truly are some beautiful places on this Earth......

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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 09/08/08 at 8:42 am

Wow Ninny May I say your pictures make fantastic computer wallpaper. :)

Those are really nice pics Janine. :)

More scenery...there truly are some beautiful places on this Earth......

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Thanks for the compliments :)
Peter those are great pics :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 09/08/08 at 8:54 am

REALLY GREAT PICTURES, NINNY AND PETER!!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 09/08/08 at 4:29 pm

Just love the scenery,just beautiful. :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 09/09/08 at 3:27 am

I'm guessing the truly spectacular pics are all photoshopped to some degree. When you see the real thing the trees are not as green and the water not as blue......but I like the pics anyway! ;)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/09/08 at 5:08 am

Blossom Dearie (born April 28, 1926) is an American jazz singer and pianist, often performing in the bebop genre. Dearie is known for her "distinctive, girlish voice
Thanks!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/09/08 at 5:11 am

The word of the day.....Scenery

http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg6/Roscow550i/liverpool.jpg

That is Liverpool Airport!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 09/09/08 at 5:36 am

REALLY GREAT PICTURES, NINNY AND PETER!!

Just love the scenery,just beautiful. :)

Thank you :)
I'm guessing the truly spectacular pics are all photoshopped to some degree. When you see the real thing the trees are not as green and the water not as blue......but I like the pics anyway! ;)

Yeah,I'd rather use real pictures,but sometimes those are'nt bad to use.
Thanks!

Your welcome :)
That is Liverpool Airport!

Have you ever been there?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/09/08 at 5:38 am

Thank you :)Yeah,I'd rather use real pictures,but sometimes those are'nt bad to use.Your welcome :)Have you ever been there?
No, but I recognised the runway.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 09/09/08 at 6:03 am

The word of the day....Museum
A building, place, or institution devoted to the acquisition, conservation, study, exhibition, and educational interpretation of objects having scientific, historical, or artistic value
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 09/09/08 at 7:11 am

I haven't been to a museum in quite a while.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 09/09/08 at 8:01 am

I haven't been to a museum in quite a while.

Either have I.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 09/09/08 at 2:44 pm

You've seen Night At The Museum before?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/10/08 at 1:56 am

You've seen Night At The Museum before?
I am still waiting to see it.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 09/10/08 at 5:46 am

You've seen Night At The Museum before?

I've seen parts of it.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 09/10/08 at 5:57 am

The word of the day....Sparkle
To give off sparks.
To give off or reflect flashes of light; glitter. See synonyms at flash.
To be brilliant in performance.

To shine with animation: He has eyes that sparkle.
To flash with wit: Her conversation sparkled all evening.
To release gas bubbles; effervesce: Champagne sparkles.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 09/10/08 at 6:17 am

Sparkling! :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 09/10/08 at 7:02 am

Who doesn't like sparling things?

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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 09/10/08 at 8:20 am

Who doesn't like sparling things?

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Very Impressive..your sparkling with talent ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Reynolds1863 on 09/10/08 at 9:58 am

The word of the day....Sparkle
To give off sparks.
To give off or reflect flashes of light; glitter. See synonyms at flash.
To be brilliant in performance.

To shine with animation: He has eyes that sparkle.
To flash with wit: Her conversation sparkled all evening.
To release gas bubbles; effervesce: Champagne sparkles.
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OOOOHHHH sparkly stuff!!! I love sparkly stuff.

:)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/10/08 at 12:00 pm

I've seen parts of it.
I have only seen the trailer.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 09/10/08 at 2:48 pm

I have only seen the trailer.

I started to watch it but fell asleep after about 35 minutes :-[ and I've never watched the end of it.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/10/08 at 2:49 pm

I started to watch it but fell asleep after about 35 minutes :-[ and I've never watched the end of it.
Was it that bad?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 09/10/08 at 6:44 pm

I love sparkling things too.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/11/08 at 1:30 am

I started to watch it but fell asleep after about 35 minutes :-[ and I've never watched the end of it.
I saw another Ben Stiller movie "Along Came Polly", which was dire and unfunny. The best moment of the film was when the curtains closed at the end.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/11/08 at 2:17 am

The word of the day....Sparkle
To give off sparks.
To give off or reflect flashes of light; glitter. See synonyms at flash.
To be brilliant in performance.

To shine with animation: He has eyes that sparkle.
To flash with wit: Her conversation sparkled all evening.
To release gas bubbles; effervesce: Champagne sparkles.
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Sparks

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 09/11/08 at 4:45 am

Was it that bad?

No it wasn't that bad. I must have been tired when I started watching it.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 09/11/08 at 4:54 am

The word of the day......Tribute
A gift, payment, declaration, or other acknowledgment of gratitude, respect, or admiration: put up a plaque as a tribute to his generosity.
Evidence attesting to some praiseworthy quality or characteristic: Winning the scholarship was a tribute to her hard work.

A payment in money or other valuables made by one ruler or nation to another in acknowledgment of submission or as the price of protection or security.
A tax imposed for such payment.
Any payment exacted for protection.

A payment or tax given by a feudal vassal to an overlord.
The obligation to make such a payment
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 09/11/08 at 6:22 am

Very good tribute Ninny. :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 09/11/08 at 6:53 am

I certainly remembered all those horrific images when I flipped my desk calendar page over this morning...........

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 09/11/08 at 6:54 am

I certainly remembered all those horrific images when I flipped my desk calendar page over this morning...........

I remember the images too,can't believe it was 7 years already. :o

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 09/11/08 at 6:56 am

I remember the images too,can't believe it was 7 years already. :o

It was much closer to home for you too..... :o

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 09/11/08 at 6:57 am

It was much closer to home for you too..... :o

I was in a program in the city at the time so I remember the smell of it. 8-P

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 09/11/08 at 7:14 am

Very good tribute Ninny. :)

Thank you :)
I certainly remembered all those horrific images when I flipped my desk calendar page over this morning...........

I remember the images too,can't believe it was 7 years already. :o

Yes those images will always remain with us. Lets pray nothing like that ever happens again anywhere in the world.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 09/11/08 at 7:17 am

...on the up side. I can now see all of the kitty cats in your signature line. :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/11/08 at 7:21 am

I was in a program in the city at the time so I remember the smell of it. 8-P
A day I will remember. I was at home watching the events on live television.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 09/11/08 at 7:38 am

I was at home, watching, and crying. :\'(

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 09/11/08 at 8:22 am

...on the up side. I can now see all of the kitty cats in your signature line. :)

I just added the sleepy kitty last week :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 09/11/08 at 8:26 am

A day I will remember. I was at home watching the events on live television.

I was at home, watching, and crying. :\'(

I remember turning the TV on and just starring at it in disbelief,thinking this cannot be real. Just sitting there glued to the set :\'(

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 09/11/08 at 9:45 am

A day I will remember. I was at home watching the events on live television.

I remember when the supervisor told us The Twin Towers has collapsed. :o

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 09/11/08 at 11:23 am

I don't think there was a person in the U.S. that this did not effect. :\'( There were also other countries just as affected. :\'(

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 09/11/08 at 6:54 pm

I don't think there was a person in the U.S. that this did not effect. :\'( There were also other countries just as affected. :\'(

Also Washington And The Pentagon too.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 09/12/08 at 5:28 am

The word of the day....Relax(ed)(ing)
To make lax or loose: relax one's grip.
To make less severe or strict: relax a curfew.
To reduce in intensity; slacken: relax one's efforts.
To relieve from tension or strain: The warm bath relaxed me
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 09/12/08 at 6:28 am

I like to relax after a long day's work. :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 09/12/08 at 6:34 am

Relax don't do it
When you want to go to it
Relax don't do it
When you want to come
Relax don't do it
When you want to come
When you want to come

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 09/12/08 at 6:36 am

Relax don't do it
When you want to go to it
Relax don't do it
When you want to come
Relax don't do it
When you want to come
When you want to come

I thought that song sounded way too gay. ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 09/12/08 at 6:45 am

I thought that song sounded way too gay. ;D

Do you know that song?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 09/12/08 at 6:56 am

Do you know that song?

Yes Frankie Goes To Hollywood.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 09/12/08 at 7:04 am

Yes Frankie Goes To Hollywood.

It is indeed gay....... :o

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 09/12/08 at 7:05 am

It is indeed gay....... :o

And So were The Village People.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 09/12/08 at 10:11 am

Awww....ninny's kitty cat is gone again!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: seamermar on 09/12/08 at 4:26 pm

The word of the day....Sparkle
To give off sparks.

To shine with animation: He has eyes that sparkle.
To flash with wit: Her conversation sparkled all evening.
To release gas bubbles; effervesce: Champagne sparkles.
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You can't start a fire
You can't start a fire without a spark
These shots of you are just my desire
even if I'm roamming in the dark

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: seamermar on 09/12/08 at 4:50 pm

I don't think there was a person in the U.S. that this did not effect. :\'( There were also other countries just as affected. :\'(

Adagio, that was the day the whole world saw, shook and cried at the same time.

In here I dindn't see anybody who wasn't in a rage

the devil fools with his best laid plan :-[

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: seamermar on 09/12/08 at 5:02 pm

The word of the day....Blossom(s)
A flower or cluster of flowers.
The condition or time of flowering: peach trees in blossom.
A period or condition of maximum development. See synonyms at bloom1.
intr.v., -somed, -som·ing, -soms.
To come into flower; bloom.
To develop; flourish: The child blossomed into a beauty
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I see trees of green........ red roses too
I see them bloom..... for me and for you
And I think to myself.... what a wonderful world.

I think life must go on,
so spark hope from blossom.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: seamermar on 09/12/08 at 5:42 pm

Relax don't do it
When you want to go to it
Relax don't do it
When you want to come
Relax don't do it
When you want to come
When you want to come

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Just me in relax ::)
I swear I like a camp-fire
but not camp it up ;)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 09/12/08 at 6:12 pm

Adagio, that was the day the whole world saw, shook and cried at the same time.

In here I dindn't see anybody who wasn't in a rage

the devil fools with his best laid plan :-[

You are definitely right, seamermar !! All were in a rage.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 09/12/08 at 6:42 pm

Awww....ninny's kitty cat is gone again!

Yeah,What's up with that? ???

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 09/12/08 at 10:11 pm

Pretty songs and stuff, seamermar. :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 09/13/08 at 5:47 am

Pretty songs and stuff, seamermar. :)

I agree you have a great gift seamermar :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 09/13/08 at 5:49 am

And the word of the day is....? ???

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 09/13/08 at 6:12 am

The word of the day...Shopping(shop)
also shoppe A small retail store or a specialty department in a large store.
An atelier; a studio.
A place for manufacturing or repairing goods or machinery.
A commercial or industrial establishment: a printing shop.
A business establishment; an office or a center of activity.
A home workshop.

A schoolroom fitted with machinery and tools for instruction in industrial arts.
The industrial arts as a technical science or course of study.

Searching for or buying goods or services

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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 09/13/08 at 8:31 am

^ The last one..... ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 09/13/08 at 9:40 am

^ The last one..... ;D

Yeah I'm waiting for Howard to get on and say something ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 09/13/08 at 3:30 pm

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y149/njxnoise/January%2026th%202006/0015.jpg

Hey I work there.^ ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 09/13/08 at 3:48 pm

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y149/njxnoise/January%2026th%202006/0015.jpg

Hey I work there.^ ;D

Really that's a shocker ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 09/13/08 at 9:56 pm

I hate shopping.......

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: bookmistress4ever on 09/13/08 at 10:06 pm

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y149/njxnoise/January%2026th%202006/0015.jpg

Hey I work there.^ ;D

Can you tell if that is the actual one you work at or if it's a different branch?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 09/13/08 at 10:16 pm

Can you tell if that is the actual one you work at or if it's a different branch?

No I don't work at a Super Center.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 09/13/08 at 10:17 pm

I hate shopping.......

Good For You! ::) ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: seamermar on 09/14/08 at 3:34 am

Yeah I'm waiting for Howard to get on and say something ;D

Good For You! ::) ;D

There's a ninny who's not sure all bargains are gold
And she's drawing a plan to purchase them.
When she gets New York she knows, if the stores are all closed
With a word she can beg Howard to open up his store
Ooh, ooh, and she's waiting at the gateway of shopping center.

There's a sign on the wall but she wants to be sure
'Cause you know sometimes she forgets her glasses.
at the night table, and she can't see a horse from two inches,
Sometimes all of us think she's lovely but shopping blindness.
Ooh, it makes me wonder,
Ooh, it makes me wonder.

If there's a bustle in the park car, don't be alarmed now,
It's just another car crash for people gets angry somehow.
Yes, there are too many paths you can go and buy, but in the long run
There's still time to head on Howard's shop.
And that won't make you wonder.

And as we wind down on the shopping mall
Our pockets smaller than our shop costs.
There walks a buddy we all know
Who wears a green mask and wants to show
How everything can be stolen in a blow
And if you try and steal very hard
When all had been snuk out and we all are afar
The dude will definitely be fired at last.
for being a shop chum and not a dirty grass.

I hope you all enjoy my kidding parody, specially Howie and ninny ;)

step by step I feel better and better among all of you

Thanks a lot lovely people inthe00s :D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: seamermar on 09/14/08 at 3:52 am

I agree you have a great gift seamermar :)

It's not my "fault", inthe00s drags me to do so.
I rather sow the friendship's soil than saw the sprouts
and having lotta good friends makes me to be proud.

If you weren't so fine
I wouldn't write a line 8)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 09/14/08 at 4:30 am

There's a ninny who's not sure all bargains are gold
And she's drawing a plan to purchase them.
When she gets New York she knows, if the stores are all closed
With a word she can beg Howard to open up his store
Ooh, ooh, and she's waiting at the gateway of shopping center.

There's a sign on the wall but she wants to be sure
'Cause you know sometimes she forgets her glasses.
at the night table, and she can't see a horse from two inches,
Sometimes all of us think she's lovely but shopping blindness.
Ooh, it makes me wonder,
Ooh, it makes me wonder.

If there's a bustle in the park car, don't be alarmed now,
It's just another car crash for people gets angry somehow.
Yes, there are too many paths you can go and buy, but in the long run
There's still time to head on Howard's shop.
And that won't make you wonder.

And as we wind down on the shopping mall
Our pockets smaller than our shop costs.
There walks a buddy we all know
Who wears a green mask and wants to show
How everything can be stolen in a blow
And if you try and steal very hard
When all had been snuk out and we all are afar
The dude will definitely be fired at last.
for being a shop chum and not a dirty grass.

I hope you all enjoy my kidding parody, specially Howie and ninny ;)

step by step I feel better and better among all of you

Thanks a lot lovely people inthe00s :D

Nice parody of s great Led Zeppelin song..... :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 09/14/08 at 5:11 am

There's a ninny who's not sure all bargains are gold
And she's drawing a plan to purchase them.
When she gets New York she knows, if the stores are all closed
With a word she can beg Howard to open up his store
Ooh, ooh, and she's waiting at the gateway of shopping center.

There's a sign on the wall but she wants to be sure
'Cause you know sometimes she forgets her glasses.
at the night table, and she can't see a horse from two inches,
Sometimes all of us think she's lovely but shopping blindness.
Ooh, it makes me wonder,
Ooh, it makes me wonder.

If there's a bustle in the park car, don't be alarmed now,
It's just another car crash for people gets angry somehow.
Yes, there are too many paths you can go and buy, but in the long run
There's still time to head on Howard's shop.
And that won't make you wonder.

And as we wind down on the shopping mall
Our pockets smaller than our shop costs.
There walks a buddy we all know
Who wears a green mask and wants to show
How everything can be stolen in a blow
And if you try and steal very hard
When all had been snuk out and we all are afar
The dude will definitely be fired at last.
for being a shop chum and not a dirty grass.

I hope you all enjoy my kidding parody, specially Howie and ninny ;)

step by step I feel better and better among all of you

Thanks a lot lovely people inthe00s :D

Was that the Stairway to shopping Hell ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 09/14/08 at 5:25 am

The word of the day...Beautiful
Having qualities that delight the senses, especially the sense of sight.
Excellent; wonderful.

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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/14/08 at 5:28 am

I have missed out on two words of the day, and I have a lot of catching up to do.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/14/08 at 5:29 am

The word of the day...Beautiful
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 09/14/08 at 5:40 am

There's a ninny who's not sure all bargains are gold
And she's drawing a plan to purchase them.
When she gets New York she knows, if the stores are all closed
With a word she can beg Howard to open up his store
Ooh, ooh, and she's waiting at the gateway of shopping center.

There's a sign on the wall but she wants to be sure
'Cause you know sometimes she forgets her glasses.
at the night table, and she can't see a horse from two inches,
Sometimes all of us think she's lovely but shopping blindness.
Ooh, it makes me wonder,
Ooh, it makes me wonder.

If there's a bustle in the park car, don't be alarmed now,
It's just another car crash for people gets angry somehow.
Yes, there are too many paths you can go and buy, but in the long run
There's still time to head on Howard's shop.
And that won't make you wonder.

And as we wind down on the shopping mall
Our pockets smaller than our shop costs.
There walks a buddy we all know
Who wears a green mask and wants to show
How everything can be stolen in a blow
And if you try and steal very hard
When all had been snuk out and we all are afar
The dude will definitely be fired at last.
for being a shop chum and not a dirty grass.

I hope you all enjoy my kidding parody, specially Howie and ninny ;)

step by step I feel better and better among all of you

Thanks a lot lovely people inthe00s :D

Fantastic poem Seamer. :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 09/14/08 at 5:43 am

The word of the day...Beautiful
Having qualities that delight the senses, especially the sense of sight.
Excellent; wonderful.

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Wow,that's beautiful. :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 09/14/08 at 6:57 am

I just needed a small excuse.......I'm feeling particularly shallow today... ;D ;)

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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 09/14/08 at 7:50 am

I just needed a small excuse.......I'm feeling particularly shallow today... ;D ;)

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Howie will be happy with you ;D
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Just a few more beautiful women

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 09/14/08 at 8:16 am

...or we could go to Bollywood for beauty........

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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 09/14/08 at 4:22 pm

Howie will be happy with you ;D
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Just a few more beautiful women

Of Course I am. ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 09/15/08 at 7:17 am

The word of the day ....Coat(s)

A sleeved outer garment extending from the shoulders to the waist or below.
A garment extending to just below the waist and usually forming the top part of a suit.
A natural outer covering, such as the fur of an animal; an integument.
A layer of material covering something else; a coating: a second coat of paint
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 09/15/08 at 4:39 pm

I love wearing coats during the winter.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 09/16/08 at 6:44 am

The word of the day....Dessert
A usually sweet course or dish, as of fruit, ice cream, or pastry, served at the end of a meal.
Chiefly British. Fresh fruit, nuts, or sweetmeats served after the sweet course of a dinner.
http://i411.photobucket.com/albums/pp192/aeris0686/The_dessert_by_mova.jpg
http://i325.photobucket.com/albums/k381/arlex_albano/DSC03570.jpg
http://i424.photobucket.com/albums/pp329/kelly-n-ernest/Kuauiiphonepics012.jpg
http://i411.photobucket.com/albums/pp192/aeris0686/Dessert_by_Yariska.jpg
http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z270/ALWAKJABBAR/GreatGuindaillesofAugust114.jpg
http://i367.photobucket.com/albums/oo115/gmajayne/DanBethsWedding020.jpg
http://i485.photobucket.com/albums/rr212/AIA_Culinary/PlatedDessert13.jpg
http://i405.photobucket.com/albums/pp136/margot107/Collectibles/IMG_0529.jpg
http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc10/angxingfang/food%20heaven/daca.jpg
http://i327.photobucket.com/albums/k472/jaideii/jackson/caesars/P1020180.jpg
http://i358.photobucket.com/albums/oo25/DarKAnGeL_London/DSC03562.jpg
http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm132/hufflepugs/dessert.jpg
http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k144/mbbasketmj/dessert.jpg
http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj240/screenname_2008/dessert.jpg
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f226/mstbeatle/dessert.jpg
http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s319/freespirit_photo/dessert.jpg
http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p165/ashmonttwins_album/Whippedcreamsampler.jpg
http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff28/awhiffoflemongrass/Deepavali%20treats/1808581996_e6fae9031f_o.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 09/16/08 at 6:46 am

Now I'm feeling hungry.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/16/08 at 7:22 am

The word of the day....Dessert
A usually sweet course or dish, as of fruit, ice cream, or pastry, served at the end of a meal.
Chiefly British. Fresh fruit, nuts, or sweetmeats served after the sweet course of a dinner.
http://i411.photobucket.com/albums/pp192/aeris0686/The_dessert_by_mova.jpg
http://i325.photobucket.com/albums/k381/arlex_albano/DSC03570.jpg
http://i424.photobucket.com/albums/pp329/kelly-n-ernest/Kuauiiphonepics012.jpg
http://i411.photobucket.com/albums/pp192/aeris0686/Dessert_by_Yariska.jpg
http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z270/ALWAKJABBAR/GreatGuindaillesofAugust114.jpg
http://i367.photobucket.com/albums/oo115/gmajayne/DanBethsWedding020.jpg
http://i485.photobucket.com/albums/rr212/AIA_Culinary/PlatedDessert13.jpg
http://i405.photobucket.com/albums/pp136/margot107/Collectibles/IMG_0529.jpg
http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc10/angxingfang/food%20heaven/daca.jpg
http://i327.photobucket.com/albums/k472/jaideii/jackson/caesars/P1020180.jpg
http://i358.photobucket.com/albums/oo25/DarKAnGeL_London/DSC03562.jpg
http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm132/hufflepugs/dessert.jpg
http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k144/mbbasketmj/dessert.jpg
http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj240/screenname_2008/dessert.jpg
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f226/mstbeatle/dessert.jpg
http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s319/freespirit_photo/dessert.jpg
http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p165/ashmonttwins_album/Whippedcreamsampler.jpg
http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff28/awhiffoflemongrass/Deepavali%20treats/1808581996_e6fae9031f_o.jpg
Is it dinner time?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 09/16/08 at 9:41 am

Time for dessert.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/16/08 at 10:09 am

Just a bowl of fruit will me fine at the moment.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 09/16/08 at 7:16 pm

I'm in the mood for some cake. :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 09/17/08 at 6:04 am

The word of the day....Sign(s)
Something that suggests the presence or existence of a fact, condition, or quality.

An act or gesture used to convey an idea, a desire, information, or a command: gave the go-ahead sign.
Sign language.

A displayed structure bearing lettering or symbols, used to identify or advertise a place of business: a motel with a flashing neon sign outside.
A posted notice bearing a designation, direction, or command: an EXIT sign above a door; a traffic sign.
A conventional figure or device that stands for a word, phrase, or operation; a symbol, as in mathematics or in musical notation.
pl. sign. An indicator, such as a dropping or footprint, of the trail of an animal: looking for deer sign.
A trace or vestige: no sign of life.
A portentous incident or event; a presage: took the eclipse as a sign from God.
A body manifestation that serves to indicate the presence of malfunction or disease.
One of the 12 divisions of the zodiac, each named for a constellation and represented by a symbol.
http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc159/senyagwynn/if.jpg
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j298/shaggybody/Signs/signs.jpg
http://gi73.photobucket.com/groups/i224/84FV6JY8HW/sign.jpg
http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u25/Fat-Man-photos/Images/Sign.jpg
http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm83/summer_girl_2/friendsblink.gif
http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd8/livewire71/sign.jpg
http://gi70.photobucket.com/groups/i105/8BFBORSWHV/peace_sign.jpg
http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q278/iro0585/PackSquare.jpg
http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u76/almadmanbundy/horn.jpg
http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm127/mado_ukfreak/Destination.jpg
http://i432.photobucket.com/albums/qq48/gdzem707/1213.jpg
http://i463.photobucket.com/albums/qq352/1garywindom/aries.jpg
http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm193/AradiaSilvermoon/Sign.jpg
http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r314/concha28/024.jpg
http://gi253.photobucket.com/groups/hh57/1XV4PGACVO/obey-this-sign.jpg
http://i451.photobucket.com/albums/qq233/wlin1011/MoneySign.gif
http://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n322/dallasmorningnews/Picture012.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 09/17/08 at 6:36 am

Signs,Signs Everywhere signs.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/17/08 at 7:35 am

I'm in the mood for some cake. :)
I had some cake over the last few days.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/17/08 at 7:39 am

The word of the day....Sign(s)
Something that suggests the presence or existence of a fact, condition, or quality.

An act or gesture used to convey an idea, a desire, information, or a command: gave the go-ahead sign.
Sign language.

A displayed structure bearing lettering or symbols, used to identify or advertise a place of business: a motel with a flashing neon sign outside.
A posted notice bearing a designation, direction, or command: an EXIT sign above a door; a traffic sign.
A conventional figure or device that stands for a word, phrase, or operation; a symbol, as in mathematics or in musical notation.
pl. sign. An indicator, such as a dropping or footprint, of the trail of an animal: looking for deer sign.
A trace or vestige: no sign of life.
A portentous incident or event; a presage: took the eclipse as a sign from God.
A body manifestation that serves to indicate the presence of malfunction or disease.
One of the 12 divisions of the zodiac, each named for a constellation and represented by a symbol.
http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc159/senyagwynn/if.jpg
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j298/shaggybody/Signs/signs.jpg
http://gi73.photobucket.com/groups/i224/84FV6JY8HW/sign.jpg
http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u25/Fat-Man-photos/Images/Sign.jpg
http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm83/summer_girl_2/friendsblink.gif
http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd8/livewire71/sign.jpg
http://gi70.photobucket.com/groups/i105/8BFBORSWHV/peace_sign.jpg
http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q278/iro0585/PackSquare.jpg
http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u76/almadmanbundy/horn.jpg
http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm127/mado_ukfreak/Destination.jpg
http://i432.photobucket.com/albums/qq48/gdzem707/1213.jpg
http://i463.photobucket.com/albums/qq352/1garywindom/aries.jpg
http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm193/AradiaSilvermoon/Sign.jpg
http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r314/concha28/024.jpg
http://gi253.photobucket.com/groups/hh57/1XV4PGACVO/obey-this-sign.jpg
http://i451.photobucket.com/albums/qq233/wlin1011/MoneySign.gif
http://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n322/dallasmorningnews/Picture012.jpg
Give me a sign!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 09/17/08 at 3:31 pm

http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/mb003-end-nigh.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Badfinger-fan on 09/17/08 at 11:46 pm

the ninny Fan Club is the most swinging of any Fan Club. very shagadelic, yeah baby! http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c235/badfingermike/austin_powers.gif

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 09/18/08 at 3:06 am

the ninny Fan Club is the most swinging of any Fan Club. very shagadelic, yeah baby! http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c235/badfingermike/austin_powers.gif

So...sounds like you swing both ways Mike? ;) ::) :-\\ ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Badfinger-fan on 09/18/08 at 4:12 am

So...sounds like you swing both ways Mike? ;) ::) :-\\ ;D
oh gibbo..... behave!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 09/18/08 at 4:40 am

oh gibbo..... behave!

Hmmmm...let me think. Oh yes, ...........NOT LIKELY!!!!! ;)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/18/08 at 6:06 am

the ninny Fan Club is the most swinging of any Fan Club. very shagadelic, yeah baby! http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c235/badfingermike/austin_powers.gif
Groovy!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 09/18/08 at 6:13 am

the ninny Fan Club is the most swinging of any Fan Club. very shagadelic, yeah baby! http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c235/badfingermike/austin_powers.gif

Groovy!

I second that ;D ;D
http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee91/Gypsy48/Thank%20You/untitledwes.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/18/08 at 6:23 am

I second that ;D ;D
http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee91/Gypsy48/Thank%20You/untitledwes.jpg
"I've been frozen for 30 years. I've got to see if my bits and pieces are still working."

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 09/18/08 at 6:41 am

Is shagadelic the word of the day? ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/18/08 at 6:44 am

Is shagadelic the word of the day? ;D
I was wondering that too.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 09/18/08 at 6:44 am

I was wondering that too.

Well,It's up to ninny.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 09/18/08 at 6:49 am

The word of the day .....Posters
A large, usually printed placard, bill, or announcement, often illustrated, that is posted to advertise or publicize something.
An artistic work, often a reproduction of an original painting or photograph, printed on a large sheet of paper.
One that posts bills or notices
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d108/phrozen_gurl/posters/SPSSU10Paradise-Posters.jpg
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j140/hubz29/poster.jpg
http://i436.photobucket.com/albums/qq89/warmraindrops/DSCI0519.jpg
http://i417.photobucket.com/albums/pp251/kglass_photos/P9070349.jpg
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y127/windchime88/posters/boobs.jpg
http://i417.photobucket.com/albums/pp256/dheffren/CM519Porn-Posters.jpg
http://i539.photobucket.com/albums/ff354/HARINAM_FFL_MAYAPUR/1stdayWHNW008.jpg
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x122/phattennispro502/505518Superbad-Posters.jpg
http://gi271.photobucket.com/groups/jj139/3JQPCGOL22/AAIN045WWE-Divas-Posters.jpg
http://i417.photobucket.com/albums/pp251/kglass_photos/P9070350.jpg
http://i348.photobucket.com/albums/q360/nawanta/10098742ALove-Posters.jpg
http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r308/AndyLaughing7/fp0275Trainspotting-Posters.jpg
http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd231/darthfaded/EDL09The-Beatles-Posters.jpg
http://i457.photobucket.com/albums/qq296/doblepedalista/1180Lion-at-Sunset-Posters.jpg
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa220/rn4unme35/Poster_TTT2.jpg
http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m18/wxman25/hyundaimotivator.jpg
http://i462.photobucket.com/albums/qq346/bychkraft/Matrix-Posters.jpg
http://i462.photobucket.com/albums/qq346/bychkraft/206934Blazing-Saddles-Posters.jpg
http://i430.photobucket.com/albums/qq28/mongoose-mania/Movie%20Posters/Psycho.jpg
http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff212/casanova50/M910Austin-Powers-Yeah-Baby-Posters.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 09/18/08 at 6:55 am

"I've been frozen for 30 years. I've got to see if my bits and pieces are still working."

"I shall call it the Alan Parsons Project"
Is shagadelic the word of the day? ;D

Interesting choice,but it's always fun to keep you guessing 8)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/18/08 at 7:00 am

Interesting choice,but it's always fun to keep you guessing 8)
A day we are all looking forward to.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 09/18/08 at 7:10 am

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y127/windchime88/posters/boobs.jpg

Great,just what I need,a pair of boobies to just look and stare at all day. ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 09/18/08 at 7:12 am

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y127/windchime88/posters/boobs.jpg

Great,just what I need,a pair of boobies to just look and stare at all day. ;D

How did I know you would pick out that poster :D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 09/18/08 at 7:13 am

How did I know you would pick out that poster :D

I'm the man with the sex on the brain. ;)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/18/08 at 7:14 am

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y127/windchime88/posters/boobs.jpg

Great,just what I need,a pair of boobies to just look and stare at all day. ;D
Another pair of boobies....

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 09/18/08 at 7:15 am

Another pair of boobies....

Man,my libido just dropped. :( ::)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Badfinger-fan on 09/18/08 at 10:57 am

The word of the day .....Posters
A large, usually printed placard, bill, or announcement, often illustrated, that is posted to advertise or publicize something.
An artistic work, often a reproduction of an original painting or photograph, printed on a large sheet of paper.
One that posts bills or notices
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d108/phrozen_gurl/posters/SPSSU10Paradise-Posters.jpg
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j140/hubz29/poster.jpg
http://i436.photobucket.com/albums/qq89/warmraindrops/DSCI0519.jpg
http://i417.photobucket.com/albums/pp251/kglass_photos/P9070349.jpg
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y127/windchime88/posters/boobs.jpg
http://i417.photobucket.com/albums/pp256/dheffren/CM519Porn-Posters.jpg
http://i539.photobucket.com/albums/ff354/HARINAM_FFL_MAYAPUR/1stdayWHNW008.jpg
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x122/phattennispro502/505518Superbad-Posters.jpg
http://gi271.photobucket.com/groups/jj139/3JQPCGOL22/AAIN045WWE-Divas-Posters.jpg
http://i417.photobucket.com/albums/pp251/kglass_photos/P9070350.jpg
http://i348.photobucket.com/albums/q360/nawanta/10098742ALove-Posters.jpg
http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r308/AndyLaughing7/fp0275Trainspotting-Posters.jpg
http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd231/darthfaded/EDL09The-Beatles-Posters.jpg
http://i457.photobucket.com/albums/qq296/doblepedalista/1180Lion-at-Sunset-Posters.jpg
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa220/rn4unme35/Poster_TTT2.jpg
http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m18/wxman25/hyundaimotivator.jpg
http://i462.photobucket.com/albums/qq346/bychkraft/Matrix-Posters.jpg
http://i462.photobucket.com/albums/qq346/bychkraft/206934Blazing-Saddles-Posters.jpg
http://i430.photobucket.com/albums/qq28/mongoose-mania/Movie%20Posters/Psycho.jpg
http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff212/casanova50/M910Austin-Powers-Yeah-Baby-Posters.jpg
those posters are cool. I've been thiniking about getting a bunch and hanging them up on the walls in my garage.

Another pair of boobies....
those look familiar. and that poor button is barely holding. I hope it doesn't break

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 09/18/08 at 7:00 pm

I have plenty of posters in my room.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 09/18/08 at 7:05 pm

those posters are cool. I've been thiniking about getting a bunch and hanging them up on the walls in my garage.
those look familiar. and that poor button is barely holding. I hope it doesn't break

The last 2 posters I had were
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c84/sarcomona/stacie/hl/shaun_cassidy.jpg
http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n117/wgueits/Leif.jpg
Good God what was I thinking! ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 09/18/08 at 7:16 pm

The last 2 posters I had were
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c84/sarcomona/stacie/hl/shaun_cassidy.jpg
http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n117/wgueits/Leif.jpg
Good God what was I thinking! ;D

Wow,Shawn Cassidy and Leif Garett.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Badfinger-fan on 09/18/08 at 9:40 pm

The last 2 posters I had were
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c84/sarcomona/stacie/hl/shaun_cassidy.jpg
http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n117/wgueits/Leif.jpg
Good God what was I thinking! ;D
I'm sure that thinking doesn't come into teen pop star idolatry. ::) In their time, Shaun & Leif were the masters of their domain

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 09/19/08 at 6:28 am

I'm sure that thinking doesn't come into teen pop star idolatry. ::) In their time, Shaun & Leif were the masters of their domain

Yeah, now Leif does commentary on The Smoking Gun on Tru Tv and I'm not even sure what Shaun does.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 09/19/08 at 6:32 am

Yeah, now Leif does commentary on The Smoking Gun on Tru Tv and I'm not even sure what Shaun does.

I think Leif was arrested for cocaine posession.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 09/19/08 at 6:44 am

The word of the day........Inspirational
Of or relating to inspiration.
Providing or intended to convey inspiration.
Resulting from inspiration.

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e275/zetafran777/INSPIRATIONAL/downloadmid15f11948035fAHRFv9EAAKnI.jpg
http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn196/shidehsphotos/inspirational/youll-get-her.png
http://i322.photobucket.com/albums/nn420/redsoxownu/lookforward.jpg
http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll189/margimo1/NATIVE%20AMERIAN/liveyourdream.jpg
http://i405.photobucket.com/albums/pp140/heidimarier_bucket/eagle-2-1.jpg
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e275/zetafran777/INSPIRATIONAL/doubt.jpg
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e275/zetafran777/INSPIRATIONAL/Daisies.jpg
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk275/shaybonham/inspirational.jpg
http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s156/Zbuzy20/inspirational.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v629/martay777/Inspirational.jpg
http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k144/TRAYTRAY73/Inspirational.jpg
http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm146/ilanbutterfly/Inspirational.jpg
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l184/trinitydancer_2006/inspirational.jpg
http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff23/rescuebuddy/Inspirational/sunshine.jpg
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f227/kountryliven/INSPIRATIONAL/inspirational-2.jpg
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f227/kountryliven/INSPIRATIONAL/INSP8-1.jpg
http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc297/maybaby59/encouragement5-1.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 09/19/08 at 6:57 am

Those are very inspirational. :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 09/20/08 at 5:16 am

Those are very inspirational. :)

Thanks :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 09/20/08 at 5:45 am

The word or phrase of the day...Good Morning
a conventional expression of greeting or farewell
http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh172/elly52/mn041.gif
http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh172/elly52/roses-26.gif
http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh281/angelche2007/rainbow.jpg
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http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l47/dan-e-boy56/Good%20Morning/1morning2.jpg
http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd13/brendagoodmum/good%20morning/gm1-4.gif
http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc241/MssJessica1105/morning_harvest_trs_me1.jpg
http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd13/brendagoodmum/good%20morning/gm1-3.gif
http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd121/DonaDunning/GREETINGS/GOOD%20MORNING/Good_Morning.gif
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: bookmistress4ever on 09/20/08 at 6:17 am

http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff30/bookmistress4ever/GoodMorningCuppaDaisiesfk_2Dvi.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 09/20/08 at 6:45 am

Good Morning,It's 745 in the morning. :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: bookmistress4ever on 09/20/08 at 1:09 pm

Beatles to the rescue as per usual, seems like they have an appropriate song for nearly every subject:

Nothing to do to save his life call his wife in
Nothing to say but what a day how's your boy been
Nothing to do it's up to you
I've got nothing to say but it's o.k.
Good morning, good morning...
Going to work don't want to go feeling low down
Heading for home you start to roam then you're in town
Everybody knows there's nothing doing
Everything is closed it's like a ruin
Everyone you see is half asleep.
And you're on your own you're in the street
Good morning, good morning...
After a while you start to smile now you feel cool.
Then you decide to take a walk by the old school.
Nothing has changed it's still the same
I've got nothing to say but it's o.k.
Good morning, good morning...
People running round it's five o'clock.
Everywhere in town is getting dark.
Everyone you see is full of life.
It's time for tea and meet the wife.
Somebody needs to know the time, glad that i'm here.
Watching the skirts you start to flirt now you're in gear.
Go to a show you hope she goes.
I've got nothing to say but it's o.k.
Good morning, good morning...

http://www.idyllopuspress.com/bigsofa/images/beatles_dine.jpg
Breakfast with the Beatles?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/20/08 at 1:16 pm

http://www.idyllopuspress.com/bigsofa/images/beatles_dine.jpg
Breakfast with the Beatles?
I wonder how much that card signed by GH is worth now?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: bookmistress4ever on 09/20/08 at 1:20 pm

I wonder how much that card signed by GH is worth now?

I got the image from here: http://www.idyllopuspress.com/bigsofa/wonderful_life3.htm
who had to say about the card/image above:

"These are some old bubble gum cards my husband has leftover from his youth. They are ragged out and worth nothing. "

Ha!

It would appear that perhaps the signatures are forgeries, as the first one on that page, has the name Lennon spelt wrong!
http://www.idyllopuspress.com/bigsofa/images/beatles_swim1.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/20/08 at 1:22 pm

I got the image from here: http://www.idyllopuspress.com/bigsofa/wonderful_life3.htm
who had to say about the card/image above:

"These are some old bubble gum cards my husband has leftover from his youth. They are ragged out and worth nothing. "

Ha!

It would appear that perhaps the signatures are forgeries, as the first one on that page, has the name Lennon spelt wrong!
http://www.idyllopuspress.com/bigsofa/images/beatles_swim1.jpg
The curse of the autograph world!!!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/20/08 at 1:24 pm

http://www.idyllopuspress.com/bigsofa/images/beatles_dine.jpg

http://www.idyllopuspress.com/bigsofa/images/beatles_swim1.jpg
These cards I remember from my youth, and I should have them still somewhere at my mother's home.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 09/20/08 at 6:54 pm

Those pictures were probably in the 1960's.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 09/20/08 at 7:57 pm

From Singing In The Rain..Good Morning-Gene Kelly.Donald O'Connot & Debbie Reynolds
Kathy:
Good mornin',
Cosmo:
Good mornin'!
Don:
We've talked the whole night through,
Kathy:
Good mornin'
Kathy, Don & Cosmo:
Good mornin' to you.
Good mornin', good mornin'!
It's great to stay up late,
Good mornin', good mornin' to you.
Cosmo:
When the band began to play
The sun was shinin' bright.
Don:
Now the milkman's on his way,
It's too late to say goodnight.
Kathy, Don & Cosmo:
So, good mornin', good mornin'!
Sunbeams will soon smile through,
Good mornin', good mornin', to you,
Kathy:
And you, and you, and you!
Good morning,
Good morning,
We've gabbed the whole night through.
Good morning, good morning to you.
Don & Cosmo:
Nothin' could be grander than to be in Louisiana
Kathy, Don & Cosmo:
In the morning,
In the morning,
It's great to stay up late!
Good mornin',
Good mornin' to you.
Don & Cosmo:
It might be just a zippy
If you was in Mississipi!
Kathy:
When we left the movie show
The future wasn't bright
But tame is gone
The show goes on
And I don't wanna say good night
Don & Cosmo:
So say, Good Mornin'!
Kathy:
Good Mornin'!
Kathy, Don & Cosmo:
Rainbow is shining through
Kathy:
Good Mornin'!
Don & Cosmo:
Good Mornin'!
Kathy:
Bon Jour!
Don & Cosmo:
Bon Jour!
Kathy:
Buenos Dias!
Don & Cosmo:
Buenos Dias!
Kathy:
Buon Giorno!
Don & Cosmo:
Buon Giorno!
Kathy:
Guten Morgen!
Don & Cosmo:
Guten Morgen!
Kathy, Don & Cosmo:
Good morning to you.

Waka laka laka wa
Waka laka laka wa...
Ole, toro, Bravo!

Good Morning Starshine - Oliver
Good morning starshine
The earth says hello
You twinkle above us
We twinkle below

Good morning starshine
You lead us along
My love and me as we sing
Our early morning singing song

Gliddy glub gloopy
Nibby nabby noopy
La la la lo lo
Sabba sibby sabba
Nooby abba nabba
Le le lo lo
Tooby ooby walla
Nooby abba naba
Early morning singing song

Good morning starshine
The earth says hello
You twinkle above us
We twinkle below

Good morning starshine
You lead us along
My love and me as we sing
Our early morning singing song

Gliddy glub gloopy
Nibby nabby noopy
La la la lo lo
Sabba sibby sabba
Nooby abba nabba
Le le lo lo
Tooby ooby walla
Nooby abba naba
Early morning singing song

Singing a song
Humming a song
Singing a song
Loving a song
Laughing a song
Singing a song
Sing the song
Song song song sing
Sing sing sing sing song

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: bookmistress4ever on 09/20/08 at 8:02 pm

Good morning starshine
The earth says hello
You twinkle above us
We twinkle below

Good morning starshine
You lead us along
My love and me as we sing
Our early morning singing song

Gliddy glub gloopy
Nibby nabby noopy
La la la lo lo
Sabba sibby sabba
Nooby abba nabba
Le le lo lo
Tooby ooby walla
Nooby abba naba
Early morning singing song

Good morning starshine
The earth says hello
You twinkle above us
We twinkle below

Good morning starshine
You lead us along
My love and me as we sing
Our early morning singing song

Gliddy glub gloopy
Nibby nabby noopy
La la la lo lo
Sabba sibby sabba
Nooby abba nabba
Le le lo lo
Tooby ooby walla
Nooby abba naba
Early morning singing song

Singing a song
Humming a song
Singing a song
Loving a song
Laughing a song
Singing a song
Sing the song
Song song song sing
Sing sing sing sing song

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 09/20/08 at 8:28 pm

I got up this morning and recorded this video. Yes, that's me singing the lead...truly!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egLhkmA8Z50

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: bookmistress4ever on 09/20/08 at 8:32 pm

I got up this morning and recorded this video. Yes, that's me singing the lead...truly!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egLhkmA8Z50

Nice hair!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 09/20/08 at 8:35 pm

Nice hair!

It'all in the spray! ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: bookmistress4ever on 09/20/08 at 8:48 pm

It'all in the spray! ;D

Somehow I pictured you as more...um...male...and a tad older. But you sure know how to cut a rug, Gibbo!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 09/20/08 at 9:01 pm

Somehow I pictured you as more...um...male...and a tad older. But you sure know how to cut a rug, Gibbo!

Well...I WAS in costume!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/21/08 at 1:23 am

Well...I WAS in costume!
Will this be your Halloween costume?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 09/21/08 at 5:56 am

Was that you singing "Without Love"? ???

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 09/21/08 at 6:07 am

The word of the day....Together(ness)
In or into a single group, mass, or place: We gather together.
In or into contact: The cars crashed together. She mixed the chemicals together.

In association with or in relationship to one another; mutually or reciprocally: getting along together.
By joint or cooperative effort: We ironed the entire load of clothes together.
Regarded collectively; in total: She is worth more than all of us together. Considered together, the proposals made little sense.
In or into a unified structure or arrangement: put the food processor together.
Simultaneously: The bells rang out together.
In harmony or accord: We stand together on this issue.
Informal. Into an effective, coherent condition: Get yourself together.
adj. Slang.
Emotionally stable and effective in performance: She's really together.
In tune with what is going on; hip
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 09/21/08 at 6:24 am

These people are together..yet somehow isolated.

http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k209/kaetchen/nudemexicanart.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/21/08 at 7:06 am

Was that you singing "Without Love"? ???
I was not singing anything.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/21/08 at 7:07 am

These people are together..yet somehow isolated.

http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k209/kaetchen/nudemexicanart.jpg
...all together, in the all together ?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/21/08 at 7:19 am

These people are together..yet somehow isolated.

http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k209/kaetchen/nudemexicanart.jpg
"All together now"

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 09/21/08 at 5:04 pm

So Happy Together.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 09/21/08 at 10:37 pm

Imagine me and you.....I DON"T!!! ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 09/22/08 at 5:56 am

Imagine me and you.....I DON"T!!! ;D

You're right,I don't. 8-P ;)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 09/22/08 at 5:57 am

The word of the day....Autumn
The season of the year between summer and winter, lasting from the autumnal equinox to the winter solstice and from September to December in the Northern Hemisphere; fall.
A period of maturity verging on decline
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 09/22/08 at 5:58 am

I love a nice autumn day. :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/22/08 at 5:58 am

http://www.google.co.uk/logos/autumn08.gif

Google's Logo for today

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/22/08 at 5:59 am

I love a nice autumn day. :)
Today is like the best summer's day of the year.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 09/22/08 at 6:00 am

Today is like the best summer's day of the year.

Today at 1144am starts the first full day.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 09/22/08 at 6:25 am

I enjoy the season of Autumn. Lovely pics Janine... :)

Some more...

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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 09/22/08 at 8:23 am

I enjoy the season of Autumn. Lovely pics Janine... :)

Some more...

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http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c106/sinomen79/autumn.jpg

Thank you :) Yours are excellent as always.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/22/08 at 8:33 am

Today at 1144am starts the first full day.
Autumn is starting right now, it is clouding over here and is about to rain any moment.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 09/22/08 at 10:24 am

Autumn is starting right now, it is clouding over here and is about to rain any moment.

It's cool 59 but sunny here.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/22/08 at 10:27 am

It's cool 59 but sunny here.
Only overcast now.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 09/22/08 at 4:31 pm

Autumn is starting right now, it is clouding over here and is about to rain any moment.

It was variably cloudy here.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: seamermar on 09/23/08 at 3:07 am

The word or phrase of the day...Good Morning

Good morning ninny from America
I'm your solo Spanish friend
I'm the weird penguin who doesn't write well
but love every single sentence it's stuck in this thread ;)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: seamermar on 09/23/08 at 3:47 am

I got up this morning and recorded this video. Yes, that's me singing the lead...truly!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egLhkmA8Z50

Bravo Gibbo it was funny to see and hear. I wonder how hte morons of my country have called this film, in here in Spain time before they used to traslate films' names very different from original title, I haven't seen that movie yet and I would... :(

I got a dashing hair-dresser brother
who is fast in drawing and shooting a hairspray-can.
Once he has finished of cut, wash, hair-dryer and comb
costumers look at the mirror and start to gasp as they stoop and bow
All those women gonna make him teach them just what they don't know how.
The last one line from the song "Jackson"

Anyhow you can be sure I don't overstate even a little tad
for my youngest mother's son is a gentle woman-eater lad
::)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 09/23/08 at 4:01 am

Bravo Gibbo it was funny to see and hear. I wonder how hte morons of my country have called this film, in here in Spain time before they used to traslate films' names very different from original title, I haven't seen that movie yet and I would... :(

I got a dashing hair-dresser brother
who is fast in drawing and shooting a hairspray-can.
Once he has finished of cut, wash, hair-dryer and comb
costumers look at the mirror and start to gasp as they stoop and bow
All those women gonna make him teach them just what they don't know how.
The last one line from the song "Jackson"

Anyhow you can be sure I don't overstate even a little tad
for my youngest mother's son is a gentle woman-eater lad
::)

You sure write a lot.........but I like you. :) ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: bookmistress4ever on 09/23/08 at 4:47 am

Bravo Gibbo it was funny to see and hear. I wonder how hte morons of my country have called this film, in here in Spain time before they used to traslate films' names very different from original title, I haven't seen that movie yet and I would... :(

It was called "Hairspray" in Spain and released in the theater there in Spain 14 September 2007

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/23/08 at 5:01 am

It was called "Hairspray" in Spain and released in the theater there in Spain   14 September 2007

Hairspray is on stage here in the West End of London, with Michael Ball in the lead role.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: bookmistress4ever on 09/23/08 at 5:04 am

Hairspray is on stage here in the West End of London, with Michael Ball in the lead role.

Yeah, the musical on the West End, is based on the movie (which wasn't a musical) and the newest movie was based on the stage play. They all have a little bit different from each other, either in minor details or major plot twists, but apparently have done very well in all aspects. (I've only seen the original movie)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 09/23/08 at 5:07 am

Yeah, the musical on the West End, is based on the movie (which wasn't a musical) and the newest movie was based on the stage play. They all have a little bit different from each other, either in minor details or major plot twists, but apparently have done very well in all aspects. (I've only seen the original movie)

I assume the original was the Ricky Lake film? I've yet to see it. The latest movie was really enjoyable....but I like musicals.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: bookmistress4ever on 09/23/08 at 5:10 am

I assume the original was the Ricky Lake film? I've yet to see it. The latest movie was really enjoyable....but I like musicals.

Yes it was, and Rikki Lake was fabulous in it (as was Divine, as her mother - John Travolta played the mother in the new movie.)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/23/08 at 5:10 am

Yeah, the musical on the West End, is based on the movie (which wasn't a musical) and the newest movie was based on the stage play. They all have a little bit different from each other, either in minor details or major plot twists, but apparently have done very well in all aspects. (I've only seen the original movie)
I have not seen any version of Hairspray.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: seamermar on 09/23/08 at 6:31 am

Patty I think that boredom is history
since I'm sailing in the space between
some of good pengins in here and me
if some day www run out light'll turn in dim 8)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 09/23/08 at 6:35 am

I assume the original was the Ricky Lake film? I've yet to see it. The latest movie was really enjoyable....but I like musicals.

It was about 1988.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 09/23/08 at 6:54 am

Good morning ninny from America
I'm your solo Spanish friend
I'm the weird penguin who doesn't write well
but love every single sentence it's stuck in this thread ;)

Good Morning. You are doing just fine with your writings.a lot better than I would if I learned Spanish :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 09/23/08 at 7:05 am

The word of the day....Kaleidoscope
A tube-shaped optical instrument that is rotated to produce a succession of symmetrical designs by means of mirrors reflecting the constantly changing patterns made by bits of colored glass at one end of the tube.
A constantly changing set of colors.
A series of changing phases or events: a kaleidoscope of illusions.

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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 09/23/08 at 7:06 am

Just Beautiful. :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 09/23/08 at 7:11 am

Some nice pics there Janine.....

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i135/housetango/FunStuff/Kaleidescope.gifhttp://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o307/don935_photo/captaincomics/th967152206_m.gif

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 09/23/08 at 7:14 am

Some nice pics there Janine.....

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i135/housetango/FunStuff/Kaleidescope.gifhttp://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o307/don935_photo/captaincomics/th967152206_m.gif

That's amazing. :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 09/23/08 at 7:25 am

Picture yourself in a boat on a river,
With tangerine trees and marmalade skies.
Somebody calls you, you answer quite slowly,
A girl with kaleidoscope eyes.

Cellophane flowers of yellow and green,
Towering over your head.
Look for the girl with the sun in her eyes,
And she's gone.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 09/23/08 at 8:01 am

Just Beautiful. :)

Thank You :)
Some nice pics there Janine.....

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i135/housetango/FunStuff/Kaleidescope.gifhttp://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o307/don935_photo/captaincomics/th967152206_m.gif

Thank You :) Nice kaleidoscopes
Picture yourself in a boat on a river,
With tangerine trees and marmalade skies.
Somebody calls you, you answer quite slowly,
A girl with kaleidoscope eyes.

Cellophane flowers of yellow and green,
Towering over your head.
Look for the girl with the sun in her eyes,
And she's gone.

Good song. I like both the Beatles and Elton Johns versions :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/23/08 at 8:04 am

Thank You :)Thank You :) Nice kaleidoscopesGood song. I like both the Beatles and Elton Johns versions :)
how about the William Shatner version?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 09/23/08 at 8:16 am

how about the William Shatner version?

Yeah, I saw that one earlier tonight. I don't like it!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 09/23/08 at 8:59 am

how about the William Shatner version?

I don't remember hearing it..I've heard his version of Rocket Man,interesting to say the least.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 09/23/08 at 9:41 am

I don't remember hearing it..I've heard his version of Rocket Man,interesting to say the least.

William Shatner sang Rocket Man?!?! ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 09/23/08 at 9:47 am

G'day .......... to the awesome ninny ............ who seldom fails to astound with quality pics ! 8)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 09/23/08 at 11:28 am

G'day .......... to the awesome ninny ............ who seldom fails to astound with quality pics ! 8)

Hello kind sir,are you back from your trip?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/23/08 at 2:22 pm

William Shatner sang Rocket Man?!?! ;D
WS sang Lucy in th eSky with Diamonds

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/23/08 at 2:22 pm

G'day .......... to the awesome ninny ............ who seldom fails to astound with quality pics ! 8)
G'day sport!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 09/23/08 at 2:26 pm

William Shatner sang Rocket Man?!?! ;D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvQwXOCKNLY&feature=related#

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/23/08 at 2:27 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvQwXOCKNLY&feature=related#
Oh no!!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 09/23/08 at 6:48 pm

Hello kind sir,are you back from your trip?

Indeed, I am. All good things, come to an end. :\'(

My loss is the boards gain / loss ? :-\\

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 09/23/08 at 7:04 pm

Oh no!!

Oh No, is right. :o 8-P

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 09/24/08 at 2:37 am

Oh No, is right. :o 8-P

Shatner never actually sang anything....
Indeed, I am. All good things, come to an end.   :\'(

My loss is the boards gain / loss ? :-\\

Definitely a gain Al. :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: bookmistress4ever on 09/24/08 at 2:55 am

Indeed, I am. All good things, come to an end. :\'(

My loss is the boards gain / loss ? :-\\

You have been missed!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 09/24/08 at 2:57 am

Shatner never actually sang anything....

Definitely a gain Al. :)

You have been missed!

Cheers. :) I feel some karma coming on .... in YOUR direction(s). 8)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 09/24/08 at 2:59 am

Cheers. :) I feel some karma coming on .... in YOUR direction(s). 8)

Oh ... :( :-[

An Error Has Occurred!
Sorry, you can't repeat a karma action without waiting 24 hours.

You'll have to wait, Peter. :(

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/24/08 at 3:25 am

Shatner never actually sang anything....
Come to think of it, that is true?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: seamermar on 09/24/08 at 4:49 am

The word of the day....Together(ness)

We gather together.

Fall and rain shades together on my shoulder
I had no choise but to put my head together
for they may turn out bad souls and weather

So before time fade on and we get much older
we must thank to good God we're all together
and together we'll ride to the penguin shelter

Yes ninny I love when We gather together.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: seamermar on 09/24/08 at 4:59 am

It was called "Hairspray" in Spain and released in the theater there in Spain 14 September 2007

Thanks Bookmistress I got it, just my daughter told me about it, maybe very next sunday we'll sit togethgr to watch it ;)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 09/24/08 at 5:48 am

Oh no!!

Shatner never actually sang anything....

Definitely a gain Al. :)

Come to think of it, that is true?

They did a parody of this on Family Guy with Stewie preforming Rocket Man.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcPGpDbvsRo#

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 09/24/08 at 5:53 am

Shatner never actually sang anything....

Definitely a gain Al. :)

You have been missed!

I triple that thought :)
Fall and rain shades together on my shoulder
I had no choise but to put my head together
for they may turn out bad souls and weather

So before time fade on and we get much older
we must thank to good God we're all together
and together we'll ride to the penguin shelter

Yes ninny   I love when We gather together.

Very nice. It's nice to gather with such interesting assortment of people.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 09/24/08 at 5:54 am

They did a parody of this on Family Guy with Stewie preforming Rocket Man.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcPGpDbvsRo#

That was better than Shatner's attempt.....much more tuneful. I liked the whole takeoff with the tuxedo and the smoking... ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: seamermar on 09/24/08 at 5:59 am

William Shatner sang Rocket Man?!?! ;D

I got all shocked up from hearing of William Shatner the way he sings after come back from the stars.
How many times the speed-light he could have run to keep his skin and voice so soft and fine. ?

Who knows, Holliwood is a dreams' work farm
where even pigs can fly and ducks grow arms
you can hear people sing in a church or well
and contains the complete works of George Orwell

;) :D 8)

Seamermar, maybe as mad as hatter

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 09/24/08 at 6:06 am

The word of the day....Cubism
A nonobjective school of painting and sculpture developed in Paris in the early 20th century, characterized by the reduction and fragmentation of natural forms into abstract, often geometric structures usually rendered as a set of discrete planes.

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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 09/24/08 at 6:20 am

This form of art surely originated in Cuba :D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/24/08 at 6:24 am

The word of the day....Cubism

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i106/bonkbuddy/RUBIK-CUBISM.gif

I once met Ernő Rubik, the inventor and I have his autograph.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 09/24/08 at 6:32 am

I once met Ernő Rubik, the inventor and I have his autograph.

Did he give you a free Rubik's Cube?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 09/24/08 at 6:33 am

This form of art surely originated in Cuba :D

http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn223/chuysta/three_stooges.jpg
"Oh a wise Guy,huh?"
I once met Ernő Rubik, the inventor and I have his autograph.

That must have been cool.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 09/24/08 at 6:34 am

They did a parody of this on Family Guy with Stewie preforming Rocket Man.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcPGpDbvsRo#

Why smoke and wear a tuxedo while singing the song? ::)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/24/08 at 6:44 am

That must have been cool.
Yes, I see it as a triumph to my name, but the signature is only on paper, not on any Rubik Cube related products.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 09/24/08 at 6:45 am

The word of the day....Cubism
A nonobjective school of painting and sculpture developed in Paris in the early 20th century, characterized by the reduction and fragmentation of natural forms into abstract, often geometric structures usually rendered as a set of discrete planes.

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http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e354/13aMarg3ra79/cubism.jpg
http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m320/Photographyis4lovers/my%20pictures/cubism.jpg
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http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m79/Madeleine-123/cube.jpg
http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m201/bogdan_alexe/RotterdamCubism.jpg
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a342/caterpillar222/47f3607e.jpg
http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa290/memolas/Pablo_picasso.jpg
http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee230/piquiqts/fishes.jpg
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a225/halfthepage/semester%201%20architecture%20projects/DSC05216.jpg

Very fasinating. :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 09/25/08 at 6:42 am

The word of the day....Moonlight
The light reflected from the surface of the moon.

intr.v. Informal., -light·ed, -light·ing, -lights.
To work at another job, often at night, in addition to one's full-time job
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http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x146/puponis1/487312318_0c3d2e2b76_o.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/25/08 at 6:48 am

Moonlight Sonata by Beethoven

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 09/25/08 at 9:03 am

Moonlight Sonata by Beethoven

Very Nice song :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/25/08 at 9:34 am

Very Nice song :)
I have tried to learn how to play that on the piano, but my fingers are hopeless.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 09/25/08 at 9:45 am

I have tried to learn how to play that on the piano, but my fingers are hopeless.

I have heard to the contrary. That your fingers are prolific / FAR from 'hopeless' ........ on the keyboard. ::)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/25/08 at 9:46 am

I have heard to the contrary. That your fingers are prolific / FAR from 'hopeless' ........ on the keyboard.   ::)
Piano keyboard - hopeless
Computer keyboard - excellence

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 09/25/08 at 10:23 am

Piano keyboard - hopeless
Computer keyboard - excellence

LOL
Mine are Hopeless on both.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/25/08 at 1:23 pm

LOL
Mine are Hopeless on both.
...but age is catching up me!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 09/25/08 at 2:19 pm

such beautiful pictures I must use one for my computer wallpaper. :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 09/25/08 at 3:30 pm

such beautiful pictures I must use one for my computer wallpaper. :)

Agreed. :)

She's probably a famous painter, here under some pseudonym ! :o ;) ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/25/08 at 3:31 pm

such beautiful pictures I must use one for my computer wallpaper. :)
Can I guess which one?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 09/26/08 at 6:08 am

Can I guess which one?

Sure take a guess. :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 09/26/08 at 6:18 am

such beautiful pictures I must use one for my computer wallpaper. :)

You can use any picture you like :)
Agreed.   :)

She's probably a famous painter, here under some pseudonym ! :o   ;) ;D

Yes I'm greatly artistic....I can draw the best http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll61/Beatles_Junkie_2234/Stick_Figure.jpg you'll ever see ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/26/08 at 6:19 am

Sure take a guess. :)
I am thinking.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 09/26/08 at 6:42 am

The word of the day.....Ballet
A classical dance form characterized by grace and precision of movement and by elaborate formal gestures, steps, and poses.
A theatrical presentation of group or solo dancing to a musical accompaniment, usually with costume and scenic effects, conveying a story or theme.
A musical composition written or used for this dance form.
A company or group that performs ballet.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 09/26/08 at 6:58 am

Very pretty, ninny!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 09/26/08 at 7:29 am

Very pretty, ninny!

Thank You :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 09/26/08 at 9:07 am

Agreed.   :)

She's probably a famous painter, here under some pseudonym ! :o   ;) ;D

and of course ............... you ALL realise that I am also a famous artist ! ??? 8)

Yes ............... :-[ ........ a 'piss-artist' ! :-[ :( :\'(

:P

:D

;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 09/26/08 at 9:17 am

and of course ............... you ALL realise that I am also a famous artist ! ??? 8)

Yes ............... :-[ ........ a 'piss-artist' ! :-[ :( :\'(

:P

:D

;D

I think you've been spending too much time in other countries! ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 09/26/08 at 9:23 am

and of course ............... you ALL realise that I am also a famous artist ! ??? 8)

Yes ............... :-http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f210/mrplow21/piccaso.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/26/08 at 1:01 pm

The word of the day.....Ballet

http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd155/mariana057/mikhail_baryshnikov_99.jpg

That looks very painful?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 09/26/08 at 3:19 pm

You don't see Mikhail Barishnakov these days. ???

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/26/08 at 3:21 pm

You don't see Mikhail Barishnakov these days. ???
Born in 1948 and now at the age of 60, I can guess he has retired now.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 09/26/08 at 3:34 pm

Born in 1948 and now at the age of 60, I can guess he has retired now.

I think he was on Sex And The City.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/26/08 at 3:51 pm

I think he was on Sex And The City.
He may still act, but his dancing may be no more.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: bookmistress4ever on 09/27/08 at 2:06 am

Hold me closer, tiny dancer
Count the headlights on the highway

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/27/08 at 2:08 am

I think he was on Sex And The City.
As Aleksandr Petrovsky in 2004

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 09/27/08 at 6:35 am

As Aleksandr Petrovsky in 2004

He portrayed the boyfriend.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/27/08 at 6:37 am

He portrayed the boyfriend.
Whose boyfirend?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 09/27/08 at 6:44 am

Whose boyfirend?

One of the women in Sex And The City.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/27/08 at 6:46 am

One of the women in Sex And The City.
Which one?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 09/27/08 at 6:47 am

Which one?

I forget which one.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 09/27/08 at 7:27 am

The word of the day...Instrument(s)
A means by which something is done; an agency.
One used by another to accomplish a purpose; a dupe.
An implement used to facilitate work. See synonyms at tool.
A device for recording, measuring, or controlling, especially such a device functioning as part of a control system.
Music. A device for playing or producing music: a keyboard instrument.
A legal document, such as a deed, will, mortgage, or insurance policy.
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http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn49/swoodkw6/pianos.jpg
http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh161/rcnaye/RCAF_SPIT-1-1/RCAFSPIT1-1017.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v620/justacanadianinchina/China/Yangshuo/July%202005/IMG_1536.jpg
http://i443.photobucket.com/albums/qq156/oone3448/trumpet.jpg
http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj112/rockybargrind/drums-so-many-drums619784-1.jpg
http://i437.photobucket.com/albums/qq94/harri_sw/einstein-violin-1.jpg
http://i524.photobucket.com/albums/cc325/4lizliz/clarinet.jpg
http://i443.photobucket.com/albums/qq156/oone3448/06b0d421.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 09/27/08 at 7:30 am

Is a dingaling an instrument? ...because I love to play with my dingaling!!!! ::)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/27/08 at 7:39 am

Is a dingaling an instrument? ...because I love to play with my dingaling!!!! ::)
...another name for a Triangle?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 09/27/08 at 7:43 am

My Ding-A-Ling-A-Ling

When I was a little biddy boy
My grandma bought me a cute little toy
Two Silver bells on a string
She told me it was my ding-a-ling-a-ling

My Ding-A-Ling My Ding-A-Ling won't you play with My Ding-A-Ling
My Ding-A-Ling My Ding-A-Ling won't you play with My Ding-A-Ling

When I was little boy In Grammar school
Always went by the very best rule
But Evertime the bell would ring
You'd catch me playing with my ding-a-ling

Once while climbing the garden wall,
Slipped and fell had a very bad fall
I fell so hard I heard birds sing,
But I held on to My ding-a-ling

Once while swimming cross turtle creek
Man them snappers right at my feet
Sure was hard swimming cross that thing
with both hands holding my dingaling

Now this here song it ain't so bad
Prettiest little song that you ever had
And those of you who will not sing
must be playing with your on Ding-a-ling

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/27/08 at 7:46 am

My Ding-A-Ling-A-Ling

When I was a little biddy boy
My grandma bought me a cute little toy
Two Silver bells on a string
She told me it was my ding-a-ling-a-ling

My Ding-A-Ling My Ding-A-Ling won't you play with My Ding-A-Ling
My Ding-A-Ling My Ding-A-Ling won't you play with My Ding-A-Ling

When I was little boy In Grammar school
Always went by the very best rule
But Evertime the bell would ring
You'd catch me playing with my ding-a-ling

Once while climbing the garden wall,
Slipped and fell had a very bad fall
I fell so hard I heard birds sing,
But I held on to My ding-a-ling

Once while swimming cross turtle creek
Man them snappers right at my feet
Sure was hard swimming cross that thing
with both hands holding my dingaling

Now this here song it ain't so bad
Prettiest little song that you ever had
And those of you who will not sing
must be playing with your on Ding-a-ling
I believe there are more verses to this song.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: seamermar on 09/27/08 at 12:03 pm

My Ding-A-Ling-A-Ling

I'm very glad Gibbo :)
you sent us that song,
now I wonder how the rhytmn sounds :-X

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/27/08 at 12:07 pm

The word of the day...Instrument(s)

http://i437.photobucket.com/albums/qq94/harri_sw/einstein-violin-1.jpg

That is Albert!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 09/27/08 at 1:07 pm

That is Albert!

A man of many talents
Like Gibbo with his Ding-A-Ling

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/27/08 at 1:15 pm

A man of many talents
Like Gibbo with his Ding-A-Ling
Now what would the world been like if AE found a talent for song writing?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: bookmistress4ever on 09/27/08 at 1:40 pm

My Ding-A-Ling-A-Ling

I'm very glad Gibbo :)
you sent us that song,
now I wonder how the rhytmn sounds :-X

While I'm sure you meant something else, I'm giving you a link to the actual song. You silly guys! ;D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaEC-lWSlmI

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: bookmistress4ever on 09/27/08 at 1:59 pm

Paul Newman playing an instrument. Or is Tom Hanks playing it (I can't tell) oh well, no matter. Paul Newman is sitting near an instrument. http://www.lupiga.com/film/slike/20021129222132put_do_unistenja_tom_hanks_paul_newman.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 09/27/08 at 10:21 pm

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v468/wtbcheerscharmed/chickswinstuments.jpg

These girls can play with my ding a ling. ;D ;)^

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 09/28/08 at 4:39 am

The word of the day....Sailing
The skill required to operate and navigate a vessel; navigation.
The sport of operating or riding in a sailboat.
Departure or time of departure from a port.
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t255/guyography/Sailing.jpg
http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg304/activedorset/Sailing.jpg
http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk5/Numbr1balla1ad/canopysailing.jpg
http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc1/astralgirly/12.jpg
http://i396.photobucket.com/albums/pp50/Sammy042/sunset_sailing.jpg
http://i408.photobucket.com/albums/pp168/dyso10/Image00001-1.jpg
http://i531.photobucket.com/albums/dd351/fontheking4/S1030962.jpg
http://i393.photobucket.com/albums/pp12/sailingtheskyline/Sailingtheskyline.jpg
http://i532.photobucket.com/albums/ee322/kdc1912/IMG_6973.jpg
http://i353.photobucket.com/albums/r361/adrianus_111/sailing.jpg
http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg261/fei26/Sailing.jpg
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b101/SwimItsFun/Sailing.jpg
http://i242.photobucket.com/albums/ff313/Bayoudi/Sailing.jpg
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a50/passion2sail/Sailing.jpg
http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s125/the_kittycat_love_club/sailing.gif

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/28/08 at 4:40 am

Rod Stewart comes to mind here.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 09/28/08 at 4:43 am

Rod Stewart comes to mind here.

Yes, that was the first thing that entered my mind too.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/28/08 at 4:44 am

Yes, that was the first thing that entered my mind too.
If I was on my main computer, I would posted the lyrics by now.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: bookmistress4ever on 09/28/08 at 5:17 am

hmmm...Christopher Cross comes to mind first when I think of sailing. I'm not sure what song Rod Stewart did (it's not coming to mind which one has to do with sailing)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 09/28/08 at 5:23 am

This is the one. It was a huge hit in Australia back in the 70's. I do recall the Cris Cross song as well....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXqrkjxtLSY&feature=related

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 09/28/08 at 5:32 am

hmmm...Christopher Cross comes to mind first when I think of sailing. I'm not sure what song Rod Stewart did (it's not coming to mind which one has to do with sailing)

Same here.Christopher Cross song is what I was singing to myself while posting. I'm embarrassed to say I don't remember Rods song :-[

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: bookmistress4ever on 09/28/08 at 5:32 am

This is the one. It was a huge hit in Australia back in the 70's. I do recall the Cris Cross song as well....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXqrkjxtLSY&feature=related

hmmm...I don't remember that one too well. Maybe it didn't do as well as the other stuff he released in America.
A quick check on wiki listed that it got up to #58 on the charts in my country.

I also thought of this song by Grand Funk Railroad - I'm your Captain/Closer to home - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8MYsii4DZY
I don't know if it did anything in any other country, it made it up to #20 in America in 1970

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 09/28/08 at 5:39 am

hmmm...I don't remember that one too well. Maybe it didn't do as well as the other stuff he released in America.
A quick check on wiki listed that it got up to #58 on the charts in my country.

I also thought of this song by Grand Funk Railroad - I'm your Captain/Closer to home - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8MYsii4DZY
I don't know if it did anything in any other country, it made it up to #20 in America in 1970

I like the begining of the Grand Funk Railroad song,but near the end I wish he would find his way home faster ;D ;D
Some more songs...Sail On- Commodores
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zg-ivWxy5KE#
Sail On Sailor-Beach Boys
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24jwozOX_X8#

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 09/28/08 at 5:44 am

hmmm...I don't remember that one too well. Maybe it didn't do as well as the other stuff he released in America.
A quick check on wiki listed that it got up to #58 on the charts in my country.

I also thought of this song by Grand Funk Railroad - I'm your Captain/Closer to home - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8MYsii4DZY
I don't know if it did anything in any other country, it made it up to #20 in America in 1970

I liked that song.....but if you took the same song and showed a collection of Scarlet Johansson pics as in this version.... ::)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tS5rPsBvkfI&feature=related

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/28/08 at 5:53 am

This is the one. It was a huge hit in Australia back in the 70's. I do recall the Cris Cross song as well....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXqrkjxtLSY&feature=related
It was a huge hit in the UK too!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 09/28/08 at 6:38 am

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b101/SwimItsFun/Sailing.jpg

Thanks Ninny! ;) O0

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 09/28/08 at 7:49 am

hmmm...I don't remember that one too well. Maybe it didn't do as well as the other stuff he released in America.
A quick check on wiki listed that it got up to #58 on the charts in my country.

Only # 58 in the USA ? ??? Well, the Brits liked it ... but they do tend to be a bit more sentimentally inclined ? It got to No. 3 there, spending 20 weeks on the charts ...... so, massive. However, I don't THINK he sang it at the concert I saw in Vegas ....... perhaps cos of it's poor showing there ? :-\\ .. . he also didn't sing 'I don't wanna talk about it' .... one of my fave tear jerker songs.

Sailing (diff. song) for C. Cross was given the Grammy for record of the year, in 1980 .. as well as 3 others the same year (to Cross) ...... 'Best new artist'; 'Best album' ... and 'Song of the year'.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/28/08 at 8:24 am

Only # 58 in the USA ? ??? Well, the Brits liked it ... but they do tend to be a bit more sentimentally inclined ? It got to No. 3 there, spending 20 weeks on the charts ...... so, massive. However, I don't THINK he sang it at the concert I saw in Vegas ....... perhaps cos of it's poor showing there ? :-\\ .. . he also didn't sing 'I don't wanna talk about it' .... one of my fave tear jerker songs.

Sailing (diff. song) for C. Cross was given the Grammy for record of the year, in 1980 .. as well as 3 others the same year (to Cross) ...... 'Best new artist'; 'Best album' ... and 'Song of the year'.
There was a Scots Band version of Sailing too.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 09/28/08 at 9:40 am

There was a Scots Band version of Sailing too.

Styx? ???

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/28/08 at 10:37 am

Styx? ???
No, something like the Band from H.M.S. Ark Royal

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: bookmistress4ever on 09/28/08 at 2:29 pm

Styx - Come Sail Away is what Howard was referring to. I'd forgotten about that one. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BARLfUmyBJA

There was also "Sail away sweet sister" by Queen http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEX7zFIqZXQ (off of The Game album - I just loved that album, I had like 3 copies of it over the years.)

Then there is also: Enya - Orinoco flow (sail away) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEWHCC0EEok

And even though I'm into mostly 70s and 80s music, there is a good song by a new group (well...new for me anyways) that is pretty good:
The Rasmus - Sail Away http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSxrz_CFY4g

Also David Gray (whom I also like alot) did a song called "Sail Away" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLkEkCpZ0y4

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/28/08 at 2:35 pm

Then there is also: Enya - Orinoco flow (sail away) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEWHCC0EEok

In the UK, we only the debut hit for Enya as Orinoco Flow

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 09/28/08 at 2:44 pm

Then there is also: Enya - Orinoco flow (sail away) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEWHCC0EEok

That is the prettiest song...I have it on myspace too

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: bookmistress4ever on 09/28/08 at 3:16 pm

I love sail boats and clipper ships and these are some of the art prints/posters that I have on my wall right now:

http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/EUR/1700-0070~Sailboat-and-Waterfall-at-Earth-s-End-Posters.jpg

http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/BEN/134515~Racing-with-the-Moon-Posters.jpg

http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/BEN/ab70387~Moonlit-Sail-Posters.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 09/28/08 at 4:30 pm

I love sail boats and clipper ships and these are some of the art prints/posters that I have on my wall right now:

http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/EUR/1700-0070~Sailboat-and-Waterfall-at-Earth-s-End-Posters.jpg

http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/BEN/134515~Racing-with-the-Moon-Posters.jpg

http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/BEN/ab70387~Moonlit-Sail-Posters.jpg

Nice pics Patty. There is apparently still a group of people who still believe the world is flat and that when people circumnavigate the Earth they travel around the outer edge ...not across the middle. :o

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 09/28/08 at 4:49 pm

I love sail boats and clipper ships and these are some of the art prints/posters that I have on my wall right now:

http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/EUR/1700-0070~Sailboat-and-Waterfall-at-Earth-s-End-Posters.jpg

http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/BEN/134515~Racing-with-the-Moon-Posters.jpg

http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/BEN/ab70387~Moonlit-Sail-Posters.jpg

Very unique pics :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/29/08 at 3:40 am

That is the prettiest song...I have it on myspace too
One of many

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: seamermar on 09/29/08 at 4:51 am

Well ninny, this time your word seems to stab deepest in my heart.
I'm far and away concerned by this old art to cope with winds and waves to go beyond oceans and seas.

You just posted a good bead of shots to see . Below you can see a sort of vessel which you could say it belongs to the Flinststones. I took that photo as I volunteered in the 32 ª America's Cup, you know I'm always looking at the funny side of life. ;)

http://i497.photobucket.com/albums/rr334/seamermar/la_barca_d_els_picapedra18466.jpg

I'll be back with more than a shot :D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: seamermar on 09/29/08 at 4:59 am

Yes, that was the first thing that entered my mind too.

Me too ;)

I am sailing
home again 'cross the sea.
I am sailing stormy waters
to be near you to be free.
I am flying
I am flying like a bird 'cross the sky
I am flying passing high clouds to be with you to be free.

Can you hear me
can you hear me thro' the dark night far away.
I am dying forever trying to be with you who can say.
Can you hear me
can you hear me thro' the dark night far away.
I am dying forever trying to be with you who can say.

We are sailing
we are sailing home again 'cross the sea.
VVe are sailing stormy waters to be near you to be free.

Oh Lord to be near you to be free
Oh Lord to be near you to be free .

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: seamermar on 09/29/08 at 5:07 am

Once again I got to thank for picking a lot of songs.

Stuck in inthe00s forever :D yeah 8)

Freshly baked and tested by a doc person in words, I sincerely give you

"my million miles smile"

In deed you deserve it ;)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/29/08 at 5:10 am

Me too   ;)

I am sailing
home again 'cross the sea.
I am sailing stormy waters
to be near you to be free.
I am flying
I am flying like a bird 'cross the sky
I am flying passing high clouds to be with you to be free.

Can you hear me
can you hear me thro' the dark night far away.
I am dying forever trying to be with you who can say.
Can you hear me
can you hear me thro' the dark night far away.
I am dying forever trying to be with you who can say.

We are sailing
we are sailing home again 'cross the sea.
VVe are sailing stormy waters to be near you to be free.

Oh Lord to be near you to be free
Oh Lord to be near you to be free .
That is the one!

A great but simple song.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: seamermar on 09/29/08 at 5:16 am

That is the one!

A great but simple song.

You really do know how much I love it Phil.
Since I was a very lad and I didn't understand a word of it.

I can swing all over the song and on and on.......

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/29/08 at 5:19 am

You really do know how much I love it Phil.
Since I was a very lad and I didn't understand a word of it.

I can swing all over the song and on and on.......
I would think the tune would be easy to piano on the piano, I will give a go later.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 09/29/08 at 5:43 am

Well ninny, this time your word seems to stab deepest in my heart.
I'm far and away concerned by this old art to cope with winds and waves to go beyond oceans and seas.

You just posted a good bead of shots to see . Below you can see a sort of vessel which you could say it belongs to the Flinststones. I took that photo as I volunteered in the 32 ª America's Cup, you know I'm always looking at the funny side of life. ;)

http://i497.photobucket.com/albums/rr334/seamermar/la_barca_d_els_picapedra18466.jpg

I'll be back with more than a shot :D

It looks like they had to be the winners ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 09/29/08 at 5:44 am

I'm sailing on a deep blue sea.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 09/29/08 at 5:58 am

Once again I got to thank for picking a lot of songs.

Stuck in inthe00s forever :D yeah 8)

Freshly baked and tested by a doc person in words, I sincerely give you

"my million miles smile"

In deed you deserve it ;)

I'm not sure how many songs you can get from todays word of the day.

The word of the day....Teddy
A woman's undergarment combining a camisole top and panties.
A teddy bear.
http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc242/sherwoodjohn/teddy-boy.jpg
http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo196/gemtheblackhalo/643a3d4.gif
http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o49/sweeti2night/12.jpg
http://i323.photobucket.com/albums/nn450/sissiz28/4UTEDDY23.jpg
http://i508.photobucket.com/albums/s323/xaqieyah/teddy.jpg
http://i396.photobucket.com/albums/pp50/digbit/Laura_Lingerie.jpg
http://i390.photobucket.com/albums/oo350/gopikaflorist/teddiesbouquet2.jpg
http://i464.photobucket.com/albums/rr3/hush303/8.gif
http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p5/awellingsen/Teddy%20bears/488464793_86bf983d0a.jpg
http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g282/GussCancun/Lingerie-33.jpg
http://i332.photobucket.com/albums/m331/chellee388/give%20away%20pics/Lingerie.jpg
http://i499.photobucket.com/albums/rr351/einfach_nur_ich/roosevelt1.jpg
http://i473.photobucket.com/albums/rr91/daddysgirlsboy1/days%20and%20love/0_good_morning_lingerie_b.gif
http://gi60.photobucket.com/groups/h28/8PQUH6XD5L/adorable.gif
http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p5/awellingsen/Teddy%20bears/Friends_Bears_Teddy_Bear.jpg
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m110/LaDonna_62/TeddyBearCloud.jpg
http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh237/meriwalker/teddy.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 09/29/08 at 6:00 am

Wow...how much can a teddy bare? :D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 09/29/08 at 6:00 am

http://i332.photobucket.com/albums/m331/chellee388/give%20away%20pics/Lingerie.jpg

Now please tell me what this picture of her ass has to do with today's word?
???

BTW,nice pic. ;) O0

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: bookmistress4ever on 09/29/08 at 6:33 am

I remember this song from my childhood - Teddy Bear by Red Sovine http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JY4BV14OZzQ It's one of those Country/Western "story" songs. I used to like them back then. Now they are so depressing to me that I want to throw myself in front of the next passing semi truck. :D ;D

The obvious choice of song for this word would be Elvis http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhdUucs8AlY

But do you remember that 50s? doo-wop group called the Teddy Bears? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCnUsInBQws

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/29/08 at 6:34 am

http://i332.photobucket.com/albums/m331/chellee388/give%20away%20pics/Lingerie.jpg

Now please tell me what this picture of her ass has to do with today's word?
???

BTW,nice pic. ;) O0
Is what she is wearing a Teddy?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 09/29/08 at 6:38 am

^

ninny ........... it has come to my attention ........... the type of pics you post ...............well ..............

:o :-X :o

You know, I am very sorry ............ but I think I need to get on to somebody / place you on report ! >:(

Consider this your 'report card' ! >:(

http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/1210/reportbx7.jpg

??? ::) 8) :-* :D ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/29/08 at 6:42 am

Now please tell me what this picture of her ass has to do with today's word?
???

BTW,nice pic. ;) O0
Did she leave her Teddy Bear at home?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: bookmistress4ever on 09/29/08 at 6:43 am

Did she leave her Teddy Bear at home?

Maybe she dropped him over the side railing that she's leaning against? ??? ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/29/08 at 6:45 am

Maybe she dropped him over the side railing that she's leaning against? ??? ;D
As is looking down at it.

Will anyone volunteer to get it for her?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: bookmistress4ever on 09/29/08 at 6:49 am

As is looking down at it.

Will anyone volunteer to get it for her?

Let me. I certainally don't want to stick around looking at her. ;D

And as an answer to this question, Phil.

Is what she is wearing a Teddy?

I think what ninny does is search for the word teddy in Photobucket, and then links some of the more *ahem* interesting photos she finds here. So whomever posted the pic at Photobucket calls it a teddy (even if it is a corset) blah! Gotta teach these people fashion terminology. ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: bookmistress4ever on 09/29/08 at 7:03 am

Another "Teddy" song or artist would be:

Teddi King - Am I Blue? Here she performs in 1959. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqAMA076bD4 There is something about that era of women...so classy (something I strive for, but lack, alas! :-[ )

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/29/08 at 7:29 am

http://www.hauntedamericatours.com/hauntedfurniture/hauntedteddybear/images/Teddy%20Bear%20ELVIS.jpgHoping that the image works.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 09/29/08 at 7:42 am

^

Saved me the bother ...... since that was about first thing to come to mind.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/29/08 at 7:45 am

The first thing that came to mind (properly) for today's word was the Teddy Bear Museum in Dorset

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/29/08 at 7:46 am

BTW, Paddington Bear celebrates 50 this year.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: bookmistress4ever on 09/29/08 at 8:20 am

BTW, Paddington Bear celebrates 50 this year.

He's aged extraordinarily well! I love Paddington Bear

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 09/29/08 at 9:01 am

http://i332.photobucket.com/albums/m331/chellee388/give%20away%20pics/Lingerie.jpg

Now please tell me what this picture of her ass has to do with today's word?
???

BTW,nice pic. ;) O0

Let me. I certainally don't want to stick around looking at her. ;D

And as an answer to this question, Phil.
I think what ninny does is search for the word teddy in Photobucket, and then links some of the more *ahem* interesting photos she finds here. So whomever posted the pic at Photobucket calls it a teddy (even if it is a corset) blah! Gotta teach these people fashion terminology. ;D

This is half true,I did look up Teddy,but found nothing of real interest for the gentlemen here so then I looked up lingerie and sadly tried to pass it off as a teddy :-[

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 09/29/08 at 9:04 am

^

ninny ........... it has come to my attention ........... the type of pics you post ...............well ..............

:o :-X :o

You know, I am very sorry ............ but I think I need to get on to somebody / place you on report ! >:(

Consider this your 'report card' ! >:(

http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/1210/reportbx7.jpg

??? ::) 8) :-* :D ;D

http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f2/potreohill415/yippee.gif
Thanks,but I have to give myself a A- because of the one being a corset not a Teddy :-[

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 09/29/08 at 9:09 am

When my son graduated I bought him a Steiff Mozart bear from QVC which cost over 200 dollars,he kept it for a month then gave it to one of his friends :( talk about a kick in the ass.
http://www.qvc.com/qic/qvcapp.aspx/view.2/app.detail/params.aol_refer.false.tpl.detail.msn_refer.false.item.C2927.ref.GBA?cm_ven=GOOGLEBASE&cm_cat=For%20the%20Home&cm_pla=Collectibles&cm_ite=C2927

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/29/08 at 9:16 am

This is half true,I did look up Teddy,but found nothing of real interest for the gentlemen here so then I looked up lingerie and sadly tried to pass it off as a teddy :-[
So this is not a Teddy then?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 09/29/08 at 9:18 am

I remember this song from my childhood - Teddy Bear by Red Sovine http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JY4BV14OZzQ It's one of those Country/Western "story" songs. I used to like them back then. Now they are so depressing to me that I want to throw myself in front of the next passing semi truck. :D ;D

The obvious choice of song for this word would be Elvis http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhdUucs8AlY

But do you remember that 50s? doo-wop group called the Teddy Bears? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCnUsInBQws

Great choices :)
Teddy Geiger...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fGC7hkzVvc#

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 09/29/08 at 9:22 am

So this is not a Teddy then?

No it looks more like a corset
http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm37/Lurker_2008/01SRCRAS1007_M.jpg
than a Teddy :-http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg256/themodelscloset2008/teddies.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 09/29/08 at 9:23 am

http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f2/potreohill415/yippee.gif
Thanks,but I have to give myself a A- because of the one being a corset not a Teddy :-[

The boys are still pleased (oink, oink ! ) 8) :P :D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/29/08 at 9:25 am

No it looks more like a corset
http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm37/Lurker_2008/01SRCRAS1007_M.jpg
than a Teddy :-http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg256/themodelscloset2008/teddies.jpg
Can there be a picture of a teddy in a teddy?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 09/29/08 at 3:13 pm

Did she leave her Teddy Bear at home?

I thought I was her teddy bear? :(

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 09/29/08 at 3:16 pm

No it looks more like a corset
http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm37/Lurker_2008/01SRCRAS1007_M.jpg
than a Teddy :-http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg256/themodelscloset2008/teddies.jpg

Man,I want her so bad. :( ;D ;)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/29/08 at 11:56 pm

http://www.bearhollow.net/Humphrey.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: bookmistress4ever on 09/30/08 at 12:02 am

Can there be a picture of a teddy in a teddy?

I'm guessing these are kinda close. Must not be a big market for stuffed animal lingerie, go figure!

http://www.huggableteddybears.com/files/detail/G-1R34048-2A0594.jpghttp://www.huggableteddybears.com/files/detail/G-1G015158-2A0594.jpghttp://www.grandcanyonteddybears.com/lingerie-bear.jpg

http://us.st12.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/I/vtbear_2021_13965628
I wonder if he sings "Teddy Bear"?

Here is a lady that used a teddy, as her teddy!? ;D
http://onlinecostumestore.com/images/Costume_2_FW5148.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/30/08 at 12:10 am

I'm guessing these are kinda close. Must not be a big market for stuffed animal lingerie, go figure!

http://www.huggableteddybears.com/files/detail/G-1G015158-2A0594.jpg

This bear does not look happy?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: bookmistress4ever on 09/30/08 at 12:14 am

This bear does not look happy?

Must be a boy bear forced to wear ladies' lingerie! That could make make most men a bear! ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: seamermar on 09/30/08 at 3:10 am

http://i332.photobucket.com/albums/m331/chellee388/give%20away%20pics/Lingerie.jpg
Is what she is wearing a Teddy?

If my name was Peter I'd scream WHOOPEEEEEEEEEEEE !! :D

Where are those old good fashioned valious on whichi we used to relay ;)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: seamermar on 09/30/08 at 3:39 am

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b101/SwimItsFun/Sailing.jpg

Thanks Ninny! ;) O0

Well Howard, If you got the chicks..... :D

http://i497.photobucket.com/albums/rr334/seamermar/l11-11-06013.jpg

I'll sail the ship. 8)

get away from cold Big Apple
take a time to ride my saddle
you only need a wide straddle
we both be by the sea cradle

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: bookmistress4ever on 09/30/08 at 3:42 am

That's a cool picture of you on the bow of the boat!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/30/08 at 3:44 am

Well Howard, If you got the chicks..... :D

http://i497.photobucket.com/albums/rr334/seamermar/l11-11-06013.jpg
Hold on tight!

I'll sail the ship. 8)

get away from cold Big Apple
take a time to ride my saddle
you only need a wide straddle
we both be by the sea cradle

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: seamermar on 09/30/08 at 3:47 am

Do you know what it's said by here?
each and every man like every bear
the more the hair
the more the fair

Well, I would never like to have a "hairy bear" in my rear 8-P

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: seamermar on 09/30/08 at 3:49 am

com'on Phil
there's room for one more pal or two ;)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: bookmistress4ever on 09/30/08 at 3:51 am

Well, I would never like to have a "hairy bear" in my rear 8-P

Which is all the more funny or ironic given the meaning of the word bear in the gay community http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bear_(gay_slang)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 09/30/08 at 5:50 am

The word of the day....Groovy
Very pleasing; wonderful.
fashionable, modern, and fun, used especially in the 1960s
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s169/cokacola151/mscaingroovygif.gif
http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l28/a132/leviandmeolando004.jpg
http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m232/Harleyangelsue/comments/1202683ylw9u63fbg.gif
http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb125/djscloud7/groovy_dj.gif
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t252/awhirlygig/groovy/cooplpeace-1.jpg
http://i416.photobucket.com/albums/pp248/lovefabric/194b_1_b-1.jpg
http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj170/maluscombe/homecoming%20pics/BrandontheHippy.jpg
http://i400.photobucket.com/albums/pp87/phlegmish/cell/008314301775_1071497935_0.jpg
http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc81/rozbl1/HELLO%20AND%20HI/86011122ox7.gif
http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp38/mariotomez/Groovy.gif
http://i534.photobucket.com/albums/ee349/kittymk77/groovy.gif
http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm306/horror_girl666/groovy.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v223/TropangHBG/groovy.jpg

http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r85/creepy-dog-sparkles/groovy.gif
http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/dd319/joeyringostarr/groovy.png
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l238/Raiden_xx84/groovy.gif

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/30/08 at 5:53 am

Austin Powers comes to mind.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 09/30/08 at 6:06 am

Austin Powers comes to mind.

http://i532.photobucket.com/albums/ee329/999321/Austin-Powers-Groovy.jpg
http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn163/LoopyPeoplezz/groovy.gif

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/30/08 at 6:11 am

Now Phil Collin's had a groovy kind of love.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 09/30/08 at 6:52 am

Austin Powers comes to mind.

saw all the films 1,2.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 09/30/08 at 6:54 am

http://onlinecostumestore.com/images/Costume_2_FW5148.jpg

If she's a teddy bear ,I've got to squeeze my stuffed animal . ;D ;)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 09/30/08 at 7:07 am

Now Phil Collin's had a groovy kind of love.

Tim and mines wedding song..originally done by The Mindbenders
When I'm feeling blue, all I have to do
Is take a look at you, then I'm not so blue
When you're close to me, I can feel your heart beat
I can hear you breathing in my ear...

Wouldn't you agree, baby you and me,
we've got a groovy kind of love...?

Anytime you want to, you can turn me on to
Anything you want to, anytime at all.

When I kiss your lips, ooh I start to shiver
Can't control the quivering inside...

Wouldn't you agree, baby you and me,
got a groovy kind of love...?

When I'm feeling blue, all I have to do
Is take a look at you, then I'm not so blue
When I'm in your arms, nothing seems to matter
My whole world could shatter, I don't care...

Wouldn't you agree, baby you and me,
got a groovy kind of love...?

We've got a groovy kind of love
We've got a groovy kind of love

We've got a groovy kind of love

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 09/30/08 at 7:08 am

Tim and mines wedding song..originally done by The Mindbenders
When I'm feeling blue, all I have to do
Is take a look at you, then I'm not so blue
When you're close to me, I can feel your heart beat
I can hear you breathing in my ear...

Wouldn't you agree, baby you and me,
we've got a groovy kind of love...?

Anytime you want to, you can turn me on to
Anything you want to, anytime at all.

When I kiss your lips, ooh I start to shiver
Can't control the quivering inside...

Wouldn't you agree, baby you and me,
got a groovy kind of love...?

When I'm feeling blue, all I have to do
Is take a look at you, then I'm not so blue
When I'm in your arms, nothing seems to matter
My whole world could shatter, I don't care...

Wouldn't you agree, baby you and me,
got a groovy kind of love...?

We've got a groovy kind of love
We've got a groovy kind of love

We've got a groovy kind of love

Nice Song.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/30/08 at 7:09 am

saw all the films 1,2.
I have only seen the first movie.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 09/30/08 at 7:10 am

I have only seen the first movie.

How was the first one?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 09/30/08 at 7:15 am

Tim and mines wedding song..originally done by The Mindbenders
When I'm feeling blue, all I have to do
Is take a look at you, then I'm not so blue
When you're close to me, I can feel your heart beat
I can hear you breathing in my ear...

Wouldn't you agree, baby you and me,
we've got a groovy kind of love...?

Anytime you want to, you can turn me on to
Anything you want to, anytime at all.

When I kiss your lips, ooh I start to shiver
Can't control the quivering inside...

Wouldn't you agree, baby you and me,
got a groovy kind of love...?

When I'm feeling blue, all I have to do
Is take a look at you, then I'm not so blue
When I'm in your arms, nothing seems to matter
My whole world could shatter, I don't care...

Wouldn't you agree, baby you and me,
got a groovy kind of love...?

We've got a groovy kind of love
We've got a groovy kind of love

We've got agroovy kind of love

Nice Song.

At the time ... I couldn't stand the Phil Collins version, much preferring the Mindbenders original. I still like their version best, but can now tolerate Phil's version. Like him better doing his own stuff, rather than covers ... e.g Against all Odds / One more night ... great songs !

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/30/08 at 7:18 am

Tim and mines wedding song..originally done by The Mindbenders
When I'm feeling blue, all I have to do
Is take a look at you, then I'm not so blue
When you're close to me, I can feel your heart beat
I can hear you breathing in my ear...

Wouldn't you agree, baby you and me,
we've got a groovy kind of love...?

Anytime you want to, you can turn me on to
Anything you want to, anytime at all.

When I kiss your lips, ooh I start to shiver
Can't control the quivering inside...

Wouldn't you agree, baby you and me,
got a groovy kind of love...?

When I'm feeling blue, all I have to do
Is take a look at you, then I'm not so blue
When I'm in your arms, nothing seems to matter
My whole world could shatter, I don't care...

Wouldn't you agree, baby you and me,
got a groovy kind of love...?

We've got a groovy kind of love
We've got a groovy kind of love

We've got a groovy kind of love
It has to be The Mindbenders for me.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 09/30/08 at 7:21 am

It has to be The Mindbenders for me.

Am I right in believing you don't like ANYTHING by him ? Or with Genesis ?

As for his Mindbenders cover, found it way too slow / drippy .... and hated 'Can't hurry love' ... a Supremes song ... stuff he should have left alone.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/30/08 at 7:27 am

Am I right in believing you don't like ANYTHING by him ? Or with Genesis ?

As for his Mindbenders cover, found it way too slow / drippy .... and hated 'Can't hurry love' ... a Supremes song ... stuff he should have left alone.
Genesis are fine, and it only goes to show that PC needed a second drummer when he sang.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 09/30/08 at 7:30 am

Genesis are fine, and it only goes to show that PC needed a second drummer when he sang.

He did an excellent job of replacing Peter Gabriel ... IMHO .... sounding very similar. 'Trick of the Tail' ... and 'And then there were three' .... my faves of theirs. NO question ... he can sing well, apart from drumming.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/30/08 at 7:32 am

He did an excellent job of replacing Peter Gabriel ... IMHO .... sounding very similar. 'Trick of the Tail' ... and 'And then there were three' .... my faves of theirs. NO question ... he can sing well, apart from drumming.
PC's songs do show the sign of an excellent rhythm, but on the whole may be it is the voice alone.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 09/30/08 at 7:39 am

At the time ... I couldn't stand the Phil Collins version, much preferring the Mindbenders original. I still like their version best, but can now tolerate Phil's version. Like him better doing his own stuff, rather than covers ... e.g Against all Odds / One more night ... great songs !

What year did the Mindbenders sing that song? ???

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: bookmistress4ever on 09/30/08 at 7:42 am

What year did the Mindbenders sing that song? ???

1965

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: bookmistress4ever on 09/30/08 at 7:47 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p32FrxNSlnA
The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)

Slow down, you move too fast
You got to make the morning last
Just kicking down the cobblestones
Looking for fun and feeling groovy
Ba da da da da da da, feeling groovy

Hello lamppost, what'cha knowing
I've come to watch your flowers growin'
Ain't cha got no rhymes for me?
Doo-it in doo doo, feeling groovy
Ba da da da da da da, feeling groovy

I got no deeds to do
No promises to keep
I'm dappled and drowsy and ready to sleep
Let the morning time drop all its petals on me
Life I love you,
All is groovy

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 09/30/08 at 7:49 am

PC's songs do show the sign of an excellent rhythm, but on the whole may be it is the voice alone.

Of which you're not a fan ?

Oh yes ... his 'Face Value' solo album, I thought was excellent ... which had the hit 'In the air tonight'.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 09/30/08 at 7:49 am

At the time ... I couldn't stand the Phil Collins version, much preferring the Mindbenders original. I still like their version best, but can now tolerate Phil's version. Like him better doing his own stuff, rather than covers ... e.g Against all Odds / One more night ... great songs !

I'm more use to Phil's version so I have to go with that one..Wasn't it from a movie that Phil was in...After Elton, Phil would rank 2nd among my favorite male singers.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 09/30/08 at 7:49 am

Wow,that's an old video.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 09/30/08 at 7:52 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p32FrxNSlnA
The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)

Slow down, you move too fast
You got to make the morning last
Just kicking down the cobblestones
Looking for fun and feeling groovy
Ba da da da da da da, feeling groovy

Hello lamppost, what'cha knowing
I've come to watch your flowers growin'
Ain't cha got no rhymes for me?
Doo-it in doo doo, feeling groovy
Ba da da da da da da, feeling groovy

I got no deeds to do
No promises to keep
I'm dappled and drowsy and ready to sleep
Let the morning time drop all its petals on me
Life I love you,
All is groovy

Good song also done by Harpers Bizarre.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: bookmistress4ever on 09/30/08 at 7:53 am

When I'm feeling blue, all I have to do
Is take a look at you, then I'm not so blue
When you're close to me, I can feel your heart beat
I can hear you breathing in my ear...

Wouldn't you agree, baby you and me,
we've got a groovy kind of love...?

Anytime you want to, you can turn me on to
Anything you want to, anytime at all.

When I kiss your lips, ooh I start to shiver
Can't control the quivering inside...

Wouldn't you agree, baby you and me,
got a groovy kind of love...?

When I'm feeling blue, all I have to do
Is take a look at you, then I'm not so blue
When I'm in your arms, nothing seems to matter
My whole world could shatter, I don't care...

Wouldn't you agree, baby you and me,
got a groovy kind of love...?

We've got a groovy kind of love
We've got a groovy kind of love

We've got a groovy kind of love

The music for this song was based on a classical piece, Rondo from Sonatina in G Opus 36 No. 5, by Muzio Clementi.

I'm more use to Phil's version so I have to go with that one..Wasn't it from a movie that Phil was in...After Elton, Phil would rank 2nd among my favorite male singers.

This was a #1 UK and US hit for Phil Collins in 1988. His version was used in the movie Buster, where Collins plays the title role of Buster Edwards. Collins put together the soundtrack using various '60s songs.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 09/30/08 at 7:59 am

The music for this song was based on a classical piece, Rondo from Sonatina in G Opus 36 No. 5, by Muzio Clementi.

This was a #1 UK and US hit for Phil Collins in 1988. His version was used in the movie Buster, where Collins plays the title role of Buster Edwards. Collins put together the soundtrack using various '60s songs.

Buster the train robber..Thanks Patty :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/30/08 at 8:03 am

The music for this song was based on a classical piece, Rondo from Sonatina in G Opus 36 No. 5, by Muzio Clementi.

This was a #1 UK and US hit for Phil Collins in 1988. His version was used in the movie Buster, where Collins plays the title role of Buster Edwards. Collins put together the soundtrack using various '60s songs.
I was swapping computers, and you beat me at posting the very same.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 09/30/08 at 8:12 am

Groovy Situation - Gene Chandler
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDM1Rh3KxeM#

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: bookmistress4ever on 09/30/08 at 8:20 am

I was swapping computers, and you beat me at posting the very same.

That was pretty groovy!

Great minds think alike! ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/30/08 at 8:21 am

That was pretty groovy!

Great minds think alike! ;D
It is one of those tunes I knock out on the piano, when I do not know what to play next.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 09/30/08 at 8:41 am

Do you know what it's said by here?
each and every man like every bear
the more the hair
the more the fair

Well, I would never like to have a "hairy bear" in my rear 8-P

I think we know what you've been thinking all this time now. :o

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: seamermar on 09/30/08 at 9:44 am

That's a cool picture of you on the bow of the boat!

Someone said: "worse things happen at sea"
I wasn't a fool ready to jump and disappear
When it comes to ass you better keep it clear
I just didn't want any "hairy bear" in my rear.
:D

Maybe I'm out of the question, but I like a bit of kidding sometimes
life is ratherr sad and cruel most of the time.
I hope you'll understand ::)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: seamermar on 09/30/08 at 9:54 am

I think we know what you've been thinking all this time now. :o

In Spain we use to say someone is coming out of the closet
when the guy turns into gay and changes his to her clothes :-*
This time has not come to me yet , but adagio who knoooooows :-[
You never know who's letting go today ::)
By this time I'll give up before I try 8)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: seamermar on 09/30/08 at 10:05 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p32FrxNSlnA
The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)

Slow down, you move too fast
You got to make the morning last
Just kicking down the cobblestones
Looking for fun and feeling groovy
Ba da da da da da da, feeling groovy

Hello lamppost, what'cha knowing
I've come to watch your flowers growin'
Ain't cha got no rhymes for me?
Doo-it in doo doo, feeling groovy
Ba da da da da da da, feeling groovy

I got no deeds to do
No promises to keep
I'm dappled and drowsy and ready to sleep
Let the morning time drop all its petals on me
Life I love you,
All is groovy

Bookmiss and ninny

Well, it seems to me I'm gonna spend a lot of karamel to pay so many songs you're giiving away.

Never mind honeys,
if you both are groovy
about me there is no shame.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 09/30/08 at 11:29 am

In Spain we use to say someone is coming out of the closet
when the guy turns into gay and changes his to her clothes :-*
This time has not come to me yet , but adagio who knoooooows :-[
You never know who's letting go today ::)
By this time I'll give up before I try 8)

We have the same saying, but are you kidding me that you might try? (please)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 09/30/08 at 12:49 pm

Someone said: "worse things happen at sea"
I wasn't a fool ready to jump and disappear
When it comes to ass you better keep it clear
I just didn't want any "hairy bear" in my rear.
:D

Maybe I'm out of the question, but I like a bit of kidding sometimes
life is rather sad and cruel most of the time.
I hope you'll understand ::)

very funny Seamar. ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 10/01/08 at 6:14 am

The word of the day....Nostalgia
A bittersweet longing for things, persons, or situations of the past.
The condition of being homesick; homesickness.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/01/08 at 6:26 am

Nostalgia is not what it used to be!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 10/01/08 at 6:46 am

I remember the 80's,now that's nostalgia.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 10/01/08 at 9:01 am

The word of the day....Nostalgia
The condition of being homesick; homesickness.

As opposed to the condition 'Stalgia-nos' ???

:-X ............. Presumably, the condition of being sick of home ? ??? :-\\

:P

:D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/01/08 at 9:20 am

I remember the 80's,now that's nostalgia.
I can remember the 60's and the 70's, is that ultra-nostalgia?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 10/01/08 at 9:26 am

I can remember the 60's and the 70's, is that ultra-nostalgia?

I was born in the 50's .......... but remember little. :-[ :(

Is that AL's-heimers ? ???

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 10/01/08 at 9:28 am

I was born in the 50's .......... but remember little. :-[ :(

Is that AL's-heimers ? ???

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 10/01/08 at 9:29 am

I was born in the 50's .......... but remember little. :-[ :(

Is that AL's-heimers ? ???

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/01/08 at 9:31 am

I was born in the 50's .......... but remember little. :-[ :(

Is that AL's-heimers ? ???
I will not ask what caused you to miss out on the younger days?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 10/01/08 at 9:34 am

Hmm.......... some of those posts look VAGUELY familiar ......

Have I seen them before ? ??? ??? :-\\

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 10/01/08 at 3:08 pm

I was born in the 50's .......... but remember little. :-[ :(

Is that AL's-heimers ? ???

::) poor Alan..if.. :\'(

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 10/01/08 at 3:12 pm

Hmm.......... some of those posts look VAGUELY familiar ......

Have I seen them before ? ??? ??? :-\\

You DID repeat yourself in the Al's-heimers......just maybe you do have a touch of it. ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 10/01/08 at 7:34 pm

I can remember the 60's and the 70's, is that ultra-nostalgia?

That goes back 40 years.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/02/08 at 2:29 am

That goes back 40 years.
Indeed is does.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 10/02/08 at 6:08 am

The word of the day....Rustic
Of, relating to, or typical of country life or country people. See synonyms at rural.

Lacking refinement or elegance; coarse.
Charmingly simple or unsophisticated.
Made of unfinished or roughly finished wood: rustic furniture.
Having a rough or textured appearance; rusticated. Used of masonry.
n.
A rural person.
A person regarded as crude, coarse, or simple.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 10/02/08 at 6:26 am

I don't have any sentence for this word at the moment. ???

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/02/08 at 6:28 am

Rustic, more like my mind has gone rusty.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 10/02/08 at 6:31 am

Rustic, more like my mind has gone rusty.

So,it means more like "rusty"?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/02/08 at 1:50 pm

So,it means more like "rusty"?
May be the two words derive from each other.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 10/02/08 at 3:43 pm

May be the two words derive from each other.

I'm trying to figure that one out.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: seamermar on 10/02/08 at 4:31 pm

The word of the day....Nostalgia
A bittersweet longing for things, persons, or situations of the past.

Nothing is what it used to be.
whenever you idle life away
nostalgia gotcha looking back
you feel headed right up to lack

By the way, we have the same word in Spanish.....

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 10/02/08 at 4:34 pm

I had a touch of nostalgia, yesterday. :(

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 10/02/08 at 4:53 pm

So,it means more like "rusty"?

It's closer to rural,or country feel or look.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 10/03/08 at 2:38 am

I like the look and feel of rustic things and scenery

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/03/08 at 4:44 am

It's closer to rural,or country feel or look.
Rustic music = Country Western ?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 10/03/08 at 5:17 am

Rustic music = Country Western ?

I'm sure it would have a country feel to it.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/03/08 at 5:21 am

I'm sure it would have a country feel to it.
...or traditional folk music?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 10/03/08 at 5:26 am

The word of the day...Sand
a loose granular material that results from the disintegration of rocks, consists of particles smaller than gravel but coarser than silt, and is used in mortar, glass, abrasives, and foundry molds b: soil containing 85 percent or more of sand and a maximum of 10 percent of clay ; broadly : sandy soil
2 a: a tract of sand : beach b: a sandbank or sandbar
3: the sand in an hourglass ; also : the moments of a lifetime —usually used in plural <the sands of this government run out very rapidly — H. J. Laski>
4: an oil-producing formation of sandstone or unconsolidated sand
5: firm resolution
6: a yellowish-gray color
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/03/08 at 5:29 am

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The music to the "Shifting Whispering Sands".

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 10/03/08 at 5:38 am

...or traditional folk music?

Like old time Appalachain music
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The music to the "Shifting Whispering Sands".

Jim Reeves?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/03/08 at 5:50 am

Like old time Appalachain musicJim Reeves?
Yes Jim Reeves, and a host of other singers.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 10/03/08 at 6:38 am

I like the sand when heading to the beach.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/03/08 at 6:39 am

Sand in your sandwiches?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 10/03/08 at 6:41 am

Sand in your sandwiches?

No Thank You. 8-P

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 10/03/08 at 6:27 pm

How about...Sand in the clowns? :D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 10/03/08 at 6:46 pm

How about...Sand in the clowns? :D

How about sand in your bathingsuit? ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 10/04/08 at 5:53 am

The word of the day....Light(s)
Physics.
Electromagnetic radiation that has a wavelength in the range from about 4,000 (violet) to about 7,700 (red) angstroms and may be perceived by the normal unaided human eye.
Electromagnetic radiation of any wavelength.
The sensation of perceiving light; brightness: a sudden light that made me blink.

A source of light, especially a lamp, a lantern, or an electric lighting fixture: Turn out the lights when you leave.
The illumination derived from a source of light: by the light of the moon.
The particular quantity or quality of such illumination: moved the lamp closer to get better light.
The pathway or route of such illumination to a person: You're standing in his light.
A mechanical device that uses illumination as a signal or warning, especially a beacon or traffic signal.

Daylight.
Dawn; daybreak.
Something, such as a window, that admits illumination.
Architecture. One of two or more openings in a window divided by a mullion or mullions.
A source of fire, such as a match or cigarette lighter.
Spiritual awareness; illumination.

Something that provides information or clarification: threw some light on the question.
A state of awareness or understanding, especially as derived from a particular source: in the light of experience.
Public attention; general knowledge: brought the scandal to light.
A way of looking at or considering a matter; an aspect: saw the situation in a different light.
Archaic. Eyesight.
lights One's individual opinions, choices, or standards: acted according to their own lights.
A person who inspires or is adored by another: My daughter is the light of my life.
A prominent or distinguished person; a luminary: one of the leading lights of the theater.
An expression of the eyes: a strange light in her eyes.
Light In Quaker doctrine, the guiding spirit or divine presence in each person.
The representation of light in art.

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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 10/04/08 at 5:57 am

A little light entertainment eh?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/04/08 at 6:11 am

Blinded by the light ?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 10/04/08 at 6:26 am

The missing pic ... (edit required below cloud /sunlight, ninny ^ )

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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/04/08 at 6:27 am

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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 10/04/08 at 6:32 am

We skipped the light fandango
turned cartwheels 'cross the floor
I was feeling kinda seasick
but the crowd called out for more
The room was humming harder
as the ceiling flew away
When we called out for another drink
the waiter brought a tray

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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 10/04/08 at 6:32 am

Blinded by the light ?

revved up like a deuce,
another runner in the night
Blinded by the light,
revved up like a deuce,
another runner in the night
Blinded by the light,
revved up like a deuce,
another runner in the night
Madman drummers bummers,
Indians in the summer with a teenage diplomat

The missing pic ... (edit required below cloud /sunlight, ninny ^ )

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Thanks,I just noticed it was missing. Our son bought us a wireless mouse and the thing keeps jumping all over the place,Tim just changed the batteries,but I think the cold may be affecting it.You go to click on something and it takes you 10 minutes to get it to stay in place >:(

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/04/08 at 6:35 am

We skipped the light fandango
turned cartwheels 'cross the floor
I was feeling kinda seasick
but the crowd called out for more
The room was humming harder
as the ceiling flew away
When we called out for another drink
the waiter brought a tray

After all these years I still cannot bear to hear this song

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 10/04/08 at 6:48 am

After all these years I still cannot bear to hear this song

Maybe 'twins'   ;) / a lot in common ... but .. I like that song ^ .

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/04/08 at 6:52 am

Maybe 'twins'  8);) 8) / a lot in common ... but .. I like that song ^ .
I do like the classical connection to it of the Bach theme, but it is the rest of the song that plays me up.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 10/04/08 at 6:57 am

After all these years I still cannot bear to hear this song

I remember when the song first came out,and people thought they were singing the word douche instead of deuce ;D

I'm sure we all remember this song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIsniNxe9L4&feature=related#

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/04/08 at 7:08 am

I remember when the song first came out,and people thought they were singing the word douche instead of deuce ;D

I'm sure we all remember this song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIsniNxe9L4&feature=related#
Remember ?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 10/04/08 at 8:02 am

Remember ?

Is it that you don't want to remember ;D it was #1 here for 10 weeks in 1977. She won a grammy for best new artist,now she's a Christian singer.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 10/04/08 at 9:10 am

Is it that you don't want to remember ;D it was #1 here for 10 weeks in 1977. She won a grammy for best new artist,now she's a Christian singer.

What can I say......at the time I liked it!!! :P

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/04/08 at 9:56 am

I remember when the song first came out,and people thought they were singing the word douche instead of deuce ;D

I'm sure we all remember this song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIsniNxe9L4&feature=related#
I have still yet to hear this version.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: seamermar on 10/04/08 at 11:39 am

How about...Sand in the clowns? :D

Gibbo it's hard to me trying to dream up a clown in the sand, but a cowgirl. ;D

Hello cowgirl in the sand
Is this place
at your command
Can I stay here
for a while
Can I see your
sweet sweet smile
Old enough now
to change your name
When so many love you
is it the same?
It's the woman in you
that makes you want
to play this game.

Neil Young

needless to say, I can't find out the clue of sand in the clowns, will you be so kind to explain it to me ???

Howard, can you tell us something about this:

Well, I'm going down to Florida
And get some sand in my shoes
Or maybe Californy
And get some sand in my shoes
I'll ride that Orange Blossom Special
And lose these New York blues

"Ain't you worried about getting your nourishment in New York?"
"Well, I don't care if I do-die-do-die-do-die-do-die."

I always thought it was the way to the sun that Newyorkers take when they seek sun.

From the song Orange Blossom Special

Thanks in advance ;)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: bookmistress4ever on 10/04/08 at 11:55 am

We skipped the light fandango
turned cartwheels 'cross the floor
I was feeling kinda seasick
but the crowd called out for more
The room was humming harder
as the ceiling flew away
When we called out for another drink
the waiter brought a tray

Man, I've always love Whiter shade of Pale. :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: bookmistress4ever on 10/04/08 at 11:59 am

I used to think they were singing about the la-la-light in Simon & Garfunkel's "The boxer", but they aren't. :-\\ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOkigFvxLrk

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/04/08 at 12:07 pm

I'm sure we all remember this song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIsniNxe9L4&feature=related#
I saw the film back in the mid-70's.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 10/04/08 at 12:08 pm

I have still yet to hear this version.

Is my song not working?
I used to think they were singing about the la-la-light in Simon & Garfunkel's "The boxer", but they aren't. 8):-\\ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOkigFvxLrk

I love Simon & Garfunkel :)
Lights-Journey
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4QkTvK2OEw#

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/04/08 at 12:08 pm

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Buzz Lightyear

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/04/08 at 12:09 pm

Is my song not working?I love Simon & Garfunkel :)
It is working, it is just because I have not been able with guests around.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 10/04/08 at 12:13 pm

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Buzz Lightyear

Good one :)
Here is one talented cat ;D
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or one cat to fear ;)

It is working, it is just because I have not been able with guests around.

I see you don't want to scare them away ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: bookmistress4ever on 10/04/08 at 12:15 pm

Here, one of my friends from youtube sings a cover song of Todd Rundgren's "I saw the light" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69ZSDoK0fAU

Awesome cat with a light saber, ninny

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/04/08 at 12:15 pm

I see you don't want to scare them away ;D
It came as a shock to me!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/04/08 at 12:17 pm

Travelling Light ~ Daniel O Donnell and Cliff Richard

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 10/04/08 at 12:28 pm

Here, one of my friends from youtube sings a cover song of Todd Rundgren's "I saw the light" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69ZSDoK0fAU

Awesome cat with a light saber, ninny

He has a nice voice,It is a good song...Thanks I thought it was cute. :)
It came as a shock to me!

Sometimes you have to shake your head and wonder.
Travelling Light ~ Daniel O Donnell and Cliff Richard

That's the first time hearing that song :-\\ I think I'll have to hear it more to get use to it.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/04/08 at 12:35 pm

He has a nice voice,It is a good song...Thanks I thought it was cute. :)Sometimes you have to shake your head and wonder.That's the first time hearing that song :-\\ I think I'll have to hear it more to get use to it.
cliff Richard had a Number One Hit with Travellin' Light back in 1959.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: seamermar on 10/04/08 at 1:03 pm

I could wonder about the rhythm Gibbo

We skipped the light fandango
turned cartwheels 'cross the floor
I was feeling kinda seasick
but the crowd called out for more
The room was humming harder
as the ceiling flew away
When we called out for another drink
the waiter brought a tray

then we drifted and we tossed
And we thought we were lost
among a thick cigarette's fog.
till the waiter turned lights on ;D

Maybe a bunch of dry sailors hiting the hot joints ? :D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 10/04/08 at 2:22 pm

Jefferey Osbourne I Really Don't Need No Light (1982)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/04/08 at 3:03 pm

"But soft, what light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun. Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon, ..."

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: bookmistress4ever on 10/04/08 at 5:44 pm

"But soft, what light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun. Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon, ..."

Philip Eno pointing out what light through yonder window breaks... Could it be Lulu? ;)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/04/08 at 5:48 pm

Philip Eno pointing out what light through yonder window breaks... Could it be Lulu? ;)
Is it the light or an image of the Immaculate Conception?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 10/05/08 at 4:54 am

Look....as long as Janine STAYS broken...that's the main thing!!! ;)

Looks like that's not the ONLY thing that's broken (as I noticed this morning) ...

http://www.inthe00s.com/avatars_custom/avatar_10307.png

Your mask too ? ! ??? ::) :P

8)

:)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 10/05/08 at 5:10 am

The word of the day....Decorate
To furnish, provide, or adorn with something ornamental; embellish.
To confer a medal or other honor on: was decorated for bravery.
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http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd350/DarkHunterAltheya/medals.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/05/08 at 5:14 am

Is bling decoration?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 10/05/08 at 5:21 am

Is bling decoration?

Could be if its adorning someone :-\\

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 10/05/08 at 5:39 am

Those are really beautiful decorations. :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/05/08 at 6:05 am

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2047/1797358308_f8ce2195e9_m.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 10/05/08 at 5:06 pm

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2047/1797358308_f8ce2195e9_m.jpg

the cat is wearing a decoration.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 10/05/08 at 5:42 pm

A tad over done, perhaps?

http://i0006.photobucket.com/albums/0006/pbhomepage/Christmas%20Lights/untitled.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/05/08 at 5:44 pm

A tad over done, perhaps?

http://i0006.photobucket.com/albums/0006/pbhomepage/Christmas%20Lights/untitled.jpg
Think of the electricity bill?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 10/05/08 at 5:50 pm

Those are really beautiful decorations. :)

Thanks :)
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2047/1797358308_f8ce2195e9_m.jpg

Royal cat bling
A tad over done, perhaps?

http://i0006.photobucket.com/albums/0006/pbhomepage/Christmas%20Lights/untitled.jpg

I think they could of fit a few more things ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/05/08 at 5:54 pm

I think they could of fit a few more things ;D
Yes, they have missed a bit, just by the front gate

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 10/05/08 at 6:08 pm

How about this one then?

http://i351.photobucket.com/albums/q474/gibbo4/untitled.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/05/08 at 6:16 pm

How about this one then?

http://i351.photobucket.com/albums/q474/gibbo4/untitled.jpg
It must take all year to put the decorations up

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 10/05/08 at 6:27 pm

It must take all year to put the decorations up

I took the family to some similar Christmas lights last year and one of the owners told me that they started in October.... :o

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 10/05/08 at 7:32 pm

It must take all year to put the decorations up

It would be easier to leave them up all year.just don't plug them in.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: bookmistress4ever on 10/06/08 at 1:09 am

You decorated my life - Kenny Rogers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t97o2kbXVPg

All my life was a paper once plain, pure and white
Till you moved with your pen changin' moods now and then
Till the balance was right
Then you added some music, ev'ry note was in place
And anybody could see all the changes in me by the look on my face

And you decorated my life, created a world where dreams are a apart
And you decorated my life by paintin' your love all over my heart
You decorated my life

Like a rhyme with no reason in an unfinished song There was no harmony life meant nothin' to me, until you came along
And you brought out the colors, what a gentle surprise
Now i'm able to see all the things life can be shinin' soft in your eyes

And you decorated my life, created a world where dreams are a part
And you decorated my life by paintin' your love all over my heart
You decorated my life

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/06/08 at 2:08 am

It would be easier to leave them up all year.just don't plug them in.
...and if it rains?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 10/06/08 at 5:10 am

...and if it rains?

I'm not sure. Lots of people keep the lights in the trees year round,because you can see the bulbs in the trees in the summer.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 10/06/08 at 5:12 am

You decorated my life - Kenny Rogers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t97o2kbXVPg

All my life was a paper once plain, pure and white
Till you moved with your pen changin' moods now and then
Till the balance was right
Then you added some music, ev'ry note was in place
And anybody could see all the changes in me by the look on my face

And you decorated my life, created a world where dreams are a apart
And you decorated my life by paintin' your love all over my heart
You decorated my life

Like a rhyme with no reason in an unfinished song There was no harmony life meant nothin' to me, until you came along
And you brought out the colors, what a gentle surprise
Now i'm able to see all the things life can be shinin' soft in your eyes

And you decorated my life, created a world where dreams are a part
And you decorated my life by paintin' your love all over my heart
You decorated my life

Nice song :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/06/08 at 5:29 am

I'm not sure. Lots of people keep the lights in the trees year round,because you can see the bulbs in the trees in the summer.
How long would it take to locate a bulb that has blown?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 10/06/08 at 5:40 am

The word or phrase of the day.....Fast Food
Inexpensive food, such as hamburgers and fried chicken, prepared and served quickly.
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Recently on New Year's Day 2008 a study was conducted worldwide counting the number of fast food restaurants per person. The UK has name claimed this title with Australia second and the United States third. England alone accounted for 25% of all fast food.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/06/08 at 5:41 am

^ Wot no Wimpy!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 10/06/08 at 5:42 am

How long would it take to locate a bulb that has blown?

Yes.I'm sure they spend alot of time up the tree or on the rooftop.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 10/06/08 at 5:44 am

^ Wot no Wimpy!

What was I thinking :-http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c301/resusme/wimpy.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/06/08 at 5:46 am

What was I thinking :-http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c301/resusme/wimpy.jpg

"I'd gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today"

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 10/06/08 at 6:09 am

What was I thinking :-http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c301/resusme/wimpy.jpg

I think I have some good news for you, ninny. In recognition of the continued high calibre of your efforts here ... the consistency of gob-smacking 'eye candy' .......well .....

http://img390.imageshack.us/img390/7779/diplomaninnywv0.jpg

::) :) 8)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/06/08 at 6:25 am

I think I have some good news for you, ninny. In recognition of the continued high calibre of your efforts here ... the consistency of gob-smacking 'eye candy' .......well .....

http://img390.imageshack.us/img390/7779/diplomaninnywv0.jpg

::) :) 8)
Print it and stick up on the wall.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 10/06/08 at 6:31 am

What was I thinking :-http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c301/resusme/wimpy.jpg

How come Wimpy never got diabetes or high blood pressure from eating all those hamburgers? ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 10/06/08 at 6:31 am

I think I have some good news for you, ninny. In recognition of the continued high calibre of your efforts here ... the consistency of gob-smacking 'eye candy' .......well .....

http://img390.imageshack.us/img390/7779/diplomaninnywv0.jpg

::) :) 8)

That's fantastic Ninny. :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 10/06/08 at 6:35 am

That's fantastic Ninny. :)

She'll soon be head-hunted for some fantastically well paid job ! (Well, this diploma looks good in her certificate folder ! :D )

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 10/06/08 at 6:36 am

My favorite fast food is Subway. :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 10/06/08 at 6:40 am

My favorite fast food is Subway. :)

My favourite subway, is probably the London Underground ? (But not in the RUSH hour ! Don't like 'sardines' with my 'sub' ! :D ) .

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/06/08 at 6:44 am

My favourite subway, is probably the London Underground ? (But not in the RUSH hour ! Don't like 'sardines' with my 'sub' ! :D ) .
I know where Stanley Kubrick had his favourite subway.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 10/06/08 at 7:10 am

My favourite subway, is probably the London Underground ? (But not in the RUSH hour ! Don't like 'sardines' with my 'sub' ! :D ) .

sardines are a good topping for a sub. :P

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 10/06/08 at 7:13 am

I know where Stanley Kubrick had his favourite subway.

I know which garbage bin he threw up in afterwards ! :P 8) ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 10/06/08 at 7:15 am

I know which garbage bin he threw up in afterwards ! :P 8) ;D

Do you know what he had for lunch?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 10/06/08 at 7:18 am

Do you know what he had for lunch?

I believe it was an orange. :-\\

A 'clockwork orange' ? Yes, that'd be enough to make ANYONE throw-up ! 8)

:P

:D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/06/08 at 7:54 am

I know where Stanley Kubrick had his favourite subway.
Hoping that the image works.

http://www.movie-locations.com/movies/c/clockwork_wandsworth_NEW2.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 10/06/08 at 8:42 am

I think I have some good news for you, ninny. In recognition of the continued high calibre of your efforts here ... the consistency of gob-smacking 'eye candy' .......well .....

http://img390.imageshack.us/img390/7779/diplomaninnywv0.jpg

::) :) 8)

Wow my own diploma in mastering beautiful pies,what can I say I'm honored. It's from The U of Buffalo,well at least I didn't have to travel far only about an hour and a half ride. If I could of gone to Fredonia State I could have made those pies for Timmy ;D ;D

http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn204/baysplash/Pies.jpg
http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb194/IGetPaid2Play/pies.jpg
http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm227/GhostDog_23/eatingpie.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 10/06/08 at 8:48 am

Wow my own diploma in mastering beautiful pies,what can I say I'm honored. It's from The U of Buffalo,well at least I didn't have to travel far only about an hour and a half ride. If I could of gone to Fredonia State I could have made those pies for Timmy ;D ;D

http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn204/baysplash/Pies.jpg
http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb194/IGetPaid2Play/pies.jpg
http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm227/GhostDog_23/eatingpie.jpg

Hey ninny .. you didn't get a degree in close reading obviously. ::) It says beautiful PICS .... not PIES ! :-X

(Although I'm sure you're equally adept ! ) :P 8) ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 10/06/08 at 9:40 am

Hey ninny .. you didn't get a degree in close reading obviously. ::) It says beautiful PICS .... not PIES ! :-X

(Although I'm sure you're equally adept ! ) :P 8) ;D

My God I'm blind,get me some glasses
how about these
http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk116/Missterilady/champagne400.jpg
What about beautiful pics of pie does that count ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 10/06/08 at 7:06 pm

http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm227/GhostDog_23/eatingpie.jpg

Man,I'd like to eat her pie. ;D ;)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 10/06/08 at 8:13 pm

My God I'm blind,get me some glasses
how about these
http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk116/Missterilady/champagne400.jpg
What about beautiful pics of pie does that count ;D

Yeah that counts. I'm getting hungry just looking at them ! ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 10/06/08 at 8:14 pm

http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm227/GhostDog_23/eatingpie.jpg

Man,I'd like to eat her pie. ;D ;)

If there's enough to go around, I'll have some pie to . A wedge of pie, please ! :D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: seamermar on 10/07/08 at 2:47 am

You decorated my life - Kenny Rogers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t97o2kbXVPg

All my life was a paper once plain, pure and white
Till you moved with your pen changin' moods now and then
Till the balance was right
Then you added some music, ev'ry note was in place
And anybody could see all the changes in me by the look on my face

And you decorated my life, created a world where dreams are a apart
And you decorated my life by paintin' your love all over my heart
You decorated my life

Like a rhyme with no reason in an unfinished song There was no harmony life meant nothin' to me, until you came along
And you brought out the colors, what a gentle surprise
Now i'm able to see all the things life can be shinin' soft in your eyes

And you decorated my life, created a world where dreams are a part
And you decorated my life by paintin' your love all over my heart
You decorated my life

Well Bookmistress, just these words I must say,
cuz a bunch of you decorate my PC-times
All my scene was a little more than wall-paper in my screen
Till I moved with all of you penguin troupe
Till I landed in amIright
Then you added some music, ev'ry lyrics was in place
And anybody could read all the changes in my writting by a look on my pages

Thanks a lot for the lyrics and songs ;)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 10/07/08 at 2:53 am

Well Bookmistress, just these words I must say,
cuz a bunch of you decorate my PC-times
All my scene was a little more than wall-paper in my screen
Till I moved with all of you penguin troupe
Till I landed in amIright
Then you added some music, ev'ry lyrics was in place
And anybody could read all the changes in my writting by a look on my pages

Thanks a lot for the lyrics and songs ;)

??? ::) ???

Whatever 'floats your boat', seamermar !

:P

:D

;D

8)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: seamermar on 10/07/08 at 3:19 am

??? ::) ???

Whatever 'floats your boat', seamermar !

:P

:D

;D

8)

Whatever you feel
Whatever you think
Whatever you say
Whatever you read
Whatever you fail
Whatever you break

You can't fake the fickle finger of fate

The sea girdles the entire mankind so you can't save from SEA MER MAR :D

But maybe your problem would be smaller if you'd mend your broken wings ::) ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 10/07/08 at 6:16 am

The word or phrase of the day...Fall Colors (Fall Foliage)
Autumn leaf color is a phenomenon that affects the normally green leaves of many deciduous trees and shrubs by which they take on, during a few weeks in the autumn months, one or many colors that range from red to yellow. The phenomenon is commonly called fall colors and autumn colors, while the expression fall foliage usually connotes the viewing of a tree or forest whose leaves have undergone the change. In some areas in the United States (notably New England), and in much of Canada "leaf peeping" tourism between the beginning of color changes and the onset of leaf fall, or scheduled in hope of coinciding with that period, is a major contribution to economic activity.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/07/08 at 6:18 am

Winter drawers on.....

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 10/07/08 at 6:43 am

Winter drawers on.....

Pretty soon it will be Halloween,then Thanksgiving and on to Christmas.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 10/07/08 at 6:45 am

If there's enough to go around, I'll have some pie to . A wedge of pie, please ! :D

You take the top and I'll take the bottom,that's where the pie is. ;) ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 10/07/08 at 6:46 am

Pretty soon it will be Halloween,then Thanksgiving and on to Christmas.

and only 2 more months till 2008 is over. :o

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 10/07/08 at 6:49 am

You take the top and I'll take the bottom,that's where the pie is. ;) ;D

We might meet in the middle ?

No, that won't do. >:( I know !

I'll sic BILL on to you ........... that way, I get all the 'pie' to myself ! 8) 8) 8)

:D

8)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 10/07/08 at 6:55 am

Ew,no thanks,I lost my appetite cause of you. 8-P

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 10/07/08 at 6:57 am

Ew,no thanks,I lost my appetite cause of you. 8-P

You mean the thought of Bill, don't you ?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: bookmistress4ever on 10/07/08 at 6:57 am

Hey what do you know? My avatar and signature matches the word(s) of the day. Yay!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 10/07/08 at 6:58 am

You mean the thought of Bill, don't you ?

No,the thought of talking about it.I just had breakfast. ::)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 10/07/08 at 7:02 am

No,the thought of talking about it.I just had breakfast. ::)

Breakfast ? What was it ?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 10/07/08 at 7:28 am

Breakfast ? What was it ?

Frosted Mini Wheats.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 10/07/08 at 7:32 am

Hey what do you know? My avatar and signature matches the word(s) of the day. Yay!

Beautiful sig line and avatar. :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 10/07/08 at 7:33 am

Winter drawers on.....

It's almost that time for it.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/07/08 at 8:32 am

http://www.johnnymercer.com/sheets/alnccAU.jpg

The falling leaves drift by my window
The falling leaves of red and gold
I see your lips, the summer kisses
The sunburned hands I used to hold

Since you went away the days grow long
And soon I'll hear old winter's song
But I miss you most of all, my darling
When autumn leaves start to fall

Since you went away the days grow long
And soon I'll hear old winter's song
But I miss you most of all, my darling
When autumn leaves start to fall

I miss you most of all, my darling
When autumn leaves start to fall

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 10/07/08 at 3:12 pm

I enoy a nice crisp autumn day. :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/08/08 at 2:06 am

I enoy a nice crisp autumn day. :)
for me, not to cold.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: bookmistress4ever on 10/08/08 at 5:17 am

The word of the day....Light(s)

I'm a couple days late on this word of the day, but I found this clip from Northern Exposure just now and thought it appropriate:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2TPMoP01Sc

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 10/08/08 at 5:31 am

I'm a couple days late on this word of the day, but I found this clip from Northern Exposure just now and thought it appropriate:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2TPMoP01Sc

That was a really good clip Patty......but it got me looking at a heap of other NE clips with Maggie and Joel (always liked Janine Turner). ;)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 10/08/08 at 6:08 am

The word of the day....Sorrow
Mental suffering or pain caused by injury, loss, or despair. See synonyms at regret.
A source or cause of sorrow; a misfortune.
Expression of sorrow; grieving.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 10/08/08 at 6:16 am

:\'( :\'( :\'( :\'(

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 10/08/08 at 6:24 am

With your long blond hair and your eyes of blue
The only thing I ever got from you
Was Sorrow - Sorrow

You're acting funny, try to spend my money
Out there playing your high class games
Of Sorrow - Sorrow

You never do what you know you ought to
Something tells me you're the devil's daughter
Sorrow - Sorrow

I tried to find her cause I can't resist her
I never knew just how much I missed her
Sorrow - Sorrow

With your long blond hair and your eyes of blue
The only thing I ever got from you
Was Sorrow - Sorrow

With your long blond hair, I couldn't sleep last night
With your long blond hair.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 10/08/08 at 6:28 am

nice pictures Ninny,very touching. :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 10/08/08 at 6:29 am

for me, not to cold.

This morning it was 49 degrees.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 10/08/08 at 6:49 am

With your long blond hair and your eyes of blue
The only thing I ever got from you
Was Sorrow - Sorrow

You're acting funny, try to spend my money
Out there playing your high class games
Of Sorrow - Sorrow

You never do what you know you ought to
Something tells me you're the devil's daughter
Sorrow - Sorrow

I tried to find her cause I can't resist her
I never knew just how much I missed her
Sorrow - Sorrow

With your long blond hair and your eyes of blue
The only thing I ever got from you
Was Sorrow - Sorrow

With your long blond hair, I couldn't sleep last night
With your long blond hair.

Quite an interesting piece
nice pictures Ninny,very touching. :)

Thank You :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 10/08/08 at 6:52 am

It was David Bowie........

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 10/08/08 at 7:04 am

It was David Bowie........

He sang Sorrow? ???

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 10/08/08 at 7:23 am

It was David Bowie........

He sang Sorrow? ???

In between hits ... when times were tough ? He must've been inspired ? ???

::) ;) ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/08/08 at 7:27 am

With sorrow comes the pain.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 10/08/08 at 7:29 am

With sorrow comes the pain.

I suspect Jonathan Harris ....... of 'Lost in space' fame ... was a convert ? Knew all about 'the pain, the pain' ! ???

:D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/08/08 at 7:35 am

I suspect Jonathan Harris ....... of 'Lost in space' fame ... was a convert ? Knew all about 'the pain, the pain' !   ???

:D
The pain becomes a pain.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 10/08/08 at 7:39 am

The pain becomes a pain.

... and now that he's no longer with us (recently / last few years ) he no longer has it !

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/08/08 at 7:40 am

... and now that he's no longer with us (recently / last few years ) he no longer has it !
The is one solution to the pain, but it involves the wrong kind of answer.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 10/08/08 at 7:44 am

The is one solution to the pain, but it involves the wrong kind of answer.

Something ..... we are NOT (paradoxically ) 'dying to know' ... but which may be ............. the solution ? ??? :-X ::)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/08/08 at 7:51 am

Surrond Yourself With Sorrow ~ Cilla Black

Watch the water falling down
Falling down outside your head
You do your best to turn the tide
But can't forget ev'rythin' he said
The pressure's getting far too great
The word together came too late

What do you do when your love breaks up
Do you fall apart like a butter cup
Forget about tomorrow
Surround yourself with sorrow
What do you do when your love breaks up
Do you fall apart like a butter cup
Forget about tomorrow
Surround yourself with sorrow

Watch the water falling down
Like a neon in your head
The neon's flashing off and on
Recalling ev'rything he said
You've lost the fight for love today
Your dreams are shattered, thrown away

What do you do when your love breaks up
Do you fall apart like a butter cup
Forget about tomorrow
Surround yourself with sorrow
What do you do when your love breaks up
Do you fall apart like a butter cup
Forget about tomorrow
Surround yourself with sorrow ....

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 10/08/08 at 7:56 am

With sorrow comes the pain.

So true...ninny posted the new word 'sorrow' and then Al (pain) replied.... :P ;)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 10/08/08 at 8:01 am

So true...ninny posted the new word 'sorrow' and then Al (pain) replied.... :P ;)

Yes ........ remind me to get around to photoshopping YOU .......... gibbo ! >:(

< 'Thinking, thinking, thinking ............. ' ............. How CAN I torture HIM ? ??? :-\\

;) ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 10/08/08 at 8:03 am

Yes ........ remind me to get around to photoshopping YOU .......... gibbo ! >:(

< 'Thinking, thinking, thinking ............. ' ............. How CAN I torture HIM ? ??? :-\\

;) ;D

I do believe you could only make me look better!!!!! ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 10/08/08 at 8:05 am

I do believe you could only make me look better!!!!! ;D

As 'Frankenstein' ?    ??? ::)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 10/08/08 at 8:15 am

As 'Frankenstein' ?     ???   ::)

Well, a much impaired (by alcohol :-http://img519.imageshack.us/img519/8867/frankyk4.jpg

Since I'm a bit rusty ...... not bad going, if I do say so myself. Notice the bolts in the neck ! 8) :P :D ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 10/08/08 at 8:20 am

I can see them ....every time I look in the mirror! :o

Nice work Al...... ;)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 10/08/08 at 8:24 am

I can see them ....every time I look in the mirror! :o

Nice work Al...... ;)

Hey Peter......... whatever works for you. I'm sure it helps your missus ........... to get a fix on you ? Get to grips with you ? ???

8)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/08/08 at 9:09 am

With sorrow comes the pain.
My pain gave me sorrow so I went offline.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 10/08/08 at 9:11 am

My pain gave me sorrow so I went offline.

You've just reminded me ! I'd hoped to be gone by now. Ok, I'll give it till 1.30 am ......... ie .... approx 15 more mins !

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/08/08 at 9:14 am

You've just reminded me ! I'd hoped to be gone by now. Ok, I'll give it till 1.30 am ......... ie .... approx 15 more mins !
Is it that late for you?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 10/08/08 at 9:34 am

Is it that late for you?

Isn't 1.30 am .......... late for YOU ?    :o ???

Think 2 am .. has been 'early' for me of late ... and is now shaping up as earliest ........ :-X :-[ :(

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/08/08 at 9:36 am

Isn't 1.30 am .......... late for YOU ?    :o   ???

Think 2 am .. has been 'early' for me of late ... and is now shaping up as earliest ........ :-X :-[    :(
Explained!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 10/08/08 at 9:40 am

Explained!

Guess what. Only just taken my 'anti-depressant' pill ........ which I think helps make me drowsy ? Had been taking, in morning ... as per doctors orders ....... but recently suggested by someone else ... take in evening. Makes more sense, I suppose ?

Not supposed to be taking alcohol with (ideally ) ........ but (?) should be soon counting sheep effortlessly ?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/08/08 at 9:42 am

Guess what. Only just taken my 'anti-depressant' pill ........ which I think helps make me drowsy ? Had been taking, in morning ... as per doctors orders ....... but recently suggested by someone else ... take in evening. Makes more sense, I suppose ?

Not supposed to be taking alcohol with (ideally ) ........ but (?) should be soon counting sheep effortlessly ?
Taken with food?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 10/08/08 at 9:46 am

As Herve said "The Pain,The Pain". ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/08/08 at 9:48 am

"My heart aches, and a drowsy numbness pains
My sense, as though of hemlock I had drunk,
Or emptied some dull opiate to the drains
One minute past, and Lethe-wards had sunk"

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 10/08/08 at 9:49 am

Well, a much impaired (by alcohol :-http://img519.imageshack.us/img519/8867/frankyk4.jpg

Since I'm a bit rusty ...... not bad going, if I do say so myself. Notice the bolts in the neck ! 8) :P :D ;D

Very Nice. ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/08/08 at 9:58 am

Separate at birth:

http://img519.imageshack.us/img519/8867/frankyk4.jpghttp://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/1485000/images/_1489458_winton300.jpg

Peter and TV Presenter Dale Winton.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 10/08/08 at 10:03 am

Separate at birth:

http://img519.imageshack.us/img519/8867/frankyk4.jpghttp://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/1485000/images/_1489458_winton300.jpg

Peter and TV Presenter Dale Winton.

Uncanny! :o

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 10/08/08 at 10:06 am

Very Nice. ;D

Well ... whatever your take ............ Frankenstein's got nothing on 'gibbo' ! :-X

;)

;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 10/08/08 at 10:47 am

With your long blond hair and your eyes of blue
The only thing I ever got from you
Was Sorrow - Sorrow

You're acting funny, try to spend my money
Out there playing your high class games
Of Sorrow - Sorrow

You never do what you know you ought to
Something tells me you're the devil's daughter
Sorrow - Sorrow

I tried to find her cause I can't resist her
I never knew just how much I missed her
Sorrow - Sorrow

With your long blond hair and your eyes of blue
The only thing I ever got from you
Was Sorrow - Sorrow

With your long blond hair, I couldn't sleep last night
With your long blond hair.

Where did that come from Peter? Did you make it up? :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/08/08 at 10:50 am

Where did that come from Peter? Did you make it up? :)
I will answer for Peter for he is asleep right now.

It is the song Sorrow

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 10/08/08 at 7:06 pm

Too much sorrow in this world.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/09/08 at 6:24 am

Where did that come from Peter? Did you make it up? :)
Sorrow by David Bowie on YouTube

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 10/09/08 at 6:33 am

Sorrow by David Bowie on YouTube

Cool video. :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 10/09/08 at 6:34 am

The word of the day.....Fashion
The prevailing style or custom, as in dress or behavior: out of fashion.
Something, such as a garment, that is in the current mode: a swimsuit that is the latest fashion.
The style characteristic of the social elite: a man of fashion.

Manner or mode; way: Set the table in this fashion.
A personal, often idiosyncratic manner: played the violin in his own curious fashion.
Kind or variety; sort: people of all fashions.
Shape or form; configuration.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 10/09/08 at 6:36 am

lot of fashion this morning. :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 10/09/08 at 6:40 am

Sorrow by David Bowie on YouTube

Nice song....I found this little gem among some David Bowie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VY5pH4Doppk&feature=related#
I'm quite partial to it :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/09/08 at 6:41 am

Fashion is another song by David Bowie.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 10/09/08 at 6:42 am

He was known for dressing ambigously.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 10/09/08 at 6:50 am

Fashion is another song by David Bowie.

That's weird,sorta of uncanny because I never thought of that.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/09/08 at 6:52 am

That's weird,sorta of uncanny because I never thought of that.
Fashion by David Bowie

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/09/08 at 6:53 am

Will tomorrow's word be Starman?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 10/09/08 at 7:06 am

Will tomorrow's word be Starman?

Just submitted by me ... and sung by David Bowie .... in 'Chain of songs' ! :D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/09/08 at 7:07 am

Wasn't there a humorus moment when model Naomi Campbell over on the catwalk?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/09/08 at 7:07 am

Just submitted by me ... and sung by David Bowie .... in 'Chain of songs' ! :D
I could easily located a song beginning with 'n' by David Bowie.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 10/09/08 at 7:08 am

Wasn't there a humorus moment when model Naomi Campbell over on the catwalk?

Did she fall? ???

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/09/08 at 7:10 am

Did she fall? ???
Tripped over?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 10/09/08 at 7:16 am

Tripped over?

I'm sure it's on youtube.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/09/08 at 7:17 am

I'm sure it's on youtube.
Let us have a look there.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 10/09/08 at 7:18 am

Let us have a look there.

I could find it later and report later tonight.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/09/08 at 7:21 am

I could find it later and report later tonight.
If I find something on this matter I will post it here.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 10/09/08 at 7:22 am

If I find something on this matter I will post it here.

Sure,will do.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: bookmistress4ever on 10/09/08 at 7:28 am

Wasn't there a humorus moment when model Naomi Campbell over on the catwalk?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHFSzgh1YQ0

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 10/09/08 at 7:57 am

Will tomorrow's word be Starman?

If I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHFSzgh1YQ0

had half a brain I should of choose Thursday for the word of the day...for Thursday's Child
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8S227FFNwl8#

Classic fall :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 10/09/08 at 8:00 am

If I had half a brain I should of choose Thursday for the word of the day...for Thursday's Child
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8S227FFNwl8#

Classic fall :)

It's still Thursday where you are ? Now nearly Friday, 2 mins before midnight ... locally.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 10/09/08 at 8:01 am

It's still Wednesday where you are ? Now nearly Friday, 2 mins before midnight ... locally.

No its Thursday that's why I should of used it for the word of the day :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 10/09/08 at 8:04 am

No its Thursday that's why I should of used it for the word of the day :)

Yeah ... I since realised it must be Thursday ... and edited my post .. but a little too late ! :-[

Let's see... Friday on my mind ? (Easybeats). ... Could make that the theme tomorrow ?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: bookmistress4ever on 10/09/08 at 9:30 am

We could be daring and have two words of the day? Although I don't know, perhaps that will cause despair, gloom and agony? ;) ;D
Friday on my mind ? (Easybeats)

I love that song! I discovered it quite by accident on youtube. (Yes I practically live on youtube.)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 10/09/08 at 9:45 am

We could be daring and have two words of the day? Although I don't know, perhaps that will cause despair, gloom and agony?   ;) ;D
I love that song! I discovered it quite by accident on youtube. (Yes I practically live on youtube.)

I think it was one of the pioneering type songs ... in the sense that it helped put Australian pop music on the map .... being a bit of an international hit ... No. 6 in the UK... I think, around 1966 ? Showed that some of the colonials could ALSO produce songs that could challenge / please British ears, more accustomed to the Beatles, Stones, Hollies, etc;

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/09/08 at 1:27 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHFSzgh1YQ0

That's the one I was thinking of.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/09/08 at 1:29 pm

We could be daring and have two words of the day? Although I don't know, perhaps that will cause despair, gloom and agony?   ;) ;D
I love that song! I discovered it quite by accident on youtube. (Yes I practically live on youtube.)
Friday is on my mind now.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 10/09/08 at 4:26 pm

That's weird,sorta of uncanny because I never thought of that.

Yes...I thought that you deliberately went with a word that was associated with Bowie (after the Sorrow song theme)... :o

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 10/09/08 at 4:56 pm

Yes...I thought that you deliberately went with a word that was associated with Bowie (after the Sorrow song theme)... :o

My brain is to slow to think of things,like themes or connections.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 10/09/08 at 6:56 pm

Friday is on my mind now.

can't wait till Friday.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: bookmistress4ever on 10/10/08 at 12:31 am

It's Friday, I'm in LOVE. :-* http://www.inthe00s.com/smile/05/hearts(1).gif http://www.inthe00s.com/smile/05/hearts.gif http://www.inthe00s.com/smile/06/malelovies.gif http://www.inthe00s.com/smile/06/luvlove.gif http://www.inthe00s.com/smile/06/love.gif http://www.inthe00s.com/smile/06/liefde.gif

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/10/08 at 12:41 am

It's Friday, I'm in LOVE.   :-* http://www.inthe00s.com/smile/05/hearts(1).gif http://www.inthe00s.com/smile/05/hearts.gif http://www.inthe00s.com/smile/06/malelovies.gif http://www.inthe00s.com/smile/06/luvlove.gif http://www.inthe00s.com/smile/06/love.gif http://www.inthe00s.com/smile/06/liefde.gif
Friday has arrived!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: bookmistress4ever on 10/10/08 at 1:59 am

Friday has arrived!

It has indeed! It'd been Friday (officially) 1 hour, 31 minutes and 17 seconds when I posted that. Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

So, seeing that today's society is always rushing rushing rushing everything and not taking time to enjoy the moment, so we wish that it were S-A-T-U-R-D-A-Y night? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_-uhAkZTwY

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 10/10/08 at 5:31 am

The phrase or word of the day.....Scary monsters
a: an animal or plant of abnormal form or structure b: one who deviates from normal or acceptable behavior or character
2: a threatening force
3 a: an animal of strange or terrifying shape b: one unusually large for its kind
4: something monstrous ; especially : a person of unnatural or extreme ugliness, deformity, wickedness, or cruelty
5: one that is highly successful
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 10/10/08 at 5:32 am

Now you are working to the Bowie theme...... ;)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/10/08 at 5:35 am

Now you are working to the Bowie theme...... ;)
Exactly as I was thinking.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 10/10/08 at 5:49 am

How about Michael Jackson's Thriller face? ;D :o

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 10/10/08 at 6:34 am

How about Michael Jackson's Thriller face? ;D :o

http://i23.tinypic.com/or1jkg.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/10/08 at 6:38 am

http://i23.tinypic.com/or1jkg.jpg
Now that is scary?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 10/10/08 at 7:51 am

http://www.inthe00s.com/avatars_custom/avatar_10307.png http://i23.tinypic.com/or1jkg.jpg
Now that is scary?

The resemblance .... IS remarkable ? :-\\

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: seamermar on 10/10/08 at 8:14 am

I know that you have to keep out your politics if you wanna live in peace forever,
but sometimes you have to take the risk and jump into the air without fear

http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=xhqKoqqS0XI

I didn't say it was a monster, but how much he scaaaaaaares :-[

Maybe Mazinger-Z
;D ;D ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/10/08 at 8:22 am

http://www.inthe00s.com/avatars_custom/avatar_10307.png http://i23.tinypic.com/or1jkg.jpg

The resemblance .... IS remarkable ?    :-\\
Both have been known for wearing masks.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 10/10/08 at 8:35 am

http://www.inthe00s.com/avatars_custom/avatar_10307.png http://i23.tinypic.com/or1jkg.jpg

The resemblance .... IS remarkable ? :-\\

Yes, the only difference would be ..... he has more hair ....and nowadays is paler than me (if possible). Oh ......and his bank account may be larger too. ;)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 10/10/08 at 8:36 am

I know that you have to keep out your politics if you wanna live in peace forever,
but sometimes you have to take the risk and jump into the air without fear

http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=xhqKoqqS0XI

I didn't say it was a monster, but how much he scaaaaaaares :-[

Maybe Mazinger-Z
;D ;D ;D

Very amusing ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/10/08 at 8:42 am

Yes, the only difference would be ..... he has more hair ....and nowadays is paler than me (if possible). Oh ......and his bank account may be larger too. ;)
One of the bank accounts may not be so large as previous

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 10/10/08 at 8:44 am

One of the bank accounts may not be so large as previous

Ah, but MJ's 'poor' still would beat my 'well off'....... :-\\

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: bookmistress4ever on 10/10/08 at 9:44 am

I know that you have to keep out your politics if you wanna live in peace forever,
but sometimes you have to take the risk and jump into the air without fear

http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=xhqKoqqS0XI

I didn't say it was a monster, but how much he scaaaaaaares :-[

Maybe Mazinger-Z
;D ;D ;D

That was funny!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/10/08 at 11:13 am

Especially for Janine

Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone by W. H. Auden

Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone,
Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone,
Silence the pianos and with muffled drum
Bring out the coffin, let the mourners come.

Let aeroplanes circle moaning overhead
Scribbling on the sky the message He Is Dead.
Put crepe bows round the white necks of public doves,
Let the traffic policemen wear black cotton gloves.

He was my North, my South, my East and West.
My working week and my Sunday rest,
My noon, my midnight, my talk, my song;
I thought that love would last forever; I was wrong.

The stars are not wanted now: put out every one;
Pack up the moon and dismantle the sun;
Pour away the ocean and sweep up the wood;
For nothing now can ever come to any good.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 10/10/08 at 1:04 pm

Especially for Janine

Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone by W. H. Auden

Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone,
Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone,
Silence the pianos and with muffled drum
Bring out the coffin, let the mourners come.

Let aeroplanes circle moaning overhead
Scribbling on the sky the message He Is Dead.
Put crepe bows round the white necks of public doves,
Let the traffic policemen wear black cotton gloves.

He was my North, my South, my East and West.
My working week and my Sunday rest,
My noon, my midnight, my talk, my song;
I thought that love would last forever; I was wrong.

The stars are not wanted now: put out every one;
Pack up the moon and dismantle the sun;
Pour away the ocean and sweep up the wood;
For nothing now can ever come to any good.

Thank you Phil :) Sometimes it's hard to think of someone passing,especially when it is unexpected. I remember when my mom died, I think I was secretly hoping she would raise from the coffin. Once the funeral comes then reality sets in that this is finality.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/10/08 at 1:05 pm

Thank you Phil :) Sometimes it's hard to think of someone passing,especially when it is unexpected. I remember when my mom died, I think I was secretly hoping she would raise from the coffin. Once the funeral comes then reality sets in that this is finality.
When my own father died (with he it was expected), I was hoping the same, we did not want him to go.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 10/10/08 at 1:42 pm

When my own father died (with he it was expected), I was hoping the same, we did not want him to go.

Yes my mothers was expected (cancer),but you still think until they are buried or cremated a miracle may occur.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 10/10/08 at 3:48 pm

http://www.inthe00s.com/avatars_custom/avatar_10307.png http://i23.tinypic.com/or1jkg.jpg

The resemblance .... IS remarkable ? :-\\

Your face isn't green,Or is it? ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: bookmistress4ever on 10/11/08 at 5:13 am

Here's a pic of yours truly to support the scary monsters word-of-the-day! Hubby and I took it a couple years ago in one of those photo booths. I was having a "monstrous bad hair day" ;D

http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff30/bookmistress4ever/PattyandJamesscarymonster.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 10/11/08 at 5:23 am

Here's a pic of yours truly to support the scary monsters word-of-the-day! Hubby and I took it a couple years ago in one of those photo booths. I was having a "monstrous bad hair day" ;D

http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff30/bookmistress4ever/PattyandJamesscarymonster.jpg

What a classic... ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 10/11/08 at 5:44 am

Here's a pic of yours truly to support the scary monsters word-of-the-day! Hubby and I took it a couple years ago in one of those photo booths. I was having a "monstrous bad hair day" ;D

http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff30/bookmistress4ever/PattyandJamesscarymonster.jpg

Nice. Your hair looks perfect ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 10/11/08 at 6:07 am

The word of the day....Celebration
The act of observing a day or an event with ceremonies: commemoration, observance. See remember/forget.
The act of showing joyful satisfaction in an event: festivity, merrymaking, rejoicing, revel (often used in plural), revelry. See laughter.
A big, exuberant party: shindig, shindy. Slang bash, blast, blowout. See group, restraint/unrestraint, work/play.
A large or important social gathering: affair, festivity, fete, function, gala, occasion, party, soiree. Informal do. Slang bash. See group, work/play.
An expression of warm approval: acclaim, acclamation, applause, commendation, compliment, encomium, eulogy, kudos, laudation, panegyric, plaudit, praise. See praise/blame.

http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x16/utahman19/Celebration.jpg
http://i495.photobucket.com/albums/rr318/evelyndash/chainshouse070.jpg
http://i424.photobucket.com/albums/pp328/loveebaseball02/83151795.jpg
http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z31/jhaquett/Europe/DanishHandballWinFireworks.jpg
http://i437.photobucket.com/albums/qq98/SCCN435/DSCF1624.jpg
http://i457.photobucket.com/albums/qq294/keep_silence/de-rossi-taddei-cele_94775.jpg
http://i352.photobucket.com/albums/r339/gohunxtacy/yamo18.jpg
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http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb149/MOviEcriTIC_17/Celebration_Brooklyn_Bridge_New_Yor.jpg
http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p25/eilasor0521/1st%20bday%20celebration/DSC02068.jpg
http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc121/cristy_anabel/web_eng.jpg
http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc151/ScrappingTheMusic/Challenge%2055%20-%20Celebration/Sarah.jpg
http://i424.photobucket.com/albums/pp322/celia789/FirstLadysbdayflyerOct2007.jpg
http://i14.tinypic.com/29fvwd4.jpg
http://i283.photobucket.com/albums/kk298/beckywellington/Birthday%20Celebration%20for%20Mom/2008-10-04BHomecomingperformance-26.jpg
http://i37.tinypic.com/vfib9c.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 10/11/08 at 6:12 am

Celebrate good times, come on! (Let's celebrate)
Celebrate good times, come on! (Let's celebrate)

There's a party goin' on right here
A celebration to last throughout the years
So bring your good times, and your laughter too
We gonna celebrate your party with you

Come on now

Celebration
Let's all celebrate and have a good time
Celebration
We gonna celebrate and have a good time

It's time to come together
It's up to you, what's your pleasure

Everyone around the world
Come on!

Yahoo! It's a celebration
Yahoo!

Celebrate good times, come on!
It's a celebration
Celebrate good times, come on!
Let's celebrate

We're gonna have a good time tonight
Let's celebrate, it's all right
We're gonna have a good time tonight
Let's celebrate, it's all right

Baby...

We're gonna have a good time tonight (Ce-le-bra-tion)
Let's celebrate, it's all right
We're gonna have a good time tonight (Ce-le-bra-tion)
Let's celebrate, it's all right

Yahoo!
Yahoo!

Celebrate good times, come on! (Let's celebrate)
Celebrate good times, come on!
It's a celebration!
Celebrate good times, come on! (Let's celebrate)

(ad lib)

Come on and celebrate, good times, tonight (Celebrate good times, come on!)
'Cause everything's gonna be all right
Let's celebrate (Celebrate good times, come on)
(Let's celebrate)...

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/11/08 at 6:37 am

Tonight I celebrate my for you....

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 10/11/08 at 7:19 am

Let's Celebrate - Skyy

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: bookmistress4ever on 10/11/08 at 10:23 am

Tonight I celebrate my for you....

That's a really great song. One of my favorites from the 80s. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52n4K9g2hcw

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 10/11/08 at 6:25 pm

What a beautiful song. :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 10/12/08 at 5:20 am

The word of the day.....Playful
Full of fun and high spirits; frolicsome or sportive: a playful kitten.
Humorous; jesting: “He meant to be conversationally playful but his voice had no tone” (Saul Bellow).
http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj93/bmaxine/Playful.jpg
http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff91/ANGELust_album/1-1.jpg
http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r167/kittybites1786/animals/HPIM0288.jpg
http://i32.tinypic.com/294qxjq.jpg
http://i428.photobucket.com/albums/qq9/gotlegs23/IMG_1924.jpg
http://i394.photobucket.com/albums/pp24/francesd123_addie/l_31d4f987db98292feb32b7e6a2fe3669.jpg
http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh58/ebutts422/dscn0246.jpg
http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj95/colleenz55/Playful.gif
http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk32/millie198184/playful.jpg
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f54/heathersphotobucket/Playful.jpg
http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn50/scbeachdreamer/flirty/playful.png
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b331/FoxyD/Bio%20Gurlz/Playful.jpg
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m118/band_geekie/Icons/playful.gif
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a58/katelind/CAMPING/Camping102.jpg
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d39/Julieblueeyes46/Lily%20and%20her%205%20kittens/100_0636.jpg
http://i35.tinypic.com/2ujtdux.jpg
http://i33.tinypic.com/6psprd.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 10/12/08 at 5:35 am

http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk32/millie198184/playful.jpg

Wow,that must've hurt her little boobies. :o ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 10/12/08 at 5:39 am

The word of the day.....Playful

a playful kitten.

http://th227.photobucket.com/albums/dd33/hsmsk8er/th_kittensavvie.jpg

You can be THAT part ^ :)

http://www.inthe00s.com/avatars_custom/avatar_9529.jpg
Humorous; jesting

I'll settle ... for that ! 8) :) ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 10/12/08 at 5:41 am

Wow a monkey and a kitty. ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 10/12/08 at 5:45 am

Wow a monkey and a kitty. ;D

You can be the 'Jamminoldies guy' / 'disco freak' !   :P

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 10/12/08 at 5:46 am

You can be the 'Jamminoldies guy' / 'disco freak' !   :P

Thanks,my new nickname. ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 10/12/08 at 6:41 am

http://th227.photobucket.com/albums/dd33/hsmsk8er/th_kittensavvie.jpg

You can be THAT part ^ :)

http://www.inthe00s.com/avatars_custom/avatar_9529.jpg

I'll settle ... for that ! 8) :) ;D

Sounds prrfect to me
http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg307/candygrl17/pretty.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: snozberries on 10/12/08 at 10:38 am

is the word still playful?

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c176/ravinisis/100_2291.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: snozberries on 10/12/08 at 10:55 am

oh and this one

http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/nn130/BlueMoon1958/MACROS-CATS%203/2341.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/12/08 at 11:36 am

http://www.pureimaginationtoys.com/prod_images_blowup/Penquin_Ladder_Toy1.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: snozberries on 10/12/08 at 11:40 am

http://www.pureimaginationtoys.com/prod_images_blowup/Penquin_Ladder_Toy1.jpg

cool I want one!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 10/12/08 at 12:28 pm

is the word still playful?

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c176/ravinisis/100_2291.jpg

oh and this one

http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/nn130/BlueMoon1958/MACROS-CATS%203/2341.jpg

Nice playful cat pics :)
http://www.pureimaginationtoys.com/prod_images_blowup/Penquin_Ladder_Toy1.jpg

cool I want one!

I think we all should get one :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/12/08 at 2:30 pm

http://www.pureimaginationtoys.com/prod_images_blowup/Penquin_Ladder_Toy1.jpg

cool I want one!

I think we all should get one :)
Standard requirement for every member?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 10/12/08 at 4:53 pm

http://www.pureimaginationtoys.com/prod_images_blowup/Penquin_Ladder_Toy1.jpg

I remember this from the 80's. :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 10/13/08 at 5:20 am

The word of the day....Donuts (Doughnuts)
A small ring-shaped cake made of rich, light dough that is fried in deep fat. Also called olicook.
Something whose form is reminiscent of a ring-shaped cake.
A fast, tight 360° turn made in a motor vehicle or motorized boat.

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http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa250/tkcapri/Food/food_016.jpg
http://i534.photobucket.com/albums/ee341/fantasticfoodie/Doughnuts/krispykreme_mmmfruiticon.png
http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff141/Snowdrops10/doughnuts.jpg
http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s263/havanacuba_2007/Doughnuts.gif
http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa284/damanpwnsyou/Doughnuts.jpg
http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x297/smashleypete/doughnuts.jpg
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f384/gababy_16/doughnuts.jpg
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t280/arl601/doughnuts.jpg
http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w9/hamishmcbagpipe/Donut.jpg
http://gi59.photobucket.com/groups/g296/99OXSDH1CG/Donuts.jpg
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b267/jennemeiske/Tokyo%20October%202008/CIMG6108.jpg
http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii177/jenno54/donuts.jpg
http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk120/Paragondude/donuts.jpg
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y142/KatLovie/Donuts.jpg
http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x170/toast_and_syrup/doughnuts/Frying_doughnuts.jpg
http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb88/sgjay2/doughnuts.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 10/13/08 at 5:22 am

I love the hot cinnamon doughnuts...... ::)

Subject: Re: The noony Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 10/13/08 at 5:35 am

Doughnuts ? ::) ???

Hi, noony ! :)

http://www.corante.com/mooreslore/archives/images/high_noon.jpg

A case of ... 'Donut forsake me, oh my darling ? ' ???

:P

;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 10/13/08 at 5:39 am

Doughnuts ? ::) ???

Hi, noony ! :)

http://www.corante.com/mooreslore/archives/images/high_noon.jpg

A case of ... 'Donut forsake me, oh my darling ? ' ???

:P

;D

I think there are holes in that pun....... ;) ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 10/13/08 at 5:45 am

I think there are holes in that pun....... ;) ;D

I fixed the 'hole' ... see ... it now reads ... the 'noony fan club' ^ and since she's one of them ... well qualified to be on the Loony Bus ! 8) :D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 10/13/08 at 5:51 am

http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t280/arl601/doughnuts.jpg

I'd like to join them for some donuts and coffee. ;D ;)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 10/13/08 at 6:40 am

I fixed the 'hole' ... see ... it now reads ... the 'noony fan club' ^ and since she's one of them ... well qualified to be on the Loony Bus ! 8) :D

Perhaps I should listen to some of his old records
http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa302/NutmegPsychosis/Peter-Noone-feather.jpg
Peter Noony

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/13/08 at 6:42 am

Do you have to dunk a donut?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 10/13/08 at 6:59 am

Do you have to dunk a donut?

;D ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/13/08 at 7:01 am

;D ;D
Also, how do you dunk a donut?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 10/13/08 at 7:28 am

Also, how do you dunk a donut?

Very Carefully :D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/13/08 at 8:01 am

Very Carefully :D
Is anyone online here wishing to demonstrate?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 10/13/08 at 2:56 pm

Also, how do you dunk a donut?

Donuts are not like Oreos,they don't have creme filling in the middle.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 10/13/08 at 3:39 pm

Is anyone online here wishing to demonstrate?

Here is some interesting reading on the subject
http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/new_york_city/entry/dunking_doughnuts_and_sinkers/

Another article
WHERE ARE THE DUNKERS?
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Contributed by: Jim McAllister on 3/10/2008

Whatever happened to the practice of dunking donuts? When I was a kid everyone did it including me except I couldn't be a real dunker because I was too young to drink coffee. I had to use hot Ovaltine to do my dunking. For a kid to drink coffee in those days would be as bad as a kid smoking today.

I have drunk coffee all over but it is rare to see a dunker anymore. I have looked in Dunkin' Donuts, Starbucks, Safeway, and other places, and I don't see any dunkers. Dunkin' Donuts even promotes the practice in their name. Is dunking a lost art from the old days? Has it gone the way of the Edsel? Is it only practiced in New York and other eastern areas?

As recent as an episode of "Seinfeld" from 1991, Kramer mentions seeing baseball great Joe DiMaggio dunking donuts in a donut shop in New York. That city has always been the Mecca of donut dunkers. Coffee (a cup of Joe) and a "sinker," as donuts were called then, and sometimes now, were popular in that town in the late 19th century.

Vaudeville and movie actor Eddie Cantor made dunking popular in his 1931 movie "Palmy Days" and in 1942, Hollywood did a 10 minute film about the proper way to dunk a donut. http://youtube.com/watch?v=f1Ynf8h_9aU&feature=related.That movie is a must for those learning dunking as it covers such important information as the total time a donut should be submerged in the coffee (2 ½ seconds), the proper wrist action needed, the emergence of women dunkers, and the dreaded ill mannered dunker. It is worth your time just to see the clothing styles of 1942.

With Rachel Ray now promoting Dunkin' Donuts, it's time to see some authentic dunkers out there. Forget about Starbucks and their yuppies playing with their computers. Get some Dunkin' Donuts and start dunking! "Black coffee or with cream, dunking is a dream."

Any dunking stories out there? Let's hear them.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1Ynf8h_9aU&feature=related#

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/14/08 at 5:06 am

Here is some interesting reading on the subject
http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/new_york_city/entry/dunking_doughnuts_and_sinkers/

Another article
WHERE ARE THE DUNKERS?
e-mail to a friend | print this | link to this
Contributed by: Jim McAllister   on 3/10/2008

Whatever happened to the practice of dunking donuts? When I was a kid everyone did it including me except I couldn't be a real dunker because I was too young to drink coffee. I had to use hot Ovaltine to do my dunking. For a kid to drink coffee in those days would be as bad as a kid smoking today.

I have drunk coffee all over but it is rare to see a dunker anymore. I have looked in Dunkin' Donuts, Starbucks, Safeway, and other places, and I don't see any dunkers. Dunkin' Donuts even promotes the practice in their name. Is dunking a lost art from the old days? Has it gone the way of the Edsel? Is it only practiced in New York and other eastern areas?

As recent as an episode of "Seinfeld" from 1991, Kramer mentions seeing baseball great Joe DiMaggio dunking donuts in a donut shop in New York. That city has always been the Mecca of donut dunkers. Coffee (a cup of Joe) and a "sinker," as donuts were called then, and sometimes now, were popular in that town in the late 19th century.

Vaudeville and movie actor Eddie Cantor made dunking popular in his 1931 movie "Palmy Days" and in 1942, Hollywood did a 10 minute film about the proper way to dunk a donut. http://youtube.com/watch?v=f1Ynf8h_9aU&feature=related.That movie is a must for those learning dunking as it covers such important information as the total time a donut should be submerged in the coffee (2 ½ seconds), the proper wrist action needed, the emergence of women dunkers, and the dreaded ill mannered dunker. It is worth your time just to see the clothing styles of 1942.

With Rachel Ray now promoting Dunkin' Donuts, it's time to see some authentic dunkers out there. Forget about Starbucks and their yuppies playing with their computers. Get some Dunkin' Donuts and start dunking! "Black coffee or with cream, dunking is a dream."

Any dunking stories out there? Let's hear them.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1Ynf8h_9aU&feature=related#
So it was a 50's thing and not a recent affair?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 10/14/08 at 5:43 am

So it was a 50's thing and not a recent affair?

Yes it sounds like it was popular in the 40's & 50's. Maybe it will make a comeback.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/14/08 at 5:49 am

Yes it sounds like it was popular in the 40's & 50's. Maybe it will make a comeback.
Has anyone suggested it to them?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 10/14/08 at 6:05 am

The word or phrase of the day.....Pop Art
A form of art that depicts objects or scenes from everyday life and employs techniques of commercial art and popular illustration
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 10/14/08 at 6:07 am

Has anyone suggested it to them?

In todays fast pace world people probably don't have the time to sit and dunk.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 10/14/08 at 6:15 am

In todays fast pace world people probably don't have the time to sit and dunk.

Depending on your boss :-X ... you might not even have time ........ to sit and DUMP ! :P :D ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/14/08 at 6:24 am

In todays fast pace world people probably don't have the time to sit and dunk.
But there are always people sitting in and around coffee bars with all the time in the world to drink coffee.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 10/14/08 at 6:26 am

But there are always people sitting in and around coffee bars with all the time in the world to drink coffee.

Would YOU do that ?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 10/14/08 at 6:41 am

But there are always people sitting in and around coffee bars with all the time in the world to drink coffee.

Perhaps they should see the clip on Youtube...I don't drink coffee so I'm never at a coffee shop.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 10/14/08 at 6:47 am

Depending on your boss :-X ... you might not even have time ........ to sit and DUMP ! :P :D ;D

There's always time to sit and dump. ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 10/14/08 at 6:47 am

The word or phrase of the day.....Pop Art
A form of art that depicts objects or scenes from everyday life and employs techniques of commercial art and popular illustration
http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll212/kingdennis12563/pop%20art/ha93-1.jpg
http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll212/kingdennis12563/pop%20art/blindf1.jpg
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http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk123/occivelvo/Roy_Lichtenstein_aw9131r.jpg

Beautiful Pictures. :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 10/14/08 at 6:55 am

There's always time to sit and dump. ;D

Even when you're moving those carts ? Man .... you must be 'squelching those pants !' :-X

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 10/14/08 at 6:57 am

Even when you're moving those carts ? Man .... you must be 'squelching those pants !' :-X

No I can't crap my pants when I'm pushing carts,I'll wait till I get inside to make a poopy. ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 10/14/08 at 7:04 am

No I can't crap my pants when I'm pushing carts,I'll wait till I get inside to make a poopy. ;D

There you go. :-X So much for 'There's ALWAYS time to 'sit and dump' !    ::) :-X

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/14/08 at 7:07 am

There you go.   :-X So much for 'There's ALWAYS time to 'sit and dump' !    ::) :-X
...dump the carts first?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 10/14/08 at 7:18 am

...dump the carts first?

Just remember to take any paper left in the carts ...........'case they've run out ........ at the 'dumpin' station' ! :-X

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 10/14/08 at 7:33 am

Just remember to take any paper left in the carts ...........'case they've run out ........ at the 'dumpin' station' ! :-X

well I'm not using the fresh fliers,imagine those customers looking at something brown on them? :P :o

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 10/14/08 at 7:51 am

well I'm not using the fresh fliers,imagine those customers looking at something brown on them? :P :o

How did we get on this sheeshty subject :D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 10/14/08 at 7:54 am

How did we get on this crappy subject :D

I don't know ........... :-\\ maybe we're a couple of 'Sh!t-heads' ? ??? :o :P :D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 10/14/08 at 8:33 am

User Time Action
Online
ninny 12:25:43 AM Viewing Arcade index

So ..... the ONLY user online (then) .......... and she's in that arcade ! :(

Wad ya doing in dat damned arcade, ninny ? Trying to shoot some dogs ? >:( ??? :D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/14/08 at 2:04 pm

User Time Action
Online
ninny 12:25:43 AM Viewing Arcade index

So ..... the ONLY user online (then) .......... and she's in that arcade !   :(

Wad ya doing in dat damned arcade, ninny ?   Trying to shoot some dogs ? >:(    ??? :D
As long as she is not shooting penguins?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 10/14/08 at 3:09 pm

The word of the day....Donuts (Doughnuts)

http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x170/toast_and_syrup/doughnuts/Frying_doughnuts.jpg
http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb88/sgjay2/doughnuts.jpg

MMMM...just what I was going to say!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/14/08 at 3:10 pm

The word or phrase of the day.....Pop Art
A form of art that depicts objects or scenes from everyday life and employs techniques of commercial art and popular illustration
http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll212/kingdennis12563/pop%20art/ha93-1.jpg
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Have all have 15 minutes of fame?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 10/14/08 at 4:11 pm

How did we get on this crappy subject :D

I took a dump on this subject. ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/14/08 at 4:50 pm

http://www.moma.org/images/collection/FullSizes/80503002.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: bookmistress4ever on 10/14/08 at 7:10 pm

Here is a Carlos Warhol that I started doing months ago, but never got around to finishing...

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: snozberries on 10/14/08 at 7:44 pm

User Time Action
Online
ninny 12:25:43 AM Viewing Arcade index

So ..... the ONLY user online (then) .......... and she's in that arcade ! :(

Wad ya doing in dat damned arcade, ninny ? Trying to shoot some dogs ? >:( ??? :D

she was probably taking another one of my high scores >:(

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 10/15/08 at 5:11 am

User Time Action
Online
ninny 12:25:43 AM Viewing Arcade index

So ..... the ONLY user online (then) .......... and she's in that arcade ! :(

Wad ya doing in dat damned arcade, ninny ? Trying to shoot some dogs ? >:( ??? :D

As long as she is not shooting penguins?

she was probably taking another one of my high scores >:(

This is a mystery...since the real ninny was asleep by 10 and my husband was sleeping by 9. Missy said she fell asleep by 11,it may have been her boyfriend :-\\

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 10/15/08 at 5:16 am

This is a mystery...since the real ninny was asleep by 10 and my husband was sleeping by 9. Missy said she fell asleep by 11,it may have been her boyfriend :-\\

Must have been your evil twin (twinny ninny). Hey...hang on....I thought YOU were the evil one! ;)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 10/15/08 at 5:32 am

The word of the day....Bust
bust1 (bŭst)

n.
A sculpture representing a person's head, shoulders, and upper chest.

A woman's bosom.
The human chest.

bust2 (bŭst)

v., bust·ed, bust·ing, busts.

v.tr.
Slang.
To smash or break, especially forcefully: “Mr. Luger worked it with a rake, busting up the big clods, making a flat brown table” (Garrison Keillor).
To render inoperable or unusable: busted the vending machine by putting in foreign coins.
To cause to come to an end; break up: an attempt to bust the union.
To break or tame (a horse).
To cause to become bankrupt or short of money: “Too often, the promise of a high-tech design leads to a weapon that busts the budget” (Business Week).
Slang. To reduce in rank. See synonyms at demote.
To hit; punch.
Slang.
To place under arrest.
To make a police raid on.
v.intr.
Slang.
To undergo breakage; become broken.
To burst; break: “Several companies have threatened to bust out of their high-wage contracts by the dubious technique of declaring bankruptcy” (Washington Post).
To become bankrupt or short of money.
Games. To lose at blackjack by exceeding a score of 21.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 10/15/08 at 5:44 am

Must have been your evil twin (twinny ninny). Hey...hang on....I thought YOU were the evil one! ;)

;D ;D No I'm the clever one

No one will miss her
http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n312/Domec2/m_d6e864460cfb311917b8b78de9b35d7e.gif

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/15/08 at 5:46 am

Many firms are going bust in the UK.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 10/15/08 at 6:33 am

http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd153/Samsstuffs/Bust.jpg

Wow,I'd like to know her bust size. ;)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 10/15/08 at 6:56 am

http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd153/Samsstuffs/Bust.jpg

Wow,I'd like to know her bust size. ;)

Then I imagine you'd like to see THIS lady ... take her 'revenge' ......

http://hearingvoices.com/webwork/cmfl/img/chesty_deadly250.jpg

:D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 10/15/08 at 7:01 am

Then I imagine you'd like to see THIS lady ... take her 'revenge' ......

http://hearingvoices.com/webwork/cmfl/img/chesty_deadly250.jpg

:D

And I'll top you with a girl named Plenty Uptopp who had 103FFF size boobies. ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 10/15/08 at 7:19 am

And I'll top you with a girl named Plenty Uptopp who had 103FFF size boobies. ;D

If she made it into her fifties ... I bet she was dragging them along the floor ! :-X

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/15/08 at 7:20 am

If she made it into her fifties ... I bet she was dragging them along the floor !   :-X
She already past the fifties... ?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 10/15/08 at 7:37 am

She already past the fifties... ?

I've never heard of her ... so ... don't know her age / if still alive.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/15/08 at 7:37 am

I've never heard of her ... so ... don't know her age / if still alive.
Firstly is this DVD in Howard's collection?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/15/08 at 7:39 am

I've never heard of her ... so ... don't know her age / if still alive.
Info on Chesty Morgan

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/15/08 at 7:42 am

Info on Chesty Morgan
Born in 1928 and could have died on 1981.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 10/15/08 at 7:46 am

Hmm. Maybe Howard's undersold her assets ?

Plenty UpTopp's Stats:
Measurements: 127PPP-24-36
Height: 5' 7"
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Blonde
Birthday: February 14th
Home Town: Bonita Springs, FL

Haven't managed to track down a birth-date ... but seems she was in the 'industry' ... in 1990 .... as 'Ashley Bust'.

Figuring she was maybe 20 then (?) ... that's getting on for 20 years back ... I'd be surprised if gravity weren't challenging her by now. She probably has a hard time .... not falling flat on her face ! 8)

:D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/15/08 at 7:56 am

Then I imagine you'd like to see THIS lady ... take her 'revenge' ......

http://hearingvoices.com/webwork/cmfl/img/chesty_deadly250.jpg

:D
Deadly Weapons was released in 1974

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/15/08 at 7:58 am

My favourite bust can be seen here.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 10/15/08 at 8:03 am

Deadly Weapons was released in 1974

You'd have to be careful how you talked to her. If she didn't have those things strapped in .... well just turning ... she could probably accidentally give you a black eye. No WONDER they're 'deadly weapons' ! :-X

:D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/15/08 at 8:05 am

You'd have to be careful how you talked to her. If she didn't have those things strapped in .... well just turning ... she could probably accidentally give you a black eye. No WONDER they're 'deadly weapons' !   :-X

:D
She was in a deleted scene of Fellini's Casanova (1976) as the character Barberina, no wonder I did she her.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 10/15/08 at 8:11 am

She was in a deleted scene of Fellini's Casanova (1976) as the character Barberina, no wonder I did she her.

No doubt .... you were there ENTIRELY for the 'cultural aspects'. The thought of YOU getting any salacious gain from such a movie .... no .. I just CAN'T imagine it ! Yes ... the things we 'cultured' men have to endure   ::) :-X

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/15/08 at 8:16 am

No doubt .... you were there ENTIRELY for the 'cultural aspects'. The thought of YOU getting any salacious gain from such a movie .... no .. I just CAN'T imagine it ! Yes ... the things we 'cultured' men have to endure    ::)    :-X
As then I work for the cinema industry I had to view films for personal viewing to braoden my film knowledge.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 10/15/08 at 8:20 am

As then I work for the cinema industry I had to view films for personal viewing to braoden my film knowledge.

Exactly .. it was your strict duty ... and I DIDN'T spot anything crossed out above ! ^    8)

:D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/15/08 at 8:22 am

As then I work for the cinema industry I had to view films for personal viewing to braoaden my film knowledge.
I must get a better spell checker.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 10/15/08 at 8:26 am

I must get a better spell checker.

It will have it's work cut-out. In any case ... what if it slowed down your output ? Is it worht it ?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 10/15/08 at 8:27 am

See ... I never make silly spelin errers. I bet ewe didn't spot anything above !

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/15/08 at 8:38 am

See ... I never make silly spelin errers. I bet ewe didn't spot anything above !
Whot isa sad smelling misstake?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 10/15/08 at 8:40 am

And I'll top you with a girl named Plenty Uptopp who had 103FFF size boobies. ;D

Born 1971
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0881537/

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/15/08 at 8:41 am

Born 1971
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0881537/
Have you found her?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 10/15/08 at 8:45 am

Born 1971
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0881537/

Hey ..... my 'guesstimate' ... was pretty good ...... only ONE year out !

Hmm. Maybe Howard's undersold her assets ?

Haven't managed to track down a birth-date ... but seems she was in the 'industry' ... in 1990 .... as 'Ashley Bust'.

Figuring she was maybe 20 then (?) ... that's getting on for 20 years back ... I'd be surprised if gravity weren't challenging her by now. She probably has a hard time .... not falling flat on her face ! 8)

:D

I guessed 1970. 8)

Anyway, she WAS last seen ... flat on her face ! 8)

:P

:D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 10/15/08 at 8:49 am

Have you found her?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OT-Ere-tGI#

No it's not X-Rated

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 10/15/08 at 8:52 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OT-Ere-tGI#

No it's not X-Rated

In THAT case .. not worth my time. :-X

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 10/15/08 at 9:05 am

In THAT case .. not worth my time. :-X

Oh you can find plenty of those..I can't show you..I've become quite attached to this site,wouldn't want to get the boot ;)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/15/08 at 9:11 am

Oh you can find plenty of those..I can't show you..I've become quite attached to this site,wouldn't want to get the boot ;)
It is the games in The Arcade you enjoy?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 10/15/08 at 9:13 am

Oh you can find plenty of those..I can't show you..I've become quite attached to this site,wouldn't want to get the boot ;)

Just kidding. No, I definitely wouldn't want that either ! :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 10/15/08 at 9:14 am

It is the games in The Arcade you enjoy?

She has her priorities ! ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/15/08 at 9:15 am

She has her priorities !   ;D
Is she there now?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 10/15/08 at 9:51 am

It is the games in The Arcade you enjoy?

No it's the company I enjoy..well that and the games :D(Which my whole family enjoys)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/15/08 at 1:07 pm

No it's the company I enjoy..well that and the games :D(Which my whole family enjoys)
One big happy family.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 10/15/08 at 2:10 pm

One big happy family.

Usually

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/15/08 at 3:07 pm

Usually
A world wide family ?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 10/15/08 at 4:33 pm

A world wide family ?

Yes of different races.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 10/15/08 at 6:53 pm

Hmm. Maybe Howard's undersold her assets ?

Haven't managed to track down a birth-date ... but seems she was in the 'industry' ... in 1990 .... as 'Ashley Bust'.

Figuring she was maybe 20 then (?) ... that's getting on for 20 years back ... I'd be surprised if gravity weren't challenging her by now. She probably has a hard time .... not falling flat on her face ! 8)

:D

But I don't know if she still does porn,my guess is yes. ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/16/08 at 2:27 am

Yes of different races.
We are the world!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 10/16/08 at 5:04 am

The word of the day.....Blanket
A large piece of woven material used as a covering for warmth, especially on a bed.
A layer that covers or encloses: a thick blanket of snow.
adj.
Applying to or covering all conditions or instances: a blanket insurance policy.
Applying to or covering all members of a class: blanket sanctions against human-rights violators.
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http://i38.tinypic.com/15zh37k.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 10/16/08 at 5:07 am

Sometimes I really need my blankey..... :-\\

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/16/08 at 5:21 am

http://i21.ebayimg.com/01/c/02/2c/65/5f_7.JPG

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 10/16/08 at 5:42 am

Sometimes I really need my blankey..... :-\\

Don't we all :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 10/16/08 at 6:29 am

hot women are blankets. ;D ;)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: bookmistress4ever on 10/16/08 at 10:04 am

Didn't Michael Jackson affectionately name his child Blanket? ???

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 10/16/08 at 10:09 am

Didn't Michael Jackson affectionately name his child Blanket? ???

Does he wrap 'Blanket' in a blanket ... or himself, in 'Blanket' ? ???

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/16/08 at 10:09 am

Didn't Michael Jackson affectionately name his child Blanket? ???
Jackson's third child, Prince Michael Jackson II (also known as Blanket) was born in 2002 and the mother's identity has not been released.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/16/08 at 10:10 am

Does he wrap 'Blanket' in a blanket ... or himself, in 'Blanket' ? ???
The first child has the Sheet and the second is called Quilt.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 10/16/08 at 11:23 am

The first child has the Sheet and the second is called Quilt.

No Bedspread?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/16/08 at 11:42 am

No Bedspread?
Bedspread Jackson has a ring to it.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 10/16/08 at 12:40 pm

Weird names. :D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/16/08 at 5:22 pm

No Bedspread?
Bedpost Jackson ?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: bookmistress4ever on 10/16/08 at 6:14 pm

Perhaps he'll adopt twins and call them Afghan and Comforter... or maybe not. :P

I shouldn't be so mean, of all the nicknames you could get, blanket is a nice one. Could be alot worse for sure!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 10/16/08 at 6:16 pm

Perhaps he'll adopt twins and call them Afghan and Comforter... or maybe not. :P

I shouldn't be so mean, of all the nicknames you could get, blanket is a nice one. Could be alot worse for sure!

Like 'Chamber-pot Jackson' ? ???

:D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/16/08 at 6:20 pm

Like 'Chamber-pot Jackson' ? ???

:D
...Potty Jackson.

Now that is the father ?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 10/16/08 at 6:22 pm

...Potty Jackson.

Now that is the father ?

Potty ... yes ... also known as 'Wacko Jacko' ! 8)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 10/16/08 at 7:00 pm

Didn't Michael Jackson affectionately name his child Blanket? ???

Blanket Jackson? ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: seamermar on 10/16/08 at 8:50 pm

hot women are blankets. ;D ;)

Don't you really need, much better, a cold, cold shower Howie ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: seamermar on 10/16/08 at 8:57 pm

You've been talking about Jackson and a joke sprang up

Did you hear about Jackson's toaster? that where the bread comes in brown and goes out white.

Sorry if it's a worn-out joke, but to me it's "freshly"

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 10/17/08 at 1:45 am

Don't you really need, much better, a cold, cold shower Howie ;D

Haha...didn't take you long to work out how Howard's complex mind works.... ;)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 10/17/08 at 5:41 am

The word of the day...Penguin(S)
Any of various stout flightless marine birds of the family Spheniscidae, of cool regions of the Southern Hemisphere, having flipperlike wings and webbed feet adapted for swimming and diving, and short scalelike feathers that are white in front and black on the back.
Obsolete. The great auk.
http://i208.photobucket.com/albums/bb182/IdahoGlenda/Animals/penguins.jpg
http://i455.photobucket.com/albums/qq280/Synyx/Boston/Penguins.jpg
http://i376.photobucket.com/albums/oo206/toddellis/penguins.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o4/BDubbW13/PensLogo.jpg
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 10/17/08 at 6:53 am

Don't you really need, much better, a cold, cold shower Howie ;D

Yes I guess I do.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 10/17/08 at 6:54 am

The word of the day...Penguin(S)
Any of various stout flightless marine birds of the family Spheniscidae, of cool regions of the Southern Hemisphere, having flipperlike wings and webbed feet adapted for swimming and diving, and short scalelike feathers that are white in front and black on the back.
Obsolete. The great auk.
http://i208.photobucket.com/albums/bb182/IdahoGlenda/Animals/penguins.jpg
http://i455.photobucket.com/albums/qq280/Synyx/Boston/Penguins.jpg
http://i376.photobucket.com/albums/oo206/toddellis/penguins.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o4/BDubbW13/PensLogo.jpg
http://i404.photobucket.com/albums/pp123/LoveBoys30/seehearspeak10x68tw.jpg
http://i455.photobucket.com/albums/qq280/Synyx/Mystic/PenguinMystic.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y57/kb7rky/FARK%20Photos/penguins.jpg
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h25/dfriia/CSA/PuntaArenas/pic023.jpg
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http://i33.tinypic.com/m8gowp.jpg
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Thre's also Chilly Willy The penguin.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 10/17/08 at 7:56 am

Thre's also Chilly Willy The penguin.

Not to mention, the .........

http://img133.imageshack.us/img133/4295/pengyqz7.jpg
'Mr.' Pengy !

::) :P ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/17/08 at 11:39 am

Not to mention, the .........

http://img133.imageshack.us/img133/4295/pengyqz7.jpg
'Mr.' Pengy !

::) :P ;D
With his happy feet.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/17/08 at 11:50 am

http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa158/d4rk_n357/pinguino_caida_penguin_slap.gif

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: seamermar on 10/17/08 at 2:09 pm

Fine Philip,

Now I can finally see
Snozberries smitting at meeeeeeeeeeeee :D :D :D :D :D :D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: seamermar on 10/17/08 at 2:24 pm

The word of the day...Penguin(S)
Any of various stout flightless marine birds of the family Spheniscidae, of cool regions of the Southern Hemisphere, having flipperlike wings and webbed feet adapted for swimming and diving, and short scalelike feathers that are white in front and black on the back.
Obsolete. The great auk.

Com'on ninny you can't leave the penguin "inthe00s" definition out of your explanation.

I've been waiting the very moment to ask for reason or relation of penguin "inthe00s".

Once I saw the word penguin around a rubbish bin...that's right or am I wrong ?

I guess I'm in a catch twenty-two situation, but if I don't ask for, I'll never work this thing out. :-\\

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 10/17/08 at 2:30 pm

Com'on ninny you can't leave the penguin "inthe00s" definition out of your explanation.

I've been waiting the very moment to ask for reason or relation of penguin "inthe00s".

Once I saw the word penguin around a rubbish bin...that's right or am I wrong ?

I guess I'm in a catch twenty-two situation, but if I don't ask for, I'll never work this thing out. :-\\

You would have to ask Phil,or someone who has been around longer that question. Penguins aren't to bad we could of been types of snakes.At least penguins are cuter.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 10/17/08 at 3:20 pm

Not to mention, the .........

http://img133.imageshack.us/img133/4295/pengyqz7.jpg
'Mr.' Pengy !

::) :P ;D

Alan The Pengy?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 10/17/08 at 3:31 pm

http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn259/Shazee_photos/fairy_penguin_hug-1.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 10/17/08 at 3:38 pm

http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn259/Shazee_photos/fairy_penguin_hug-1.jpg

have you hugged a penguin before?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: seamermar on 10/17/08 at 3:46 pm

have you hugged a penguin before?

I bet you wish it howard   :-* :-*

Above all if she writes "inthe00s" ;)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/17/08 at 4:57 pm

Com'on ninny you can't leave the penguin "inthe00s" definition out of your explanation.

I've been waiting the very moment to ask for reason or relation of penguin "inthe00s".

Once I saw the word penguin around a rubbish bin...that's right or am I wrong ?

I guess I'm in a catch twenty-two situation, but if I don't ask for, I'll never work this thing out. :-\\

You would have to ask Phil,or someone who has been around longer that question. Penguins aren't to bad we could of been types of snakes.At least penguins are cuter.
Please read here from The Archive about penguins being the theme for the boards.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 10/17/08 at 8:14 pm

I bet you wish it howard   :-* :-*

Above all if she writes "inthe00s" ;)

No I wouldn't hug one. :P

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 10/18/08 at 5:38 am

The word of the day....Wind Chimes

An arrangement of small suspended pieces, as of glass, metal, or ceramic, hung loosely together so that they tinkle pleasingly when blown by the wind. Also called wind-bells.

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http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s289/martineztriska/ButterflyWindChimes.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 10/18/08 at 5:39 am

They sound cool when it's windy.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 10/18/08 at 5:41 am

Please read here from The Archive about penguins being the theme for the boards.

Thanks Phil :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 10/18/08 at 5:42 am

They sound cool when it's windy.

Yes they do. :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 10/18/08 at 5:51 am

They sound cool when it's windy.

That would make Chicago a noisy city......

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 10/18/08 at 6:57 am

That would make Chicago a noisy city......

It's not the windest city in the US
What is the windiest city in the USA?

A: According to the National Climatic Data Center's list of annual average wind speeds, the windiest U.S. city is Dodge City, Kansas, with an average speed of 13.9 mph. Other windy cities include Amarillo, Texas (13.5 mph) and Rochester, Minn. (13.1 mph.). The windiest "big" cities are New York City (LaGuardia Airport) and Oklahoma City, which both have an average annual wind speed of 12.2 mph.

The "windy city" of Chicago isn't as high on the list as you might think. It's average annual wind speed is 10.3 mph.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/18/08 at 1:19 pm

If you hang old CDs up on a tree in a garden, due they woprk as wind chimes?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/18/08 at 1:20 pm

It's not the windest city in the US
What is the windiest city in the USA?

A: According to the National Climatic Data Center's list of annual average wind speeds, the windiest U.S. city is Dodge City, Kansas, with an average speed of 13.9 mph. Other windy cities include Amarillo, Texas (13.5 mph) and Rochester, Minn. (13.1 mph.). The windiest "big" cities are New York City (LaGuardia Airport) and Oklahoma City, which both have an average annual wind speed of 12.2 mph.

The "windy city" of Chicago isn't as high on the list as you might think. It's average annual wind speed is 10.3 mph.

Betty Hutton?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 10/18/08 at 2:59 pm

Betty Hutton?

I would have thought more of Doris Day (in Calamity Jane).

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 10/18/08 at 3:10 pm

Betty Hutton?

Did you know Judy Garland was originaly casted as Annie Oakley?
I would have thought more of Doris Day (in Calamity Jane).

How about the movie Dodge City
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031235/

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/18/08 at 3:56 pm

Betty Hutton?
My first guess!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 10/18/08 at 4:45 pm

If you hang old CDs up on a tree in a garden, due they work as wind chimes?

No,not as good as it sounds.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/18/08 at 4:49 pm

No,not as good as it sounds.
They can rattle in the wind.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 10/18/08 at 5:07 pm

They can rattle in the wind.

But they might break.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/18/08 at 5:26 pm

But they might break.
CDs are meant to be unbreakable... ?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 10/18/08 at 5:28 pm

If you hang old CDs up on a tree in a garden, due they woprk as wind chimes?

Only if they are CD's of wind chimes.. ;)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/18/08 at 5:33 pm

Only if they are CD's of wind chimes.. ;)
That would be perfect.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: snozberries on 10/18/08 at 5:47 pm

Don't you really need, much better, a cold, cold shower Howie ;D

;D

you get a karma from me for this one.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/18/08 at 5:48 pm

They can rattle in the wind.
Wind rattlers?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 10/19/08 at 5:21 am

The word or phrase of the day....Baked Goods
- foods (like breads and cakes and pastries) that are cooked in an oven
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f300/spaceagebluesy/Fooding/DSCN1010.jpg
http://i319.photobucket.com/albums/mm447/pdalaska/pdalaska-2/2623ff62.jpg
http://i308.photobucket.com/albums/kk323/CallOne_photos/Bakesale/Contest003.jpg
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http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d133/lmblitz28/DSCN0083.jpg
http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd143/YnysWitrin/Food/AssortedBakedGoods.jpg
http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m25/scanizales1/bakedgoods.jpg
http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee313/quintopatruno/Cooking%20album/BakedGoods.jpg
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http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa275/3-bears-inc/Baked%20Goods/CIMG1029.jpg
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa275/3-bears-inc/Baked%20Goods/CIMG1042.jpg
http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk87/marteny13/Miscellaneous/Baked%20Goods/IMG_0826.jpg
http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i269/mecavarretta/DSCF0138.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 10/19/08 at 5:32 am

I'd like a slice to go with my morning coffee. :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 10/19/08 at 5:32 am

CDs are meant to be unbreakable... ?

The cases but not the CDs.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 10/19/08 at 5:33 am

I'd like a slice to go with my morning coffee. :)

Me too. I was getting hungry just posting the pics. ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 10/19/08 at 5:35 am

Me too. I was getting hungry just posting the pics. ;D

What's good on the menu?

On the bottom,is that Coconut Cream Pie? ???

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 10/19/08 at 5:37 am

Only if they are CD's of wind chimes.. ;)

Made for Missy & the little guy (who still doesn't have a name)
http://i426.photobucket.com/albums/pp341/motherandchild_photos/fmf1158.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 10/19/08 at 5:39 am

Made for Missy & the little guy (who still doesn't have a name)
http://i426.photobucket.com/albums/pp341/motherandchild_photos/fmf1158.jpg

Are you saying you're pregnant Ninny? :o

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 10/19/08 at 6:02 am

The word or phrase of the day....Baked Goods
- foods (like breads and cakes and pastries) that are cooked in an oven

Gee I'd LOVE to contribute to this word of the day, ninny. But .. :-http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/3292/chefma4.jpg

Would be 'HALF-BAKED' ! ::) :-[

:P

:D

Yeah .... and it's ALL Howard's fault ! >:( I was in this other thread ... needed his help with square root of pi . Where was he when I trying to bake ? :( No wonder even my pie is half baked ! :P

;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/19/08 at 6:41 am

Did you someone say cake!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 10/19/08 at 8:25 am

Are you saying you're pregnant Ninny? :o

;D ;D ;D
No Missy is my daughter,she is having a baby in February.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 10/19/08 at 8:36 am

Gee I'd LOVE to contribute to this word of the day, ninny. But .. :-http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/3292/chefma4.jpg

Would be 'HALF-BAKED' ! ::) :-[

:P

:D

Yeah .... and it's ALL Howard's fault ! >:( I was in this other thread ... needed his help with square root of pi . Where was he when I trying to bake ? :( No wonder even my pie is half baked ! :P

;D

It seems to me I thought I had a diploma in Pie baking
or was that Pic Posting :D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 10/19/08 at 8:54 am

It seems to me I thought I had a diploma in Pie baking
or was that Pic Posting :D


I'm pretty sure it was pics. But don't worry ... even if you ain't too hot on pie cooking ... I'm sure you can always

http://www.superseventies.com/1_72.gif
'Buy, buy ... American Pie' !

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 10/19/08 at 4:43 pm

;D ;D ;D
No Missy is my daughter,she is having a baby in February.

That's not for another 5 months.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: nally on 10/19/08 at 4:44 pm

That's not for another 5 months.

February is actually only 4 months away now! :o :o

It'll be here before ya know it

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 10/19/08 at 4:50 pm

February is actually only 4 months away now! :o :o

It'll be here before ya know it

When comes February,I think about Valentine's Day and the month that my ex and I broke up over the phone.(actually,the week of Valentine's Day) :(

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 10/20/08 at 5:25 am

That's not for another 5 months.

We're still excited about it.
February is actually only 4 months away now! :o :o

It'll be here before ya know it

So true.Her Dr. said not to go by months,but by weeks. Sat.she started her 22nd week,so she has 18 more to go. :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/20/08 at 5:27 am

February is actually only 4 months away now! :o :o

It'll be here before ya know it
We have to have Christmas first.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 10/20/08 at 5:41 am

We have to have Christmas first.

But before that,Thanksgiving and Veterans Day.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 10/20/08 at 5:41 am

February is actually only 4 months away now! :o :o

It'll be here before ya know it

So will THIS:

http://img235.imageshack.us/img235/2443/skelcofhv4.jpg

??? ::) Is it Nally, is it 'Mister' ..... or is it YOU ? ??? ??? :P

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 10/20/08 at 5:42 am

Is that YOU? ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/20/08 at 5:43 am

But before that,Thanksgiving and Veterans Day.
Two holidays, it sounds even better.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 10/20/08 at 5:44 am

Two holidays, it sounds even better.

I love Thanksgiving more.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/20/08 at 5:46 am

I love Thanksgiving more.
Is that when you have turkey?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 10/20/08 at 5:47 am

Is that when you have turkey?

Yes,stuffing,gravy,mashed potatoes,yams plus pumpkin pie with coffee for dessert.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/20/08 at 5:48 am

Yes,stuffing,gravy,mashed potatoes,yams plus pumpkin pie with coffee for dessert.
The mashed potato sounds delicious

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 10/20/08 at 5:49 am

The mashed potato sounds delicious

What about turkey?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 10/20/08 at 5:50 am

When comes February,I think about Valentine's Day and the month that my ex and I broke up over the phone.(actually,the week of Valentine's Day) :(

Get over it Howard ... get over it ! Stop feeling sorry for yourself >:( .... gee how long was it ago ? ??? Be strong like ME ... I've NO sympathy for you .... wanting to stay stuck in THAT. 8-P

Now as for ME 8) ... well actually :-X

http://forum.pc-freakz.com/style_emoticons/default/secret.gif Don't tell them ... even though I broke up with the 'bitch from hell' .... back in early 2002 ..... EVERY September ..... I always remember on the day it's her birthday that it IS .... and for some time before ... just don't tell them ! :-[

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/20/08 at 5:51 am

What about turkey?
My experience with the taste of turkey is that it is bland, and it has to have sauces or other food on the plate to liven up the taste.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 10/20/08 at 5:51 am

Get over it Howard ... get over it ! Stop feeling sorry for yourself >:( .... gee how long was it ago ? ??? Be strong like ME ... I've NO sympathy for you .... wanting to stay stuck in THAT. 8-P

Now as for ME 8) ... well actually :-X

http://forum.pc-freakz.com/style_emoticons/default/secret.gif Don't tell them ... even though I broke up with the 'bitch from hell' .... back in early 2002 ..... EVERY September ..... I always remember on the day it's her birthday that it IS .... and for some time before ... just don't tell them ! :-[

Almost 9 months ago.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 10/20/08 at 6:04 am

The word of the day....Seashore
Land by the sea.
Law. Ground lying between high-water and low-water marks; the foreshore.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 10/20/08 at 6:08 am

My experience with the taste of turkey is that it is bland, and it has to have sauces or other food on the plate to liven up the taste.

I prefer the dark meat off the leg,sometimes the white meat can be dry and needs lots of gravy. Thanksgiving is also my favorite holiday.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: seamermar on 10/20/08 at 6:33 am

Please read here from The Archive about penguins being the theme for the boards.

Thanks Philip Eno, You have to know the history, if you don't wanna fall down the same mistakes again and again.

I give your karmel as it's fair and accurated ;)

Another old subjet to me to read to keep my mind a bit of clear 8)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: seamermar on 10/20/08 at 6:39 am

No I wouldn't hug one. :P

Maybe you are thinking of hugging all of them at once ???

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/20/08 at 7:34 am

http://i529.photobucket.com/albums/dd335/bn1966/greatwave.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 10/20/08 at 8:10 am

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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 10/20/08 at 3:19 pm

The word of the day....Seashore
Land by the sea.
Law. Ground lying between high-water and low-water marks; the foreshore.
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Sally sells seashells at the seashore.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/20/08 at 4:32 pm

Sandy Shore

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: bookmistress4ever on 10/20/08 at 6:36 pm

I would love to be at the beach right about now...

well not NOW NOW (it's dark and cold) :P

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 10/21/08 at 6:24 am

The word of the day..Hat(s)
A covering for the head, especially one with a shaped crown and brim.

A head covering of distinctive color and shape worn as a symbol of office.
The office symbolized by the wearing of such a head covering.
A role or office symbolized by or as if by the wearing of different hats: wears two hats—one as parent and one as corporate executive.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/21/08 at 6:27 am

Wherever I Lay My Hat (That's My Home) ~ Paul Young

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 10/21/08 at 6:33 am

I always love to wear my leather hat during the cold weather.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 10/21/08 at 6:40 am

Wherever I Lay My Hat (That's My Home) ~ Paul Young

Not to mention ... 'You can leave your HARD-ON    :o hat-on !

Naughty pic ... :o

http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/1431/hatonzo7.jpg

^

'Naughty bits' ... deliberately blurred by me ... to avoid too much reporting ? :P :-\\ Yes ... you'll have to get your 'HARD-ON' hat-on ... elsewhere ! :P :D ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 10/21/08 at 6:42 am

That hat looks like a big carrot on her head. ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/21/08 at 6:44 am

That hat looks like a big carrot on her head. ;D
Carrots are said to improve your eyesight.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 10/21/08 at 6:45 am

That hat looks like a big carrot on her head. ;D

At least she decided to keep it on ... as the song indicated !    8) :D ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 10/21/08 at 6:45 am

Carrots are said to improve your eyesight.

But what is it doing on her head? ::)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 10/21/08 at 6:46 am

At least she decided to keep it on ... as the song indicated !    8) :D ;D

At least the carrot is not on her naughty bits. ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/21/08 at 6:47 am

But what is it doing on her head? ::)
To keep her dry when it rains

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 10/21/08 at 6:50 am

To keep her dry when it rains

But she doesn't have a raincoat?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 10/21/08 at 6:52 am

But she doesn't have a raincoat?

She was ONLY allowed to leave her hat on ... whether it happened ... to be a carrot or not. ::) ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/21/08 at 6:52 am

But she doesn't have a raincoat?
Good reason to have a hat on.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 10/21/08 at 7:05 am

She was ONLY allowed to leave her hat on ... whether it happened ... to be a carrot or not. ::) ;D

Looks like a big...? :o

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/21/08 at 7:07 am

Looks like a big...? :o
...a big carrot?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 10/21/08 at 7:08 am

...a big carrot?

I was thinking of something else.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 10/21/08 at 11:15 am

Not to mention ... 'You can leave your HARD-ON    :o hat-on !

Naughty pic ... :o

http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/1431/hatonzo7.jpg

^

'Naughty bits' ... deliberately blurred by me ... to avoid too much reporting ? :P :-\\ Yes ... you'll have to get your 'HARD-ON' hat-on ... elsewhere ! :P :D ;D

That is much to big for her,she can't even hold it. :D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/21/08 at 11:49 am

That is much to big for her,she can't even hold it. :D
Could she share it with someone else?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 10/21/08 at 1:21 pm

Could she share it with someone else?

If everybody is happy,she can.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/21/08 at 1:30 pm

If everybody is happy,she can.
I'm happy!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/21/08 at 1:31 pm

If everybody is happy,she can.

I'm happy!
Anyone else happy?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 10/21/08 at 7:07 pm

That is much to big for her,she can't even hold it. :D

She could ask her girlfriends to hold it. ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 10/22/08 at 5:44 am

She could ask her girlfriends to hold it. ;D

Yes I think Phil suggested that :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 10/22/08 at 6:03 am

The word of the day...Nightlife
Social activities or entertainment available or pursued in the evening
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 10/22/08 at 6:50 am

http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc249/naditsia/nightlife/24meicolliebudzmelanyikmarlilynenxa.jpg

I'd like to spend the nightlife with these gals. ;)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 10/22/08 at 8:38 am

The word of the day...Nightlife

Much as I LOVE your pics ........ they take FOREVER to load up on MY machine, ninny .......... so ......... you may have posted this one ?
:-\\

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51H9DYtin4L._SL500_AA280_.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/22/08 at 8:40 am

Nightlife for me is at bed asleep...

http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm66/Phil_O-Sopher/BabbageAsMeLieDown.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 10/22/08 at 9:18 am

http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc249/naditsia/nightlife/24meicolliebudzmelanyikmarlilynenxa.jpg

I'd like to spend the nightlife with these gals. ;)

They look like they enjoy a good time. :)

Much as I LOVE your pics ........ they take FOREVER to load up on MY machine, ninny .......... so ......... you may have posted this one ?
:-\\

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51H9DYtin4L._SL500_AA280_.jpg

No,I left that one out. I figured someone would post the song.
Maybe I should post less pics :-\\

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 10/22/08 at 9:22 am

Nightlife for me is at bed asleep...

http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm66/Phil_O-Sopher/BabbageAsMeLieDown.jpg

My nightlife also ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/22/08 at 9:26 am

There is a song called Nightlife by Kenickie released in 1997.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 10/22/08 at 3:42 pm

There is a song called Nightlife by Kenickie released in 1997.

Thin Lizzy & The Pet Shop Boys both had albums entitled Nightlife

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 10/22/08 at 6:29 pm

I'd like to spend the nightlife with these gals.

They look like they enjoy a good time.

But how old are they? ???

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/23/08 at 2:42 am

I'd like to spend the nightlife with these gals.

But how old are they? ???
I never ask the age of a lady.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 10/23/08 at 5:53 am

The word of the day...Stamp(s)
To bring down (the foot) forcibly.
To bring the foot down onto (an object or surface) forcibly.
To extinguish or destroy by or as if by trampling underfoot: stamped the rebellion; stamp out a fire.
To crush or grind with a heavy instrument: stamp ore.
To form or cut out by application of a mold, form, or die.
To imprint or impress with a mark, design, or seal.
To impress forcibly or permanently.
To affix an adhesive stamp to.
To identify, characterize, or reveal: stamped her a traitor to the cause.
v.intr.
To thrust the foot forcibly downward.
To walk with forcible, heavy steps. See Usage Note at stomp.
n.
The act of stamping.

An implement or device used to impress, cut out, or shape something to which it is applied.
An impression or shape formed by such an implement or device. See synonyms at impression.
An official mark, design, or seal that indicates ownership, approval, completion, or the payment of a tax.

A small piece of gummed paper sold by a government for attachment to an article that is to be mailed; a postage stamp.
A similar piece of gummed paper issued for a specific purpose: trading stamps.
An identifying or characterizing mark or impression: His work bears the stamp of genius.
Characteristic nature or quality: a person of her stamp.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/23/08 at 5:56 am

I brought some postage stamps today.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 10/23/08 at 6:01 am

I brought some postage stamps today.

I have to later today.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/23/08 at 6:02 am

I have to later today.
...and probably will again tomorrow.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 10/23/08 at 6:07 am

...and probably will again tomorrow.

I'm going to look like a fool because my daughter took all my change,so I have to use 42 pennies to buy one. :-[

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 10/23/08 at 6:39 am

How much are stamps these days? ???

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/23/08 at 7:06 am

How much are stamps these days? ???
Depends on the value of the stamp.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 10/23/08 at 7:07 am

Depends on the value of the stamp.

I think 42 cents.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/23/08 at 7:12 am

I think 42 cents.

First Class: £0.36
Second Class: £0.27

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 10/23/08 at 7:13 am

First Class: £0.36
Second Class: £0.27

That's how much stamps are in the UK?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/23/08 at 7:15 am

That's how much stamps are in the UK?
For general posting of envelopes, but if the envelope is large or heavier it will cost more.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 10/23/08 at 7:16 am

For general posting of envelopes, but if the envelope is large or heavier it will cost more.

What about to mail? ???

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/23/08 at 7:17 am

What about to mail? ???
Do you mean parcels?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 10/23/08 at 7:17 am

Do you mean parcels?

Yeah,big products.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/23/08 at 7:21 am

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2283/2042979782_71af783f14_m.jpg

Penny Black (1840)

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Penny Red (1841)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 10/23/08 at 7:22 am

What about to mail? ???

This is what it will cost you
Highlights of postal rates
Effective 5/12/08
FIRST-CLASS MAIL®
One-ounce letter $0.42
One-ounce flat $0.83
One-ounce parcel $1.17
Each additional ounce $0.17
Postcard $0.27

OTHER RATES
Standard Mail® – 3-Digit Automation $0.241
Priority Mail® – Flat Rate Envelope (Retail) $4.80
Certified Mail™ $2.70

SELECT RATES FOR PRIORITY MAIL®, EXPRESS MAIL® AND PACKAGE SERVICES
Priority Mail® - Flat Rate Envelope $4.80
Priority Mail® - Flat Rate Box $9.80
Priority Mail® - Oversized Flat Rate Box $12.95

Express Mail® - 0.5 lb. Post Office to Addressee Zone-based*

Parcel Post – 1 lb. Intra-BMC Local Zone $3.67
Media Mail – 1 lb. Single-Piece $2.23
Library Mail – 1 lb. Single-Piece $2.12

* Express Mail is now priced based on weight and zone. For a 0.5lb Post Office to Addressee shipment, prices range from $12.60 (Zone 1) to $19.50 (Zone 8).

* Express Mail® is now based on weight and zone. For a 0.5lb shipment, prices range from $12.60 (Zone 1) to $19.50 (Zone 8).

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/23/08 at 7:22 am

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2283/2042979782_71af783f14_m.jpg

Penny Black (1840)

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/89/213314655_182bdabcf9_m.jpg

Penny Red (1841)
I am trying to find the current value of these stamps.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/23/08 at 7:26 am

UK Postal Charges:

First Class
Letter
Length: 240mm max
Width: 165mm max
Thickness: 5mm max

Weight range First Class at new price
0-100g 36p

Large letter
Length: 353mm max
Width: 250mm max
Thickness: 25mm max

Weight range First Class at new price
0-100g 52p
101-250g 78p
251-500g 108p
501-750g 157p

Packet
Length: over 353mm
Width: over 250mm
Thickness: over 25mm

Weight range First Class at new price
0-100g 114p
101-250g 145p
251-500g 194p
501-750g 251p
751-1000g 308p
1001-1250g 430p
1251-1500g 500p
1501-1750g 570p
1751-2000g 640p
2001-4000g 822p
Each additional 2kg or part thereof 280p

Second Class
Letter

Length: 240mm max
Width: 165mm max
Thickness: 5mm max

Weight range Second Class at new prices
0-100g 27p

Large letter

Length: 353mm max
Width: 250mm max
Thickness: 25mm max

Weight range Second Class at new prices
0-100g 42p
101-250g 66p
251-500g 90p
501-750g 131p

Packet

Length: over 353mm
Width: over 250mm
Thickness: over 25mm

Weight range Second Class at new prices
0-100g 95p
101-250g 124p
251-500g 163p
501-750g 208p
751-1000g 249p

Please note the maximum weight limit for Second Class items is 1000g

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/23/08 at 7:28 am

UK Postal Charges:

First Class
Letter
Length: 240mm max
Width: 165mm max
Thickness: 5mm max

Weight range First Class at new price
0-100g 36p

Large letter
Length: 353mm max
Width: 250mm max
Thickness: 25mm max

Weight range First Class at new price
0-100g 52p
101-250g 78p
251-500g 108p
501-750g 157p

Packet
Length: over 353mm
Width: over 250mm
Thickness: over 25mm

Weight range First Class at new price
0-100g 114p
101-250g 145p
251-500g 194p
501-750g 251p
751-1000g 308p
1001-1250g 430p
1251-1500g 500p
1501-1750g 570p
1751-2000g 640p
2001-4000g 822p
Each additional 2kg or part thereof 280p

Second Class
Letter

Length: 240mm max
Width: 165mm max
Thickness: 5mm max

Weight range Second Class at new prices
0-100g 27p

Large letter

Length: 353mm max
Width: 250mm max
Thickness: 25mm max

Weight range Second Class at new prices
0-100g 42p
101-250g 66p
251-500g 90p
501-750g 131p

Packet

Length: over 353mm
Width: over 250mm
Thickness: over 25mm

Weight range Second Class at new prices
0-100g 95p
101-250g 124p
251-500g 163p
501-750g 208p
751-1000g 249p

Please note the maximum weight limit for Second Class items is 1000g

First Class mail. one of the most popular postal services, First Class mail aims to deliver your letter or packet the next working day, including Saturday.

Second Class mail aims to deliver your letter or packet by the third working day after posting, including Saturday.

There are other charges.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 10/23/08 at 8:11 am

I'm going to look like a fool because my daughter took all my change,so I have to use 42 pennies to buy one. :-[

Don't worry.

Douglas Adams reckons '42' ............ is the answer to EVERYTHING !   8)

Although I WOULDN'T recommend offering 42 cents ....... to pay your $550 electric bill ! 8)

:P

:D

;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/23/08 at 8:12 am

http://i20.ebayimg.com/06/i/08/a2/a7/a7_2.JPG

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 10/23/08 at 12:40 pm

Don't worry.

Douglas Adams reckons '42' ............ is the answer to EVERYTHING !   8)

Although I WOULDN'T recommend offering 42 cents ....... to pay your $550 electric bill ! 8)

:P

:D

;D

The lady said she didn't mind the pennies,so I guess it was not that bad. I was mailing my son his car insurance card.
Don't mention the electric company..I'm in the middle of a battle with them.They are suppose to put me on a new budget plan,the same time they sent someone to snip the electric >:( Luckily the guy agreed with me and gave me extra time. :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: snozberries on 10/23/08 at 4:05 pm

http://i407.photobucket.com/albums/pp156/tbjammin151/File0501.jpg

don't tell anyone but I think these are boys dressed up as cowgirls :-X

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/23/08 at 4:08 pm

don't tell anyone but I think these are boys dressed up as cowgirls :-X
I will not tell anyone.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 10/23/08 at 5:13 pm

don't tell anyone but I think these are boys dressed up as cowgirls :-X

I wouldn't force those on anyone....Maybe It's Cole & Dylan Sprouse incognito when they were younger :D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/23/08 at 5:14 pm

I wouldn't force those on anyone....Maybe It's Cole & Dylan Sprouse incognito when they were younger :D
Next thing they will be singing the hit of Billy Ray Cyrus.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 10/23/08 at 7:05 pm

UK Postal Charges:

First Class
Letter
Length: 240mm max
Width: 165mm max
Thickness: 5mm max

Weight range First Class at new price
0-100g 36p

Large letter
Length: 353mm max
Width: 250mm max
Thickness: 25mm max

Weight range First Class at new price
0-100g 52p
101-250g 78p
251-500g 108p
501-750g 157p

Packet
Length: over 353mm
Width: over 250mm
Thickness: over 25mm

Weight range First Class at new price
0-100g 114p
101-250g 145p
251-500g 194p
501-750g 251p
751-1000g 308p
1001-1250g 430p
1251-1500g 500p
1501-1750g 570p
1751-2000g 640p
2001-4000g 822p
Each additional 2kg or part thereof 280p

Second Class
Letter

Length: 240mm max
Width: 165mm max
Thickness: 5mm max

Weight range Second Class at new prices
0-100g 27p

Large letter

Length: 353mm max
Width: 250mm max
Thickness: 25mm max

Weight range Second Class at new prices
0-100g 42p
101-250g 66p
251-500g 90p
501-750g 131p

Packet

Length: over 353mm
Width: over 250mm
Thickness: over 25mm

Weight range Second Class at new prices
0-100g 95p
101-250g 124p
251-500g 163p
501-750g 208p
751-1000g 249p

Please note the maximum weight limit for Second Class items is 1000g

Thanks Phil,very helpful.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 10/24/08 at 5:24 am

The word of the day...Nature
The material world and its phenomena.
The forces and processes that produce and control all the phenomena of the material world: the laws of nature.
The world of living things and the outdoors: the beauties of nature.
A primitive state of existence, untouched and uninfluenced by civilization or artificiality: couldn't tolerate city life anymore and went back to nature.
Theology. Humankind's natural state as distinguished from the state of grace.
A kind or sort: confidences of a personal nature.
The essential characteristics and qualities of a person or thing: “She was only strong and sweet and in her nature when she was really deep in trouble” (Gertrude Stein).
The fundamental character or disposition of a person; temperament: “Strange natures made a brotherhood of ill” (Percy Bysshe Shelley).
The natural or real aspect of a person, place, or thing. See synonyms at disposition.
The processes and functions of the body.
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/wonderland.png
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/freedom.png
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/perfume.png
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/nature-scenery-1-1.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/animals_26-1.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/animals_6-1.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/animals_5-1.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/a6bc.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/1206845420jKLvBdD.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/y6xgwexoydpcy85lvjrf.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/naturewaipio.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/AutumnLeaves.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/nature.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/nature-1.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 10/24/08 at 5:29 am

Nice pics Janine... :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/24/08 at 5:42 am

Mother Nature's Son ~ The Beatles

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 10/24/08 at 5:44 am

Nice pics Janine... :)

Thanks Peter. I finally got my own account on PhotoBucket and learned how to resize the pics. :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 10/24/08 at 5:55 am

I love nature. :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/24/08 at 6:23 am

Nature is natural!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 10/24/08 at 6:26 am

Does anyone remember the Chiffon Margarine commercials of the 1970's "It's not nice to fool Mother Nature"
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b32/spiffywonderboy/10182007/mother_nature.gif

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLrTPrp-fW8#

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/24/08 at 6:28 am

Mother Nature's Son ~ The Beatles
Mother Nature's Son (Lennon/McCartney)

Born a poor young country boy
Mother Nature's Son
All day long I'm sitting
singing songs for every one

Sit beside a mountain stream
See her waters rise
Listen to the pretty
sound of music as she flies
tu tu tu, tu, du tu

Find me in my field of grass
Mother Nature's Son
swaying daisies sing
a lazy song beneath the sun
tu tu, yeah yeah yeah

Ooo
Ooo
Ah, Mother Nature's Son

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 10/24/08 at 6:38 am

Mother Nature's Son (Lennon/McCartney)

Born a poor young country boy
Mother Nature's Son
All day long I'm sitting
singing songs for every one

Sit beside a mountain stream
See her waters rise
Listen to the pretty
sound of music as she flies
tu tu tu, tu, du tu

Find me in my field of grass
Mother Nature's Son
swaying daisies sing
a lazy song beneath the sun
tu tu, yeah yeah yeah

Ooo
Ooo
Ah, Mother Nature's Son

Now you can enjoy listening to it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJ63Qe1isl4#

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 10/24/08 at 8:19 am

Nice pics Janine... :)

and how could any nature lover disagree.   8) :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 10/24/08 at 8:21 am

Now you can enjoy listening to it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJ63Qe1isl4#

I'm familiar with the Nilsson version ... so I'm sure that's the one I'd prefer, Beatles' original, or not. Incidentally, Lennon was a fan of Nilsson.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/24/08 at 8:38 am

Now you can enjoy listening to it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJ63Qe1isl4#

I'm familiar with the Nilsson version ... so I'm sure that's the one I'd prefer, Beatles' original, or not. Incidentally, Lennon was a fan of Nilsson.
John Denver did a version of it too.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 10/24/08 at 8:42 am

and how could any nature lover disagree.   8) :)

Yes nature can be beautiful....and unfortunately it can also be cruel
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g77/pacerluv/SN850379.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 10/24/08 at 1:57 pm

Was nature ever a Mother?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/24/08 at 2:32 pm

Was nature ever a Mother?
Mother Nature and Father Time

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: snozberries on 10/24/08 at 3:01 pm

http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o189/Mistress_Sybs/ANIMALScats/Nature.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: snozberries on 10/24/08 at 3:02 pm

http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo319/Emo_chick24_rulz/nature/canyon.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 10/24/08 at 4:08 pm

http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o189/Mistress_Sybs/ANIMALScats/Nature.jpg

Funny ;D
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo319/Emo_chick24_rulz/nature/canyon.jpg

Breathtaking :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 10/24/08 at 4:27 pm

http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o189/Mistress_Sybs/ANIMALScats/Nature.jpg

http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo319/Emo_chick24_rulz/nature/canyon.jpg

beautiful!!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 10/24/08 at 4:41 pm

John Denver did a version of it too.

Speaking of John Denver....I saw this on Youtube last night. Denver singing a very Aussie song with Susan St James in Alice Springs (looks like the late 70's). A strange combination ....2 songs on the clip and it's the second song. It's a very difficult song (I've Been Everywhere) but he does well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNbSvlZwVDw

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 10/24/08 at 4:44 pm

http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo319/Emo_chick24_rulz/nature/canyon.jpg

Wow..... :o The word awesome is largely misused these days but it really fits that pic.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 10/24/08 at 5:25 pm

Speaking of John Denver....I saw this on Youtube last night. Denver singing a very Aussie song with Susan St James in Alice Springs (looks like the late 70's). A strange combination ....2 songs on the clip and it's the second song. It's a very difficult song (I've Been Everywhere) but he does well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNbSvlZwVDw

It was nice..I also listened to Hank Snow's version.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 10/24/08 at 6:37 pm

Speaking of John Denver....I saw this on Youtube last night. Denver singing a very Aussie song with Susan St James in Alice Springs (looks like the late 70's). A strange combination ....2 songs on the clip and it's the second song. It's a very difficult song (I've Been Everywhere) but he does well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNbSvlZwVDw

Peter. too bad your e-mail is hidden...I've got a sxary joke for you! muauauaua

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 10/25/08 at 5:53 am

http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo319/Emo_chick24_rulz/nature/canyon.jpg

Wow,that's interesting.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/25/08 at 5:54 am

Wow,that's interesting.
Arizona ?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 10/25/08 at 5:56 am

Arizona ?

The Grand Canyon?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 10/25/08 at 6:15 am

The word of the day....Doll(s)
A child's usually small toy having the likeness of a human.
A pretty child.
Slang.
An attractive person.
A woman.
A sweetheart or darling.
A helpful or obliging person

http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/kewpie-doll.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/4723511.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/consert080.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/barbie-1.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/barbie.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/DSCN3112.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/boFILMRussiandolls.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/spice002.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/IMG_1343.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/DOLLS092.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/Fafidoll.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/200px-Guys_and_Dolls.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/imgad.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/Dolls.jpg
http://i364.photobucket.com/albums/oo83/suredoshine/Dolls/image001.jpg
http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc195/hnp929/disney08136.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/25/08 at 8:25 am

The Grand Canyon?
It looks like the Grand Canyon.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/25/08 at 8:27 am

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/167/396725999_a416c94411_m.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 10/25/08 at 10:49 am

Of course .... I liked your 'Russian Dolls' ninny .... but the one that made the biggest impression ... was the last one ... with all those dolls heads ... and the dolls at the front. The last one in the sequence. You know, THIS ONE .......

http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn223/MrMisterAl/Dolls2.jpg

:D ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 10/25/08 at 10:53 am

Of course .... I liked your 'Russian Dolls' ninny .... but the one that made the biggest impression ... was the last one ... with all those dolls heads ... and the dolls at the front. The last one in the sequence. You know, THIS ONE .......

http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn223/MrMisterAl/Dolls2.jpg

:D ;D

Thats PRICELESS ;D I love my hat ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/25/08 at 10:57 am

Of course .... I liked your 'Russian Dolls' ninny .... but the one that made the biggest impression ... was the last one ... with all those dolls heads ... and the dolls at the front. The last one in the sequence. You know, THIS ONE .......

http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn223/MrMisterAl/Dolls2.jpg

:D ;D
Wonderful, we need more faces!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: bookmistress4ever on 10/25/08 at 1:42 pm

Wonderful, we need more faces!

Not sure I necessarily want my head on a spike, but you know...whatever. ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 10/25/08 at 3:03 pm

http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/barbie-1.jpg

Hey,Barbie's naked,her boobies are showing. ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/25/08 at 3:28 pm

http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/barbie-1.jpg

Hey,Barbie's naked,her boobies are showing. ;D
One must be Ken, but who is the other?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: bookmistress4ever on 10/25/08 at 3:56 pm

One must be Ken, but who is the other?

The other man?

The plot thickens. :-\\

I'm guessing it's Magic Jewel Ken http://www.manbehindthedoll.com/mbtd_magicjewel.htm
and totally hair Ken http://www.manbehindthedoll.com/mbtd_totallyhair.htm

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: snozberries on 10/25/08 at 4:07 pm

Nice job with the dolls alan.

Philip if I am not mistaken the brunette is Derek

How come Ken gets the midget barbie?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 10/25/08 at 4:09 pm

http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/barbie-1.jpg

Hey,Barbie's naked,her boobies are showing. ;D

Leave it to you to notice that ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 10/25/08 at 4:19 pm

Nice job with the dolls alan.

Philip if I am not mistaken the brunette is Derek

How come Ken gets the midget barbie?

It looks like the one guy also has a midget barbie next to him,betwwen the big Barbie and the shirtless dude.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: snozberries on 10/25/08 at 4:26 pm

It looks like the one guy also has a midget barbie next to him,betwwen the big Barbie and the shirtless dude.

yeah but I figure a midget in a threesome is pretty much standard..... isn't it ???

;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/25/08 at 4:30 pm

http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/barbie-1.jpg

Hey,Barbie's naked,her boobies are showing. ;D
What is that between Barbie and Ken?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 10/25/08 at 4:42 pm

What is that between Barbie and Ken?

That midget (or Minature Barbie)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/25/08 at 4:43 pm

That midget (or Minature Barbie)
Thanks, and the one in pink on the far left?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: bookmistress4ever on 10/25/08 at 5:10 pm

Now that's SOME party! :o ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 10/25/08 at 5:10 pm

Of course .... I liked your 'Russian Dolls' ninny .... but the one that made the biggest impression ... was the last one ... with all those dolls heads ... and the dolls at the front. The last one in the sequence. You know, THIS ONE .......

http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn223/MrMisterAl/Dolls2.jpg

:D ;D

Do I see other familiar faces...like the grey hairdo.. ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: snozberries on 10/25/08 at 5:14 pm

What is that between Barbie and Ken?

Technically:

between midget Barbie and ken is a bike wheel/tire
between Ken and Naked Barbie is a pony tail/braid
between naked Barbie and Derek is a miniature barbie and
between miniature Barbie and Derek is mini B's hand....strategically placed ;)

Do I see other familiar faces...like the grey hairdo.. ;D

I like the red bow you're wearing... ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 10/25/08 at 6:58 pm

I like the red bow you're wearing... ;D

I like yours too !   :P ;D

http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/barbie-1.jpg

Hey,Barbie's naked,her boobies are showing. ;D

Yes .... believe it or not ;) ... I noticed that one too :-[ ... but turned a blind eye / made no comment ... just in case some idiot / trouble-maker ... wanted to stir things up ... and report the pic (I'm sure SOME body's bound to get turned on by such a pic ... even though she's got no nipples ! :D ) .

I wonder how realistic they went with the male dolls ? Where's Sir Billzy when you need him .... he's probably found out ! :D ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 10/25/08 at 8:00 pm

Technically:

between midget Barbie and ken is a bike wheel/tire
between Ken and Naked Barbie is a pony tail/braid
between naked Barbie and Derek is a miniature barbie and
between miniature Barbie and Derek is mini B's hand....strategically placed ;)

I like the red bow you're wearing... ;D

and yours... ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: snozberries on 10/25/08 at 8:29 pm

I like yours too !   :P ;D

Yes .... believe it or not ;) ... I noticed that one too :-http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg94/jomaries_537/LIKEBARBIE.gif

just kidding I love Barbie- She was my first role model-

"Love 'em, Leave 'em....Keep all the toys!"

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: snozberries on 10/25/08 at 8:30 pm

and yours... ;D

TY

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: bookmistress4ever on 10/25/08 at 9:38 pm

I wonder how realistic they went with the male dolls ? Where's Sir Billzy when you need him .... he's probably found out ! :D ;D

Way back (eons ago) when I played with Barbie dolls at my grandma's house, I can say that, at least in the 70's, Ken was not anatomically correct, HOWEVER G. I. Joe WAS. :o It's no wonder that I fell in love with a soldier! I was programmed to do that from a very early age. ;) ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: snozberries on 10/25/08 at 9:56 pm

Way back (eons ago) when I played with Barbie dolls at my grandma's house, I can say that, at least in the 70's, Ken was not anatomically correct, HOWEVER G. I. Joe WAS. :o It's no wonder that I fell in love with a soldier! I was programmed to do that from a very early age. ;) ;D

the michael jackson doll is anatomically correct

http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll178/zeeben29/mj.jpg

;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 10/25/08 at 10:08 pm

the michael jackson doll is anatomically correct

http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll178/zeeben29/mj.jpg

;D

He's broken. ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 10/25/08 at 10:09 pm

Nice job with the dolls alan.

Philip if I am not mistaken the brunette is Derek

How come Ken gets the midget barbie?

Maybe he likes midgets? ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: snozberries on 10/25/08 at 10:12 pm

Maybe he likes midgets? ;D

HEY HOWARD!

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa235/snozberries44/smileys/laughing5.gif

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 10/25/08 at 10:14 pm

HEY HOWARD!

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa235/snozberries44/smileys/laughing5.gif

Maybe Ken has never played with midgets. ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/26/08 at 3:51 am

Ken Jackson?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 10/26/08 at 5:50 am

http://www.zug.com/daily/journal/graphics/061606_barbie_nude.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 10/26/08 at 6:02 am

The word of the day....Pumpkins
A coarse trailing vine (Cucurbita pepo) widely cultivated for its fruit.
The large pulpy round fruit of this plant, having a thick, orange-yellow rind and numerous seeds.
Any of several other vines of the genus Cucurbita, especially C. maxima or C. moschata, bearing large pumpkinlike squashes.
A moderate to strong orange.
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/pumpkins-1-1.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/burts7.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/shedwithpumpkins.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/NicksPics008.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/pumpkins-4.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/pumpkins-3.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/003.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/Pumpkins-2.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/littlepumpkins2.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/Pumpkins.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/pumpkin_dog_costume.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/DSC00850_mod.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/Cali02-1.jpg
http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/nn22/buxtonwebsites/pumpkin2005.jpg
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e179/chicychick117656/products/thpie.png

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 10/26/08 at 9:42 am

Some LOVELY pics there ... especially ...

http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/NicksPics008.jpg

AND

http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/003.jpg

but ... where have I seen something like THIS before :

http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/pumpkins-4.jpg

??? ::) :-X ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 10/26/08 at 9:51 am

Some LOVELY pics there ... especially ...

http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/NicksPics008.jpg

AND

http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/003.jpg

but ... where have I seen something like THIS before :

http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/pumpkins-4.jpg

??? ::) :-X ;D

Yeah it did look vaguely familiar....nope still can't figure it out ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 10/26/08 at 9:58 am

but ... where have I seen something like THIS before :

http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/pumpkins-4.jpg

??? ::) :-X ;D

my favorite is the last one.. 8-P

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/26/08 at 10:11 am

What is the best Pumpkin Pie recipe?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 10/26/08 at 10:21 am

and is it as good as Neil Diamond's 'Porcupine Pie' ?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/26/08 at 10:24 am

and is it as good as Neil Diamond's 'Porcupine Pie' ?
...or American PIe?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 10/26/08 at 10:25 am

...or American PIe?

or 'Pie in the sky' ?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: snozberries on 10/26/08 at 10:26 am

What is the best Pumpkin Pie recipe?

My recipe is easy:

Grab keys
Walk to car
Put keys in ignition
Drive to Costco
Walk to baked goods section
Pick up pie
Walk to refrigerated section
Pick up Redi Whip & milk
Walk to checkout
Pay for goods
Walk to door
Get receipt highlighted
Return home
Grab fork & glass
Pour milk
Open Pie & take out of box
Put Redi Whip on whole pie

START EATING ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 10/26/08 at 10:35 am

My recipe is easy:

Grab keys
Walk to car
Put keys in ignition
Drive to Costco
Walk to baked goods section
Pick up pie
Walk to refrigerated section
Pick up Redi Whip & milk
Walk to checkout
Pay for goods
Walk to door
Get receipt highlighted
Return home
Grab fork & glass
Pour milk
Open Pie & take out of box
Put Redi Whip on whole pie

START EATING ;D

Yeah ? Slight problem.

I don't have a car.

I don't have a 'Costco' (never heard of them).

Never heard of 'Redi Whip'.

3 strikes .... and your 'recipe's out' ! 8)

:P

:D

;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/26/08 at 10:41 am

Does Pathmark sell Pumpkin Pie?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 10/26/08 at 10:42 am

My recipe is easy:

Grab keys
Walk to car
Put keys in ignition
Drive to Costco
Walk to baked goods section
Pick up pie
Walk to refrigerated section
Pick up Redi Whip & milk
Walk to checkout
Pay for goods
Walk to door
Get receipt highlighted
Return home
Grab fork & glass
Pour milk
Open Pie & take out of box
Put Redi Whip on whole pie

START EATING ;D

http://i324.photobucket.com/albums/k330/dfv87/The-Simpsons---Mr-Burns-Excellent--.jpg
I'll just replace Costco with Wegmans :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/26/08 at 10:45 am

My recipe is easy:

Grab keys
Walk to car
Put keys in ignition
Drive to Costco
Walk to baked goods section
Pick up pie
Walk to refrigerated section
Pick up Redi Whip & milk
Walk to checkout
Pay for goods
Walk to door
Get receipt highlighted
Return home
Grab fork & glass
Pour milk
Open Pie & take out of box
Put Redi Whip on whole pie

START EATING ;D

Does the pie have to be cooked first?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: snozberries on 10/26/08 at 10:45 am

COSTCO a warehouse store
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h187/roxor08/Myspace/comments/costco.jpg http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii184/tamagochi_glocos/costco-DSC_0884.jpg

Redi Whip- Better than Cool Whip
http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee6/nightmarewithin2003/rediwhip.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a152/iamdylan/IMG_0002.jpg

and more fun
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j80/puggle_photos/100_2036.jpg

I can't help ya with the car thing...take a bus? Or in your case a boat or plane to get to the nearest Costco?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: snozberries on 10/26/08 at 10:46 am

Does the pie have to be cooked first?

no- the costco pies are already cooked. You just open the package and eat! BEST PUMPKIN PIE EVER!!!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 10/26/08 at 10:55 am

I can't help ya with the car thing...take a bus? Or in your case a boat or plane to get to the nearest Costco?

That international airplane ticket .... makes for a 'slightly' :-X ::) .. expensive pie ! :-X

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: snozberries on 10/26/08 at 10:56 am

That international airplane ticket .... makes for a 'slightly' :-X ::) .. expensive pie ! :-X

But totally worth it!

Wonder if you can order it online and have it expressed to you.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/26/08 at 10:58 am

no- the costco pies are already cooked. You just open the package and eat! BEST PUMPKIN PIE EVER!!!
Even better!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/26/08 at 11:00 am

COSTCO a warehouse store

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a152/iamdylan/IMG_0002.jpg

Do I see chocolate?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: snozberries on 10/26/08 at 11:53 am

Do I see chocolate?

I've never had the smore's pop tarts... I just used that image to educate Alan on the yummy awesomeness of Reddi Whip. ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 10/26/08 at 4:54 pm

Does Pathmark sell Pumpkin Pie?

yes they do,It'd be in the bakery item section.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: snozberries on 10/26/08 at 5:42 pm

yes they do,It'd be in the bakery item section.

or in the freezer... Mrs smith's & sarah lee's are usually there.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 10/27/08 at 6:11 am

The word or phrase of the day...Optical Illusion
A visually perceived image that is deceptive or misleading.
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/0021.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/2500671699.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/wooden_art_optical_illusions.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/sigmundfreud.gif
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/Womaninmirror.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/dlRelativity.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/ExpandingGoldenCushion.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/optical-illusions-15.jpg
http://i7.tinypic.com/6fzbg55.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/mighty_optical_illusions.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/scary-optical-illusions-14lg.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/Optical-Illusion-1.gif
http://i37.tinypic.com/2re2yw8.jpg
http://i21.tinypic.com/2qthamd.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 10/27/08 at 6:45 am

Hmm .... I think it's probably best I don't repeat a certain pic .... ninny ......... BUT .... gotta say ....... if I look at it for the rest of my life ... don't think I'll ever see the boat in the background. I seem to be totally STUCK ... in the FOREground ! :-[ :( :\'(

:o

:P

:D

;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 10/27/08 at 7:03 am

Hmm .... I think it's probably best I don't repeat a certain pic .... ninny ......... BUT .... gotta say ....... if I look at it for the rest of my life ... don't think I'll ever see the boat in the background. I seem to be totally STUCK ... in the FOREground ! :-[ :( :\'(

:o

:P

:D

;D

I expect the same reply from Howie ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 10/27/08 at 7:05 am

I expect the same reply from Howie ;D

Actually ... I do believe somebody sent that one to me some time back ... in a joke email. So ... in spite of much practice ....nothing's changed !   :-X ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 10/27/08 at 7:05 am

http://i7.tinypic.com/6fzbg55.jpg

I see a boat,it must be up her ass. ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 10/27/08 at 7:31 am

Hmm .... I think it's probably best I don't repeat a certain pic .... ninny ......... BUT .... gotta say ....... if I look at it for the rest of my life ... don't think I'll ever see the boat in the background. I seem to be totally STUCK ... in the FOREground ! :-[ :( :\'(

:o

:P

:D

;D

LOL

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 10/27/08 at 7:33 am

Hmm .... I think it's probably best I don't repeat a certain pic .... ninny ......... BUT .... gotta say ....... if I look at it for the rest of my life ... don't think I'll ever see the boat in the background. I seem to be totally STUCK ... in the FOREground ! :-[ :( :\'(

:o

:P

:D

;D

of course you see the boat,it's just that some woman's butt is blocking the damn view! >:(

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 10/27/08 at 8:01 am

of course you see the boat,it's just that some woman's butt is blocking the damn view! >:(

And you have a problem with this?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/27/08 at 8:04 am

The word or phrase of the day...Optical Illusion
http://i7.tinypic.com/6fzbg55.jpg
What boat, where?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 10/27/08 at 8:16 am

What boat, where?

I think she's on top of the boat ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/27/08 at 1:13 pm

I think she's on top of the boat ;D
Ah!!!! There is two boats in the picture not one!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 10/27/08 at 1:54 pm

And you have a problem with this?

No,I have no problem with it,She can sit on the boat anytime she wants. ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/27/08 at 1:57 pm

The word or phrase of the day...Optical Illusion

http://i37.tinypic.com/2re2yw8.jpg

This one hurts my eyes...

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 10/27/08 at 1:59 pm

This one hurts my eyes...

Yeah me too,if you stare at it for 5 minutes. :o

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/27/08 at 2:01 pm

http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm66/Phil_O-Sopher/37SwansReflectingElephants.jpg

This is more soothing to the eyes.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/27/08 at 2:02 pm

Yeah me too,if you stare at it for 5 minutes. :o
I cannot even take three seconds of it!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 10/27/08 at 2:05 pm

I cannot even take three seconds of it!

Me Too Phil,It's a dizzy picture.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/27/08 at 2:11 pm

The word or phrase of the day...Optical Illusion

http://i21.tinypic.com/2qthamd.jpg

This image is a bit dicy?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 10/27/08 at 2:12 pm

This image is a bit dicy?

Are we supposed to count the dice in this picture?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/27/08 at 2:38 pm

Are we supposed to count the dice in this picture?
It may take some while?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: bookmistress4ever on 10/27/08 at 5:17 pm

http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/optical-illusions-15.jpg

Just a little information about this one...

It's drawn by an artist that I really love. His name is Rob Gonsalves. It's called "The Sun sets sail". You can see other drawings by him here: http://www.robgonsalves.com/ArtistGallery.asp?artist_id=23&category_id=2

and here:http://www.paragonfineart.com/artists/rob-gonsalves.html

I used to have these (also by the same artist) in my signature line awhile ago:

http://www.visionsfineart.com/gonsalves/images/in_search_of_sea.jpg
http://www.artfulframing.com/imagesfullrob/thelibraryw.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 10/27/08 at 7:06 pm

What boat, where?

Yes, THAT boat sailed many years ago.......

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: karen on 10/27/08 at 9:03 pm

ninny

keep meaning to comment on the pics in your sig line. The kitty in the hammock - my daughter had that as a picture on a t-shirt when she was about four years old.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 10/28/08 at 3:30 am

I like stuff like this....... :) Some more....

http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn240/KnightsOfOld/3-d_optical_illusions.jpghttp://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f114/maxicomm/optical-illusion-car-van.jpghttp://i417.photobucket.com/albums/pp258/monsour_carl/illusion.gifhttp://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg137/Ariolus8882121/SwirlMandala.jpghttp://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s54/Desk4KEITH/Gifs/cool_cube2.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/28/08 at 4:24 am

I like stuff like this....... :) Some more....

http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn240/KnightsOfOld/3-d_optical_illusions.jpghttp://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f114/maxicomm/optical-illusion-car-van.jpghttp://i417.photobucket.com/albums/pp258/monsour_carl/illusion.gifhttp://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg137/Ariolus8882121/SwirlMandala.jpghttp://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s54/Desk4KEITH/Gifs/cool_cube2.jpg

These ache my eyes too.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 10/28/08 at 4:51 am

These ache my eyes too.

Especially when you scroll down the page.... :o

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/28/08 at 5:13 am

Especially when you scroll down the page.... :o
True, even worse.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 10/28/08 at 6:51 am

Especially when you scroll down the page.... :o

It's mezmerizing. :o

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/28/08 at 8:48 am

Will the word for today be 'late'?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 10/28/08 at 8:57 am

They'll be 'late' ........ in dealing with 'peasants' >:( ;) like 'us' .......... :P

Yeah ..... I'm ALWAYS ready to take 'them' on ! :P :D ;D (No matter their 'powers' / 'mates' ::) 8-P :P ;D ) .

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 10/28/08 at 9:06 am

However ............ to be COMPLETELY honest ..........I am SO drunk / stoned ................ it's a major effort ........... to find THSI (my last post ) .......... AND ........... to know .......... what I've said in it ! :D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/28/08 at 9:08 am

However ............ to be COMPLETELY honest ..........I am SO drunk / stoned ................ it's a major effort ........... to find THSI (my last post ) .......... AND ........... to know .......... what I've said in it !   :D
Catch up with you later.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 10/28/08 at 9:11 am

Catch up with you later.

So ............you CAN'T ....... 'catch up with me NOW ? ' ??? :-[ :( :\'(

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/28/08 at 9:12 am

So ............you CAN'T ....... 'catch up with me NOW ? '    ???    :-[ :( :\'(
I am only drinking tea, maybe a glass of wine later when the family is here.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 10/28/08 at 9:22 am

Too drunk .........right now < ............ and too pissed to care ......about 'THEIR' ...........'well connected friends (mods) ' ........... of not unsubstantial 'powers' ........ on this board !    >:( 8-P :P :D ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 10/28/08 at 9:22 am

Ninny-Janine will not be on for a while, her internet is turned off so she wont be able to do the word of the day or anything. This is her daughter melissa. She wanted me to tell you that, because im at my bf's and they have internet so i can get on, i might get on for her sometimes. Thank's.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/28/08 at 9:23 am

Ninny-Janine will not be on for a while, her internet is turned off so she wont be able to do the word of the day or anything. This is her daughter melissa. She wanted me to tell you that, because im at my bf's and they have internet so i can get on, i might get on for her sometimes. Thank's.
Thank you Melissa, we shall wait with baited breath.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 10/28/08 at 9:25 am

Of course ......... I was only ever joking ....... there ^ ^ ;) :P ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 10/28/08 at 9:34 am

Of course ......... I was only ever joking ....... there ^ ^ ;) :P ;D

By the way l ............the people who feel they HAVE to respond to this crap............ on THIS site .......... (and they HAVE    ::) ......... no ...... I'll refrain from passing my TRUE opinion ! ::) :P ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/28/08 at 10:38 am

Of course ......... I was only ever joking ....... there ^ ^ ;) :P ;D
You were only joking my dear, looking for a way to hide the fear?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 10/28/08 at 1:38 pm

I am only drinking tea, maybe a glass of wine later when the family is here.

You'd need a crumpet to go with your wine.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/28/08 at 4:09 pm

You'd need a crumpet to go with your wine.
In my case it was dinner

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 10/28/08 at 7:35 pm

Jeez .... I must have been totally off my head .... just catching up with the crap I posted last night .. more than my usual quota !   :-[ :(

:P

:D

;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/28/08 at 7:45 pm

Jeez .... I must have been totally off my head .... just catching up with the crap I posted last night .. more than my usual quota !   :-[ :(

:P

:D

;D
...and with no word to work with today.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 10/28/08 at 7:47 pm

...and with no word to work with today.

Well :-[ :( :\'( ... we've gotta have SOME form of entertainment ? ??? ::)

:P

;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: bookmistress4ever on 10/28/08 at 9:04 pm

I wonder if ninny would care if we took over her word of the day until she got back?

I miss her already. :\'(

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 10/28/08 at 9:16 pm

I wonder if ninny would care if we took over her word of the day until she got back?

I miss her already. :\'(

I really don't think she'd mind at all. Go right ahead! You'd be good at it too.. :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 10/28/08 at 9:18 pm

I wonder if ninny would care if we took over her word of the day until she got back?

I miss her already. :\'(

I had to check back in this thread ... to see what you were talking about. That's how drunk I was ... that THIS ...

Ninny-Janine will not be on for a while, her internet is turned off so she wont be able to do the word of the day or anything. This is her daughter melissa. She wanted me to tell you that, because im at my bf's and they have internet so i can get on, i might get on for her sometimes. Thank's.

didn't even register ! :-[ :(

Yeah ... well hopefully her absence will be very short.

In the meantime ... well I'm SURE she wouldn't mind if you wanted to fill in for her. :) 8)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: snozberries on 10/28/08 at 9:39 pm

Jeez .... I must have been totally off my head .... just catching up with the crap I posted last night .. more than my usual quota !   :-[ :(

:P

:D

;D

I was kinda wondering what you were *um* on..... you went off a bit (for no apparent reason) in the too many damn kids thread but I chalked it up to alternate influences ::)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: bookmistress4ever on 10/28/08 at 9:42 pm

I really don't think she'd mind at all. Go right ahead! You'd be good at it too.. :)

Having said that, after Friday, I, too won't have internet. lol It'll be the first day/night in my new place and we don't have internet yet. :\'(

Hopefully soon though.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 10/28/08 at 9:42 pm

I was kinda wondering what you were *um* on..... you went off a bit (for no apparent reason) in the too many damn kids thread but I chalked it up to alternate influences ::)

Quite right. I was a bit out of order / over the top. :-[ My head is still throbbing a bit :( ... hopefully I'll get over the hangover soon. Serves me right !

8) ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: bookmistress4ever on 10/28/08 at 9:57 pm

Word of the day (for Tuesday, although in most parts of the world Tuesday is gone (Lynryd Skynrd)

Country:
1: an indefinite usually extended expanse of land : region <miles of open country
2 a: the land of a person's birth, residence, or citizenship b: a political state or nation or its territory
3 a: the people of a state or district : populace b: jury c: electorate
4: rural as distinguished from urban areas <prefers the country to the city
5: country music

http://i468.photobucket.com/albums/rr43/dejavudream17/places/country.png
http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w200/doubleJay_illy/country-1.jpg
http://i474.photobucket.com/albums/rr109/ragar01/soundtracks/Big_country_LLLCD1055.jpg
http://i394.photobucket.com/albums/pp23/radbudirahardjo/5fcebab2.jpg
http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh156/lfoster/Sample13.jpg
http://i437.photobucket.com/albums/qq98/mi_friends_rock/nomccain.png
http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc270/msbihh/countrygirl.png
http://i444.photobucket.com/albums/qq163/jsmm_07/wd0105.gif
http://i349.photobucket.com/albums/q387/amyer7/016-2.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: snozberries on 10/28/08 at 9:59 pm

Warning - while you were typing a new reply has been posted. You may wish to review your post.

Dang it! You beat me to it!

well I am not letting my hard work go unused!

Quite right. I was a bit out of order / over the top. :- the word of the day is: Hang Over

Hang Over- adjective (or is it an adverb) I suck at these! what you experience after a mispent evening of drinking and/or using other party aids.

http://i448.photobucket.com/albums/qq207/singaporemark/hangover-2.jpg

Oh look! It is an adjective!
http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn166/5crazymexicans/Hung-over.jpg

http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t320/zygmont68/images.jpg

http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa294/fpr619/P7180076.jpg

http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n39/Schmoodles/hangover-1.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: bookmistress4ever on 10/28/08 at 10:07 pm

;D hahaha That's too cool Q! That really SHOULD be word of the day indeed. And you did JUST FINE on the word of the day. It's truly appropriate.

As for definitions, I just used the Merriam Webster dictionary online http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary

1: something (as a surviving custom) that remains from what is past
2 a: disagreeable physical effects following heavy consumption of alcohol or the use of drugs
b: a letdown following great excitement or excess

Looks like this kid might be hanging over (the ledge just a little) lol
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b306/CrAzYxJokerBoi/Brandonhangingledge.jpg

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a281/Guzzler26/New%20Hampshire/impledgefoot.jpg
Don't look down. :o

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: snozberries on 10/28/08 at 10:10 pm

that one pic over the cliff is scary

How about this kind of hang over?

http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii7/sammib8/Photo95.jpg

and this

The belly button hangs over the diaper! ;D doncha just wanna poke it back in?
http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa231/insanityjones/Jenny/potbelly.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: bookmistress4ever on 10/28/08 at 10:13 pm

that one pic over the cliff is scary

How about this kind of hang over?

Oh man...I've definately got THAT kind of hang-over. But I'm not posting a picture of my belly on the internet. Nope no way huh uh You can't make me. lol

Ahhh that widdle baby has an outie!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: snozberries on 10/28/08 at 10:18 pm

Oh man...I've definately got THAT kind of hang-over. But I'm not posting a picture of my belly on the internet. Nope no way huh uh You can't make me. lol

me neither... ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/29/08 at 6:13 am

Having said that, after Friday, I, too won't have internet. lol It'll be the first day/night in my new place and we don't have internet yet.   :\'(

Hopefully soon though.
It will be a dark day in your life.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/29/08 at 6:15 am

^ two words for the day, that is too much to handle.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 10/29/08 at 7:13 am

Word of the day (for Tuesday, although in most parts of the world Tuesday is gone (Lynryd Skynrd)

Country:
1: an indefinite usually extended expanse of land : region <miles of open country
2 a: the land of a person's birth, residence, or citizenship b: a political state or nation or its territory
3 a: the people of a state or district : populace b: jury c: electorate
4: rural as distinguished from urban areas <prefers the country to the city
5: country music

http://i468.photobucket.com/albums/rr43/dejavudream17/places/country.png
http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w200/doubleJay_illy/country-1.jpg
http://i474.photobucket.com/albums/rr109/ragar01/soundtracks/Big_country_LLLCD1055.jpg
http://i394.photobucket.com/albums/pp23/radbudirahardjo/5fcebab2.jpg
http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh156/lfoster/Sample13.jpg
http://i437.photobucket.com/albums/qq98/mi_friends_rock/nomccain.png
http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc270/msbihh/countrygirl.png
http://i444.photobucket.com/albums/qq163/jsmm_07/wd0105.gif
http://i349.photobucket.com/albums/q387/amyer7/016-2.jpg

I remember there was a group named In A Big Country.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/29/08 at 7:18 am

I remember there was a group named In A Big Country.
It was Big Country that had the hit with In A Big Country.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 10/29/08 at 7:56 am

It was Big Country that had the hit with In A Big Country.

I think that was their only hit.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/29/08 at 8:01 am

I think that was their only hit.
Big Country are a rock band from Dunfermline, Scotland, popular in the early to mid-1980s but still releasing material for a cult following. In A Big Country was there biggest hit on both sides of the Atlantic, with minor hits too.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: snozberries on 10/29/08 at 1:41 pm

I think that was their only hit.

don't let whistledog hear you say that....he says they are not one hit wonders. . ... I don't know I sorta forgot all about them until he wrote about them in a post.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/29/08 at 1:50 pm

don't let whistledog hear you say that....he says they are not one hit wonders. . ... I don't know I sorta forgot all about them until he wrote about them in a post.
Big Country has five US hits, but I let Jason list them.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 10/29/08 at 2:26 pm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Country

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/29/08 at 2:58 pm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Country
Big Country discography

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 10/30/08 at 8:43 am

What's the word of the day?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 10/30/08 at 9:11 am

What's the word of the day?

Calling all 'ninnies' .... come back ! We need you ... this site needs you ... and this thread .... DEFINITELY needs you !

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/30/08 at 9:18 am

Calling all 'ninnies' .... come back ! We need you ... this site needs you ... and this thread .... DEFINITELY needs you !
Should we have our own word for the day?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 10/30/08 at 9:23 am

Should we have our own word for the day?

Postwhore ... how about that ??? .... as long as it gives Philip Eno honorable mention ! :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/30/08 at 9:26 am

Postwhore ... how about that   ??? .... as long as it gives Philip Eno honorable mention !    :)
First we need a series of pictuers of postwhores.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/30/08 at 9:27 am

Todays word:

Postwhore

1. One who goes on a message board and deliberately posts large quantities of posts with minimal meaning whatsoever.
2. The act of posting large amounts of meaningless posts.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 10/30/08 at 9:29 am

First we need a series of pictuers of postwhores.

Plenty in that famous faces one of YOU ... yes .. I've seen some good'uns there, with Tufnell, and Sykes (since yesterday).

Since you're the archetypal 'Postwhore' .... reference to anybody else .... is really redundant ?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/30/08 at 9:30 am

Todays word:

Postwhore

1. One who goes on a message board and deliberately posts large quantities of posts with minimal meaning whatsoever.
2. The act of posting large amounts of meaningless posts.

One who typically floods a message board with posts in order to gain a higher Post Count and to make themselves known in an environment of 5000 users.
Day 1: JohnnyPostWhore joins the board and introduces himself.
Day 2: JohnnyPostWhore has 3 posts.
Day 3: JohnnyPostWhore has 21 posts.
Day 4: JohnnyPostWhore realises no one even knows he exists
Day 5: JohnnyPostWhore has 56 posts.
Day 6: JohnnyPostWhore has 239 posts.
Day 7: JohnnyPostWhore has 1067 posts.
Day 8: JohnnyPostWhore's IP is banned for spamming.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 10/30/08 at 9:30 am

Todays word:

Postwhore

1. One who goes on a message board and deliberately posts large quantities of posts with minimal meaning whatsoever.
2. The act of posting large amounts of meaningless posts.

No. 2 ... is that in very high voices ... with a thousand violins ?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/30/08 at 9:31 am

One who typically floods a message board with posts in order to gain a higher Post Count and to make themselves known in an environment of 5000 users.
Day 1: JohnnyPostWhore joins the board and introduces himself.
Day 2: JohnnyPostWhore has 3 posts.
Day 3: JohnnyPostWhore has 21 posts.
Day 4: JohnnyPostWhore realises no one even knows he exists
Day 5: JohnnyPostWhore has 56 posts.
Day 6: JohnnyPostWhore has 239 posts.
Day 7: JohnnyPostWhore has 1067 posts.
Day 8: JohnnyPostWhore's IP is banned for spamming.
This JohnnyPostWhore is not true to the name for only 1067 posts sent in 7 seven days?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/30/08 at 9:32 am

No. 2 ... is that in very high voices ... with a thousand violins ?
...actually it is 988 violins.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 10/30/08 at 9:32 am

One who typically floods a message board with posts in order to gain a higher Post Count and to make themselves known in an environment of 5000 users.
Day 1: JohnnyPostWhore joins the board and introduces himself.
Day 2: JohnnyPostWhore has 3 posts.
Day 3: JohnnyPostWhore has 21 posts.
Day 4: JohnnyPostWhore realises no one even knows he exists
Day 5: JohnnyPostWhore has 56 posts.
Day 6: JohnnyPostWhore has 239 posts.
Day 7: JohnnyPostWhore has 1067 posts.
Day 8: JohnnyPostWhore's IP is banned for spamming.

So .... Johnny .... your success ISN'T overnight .... (?). Took you awhile to come up with the Philip Eno name .. to throw them off the scent ?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 10/30/08 at 9:33 am

This JohnnyPostWhore is not true to the name for only 1067 posts sent in 7 seven days?

You could do that in your sleep ... with both hands tied behind your back !

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/30/08 at 9:35 am

You could do that in your sleep ... with both hands tied behind your back !
...while drinking tea (or cider)?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/30/08 at 9:38 am

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3151/2793717037_51bcba8fa2_m.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 10/30/08 at 9:40 am

Have you heard of THIS site ? http://www.postwhoring.com/

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 10/30/08 at 9:52 am

Found THIS: (The link: > http://www.mindifidoaj.com/forum/f2/king_all_postwhores-5493.html )

king of all postwhores

A WEST NYACK, N.Y. MAN was found dead at his computer apparently the victim of trying to keep up with too many professional forums. Childress H. Wanamaker, 54, an account executive at a New York-based new media company, died of starvation according to the West Nyack coroner's office. Wanamaker's emaciated body was found by Loraine, his wife of 26 years, who told MediaPost she had been bringing her husband meals on plastic trays for weeks, but that he never took the time to eat them.

"He was glued to his computer 24/7," she said tearfully. "He was so afraid he was going to miss an opportunity to contribute a comment or start a discussion, that he just stopped eating." She added that Wanamaker's last words were "OK Picard, stick that in your pipe and smoke it..."

Computer forensic specialists from SUNY at Cortland discovered that Wanamaker was subscribed to 48 different forums and networking communities including one apparently having to do with the elderly called "oldtimers" and another apparently limited to just 100 people. They also found that he posted a comment into one forum or another on an average of two per minute every hour of the day for the past seven weeks.

"He felt under terrible pressure to be part of the online community," said his son, Lucian, who says he tried several times to get his father's attention and lure him away from the computer. "The only time he even looked up was when I told him I had seen Dane Madsen trying to steal his car out of the driveway."

Police found what appeared to be an organization chart taped to the wall of Wanamaker's den with lines linking small photos of people unknown to the police including a Tom Hespos and an Adam Boettiger. Neither is considered a suspect in Wanamaker's death.

"Once, I thought I had him," said Lucian Wanamaker, "when I said that mom had made cookies, but half out of his chair, he just sat back down mumbling something about two Roman gods; I believe it was Jupiter and Atlas having some sort of titanic battle. 'Let them eat PIE,' he bellowed banging on his keyboard."

Computer forensic specialists reported that there was no order or continuity to Wanamaker's forum postings. "It looks like he just sort of randomly commented on whatever was in the discussion string at the time," said Stephen Hall, CUNY-Cortland adjunct professor of intemperate and impulsive behavior. "He let nothing go by unchallenged by his own point of view, nor failed to respond to any other community member asking for advice or a new job. This consumed not only 24 hours a day, but also, apparently, his physical health."

In what must be a record, Wanamaker was linked into to over 15,250 other community members, many of whom he exchanged notes with daily. He also contributed to 375 blogs and was expected to start an online column about the impact of interactive communications on health, when he died.

A virtual memorial service will be held online at a date to be determined.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/30/08 at 9:55 am

Have you heard of THIS site ? http://www.postwhoring.com/
No, with:

Members: 204
Threads: 2,581
Posts: 24,568

I cannot see any postwhores there.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/30/08 at 9:56 am

No, with:

Members: 204
Threads: 2,581
Posts: 24,568

I cannot see any postwhores there.

You have to log in to see the Member list.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 10/30/08 at 9:57 am

Here's one ... found at another forum ... titled 'Postwhore bootcamp' ... which links to this:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/18/technology/18rehab.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

You might have to go to korea ? ^ :D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/30/08 at 9:59 am

Found THIS: (The link: > http://www.mindifidoaj.com/forum/f2/king_all_postwhores-5493.html )
It is not that bad with me.

"In what must be a record, Wanamaker was linked into to over 15,250 other community members, many of whom he exchanged notes with daily. He also contributed to 375 blogs and was expected to start an online column about the impact of interactive communications on health, when he died."

Just how many passwords did he have?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/30/08 at 10:00 am

Here's one ... found at another forum ... titled 'Postwhore bootcamp' ... which links to this:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/18/technology/18rehab.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

You might have to go to korea ? ^ :D
Is the Internet restricted in Korea?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 10/30/08 at 10:04 am

Final post from me in this regard: (found here: http://www.kltforums.net/?s=1e5097c44f09772ffbf7d7993234959c&showtopic=23342&st=0&p=133192&#entry133192

Mar 24 2008, 05:39 PM
Post #1

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There are no females on the internet

New evidence shows that heavy users suffer isolation, fatigue and withdrawal symptoms

Tense? Angry? Can't get online? Internet addiction is now a serious public health issue that should be officially recognised as a clinical disorder, according to a leading psychiatrist.

Excessive gaming, viewing online pornography, emailing and text messaging have been identified as causes of a compulsive-impulsive disorder by Dr Jerald Block, author of an editorial for the respected American Journal of Psychiatry. Block argues that the disorder is now so common that it merits inclusion in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, the profession's primary resource to categorise and diagnose mental illnesses. He says internet addiction has four main components:

· Excessive use, often associated with a loss of sense of time or a neglect of basic drives;

· Withdrawal, including feelings of anger, tension and/or depression when the computer is inaccessible;

· The need for better computers, more software, or more hours of use;

· Negative repercussions, including arguments, lying, poor achievement, social isolation and fatigue.

A primary case study is South Korea, which has the greatest use of broadband in the world. Block points out that 10 people died from blood clots from remaining seated for long periods in internet cafes and another was murdered because of an online game. Their country now 'considers internet addiction one of its most serious public health issues'. The government estimates that around 210,000 South Korean children are affected and in need of treatment, of whom 80 per cent might need drugs targeting the brain and nearly a quarter could need to go to hospital. Since the average high school pupil there spends about 23 hours per week gaming, Block notes, another 1.2 million are believed to be at risk of addiction and require basic counselling. There has been alarm over a rising number of addicts dropping out of school or quitting their jobs to spend more time on computers. In China it has been reported that 13.7 per cent of adolescent internet users, about 10 million, could be considered addicts.

Block, a psychiatrist at the Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, writes that the extent of the disorder is more difficult to estimate in America because people tend to surf at home instead of in internet cafes. But he believes there are similar cases, concluding: 'Unfortunately internet addiction is resistant to treatment, entails significant risks and has high relapse rates.' He told The Observer that he did not believe specific websites were responsible. 'The relationship is with the computer,' he said. 'First, it becomes a significant other to them. Second, they exhaust emotions that they could experience in the real world on the computer, through any number of mechanisms: emailing, gaming, porn. Third, computer use occupies a tremendous amount of time in their life. Then if you try to cut the cord in a very abrupt fashion, they've lost essentially their best friend. That can take the form of depression or rage.'

Harry Husted, a single 51-year-old from New York, spends 16 hours a day on the internet. He insists that he is not addicted, but admits that he used to be. 'I used to work with computers for eight hours, then get home and go online for seven hours. I would stay up till two or three in the morning until I got so sleepy I had to go to bed. I wouldn't go out to get the groceries and I couldn't have cared less about friends, TV, anything. After a while I realised what was happening and did something about it. Now if I use MySpace it's only to advertise my business.'

Internet addiction clinics have sprung up around the world in an attempt to wean people off their need for a fix. Many people have turned, apparently without irony, to web discussion boards with names such as Internet Addicts Anonymous. The Centre for Internet Addiction Recovery in Bradford, Pennsylvania, says internet addiction has become a growing legal issue in criminal, divorce and employment cases. It offers a consultation service to lawyers that includes 'assessing the role of electronic anonymity in the development of deviant, deceptive and illegal sexual online activities'.

Robert Freedman, editor of the American Journal of Psychiatry, said expressions of the addiction could be diverse. 'In Korea, it seems to be primarily gaming sites. In America, it seems to be Facebook. It's porn, it's games, it's gambling, it's chatting with friends. All these things existed before, but now they're a lot easier.'

To beat the addiction, he advised: 'A self-help group might be a place to start. Maybe replace an online group with a real one.'

Are you a net junkie?

If you answer 'yes' to five or more of these questions, you may have an internet addiction.

· Do you feel preoccupied with the internet? (Think about your online activity or anticipate your next online session.)

· Do you need increasing amounts of time on the net in order to achieve satisfaction?

· Have you repeatedly made unsuccessful efforts to control, cut back or stop internet use?

· Do you feel restless, moody, depressed, or irritable when attempting to cut down or stop internet use?

· Do you stay online longer than originally intended?

· Have you jeopardised or risked the loss of a significant relationship, job, educational or career opportunity because of the internet?

· Have you lied to family members, a therapist or others to conceal the extent of your involvement with the internet?

· Do you use it to escape from problems (eg, feelings of helplessness, guilt, anxiety, depression)?

Source: Centre for Internet Addiction Recovery netaddiction.com.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/30/08 at 10:07 am

^ "There are no females on the internet"

Are they sure?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 10/30/08 at 10:13 am

^ "There are no females on the internet"

Are they sure?

I think THAT part's a joke. I just read the article ^ myself .... and can certainly see some elements that sound familiar .... namely ...

I would stay up till two or three in the morning until I got so sleepy I had to go to bed. I wouldn't go out to get the groceries

Well .... it IS now gone 2am locally (2.10am) ... and as for the groceries .... how many times have I been too lazy / endured a black coffee ... when the shop is only 5 minutes away ! :-[ :(

Anyhow, I may have someone knocking on my door early tomorrow ... to do an inspection / survey ... so, I'd better get to bed !

See ya ! :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/30/08 at 10:15 am

I think THAT part's a joke. I just read the article ^ myself .... and can certainly see some elements that sound familiar .... namely ...

Well .... it IS now gone 2am locally (2.10am) ... and as for the groceries .... how many times have I been too lazy / endured a black coffee ... when the shop is only 5 minutes away !   :-[ :(

Anyhow, I may have someone knocking on my door early tomorrow ... to do an inspection / survey ... so, I'd better get to bed !

See ya !   :)

Sleep and rest well Alan.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: bookmistress4ever on 10/30/08 at 1:24 pm

Here are some photos to support the word of the day
http://www.xtreme2k2.com/images/funny/postwhore.jpg
http://www.buffettworld.com/forum/forumimages/POSTWHORE_clapping.gif
http://www.buffettworld.com/forum/forumimages/POSTWHORE_postingonthego.jpg
http://www.buffettworld.com/forum/forumimages/POSTWHORE_southpark.jpg
http://padrenet.com/hlink/smilies/postwhore-for-dummies.jpg
http://www.techvisionmedia.com/stc/postwhore.jpg
http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g294/Gordy55/PostwhoreQueen1.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/30/08 at 1:32 pm

http://www.buffettworld.com/forum/forumimages/POSTWHORE_postingonthego.jpg

I want one of those!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 10/30/08 at 2:43 pm

Does one have to be a whore to post?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 10/30/08 at 2:43 pm

ninny

keep meaning to comment on the pics in your sig line. The kitty in the hammock - my daughter had that as a picture on a t-shirt when she was about four years old.

That's so cute :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 10/30/08 at 2:47 pm

I wonder if ninny would care if we took over her word of the day until she got back?

I miss her already. :\'(

Thanks It's nice to be missed.I missed all of you guys :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 10/30/08 at 2:51 pm

Having said that, after Friday, I, too won't have internet. lol It'll be the first day/night in my new place and we don't have internet yet. :\'(

Hopefully soon though.

Yes hopefully soon :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 10/30/08 at 2:58 pm

Thanks It's nice to be missed.I missed all of you guys :)

Where'd you go?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 10/30/08 at 2:59 pm

The word of the day for Tuesday was Vampire

A reanimated corpse that is believed to rise from the grave at night to suck the blood of sleeping people.
A person, such as an extortionist, who preys upon others.
A vampire bat.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 10/30/08 at 3:01 pm

does blood have nutrition,is that why vampires drink blood? ???

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 10/30/08 at 3:04 pm

Where'd you go?

I was here,but could not use the computer.There was a problem with some of my bills.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 10/30/08 at 3:07 pm

does blood have nutrition,is that why vampires drink blood? ???

I think the blood is suppose to represent life,so they take someone else's to replenish theirs.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/30/08 at 3:41 pm

Thanks It's nice to be missed.I missed all of you guys :)
Good to see you back.

I hope you did not mind the substitute word for the day?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 10/30/08 at 4:25 pm

Good to see you back.

I hope you did not mind the substitute word for the day?

Thanks
No I didn't mind at all it was interesting seeing what words and pics you all came up with..I didn't see anything for Tuesday so I added that :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 10/30/08 at 5:03 pm

That's so cute :)

Yoo-hoo ninny ! Great to see you back ! :D

Just dragged myself out of bed .... got some reading to do / coffee to have. Damn I feel like death warmed over ... let's see how long I last !

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 10/30/08 at 5:07 pm

I was here,but could not use the computer.There was a problem with some of my bills.

You should'a contact How-hard on that one. He's an expert on dealing with them ... or maybe he ain't.

He can't even handle ONE bill !

:D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 10/30/08 at 5:11 pm

http://www.buffettworld.com/forum/forumimages/POSTWHORE_postingonthego.jpg

I want one of those!

I thought that WAS you !

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 10/30/08 at 5:32 pm

Yoo-hoo ninny ! Great to see you back ! :D

Just dragged myself out of bed .... got some reading to do / coffee to have. Damn I feel like death warmed over ... let's see how long I last !

It's nice to be back :)
I hope you start feeling better :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 10/30/08 at 5:33 pm

It's nice to be back :)
I hope you start feeling better :)

Thanks. Another coffee might do the trick .

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/30/08 at 5:57 pm

http://www.buffettworld.com/forum/forumimages/POSTWHORE_postingonthego.jpg

I thought that WAS you !
I was not allowed to bring mine into Lord's that day.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 10/30/08 at 6:00 pm

I was not allowed to bring mine into Lord's that day.

You might as well have ... for the amount of cricket we actually WATCHED .   ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/30/08 at 6:01 pm

You might as well have ... for the amount of cricket we actually WATCHED .    ;D
True, but it was a good day.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 10/30/08 at 6:06 pm

True, but it was a good day.

Historians are still reporting on it !

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/30/08 at 6:07 pm

Historians are still reporting on it !
A day that shook the world.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 10/30/08 at 6:08 pm

A day that shook the world.

Perhaps we should submit THAT to Chuckys 'year/ pic' thread !

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/31/08 at 3:46 am

Perhaps we should submit THAT to Chuckys 'year/ pic' thread !
Did this event cause chaos around the world?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 10/31/08 at 6:50 am

The word of the day...Halloween
October 31, celebrated in the United States, Canada, and the British Isles by children going door to door while wearing costumes and begging treats and playing pranks.

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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 10/31/08 at 7:17 am

I hate Halloween,shaving cream and eggs every year,What's the problem whith these kids? ::)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/31/08 at 7:29 am

I hate Halloween,shaving cream and eggs every year,What's the problem whith these kids? ::)
So you are not wearing your Halloween mask today?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 10/31/08 at 7:51 am

So you are not wearing your Halloween mask today?

No not today but I bet police will be enforcing the streets this afternoon.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 10/31/08 at 7:54 am

No not today but I bet police will be enforcing the streets this afternoon.

The streets ? The streets .... have taken to the streets ?    ??? :o

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 10/31/08 at 7:55 am

The streets ? The streets .... have taken to the streets ?    ??? :o

yes they'll make sure no chaos ensues.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 10/31/08 at 7:57 am

http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk104/my4angelserje/halloween_hoot.jpg

^

One of ninny's selection !

;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/31/08 at 8:09 am

No not today but I bet police will be enforcing the streets this afternoon.
The police are stepping up here in London.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 10/31/08 at 8:18 am

The police are stepping up here in London.

I need to hot-foot it back over there !

http://costumezone.com/images/products/u/ua83049.gif
Officer, I've been VERY naughty, and need to be handcuffed/ punished. Pretty please ? :D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/31/08 at 8:21 am

I need to hot-foot it back over there !

http://costumezone.com/images/products/u/ua83049.gif
Officer, I've been VERY naughty, and need to be handcuffed/ punished. Pretty please ? :D
Can you arrange anything for Sydney?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 10/31/08 at 8:27 am

I expect there ARE some out there. I just don't have the energy levels / motivation anymore ..... to go out on the prowl.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 10/31/08 at 8:41 am

No not today but I bet police will be enforcing the streets this afternoon.

In our little town the kids are only allowed to Trick or Treat between 6-8.of course that doesn't mean the older kids wont come out later and cause some havoc.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 10/31/08 at 8:45 am

In our little town the kids are only allowed to Trick or Treat between 6-8.of course that doesn't mean the older kids wont come out later and cause some havoc.

You're expecting some anti-social behavior ?   ???

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/31/08 at 10:15 am

"I'm afraid of no ghosts!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 10/31/08 at 12:59 pm

You're expecting some anti-social behavior ?   ???

Tim says the new mayor is religious,and maybe against Halloween.
Tim is working,so we did not buy candy this year,so I will be hiding..umm hanging out in the bedroom.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/31/08 at 1:02 pm

Tim says the new mayor is religious,and maybe against Halloween.
Tim is working,so we did not buy candy this year,so I will be hiding..umm hanging out in the bedroom.
The local radio in my area are doom mongers preaching everything about Halloween to be banned!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 10/31/08 at 1:19 pm

In our little town the kids are only allowed to Trick or Treat between 6-8.of course that doesn't mean the older kids wont come out later and cause some havoc.

Yeah,shaving cream and eggs. ::)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/31/08 at 1:23 pm

Yeah,shaving cream and eggs. ::)
Add flour to the offending weapons here.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 10/31/08 at 1:25 pm

Add flour to the offending weapons here.

nobody throws flour here unless you plan to use it for baking.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 10/31/08 at 1:59 pm

The local radio in my area are doom mongers preaching everything about Halloween to be banned!

If they don't believe in it fine,but they shouldn't ruin everyone else's fun.
Yeah,shaving cream and eggs. ::)

Toilet paper in trees is big around here.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/31/08 at 2:09 pm

If they don't believe in it fine,but they shouldn't ruin everyone else's fun.Toilet paper in trees is big around here.
you have big trees?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 10/31/08 at 2:29 pm

They don't have to ban it in my neighbourhood....not one knock on my door last night (it's Saturday morning now here)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 10/31/08 at 2:59 pm

you have big trees?

Yes we have a lot of Black walnut trees and a few pine trees.
They don't have to ban it in my neighbourhood....not one knock on my door last night (it's Saturday morning now here)

Are you glad or sad?
Last year we had alot and half of the kids said our house gave the best candy on the block.This year Tim is working,plus we did not have the funds to buy any candy :(

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 10/31/08 at 3:15 pm

Yes we have a lot of Black walnut trees and a few pine trees.Are you glad or sad?
Last year we had alot and half of the kids said our house gave the best candy on the block.This year Tim is working,plus we did not have the funds to buy any candy :(

Halloween seems to be gathering some momentum over here in the last couple of years...two of my kids went to Halloween parties last night...so it must be happening somewhere! However, my neighbourhood is still quiet...we don't buy any goods to give out mainly because no-one ever knocks on the door...or is it that no-one ever knocks BECAUSE we never have anything to give? ;D

I suppose I'm a Bar Humbug sort of person....I celebrate no occasions .....not even my Birthday!!! Yeah....I know...I need to work on that attitude! :-\\

But being THAT type of person...I was very pleased that no-one came to the door! ;)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 10/31/08 at 3:24 pm

Halloween seems to be gathering some momentum over here in the last couple of years...two of my kids went to Halloween parties last night...so it must be happening somewhere! However, my neighbourhood is still quiet...we don't buy any goods to give out mainly because no-one ever knocks on the door...or is it that no-one ever knocks BECAUSE we never have anything to give? ;D

I suppose I'm a Bar Humbug sort of person....I celebrate no occasions .....not even my Birthday!!! Yeah....I know...I need to work on that attitude! :-\\

But being THAT type of person...I was very pleased that no-one came to the door! ;)

You don't like to celebrate anything,what about your anniversary or the kids birthdays?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 10/31/08 at 3:35 pm

You don't like to celebrate anything,what about your anniversary or the kids birthdays?

I've somehow managed to keep anniversaries very low key. I haven't bought my wife any gifts for years (and she doesn't buy any for me either). I DO participate in celebrating my kids birthdays and Christmas gifts for them etc......I guess I feel the whole occasion/celebration thing is for kids...once they're older they're in for a rude shock!!

My Dad was loke this too.....and while that's no excuse for me to be that way.....it DOES come very naturally to me! My wife's family does celebrate everything that can be celebrated.....it's like torture for me! They even come over with a cake on my birthday.......so, knowing how I feel about celebrations...I can only assume that it must make THEM feel good!!!

I've almost managed to stamp out birthday celebrations in my workplace! Yes...I'm a HUGE wet blanket...and I only get worse as Christmas approaches!!! But I DO recognize that I am the one who is out-of-step with the rest of humankind and that celebrations are natural for 'normal' people. I'm just missing something in my DNA.........

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 10/31/08 at 3:53 pm

I've somehow managed to keep anniversaries very low key. I haven't bought my wife any gifts for years (and she doesn't buy any for me either). I DO participate in celebrating my kids birthdays and Christmas gifts for them etc......I guess I feel the whole occasion/celebration thing is for kids...once they're older they're in for a rude shock!!

My Dad was loke this too.....and while that's no excuse for me to be that way.....it DOES come very naturally to me! My wife's family does celebrate everything that can be celebrated.....it's like torture for me! They even come over with a cake on my birthday.......so, knowing how I feel about celebrations...I can only assume that it must make THEM feel good!!!

I've almost managed to stamp out birthday celebrations in my workplace! Yes...I'm a HUGE wet blanket...and I only get worse as Christmas approaches!!! But I DO recognize that I am the one who is out-of-step with the rest of humankind and that celebrations are natural for 'normal' people. I'm just missing something in my DNA.........

My husband is always buying me presents for our anniversary and for my birthday,he knows I can't drive and until I got disability did not have the money to buy him anything,but sometimes he is dissapointed I didn't get him anything. :(
My kids are getting to expensive to buy for (and to fussy) so they will just get money.I'm not sure what we wil do for our 3 neices :-\\
it sucks because Christmas is right around the corner,and Tim just got his hours cut >:(..We are trying to save some money for the grandbaby,I was hoping to have picked up a few items but no such luck.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 10/31/08 at 4:05 pm

My husband is always buying me presents for our anniversary and for my birthday,he knows I can't drive and until I got disability did not have the money to buy him anything,but sometimes he is dissapointed I didn't get him anything. :(
My kids are getting to expensive to buy for (and to fussy) so they will just get money.I'm not sure what we wil do for our 3 neices :-\\
it sucks because Christmas is right around the corner,and Tim just got his hours cut >:(..We are trying to save some money for the grandbaby,I was hoping to have picked up a few items but no such luck.

...and in these present economic times it is even harder than usual. Sorry, to hear about Tim's hours being cut. It must be getting difficult over there in the U.S.

Strangely enough, I buy presents for my wife (on birthdays and Christmas) on behalf of the children. I always vow to myself that I'll surprise her and buy her a personal gift ...but the day comes around and once again...I have done nothing.

Our anniversary is in January.......no money after Christmas. I need to start putting away some money over more time.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 10/31/08 at 6:49 pm

...and in these present economic times it is even harder than usual. Sorry, to hear about Tim's hours being cut. It must be getting difficult over there in the U.S.

Strangely enough, I buy presents for my wife (on birthdays and Christmas) on behalf of the children. I always vow to myself that I'll surprise her and buy her a personal gift ...but the day comes around and once again...I have done nothing.

Our anniversary is in January.......no money after Christmas. I need to start putting away some money over more time.

Thanks,he works in a hotel so the business dies right down starting in Nov. We just heard that one of the major companies around us is also cutting their hours down to 32.Tim is lucky he works in maintenence,because some of the other help got cut down to 24 or less hours,the bad thing with us is that he has 193 dollars taken out a week for medical insurance. I have to see if we qualify for NY healthyplus.
Every year for the last 10 years I tell myself to start saving money for Christmas early,then the middle of Dec comes and I still haven't started to save :-[. I think i've only had one good year that I was able to put stuff on layaway.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/01/08 at 5:50 am

The word or phrase of the day..Suspension Bridge
A bridge having the roadway suspended from cables that are anchored at either end and usually supported at intervals by towers.

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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/01/08 at 5:56 am

If the image works...

http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/news_cut/content_images/indiana_jones_bridge.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/01/08 at 6:17 am

If the image works...

http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/news_cut/content_images/indiana_jones_bridge.jpg

Yes it works well..I'm not sure why,but I am now singing "I've Just Seen A Face" by the Beatles...... Falling, yes I am falling

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 11/01/08 at 7:14 am

These bridges are very loose. :o

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 11/01/08 at 8:08 am

Yes it works well..I'm not sure why,but I am now singing "I've Just Seen A Face" by the Beatles...... Falling, yes I am falling

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ninny cat ^

http://www.websmileys.com/sm/cool/804.gif
^
Howard

Are you two listening to the same song ? ??? :P

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/01/08 at 8:27 am

http://i316.photobucket.com/albums/mm349/Mo-chan-the-Motail/avatar_18188.gif
ninny cat ^

http://www.websmileys.com/sm/cool/804.gif
^
Howard

Are you two listening to the same song ? ??? :P

Ha must be. ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 11/01/08 at 2:43 pm

Ha must be. ;D

what song are we listening to?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: snozberries on 11/01/08 at 3:17 pm

what song are we listening to?

Baby Got Back?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: 2kidsami on 11/01/08 at 3:20 pm

The word or phrase of the day..Suspension Bridge
A bridge having the roadway suspended from cables that are anchored at either end and usually supported at intervals by towers.

http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/P1010659.jpg

http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/P1010057.jpg

Ain't noway , no how.................................

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: snozberries on 11/01/08 at 3:29 pm

I might do the first one cuz it's metal but not the second one. ;D but don't look down.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/01/08 at 3:59 pm

I might do the first one cuz it's metal but not the second one. ;D but don't look down.

I agree with you,the first one maybe,but no way in H the second one.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/01/08 at 5:26 pm

If the image works...

http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/news_cut/content_images/indiana_jones_bridge.jpg
oops!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 11/01/08 at 11:00 pm

Baby Got Back?

How about Baby come back By Player.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/02/08 at 5:04 am

How about Baby come back By Player.

That sounds good.

Actually it's I Love Rocky Road by Weird Al. ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/02/08 at 5:25 am

The word of the day...Bells
A hollow metal musical instrument, usually cup-shaped with a flared opening, that emits a metallic tone when struck.
Something resembling such an instrument in shape or sound, as:
The round, flared opening of a wind instrument at the opposite end from the mouthpiece.
bells A percussion instrument consisting of metal tubes or bars that emit tones when struck.
A hollow, usually inverted vessel, such as one used for diving deep below the surface of a body of water.
The corolla of a flower: “In a cowslip's bell I lie” (Shakespeare).
Nautical.
A stroke on a hollow metal instrument to mark the hour.
The time indicated by the striking of this instrument, divided into half hours.

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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 11/02/08 at 5:37 am

Jingle Bells,Jingle Bells.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 11/02/08 at 5:42 am

Jingle Bells,Jingle Bells.

Does Tarzan sing 'Jungle balls, jungle balls ' ? ???

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 11/02/08 at 5:43 am

Does Tarzan sing 'Jungle balls, jungle balls ' ? ???

I always thought it was Jingle Balls.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 11/02/08 at 6:09 am

I always thought it was Jingle Balls.

Maybe 'Jane' ..... jingles them for him ?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: snozberries on 11/02/08 at 11:22 am

How about Baby come back By Player.

nah it doesn't track to the beat...and that cat def. has rhythm.

Perhaps the last cat in ninny's sig line is listening to Baby Come Back for he looks like he's nodding off again. ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 11/02/08 at 5:14 pm

nah it doesn't track to the beat...and that cat def. has rhythm.

Perhaps the last cat in ninny's sig line is listening to Baby Come Back for he looks like he's nodding off again. ;D

hey,that's a good jam of 1976.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/03/08 at 5:21 am

The word of the day....Crayon(s)
A stick of colored wax, charcoal, or chalk, used for drawing.
A drawing made with one of these sticks.

http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/crayons-2.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/crayons-5.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/Crayons-3.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/crayons-6.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/Crayons.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/crayons-7.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/z127421950.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/good-1.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/crayons-1.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/Disneyprincesscrayons.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/crayons-1-1.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/crayons-8.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/bullet-crayons.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 11/03/08 at 6:24 am

http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/crayons-8.jpg

They can color my world anytime. ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 11/03/08 at 6:29 am

http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/crayons-8.jpg

They can color my world anytime. ;D

They seem to have doubled up on several colours........

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 11/03/08 at 6:34 am

They seem to have doubled up on several colours........

I'll take black and blue. ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 11/03/08 at 6:43 am

I'll take black and blue. ;D

Sorry Howard..there's no black! ....and I think you have these girls mixed up with the young lady you posted a pic of in another thread ::)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 11/03/08 at 7:00 am

Sorry Howard..there's no black! ....and I think you have these girls mixed up with the young lady you posted a pic of in another thread ::)

I did,where?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 11/03/08 at 7:25 am

I did,where?

You know the one...with a whip! ;)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 11/03/08 at 7:05 pm

You know the one...with a whip! ;)

At least she white. ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: 2kidsami on 11/03/08 at 7:25 pm

The word of the day....Crayon(s)
A stick of colored wax, charcoal, or chalk, used for drawing.
A drawing made with one of these sticks.

http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/crayons-2.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/crayons-5.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/Crayons-3.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/crayons-6.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/Crayons.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/crayons-7.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/z127421950.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/good-1.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/crayons-1.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/Disneyprincesscrayons.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/crayons-1-1.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/crayons-8.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/bullet-crayons.jpg
My favorite childhood memories involve opening those brand new crayons each year....... so much ambition, so many possibilities

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/03/08 at 8:41 pm

My favorite childhood memories involve opening those brand new crayons each year....... so much ambition, so many possibilities

Yes,it's hard to believe there is 120 colors now,there was only 64 when I was young.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: 2kidsami on 11/03/08 at 8:51 pm

Yes,it's hard to believe there is 120 colors now,there was only 64 when I was young.
Can you actually buy a box of 120 now??? My girls are both only required to have the box of 24; so we have not made it into the "big" box "with sharpener included yet :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/03/08 at 8:57 pm

Can you actually buy a box of 120 now??? My girls are both only required to have the box of 24; so we have not made it into the "big" box "with sharpener included yet :)

Here is an article on Wikipedia,it lists all of crayolas colors.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Crayola_crayon_colors

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: 2kidsami on 11/03/08 at 9:04 pm

Here is an article on Wikipedia,it lists all of crayolas colors.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Crayola_crayon_colors
Well I for one am glad they changed the name of the "beaver" crayon to bear hug ;D ;D ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: snozberries on 11/03/08 at 9:45 pm

http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t106/bluuestarzz/crayons/colorlifepurple.jpg

the lady (heir or ceo) from Crayola was on Oprah a few years back and they gave her a one of a kind specially crafted crayon...

instead of having some fancy name the label read "The Color Purple"

how cool is that?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/03/08 at 9:46 pm

http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t106/bluuestarzz/crayons/colorlifepurple.jpg

the lady (heir or ceo) from Crayola was on Oprah a few years back and they gave her a one of a kind specially crafted crayon...

instead of having some fancy name the label read "The Color Purple"

how cool is that?

Simple,but elegant.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: snozberries on 11/03/08 at 9:56 pm

Simple,but elegant.

LIKE ME! ;D

Okay not really. :-[

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 11/03/08 at 10:00 pm

Simple,but elegant.

LIKE ME! ;D

Okay not really. :-[

Well you got it half right........I'll let you choose which half ;)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: snozberries on 11/03/08 at 10:05 pm

Well you got it half right........I'll let you choose which half ;)

I'm gonna have to find out just how I can take back a karma once I give it >:(

;)

;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 11/04/08 at 5:46 am

I'm gonna have to find out just how I can take back a karma once I give it >:(

;)

;D

Okay ..I assume by that response you chose the wrong half? ;)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/04/08 at 6:31 am

The word of the day..Train(s)
A series of connected railroad cars pulled or pushed by one or more locomotives.
A long line of moving people, animals, or vehicles.
The personnel, vehicles, and equipment following and providing supplies and services to a combat unit.
A part of a gown that trails behind the wearer.
A staff of people following in attendance; a retinue.

An orderly succession of related events or thoughts; a sequence. See synonyms at series.
A series of consequences wrought by an event; aftermath.
A set of linked mechanical parts: a train of gears.
A string of gunpowder that acts as a fuse for exploding a charge.

http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/166.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/Hearse06.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/ALIM0817.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/Cuba2008a083.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/SL1Omiya.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/trains-1.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/train-crash01.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/planes.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/165.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/DSC02936.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/Trains.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/P5240004.jpg
http://i35.tinypic.com/10zaag3.jpg
http://i37.tinypic.com/24g6cll.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 11/04/08 at 6:47 am

I wish I was well trained.....but THAT'S another subject!

Love trains ....well the older trains...where I could open a window and stick my head out. I took the family on a steam train ride a few years back. That coal steam gets pretty smelly and sooty...but I still loved it. :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 11/04/08 at 6:52 am

There's also a singer named D-Train.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 11/04/08 at 6:54 am

There's also a singer named D-Train.

I'd like to catch D-Train .....it's better than D-Bus! :D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 11/04/08 at 6:56 am

I'd like to catch D-Train .....it's better than D-Bus! :D

He's an old school Classic R&B artist,He had hits like You'e The One For Me and Walk On By.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: 2kidsami on 11/04/08 at 7:05 am

I have always wanted to take vacation by train......... ::)Maybe someday

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 11/04/08 at 7:06 am

I have always wanted to take vacation by train......... ::)Maybe someday

Yes...that trip across the Canadian Rockies near Banff looks fantastic.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 11/04/08 at 7:11 am

I love taking Amtrak.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 11/04/08 at 7:16 am

I wish I was well trained.....but THAT'S another subject!

I suppose trainee train drivers are trained ? However ... trying to stay on track ... might be hard if they're feeling run down ?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 11/04/08 at 7:17 am

I suppose trainee train drivers are trained ? However ... trying to stay on track ... might be hard if they're feeling run down ?

You need a license to train.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: karen on 11/04/08 at 7:23 am

http://www.gcrailway.co.uk/App_Images/Content/Locomotives/63601Large.jpg

http://www.gcrailway.co.uk/UserFiles/Stephen%20Bottrill.jpg

City of Truro. Allegedly the first steam train to go over 100 mph

I could see trains on the Great Central Railway line if I stood in the right place in our garden in the UK.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 11/04/08 at 7:25 am

http://www.gcrailway.co.uk/App_Images/Content/Locomotives/63601Large.jpg

http://www.gcrailway.co.uk/UserFiles/Stephen%20Bottrill.jpg

City of Truro. Allegedly the first steam train to go over 100 mph

I could see trains on the Great Central Railway line if I stood in the right place in our garden in the UK.

She's a beauty.......

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: karen on 11/04/08 at 7:26 am

She's a beauty.......

Why thank you.

Oh you meant the engine. :-[ ;)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/04/08 at 9:36 am

I'd like to catch D-Train .....it's better than D-Bus! :D

LOL
I have always wanted to take vacation by train......... ::)Maybe someday

Yes that does sound like a relaxing way to travel :)
http://www.gcrailway.co.uk/App_Images/Content/Locomotives/63601Large.jpg

http://www.gcrailway.co.uk/UserFiles/Stephen%20Bottrill.jpg

City of Truro. Allegedly the first steam train to go over 100 mph

I could see trains on the Great Central Railway line if I stood in the right place in our garden in the UK.

Very nice pics :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 11/04/08 at 2:46 pm

http://www.gcrailway.co.uk/App_Images/Content/Locomotives/63601Large.jpg

http://www.gcrailway.co.uk/UserFiles/Stephen%20Bottrill.jpg

City of Truro. Allegedly the first steam train to go over 100 mph

I could see trains on the Great Central Railway line if I stood in the right place in our garden in the UK.

How old are those trains? ???

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 11/04/08 at 3:24 pm

Why thank you.

Oh you meant the engine. :-[ ;)

It's open for interpretation.... ;)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: snozberries on 11/04/08 at 3:41 pm

http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/Trains.jpg

guess which one was my favorite! ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/04/08 at 4:03 pm

guess which one was my favorite! ;D

I'm guessing Obama, but Palin' ;Ds is the funniest

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: snozberries on 11/04/08 at 4:31 pm

I'm guessing Obama, but Palin' ;Ds is the funniest

purely for the humor value of it... Palin is my fav and McCain is close second ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 11/04/08 at 5:28 pm

guess which one was my favorite! ;D

Switch those pictures around and you'll have MY favorite!!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: karen on 11/04/08 at 7:06 pm

How old are those trains? ???

I don't know about those particular trains but the railway has trains dating from the 1920's (possibly earlier) up until the 1960's.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/05/08 at 5:41 am

The word or phrase of the day.....Food Art
I could not find any defination of this...basically food made into art.

http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/Food_Art_by_MindStep.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/011_food.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/12bfre2.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/c34b.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/Penguins.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/Aargh.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/AF18.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/AF26.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/AF31.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/AF35.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/AF34.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/AF38.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/FoodArt.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/AF29.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 11/05/08 at 5:46 am

Those are such nice sculptures.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/05/08 at 6:33 am

Those are such nice sculptures.

Yes its amazing what you can do with food.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 11/05/08 at 3:29 pm

Yes its amazing what you can do with food.

Now children....don't play with your food!!!! >:(

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 11/05/08 at 4:53 pm

Yes its amazing what you can do with food.

yes,especially with foreplay,how about strawberries and whipped cream. ;)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: snozberries on 11/05/08 at 5:05 pm

How about Canstruction?

These are sculptures made by stacking canned goods.

http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x273/Auroraborealisaccrossthesky/Canned%20Food%20Art/Cannedfodart5.jpg

http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x273/Auroraborealisaccrossthesky/Canned%20Food%20Art/Cannedfoodart4.jpg

http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x273/Auroraborealisaccrossthesky/Canned%20Food%20Art/Cannedfoodart7.jpg

http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x273/Auroraborealisaccrossthesky/Canned%20Food%20Art/Cannedfoodart2.jpg

http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x273/Auroraborealisaccrossthesky/Canned%20Food%20Art/Cannedfoodart1.jpg

http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x273/Auroraborealisaccrossthesky/Canned%20Food%20Art/cannedfoodart6.jpg

http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x273/Auroraborealisaccrossthesky/Canned%20Food%20Art/Cannedfoodart3.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: snozberries on 11/05/08 at 5:06 pm

oh and

FUN WITH FRUIT!

http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll11/RandyRassette/untitled-1.jpg

http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll11/RandyRassette/lemonpee.jpg

http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll11/RandyRassette/Lemonade.jpg

http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll303/Frog_Man/Watermelon-1.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 11/05/08 at 7:06 pm

I think I'd rather eat that food (most of it), especially the sculpted ones.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: 2kidsami on 11/05/08 at 7:34 pm

The word or phrase of the day.....Food Art
I could not find any defination of this...basically food made into art.

http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/Food_Art_by_MindStep.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/011_food.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/12bfre2.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/c34b.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/Penguins.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/Aargh.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/AF18.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/AF26.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/AF31.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/AF35.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/AF34.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/AF38.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/FoodArt.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/AF29.jpg
The Eyes all the Eyes! I can not eat anything that is looking back at me, it creeps me out :o :o :o :o :o :o

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 11/05/08 at 8:03 pm

Some WONDERFUL pics there, ninny ! ^ :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 11/05/08 at 8:05 pm

oh and

FUN WITH FRUIT!

http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll11/RandyRassette/untitled-1.jpg

http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll11/RandyRassette/lemonpee.jpg

http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll11/RandyRassette/Lemonade.jpg

http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll303/Frog_Man/Watermelon-1.jpg

Marvellous, too ... Snoz.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/06/08 at 5:54 am

oh and

FUN WITH FRUIT!

http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll11/RandyRassette/untitled-1.jpg

http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll11/RandyRassette/lemonpee.jpg

http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll11/RandyRassette/Lemonade.jpg

http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll303/Frog_Man/Watermelon-1.jpg

What to eat first ;D
Some WONDERFUL pics there, ninny ! ^ :)

Thanks :)
The Eyes all the Eyes! I can not eat anything that is looking back at me, it creeps me out :o :o :o :o :o :o

That's why you eat them first ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/06/08 at 5:59 am

The word of the day....Parrot(s)
Any of numerous tropical and semitropical birds of the order Psittaciformes, characterized by a short hooked bill, brightly colored plumage, and, in some species, the ability to mimic human speech or other sounds.
One who imitates the words or actions of another, especially without understanding them.
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/sun01.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/parrots-35.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/mask-parrots_.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/parrots-12.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/parrot_1_bg_020203.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/IMG_6335.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/red-winged-parrot-32400.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/perroquet-ara_1024.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/IMG_1126.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/colorfulparakeet.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/rocky91600.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/parrot-1.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/parrot.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/PrincessParrotPet.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 11/06/08 at 6:32 am

I love parrots, ninny.

Had a couple of these :

http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/colorfulparakeet.jpg

just below my face ... a few inches, on the ledge .. yesterday. They're wild, but you wouldn't think so. This couple ... they are THE definition of 'love birds'. Were going 'ape' ... at their reflection in the mirror I've provided .... ringing the bell I've tied to it ... wrestling each other ... oblivious to me / rolling around ... with their legs clutching each others legs (locked together). When they're here, if they're not drinking the honeyed water I provide, then they seem to be doing NOTHING but 'swapping spit ! ' ;D

I do believe they totally trust me, with the window open ... looking down on them. I guess I could grab them if I were a bad guy ... but have never made an attempt to touch them, in the months they've been visiting. They even peer through the open window right at me ... close to kissing me, sometimes. Lovely ! :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 11/06/08 at 7:36 am

Polly wants a cracker.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 11/06/08 at 7:51 am

Polly wants a cracker.

http://www.worth1000.com/entries/309500/309776YEgd_w.jpg
Is THIS 'Polly' ? ^ ???

http://img2.timeinc.net/people/i/2007/gallery/thirty_something/polly_draper.jpg

Maybe THIS ^ 'cracker' :-* ... is Polly ?

Howard gets the FEATHERED bird ... 'Mister' ..... settles for the OTHER 'Polly' ! 8)

:P

;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 11/06/08 at 7:57 am

Polly wants MY cracker,It's nice and crispy. ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 11/06/08 at 8:00 am

Polly wants MY cracker,It's nice and crispy. ;D

Not to mention 'kosher'   :-X 8)

;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/06/08 at 8:34 am

I love parrots, ninny.

Had a couple of these :

http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/colorfulparakeet.jpg

just below my face ... a few inches, on the ledge .. yesterday. They're wild, but you wouldn't think so. This couple ... they are THE definition of 'love birds'. Were going 'ape' ... at their reflection in the mirror I've provided .... ringing the bell I've tied to it ... wrestling each other ... oblivious to me / rolling around ... with their legs clutching each others legs (locked together). When they're here, if they're not drinking the honeyed water I provide, then they seem to be doing NOTHING but 'swapping spit ! ' ;D

I do believe they totally trust me, with the window open ... looking down on them. I guess I could grab them if I were a bad guy ... but have never made an attempt to touch them, in the months they've been visiting. They even peer through the open window right at me ... close to kissing me, sometimes. Lovely ! :)

Wow that is so cool that they feel at ease around you and instinctively know you will not harm them.
I've always liked parrots,but unfortunately my only contact has been seeing them in pet stores :(

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 11/06/08 at 2:38 pm

Why did pirates always carried around parrots? ???

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: karen on 11/06/08 at 2:40 pm

Why can't you get aspirin in the jungle?

Because the parrots eat 'em all

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 11/06/08 at 4:41 pm

Apparrotly, we are reduced to bad puns........ :D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/06/08 at 4:50 pm

Why did pirates always carried around parrots? ???

Because the wenches kept falling off :D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: 2kidsami on 11/06/08 at 9:11 pm

Polynesia - memory loss in parrots :D :D :D :D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/07/08 at 5:43 am

The word of the day....Elegant
Characterized by or exhibiting refined, tasteful beauty of manner, form, or style
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 11/07/08 at 6:15 am

Elegant, eh? ???

Maybe a small contribution from me ? :-\\

http://img381.imageshack.us/img381/911/mrelegantin4.jpg

' Très Elegant .... Mon-sewer ! ' ::) ??? 8)

:P

:D

;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 11/07/08 at 6:24 am

Elegant, eh? ???

Maybe a small contribution from me ? :-\\

http://img381.imageshack.us/img381/911/mrelegantin4.jpg

' Très Elegant .... Mon-sewer ! ' ::) ??? 8)

:P

:D

;D

You're dressed so elegantly,going out anywhere special? ???

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 11/07/08 at 6:28 am

You're dressed so elegantly,going out anywhere special? ???

Just about to hop on a plane to New Yuck .... to join up with the equally smooth, ultra -elegant Mon-sewer Howard .... to crack on to some chicks ! Does that sound like a good idea ? Well, don't hold your breath waiting for me

! :D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 11/07/08 at 6:30 am

Just about to hop on a plane to New Yuck .... to join up with the equally smooth, ultra -elegant Mon-sewer Howard .... to crack on to some chicks ! Does that sound like a good idea ? Well, don't hold your breath waiting for me

! :D

Looking forward to that.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 11/07/08 at 6:38 am

Looking forward to that.

My disclaimer is in the post above. If Howard expires .... well, I DID warn him !    8) :P

:D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 11/07/08 at 6:40 am

My disclaimer is in the post above. If Howard expires .... well, I DID warn him !    8) :P

:D

Don't worry,I won't expire.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 11/07/08 at 6:43 am

Don't worry,I won't expire.

Good ! 8) KEEP holding your breath. :D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 11/07/08 at 6:54 am

Good ! 8) KEEP holding your breath. :D

But for how long?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 11/07/08 at 7:01 am

But for how long?

You can stop now. I hope you're still about (as on this planet ! )

Didn't realise several minutes had passed.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/07/08 at 7:11 am

Elegant, eh? ???

Maybe a small contribution from me ? :-\\

http://img381.imageshack.us/img381/911/mrelegantin4.jpg

' Très Elegant .... Mon-sewer ! ' ::) ??? 8)

:P

:D

;D

Very elegant

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 11/07/08 at 8:06 am

Very elegant

Cary Grant ... eat yer heart out ! I took over your body (as it was) coz I reckon YOU don't need it ... ANYMORE ! :P ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 11/07/08 at 8:07 am

Cary Grant ... eat yer heart out ! I took over your body (as it was) coz I reckon YOU don't need it ... ANYMORE ! :P ;D

Thought it was cary Grant........but he got uglier! ;)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 11/07/08 at 8:36 am

Thought it was cary Grant........but he got uglier! ;)

and he sure AIN'T getting any prettier !   :P ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/07/08 at 10:45 am

Cary Grant ... eat yer heart out ! I took over your body (as it was) coz I reckon YOU don't need it ... ANYMORE ! :P ;D

Some quotes by Mr. Grant

"To succeed with the opposite sex, tell her you're impotent. She can't wait to disprove it.”
"Insanity runs in my family. It practically gallops.”

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 11/07/08 at 12:19 pm

Thought it was cary Grant........but he got uglier! ;)

LOLOL ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 11/07/08 at 6:47 pm

Where are we headed to this time? ???

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: 2kidsami on 11/07/08 at 8:10 pm

Elegant is something this crowd knows very little about :-[

;)

;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/07/08 at 10:12 pm

Elegant is something this crowd knows very little about :-http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd275/themightyburningbush/baglady.jpg
All the winos love me.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/08/08 at 5:00 am

The word or phrase of the day.... Bubble Bath
A perfumed preparation, such as powdered crystals or a liquid, added to bath water to make it foam.
A bath to which such a preparation has been added.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 11/08/08 at 5:39 am

Just what you need when coming home,a nice bubble bath. ;)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 11/08/08 at 7:08 am

Just what you need when coming home,a nice bubble bath. ;)

Bubble bath indeed. Where IS that slack ninny anyway ? I'll bet she's in the arcade, as per usual ! >:( Yoo-hoo ninny !

http://img49.imageshack.us/img49/7719/importedphotos00016ja8.jpg

^

Oh, :-[ take your time !   ::) 8)

:P

:D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/08/08 at 8:26 am

Bubble bath indeed. Where IS that slack ninny anyway ? I'll bet she's in the arcade, as per usual ! >:( Yoo-hoo ninny !

http://img49.imageshack.us/img49/7719/importedphotos00016ja8.jpg

^

Oh, :-[ take your time !   ::) 8)

:P

:D

I'm almost drowning in bubbles. ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 11/08/08 at 2:51 pm

Where's the rest of her?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 11/08/08 at 2:52 pm

Where's the rest of her?

Now Howard...behave! ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 11/08/08 at 2:53 pm

Now Howard...behave! ;D

I see her head,she must be drowning. :o

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: 2kidsami on 11/08/08 at 2:57 pm

Hey were are the "good" pictures?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 11/08/08 at 2:58 pm

Hey were are the "good" pictures?

must be some relaxing bubble bath.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 11/08/08 at 2:59 pm

Hey were are the "good" pictures?

I'm sure I could come up with 'gooder' pics than that! ;) But I won't...... ;)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: 2kidsami on 11/08/08 at 3:01 pm

I'm sure I could come up with 'gooder' pics than that! ;) But I won't...... ;)
I am sure you can, but I won't tempt you, even though I am sure "those" "gooder" pictures are very tempting

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: 2kidsami on 11/08/08 at 3:02 pm

must be some relaxing bubble bath.
You like that pic Howard? ;)

Maybe he will let you scrub his back? :D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 11/08/08 at 3:02 pm

I am sure you can, but I won't tempt you, even though I am sure "those" "gooder" pictures are very tempting

makes me want to view them. ;)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 11/08/08 at 3:03 pm

You like that pic Howard? ;)

Maybe he will let you scrub his back? :D

No Thanks. 8-P

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: 2kidsami on 11/08/08 at 3:04 pm

No Thanks. 8-P
I just wanted to make sure you were included ;) ;) ;)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 11/08/08 at 3:05 pm

I just wanted to make sure you were included ;) ;) ;)

I'd rather take my OWN bubble bath.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/08/08 at 4:31 pm

I fear that I have a lot to catch up on here.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 11/08/08 at 6:53 pm

Probably not that much. You're always here, so it seems like a very long time to you, but it wasn't.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/09/08 at 5:03 am

The word of the day....Bedroom
A room in which to sleep

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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/09/08 at 5:09 am

Probably not that much. You're always here, so it seems like a very long time to you, but it wasn't.

Five pages to catch up on.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/09/08 at 5:12 am

The word or phrase of the day..Suspension Bridge
A bridge having the roadway suspended from cables that are anchored at either end and usually supported at intervals by towers.

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The Forth Road Bridge is a suspension bridge in east central Scotland. The bridge, built in 1964, spans the Firth of Forth, connecting the capital city Edinburgh at South Queensferry to Fife at North Queensferry. The bridge replaced a centuries-old ferry service to carry vehicular traffic, cyclists, and pedestrians across the Forth; rail crossings are made by the adjacent and historic Forth Bridge.

From my pictures from my recent break.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 11/09/08 at 5:18 am

The word of the day....Bedroom
A room in which to sleep

http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/STP60378.jpg
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I always like quiet times in the bedroom. ;)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 11/09/08 at 5:35 am

A room in which to sleep ?

I thought people 'made babies' there ? ??? (In between sleeping ! ;D )

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 11/09/08 at 5:36 am

A room in which to sleep ?

I thought people 'made babies' there ? ??? (In between sleeping ! ;D )

unless they're having sex.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/09/08 at 7:00 am

The word of the day....Bedroom
A room in which to sleep

http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/STP60378.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/boys-bedroom.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/chloesroom2.jpg
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To sleep perchance a dream.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/09/08 at 7:02 am

The word of the day..Train(s)
A series of connected railroad cars pulled or pushed by one or more locomotives.
A long line of moving people, animals, or vehicles.
The personnel, vehicles, and equipment following and providing supplies and services to a combat unit.
A part of a gown that trails behind the wearer.
A staff of people following in attendance; a retinue.

An orderly succession of related events or thoughts; a sequence. See synonyms at series.
A series of consequences wrought by an event; aftermath.
A set of linked mechanical parts: a train of gears.
A string of gunpowder that acts as a fuse for exploding a charge.

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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: snozberries on 11/09/08 at 10:16 am

The word of the day....Bedroom
A room in which to sleep

http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/worldseries028.jpg

Who gave you permission to take a picture of my room?!? >:(

Seriously- I plan on cleaning it this week.

http://i32.tinypic.com/35at8ue.jpg

this was the kind of bed I always wanted when I was a kid. I first saw one in a furniture store in holland when I was 14!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: snozberries on 11/09/08 at 10:25 am

http://i37.tinypic.com/p7y3o.jpg

oh and this is the bedroom I want now ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/09/08 at 10:26 am

http://www.stoneleighabbey.org/images/queenvictoriabedroom.jpg

Queen Victoria's Bedroom.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/09/08 at 10:28 am

http://img374.imageshack.us/img374/6173/2001bedroom15yn.png

The bedroom in 2001: A Space Odyssey

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/09/08 at 11:35 am

Who gave you permission to take a picture of my room?!? >:(

Seriously- I plan on cleaning it this week.

this was the kind of bed I always wanted when I was a kid. I first saw one in a furniture store in holland when I was 14!

It (the messy room) looks like my kids :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: snozberries on 11/09/08 at 11:41 am

It (the messy room) looks like my kids :)

I am going to take pics (if I am brave enough too) of how messy my apt is... then clean it so I can post before & after pics.

Its a little embarrassing but just remember every minute I am not cleaning is another minute I have to spend here. ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 11/09/08 at 1:01 pm

unless they're having sex.

uh, Howard ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/09/08 at 1:03 pm

It (the messy room) looks like my kids :)
I cannot bear to see a room like that.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 11/09/08 at 4:56 pm

uh, Howard ;D

That's where sex begins. ;)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/09/08 at 4:57 pm

That's where sex begins. ;)
Not it a car park elsewehre?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 11/09/08 at 5:04 pm

Not it a car park elsewehre?

No,too small for that.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/10/08 at 5:57 am

The word of the day..Coral
A rocklike deposit consisting of the calcareous skeletons secreted by various anthozoans. Coral deposits often accumulate to form reefs or islands in warm seas.
Any of numerous chiefly colonial marine polyps of the class Anthozoa that secrete such calcareous skeletons.
The red-orange, pinkish, or white deposits secreted by corals of the genus Corallium, used to make jewelry and ornaments.
An object made of this material.
A deep or strong pink to moderate red or reddish orange.
The unfertilized eggs of a female lobster, which turn a reddish color when cooked

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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 11/10/08 at 5:58 am

Wow,that is beautiful. :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/10/08 at 5:59 am

The word of the day..Coral
A rocklike deposit consisting of the calcareous skeletons secreted by various anthozoans. Coral deposits often accumulate to form reefs or islands in warm seas.
Any of numerous chiefly colonial marine polyps of the class Anthozoa that secrete such calcareous skeletons.
The red-orange, pinkish, or white deposits secreted by corals of the genus Corallium, used to make jewelry and ornaments.
An object made of this material.
A deep or strong pink to moderate red or reddish orange.
The unfertilized eggs of a female lobster, which turn a reddish color when cooked

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http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/100_2087.jpg
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There was coral in some of the fish tanks at the Sea Life Centre in Blackpool.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 11/10/08 at 6:25 am

^

Very pretty. BUT :

Coral reefs around the world are suffering from climate change. As the climate heats up so do the oceans, causing the organisms that give coral its colour and food to die.

Climate change is mostly caused by burning fossil fuels such as oil, coal and gas.

Studies show that without a significant reduction in fossil fuel emissions coral reefs could disappear in less than 100 years.

An example of this problem is Australia's world famous Great Barrier Reef, which lies off the state of Queensland. At around 2000 kilometres long it is the world's largest reef. But unless projected levels of climate change are slowed, much of the reef will be dead in decades.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 11/10/08 at 11:19 am

What is coral used for?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/10/08 at 12:25 pm

What is coral used for?
Local economies near major coral reefs benefit from an abundance of fish and octopus as a food source. Reefs also provide recreational scuba diving and snorkeling tourism. Unfortunately all these activities can also have deleterious effects, such as removal or accidental destruction of coral. Besides the recreational use, coral is also useful as a protection against hurricanes and other extreme weather.

Live coral is also highly sought after in the aquarium trade. Although difficult to maintain in some or most cases, they add a striking beauty. Provided the proper ecosystem, live coral makes a stunning addition to any salt water aquarium.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/10/08 at 12:55 pm

^

Very pretty. BUT :

Coral reefs around the world are suffering from climate change. As the climate heats up so do the oceans, causing the organisms that give coral its colour and food to die.

Climate change is mostly caused by burning fossil fuels such as oil, coal and gas.

Studies show that without a significant reduction in fossil fuel emissions coral reefs could disappear in less than 100 years.

An example of this problem is Australia's world famous Great Barrier Reef, which lies off the state of Queensland. At around 2000 kilometres long it is the world's largest reef. But unless projected levels of climate change are slowed, much of the reef will be dead in decades

That is sad to here.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: 2kidsami on 11/10/08 at 9:31 pm

CORAL LORE :o :o :o

Coral is considered to be the anniversary gemstone for the 35th year of marriage.

Coral is used to build an emotional foundation.

Coral is said to protect children. In many countries, coral is given as a gift to children. It has been used to protect against witchcraft.

Coral is said to cure madness and give wisdom.

Black Coral is Hawaii's US State Gemstone

Coral jewelry has been created and worn since prehistoric times -- dating back to the Iron Age.

In ancient times, Coral was considered so valuable that it was used as a method of currency and trade by the Romans and the Egyptians.
WoW we need more coral ;) ;) ;)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/11/08 at 5:36 am

CORAL LORE :o :o :o

Coral is considered to be the anniversary gemstone for the 35th year of marriage.

Coral is used to build an emotional foundation.

Coral is said to protect children. In many countries, coral is given as a gift to children. It has been used to protect against witchcraft.

Coral is said to cure madness and give wisdom.

Black Coral is Hawaii's US State Gemstone

Coral jewelry has been created and worn since prehistoric times -- dating back to the Iron Age.

In ancient times, Coral was considered so valuable that it was used as a method of currency and trade by the Romans and the Egyptians.
WoW we need more coral ;) ;) ;)

Thanks for all the info :)..I need some to give me wisdom ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 11/11/08 at 5:59 am

CORAL LORE :o :o :o

Coral is considered to be the anniversary gemstone for the 35th year of marriage.

Coral is used to build an emotional foundation.

Coral is said to protect children. In many countries, coral is given as a gift to children. It has been used to protect against witchcraft.

Coral is said to cure madness and give wisdom.

Black Coral is Hawaii's US State Gemstone

Coral jewelry has been created and worn since prehistoric times -- dating back to the Iron Age.

In ancient times, Coral was considered so valuable that it was used as a method of currency and trade by the Romans and the Egyptians.
WoW we need more coral ;) ;) ;)

I do think it might have been for 'coral' that I won a trivia jackpot ... one of 5 jackpot questions ... we had to get ... , I think .. for remembering what is associated with the 35th wedding anniversary. I know it was one of the less well known ones ... might've even been 'Pearl' (30th). Not married ... < ... but I HAVE been known to study 'trivia' !    :-X ::) 8)

;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/11/08 at 6:03 am

The word or phrase of the say...Wedding Cake
a rich cake with two or more tiers and covered with frosting and decorations; served at a wedding reception
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 11/11/08 at 7:10 am

Wow,those are such nice wedding cakes,look delicious. :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 11/11/08 at 8:03 am

Those cakes look too beautiful to eat!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/11/08 at 8:15 am

Wow,those are such nice wedding cakes,look delicious. :)

Those cakes look too beautiful to eat!

I know I was wanting cake for breakfast. :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 11/11/08 at 8:51 am

I know I was wanting cake for breakfast. :)

Sounds good!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/11/08 at 9:27 am

As long as the cakes do not contain marzipan!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 11/11/08 at 11:22 am

As long as the cakes do not contain marzipan!

I agree!!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/11/08 at 12:02 pm

I agree!!
Never like it, and cannot eat the almond nuts too.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: snozberries on 11/11/08 at 12:49 pm

a personal favorite as a cake topper...

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb218/txgreenclover/2007_05250028.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/11/08 at 2:06 pm

a personal favorite as a cake topper...

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb218/txgreenclover/2007_05250028.jpg

The best seller?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 11/11/08 at 2:50 pm

I know I was wanting cake for breakfast. :)

I never knew cake was morning food.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/11/08 at 3:06 pm

a personal favorite as a cake topper...

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb218/txgreenclover/2007_05250028.jpg

Thats funny ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 11/11/08 at 3:08 pm

Sounds good!

Goes good with cup of coffee.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/11/08 at 3:11 pm

I never knew cake was morning food.

Why not,we need a change. My mom use to make French toast & pancakes with sausage for supper.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: karen on 11/11/08 at 3:35 pm

Why not,we need a change. My mom use to make French toast & pancakes with sausage for supper.

I had something like that for my evening meal on Sunday.

And I once had chocolate cake for breakfast because there was nothing else in the house

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/11/08 at 3:47 pm

I had something like that for my evening meal on Sunday.

And I once had chocolate cake for breakfast because there was nothing else in the house

My mom use to make it for Sunday supper,I haven't had pancakes in awhile.
I've had cake for breakfast before too,umm umm.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/11/08 at 3:49 pm

Why not,we need a change. My mom use to make French toast & pancakes with sausage for supper.
Yummy!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 11/11/08 at 4:28 pm

Never like it, and cannot eat the almond nuts too.

I don't especially like them either.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 11/11/08 at 4:31 pm

I had something like that for my evening meal on Sunday.

And I once had chocolate cake for breakfast because there was nothing else in the house

That's a good excuse as any!! :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 11/11/08 at 4:33 pm

Is it suppertime or something? Why are we all talking food...maybe it was the sight of those luscious cakes.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 11/11/08 at 9:42 pm

Is it suppertime or something? Why are we all talking food...maybe it was the sight of those luscious cakes.

It's actually time for a midnight snack.It's almost 11pm NYC time.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/12/08 at 2:16 am

It's actually time for a midnight snack.It's almost 11pm NYC time.
Breakfast comes to mind here.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 11/12/08 at 3:52 am

a personal favorite as a cake topper...

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb218/txgreenclover/2007_05250028.jpg

I never knew cake was morning food.

Oh ...it's cause for mourning alright! ;)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/12/08 at 5:44 am

Oh ...it's cause for mourning alright! ;)

What a way with words you have ;D such a card.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/12/08 at 5:57 am

The word of the day...Sailing
The skill required to operate and navigate a vessel; navigation.
The sport of operating or riding in a sailboat.
Departure or time of departure from a port.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 11/12/08 at 6:27 am

Sailing- Christopher Cross.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 11/12/08 at 6:37 am

Oh ...it's cause for mourning alright! ;)

What a way with words you have ;D such a card.

I'm proud to be associated with my fellow 'watered down pommy' .... uhm I mean English man !    8)

:D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/12/08 at 6:40 am

http://www.visitandlearn.co.uk/Portals/0/Dame%20Ellen%20MacArthur%20on%20her%20yacht.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 11/12/08 at 6:47 am

http://www.visitandlearn.co.uk/Portals/0/Dame%20Ellen%20MacArthur%20on%20her%20yacht.jpg

Does she sail a lot?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/12/08 at 6:49 am

Does she sail a lot?
She sailed around the world single-handedly in the fastest time.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 11/12/08 at 6:54 am

She sailed around the world single-handedly in the fastest time.

what was the fastest?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/12/08 at 7:10 am

what was the fastest?
She (Ellen McArthur) began her attempt to break the solo record for sailing non-stop around the world on 28 November 2004. During her circumnavigation, she set records for the fastest solo voyage to the equator, past the Cape of Good Hope, past Cape Horn and back to the equator again. She crossed the finishing line near the French coast at Ushant at 2229 UTC on 7 February 2005 beating the previous record set by French sailor Francis Joyon by 1 day, 8 hours, 35 minutes, 49 seconds. Her time of 71 days, 14 hours, 18 minutes 33 seconds is world record for the 27,354 nautical miles covered. This is an average speed of 15.9 knots.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: seamermar on 11/12/08 at 2:42 pm

Sailing is a word larger than world.

From Colombo to Cook sailing's made the Earth a smaller place.

In the arms of the wind you can dream being well awake.

Many overseas countries got their roots from sailing hands, of many dreamers to sail abroad.

I lack words to say what I feel about riding on the sea.

Wind, waves and feats, anyone has a beast to fight, a dream to fulfill.

Offshore there's nothing more than you and your hopes and your fears.

Sail away from save harbours
catch the trade winds in your sails
Dream, explore, discover.

Mark Twain.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/12/08 at 4:17 pm

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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 11/12/08 at 4:23 pm

Sailing is a word larger than world.

From Colombo to Cook sailing's made the Earth a smaller place.

In the arms of the wind you can dream being well awake.

Many overseas countries got their roots from sailing hands, of many dreamers to sail abroad.

I lack words to say what I feel about riding on the sea.

Wind, waves and feats, anyone has a beast to fight, a dream to fulfill.

Offshore there's nothing more than you and your hopes and your fears.

Sail away from save harbours
catch the trade winds in your sails
Dream, explore, discover.

Mark Twain.

:)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 11/12/08 at 6:52 pm

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2018/1751414955_736905bb4f_m.jpg

Who's that? ???^

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: snozberries on 11/12/08 at 10:57 pm

even tho I live about 6 miles from the Pacific Ocean I don't do much sailing....

However I do regularly go "saling"

as in yard saling

http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n11/SCDL2006/2008%20June%20Garage%20Sale%20Dachstravaganza/IMG_2395.jpg

that's what my friends and I say...... hey wanna go saling on Saturday? ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/13/08 at 2:29 am

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2018/1751414955_736905bb4f_m.jpg

Who's that? ???^
Enya

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/13/08 at 2:30 am

Enya
...she has a new album out this week.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/13/08 at 5:47 am

The word of the day...Kite(s)
A light framework covered with cloth, plastic, or paper, designed to be flown in the wind at the end of a long string.
Any of the light sails of a ship that are used only in a light wind.
Any of various predatory birds of the hawk family Accipitridae, having a long, often forked tail and long pointed wings.

A piece of negotiable paper representing a fictitious financial transaction and used temporarily to sustain credit or raise money.
A bank check drawn on insufficient funds to take advantage of the time interval required for collection.
A bank check that has been fraudulently altered to show a larger amount.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 11/13/08 at 5:49 am

Go fly a kite.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/13/08 at 6:25 am

Lets Go Fly A Kite from Mary Poppins

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/13/08 at 6:26 am

Lets Go Fly A Kite from Mary Poppins
...saw the musical on stage last week.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/13/08 at 6:27 am

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2291/2272990071_5472f1717e_m.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/13/08 at 6:29 am

The word of the day...Kite(s)

http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/3-3.jpg

This image looks like a Dali painting.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 11/13/08 at 6:50 am

...she has a new album out this week.

What's it called?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/13/08 at 6:52 am

What's it called?
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm66/Phil_O-Sopher/AndWinterCame.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: 2kidsami on 11/13/08 at 6:57 am

http://www.break.com/index/kite-surfer-badly-owned-by-hurricane-fay.htmlIt is dangerous to fly a kite during a hurricane! ;D ;D ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/13/08 at 7:05 am

http://www.break.com/index/kite-surfer-badly-owned-by-hurricane-fay.htmlIt is dangerous to fly a kite during a hurricane! ;D ;D ;D

Ouch! Why didn't he let go the first time he hit the ground.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/13/08 at 7:07 am

Ouch! Why didn't he let go the first time he hit the ground.
Why in the first place?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: 2kidsami on 11/13/08 at 7:07 am

Ouch! Why didn't he let go the first time he hit the ground.
That was what I thought, this was just on the news a couple days ago!!! ??? ??? ???

I could ask if he is related to a certain other member;D ;D ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 11/13/08 at 7:23 am

http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm66/Phil_O-Sopher/AndWinterCame.jpg

Striking cover!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/13/08 at 7:25 am

Striking cover!
I will be listening to it again later today

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 11/13/08 at 3:21 pm

That was what I thought, this was just on the news a couple days ago!!! ??? ??? ???

I could ask if he is related to a certain other member;D ;D ;D

Definitely of the same blood line....... ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 11/13/08 at 3:23 pm

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How was the film?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/13/08 at 3:25 pm

How was the film?
The film is good, typical Disney.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/13/08 at 3:26 pm

How was the film?
It was...

...Supercalifragulisticexpealadocious

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 11/13/08 at 4:12 pm

It was...

...Supercalifragulisticexpealadocious

;D That's a good one Phil.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/13/08 at 4:14 pm

;D That's a good one Phil.
I am not sure if I have spelled it correctly

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 11/13/08 at 4:19 pm

I am not sure if I have spelled it correctly

It's a hard word to spell.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: 2kidsami on 11/13/08 at 4:31 pm

Definitely of the same blood line....... ;D
lol ;D ;D ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/13/08 at 5:24 pm

The word of the day...Sailing
From and for yesterday...

http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm66/Phil_O-Sopher/Holiday156.jpg

Boats on Lake Windermere, in the Lake District.

Photo from my holiday collection.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/13/08 at 5:25 pm

From and for yesterday...

http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm66/Phil_O-Sopher/Holiday156.jpg

Boats on Lake Windermere, in the Lake District.

Photo from my holiday collection.
This is a sneak preview, from when the main pictures will be online tomorrow.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 11/13/08 at 5:58 pm

I am not sure if I have spelled it correctly

Failed! ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/13/08 at 5:58 pm

Failed! ;D
Do you or anyone have the correct spelling?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: karen on 11/13/08 at 6:09 pm

I am not sure if I have spelled it correctly

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/14/08 at 3:50 am

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
Super spelling.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/14/08 at 3:52 am

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
Roots of the word have been defined as follows: super- "above", cali- "beauty", fragilistic- "delicate", expiali- "to atone", and docious- "educable", with the sum of these parts signifying roughly "Atoning for educability through delicate beauty."

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/14/08 at 3:52 am

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
Can you say it backwards?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/14/08 at 4:03 am

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
Did you know?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/14/08 at 4:45 am

The word of the day...Surfing
The sport of riding on the crest or along the tunnel of a wave, especially while standing or lying on a surfboard. Also called surfboarding.
Informal. The activity of casually looking at something that offers numerous options, such as the Internet or television
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http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/surfing.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/14/08 at 4:48 am

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e185/XxkArLeTtAxX/MySpace/surfs_up.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/14/08 at 4:50 am

It was...

...Supercalifragulisticexpealadocious

Um diddle diddle diddle um diddle ay
Um diddle diddle diddle um diddle ay

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/14/08 at 4:51 am

From and for yesterday...

http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm66/Phil_O-Sopher/Holiday156.jpg

Boats on Lake Windermere, in the Lake District.

Photo from my holiday collection.

Very nice :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/14/08 at 4:55 am

Very nice :)
Thanks and thank you for the reminder.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 11/14/08 at 6:30 am

I have never surfed before in my life.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/14/08 at 6:31 am

I have never surfed before in my life.
Exactly as I was thinking, and now I do not every think I will now.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 11/14/08 at 7:01 am

Exactly as I was thinking, and now I do not every think I will now.

must be dangerous.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/14/08 at 7:32 am

must be dangerous.
Dangerous if a wave is hit wrongly.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/14/08 at 7:32 am

must be dangerous.
Dangerous if you cannot swim.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 11/14/08 at 9:08 am

Um diddle diddle diddle um diddle ay
Um diddle diddle diddle um diddle ay

Mary Poopings ... our next word of the day ?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/14/08 at 9:10 am

Thanks and thank you for the reminder.

Your welcome. I saw the holiday pics Very good :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 11/14/08 at 9:26 am

Your welcome. I saw the holiday pics Very good :)

I gave it a try...... but ..... unless I've got 10 mins to spare ......... well ....... that's how long THOSE massive pics will take .... to download on my internet 'speed' ! :-[ :(

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/14/08 at 11:06 am

I gave it a try...... but ..... unless I've got 10 mins to spare ......... well ....... that's how long THOSE massive pics will take .... to download on my internet 'speed' !   :-[ :(
I forgot about your computer speed, you may find an answer one day, but the wait will be well worth it.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 11/14/08 at 12:15 pm

Mary Poopings ... our next word of the day ?

I hear you have some vacation pics...where are they?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 11/14/08 at 12:17 pm

I forgot about your computer speed, you may find an answer one day, but the wait will be well worth it.

The answer ... spend MORE money !

No, I get by .... I'll live ( not to mention 'die' ! :D ) .

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 11/14/08 at 12:20 pm

I hear you have some vacation pics...where are they?

'Holiday snaps' .... a link: http://www.inthe00s.com/index.php?topic=34833.0

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 11/14/08 at 12:25 pm

Thanks :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 11/14/08 at 12:32 pm

You took no pics, Alan?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 11/14/08 at 12:38 pm

You took no pics, Alan?

Got quite a few ... just sitting on my hard-drive. Been that way for weeks. I just can't seem to find the time ::) ... to upload them ...... even though I've had PLENTY ! :-[ Incorrigibly lazy ...... and ......... I'm not to sure there's much interest anymore ... been back a while.

:(

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 11/14/08 at 12:54 pm

You think not? It's up to you, of course. The important thing is that you saw these places in person. :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 11/14/08 at 7:13 pm

Dangerous if you cannot swim.

I can swim,just haven't in quite a long time.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/15/08 at 5:16 am

The word of the day....Startled
To cause to make a quick involuntary movement or start.
To alarm, frighten, or surprise suddenly. See synonyms at frighten
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 11/15/08 at 6:50 am

Wow,startling. ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 11/15/08 at 8:30 am

The word of the day....Startled
To cause to make a quick involuntary movement or start.
To alarm, frighten, or surprise suddenly. See synonyms at frighten

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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/15/08 at 9:37 am

I can swim,just haven't in quite a long time.
I don't have a surfboard either!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/15/08 at 9:39 am

The word of the day....Startled

http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/DSC00527.jpg

Very startled!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/15/08 at 10:07 am

http://trafficcomplex.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/shocked.pnghttp://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w305/CybersocketTom/shocked.jpghttp://doodlezenovka.files.wordpress.com/2007/12/shocked.jpg

Nice :)
Very startled!

Sorta like a Home Alone startled.

http://i437.photobucket.com/albums/qq100/nyxanrd/HomeAlone.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/15/08 at 10:11 am

Nice :)Sorta like a Home Alone startled.

http://i437.photobucket.com/albums/qq100/nyxanrd/HomeAlone.jpg
...or "The Scream"

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 11/15/08 at 7:08 pm

Was that the sequel? ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/16/08 at 2:17 am

Was that the sequel? ;D
The film Home Alone was the first film in the run of Home Alone films.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 11/16/08 at 5:15 am

The film Home Alone was the first film in the run of Home Alone films.

And then there was Home Alone 2,3 and I think 4 with some new kid.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/16/08 at 5:18 am

And then there was Home Alone 2,3 and I think 4 with some new kid.
And I have not seen any of them.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 11/16/08 at 5:21 am

And I have not seen any of them.

I think Macaulay stopped after 2.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/16/08 at 5:39 am

I think Macaulay stopped after 2.
Thank goodness for that.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/16/08 at 6:35 am

http://i437.photobucket.com/albums/qq100/nyxanrd/HomeAlone.jpg
A frightening place to be?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/16/08 at 6:36 am

http://i437.photobucket.com/albums/qq100/nyxanrd/HomeAlone.jpg
You are not alone!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/16/08 at 6:52 am

The word of the day...Butterfly
Any of various insects of the order Lepidoptera, characteristically having slender bodies, knobbed antennae, and four broad, usually colorful wings.
A person interested principally in frivolous pleasure: a social butterfly.
Sports.
A swimming stroke in which a swimmer lying face down draws both arms upward out of the water, thrusts them forward, and draws them back under the water in an hourglass design while performing a dolphin kick.
A race or a leg of a race in which this stroke is swum.
butterflies A feeling of unease or mild nausea caused especially by fearful anticipation.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: 2kidsami on 11/16/08 at 7:18 am

This man does a gorgeous butterfly......

http://www.edopter.com/images_user/ideas/200808/Eo8Rzi
http://z.about.com/d/swimming/1/0/a/F/phelps_late_82372996.jpg
http://img09.beijing2008.cn/20080813/Img214536031.jpg

;) ;) ;)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 11/16/08 at 7:40 am

http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/Butterfliesf.jpg

I count 5 ... ^ but suspect there COULD be more ! ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/16/08 at 7:41 am

This man does a gorgeous butterfly......

http://www.edopter.com/images_user/ideas/200808/Eo8Rzi
http://z.about.com/d/swimming/1/0/a/F/phelps_late_82372996.jpg
http://img09.beijing2008.cn/20080813/Img214536031.jpg

;) ;) ;)

Yes he does :)
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/Butterfliesf.jpg

I count 5 ... ^ but suspect there COULD be more ! ;D

I'm sure you would be willing to look for them ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/16/08 at 7:42 am

http://www.bestofpps.com/img/diverse/art-salvador-dali.jpg

this can also be linked with "Sailing"

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/16/08 at 8:41 am

http://www.bestofpps.com/img/diverse/art-salvador-dali.jpg

this can also be linked with "Sailing"

That's cool :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/16/08 at 8:42 am

That's cool :)
Once again, it is another wonderful painting by Salvador Dali.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 11/16/08 at 8:57 am

Nice :)Sorta like a Home Alone startled.

http://i437.photobucket.com/albums/qq100/nyxanrd/HomeAlone.jpg

Funny Home Alone pic with MJ in the background.

I made it to my new apt. and can't find my necessities in those boxes. But I love it here. Heck, I haven't even found the speakers to my computer. Or the printer paper. :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 11/16/08 at 9:13 am

Funny Home Alone pic with MJ in the background.

and I didn't even notice MJ in the background before ! :o :-[ :(

Well, I suppose he just wants to tuck the young man into bed ? :-X ::)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/16/08 at 9:14 am

and I didn't even notice MJ in the background before !   :o   :-[ :(

Well, I suppose he just wants to tuck the young man into bed ?   :-X ::)
...or into a closet?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 11/16/08 at 9:15 am

http://www.bestofpps.com/img/diverse/art-salvador-dali.jpg

this can also be linked with "Sailing"

Didn't spot THAT either before (the specialness of its sails) ! Must be tired to miss that as well. Close to bedtime for me !

Good pic, though ! ^

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/16/08 at 10:18 am

Funny Home Alone pic with MJ in the background.

I made it to my new apt. and can't find my necessities in those boxes. But I love it here. Heck, I haven't even found the speakers to my computer. Or the printer paper. :)

Glad to here you are at your new apartment. Isn't packing an unpacking fun ;D
and I didn't even notice MJ in the background before !   :o   :-
...or into a closet?

Does it look like he is trying to get him drunk
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a173/famfamnet-gallery/Families-Together/c345547a.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/16/08 at 10:20 am

Glad to here you are at your new apartment. Isn't packing an unpacking fun ;DDoes it look like he is trying to get him drunk
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a173/famfamnet-gallery/Families-Together/c345547a.jpg
Was this picture used in court?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/16/08 at 10:23 am

Was this picture used in court?

I'm not sure about that.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/16/08 at 10:25 am

Was this picture used in court?
Are they wearing shades so not be recognised?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: snozberries on 11/16/08 at 10:25 am

We have a butterfly preserve very close by and although I didn't take this photo myself I really like it

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa235/snozberries44/Monarqueonthebeach.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: snozberries on 11/16/08 at 10:26 am

Are they wearing shades so not be recognised?

I think its to hide the bloodshot eyes from all the alcohol consumption.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/16/08 at 10:29 am

I think its to hide the bloodshot eyes from all the alcohol consumption.
Both of them?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: snozberries on 11/16/08 at 10:40 am

Both of them?

Well you know it's easier to take advantage of your date if you wine and dine them first ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/16/08 at 12:04 pm

I think its to hide the bloodshot eyes from all the alcohol consumption.

So true,or maybe he thought they would help him stay incognito ;D
Well you know it's easier to take advantage of your date if you wine and dine them first ;D

It's cheaper with a kid,they don't require so much wine to pass out. ;D
Michael revealing some more surgery

http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m257/jo9sant8/pic71.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/16/08 at 12:08 pm

It's cheaper with a kid,they don't require so much wine to pass out. ;D
What was that drink he invented to intoicate the children?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: snozberries on 11/16/08 at 12:10 pm

What was that drink he invented to intoicate the children?

roofie shakes?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 11/16/08 at 12:44 pm

Glad to here you are at your new apartment. Isn't packing an unpacking fun ;DDoes it look like he is trying to get him drunk
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a173/famfamnet-gallery/Families-Together/c345547a.jpg

Loads of fun, or How to Make a New Apt Instantly Messy, :-\\

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 11/16/08 at 5:02 pm

http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/Butterfliesf.jpg

I count 5 ... ^ but suspect there COULD be more ! ;D

yeah and I bet you know where? ;)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 11/17/08 at 5:05 am

I really like butterflys ....they are so easy to squash!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/17/08 at 5:16 am

The word or phrase of the day..Snow Globe(s)
Decorative object or toy containing fluid with suspended white flakes that emulate snowfall when shaken

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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/17/08 at 5:17 am

Andy Williams had a hit with Butterfly.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/17/08 at 5:18 am

The word or phrase of the day..Snow Globe(s)
Decorative object or toy containing fluid with suspended white flakes that emulate snowfall when shaken

http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/Christmas20snowglobe.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/mickeysnowglobe.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/DSCN0251.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/iloveyoubear.gif
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/2002snowglobe.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/100_1065.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/snow-globe.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/SS851078.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/wolf.gif
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/unicornglobe1.gif
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/master_SFM0211.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/angel5.gif
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/santa.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/lighthouse.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/uni1globean.gif
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/snowglobes.jpg
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 11/17/08 at 5:19 am

We could always combine the last two words of the day.......

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c172/jeffvickyeric/snow%20globes/butterfliessnowglobe-mysticwolf.gif

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/17/08 at 5:26 am

We could always combine the last two words of the day.......

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c172/jeffvickyeric/snow%20globes/butterfliessnowglobe-mysticwolf.gif

Beautiful :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/17/08 at 5:27 am

We could always combine the last two words of the day.......

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c172/jeffvickyeric/snow%20globes/butterfliessnowglobe-mysticwolf.gif
Well done!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/17/08 at 5:28 am

http://pro.corbis.com/images/42-18401177.jpg?size=572&uid=%7BE2199D4C-303F-4EBB-B07B-889B0EC5BA42%7D

How about a Sailing Snow Globe ?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 11/17/08 at 5:43 am

wow,those are beautiful. :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 11/17/08 at 6:06 am

http://pro.corbis.com/images/42-18401177.jpg?size=572&uid=%7BE2199D4C-303F-4EBB-B07B-889B0EC5BA42%7D

How about a Sailing Snow Globe ?

That works too........ :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/17/08 at 7:21 am

http://pro.corbis.com/images/42-18401177.jpg?size=572&uid=%7BE2199D4C-303F-4EBB-B07B-889B0EC5BA42%7D

How about a Sailing Snow Globe ?

Excellent :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 11/17/08 at 8:12 am

wow,those are beautiful. :)

ninny should start an art gallery, with the many cool pix she's posted in THIS thread .... loads of the world's most beautiful pics. If she could charge admission ..... she'd be set for life ! (Oops, I didn't give you that idea, :-[ ninny !   ;D ) .

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/17/08 at 8:54 am

ninny should start an art gallery, with the many cool pix she's posted in THIS thread .... loads of the world's most beautiful pics. If she could charge admission ..... she'd be set for life ! (Oops, I didn't give you that idea, :-http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/I_heart_Ninny.gif
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/I_heart_Ninny.gif
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/I_heart_Ninny.gif :D :D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/17/08 at 9:16 am

ninny's Metropolitan art gallery. Or ninny's country art store. They will come by the bus load (the Lunatic bus)

http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/I_heart_Ninny.gif
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/I_heart_Ninny.gif
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/I_heart_Ninny.gif :D :D
Ninnypolitan Art Gallery ?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/17/08 at 1:44 pm

Ninnypolitan Art Gallery ?

That has a nice ring to it :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/17/08 at 1:48 pm

That has a nice ring to it :)
When will it be you first exhibition?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/17/08 at 1:58 pm

http://i24.ebayimg.com/01/i/001/0a/6b/be04_1.JPG

SONIC THE HEDGEHOG PERSONALISED SNOW GLOBE

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 11/17/08 at 4:51 pm

When will it be you first exhibition?

Whenever she has the time.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/17/08 at 5:48 pm

When will it be you first exhibition?

When I can raise the money and buy a building to show everything.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 11/17/08 at 5:51 pm

ninny's Metropolitan art gallery. Or ninny's country art store. They will come by the bus load (the Lunatic bus)

http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/I_heart_Ninny.gif
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/I_heart_Ninny.gif
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/I_heart_Ninny.gif :D :D

Who is Ninny ? You have capitalized the above, ... so obviously .... MUST be referring to somebody else (we do have a 'ninny' here) . :P Well ..... I THINK Nally would say something like that ... although apparently ... HE is not a member of this board ... but his cuz, nally .... IS ! 8) ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/18/08 at 3:16 am

Wheneve she has the time.
Make an exhibitiion of yourself?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/18/08 at 5:35 am

Who is Ninny ? You have capitalized the above, ... so obviously .... MUST be referring to somebody else (we do have a 'ninny' here) . :P Well ..... I THINK Nally would say something like that ... although apparently ... HE is not a member of this board ... but his cuz, nally .... IS ! 8) ;D

Hey you go with what you can find. Never in my wildest dreams did I think I would find a I loveNinny sign. Yes it was a cheap self pormotion
just like this
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/porchswing-1.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/18/08 at 5:36 am

Hey you go with what you can find. Never in my wildest dreams did I think I would find a I loveNinny sign. Yes it was a cheap self pormotion
just like this
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/porchswing-1.jpg
It is not cheap, it looks expensive!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/18/08 at 5:42 am

The word or phrase of the day...Marine Mammal
a mammal that lives in the ocean, such as a whale.
www.nrdc.org/reference/glossary/m.asp

Any mammal that (1) is morphologically adapted to the marine environment (including sea otters and members of the orders Sirenia,, Pinnipedia, and ...
www.rcaam.org/educate/glos-mno.htm

a mammal that spends the majority of its life in and near the ocean (eg whales, seals, polar bears) Meroplankton: planktonic organisms that spend ...
www.yni.org/hi/fieldscience/resources/hivocabulary/marine.php

Marine mammals are a diverse group of roughly 120 species of mammal that are primarily ocean-dwelling or depend on the ocean for food. ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine mammal

http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/l_bc73dccbace16c6d48390a840400894f-.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/polar-bear-in-arctic.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/polarbear1.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/Walrus2.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/Hydrurga_leptonyx.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/Porpoises.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/porpoises-jumpingABOVEwater.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/seal.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/snow-seal.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/DSC00032.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/crky.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/DSC00366.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/Dolphins145.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/2095977680097476364S500x500Q85.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/3453453.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/babypolarbear1.png

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/18/08 at 5:44 am

It is not cheap, it looks expensive!

Maybe I could use it my art gallery :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/18/08 at 5:46 am

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2390/1513133456_a1f6ce0a02_m.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/18/08 at 5:47 am

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2127/1591218742_9ad4d23d47_m.jpg

A Dolphin Snow Globe

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/18/08 at 5:50 am

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2390/1513133456_a1f6ce0a02_m.jpg

Where is that?
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2127/1591218742_9ad4d23d47_m.jpg

A Dolphin Snow Globe

Boy they must put everything in Snow Globes ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/18/08 at 5:53 am

Where is that?
A statue at the B.C. ferry. (B.C. = British Columbia ?)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/18/08 at 6:11 am

A statue at the B.C. ferry. (B.C. = British Columbia ?)

How about a little trip here
http://www.sidneybythesea.com/properties/villamadrona/index.htm
Check the prices at the bottom.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/18/08 at 6:36 am

How about a little trip here
http://www.sidneybythesea.com/properties/villamadrona/index.htm
Check the prices at the bottom.
€7,184,300 can we afford it?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 11/18/08 at 6:44 am

How about sharks?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/18/08 at 6:48 am

How about sharks?
..too dangerous

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 11/18/08 at 6:48 am

Hey you go with what you can find. Never in my wildest dreams did I think I would find a I loveNinny sign. Yes it was a cheap self pormotion
just like this
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/porchswing-1.jpg

Capitalized or not ... we DO love / appreciate ... our ninny here ! 8) ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 11/18/08 at 6:49 am

..too dangerous

That's a marine mammal.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/18/08 at 6:50 am

Capitalized or not ... we DO love / appreciate ... our ninny here ! 8) ;D
Go for it Ninny!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 11/18/08 at 6:53 am

Go for it Ninny!

I agree,go for it.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/18/08 at 6:53 am

I agree,go for it.
I look forward to the day

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 11/18/08 at 6:54 am

Is that the book she's making?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/18/08 at 6:55 am

Is that the book she's making?
The exhibition I believe.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 11/18/08 at 6:56 am

The exhibition I believe.

Looking forward to that.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/18/08 at 7:03 am

Is that the book she's making?
A book would be interesting, but there is a question of the copyright.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/18/08 at 7:04 am

How about sharks?

Not according to Wikipedia. They are
Chondrichthyes or cartilaginous fishes are jawed fish with paired fins, paired nostrils, scales, two-chambered hearts, and skeletons made of cartilage rather than bone. They are divided into two subclasses: Elasmobranchii (sharks, rays and skates) and Holocephali (chimaera, sometimes called ghost sharks, which are sometimes separated into their own class

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/18/08 at 7:13 am

Not according to Wikipedia. They are
Chondrichthyes or cartilaginous fishes are jawed fish with paired fins, paired nostrils, scales, two-chambered hearts, and skeletons made of cartilage rather than bone. They are divided into two subclasses: Elasmobranchii (sharks, rays and skates) and Holocephali (chimaera, sometimes called ghost sharks, which are sometimes separated into their own class
...a hungry class of their own?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/18/08 at 7:14 am

€7,184,300 can we afford it?

Maybe we can get a discount after all we are Lunatics ;D
Capitalized or not ... we DO love / appreciate ... our ninny here ! 8) ;D

Go for it Ninny!

I agree,go for it.

Thank you!ninny could not do this by herself. Your responses made it all possible
Gee I sound like I'm making an acceptance speech at The Academy Awards ;D :D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 11/18/08 at 7:28 am

Maybe we can get a discount after all we are Lunatics ;DThank you!ninny could not do this by herself. Your responses made it all possible
Gee I sound like I'm making an acceptance speech at The Academy Awards ;D :D

Do a Sally Field (I think it was her ? ) ... 'You love me ...you REALLY love me ! ' !!!   ??? :o

:-[ :\'( :)

8)

:-*

:D ;D :D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 11/18/08 at 7:30 am

Maybe we can get a discount after all we are Lunatics ;DThank you!ninny could not do this by herself. Your responses made it all possible
Gee I sound like I'm making an acceptance speech at The Academy Awards ;D :D

is there a podium?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/18/08 at 7:37 am

Do a Sally Field (I think it was her ? ) ... 'You love me ...you REALLY love me ! ' !!!   ??? :o

:-[ :\'( :)

8)

:-*

:D ;D :D

Yes we liked her speech we really liked it ;D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IynQCmqvXZs&feature=related#

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/18/08 at 7:39 am

is there a podium?
Who was it that cried on the podium?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 11/18/08 at 7:41 am

*applause*.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 11/19/08 at 2:47 am

Capitalized or not ... we DO love / appreciate ... our ninny here ! 8) ;D

Yes...certainly doesn't warrant capital punishment!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/19/08 at 2:49 am

Go for it Ninny!
Go for it ninny!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/19/08 at 6:10 am

Yes...certainly doesn't warrant capital punishment!

Such a joker :D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 11/19/08 at 6:18 am

Who was it that cried on the podium?

I don't remember who? ???

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/19/08 at 6:20 am

I don't remember who? ???
She shed tears.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 11/19/08 at 6:22 am

She shed tears.

Was it someone from a soap opera?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/19/08 at 6:23 am

The word or phrase of the day...Flowering Tree(s)
Any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary
- angiospermous tree
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/May12008144.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/IMG_3850.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/redbudtrees.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/cf41.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/CowanLakeDogwoodTree08.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/magnolia.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/Appletrees.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/Picture247-1.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/img_0171.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/27Follage2.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/e5b16aa6.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/flowering_trees_T2554.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/floweringtrees.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/bloss300.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/parramattapark.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/19/08 at 6:23 am

Was it someone from a soap opera?
The Oscars are motion pictures, not tv.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/19/08 at 6:24 am

http://blog.templates.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/sm_snow_globe_by_priteeboy.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/19/08 at 6:26 am

She shed tears.

Are you sure it wasn't Sally Fields?
Nope i found it Halle Berry
the award for this has to go to Miss Halle Berry, the first African-American actress to win a Best Actress Oscar. When accepting her award for Best Actress (Monster’s Ball) in 2001, Berry was so overcome by emotion that she broke down ... and the tears just would not stop flowing. And she had no tissue to wipe them away with. (Now here is where Adrien Brody could have stepped in.)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 11/19/08 at 6:27 am

The word or phrase of the day...Flowering Tree(s)
Any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary
- angiospermous tree
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/May12008144.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/IMG_3850.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/redbudtrees.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/cf41.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/CowanLakeDogwoodTree08.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/magnolia.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/Appletrees.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/Picture247-1.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/img_0171.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/27Follage2.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/e5b16aa6.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/flowering_trees_T2554.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/floweringtrees.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/bloss300.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/parramattapark.jpg

Man,that is beautiful,may I use one of these as a wallpaper? :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/19/08 at 6:28 am

http://blog.templates.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/sm_snow_globe_by_priteeboy.jpg

You've come up with another good one,Phil :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/19/08 at 6:28 am

Man,that is beautiful,may I use one of these as a wallpaper? :)

You can use anything you want :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 11/19/08 at 6:31 am

You can use anything you want :)

Everytime I see your pictures,I'd like them as wallpaper. :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/19/08 at 6:37 am

Is there anything finer than a tree?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 11/19/08 at 7:44 am

Did you have the magnolia tree in there?

http://home.att.net/~magnoliaimages/JudyMagnolia.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/19/08 at 10:10 am

Did you have the magnolia tree in there?

http://home.att.net/~magnoliaimages/JudyMagnolia.jpg

Yes but it was a pink one. Yours is pretty :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/19/08 at 10:27 am

http://www.offenburger.com/images/StJoeFloweringTreeMay1808B.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/19/08 at 11:20 am

http://www.offenburger.com/images/StJoeFloweringTreeMay1808B.jpg

Do you know what type of tree that is?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/19/08 at 12:48 pm

Do you know what type of tree that is?
A tree in blossom ?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: snozberries on 11/19/08 at 1:08 pm

Are you sure it wasn't Sally Fields?
Nope i found it Halle Berry
the award for this has to go to Miss Halle Berry, the first African-American actress to win a Best Actress Oscar. When accepting her award for Best Actress (Monster’s Ball) in 2001, Berry was so overcome by emotion that she broke down ... and the tears just would not stop flowing. And she had no tissue to wipe them away with. (Now here is where Adrien Brody could have stepped in.)

dude I was totally crying too.... that moment was so huge for me. Here is a picture of the wall over my TV.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/19/08 at 1:10 pm

"A sure cure for seasickness is to sit under a tree." - Spike Milligan

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 11/19/08 at 1:39 pm

Do you know what type of tree that is?

Willow Tree? ???

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/19/08 at 1:40 pm

Willow Tree? ???
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/62/230701443_aeedf05f1b_m.jpg

This is a willow tree.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/19/08 at 1:41 pm

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/62/230701443_aeedf05f1b_m.jpg

This is a willow tree.
...not in flower.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 11/19/08 at 1:42 pm

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/62/230701443_aeedf05f1b_m.jpg

This is a willow tree.

Then I wouldn't know what tree that is. ???

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 11/19/08 at 5:55 pm

Yes but it was a pink one. Yours is pretty :)
It's from the South...originating in S. Carolina

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/20/08 at 2:22 am

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2102/2288619512_3e33987a9d_m.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/20/08 at 5:50 am

The word or phrase of the day...Disco lights
I really don't see any definition,so basically lights at a disco

http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/disco_lights.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/14lt2tv.gif
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/discolights-2.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/disco20copy.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/Picture025.jpg
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/20/08 at 5:55 am

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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/20/08 at 6:04 am

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LOL

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/20/08 at 6:05 am

I am struggling to find a Disco Snow globe.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/20/08 at 6:07 am

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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 11/20/08 at 6:36 am

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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/20/08 at 6:41 am

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A familiar pose?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 11/20/08 at 6:42 am

A familiar pose?

That was John Travolta back in the skinny days.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 11/20/08 at 6:51 am

Sorry folks .... not feeling like discoing too much tonight ... even though my quick peek at some of those snazzy disco lights says I'm missing out. Some bug has definitely gotten a firm grip on me in the last 6 hours ... or so ? Even the 'Vicks first defence' ... which has fought off many a cold for me this year ... has not stopped THIS one .... so it must be pretty nasty / maybe I'm very run down ? So ... an earlier night than of late.

Have a good one !

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 11/20/08 at 6:53 am

Sorry folks .... not feeling like discoing too much tonight ... even though my quick peek at some of those snazzy disco lights says I'm missing out. Some bug has definitely gotten a firm grip on me in the last 6 hours ... or so ? Even the 'Vicks first defence' ... which has fought off many a cold for me this year ... has not stopped THIS one .... so it must be pretty nasty / maybe I'm very run down ? So ... an earlier night than of late.

Have a good one !

Feel Better Alan. :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/20/08 at 6:55 am

Sorry folks .... not feeling like discoing too much tonight ... even though my quick peek at some of those snazzy disco lights says I'm missing out. Some bug has definitely gotten a firm grip on me in the last 6 hours ... or so ? Even the 'Vicks first defence' ... which has fought off many a cold for me this year ... has not stopped THIS one .... so it must be pretty nasty / maybe I'm very run down ? So ... an earlier night than of late.

Have a good one !
Sorry to hear this, are you drinking honey and lemon with whisky...

...without the honey and lemon?

Get well soon.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/20/08 at 7:11 am

Sorry folks .... not feeling like discoing too much tonight ... even though my quick peek at some of those snazzy disco lights says I'm missing out. Some bug has definitely gotten a firm grip on me in the last 6 hours ... or so ? Even the 'Vicks first defence' ... which has fought off many a cold for me this year ... has not stopped THIS one .... so it must be pretty nasty / maybe I'm very run down ? So ... an earlier night than of late.

Have a good one !

Hope you feel better :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 11/20/08 at 7:21 am

I love disco,best music ever. :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/20/08 at 7:42 am

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This is the 5000th reply to this topic.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 11/20/08 at 7:52 am

Sorry folks .... not feeling like discoing too much tonight ... even though my quick peek at some of those snazzy disco lights says I'm missing out. Some bug has definitely gotten a firm grip on me in the last 6 hours ... or so ? Even the 'Vicks first defence' ... which has fought off many a cold for me this year ... has not stopped THIS one .... so it must be pretty nasty / maybe I'm very run down ? So ... an earlier night than of late.

Have a good one !

I hope you do feel better soon, Alan.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/20/08 at 9:20 am

This is the 5000th reply to this topic.

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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/20/08 at 9:22 am

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congrats!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 11/20/08 at 2:38 pm

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Well who would have thought eh? Congrats ninny.......and fans!! :)

In a disco sense ....... we're Stayin' Alive....Stayin' Alive!! :D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/20/08 at 3:47 pm

congrats!

Well who would have thought eh? Congrats ninny.......and fans!! :)

In a disco sense ....... we're Stayin' Alive....Stayin' Alive!! :D

Thanks for all the posts everyone. Lets hope for another 5000. :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/20/08 at 5:09 pm

Thanks for all the posts everyone. Lets hope for another 5000. :)
...and more ?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 11/20/08 at 5:23 pm

Feel Better Alan. :)

Sorry to hear this, are you drinking honey and lemon with whisky...

...without the honey and lemon?

Get well soon.

Hope you feel better :)

I hope you do feel better soon, Alan.

Thanks guys. Well I do feel SLIGHTLY better .... but ...

It came on so suddenly / almost out of nowhere. Haven't felt that amount of physical discomfort in quite a long time ... almost in tears of pain. Eyes still quite itchy/gravelly, heavy, tired. Roof of mouth quite uncomfortable / sinus area.

Doubt I 'll be getting to quiz tonight 9 hours from now ... feeling like this ! :(

Painkillers and plenty of sleep, I think (in between SOME posting ! ;) ;D ).

Oh yeah ... congrats on that 5000th + achievement, ninny ! 8)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/20/08 at 5:40 pm

Thanks guys. Well I do feel SLIGHTLY better .... but ...

It came on so suddenly / almost out of nowhere. Haven't felt that amount of physical discomfort in quite a long time ... almost in tears of pain. Eyes still quite itchy/gravelly, heavy, tired. Roof of mouth quite uncomfortable / sinus area.

Doubt I 'll be getting to quiz tonight 9 hours from now ... feeling like this ! :(

Painkillers and plenty of sleep, I think (in between SOME posting ! ;) ;D ).

Oh yeah ... congrats on that 5000th + achievement, ninny !   8)
Rest is the key cure and plenty of the correct fluids.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: 2kidsami on 11/20/08 at 5:40 pm

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Ninny

Since it is in the south (my major in College was Urban Forestry - and identifying trees is what I did as a career) I believe it is a Yoshino Japanese Flowering Cherry, it could also be some type of Crabapple; as these 2 types are trees are both in the Prunus family, they are very difficult to tell apart with out being a "prunus expert" and there are Thousands of varieties of Crabapples and flowering cherries.... Beautiful small ornamental trees :) :) :)

I hope this answers your question and I did not sound too pretentious :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: 2kidsami on 11/20/08 at 5:42 pm

Sorry folks .... not feeling like discoing too much tonight ... even though my quick peek at some of those snazzy disco lights says I'm missing out. Some bug has definitely gotten a firm grip on me in the last 6 hours ... or so ? Even the 'Vicks first defence' ... which has fought off many a cold for me this year ... has not stopped THIS one .... so it must be pretty nasty / maybe I'm very run down ? So ... an earlier night than of late.

Have a good one !
Karma to help you get better :) It worked for Cat ;)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 11/20/08 at 6:12 pm

Karma to help you get better :) It worked for Cat ;)

Thanks '2kidsamI'. I'd like to reciprocate .. tick you over to 100 ... but someone else will have to have that honor ... since I gave my word a while back ... on not doing it anymore. I may re-think that .. at some point ? :-\\ .. I just feel a little mean, not giving it back ? :-[ :( Don't know.

Anyway, let's hope it works. :)

By the way .... I don't know your name .... or is that a secret ? ???

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 11/20/08 at 6:44 pm

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Wow,Congratulations. :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: seamermar on 11/21/08 at 5:05 am

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It's amazing, how we can share with a scroll on a mouse, and suddenly seem to flight.

Congratulations Ninny,

and you all who keep on posting, here and there along "inthe00s".
As you know I'm a sailor who doesn't take too much time at home, but a bit of it I'm fond to give it to all of you "penguin sons"

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/21/08 at 6:30 am

Thanks guys. Well I do feel SLIGHTLY better .... but ...

It came on so suddenly / almost out of nowhere. Haven't felt that amount of physical discomfort in quite a long time ... almost in tears of pain. Eyes still quite itchy/gravelly, heavy, tired. Roof of mouth quite uncomfortable / sinus area.

Doubt I 'll be getting to quiz tonight 9 hours from now ... feeling like this ! :(

Painkillers and plenty of sleep, I think (in between SOME posting ! ;) ;D ).

Oh yeah ... congrats on that 5000th + achievement, ninny ! 8)
Thanks For all your great pics and posts :)
Relax and take it easy,drink plenty of fluids.
Ninny

Since it is in the south (my major in College was Urban Forestry - and identifying trees is what I did as a career) I believe it is a Yoshino Japanese Flowering Cherry, it could also be some type of Crabapple; as these 2 types are trees are both in the Prunus family, they are very difficult to tell apart with out being a "prunus expert" and there are Thousands of varieties of Crabapples and flowering cherries.... Beautiful small ornamental trees :) :) :)

I hope this answers your question and I did not sound too pretentious :)

Thanks for the information> I tried to look up Apple & Cherry trees,they all look so pretty. Any help is great and no you do not sound pretentious :)

Wow,Congratulations. :)

It's amazing, how we can share with a scroll on a mouse, and suddenly seem to flight.

Congratulations Ninny,

and you all who keep on posting, here and there along "inthe00s".
As you know I'm a sailor who doesn't take too much time at home, but a bit of it I'm fond to give it to all of you "penguin sons"

Thank you both for all your help and posts :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/21/08 at 6:42 am

We are going to start something new on friday.Along with the word of the day we will have a different flower for friday.
The word and flower of the day...Orchid
member of the orchid family.
The flower of any of these plants, especially one cultivated for ornament.
A pale to light purple, from grayish to purplish pink to strong reddish purple.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/21/08 at 6:49 am

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The closes I can find to a Orchid Snow Globe

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/21/08 at 6:53 am

http://www.marjie.net/images/previews/orchid_wp_sm.jpg

The closes I can find to a Orchid Snow Globe

You are very resourceful Phil :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 11/21/08 at 6:56 am

very nice pictures of flowers. :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/21/08 at 6:57 am

To purchase Orchids is an expensive thing

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/21/08 at 7:01 am

very nice pictures of flowers. :)

Thank You :)
To purchase Orchids is an expensive thing

I'm not sure I've never bought any.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/21/08 at 7:02 am

Thank You :)I'm not sure I've never bought any.
Orchids are hard to grow or find I am lead to believe.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 11/21/08 at 7:03 am

To purchase Orchids is an expensive thing

How much are they? ???

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 11/21/08 at 7:08 am

Thanks For all your great pics and posts :)
Relax and take it easy,drink plenty of fluids.Thanks for the information> I tried to look up Apple & Cherry trees,they all look so pretty. Any help is great and no you do not sound pretentious :)Thank you both for all your help and posts :)

Thanks ninny ! :) You strike me as a very gracious, kindly, thoughtful lady on these boards ... a bit of a 'class act' 8) .... to go thanking everybody individually for this and that. Certainly ... on a totally different dimension / end of the spectrum .... from some of what I've seen today :-X ;D

I do intend to stick around for maybe one more hour ... just so I can get more fluids into me, before retiring. Just about to tackle .... that glass of red wine ! :D

Oh yes .. you might like to take a look at this ?

http://www.inthe00s.com/index.php?topic=34930.msg1812823

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 11/21/08 at 7:10 am

Orchids are hard to grow or find I am lead to believe.

Where do you find them?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 11/21/08 at 7:15 am

Re those beautiful orchids ^

Orchids make up the world's most diverse plant family with the number of species estimated to be between 30,000 and 40,000 in over 800 genera. Almost every month new species are found and documented and very often they are found to be a completely new genus.

The largest orchid is generally agreed to be Grammatophyllum speciosum. It can weigh up to 2,000 pounds or 900 kilograms and is reputed to produce up to 10,000 flowers on a mature plant in nature. The pseudobulbs reach 10 feet or 3 meters in height with leaves along the full length. The species is found in Malaysia, the Solomon Islands, Sumatra, the Philippines, Papua and New Guinea.

What body part is the orchid named after?
The orchid is named after the male genitalia. Its botanical family name, Orchidaceae, means "testicles" in Greek and may derive from an early notion that the orchid possessed aphrodisiac qualities.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 11/21/08 at 7:17 am

Yep ... you sure don't wanna be having an orchidectomy, Howard !

Unless the surviving Bee Gees are after a Maurice Gibb replacement ! :D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/21/08 at 7:18 am

Where do you find them?
You can find them in fields and wooded areas.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/21/08 at 7:19 am

Yep ... you sure don't wanna be having an orchidectomy, Howard !

Unless the surviving Bee Gees are after a Maurice Gibb replacement ! :D
The description does not sound nice.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 11/21/08 at 7:34 am

You can find them in fields and wooded areas.

I don't think Pathmark sells them.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 11/21/08 at 7:34 am

The description does not sound nice.

It's a nice trivia question though ... what is removed in an orchidectomy (?) . Heard that one several times ?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 11/21/08 at 7:36 am

It's a nice trivia question though ... what is removed in an orchidectomy (?) . Heard that one several times ?

Does that require some form of removal of a body part?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/21/08 at 7:36 am

I don't think Pathmark sells them.
They sell flowers?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/21/08 at 7:37 am

I don't think Pathmark sells them.
Do they sell Snow Globes?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 11/21/08 at 7:39 am

Do they sell Snow Globes?

for the holiday yes they do.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/21/08 at 7:45 am

for the holiday yes they do.
Christmas ones?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 11/21/08 at 8:17 am

I do intend to stick around for maybe one more hour ... just so I can get more fluids into me, before retiring. Just about to tackle .... that glass of red wine ! :D

Oh yes .. you might like to take a look at this ?

http://www.inthe00s.com/index.php?topic=34930.msg1812823

There's a whole program on Animal Planet here with such stuff. Elephants with an undeveloped elephant growing out of it's side, no front-legged dog that walks around upright, etc. I think it's called Weird and Freaky. You have a good picture and reminded me of this stuff.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 11/21/08 at 9:01 am

There's a whole program on Animal Planet here with such stuff. Elephants with an undeveloped elephant growing out of it's side, no front-legged dog that walks around upright, etc. I think it's called Weird and Freaky. You have a good picture and reminded me of this stuff.

Yeah ... you're right ... I've seen human babies joined at the head before. However .. gotta say it's the first time I'VE seen a cat like that. Coz they're furry / cute ..... they look just SLIGHTLY less disturbing .... than the human equivalent ?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/21/08 at 9:05 am

Yeah ... you're right ... I've seen human babies joined at the head before. However .. gotta say it's the first time I'VE seen a cat like that. Coz they're furry / cute ..... they look just SLIGHTLY less disturbing .... than the human equivalent ?
Channel 4 are always showing the programmes on Siamese Twins.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 11/21/08 at 9:23 am

The furry animals ARE cuter!! So would the siamese twins if I could look at their faces and not concentrate on how they are joined.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/21/08 at 10:15 am

Channel 4 are always showing the programmes on Siamese Twins.
btw, I cannot bear to watch these programmes.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/21/08 at 11:05 am

Thanks ninny ! :) You strike me as a very gracious, kindly, thoughtful lady on these boards ... a bit of a 'class act' 8) .... to go thanking everybody individually for this and that. Certainly ... on a totally different dimension / end of the spectrum .... from some of what I've seen today :-X ;D

I do intend to stick around for maybe one more hour ... just so I can get more fluids into me, before retiring. Just about to tackle .... that glass of red wine ! :D

Oh yes .. you might like to take a look at this ?

http://www.inthe00s.com/index.php?topic=34930.msg1812823

Thanks I like to get some spunk and tell Marty what I think of his opinion of a few people around here.
That poor kitten :(

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 11/21/08 at 1:47 pm

btw, I cannot bear to watch these programmes.

I don't blame you!! I just know that it's there.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/21/08 at 1:51 pm

I don't blame you!! I just know that it's there.
Any type of programme of that nature I cannot bear to watch.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 11/21/08 at 7:20 pm

Christmas ones?

I'm not sure. ???

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 11/21/08 at 7:26 pm

Thanks I like to get some spunk and tell Marty what I think of his opinion of a few people around here.
That poor kitten :(

I was wondering if that kitty would make it onto these boards..... So...how wiill they feed it? Alternative days using a different mouth? :-\\

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 11/21/08 at 7:36 pm

I was wondering if that kitty would make it onto these boards..... So...how wiill they feed it? Alternative days using a different mouth? :-\\

I'm sure there's a way.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/22/08 at 4:22 am

I'm not sure. ???
Have you checked?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/22/08 at 5:48 am

The word or phrase of the day....Charm Bracelet
A charm bracelet is an item of jewelry worn around the wrist. It carries personal charms: decorative pendants or trinkets which are signifiers of important things in the wearer's life.

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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/22/08 at 5:50 am

Charming.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/22/08 at 5:53 am

I've decided to do a person of the day...John F Kennedy
John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963), often referred to by his initials JFK, was the thirty-fifth President of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963.

http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/kennedy.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/jfk.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/jfk-1.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/johnkennedy.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/jfk-2.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/John_F_Kennedy_1917-1963.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/22/08 at 5:55 am

I've decided to do a person of the day...John F Kennedy
John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963), often referred to by his initials JFK, was the thirty-fifth President of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963.

http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/kennedy.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/jfk.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/jfk-1.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/johnkennedy.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/jfk-2.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/John_F_Kennedy_1917-1963.jpg
A sad day indeed.

When the event occured I was around 5 years old and too young to realise everything.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/22/08 at 6:02 am

A sad day indeed.

When the event occured I was around 5 years old and too young to realise everything.

I was only 3. My parents kept the newspaper clippings from that day.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/22/08 at 6:06 am

I was only 3. My parents kept the newspaper clippings from that day.
Is my understanding correct that he was the first Roman Catholic US President.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/22/08 at 6:09 am

Is my understanding correct that he was the first Roman Catholic US President.

Yes he was. Coming from a Catholic family thatwas a great deal to my relatives.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/22/08 at 6:11 am

Yes he was. Coming from a Catholic family thatwas a great deal to my relatives.
And JFK had Irish ancestry.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 11/22/08 at 6:52 am

How old would he be if he was alive today?

http://j-walkblog.com/old/images/jfk86.jpg

JFK at 86.^

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/22/08 at 7:06 am

The word or phrase of the day....Charm Bracelet
A charm bracelet is an item of jewelry worn around the wrist. It carries personal charms: decorative pendants or trinkets which are signifiers of important things in the wearer's life.

http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/flora3.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/mintroyale4.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/DSC00114.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/DSC00097.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/chinesecharmbracelet1.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/DSC00109.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/IMG_0798.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/IMG_1336.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/friend.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/sister.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/043.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/DSC00107.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/HHalloweenBracelets1.jpg
A Snow Globe that can be attached to a Bracelet.

http://cn1.kaboodle.com/hi/img/2/0/0/e0/8/AAAAAmkuIaIAAAAAAOCI-A.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 11/22/08 at 7:18 am

The word or phrase of the day....Charm Bracelet
A charm bracelet is an item of jewelry worn around the wrist. It carries personal charms: decorative pendants or trinkets which are signifiers of important things in the wearer's life.

http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/flora3.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/mintroyale4.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/DSC00114.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/DSC00097.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/chinesecharmbracelet1.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/DSC00109.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/IMG_0798.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/IMG_1336.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/friend.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/sister.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/043.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/DSC00107.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/HHalloweenBracelets1.jpg

Those are really gorgeous. :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/22/08 at 7:21 am

btw, a giant human snow globe

http://www.andrea-and-mike.com/IMG_1019.JPG

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 11/22/08 at 7:24 am

btw, a giant human snow globe

http://www.andrea-and-mike.com/IMG_1019.JPG

Wow,that's big. :o

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/22/08 at 7:26 am

btw, a giant human snow globe

http://www.andrea-and-mike.com/IMG_1019.JPG
Of which (I have discovered after further reseach) was in Covent Garden London, around Christmas 2006.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/22/08 at 7:37 am

How old would he be if he was alive today?

http://j-walkblog.com/old/images/jfk86.jpg

JFK at 86.^

Wow :)

Those are really gorgeous. :)

Thanks :) I tried to get my daughter into charm bracelets,but she would lose the charms all the time. Now that she is older,I should buy her some more,maye one for her first baby.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/22/08 at 7:38 am

I tried to get my daughter into charm bracelets,but she would lose the charms all the time. Now that she is older,I should buy her some more,maye one for her first baby.
A case of unlucky charms?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/22/08 at 7:39 am

A Snow Globe that can be attached to a Bracelet.

http://cn1.kaboodle.com/hi/img/2/0/0/e0/8/AAAAAmkuIaIAAAAAAOCI-A.jpg

I think you have found a snow globe for every word since ;D
btw, a giant human snow globe

http://www.andrea-and-mike.com/IMG_1019.JPG

Holy Cow that is something ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/22/08 at 7:40 am

A case of unlucky charms?

Or unlucky daughter ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/22/08 at 7:41 am

I think you have found a snow globe for every word since ;D
I take it as a daily challenge.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/22/08 at 8:10 am

I take it as a daily challenge.

That could turn into a big- challenge

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 11/22/08 at 8:24 am

btw, a giant human snow globe

http://www.andrea-and-mike.com/IMG_1019.JPG

I know what to send you!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: snozberries on 11/22/08 at 4:35 pm

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn187/melissa_198421/The%20Charmed%20Ones/TCO.jpg

oh I'm sorry you said charm bracelet... I just heard charmed.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: snozberries on 11/22/08 at 4:38 pm

http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj145/rgrwright/jfk.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/22/08 at 4:42 pm

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn187/melissa_198421/The%20Charmed%20Ones/TCO.jpg

oh I'm sorry you said charm bracelet... I just heard charmed.
Charming

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 11/22/08 at 7:42 pm

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn187/melissa_198421/The%20Charmed%20Ones/TCO.jpg

oh I'm sorry you said charm bracelet... I just heard charmed.

I suppose there is NO chance ... that Howard could / will fall for their charms ? ::)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 11/22/08 at 7:44 pm

http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj145/rgrwright/jfk.jpg

He'd be 86 years old today.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/23/08 at 6:01 am

The word of the day.....Gremlin
An imaginary gnomelike creature to whom mechanical problems, especially in aircraft, are attributed.
A maker of mischief.
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/gizmo-gremlins.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/gremlins-5.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/Gremlins-4.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/gremlins-3.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/gremlins-2.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/gremlins-1.png
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/Gremlin.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/gremlinsnew.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/gremlin-1.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/Galligan-Zach-Gremlins.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/gremlins_stripe_santa1-206x300.gif
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/lung_gremlins.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/gremlins.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/Gremlins-Special-Edition.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/23/08 at 6:03 am

http://static.squidoo.com/resize/squidoo_images/-1/draft_lens1479636module3198323photo_NC30624.jpg

There you go!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/23/08 at 6:05 am

The person of the day...Roald Dahl
Roald Dahl (13 September 1916 – 23 November 1990) was a British novelist, short story writer and screenwriter, born in Wales of Norwegian parents, who rose to prominence in the 1940s with works for both children and adults, and became one of the world's bestselling authors. His most popular books include The Twits, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach, Matilda, The Witches and The BFG.

http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/200px-Dahlneal.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/DSC00171.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/rdhead.gif
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/Matildabookcoveramazon.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/dahl_roald_lrg_2.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/roald-dahl-1.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/23/08 at 6:06 am

http://static.squidoo.com/resize/squidoo_images/-1/draft_lens1479636module3198323photo_NC30624.jpg

There you go!

Who would of thought you would of found one. great job :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/23/08 at 6:08 am

The person of the day...Roald Dahl
Roald Dahl (13 September 1916 – 23 November 1990) was a British novelist, short story writer and screenwriter, born in Wales of Norwegian parents, who rose to prominence in the 1940s with works for both children and adults, and became one of the world's bestselling authors. His most popular books include The Twits, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach, Matilda, The Witches and The BFG.

http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/DSC00171.jpg

Seeing the plaque explains his name for writing.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 11/23/08 at 6:55 am

The word of the day.....Gremlin
An imaginary gnomelike creature to whom mechanical problems, especially in aircraft, are attributed.
A maker of mischief.
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/gizmo-gremlins.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/gremlins-5.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/Gremlins-4.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/gremlins-3.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/gremlins-2.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/gremlins-1.png
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/Gremlin.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/gremlinsnew.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/gremlin-1.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/Galligan-Zach-Gremlins.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/gremlins_stripe_santa1-206x300.gif
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/lung_gremlins.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/gremlins.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/Gremlins-Special-Edition.jpg

What a scary bunch, especially that Sant Claus!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/23/08 at 7:00 am

What a scary bunch, especially that Sant Claus!

Aren't they so cute in the beginning ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 11/23/08 at 7:00 am

The word of the day.....Gremlin
An imaginary gnomelike creature to whom mechanical problems, especially in aircraft, are attributed.
A maker of mischief.
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/gizmo-gremlins.jpg

A maker of mischief ? 8) Well, ONCE again, ninny .. you have had an influence on my profile. Still using that midnight toker ... that YOU posted first .... in my sigline.

Now ... well, for a LITTLE while :-\\ .... gizmo will be my avatar ! 8) ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/23/08 at 7:13 am

Aren't they so cute in the beginning ;D
Oh yes, when Gismo is singing!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 11/23/08 at 7:27 am

A maker of mischief ? 8) Well, ONCE again, ninny .. you have had an influence on my profile. Still using that midnight toker ... that YOU posted first .... in my sigline.

Now ... well, for a LITTLE while :-\\ .... gizmo will be my avatar ! 8) ;D

So...now we can't let Alan shower! :o

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/23/08 at 7:48 am

A maker of mischief ? 8) Well, ONCE again, ninny .. you have had an influence on my profile. Still using that midnight toker ... that YOU posted first .... in my sigline.

Now ... well, for a LITTLE while :-\\ .... gizmo will be my avatar ! 8) ;D

So...now we can't let Alan shower! :o

That would explain some of his behavior :D
http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x110/sticcatto/G.gif
http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w12/dvd_a-z_collection/DVD%20-%20G/gremlins1.jpg
Alan after water
http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k292/Browseandstuff/gremlinsbrain.jpg :D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/23/08 at 7:50 am

That would explain some of his behavior :D
http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x110/sticcatto/G.gif
http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w12/dvd_a-z_collection/DVD%20-%20G/gremlins1.jpg
Alan after water
http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k292/Browseandstuff/gremlinsbrain.jpg :D
Do not fed after midnight.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 11/23/08 at 7:53 am

A maker of mischief ? 8) Well, ONCE again, ninny .. you have had an influence on my profile. Still using that midnight toker ... that YOU posted first .... in my sigline.

Now ... well, for a LITTLE while :-\\ .... gizmo will be my avatar ! 8) ;D

Seems very fitting...only not scary. ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 11/23/08 at 7:55 am

I'll bet the avator looks scarier after midnight (which is only 5 minutes away for me)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 11/23/08 at 7:57 am

That would explain some of his behavior :D

Alan after water
http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k292/Browseandstuff/gremlinsbrain.jpg :D

If only I were THAT handsome ? :-[ :(

BUT seriously ... NOW you all know why I avoid (hic) water !

A woman once drove me to 'drink' .... >:( and I've NEVER had the opportunity to thank her ! :(

:P

:D

;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: snozberries on 11/23/08 at 10:42 am

The person of the day...Roald Dahl
Roald Dahl (13 September 1916 – 23 November 1990) was a British novelist, short story writer and screenwriter, born in Wales of Norwegian parents, who rose to prominence in the 1940s with works for both children and adults, and became one of the world's bestselling authors. His most popular books include The Twits, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach, Matilda, The Witches and The BFG.

http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/200px-Dahlneal.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/DSC00171.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/rdhead.gif
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/Matildabookcoveramazon.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/dahl_roald_lrg_2.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/roald-dahl-1.jpg

YAY The person of the day is my creator! Thanks ninny

http://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n358/barbie_boop/Marilyn%20Manson/Books/DSC01573.jpg

and then there's this little gem.

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l95/book-kitten/twits029.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/23/08 at 12:05 pm

YAY The person of the day is my creator! Thanks ninny

http://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n358/barbie_boop/Marilyn%20Manson/Books/DSC01573.jpg

and then there's this little gem.

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l95/book-kitten/twits029.jpg

I thought you would like it :)
I never knew or maybe I forgot he was married to Patricia Neal,who I remember as the original mother from the Homecoming(Waltons) movie.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/23/08 at 12:08 pm

http://services.tomfolio.com/tfsigs/d/DahlRoald.jpg

Roald Dahl autograph with his illustrator Quentin Blake

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 11/23/08 at 12:36 pm

Ninny, I like that little gem about the woman with ugly thoughts, etc. I couldn'tfind the original post though. :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/23/08 at 12:40 pm

http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj145/rgrwright/jfk.jpg
http://www.hantmans.com/media/kennedy/0096A.jpg

JFK's autograph

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/23/08 at 3:10 pm

Ninny, I like that little gem about the woman with ugly thoughts, etc. I couldn'tfind the original post though. :)

That was one of Snoz's post, It has to be from a Roald Dahl book.
http://services.tomfolio.com/tfsigs/d/DahlRoald.jpg

Roald Dahl autograph with his illustrator Quentin Blake

http://www.hantmans.com/media/kennedy/0096A.jpg

JFK's autograph

First snow globes,now autographs how very resourceful of you.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/23/08 at 3:15 pm

First snow globes,now autographs how very resourceful of you.
I try to aim to please.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/23/08 at 3:19 pm

Ninny, I like that little gem about the woman with ugly thoughts, etc. I couldn'tfind the original post though. :)

nevermind my last post I found it the book is The Twits by Roald Dahl

http://i443.photobucket.com/albums/qq153/BusyMammy/5681.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/23/08 at 3:21 pm

nevermind my last post I found it the book is The Twits by Roald Dahl

http://i443.photobucket.com/albums/qq153/BusyMammy/5681.jpg
All great books, though I have never read one.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/23/08 at 3:36 pm

All great books, though I have never read one.

I have to admit I have not read any myself.
I never knew he did the screenplay for Chitty Chitty Bang Bang(one of my favs as a kid) and You Only Live Twice.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/23/08 at 3:39 pm

I have to admit I have not read any myself.
I never knew he did the screenplay for Chitty Chitty Bang Bang(one of my favs as a kid) and You Only Live Twice.
I did know of that.

I have seen and enjoyed The Witches (1990) several times, and of course Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/23/08 at 3:41 pm

I did know of that.

I have seen and enjoyed The Witches (1990) several times, and of course Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
I have seen Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory but that was ages ago.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/23/08 at 3:51 pm

I have seen Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory but that was ages ago.

Yes i seen that,Charlie and The Chocolate Factory, James and The Giant Peach, Matilda and The Witches.

I found this on Wikipedia
Dahl also wrote an initial draft adapting his own novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, which was heavily rewritten by David Seltzer, and produced as the film Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971). Dahl later disowned the film. Dahl would later receive posthumous songwriting credits for the soundtrack of Tim Burton's 2005 film adaptation of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, as several songs written by Dahl for the novel were used in the film, set to music composed by Danny Elfman.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/23/08 at 3:53 pm

Yes i seen that,Charlie and The Chocolate Factory, James and The Giant Peach, Matilda and The Witches.

I found this on Wikipedia
Dahl also wrote an initial draft adapting his own novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, which was heavily rewritten by David Seltzer, and produced as the film Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971). Dahl later disowned the film. Dahl would later receive posthumous songwriting credits for the soundtrack of Tim Burton's 2005 film adaptation of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, as several songs written by Dahl for the novel were used in the film, set to music composed by Danny Elfman.

Please add Matilda to the films seen list.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 11/23/08 at 4:59 pm

Could you feed a gremlin before midnight?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: snozberries on 11/23/08 at 10:17 pm

Yes i seen that,Charlie and The Chocolate Factory, James and The Giant Peach, Matilda and The Witches.

I found this on Wikipedia
Dahl also wrote an initial draft adapting his own novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, which was heavily rewritten by David Seltzer, and produced as the film Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971). Dahl later disowned the film. Dahl would later receive posthumous songwriting credits for the soundtrack of Tim Burton's 2005 film adaptation of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, as several songs written by Dahl for the novel were used in the film, set to music composed by Danny Elfman.

he was on drugs at that point and didn't know a good thing when he saw it ;)

actually I can understand his being upset because my film did stray very far from the original but I saw the movie first and fell in love with it... and while I liked the book when I finally read it 18 years later I just love the movie so much that the book did little for me. I also really hated the Johnny Depp version of Wonka but to each his own.

Oh it was years before I realized that Dahl wrote the script for Chitty Chitty Bang Bang... I love that movie too... It's always been a close second to Willy Wonka & the chocolate factory.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: snozberries on 11/23/08 at 10:19 pm

Could you feed a gremlin before midnight?

you can feed a gremlin anytime because they've already turned... but chances are they will feed on you before you get to feed them

You can feed a Mogwai before midnight but if you feed one after midnight- it cocoons itself and transforms into a gremlin. ;)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 11/23/08 at 10:20 pm

he was on drugs at that point and didn't know a good thing when he saw it ;)

actually I can understand his being upset because my film did stray very far from the original but I saw the movie first and fell in love with it... and while I liked the book when I finally read it 18 years later I just love the movie so much that the book did little for me. I also really hated the Johnny Depp version of Wonka but to each his own.

Oh it was years before I realized that Dahl wrote the script for Chitty Chitty Bang Bang... I love that movie too... It's always been a close second to Willy Wonka & the chocolate factory.

That one was hard to sing without sounding like you're swearing..... ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: snozberries on 11/23/08 at 10:26 pm

That one was hard to sing without sounding like you're swearing..... ;D

Mmmm Sh*tty Sh*tty Bang Bang has to be one of the least sexually attractive allusions made here.

;)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 11/23/08 at 10:30 pm

Mmmm Sh*tty Sh*tty Bang Bang has to be one of the least sexually attractive allusions made here.

;)

But back when I used to try to sing it...the bang, bang part was soooo innocent! ::)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: snozberries on 11/23/08 at 10:31 pm

But back when I used to try to sing it...the bang, bang part was soooo innocent! ::)

so what happened? ::) :P

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 11/23/08 at 10:33 pm

so what happened? ::) :P

Oh...nothing's changed....I'm married now so I NEVER get any!!! :P

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/24/08 at 3:19 am

Could you feed a gremlin before midnight?
It must be hungry?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/24/08 at 5:17 am

The word of the day...Crown
An ornamental circlet or head covering, often made of precious metal set with jewels and worn as a symbol of sovereignty.
often Crown
The power, position, or empire of a monarch or of a state governed by constitutional monarchy.
The monarch as head of state.
A distinction or reward for achievement, especially a title signifying championship in a sport.
Something resembling a diadem in shape.

A coin stamped with a crown or crowned head on one side.
(Abbr. cr.) A silver coin formerly used in Great Britain and worth five shillings.
Any one of several coins, such as the koruna, the krona, or the krone, having a name that means “crown.”

The top or highest part of the head.
The head itself.
The top or upper part of a hat.
The highest point or summit.
The highest, primary, or most valuable part, attribute, or state: considered the rare Turkish stamp the crown of their collection.
Dentistry.
The part of a tooth that is covered by enamel and projects beyond the gum line.
An artificial substitute for the natural crown of a tooth.
Nautical. The lowest part of an anchor, where the arms are joined to the shank.
Architecture. The highest portion of an arch, including the keystone.
Botany.
The upper part of a tree, which includes the branches and leaves.
The part of a plant, usually at ground level, where the stem and roots merge.
The persistent, mostly underground base of a perennial herb.
See corona (sense 5).
The crest of an animal, especially of a bird.
The portion of a cut gem above the girdle.

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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/24/08 at 5:20 am

The person of the day...Freddie Mercury
Freddie Mercury (born Farrokh Bulsara; 5 September 1946 – 24 November 1991) was a British musician, best known as the lead singer, pianist and co-founder of the rock band Queen (inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2001

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http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/michaeljacksonwithFreddiemercuryadn.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/freddie-mercury.jpg
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/24/08 at 5:27 am

Crown and Freddie Mercury are linked.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/24/08 at 5:31 am

http://www.snow-globe.com/images_snow_globes/production_dream_globes/dream_globes_frog.jpg

A sbow globe of the king of the frogs that bears a crown.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/24/08 at 5:32 am

http://www.queenautographs.com/inc/gallery/typical/freddie_late.jpg

An autograph of Freddie Mercury.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 11/24/08 at 5:49 am

So now we get a person and word of the day,very cool. :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 11/24/08 at 5:50 am

Oh...nothing's changed....I'm married now so I NEVER get any!!! :P

I'm not married and I never GOT any! :(

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/24/08 at 5:52 am

So now we get a person and word of the day,very cool. :)
A remembrance to the person sadly lost.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 11/24/08 at 6:03 am

Crown and Freddie Mercury are linked.

http://www.shortysliquor.com.au/online-shop/catalog/images/crown_lager_image.gif

http://img357.imageshack.us/img357/4387/freddiemercurysl6.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/24/08 at 6:05 am

http://www.shortysliquor.com.au/online-shop/catalog/images/crown_lager_image.gif

http://img357.imageshack.us/img357/4387/freddiemercurysl6.jpg
How do you do it!

Karma and ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/24/08 at 6:06 am

http://www.shortysliquor.com.au/online-shop/catalog/images/crown_lager_image.gif

http://img357.imageshack.us/img357/4387/freddiemercurysl6.jpg
Is Freddie Mercury under pressure?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 11/24/08 at 6:08 am

How do you do it!

Karma and ;D

I think it's called photoshop .... (?) .... and THANKS ! ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 11/24/08 at 6:08 am

Has he drank beer before?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 11/24/08 at 6:09 am

Is Freddie Mercury under pressure?

With David Bow-wow ?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 11/24/08 at 6:10 am

With David Bow-wow ?

Who's he? ???

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 11/24/08 at 6:13 am

Who's he? ???

David Bowie teamed up in real life ... to do that song. David Bow-wow ... is a heebeegeebees send up of David Bowie.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/24/08 at 6:14 am

David Bowie teamed up in real life ... to do that song. David Bow-wow ... is a heebeegeebees send up of David Bowie.
That was Angus Deayton and others

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/24/08 at 7:52 am

he was on drugs at that point and didn't know a good thing when he saw it ;)

actually I can understand his being upset because my film did stray very far from the original but I saw the movie first and fell in love with it... and while I liked the book when I finally read it 18 years later I just love the movie so much that the book did little for me. I also really hated the Johnny Depp version of Wonka but to each his own.

Oh it was years before I realized that Dahl wrote the script for Chitty Chitty Bang Bang... I love that movie too... It's always been a close second to Willy Wonka & the chocolate factory.

Yes the Charlie And The Chocolate Factory was kinda a shock after Willie Wonka. It take me a while to get use to it. My kids were the opposite,they don't care for the original that much.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/24/08 at 7:53 am

Yes the Charlie And The Chocolate Factory was kinda a shock after Willie Wonka. It take me a while to get use to it. My kids were the opposite,they don't care for the original that much.
The same for me, if the original is on tv (I may watch it), but I prefered Johnny Depp

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/24/08 at 7:55 am

Crown and Freddie Mercury are linked.

Yes as long as my brain can figure links between the word and the person of the day,I will continue to do so. :)
http://www.snow-globe.com/images_snow_globes/production_dream_globes/dream_globes_frog.jpg

A sbow globe of the king of the frogs that bears a crown.

http://www.queenautographs.com/inc/gallery/typical/freddie_late.jpg

An autograph of Freddie Mercury.

Very nice

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/24/08 at 7:57 am

A remembrance to the person sadly lost.

I'll probably do some that are born on that day also.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/24/08 at 7:59 am

http://www.shortysliquor.com.au/online-shop/catalog/images/crown_lager_image.gif

http://img357.imageshack.us/img357/4387/freddiemercurysl6.jpg

If I remember correctly I think his teeth needed some crown work

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/24/08 at 8:04 am

I'll probably do some that are born on that day also.
In honour of the person.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/24/08 at 8:46 am

I thought about posting the value of the displayed autographs, but prices can vary and be uncertain.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/24/08 at 12:19 pm

In honour of the person.

Yes.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/24/08 at 12:21 pm

Yes.
inthe00s already has in Celebrity Heaven topics that birth and death dates are announced on the day, but these do not honour the person concerned. Here we will be able to.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/24/08 at 1:44 pm

inthe00s already has in Celebrity Heaven topics that birth and death dates are announced on the day, but these do not honour the person concerned. Here we will be able to.

So true
This is suppose to be Frddie as a baby
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/freddie_mercury-1.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/24/08 at 3:42 pm

http://www.persianmirror.com/images/famous/freddie1.jpg

Freddie Mercury (born Farookh Bulsara) at school age.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 11/24/08 at 4:48 pm

http://www.persianmirror.com/images/famous/freddie1.jpg

Freddie Mercury (born Farookh Bulsara) at school age.

So Freddie Mercury wasn't his real name? ???

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/24/08 at 4:53 pm

So Freddie Mercury wasn't his real name? ???

No
Mercury was born on the island of Zanzibar, off the coast of Tanzania. His parents, Bomi and Jer Bulsara, were Parsis from the Gujarati region of the then province of Bombay Presidency in British India. The family surname is derived from the town of Bulsar (also known as Valsad) in southern Gujarat.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 11/24/08 at 5:17 pm

No
Mercury was born on the island of Zanzibar, off the coast of Tanzania. His parents, Bomi and Jer Bulsara, were Parsis from the Gujarati region of the then province of Bombay Presidency in British India. The family surname is derived from the town of Bulsar (also known as Valsad) in southern Gujarat.

So what kind of origin was he? ???

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/24/08 at 5:25 pm

So what kind of origin was he? ???
Indian descent

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/25/08 at 2:14 am

The person of the day...Freddie Mercury
Freddie Mercury (born Farrokh Bulsara; 5 September 1946 – 24 November 1991) was a British musician, best known as the lead singer, pianist and co-founder of the rock band Queen (inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2001

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http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/michaeljacksonwithFreddiemercuryadn.jpg
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Influences
As a child, Mercury listened to a considerable amount of Indian music, and one of his early influences was the Bollywood playback singer Lata Mangeshkar, whom he had the opportunity to see live in India. After moving to England, Mercury became a fan of The Who, Elvis Presley, Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix, John Lennon, and The Beatles. Another one of Mercury's favourite performers was singer and actress Liza Minnelli. He once explained: "One of my early inspirations came from Cabaret. I absolutely adore Liza Minnelli. The way she delivers her songs—the sheer energy."

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/25/08 at 5:40 am

The word of the day...Jungle
Land densely overgrown with tropical vegetation.
A dense thicket or growth.
A dense, confused mass; a jumble.
Something made up of many confused elements; a bewildering complex or maze: sorting through the jungle of regulations.
A place or milieu characterized by intense, often ruthless competition or struggle for survival: the corporate jungle.
Slang. A place where hoboes camp.
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/tarzanjungletales.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/RiverJungle.jpg
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http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/1955-03-TheBlackboardJungle.jpg
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http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/lipstickjungle.jpg
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http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/thejunglebook.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/Jungle1.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/DSC00229.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/25/08 at 5:44 am

Here in the UK we have running on tv the latest series of "I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!" which is set in a jungle.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/25/08 at 5:45 am

Here in the UK we have running on tv the latest series of "I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!" which is set in a jungle.

The location of the jungle is in Queensland, Australia.

Somewhere near Peter?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/25/08 at 5:46 am

The person of the day...Upton Sinclair
Upton Beall Sinclair, Jr. (September 20, 1878 – November 25, 1968), was a Pulitzer Prize-winning prolific American author who wrote over 90 books in many genres and was widely considered to be one of the best investigators advocating socialist views
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http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/U389263INP.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/TheJungle.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/tonyarthur-340-Copy_of_sinclai1.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/25/08 at 5:46 am

http://www.tinkermia.com/photos/SnowGlobes/SnowGlobeJungleBook.jpg

A Jungle Book Snow Globe

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/25/08 at 5:47 am

Upton Sinclair is a new name to me, I will have to research on him first.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/25/08 at 6:04 am

http://www.tinkermia.com/photos/SnowGlobes/SnowGlobeJungleBook.jpg

A Jungle Book Snow Globe

That's cool.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 11/25/08 at 7:20 am

The word of the day...Jungle
Land densely overgrown with tropical vegetation.
A dense thicket or growth.
A dense, confused mass; a jumble.
Something made up of many confused elements; a bewildering complex or maze: sorting through the jungle of regulations.
A place or milieu characterized by intense, often ruthless competition or struggle for survival: the corporate jungle.
Slang. A place where hoboes camp.
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/tarzanjungletales.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/RiverJungle.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/2323232327Ffp432433Enu3D3233B3E43B3.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/1955-03-TheBlackboardJungle.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/lioninconcrete.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/lipstickjungle.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/jungle-ANIMALS.jpg

http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/rikkispics054.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/100_0333.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/Tarzanandhisyell.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/thejunglebook.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/Jungle1.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/DSC00229.jpg

I used to watch George Of The Jungle.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/25/08 at 7:22 am

I used to watch George Of The Jungle.
Never seen it!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 11/25/08 at 7:23 am

Never seen it!

The cartoon? ???

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/25/08 at 7:24 am

The cartoon? ???
Is it a cartooon?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 11/25/08 at 7:26 am

Is it a cartooon?

Yes It was from the 60's or 70's.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/25/08 at 7:28 am

Yes It was from the 60's or 70's.
That long ago?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 11/25/08 at 7:30 am

That long ago?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExuuycfXwF4

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/25/08 at 8:08 am

That's cool.

Yep me too :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 11/25/08 at 8:09 am

Life is like a jungle.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/25/08 at 10:14 am

The person of the day...Upton Sinclair
Upton Beall Sinclair, Jr. (September 20, 1878 – November 25, 1968), was a Pulitzer Prize-winning prolific American author who wrote over 90 books in many genres and was widely considered to be one of the best investigators advocating socialist views
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/b7bb.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/U389263INP.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/TheJungle.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/tonyarthur-340-Copy_of_sinclai1.jpg
http://www.stowevintage.com/images/Upton-Sinclair-Autograph.jpg

An original autograph of Upton Sinclair.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/25/08 at 10:15 am

http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/TheJungle.jpg

Ninny, you have linked your word and person of the day.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/25/08 at 10:17 am

http://www.stowevintage.com/images/Upton-Sinclair-Autograph.jpg

An original autograph of Upton Sinclair.

WOW! Was that hard to find?
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/TheJungle.jpg

Ninny, you have linked your word and person of the day.

Yeah,I'm going to try and do that if possible.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/25/08 at 10:31 am

WOW! Was that hard to find?
No, I used my usual techniques in searching.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/25/08 at 10:39 am

No, I used my usual techniques in searching.

Did you goggle it?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/25/08 at 10:42 am

Did you goggle it?
For me that is the only way.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/25/08 at 10:43 am

Yeah,I'm going to try and do that if possible.
To give yourself a daily challange.

Do you plan ahead?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/25/08 at 11:00 am

To give yourself a daily challange.

Do you plan ahead?

Oh defiantly,I have this weeks planned ahead to Friday.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/25/08 at 11:17 am

Oh defiantly,I have this weeks planned ahead to Friday.
Splendid!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/25/08 at 11:35 am

Splendid!

It's been fun trying to figure out links between the two.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/25/08 at 11:43 am

It's been fun trying to figure out links between the two.
I can imagine it, it keeps the mind ticking over.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/25/08 at 1:08 pm

I can imagine it, it keeps the mind ticking over.

Yes it keeps the brain fresh.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/25/08 at 1:26 pm

Yes it keeps the brain fresh.
..and improves the computer skills.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 11/25/08 at 2:52 pm

What's new in the Ninny Club?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/25/08 at 4:25 pm

What's new in the Ninny Club?

I'm hoping the word of the day and the person of the day will match,that's about all that's new.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/25/08 at 4:42 pm

I'm hoping the word of the day and the person of the day will match,that's about all that's new.
Big day tomorrow?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/25/08 at 5:11 pm

Big day tomorrow?
That is Thursday.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/25/08 at 5:20 pm

That is Thursday.

Today is Tuesday.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/25/08 at 5:22 pm

Today is Tuesday.
It is still Tuesday for me, but only for another 40 odd minutes.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/26/08 at 2:01 am

It is still Tuesday for me, but only for another 40 odd minutes.
It is Wednesday now.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/26/08 at 2:08 am

Yes it keeps the brain fresh.
...but we all still lose the tracks of days.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/26/08 at 5:52 am

The word or phrase of the day...Soulmates
Classic Meaning of Soulmates
The concepts of soulmates arose from Greek mythology. According to the story, our ancestors once had 2 heads, 4 arms. They did something to offend a god so that god punished them by splitting them down the middle, resulting in the creation of humans. As a punishment, we are condemned to spend our lives searching for the other half, our soulmates.

Spiritual Soulmate Concepts
Many religions and spiritual paths believe in reincarnation and the concept of karma. Through reincarnation, soulmates may spend many lifetimes together in past lives. Other spiritual methods of searching for one's soulmate are astrology, numerology, palm reading, personality types, and magic. Modern spritual paths often blend western and eastern philosophies
Twin Soulmates
These types of soulmate are your closest friends or a person whom you really click with. According to those who believe in reincarnation, you have already met them in a past life, and in this life you are continuing the relationship. There is an emotional bond between these soulmates and each is able to sense the feelings of each other
Twin Flame Soulmates
This is the most popular type of soulmate. There is usually one twin flame soulmate for each of us. Twin flame soulmates have spent multiple lifetimes together in past lives. There is incredible chemistry and attraction towards each other. They "complete" each other and only few lucky people are able to find their twin flame soulmate. Twin flame soulmates, if separated, usually suffer enormous pain.

Love Economics Definition of Soulmates
Love Economics is our theory of love and dating. It is based on probabilities calculations, population statistics, and empirical research findings from Psychology, Sociology, Anthropology, and Psychiatry. Love Economics explains social interactions in economic terms, benefits and costs. Based on this theory, the person who gives you the highest benefit per cost ratio on this Earth is your soulmate. The benefit to cost ratio is called your soulmate ratio. Mathematically, the ratio is written as:

Soulmate Ratio = Total Love Benefit / Total Love Cost

Your soulmate is the person who will maximize your soulmate ratio and vice versa. If another person exists that has the ability to give you a higher soulmate ratio than the person you are with, then the person you are with is not your soulmate. No one in this world, including being by yourself, could make you happier than being in love with your soulmate. True love is the love you share with your soulmate.

Some people believe that a potential soulmate may be living halfway around the world. Based on the Love Economic Theory, the odds are against this happening due to cultural differences unless you just moved from there. Also, geographical distance will increase search, research, and maintenance costs. Unless one of you decides to take the risk to move to the other person's location, he/she is not your soulmate.

The longer you are in love with your soulmate, the higher the soulmate ratio becomes. Better communication skills will emerge and you both will share more experiences resulting in more similarities. It is only after you finished the research phase and had been in love for many years can you determine if the person you are with is indeed your soulmate.

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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/26/08 at 5:56 am

The person of the day ..Natasha Bedingfield
Natasha Anne Bedingfield (26 November 1981) is an English pop singer and songwriter
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/26/08 at 6:02 am

I am on the laptop at the moment, but will catch up with images later when I am on the main machine.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/26/08 at 6:07 am

I am on the laptop at the moment, but will catch up with images later when I am on the main machine.

OK

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/26/08 at 6:09 am

OK
In the meantime...

Whatever happened to Daniel Bedingfield, Natasha's brother who also is a popstar?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/26/08 at 6:29 am

In the meantime...

Whatever happened to Daniel Bedingfield, Natasha's brother who also is a popstar?

I wondered that myself.
At least they will always be in the record books
He and Natasha share the Guinness World Record for being the only siblings to have had solo number ones in UK chart history

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 11/26/08 at 6:43 am

I wondered that myself.
At least they will always be in the record books
He and Natasha share the Guinness World Record for being the only siblings to have had solo number ones in UK chart history

What do they sing? ???

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 11/26/08 at 6:48 am

What do they sing? ???

I have never heard of EITHER of them.

My UK chart book goes up to the end of 2000 ...... so .....they MUST be an act from the last 8 years (where I've listened to little of the new stuff) .

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 11/26/08 at 6:49 am

I have never heard of EITHER of them.

My UK chart book goes up to the end of 2000 ...... so .....they MUST be an act from the last 8 years (where I've listened to little of the new stuff) .

They must be country.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/26/08 at 6:50 am

What do they sing? ???
Pop songs.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 11/26/08 at 6:51 am

Pop songs.

I've heard of her but from what era? ???

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/26/08 at 6:52 am

I've heard of her but from what era? ???
This decade

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 11/26/08 at 6:53 am

This decade

She's new to me.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/26/08 at 6:53 am

She's new to me.
Old hat over here.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/26/08 at 6:55 am

I have never heard of EITHER of them.

My UK chart book goes up to the end of 2000 ...... so .....they MUST be an act from the last 8 years (where I've listened to little of the new stuff) .

Boy and I thought I was outta touch ;D ;D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xcZNt67kFU#-Soulmate
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twzYm--XU5c&feature=related#.....Unwritten

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 11/26/08 at 6:56 am

What does her brother sing?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/26/08 at 7:01 am

What does her brother sing?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rfgWeomd0A#..Gotta Get Through This
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6b9Vn6WkjPs&feature=channel# If Your Not The One

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/26/08 at 7:05 am

Natasha Bedingfield discography

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/26/08 at 7:05 am

Daniel Bedingfield

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/26/08 at 7:07 am

http://cn1.kaboodle.com/hi/img/2/0/0/9c/f/AAAAArtTMgsAAAAAAJzzUQ.jpg

Possible Soulmate Snow Globe.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/26/08 at 7:09 am

http://cn1.kaboodle.com/hi/img/2/0/0/9c/f/AAAAArtTMgsAAAAAAJzzUQ.jpg

Possible Soulmate Snow Globe.

Alright :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 11/26/08 at 7:25 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rfgWeomd0A#..Gotta Get Through This
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6b9Vn6WkjPs&feature=channel# If Your Not The One

Thank You. :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 11/26/08 at 7:53 am

Boy and I thought I was outta touch ;D ;D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xcZNt67kFU#-Soulmate
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twzYm--XU5c&feature=related#.....Unwritten

I'm proud to be 'out of touch' .... with what I perceive to be largely 'crap' music ......... although I will admit to liking a handful or so of songs from the 'noughties'. Basically .. I'm stuck in the late 60's to mid 80's ... for the MOST part ... re my loyalties.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/26/08 at 8:25 am

I'm proud to be 'out of touch' .... with what I perceive to be largely 'crap' music ......... although I will admit to liking a handful or so of songs from the 'noughties'. Basically .. I'm stuck in the late 60's to mid 80's ... for the MOST part ... re my loyalties.

I'm basically out of touch,my only link to this music is my daughter,I'm not really sure what type of music my son listens to. :-

Thank You. :)

Your welcome :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/26/08 at 8:25 am

http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm66/Phil_O-Sopher/NatashaBedingfieldAuto.jpg

NB's autograph

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/26/08 at 8:29 am

http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm66/Phil_O-Sopher/DanielBedingfield.jpg

Danial Bedingfield's autograph (worth £50 Buy it Now on ebay)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/26/08 at 8:31 am

http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm66/Phil_O-Sopher/NatashaBedingfieldAuto.jpg

NB's autograph
Natasha Bedingfield's autograph (worth £25 Buy it Now on ebay)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/26/08 at 10:08 am

http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm66/Phil_O-Sopher/DanielBedingfield.jpg

Danial Bedingfield's autograph (worth £50 Buy it Now on ebay)

Natasha Bedingfield's autograph (worth £25 Buy it Now on ebay)

I wonder why his is worth more?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/26/08 at 10:09 am

I wonder why his is worth more?
I wonder to, there looks to be less ink used from the pen.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/26/08 at 10:10 am

I wonder why his is worth more?
It is down to rarity, less signatures available more expensive it is.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/26/08 at 10:16 am

I wonder why his is worth more?
The picture and autograph are framed, of course it should be more if the signature was on the photo.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/26/08 at 11:08 am

It is down to rarity, less signatures available more expensive it is.

Yes maybe his signature is less available than her's.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/26/08 at 12:27 pm

Most recent activity of Natasha Bedingfield (on wiki)

Stateside, the single Pocketful Of Sunshine has reached the top five on the Billboard Hot 100. The third single is "Angel." The song was due to impact on US radio on 12 August, and now is out. Bedingfield performed "Just Stand Up" with 14 other female artists on the 5 September, becoming a top 10 hit in the United States. On 18 September 2008 she performed "Angel" live on America's Got Talent.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/26/08 at 12:28 pm

Most recent activity of Daniel Bedingfield (on wiki)

His first performance in his native New Zealand was on 19th April 2007, at the opening of Auckland's new Vector Arena; he sang three songs, including "Gotta Get Thru This" and "If You're Not the One". He was subsequently widely welcomed and stated afterwards "it's good to be home"

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/26/08 at 12:29 pm

Most recent activity of Daniel Bedingfield (on wiki)

His first performance in his native New Zealand was on 19th April 2007, at the opening of Auckland's new Vector Arena; he sang three songs, including "Gotta Get Thru This" and "If You're Not the One". He was subsequently widely welcomed and stated afterwards "it's good to be home"

It is worth noting that Daniel Bedingfield was diagnosed with Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and has said the experience has been reflected in his song-writing.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 11/26/08 at 4:19 pm

I'm proud to be 'out of touch' .... with what I perceive to be largely 'crap' music ......... although I will admit to liking a handful or so of songs from the 'noughties'. Basically .. I'm stuck in the late 60's to mid 80's ... for the MOST part ... re my loyalties.

Me too...that's where I get most of my parody material from. I've got a Moody Blues tape from when they were still doing coffee houses...and people snapped their fingers instead of clapping.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 11/26/08 at 9:01 pm

Me too...that's where I get most of my parody material from. I've got a Moody Blues tape from when they were still doing coffee houses...and people snapped their fingers instead of clapping.

How much does it go for?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 11/26/08 at 10:07 pm

Regulat tape price.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 11/27/08 at 5:48 am

What's today's secret word? :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/27/08 at 5:49 am

What's today's secret word? :)
Let ninny wake up first.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 11/27/08 at 5:54 am

Let ninny wake up first.

Ok sure no problem.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/27/08 at 5:55 am

Ok sure no problem.
...btw, she is awake now and is online.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/27/08 at 6:02 am

The word or phrase of the day....Electric Guitars
A guitar in which a contact microphone placed under the strings picks up the acoustic vibrations for amplification and for reproduction by a loudspeaker.

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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/27/08 at 6:07 am

I could not find a Snow Globe with a guitar, but I did find a Star Wars Snow Globe.

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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/27/08 at 6:08 am

The person of the day...Jimi Hendrix
James Marshall Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix) (November 27, 1942 – September 18, 1970) was an influential American guitarist, singer and songwriter whose guitar playing was a considerable influence on rock music.

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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/27/08 at 1:53 pm

The person of the day...Jimi Hendrix
James Marshall Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix) (November 27, 1942 – September 18, 1970) was an influential American guitarist, singer and songwriter whose guitar playing was a considerable influence on rock music.

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The location of the Samarkand Hotel he was staying at the time, before he died in hosptial, is not far from my home.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/27/08 at 3:10 pm

The location of the Samarkand Hotel he was staying at the time, before he died in hosptial, is not far from my home.

Interesting

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/27/08 at 3:30 pm

Interesting
If it is not raining tomorrow, I will pass by it.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 11/27/08 at 5:48 pm

I always liked the way Prince used his electric guitar.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/28/08 at 2:07 am

If it is not raining tomorrow, I will pass by it.
It is raining today!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/28/08 at 5:06 am

The word of the day..Playboy
A man who is devoted to the pursuit of pleasurable activities.
Playboy Enterprises is a leading adult multimedia entertainment company anchored by its iconic, half-century-old periodical. "Playboy", the #1 men's magazine with a circulation of more than 2.5 million, features general-interest and lifestyle articles, interviews, fiction, and, of course, a monthly Playmate centerfold

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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/28/08 at 5:08 am

Now this could prove an interesting challenge for the snow globe.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/28/08 at 5:09 am

The person of the day...Anna Nicole Smith
Vickie Lynn Marshall (November 28, 1967 – February 8, 2007), better known under the stage name of Anna Nicole Smith, was an American model, sex symbol, actress and television personality. She first gained popularity in Playboy, becoming the 1993 Playmate of the Year
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/28/08 at 5:09 am

Now this could prove an interesting challenge for the snow globe.
It is not looking good?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/28/08 at 5:10 am

Now this could prove an interesting challenge for the snow globe.

I can only imagine. ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/28/08 at 5:11 am

http://www.fastballsportscards.com/fastball_store/images/ebaynov2007%20158.JPG

Is it worth looking up the value of the signature of Anna Nicole Smith?

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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/28/08 at 5:13 am

I can only imagine. ;D
I have forgone this challenge, I concede defeat!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 11/28/08 at 5:26 am

http://img374.imageshack.us/img374/2562/playboy035zf4.jpg

How DOES our local playboy do it ? ::)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/28/08 at 5:32 am

http://img374.imageshack.us/img374/2562/playboy035zf4.jpg

How DOES our local playboy do it ? ::)
He gets everywhere!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 11/28/08 at 5:34 am

He gets everywhere!

When he's NOT with Billzy .... he's with the girls.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/28/08 at 5:35 am

When he's NOT with Billzy .... he's with the girls.
Is he that busy?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/28/08 at 5:36 am

http://img374.imageshack.us/img374/2562/playboy035zf4.jpg

How DOES our local playboy do it ? ::)

Perfect ;D
Maybe one of those ladies could have Sir Billzy's head :D :D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 11/28/08 at 5:36 am

Is he that busy?

Very much in demand.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 11/28/08 at 5:36 am

Perfect ;D
Maybe one of those ladies could have Sir Billzy's head :D :D

With boobies ?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/28/08 at 5:38 am

Very much in demand.
Is there a waiting list and a queue?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/28/08 at 5:40 am

With boobies ?

Yes it would be his idea woman ;D ;D
I have forgone this challenge, I concede defeat!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v309/SrgSlaughter/Picture112.jpg
Chef was considered a playboy or ladies man ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/28/08 at 5:41 am

Yes it would be his idea woman ;D ;Dhttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v309/SrgSlaughter/Picture112.jpg
Chef was considered a playboy or ladies man ;D
That will do, and the image will be kept for future usage.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 11/28/08 at 5:56 am

Perfect ;D
Maybe one of those ladies could have Sir Billzy's head :D :D

Poor Howard. He thinks he's a success scoring those gorgeous babe's ...

However, let's face it. We ALL know he only has eyes for Sir Billzy. When you're in love with someone .... there's only ONE face you can see ?

http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/9572/playboy035vl3.jpg

Better ?    ???

:D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/28/08 at 5:58 am

Poor Howard. He thinks he's a success scoring those gorgeous babe's ...

However, let's face it. We ALL know he only has eyes for Sir Billzy. When you're in love with someone .... there's only ONE face you can see ?

http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/9572/playboy035vl3.jpg

Better ?     ???

:D
Can this be the reason why he is late online today?

http://www.inthe00s.com/Smileys/thanksgiving/grin.gif

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 11/28/08 at 6:00 am

Can this be the reason why he is late online today?

http://www.inthe00s.com/Smileys/thanksgiving/grin.gif

He's all 'shagged out' ... being the 'meat in the sandwich' with TWO Sir Billzy's.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/28/08 at 6:05 am

He's all 'shagged out' ... being the 'meat in the sandwich' with TWO Sir Billzy's.
Only time will tell.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 11/28/08 at 6:15 am

Only time will tell.

Whilst HE may appreciate the Sir Billzy Babes ... gotta say ... no disrespect to S. B. ... but it's quite a drop down, from what he 'had' before.

Life can be so cruel ?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/28/08 at 6:17 am

Whilst HE may appreciate the Sir Billzy Babes ... gotta say ... no disrespect to S. B. ... but it's quite a drop down, from what he 'had' before.

Life can be so cruel ?
Taking the best he can.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 11/28/08 at 6:17 am

Taking the best he can.

He's not into vaseline.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/28/08 at 6:18 am

He's not into vaseline.
Taking the rough with the smooth?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 11/28/08 at 6:19 am

Taking the rough with the smooth?

However he can get it ?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/28/08 at 6:20 am

However he can get it ?
Taking his time.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 11/28/08 at 6:21 am

Taking his time.

Milking the moment ?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/28/08 at 6:24 am

Milking the moment ?
What if the story gets out, will it be in the press?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/28/08 at 6:28 am

Poor Howard. He thinks he's a success scoring those gorgeous babe's ...

However, let's face it. We ALL know he only has eyes for Sir Billzy. When you're in love with someone .... there's only ONE face you can see ?

http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/9572/playboy035vl3.jpg

Better ?    ???

:D

Much better
Can this be the reason why he is late online today?

http://www.inthe00s.com/Smileys/thanksgiving/grin.gif

He's all 'shagged out' ... being the 'meat in the sandwich' with TWO Sir Billzy's.

Between the drinks and the love making who knows when will see him.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/28/08 at 6:30 am

Much betterBetween the drinks and the love making who knows when will see him.

I give it tomorrow!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 11/28/08 at 6:31 am

What if the story gets out, will it be in the press?

What if the cat's ALREADY out of the bag ?

http://img354.imageshack.us/img354/3268/ugandarpheadliners1.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/28/08 at 6:36 am

I give it tomorrow!

They are probably waking up now,
Sir Billzy is penetrating him
with his
Eyes as we speak. ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/28/08 at 6:38 am

What if the cat's ALREADY out of the bag ?

http://img354.imageshack.us/img354/3268/ugandarpheadliners1.jpg
It made the headlines!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 11/28/08 at 6:40 am

They are probably waking up now,
Sir Billzy is penetrating him
with his
Eyes as we speak. ;D

Amongst other things.

It made the headlines!

I have my sources.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 11/28/08 at 6:52 am

http://img374.imageshack.us/img374/2562/playboy035zf4.jpg

How DOES our local playboy do it ? ::)

Wow,I'm speechless look at those gorgeous ladies,I've got the hottest women standing right next to me. ;D ;)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 11/28/08 at 6:55 am

Poor Howard. He thinks he's a success scoring those gorgeous babe's ...

However, let's face it. We ALL know he only has eyes for Sir Billzy. When you're in love with someone .... there's only ONE face you can see ?

http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/9572/playboy035vl3.jpg

Better ?    ???

:D

The Billzy Babes? Please,spare me! 8-P

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/28/08 at 6:57 am

Amongst other things.

I have my sources.
To be covered on Sky News

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 11/28/08 at 6:57 am

What if the cat's ALREADY out of the bag ?

http://img354.imageshack.us/img354/3268/ugandarpheadliners1.jpg

Wha? Now I'm in the news? :o

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 11/28/08 at 6:57 am

Wow,I'm speechless look at those gorgeous ladies,I've got the hottest women standing right next to me. ;D ;)

Read on .... suddenly .... you wake up to REALITY !

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The Billzy Babes? Please,spare me! 8-P

I'd say he's JUST woken up ! 8)

:D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/28/08 at 6:58 am

The Billzy Babes? Please,spare me! 8-P
You must need to take a rest now?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 11/28/08 at 6:59 am

Read on .... suddenly .... you wake up to REALITY !

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I'd say he's JUST woken up ! 8)

:D

I don't want to read on. ::)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 11/28/08 at 7:00 am

The Billzy Babes? Please,spare me! 8-P

The Billzy Babes ..... 'come' with hidden extras .... in their panties !    :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 11/28/08 at 7:00 am

You must need to take a rest now?

Yes a long (very long) rest.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 11/28/08 at 7:00 am

The Billzy Babes ..... 'come' with hidden extras .... in their panties !    :)

HaHa,panties! ::) ::)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/28/08 at 7:08 am

The Billzy Babes ..... 'come' with hidden extras .... in their panties !     :)
Extras...

...more drinks at the bar?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 11/28/08 at 7:10 am

Extras...

...more drinks at the bar?

less drinks for me.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 11/28/08 at 7:12 am

less drinks for me.

You'd be more relaxed .... and he... she .... whatever .... would start to look more enticing ?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 11/28/08 at 7:13 am

Yes, you need MORE drinks.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 11/28/08 at 7:14 am

You'd be more relaxed .... and he... she .... whatever .... would start to look more enticing ?

he/she/it? ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/28/08 at 7:15 am

Yes, you need MORE drinks.
Hic!!!

http://www.inthe00s.com/Smileys/thanksgiving/grin.gif

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 11/28/08 at 7:15 am

Yes, you need MORE drinks.

What for?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 11/28/08 at 7:18 am

What for?

So he/ she / it looks more palatable / you get in the 'mood' a bit more ?

he/she/it? ;D

Where IS your other half lately ? .... haven't seen much of him here.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 11/28/08 at 7:34 am

Where IS your other half lately ? .... haven't seen much of him here.

Why are you asking me that? ???

::)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 11/28/08 at 7:47 am

Why are you asking me that? ???

::)

When he's NOT here .... you seem to miss him .. when he IS here, you soon play hard to get.   ::)

Poor, How-hard :( .... still can't quite commit himself. :(

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 11/28/08 at 8:44 am

I was wondering when Howard would appear (pun)

but he didn't even put up a protest. I say you're persuading him. ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/28/08 at 9:24 am

What for?
Did someone say drinks?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/28/08 at 11:32 am

Hic!!!

http://www.inthe00s.com/Smileys/thanksgiving/grin.gif
More hics!!

http://www.inthe00s.com/Smileys/thanksgiving/grin.gifhttp://www.inthe00s.com/Smileys/thanksgiving/grin.gif

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/28/08 at 1:50 pm

More hics!!

http://www.inthe00s.com/Smileys/thanksgiving/grin.gifhttp://www.inthe00s.com/Smileys/thanksgiving/grin.gif

A little too much to drink.
http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh257/dmbaker362/drunk.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/28/08 at 1:52 pm

A little too much to drink.
http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh257/dmbaker362/drunk.jpg
Oh dear!!!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 11/28/08 at 1:56 pm

I was wondering when Howard would appear (pun)

but he didn't even put up a protest. I say you're persuading him. ;D

I'm here and I'm not putting up a protest.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/28/08 at 3:17 pm

^ protest by leaving?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 11/28/08 at 4:46 pm

A little too much to drink.
http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh257/dmbaker362/drunk.jpg

Is that Alan?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/28/08 at 4:48 pm

Is that Alan?
I am not sure who it is.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 11/28/08 at 4:48 pm

I'm here and I'm not putting up a protest.

:o

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 11/28/08 at 4:56 pm

A little too much to drink.
http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh257/dmbaker362/drunk.jpg

...and he should pay for that broken step. ;)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/28/08 at 4:58 pm

A little too much to drink.
http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh257/dmbaker362/drunk.jpg
He has left his drink on the table.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 11/28/08 at 5:03 pm

He has left his drink on the table.

Hey...that table looks like the eaxact table I am using as a computer desk. It is a good size for family homework etc...

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/28/08 at 5:03 pm

Hey...that table looks like the eaxact table I am using as a computer desk. It is a good size for family homework etc...
...like wallpapering?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 11/28/08 at 7:08 pm

but he didn't even put up a protest. I say you're persuading him.   ;D

I'm here and I'm not putting up a protest.

See ? ??? He's bowing to the inevitable. That Billzy and he .. were just MEANT to be ! :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 11/29/08 at 5:46 am

See ? ??? He's bowing to the inevitable. That Billzy and he .. were just MEANT to be ! :)

8-P I'm sick now!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 11/29/08 at 5:46 am

^ protest by leaving?

Yes that would be a good idea.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/29/08 at 5:58 am

The word of the day...Traffic
The passage of people or vehicles along routes of transportation.
Vehicles or pedestrians in transit: heavy traffic on the turnpike; stopped oncoming traffic to let the children cross.

The commercial exchange of goods; trade.
Illegal or improper commercial activity: drug traffic on city streets.

The business of moving passengers and cargo through a transportation system. See synonyms at business.
The amount of cargo or number of passengers conveyed.

The conveyance of messages or data through a system of communication: routers that manage Internet traffic.
Messages or data conveyed through such a system: a tremendous amount of telephone traffic on Mother's Day; couldn't download the file due to heavy Internet traffic.
Social or verbal exchange; communication: refused further traffic with the estranged friend

http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/Venice091.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/Back_Burner_Traffic_cov004.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/lots-of-traffic.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/511025_085pcnw1600.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/PaulScotlandOct08189.jpg
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http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/scene-6.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/TrafficReporttest.png
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/amberdpictures016.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/DSCN1432.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/traffic2.png
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/DuskTraffic.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/RoadLeisure.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/200-200.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/hellokittyatc.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/29/08 at 6:02 am

The person of the day...Don Cheadle
Donald Frank "Don" Cheadle (born November 29, 1964) is an American actor, film producer, philanthropist, and author. Cheadle rose to prominence after playing supporting roles in films such as Out of Sight, Traffic, and the Ocean's Eleven series of films

http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/ACTORdoncheadle3.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/IMG_0703.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/MV5BMTI1NjE1NjA3N15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTc.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/doncheadle-1.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/don_cheadle-1.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/29/08 at 6:11 am

http://www.radkosales.com/images2/2011544SnowmanCar100mmSG.jpg

The closes to a traffic snow globe I could find.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/29/08 at 6:15 am

http://www.autographdealer.com/images/DonCheedalSig.jpg

Don Cheadle autograph (worth $18.00)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/29/08 at 6:16 am

http://www.autographdealer.com/images/DonCheedalSig.jpg

Don Cheadle autograph (worth $18.00)
Another autog is available for £4.99 on ebay.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/29/08 at 6:20 am

http://www.radkosales.com/images2/2011544SnowmanCar100mmSG.jpg

The closes to a traffic snow globe I could find.

http://www.autographdealer.com/images/DonCheedalSig.jpg

Don Cheadle autograph (worth $18.00)

Those are good ones :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/29/08 at 6:21 am

I am not looking for a Don Cheadle snow globe

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/29/08 at 6:28 am

I am not looking for a Don Cheadle snow globe

I doubt one exists.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/29/08 at 6:28 am

I doubt one exists.
Start producing on now?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/29/08 at 6:46 am

Yesterday I forgot the flower of the day,so here it is...Rose
A member of the rose family.

Any of numerous shrubs or vines of the genus Rosa, having prickly stems, pinnately compound leaves, and variously colored, often fragrant flowers.
The flower of any of these plants.
Any of various similar or related plants.
A dark pink to moderate red.
An ornament, such as a decorative knot, resembling a rose in form; a rosette.
A perforated nozzle for spraying water from a hose or sprinkling can.

A form of gem cut marked by a flat base and a faceted, hemispheric upper surface.
A gem, especially a diamond, cut in this manner.
A rose window.
A compass card or its representation, as on a map.
roses That which is marked by favor, success, or ease of execution: Directing this play has been all roses since the new producer took over.
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/Purple-Rose.gif
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/big_1560272.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/123.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/Rose-White.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/df0f9617.gif
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/peach-flower.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/Orange_roses_by_yakanaj.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/df.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/redroses2.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/ROSES6.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/pinkroses.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/GP-roses.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/DSCF0491.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/guns_roses.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/roses-3.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/roses_max600.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/0613.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/musicrose.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/b2b.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/peach_rose.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/white-rose-in-hand.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/29/08 at 7:59 am

Yesterday I forgot the flower of the day,so here it is...Rose
A member of the rose family.

Any of numerous shrubs or vines of the genus Rosa, having prickly stems, pinnately compound leaves, and variously colored, often fragrant flowers.
The flower of any of these plants.
Any of various similar or related plants.
A dark pink to moderate red.
An ornament, such as a decorative knot, resembling a rose in form; a rosette.
A perforated nozzle for spraying water from a hose or sprinkling can.

A form of gem cut marked by a flat base and a faceted, hemispheric upper surface.
A gem, especially a diamond, cut in this manner.
A rose window.
A compass card or its representation, as on a map.
roses That which is marked by favor, success, or ease of execution: Directing this play has been all roses since the new producer took over.
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/Purple-Rose.gif
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/big_1560272.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/123.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/Rose-White.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/df0f9617.gif
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/peach-flower.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/Orange_roses_by_yakanaj.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/df.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/redroses2.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/ROSES6.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/pinkroses.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/GP-roses.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/DSCF0491.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/guns_roses.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/roses-3.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/roses_max600.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/0613.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/musicrose.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/b2b.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/peach_rose.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/white-rose-in-hand.jpg

Yesterday I forgot the flower of the day,so here it is...Rose
A member of the rose family.

Any of numerous shrubs or vines of the genus Rosa, having prickly stems, pinnately compound leaves, and variously colored, often fragrant flowers.
The flower of any of these plants.
Any of various similar or related plants.
A dark pink to moderate red.
An ornament, such as a decorative knot, resembling a rose in form; a rosette.
A perforated nozzle for spraying water from a hose or sprinkling can.

A form of gem cut marked by a flat base and a faceted, hemispheric upper surface.
A gem, especially a diamond, cut in this manner.
A rose window.
A compass card or its representation, as on a map.
roses That which is marked by favor, success, or ease of execution: Directing this play has been all roses since the new producer took over.
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/Purple-Rose.gif
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/big_1560272.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/123.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/Rose-White.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/df0f9617.gif
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/peach-flower.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/Orange_roses_by_yakanaj.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/df.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/redroses2.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/ROSES6.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/pinkroses.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/GP-roses.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/DSCF0491.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/guns_roses.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/roses-3.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/roses_max600.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/0613.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/musicrose.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/b2b.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/peach_rose.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/white-rose-in-hand.jpg

We have flowers as well?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/29/08 at 8:30 am

We have flowers as well?

Yes,I was going to try to do a flower every Friday but fotgot about it.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/29/08 at 8:33 am

Yes,I was going to try to do a flower every Friday but fotgot about it.
Flowers on Friday, it sounds good.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/29/08 at 8:35 am

http://lucysinspirations.homestead.com/files/RoseSnowGlobe.gif

A graphic Rose Snow Globe

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/29/08 at 8:36 am

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Axl Rose

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 11/29/08 at 8:39 am

The word of the day...Traffic

And we should NOT forget .......

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Traffic - Hole In My Shoe

Classic band led by Steve Winwood - distilled soul, blues ...

"Hole in My Shoe" is a song by Traffic which as a single release reached #2 in the UK charts in 1967. Composed by their then guitarist Dave Mason, it is one of the defining tracks of acid rock, although it has been suggested that Steve Winwood disliked the song, feeling that it did not represent the band's real musical or lyrical style.

The brief monologue in the middle was spoken by a girl named Francine Heimann.

In the sitcom The Young Ones, Neil, one of the principal characters, continually sang a recognisable line from "Hole In My Shoe". Eventually, in July 1984, Nigel Planer who played the role released a cover version of the song, which reached the same #2 peak as the original. He also performed the song as Neil on the BBC show Top of the Pops, where he asked Paul Weller to "listen to the lyrics!".

For fans of psychedelic classic pop ......... this is essential !

www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaguQLgjbMo

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 11/29/08 at 8:39 am

Yesterday I forgot the flower of the day,so here it is...Rose
A member of the rose family.

Any of numerous shrubs or vines of the genus Rosa, having prickly stems, pinnately compound leaves, and variously colored, often fragrant flowers.
The flower of any of these plants.
Any of various similar or related plants.
A dark pink to moderate red.
An ornament, such as a decorative knot, resembling a rose in form; a rosette.
A perforated nozzle for spraying water from a hose or sprinkling can.

A form of gem cut marked by a flat base and a faceted, hemispheric upper surface.
A gem, especially a diamond, cut in this manner.
A rose window.
A compass card or its representation, as on a map.
roses That which is marked by favor, success, or ease of execution: Directing this play has been all roses since the new producer took over.
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They're all very pretty, ninny. The roses, that is. Did you ever seen a Brother Cadfael rose. Very pretty!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/29/08 at 8:40 am

And we should NOT forget .......

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51RQjNi0SOL._SL500_AA280_.jpg

Traffic - Hole In My Shoe

Classic band led by Steve Winwood - distilled soul, blues ...

For fans of psychedelic classic pop ......... this is essential !

www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaguQLgjbMo
You beat me to it, I was heading in that direction just then!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/29/08 at 8:43 am

http://www.rosesuk.com/gfx/media/home/broses/brother_cadfael.jpg

a Brother Cadfael rose

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 11/29/08 at 8:43 am

You beat me to it, I was heading in that direction just then!

Great minds think alike ? Look at it this way ... I saved you a little work ?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 11/29/08 at 8:48 am

http://www.rosesuk.com/gfx/media/home/broses/brother_cadfael.jpg

a Brother Cadfael rose

aaaaa...red x instead. But thank you, Phillip!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/29/08 at 8:50 am

Great minds think alike ? Look at it this way ... I saved you a little work ?
Thanks, it gave me more posting time.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/29/08 at 8:50 am

aaaaa...red x instead. But thank you, Phillip!
...it is blooming right in front of me.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 11/29/08 at 8:52 am

Darn....I used to grow them.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 11/29/08 at 8:53 am

http://www.rosesuk.com/gfx/media/home/broses/brother_cadfael.jpg

a Brother Cadfael rose

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/29/08 at 8:56 am

Showing up yet?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 11/29/08 at 9:02 am

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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 11/29/08 at 9:03 am

Showing up yet?

No, but here....http://tbn1.google.com/images?q=tbn:d1AxGOjk50pI5M:http://www.hortuscarmeli.ms/kertinaplo/uploaded_images/Brother-Cadfael-2b-711214.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/29/08 at 9:14 am

...or

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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 11/29/08 at 9:28 am

Very pretty. Philip. That must have bloomed a little more. One of the things I like about it is that the petals turn inward instead of outward.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/29/08 at 9:32 am

And we should NOT forget .......

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51RQjNi0SOL._SL500_AA280_.jpg

Traffic - Hole In My Shoe

Classic band led by Steve Winwood - distilled soul, blues ...

For fans of psychedelic classic pop ......... this is essential !

www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaguQLgjbMo

Very good. I don't remember to many of their songs,only Low Spark Of The High Heeled Boy & Gimme Some Lovin. I may know more but can't think of anymore.
http://www.rosesuk.com/gfx/media/home/broses/brother_cadfael.jpg

a Brother Cadfael rose

Very pretty

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Roses are so beautiful. My mom & dad use to have little yellow rose bushes,I loved them :). I like different colors like peach,yellow,dark purple.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 11/29/08 at 9:43 am

Philip, what is a good store over there to shop online? There's a college age girl. who appreciates finer things (she's very sensitive) and a son-in-law who is not so sensitive. I could get his here...a gift certificate. a grandaughter who is very pretty and loves items like her sister does.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/29/08 at 10:07 am

Philip, what is a good store over there to shop online?
Christmas things at the moment.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 11/29/08 at 10:11 am

Christmas things at the moment.

Of course! What store? Marks and Morgan?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/29/08 at 10:14 am

Of course! What store? Marks and Morgan?
For real posh items try Harrod's or Selfridges, or Marks and Spencer.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 11/29/08 at 1:33 pm

For real posh items try Harrod's or Selfridges, or Marks and Spencer.

You mean expensive? I must be picky...I'm not looking for expensive, actually for anybody.. ;D I'm going to have to be cinchy this year...this move has really cost me.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 11/29/08 at 2:36 pm

There's too much traffic.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 11/29/08 at 2:39 pm

That too.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 11/29/08 at 2:40 pm

A rose by any other name is not the same.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/29/08 at 3:46 pm

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Axl Rose
The well known anagram...

What si your favourite song by Guns N' Roses, mine is November Rain.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/30/08 at 4:56 am

The well known anagram...

What si your favourite song by Guns N' Roses, mine is November Rain.

Sweet Child O' Mine,I also like November Rain,Welcome To the Jungle & Paradise City.
Tim & I saw them preform with Aerosmith in 1988,when they were first starting out...The best concert I ever went to.(next to Elton John)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/30/08 at 5:03 am

The word of the day.......Daredevil
One who is recklessly bold.

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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/30/08 at 5:19 am

The person of the day..Evel Knievel
Robert Craig "Evel" Knievel (pronounced /ˈiːvəl kɨˈniːvəl/) (October 17, 1938 – November 30, 2007) was an American motorcycle daredevil, an entertainer famous in the United States and elsewhere between the late 1960s and early 1980s. Knievel's nationally televised motorcycle jumps, including his 1974 attempt to jump Snake River Canyon at Twin Falls, Idaho, represent four of the twenty most-watched ABC's Wide World of Sports events to date. His achievements and failures, including his record 433 broken bones, earned him several entries in the Guinness Book of World Records.

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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/30/08 at 5:33 am

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The closes I could find to a Daredevil Snow Globe, Betty Boop on a motorbike.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/30/08 at 5:35 am

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An autographed helmet of Evel Knievel.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 11/30/08 at 5:36 am

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An autographed helmet of Evel Knievel.

Wow,How much did that cost?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/30/08 at 5:36 am

The word of the day.......Daredevil
One who is recklessly bold.

http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/Shannydaredevil.jpg

"Get down at once!"

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/30/08 at 5:37 am

Wow,How much did that cost?
There is no amount mentioned on that website.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 11/30/08 at 5:37 am

"Get down at once!"

He might fall.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 11/30/08 at 5:54 am

He might fall.

So might this bloke..... The Great Blondin. :o

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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/30/08 at 5:55 am

So might this bloke..... The Great Blondin. :o

http://i351.photobucket.com/albums/q474/gibbo4/ph994991.jpg
Was that he who drank tea at the midpoint of the rope?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 11/30/08 at 6:04 am

Was that he who drank tea at the midpoint of the rope?

He did all sorts of things..including...carrying a man on his back, walking blindfolded, walking across on stilts etc etc...

Modified

This is what Wiki says,,,

blindfold, in a sack, trundling a wheelbarrow, on stilts, carrying a man (his manager, Harry Colcord) on his back, sitting down midway while he cooked and ate an omelet.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/30/08 at 7:07 am

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The closes I could find to a Daredevil Snow Globe, Betty Boop on a motorbike.

Pure Genius Phil.
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An autographed helmet of Evel Knievel.

Someone would pay good money for that.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/30/08 at 7:10 am

"Get down at once!"

Hopefully that wont be my grandson 2 years from now.
So might this bloke..... The Great Blondin. :o

http://i351.photobucket.com/albums/q474/gibbo4/ph994991.jpg

He would fit in great with todays society of adventurous people.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 11/30/08 at 7:39 am

So might this bloke..... The Great Blondin. :o

http://i351.photobucket.com/albums/q474/gibbo4/ph994991.jpg

He would fit in great with todays society of adventurous people.

Indeed. :) It is TRULY inspiring to meet / rub shoulders with such adventurous greats. 8) If it's not the South Pole ......

http://img385.imageshack.us/img385/1613/blondincf3.jpg

He MUST be off to the post office again ! ::)

:D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/30/08 at 7:40 am

He did all sorts of things..including...carrying a man on his back, walking blindfolded, walking across on stilts etc etc...

Modified

This is what Wiki says,,,

blindfold, in a sack, trundling a wheelbarrow, on stilts, carrying a man (his manager, Harry Colcord) on his back, sitting down midway while he cooked and ate an omelet.

That's him!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/30/08 at 10:02 am

Indeed. :) It is TRULY inspiring to meet / rub shoulders with such adventurous greats. 8) If it's not the South Pole ......

http://img385.imageshack.us/img385/1613/blondincf3.jpg

He MUST be off to the post office again ! ::)

:D

Now we know why his back hurts.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/30/08 at 10:40 am

Indeed. :)   It is TRULY inspiring to meet / rub shoulders with such adventurous greats.   8) If it's not the South Pole ......

http://img385.imageshack.us/img385/1613/blondincf3.jpg

He MUST be off to the post office again ! ::)

:D
Now that is one person who would drink tea at the midpoint of the rope?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 11/30/08 at 11:31 am

I thought of you right away, Philip. :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/30/08 at 12:08 pm

I thought of you right away, Philip. :)
I don't I got achieve such a feat now.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 11/30/08 at 2:49 pm

Indeed. :) It is TRULY inspiring to meet / rub shoulders with such adventurous greats. 8) If it's not the South Pole ......

http://img385.imageshack.us/img385/1613/blondincf3.jpg

He MUST be off to the post office again ! ::)

:D

He looks highly strung... ;)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/30/08 at 2:53 pm

He looks highly strung... ;)
Just getting the balance right.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 11/30/08 at 2:55 pm

Just getting the balance right.

Pretty tights though..... ;)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 11/30/08 at 2:57 pm

I suppose those posts were made in the middle of our night?

Or now? I'm no good with time zones.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 11/30/08 at 3:00 pm

Pretty tights though..... ;)

Peter. I thought you were asleep, dreaming of who knows what. ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: seamermar on 11/30/08 at 4:08 pm

Peter. I thought you were asleep, dreaming of who knows what. ;D

As you peer the way Philip looks like, I wonder who "Gibbo" you are Peter ::)

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=gibbo

Pick one up for me please, cause I dare choose none ;)

Always friendly....of course.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: snozberries on 11/30/08 at 4:20 pm

As you peer the way Philip looks like, I wonder who "Gibbo" you are Peter ::)

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=gibbo

Pick one up for me please, cause I dare choose none ;)

Always friendly....of course.

If I had to wager a guess I would go with definition number 2

2. gibbo

To elude capture by sheer luck for a large period of time, usually for inappropriate sexual conduct.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/30/08 at 4:22 pm

Peter. I thought you were asleep, dreaming of who knows what.   ;D
It is about 8am now.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 11/30/08 at 4:43 pm

It is about 8am now.

It's almost 6pm here.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/30/08 at 4:45 pm

It's almost 6pm here.
That is 8am in Australia where Peter (and Alan) reside.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/30/08 at 4:45 pm

That is 8am in Australia where Peter (and Alan) reside.

For me it is...

10:40pm

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 11/30/08 at 4:46 pm

That is 8am in Australia where Peter (and Alan) reside.

Wow,must be a long time difference.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/30/08 at 4:47 pm

Wow,must be a long time difference.
Australia is the other side of the world

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/30/08 at 4:47 pm

Australia is the other side of the world
..and a different hemisphere.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 11/30/08 at 4:48 pm

Australia is the other side of the world

How's the temperature? ???

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/30/08 at 4:50 pm

How's the temperature? ???
You have to ask Peter or Alan that not me.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 11/30/08 at 4:52 pm

You have to ask Peter or Alan that not me.

Ok,no problem.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/30/08 at 4:54 pm

Ok,no problem.
...btw , it is freezing here.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 11/30/08 at 5:05 pm

...btw , it is freezing here.

rain,cold wind and freezing temperatures here.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: AL-B Mk. III on 11/30/08 at 5:06 pm

You have to ask Peter or Alan that not me.

Or, you could just ask Alan's peter. :o :o :o

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 11/30/08 at 5:07 pm

Or, you could just ask Alan's peter. :o :o :o

It won't know,it can't talk. ::)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/30/08 at 5:07 pm

rain,cold wind and freezing temperatures here.
Just look at the Abbey Road image in my signature

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 11/30/08 at 5:08 pm

Just look at the Abbey Road image in my signature

very slick hazardous conditions.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/30/08 at 5:17 pm

very slick hazardous conditions.
It is rough out there.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 11/30/08 at 5:25 pm

Or, you could just ask Alan's peter. :o :o :o

Hello, Al ! :)

ninny WILL be pleased to see the likes of YOU posting here. She's trying to drum up a little business, in this thread ... as I noted in 'Affairs of the heart' !

I think she's on commission from Chucky ..... for membership participation ? ???

:D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/30/08 at 5:32 pm

Hello, Al ! :)

ninny WILL be pleased to see the likes of YOU posting here. She's trying to drum up a little business, in this thread ... as I noted in 'Affairs of the heart' !

I think she's on commission from Chucky ..... for membership participation ? ???

:D
More busines in this thread?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 11/30/08 at 5:39 pm

More busines in this thread?

There's no business ......

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/41166000/jpg/_41166418_czechplough_ap416.jpg

Like snow business ? ???

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/30/08 at 5:40 pm

There's no business ......

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/41166000/jpg/_41166418_czechplough_ap416.jpg

Like snow business ?   ???
Due to be busier in the next few months, if not due to global warming.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 11/30/08 at 5:40 pm

If yer still laid off ... I'll bet you miss driving in THAT stuff, hey Al ? ??? ::)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 11/30/08 at 6:05 pm

It won't know,it can't talk. ::)

It spits out the words :D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: snozberries on 11/30/08 at 6:36 pm

It spits out the words :D

;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 11/30/08 at 7:41 pm

If I had to wager a guess I would go with definition number 2

2. gibbo

To elude capture by sheer luck for a large period of time, usually for inappropriate sexual conduct.

;D ;D ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/01/08 at 3:36 am

There's no business ......

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/41166000/jpg/_41166418_czechplough_ap416.jpg

Like snow business ? ???
Hopefully not monkey business ?

http://www.inthe00s.com/Smileys/thanksgiving/grin.gif

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: seamermar on 12/01/08 at 3:46 am

Quote from: snozberries on November 30, 2008, 05:20:35 PM
If I had to wager a guess I would go with definition number 2

2. gibbo

To elude capture by sheer luck for a large period of time, usually for inappropriate sexual conduct.
;D ;D ;D

I'm eager to read Gibbo working out this catchy thriller :D

Com'on Pete, be proud and give it out ;D

Don't gibber but deliver ;)

With all my heart :-*

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 12/01/08 at 3:59 am

As you peer the way Philip looks like, I wonder who "Gibbo" you are Peter ::)

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=gibbo

Pick one up for me please, cause I dare choose none ;)

Always friendly....of course.

Well, you learn something every day! :o I think I am the ape like creature who can be taught how to play chess etc and urinates on himself... ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/01/08 at 5:03 am

So might this bloke..... The Great Blondin. :o

http://i351.photobucket.com/albums/q474/gibbo4/ph994991.jpg
Those were that days while my legs were better.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/01/08 at 5:27 am

The word or phrase of the day....Modern Dance
A style of theatrical dance that rejects the limitations of classical ballet and favors movement deriving from the expression of inner feeling.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/01/08 at 5:31 am

The person of the day...Alvin Ailey
Alvin Ailey, Jr. (January 5, 1931 – December 1, 1989) was an American modern dancer and choreographer who founded the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater on 92nd Street in New York City. He died of AIDS, at the age of 58.

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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 12/01/08 at 5:33 am

I saw the Alvin Ailey dance troupe in Brisbane some years ago. It was an excellent performance....I did'nt think it would appeal to me but coupled with some great music and singing ..it really can be recommended!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/01/08 at 5:36 am

I saw the Alvin Ailey dance troupe in Brisbane some years ago. It was an excellent performance....I did'nt think it would appeal to me but coupled with some great music and singing ..it really can be recommended!

I've never had the pleasure,I know hubby would not be interested :(

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 12/01/08 at 5:46 am

I've never had the pleasure,I know hubby would not be interested :(

I had to be dragged there...and it was a free ticket!!! :o I'd go again if they come........(and if it was a free ticket) ;)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 12/01/08 at 5:49 am

Wow,very exciting. :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/01/08 at 5:54 am

I had to be dragged there...and it was a free ticket!!! :o I'd go again if they come........(and if it was a free ticket) ;)

Well for free he probably would go,as long as they had beer ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 12/01/08 at 5:55 am

Well for free he probably would go,as long as they had beer ;D

At those sorts of theatres....only in the interval. >:(

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 12/01/08 at 5:55 am

I saw the Alvin Ailey dance troupe in Brisbane some years ago. It was an excellent performance....I did'nt think it would appeal to me but coupled with some great music and singing ..it really can be recommended!

So you didn't sit through it all?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 12/01/08 at 6:05 am

I saw the Alvin Ailey dance troupe in Brisbane some years ago. It was an excellent performance....I did'nt think it would appeal to me but coupled with some great music and singing ..it really can be recommended!

And in the event ... we ever want ANOTHER 'unbiased' opinion from you gibbo, ::) .... we'll be sure to get back to you ! ::)

http://img117.imageshack.us/img117/2904/aileypw1.jpg

Until, we do .... may I suggest you just continue to, make like 'Tiny Tim' ....... and >:(

http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/7379/ailey1di6.jpg

'Tiptoe, through the tulips' ? ??? ::) :-X

:P

:D ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 12/01/08 at 6:06 am

And in the event ... we ever want ANOTHER 'unbiased' opinion from you gibbo, ::) .... we'll be sure to get back to you ! ::)

http://img117.imageshack.us/img117/2904/aileypw1.jpg

Until, we do .... may I suggest you just continue to, make like 'Tiny Tim' ....... and >:(

http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/7379/ailey1di6.jpg

'Tiptoe, through the tulips' ? ??? ::) :-X

:P

:D ;D

Yeah...I've been working out! 8)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 12/01/08 at 6:07 am

Those dancers are so gay and I don't mean you Gibby! ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 12/01/08 at 6:09 am

Those dancers are so gay and I don't mean you Gibby! ;D

Careful, you don't want your Sir Billzy to get ideas about gibbo !

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/01/08 at 6:12 am

http://far-horizons.biz/catalog/images/36172.jpg

A (Wedding) Dance Snow Globe

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/01/08 at 6:15 am

http://www.hollywoodmemorabilia.com/files/cache/ailey-alvin-autographed-index-card_4f1a512c7cc6d9f9e5d0d93b9764b58c.jpg

An Alvin Ailey autograph worth about $50

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 12/01/08 at 6:17 am

Those dancers are so gay and I don't mean you Gibby! ;D

Enough from you...Go to work!!! :P

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/01/08 at 6:17 am

Those dancers are so gay and I don't mean you Gibby! ;D
Dancers do not have to be gay?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/01/08 at 6:25 am

Dancers do not have to be gay?

Just like everywhere else There are gay and straight guys,you even find them in sports.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/01/08 at 6:26 am

Just like everywhere else There are gay and straight guys,you even find them in sports.
There is due an offical report into professional footballers in the UK to be outed, but so far it has not happened.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 12/01/08 at 5:03 pm

Careful, you don't want your Sir Billzy to get ideas about gibbo !

he might get jealous.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/01/08 at 5:36 pm

Dancers do not have to be gay?
...but it can help ?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 12/01/08 at 5:37 pm

...but it can help ?

it can help to be gay? ???

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 12/01/08 at 6:48 pm

he might get jealous.

He might ditch you for gibbo.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 12/02/08 at 2:04 am

He might ditch you for gibbo.

I would..... :-\\

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 12/02/08 at 5:38 am

He might ditch you for gibbo.

I would..... :-\\

I would ...... be afraid, gibbo. Be VERY ...

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::) 'AFRAID' ! :-X

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/02/08 at 6:17 am

The word of the day...Rodeo
A public competition or exhibition in which skills such as riding broncos or roping calves are displayed.
A cattle roundup.
An enclosure for keeping cattle that have been rounded up.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/02/08 at 6:20 am

The person of the day..Aaron Copland
Aaron Copland (November 14, 1900 – December 2, 1990) was an American composer of concert and film music, as well as an accomplished pianist. Instrumental in forging a distinctly American style of composition, he was widely known as “the dean of American composers.” Copland's music achieved a balance between modern music and American folk styles.

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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/02/08 at 6:23 am

One of my favourite pieces of music, Rodeo the ballet score written by Aaron Copland in 1942.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/02/08 at 6:25 am

Aaron Copland's Rodeo Suite: Hoedown

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/02/08 at 6:27 am

One of my favourite pieces of music, Rodeo the ballet score written by Aaron Copland in 1942.

Mine also :) I've also been listening to lots of Billy The Kid

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 12/02/08 at 6:33 am

Mine also :) I've also been listening to lots of Billy The Kid

As for me, I prefer Billy Idle. But then, when you're President of the Procrastination club ..... 8)

I suppose you would ? :-X :-[ :(

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/02/08 at 6:36 am

http://www.horsetackinternational.com/images/60140.jpg

No snow in this snow globe

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/02/08 at 6:37 am

http://www.deniseswanson.com/stybr/copland.jpg

I cannot see a value for this Aaron Copland autograph.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/02/08 at 6:38 am

Aaron Copland's Rodeo Suite: Hoedown

One of my all time favorite pieces by him,along with Fanfare for the Common Man.

From Billy the Kid
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qVB4Cd-Ui4#
Fanfare
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xzf0rvQa4Mc#
I could listen to that song everyday.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/02/08 at 6:40 am

http://www.horsetackinternational.com/images/60140.jpg

No snow in this snow globe
A non-snow snow globe.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/02/08 at 6:41 am

As for me, I prefer Billy Idle. But then, when you're President of the Procrastination club ..... 8)

I suppose you would ? :-X :-
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No snow in this snow globe

Hey at least you found one ;D

http://www.deniseswanson.com/stybr/copland.jpg

I cannot see a value for this Aaron Copland autograph.

Where do you look up their value?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 12/02/08 at 6:57 am

The word of the day...Rodeo
A public competition or exhibition in which skills such as riding broncos or roping calves are displayed.
A cattle roundup.
An enclosure for keeping cattle that have been rounded up.
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I was always afraid of the person falling off the horse. :o

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 12/02/08 at 6:58 am

He might ditch you for gibbo.

Good,take him.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/02/08 at 6:59 am

I was always afraid of the person falling off the horse. :o
Isn't that what rodeo is all about?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 12/02/08 at 7:03 am

Isn't that what rodeo is all about?

Yeah,I know horses can be very tricky.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/02/08 at 7:05 am

Yeah,I know horses can be very tricky.
Untrained, very tricky!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 12/02/08 at 7:06 am

Untrained, very tricky!

Some people have to train them.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/02/08 at 7:10 am

Some people have to train them.
The Horse Whisperer?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 12/02/08 at 7:13 am

The Horse Whisperer?

Someone that can talk to one of them.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/02/08 at 7:14 am

Someone that can talk to one of them.
It is a book and a film, I believe.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 12/02/08 at 7:15 am

It is a book and a film, I believe.

What is it based on? ???

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/02/08 at 7:17 am

What is it based on? ???
The Horse Whisperer

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 12/02/08 at 7:20 am

The Horse Whisperer

Can you actually whisper to a horse?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/02/08 at 7:21 am

Can you actually whisper to a horse?
..but will the horse listen?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 12/02/08 at 7:22 am

I was always afraid of the person falling off the horse. :o

Now I pity the horse....'get this thing off me. It's scaring me to death."

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/02/08 at 7:24 am

Do the rodeo riders (cowboys) wear spurs?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 12/02/08 at 7:37 am

Do the rodeo riders (cowboys) wear spurs?

It's probably part of their get-up.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 12/02/08 at 7:38 am

..but will the horse listen?

I don't know I never talked to a horse,of course.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 12/02/08 at 7:42 am

Except for Mr. Ed? :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 12/02/08 at 7:42 am

Except for Mr. Ed? :)

He's a talking horse. ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/02/08 at 7:44 am

I don't know I never talked to a horse,of course.
Have you talked to any animal before?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 12/02/08 at 7:45 am

Have you talked to any animal before?

pigeons and seagulls in the Pathmark parking lot. ;D

::)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/02/08 at 8:30 am

pigeons and seagulls in the Pathmark parking lot. ;D

::)
Telling them to go away!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/02/08 at 8:33 am

http://www.deniseswanson.com/stybr/copland.jpg

I cannot see a value for this Aaron Copland autograph.
On ebay right now

http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm66/Phil_O-Sopher/AaronCopland.jpg

Buy It Now for $199.99 a signed copy of His Life

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/02/08 at 10:18 am

On ebay right now

http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm66/Phil_O-Sopher/AaronCopland.jpg

Buy It Now for $199.99 a signed copy of His Life

If only I had some money.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/02/08 at 11:38 am

If only I had some money.
I would love it too.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/02/08 at 11:41 am

Piece: Quiet City
Composer: Copland, Aaron.
Artist: English Symphony Orchestra, William Boughton conductor.

Listening to this right now.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/02/08 at 12:24 pm

Piece: Quiet City
Composer: Copland, Aaron.
Artist: English Symphony Orchestra, William Boughton conductor.

Listening to this right now.

Very Nice. I just turned on Pandora and put my Copland station on. This is what they are playing
Rodeo, Selections From The Ballet (Including "Four Dance Episodes"): Hoe Down
performed by: London Symphony Orchestra
:)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/02/08 at 12:30 pm

Very Nice. I just turned on Pandora and put my Copland station on. This is what they are playing
Rodeo, Selections From The Ballet (Including "Four Dance Episodes"): Hoe Down
performed by: London Symphony Orchestra
:)
I am hoping the online radio station I listen to play more copland today.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/02/08 at 2:40 pm

I am hoping the online radio station I listen to play more Copland today.
I looks to be no chance for me today!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 12/02/08 at 2:41 pm

Telling them to go away!

No I just feed them.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/02/08 at 2:44 pm

No I just feed them.
That encourages them.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 12/02/08 at 2:45 pm

That encourages them.

They don't seem to go away unless you run out of food.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/02/08 at 2:46 pm

They don't seem to go away unless you run out of food.
Doesn't anything?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 12/02/08 at 2:49 pm

Doesn't anything?

you shoo them and they keep coming back.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/02/08 at 2:52 pm

you shoo them and they keep coming back.
They must be still hungry?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 12/02/08 at 2:52 pm

They must be still hungry?

Man,they're hungry and greedy.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/02/08 at 3:41 pm

Man,they're hungry and greedy.
Pushing and shoving each other?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/03/08 at 1:34 am

The person of the day..Aaron Copland
Aaron Copland (November 14, 1900 – December 2, 1990) was an American composer of concert and film music, as well as an accomplished pianist. Instrumental in forging a distinctly American style of composition, he was widely known as “the dean of American composers.” Copland's music achieved a balance between modern music and American folk styles.

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The ballet score Appalachian Spring by Aaron Copland contains a wonderful arrangement of Shaker theme "The Gift to Be Simple".

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/03/08 at 5:52 am

The word of the day...Camera
An apparatus for taking photographs, generally consisting of a lightproof enclosure having an aperture with a shuttered lens through which the image of an object is focused and recorded on a photosensitive film, plate, or sensor.
The part of a television transmitting apparatus that receives the primary image on a light-sensitive cathode-ray tube and transforms it into electrical impulses.
Camera obscura.
pl. -er·ae (-ə-rē). A judge's private chamber
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/03/08 at 5:56 am

The person of the day...David Hemmings
David Hemmings (November 18, 1941 – December 3, 2003) was an English film actor and director, whose most famous role was the photographer in Blowup. In his later acting career, he was known for his distinctive eyebrows, and gravelly voice.

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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/03/08 at 5:56 am

The word of the day...Camera
An apparatus for taking photographs, generally consisting of a lightproof enclosure having an aperture with a shuttered lens through which the image of an object is focused and recorded on a photosensitive film, plate, or sensor.
The part of a television transmitting apparatus that receives the primary image on a light-sensitive cathode-ray tube and transforms it into electrical impulses.
Camera obscura.
pl. -er·ae (-ə-rē). A judge's private chamber
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It seems impossible to find a snow globe containing a camera, I will not look any further.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/03/08 at 5:57 am

The person of the day...David Hemmings
David Hemmings (November 18, 1941 – December 3, 2003) was an English film actor and director, whose most famous role was the photographer in Blowup. In his later acting career, he was known for his distinctive eyebrows, and gravelly voice.

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I had not realised David Hemmings had died, I will re-watch Blow Up in respect of him.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/03/08 at 6:00 am

I had not realised David Hemmings had died, I will re-watch Blow Up in respect of him.

This according to Wikipedia
In December 2003, Hemmings died of a heart attack, in Romania, on the film set of Blessed, (working title Samantha's Child) after playing his scenes for the day. He was 62. His funeral was held in Calne, Wiltshire, where he had made his home for several years.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/03/08 at 6:01 am

No David Hemmings autograph online ???

That makes two misses in one day.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 12/03/08 at 6:58 am

cameras have really changed throughout the years.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 12/03/08 at 6:59 am

Pushing and shoving each other?

and also biting each other's heads off. :o

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/03/08 at 7:14 am

cameras have really changed throughout the years.
Too technical now, and digital

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 12/03/08 at 7:29 am

Too technical now, and digital

Now they have cameras where you can convert your pictures to your computer.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/03/08 at 7:30 am

Now they have cameras where you can convert your pictures to your computer.
My camera does that and a scanner helps.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 12/03/08 at 7:31 am

Word of the day ... 'camera' ?

???

http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/Christmas33.gif

Stand by ninny !

http://img125.imageshack.us/img125/8316/camera1mo0.gif

*click* .................

Your pic !

http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/Christmas33.gif
::) 8)

Yup ! I think it works !

:D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 12/03/08 at 7:32 am

the cat didn't even blink. ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 12/03/08 at 7:33 am

Word of the day ... 'camera' ?

???

http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/Christmas33.gif

Stand by ninny ! (INSERTS SPECIAL FILM !! )

http://img125.imageshack.us/img125/8316/camera1mo0.gif

*click* .................

Your pic !

http://img229.imageshack.us/img229/7771/christmas33na9.gif
::) 8)

I like this SPECIAL film ! 8)

:D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 12/03/08 at 7:35 am

Ha,good one Alan. ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/03/08 at 7:36 am

http://www.lifeinthefastlane.ca/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/mr_lee_cat_camera.jpg

Cats now can have their own camera for the owner to find out where the cat goes and gets up to.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/03/08 at 7:37 am

..containing Cat-hode Ray Tubes?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/03/08 at 7:40 am

Too technical now, and digital

I don't even own one :(
Word of the day ... 'camera' ?

???

http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/Christmas33.gif

Stand by ninny ! (INSERTS SPECIAL FILM !! )

http://img125.imageshack.us/img125/8316/camera1mo0.gif

*click* .................

Your pic !

http://img229.imageshack.us/img229/7771/christmas33na9.gif
::) 8)

I like this SPECIAL film !    8)

:D

HaHa that's good,ninny Christmas cat.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 12/03/08 at 7:42 am

You might want to enter it in the xmas avatar competition .... although your current one looks fine ! :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/03/08 at 7:48 am

You might want to enter it in the xmas avatar competition .... although your current one looks fine ! :)
Which brings me to a Christmas avatar, I still need one.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/03/08 at 7:51 am

You might want to enter it in the xmas avatar competition .... although your current one looks fine ! :)

I just entered santa cat.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 12/03/08 at 8:16 am

I just entered santa cat.

So I see. Definitely .... a worthy contender ..... although I suspect you could alter it to something else .. if you thought you had a stronger contender.

Good luck !

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: snozberries on 12/03/08 at 1:35 pm

I own this camera but mine is black...best camera I've ever had.

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e321/ilockyou2/pictures/sony-w170-angle-450.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/03/08 at 1:38 pm

I cannot take a picture of my camera unless I use a mirror.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: nally on 12/03/08 at 1:40 pm

I cannot take a picture of my camera unless I use a mirror.

Well naturally... if the camera itself were to be in a picture, then a mirror would need to be used!

Or...you could use someone else's camera to take a picture of yours...

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: snozberries on 12/03/08 at 1:42 pm

Well naturally... if the camera itself were to be in a picture, then a mirror would need to be used!

Or...you could use someone else's camera to take a picture of yours...

or set the timer?

also some cameras now come with a remote ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: karen on 12/03/08 at 1:53 pm

My camera has a timer but I still don't think it would help me take a picture of the camera. :-\\

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/03/08 at 3:35 pm

The only true solution is the mirror, but the flash may blind it out.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/03/08 at 3:36 pm

So I see. Definitely .... a worthy contender ..... although I suspect you could alter it to something else .. if you thought you had a stronger contender.

Good luck !

Thanks,I think your santa gremlin is cute. :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: snozberries on 12/03/08 at 3:41 pm

My camera has a timer but I still don't think it would help me take a picture of the camera. :-\\

sorry I thought we were trying to take a picture of ourselves... :-[

I have a camera on my phone... I could use that to take a picture of my digital camera

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/03/08 at 3:41 pm

I own this camera but mine is black...best camera I've ever had.

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e321/ilockyou2/pictures/sony-w170-angle-450.jpg

Is it easy to use? I've always wanted a camera,and I felt bad when the kids were growing up,because we never had one. Luckily my dad and sometimes Tim sisters took pictures of them.Timmy has a camera in his cell phone,but Missy has to have her boyfriend or cousin take her pic.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: snozberries on 12/03/08 at 3:48 pm

Is it easy to use? I've always wanted a camera,and I felt bad when the kids were growing up,because we never had one. Luckily my dad and sometimes Tim sisters took pictures of them.Timmy has a camera in his cell phone,but Missy has to have her boyfriend or cousin take her pic.

its super easy.

I had a sony camera with 7 mega pixels but I ddn't like the quality of the images... I know 7Mps should be enough.

This one has 10 MPs.... Sony now makes one with 12 MPs but the important thing is in the zoom.

There is Optical Zoom ( which is the actual zoom lens) and Digital Zoom (the computer chips assume whats missing and fill it in with more pixels- or something more technical than that)

anyway my old camera only had 3x optical zoom and then new has 5x optical zoom.... WAY BETTER

the 12MP (as of last month at least) only had a 3x optical zoom so I bought the 10MP for the better zoom.

I also owned two Fuji cameras (meh) and one of those really expensive minoltas (it was too much camera for me)

I cannot tell you how happy I am with the sony. Its the camera that took my pics with the prison break cast.... and those pics were taken without a flash.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 12/03/08 at 3:55 pm

Sounds like a good camera. :)

A person could always look their camera up online and copy that.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: snozberries on 12/03/08 at 4:02 pm

Sounds like a good camera. :)

A person could always look their camera up online and copy that.

that's how I got the image I used but photobucket only had the red one. I suppose I could have found a pic of a black one, saved it and uploaded it photobucket but that takes much more effort than I am willing to put into it.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/03/08 at 4:10 pm

The make of my camera as seen online at the Fujifilm.

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51TMH6J3CBL._SL160_.jpg

Fujifilm Finepix A345 Digital Camera 4.1mp 3x Optical Zoom

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: snozberries on 12/03/08 at 4:14 pm

The make of my camera as seen online at the Fujifilm.

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51TMH6J3CBL._SL160_.jpg

Fujifilm Finepix A345 Digital Camera 4.1mp 3x Optical Zoom

that looks like one of the fuji's I had

oh no I had the Fuji 2800 6x optical zoom but only 2mp

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/03/08 at 4:22 pm

that looks like one of the fuji's I had

oh no I had the Fuji 2800 6x optical zoom but only 2mp
I do not know the numbers/details of the camera, I just point the thing and take pictures.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 12/03/08 at 4:52 pm

I do not know the numbers/details of the camera, I just point the thing and take pictures.

Sounds like me. :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/03/08 at 4:52 pm

Sounds like me. :)
...and the pictures come out fine.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 12/03/08 at 7:06 pm

I own this camera but mine is black...best camera I've ever had.

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e321/ilockyou2/pictures/sony-w170-angle-450.jpg

Can you convert pictures to your computer?^

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: snozberries on 12/03/08 at 11:48 pm

Can you convert pictures to your computer?^

yes Howard. Its a digital camera so I take out the memory card and plug it into my computer... and walla like magic the photos appear.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/04/08 at 2:25 am

yes Howard. Its a digital camera so I take out the memory card and plug it into my computer... and walla like magic the photos appear.

I use a cable and it does the same trick.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: seamermar on 12/04/08 at 2:26 am

Snozberries, with camera in pocket I guess that's the way you chase some "fugitives" from Prison Break, to jail them in your "space" for aaaaaaaaaaaages ;) :D :D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/04/08 at 4:23 am

Snozberries, with camera in pocket I guess that's the way you chase some "fugitives" from Prison Break, to jail them in your "space" for aaaaaaaaaaaages ;) :D :D
You are making me feel colder now, even I was already cold in the first place.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 12/04/08 at 5:50 am

Thanks,I think your santa gremlin is cute. :)

I agree. Sorta sad I ditched him .... but you'll see why, in the xmas avatar comp. board.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/04/08 at 5:53 am

The word of the day...Vaudeville

Stage entertainment offering a variety of short acts such as slapstick turns, song-and-dance routines, and juggling performances.
A theatrical performance of this kind; a variety show.
A light comic play that often includes songs, pantomime, and dances.
A popular, often satirical song.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/04/08 at 5:57 am

The person of the day....Bert Lahr
Bert Lahr (August 13, 1895 – December 4, 1967) was a German-Jewish American Tony Award-winning comic actor and vaudeville comedian
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/04/08 at 6:00 am

Once again I could not find a snow globe for "the word of the day", but I did find one with a jar of Vegemite inside.

http://www.thevegemitetales.com/images/snowglobe-front.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/04/08 at 6:01 am

I agree. Sorta sad I ditched him .... but you'll see why, in the xmas avatar comp. board.

Did you change him because you wanted to,or because 2Kidsami mentioned the grinch?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/04/08 at 6:03 am

http://z.about.com/d/collectibles/1/7/L/U/3/bertlahr.jpg

Bert Lahr Autographed Photo

A vintage glossy 8" x 10" MGM Wizard of Oz promotional close-up photo of Lahr as the Cowardly Lion.

Auction Price: $10,453.*
Auction Date: December 2006

*Includes 19% Buyers Premium

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/04/08 at 6:04 am

http://z.about.com/d/collectibles/1/7/L/U/3/bertlahr.jpg

Bert Lahr Autographed Photo

A vintage glossy 8" x 10" MGM Wizard of Oz promotional close-up photo of Lahr as the Cowardly Lion.

Auction Price: $10,453.*
Auction Date: December 2006

*Includes 19% Buyers Premium
How much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/04/08 at 6:04 am

Once again I could not find a snow globe for "the word of the day", but I did find one with a jar of Vegemite inside.

http://www.thevegemitetales.com/images/snowglobe-front.jpg

Ok,now that is an odd snow globe. What does Vegemite taste like?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/04/08 at 6:05 am

http://z.about.com/d/collectibles/1/7/L/U/3/bertlahr.jpg

Bert Lahr Autographed Photo

A vintage glossy 8" x 10" MGM Wizard of Oz promotional close-up photo of Lahr as the Cowardly Lion.

Auction Price: $10,453.*
Auction Date: December 2006

*Includes 19% Buyers Premium

I wonder how much it would be for an autograph of Judy Garland?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/04/08 at 6:05 am

The person of the day....Bert Lahr
Bert Lahr (August 13, 1895 – December 4, 1967) was a German-Jewish American Tony Award-winning comic actor and vaudeville comedian
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/burt2.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/burt3.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/burt.jpg
Bert Lahr's son, John Lahr is now married to Connie Booth (ex-Mrs John Cleese), best known for Pollly in Fawlty towers.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/04/08 at 6:10 am

http://z.about.com/d/collectibles/1/7/L/U/3/bertlahr.jpg

Bert Lahr Autographed Photo

A vintage glossy 8" x 10" MGM Wizard of Oz promotional close-up photo of Lahr as the Cowardly Lion.

Auction Price: $10,453.*
Auction Date: December 2006

*Includes 19% Buyers Premium
I think the website means $104.53 and is an error on their part.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/04/08 at 6:13 am

I wonder how much it would be for an autograph of Judy Garland?
Garland, Judy "At Carnegie Hall In Person" 1961 LP Signed Autograph Photos "Over The Rainbow"
Item# newitem1138592082
Price: $299.00

The image can be seen here.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 12/04/08 at 6:22 am

The person of the day....Bert Lahr
Bert Lahr (August 13, 1895 – December 4, 1967) was a German-Jewish American Tony Award-winning comic actor and vaudeville comedian
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/burt2.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/burt3.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/burt.jpg

What was Bert Lahr's last film? ???

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/04/08 at 6:26 am

What was Bert Lahr's last film? ???
The Night They Raided Minsky's in 1968.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 12/04/08 at 6:29 am

The Night They Raided Minsky's in 1968.

Was he ever on any TV Shows? ???

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/04/08 at 6:33 am

Bert Lahr's son, John Lahr is now married to Connie Booth (ex-Mrs John Cleese), best known for Pollly in Fawlty towers.

I didn't know that,that is interesting.

Garland, Judy "At Carnegie Hall In Person" 1961 LP Signed Autograph Photos "Over The Rainbow"
Item# newitem1138592082
Price: $299.00

The image can be seen here.

I think the website means $104.53 and is an error on their part.

I was going to say how could his autograph be more than hers ???

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/04/08 at 6:34 am

What was Bert Lahr's last film? ???

The Night They Raided Minsky's in 1968.
From wiki...

"In 1967, Lahr died of pneumonia in New York City in the middle of filming The Night They Raided Minsky's, forcing producers to use a double in several scenes. Fittingly, this last role was as a burlesque comic. Lahr is buried at Union Field Cemetery in Ridgewood, Queens."

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/04/08 at 6:34 am

Was he ever on any TV Shows? ???
From wiki...

"Lahr occasionally appeared on television, including NBC's live version of the Cole Porter musical Let's Face It (1954) and an appearance as the mystery guest on What's My Line? He also performed in commercials, including a memorable series for Lay's potato chips during its long-running "Betcha can't eat just one" campaign with Lahr as "Aunt Tillie"."

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/04/08 at 6:35 am

I didn't know that,that is interesting.
Connie Booth is one of our tv favourites.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 12/04/08 at 6:39 am

Yes
Did you change him because you wanted to,or because 2Kidsami mentioned the grinch?

Yes. Although subsequent commentators ... made me feel it was the right move. I'll stick with 'Grinch' now, but I DID think Gizmo was cute. You can adopt him, if you think he's a better choice .. but yours is pretty good .... as is, I'd say.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/04/08 at 6:42 am

Garland, Judy "At Carnegie Hall In Person" 1961 LP Signed Autograph Photos "Over The Rainbow"
Item# newitem1138592082
Price: $299.00

The image can be seen here.

I found this on Judy Garland
http://jwautographs.blogspot.com/2007/05/judy-garland-autographs.html
Connie Booth is one of our tv favourites.

Yes I remember her from Monty Python. I didn't watch to many episodes of Fawlty Towers.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/04/08 at 6:45 am

Yes
Yes. Although subsequent commentators ... made me feel it was the right move. I'll stick with 'Grinch' now, but I DID think Gizmo was cute. You can adopt him, if you think he's a better choice .. but yours is pretty good .... as is, I'd say.

Gizmo was very cute :) you got to go with what you think is best. I think I'll keep my cat(you know me and cats) With so many people entered I figure I really don't have much of a chance anyways.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 12/04/08 at 6:47 am

Yes I remember her from Monty Python. I didn't watch to many episodes of Fawlty Towers.

There weren't that many ... you COULD have watched. I think they only made a dozen (?) .... repeated, 'ad infinitum' on tv. Passed into British folkelore ... somewhat like Monty Python ... where many devotees can rattle off whole lines / paragraphs of dialogue.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 12/04/08 at 6:52 am

Gizmo was very cute :) you got to go with what you think is best. I think I'll keep my cat(you know me and cats) With so many people entered I figure I really don't have much of a chance anyways.

I don't rate my chances ... regardless of avatar. Suspect I'm too controversial for some .... even now ... and that people don't vote entirely for the avatar, in a situation where two people .... say are tied, but they like one person more than another ? It's only human nature. Well ... I may not get a vote. We'll see ? ;D

Anyway, it's hardly like anything's at stake .. it's just the fun, in this case. 8)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 12/04/08 at 6:56 am

From wiki...

"Lahr occasionally appeared on television, including NBC's live version of the Cole Porter musical Let's Face It (1954) and an appearance as the mystery guest on What's My Line? He also performed in commercials, including a memorable series for Lay's potato chips during its long-running "Betcha can't eat just one" campaign with Lahr as "Aunt Tillie"."

That's very interesting Phil.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/04/08 at 7:46 am

I didn't watch to many episodes of Fawlty Towers.
The reason there were only 12 episodes made is that writing the scripts drove John Cleese and Connie Booth apart. They were actually separated when writing the final shows.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/04/08 at 8:17 am

The reason there were only 12 episodes made is that writing the scripts drove John Cleese and Connie Booth apart. They were actually separated when writing the final shows.

Was it the pressure of trying to write good scripts?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/04/08 at 8:21 am

Was it the pressure of trying to write good scripts?
It seems so, but could had been deeper, this does need more research.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: snozberries on 12/04/08 at 6:06 pm

I use a cable and it does the same trick.

my camera does not have a USB port so I have to take out the memory card.

Snozberries, with camera in pocket I guess that's the way you chase some "fugitives" from Prison Break, to jail them in your "space" for aaaaaaaaaaaages ;) :D :D

um thanks.

;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: snozberries on 12/04/08 at 6:10 pm

casting of Bert Lahr as Cowardly Lion from youtube.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 12/04/08 at 7:08 pm

casting of Bert Lahr as Cowardly Lion from youtube.

he was always a good candidate to play The Lion. ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 12/04/08 at 7:38 pm

he was always a good candidate to play The Lion. ;D

Some people ... just seem BORN to play a role. Yes ... I guess Bert Lahr ... was such a person. Now ... if they were to do a remake of THAT film .... (?) .......

http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/8231/scrowli4.jpg

::) :-X

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/05/08 at 3:44 am

The word of the day..Evangelism
Zealous preaching and dissemination of the gospel, as through missionary work.
Militant zeal for a cause.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/05/08 at 3:47 am

The person of the day....Little Richard
Rev. Richard Wayne Penniman (born December 5, 1932), better known by the stage name Little Richard, is an American singer, songwriter and pianist, who also became a born again Christian and evangelist
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/05/08 at 3:47 am

http://www.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/4588651/2/istockphoto_4588651_church_snowglobe.jpg

A picture of a drawn church in a snow globe

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/05/08 at 3:49 am

http://www.lonestarautographs.com/Images/11998.jpg

(ROCK N’ ROLL) LITTLE RICHARD (RICHARD PENNIMAN) Early Rock & Roll star. One of the greats. 10” x 8” signed photo of him on stage performing with his band circa 1955. He is shown standing up playing the piano with his hands and one leg. Boldly signed in a light portion “Little Richard”. Photo later signed. A great Rock n’ Roll item.. ..$125.00

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/05/08 at 3:52 am

The flower for Friday....Daffodil

Any of various bulbous plants of the genus Narcissus, especially N. pseudonarcissus, having showy, usually yellow flowers with a trumpet-shaped central corona.
The flower of this plant.
A brilliant to vivid yellow.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/05/08 at 3:53 am

http://www.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/4588651/2/istockphoto_4588651_church_snowglobe.jpg

A picture of a drawn church in a snow globe

http://www.lonestarautographs.com/Images/11998.jpg

(ROCK N’ ROLL) LITTLE RICHARD (RICHARD PENNIMAN) Early Rock & Roll star. One of the greats. 10” x 8” signed photo of him on stage performing with his band circa 1955. He is shown standing up playing the piano with his hands and one leg. Boldly signed in a light portion “Little Richard”. Photo later signed. A great Rock n’ Roll item.. ..$125.00

This one was almost to easy for you ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 12/05/08 at 3:54 am

Connie Booth is one of our tv favourites.

I certainly remember her in 'Romance With A Double Bass' with John Cleese in the 70's.. She very naked in that.... ::)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/05/08 at 3:55 am

Daffodils - a poem by by William Wordsworth

I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the milky way,
They stretched in never-ending line
Along the margin of a bay:
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.

The waves beside them danced, but they
Out-did the sparkling leaves in glee;
A poet could not be but gay,
In such a jocund company!
I gazed—and gazed—but little thought
What wealth the show to me had brought:

For oft, when on my couch I lie
In vacant or in pensive mood,
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude;
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/05/08 at 3:56 am

I certainly remember her in 'Romance With A Double Bass' with John Cleese in the 70's.. She very naked in that.... ::)
I know of the film but after all these years I still not have seen it.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 12/05/08 at 3:57 am

As Doris Day sang...

Now I shout it from the highest hill...even told the golden daffodil....

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/05/08 at 4:08 am

Daffodils - a poem by by William Wordsworth

I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the milky way,
They stretched in never-ending line
Along the margin of a bay:
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.

The waves beside them danced, but they
Out-did the sparkling leaves in glee;
A poet could not be but gay,
In such a jocund company!
I gazed—and gazed—but little thought
What wealth the show to me had brought:

For oft, when on my couch I lie
In vacant or in pensive mood,
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude;
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils.

Very pretty :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/05/08 at 4:57 am

Very pretty :)
If we had more time during our holiday, we would have gone to William Wordsworth's Cottage in the Lake District.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 12/05/08 at 6:43 am

The person of the day....Little Richard
Rev. Richard Wayne Penniman (born December 5, 1932), better known by the stage name Little Richard, is an American singer, songwriter and pianist, who also became a born again Christian and evangelist
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Will we ever see Little Richard with gray hair? ???

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/05/08 at 6:45 am

Will we ever see Little Richard with gray hair? ???

Not as long as there is hair dye ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 12/05/08 at 7:08 am

Not as long as there is hair dye ;D

He's almost 80 and he looks like he's a teenager. ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/05/08 at 7:22 am

Will we ever see Little Richard with gray hair? ???
Grecian Hair Color ?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 12/05/08 at 3:31 pm

Grecian Hair Color ?

he should stop dying his hair.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/06/08 at 5:16 am

The word of the day..Cocoon
protective case of silk or similar fibrous material spun by the larvae of moths and other insects that serves as a covering for their pupal stage.
A similar natural protective covering or structure, such as the egg case of a spider.
A protective plastic coating that is placed over stored military or naval equipment.
Something suggestive of a cocoon in appearance or purpose: “a congressionally mandated process that will gradually strip these institutions of a cocoon of regulations” (Edward Meadows).
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/06/08 at 5:23 am

The person of the day...Don Ameche
Don Ameche (born Dominic Felix Amici; May 31, 1908 – December 6, 1993) was an American actor.

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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 12/06/08 at 5:32 am

Wow,it's been 15 years since his death. :o

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/06/08 at 5:47 am

Wow,it's been 15 years since his death. :o

I know,Ididn't think it was that long ago.
One of the last things he did was to be the voice of Shadow,the Golden Retreiver on Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey
http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd312/emilygfamous4life34/homeward_bound.jpg
I love that movie,I use to watch it all the time with my kids. :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: 2kidsami on 12/06/08 at 6:36 am

I know,Ididn't think it was that long ago.
One of the last things he did was to be the voice of Shadow,the Golden Retreiver on Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey
http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd312/emilygfamous4life34/homeward_bound.jpg
I love that movie,I use to watch it all the time with my kids. :)
Great movie, makes me :\'( :\'( :\'( when I think about it.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/06/08 at 6:49 am

Great movie, makes me :\'( :\'( :\'( when I think about it.

Me too :\'(

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 12/06/08 at 8:04 am

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Cocoon ? Psychedelic pix, ninny ! ::) 8)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/06/08 at 8:30 am

http://www.aspencountry.com/assets/product_images/product_lib/36000-36999/36168.jpg

This snow globe has a butterfly in it.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/06/08 at 8:35 am

On ebay:

http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm66/Phil_O-Sopher/DonAmerche.jpg

Buy It Now for $49.99.

Don Ameche (actor) autograph personally inscribed to Jack Ellison (artist), on a hand-drawn sketch of Ameche on an 8” x 10” white sheet of paper, 2-colored, which Ellison has signed and personally inscribed to George Sanders; good condition but some yellowing on the top and bottom where the paper is pasted to another sheet of paper (not affecting sketch); on reverse Ellison has noted “Drawn January 24, 1989”, and signed it again; Sanders was the author of the “Price Guide To Autographs”; Ameche’s movies include “Things Change”, “Trading Places” and “Cocoon”; he was born May 31, 1908 in Kenosha, Wisconsin, and he died Dec. 6, 1993 in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/06/08 at 8:55 am

http://www.aspencountry.com/assets/product_images/product_lib/36000-36999/36168.jpg

This snow globe has a butterfly in it.

Very pretty
On ebay:

http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm66/Phil_O-Sopher/DonAmerche.jpg

Buy It Now for $49.99.

Don Ameche (actor) autograph personally inscribed to Jack Ellison (artist), on a hand-drawn sketch of Ameche on an 8” x 10” white sheet of paper, 2-colored, which Ellison has signed and personally inscribed to George Sanders; good condition but some yellowing on the top and bottom where the paper is pasted to another sheet of paper (not affecting sketch); on reverse Ellison has noted “Drawn January 24, 1989”, and signed it again; Sanders was the author of the “Price Guide To Autographs”; Ameche’s movies include “Things Change”, “Trading Places” and “Cocoon”; he was born May 31, 1908 in Kenosha, Wisconsin, and he died Dec. 6, 1993 in Scottsdale, Arizona.

$49.99 is that all.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/06/08 at 9:18 am

$49.99 is that all.
I was expecting more.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 12/06/08 at 3:32 pm

Is the film Cocoon on ebay? ???

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: snozberries on 12/06/08 at 3:34 pm

Is the film Cocoon on ebay? ???

everythings on ebay!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 12/06/08 at 3:35 pm

everythings on ebay!

It's just that I haven't seen it in years.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: snozberries on 12/06/08 at 4:43 pm

It's just that I haven't seen it in years.

do you do netflix? you could rent it from them...

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/06/08 at 4:50 pm

It's just that I haven't seen it in years.
It has been a while since I last saw Cocoon.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 12/06/08 at 8:17 pm

I saw both Cocoon and the sequel when I was out shopping earlier. I didn't even know there was a sequel ...with all of the original actors.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 12/06/08 at 8:32 pm

I saw both Cocoon and the sequel when I was out shopping earlier. I didn't even know there was a sequel ...with all of the original actors.

That's one I missed and would like to see

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/07/08 at 5:45 am

everythings on ebay!
I even saw crisps (potato chips) on sale on ebay the other day.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/07/08 at 6:27 am

The word of the day..Wrestling
sport in which two competitors attempt to throw or immobilize each other by grappling
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/07/08 at 6:28 am

The word of the day..Wrestling
sport in which two competitors attempt to throw or immobilize each other by grappling
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/midget.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/ProWrestling.jpg
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It's all fixed!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/07/08 at 6:30 am

The person of the day....Rick Rude
Richard E. Rood (December 7, 1958 – April 20, 1999), better known by his ring name "Ravishing" Rick Rude, was a professional wrestler who performed for many promotions, most notably World Championship Wrestling, Extreme Championship Wrestling, and the World Wrestling Federation, in the 1980s and 1990s. During his wrestling career he became a two time WCWA World Champion. He also won many other championships
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/07/08 at 6:31 am

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Snow Globe with a man wrestling with a bear.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/07/08 at 6:32 am

The person of the day....Rick Rude
Richard E. Rood (December 7, 1958 – April 20, 1999), better known by his ring name "Ravishing" Rick Rude, was a professional wrestler who performed for many promotions, most notably World Championship Wrestling, Extreme Championship Wrestling, and the World Wrestling Federation, in the 1980s and 1990s. During his wrestling career he became a two time WCWA World Champion. He also won many other championships
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http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/RickRude036.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/RickRude026.jpg
I cannot locate an autograph for Rick Rude.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/07/08 at 6:36 am

It's all fixed!

Pro wrestling is. Tim wrestled in high school and he hates pro wrestling. I use to watch it every Saturday growing up,and little Timmy watched it till he was about 12.

http://4imgs.com/306/x/435977_FULL.jpg

Snow Globe with a man wrestling with a bear.

That's cool. :)
I cannot locate an autograph for Rick Rude.

Somehow I didn't think you would be able to.....wait I found one
RAVISHING RICK RUDE signed WRESTLING 8x10 - (Deceased) Item number: 350094023954

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I just typed Rick Rude autograph,and went down the page.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 12/07/08 at 6:37 am

do you do netflix? you could rent it from them...

No,I don't do netflix,I don't even do Blockbuster anymore,I rarely watch films now that we have HDTV and DVDs there's a reason to stay home.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/07/08 at 6:38 am

I cannot locate an autograph for Rick Rude.
Rude autographs could be interesting?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 12/07/08 at 6:42 am

My Mother almost got a chance to meet Ravishing Rick Rude for a "rude awakening" many years ago but he missed his flight and he never got a chance to kiss my Mother,A rude awakening is what he calls a big french kiss with a shake and wiggle of the hips later.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 12/07/08 at 6:43 am

Rick Rude died of testicular cancer in 1999.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 12/07/08 at 6:46 am

Ravishing Rick Rude .... the pics / the name ... certainly rang a bit of a bell, when I saw them ....... but gotta confess .. I'd TOTALLY forgotten about him. I think Adrian Adonis ... for instance .. was much more memorable ?

Those wrestlers did what they could, to establish a unique persona ... but with so many outlandish characters / 'put ons' competing with each other .... became a bit hard to file everyone of them away in your head ?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 12/07/08 at 6:49 am

Ravishing Rick Rude .... the pics / the name ... certainly rang a bit of a bell, when I saw them ....... but gotta confess .. I'd TOTALLY forgotten about him. I think Adrian Adonis ... for instance .. was much more memorable ?

Those wrestlers did what they could, to establish a unique persona ... but with so many outlandish characters / 'put ons' competing with each other .... became a bit hard to file everyone of them away in your head ?

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3082/2481447852_e27983b94c.jpg?v=0

Adorable Adrian Adonis

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/07/08 at 6:50 am

Rick Rude died of testicular cancer in 1999.

Here is a nice article on Rick Rude.
http://members.tripod.com/~Tucker_M/rudejava.html

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/07/08 at 6:52 am

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3082/2481447852_e27983b94c.jpg?v=0

Adorable Adrian Adonis

You adore Adrian Adonis?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 12/07/08 at 6:54 am

You adore Adrian Adonis?

I never cared for his gimmick. 8-P

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/07/08 at 6:54 am

I never cared for his gimmick. 8-P
What was his gimmick?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/07/08 at 6:55 am

Ravishing Rick Rude .... the pics / the name ... certainly rang a bit of a bell, when I saw them ....... but gotta confess .. I'd TOTALLY forgotten about him. I think Adrian Adonis ... for instance .. was much more memorable ?

Those wrestlers did what they could, to establish a unique persona ... but with so many outlandish characters / 'put ons' competing with each other .... became a bit hard to file everyone of them away in your head ?

Wow Adrain Adonis,there's a name from the past. I just looked him up,having forgotten that he too has also passed away.
Adonis was killed on July 4, 1988 in Lewisporte, Newfoundland and Labrador while riding in a minivan with fellow wrestlers William "Mike Kelly" Arko, Victor "Pat Kelly" Arko, and Dave "Wildman" McKigney. Adonis, McKigney, and Pat Kelly were killed when the driver, Mike Kelly, allegedly swerved in order to avoid hitting a moose and, blinded by the setting sun, inadvertedly drove into a lake. Mike Kelly survived, albeit with severe leg injuries

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/07/08 at 6:56 am

What was his gimmick?

. Adonis' new character was the effeminate "Adorable" Adrian Adonis. The gimmick change saw him bleach his hair blond and begin wearing pink ring attire, as well as scarves, leg warmers, dresses, women's hats, and clownish amounts of eye shadow and rouge.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 12/07/08 at 6:56 am

What was his gimmick?

wearing makeup,flower in his hair and prancing around like a pansy. ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/07/08 at 6:57 am

. Adonis' new character was the effeminate "Adorable" Adrian Adonis. The gimmick change saw him bleach his hair blond and begin wearing pink ring attire, as well as scarves, leg warmers, dresses, women's hats, and clownish amounts of eye shadow and rouge.

wearing makeup,flower in his hair and prancing around like a pansy. ;D
I believe that is not the true image of a wrestler?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 12/07/08 at 6:57 am

. Adonis' new character was the effeminate "Adorable" Adrian Adonis. The gimmick change saw him bleach his hair blond and begin wearing pink ring attire, as well as scarves, leg warmers, dresses, women's hats, and clownish amounts of eye shadow and rouge.

His gimmick today(WWE) would be a joke if he pranced around with women's attire. ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 12/07/08 at 6:58 am

I used to like watching all those older wrestlers in the 70's....Harley Race, Bruno Sammartino, Terry Funk, Ric Flair et etc...Not to mention Abdulla the Butcher, The Sheik, Killer Kowalski and other assorted baddies... ;D Yeah ...it was staged!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/07/08 at 7:02 am

His gimmick today(WWE) would be a joke if he pranced around with women's attire. ;D
You speak as an authority on the subject?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 12/07/08 at 7:09 am

I used to like watching all those older wrestlers in the 70's....Harley Race, Bruno Sammartino, Terry Funk, Ric Flair et etc...Not to mention Abdulla the Butcher, The Sheik, Killer Kowalski and other assorted baddies... ;D Yeah ...it was staged!

I only really got into it ... for a few years, around the mid to late 80's ? Hulk Hogan, Ultimate Warrior, Macho Man Randy Savage, King Kong Bundy, Andre the Giant, Pedro Morales The Hart Foundation ... etc; etc; (off top of head) .. just SOME of the many characters. However, possibly my fave .... has also since bitten the dust .... 'Davy Boy Smith' who with the 'Dynamite kid' .... made up the 'British Bulldogs' . He was LIGHTING fast ... and got ever more powerfully built. Reckon it was steroids ... that I believe .... led to him having a fatal heart attack (?). They were certainly great to watch.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/07/08 at 7:09 am

I believe that is not the true image of a wrestler?

No. But I'm sure it shocked a few people.
I used to like watching all those older wrestlers in the 70's....Harley Race, Bruno Sammartino, Terry Funk, Ric Flair et etc...Not to mention Abdulla the Butcher, The Sheik, Killer Kowalski and other assorted baddies... ;D Yeah ...it was staged!

Those were the wrestlers of my time plus a few from the 80's Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat, Barry Windham,Junkyard Dog,George "The Animal" Steele,Brutus Beefcake...

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 12/07/08 at 7:12 am

Yeah, I remember 'Junkyard Dog' ..... gimmick of coming in with chains around him ?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 12/07/08 at 7:13 am

You speak as an authority on the subject?

I know a little about,don't claim to be a guru on it.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 12/07/08 at 7:15 am

http://parn-parn.exteen.com/images/undertaker04.jpg

The Undertaker,now here's a guy you don't want to mess with! :o

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/07/08 at 7:17 am

I only really got into it ... for a few years, around the mid to late 80's ? Hulk Hogan, Ultimate Warrior, Macho Man Randy Savage, King Kong Bundy, Andre the Giant, Pedro Morales The Hart Foundation ... etc; etc; (off top of head) .. just SOME of the many characters. However, possibly my fave .... has also since bitten the dust .... 'Davy Boy Smith' who with the 'Dynamite kid' .... made up the 'British Bulldogs' . He was LIGHTING fast ... and got ever more powerfully built. Reckon it was steroids ... that I believe .... led to him having a fatal heart attack (?). They were certainly great to watch.

Some more great names of the pass
I did some more research on Rick Rude and according to Wiki,he did not die of testicular cancer,but heart failure due to an overdose of GHB and steroids.Davey Boy Smith also had a heart attack,and they believed anabolic steroid use may have played a part in his death.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 12/07/08 at 7:19 am

Some more great names of the pass
I did some more research on Rick Rude and according to Wiki,he did not die of testicular cancer,but heart failure due to an overdose of GHB and steroids.Davey Boy Smith also had a heart attack,and they believed anabolic steroid use may have played a part in his death.

don't forget Mr.Perfect.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 12/07/08 at 7:20 am

The 'Ultimate Warrior' .. he was built like a brick sh!t house ! If it were for real, well I reckon he'd be able to hold his own, with just about anybody (past OR present) ? Guess he was the one I liked to see triumph, in the end ?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 12/07/08 at 7:22 am

The 'Ultimate Warrior' .. he was built like a brick sh!t house ! If it were for real, well I reckon he'd be able to hold his own, with just about anybody ? Guess he was the one I liked to see triumph, in the end ?

You could never understood what he garbled about. :o ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/07/08 at 7:22 am

Yeah, I remember 'Junkyard Dog' ..... gimmick of coming in with chains around him ?

http://i417.photobucket.com/albums/pp253/guyjav7112/Junkyard.jpg
Another wrestler who has passed on.
This is a list of wrestlers who have passed away before they reached the age of 65.
Chris Von Erich - 21
Mike Von Erich - 23
Louie Spiccoli - 27
Art Barr - 28
Gino Hernandez - 29
Jay Youngblood - 30
Rick McGraw - 30
Joey Marella - 30
Ed Gatner - 31
Buzz Sawyer - 32
Crash Holly - 32
Kerry Von Erich - 33
D.J. Peterson - 33
Eddie Gilbert - 33
The Renegade - 33
Chris Candido - 33
Adrian Adonis - 34
Gary Albright - 34
Bobby Duncum Jr. - 34
Owen Hart - 34
Yokozuna - 34
Big Dick Dudley - 34
Brian Pillman - 35
Marianna Komlos - 35
Pitbull #2 - 36
The Wall/Malice - 36
Emory Hale - 36
Leroy Brown - 38
Mark Curtis - 38
Eddie Guerrero - 38
John Kronus - 38
Davey Boy Smith - 39
Johnny Grunge - 39
Vivian Vachon - 40
Jeep Swenson - 40
Brady Boone - 40
Terry Gordy - 40
Bertha Faye - 40
Billy Joe Travis - 40
Chris Benoit - 40
Larry Cameron - 41
Rick Rude - 41
Randy Anderson - 41
Bruiser Brody - 42
Miss Elizabeth - 42
Big Boss Man - 42
Earthquake - 42
Mike Awesome - 42
Biff Wellington - 42
Brian Adams (Crush) - 43
Ray Candy - 43
Nancy Benoit (Woman) - 43
Dino Bravo - 44
Curt Hennig - 44
Bam Bam Bigelow - 45
Jerry Blackwell - 45
Junkyard Dog - 45
Hercules - 45
Andre the Giant - 46
Big John Studd - 46
Chris Adams - 46
Mike Davis - 46
Hawk - 46
Dick Murdoch - 49
Jumbo Tsuruta - 49
Rocco Rock - 49
Sherri Martel - 49
Moondog Spot - 51
Ken Timbs - 53
Uncle Elmer - 54
Pez Whatley - 54
The Angel of Death - 54
Eddie Graham - 55
Tarzan Tyler - 55
Haystacks Calhoun- 55
Giant Haystacks - 55
The Spoiler - 56
Kurt Von Hess - 56
Moondog King - 56
Gene Anderson - 58
Dr. Jerry Graham - 58
Bulldog Brown - 58
Tony Parisi - 58
Rufus R. Jones - 60
Ray Stevens - 60
Stan Stasiak - 60
Terry Garvin - 60
Boris Malenko - 61
Little Beaver - 61
Sapphire - 61
Shohei Baba - 61
Dick the Bruiser - 62
Wilbur Snyder - 62
George Cannon - 62
Karl Krupp - 62
Dale Lewis - 62
Gorilla Monsoon - 62
Hiro Matsuda - 62
Bad News Brown - 63
Bulldog Brower - 63
SD Jones - 63
Wahoo McDaniel - 63

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 12/07/08 at 7:23 am

don't forget Mr.Perfect.

Is that the same guy as 'Wonderful Paul Orndorf' .... or whatever his name was ?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/07/08 at 7:23 am

Is that the same guy as 'Wonderful Paul Orndorf' .... or whatever his name was ?

No Curt Hennig

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 12/07/08 at 7:24 am

Is that the same guy as 'Wonderful Paul Orndorf' .... or whatever his name was ?

No,Mr.Perfect wore yellow attire,chew gum and had a white towel around his neck.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 12/07/08 at 7:30 am

WOW ! Thanks for this listing, ninny. Let's take a look ... I shall highlight some names:

http://i417.photobucket.com/albums/pp253/guyjav7112/Junkyard.jpg
Another wrestler who has passed on.
This is a list of wrestlers who have passed away before they reached the age of 65.
Chris Von Erich - 21
Mike Von Erich - 23
Louie Spiccoli - 27
Art Barr - 28
Gino Hernandez - 29
Jay Youngblood - 30
Rick McGraw - 30
Joey Marella - 30
Ed Gatner - 31
Buzz Sawyer - 32
Crash Holly - 32
Kerry Von Erich - 33
D.J. Peterson - 33
Eddie Gilbert - 33
The Renegade - 33
Chris Candido - 33
Adrian Adonis - 34
Gary Albright - 34
Bobby Duncum Jr. - 34
Owen Hart - 34
Yokozuna - 34
Big Dick Dudley - 34
Brian Pillman - 35
Marianna Komlos - 35
Pitbull #2 - 36
The Wall/Malice - 36
Emory Hale - 36
Leroy Brown - 38
Mark Curtis - 38
Eddie Guerrero - 38
John Kronus - 38
Davey Boy Smith - 39
Johnny Grunge - 39
Vivian Vachon - 40
Jeep Swenson - 40
Brady Boone - 40
Terry Gordy - 40
Bertha Faye - 40
Billy Joe Travis - 40
Chris Benoit - 40
Larry Cameron - 41
Rick Rude - 41
Randy Anderson - 41
Bruiser Brody - 42
Miss Elizabeth - 42
Big Boss Man - 42
Earthquake - 42
Mike Awesome - 42
Biff Wellington - 42
Brian Adams (Crush) - 43
Ray Candy - 43
Nancy Benoit (Woman) - 43
Dino Bravo - 44
Curt Hennig - 44
Bam Bam Bigelow - 45
Jerry Blackwell - 45
Junkyard Dog - 45
Hercules - 45
Andre the Giant - 46
Big John Studd - 46
Chris Adams - 46
Mike Davis - 46
Hawk - 46
Dick Murdoch - 49
Jumbo Tsuruta - 49
Rocco Rock - 49
Sherri Martel - 49
Moondog Spot - 51
Ken Timbs - 53
Uncle Elmer - 54
Pez Whatley - 54
The Angel of Death - 54
Eddie Graham - 55
Tarzan Tyler - 55
Haystacks Calhoun- 55
Giant Haystacks - 55
The Spoiler - 56
Kurt Von Hess - 56
Moondog King - 56
Gene Anderson - 58
Dr. Jerry Graham - 58
Bulldog Brown - 58
Tony Parisi - 58
Rufus R. Jones - 60
Ray Stevens - 60
Stan Stasiak - 60
Terry Garvin - 60
Boris Malenko - 61
Little Beaver - 61
Sapphire - 61
Shohei Baba - 61
Dick the Bruiser - 62
Wilbur Snyder - 62
George Cannon - 62
Karl Krupp - 62
Dale Lewis - 62
Gorilla Monsoon - 62
Hiro Matsuda - 62
Bad News Brown - 63
Bulldog Brower - 63
SD Jones - 63
Wahoo McDaniel - 63

Yep ... I've definitely heard of all of THOSE guys / watched their matches.

A number ... I didn't know were dead ! :o

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/07/08 at 7:33 am

http://i417.photobucket.com/albums/pp253/guyjav7112/Junkyard.jpg
Another wrestler who has passed on.
This is a list of wrestlers who have passed away before they reached the age of 65.
Chris Von Erich - 21
Mike Von Erich - 23
Louie Spiccoli - 27
Art Barr - 28
Gino Hernandez - 29
Jay Youngblood - 30
Rick McGraw - 30
Joey Marella - 30
Ed Gatner - 31
Buzz Sawyer - 32
Crash Holly - 32
Kerry Von Erich - 33
D.J. Peterson - 33
Eddie Gilbert - 33
The Renegade - 33
Chris Candido - 33
Adrian Adonis - 34
Gary Albright - 34
Bobby Duncum Jr. - 34
Owen Hart - 34
Yokozuna - 34
Big Dick Dudley - 34
Brian Pillman - 35
Marianna Komlos - 35
Pitbull #2 - 36
The Wall/Malice - 36
Emory Hale - 36
Leroy Brown - 38
Mark Curtis - 38
Eddie Guerrero - 38
John Kronus - 38
Davey Boy Smith - 39
Johnny Grunge - 39
Vivian Vachon - 40
Jeep Swenson - 40
Brady Boone - 40
Terry Gordy - 40
Bertha Faye - 40
Billy Joe Travis - 40
Chris Benoit - 40
Larry Cameron - 41
Rick Rude - 41
Randy Anderson - 41
Bruiser Brody - 42
Miss Elizabeth - 42
Big Boss Man - 42
Earthquake - 42
Mike Awesome - 42
Biff Wellington - 42
Brian Adams (Crush) - 43
Ray Candy - 43
Nancy Benoit (Woman) - 43
Dino Bravo - 44
Curt Hennig - 44
Bam Bam Bigelow - 45
Jerry Blackwell - 45
Junkyard Dog - 45
Hercules - 45
Andre the Giant - 46
Big John Studd - 46
Chris Adams - 46
Mike Davis - 46
Hawk - 46
Dick Murdoch - 49
Jumbo Tsuruta - 49
Rocco Rock - 49
Sherri Martel - 49
Moondog Spot - 51
Ken Timbs - 53
Uncle Elmer - 54
Pez Whatley - 54
The Angel of Death - 54
Eddie Graham - 55
Tarzan Tyler - 55
Haystacks Calhoun- 55
Giant Haystacks - 55
The Spoiler - 56
Kurt Von Hess - 56
Moondog King - 56
Gene Anderson - 58
Dr. Jerry Graham - 58
Bulldog Brown - 58
Tony Parisi - 58
Rufus R. Jones - 60
Ray Stevens - 60
Stan Stasiak - 60
Terry Garvin - 60
Boris Malenko - 61
Little Beaver - 61
Sapphire - 61
Shohei Baba - 61
Dick the Bruiser - 62
Wilbur Snyder - 62
George Cannon - 62
Karl Krupp - 62
Dale Lewis - 62
Gorilla Monsoon - 62
Hiro Matsuda - 62
Bad News Brown - 63
Bulldog Brower - 63
SD Jones - 63
Wahoo McDaniel - 63

On the other side of the scale:

English wrestlers, Les Kellett live till he was 86 and Mick McManus is still alive at 80 years old.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 12/07/08 at 7:38 am

On the other side of the scale:

English wrestlers, Les Kellett live till he was 86 and Mick McManus is still alive at 80 years old.

Mick McManus .... pretty much is THE original wrestler in Britain ... at least, for our generation. He was doing it, when I was still in my school shorts ! Seemed to feature in just about every other match. Also .. you had the Royal (Royle ? ) Brothers ..... who I liked to watch ... a good tag team duo.

Surprised to see 'Giant Haystacks' on the list ninny published ... as I know he wrestled in the UK .... often as the arch enemy of 'Big Daddy' .... real name Shirley Crabtree, I believe ... ex coldstream guards, I think, too ?

Maybe 'haystacks' was American ... and ended up going back there .... or a Brit, who made a living in the US too ?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/07/08 at 7:41 am

Mick McManus .... pretty much is THE original wrestler in Britain ... at least, for our generation. He was doing it, when I was still in my school shorts ! Seemed to feature in just about every other match. Also .. you had the Royal (Royle ? ) Brothers ..... who I liked to watch ... a good tag team duo.

Surprised to see 'Giant Haystacks' on the list ninny published ... as I know he wrestled in the UK .... often as the arch enemy of 'Big Daddy' .... real name Shirley Crabtree, I believe ... ex coldstream guards, I think, too ?

Maybe 'haystacks' was American ... and ended up going back there .... or a Brit, who made a living in the US too ?

'Giant Haystacks' was Irish.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 12/07/08 at 7:45 am

http://images-cdn01.associatedcontent.com/image/A6996/69965/300_69965.jpg

Curt Hennig ... 'Mr. Perfect' ... is in ninny's dead list.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 12/07/08 at 7:47 am

Thank you.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 12/07/08 at 7:49 am

Thank you.

Seems there's a youtube tribute you can watch, if interested: www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2_y_bh-p0Y

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 12/07/08 at 7:57 am

Seems there's a youtube tribute you can watch, if interested: www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2_y_bh-p0Y

Modest, huh? Good thing he backed it up with action.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/07/08 at 8:25 am

Mick McManus .... pretty much is THE original wrestler in Britain ... at least, for our generation. He was doing it, when I was still in my school shorts ! Seemed to feature in just about every other match. Also .. you had the Royal (Royle ? ) Brothers ..... who I liked to watch ... a good tag team duo.

Surprised to see 'Giant Haystacks' on the list ninny published ... as I know he wrestled in the UK .... often as the arch enemy of 'Big Daddy' .... real name Shirley Crabtree, I believe ... ex coldstream guards, I think, too ?

Maybe 'haystacks' was American ... and ended up going back there .... or a Brit, who made a living in the US too ?

Giant Haystacks info
Martin Ruane, better known as Giant Haystacks (October 10, 1946 - November 29, 1998) was an Irish wrestler. Giant Haystacks wrestled in such places as England, the USA, Canada, India and Zimbabwe amongst many others. He was known for his huge size, weighing over 48 stone (670 lb/300 kg) at his heaviest.

He had cancer.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/07/08 at 9:12 am

Giant Haystacks info
Martin Ruane, better known as Giant Haystacks (October 10, 1946 - November 29, 1998) was an Irish wrestler. Giant Haystacks wrestled in such places as England, the USA, Canada, India and Zimbabwe amongst many others. He was known for his huge size, weighing over 48 stone (670 lb/300 kg) at his heaviest.

He had cancer.

http://www.britishwrestling.cwc.net/haystac1.jpg

The one and only Giant Haystacks.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/07/08 at 10:56 am

http://www.britishwrestling.cwc.net/haystac1.jpg

The one and only Giant Haystacks.

He was a big man.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/07/08 at 10:57 am

He was a big man.
Yes, very big.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: snozberries on 12/07/08 at 12:25 pm

And I would like to contribute this as the video clip of the day

;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/07/08 at 12:51 pm

And I would like to contribute this as the video clip of the day

;D

"I'd like to thank each and everyone of you,for all you done to your bodies" :\'( :\'( :\'( :\'( :\'(

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 12/07/08 at 3:29 pm

don't forget Mr.Perfect.

Awww thanks for the mention Howard. ::)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 12/07/08 at 3:35 pm

Giat Haystacks? Must've stopped watching by then 'cos I don't remember him at all! :o I DO remember Haystacks Calhoun...he was even bigger...

Also...on youtube it shows one of the Hart brothers (Owen I think) having a fatal accident (in the ring) ...he died on the way to hospital. He was suppossed to descend on a rops from the ceiling and it broke and he fell several metres....

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/07/08 at 3:43 pm

And I would like to contribute this as the video clip of the day

;D
Do wrestling fans normally cry?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 12/07/08 at 6:33 pm

Giat Haystacks? Must've stopped watching by then 'cos I don't remember him at all! :o I DO remember Haystacks Calhoun...he was even bigger...

Also...on youtube it shows one of the Hart brothers (Owen I think) having a fatal accident (in the ring) ...he died on the way to hospital. He was suppossed to descend on a rops from the ceiling and it broke and he fell several metres....

I DO remember now ...that he died in shocking circumstances .... heard about it at that time ... the wrestling world was stunned. I couldn't recall how it came about.

Somebody's ass no doubt , would've been sued ? Faulty rope ... at work ... who's the culprit ? I expect the money did not go to the 'Heart Foundation' ... but to the 'Hart Foundation' ? (Yes .... that WAS the name of their tag team ! lol ) .

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/08/08 at 5:59 am

The word of the day....Imagine
To form a mental picture or image of.
To think; conjecture: I imagine you're right.
To have a notion of or about without adequate foundation; fancy: She imagines herself to be a true artist.
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http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/Lennonimagine.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/imagine_by_khimaereus.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/thumb_I_can_only_imagine_where_this.jpg

http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/Imagine-2.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/imagine-3.jpg
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http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/imagine-8.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/Imagine-10.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/08/08 at 6:01 am

Remembering a sad day of 28 years ago.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/08/08 at 6:04 am

The person of the day....John Lennon
John Winston Ono Lennon, MBE (born John Winston Lennon; 9 October 1940 – 8 December 1980) was an English rock musician, singer, writer, songwriter, artist, actor and peace activist who gained worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles. Lennon along with Paul McCartney formed one of the most influential and successful songwriting partnerships and "wrote some of the most popular music in rock and roll history".
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http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/lennon-john-photo-john-lennon-62062.jpg
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http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/JohnLennon.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/John_Lennon_3.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/08/08 at 6:07 am

The person of the day....John Lennon
John Winston Ono Lennon, MBE (born John Winston Lennon; 9 October 1940 – 8 December 1980) was an English rock musician, singer, writer, songwriter, artist, actor and peace activist who gained worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles. Lennon along with Paul McCartney formed one of the most influential and successful songwriting partnerships and "wrote some of the most popular music in rock and roll history".
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/john_lennon.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/lennon-john-photo-john-lennon-62062.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/john_lennon_forever.jpg
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http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/John_Lennon_3.jpg
:\'(

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/08/08 at 6:08 am

The person of the day....John Lennon
John Winston Ono Lennon, MBE (born John Winston Lennon; 9 October 1940 – 8 December 1980) was an English rock musician, singer, writer, songwriter, artist, actor and peace activist who gained worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles. Lennon along with Paul McCartney formed one of the most influential and successful songwriting partnerships and "wrote some of the most popular music in rock and roll history".
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/john_lennon.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/lennon-john-photo-john-lennon-62062.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/john_lennon_forever.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/JohnLennon.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/John_Lennon_3.jpg
A John Lennon autogragh is priceless.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/08/08 at 6:09 am

Remembering a sad day of 28 years ago.

Yes,this is a sad time of year,not only the untimely passing of John Lennon but also the passing of my grandma who passed away a day later :\'(

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/08/08 at 6:10 am

A John Lennon autogragh is priceless.

So true.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/08/08 at 6:10 am

Yes,this is a sad time of year,not only the untimely passing of John Lennon but also the passing of my grandma who passed away a day later :\'(
Your memories are twofold, doubles the pain.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/08/08 at 6:14 am

Selling onlline at Fraser's Autograph

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BEATLES, THE

Vintage illustrated souvenir programme from Another Beatles Christmas Show, Hammersmith Odeon, December 1964-January 1965, 8.5 x 11. This complete 20-page program features printed images by John Lennon from the Christmas edition of In His Own Write. Signed on the front cover in blue ink, 'Best wishes from the Beatles, 'George Harrison', 'John Lennon', 'Paul McCartney', and 'Ringo Starr.' In very good condition, with signatures a few shades light but completely legible. The program, itself a collector’s item, is scarcely seen with the Beatles’ signatures.

£22,500.00

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/08/08 at 6:26 am

Your memories are twofold, doubles the pain.

Yes it's hard,I still have some bitter memories of my boss accusing me of lying when I asked for time off to go to my grandma's funeral. I was told I only wanted time off because John Lennon had died. I remember my mother being so mad when I told her this,that she called him up and chewed him a new one.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 12/08/08 at 6:34 am

Do wrestling fans normally cry?

Only when there's a tragedy.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 12/08/08 at 6:36 am

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Imagine all those boobies.... ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 12/08/08 at 6:37 am

The person of the day....John Lennon
John Winston Ono Lennon, MBE (born John Winston Lennon; 9 October 1940 – 8 December 1980) was an English rock musician, singer, writer, songwriter, artist, actor and peace activist who gained worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles. Lennon along with Paul McCartney formed one of the most influential and successful songwriting partnerships and "wrote some of the most popular music in rock and roll history".
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he would still be alive to see his son's sucesses.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 12/08/08 at 6:52 am

Yes it's hard,I still have some bitter memories of my boss accusing me of lying when I asked for time off to go to my grandma's funeral. I was told I only wanted time off because John Lennon had died. I remember my mother being so mad when I told her this,that she called him up and chewed him a new one.

Good for her and sorry for the remembrance of your grandmother.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 12/08/08 at 6:55 am

We can only imagine.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 12/08/08 at 6:59 am

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Imagine there's no John Lennon, it isn't hard (sick joke) to do (since 1980 ). :(

There's NO John Lennon. IMAGINE there's no John Lennon, it isn't hard to do (?) .....

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Although THAT'S harder to do(convincingly) , in THIS space of time ... ^ .... but you get the idea ! ;) ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 12/08/08 at 7:05 am

Is that you,Alan Lennon? ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 12/08/08 at 7:06 am

Is that you,Alan Lennon? ;D

Since I am not worthy, to even lick the great man's boots ........ you may refer to me as .......

Alan Lemmon !

:D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/08/08 at 7:08 am

Good for her and sorry for the remembrance of your grandmother.

Thank You :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 12/08/08 at 7:09 am

Since I am not worthy, to even lick the great man's boots ........ you may refer to me as .......

Alan Lemmon !

:D

hope his boots taste good. :P

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 12/08/08 at 7:15 am

hope his boots taste good. :P

Probably better than your fingers after a session with Billzy. I suspect they would NOT be 'finger licking good' .... at least, to me !

:P

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 12/08/08 at 7:19 am

Probably better than your fingers after a session with Billzy. I suspect they would NOT be 'finger licking good' .... at least, to me !

:P

just hope his fingers aren't anywhere else. 8-P

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/08/08 at 7:28 am

There will be a pilgrimage to the Imagine Shrine in Central Park today.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 12/08/08 at 7:07 pm

Give Peas a Chance. ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 12/08/08 at 8:23 pm

Give Peas a Chance. ;D

No problema. I LOVE peas ! 8)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/09/08 at 2:54 am

No problema. I LOVE peas ! 8)
Gotta get 'em onto my knife!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: bookmistress4ever on 12/09/08 at 3:45 am

No problema. I LOVE peas ! 8)

Mushy or uh... un-Mushy? :-\\ (seems to be yet another "English" food I should try someday...)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/09/08 at 4:55 am

Mushy or uh... un-Mushy? :-\\ (seems to be yet another "English" food I should try someday...)
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Mushy Peas!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: bookmistress4ever on 12/09/08 at 4:58 am

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Mushy Peas!

Are they always served only on chips? Do they taste like...um...unmushy peas?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/09/08 at 5:11 am

Are they always served only on chips? Do they taste like...um...unmushy peas?
The last time I had them, there was a taste of the vegetable.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 12/09/08 at 5:34 am

Mushy or uh... un-Mushy? :-\\ (seems to be yet another "English" food I should try someday...)

Are they always served only on chips? Do they taste like...um...unmushy peas?

Sorry to disagree here. Whilst it's true, that the higly rated 'Sea-shells' in Lisson Grove, seems to serve 'mushy' .... with their VERY good fish and chips .... and DID when I was there a few months back, .... I prefer regular peas, garden peas .... minted .... even from a packet, to 'mushy peas' .... in this particular combo. However, there is a famous pie place in Sydney, where those 'mushy peas' ....with mash potato, and gravy on top ..... are just EXCELLENT.

Elton John, Colonel Sanders (of KFC fame)

Hang on a second .... why I am struggling my poor little drunken head to remember this (celebrity visitors, to a pie stall ! ) .... when some quick research can back up my claims .... (ah, here:) http://www.nsw.nationaltrust.org.au/harryscafe.html (there's more info, then I'm supplying HERE)

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Harry’s Café de Wheels became a must see tourist attraction; celebrity visitors have included Frank Sinatra, Robert Mitchum and Marlene Dietrich. More recently, celebrity visitors include “Elton John held a press conference at Harry's, and the British singer is a regular customer when he visits Sydney. Other recent visitors have included actors Kevin Costner, Brooke Shields, Pat Rafter, Olivia Newton-John, Jerry Lewis, Billy Crystal and ex-Baywatch star Pamela Anderson.”In 1978, Rear Admiral David Martin, later the State Governor, launched HMAS Harry's , with the aid of a pie and a glass of champagne.

They use top quality meat, .... I generally get a 'Tiger' .... which is a curried meat pie, ... with the mash, peas, gravy .... on the top. Quite substantial, ....and I eat it right there, maybe sat down on the wharf, as the seagulls eat their hearts out, waiting in vain, for a piece !

8) :P ;D

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Colonel Sanders ... doing HIS bit ...... for another 'fast food' place ? :o

It MUST be good .... (and MAYBE ............ more than 'finger licking' :P :D ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/09/08 at 5:47 am

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Mushy Peas!

YUCK! that is just wrong.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 12/09/08 at 5:54 am

YUCK! that is just wrong.

Mushy peas ..... are actually nice, but .... I don't think the texture, suits fish and chips. Like something a little more 'bitey' ? I also want bread and butter, lemon, salt, and a pickled onion, with a cup of tea ..... as the ideal accompianents, .... although a glass of Chardonnay white wine, would ALSO be very welcome !

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/09/08 at 5:56 am

The word or phrase of the day...Puppy Love
Puppy love is an informal term for feelings of love, particularly between young people during adolescence, so-called for its resemblance to the adoring, worshipful affection that may be felt by a puppy. The term is often used in a derogatory fashion, describing emotions which are shallow and transient in comparison to other forms of love such as romantic love.

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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/09/08 at 6:03 am

Mushy peas ..... are actually nice, but .... I don't think the texture, suits fish and chips. Like something a little more 'bitey' ? I also want bread and butter, lemon, salt, and a pickled onion, with a cup of tea ..... as the ideal accompianents, .... although a glass of Chardonnay white wine, would ALSO be very welcome !

I'm not a pea lover.so it just doesn't look appealing to me..The mushy peas, mashed potatoes and gravy does sound more appealing.
I'm still trying to figure out what pea and mint soup would taste like.
On my son's MySpace he has this quote about Colonel Sanders
In the words of the late, great Colonel Sanders, who said: I am too drunk to taste this chicken."

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/09/08 at 6:06 am

The person of the day.....Donny Osmond

Donald Clark "Donny" Osmond (born December 9, 1957) is an American singer, musician, actor and former teen idol. Osmond has also been a talk show and game show host, record producer, race car driver, and author. He is known for being half of the brother-sister singing act Donny & Marie and a member of the "Osmond Brothers" singing group.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 12/09/08 at 6:21 am

I'm not a pea lover.so it just doesn't look appealing to me..The mushy peas, mashed potatoes and gravy does sound more appealing.
I'm still trying to figure out what pea and mint soup would taste like.
On my son's MySpace he has this quote about Colonel Sanders
In the words of the late, great Colonel Sanders, who said: I am too drunk to taste this chicken."

I do believe peas are an excellent source of fiber, and in general, nutrients / protein. One of the BEST vegies, I think ?

Pea soup, is from particularly good, on a cold winters day in the UK, for a quick, filling soup, when you're under the weather ? Chuck a bit of tabasco in there too,if you wanna spice it up.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 12/09/08 at 6:28 am

The person of the day.....Donny Osmond

Donald Clark "Donny" Osmond (born December 9, 1957) is an American singer, musician, actor and former teen idol. Osmond has also been a talk show and game show host, record producer, race car driver, and author. He is known for being half of the brother-sister singing act Donny & Marie and a member of the "Osmond Brothers" singing group.
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I almost HATED to like Donny Osmond songs, at the time >:( :-[ ......... just SO uncool, with the bands I was trying to get into ...... like Chicago, Deep Purple, Pink Floyd, Crazy World of Arthur Brown, Atomic Rooster, and the like ....... he was just 'teeny bop' crap. However .... I could not help but like 'The twelfth of never' (his version, for me ..... STILL the best .......*sorry Johnny Mathis / Cliff Richard * ) .... and 'Young love' ... were just a couple of his songs (amongst others ..... :-[ :-X :( ) , I grew to like.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/09/08 at 6:31 am

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A snow globe with a dog in it.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/09/08 at 6:33 am

Donny Osmond Autogs on ebay

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/09/08 at 6:36 am

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Donny Osmond Autographed / Signed 8x10 Photo

This piece of memorabilia has been hand signed and a Hollywood Collectibles Certificate of Authenticity is included.

Price: $100

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 12/09/08 at 6:37 am

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Mushy Peas!

That looks sort of like guacamole.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 12/09/08 at 6:38 am

The person of the day.....Donny Osmond

Donald Clark "Donny" Osmond (born December 9, 1957) is an American singer, musician, actor and former teen idol. Osmond has also been a talk show and game show host, record producer, race car driver, and author. He is known for being half of the brother-sister singing act Donny & Marie and a member of the "Osmond Brothers" singing group.
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I liked him better when he was with The Osmonds.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/09/08 at 6:39 am

The person of the day.....Donny Osmond

Donald Clark "Donny" Osmond (born December 9, 1957) is an American singer, musician, actor and former teen idol. Osmond has also been a talk show and game show host, record producer, race car driver, and author. He is known for being half of the brother-sister singing act Donny & Marie and a member of the "Osmond Brothers" singing group.
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This picture is already signed!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/09/08 at 6:40 am

I almost HATED to like Donny Osmond songs, at the time >:( :-
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A snow globe with a dog in it.

Cute.

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Donny Osmond Autographed / Signed 8x10 Photo

This piece of memorabilia has been hand signed and a Hollywood Collectibles Certificate of Authenticity is included.

Price: $100

$100 I guess that seems reasonable.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 12/09/08 at 6:40 am

I liked him better when he was with The Osmonds.

When he was one 'bad apple' ? ::)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/09/08 at 6:41 am

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Donny Osmond Autographed / Signed 8x10 Photo

This piece of memorabilia has been hand signed and a Hollywood Collectibles Certificate of Authenticity is included.

Price: $100
His signature over the years has changed.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 12/09/08 at 6:41 am

Donny Osmond looks as good as he did 20 years ago.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/09/08 at 6:41 am

When he was one 'bad apple' ? ::)
With the crazy horses?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 12/09/08 at 6:41 am

When he was one 'bad apple' ? ::)

One of my favorite songs.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/09/08 at 6:43 am

The person of the day.....Donny Osmond

Donald Clark "Donny" Osmond (born December 9, 1957) is an American singer, musician, actor and former teen idol. Osmond has also been a talk show and game show host, record producer, race car driver, and author. He is known for being half of the brother-sister singing act Donny & Marie and a member of the "Osmond Brothers" singing group.
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A DVD we have to watch over the Christmas holiday is DO in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/09/08 at 6:44 am

One of my favorite songs.
Why

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 12/09/08 at 6:45 am

Why

he sounded like Michael Jackson.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/09/08 at 6:46 am

he sounded like Michael Jackson.
Beacause he was too young?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 12/09/08 at 6:47 am

Beacause he was too young?

voice sounded way too similar.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 12/09/08 at 6:47 am

I was never much of a Donny Osmond fan,I was more into Elton John & Led Zeppelin.....I do like his version of 'The Twelth of Never,but like Johnny's version more.Cute.$100 I guess that seems reasonable.

He had the 'last laugh' over the Johnny Mathis version. J. M didn't even chart in the UK, (with that) although I'm sure I heard it on the radio. The legendary Elvis Presley could only reach #21 (the number one performer, on the UK charts). The no. 2 performer, Cliff Richard, could only get it to no.8. Donny, is the ONLY person to take that song to No. 1 ... over there !

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/09/08 at 6:48 am

voice sounded way too similar.
Was he the proud one?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/09/08 at 7:00 am

When he was one 'bad apple' ? ::)
Did he spend too much time down on the lazy river?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 12/09/08 at 7:18 am

Was he the proud one?

the youngest one I think. ???

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/09/08 at 7:18 am

the youngest one I think. ???
Wasn't that Jimmy?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 12/09/08 at 7:20 am

Wasn't that Jimmy?

I thought it was Donny. ???

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/09/08 at 7:27 am

I thought it was Donny. ???

Alan Ralph Osmond (born June 22, 1949)
Melvin Wayne Osmond (born August 28, 1951)
Merrill Davis Osmond (born April 30, 1953)
Jay Osmond (born 2 March 1955)
Donald Clark "Donny" Osmond (born December 9, 1957)
Olive Marie Osmond (born October 13, 1959)
James 'Jimmy' Arthur Osmond (born on April 16, 1963)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/09/08 at 7:27 am

Alan Ralph Osmond (born June 22, 1949)
Melvin Wayne Osmond (born August 28, 1951)
Merrill Davis Osmond (born April 30, 1953)
Jay Osmond (born 2 March 1955)
Donald Clark "Donny" Osmond (born December 9, 1957)
Olive Marie Osmond (born October 13, 1959)
James 'Jimmy' Arthur Osmond (born on April 16, 1963)
Therefore, Little Jimmy Osmond is the youngest.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/09/08 at 7:28 am

Therefore, Little Jimmy Osmond is the youngest.

Hence the little in his name.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 12/09/08 at 7:40 am

Therefore, Little Jimmy Osmond is the youngest.

And I believe that brat .... at only the age of nine (off the top of my head, trust me ! ) .... is STILL (?) the youngest person, to reach No. 1 ...... in the UK ? ('Long haired lover from Liverpool' .... puke, I couldn't STAND that song ! ).

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/09/08 at 7:41 am

And I believe that brat .... at only the age of nine (off the top of my head, trust me ! ) .... is STILL (?) the youngest person, to reach No. 1 ...... in the UK ? ('Long haired lover from Liverpool' .... puke, I couldn't STAND that song ! ).
...and the whole of the nation of the UK!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/09/08 at 7:42 am

the youngest one I think. ???
Don't click here!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 12/09/08 at 7:43 am

Don't click here!

I was NOT tempted .......... took your word for it !

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 12/09/08 at 7:44 am

However, and I DID suspect ......... the quoted reply, ....... all but gave it away !

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/09/08 at 7:46 am

However, and I DID suspect ......... the quoted reply, ....... all but gave it away !
I had moments of it!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/09/08 at 8:06 am

And I believe that brat .... at only the age of nine (off the top of my head, trust me ! ) .... is STILL (?) the youngest person, to reach No. 1 ...... in the UK ? ('Long haired lover from Liverpool' .... puke, I couldn't STAND that song ! ).

...and the whole of the nation of the UK!

Don't click here!

I clicked ;D.. He must of had some appeal to be the youngest person to have a # 1.....in the UK.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 12/09/08 at 8:45 am

I clicked ;D.. He must of had some appeal to be the youngest person to have a # 1.....in the UK.

To our eternal embarrassment. :(

At least, I can HONESTLY claim, I did not buy that single ! 8-P >:( 8)

Another song I avoided on the radio, at that time, was Melanie (Safka)'s 'Brand new pair of roller skates'. I found it hard to believe .... that THIS was the same person ........ who'd come up with the WONDERFUL / superior imho ...... cover, of the Rolling Stones ..... 'Ruby Tuesday' :o

Obviously, SOME people (of questionable taste ::) :-X ) liked it. Enough to take it higher, than her 'Ruby Tuesday' ! >:( :-[ :\'(

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/09/08 at 8:52 am

I clicked ;D.. He must of had some appeal to be the youngest person to have a # 1.....in the UK.
It was the Christmas Number One for that year.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/09/08 at 8:52 am

It was the Christmas Number One for that year.
1972

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 12/09/08 at 9:33 am

1972

Think I recall someone, on another site, a while back .... when I was poking around for something ... saying that '72, in their opinion, was THE worst year ever, in chart music ?

Maybe (?) ... for that time ? However, I'm sure there were some CLASSICS too, from that same year.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 12/09/08 at 9:37 am

Hey !

That LAST post ..........just gave me a 'brilliant' idea ?

ninny might want to occasionally post a 'year of the day' ..... chart ........ of the 100 biggest tunes of the year, from the 'hot 100' ?

We could then discuss ?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/09/08 at 9:41 am

Think I recall someone, on another site, a while back .... when I was poking around for something ... saying that '72, in their opinion, was THE worst year ever, in chart music ?

Maybe (?) ... for that time ? However, I'm sure there were some CLASSICS too, from that same year.
The Number One UK Singles in 1972:

I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing ~ The New Seekers
Telegram Sam ~ T.Rex
Son Of My Father ~ Chicory Tip
Without You ~ Nilsson
Amazing Grace ~ The Pipes & Drums & Military Band of The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards
Metal Guru ~ T.Rex
Vincent ~ Don McLean
Take Me Bak 'Ome ~ Slade
Puppy Love ~ Donny Osmond
School's Out ~ Alice Cooper
You Wear It Well ~ Rod Stewart
Mama Weer All Crazee Now ~ Slade
How Can I Be Sure ~ David Cassidy
Mouldy Old Dough ~ Lieutenant Pigeon
Gilbert O'Sullivan ~ Clair
My Ding-A-Ling ~ Chuck Berry
Long Haired Lover From Liverpool ~Little Jimmy Osmond

That someone on another board "saying that '72, in their opinion, was THE worst year ever, in chart music ? " in my opinion was totally wrong.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/09/08 at 9:42 am

Hey !

That LAST post ..........just gave me a 'brilliant' idea ?

ninny might want to occasionally post a 'year of the day' ..... chart ........ of the 100 biggest tunes of the year, from the 'hot 100' ?

We could then discuss ?
It needs discussion, especially with ninny.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 12/09/08 at 9:53 am

The Number One UK Singles in 1972:

I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing ~ The New Seekers
Telegram Sam ~ T.Rex
Son Of My Father ~ Chicory Tip
Without You ~ Nilsson
Amazing Grace ~ The Pipes & Drums & Military Band of The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards
Metal Guru ~ T.Rex
Vincent ~ Don McLean
Take Me Bak 'Ome ~ Slade
Puppy Love ~ Donny Osmond
School's Out ~ Alice Cooper
You Wear It Well ~ Rod Stewart
Mama Weer All Crazee Now ~ Slade
How Can I Be Sure ~ David Cassidy
Mouldy Old Dough ~ Lieutenant Pigeon
Gilbert O'Sullivan ~ Clair
My Ding-A-Ling ~ Chuck Berry
Long Haired Lover From Liverpool ~Little Jimmy Osmond

That someone on another board "saying that '72, in their opinion, was THE worst year ever, in chart music ? " in my opinion was totally wrong.

I doubt they had the No. 1 singles ALONE in their sights ..... but just looking at what you've posted ......

Some of it's 'Ok' ... hardly mandatory ..... BUT .....

'Without you'; 'Vincent' ... those two are GREAT.

'Amazing grace' .... 'You wear it well' and 'Schools out' ....... for me, are good support.

Most of the others, .......... passable.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/09/08 at 10:50 am

I doubt they had the No. 1 singles ALONE in their sights ..... but just looking at what you've posted ......

Some of it's 'Ok' ... hardly mandatory ..... BUT .....

'Without you'; 'Vincent' ... those two are GREAT.

'Amazing grace' .... 'You wear it well' and 'Schools out' ....... for me, are good support.

Most of the others, .......... passable.

I have not started looking at the over records in the chart for that year.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 12/09/08 at 2:33 pm

The Number One UK Singles in 1972:

I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing ~ The New Seekers
Telegram Sam ~ T.Rex
Son Of My Father ~ Chicory Tip
Without You ~ Nilsson
Amazing Grace ~ The Pipes & Drums & Military Band of The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards
Metal Guru ~ T.Rex
Vincent ~ Don McLean
Take Me Bak 'Ome ~ Slade
Puppy Love ~ Donny Osmond
School's Out ~ Alice Cooper
You Wear It Well ~ Rod Stewart
Mama Weer All Crazee Now ~ Slade
How Can I Be Sure ~ David Cassidy
Mouldy Old Dough ~ Lieutenant Pigeon
Gilbert O'Sullivan ~ Clair
My Ding-A-Ling ~ Chuck Berry
Long Haired Lover From Liverpool ~Little Jimmy Osmond

That someone on another board "saying that '72, in their opinion, was THE worst year ever, in chart music ? " in my opinion was totally wrong.

How about in 1974?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/10/08 at 2:52 am

How about in 1974?
When the year arrives.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 12/10/08 at 3:40 am

I'm not a pea lover.so it just doesn't look appealing to me..The mushy peas, mashed potatoes and gravy does sound more appealing.
I'm still trying to figure out what pea and mint soup would taste like.
On my son's MySpace he has this quote about Colonel Sanders
In the words of the late, great Colonel Sanders, who said: I am too drunk to taste this chicken."

I can't resist a good pie with mushy peas.. I try new ones whenever I am out and about....just searching for the perfect pie. They usually open the top of the pie and use a spoon to insert the mushy peas. While it DOES taste great it is hard to eat without getting messy (with the pie top less secure etc).

I once ventured over the border into northern New South Wales and asked for one and they said they don;t make them in that State! :o All they would offer me was a Pie Floater ...which sounds disgusting but consists of the same meat pie sitting in a bowl of mushy peas (the pie sits on top). So, I went with my next preference...the curry pie. (Al...I was surprised they had them in Sydney, NSW).

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 12/10/08 at 3:49 am

I was never much of a Donny Osmond fan,I was more into Elton John & Led Zeppelin.....I do like his version of 'The Twelth of Never,but like Johnny's version more.Cute.$100 I guess that seems reasonable.

I also thought he was uncool....but thought he had a fine voice. It was those cheesy Donny and Maree shows that hurt his credibility.. ;D

May tomorrow...be a perfect day...may you find love and lafter (note American phonetics)...along the way. May God keep you in his tender care..Til He brings us together again. Gooood night everybody!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/10/08 at 3:56 am

The word of the day...Dock
The area of water between two piers or alongside a pier that receives a ship for loading, unloading, or repairs.
A pier; a wharf.
A group of piers on a commercial waterfront that serve as a general landing area for ships or boats. Often used in the plural.
A platform at which trucks or trains load or unload cargo.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/10/08 at 3:59 am

I also thought he was uncool....but thought he had a fine voice. It was those cheesy Donny and Maree shows that hurt his credibility.. ;D

May tomorrow...be a perfect day...may you find love and lafter (note American phonetics)...along the way. May God keep you in his tender care..Til He brings us together again. Gooood night everybody!

Oh yes The Donny & Marie show,what fine times indeed. ;D..

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/10/08 at 4:03 am

The person of the day....Otis Redding
Otis Ray Redding, Jr. (September 9, 1941 – December 10, 1967) was an American soul singer. According to the website of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (where he was inducted in 1989), Redding's name is "synonymous with the term soul, music that arose out of the black experience in America through the transmutation of gospel and rhythm and blues into a form of funky, secular testifying."

http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/otis.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/stax2.jpg
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 12/10/08 at 5:19 am

I can't resist a good pie with mushy peas..
(Al...I was surprised they had them in Sydney, NSW).

Sydney ain't as backwards, as you might think, gibbo ! ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 12/10/08 at 5:21 am

Btw, gibbo ..... not interested in being a Secret Santa (?) ???

You would have seen the thread ?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 12/10/08 at 5:31 am

Btw, gibbo ..... not interested in being a Secret Santa (?) ???

You would have seen the thread ?

No...I don't really engage with people easily.. :-\\ I also read but did not comment in the "I Love You" discussion thread.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 12/10/08 at 5:37 am

The word of the day...Dock

You seem to have forgotten ...

http://blog.ugo.com/images/uploads/star-trek-mccoy.jpghttp://trianglecranch.com/catalog/images/doc_Holliday_001.jpg
'Dock McCoy' 'Dock Holliday'

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 12/10/08 at 6:19 am

No...I don't really engage with people easily.. :-\\ I also read but did not comment in the "I Love You" discussion thread.

Coulda fooled me, gibbo. I find you VERY 'engaging'. :)

http://img184.imageshack.us/img184/4470/jeanlucpicardad9.jpg
'Engage, gibbo, ... engage !' 8) ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 12/10/08 at 6:24 am

The person of the day....Otis Redding
Otis Ray Redding, Jr. (September 9, 1941 – December 10, 1967) was an American soul singer. According to the website of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (where he was inducted in 1989), Redding's name is "synonymous with the term soul, music that arose out of the black experience in America through the transmutation of gospel and rhythm and blues into a form of funky, secular testifying."

http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/otis.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/stax2.jpg
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http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/Otis_Redding.jpg

Where would he be today if he was alive today? ???

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 12/10/08 at 6:59 am

Where would he be today if he was alive today? ???

At an internet cafe, posting a reply to say 'Howard, I am currently just 4 blocks away from where you are now ! ' (?)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 12/10/08 at 7:03 am

At an internet cafe, posting a reply to say 'Howard, I am currently just 4 blocks away from where you are now ! ' (?)

That wasn't funny or was it? ::)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/10/08 at 7:10 am

http://www.andyzito.com/images/snowdomes/traders/foreign/!!!!!AUG_08_2/SHB.jpg

The closes I can find for a snow globe with a harbour, in this case it is Sydney Harbour Bridge.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/10/08 at 7:13 am

http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm66/Phil_O-Sopher/yhst-62976399979218_2030_99483093.gif

Otis Redding Autograph Signed File Card

$389.00

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/10/08 at 7:23 am

http://www.andyzito.com/images/snowdomes/traders/foreign/!!!!!AUG_08_2/SHB.jpg

The closes I can find for a snow globe with a harbour, in this case it is Sydney Harbour Bridge.

That's a good one
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm66/Phil_O-Sopher/yhst-62976399979218_2030_99483093.gif

Otis Redding Autograph Signed File Card

$389.00

Probably very rare.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/10/08 at 7:29 am

Of the dock pictures above I am trying recognise the locations.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 12/10/08 at 5:31 pm

Where would he be today if he was alive today? ???

At an internet cafe, posting a reply to say 'Howard, I am currently just 4 blocks away from where you are now ! ' (?)

That wasn't funny or was it?   ::)

Maybe it wasn't meant to be ? :-\\ Can you be POSITIVE that this event could not have occurred ? You never know ... life can be strange ? He might have become a regular poster here ?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 12/10/08 at 7:07 pm

We would have to teach Otis Redding about this board.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/11/08 at 6:19 am

The word of the day..Hamburger
Ground meat, usually beef.
A patty of such meat.
A sandwich made with a patty of ground meat usually in a roll or bun.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/11/08 at 6:23 am

The person of the day....Maurice "Mac" McDonald
Maurice "Mac" McDonald (November 26, 1902 – December 11, 1971) early American fast food pioneers, originally from Manchester, New Hampshire, who established the first McDonald's restaurant in San Bernardino, California in 1940.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/11/08 at 6:26 am

http://www.andyzito.com/images/snowdomes/traders/special_traders/mcdonalds_ice_skating_2.jpg

There you go!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/11/08 at 6:28 am

I feel as if there are no omline autographs to value for Maurice "Mac" McDonald.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 12/11/08 at 6:35 am

I always loved White Castle hamburgers,I could eat just about 8 of them and they're so filling.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 12/11/08 at 6:37 am

We would have to teach Otis Redding about this board.

Philip could take him under his 'postwhoring wing' ?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/11/08 at 6:40 am

Philip could take him under his 'postwhoring wing' ?
It will be a bit difficult.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 12/11/08 at 6:41 am

Philip could take him under his 'postwhoring wing' ?

It would depend on his age today.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/11/08 at 6:46 am

It would depend on his age today.
Whatever the age it will still be difficult.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 12/11/08 at 6:47 am

Whatever the age it will still be difficult.

He'd be 67 today.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 12/11/08 at 6:48 am

It would depend on his age today.

Regardless ... he might as well have a laptop / palmtop and post here .... instead of just sitting there (doing NOTHING) ::)   ... on the dock of the bay ? ???

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/11/08 at 6:49 am

He'd be 67 today.
He would have been 67 today.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/11/08 at 6:50 am

Regardless ... he might as well have a laptop / palmtop and post here .... instead of just sitting there (doing NOTHING) ::)   ... on the dock of the bay ? ???
Is the Internet available in heaven?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 12/11/08 at 6:51 am

Regardless ... he might as well have a laptop / palmtop and post here .... instead of just sitting there (doing NOTHING) ::)   ... on the dock of the bay ? ???

He'd be so rich,He could afford a laptop and a blackberry.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 12/11/08 at 6:52 am

Is the Internet available in heaven?

Obviously, I found that funnier than you .... only just stopped chuckling at my own joke. Yes, I'm sad !

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 12/11/08 at 6:54 am

Is the Internet available in heaven?

I don't know,I haven't been there yet. ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/11/08 at 6:56 am

I don't know,I haven't been there yet. ;D
Does The Bible mention it?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 12/11/08 at 7:24 am

Does The Bible mention it?

In which Chapter? ???

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 12/11/08 at 7:26 am

Obviously, I found that funnier than you .... only just stopped chuckling at my own joke. Yes, I'm sad !

Hey Alan...thanks a lot for the tip on the PMS and childbirth threads...pretty heavy! Lots of talking.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/11/08 at 7:27 am

http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm66/Phil_O-Sopher/squirrels5.gif

Squirrels don't you love them!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 12/11/08 at 7:28 am

Otis Redding must be living in the 60's,there were no internet at that time.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/11/08 at 7:36 am

Otis Redding must be living in the 60's,there were no internet at that time.
He died on December 10th 1967 long before the Internet as we know it was created.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/11/08 at 7:38 am

Otis Redding must be living in the 60's,there were no internet at that time.
The HIstory of the Internet.

The idea

The initial idea is credited as being Leonard Kleinrock's after he published his first paper entitled "Information Flow in Large Communication Nets" on May 31, 1961.

In 1962 J.C.R. Licklider becomes the first Director of IPTO and gave his vision of a galactic network. In addition to the ideas from Licklider and Kleinrock, Robert Taylor helped create the idea of the network, which later became ARPANET.

Initial creation

The Internet as we know it today first started being developed in the late 1960's.

In the summer of 1968 the Network Working Group (NWG) held its first meeting chaired by Elmer Shapiro with the Stanford Research Institute (SLI) with attendees: Steve Carr, Steve Crocker, Jeff Rulifson, and Ron Stoughton. In the meeting the group discussed solving issues related to getting hosts to communicate with each other.

In December 1968 Elmer Shapiro with SLI released a report "A Study of Computer Network Design Parameters." Based on this work and earlier work done by Paul Baran, Thomas Marill and others; Lawrence Roberts and Barry Wessler helped to create the final version of the Interface Message Processor (IMP) specifications. BBN was later awarded the contract to design and build the IMP sub network.

Introduction of the Internet to the general public

UCLA puts out a press release introducing the public to the Internet on July 3, 1969.

First network equipment

August 29, 1969 the first network switch and the first piece of network equipment (called "IMP", which is short for Interface Message Processor) is sent to UCLA and on September 2, 1969 the first data moves from UCLA host to the switch.

The first distributed message

On Friday October 29, 1969 the first Internet message was sent from computer science Professor Leonard KleinRock's laboratory at UCLA after the second piece of network equipment was installed at SLI. This connection not only enabled the first transmission to be made but is also considered to be the first Internet backbone.

The first message to be distributed was: "LO", which was an attempt at "LOGIN" by Charley S. Kline to log into the SLI computer from UCLA. However, the message was unable to be completed because the SLI system crashed. Shortly after the crash the issue was resolved and he was able to log into the computer.

E-mail is developed

Ray Tomlinson introduces network e-mail in 1972, the first messaging system to send messages across a network to other users.

TCP is developed

Vinton Cerf and Robert Kahn design TCP during 1973 and later publish it with the help of Yogen Dalal and Carl Sunshine in December of 1974 in RFC 675.

Ethernet is conceived

Bob Metcalfe develops Ethernet idea in 1973.

TCP/IP is created

In 1978 TCP splits into TCP/IP driven by Danny Cohen, David Reed, and John Shoch to support real-time traffic. This allows the creation of UDP. TCP/IP is later standardized into ARPANET in 1983 and is still the primary protocol used for the Internet.

DNS is introduced

Paul Mockapetris and Jon Postel introduce DNS in 1984.

HTML

In 1990 Tim Berners-Lee develops HTML, which makes a huge contribution to how we navigate and view the Internet today.

WWW

Tim Berners-Lee introduces WWW to the public on August 6, 1991.

Internet experiences large growth

In 1993 the Internet experienced one of its largest growths and today is accessible and used by people everywhere in the world.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 12/11/08 at 8:17 am

Hey Alan...thanks a lot for the tip on the PMS and childbirth threads...pretty heavy! Lots of talking.

Whatever you mean by that, Belle. I don't know who speaks more in riddles ........ you, or I !

When we get together ... almost unfathomable !   8)

:D

Oh yeah ... you might like to check what I've been listening to /am listening to ?

http://www.inthe00s.com/index.php?topic=31188.msg1836976#msg1836976

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 12/11/08 at 11:23 am

Whatever you mean by that, Belle. I don't know who speaks more in riddles ........ you, or I !

When we get together ... almost unfathomable !   8)

:D

Oh yeah ... you might like to check what I've been listening to /am listening to ?

http://www.inthe00s.com/index.php?topic=31188.msg1836976#msg1836976

yea...you're right..unfathonable. ;D I pity poor souls trying to make sense of this!

Except that you don't know what I'm talking about either...it's related to one of the threads.

And I wish you had a link to the song....OS

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 12/11/08 at 7:41 pm

He died on December 10th 1967 long before the Internet as we know it was created.

he would be using a typewriter at the time.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: bookmistress4ever on 12/11/08 at 11:03 pm

The HIstory of the Internet.

The idea

The initial idea is credited as being Leonard Kleinrock's after he published his first paper entitled "Information Flow in Large Communication Nets" on May 31, 1961.

In 1962 J.C.R. Licklider becomes the first Director of IPTO and gave his vision of a galactic network. In addition to the ideas from Licklider and Kleinrock, Robert Taylor helped create the idea of the network, which later became ARPANET.

Initial creation

The Internet as we know it today first started being developed in the late 1960's.

In the summer of 1968 the Network Working Group (NWG) held its first meeting chaired by Elmer Shapiro with the Stanford Research Institute (SLI) with attendees: Steve Carr, Steve Crocker, Jeff Rulifson, and Ron Stoughton. In the meeting the group discussed solving issues related to getting hosts to communicate with each other.

In December 1968 Elmer Shapiro with SLI released a report "A Study of Computer Network Design Parameters." Based on this work and earlier work done by Paul Baran, Thomas Marill and others; Lawrence Roberts and Barry Wessler helped to create the final version of the Interface Message Processor (IMP) specifications. BBN was later awarded the contract to design and build the IMP sub network.

Introduction of the Internet to the general public

UCLA puts out a press release introducing the public to the Internet on July 3, 1969.

First network equipment

August 29, 1969 the first network switch and the first piece of network equipment (called "IMP", which is short for Interface Message Processor) is sent to UCLA and on September 2, 1969 the first data moves from UCLA host to the switch.

The first distributed message

On Friday October 29, 1969 the first Internet message was sent from computer science Professor Leonard KleinRock's laboratory at UCLA after the second piece of network equipment was installed at SLI. This connection not only enabled the first transmission to be made but is also considered to be the first Internet backbone.

The first message to be distributed was: "LO", which was an attempt at "LOGIN" by Charley S. Kline to log into the SLI computer from UCLA. However, the message was unable to be completed because the SLI system crashed. Shortly after the crash the issue was resolved and he was able to log into the computer.

E-mail is developed

Ray Tomlinson introduces network e-mail in 1972, the first messaging system to send messages across a network to other users.

TCP is developed

Vinton Cerf and Robert Kahn design TCP during 1973 and later publish it with the help of Yogen Dalal and Carl Sunshine in December of 1974 in RFC 675.

Ethernet is conceived

Bob Metcalfe develops Ethernet idea in 1973.

TCP/IP is created

In 1978 TCP splits into TCP/IP driven by Danny Cohen, David Reed, and John Shoch to support real-time traffic. This allows the creation of UDP. TCP/IP is later standardized into ARPANET in 1983 and is still the primary protocol used for the Internet.

DNS is introduced

Paul Mockapetris and Jon Postel introduce DNS in 1984.

HTML

In 1990 Tim Berners-Lee develops HTML, which makes a huge contribution to how we navigate and view the Internet today.

WWW

Tim Berners-Lee introduces WWW to the public on August 6, 1991.

Internet experiences large growth

In 1993 the Internet experienced one of its largest growths and today is accessible and used by people everywhere in the world.

Where was Al Gore in all of this? ;)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 12/11/08 at 11:25 pm

The HIstory of the Internet.

The idea

The initial idea is credited as being Leonard Kleinrock's after he published his first paper entitled "Information Flow in Large Communication Nets" on May 31, 1961.

In 1962 J.C.R. Licklider becomes the first Director of IPTO and gave his vision of a galactic network. In addition to the ideas from Licklider and Kleinrock, Robert Taylor helped create the idea of the network, which later became ARPANET.

Initial creation

The Internet as we know it today first started being developed in the late 1960's.

In the summer of 1968 the Network Working Group (NWG) held its first meeting chaired by Elmer Shapiro with the Stanford Research Institute (SLI) with attendees: Steve Carr, Steve Crocker, Jeff Rulifson, and Ron Stoughton. In the meeting the group discussed solving issues related to getting hosts to communicate with each other.

In December 1968 Elmer Shapiro with SLI released a report "A Study of Computer Network Design Parameters." Based on this work and earlier work done by Paul Baran, Thomas Marill and others; Lawrence Roberts and Barry Wessler helped to create the final version of the Interface Message Processor (IMP) specifications. BBN was later awarded the contract to design and build the IMP sub network.

Introduction of the Internet to the general public

UCLA puts out a press release introducing the public to the Internet on July 3, 1969.

First network equipment

August 29, 1969 the first network switch and the first piece of network equipment (called "IMP", which is short for Interface Message Processor) is sent to UCLA and on September 2, 1969 the first data moves from UCLA host to the switch.

The first distributed message

On Friday October 29, 1969 the first Internet message was sent from computer science Professor Leonard KleinRock's laboratory at UCLA after the second piece of network equipment was installed at SLI. This connection not only enabled the first transmission to be made but is also considered to be the first Internet backbone.

The first message to be distributed was: "LO", which was an attempt at "LOGIN" by Charley S. Kline to log into the SLI computer from UCLA. However, the message was unable to be completed because the SLI system crashed. Shortly after the crash the issue was resolved and he was able to log into the computer.

E-mail is developed

Ray Tomlinson introduces network e-mail in 1972, the first messaging system to send messages across a network to other users.

TCP is developed

Vinton Cerf and Robert Kahn design TCP during 1973 and later publish it with the help of Yogen Dalal and Carl Sunshine in December of 1974 in RFC 675.

Ethernet is conceived

Bob Metcalfe develops Ethernet idea in 1973.

TCP/IP is created

In 1978 TCP splits into TCP/IP driven by Danny Cohen, David Reed, and John Shoch to support real-time traffic. This allows the creation of UDP. TCP/IP is later standardized into ARPANET in 1983 and is still the primary protocol used for the Internet.

DNS is introduced

Paul Mockapetris and Jon Postel introduce DNS in 1984.

HTML

In 1990 Tim Berners-Lee develops HTML, which makes a huge contribution to how we navigate and view the Internet today.

WWW

Tim Berners-Lee introduces WWW to the public on August 6, 1991.

Internet experiences large growth

In 1993 the Internet experienced one of its largest growths and today is accessible and used by people everywhere in the world.

Exactly my question. ;D ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/12/08 at 5:10 am

The phrase of the day....Putting on the ritz
Puttin' on the Ritz" was written by the legendary New York songwriter Irving Berlin in 1929. Another New Yorker, Mel Brooks, featured the song in his movie classic Young Frankenstein (1974).

The phrase "putting on the ritz" was popularized by the Ritz Brothers in the 1927 (before Berlin's song). However, the phrase is earlier still -- from at least 1921.

http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/puttingontheritz-1.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/RotationofP9182624.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/notdone26.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/P1010067.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/ritz-4.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/ritz-3.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/DSCN6133.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/OlgaoutsidetheRitz2.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/ritz-2.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/ritz-1.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/ritz.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/12/08 at 5:13 am

The person of the day.....Peter Boyle
Peter Lawrence "Pete" Boyle (October 18, 1935 – December 12, 2006) was an American actor, best known for his role as Frank Barone on the sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond, and as a comical monster in Mel Brooks' film spoof Young Frankenstein (1974).
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http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/m_40426c3d74100170f91a483531f852601.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/peter_boyle.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/peterboyle.png
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/puttingontheritz.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/12/08 at 5:19 am

The friday flower of the day...Tulip
Any of several bulbous plants of the genus Tulipa, native chiefly to Asia and widely cultivated for their showy, variously colored flowers.
The flower of any of these plants.
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/tulips-3.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/Tulips-2.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/Tulips-1.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/tulips.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/tulips1.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/IMG_6042.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/spring-tulips.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/222.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/PB270014.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/7658609f.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/12/08 at 5:35 am

Where was Al Gore in all of this? ;)
What has he done now?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/12/08 at 5:38 am

The phrase of the day....Putting on the ritz
Puttin' on the Ritz" was written by the legendary New York songwriter Irving Berlin in 1929. Another New Yorker, Mel Brooks, featured the song in his movie classic Young Frankenstein (1974).

The phrase "putting on the ritz" was popularized by the Ritz Brothers in the 1927 (before Berlin's song). However, the phrase is earlier still -- from at least 1921.

http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/puttingontheritz-1.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/RotationofP9182624.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/notdone26.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/P1010067.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/ritz-4.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/ritz-3.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/DSCN6133.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/OlgaoutsidetheRitz2.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/ritz-2.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/ritz-1.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/ritz.jpg

Puttin' on the Ritz from Young Frankenstein

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/12/08 at 5:42 am

http://images.craigslist.org/1f213814b3n23m33oe8c147bf296261e81705.jpg

Peter Boyle Celebrity Autograph - $50

Peter Lawrence "Pete" Boyle (October 18, 1935 - December 12, 2006)was an American actor. He is best known for his role as Frank Barone on the 1996-2005 CBS sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond and as a singing and dancing Frankenstein's Monster in the writer-director Mel Brooks' film spoof Young Frankenstein (1974). Boyle, who won an Emmy Award in 1996 for a guest-starring role on the science-fiction drama The X-Files, won praise in both comedic and dramatic parts following his breakthrough performance in the 1970 film Joe

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 12/12/08 at 5:43 am

http://singersong.homestead.com/Tiny_Tim_-_Tiptoe_through_the_tulips.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/12/08 at 5:44 am

The friday flower of the day...Tulip
Any of several bulbous plants of the genus Tulipa, native chiefly to Asia and widely cultivated for their showy, variously colored flowers.
The flower of any of these plants.
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/tulips-3.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/Tulips-2.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/Tulips-1.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/tulips.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/tulips1.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/IMG_6042.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/spring-tulips.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/222.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/PB270014.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/7658609f.jpg
http://www.tinkermia.com/photos/SnowGlobes/MiniSnowGlobeTinkTulipsOnTopClsup.jpg

There are tulips with this snow globe.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/12/08 at 5:45 am

http://singersong.homestead.com/Tiny_Tim_-_Tiptoe_through_the_tulips.jpg
Tiny Tim was to be my next port of call.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 12/12/08 at 5:47 am

^
Great minds think alike/ saved you ANOTHER job !

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/12/08 at 5:55 am

^
Great minds think alike/ saved you ANOTHER job !
Thanks and Karma!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/12/08 at 5:56 am

^
Great minds think alike/ saved you ANOTHER job !
Tiptoe Through the Tulips" is a popular song originally published in 1926. The music was written by Joe Burke, and the lyrics by Al Dubin.

‘Crooning Troubadour’ Nick Lucas’ recording of Tip-Toe Through The Tulips, hit the top of he charts in May 1929. The song he introduced in the 1929 musical talkie Gold Diggers Of Broadway? held the #1 position for 10 weeks. Other artists charted the song in 1929 including Jean Goldkette (#5); Johnny Marvin (#11); and Roy Fox (#18).

The song was revived in 1968 by Tiny Tim, and charted at # 17 that year. It was also covered by Uke til u puke.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/12/08 at 5:59 am

^
Great minds think alike/ saved you ANOTHER job !
An alternative version of Tiptoe Through the Tulips by Tiny Tim

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/12/08 at 6:15 am

The phrase of the day....Putting on the ritz
Puttin' on the Ritz" was written by the legendary New York songwriter Irving Berlin in 1929. Another New Yorker, Mel Brooks, featured the song in his movie classic Young Frankenstein (1974).

The phrase "putting on the ritz" was popularized by the Ritz Brothers in the 1927 (before Berlin's song). However, the phrase is earlier still -- from at least 1921.

http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/puttingontheritz-1.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/RotationofP9182624.jpg
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"Puttin' on the Ritz" is a popular song written and published in 1929 by Irving Berlin and introduced by Harry Richman in the musical film Puttin' on the Ritz (1930). The title derives from the slang expression "putting on the Ritz," meaning to dress very fashionably. The expression was inspired by the swanky Ritz Hotel.

The song is in AABA form, with a verse. According to John Mueller, the central device in the A section is the "use of delayed rhythmic resolution: a staggering, off-balance passage, emphasized by the unorthodox stresses in the lyric, suddenly resolves satisfyingly on a held note, followed by the forceful assertion of the title phrase." The marchlike B section, which is only barely syncopated, acts as a contrast to the previous rhythmic complexities. According to Alec Wilder, in his study of American popular song, the rhythmic pattern in "Puttin' on the Ritz" is "the most complex and provocative I have ever come upon."

Fred Astaire and a chorus of Fred Astaires performing "Puttin' on the Ritz" in Blue Skies (1946)The original version of Berlin's song included references to the then-popular fad of well-dressed but poor black Harlemites parading up and down Lenox Avenue. For the film Blue Skies (1946), where it was performed by Fred Astaire, Berlin revised the lyrics to apply to affluent whites strutting "up and down Park Avenue."

Hit phonograph records of the tune in its original popularity of 1929-1930 were recorded by Harry Richman and Fred Astaire.

Various covers
This tune has enjoyed a number of revivals including:

A hit swing music version by Benny Goodman
A classic routine by Clark Gable in 1939's Idiot's Delight
A song and dance number performed by Fred Astaire in the 1946 film Blue Skies using the revised lyrics
A humorous version (performed by Gene Wilder and Peter Boyle) used in Mel Brooks' 1974 film Young Frankenstein and would later be used in the 2007 musical adaptation of the same name.
A return to the hit parade with a synthpop version by Taco recorded in 1982, reaching #4 on the American Billboard's Pop Chart. This version was ranked #79 in VH1's 100 Greatest One-hit Wonders.
The melody line is used loosely in the track "The Writz" by The Gift of Gab (of Blackalicious fame) on the 2004 album 4th Dimensional Rocketships Going Up
The infamous Swedish band Onkel Kånkel recorded their version as Puttin On The Fritz.
Shiny Toy Guns recorded a cover of the song, closer to the style of the version by Taco Ockerse.
Judy Garland sang it in many of her concerts, the most notable appearing on her Judy At Carnegie Hall album.
Rufus Wainwright sang it on June 4 & 15, 2006, at Carnegie Hall when he re-created Judy Garland's famous concert there in 1961 (see note above). The CD album of this concert is titled Rufus Does Judy at Carnegie Hall.
Ella Fitzgerald recorded a version for her 1958 album Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Irving Berlin Songbook.
Blake Lewis borrowed and reformed the melody of Irving Berlin's original to create a mixed song titled "Gots To Get Her" on his album A.D.D. (Audio Day Dream).
Philippine rock band Kenyo covered this song on their album 'Radiosurfing'.
Leningrad Cowboys covered the song in a metal version on Zombies Paradise in 2006.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/12/08 at 6:22 am

http://www.tinkermia.com/photos/SnowGlobes/MiniSnowGlobeTinkTulipsOnTopClsup.jpg

There are tulips with this snow globe.

The pic did not come through.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/12/08 at 6:24 am

The pic did not come through.
Let me sort it out.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/12/08 at 6:25 am

http://www.tinkermia.com/photos/SnowGlobes/MiniSnowGlobeTinkTulipsOnTopClsup.jpg

There are tulips with this snow globe.
Let me redo this!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/12/08 at 6:25 am

http://www.tinkermia.com/photos/SnowGlobes/MiniSnowGlobeTinkTulipsOnTopClsup.jpg

There are tulips with this snow globe.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/12/08 at 6:26 am

http://www.tinkermia.com/photos/SnowGlobes/MiniSnowGlobeTinkTulipsOnTopClsup.jpg

There are tulips with this snow globe.

Better now?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 12/12/08 at 6:32 am

Better now?

Looks good to me !

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/12/08 at 6:35 am

Looks good to me !
Tinkerbell looks perfect!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 12/12/08 at 6:38 am

I think Taco had the best version of Puttin On The Ritz,the video was great too.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/12/08 at 6:43 am

I think Taco had the best version of Puttin On The Ritz,the video was great too.
I'll see if it is on YouTube.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 12/12/08 at 6:44 am

I'll see if it is on YouTube.

It is definitely on youtube.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 12/12/08 at 7:22 am

The phrase of the day....Putting on the ritz
Puttin' on the Ritz" was written by the legendary New York songwriter Irving Berlin in 1929. Another New Yorker, Mel Brooks, featured the song in his movie classic Young Frankenstein (1974).

The phrase "putting on the ritz" was popularized by the Ritz Brothers in the 1927 (before Berlin's song). However, the phrase is earlier still -- from at least 1921.

http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/puttingontheritz-1.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/RotationofP9182624.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/notdone26.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/P1010067.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/ritz-4.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/ritz-3.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/DSCN6133.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/OlgaoutsidetheRitz2.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/ritz-2.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/ritz-1.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/ritz.jpg

I love that song!!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: seamermar on 12/12/08 at 7:26 am

That reminds me Fred Astaire ;)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 12/12/08 at 7:32 am

That reminds me Fred Astaire ;)

Several parodies of it are on amiright...I think I did one, or wished I did one.

You are 'puttin' up with sh*t' ;)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: seamermar on 12/12/08 at 7:40 am

Adagio,that's no doubts
It'll be great a bit of taps, :D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 12/12/08 at 7:58 am

;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/12/08 at 8:01 am

I tried tap dancing once, but I kept falling into the sink.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 12/12/08 at 8:11 am

ha ha.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/12/08 at 8:42 am

I tried tap dancing once, but I kept falling into the sink.

ha ha.

LOL.you have to be skilled
http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd40/Neander97/Puns/tap_dancing.jpg
a little bit of belly dancing on tap. ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/12/08 at 8:46 am

http://www.tinkermia.com/photos/SnowGlobes/MiniSnowGlobeTinkTulipsOnTopClsup.jpg

There are tulips with this snow globe.

That's better :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/12/08 at 8:49 am

I love that song!!

That reminds me Fred Astaire ;)

It is a good song :)
Fred Astaire
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j02k9t4rP50&feature=related#
I think Taco had the best version of Puttin On The Ritz,the video was great too.

Taco
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OG3PnQ3tgzY#

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: seamermar on 12/12/08 at 9:22 am

Well ninny, definitely that's no doubt, about taps. ;)

:D Paco likes Taco ;D

Thanks for showing it up

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/12/08 at 9:33 am

That's better :)
That is good

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 12/12/08 at 12:45 pm

Well ninny, definitely that's no doubt, about taps. ;)

:D Paco likes Taco ;D

Thanks for showing it up

Try it...I'm going to see if it's on myspace.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 12/12/08 at 3:05 pm

everything is good on Ritz. ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/12/08 at 3:23 pm

everything is good on Ritz. ;D
cheese ?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 12/12/08 at 3:37 pm

cheese ?

and cheese spread.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/12/08 at 3:41 pm

and cheese spread.
Yummy Yummy Yummy!!!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 12/12/08 at 3:42 pm

Yummy Yummy Yummy!!!

caviar goes good on Ritz.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/12/08 at 3:49 pm

caviar goes good on Ritz.
Never tasted Caviar, is it salty?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 12/12/08 at 5:53 pm

Rather dance to it,,,did you listen? ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/13/08 at 1:01 am

Rather dance to it,,,did you listen? ;D
Dance to Caviar?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 12/13/08 at 3:47 am

I like tulips.... :)

http://i490.photobucket.com/albums/rr264/just44/lips.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/13/08 at 4:47 am

I like tulips.... :)

http://i490.photobucket.com/albums/rr264/just44/lips.jpg

I was waiting for that answer ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/13/08 at 4:53 am

The word or phrase of the day...Bowhunting
the practice of hunting wild animals with bow and arrow

http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/Bow.jpg
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http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/5555-1.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/seansbuck2007027.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/13/08 at 4:56 am

The person of the day...Ted Nugent
Theodore "Ted" Nugent (born December 13, 1948) (a.k.a. The Nuge and The Motor City Madman) is an American hard rock guitarist and vocalist from Detroit, Michigan. He originally gained fame as the lead guitarist of The Amboy Dukes. He is noted for his conservative political views and his vocal pro-hunting, pro-conservation, and Second Amendment activism

http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/ted_nugent.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/Ted_Nugent-1.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/ted_nugent-2.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/Ted-Nugent.png

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 12/13/08 at 5:22 am

No sign of 'Sir Billzy' . :( I'm feeling randy ! :( I know !

http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/9400/seansbuck2007027jl0.jpg

This critter will do ! ::) 8) ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 12/13/08 at 5:30 am

Man,she looks dangerous. :ohttp://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/Bowhunting0.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 12/13/08 at 5:30 am

No sign of 'Sir Billzy' . :( I'm feeling randy ! :( I know !

http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/9400/seansbuck2007027jl0.jpg

This critter will do ! ::) 8) ;D

A doe, a deer, a female deer....

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 12/13/08 at 5:34 am

A doe, a deer, a female deer....

Might be all you get for Christmas, Howard ... so I wouldn't worry that this 'buck' ain't a doe ! I'm sure you'll enjoy the experience. A nice change from 'Sir Billzy' ?    :) 8)

:D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 12/13/08 at 5:35 am

Might be all you get for Christmas, Howard ... so I wouldn't worry that this 'buck' ain't a doe ! I'm sure you'll enjoy the experience. A nice change from 'Sir Billzy' ?    :) 8)

:D

Yeah,I'd say so. ::)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/13/08 at 9:21 am

Is there a word for today?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 12/13/08 at 9:25 am

Is there a word for today?

Perhaps the word that's the word .... ANY day of the week (?)

Grease is the word, is the word that you heard. It's got groove it's got meaning . Grease is the time, is the place is the motion ...

:D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/13/08 at 9:39 am

Perhaps the word that's the word .... ANY day of the week (?)

Grease is the word, is the word that you heard. It's got groove it's got meaning . Grease is the time, is the place is the motion ...

:D
May be it is a non-word of the day?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/13/08 at 10:24 am

Is there a word for today?

It is Bowhunting.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/13/08 at 10:27 am

It is Bowhunting.
Oh yes, it was on a prevoius page.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/13/08 at 10:30 am

http://www.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/947589/2/istockphoto_947589_snow_globe_deer.jpg

There you go, if the image works.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/13/08 at 10:33 am

http://www.starwarsautographcollecting.com/Resources/MusicSignatures/TedNugent.jpg

Ted Nugent (Soloist Singer/Guitarist) Source Guitar Pick May 2006

No indication of value here.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/13/08 at 10:34 am

It is Bowhunting.
It is to mention this neglected thread.

Deer Cam

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/13/08 at 11:48 am

http://www.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/947589/2/istockphoto_947589_snow_globe_deer.jpg

There you go, if the image works.

Yep that is good
http://www.starwarsautographcollecting.com/Resources/MusicSignatures/TedNugent.jpg

Ted Nugent (Soloist Singer/Guitarist) Source Guitar Pick May 2006

No indication of value here.

An autographed signed custom airbrushed guitar is worth $499.00

http://www.autographpros.com/tednugentautographedsignedcustomairbrushguitar-p-5743.html

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/13/08 at 12:09 pm

An autographed signed custom airbrushed guitar is worth $499.00

http://www.autographpros.com/tednugentautographedsignedcustomairbrushguitar-p-5743.html
A bit too much for me.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/13/08 at 1:33 pm

A bit too much for me.

Me too ;)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/13/08 at 2:03 pm

Me too ;)
I do have a guitar and other autographs here, but I do not think they are worth so much as that.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 12/13/08 at 2:31 pm

Bowhunting is pretty dangerous.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/13/08 at 2:35 pm

Bowhunting is pretty dangerous.
If pointed in your direction?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 12/13/08 at 2:37 pm

If pointed in your direction?

i think it's illegal in some states.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/13/08 at 2:39 pm

i think it's illegal in some states.
Is bowhunting, hunting with a bow not a rifle or gun?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 12/13/08 at 3:07 pm

Is bowhunting, hunting with a bow not a rifle or gun?

a bow.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/13/08 at 3:10 pm

a bow.
Like a modern Robin Hood?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/13/08 at 8:30 pm

i think it's illegal in some states.

I believe it is legal in every state,unless you are a felon. You need to take a course and get your stamp or license.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 12/13/08 at 9:42 pm

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh93/adagio_photos/untitled.jpg?t=1229223900

Aha!! Guess who I found a pic of?   ;D

They'll be making a rabbit's face on her backside next ! :o 8) ;D

I used to do those sorts of things with a movie projector, as a kid ! ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/14/08 at 5:50 am

The word ofthe day .....Thin
Relatively small in extent from one surface to the opposite, usually in the smallest solid dimension: a thin book.
Not great in diameter or cross section; fine: thin wire.
Lean or slender in form, build, or stature.

Not dense or concentrated; sparse: the thin vegetation of the plateau.
More rarefied than normal: thin air.

Flowing with relative ease; not viscous: a thin oil.
Watery: thin soup.
Sparsely supplied or provided; scanty: a thin menu; thin trading.
Lacking force or substance; flimsy: a thin attempt.
Lacking resonance or fullness; tinny: The piano had a thin sound.
Lacking radiance or intensity: thin light.
Not having enough photographic density or contrast to make satisfactory prints. Used of a negative

http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/only-a-thin-line.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/Albufeira07028.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/thin_apt1.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/thin-4.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/thin_lizzy.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/Thin_Ice.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/dewi2.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/TheThinRedLine.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/thin-3.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/BowieMugShot.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/thin-1.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/Thin.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/14/08 at 5:53 am

The person of the day..Myrna Loy
Myrna Loy (August 2, 1905 – December 14, 1993) was an American actress.

Loy trained as a dancer, but after a few minor roles in silent films, she devoted herself fully to an acting career, and from 1925 gradually established herself as a film actress. Typecast in exotic roles, often as a vamp, Loy's career prospects improved following her performance as Nora Charles in The Thin Man (1934). Her successful pairing with William Powell resulted in fourteen films together, including subsequent Thin Man films.

http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/myrna.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/myrna_loy_1211.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/myrna-1.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/The-Thin-Man-Poster-C10132902.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/14/08 at 5:54 am

A thin snow globe will just not work properly.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/14/08 at 5:57 am

I cannot access the image properly...

1930's Babe Ruth & Myrna Loy Signed French Banknote. One lucky Frenchman made the joint acquaintance of two of the most famous celebrities in the world and recorded the event for posterity with the help of a franc. Both the superstar slugger and the Hollywood icon have autographed the diminutive note in 9/10 black ink, the latter adding a word or two before her signature which we have been unable to interpret. The 2.5x3" note shows the wear one would expect from circulated currency, but the autographs are unaffected by these concerns. The note is framed between photos of the famous pair to final dimensions of 16x22". LOA from PSA/DNA. LOA from James Spence Authentication. Guide Value or Estimate: $2,000 - $4,000.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/14/08 at 6:00 am

I cannot access the image properly...

1930's Babe Ruth & Myrna Loy Signed French Banknote. One lucky Frenchman made the joint acquaintance of two of the most famous celebrities in the world and recorded the event for posterity with the help of a franc. Both the superstar slugger and the Hollywood icon have autographed the diminutive note in 9/10 black ink, the latter adding a word or two before her signature which we have been unable to interpret. The 2.5x3" note shows the wear one would expect from circulated currency, but the autographs are unaffected by these concerns. The note is framed between photos of the famous pair to final dimensions of 16x22". LOA from PSA/DNA. LOA from James Spence Authentication. Guide Value or Estimate: $2,000 - $4,000.

Wow! Babe Ruth & Myrna Loy,that was one lucky guy.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: bookmistress4ever on 12/14/08 at 6:26 am

"The Thin Blue Line" was a 1988 documentary concerning the November 28, 1976 murder of Dallas police officer, Robert W. Wood, during a traffic stop. The Dallas Police Department was unable to make an arrest until they learned of information given by a 16-year-old resident of Vidor, Texas who had told friends that he was responsible for the crime.

The juvenile, David Ray Harris, led police to the car driven from the scene of the crime, as well as a .22 caliber revolver he identified as the murder weapon. He subsequently identified 28-year-old Ohio resident Randall Dale Adams as the murderer. Adams had been living in a motel in Dallas with his brother.

The film presents a series of interviews about the investigation and reenactments of the shooting, based on the testimony and recollections of Adams, Harris and various witnesses and detectives. Two attorneys who represented Adams at the trial where he was convicted of capital murder also appear: they suggest that Adams was charged with the crime despite the better evidence against Harris because, as Harris was a juvenile, only Adams could be sentenced to death under Texas law.

Errol Morris's gripping investigation into the murder of a Dallas police officer was responsible for freeing the man originally -- and erroneously -- charged with and convicted of the crime. Through archival footage, interviews and stylized reenactments, Morris skillfully makes a case for the innocence of a man who happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. Widely acclaimed, this breakthrough documentary captured numerous awards.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thin_Blue_Line_(documentary)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: bookmistress4ever on 12/14/08 at 6:33 am

The Thin Blue Line (comedy)

Originally on:BBC-1
Premiered:November 13, 1995
Last Aired:December 23, 1996
http://www.dvdverdict.com/images/covers/thinblueline.jpg
The Thin Blue Line is about Chief Inspector Raymond Fowler (Rowan Atkinson) of uniformed division his life Gastherth police station, coping with his failing 10 year girlfriend who is receptionist, Patrica or 'Cabbage', the insolence around him A.K.A. C.I.D. officer Derek Grim and his non-personal life (Which he doesnt have) Starting in 1995 (Season 1) and ending in 1996 (Season 2) this 14 episode Ben Elton comedy gets you drawn in and laughing for ages, truly a classic for the video shelf!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/14/08 at 6:34 am

The Thin Blue Line (comedy)

Originally on:BBC-1
Premiered:November 13, 1995
Last Aired:December 23, 1996
http://www.dvdverdict.com/images/covers/thinblueline.jpg
The Thin Blue Line is about Chief Inspector Raymond Fowler (Rowan Atkinson) of uniformed division his life Gastherth police station, coping with his failing 10 year girlfriend who is receptionist, Patrica or 'Cabbage', the insolence around him A.K.A. C.I.D. officer Derek Grim and his non-personal life (Which he doesnt have) Starting in 1995 (Season 1) and ending in 1996 (Season 2) this 14 episode Ben Elton comedy gets you drawn in and laughing for ages, truly a classic for the video shelf!
Classic comedy and is always been repeated on channels over here.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 12/14/08 at 6:38 am

The word ofthe day .....Thin
Relatively small in extent from one surface to the opposite, usually in the smallest solid dimension: a thin book.
Not great in diameter or cross section; fine: thin wire.
Lean or slender in form, build, or stature.

Not dense or concentrated; sparse: the thin vegetation of the plateau.
More rarefied than normal: thin air.

Flowing with relative ease; not viscous: a thin oil.
Watery: thin soup.
Sparsely supplied or provided; scanty: a thin menu; thin trading.
Lacking force or substance; flimsy: a thin attempt.
Lacking resonance or fullness; tinny: The piano had a thin sound.
Lacking radiance or intensity: thin light.
Not having enough photographic density or contrast to make satisfactory prints. Used of a negative

http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/only-a-thin-line.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/Albufeira07028.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/thin_apt1.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/thin-4.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/thin_lizzy.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/Thin_Ice.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/dewi2.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/TheThinRedLine.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/thin-3.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/BowieMugShot.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/thin-1.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/Thin.jpg

There are some models who are stick thin,you could actually see their skeleton. :o

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: bookmistress4ever on 12/14/08 at 6:43 am

Classic comedy and is always been repeated on channels over here.

I love Rowan Atkinson. He's one of my favorite British comedian/actors.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 12/14/08 at 6:48 am

I love Rowan Atkinson. He's one of my favorite British comedian/actors.

he is famous for his Mr.Bean movies.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/14/08 at 11:44 am

he is famous for his Mr.Bean movies.
...and Blackadder

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/14/08 at 2:12 pm

http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/BowieMugShot-1.jpg

I remember this incident...it was a couple of weeks before my 16th birthday.

I found this article on it.
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle | March 22 1976

David Bowie, the English rock singer, was arrested early yesterday at the Americana Rochester Hotel on marijuana charges. Three other persons, including a Rochester woman, were arrested with him.

They were charged with fifth-degree criminal possession of marijuana. Police said they confiscated what they described as about half a pound of marijuana. The charge is a Class C felony, carrying a maximum sentence of 15 years in prison.

The Rochester woman was identified by police as Chiwah Soo, 20, of Owen Street.

The other two arrested were members of Bowie's entourage, which appeared Saturday night at the Community War Memorial. The two were identified as James Osterberg, Jr., 28, of Ypsilanti, Mich., and Dwaine Vaughs, 22, of Brooklyn.

All four were freed on bond — at Bowie's expense — and were to be arraigned in City Court this morning.

But Bowie, according to his attorney, left Rochester yesterday for a concert in Springfield, Mass.

Lawyer Thomas G. Presutti said there are heavy penalties when concert engagements are broken and he will "request the court's indulgence" for Bowie's absence. Bowie also has a concert scheduled in New Haven, Conn., and should be back in Rochester by Wednesday, Presutti said.

The four were arrested at 2:25 a.m. in a three-room suite in the hotel at 70 State St. by four city vice squad detectives and a State Police investigator.

They were held in the Monroe County Jail for a few hours. Bowie gave police his real last name, Jones, and listed his address as 89 Oakley St., London, England.

Presutti said he wanted Bowie out of jail early so he could drive to Springfield. The rock star had a fear of flying, he said.

Presutti contacted the district attorney who recommended bail at $2,000 each. That was approved by County Court Judge Andrew Celli about 7 a.m. Bowie's bail was ordered in cash, and $2,000 in bond was set for the others.

None of the four had a prior arrest record, Presutti said.

Bowie: "Not Guilty, sir"

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/14/08 at 3:51 pm

http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/BowieMugShot-1.jpg

I remember this incident...it was a couple of weeks before my 16th birthday.

I found this article on it.
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle | March 22 1976

David Bowie, the English rock singer, was arrested early yesterday at the Americana Rochester Hotel on marijuana charges. Three other persons, including a Rochester woman, were arrested with him.

They were charged with fifth-degree criminal possession of marijuana. Police said they confiscated what they described as about half a pound of marijuana. The charge is a Class C felony, carrying a maximum sentence of 15 years in prison.

The Rochester woman was identified by police as Chiwah Soo, 20, of Owen Street.

The other two arrested were members of Bowie's entourage, which appeared Saturday night at the Community War Memorial. The two were identified as James Osterberg, Jr., 28, of Ypsilanti, Mich., and Dwaine Vaughs, 22, of Brooklyn.

All four were freed on bond — at Bowie's expense — and were to be arraigned in City Court this morning.

But Bowie, according to his attorney, left Rochester yesterday for a concert in Springfield, Mass.

Lawyer Thomas G. Presutti said there are heavy penalties when concert engagements are broken and he will "request the court's indulgence" for Bowie's absence. Bowie also has a concert scheduled in New Haven, Conn., and should be back in Rochester by Wednesday, Presutti said.

The four were arrested at 2:25 a.m. in a three-room suite in the hotel at 70 State St. by four city vice squad detectives and a State Police investigator.

They were held in the Monroe County Jail for a few hours. Bowie gave police his real last name, Jones, and listed his address as 89 Oakley St., London, England.

Presutti said he wanted Bowie out of jail early so he could drive to Springfield. The rock star had a fear of flying, he said.

Presutti contacted the district attorney who recommended bail at $2,000 each. That was approved by County Court Judge Andrew Celli about 7 a.m. Bowie's bail was ordered in cash, and $2,000 in bond was set for the others.

None of the four had a prior arrest record, Presutti said.

Bowie: "Not Guilty, sir"

I may be passing 89 Oakley Street later this week, I think he has moved now.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/14/08 at 4:08 pm

I may be passing 89 Oakley Street later this week, I think he has moved now.

I wonder how long he lived there?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/14/08 at 4:13 pm

I wonder how long he lived there?
If he had registered on the Electoral Roll, it can be found out.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/15/08 at 5:24 am

The word of the day...Trombone
A brass instrument consisting of a long cylindrical tube bent upon itself twice, ending in a bell-shaped mouth, and having a movable U-shaped slide for producing different pitches.

http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/1707.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/peterhayes_trombone.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/trombone-6.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/Trombone-5.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/HonorBand-Trombone.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/trombone-4.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/Trombone-3.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/trombone-2.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/Trombone-1.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/trombone.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/PC030403.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/Andrewtrombone.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/bandroom5.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/15/08 at 5:26 am

http://www.wonderland.co.uk/paypalshop/snowglobeherald.jpg

I can see a trumpet.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/15/08 at 5:27 am

The person of the day....Glenn Miller
Alton Glenn Miller (March 1, 1904–presumably December 15, 1944), was an American jazz musician, arranger, composer, and band leader in the swing era. He was one of the best-selling recording artists from 1939 to 1942, leading one of the best known "Big Bands". Miller's signature recordings include, "In the Mood", "Tuxedo Junction", "Chattanooga Choo Choo", "Moonlight Serenade", "Little Brown Jug", and "Pennsylvania 6-5000". While travelling to entertain U.S. troops in France during World War II, Miller's plane disappeared in bad weather. His body was never found.

http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/gmiller.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/GlennMiller.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/Glenn-Miller.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/Glenn_Miller.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 12/15/08 at 5:28 am

ninny .... do you see Phil's Abbey road signature ok ? It's missing a lot, for me. Less than a quarter of it, visible ... vertically.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/15/08 at 5:30 am

ninny .... do you see Phil's Abbey road signature ok ? It's missing a lot, for me. Less than a quarter of it, visible ... vertically.
Are you on the Mahogany setting?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/15/08 at 5:31 am

ninny .... do you see Phil's Abbey road signature ok ? It's missing a lot, for me. Less than a quarter of it, visible ... vertically.

I don't see the humbug guy any more :(

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/15/08 at 5:33 am

The person of the day....Glenn Miller
Alton Glenn Miller (March 1, 1904–presumably December 15, 1944), was an American jazz musician, arranger, composer, and band leader in the swing era. He was one of the best-selling recording artists from 1939 to 1942, leading one of the best known "Big Bands". Miller's signature recordings include, "In the Mood", "Tuxedo Junction", "Chattanooga Choo Choo", "Moonlight Serenade", "Little Brown Jug", and "Pennsylvania 6-5000". While travelling to entertain U.S. troops in France during World War II, Miller's plane disappeared in bad weather. His body was never found.

http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/gmiller.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/GlennMiller.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/Glenn-Miller.jpg
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/Glenn_Miller.jpg
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm66/Phil_O-Sopher/FSM16.jpg

Glenn Miller

4 x 2.5 signed card about 1943 this is annotated with 'Autographs' above by another This is mounted beneath a 10x8 black & white portrait .The mount is a neutral colour & the item is backed by a good quality board The overall size of this item is16 x 11 inches & ready to frame

Price: £350.00

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/15/08 at 5:34 am

I don't see the humbug guy any more :(
I have removed it due to compications in my signature.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/15/08 at 5:37 am

I have removed it due to compications in my signature.

Oh Ok

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 12/15/08 at 5:45 am

Is that 76 trombones leading the big parade I hear?

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a291/supervenom/the-music-man1.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 12/15/08 at 5:59 am

Are you on the Mahogany setting?

Yes ... like you.

We have no confirmation one way or the other from other members re your sig line, as yet, though.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/15/08 at 6:09 am

Yes ... like you.

We have no confirmation one way or the other from other members re your sig line, as yet, though.
I have quit my Mahognay setting because the pages download quciker in the normal default setting

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 12/15/08 at 6:14 am

I have quit my Mahognay setting because the pages download quciker in the normal default setting

Maybe I TOO should return ... in that case ? However ... I reckon I'd find all that white background ... a bit of a glaring experience, after being used to this more subdued lighting, for so long. Is it worth it .... * he thinks *

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/15/08 at 6:16 am

Maybe I TOO should return ... in that case ? However ... I reckon I'd find all that white background ... a bit of a glaring experience, after being used to this more subdued lighting, for so long. Is it worth it .... * he thinks *
That will be my only drawn back, I could always tone down the contrast on the monitor.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 12/15/08 at 6:34 am

I think the trumpet is bigger than the trombone. ???

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/15/08 at 6:36 am

I think the trumpet is bigger than the trombone. ???
Trombones are larger.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 12/15/08 at 6:38 am

Trombones are larger.

do they play better?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 12/15/08 at 6:41 am

Howard .... do you see Phil's sig line in total (Abbey Road ? ) .

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 12/15/08 at 6:43 am

Howard .... do you see Phil's sig line in total (Abbey Road ? ) .

Yes I do.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 12/15/08 at 6:52 am

Yes I do.

Must be at MY end ! :(

I wonder what the solution is.   :(

Clear cache ? Log in log out ?

Oh well, I'll live. Not seeing the crossing, hardly life or death.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 12/15/08 at 6:56 am

Must be at MY end ! :(

I wonder what the solution is.   :(

Clear cache ? Log in log out ?

Oh well, I'll live. Not seeing the crossing, hardly life or death.

or maybe Red X? ???

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/15/08 at 8:10 am

http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm66/Phil_O-Sopher/FSM16.jpg

Glenn Miller

4 x 2.5 signed card about 1943 this is annotated with 'Autographs' above by another This is mounted beneath a 10x8 black & white portrait .The mount is a neutral colour & the item is backed by a good quality board The overall size of this item is16 x 11 inches & ready to frame

Price: £350.00

If Timmy played the trombone it would benice to have,but his main instrument is the clarinet,so I need Benny Goodman's autograph(yes he actually likes him,he is listed under his hero section on Myspace)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/15/08 at 8:14 am

do they play better?
Trombones can reach deeper notes.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 12/15/08 at 8:41 am

I don't see the humbug guy any more :(

I just don't see the pic with the little man running around in it and the original pic does seem smaller.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/15/08 at 8:44 am

I just don't see the pic with the little man running around in it and the original pic does seem smaller.

I have removed it due to compications in my signature.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 12/15/08 at 9:30 am

Oh. :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/15/08 at 10:45 am

I explained it better in a diferent thread, but I cannot remember where.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 12/15/08 at 2:27 pm

I just don't see the pic with the little man running around in it and the original pic does seem smaller.

I now see the Abbey Road sig. Maybe it was some other program I had running ?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 12/15/08 at 2:39 pm

I now see the Abbey Road sig. Maybe it was some other program I had running ?

See? It was you all along that saw things differently in other sigs too, not the rest of us. :P

;D

8)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 12/15/08 at 2:42 pm

See? It was you all along that saw things differently in other sigs too, not the rest of us. :P

;D

8)

I'm so glad ... that appears to have 'made your day' ! 8)

:P

:D ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/15/08 at 2:44 pm

I will re-introduce it to see what happens.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 12/15/08 at 2:45 pm

I'm so glad ... that appears to have 'made your day' ! 8)

:P

:D ;D

Well..... ;)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 12/15/08 at 2:48 pm

I will re-introduce it to see what happens.

It WAS cute!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 12/15/08 at 2:53 pm

I will re-introduce it to see what happens.

Don't know why it should have caused probs. Maybe just a coincidence ... (Abbey Road site a prob at the time). Were you still using Mahogany ?

Btw .. I can't remember seeing you in the 'What games do you like to play' thread I started a coupla days ago.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/15/08 at 3:05 pm

Don't know why it should have caused probs. Maybe just a coincidence ... (Abbey Road site a prob at the time). Were you still using Mahogany ?
I am on Default

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/15/08 at 3:05 pm

Btw .. I can't remember seeing you in the 'What games do you like to play' thread I started a coupla days ago.
I seem to have missed that one.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/15/08 at 5:19 pm

I seem to have missed that one.
Seen it now.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 12/15/08 at 6:19 pm

My trombone is bigger than yours. ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 12/15/08 at 8:38 pm

My trombone is bigger than yours. ;D

Fortunately for you, Sir Billzy has recently returned. He will be delighted, to confirm !    :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/16/08 at 3:20 am

Fortunately for you, Sir Billzy has recently returned. He will be delighted, to confirm !     :)
So all is back to normal then?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/16/08 at 3:21 am

It WAS cute!
Let me have a try at it now.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/16/08 at 3:38 am

So all is back to normal then?
Sorry still not reading.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 12/16/08 at 5:31 am

I will re-introduce it to see what happens.

It WAS cute!

Sorry still not reading.

Philip ... I do believe you will find THIS works fine ....

http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn223/MrMisterAl/enosig.gif

with img tags ....

http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn223/MrMisterAl/enosig.gif

I know they messed around at imageshack recently, so that, I often now have probs, when it comes to doing things in my profile. They seem to have opted for putting in 'url' linking. It somehow mucks it all up.

I have re-uploaded it to photobucket (above) AND scaled it to a size that should fit in nicely, with your current abbey road webcam sig. Give it a try ?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 12/16/08 at 5:40 am

So all is back to normal then?

Yes,pretty much.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/16/08 at 5:44 am

Philip ... I do believe you will find THIS works fine ....

http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn223/MrMisterAl/enosig.gif

with img tags ....

http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn223/MrMisterAl/enosig.gif

I know they messed around at imageshack recently, so that, I often now have probs, when it comes to doing things in my profile. They seem to have opted for putting in 'url' linking. It somehow mucks it all up.

I have re-uploaded it to photobucket (above) AND scaled it to a size that should fit in nicely, with your current abbey road webcam sig. Give it a try ?

When I tried out the signature pictures earlier, the bottom of both images had the bottom cut off, so I decided not to continue with it.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 12/16/08 at 5:46 am

Looks like he's busy running around.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 12/16/08 at 5:48 am

As I've said ... I've already scaled this FOR you / the site (no software 'management' /'scaling' necessary). You merely have to try it (I can't do it ... update your profile .. for you ! :P ;D )

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/16/08 at 5:53 am

As I've said ... I've already scaled this FOR you / the site (no software 'management' /'scaling' necessary). You merely have to try it (I can't do it ... update your profile .. for you ! :P   ;D )
I am doing all I can under the circumstances, and I have tyied all I can do. Perhaps I should go back to Mahogany.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 12/16/08 at 6:03 am

I am doing all I can under the circumstances, and I have tyied all I can do. Perhaps I should go back to Mahogany.

I will BET you have'nt yet tried sticking in the link I supplied (in your sig line, with the tags) ^^^ ... that you quoted. I don't see how it can fail.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/16/08 at 6:09 am

The word or phrase of the day...Fried Chicken
Fried chicken is chicken which is dipped in a breading mixture and then deep fried, pan fried or pressure fried.

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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/16/08 at 6:11 am

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/162/376024177_84562f3344.jpg?v=0

A chicken in a snow globe.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/16/08 at 6:13 am

The person of the day...Colonel Sanders

Harland David Sanders, better known as Colonel Sanders (September 9, 1890 – December 16, 1980), was an American entrepreneur who founded Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC). His image is omnipresent in the chain's advertising and packaging, and his name is sometimes used as a synonym for the KFC product or restaurant itself.

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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/16/08 at 6:14 am

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A chicken in a snow globe.

Now that is unusual.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/16/08 at 9:09 am

The person of the day...Colonel Sanders

Harland David Sanders, better known as Colonel Sanders (September 9, 1890 – December 16, 1980), was an American entrepreneur who founded Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC). His image is omnipresent in the chain's advertising and packaging, and his name is sometimes used as a synonym for the KFC product or restaurant itself.

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That piece of paper handwritten of the secret recipe for KFC is something worth of a great value.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/16/08 at 11:14 am

That piece of paper handwritten of the secret recipe for KFC is something worth of a great value.
The Secret Recipe

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/16/08 at 11:47 am

The Secret Recipe

It's locked away and only a handful of people know it....Luckily he could trust these people and they did not try to sell it to make money.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/16/08 at 1:12 pm

It's locked away and only a handful of people know it....Luckily he could trust these people and they did not try to sell it to make money.
I am trying to remember the taste.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/16/08 at 2:32 pm

I am trying to remember the taste.

It's been a while since I had some,I'm not sure what makes it different from other fried chicken. :-\\

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 12/16/08 at 3:05 pm

It was always 11 herbs and spices.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/17/08 at 2:23 am

It was always 11 herbs and spices.
But which herbs and spices?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/17/08 at 5:31 am

The word of the day...Apple pie
An apple pie is a fruit pie (or tart) in which the principal filling ingredient is apples (Cooking Apples). It is sometimes served with whipped cream on top of it. Pastry is generally used top-and-bottom, making a double-crust pie, the upper crust of which may be a pastry lattice woven of strips; exceptions are deep-dish apple pie with a top crust only, and open-face Tarte Tatin.

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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/17/08 at 5:36 am

The person of the day....Eugene Levy
Eugene Levy (born December 17, 1946) is a Canadian Emmy- and Grammy Award-winning actor, television director, producer, musician and writer. He is known for his work in Canadian television series, American movies and television

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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 12/17/08 at 5:40 am

But which herbs and spices?

Colonel Sanders secret recipie.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 12/17/08 at 5:41 am

I always loved Eugene Levy,he is hilarious in those American Pie films. ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 12/17/08 at 5:44 am

Been waiting for you to check back through THIS one, How-hard ....

http://www.inthe00s.com/index.php?topic=34351.0

;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 12/17/08 at 5:50 am

Been waiting for you to check back through THIS one, How-hard ....

http://www.inthe00s.com/index.php?topic=34351.0

;D

I'm not a part of that.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 12/17/08 at 6:03 am

I'm not a part of that.

Perhaps your memory is slipping ?

I'll make it just a little easier for you ......

http://www.inthe00s.com/index.php?topic=34351.msg1841871#msg1841871

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/17/08 at 6:27 am

The word of the day...Apple pie

http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/n20607390_32606850_7175.jpg

Putting cream in their mouths?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/17/08 at 6:31 am

http://www.brickhaus.com/apple/images/appleonsite1a.jpg

A Big Apple Snow Globe

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/17/08 at 6:35 am

Signed - Waiting For Guffman - Eugene Levy Paul Dooley Larry Miller David Cross Fred Willard Deborah Theaker Jennifer Coolidge Bob Balaban Michael Hitchcock Parker Posey

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No value indicated.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/17/08 at 8:31 am

Putting cream in their mouths?

Yeah those are apple pie shots :)
http://www.brickhaus.com/apple/images/appleonsite1a.jpg

A Big Apple Snow Globe

That's a big big apple globe ;D
Signed - Waiting For Guffman - Eugene Levy Paul Dooley Larry Miller David Cross Fred Willard Deborah Theaker Jennifer Coolidge Bob Balaban Michael Hitchcock Parker Posey

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No value indicated.

There's a few names i heard of,but not really big name stars.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/17/08 at 9:25 am

There's a few names i heard of,but not really big name stars.
I have never heard of it either!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/17/08 at 10:15 am

I have never heard of it either!

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Parker Posey,was in Best In Show,You Got Mail,Blade:Trinity,A Mighty Wind
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Fred Wilard,also in Best In Show,A Mighty Wind,This Is Spinal Tap & everybody Loves Raymond

Those besides Eugene Levy are the only ones I know anything about.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/17/08 at 11:27 am

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Parker Posey,was in Best In Show,You Got Mail,Blade:Trinity,A Mighty Wind
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Fred Wilard,also in Best In Show,A Mighty Wind,& everybody Loves Raymond

Those besides Eugene Levy are the only ones I know anything about.
I worked at the first public screening of This Is Spinal Tap and I still have not seen it yet!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 12/17/08 at 2:57 pm

Putting cream in their mouths?

I've got some cream for her. ;)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 12/17/08 at 2:58 pm

Perhaps your memory is slipping ?

I'll make it just a little easier for you ......

http://www.inthe00s.com/index.php?topic=34351.msg1841871#msg1841871

Why was Billzy part of it? ::)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 12/17/08 at 4:44 pm

Why was Billzy part of it? ::)

Your life is incomplete without Sir Billzy. You cannot fight destiny !

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/17/08 at 6:13 pm

I worked at the first public screening of This Is Spinal Tap and I still have not seen it yet!

I saw it years ago.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/18/08 at 2:48 am

I saw it years ago.
With other discussions in other threads it has made me wishing to see it.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/18/08 at 5:18 am

The word or phrase of the day...Lunch Lady
Lunch lady is an American slang term for a woman who cooks and serves food in a school cafeteria; the equivalent British English term is "dinner lady". In Britain, a dinner lady also patrols the school playgrounds during the lunch breaks to maintain order amongst the children. Since the 1960s, lunch ladies have sometimes been caricatured as overweight, uncaring women with hairnets, rubber gloves, glasses and moles. Most lunch ladies are more highly paid than their counterparts in retail food service, because of the rigid federal requirements of food quality, sanitation, and record keeping to which school systems must adhere.

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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/18/08 at 5:21 am

The person of the day....Chris Farley
Christopher Farley (February 15, 1964 – December 18, 1997) was an American comedian and actor. He was a member at Chicago's Second City Theatre and later went on to the cast of the American sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live. He starred in a string of successful comedic films in the 1990s before his death of a drug overdose in late 1997.

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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/18/08 at 5:54 am

The word or phrase of the day...Lunch Lady
Lunch lady is an American slang term for a woman who cooks and serves food in a school cafeteria; the equivalent British English term is "dinner lady". In Britain, a dinner lady also patrols the school playgrounds during the lunch breaks to maintain order amongst the children. Since the 1960s, lunch ladies have sometimes been caricatured as overweight, uncaring women with hairnets, rubber gloves, glasses and moles. Most lunch ladies are more highly paid than their counterparts in retail food service, because of the rigid federal requirements of food quality, sanitation, and record keeping to which school systems must adhere.

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I would like my lunch on a plate not in a snow globe.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/18/08 at 5:57 am

The person of the day....Chris Farley
Christopher Farley (February 15, 1964 – December 18, 1997) was an American comedian and actor. He was a member at Chicago's Second City Theatre and later went on to the cast of the American sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live. He starred in a string of successful comedic films in the 1990s before his death of a drug overdose in late 1997.

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A Chris Farley autograph cannot (at the moment) be located.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 12/18/08 at 6:11 am

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Well, I WOULD like some more. >:(

Please ..... please ..... PLEASE ! May I have some more (?) ??? :( :\'( ......

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ninny ! ??? ::)

:P

:D ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/18/08 at 6:13 am

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Well, I WOULD like some more.   >:(

Please ..... please ..... PLEASE ! May I have some more (?) ??? :(    :\'( ......

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ninny !    ??? ::)

:P

:D ;D
Is it dinner time?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 12/18/08 at 6:33 am

french fries and pickles were my favorite side dishes at lunchtime.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/18/08 at 6:53 am

french fries and pickles were my favorite side dishes at lunchtime.
Yummy!!!!!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 12/18/08 at 6:57 am

Yummy!!!!!

But every single day they'd put french fries with everything including beef patties. 8-P

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/18/08 at 7:05 am

I would like my lunch on a plate not in a snow globe.

I don't blame you there :)
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Well, I WOULD like some more.   >:(

Please ..... please ..... PLEASE ! May I have some more (?) ??? :(    :\'( ......

http://img352.imageshack.us/img352/1039/lunchladyfu3.jpg

ninny !    ??? ::)

:P

:D ;D

MORE!!!!!

Well seeing how he's so cute of course you can have more ;D

french fries and pickles were my favorite side dishes at lunchtime.

What type of pickles?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 12/18/08 at 7:13 am

very,very sour pickle chips,drenched in pickle juice,UGH! 8-P

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 12/18/08 at 9:58 am

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Well, I WOULD like some more. >:(

Please ..... please ..... PLEASE ! May I have some more (?) ??? :( :\'( ......

http://img352.imageshack.us/img352/1039/lunchladyfu3.jpg

ninny ! ??? ::)

:P

:D ;D

If you don't eat yer meat, you can't have any pudding. How can you have any pudding if you don't eat yer meat?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/18/08 at 10:09 am

If you don't eat yer meat, you can't have any pudding. How can you have any pudding if you don't eat yer meat?

Nice Pink Floyd reference..but poor Oliver didn't even get meat just gruel :(

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/18/08 at 10:10 am

Nice Pink Floyd reference..but poor Oliver didn't even get meat just gruel :(
He did ask for more!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/18/08 at 2:12 pm

He did ask for more!

Yes only to be sold to Mr.Sowerberry

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wnULGJeErw

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/18/08 at 2:17 pm

Yes only to be sold to Mr.Sowerberry

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wnULGJeErw
what a good book it is too!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/18/08 at 2:17 pm

what a good book it is too!
...and musical!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 12/18/08 at 2:27 pm

poor Oliver didn't even get meat just gruel :(

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"Don't be want gruel"

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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/18/08 at 3:01 pm

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"Don't be want gruel"

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Consider yourself at home!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/18/08 at 3:21 pm

what a good book it is too!

...and musical!

So true Oliver! is one of my all time favorites :)
Consider yourself at home!

Consider your self part of the family!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/18/08 at 3:22 pm

http://www.singingfool.com/photos/231/009720_12.jpg
"Don't be want gruel"

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It's all shook up ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/18/08 at 3:53 pm

So true Oliver! is one of my all time favorites :)Consider your self part of the family!
Consider your self one of us!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/18/08 at 6:42 pm

DODGER (spoken)]
So, Oliver Twist, you're coming with me.

Are you sure Mr. Fagin won't mind?

Mind?!

Consider yourself at home.
Consider yourlef one of the familhy.
We've taken to you so strong.
It's clear we're going to get along.
Consider yourself well in
Consider yourslef par to the furniture.
There isn't a lot to spare.
Who cares?..What ever we've goin we share!

If it should chance to be
We should see
Some harder days
Empty larder days
Why grouse?
Alsyas a-chance we'll meet
Somebody
To foot the bill
Then the drinks are on the house!
Consider yourself our mate.
We do't want to have no fuss,
For after some consideration, we can state...
Consider yourself
One of us!

Consider yourself...

At home?

Consider yourself...

One of the family

We've taken to you

So strong

It's clear...we're...

Going to get along

Consider yourself...

Well in!

Consider yourself...

Part of the furniture

There isn't a lot to spare

Who cares?
Whatever we got we share

Nobody tries to be lah-di-dah or uppity--
There a cup-o'-tea for all.

Only it's wise to be handy wiv a rolling pin
Whne the landlord omes to call!

Consider yourself
Our mate.
We don't want to have no fuss

For after some consideration we can sate

Considter yourself

Yes!

One of us!

Consider yourself at home...
We've taken to you so strong.
Consider yourself well in...
There isn't a lot to spare
If it should chance to be
We should see
Some harder days
Empty larder days --
Why grouse?
Always a chane we'll meet
Somebody
To food the bill --
Then the drinks are on the house!

Consider yourself our mate.
We don't want to have no fuss
For after some consideration, we can state...
Consider yourself...
One of us!

Consider yourself

At home.

We've taken to you

So strong

Consider yourself

Well in.
There isn't a lot to spare.
Nobody tries to be lah-di-dah or uppity.
There's a cup-o'-tea for all
Only it's wise to be handy wiv a rolling pin
Wen the landlord comes to call

Consider yourself our mate
We don't want to have no fuss
For after some consideration we can state
Consider yourself
One of us...

For after some consideration we can state
Consider yourself...
One of us!

If it should chance to be
We should see some harder days,
Empyt larder days,
Why grouse?
Always a chance we'll meet
Somebody to foot the bill.
Then the drinks are on the house.

Consider yourself at home.
Consider yourself one of the family.
We've taken to you so strong.
It's clear we're going to get along.
Consider yourself well in.
Consider yourself part of the furniture.
There isn't a lot to spare.
Who cares?
Whatever we've got we share.

If it should chance to be
We should see some harder days,
Empty larder days,
Why grouse?
Always a chance we'll meet
Somebody to foot the bill.
Then the drinks are on the house.

Consider yourself our mate.
We don't want to have no fuss
For after some considertaion we can state
Consider yourself...
One of us!!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 12/18/08 at 7:33 pm

If you don't eat yer meat, you can't have any pudding. How can you have any pudding if you don't eat yer meat?

But I want pudding! >:(

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 12/18/08 at 10:24 pm

But I want pudding! >:(

THEN EAT YER MEAT!!!

(from a school!!)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 12/18/08 at 10:37 pm

THEN EAT YER MEAT!!!

(from a school!!)

How can you ' EAT YER MEAT!!! ' >:( >:(

if you spend all your time .... ' BEATING YER MEAT!!! ' :o ??? ???

' YOU CAN'T EAT YER MEAT!!! ' ::)

' IF ALL YOU DO IS BEAT YER MEAT!!! ' :P

It's just not possible ! :(

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 12/18/08 at 10:43 pm

How can you ' EAT YER MEAT!!! ' >:( >:(

if you spend all your time .... ' BEATING YER MEAT!!! ' :o ??? ???

' YOU CAN'T EAT YER MEAT!!! ' ::)

' IF ALL YOU DO IS BEAT YER MEAT!!! ' :P

It's just not possible ! :(

Yer impossible!

:P ::)

\o/

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/19/08 at 12:04 am

Who put these Brussells on my plate?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/19/08 at 5:30 am

Will there be a flower today?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/19/08 at 5:40 am

Will there be a flower today?

Yes...right now my computer is a piece of....it
So hopefully soon :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/19/08 at 5:43 am

The word of the day....Woodstock
woodstock was about peace love and togetherness. people came together to be one. music and artist helped make a point about life. peace love and happiness were what woodstock was all about.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/19/08 at 5:46 am

The person of the day....Alvin Lee
Alvin Lee (born Graham Barnes, 19 December 1944, Nottingham, England) is an English rock guitarist and singer. He began playing guitar at the age of thirteen, and with Leo Lyons formed the core of the band Ten Years After in 1960. Originally influenced by his parent's collection of jazz and blues records, it was the advent of rock and roll that truly sparked his interest and creativity, and guitarists like Chuck Berry and Scotty Moore provided his inspiration
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/19/08 at 5:52 am

The flower of the day....Peony
Any of various garden plants of the genus Paeonia, having large, variously colored flowers with numerous stamens and several pistils.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/19/08 at 6:04 am

The word of the day....Woodstock
woodstock was about peace love and togetherness. people came together to be one. music and artist helped make a point about life. peace love and happiness were what woodstock was all about.
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http://www.cherylscasa.com/Products/177.jpg

There you go!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/19/08 at 6:10 am

The person of the day....Alvin Lee
Alvin Lee (born Graham Barnes, 19 December 1944, Nottingham, England) is an English rock guitarist and singer. He began playing guitar at the age of thirteen, and with Leo Lyons formed the core of the band Ten Years After in 1960. Originally influenced by his parent's collection of jazz and blues records, it was the advent of rock and roll that truly sparked his interest and creativity, and guitarists like Chuck Berry and Scotty Moore provided his inspiration
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On ebay: Alvin Lee Autograph

http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm66/Phil_O-Sopher/15a8_1.jpg

Buy It Now: $99.00

Best Offer: (yet to be offered)

Rock n' roll photographer Joseph Sia's business card signed by the one and only Alvin Lee

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/19/08 at 6:29 am

http://www.cherylscasa.com/Products/177.jpg

There you go!

Good you get Soopy & Woodstock :)

On ebay: Alvin Lee Autograph

http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm66/Phil_O-Sopher/15a8_1.jpg

Buy It Now: $99.00

Best Offer: (yet to be offered)

Rock n' roll photographer Joseph Sia's business card signed by the one and only Alvin Lee

I really don't know much about Alvin Lee,but the price seems low :-\\

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/19/08 at 6:32 am

I really don't know much about Alvin Lee,but the price seems low :-\\
You can still give your best offer for it.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 12/19/08 at 6:55 am

How can you ' EAT YER MEAT!!! ' >:( >:(

if you spend all your time .... ' BEATING YER MEAT!!! ' :o ??? ???

' YOU CAN'T EAT YER MEAT!!! ' ::)

' IF ALL YOU DO IS BEAT YER MEAT!!! ' :P

It's just not possible ! :(

Then I refuse to beat eat my meat! ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 12/19/08 at 6:57 am

The word of the day....Woodstock
woodstock was about peace love and togetherness. people came together to be one. music and artist helped make a point about life. peace love and happiness were what woodstock was all about.
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Peace,Love and Happiness.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/19/08 at 6:59 am

"Woodstock" Words and Music by Joni Mitchell

Well, I came upon a child of God
He was walking along the road
And I asked him, Tell me, where are you going?
This he told me

Said, I'm going down to Yasgur's Farm,
Gonna join in a rock and roll band.
Got to get back to the land and set my soul free.

We are stardust, we are golden,
We are billion year old carbon,
And we got to get ourselves back to the garden.

Well, then can I roam beside you?
I have come to lose the smog,
And I feel myself a cog in somethin' turning.
And maybe it's the time of year,
Yes and maybe it's the time of man.
And I don't know who I am,
But life is for learning.

We are stardust, we are golden,
We are billion year old carbon,
And we got to get ourselves back to the garden.

We are stardust, we are golden,
We are billion year old carbon,
And we got to get ourselves back to the garden.

By the time we got to Woodstock,
We were half a million strong
And everywhere was a song and a celebration.
And I dreamed I saw the bomber death planes
Riding shotgun in the sky,
Turning into butterflies
Above our nation.

We are stardust, we are golden,
We are caught in the devils bargain,
And we got to get ourselves back to the garden.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 12/19/08 at 7:04 am

"Woodstock" Words and Music by Joni Mitchell

Well, I came upon a child of God
He was walking along the road
And I asked him, Tell me, where are you going?
This he told me

Said, I'm going down to Yasgur's Farm,
Gonna join in a rock and roll band.
Got to get back to the land and set my soul free.

We are stardust, we are golden,
We are billion year old carbon,
And we got to get ourselves back to the garden.

Well, then can I roam beside you?
I have come to lose the smog,
And I feel myself a cog in somethin' turning.
And maybe it's the time of year,
Yes and maybe it's the time of man.
And I don't know who I am,
But life is for learning.

We are stardust, we are golden,
We are billion year old carbon,
And we got to get ourselves back to the garden.

We are stardust, we are golden,
We are billion year old carbon,
And we got to get ourselves back to the garden.

By the time we got to Woodstock,
We were half a million strong
And everywhere was a song and a celebration.
And I dreamed I saw the bomber death planes
Riding shotgun in the sky,
Turning into butterflies
Above our nation.

We are stardust, we are golden,
We are caught in the devils bargain,
And we got to get ourselves back to the garden.

must be during the festival.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/19/08 at 7:56 am

"Woodstock" Words and Music by Joni Mitchell

Well, I came upon a child of God
He was walking along the road
And I asked him, Tell me, where are you going?
This he told me

Said, I'm going down to Yasgur's Farm,
Gonna join in a rock and roll band.
Got to get back to the land and set my soul free.

We are stardust, we are golden,
We are billion year old carbon,
And we got to get ourselves back to the garden.

Well, then can I roam beside you?
I have come to lose the smog,
And I feel myself a cog in somethin' turning.
And maybe it's the time of year,
Yes and maybe it's the time of man.
And I don't know who I am,
But life is for learning.

We are stardust, we are golden,
We are billion year old carbon,
And we got to get ourselves back to the garden.

We are stardust, we are golden,
We are billion year old carbon,
And we got to get ourselves back to the garden.

By the time we got to Woodstock,
We were half a million strong
And everywhere was a song and a celebration.
And I dreamed I saw the bomber death planes
Riding shotgun in the sky,
Turning into butterflies
Above our nation.

We are stardust, we are golden,
We are caught in the devils bargain,
And we got to get ourselves back to the garden.

Good song,made popular by Crosby,Stills Nash & Young

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/19/08 at 8:00 am

"Woodstock" Words and Music by Joni Mitchell

Well, I came upon a child of God
He was walking along the road
And I asked him, Tell me, where are you going?
This he told me

Said, I'm going down to Yasgur's Farm,
Gonna join in a rock and roll band.
Got to get back to the land and set my soul free.

We are stardust, we are golden,
We are billion year old carbon,
And we got to get ourselves back to the garden.

Well, then can I roam beside you?
I have come to lose the smog,
And I feel myself a cog in somethin' turning.
And maybe it's the time of year,
Yes and maybe it's the time of man.
And I don't know who I am,
But life is for learning.

We are stardust, we are golden,
We are billion year old carbon,
And we got to get ourselves back to the garden.

We are stardust, we are golden,
We are billion year old carbon,
And we got to get ourselves back to the garden.

By the time we got to Woodstock,
We were half a million strong
And everywhere was a song and a celebration.
And I dreamed I saw the bomber death planes
Riding shotgun in the sky,
Turning into butterflies
Above our nation.

We are stardust, we are golden,
We are caught in the devils bargain,
And we got to get ourselves back to the garden.
Matthews Southern Comfort had a Number One Hit in the UK with this in 1970.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/19/08 at 10:11 am

Matthews Southern Comfort had a Number One Hit in the UK with this in 1970.

I've only heard that version a few times.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/19/08 at 10:45 am

I've only heard that version a few times.
That is the main version I know, but I have heard Joni Mitchell sing it.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/19/08 at 12:38 pm

That is the main version I know, but I have heard Joni Mitchell sing it.

This is the CSN&Y version
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEu_eMH0PZE#

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 12/19/08 at 3:07 pm

This is the CSN&Y version
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEu_eMH0PZE#

nice rockin' song.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 12/19/08 at 6:32 pm

Matthews Southern Comfort had a Number One Hit in the UK with this in 1970.

That will ALWAYS be my favorite version !

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 12/19/08 at 6:43 pm

Just listened to all three versions ...and liked Matthews and Southern Comfort's version best (between the bands). But Joni's version was hauntingly beautiful and almost sounded like a different song...

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 12/19/08 at 6:47 pm

Just listened to all three versions ...and liked Matthews and Southern Comfort's version best (between the bands). But Joni's version was hauntingly beautiful and almost sounded like a different song...

No it didn't !

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 12/19/08 at 6:48 pm

Did too... :P

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 12/19/08 at 9:48 pm

Did Not!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 12/19/08 at 11:34 pm

Most certainly did !

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 12/20/08 at 2:22 am

No, you didn't!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 12/20/08 at 3:05 am

Yes I did !

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 12/20/08 at 3:07 am

You most certainly did not.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 12/20/08 at 4:43 am

Did too ... :P

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/20/08 at 4:54 am

The word of the day.....Astronomy
The scientific study of matter in outer space, especially the positions, dimensions, distribution, motion, composition, energy, and evolution of celestial bodies and phenomena.
A system of knowledge or beliefs about celestial phenomena: the various astronomies of ancient civilizations.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 12/20/08 at 4:58 am

Wow !

I DO like these astronomy pix, ninny.

WAY cool !

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/20/08 at 4:58 am

The person of the day.....Carl Sagan
Carl Edward Sagan (November 9, 1934 – December 20, 1996) was an American astronomer, astrochemist, author, and highly successful popularizer of astronomy, astrophysics and other natural sciences. He pioneered exobiology and promoted the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence (SETI).

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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/20/08 at 5:01 am

Wow !

I DO like these astronomy pix, ninny.

WAY cool !

Thanks :)Everyone should find some cool pics to add.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 12/20/08 at 6:21 am

"Woodstock" Words and Music by Joni Mitchell

Well, I came upon a child of God
He was walking along the road
And I asked him, Tell me, where are you going?
This he told me

Said, I'm going down to Yasgur's Farm,
Gonna join in a rock and roll band.
Got to get back to the land and set my soul free.

We are stardust, we are golden,
We are billion year old carbon,
And we got to get ourselves back to the garden.

Well, then can I roam beside you?
I have come to lose the smog,
And I feel myself a cog in somethin' turning.
And maybe it's the time of year,
Yes and maybe it's the time of man.
And I don't know who I am,
But life is for learning.

We are stardust, we are golden,
We are billion year old carbon,
And we got to get ourselves back to the garden.

We are stardust, we are golden,
We are billion year old carbon,
And we got to get ourselves back to the garden.

By the time we got to Woodstock,
We were half a million strong
And everywhere was a song and a celebration.
And I dreamed I saw the bomber death planes
Riding shotgun in the sky,
Turning into butterflies
Above our nation.

We are stardust, we are golden,
We are caught in the devils bargain,
And we got to get ourselves back to the garden.

The word of the day.....Astronomy

Wow !

I DO like these astronomy pix, ninny.

WAY cool !

Thanks :) Everyone should find some cool pics to add.

Well, I think I managed to find one. Hope it's 'cool' (?)

http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/8978/spacexy1.jpg

We are STARdust, we ARE 'golden' ! :) 8)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 12/20/08 at 6:42 am

That's cool Alan. :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 12/20/08 at 6:46 am

That's cool Alan. :)

:)

Howard Starr LIVES ! :D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 12/20/08 at 6:48 am

:)

Howard Starr LIVES ! :D

That's my name don't wear it out. ;)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/20/08 at 11:29 am

Well, I think I managed to find one. Hope it's 'cool' (?)

http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/8978/spacexy1.jpg

We are STARdust, we ARE 'golden' ! :) 8)

Now that is far out ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 12/20/08 at 7:29 pm

So now we're planets? ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 12/20/08 at 7:36 pm

So now we're planets? ;D

More like we're 'spaced out' man! 8)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 12/20/08 at 7:36 pm

More like we're 'spaced out' man! 8)

to another galaxy.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 12/20/08 at 7:39 pm

I had to inform Belle ... that her chameleon ALSO made it into the mix ::) .... but then in fairness, I wonder if ANY of the rest of you .... spotted it ? ::)

:P ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 12/20/08 at 7:40 pm

I had to inform Belle ... that her chameleon ALSO made it into the mix ::) .... but then in fairness, I wonder if ANY of the rest of you .... spotted it ? ::)

:P ;D

I don't see anything.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 12/20/08 at 7:44 pm

I don't see anything.

It's THERE ... midway between Philip and gibbo .... (but reversed). Well, I suppose there IS the excuse, that chameleons tend to blend in .... but I see it .... just fine.

I told Belle she needs glasses ............... so ... the same applies to YOU 'How-hard' (too much sex.... bad 4-eyes ! :D ).

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/21/08 at 6:00 am

The word of the day....Horse

A large hoofed mammal (Equus caballus) having a short-haired coat, a long mane, and a long tail, domesticated since ancient times and used for riding and for drawing or carrying loads.
An adult male horse; a stallion.
Any of various equine mammals, such as the wild Asian species E. przewalskii or certain extinct forms related ancestrally to the modern horse.
A frame or device, usually with four legs, used for supporting or holding.
Sports. A vaulting horse.
Slang. Heroin.
Horsepower. Often used in the plural.
Mounted soldiers; cavalry: a squadron of horse.
Geology.
A block of rock interrupting a vein and containing no minerals.
A large block of displaced rock that is caught along a fault.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/21/08 at 6:04 am

The person of the day...Jane Fonda
Jane Fonda (born December 21, 1937) is an American Academy Award-winning actress, writer, political activist, former fashion model and fitness guru. She rose to fame in the 1960s with films such as Barbarella and Cat Ballou and, with interruptions, has appeared in films ever since. She has won two Academy Awards and received several other awards and nominations. She initially announced her retirement from acting in 1991, and said for many years that she would never act again, but she returned to film in 2005 with Monster in Law, and later Georgia Rule, released in 2007. She also produced and starred in several exercise videos released between 1982 and 1995.

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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 12/21/08 at 6:43 am

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Ok,what the hell is this girl doing? :o^

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/21/08 at 9:04 am

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Ok,what the hell is this girl doing? :o^

Sharing a snack?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 12/21/08 at 9:32 am

Training to enjoy larger carrots, when she's old enough ?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/21/08 at 9:44 am

Training to enjoy larger carrots, when she's old enough ?

Ok :o :o

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 12/21/08 at 9:45 am

Trust ME to think of that ! ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/21/08 at 10:05 am

Trust ME to think of that ! ;D

Yes ;)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 12/21/08 at 1:35 pm

Yea....you would. ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/22/08 at 1:53 am

Congrats on your move to WOW!!!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/22/08 at 1:57 am

That is the main version I know, but I have heard Joni Mitchell sing it.
This was the last reply I sent here before I collapse with flu. Now I am playing catch up!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/22/08 at 1:59 am

No it didn't !

Did too... :P

No, you didn't!

Yes I did !
Is this the pantomime season starting?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/22/08 at 2:01 am

Astromony:

http://ec.europa.eu/research/infrastructures/images/photobank/7.nuclear_astronomy_astrophysics/0501013_01-a5_big.jpg

Not quite the snow globe I was looking for.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/22/08 at 2:03 am

Carl Sagan autograph:

http://collectspace.com/review/sagan_cosmos.jpg

There is no of the value.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/22/08 at 2:06 am

Well, I think I managed to find one. Hope it's 'cool' (?)

http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/8978/spacexy1.jpg

We are STARdust, we ARE 'golden' !   :) 8)
I See A Star by Mouth & MacNeal

"The days and nights went by, but no one told me
They can be fun too, if you only see
There's such a lot of beauty you can live for
You only need someone to open up your eyes
And you will see things never seen before

I see a star, a brand new star
It's right there, twinklin' in your eyes
I see a face, a happy face
It's like the mirror of my mind

I see a star, a brand new star
It's right there, twinklin' in your eyes
I see a face, a happy face
It's like the mirror of my mind

You opened up my eyes for all the beauty
The beauty we're inhaling every day
It's been there all my life, so it's my duty
I won't lose sight of it, the fire that you lit
Will keep on burning till the end of time

I see a star, a brand new star
It's right there, twinklin' in your eyes
I see a face, a happy face
It's like the mirror of my mind

I see a star, a brand new star
It's right there, twinklin' in your eyes

Happiness now is being shared by two
I just started my life anew

I see a star, a brand new star
It's right there, twinklin' in your eyes
I see a face, a happy face
It's like the mirror of my mind."

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/22/08 at 2:07 am

:)

Howard Starr    LIVES ! :D
I thought that Howard would be caught up in Orion's Belt?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/22/08 at 5:13 am

Congrats on your move to WOW!!!

Thanks I nearly paniced when I got on and couldn't find the thread,then I thought let's check out WOW :)
This was the last reply I sent here before I collapse with flu. Now I am playing catch up!

I take it your starting to feel better?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 12/22/08 at 5:17 am

I thought that Howard would be caught up in Orion's Belt?

If Orion's smart ...he'll tighten the belt and keep his trousers on!!! :o

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/22/08 at 5:22 am

The word of the day....Punk Rock
A form of hard-driving rock 'n' roll originating in the 1970s, characterized by harsh lyrics attacking conventional society and popular culture, and often expressing alienation and anger.

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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/22/08 at 5:24 am

If Orion's smart ...he'll tighten the belt and keep his trousers on!!! :o

;D ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/22/08 at 5:26 am

The person of the day...Joe Strummer
John Graham Mellor (21 August 1952 – 22 December 2002), better known as Joe Strummer, was the co-founder, lyricist, rhythm guitarist and lead singer of the English punk rock band The Clash. He was also a member of the The 101'ers, The Mescaleros and (temporarily) The Pogues

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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 12/22/08 at 5:33 am

http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/punk-spikes11.jpg

How DOES that 'punk rocker' manage to sleep .... with that 'spikey' 'Statue of Liberty' type hairdo ?

Must take AGES to get it like that. SHAME to mess it up ? :(

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 12/22/08 at 5:38 am

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How DOES that 'punk rocker' manage to sleep .... with that 'spikey' 'Statue of Liberty' type hairdo ?

Must take AGES to get it like that. SHAME to mess it up ? :(

He should have a warning sign hung on his hair......it's all very amusing...until someone loses an eye!! :o

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 12/22/08 at 5:50 am

No it isn't !

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 12/22/08 at 5:53 am

http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/punk-spikes11.jpg

No it isn't !

This is where photoshop would be handy! See the punks hand? Well imagine a middle finger sticking up!!! :P

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/22/08 at 6:02 am

Thanks I nearly paniced when I got on and couldn't find the thread,then I thought let's check out WOW :)I take it your starting to feel better?
...trying to catch up!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/22/08 at 6:03 am

No it isn't !
Yes it is!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/22/08 at 6:04 am

No Punk Snow Globes today!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/22/08 at 6:07 am

The person of the day...Joe Strummer
John Graham Mellor (21 August 1952 – 22 December 2002), better known as Joe Strummer, was the co-founder, lyricist, rhythm guitarist and lead singer of the English punk rock band The Clash. He was also a member of the The 101'ers, The Mescaleros and (temporarily) The Pogues

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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/22/08 at 6:09 am

No Punk Snow Globes today!

Dang
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Yes it was sudden and very sad :\'(

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/22/08 at 6:14 am

DangYes it was sudden and very sad :\'(
No autographs today too!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 12/22/08 at 6:48 am

Nor milk ?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/22/08 at 6:49 am

Nor milk ?
That is right, no milk today.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Green Lantern on 12/22/08 at 6:50 am

Can we get it from a 'sacred cow'.

Do we LIKE 'sacred cows' ?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 12/22/08 at 7:03 am

Whatcha mimicing now, with the 'sacred cow' business?

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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/22/08 at 7:31 am

No autographs today too!

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I just typed in Joe Strummer autograph then went to images,not sure what it is worth.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/22/08 at 7:50 am

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I just typed in Joe Strummer autograph then went to images,not sure what it is worth.
As you can tell, I am not to form yet.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/22/08 at 8:00 am

As you can tell, I am not to form yet.

I know what that's like. Sorry I'm so use to you being in top form,your probably still recouperating

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/22/08 at 8:02 am

I know what that's like. Sorry I'm so use to you being in top form,your probably still recouperating
..and I am going to rest again.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/22/08 at 8:03 am

..and I am going to rest again.

Take it easy until you get better :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/23/08 at 5:34 am

The word of the day...Detective
A person, usually a member of a police force, who investigates crimes and obtains evidence or information.
adj.
1. Of or relating to detectives or their work: detective novels.
2. Suited for or used in detection.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/23/08 at 5:37 am

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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/23/08 at 5:38 am

The person of the day...Jack Webb
John Randolph "Jack" Webb (April 2, 1920 – December 23, 1982) was an Emmy Award-nominated American actor, television producer, director and author, who is most famous for his role as Sergeant Joe Friday in the radio and television series Dragnet. He was also the founder of his own production company, Mark VII Limited.

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Written By: ninny on 12/23/08 at 5:38 am

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Nice :)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/23/08 at 5:39 am

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A Pink Panther snow globe

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Written By: ninny on 12/23/08 at 5:51 am

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A Pink Panther snow globe

Cool :)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/23/08 at 5:52 am

Cool :)
With my interest in Peter Sellers, I want one!

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Written By: ninny on 12/23/08 at 6:08 am

With my interest in Peter Sellers, I want one!

I wonder where you can-get it?

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/23/08 at 6:33 am

I wonder where you can-get it?
Of course the Pink Panther is a cat.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/23/08 at 6:34 am

Of course the Pink Panther is a cat.
Of course the Pink Panther is a image of a cat which is glimpse in the Pink Panther diamond.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/23/08 at 6:36 am

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Actor Jack Webb signing autographs

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/23/08 at 8:36 am

I don't think I have ever watched Dragnet on tv.

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Written By: ninny on 12/23/08 at 9:04 am

I don't think I have ever watched Dragnet on tv.

The version I know came out in 1967 and was cancelled in 1970,there was another version in the early 1950's that also starred Jack Webb..They made a movie version with Dan Akroyd
This is a clip from the show

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Twre6ItGEI#
as you can see he was a nononsense type of person.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/23/08 at 9:42 am

The version I know came out in 1967 and was cancelled in 1970,there was another version in the early 1950's that also starred Jack Webb..They made a movie version with Dan Akroyd
This is a clip from the show

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Twre6ItGEI#
as you can see he was a nononsense type of person.
In 1967, may be my father watched Dragnet.

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Written By: ninny on 12/23/08 at 11:43 am

In 1967, may be my father watched Dragnet.

Maybe,I 'm not sure if it was shown in England.

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Written By: Green Lantern on 12/23/08 at 3:47 pm

I fancy myself as an amateur detective. Like that excellent Dire Straits song lyric ... 'digging up the dirt'.

Reckon I'm pretty good at that.

On the other hand ... maybe I'm nothing but a hound dog (dirt digging ?). 'Woof-woof' ! :D

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Written By: ninny on 12/24/08 at 5:29 am

The word of the day....Cliff
a very steep, vertical, or overhanging face of rock, earth, or ice
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Written By: ninny on 12/24/08 at 5:41 am

The person of the day...Peter Lawford
Peter Sydney Lawford (September 7, 1923 – December 24, 1984) was an English-born American actor, member of the "Rat Pack," and brother-in-law to President John F. Kennedy, perhaps more noted in later years for his off-screen activities as a celebrity than for his acting. In his earlier professional years (late 1930s through the 1950s) he had a strong presence in popular culture and starred in a number of highly acclaimed films.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/24/08 at 5:59 am

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Written By: ninny on 12/24/08 at 6:32 am

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Good one,now can you find a cliff in a snow globe.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/24/08 at 7:03 am

Good one,now can you find a cliff in a snow globe.
Snow Globes will recommence after the holiday break.

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Written By: ninny on 12/24/08 at 7:33 am

Snow Globes will recommence after the holiday break.

Ok. If I dont get a chance later have a Merry Christmas. :)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/24/08 at 9:13 am

Ok. If I dont get a chance later have a Merry Christmas. :)
Of course, and the same to you. Usually a general Merry Christmas thread appears in PPP for this.

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Written By: ninny on 12/24/08 at 9:42 am

Of course, and the same to you. Usually a general Merry Christmas thread appears in PPP for this.

Thanks...Earl Grey ..I like it. :)

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Written By: adagio on 12/24/08 at 10:06 am

Of course, and the same to you. Usually a general Merry Christmas thread appears in PPP for this.

What happened to your name?

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Written By: ninny on 12/24/08 at 10:26 am

What happened to your name?

I wonder if he changed it,or The Profile Bandit.

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Written By: adagio on 12/24/08 at 10:46 am

I wonder if he changed it,or The Profile Bandit.

He's still Philip to me! :) (I don't think he would do it)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/24/08 at 2:19 pm

I wonder if he changed it,or The Profile Bandit.
It must be The Profile Bandit

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/24/08 at 2:20 pm

He's still Philip to me! :) (I don't think he would do it)
Yes it is still me.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/24/08 at 5:38 pm

I wonder if he changed it,or The Profile Bandit.
Since my name has been hijacked, I have noticed that I have not drunk any tea.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/24/08 at 5:46 pm

Good one,now can you find a cliff in a snow globe.
He had snow on him in the video for Mistletoe And Wine.

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Written By: adagio on 12/24/08 at 9:46 pm

Since my name has been hijacked, I have noticed that I have not drunk any tea.

Heaven Forbid!!! ;D

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Written By: ninny on 12/25/08 at 4:09 am

The word of the day...Christmas
Christmas (IPA: /krɪsməs/), occasionally referred to as Christmas Day or Christmastide, is an annual Christian holiday celebrated on December 25 or January 7 that marks and honors the birth of Jesus of Nazareth. The nativity of Jesus, which is the basis for the anno Domini system of dating, is thought to have occurred between 7 and 2 BC. December 25 is not thought to be Jesus' actual date of birth, and the date may have been chosen to correspond with either a Roman festival, or with the winter solstice.
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Written By: ninny on 12/25/08 at 4:36 am

The person of the day..Jesus Christ
Jesus of Nazareth, also known as Jesus Christ, is the central figure of Christianity and is revered by most Christian churches as the Son of God and the incarnation of God. Islam considers Jesus a prophet, and he is an important figure in several other religions. Judaism rejects the claim that Jesus is Messiah and incarnate God.

Scholars do not know the exact year or date of Jesus' birth or death. The Gospel of Matthew and the Gospel of Luke place Jesus' birth under the reign of Herod the Great, who died in 4 BC/BCE, although the Gospel of Luke also describes the birth as taking place during the first census of the Roman provinces of Syria and Iudaea in 6 AD/CE. Scholars generally assume a date of birth between 6 and 4 BC/BCE. Due to a fourth century arrangement to offset the pagan Roman Saturnalia festival, the birth of Jesus is celebrated on December 25. Since the thirteenth century, the celebration of Christmas ("Christ's Mass") has become an important Christian tradition. The common Western standard for numbering years, in which the current year is 2008, is based on an early medieval attempt to count the years from Jesus' birth
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/25/08 at 4:53 am

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Merry Christmas to one and all!

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/25/08 at 4:58 am

It would be a challenge to find an autograph for Jesus Christ.

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Written By: ninny on 12/25/08 at 6:32 am

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Merry Christmas to one and all!

Merry Christmas.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/25/08 at 6:34 am

"We wish you a Merry Christmas;
We wish you a Merry Christmas;
We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Good tidings we bring to you and your kin;
Good tidings for Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Oh, bring us a figgy pudding;
Oh, bring us a figgy pudding;
Oh, bring us a figgy pudding and a cup of good cheer
We won't go until we get some;
We won't go until we get some;
We won't go until we get some, so bring some out here

We wish you a Merry Christmas;
We wish you a Merry Christmas;
We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year."

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Written By: adagio on 12/25/08 at 8:21 am

Beautiful, Ninny and Philip!!

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/25/08 at 8:46 am

"We wish you a Merry Christmas;
We wish you a Merry Christmas;
We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Good tidings we bring to you and your kin;
Good tidings for Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Oh, bring us a figgy pudding;
Oh, bring us a figgy pudding;
Oh, bring us a figgy pudding and a cup of good cheer
We won't go until we get some;
We won't go until we get some;
We won't go until we get some, so bring some out here

We wish you a Merry Christmas;
We wish you a Merry Christmas;
We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year."
Anyone have a recipe for figgy pudding?

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Written By: ninny on 12/25/08 at 10:33 am

Beautiful, Ninny and Philip!!

Thank You :)

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Written By: ninny on 12/25/08 at 10:35 am

Anyone have a recipe for figgy pudding?

I thought you Brits knew how to make it ;D

A traditional English steamed pudding served during the Christmas holiday. This version calls for butter and shortening instead of suet, a solid white fat from the loin and kidney regions of meat animals.

Figgy Pudding with Custard Sauce

1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup vegetable shortening
1 cup granulated sugar
3 large egg yolks
1 cup milk
2 tablespoons rum extract (or flavored extract of your choice)
1 apple, peeled and cored and finely chopped
1 pound dried figs, ground or finely chopped
Grated peel of 1 lemon and 1 orange
1 cup chopped nuts
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
1 1/2 cups dried bread crumbs
2 teaspoons baking powder
3 large egg whites, stiffly beaten
Custard Sauce (recipe follows) Sweetened whipped cream (optional) Preheat oven to 325*F (160*C). Generously grease an oven-proof 2-quart bowl or mold; set aside. Cream together butter and shortening. Gradually add sugar, egg yolks, milk, extract, apple, figs, lemon and orange peel. Add next 6 ingredients, mixing well. Fold stiffly beaten egg whites into mixture. Pour into prepared bowl or mold and place into large shallow pan and place on middle rack in oven. Fill the shallow pan half-full with boiling water and slowly steam pudding in oven at 325*F (160*C) for 4 hours, replacing water as needed. Custard Sauce:

2 cups milk
1 large egg
3/4 cup granulated sugar
1 tablespoon water
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon butter
In saucepan, scald milk and allow to cool. Mix together remaining ingredients, except for butter. Add to cooled milk. Cook over low heat until thickened. Remove from heat and stir in butter, mixing well. Serve pudding warm with custard sauce or sweetened whipped cream. Store unused portions in refrigerator. Makes 12 servings.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/25/08 at 11:00 am

I thought you Brits knew how to make it ;D

A traditional English steamed pudding served during the Christmas holiday. This version calls for butter and shortening instead of suet, a solid white fat from the loin and kidney regions of meat animals.

Figgy Pudding with Custard Sauce

1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup vegetable shortening
1 cup granulated sugar
3 large egg yolks
1 cup milk
2 tablespoons rum extract (or flavored extract of your choice)
1 apple, peeled and cored and finely chopped
1 pound dried figs, ground or finely chopped
Grated peel of 1 lemon and 1 orange
1 cup chopped nuts
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
1 1/2 cups dried bread crumbs
2 teaspoons baking powder
3 large egg whites, stiffly beaten
Custard Sauce (recipe follows) Sweetened whipped cream (optional) Preheat oven to 325*F (160*C). Generously grease an oven-proof 2-quart bowl or mold; set aside. Cream together butter and shortening. Gradually add sugar, egg yolks, milk, extract, apple, figs, lemon and orange peel. Add next 6 ingredients, mixing well. Fold stiffly beaten egg whites into mixture. Pour into prepared bowl or mold and place into large shallow pan and place on middle rack in oven. Fill the shallow pan half-full with boiling water and slowly steam pudding in oven at 325*F (160*C) for 4 hours, replacing water as needed. Custard Sauce:

2 cups milk
1 large egg
3/4 cup granulated sugar
1 tablespoon water
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon butter
In saucepan, scald milk and allow to cool. Mix together remaining ingredients, except for butter. Add to cooled milk. Cook over low heat until thickened. Remove from heat and stir in butter, mixing well. Serve pudding warm with custard sauce or sweetened whipped cream. Store unused portions in refrigerator. Makes 12 servings.

That looks a lot to do?

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Written By: adagio on 12/25/08 at 4:44 pm

That looks a lot to do?

It's worth it if the version I had was fig pudding!

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/25/08 at 4:49 pm

It's worth it if the version I had was fig pudding!
I see what my wife can do?

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Written By: ninny on 12/26/08 at 5:35 am

The word or phrase of the day...Boy Scouts
The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) is the largest youth organization in the United States, with over five million members in its age-related divisions. Since its founding in 1910 as part of the international Scout Movement, more than 110 million Americans have been members of the BSA.

The BSA seeks to train youth in responsible citizenship, character development, and self-reliance through participation in a wide range of outdoor activities, educational programs, and, at older age levels, career-oriented programs in partnership with community organizations. For younger members, the Scout method is used to inculcate typical Scouting values such as honesty, good citizenship, and outdoors skills, through a variety of activities such as camping, aquatics, and hiking
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Written By: ninny on 12/26/08 at 5:45 am

The person of the day...Gerald Ford
Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr. (born Leslie Lynch King, Jr. July 14, 1913 – December 26, 2006) was the thirty-eighth President of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977, and the fortieth Vice President of the United States serving from 1973 to 1974. He was the first person appointed to the vice-presidency under the terms of the 25th Amendment, and became President upon Richard Nixon's resignation on August 9, 1974. Ford was the fifth U.S. President never to have been elected to that position, and the only one never to have won any national election. He was also the longest-lived president in U.S. history, dying at the age of 93.

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Written By: gibbo on 12/26/08 at 5:48 am

I didn't know he was a boy scout! :o

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Written By: ninny on 12/26/08 at 5:50 am

The flower of the day..Pansy
a garden plant (Viola wittrockiana) derived chiefly from the hybridization of the European Johnny-jump-up (Viola tricolor) with other wild violets ; also : its flower
2 ausually disparaging : a weak or effeminate man or boy busually disparaging : a male homosexual

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Written By: ninny on 12/26/08 at 5:56 am

I didn't know he was a boy scout! :o

Ford was immensely involved in The Boy Scouts of America, and attained that program's highest rank, Eagle Scout. He always regarded this as one of his proudest accomplishments, even after attaining the White House. In subsequent years, Ford received the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award in May 1970 and Silver Buffalo Award from the Boy Scouts of America. He is the only US president who was an Eagle Scout. Scouting was so important to Ford that his family asked that Scouts participate in his funeral. About 400 Eagle Scouts were part of the funeral procession, where they formed an honor guard as the casket went by in front of the museum, and served as ushers.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/08 at 7:41 am

The word or phrase of the day...Boy Scouts
The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) is the largest youth organization in the United States, with over five million members in its age-related divisions. Since its founding in 1910 as part of the international Scout Movement, more than 110 million Americans have been members of the BSA.

The BSA seeks to train youth in responsible citizenship, character development, and self-reliance through participation in a wide range of outdoor activities, educational programs, and, at older age levels, career-oriented programs in partnership with community organizations. For younger members, the Scout method is used to inculcate typical Scouting values such as honesty, good citizenship, and outdoors skills, through a variety of activities such as camping, aquatics, and hiking
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Be prepared!!

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/08 at 7:43 am

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Gerald Ford Autographed Signed 8x10 Photograph

Your Price $325.00

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Written By: ninny on 12/26/08 at 7:50 am

Be prepared!!

Good Motto,if you can live up to it.
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Gerald Ford Autographed Signed 8x10 Photograph

Your Price $325.00

I wonder what Presidents autograph is worth the most money,probably John F Kennedy, maybe Abraham Lincoln or Ronald Reagan.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/08 at 7:53 am

Good Motto,if you can live up to it.I wonder what Presidents autograph is worth the most money,probably John F Kennedy, maybe Abraham Lincoln or Ronald Reagan.
I would all be down to the rarity of the item.

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Written By: ninny on 12/26/08 at 9:52 am

I would all be down to the rarity of the item.

That's true.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/08 at 11:26 am

That's true.
Personally speaking, I have three John Major autographs and he signs anything when approached, and I have only one Edward Heath and he sadly not sign anymore.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/26/08 at 12:08 pm

Personally speaking, I have three John Major autographs and he signs anything when approached, and I have only one Edward Heath and he sadly not sign anymore.

I would think that Mr. Heaths would be more valuable as he has passed on.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/08 at 2:03 pm

I would think that Mr. Heaths would be more valuable as he has passed on.
Correct, and of the times I have met up with John Major (at cricket matches) he is willing to talk and is friendly.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/27/08 at 12:14 am

Correct, and of the times I have met up with John Major (at cricket matches) he is willing to talk and is friendly.
There should be more of him.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/27/08 at 5:30 am

The word of the day...Crowd
A large number of persons gathered together; a throng.
2. The common people; the populace.
3. A group of people united by a common characteristic, as age, interest, or vocation: the over-30 crowd.
4. A group of people attending a public function; an audience: The play drew a small but appreciative crowd.
5. A large number of things positioned or considered together

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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/27/08 at 5:33 am

The person of the day....Alan Bates
Sir Alan Arthur Bates CBE (17 February 1934 – 27 December 2003) was a British actor.

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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/27/08 at 5:34 am

I don't like crowds.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/27/08 at 5:37 am

The person of the day....Alan Bates
Sir Alan Arthur Bates CBE (17 February 1934 – 27 December 2003) was a British actor.

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I spoke to him on the phone once at a previous job of mine.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/27/08 at 5:46 am

http://www.smashingpumpkins.com/gallery/pics/liberty.jpg

No Snow Globes with crowds today, but I did see this one.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/27/08 at 5:48 am

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3060/2704053512_376dbeba29.jpg?v=0

From someone's collection, an Alan Bates autograph, there is no indiction of the value.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/27/08 at 6:33 am

I don't like crowds.

Either do I.
I spoke to him on the phone once at a previous job of mine.

I don't really know to much about him. I know I've seen The Rose,An Unmarried Woman,Woman In Love & Zorba The Greek.He most have been well known and like for I see he was Knighted.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/27/08 at 9:27 am

Either do I.I don't really know to much about him. I know I've seen The Rose,An Unmarried Woman,Woman In Love & Zorba The Greek.He most have been well known and like for I see he was Knighted.
You must have seen him in Woman In Love...... ?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/27/08 at 11:00 am

You must have seen him in Woman In Love...... ?

Yes All of him.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/27/08 at 11:09 am

Yes All of him.
...and Oliver Reed

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/27/08 at 12:27 pm

...and Oliver Reed

Oh yeah.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/27/08 at 1:25 pm

Oh yeah.
In the glow of an open logged fire.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 12/27/08 at 4:24 pm

Yes All of him.

ALL of him?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/27/08 at 4:26 pm

ALL of him?
Oh yes, just ask Janine!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 12/27/08 at 4:31 pm

Oh yes, just ask Janine!

She'll tempt me into looking. ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/27/08 at 4:42 pm

She'll tempt me into looking. ;D
...and have you looked yet?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 12/27/08 at 4:45 pm

...and have you looked yet?

She didn't tempt. ;D

Did you?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/27/08 at 4:47 pm

She didn't tempt.   ;D

Did you?
I have seen the movie ages ago.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 12/27/08 at 4:50 pm

He was in a movie like THAT??? nekkid?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/27/08 at 4:52 pm

He was in a movie like THAT??? nekkid?
Wrestling with Oliver Reed.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 12/27/08 at 4:56 pm

uhhhh.....what was the name of that movie?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/27/08 at 4:59 pm

uhhhh.....what was the name of that movie?
Women In Love

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 12/27/08 at 5:02 pm

It even sounds...

Is it that bad?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 12/27/08 at 5:03 pm

I saw Alan Bates just the other night in the movie " The Go Between" (with Julie Christie)....

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/27/08 at 5:04 pm

It even sounds...

Is it that bad?
From wiki...

"The movie is famous for an extended scene in which Alan Bates and Oliver Reed wrestle in the nude. According to the Internet Movie Database, both actors were initially apprehensive about filming the scene due to the insecurity they had about being naked in front of each other. Russell had to assure them that the set would be off-limits and that there would be no rehearsal. Because of this scene, which caused had to be altered to get an X rating in Britain, the film is considered along with Haskell Wexler's Medium Cool (1969), to be among the first mainstream movies to feature male frontal nudity."

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/27/08 at 5:04 pm

I saw Alan Bates just the other night in the movie " The Go Between" (with Julie Christie)....
Another great film, and he was up to the usual tricks in it.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 12/27/08 at 5:06 pm

Also remember 'The Shout' ...that was a strange sort of story.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/27/08 at 5:07 pm

From wiki...

"The movie is famous for an extended scene in which Alan Bates and Oliver Reed wrestle in the nude. According to the Internet Movie Database, both actors were initially apprehensive about filming the scene due to the insecurity they had about being naked in front of each other. Russell had to assure them that the set would be off-limits and that there would be no rehearsal. Because of this scene, which caused had to be altered to get an X rating in Britain, the film is considered along with Haskell Wexler's Medium Cool (1969), to be among the first mainstream movies to feature male frontal nudity."
Also...

"Glenda Jackson won the Academy Award for Best Actress. She was the first actress to win the award for a role which had a nude scene. The movie was nominated for Best Cinematography, Best Director and Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium."

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/27/08 at 5:08 pm

Also remember 'The Shout' ...that was a strange sort of story.
I saw that too, very strange by do not remember much of it.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/27/08 at 5:08 pm

Also remember 'The Shout' ...that was a strange sort of story.
The Shout was a Aboriginal shaman.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/27/08 at 5:22 pm

Also remember 'The Shout' ...that was a strange sort of story.
Music is by Tony Banks and Mike Rutherford of rock band Genesis. The central theme From the Undertow is recorded on Tony Banks' album A Curious Feeling.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 12/27/08 at 5:40 pm

The Shout was a Aboriginal shaman.

I seem to recall Susannah York and Tim Curry in that movie as well.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/27/08 at 5:42 pm

I seem to recall Susannah York and Tim Curry in that movie as well.
It is minimal information about this film on wiki, I check the other website.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 12/27/08 at 7:17 pm

It is minimal information about this film on wiki, I check the other website.

Everyone seems to like going nude in those films.. ;) too strong a rating for me.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 12/27/08 at 7:19 pm

I seem to recall Susannah York and Tim Curry in that movie as well.

Is that avatar containing your actual pictures, Peter?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 12/27/08 at 7:33 pm

Is that avatar containing your actual pictures, Peter?

Haha...No, it's from a Monty Python skit... :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 12/27/08 at 7:44 pm

Haha...No, it's from a Monty Python skit... :)

:) I'm just not familiar with Monty Python stuff.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 12/27/08 at 7:45 pm

:) I'm just not familiar with Monty Python stuff.

Check this out....

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=k3HaRFBSq9k

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 12/27/08 at 7:59 pm

Funny....and stupid. ;D I had a hard time understanding the accent, but I think I got the gist...guy goes into different offices and pays for arguments, abuse, etc. (whatever they said)? Right?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 12/27/08 at 8:00 pm

Funny....and stupid. ;D I had a hard time understanding the accent, but I think I got the gist...guy goes into different offices and pays for arguments, abuse, etc. (whatever they said)? Right?

Right.....and they'd probbaly have a hard time understanding your accent too. ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 12/27/08 at 8:04 pm

Right.....and they'd probbaly have a hard time understanding your accent too. ;D

I know that they would...some people here don't understand southern. That kind of goes without saying. p.s....wasn't a slam or anything. ;D

It was a statement. ;)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 12/28/08 at 1:27 am

I know that they would...some people here don't understand southern. That kind of goes without saying. p.s....wasn't a slam or anything. ;D

It was a statement. ;)

Yeah..I know! ;) I imagine much humour can be lost literally in the translation...

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/28/08 at 4:08 am

Haha...No, it's from a Monty Python skit... :)
I can see John Cleese!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 12/28/08 at 4:57 am

Yeah..I know! ;) I imagine much humour can be lost literally in the translation...

That's for certain..
I can see John Cleese!

Which one is John Cleese?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/28/08 at 4:59 am

Which one is John Cleese?
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The one sitting down.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 12/28/08 at 5:02 am

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The one sitting down.

...or the "No, it isn't" in my avatar

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/28/08 at 5:27 am

...or the "No, it isn't" in my avatar
That's him!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 12/28/08 at 5:46 am

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The one sitting down.

Thanks.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/28/08 at 6:20 am

The word of the day......Bunch
a cluster or tuft of things growing together a bunch of grapes
a collection of things of the same kind fastened or grouped together, or regarded as belonging together a bunch of keys
Informal a group of people, esp. of the same kind
Obsolete a hump or protuberance
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/28/08 at 6:22 am

Yeah..I know! ;) I imagine much humour can be lost literally in the translation...

Tim always had a hard time with their sense of humor,but he liked Benny Hill, probably because itwas more physical.(and raunchy :D)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/28/08 at 6:24 am

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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/28/08 at 6:41 am

The person of the day...Sam Peckinpah
David Samuel "Sam" Peckinpah (February 21, 1925 – December 28, 1984) was an American film director who achieved iconic status following the release of his 1969 Western epic The Wild Bunch. He became one of the major filmmakers of the 1970s with his innovative and explicit depiction of action and violence, as well as his revisionist approach to the Western genre
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/28/08 at 11:17 am

The person of the day...Sam Peckinpah
David Samuel "Sam" Peckinpah (February 21, 1925 – December 28, 1984) was an American film director who achieved iconic status following the release of his 1969 Western epic The Wild Bunch. He became one of the major filmmakers of the 1970s with his innovative and explicit depiction of action and violence, as well as his revisionist approach to the Western genre
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His bunch was very wild!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 12/28/08 at 1:40 pm

...or the "No, it isn't" in my avatar

How did you ever get then to move and change 'arguments' in your avatar? That's cool 8)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 12/28/08 at 3:41 pm

How did you ever get then to move and change 'arguments' in your avatar? That's cool 8)

I just searched on 'free avatars' and selected it according to my mood! ;)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 12/28/08 at 9:18 pm

I just searched on 'free avatars' and selected it according to my mood! ;)

I learn something everyday! ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/29/08 at 6:11 am

The word of the day....Cathedral
The word cathedral is derived from the Latin word cathedra ("seat" or "chair"), and refers to the presence of the bishop's or archbishop's chair or throne. In the ancient world, the chair was the symbol of a teacher and thus of the bishop's role as teacher, and also of an official presiding as a magistrate and thus of the bishop's role in governing a diocese.

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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/29/08 at 6:22 am

The person of the day...Saint Thomas Becket
Saint Thomas Becket (c. 1118 – 29 December 1170) was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1162 to 1170. He is venerated as a saint and martyr by both the Roman Catholic Church and the Anglican Church. He engaged in conflict with King Henry II over the rights and privileges of the Church and was assassinated by followers of the king in Canterbury Cathedral
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 12/29/08 at 9:41 am

Our new church 8)

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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/29/08 at 11:36 am

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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/29/08 at 11:38 am

The word of the day....Cathedral

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Canterbury Cathedral, the location of the assassination of Thomas Becket.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/29/08 at 2:03 pm

What would be my chances on finding an autograph of Thomas Becket?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/29/08 at 2:06 pm

Our new church 8)

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Very nice :)
Canterbury Cathedral, the location of the assassination of Thomas Becket.

Have you ever been there?

What would be my chances on finding an autograph of Thomas Becket?

Probably as good as a chance as I have of proving to Philbo that God and Jesus exist.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/29/08 at 2:07 pm

Have you ever been there?
I was born in the same county as Canterbury and visited it many a time before there was a charge for an admission introduced.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/29/08 at 2:08 pm

Probably as good as a chance as I have of proving to Philbo that God and Jesus exist.
Shouldn't that thread in the serious board now?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/29/08 at 2:12 pm

I was born in the same county as Canterbury and visited it many a time before there was a charge for an admission introduced.

That must of been nice. How old is it? Did Becket death make it more famous,or was it The Canterbury Tales?
Shouldn't that thread in the serious board now?

I'm not sure why it hasn't been moved to the political and religious thread.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/29/08 at 2:15 pm

That must of been nice. How old is it? Did Becket death make it more famous,or was it The Canterbury Tales?
History of Canterbury

Canterbury Cathedral it dates from 1174.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/29/08 at 2:21 pm

That must of been nice. How old is it? Did Becket death make it more famous,or was it The Canterbury Tales?
The whole city has it's charm, but the Cathedral is very serene.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/29/08 at 2:22 pm

History of Canterbury

Canterbury Cathedral it dates from 1174.

I see that they actually started to build it in 602 and has been rebuilt several times.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/29/08 at 2:24 pm

I see that they actually started to build it in 602 and has been rebuilt several times.

Canterbury has it's history, there are old buliding nearby, including ruins of an abbey

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/29/08 at 2:26 pm

Canterbury has it's history, there are old buliding nearby, including ruins of an abbey

It sounds like the cathedral and city would be an interesting place to visit.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 12/29/08 at 4:10 pm

Very nice :)

Thanks, ninny

Probably as good as a chance as I have of proving to Philbo that God and Jesus exist.

;D good luck!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 12/29/08 at 4:13 pm

What would be my chances on finding an autograph of Thomas Becket?

Try some of the journal he left or books about him

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/30/08 at 5:52 am

The word of the day...Dunk
dunk
A noun
1 dunk, dunk shot, stuff shot

verb
1 dunk, dip

dunk, dip, souse, plunge, douse
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 12/30/08 at 5:55 am

The person of the day....LeBron James
LeBron Raymone James (born December 30, 1984 in Akron, Ohio) is an American professional basketball player who plays for the Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). James, commonly nicknamed "King James," was highly promoted in the national media as a future NBA superstar while still in high school at St. Vincent - St. Mary High School, and was named Ohio's "Mr. Basketball" three times. At the age of 18, he was selected with the first overall pick in the 2003 NBA Draft by the Cavaliers and signed a US$90 million shoe contract with Nike before his NBA debut.
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Written By: 2kidsami on 12/30/08 at 9:09 am

The word of the day...Dunk
dunk
A noun
1 dunk, dunk shot, stuff shot

verb
1 dunk, dip

dunk, dip, souse, plunge, douse
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Funny when I though of the word Dunk - this came to mind

http://hiphostess.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/cookies_and_milk_martini.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/188/404868196_c18cc043a5.jpg?v=0

http://images.inmagine.com/168nwm/tetraimages/tt061/tt0226417.jpg

http://basementapartment.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/dunkindonuts.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2348/2439168657_747e41dd48.jpg

http://www.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/5450492/2/istockphoto_5450492-dunking-a-donut.jpg

http://karthik3685.files.wordpress.com/2007/11/oreo100.jpg

I just must be hungery ;D ;D ;D

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Written By: ninny on 12/30/08 at 12:00 pm

Funny when I though of the word Dunk - this came to mind

http://hiphostess.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/cookies_and_milk_martini.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/188/404868196_c18cc043a5.jpg?v=0

http://images.inmagine.com/168nwm/tetraimages/tt061/tt0226417.jpg

http://basementapartment.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/dunkindonuts.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2348/2439168657_747e41dd48.jpg

http://www.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/5450492/2/istockphoto_5450492-dunking-a-donut.jpg

http://karthik3685.files.wordpress.com/2007/11/oreo100.jpg

I just must be hungery ;D ;D ;D

Thanks..now I'm hungry too. When I do the word of the day I always hope to get feed back and for other members to post pics..Thanks alot..I usually get feedback from Phil Eno,Mr. Mister,Gibbo,Howard,Adagio,Snoz & Bookmistress4ever but would like others to participate :)

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Written By: 2kidsami on 12/30/08 at 12:03 pm

Thanks..now I'm hungry too. When I do the word of the day I always hope to get feed back and for other members to post pics..Thanks alot..I usually get feedback from Phil Eno,Mr. Mister,Gibbo,Howard,Adagio,Snoz & Bookmistress4ever but would like others to participate :)
I usually do not have enough time to post first thing in the morning - I am still off from school for holiday break... I usually always look at what you have though...

Just takes some time to find pictures and such..

I do enjoy your thread :)

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Written By: ninny on 12/30/08 at 5:42 pm

I usually do not have enough time to post first thing in the morning - I am still off from school for holiday break... I usually always look at what you have though...

Just takes some time to find pictures and such..

I do enjoy your thread :)

I hope your enjoying your break.
Thanks I'm glad you enjoy it.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/31/08 at 4:32 am

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LeBron James Autograph

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Written By: ninny on 12/31/08 at 5:51 am

The word of the day...Lamb
A young sheep
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Written By: ninny on 12/31/08 at 5:54 am

The person of the day...Anthony Hopkins
Sir Philip Anthony Hopkins, CBE (born 31 December 1937) is a Welsh film, stage and television actor. Considered by many to be one of film's greatest living actors, he is arguably best known for his portrayal of cannibalistic serial killer Hannibal Lecter in the 1991 blockbuster The Silence of the Lambs, and its sequel Hannibal. His other notable film credits include The Elephant Man, Dracula, The Remains of the Day, The Mask of Zorro, The World's Fastest Indian, Hearts in Atlantis, Nixon and Fracture. Hopkins was born and raised in Wales, and also became a U.S. citizen on 12 April 2000. He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2003 and was made a Fellow of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in 2008
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/31/08 at 7:48 am

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/31/08 at 7:49 am

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Signed picture of Antony Hopkins.

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Written By: 2kidsami on 12/31/08 at 7:54 am

The word of the day...Lamb
A young sheep
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The Favorite Lamb of my Childhood
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My favorite lamb in a religious setting
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My favorite lamb recipe
Ah heck they are all good ;D

Cutest thing I've seen
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Written By: ninny on 12/31/08 at 8:59 am

http://www.shopenzed.com/site/images/154258_thumb.jpg

A little lamb snow globe=nice.
http://www.manhunter.net/cast/gfx/anthony_hopkins.jpg

Signed picture of Antony Hopkins.

One of my favorite actors & my favorite movie.

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Written By: ninny on 12/31/08 at 9:02 am

The Favorite Lamb of my Childhood
http://www.qubo.com/channel/img/lambchop_feature.jpg

My favorite lamb in a religious setting
http://bubbles1.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/lamb.jpg

My favorite lamb recipe
Ah heck they are all good ;D

Cutest thing I've seen
http://k43.pbase.com/v3/73/375973/1/51511065.HalloweenLambCostumesmall.jpg

Oh yes Lamb Chop & Sheri Lewis
I never ate lamb...Did you forget the receipe? I don't see it.
That kid is adorable :)

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Written By: 2kidsami on 12/31/08 at 9:38 am

Oh yes Lamb Chop & Sheri Lewis
I never ate lamb...Did you forget the receipe? I don't see it.
That kid is adorable :)
Couldn't decide which one to post - I like them all...

I should have edited that - sorry

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Written By: gibbo on 12/31/08 at 2:59 pm

As a child...I used to love Shari Lewis and Lamb Chop! ;D I don't think it was named Lamb Chop's Playalong back then though! :-\\

My favourite lamb equation....

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Written By: ninny on 12/31/08 at 3:26 pm

As a child...I used to love Shari Lewis and Lamb Chop! ;D I don't think it was named Lamb Chop's Playalong back then though! :-\\

My favourite lamb equation....

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I don't think I would have the app..bah.tite for it. ;D

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Written By: gibbo on 12/31/08 at 3:29 pm

I don't think I would have the app..bah.tite for it. ;D

Hardy har... ;) I had a tough time explaining that particular equation to my children (when they were younger).

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Written By: ninny on 12/31/08 at 3:31 pm

Hardy har... ;) I had a tough time explaining that particular equation to my children (when they were younger).

Yes that must have been hard...or tender?

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/31/08 at 3:41 pm

As a child...I used to love Shari Lewis and Lamb Chop! ;D I don't think it was named Lamb Chop's Playalong back then though! :-\\

My favourite lamb equation....

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Yum Yum!!

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Written By: gibbo on 12/31/08 at 3:44 pm

Yes that must have been hard...or tender?

I was actually laughing when I told them and they wouldn't believe they were the same thing! :o

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Written By: adagio on 12/31/08 at 3:46 pm

Yum Yum!!

YUM YUM? bah! (imho)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/31/08 at 3:49 pm

YUM YUM?   bah! (imho)
Bah is humbug!

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Written By: adagio on 12/31/08 at 3:57 pm

Maybe you'd say bah, too with feeling under the weather, etc. :)

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Written By: gibbo on 12/31/08 at 3:58 pm

Bah is humbug!

....and humbug sounds a bit like jumbuck...which is Aussie for sheep....which once was lamb! Yes indedd....yum yum! ;)

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Written By: ninny on 12/31/08 at 4:00 pm

I was actually laughing when I told them and they wouldn't believe they were the same thing! :o

Yum Yum!!

Did you eat it with mint jelly?

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/31/08 at 4:02 pm

Did you eat it with mint jelly?
Oh yes!!!

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Written By: adagio on 12/31/08 at 4:12 pm

....and humbug sounds a bit like jumbuck...which is Aussie for sheep....which once was lamb! Yes indedd....yum yum! ;)

Yuck! ;)

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Written By: gibbo on 12/31/08 at 4:12 pm

Did you eat it with mint jelly?

I eat my lambs raw......er...I mean without mint jelly....but definitely with gravy!

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Written By: ninny on 12/31/08 at 4:16 pm

Oh yes!!!

I may have to try some.

I eat my lambs raw......er...I mean without mint jelly....but definitely with gravy!

Does it taste like pork or chicken?

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Written By: adagio on 12/31/08 at 4:17 pm

I eat my lambs raw......er...I mean without mint jelly....but definitely with gravy!

I warn you...my stomach is iffy right now...I'll heave, but in the direction of Oz ;D

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Written By: gibbo on 12/31/08 at 4:17 pm

I may have to try some.Does it taste like pork or chicken?

Neither...but better than both!

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Written By: ninny on 12/31/08 at 4:19 pm

Neither...but better than both!

Is it tender or gamey?

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Written By: adagio on 12/31/08 at 4:19 pm

Definitely heave!!

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/31/08 at 4:20 pm

I eat my lambs raw......er...I mean without mint jelly....but definitely with gravy!
Oh yes there must be gravy!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 12/31/08 at 4:21 pm

Is it tender or gamey?

Tender (just ignore Belle on this one....she is obviously clueless to the joys of eating small, cute animals). ;)

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Written By: ninny on 12/31/08 at 4:22 pm

Come to think of it I think I've had lamb..years ago I use to go to a restaurant that served Gyros,doesn't that have lamb in it.

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Written By: gibbo on 12/31/08 at 4:25 pm

Come to think of it I think I've had lamb..years ago I use to go to a restaurant that served Gyros,doesn't that have lamb in it.

Never heard of Gyros...

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Written By: gibbo on 12/31/08 at 4:27 pm

I see Gyros are like a doner kebab. I've eaten kebabs before but much prefer lamb roasted....it is the best lamb can taste IMO.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/31/08 at 4:37 pm

There is lamb been cooked in our oven!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 12/31/08 at 4:38 pm

There is lamb been cooked in our oven!

Just checking the flight to London schedules and time I will arrive....hope there will be some left over!

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Written By: ninny on 12/31/08 at 4:38 pm

Never heard of Gyros...

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Written By: ninny on 12/31/08 at 4:39 pm

There is lamb been cooked in our oven!

Let me know whereyou live : ;D

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/31/08 at 4:40 pm

Just checking the flight to London schedules and time I will arrive....hope there will be some left over!
We have guests, so I will try and keep some aside for you.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/31/08 at 4:40 pm

Let me know whereyou live : ;D
Just head in an easterly direction.

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Written By: adagio on 12/31/08 at 4:44 pm

Tender (just ignore Belle on this one....she is obviously clueless to the joys of eating small, cute animals). ;)

8-P (conversation....is...making...me ......sick) gagggg! :o

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/01/09 at 2:30 am

Tender (just ignore Belle on this one....she is obviously clueless to the joys of eating small, cute animals). ;)
But still yummy though!

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Written By: ninny on 01/01/09 at 5:58 am

The word of the day....Batman
Batman (originally referred to as the Bat-Man and still referred to at times as the Batman) is a fictional character, a comic book superhero co-created by artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger (although only Kane receives official credit), appearing in publications by DC Comics. The character first appeared in Detective Comics #27 (May 1939).

Batman's secret identity is Bruce Wayne, a wealthy industrialist, playboy, and philanthropist. Witnessing the murder of his parents as a child, Wayne trains himself both physically and intellectually and dons a bat-themed costume in order to fight crime. Batman operates in the fictional American Gotham City, assisted by various supporting characters including his sidekick Robin and his butler Alfred Pennyworth, and fights an assortment of villains influenced by the characters' roots in film and pulp magazines. Unlike most superheroes, he does not possess any superpowers; he makes use of intellect, detective skills, science and technology, wealth, physical prowess, and intimidation in his war on crime.

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Written By: ninny on 01/01/09 at 6:02 am

The person of the day...Victor Buono
Date of Birth
3 February 1938, San Diego, California, USA

Date of Death
1 January 1982, Apple Valley, California, USA (heart attack)

Birth Name
Charles Victor Buono

Height
6' 3" (1.91 m)

Mini Biography
Larger than life, Laughtonesque, and with an eloquent, king-sized appetite for maniacal merriment, a good portion of the work of actor Victor Buono was squandered on hokey villainy on both film and TV. Ostensibly perceived as bizarre or demented, seldom did Hollywood give this cultivated cut-up the opportunity to rise above the deliciously hammy arrogance that flowed through so many of his cartoonish characters. He loved to make people laugh and while he could have approached his career with more serious attention, the real money was in his madness. In the end, the actor's chronic weight and accompanying health problems took their toll -- a fatal heart attack at the untimely age of 43 -- and a wonderful actor/writer/poet/chef had exited way before his time.

Victor's hearty, scene-stealing antics dominated late 60s TV shows. Recurring madmen included his Count Manzeppi on the popular "The Wild Wild West" (1965) shows and King Tut who habitually wreaked havoc on Gotham City on "Batman" (1966)
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/01/09 at 6:09 am

http://www.harley-quinn.com/merchandise/snowglobe2.jpg

A Snow Globe featuring Batman and Robin

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Written By: ninny on 01/01/09 at 9:35 am

http://www.harley-quinn.com/merchandise/snowglobe2.jpg

A Snow Globe featuring Batman and Robin

That's cool :)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/01/09 at 10:36 am

http://www.autographcity.co.uk/catalog/images/tutmat.jpg

Victor Buono Signed King Tut Batman Display, buy it now for £75.00.

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Written By: ninny on 01/01/09 at 4:12 pm

http://www.autographcity.co.uk/catalog/images/tutmat.jpg

Victor Buono Signed King Tut Batman Display, buy it now for £75.00.

I was wondering if you had a hard time finding his autograph.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/01/09 at 5:06 pm

I was wondering if you had a hard time finding his autograph.
This I found straight away

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Written By: ninny on 01/01/09 at 6:32 pm

This I found straight away

I always liked the old Batman series,his character was not a regular like the Joker or Catwoman,but I enjoyed him.

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Written By: ninny on 01/02/09 at 6:36 am

The word of the day...Island
A land area with water all around it
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Written By: ninny on 01/02/09 at 6:51 am

The person of the day....Alan Hale Jr.
... Alan Hale, Jr. (born Alan Hale Mackahan,March 8, 1918 – January 2, 1990) was an American movie and television actor, best known for his ...role as the much beloved Skipper, Jonas Grumby, on the popular sitcom Gilligan's Island.
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Written By: ninny on 01/02/09 at 6:56 am

The flower for Friday...Carnation
Any of numerous cultivated forms of a perennial plant (Dianthus caryophyllus) having showy, variously colored, usually double, often fragrant flowers with fringed petals.
A flower of this plant. Also called clove pink.
A pinkish tint once used in painting.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 01/02/09 at 9:06 am

Very pretty, ninny.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 01/02/09 at 10:16 am

Very pretty, ninny.

Thank you :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 01/02/09 at 2:40 pm

No snow globes to report on today.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 01/02/09 at 4:41 pm

No snow globes to report on today.

That would be an interesting snow globe,with an island in it.

http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/rareglobe_b.jpg

How's that :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 01/02/09 at 4:43 pm

That would be an interesting snow globe,with an island in it.

http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/rareglobe_b.jpg

How's that :)
That will do for me.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 01/03/09 at 4:42 am

The word or phrase of the day...Hilton Hotel
Hilton Hotels Corporation is recognized around the world as a preeminent lodging hospitality company, offering guests and customers the finest accommodations, services, amenities and value for business or leisure. While the Hilton brand has, for more than 80 years, been synonymous with excellence in the hospitality industry, our acquisition in 1999 of Promus Hotel Corporation expanded our family of brands to include such well-known and highly respected brand names as Hampton Inn®, Doubletree®, Embassy Suites Hotels®, and Homewood Suites by Hilton®. Through ownership of some of the most recognized hotels in the world and our newly enhanced brand portfolio, Hilton is now able to offer guests the widest possible variety of hotel experiences, including four-star city center hotels, convention properties, all-suite hotels, extended stay, mid-priced focused service, destination resorts, vacation ownership, airport hotels and conference centers.

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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 01/03/09 at 4:45 am

The person of the day...Conrad Hilton Sr.
Conrad Nicholson Hilton, Sr. (December 25, 1887 – January 3, 1979) was an American hotelier and founder of the Hilton Hotel chain

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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 01/03/09 at 5:24 am

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1225/543834133_6df9ffa469_o.jpg

Paris Hilton

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 01/03/09 at 9:32 am

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1225/543834133_6df9ffa469_o.jpg

Paris Hilton

Good one :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 01/04/09 at 5:27 am

The word of the day....Town
A population center that is larger than a village and smaller than a city.
A territorial and political unit governed by a town meeting, especially in New England.
Informal. A city: New York is a big town.
Chiefly British. A rural village that has a market or fair periodically.
The residents of a town: The whole town was upset at the news.
An area that is more densely populated or developed than the surrounding area: going into town to shop.
The residents of a community in which a university or college is located, as opposed to the students and faculty: a dispute pitting town against gown.
A group of prairie dog burrows.

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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 01/04/09 at 5:34 am

Town, as supposed to a city?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 01/04/09 at 5:36 am

http://www.gizmodiva.com/entry_images/1207/05/Village_Snow_Globe.jpg

A town or village snow globe.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 01/04/09 at 5:43 am

The person of the day...Phil Lynott
Philip Parris Lynott (20 August 1949 – 4 January 1986) was an Irish singer, bassist, instrumentalist, and songwriter, who first came to prominence as the frontman of Thin Lizzy.

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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 01/04/09 at 5:46 am

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3061/2899986630_75b6e20539.jpg?v=0

Phil Lynott autograph from someone's personal collection and has no known value, yet.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 01/04/09 at 5:54 am

http://www.gizmodiva.com/entry_images/1207/05/Village_Snow_Globe.jpg

A town or village snow globe.

Very nice :)
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3061/2899986630_75b6e20539.jpg?v=0

Phil Lynott autograph from someone's personal collection and has no known value, yet.

I wonder where that inn is?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 01/04/09 at 6:03 am

I wonder where that inn is?
I would like to know too.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 01/04/09 at 6:05 am

I wonder where that inn is?
The Town and Country Inn is in Newtownards, Co.Down, Northen Ireland.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 01/04/09 at 6:18 am

The Town and Country Inn is in Newtownards, Co.Down, Northen Ireland.

OK, Thanks :)
Are things fine in Northern Ireland now?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 01/04/09 at 6:29 am

OK, Thanks :)
Are things fine in Northern Ireland now?
Yes, it is now a major tourist spot.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: danootaandme on 01/04/09 at 6:32 am

I was a big fan :\'(

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 01/04/09 at 6:34 am

I met Phil Lynott when I work in the cinemas back in the late 70s.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 01/04/09 at 8:40 am

I was a big fan :\'(

I wasn't into Thin Lizzy or his music that much,but it is a tragedy that he died so young. :\'(

I met Phil Lynott when I work in the cinemas back in the late 70s.

That must have been interesting :) Did you meet a lot of people (celebrities) when you worked?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 01/04/09 at 10:26 am

That must have been interesting :) Did you meet a lot of people (celebrities) when you worked?
Yes it was interesting, but due to working in a uniform I could not ask for autoraphs!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 01/05/09 at 1:56 am

The word or phrase of the day..Snow Skiing
The sport of skiing on snow.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 01/05/09 at 2:02 am

The person of the day..Sonny Bono
Salvatore Phillip "Sonny" Bono (February 16, 1935 – January 5, 1998) was an American record producer, singer, actor, and politician whose career spanned over three decades.

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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 01/05/09 at 5:25 am

All snow globes have snow.. ?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 01/05/09 at 5:29 am

Sonny Bono vintage signed autograph

http://i4.ebayimg.com/02/i/001/17/d3/5068_1.JPG

Buy It Now on ebay for $49.99

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 01/05/09 at 6:23 am

Sonny Bono vintage signed autograph

http://i4.ebayimg.com/02/i/001/17/d3/5068_1.JPG

Buy It Now on ebay for $49.99

That seems to be an average price for autographs.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: danootaandme on 01/05/09 at 6:26 am

All snow globes have snow.. ?

I have a collection of snow globes.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 01/05/09 at 7:08 am

I have a collection of snow globes.
Any pictures of them?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: danootaandme on 01/05/09 at 10:40 am

I'll try to get around to it, but my level of expertise is lower level.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 01/06/09 at 5:50 am

The word of the day...Love
1. A deep, tender, ineffable feeling of affection and solicitude toward a person, such as that arising from kinship, recognition of attractive qualities, or a sense of underlying oneness.
2. A feeling of intense desire and attraction toward a person with whom one is disposed to make a pair; the emotion of sex and romance.
3.
1. Sexual passion.
2. Sexual intercourse.
3. A love affair.
4. An intense emotional attachment, as for a pet or treasured object.
5. A person who is the object of deep or intense affection or attraction; beloved. Often used as a term of endearment.
6. An expression of one's affection: Send him my love.
7.
1. A strong predilection or enthusiasm: a love of language.
2. The object of such an enthusiasm: The outdoors is her greatest love.
8. Love Mythology. Eros or Cupid.
9. often Love Christianity. Charity.
10. Sports. A zero score in tennis.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 01/06/09 at 5:53 am

The person of the day....Lou Rawls
Louis Allen Rawls (December 1, 1933 – January 6, 2006) was an American soul music, jazz, and blues singer. He was known for his smooth vocal style: Frank Sinatra once said that Rawls had "the classiest singing and silkiest chops in the singing game". Rawls released more than 70 albums, sold more than 40 million records, appeared as an actor in motion pictures and on television, and voiced-over many cartoons. He had been called "The Funkiest Man Alive".
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 01/06/09 at 10:45 am

http://www.a1gifts.co.uk/images/prodimages/PP0028L.jpg

A Love Snow Globe

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 01/06/09 at 10:47 am

http://www.starwarsautographcollecting.com/Resources/MusicSignatures/RawlsLou.jpg

Lou Rawls autograph with no indiction on the value.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 01/06/09 at 12:12 pm

http://www.a1gifts.co.uk/images/prodimages/PP0028L.jpg

A Love Snow Globe

How nice.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: 2kidsami on 01/06/09 at 6:20 pm

The word of the day...Love
1. A deep, tender, ineffable feeling of affection and solicitude toward a person, such as that arising from kinship, recognition of attractive qualities, or a sense of underlying oneness.
2. A feeling of intense desire and attraction toward a person with whom one is disposed to make a pair; the emotion of sex and romance.
3.
1. Sexual passion.
2. Sexual intercourse.
3. A love affair.
4. An intense emotional attachment, as for a pet or treasured object.
5. A person who is the object of deep or intense affection or attraction; beloved. Often used as a term of endearment.
6. An expression of one's affection: Send him my love.
7.
1. A strong predilection or enthusiasm: a love of language.
2. The object of such an enthusiasm: The outdoors is her greatest love.
8. Love Mythology. Eros or Cupid.
9. often Love Christianity. Charity.
10. Sports. A zero score in tennis.
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My favorite truck (I would luv to own one of these!!!)
http://www.adclassix.com/images/79chevyluvpickuptruck.jpg

Favorite vehicle loved when I was 5
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The comic I love- careful there is nudity involved....
http://scienceblogs.com/ethicsandscience/upload/2007/06/LoveIs.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 01/07/09 at 5:15 am

My favorite truck (I would luv to own one of these!!!)
http://www.adclassix.com/images/79chevyluvpickuptruck.jpg

Favorite vehicle loved when I was 5
http://www.herbiemania.com/53skyway2006.jpg

The comic I love- careful there is nudity involved....
http://scienceblogs.com/ethicsandscience/upload/2007/06/LoveIs.jpg

Very nice..I remember going to the Drive-In to see the Love Bug movies when I was young. :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 01/07/09 at 5:19 am

The word of the day...Encounter
. A meeting, especially one that is unplanned, unexpected, or brief: a chance encounter in the park.
2.
a. A hostile or adversarial confrontation; a contest: a tense naval encounter.
b. An often violent meeting; a clash.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 01/07/09 at 5:32 am

The person of the day....Trevor Howard
revor Howard, CBE (29 September 1913 – 7 January 1988), born Trevor Wallace Howard-Smith, was an English film, stage and television actor.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: danootaandme on 01/07/09 at 5:40 am

http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/122f.jpg

Well Encouter, or Retreat? They are gonna have to choose

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 01/07/09 at 6:34 am

Well Encouter, or Retreat? They are gonna have to choose

After the encounter they retreat for the rest of the time ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 01/08/09 at 5:46 am

The word of the day...Spider(s)
1. Any of numerous arachnids of the order Araneae, having a body divided into a cephalothorax bearing eight legs, two poison fangs, and two feelers and an unsegmented abdomen bearing several spinnerets that produce the silk used to make nests, cocoons, or webs for trapping insects.
2. One that resembles a spider, as in appearance, character, or movement.
3. New England, Upper Northern, & South Atlantic U.S. See frying pan. See Regional Note at frying pan.
4. A trivet.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 01/08/09 at 5:50 am

The person of the day...David Bowie
David Bowie (IPA: ; born David Robert Jones on 8 January 1947) is an English musician, actor, record producer and arranger. Active in five decades of rock music and frequently reinventing his music and image, Bowie is widely regarded as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s. He has been cited as an influence by many musicians. Bowie is also known for his distinctive baritone voice.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 01/09/09 at 5:27 am

The word of the day...Bedazzle(d)
1. To dazzle so completely as to make blind.
2. To please irresistibly; enchant.
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Written By: ninny on 01/09/09 at 5:30 am

The person of the day....Peter Cook
Peter Edward Cook (17 November 1937 – 9 January 1995) was an English satirist, writer and comedian. He is widely regarded as the leading figure in the British satire boom of the 1960s. He has been described by Stephen Fry as 'the funniest man who ever drew breath'.

Cook is closely associated with the anti-establishment style of comedy that first emerged in the late 1950s.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 01/09/09 at 5:36 am

The flower for friday...Chrysanthemum
1. Any of numerous, mostly Eurasian plants of the genus Chrysanthemum in the composite family, many of which are cultivated as ornamentals for their showy radiate flower heads.
2. A flower head of one of these plants.

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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 01/10/09 at 5:01 am

The word or phrase of the day...Fashion Design
Fashion design is the art dedicated to the creation of wearing apparel and lifestyle.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 01/10/09 at 5:04 am

The person of the day...Coco Chanel
Gabrielle Bonheur "Coco" Chanel (19 August 1883 – 10 January 1971) was a pioneering French fashion designer whose modernist philosophy, menswear-inspired fashions, and pursuit of expensive simplicity made her an important figure in 20th-century fashion. Her influence on haute couture was such that she was the only person in the field to be named on TIME Magazine's 100 most influential people of the 20th century.

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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: snozberries on 01/10/09 at 5:59 pm

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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 01/11/09 at 5:19 am

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LOL can I get that outfit?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 01/11/09 at 5:25 am

The word of the day...Mountain(s)
# Abbr. Mt. or Mtn.) A natural elevation of the earth's surface having considerable mass, generally steep sides, and a height greater than that of a hill.
#

1. A large heap: a mountain of laundry.
2. A huge quantity: a mountain of trouble
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 01/11/09 at 5:41 am

The person of the day...Edmund Hillary
Sir Edmund Percival Hillary KG, ONZ, KBE (20 July 1919 – 11 January 2008) was a New Zealand mountaineer and explorer. On 29 May 1953 at the age of 33, he and Sherpa mountaineer Tenzing Norgay became the first climbers known to have reached the summit of Mount Everest. They were part of the ninth British expedition to Everest, led by John Hunt.

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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 01/12/09 at 6:12 am

The word of the day...Coffee
1.
1. Any of various tropical African shrubs or trees of the genus Coffea, especially C. arabica, widely cultivated in the tropics for their seeds that are dried, roasted, and ground to prepare a stimulating aromatic drink.
2. The beanlike seeds of this plant, enclosed within a pulpy fruit.
3. The beverage prepared from the seeds of this plant.
2. A moderate brown to dark brown or dark grayish brown.
3. An informal social gathering at which coffee and other refreshments are served.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 01/12/09 at 6:16 am

The person of the day...Tim Horton
Miles Gilbert "Tim" Horton (January 12, 1930 – February 21, 1974) was a Canadian professional hockey defenceman from Cochrane, Ontario. He played 22 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Toronto Maple Leafs, New York Rangers, Pittsburgh Penguins and Buffalo Sabres. He was also a businessman and the co-founder of Tim Hortons, Canada's largest coffee and doughnut store chain. He died in a car accident in St. Catharines, Ontario. He was 44 years old.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 01/12/09 at 6:32 am

cute pic, ninny...

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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 01/12/09 at 10:27 am

cute pic, ninny...

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Thanks :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: snozberries on 01/12/09 at 3:12 pm

hey ninny!

Juan Valdez approves your post

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;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 01/12/09 at 3:15 pm

hey ninny!

Juan Valdez approves your post

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;D

That's cute :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: CatwomanofV on 01/12/09 at 3:45 pm

How about THIS Juan Valdez?

http://www.inthe00s.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=25525.0;attach=20693;image

Does he look familiar? :D :D ;D ;D ;D

Cat

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 01/12/09 at 4:04 pm

How about THIS Juan Valdez?

http://www.inthe00s.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=25525.0;attach=20693;image

Does he look familiar?   :D :D ;D ;D ;D

Cat

Hmm, I wonder who that could be ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: snozberries on 01/12/09 at 8:48 pm

Its Don Valdez ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: bookmistress4ever on 01/13/09 at 4:19 am

mmm...coffee

Wish I could have a cup (or three) now. :)

How do you take yours?

My mom takes hers - Milk but no sugar
My dad takes his - Sugar but no milk
I take mine with as much sugar and milk as I can get into the cup without overflowing it. lol

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 01/13/09 at 5:31 am

mmm...coffee

Wish I could have a cup (or three) now. :)

How do you take yours?

My mom takes hers - Milk but no sugar
My dad takes his - Sugar but no milk
I take mine with as much sugar and milk as I can get into the cup without overflowing it. lol

I take mine the same as yours ;D..my mother-in-law gets mad because I use so much sugar.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 01/13/09 at 5:38 am

The word of the day....Anatomy
1. The bodily structure of a plant or an animal or of any of its parts.
2. The science of the shape and structure of organisms and their parts.
3. A treatise on anatomic science.
4. Dissection of a plant or animal to study the structure, position, and interrelation of its various parts.
5. A skeleton.
6. The human body.
7. A detailed examination or analysis: the anatomy of a crime.

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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 01/13/09 at 5:49 am

The person of the day.....Patrick Dempsey
Patrick Galen Dempsey (born January 13, 1966) is a Golden Globe Award-nominated American actor who first became prominent in Hollywood during the late 1980s. He is also known for his role as neurosurgeon Dr. Derek Shepherd (Dr. McDreamy) on the medical drama Grey's Anatomy. During the 2000s, he also appeared in several film roles, including The Emperor's Club, Freedom Writers, Enchanted and Made of Honor.
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Written By: ninny on 01/14/09 at 6:26 am

The word or phrase of the day...Ocean Liner
n ocean liner is usually a ship designed to transport people from one seaport to another along regular long-distance maritime routes according to a schedule. Liners may also carry cargo, and may sometimes be used for other purposes (e.g. for pleasure cruises or as troopships). ..
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 01/14/09 at 6:30 am

The person of the day.....Shelley Winters
Shelley Winters (August 18, 1920 – January 14, 2006) was an Oscar-winning American actress who appeared in dozens of films, as well as on stage and television
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: 2kidsami on 01/14/09 at 7:05 am

The word of the day....Anatomy
1. The bodily structure of a plant or an animal or of any of its parts.
2. The science of the shape and structure of organisms and their parts.
3. A treatise on anatomic science.
4. Dissection of a plant or animal to study the structure, position, and interrelation of its various parts.
5. A skeleton.
6. The human body.
7. A detailed examination or analysis: the anatomy of a crime.

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Hey I need 3 of those pictures; they are much better than the structure and anatomy pictures than I currently use!!!!! Can anyone guess which 3?????

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: 2kidsami on 01/14/09 at 7:07 am

The word or phrase of the day...Ocean Liner
n ocean liner is usually a ship designed to transport people from one seaport to another along regular long-distance maritime routes according to a schedule. Liners may also carry cargo, and may sometimes be used for other purposes (e.g. for pleasure cruises or as troopships). ..
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You forgot to add to the definition - Where one can get rid of a significant other, no one notices, and no one is ever caught ;D ;D ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: 2kidsami on 01/14/09 at 7:15 am

The person of the day.....Shelley Winters
Shelley Winters (August 18, 1920 – January 14, 2006) was an Oscar-winning American actress who appeared in dozens of films, as well as on stage and television
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I love Shelly WInters - my favorite movie (I love old movies and I have watched this one hundreds of times) The Poseidon Adventure is a classic (I have never watched the new one as I feel as a traitor). I also love the Diary of Anne Frank, and The Great Gatsby. She was quite the diva in her day with several "conquests"

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 01/14/09 at 7:46 am

Hey I need 3 of those pictures; they are much better than the structure and anatomy pictures than I currently use!!!!! Can anyone guess which 3?????

I'm guessing The heart,The muscular structure and of course Michael Phelps :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 01/14/09 at 7:51 am

You forgot to add to the definition - Where one can get rid of a significant other, no one notices, and no one is ever caught ;D ;D ;D

Oops I don't know what happened,she was fine when I left her ;D
I love Shelly WInters - my favorite movie (I love old movies and I have watched this one hundreds of times) The Poseidon Adventure is a classic (I have never watched the new one as I feel as a traitor). I also love the Diary of Anne Frank, and The Great Gatsby. She was quite the diva in her day with several "conquests"

Yes I've heard mention of her Conquests ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: 2kidsami on 01/14/09 at 8:00 am

Oops I don't know what happened,she was fine when I left her ;D
Well maybe she had too much to drink, I am really not sure; I have not seen her for 6 hours.

Let's go to the casino, maybe my luck will change ::)

;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 01/14/09 at 9:21 am

Well maybe she had too much to drink, I am really not sure; I have not seen her for 6 hours.

Let's go to the casino, maybe my luck will change ::)

;D

She was fine when I left her to go to the casino and flirt with other ladies..as a matter of fact I didn't hear a peep out of her.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: snozberries on 01/14/09 at 3:27 pm

you forgot this fine gem from you anatomy collection

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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 01/14/09 at 3:34 pm

;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 01/14/09 at 3:48 pm

you forgot this fine gem from you anatomy collection

http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm40/stevemds0210/sell/videos/smga.jpg

Good one :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 01/15/09 at 5:48 am

The word of the day....Pool
# n.) A combination of persons contributing money to be used for the purpose of increasing or depressing the market price of stocks, grain, or other commodities; also, the aggregate of the sums so contributed; as, the pool took all the wheat offered below the limit; he put $10,000 into the pool.
# (n.) A small and rather deep collection of (usually) fresh water, as one supplied by a spring, or occurring in the course of a stream; a reservoir for water; as, the pools of Solomon.
# (n.) A small body of standing or stagnant water; a puddle.
# (n.) Any gambling or commercial venture in which several persons join.
# (n.) In rifle shooting, a contest in which each competitor pays a certain sum for every shot he makes, the net proceeds being divided among the winners.
# (v. i.) To combine or contribute with others, as for a commercial, speculative, or gambling transaction.
# (v. t.) To put together; to contribute to a common fund, on the basis of a mutual division of profits or losses; to make a common interest of; as, the companies pooled their traffic.
# (n.) A mutual arrangement between competing lines, by which the receipts of all are aggregated, and then distributed pro rata according to agreement.
# (n.) A game at billiards, in which each of the players stakes a certain sum, the winner taking the whole; also, in public billiard rooms, a game in which the loser pays the entrance fee for all who engage in the game; a game of skill in pocketing the balls on a pool table.
# (n.) The stake played for in certain games of cards, billiards, etc.; an aggregated stake to which each player has contributed a snare; also, the receptacle for the stakes.
# (n.) An aggregation of properties or rights, belonging to different people in a community, in a common fund, to be charged with common liabilities.

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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 01/15/09 at 5:53 am

The person of the day...Rudolf Wanderone (Minnesota Fats)
Rudolf Walter Wanderone, Jr. (January 19, 1913 – January 15, 1996; originally spelled Wanderon) was an American professional pocket billiards player, best known as "Minnesota Fats". As "Fats", in spite of the fact that he never won a major pool tournament, he was perhaps the most publicly recognized pool player in the United States – not only as a player, but also as an entertainer. Wanderone was inducted in 1984 into the Billiard Congress of America Hall of Fame for his decades-long public promotion of pool.

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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: seamermar on 01/15/09 at 8:04 am

The word of the day....Pool

I love and hate pools.

I hate smokey old pool rooms, but I love having room at a pool party, and more :-X

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 01/15/09 at 9:04 am

I love and hate pools.

I hate smokey old pool rooms, but I love having room at a pool party, and more :-X

Same here. ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 01/15/09 at 9:39 am

I love and hate pools.

I hate smokey old pool rooms, but I love having room at a pool party, and more :-X

Are you a playboy? ;D ;D ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: seamermar on 01/15/09 at 12:40 pm

^Do you really think I coulda been such kinda boy with such a kinda face ?

Well I think.....ummmmmm Kinda

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: snozberries on 01/15/09 at 1:54 pm

here's my idea for my ideal pool....

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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 01/15/09 at 4:24 pm

^Do you really think I coulda been such kinda boy with such a kinda face ?

Well I think.....ummmmmm Kinda

uh-huh. ;D you know how to use your voice... ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 01/15/09 at 7:52 pm

here's my idea for my ideal pool....

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Cool we can watch TV & relax at the same time.
I
I'll take this 'little' pool
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: snozberries on 01/15/09 at 7:55 pm

Cool we can watch TV & relax at the same time.
I
I'll take this 'little' pool
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yeah that's gorgeous!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 01/15/09 at 7:58 pm

yeah that's gorgeous!

Ah it's nice to dream :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 01/16/09 at 5:46 am

The word of the day....Tall
1.
1. Having greater than ordinary height: a tall woman.
2. Having considerable height, especially in relation to width; lofty: tall trees.
2. Having a specified height: a plant three feet tall.
3. Informal. Fanciful or exaggerated; boastful: tall tales of heroic exploits.
4. Impressively great or difficult: a tall order to fill.
5. Archaic. Excellent; fine.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 01/16/09 at 5:48 am

The person of the day....Ted Cassidy
Theodore Crawford Cassidy (July 31, 1932 - January 16, 1979), known as Ted Cassidy, was an American actor and voice actor who performed in television and films. Extremely tall at 6 feet 9 inches, he tended to play unusual characters in offbeat or science-fiction series such as Star Trek and I Dream of Jeannie. He is best known for playing the part of Lurch, the butler on the 1960s television series The Addams Family.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 01/16/09 at 5:55 am

The flower for Friday...Lily
1. Any of various plants of the genus Lilium, having variously colored, often trumpet-shaped flowers.
2. Any of various similar or related plants, such as the day lily or the water lily.
3. The flower of any of these plants.

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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 01/16/09 at 7:09 am

It looks like I have a lot to catch up on?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 01/16/09 at 8:48 am

It looks like I have a lot to catch up on?

Definitely ;D Take your time,were in no hurry.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 01/16/09 at 8:49 am

Definitely ;D Take your time,were in no hurry.
Time will be taken here.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: 2kidsami on 01/16/09 at 10:01 am

Cool we can watch TV & relax at the same time.
I
I'll take this 'little' pool
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x118/leelaisam/26f9.jpg
Can I just have the $'s it took to build that pool?? I will build my home and my pool with it. That pool is beautiful!!!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 01/16/09 at 10:39 am

Definitely ;D Take your time,were in no hurry.
Being in a hurry is another thing I have given up.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 01/16/09 at 11:36 am

Can I just have the $'s it took to build that pool?? I will build my home and my pool with it. That pool is beautiful!!!

I think we would all like to have the money to build this pool.nice& relaxing :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 01/16/09 at 11:51 am

Being in a hurry is another thing I have given up.

Me too ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 01/16/09 at 12:38 pm

Me too ;D
It started for me by not running for the bus.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 01/16/09 at 12:41 pm

Me too ;D

Ditto on being in a hurry.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 01/17/09 at 5:41 am

The word of the day...Heat
1.
1. A form of energy associated with the motion of atoms or molecules and capable of being transmitted through solid and fluid media by conduction, through fluid media by convection, and through empty space by radiation.
2. The transfer of energy from one body to another as a result of a difference in temperature or a change in phase.
2. The sensation or perception of such energy as warmth or hotness.
3. An abnormally high bodily temperature, as from a fever.
4.
1. The condition of being hot.
2. A degree of warmth or hotness: The burner was on low heat.
5.
1. The warming of a room or building by a furnace or another source of energy: The house was cheap to rent, but the heat was expensive.
2. A furnace or other source of warmth in a room or building: The heat was on when we returned from work.
6. A hot season; a spell of hot weather.
7.
1. Intensity, as of passion, emotion, color, appearance, or effect.
2. The most intense or active stage: the heat of battle.
3. A burning sensation in the mouth produced by spicy flavoring in food.
8. Estrus.
9. One of a series of efforts or attempts.
10.
1. Sports & Games. One round of several in a competition, such as a race.
2. A preliminary contest held to determine finalists.
11. Informal. Pressure; stress.
12. Slang.
1. An intensification of police activity in pursuing criminals.
2. The police. Used with the.
13. Slang. Adverse comments or hostile criticism: Heat from the press forced the senator to resign.
14. Slang. A firearm, especially a pistol.

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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 01/17/09 at 5:42 am

The word of the day...Heat
I would like some here please.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 01/17/09 at 5:49 am

The person of the day....Virginia Mayo
Virginia Mayo (November 30, 1920 – January 17, 2005) was an American film actress.

After a short career in vaudeville, Mayo progressed to films and during the 1940s established herself as a supporting player in such films as The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) and White Heat (1949).

She worked extensively during the 1950s, but after this her appearances were fewer. She worked occasionally until her final performance in 1997.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 01/18/09 at 3:57 am

The word of the day...Temptation(s)
1. The act of tempting or the condition of being tempted.
2. Something tempting or enticing.

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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 01/18/09 at 3:59 am

The person of the day....David Ruffin
David Ruffin (Davis Eli Ruffin) (January 18, 1941 – June 1, 1991) was an American soul singer most famous for his work as lead singer of The Temptations from 1964 to 1968.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 01/18/09 at 4:07 am

I am tempted to say!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 01/18/09 at 7:12 am

I am tempted to say!

Is it worse to be tempted to say something,or do something? :-\\

Subject: Re: The Love Bananas Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 01/18/09 at 7:16 am

Is it worse to be tempted to say something,or do something? :-\\
Doing, I would think.

Subject: Re: The Love Bananas Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 01/18/09 at 7:23 am

Doing, I would think.

That's what I would think too.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 01/18/09 at 7:28 am

That's what I would think too.
It is far safer to just think about it.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 01/18/09 at 9:34 am

But not all the time. or else...

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 01/18/09 at 12:17 pm

But not all the time. or else...

Your goose is cooked ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 01/18/09 at 3:47 pm

Your goose is cooked ;D
I have never eaten goose, have you?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: seamermar on 01/18/09 at 3:55 pm

The word of the day...Temptation(s)
1. The act of tempting or the condition of being tempted.
2. Something tempting or enticing.
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I feel like this thread is becoming My truly daily sweetTemptation

and a sensual way to swell ::).......my English vocabulary lessons 8)
I see no way but to yield ;)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: seamermar on 01/18/09 at 3:59 pm

uh-huh. ;D you know how to use your voice... ;D

Sure Adagio, but first I'd have to take some singing lessons.

Are you in the mood for a singing congregation ? ;)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 01/18/09 at 4:54 pm

I feel like this thread is becoming My truly daily sweetTemptation

and a sensual way to swell ::).......my English vocabulary lessons 8)
I see no way but to yield ;)

If you type yield to temptation this is one of the pics you would find
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That and two religious sayings,telling you not to yield ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: snozberries on 01/18/09 at 5:09 pm

If you type yield to temptation this is one of the pics you would find
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That and two religious sayings,telling you not to yield ;D

you're right! :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 01/18/09 at 5:23 pm

you're right! :)

Should we yield or not.....That is the question ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: snozberries on 01/18/09 at 5:49 pm

Should we yield or not.....That is the question ;D

I never yield... its full steam both barrels for me... all the time! ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 01/18/09 at 6:01 pm

I feel like this thread is becoming My truly daily sweetTemptation

and a sensual way to swell ::).......my English vocabulary lessons 8)
I see no way but to yield ;)

:o :o :o :o.....what you said!!!!

Sure Adagio, but first I'd have to take some singing lessons.

Are you in the mood for a singing congregation ? ;)

Sure!! :D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: seamermar on 01/19/09 at 3:13 am

Sometimes Adagio I sail on a sea of doubts, I'm never sure of what I wrote, but I gotta fail if I wanna grow.
So my many thanks to my many friends for helping me up and go forth. :)

I guess.. :-\\.... the first thing I have to learn is ...
..letting the right ones in, and keep the wrong ones out.....
...walking soft and carrying a big stick and never think of yield.

But man, it's so hard not to give in to too many threads which are given away :D

My spellings would be smarter if I'd write on thigh instead on paper. 8)

I betch that I made a lotta mestakes as usuas 8-P >:( >:(

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 01/19/09 at 4:07 am

The word or phrase of the day...Blue Suede Shoes
"Blue Suede Shoes" is a rock and roll standard written and first recorded by Carl Perkins in 1955. The 12-bar blues is considered one of the first rockabilly (rock and roll) records and incorporated elements of blues, country and pop music of the time.
Johnny Cash planted the seed for the song in the fall of 1955, while Perkins, Cash, Elvis Presley, and other Louisiana Hayride acts toured throughout Texas and the South. Cash told Perkins of a black airman whom he had met when serving in the military in Germany. He had referred to his military regulation air shoes as "blue suede shoes." Cash suggested that Carl write a song about the shoes. Carl replied, "I don't know anything about shoes. How can I write a song about shoes?"

When Perkins played a dance on December 4, 1955, he noticed a couple dancing near the stage. The girl was gorgeous, he thought, and the boy wore blue suede shoes. As they danced the boy cautioned his date "don't step on my suedes." Perkins was bewildered that a guy would value shoes over a beautiful girl
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 01/19/09 at 4:09 am

The person of the day...Carl Perkins
Carl Lee Perkins (April 9, 1932 – January 19, 1998) was an American pioneer of rockabilly music who recorded most notably at Sun Records Studio in Memphis beginning in 1954. An outstanding performer, his contribution to rock and roll music is still heard to this day, especially through his fine compositions and guitar playing. His best known song is "Blue Suede Shoes."
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 01/19/09 at 4:49 am

The word or phrase of the day...Blue Suede Shoes
"Blue Suede Shoes" is a rock and roll standard written and first recorded by Carl Perkins in 1955. The 12-bar blues is considered one of the first rockabilly (rock and roll) records and incorporated elements of blues, country and pop music of the time.
Johnny Cash planted the seed for the song in the fall of 1955, while Perkins, Cash, Elvis Presley, and other Louisiana Hayride acts toured throughout Texas and the South. Cash told Perkins of a black airman whom he had met when serving in the military in Germany. He had referred to his military regulation air shoes as "blue suede shoes." Cash suggested that Carl write a song about the shoes. Carl replied, "I don't know anything about shoes. How can I write a song about shoes?"

When Perkins played a dance on December 4, 1955, he noticed a couple dancing near the stage. The girl was gorgeous, he thought, and the boy wore blue suede shoes. As they danced the boy cautioned his date "don't step on my suedes." Perkins was bewildered that a guy would value shoes over a beautiful girl
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Be careful not to step on them.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 01/19/09 at 5:50 am

Be careful not to step on them.

I first have to find someone who wears them ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 01/19/09 at 9:21 am

I first have to find someone who wears them ;D
Well, you can knock me down

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 01/19/09 at 9:51 am

Sometimes Adagio I sail on a sea of doubts, I'm never sure of what I wrote, but I gotta fail if I wanna grow.
So my many thanks to my many friends for helping me up and go forth. :)

I guess.. :-\\.... the first thing I have to learn is ...
..letting the right ones in, and keep the wrong ones out.....
...walking soft and carrying a big stick and never think of yield.

But man, it's so hard not to give in to too many threads which are given away :D

My spellings would be smarter if I'd write on thigh instead on paper. 8)

I betch that I made a lotta mestakes as usuas 8-P >:( >:(

:-X

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 01/19/09 at 10:02 am

Well, you can knock me down

Step in my face,
Slander my name
All over the place.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Mr Tumnus on 01/19/09 at 10:05 am

I betch that I made a lotta mestakes as usuas 8-P >:( >:(

;D ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 01/19/09 at 12:15 pm

Step in my face,
Slander my name
All over the place.
I would not wish for that.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 01/19/09 at 2:31 pm

I would not wish for that.

Nor would anyone.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 01/20/09 at 2:31 am

Nor would anyone.
You can do anything but lay off of my blue suede shoes.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 01/20/09 at 5:22 am

The word of the day...Valley
1. An elongated lowland between ranges of mountains, hills, or other uplands, often having a river or stream running along the bottom.
2. An extensive area of land drained or irrigated by a river system.
3. A depression or hollow resembling or suggesting a valley, as the point at which the two slopes of a roof meet.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 01/20/09 at 5:24 am

The person of the day....Barbara Stanwyck
Barbara Stanwyck (July 16, 1907–January 20, 1990) was an American actress, a star of film and television, known during her 60-year career as a consummate and versatile professional with a strong screen presence, and a favorite of directors such as Cecil B. DeMille, Fritz Lang and Frank Capra. After a short stint as a stage actress, she made more than 80 films in 38 years in Hollywood, before turning her considerable talent to television.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 01/20/09 at 7:37 am

Suddenly there's a valley?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 01/20/09 at 8:07 am

Suddenly there's a valley?

Yes,hopefully there will be peace in the valley. :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 01/20/09 at 8:15 am

Yes,hopefully there will be peace in the valley. :)
Where the earth knows peace with man?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 01/20/09 at 10:34 am

Where the earth knows peace with man?

"Well the bear will be gentle
And the wolves will be tame
And the lion shall lay down by the lamb, oh yes
And the beasts from the wild
Shall be lit by a child
And I'll be changed, changed from this creature that I am, oh yes"

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 01/20/09 at 10:39 am

"Well the bear will be gentle
And the wolves will be tame
And the lion shall lay down by the lamb, oh yes
And the beasts from the wild
Shall be lit by a child
And I'll be changed, changed from this creature that I am, oh yes"
There will be peace...

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 01/20/09 at 11:54 am

There will be peace...

some day
There will be peace in the valley for me, oh Lord I pray
There'll be no sadness, no sorrow
No trouble, trouble I see
There will be peace in the valley for me, for me

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 01/20/09 at 12:15 pm

How long will the peace last for?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 01/20/09 at 1:54 pm

What's with the weird emoticons? ::)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 01/20/09 at 1:56 pm

What's with the weird emoticons?   ::)
Set up for Barrack Obama, but they do not look right, Chucky can only this.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 01/20/09 at 2:18 pm

Set up for Barrack Obama, but they do not look right, Chucky can only this.

What are we expecting a visit from him or something? http://www.inthe00s.com/smile/01/beatnik.gif

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 01/20/09 at 2:19 pm

What are we expecting a visit from him or something? http://www.inthe00s.com/smile/01/beatnik.gif
He was online earlier.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 01/20/09 at 2:22 pm

SURE he was. http://www.inthe00s.com/smile/02/buck.gif

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 01/21/09 at 4:33 am

SURE he was. http://www.inthe00s.com/smile/02/buck.gif
He is probably asleep now.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 01/21/09 at 5:14 am

The word or phrase of the day..Scantily Clad :D
- inadequately clothed

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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 01/21/09 at 5:17 am

The person of the day..Benny Hill
Alfred Hawthorne Hill (21 January 1924 – 19 April 1992), better known as Benny Hill, was a prolific English comedian, actor and singer, best known for his television programme, The Benny Hill Show.

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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 01/21/09 at 12:49 pm

19 April 1992 was a sad day for comedy

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 01/21/09 at 2:28 pm

19 April 1992 was a sad day for comedy

Yes my husband always liked his sense of humor.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 01/21/09 at 3:04 pm

Yes my husband always liked his sense of humor.
I grow up watching him on tv and he formed a part of my comedy liking.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 01/22/09 at 5:52 am

The word of the day...Elephant
1. Either of two very large herbivorous mammals, Elephas maximus of south-central Asia or Loxodonta africana of Africa, having thick, almost hairless skin, a long, flexible, prehensile trunk, upper incisors forming long curved tusks of ivory, and, in the African species, large fan-shaped ears.
2. Any of various extinct or living animals related to either of these two animals.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 01/22/09 at 5:54 am

The person of the day....John Hurt
John Vincent Hurt, CBE (born 22 January 1940) is an English actor. Hurt initially came to prominence for his role as Richard Rich in the 1966 film A Man for All Seasons, and has since retained a career as a lead and supporting actor of many popular motion pictures, including: Watership Down, Midnight Express, Alien, The Elephant Man, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Rob Roy, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Spaceballs, V for Vendetta, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull and the Hellboy film series. Hurt is one of England's best-known, most prolific and sought-after actors, and has had a versatile film career spanning over 40 years. He is also highly respected for his many Shakespearean roles. Hurt has received multiple awards and honours throughout his career including three BAFTA Awards and a Golden Globe, as well as two Academy Award nominations. His character's demise in Alien is generally regarded as one of the most chilling and unforgettable deaths in cinematic history

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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 01/22/09 at 5:55 am

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There you go!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 01/22/09 at 5:56 am

The person of the day....John Hurt
John Vincent Hurt, CBE (born 22 January 1940) is an English actor. Hurt initially came to prominence for his role as Richard Rich in the 1966 film A Man for All Seasons, and has since retained a career as a lead and supporting actor of many popular motion pictures, including: Watership Down, Midnight Express, Alien, The Elephant Man, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Rob Roy, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Spaceballs, V for Vendetta, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull and the Hellboy film series. Hurt is one of England's best-known, most prolific and sought-after actors, and has had a versatile film career spanning over 40 years. He is also highly respected for his many Shakespearean roles. Hurt has received multiple awards and honours throughout his career including three BAFTA Awards and a Golden Globe, as well as two Academy Award nominations. His character's demise in Alien is generally regarded as one of the most chilling and unforgettable deaths in cinematic history

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The Elephant Man is on TCM right now.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: danootaandme on 01/22/09 at 6:07 am

His portrayal of Quentin Crisp in "The Naked Civil Servant" was brilliant. I like everything he has ever done

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 01/22/09 at 6:16 am

His portrayal of Quentin Crisp in "The Naked Civil Servant" was brilliant. I like everything he has ever done
A very good role, haven't seen it for ages.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 01/22/09 at 6:19 am

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1417/674286822_46fb4cfc6a.jpg

There you go!

Yippee the snow globes are back. :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 01/22/09 at 6:22 am

The Elephant Man is on TCM right now.

That was good timing,must be because it's his birthday.
His portrayal of Quentin Crisp in "The Naked Civil Servant" was brilliant. I like everything he has ever done

I have not seen that. Do they ever show it on AMC or TCM channels?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 01/22/09 at 6:27 am

That was good timing,must be because it's his birthday.I have not seen that. Do they ever show it on AMC or TCM channels?
It is a movie that is on all the time.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 01/22/09 at 6:27 am

It is a movie that is on all the time.
I am watching something else

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Mr Tumnus on 01/22/09 at 9:46 am

I would not wish for that.

'well slappa my thigh!'

;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 01/22/09 at 1:18 pm

'well slappa my thigh!'

;D
"He's behind you!"

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 01/23/09 at 5:59 am

The word of the day...Smile :)
1. A facial expression characterized by an upward curving of the corners of the mouth and indicating pleasure, amusement, or derision.
2. A pleasant or favorable disposition or aspect.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 01/23/09 at 6:02 am

The person of the day....Terry Kath
Terry Alan Kath (January 31, 1946 – January 23, 1978) born in Chicago, Illinois, was the original guitarist and founding member of the rock band Chicago. He died in 1978 at the age of 31 from an accidental self-inflicted gunshot wound.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 01/23/09 at 6:07 am

The flower for Friday......Gladiola
1. also glad·i·o·la (-lə) Botany. Any of numerous plants of the genus Gladiolus, native chiefly to tropical and southern Africa and having sword-shaped leaves and showy, variously colored, irregular flowers arranged in one-sided spikes. Also called sword lily.
2. Anatomy. The large middle section of the sternum.

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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 01/23/09 at 6:39 am

http://aworldwithin.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/cimg2748.jpg

A snow globe and a smile.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 01/23/09 at 7:11 am

http://aworldwithin.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/cimg2748.jpg

A snow globe and a smile.

What more can you ask for.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 01/23/09 at 7:16 am

What more can you ask for.
A bag with Mickey Mouse on it?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 01/23/09 at 8:03 am

A bag with Mickey Mouse on it?

Must be at a Disney store.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Mr Tumnus on 01/23/09 at 8:35 am

The word of the day...Smile :)
1. A facial expression characterized by an upward curving of the corners of the mouth and indicating pleasure, amusement, or derision.
2. A pleasant or favorable disposition or aspect.
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Ninny are you sure you're not really Mr Mister/Alan in disguise? He used to post in exactly this fashion

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 01/23/09 at 10:18 am

Smile, whats the use of crying?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 01/24/09 at 5:13 am

The word of the day...Supreme
1. Greatest in power, authority, or rank; paramount or dominant.
2. Greatest in importance, degree, significance, character, or achievement.
3. Ultimate; final: the supreme sacrifice.

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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 01/24/09 at 5:15 am

Smile, whats the use of crying?

You'll find that life is still worthwhile,
If you just smile.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 01/24/09 at 5:18 am

The person of the day..Thurgood Marshall
Thurgood Marshall (July 2, 1908 – January 24, 1993) was an American jurist and the first African American to serve on the Supreme Court of the United States. Before becoming a judge, he was a lawyer who was best remembered for his high success rate in arguing before the Supreme Court and for the victory in Brown v. Board of Education.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 01/24/09 at 8:17 am

ninny, you're going to make us all pretty knowledgeable whether we want to or not...the knowledge just seeps in. You do a great job day after day.
Thanks. :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: 2kidsami on 01/24/09 at 8:30 am

Man Ninny, you are good - As soon as I saw the word Supreme; I thought of Supreme pizza.

You already had it ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 01/24/09 at 9:29 am

ninny, you're going to make us all pretty knowledgeable whether we want to or not...the knowledge just seeps in. You do a great job day after day.
Thanks. :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :)

Man Ninny, you are good - As soon as I saw the word Supreme; I thought of Supreme pizza.

You already had it ;D

Thanks ladies :) I try to do a good job,and am always glad to have feedback. Please feel free to post pics & quotes anytime you want. :) :) :) :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: CatwomanofV on 01/24/09 at 12:42 pm

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Cat

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: danootaandme on 01/24/09 at 12:48 pm

His real name was Thoroughgood, but he changed it. He won 29 Supreme Court victories

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 01/25/09 at 4:42 am

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Cat

The ultimate Supremes :)
His real name was Thoroughgood, but he changed it. He won 29 Supreme Court victories

He had a profound impact in our legal system

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 01/25/09 at 4:50 am

The word of the day....Iguana
Any of various large tropical American lizards of the family Iguanidae, often having spiny projections along the back.

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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 01/25/09 at 4:53 am

The person of the day....Ava Gardner
Ava Lavinia Gardner (December 24, 1922 – January 25, 1990) was an Academy Award-nominated American actress. She is listed as one of the American Film Institute's greatest stars of all time.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: danootaandme on 01/25/09 at 5:21 am

She was a gem, and the men in her life always carried a torch for her.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 01/25/09 at 5:32 am

She was a gem, and the men in her life always carried a torch for her.

Oh yes,Mickey Rooney,Frank Sinatra,Howard Hughes, Luis Miguel Dominguín to name a few.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: snozberries on 01/25/09 at 12:12 pm

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Written By: ninny on 01/25/09 at 12:25 pm

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Lets hope they are not serving these
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: snozberries on 01/25/09 at 12:28 pm

betcha it tastes like chicken! ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 01/25/09 at 5:38 pm

ewwww.... 8-P iguana

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 01/25/09 at 6:10 pm

betcha it tastes like chicken! ;D

Everything taste like chicken that we run over. ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 01/26/09 at 5:54 am

The word of the day...Hockey
Hockey is any of a family of sports in which two teams compete by trying to maneuver a ball, or a hard, round, rubber or heavy plastic disc called a puck, into the opponent's net or goal, using a hockey stick.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 01/26/09 at 5:56 am

Jolly Hockeysticks!!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 01/26/09 at 5:57 am

Due to the virus picked up on Friday, I am restricting myself to images from recognised photo images websites.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 01/26/09 at 5:58 am

The person of the day....Wayne Gretzky
Wayne Douglas Gretzky, OC (born January 26, 1961) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player. He is the current part-owner, head of hockey operations and head coach of the Phoenix Coyotes of the National Hockey League (NHL).
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 01/26/09 at 6:26 am

Due to the virus picked up on Friday, I am restricting myself to images from recognised photo images websites.

That sucks :(

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 01/26/09 at 6:29 am

That sucks :(
Completely, so I wish to play the safe game now.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: karen on 01/26/09 at 8:45 am

We went to an ice hockey game on Saturday. Hartford beat Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins 4-1 :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 01/26/09 at 10:16 am

We went to an ice hockey game on Saturday. Hartford beat Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins 4-1   :)

So the Penguins lost?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 01/26/09 at 11:17 am

We went to an ice hockey game on Saturday. Hartford beat Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins 4-1 :)

Nice :) My AHL team Rochester stinks this year >:(

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: karen on 01/26/09 at 11:51 am

So the Penguins lost?

They did. But in this instance I supported the Wolf Pack

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 01/27/09 at 5:22 am

The word or phrase of the day..Gospel Singers
Singers of Gospel music which is...
A large body of American religious song with texts that reflect aspects of the personal religious experience of Protestant evangelical groups both white and African-American. Such songs first appeared in religious revivals during the 1850s but they are more closely associated with the urban revivalism that arose in the last third of the 19th century. Gospel music has a place, in the hymnals of most American Protestants and, through missionary activity, has spread to churches elsewhere. By the middle of the 20th century it had also become a distinct category of popular song, independent of religious association, with its own supporting publishing and recording firms, and performers appearing in concerts.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 01/27/09 at 5:25 am

The person of the day...Mahalia Jackson
Mahalia Jackson (October 26, 1911 – January 27, 1972) was an African-American gospel singer, widely regarded as the best in the history of the genre, and is the first "Queen of Gospel Music". With her powerful, distinct voice, Mahalia Jackson became one of the most influential gospel singers in the world. She recorded about 30 albums (mostly for Columbia Records) during her career, and her 45 rpm records included a dozen "golds"—million-sellers. She was best known for her contralto voice range
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 01/28/09 at 4:51 am

The word of the day...Choreography
1.
1. The art of creating and arranging dances or ballets.
2. A work created by this art.
2. Something, such as a series of planned situations, likened to dance arrangements.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 01/28/09 at 4:53 am

The person of the day...Mikhail Baryshnikov
Mikhail Nikolaevich Baryshnikov (Russian: Михаил Николаевич Барышников) (born January 27, 1948) is a Soviet-born Russian American dancer, choreographer, and actor, often cited alongside Vaslav Nijinsky and Rudolf Nureyev as one of the greatest ballet dancers of the 20th century. After a promising start in the Kirov Ballet in Leningrad, he defected to Canada in 1974 for more opportunities in western dance. After freelancing with many companies, he joined the New York City Ballet as a principal dancer to learn George Balanchine's style of movement. He then moved to dance and later became artistic director with the American Ballet Theatre, also in New York.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 01/28/09 at 5:03 am

I cannot remember when I last danced.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 01/28/09 at 5:24 am

I cannot remember when I last danced.

I do.....I was out at a pub with a mate of mine (just last year) and we heard some 70's music playing in one of the upstairs rooms. When we checked it out a couple of ladies pulled us on to the dancefloor. Well....I had consumed a few beers and figured I was loose enough for some fancy dancing. Half way through the dance she leaned in real close to say into my ear....." You poor bastard...you've got no rhythm". :-[

Suffice to say....I haven't danced since.....oh except for some line dancing (which you don't require too much talent for).

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 01/28/09 at 6:11 am

I do.....I was out at a pub with a mate of mine (just last year) and we heard some 70's music playing in one of the upstairs rooms. When we checked it out a couple of ladies pulled us on to the dancefloor. Well....I had consumed a few beers and figured I was loose enough for some fancy dancing. Half way through the dance she leaned in real close to say into my ear....." You poor bastard...you've got no rhythm". :-[

Suffice to say....I haven't danced since.....oh except for some line dancing (which you don't require too much talent for).
Beer helps?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 01/28/09 at 7:16 am

I do.....I was out at a pub with a mate of mine (just last year) and we heard some 70's music playing in one of the upstairs rooms. When we checked it out a couple of ladies pulled us on to the dancefloor. Well....I had consumed a few beers and figured I was loose enough for some fancy dancing. Half way through the dance she leaned in real close to say into my ear....." You poor bastard...you've got no rhythm". :-[

Suffice to say....I haven't danced since.....oh except for some line dancing (which you don't require too much talent for).

;D ;D

Mikhail Baryshnikov...love his dancing and the movie starring him. Ever feel as if Russian language might make sense if you look at it backward in a mirror while standing on your head? ???

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: karen on 01/28/09 at 8:46 am

I do.....I was out at a pub with a mate of mine (just last year) and we heard some 70's music playing in one of the upstairs rooms. When we checked it out a couple of ladies pulled us on to the dancefloor. Well....I had consumed a few beers and figured I was loose enough for some fancy dancing. Half way through the dance she leaned in real close to say into my ear....." You poor bastard...you've got no rhythm". :-[

Suffice to say....I haven't danced since.....oh except for some line dancing (which you don't require too much talent for).

Hahaha.

Perhaps it was your 'guilty feet'?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 01/28/09 at 9:15 am

I cannot remember when I last danced.

Either can I. :(
I do.....I was out at a pub with a mate of mine (just last year) and we heard some 70's music playing in one of the upstairs rooms. When we checked it out a couple of ladies pulled us on to the dancefloor. Well....I had consumed a few beers and figured I was loose enough for some fancy dancing. Half way through the dance she leaned in real close to say into my ear....." You poor bastard...you've got no rhythm". :-
;D ;D

Mikhail Baryshnikov...love his dancing and the movie starring him. Ever feel as if Russian language might make sense if you look at it backward in a mirror while standing on your head? ???

I loved The Turning Point :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 01/29/09 at 5:21 am

The word of the day..Nose
1. The part of the human face or the forward part of the head of other vertebrates that contains the nostrils and organs of smell and forms the beginning of the respiratory tract.
2. The sense of smell: a dog with a good nose.
3. The ability to detect, sense, or discover as if by smell: has a nose for gossip.
4. The characteristic smell of a wine or liqueur; bouquet.
5. Informal. The nose considered as a symbol of prying: Keep your nose out of my business.
6. Something, such as the forward end of an aircraft, rocket, or submarine, that resembles a nose in shape or position.
7. A very short distance or narrow margin: won the race by a nose.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 01/29/09 at 5:24 am

The person of the day...Jimmy Durante
James Francis “Jimmy” Durante (February 10, 1893 – January 29, 1980) was an American singer, pianist, comedian and actor, whose distinctive gravel delivery, comic language butchery, jazz-influenced songs, and large nose — his frequent jokes about it included a frequent self-reference that became his nickname: "Schnozzola" — helped make him one of America's most familiar and popular personalities of the 1920s through the 1970s.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 01/29/09 at 7:49 am

'Goodnight, Mrs. Calabash, where ever you are.'

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 01/29/09 at 8:01 am

The word of the day..Nose

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:o ???

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 01/29/09 at 4:45 pm

:o ???

Yeah I had to look at it twice to make sure what it was.
another good one
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: snozberries on 01/29/09 at 5:28 pm

the most disturbing thing about that pic is not the tampon but the safety pin ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: 2kidsami on 01/29/09 at 6:27 pm

the most disturbing thing about that pic is not the tampon but the safety pin ;D
I feel it is the girl in the background, laughing with an evil grin.....

:o

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 01/29/09 at 7:45 pm

I think it's kidsami's pic with all those guys with twiching muscles staring at me (CHANGE IT!!!) I'm getting paranoid. ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 01/30/09 at 5:07 am

Yeah I had to look at it twice to make sure what it was.
another good one
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Students?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 01/30/09 at 6:11 am

Students?

I assume so.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 01/30/09 at 6:12 am

I assume so.
On a Friday night?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 01/30/09 at 6:15 am

The word of the day..Volkswagen Beetle(type1 car)
The Volkswagen Type 1 is an economy car produced by the German auto maker Volkswagen (VW) from 1938 until 2003. The car was originally known as Käfer, the German word for "beetle," from which the popular English nickname originates. It was not until August 1967 that the Volkswagen corporation itself began using the name Beetle in marketing materials in the US.

In Britain, VW never used the name Beetle officially. It had only been known as either the "Type I" or as the 1100, 1200, 1300, 1500, or 1600 which had been the names under which the vehicle was marketed in Europe; the numbers denoted the vehicle's approximate engine size in cubic centimetres. In 1998, many years after the original model had been dropped from the lineup in most of the world (production continued in Mexico until 2003), VW introduced the "New Beetle" (built on a Volkswagen Golf Mk4 platform) which bore a cosmetic resemblance to the original.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 01/30/09 at 6:16 am

On a Friday night?

Or Saturday.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 01/30/09 at 6:17 am

Or Saturday.
At University?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 01/30/09 at 6:18 am

Volkswagen, the people's car.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 01/30/09 at 6:19 am

The person of the day..Ferdinand Porsche
Prof. Dr. Ing h.c. Ferdinand Porsche (September 3, 1875 – January 30, 1951) was an Austrian automotive engineer. He is best known for creating the Volkswagen (Beetle) as well as the first of many Porsche automobiles, and for his contributions to advanced German tank designs: Tiger I, Tiger II and the Elefant. Porsche was awarded in 1937 the German National Prize for Art and Science, one of the rarest decorations in the Third Reich.

Porsche's son, Ferry Porsche, is the eponym for Porsche automobiles, initially based to a large extent on the Volkswagen (Beetle) design.

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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 01/30/09 at 6:22 am

At University?

Or just relaxing at home.

Volkswagen, the people's car.

I've always wanted to own a Bug.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 01/30/09 at 6:23 am

I've always wanted to own a Bug.
The car has an interesting shape.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 01/30/09 at 6:31 am

The flower for Friday....Hydrangea
Any of various shrubs of the genus Hydrangea, having opposite leaves and large, flat-topped or rounded clusters of white, pink, or blue flowers.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 01/30/09 at 6:31 am

The car has an interesting shape.

Yes it does.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: danootaandme on 01/30/09 at 7:30 am

I planted a hydrangea in the fall. Hope it takes

Hydrangea Preziosa
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 01/30/09 at 2:40 pm

I planted a hydrangea in the fall. Hope it takes

Hydrangea Preziosa
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I love Hydrangeas.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 01/30/09 at 4:01 pm

I planted a hydrangea in the fall. Hope it takes

Hydrangea Preziosa
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Wow...that's a pretty flower. It has no real odour though ...but certainly one of my favorite bushes. I saw many hydrangeas on my New Zealnd holiday (looked just like Danoota's pic). We have photos somewhere on this subject........

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 01/31/09 at 5:11 am

Good Morning, ninny. :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 01/31/09 at 5:31 am

The word or phrase of the day...Second Base
# The base across the diamond from home plate, to be touched second by a runner.
# The position played by a second baseman.
sexual slang for intimate fondling and groping
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 01/31/09 at 5:32 am

Good Morning, ninny. :)

Good Morning, Belle :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 01/31/09 at 5:34 am

The person of the day...Jackie Robinson
Jack Roosevelt "Jackie" Robinson (January 31, 1919 – October 24, 1972) was the first African-American Major League Baseball player of the modern era. Although not the first African-American professional baseball player in United States history, Robinson's 1947 Major League debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers ended approximately 60 years of baseball segregation, breaking the baseball color line, or color barrier. At that time in the United States, many white people believed that blacks and whites should be kept apart in many aspects of life, including sports. Despite this obstacle, Robinson went on to have an exceptional baseball career.

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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 01/31/09 at 5:38 am

Last I saw, we were practically the only ones on.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 01/31/09 at 5:40 am

Last I saw, we were practically the only ones on.

I forgot to check when I got on,usually Phil is on in the early morning.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 01/31/09 at 5:42 am

I forgot to check when I got on,usually Phil is on in the early morning.
I was not online early this morning and it is almost midday now.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 01/31/09 at 5:43 am

There you are, Phil.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: snozberries on 01/31/09 at 3:49 pm

I feel it is the girl in the background, laughing with an evil grin.....

:o

I was so focused on the safety pin that I didn't even see her... you're right she looks sort of evil!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 01/31/09 at 6:42 pm

I was so focused on the safety pin that I didn't even see her... you're right she looks sort of evil!

Probably egging her on,but secretly to afraid to do it herself.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 01/31/09 at 6:58 pm

I guess if you're using the safety pin in that manner the name of the pin should be changed!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 02/01/09 at 5:43 am

The word or phrase of the day....Pork Pie Hat
A Pork pie hat or Porkpie hat is a felt hat, dating from the middle 19th century, much the same as a fedora, but with a flattened top. The crown is short, and has a characteristic indent all the way around, rather than the "pinch crown" typically seen on fedoras. It gets its name from its resemblance to a pork pie. The brim on a pork pie hat is generally on the smaller side, and is worn flipped up. The hats come in straw varieties as well. Porkpie hats are often associated with jazz culture, though more recently they have had strong associations with ska. They were popularized in the 60s Rude Boy movement in Britain. Silent film movie star Buster Keaton often wore porkpie hats as well as Dean Martin and Fred Astaire.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 02/01/09 at 5:45 am

The person of the day...Buster Keaton
Joseph Frank "Buster" Keaton (October 4, 1895 – February 1, 1966) was an Academy Award-winning American comic actor and filmmaker. Best known for his silent films, his trademark was physical comedy with a stoic, deadpan expression on his face, earning him the nickname "The Great Stone Face" (referencing the Nathaniel Hawthorne story about the "Old Man of the Mountain"). He has also been called "The Michelangelo of Silent Comedy". In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked Keaton the 21st greatest male actor of all time.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: snozberries on 02/01/09 at 1:01 pm

screw the hat... just give me the pork pie

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Written By: 2kidsami on 02/01/09 at 2:38 pm

Now that is some meat pie :o

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 02/01/09 at 9:02 pm

screw the hat... just give me the pork pie

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3rd time ever ....I have to agree with Q (1st time this year though).

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: snozberries on 02/01/09 at 9:40 pm

3rd time ever ....I have to agree with Q (1st time this year though).

I'm not sure if I love it (or if it scares me) that you're keeping track ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 02/01/09 at 9:42 pm

I'm not sure if I love it (or if it scares me) that you're keeping track ;D

It's okay...I only count to five and then restart the count! ;)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 02/01/09 at 9:49 pm

Peter, counting on your fingers? ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 02/01/09 at 10:09 pm

Peter, counting on your fingers? ;D

That's exactly right Belle. I only have five fingers.......oh wait......I just found another five over on the other hand! :o

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: snozberries on 02/01/09 at 10:10 pm

Peter, counting on your fingers? ;D

;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 02/01/09 at 10:11 pm

That's exactly right Belle. I only have five fingers.......oh wait......I just found another five over on the other hand! :o

You know what this means don't you? You have to count to....10. :o ;)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 02/02/09 at 4:49 am

The word of the day....Rain
1.
1. Water condensed from atmospheric vapor and falling in drops.
2. A fall of such water; a rainstorm.
3. The descent of such water.
4. Rainy weather.
5. rains A rainy season.
2. A heavy or abundant fall: a rain of fluffy cottonwood seeds; a rain of insults.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 02/02/09 at 4:51 am

The person of the day...Gene Kelly
Eugene Curran "Gene" Kelly (August 23, 1912 – February 2, 1996) was an American dancer, actor, singer, director, producer, and choreographer.

A major exponent of 20th century filmed dance, Kelly was known for his energetic and athletic dancing style, his good looks and the likeable characters that he played on screen. Although he is probably best known today for his performance in Singin' in the Rain, he was a dominant force in Hollywood musical films from the mid 1940s until their demise in the late 1950s. His many innovations transformed the Hollywood musical film, and he is credited with almost singlehandedly making the ballet form commercially acceptable to film audiences

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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 02/02/09 at 5:25 am

I thought it would be Claude Raines.... ;)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: 2kidsami on 02/02/09 at 7:10 am

I love Gene Kelly Movies!!!!

My favorite and most memorable dance was - Gene Kelly and Tom in Anchor's Away

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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 02/02/09 at 7:25 am

I thought it would be Claude Raines.... ;)

Funny ;D
I love Gene Kelly Movies!!!!

My favorite and most memorable dance was - Gene Kelly and Tom in Anchor's Away

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Me too :)
That is a classic dance sequence.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: CatwomanofV on 02/02/09 at 10:48 am

I just LOVE Gene Kelly. One of my all-time favorites.

I can never get sick of this dance.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmCpOKtN8ME

Another one. ;) :D ;D ;D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHg6QjhvsCM

Cat

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 02/02/09 at 12:35 pm

I just LOVE Gene Kelly. One of my all-time favorites.

I can never get sick of this dance.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmCpOKtN8ME

Another one. ;) :D ;D ;D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHg6QjhvsCM

Cat

Singing In The Rain,I never get tired of this...I tried to reenact it once when I was younger,of course I couldn't dance,or sing and I was drunk ;D ;D

Paddington Bear is so cute

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: CatwomanofV on 02/02/09 at 12:56 pm

Singing In The Rain,I never get tired of this...I tried to reenact it once when I was younger,of course I couldn't dance,or sing and I was drunk ;D ;D

;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

Cat

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: snozberries on 02/02/09 at 2:39 pm

another one!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBBqOG-KZ34

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: CatwomanofV on 02/02/09 at 2:56 pm

another one!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBBqOG-KZ34

Not bad but I still LOVE Gene Kelly. I don't think ANYONE can do any better than he did.

Cat

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Badfinger-fan on 02/02/09 at 3:02 pm

so where do we wish ninny a Happy Birthday? is there a thread? ???

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 02/02/09 at 5:47 pm

so where do we wish ninny a Happy Birthday? is there a thread? ???

Heck ninny's birthday isn't until April,and we're going to skip it this year (49)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 02/02/09 at 5:51 pm

Not bad but I still LOVE Gene Kelly. I don't think ANYONE can do any better than he did.

Cat

I agree,it was good but Gene's was great :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Badfinger-fan on 02/02/09 at 6:23 pm

Heck ninny's birthday isn't until April,and we're going to skip it this year (49)
ok, I must be trippin' because i saw a post that I thought was from you saying it was your birthday today :-\\

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 02/02/09 at 6:58 pm

ok, I must be trippin' because i saw a post that I thought was from you saying it was your birthday today :-\\

Oh, I know what it was I was saying that it is Tims birthday in the what's happening February thread.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Badfinger-fan on 02/02/09 at 7:10 pm

Oh, I know what it was I was saying that it is Tims birthday in the what's happening February thread.
oh...ok, thanks for clearing that up for me. I must have skimmed as usual and missed the most important part. sorry :-[

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 02/02/09 at 11:18 pm

Not bad but I still LOVE Gene Kelly. I don't think ANYONE can do any better than he did.

Cat

I tend to agree with you. The only other comparable dancer (in the movies) was Fred Astaire. He had a different style and was less physical....but these two were a cut above the rest!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: snozberries on 02/02/09 at 11:18 pm

you guys are right Gene Kelly is the king but I still think Usher did a damn fine job! Here are the two side by side!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFy4NDlS5kI&feature=related

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 02/02/09 at 11:21 pm

oh...ok, thanks for clearing that up for me. I must have skimmed as usual and missed the most important part. sorry :-[

Puh......dirty, rotten skimmer!!!! 8-P ;)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Badfinger-fan on 02/02/09 at 11:29 pm

Puh......dirty, rotten skimmer!!!! 8-P ;)
don't forget scoundrel http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0S020ml1YdJxzMBaRmjzbkF/SIG=12n2ga9cq/EXP=1233725221/**http%3A//www.cinemovies.fr/images/data/films/Pfilm104171696950135.jpg

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 02/02/09 at 11:37 pm

don't forget scoundrel http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0S020ml1YdJxzMBaRmjzbkF/SIG=12n2ga9cq/EXP=1233725221/**http%3A//www.cinemovies.fr/images/data/films/Pfilm104171696950135.jpg

Heh, heh ..... are you standing behind those two good looking gents? :P

Great movie that one! ;)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Badfinger-fan on 02/02/09 at 11:38 pm

Heh, heh ..... are you standing behind those two good looking gents? :P

Great movie that one! ;)
no, that's me & you ;D and I agree it's a funny movie with a surprise ending

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 02/03/09 at 4:38 am

The word of the day..Glasses
Glasses or specs, more formally known as eyeglasses or spectacles, are frames bearing lenses worn in front of the eyes, normally for vision correction, eye protection, or for protection from UV rays.

Modern glasses are typically supported by pads on the bridge of the nose and by temples placed over the ears. Historical types include the pince-nez, monocle, and lorgnette.
Drinking Glass
A drinking glass, or simply glass, is a drinking vessel, usually made from glass or plastic. Glasses are often clear, but sometimes are colored, or printed or etched with decorations. Compared with a cup which is defined as having a handle and hold exactly one cup of liquid, a glass stands taller without a handle and usually holds more liquid.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 02/03/09 at 4:41 am

The person of the day...Buddy Holly
Charles Hardin Holley, known professionally as Buddy Holly (September 7, 1936 – February 3, 1959) was an American singer-songwriter and a pioneer of rock and roll. The change of spelling of "Holley" to "Holly" came about because of an error in a contract he was asked to sign, listing him as Buddy Holly.That spelling was then adopted for his professional career.

Although his success lasted only a year and a half before his death in an airplane crash, Holly is described by critic Bruce Eder as "the single most influential creative force in early rock and roll."His works and innovations were copied by his contemporaries and later musicians, notably The Beatles and The Rolling Stones, and exerted a profound influence on popular music. In 2004, Rolling Stone Magazine ranked Holly #13 on their list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: CatwomanofV on 02/03/09 at 10:15 am

I tend to agree with you. The only other comparable dancer (in the movies) was Fred Astaire. He had a different style and was less physical....but these two were a cut above the rest!

I would take Gene Kelly over Fred Astaire any day. And besides, Ginger Rogers did everything that Fred Astaire did only backwards and in high heels. ;D ;D ;D

you guys are right Gene Kelly is the king but I still think Usher did a damn fine job! Here are the two side by side!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFy4NDlS5kI&feature=related

Like I said, Usher did do a good job but NOBODY can do it like Gene. And that is way cool to see them side by side.

BTW, last night as I was laying in bed, I heard that song in my head. :D ;D ;D ;D

Cat

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 02/04/09 at 4:02 am

The word of the day...Candelabra
Candelabra is the term traditionally referring to a pair (or more) of large, decorative candlesticks often shaped as a column or pedestal and having several arms or branches for holding candles. A single example of such lighting devices is known as a candelabrum. A special kind of candelabrum is the Jewish menorah. While unnecessary today because of electrical interior lighting, candle-burning candelabra and traditional candlesticks are often used in modern homes as accessories, or as part of the interior design.

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Written By: ninny on 02/04/09 at 4:06 am

The person of the day....Liberace
Wladziu Valentino Liberace (May 16, 1919 – February 4, 1987), better known by only his last name Liberace, was a famous American entertainer and pianist of Polish and Italian descent.

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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: CatwomanofV on 02/04/09 at 10:58 am

Contrary to popular belief, there wasn't an incident with a chandelier where I...

Oh never mind.

Cat

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 02/05/09 at 5:02 am

The word of the day...Gumshoe
1. A sneaker or rubber overshoe.
2. Slang. An investigator, especially a detective.
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Written By: ninny on 02/05/09 at 5:04 am

The person of the day..Steve Cannell
Stephen Joseph Cannell, (born February 5, 1941; pronounced /ˈkænəl/, rhymes with "channel"), is an American television producer, writer, novelist and occasional actor.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: bookmistress4ever on 02/05/09 at 5:52 am

Tom Hanks did a tribute segment to "Singing in the rain" in his 1988 film with Sally Field "Punchline". Unfortunately I can't find anything more then a split second clip of that moment in the movie (in the trailer). I'm gonna have to see if I can rent it somewhere.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyQyY3lmONM

I've always LOVED that Gene Kelley routine, and often upon finding myself caught in the rain, will do a slight passing homage to the routine. How I wish I had any kind of talent in either singing or dancing to be able to do the dance justice! But I suppose I would look funny doing it.

I'd never seen the Paddington Bear version either, and I really enjoyed it. :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: bookmistress4ever on 02/05/09 at 5:56 am

What if George Lucas restored Singin' In The Rain? ??? ;D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeYgju2qopM

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: bookmistress4ever on 02/05/09 at 6:05 am

On last year's Britain's Got Talent, one of the finalists, 14 year-old George Sampson did a dance routine to the song (albeit he break danced to the Mint Royale (featuring Gene Kelley) version of the song (which I don't particularly care for myself, but at least the newer generations are learning about this classic piece of film however which way they can.) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyDnYeUnT7w

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 02/05/09 at 10:24 am

What if George Lucas restored Singin' In The Rain? ??? ;D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeYgju2qopM

Funny ;D
On last year's Britain's Got Talent, one of the finalists, 14 year-old George Sampson did a dance routine to the song (albeit he break danced to the Mint Royale (featuring Gene Kelley) version of the song (which I don't particularly care for myself, but at least the newer generations are learning about this classic piece of film however which way they can.) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyDnYeUnT7w

His dancing was pretty good. I didn't like that version either.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 02/06/09 at 4:16 am

The word of the day....Throne
1. A chair occupied by an exalted personage, such as a sovereign or bishop, on state or ceremonial occasions, often situated on a dais and sometimes having a canopy and ornate decoration.
2.
1. A personage who occupies a throne.
2. The power, dignity, or rank of such a personage; sovereignty.
3. thrones Christianity. The third of the nine orders of angels in medieval angelology.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 02/06/09 at 4:19 am

The person of the day.....George VI
George VI (Albert Frederick Arthur George; 14 December 1895 – 6 February 1952) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions from 11 December 1936 until his death. He was the last Emperor of India (until 1947) and the last King of Ireland (until 1949).

As the second son of King George V, he was not expected to inherit the throne and spent his early life in the shadow of his elder brother, Edward. He served in the Royal Navy during World War I, and after the war took on the usual round of public engagements. He married Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon in 1923, and they had two daughters, Elizabeth (who succeeded him as Queen Elizabeth II) and Margaret.

At the death of his father in 1936, the future George VI's brother ascended the throne as Edward VIII. However, less than a year later Edward expressed his desire to marry the twice-divorced American socialite Wallis Simpson. For political and religious reasons, the British Prime Minister, Stanley Baldwin, advised Edward that he could not marry Mrs. Simpson and remain king. So, Edward abdicated in order to marry. By reason of this abdication, unique in the history of the British Isles (previous abdications were forced by military or political pressures), George VI ascended the throne as the third monarch of the House of Windsor.

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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 02/06/09 at 4:25 am

The flower for Friday......Phlox
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 02/06/09 at 10:12 am

I LOVE phlox!! :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Reynolds1863 on 02/06/09 at 10:27 am

My parents have those growing in their front yard. They grew out of the bed.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 02/06/09 at 10:30 am

My parents have those growing in their front yard. They grew out of the bed.

They do that. That's one of their charms.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Reynolds1863 on 02/06/09 at 11:57 am

They do that. That's one of their charms.

Yes, my Mom is quite fond of her green (the grass) and purple front yard. :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 02/06/09 at 1:56 pm

I LOVE phlox!! :)

Me too :)
My parents have those growing in their front yard. They grew out of the bed.

I love it when people have beds of them,or grow it around rocks :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 02/06/09 at 2:18 pm

...or tumbling over a raised bed.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 02/06/09 at 5:59 pm

...or tumbling over a raised bed.

Yes....lovely...but really uncomfortable while trying to sleep! :o

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 02/06/09 at 7:29 pm

Yes....lovely...but really uncomfortable while trying to sleep! :o

;D goose!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 02/07/09 at 2:49 am

The word of the day...Magic
In Religion & Superstition
1. The art that purports to control or forecast natural events, effects, or forces by invoking the supernatural.
2.
1. The practice of using charms, spells, or rituals to attempt to produce supernatural effects or control events in nature.
2. The charms, spells, and rituals so used.
3. The exercise of sleight of hand or conjuring for entertainment.
4. A mysterious quality of enchantment: “For me the names of those men breathed the magic of the past” (Max Beerbohm).
In entertainment
magic, in entertainment, the seeming manipulation and supernatural control of the natural world for the amusement and amazement of an audience. Entertainment magic can be divided into four main categories: sleight of hand, also known as prestidigitation or close-up magic, consisting of tricks done close to the spectators in which the eye is deceived by the fast and skillful manipulation of the hands; club or platform acts, in which various apparatuses are employed to create illusions of seemingly impossible events; escape magic, involving complicated breakouts from apparently inescapable situations; and mentalism or mind reading.
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Written By: ninny on 02/07/09 at 2:51 am

The person of the day...Doug Henning
Douglas James Henning (May 3, 1947 – February 7, 2000) was a Canadian magician, illusionist and escape artist.

He is credited with reviving the magic show as a form of mass entertainment in North America, beginning in the 1970s. Henning changed the image of the stage magician when he rejected such stereotypical costume accessories as the tuxedo, top hat, thin moustache, goatee, and short hair. He opted instead for long hair, a bushy moustache, and bright multicoloured casual clothes, which gave him a distinctively flamboyant image.
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Written By: gibbo on 02/07/09 at 3:05 am

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Written By: ninny on 02/07/09 at 8:38 am

Hey....don't forget about these!

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Sorry it's been a while since I ate smoked thought of Alice in Wonderland :D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Reynolds1863 on 02/07/09 at 9:13 am

The person of the day...Doug Henning
Douglas James Henning (May 3, 1947 – February 7, 2000) was a Canadian magician, illusionist and escape artist.

He is credited with reviving the magic show as a form of mass entertainment in North America, beginning in the 1970s. Henning changed the image of the stage magician when he rejected such stereotypical costume accessories as the tuxedo, top hat, thin moustache, goatee, and short hair. He opted instead for long hair, a bushy moustache, and bright multicoloured casual clothes, which gave him a distinctively flamboyant image.
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Some people think he's gay because of how he dressed. Personally I think he was Faboooo. :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: CatwomanofV on 02/07/09 at 10:20 am

I do magic.

Cat

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Reynolds1863 on 02/07/09 at 11:59 am

I do magic.

Cat

Yeah Wiccans have a tendency to do that sort of thing. :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: snozberries on 02/07/09 at 11:59 am

Contrary to popular belief, there wasn't an incident with a chandelier where I...

Oh never mind.

Cat

;D

I almost missed this..... almost ;)

;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: snozberries on 02/07/09 at 12:01 pm

The word of the day...Candelabra
Candelabra is the term traditionally referring to a pair (or more) of large, decorative candlesticks often shaped as a column or pedestal and having several arms or branches for holding candles. A single example of such lighting devices is known as a candelabrum. A special kind of candelabrum is the Jewish menorah. While unnecessary today because of electrical interior lighting, candle-burning candelabra and traditional candlesticks are often used in modern homes as accessories, or as part of the interior design.

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I know.... I'm late...but you missed....

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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: snozberries on 02/07/09 at 12:19 pm

Here is my friend Jason Latimer... he performs at the Magic Castle sometimes. He also won a World Championship Magician title a few years ago....

Laser Illusion

Jason on the late late show this is the trick that won him the title...its frickin' awesome!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 02/07/09 at 12:20 pm

Some people think he's gay because of how he dressed. Personally I think he was Faboooo. :)

According to Wikipedia, he was married twice.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 02/07/09 at 12:22 pm

I do magic.

Cat

Does it work? Is it magic or spells?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 02/07/09 at 12:27 pm

I know.... I'm late...but you missed....

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I'm embarrassed to say it's been years since I've seen Beauty and the Beast.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: snozberries on 02/07/09 at 12:32 pm

I just found this clip of Jason.... its from Japanese TV... its the cup and ball trick again. I know how he does some of it but not all and here you have some instant replays and close ups... damn I'm still so amazed by him!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkTf3C1Ex78&feature=related

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 02/07/09 at 12:36 pm

Here is my friend Jason Latimer... he performs at the Magic Castle sometimes. He also won a World Championship Magician title a few years ago....

Laser Illusion

Jason on the late late show this is the trick that won him the title...its frickin' awesome!

Nice :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: snozberries on 02/07/09 at 12:37 pm

Nice :)

he's a goofy guy but a lot of fun! I miss him.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: bookmistress4ever on 02/07/09 at 1:59 pm

Some people think he's gay because of how he dressed. Personally I think he was Faboooo. :)

I remember watching his television specials in the '70s, they were great.

He was married (first) to Barbara De Angelis who is an author of a bunch of self-help books. http://www.barbaradeangelis.com/about.htm I've read a couple of them. She mentions Doug in one (but I forget which one), although it wasn't exactly in the most flattering light. I think she said that he had cheated on her repeatedly throughout their marriage. :(

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 02/07/09 at 4:02 pm

he's a goofy guy but a lot of fun! I miss him.

How did you know him?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: snozberries on 02/07/09 at 6:05 pm

How did you know him?

we worked together.... he was one of our student employees. Instead of going out in the field he would stay in dispatch and do private shows for me. I've seen him perform at the Magic Castle once and then went to his stage show once.... can't wait to go again.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 02/07/09 at 6:06 pm

we worked together.... he was one of our student employees. Instead of going out in the field he would stay in dispatch and do private shows for me. I've seen him perform at the Magic Castle once and then went to his stage show once.... can't wait to go again.

As long as you didn't let him work with money! You'd better recount the cash register....

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: snozberries on 02/07/09 at 6:09 pm

As long as you didn't let him work with money! You'd better recount the cash register....

lol... no money involved... I was a dispatcher he was a community service officer...at the most we cheated the department out of money because he was supposed to be working when he was entertaining me but he got paid anyway....

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 02/07/09 at 6:12 pm

lol... no money involved... I was a dispatcher he was a community service officer...at the most we cheated the department out of money because he was supposed to be working when he was entertaining me but he got paid anyway....

Hah....you both sound a bit dodgy to me!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 02/08/09 at 4:54 am

The word of the day...Rebel
1. To refuse allegiance to and oppose by force an established government or ruling authority.
2. To resist or defy an authority or a generally accepted convention.
3. To feel or express strong unwillingness or repugnance: She rebelled at the unwelcome suggestion.

n. reb·el (rĕb'əl)

1. One who rebels or is in rebellion: “He is the perfect recruit for fascist movements: a rebel not a revolutionary, contemptuous yet envious of the rich and involved with them” (Stanley Hoffman).
2. Rebel A Confederate soldier.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 02/08/09 at 4:58 am

The person of the day....James Dean
James Byron Dean (February 8, 1931 – September 30, 1955) was a two-time Oscar-nominated American film actor. Dean's status as a cultural icon is best embodied in the title of his most celebrated film, Rebel Without a Cause, in which he starred as troubled stereotypical high school rebel Jim Stark. The other two roles that defined his star power were as the awkward loner Cal Trask in East of Eden, and as the surly farmer Jett Rink in Giant. His enduring fame and popularity rests on only three films, his entire starring output. His death at a young age helped guarantee a legendary status. He was the first actor to receive a posthumous Academy Award nomination for Best Actor and remains the only person to have two posthumous acting nominations (although other people had more than one posthumous nomination in other Oscar categories).

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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 02/08/09 at 5:40 am

Don't forget this fellow.......

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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 02/08/09 at 8:57 am

Don't forget this fellow.......

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Nice :)
and this guy
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: CatwomanofV on 02/08/09 at 10:59 am

;D

I almost missed this..... almost ;)

;D

I'm glad someone caught it. ;) :D ;D ;D ;D

Does it work? Is it magic or spells?

I'm assuming you when you say "magic" you are talking about illusions. Actually, I have done an illusion trick once or twice in my day. I can do the three rope trick-3 ropes different sizes and making them all one size. But, as I said, those are "tricks" or "illusions." However, I have done MAGIC-some with spells, some without. Yes, some of it has worked (some of it, not).

Cat

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 02/08/09 at 11:54 am

I'm glad someone caught it. ;) :D ;D ;D ;D

I'm assuming you when you say "magic" you are talking about illusions. Actually, I have done an illusion trick once or twice in my day. I can do the three rope trick-3 ropes different sizes and making them all one size. But, as I said, those are "tricks" or "illusions." However, I have done MAGIC-some with spells, some without. Yes, some of it has worked (some of it, not).

Cat

That is interesting. I've always wanted to learn some magic tricks when I was younger.That seems so cool to know how to do.. I figured you were talking about the Wiccan magic.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: snozberries on 02/08/09 at 12:13 pm

I'm glad someone caught it. ;) :D ;D ;D ;D

I'm assuming you when you say "magic" you are talking about illusions. Actually, I have done an illusion trick once or twice in my day. I can do the three rope trick-3 ropes different sizes and making them all one size. But, as I said, those are "tricks" or "illusions." However, I have done MAGIC-some with spells, some without. Yes, some of it has worked (some of it, not).

Cat

yeah...that money spell hasn't worked yet! maybe if I get both of my wiccan friends to cast it at the same time? ;)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: CatwomanofV on 02/08/09 at 12:29 pm

yeah...that money spell hasn't worked yet! maybe if I get both of my wiccan friends to cast it at the same time? ;)

Or you can cast the spell yourself. That would be stronger magic than having someone cast the spell for you.

Cat

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: snozberries on 02/08/09 at 12:41 pm

Or you can cast the spell yourself. That would be stronger magic than having someone cast the spell for you.

Cat

I'll take a pm how to- if you have the time.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: CatwomanofV on 02/08/09 at 1:36 pm

I'll take a pm how to- if you have the time.

Can you say Google? ;) :D :D ;D ;D ;D

Cat

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: snozberries on 02/08/09 at 1:42 pm

Can you say Google? ;) :D :D ;D ;D ;D

Cat

Goo - Goo

Goo - Glee

Goggy

gooog

nope...can't say that word!

besides... am I going trust you or some invisible poster on the internet.... what if I pick the wrong spell and end up summoning Goddess Hecate or something?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 02/09/09 at 5:11 am

The word of the day...Card(s)
1. A flat, usually rectangular piece of stiff paper, cardboard, or plastic, especially:
1. One of a set or pack bearing significant numbers, symbols, or figures, used in games and in divination.
2. A greeting card.
3. A post card.
4. One bearing a person's name and other information, used for purposes of identification or classification.
5. One bearing the image and often the statistics of a sports figure.
6. A business card.
7. A credit card.
8. A magnetic card.
9. One used for recording information in a file: an index card; a recipe card.
2. cards (used with a sing. or pl. verb) Games.
1. A game played with cards.
2. The playing of games with cards.
3. A program, especially for a sports event.
4.
1. A menu, as in a restaurant.
2. A wine list.
5. Computer Science.
1. A circuit board, especially for use in a computer.
2. A punch card.
6. A compass card.
7. Informal. An eccentrically amusing person.
8.
1. Something, such as an advantageous circumstance or tactical maneuver, that can be used to help gain an objective. Often used with play: “ Soviet Russia … had far more Iranian cards to play than the United States” (Theodore Draper).
2. An appeal to a specified issue or argument, usually one involving strong emotions. Often used with play: “His exposure as a racist … allowed the defense to play the race card” (New York Times).

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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 02/09/09 at 5:13 am

The person of the day....Ian Richardson
Ian William Richardson CBE (7 April 1934 – 9 February 2007) was a Scottish actor best known for playing the machiavellian Conservative politician Francis Urquhart in the House of Cards trilogy for the BBC. He was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1989.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: bookmistress4ever on 02/09/09 at 5:32 am

yeah...that money spell hasn't worked yet! maybe if I get both of my wiccan friends to cast it at the same time? ;)

Or you can cast the spell yourself. That would be stronger magic than having someone cast the spell for you.

Cat

Isn't there some consequence for casting spells on someone (like whatever you do for someone it comes back on you three times as much or something like it?) In this case, you'd be three times as rich! ;D or owe three times as much money if it backfires. :-\\

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: CatwomanofV on 02/09/09 at 11:03 am

Isn't there some consequence for casting spells on someone (like whatever you do for someone it comes back on you three times as much or something like it?) In this case, you'd be three times as rich! ;D or owe three times as much money if it backfires. :-\\

You are right about the 3-fold law which is why no respectable witch will do cast negative spells. And no respectable witch will cast a love spell either-you can't MAKE anyone fall in love with you.

The word of the day...Card(s)
   1. A flat, usually rectangular piece of stiff paper, cardboard, or plastic, especially:
   1. One of a set or pack bearing significant numbers, symbols, or figures, used in games and in divination.
   2. A greeting card.
   3. A post card.
   4. One bearing a person's name and other information, used for purposes of identification or classification.
   5. One bearing the image and often the statistics of a sports figure.
   6. A business card.
   7. A credit card.
   8. A magnetic card.
   9. One used for recording information in a file: an index card; a recipe card.
   2. cards (used with a sing. or pl. verb) Games.
   1. A game played with cards.
   2. The playing of games with cards.
   3. A program, especially for a sports event.
   4.
   1. A menu, as in a restaurant.
   2. A wine list.
   5. Computer Science.
   1. A circuit board, especially for use in a computer.
   2. A punch card.
   6. A compass card.
   7. Informal. An eccentrically amusing person.
   8.
   1. Something, such as an advantageous circumstance or tactical maneuver, that can be used to help gain an objective. Often used with play: “ Soviet Russia … had far more Iranian cards to play than the United States” (Theodore Draper).
   2. An appeal to a specified issue or argument, usually one involving strong emotions. Often used with play: “His exposure as a racist … allowed the defense to play the race card” (New York Times).

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You forgot these:

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(This is the deck that I use).

FYI, when Carlos & I were married, the guy who officiated (a Wiccan Priest) pulled a card for us.

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The Ace of Swords is a strength card.

Cat

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: wildcard on 02/09/09 at 11:43 am

< not any more though

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 02/10/09 at 5:32 am

You are right about the 3-fold law which is why no respectable witch will do cast negative spells. And no respectable witch will cast a love spell either-you can't MAKE anyone fall in love with you.

You forgot these:

http://www.tarot-decks.com/images/CPS99.jpg

(This is the deck that I use).

FYI, when Carlos & I were married, the guy who officiated (a Wiccan Priest) pulled a card for us.

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The Ace of Swords is a strength card.

Cat

To represent a strong marriage?

<

Great example :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 02/10/09 at 5:54 am

The word of the day...Salesman
One who sells: clerk, salesclerk, salesgirl, salesperson, saleswoman, seller, vender. See transactions.

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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 02/11/09 at 5:42 am

The person of the day...Arthur Miller
Arthur Miller (October 17, 1915 – February 10, 2005) was an American playwright and essayist. He was a prominent figure in American theatre and cinema for almost 100 years, writing a wide variety of dramas, including celebrated plays such as The Crucible, A View from the Bridge, All My Sons, and Death of a Salesman, which are studied and performed worldwide. Miller was often in the public eye, most famously for refusing to give evidence against others to the House Un-American Activities Committee, being the recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama among countless other awards, and for his marriage to Marilyn Monroe. Miller is considered by audiences and scholars as one of America's greatest playwrights and his plays are lauded throughout the world.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 02/11/09 at 5:47 am

The word of the day..Depression
#

1. e act of depressing.
2. The condition of being depressed.

# An area that is sunk below its surroundings; a hollow.
# The condition of feeling sad or despondent.
# Psychology. A psychiatric disorder characterized by an inability to concentrate, insomnia, loss of appetite, anhedonia, feelings of extreme sadness, guilt, helplessness and hopelessness, and thoughts of death. Also called clinical depression.
#

1. A reduction in activity or force.
2. A reduction in physiological vigor or activity: a depression in respiration.
3. A lowering in amount, degree, or position.

# Economics.

1. A period of drastic decline in a national or international economy, characterized by decreasing business activity, falling prices, and unemployment.
2. Depression The worldwide economic depression from the late 1920s through the 1930s. In the United States, it began with the stock market crash in October, 1929.

# Meteorology. A region of low barometric pressure.
# The angular distance below the horizontal plane through the point of observation.
# Astronomy. The angular distance of a celestial body below the horizon.

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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 02/11/09 at 5:49 am

The person of the day...Sylvia Plath
Sylvia Plath (October 27, 1932 – February 11, 1963) was an American poet, novelist and short story writer.

Known primarily for her poetry, Plath also wrote a semi-autobiographical novel, The Bell Jar, under the pseudonym Victoria Lucas. The book's protagonist, Esther Greenwood, is a bright, ambitious student at Smith College who begins to experience a mental breakdown while interning for a fashion magazine in New York. The plot parallels Plath's experience interning at Mademoiselle magazine and subsequent mental breakdown and suicide attempt.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 02/12/09 at 5:13 am

The word of the day....Spell
1. To name or write in order the letters constituting (a word or part of a word).
2. To constitute the letters of (a word): These letters spell animal.
3. To add up to; signify: Their unwise investment could spell financial ruin.

v.intr.

To form words by means of letters.

1.
1. A word or formula believed to have magic power.
2. A bewitched state; a trance.
2. A compelling attraction; charm or fascination: the spell of the theater.

1. A short, indefinite period of time.
2. Informal. A period of weather of a particular kind: a dry spell.
3.
1. One's turn at work.
2. A period of work; a shift.
4. Australian. A period of rest.
5. Informal. A period of physical or mental disorder or distress: a dizzy spell.
6. Informal. A short distance.

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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 02/12/09 at 5:16 am

The person of the day...Screamin' Jay Hawkins
Jalacy Hawkins, best known as Screamin' Jay Hawkins (July 18, 1929 – February 12, 2000) was an African-American singer. Famed chiefly for his powerful, operatic vocal delivery and wildly theatrical performances of songs such as "I Put a Spell on You" and "Constipation Blues," Hawkins sometimes used macabre props onstage, making him perhaps the first shock rocker.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 02/12/09 at 5:38 am

The word of the day reminds me of this movie...

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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 02/12/09 at 6:41 am

The word of the day....Spell
   1. To name or write in order the letters constituting (a word or part of a word).
   2. To constitute the letters of (a word): These letters spell animal.
   3. To add up to; signify: Their unwise investment could spell financial ruin.

v.intr.

To form words by means of letters.

   1.
   1. A word or formula believed to have magic power.
   2. A bewitched state; a trance.
   2. A compelling attraction; charm or fascination: the spell of the theater.

   1. A short, indefinite period of time.
   2. Informal. A period of weather of a particular kind: a dry spell.
   3.
   1. One's turn at work.
   2. A period of work; a shift.
   4. Australian. A period of rest.
   5. Informal. A period of physical or mental disorder or distress: a dizzy spell.
   6. Informal. A short distance.

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Can I cast some magic on the boards today?

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Written By: CatwomanofV on 02/12/09 at 11:58 am

I thought for sure that the person of the day would have been Abraham Lincoln (since it is his 200th birthday).

My question is: Do witches use spell check? ;) :D :D ;D ;D ;D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orNpH6iyokI

Cat

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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/12/09 at 12:03 pm

I thought for sure that the person of the day would have been Abraham Lincoln (since it is his 200th birthday).

My question is: Do witches use spell check? ;) :D :D ;D ;D ;D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orNpH6iyokI

Cat
...or Charles Darwin, born on the very same day.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 02/13/09 at 6:26 am

I thought for sure that the person of the day would have been Abraham Lincoln (since it is his 200th birthday).

My question is: Do witches use spell check? ;) :D :D ;D ;D ;D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orNpH6iyokI

Cat

I did think of him..not really sure why I changed my mind :-\\

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Written By: ninny on 02/13/09 at 6:30 am

The word of the day...Bowling
1.
1. A game played by rolling a ball down a wooden alley in order to knock down a triangular group of ten pins. Also called tenpins.
2. A similar game, such as duckpins or ninepins.
2. Lawn bowling.
3. The playing of one of these games.

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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 02/13/09 at 6:32 am

The person of the day..Dick Weber
Dick Weber (December 23, 1929 - February 13, 2005) was a famous bowling professional and a founding member of the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA). Weber was known not only as a bowling superstar, but also as a bowling pioneer and one of the sport's most popular players.
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Written By: ninny on 02/13/09 at 6:38 am

The flower for Friday...Hibiscus
Any of various chiefly tropical shrubs or trees of the genus Hibiscus, having large, showy, variously colored flowers with numerous stamens united into a tube surrounding the style.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 02/13/09 at 4:45 pm

When I was a kid...I used to eat the middle stem in that flower.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Reynolds1863 on 02/13/09 at 6:06 pm

When I was a kid...I used to eat the middle stem in that flower.

Isn't that were the sugary sap is that bees like?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 02/13/09 at 6:43 pm

Isn't that were the sugary sap is that bees like?

I don't know...but it tasted good to me! Don't know why I ever even tried it in the first place though!!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 02/14/09 at 12:42 pm

The word or phrase of the day...Avant Garde

Avant-garde (pronounced in French) means "advance guard" or "vanguard". The adjective form is used in English, to refer to people or works that are experimental or innovative, particularly with respect to art, culture, and politics.

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Written By: ninny on 02/14/09 at 12:44 pm

The person of the day...Tim Buckley
Timothy Charles Buckley III (February 14, 1947 – June 29, 1975) was an experimental vocalist and musician who incorporated jazz, psychedelia, funk, soul, and avant-garde rock in a career spanning the late 1960s and early 1970s. Buckley often regarded his voice as an instrument, a talent principally showcased on his albums Goodbye and Hello, Lorca, and Starsailor. His first marriage was to Mary Guibert, with whom he had a child, musician Jeff Buckley. They divorced in 1968 and after this Buckley would meet with his son only once more. Buckley married second wife Judy Brejot Sutcliffe in 1970 and adopted her son, Taylor.
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Written By: Reynolds1863 on 02/14/09 at 1:01 pm

The person of the day...Tim Buckley
Timothy Charles Buckley III (February 14, 1947 – June 29, 1975) was an experimental vocalist and musician who incorporated jazz, psychedelia, funk, soul, and avant-garde rock in a career spanning the late 1960s and early 1970s. Buckley often regarded his voice as an instrument, a talent principally showcased on his albums Goodbye and Hello, Lorca, and Starsailor. His first marriage was to Mary Guibert, with whom he had a child, musician Jeff Buckley. They divorced in 1968 and after this Buckley would meet with his son only once more. Buckley married second wife Judy Brejot Sutcliffe in 1970 and adopted her son, Taylor.
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He did a guest shot on the Monkees. :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: snozberries on 02/14/09 at 1:02 pm

He did a guest shot on the Monkees. :)

;D you would know that ;)

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Written By: Reynolds1863 on 02/14/09 at 3:43 pm

;D you would know that ;)

I have the episode. :D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 02/14/09 at 5:27 pm

The word or phrase of the day...Avant Garde

Avant-garde (pronounced in French) means "advance guard" or "vanguard". The adjective form is used in English, to refer to people or works that are experimental or innovative, particularly with respect to art, culture, and politics.

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I don't think I like Avant Garde in fashion... :P

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 02/14/09 at 5:46 pm

I don't think I like Avant Garde in fashion... :P

I am also not a fan.........

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 02/14/09 at 6:12 pm

I am also not a fan.........

They DO look ....weird? ::)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 02/15/09 at 4:09 am

I don't think I like Avant Garde in fashion... :P

I am also not a fan.........

They DO look ....weird? ::)

Yes they do...Ugh!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 02/15/09 at 4:17 am

The word of the day..Gypsy
1. A member of a people that arrived in Europe in migrations from northern India around the 14th century, now also living in North America and Australia. Many Gypsy groups have preserved elements of their traditional culture, including an itinerant existence and the Romany language.
2. See Romany (sense 2).
3. gypsy One inclined to a nomadic, unconventional way of life.
4. A person who moves from place to place as required for employment, especially:
1. A part-time or temporary member of a college faculty.
2. A member of the chorus line in a theater production.
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Written By: ninny on 02/15/09 at 4:20 am

The person of the day..Ethel Merman
Ethel Merman (January 16, 1908 – February 15, 1984) was an American actress and singer known for musical theatre, well known for her powerful voice, and often hailed by critics as "The Grande Dame of the Broadway stage".
Perhaps Merman's most revered performance was in Gypsy as Gypsy Rose Lee's mother Rose. Merman introduced Everything's Coming Up Roses and Some People and ended the show with the wrenching Rose's Turn. Critics and audiences saw her creation of Madame Rose as the performance of her career. She did not get the role in the movie version, however, which went to movie actress Rosalind Russell, and an infuriated Merman was quoted as saying: "There's a name for women like her but it's seldom used in society outside a kennel." (Since this is a line from the film The Women, in which Russell appeared, the story may be apocryphal). She also insulted Russell's husband, Freddie Brisson, by calling him the "Lizard of Roz". Merman decided to take Gypsy on the road and trumped the motion picture as a result.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 02/15/09 at 4:55 am

I wasn't a great fan of Ethel....her voice boomed too much for my taste. However, I did enjoy the films'Anything Goes' and 'It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World'!

As far as Gypsy Rose Lee was concerned...I liked the film..but that was mainly because I liked Natalie Wood! ::)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 02/15/09 at 8:28 am

As far as Gypsy Rose Lee was concerned...I liked the film..but that was mainly because I liked Natalie Wood! ::)

;D ::)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: snozberries on 02/15/09 at 9:59 am

song of the day? ;)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 02/15/09 at 10:02 am

song of the day? ;)

Whoever wants to do that.. be my guest(Oh why not)
Lumiere:
Ma chere Mademoiselle, it is with deepest pride
and greatest pleasure that we welcome you tonight.
And now we invite you to relax, let us pull up a
chair as the dining room proudly presents -
your dinner!

Be our guest! Be our guest!
Put our service to the test
Tie your napkin 'round your neck, cherie
And we'll provide the rest
Soup du jour
Hot hors d'oeuvres
Why, we only live to serve
Try the grey stuff
Chip:
It's delicious
Lumiere:
Don't believe me? Ask the dishes
They can sing, they can dance
After all, Miss, this is France
And a dinner here is never second best
Go on, unfold your menu
Take a glance and then you'll
Be our guest
Oui, our guest
Be our guest!
Lumiere and Chorus:
Beef ragout
Cheese souffle
Pie and pudding "en flambe"
Lumiere:
We'll prepare and serve with flair
A culinary cabaret!
You're alone
And you're scared
But the banquet's all prepared
No one's gloomy or complaining
While the flatware's entertaining
We tell jokes! I do tricks
With my fellow candlesticks
Chorus:
And it's all in perfect taste
That you can bet
Come on and lift your glass
You've won your own free pass
To be out guest
Lumiere:
If you're stressed
It's fine dining we suggest

Chorus:
Be our guest! Be our guest! Be our guest!
Get your worries off your chest
Let us say for your entree
We've an array; may we suggest:
Try the bread! Try the soup!
When the croutons loop de loop
It's a treat for any dinner
Don't belive me? Ask the china
Singing pork! Dancing veal!
What an entertaining meal!
How could anyone be gloomy and depressed?
We'll make you shout "encore!"
And send us out for more
So, be our guest!
Lumiere:
Be our guest!
Chorus:
Be our guest!
Mrs Potts:
It's a guest! It's a guest!
Sakes alive, well I'll be blessed!
Wine's been poured and thank the Lord
I've had the napkins freshly pressed
With dessert, she'll want tea
And my dear that's fine with me
While the cups do their soft-shoein'
I'll be bubbling, I'll be brewing
I'll get warm, piping hot
Heaven's sakes! Is that a spot?
Clean it up! We want the company impressed
Chorus:
We've got a lot to do!
Mrs Potts:
Is it one lump or two?
For you, our guest!
Chorus:
She's our guest!
Mrs Potts:
She's our guest!
Chorus:
She's our guest!
Be our guest! Be our guest! Be our guest!
Lumiere:
Life is so unnerving
For a servant who's not serving
He's not whole without a soul to wait upon
Ah, those good old days when we were useful...
Suddenly those good old days are gone
Ten years we've been rusting
Needing so much more than dusting
Needing exercise, a chance to use our skills!
Most days we just lay around the castle
Flabby, fat and lazy
You walked in and oops-a-daisy!
Chorus:
Be our guest! Be our guest!
Our command is your request
It's been years since we've had anybody here
And we're obsessed
With your meal, with your ease
Yes, indeed, we aim to please
While the candlelight's still glowing
Let us help you, We'll keep going
Course by course, one by one
'Til you shout, "Enough! I'm done!"
Then we'll sing you off to sleep as you digest
Tonight you'll prop your feet up
But for now, let's eat up
Be our guest!
Be our guest!
Be our guest!
Please, be our guest!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: snozberries on 02/15/09 at 10:04 am

Whoever wants to do that.. be my guest(Oh why not)
Lumiere:
Ma chere Mademoiselle, it is with deepest pride
and greatest pleasure that we welcome you tonight.
And now we invite you to relax, let us pull up a
chair as the dining room proudly presents -
your dinner!

Be our guest! Be our guest!
Put our service to the test
Tie your napkin 'round your neck, cherie
And we'll provide the rest
Soup du jour
Hot hors d'oeuvres

Why, we only live to serve
Try the grey stuff
Chip:
It's delicious
Lumiere:
Don't believe me? Ask the dishes
They can sing, they can dance
After all, Miss, this is France
And a dinner here is never second best
Go on, unfold your menu
Take a glance and then you'll
Be our guest
Oui, our guest
Be our guest!
Lumiere and Chorus:
Beef ragout
Cheese souffle
Pie and pudding "en flambe"
Lumiere:
We'll prepare and serve with flair
A culinary cabaret!
You're alone
And you're scared
But the banquet's all prepared
No one's gloomy or complaining
While the flatware's entertaining
We tell jokes! I do tricks
With my fellow candlesticks
Chorus:
And it's all in perfect taste
That you can bet
Come on and lift your glass
You've won your own free pass
To be out guest
Lumiere:
If you're stressed
It's fine dining we suggest

Chorus:
Be our guest! Be our guest! Be our guest!
Get your worries off your chest
Let us say for your entree
We've an array; may we suggest:
Try the bread! Try the soup!
When the croutons loop de loop
It's a treat for any dinner
Don't belive me? Ask the china
Singing pork! Dancing veal!
What an entertaining meal!
How could anyone be gloomy and depressed?
We'll make you shout "encore!"
And send us out for more
So, be our guest!
Lumiere:
Be our guest!
Chorus:
Be our guest!
Mrs Potts:
It's a guest! It's a guest!
Sakes alive, well I'll be blessed!
Wine's been poured and thank the Lord
I've had the napkins freshly pressed
With dessert, she'll want tea
And my dear that's fine with me
While the cups do their soft-shoein'
I'll be bubbling, I'll be brewing
I'll get warm, piping hot
Heaven's sakes! Is that a spot?
Clean it up! We want the company impressed
Chorus:
We've got a lot to do!
Mrs Potts:
Is it one lump or two?
For you, our guest!
Chorus:
She's our guest!
Mrs Potts:
She's our guest!
Chorus:
She's our guest!
Be our guest! Be our guest! Be our guest!
Lumiere:
Life is so unnerving
For a servant who's not serving
He's not whole without a soul to wait upon
Ah, those good old days when we were useful...
Suddenly those good old days are gone
Ten years we've been rusting
Needing so much more than dusting
Needing exercise, a chance to use our skills!
Most days we just lay around the castle
Flabby, fat and lazy
You walked in and oops-a-daisy!
Chorus:
Be our guest! Be our guest!
Our command is your request
It's been years since we've had anybody here
And we're obsessed
With your meal, with your ease
Yes, indeed, we aim to please
While the candlelight's still glowing
Let us help you, We'll keep going
Course by course, one by one
'Til you shout, "Enough! I'm done!"
Then we'll sing you off to sleep as you digest
Tonight you'll prop your feet up
But for now, let's eat up
Be our guest!
Be our guest!
Be our guest!
Please, be our guest!

nice....but did you click my choice for song of the day?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: CatwomanofV on 02/15/09 at 11:44 am

I wasn't a great fan of Ethel....her voice boomed too much for my taste. However, I did enjoy the films'Anything Goes' and 'It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World'!

As far as Gypsy Rose Lee was concerned...I liked the film..but that was mainly because I liked Natalie Wood! ::)

For the life of me, I can't understand WHY Hollywood insist on casting people in musicals who can't sing or dance-like Natalie Wood. Nothing personal against her but the part wasn't made for her (as well as Maria in West Side Story).

As for the movie Gypsy-Bette Midler BLOWS Ethel Merman out of the water as Mama Rose. But I did like Ethel in It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World. (or how ever many "mads" there are in that title. lol)

song of the day? ;)

Oh man, brings back so many memories. Was my favorite song at one point in time.

Cat

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: snozberries on 02/15/09 at 12:17 pm

For the life of me, I can't understand WHY Hollywood insist on casting people in musicals who can't sing or dance-like Natalie Wood. Nothing personal against her but the part wasn't made for her (as well as Maria in West Side Story).

As for the movie Gypsy-Bette Midler BLOWS Ethel Merman out of the water as Mama Rose. But I did like Ethel in It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World. (or how ever many "mads" there are in that title. lol)

Oh man, brings back so many memories. Was my favorite song at one point in time.

Cat

I really loved how her movements were perfectly timed to the different camera angles! ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 02/15/09 at 2:01 pm

nice....but did you click my choice for song of the day?

Ha, I apparently wasn't smart enough to click it....That's a great song.Gypsys,Tramps & Thieves.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 02/16/09 at 5:32 am

I don't think I like Avant Garde in fashion... :P
Is Goth fashion Avant Garde?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 02/16/09 at 5:42 am

Is Goth fashion Avant Garde?

I'm not sure,but don't really think so.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 02/16/09 at 5:47 am

The word of the day....Tennis
1. A game played with rackets and a light ball by two players or two pairs of players on a rectangular court, as of grass, clay, or asphalt, divided by a net. Also called lawn tennis.
2. Court tennis.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 02/16/09 at 5:50 am

The person of the day...John McEnroe
John Patrick McEnroe, Jr. (born February 16, 1959) is a natural born American citizen and a former World No. 1 professional tennis player. McEnroe won seven Grand Slam singles titles—three at Wimbledon and four at the US Open—nine Grand Slam men's doubles titles, and one Grand Slam mixed doubles title. He is remembered for his shot-making artistry and superb volleying; for his famous rivalries with Björn Borg, Jimmy Connors, and Ivan Lendl; for his confrontational on-court behavior, which frequently landed him in trouble with umpires and tennis authorities; and for the catchphrase "You cannot be serious!" directed toward an umpire during a match at Wimbledon in 1981. He was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1999.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 02/16/09 at 5:52 am

The person of the day...John McEnroe
John Patrick McEnroe, Jr. (born February 16, 1959) is a natural born American citizen and a former World No. 1 professional tennis player. McEnroe won seven Grand Slam singles titles—three at Wimbledon and four at the US Open—nine Grand Slam men's doubles titles, and one Grand Slam mixed doubles title. He is remembered for his shot-making artistry and superb volleying; for his famous rivalries with Björn Borg, Jimmy Connors, and Ivan Lendl; for his confrontational on-court behavior, which frequently landed him in trouble with umpires and tennis authorities; and for the catchphrase "You cannot be serious!" directed toward an umpire during a match at Wimbledon in 1981. He was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1999.
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"You cannot be serious!"

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 02/16/09 at 8:49 am

"You cannot be serious!"

What you don't like John?
There wasn't that many great choices for today, I could have done Patty Andrews and done Apple tree. Or Vera -Ellen,but I wasn't sure what word to use for her. :-\\

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 02/16/09 at 8:52 am

What you don't like John?
We still enjoy seeing him play on the seniors circuit.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 02/16/09 at 8:55 am

I've always enjoyed watching him.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 02/16/09 at 9:49 am

I've always enjoyed watching him.

Yes he kept the game interesting.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 02/16/09 at 10:02 am

Yes he kept the game interesting.
Mansour Barami makes the game of tennis even more interesting.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 02/16/09 at 10:10 am

Mansour Barami makes the game of tennis even more interesting.

I'm not a follower of tennis,so I never heard of him.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 02/16/09 at 10:12 am

I'm not a follower of tennis,so I never heard of him.
He is the master of comedy in the game of tennis.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: CatwomanofV on 02/16/09 at 12:01 pm

What you don't like John?
There wasn't that many great choices for today, I could have done Patty Andrews and done Apple tree. Or Vera -Ellen,but I wasn't sure what word to use for her. :-\\

I know someone who is very dear to me named Patty Andrews.

Cat

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 02/16/09 at 12:19 pm

Yes he kept the game interesting.

That he did, which is a bonus for me, considering that I don't even watch it, with his exception. :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 02/16/09 at 12:22 pm

btw, John McEnroe does not sign autographs

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 02/16/09 at 12:29 pm

btw, John McEnroe does not sign autographs

Expected. 8)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 02/16/09 at 12:29 pm

Expected.   8)
He signs his autobiography, nothing else.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 02/16/09 at 12:34 pm

That would make any signature of his on his autobiographies even more valuable!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 02/16/09 at 12:34 pm

That would make any signature of his on his autobiographies even more valuable!
Correct

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 02/16/09 at 4:35 pm

I know someone who is very dear to me named Patty Andrews.

Cat

I'll assume its not the singer ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: 2kidsami on 02/16/09 at 4:49 pm

song of the day? ;)

How did Cher stand up straight with that hair - she looks like it outways her 10 to 1 and she should tumble over any minute????

;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 02/16/09 at 4:58 pm

How did Cher stand up straight with that hair - she looks like it outways her 10 to 1 and she should tumble over any minute????

;D

hehe.... ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: CatwomanofV on 02/16/09 at 5:43 pm

I'll assume its not the singer ;D

Nope. This one can't sing if her life depended on it. :D ;D ;D ;D

Cat

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 02/17/09 at 5:15 am

The word or phrase of the day...Jazz Piano
Jazz piano is the use of an acoustic piano or electric piano as an improvising instrument in a jazz group or jazz fusion ensemble. The piano has been an integral part of the jazz idiom since its inception, in both solo and ensemble settings. The instrument is also an important tool in the understanding of jazz theory and arranging for jazz musicians and composers because of its combined melodic and harmonic nature. Along with jazz guitar, and Hammond organ, the piano is one of the few instruments in a jazz combo which can play chords, rather than single notes only, as with the saxophone or trumpet.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 02/17/09 at 5:18 am

The person of the day...Thelonious Monk
Thelonious Sphere Monk (October 10, 1917-February 17, 1982) was an American jazz pianist and composer.

Widely considered one of the most important musicians in jazz, Monk had a unique improvisational style and made numerous contributions to the standard jazz repertoire, including "Epistrophy," "'Round Midnight," "Blue Monk," "Straight No Chaser" and "Well, You Needn't." Often regarded as a founder of bebop, Monk's playing style later evolved away from that form. His compositions and improvisations are full of dissonant harmonies and angular melodic twists, and are impossible to separate from Monk's unorthodox approach to the piano, which combined a highly percussive attack with abrupt, dramatic use of silences and hesitations; a style nicknamed "Melodious Thunk" by his wife Nellie
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 02/17/09 at 5:21 am

Jazz Piano is not my cup of tea.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 02/17/09 at 5:30 am

Jazz Piano is not my cup of tea.

I've never really listened to it. :-[

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 02/17/09 at 5:34 am

I've never really listened to it. :-[
I have tried. I did go to a Jazz Concert and walked out with a headache

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 02/17/09 at 7:49 am

I like jazz, some songs, but usually milder forms of it...more melodic.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 02/17/09 at 10:20 am

I have tried. I did go to a Jazz Concert and walked out with a headache

The only Jazz concert I went to was my sons in High School.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 02/17/09 at 10:22 am

The only Jazz concert I went to was my sons in High School.
In that situation, no one can walk out on the concert?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 02/17/09 at 7:56 pm

I agree with Philip.....Jazz is also not my cup of tea. I can handle milder forms (like Belle said) but heavier Jazz can be confusing to me ears and music shouldn't be that much work ti listen too.

My Father-in-law loves jazz and only listen to that form of music. I guess it takes all types.....

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 02/17/09 at 10:50 pm

Sure does. ::)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 02/18/09 at 3:34 am

I agree with Philip.....Jazz is also not my cup of tea. I can handle milder forms (like Belle said) but heavier Jazz can be confusing to me ears and music shouldn't be that much work ti listen too.

My Father-in-law loves jazz and only listen to that form of music. I guess it takes all types.....
Bring on Beethoven any day!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 02/18/09 at 6:23 am

The word or phrase of the day...Race Car(s)
A fast car that competes in races
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 02/18/09 at 6:26 am

The person of the day...Dale Earnhardt
Ralph Dale Earnhardt, Sr. (April 29, 1951 – February 18, 2001) was an American race car driver, best known for his career driving stock cars in NASCAR's top division. Earnhardt had four children, Kerry, Kelley Earnhardt Elledge, Dale Jr., and Taylor Earnhardt. His widow, Teresa Earnhardt (whom he married in 1982) was the owner of Dale Earnhardt, Inc., the race team and merchandising corporation Earnhardt founded with her in February 1980. The team has since merged with Chip Ganassi and is now known as Earnhardt Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 02/18/09 at 6:32 am

Speed Junkies?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 02/18/09 at 6:36 am

The person of the day...Thelonious Monk
Thelonious Sphere Monk (October 10, 1917-February 17, 1982) was an American jazz pianist and composer.

Widely considered one of the most important musicians in jazz, Monk had a unique improvisational style and made numerous contributions to the standard jazz repertoire, including "Epistrophy," "'Round Midnight," "Blue Monk," "Straight No Chaser" and "Well, You Needn't." Often regarded as a founder of bebop, Monk's playing style later evolved away from that form. His compositions and improvisations are full of dissonant harmonies and angular melodic twists, and are impossible to separate from Monk's unorthodox approach to the piano, which combined a highly percussive attack with abrupt, dramatic use of silences and hesitations; a style nicknamed "Melodious Thunk" by his wife Nellie
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He also has a son named TS Monk and he produced a funky disco hit in 1981 called "Bon Bon Vie" and it reached the Top 10.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 02/19/09 at 4:35 am

The word of the day...Ball(s)
A spherical object or entity: a steel ball.
b. A spherical or almost spherical body: a ball of flame.
2. Sports
a. Any of various rounded, movable objects used in various athletic activities and games.
b. Such an object moving, thrown, hit, or kicked in a particular manner: a low ball; a fair ball.
c. A game, especially baseball or basketball, played with such an object.
d. A pitched baseball that does not pass through the strike zone and is not swung at by the batter.
3.
a. A solid spherical or pointed projectile, such as one shot from a cannon.
b. Projectiles of this kind considered as a group.
4. A rounded part or protuberance, especially of the body: the ball of the foot.
5. balls Vulgar Slang
a. The testicles.
b. Courage, especially when reckless.
c. Great presumptuousness.
v. balled, ball·ing, balls
v.tr.
1. To form into a ball.
2. Vulgar Slang To have sexual intercourse with.
v.intr.
1. To become formed into a ball.
2. Vulgar Slang To have sexual intercourse.
Phrasal Verb:
ball up
To confuse; bungle.
Idiom:
on the ball Informal
1. Alert, competent, or efficient: a teacher who is really on the ball.
2. Relating to qualities, such as competence, skill, or knowledge, that are necessary for success: a manager who has a lot on the ball; a student who has nothing on the ball.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 02/19/09 at 4:37 am

Rugby is played by men with odd shaped balls.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 02/19/09 at 4:39 am

The person of the day...Bon Scott
Ronald Belford "Bon" Scott (9 July 1946 – 19 February 1980) was an Australian rock musician, best known for being the lead singer and lyricist of Australian hard rock band AC/DC from 1974 until his death in 1980. He was born in Kirriemuir, Scotland, and emigrated to Melbourne, Australia with his family in 1952 at the age of six.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 02/19/09 at 4:41 am

Rugby is played by men with odd shaped balls.

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Sorta looks like a football.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 02/19/09 at 4:43 am

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Sorta looks like a football.
In rugby the player can allowed to grab each other.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 02/19/09 at 8:30 am

Reply #6666 ^

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 02/20/09 at 4:07 am

The word of the day...Field
1.
1. A broad, level, open expanse of land.
2. A meadow: a field of buttercups.
3. A cultivated expanse of land, especially one devoted to a particular crop: a field of corn.
4. A portion of land or a geologic formation containing a specified natural resource.
5. A wide unbroken expanse, as of ice.
2.
1. A battleground.
2. A battle.
3. The scene or an area of military operations or maneuvers.
4. A military area away from headquarters.
3.
1. A background area, as on a flag, painting, or coin: a blue insignia on a field of red.
2. Heraldry. The background of a shield or one of the divisions of the background.
4. Sports.
1. An area in which an athletic event takes place, especially the area inside or near to a running track, where field events are held.
2. The portion of a playing field having specific dimensions on which the action of a game takes place.
3. All the contestants or participants in an event, especially all the contestants except the favorite or the winner in a contest of more than two.
4. The members of a team engaged in active play.
5. The body of riders following a pack of hounds in hunting.
5.
1. An area of human activity or interest: several fields of endeavor.
2. A topic, subject, or area of academic interest or specialization.
3. Profession, employment, or business.
4. An area or setting of practical activity or application outside an office, school, factory, or laboratory: biologists working in the field; a product tested in the field.
5. An area or region where business activities are conducted: sales representatives in the field.
6. Mathematics. A set of elements having two operations, designated addition and multiplication, satisfying the conditions that multiplication is distributive over addition, that the set is a group under addition, and that the elements with the exception of the additive identity form a group under multiplication.
7. Physics. A region of space characterized by a physical property, such as gravitational or electromagnetic force or fluid pressure, having a determinable value at every point in the region.
8. The usually circular area in which the image is rendered by the lens system of an optical instrument. Also called field of view.
9. Computer Science.
1. A defined area of a storage medium, such as a set of bit locations or a set of adjacent columns on a punch card, used to record a type of information consistently.
2. An element of a database record in which one piece of information is stored.
3. An interface element in a GUI that accepts the input of text.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 02/20/09 at 4:20 am

The person of the day...Sidney Poitier
Sir Sidney Poitier, KBE (pronounced /ˈpwætɪeɪ/; born February 20, 1927) is an Academy Award-, Golden Globe-, BAFTA- and Grammy award-winning Bahamian-American actor, film director, author, and diplomat. He broke through as a star in acclaimed performances in American films and plays, which, by consciously defying racial stereotyping, gave a new dramatic credibility for black actors to mainstream film audiences in the Western world.

In 1963, Poitier became the first black man to win an Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in Lilies of the Field. The significance of this achievement was later bolstered in 1967 when he starred in three very well received films—To Sir, With Love; In the Heat of the Night; and Guess Who's Coming to Dinner—making him the top box office star of that year.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 02/20/09 at 4:24 am

The flower for Friday...Azalea
ny plant of certain species of the genus Rhododendron (heath family), formerly given the generic name Azalea. Though some gardeners consider azaleas distinct from rhododendrons, distinguishing characteristics of the two groups are not consistent enough to separate them into two genera. Azaleas typically are deciduous (see deciduous tree), with flowers that are funnel-shaped, somewhat two-lipped, and often fragrant. Cultivated varieties have been bred from species native to the hilly regions of Asia and North America. Well-known North American kinds include the smooth, or sweet, azalea (R. arborescens); the flame azalea (R. calendulaceum); and the pinxter flower (R. periclymenoides).
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/20/09 at 1:40 pm

The person of the day...Sidney Poitier
Sir Sidney Poitier, KBE (pronounced /ˈpwætɪeɪ/; born February 20, 1927) is an Academy Award-, Golden Globe-, BAFTA- and Grammy award-winning Bahamian-American actor, film director, author, and diplomat. He broke through as a star in acclaimed performances in American films and plays, which, by consciously defying racial stereotyping, gave a new dramatic credibility for black actors to mainstream film audiences in the Western world.

In 1963, Poitier became the first black man to win an Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in Lilies of the Field. The significance of this achievement was later bolstered in 1967 when he starred in three very well received films—To Sir, With Love; In the Heat of the Night; and Guess Who's Coming to Dinner—making him the top box office star of that year.
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Written By: gibbo on 02/20/09 at 3:28 pm

Thoughts of Lulu comes to mind.

You know.....the song "To Sir With Love" was the first thought to enter my mind.. Followed by 'Lillies of the Filed' and ' Guess Who's Coming To Dinner'. He was such a distinguished actor.

As far as the word field goes...I know that...if you build it...they will come!

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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/20/09 at 3:30 pm

You know.....the song "To Sir With Love" was the first thought to enter my mind.. Followed by 'Lillies of the Filed' and ' Guess Who's Coming To Dinner'. He was such a distinguished actor.
I should see his other movies.

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Written By: snozberries on 02/20/09 at 3:46 pm

I should see his other movies.

A Patch of Blue is favorite of mine

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Written By: ninny on 02/20/09 at 5:26 pm

Thoughts of Lulu comes to mind.

You know.....the song "To Sir With Love" was the first thought to enter my mind.. Followed by 'Lillies of the Filed' and ' Guess Who's Coming To Dinner'. He was such a distinguished actor.

As far as the word field goes...I know that...if you build it...they will come!

A Patch of Blue is favorite of mine

To Sir With Love is a great song & movie. Blackboard Jungle & The Defiant Ones are also 2 great movies.

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Written By: snozberries on 02/20/09 at 8:20 pm

Defiant Ones
In the Heat of the Night
& Guess Who's Coming to Dinner are my other favorites

Oddly enough- I have never seen Lillies of the Field and he won the oscar for that! I really need to rectify that!

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Written By: snozberries on 02/20/09 at 8:35 pm

Oh I recently recorded Buck and the Preacher but I have yet to watch it yet!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 02/21/09 at 5:36 am

To Sir With Love is a great song & movie. Blackboard Jungle & The Defiant Ones are also 2 great movies.
I am building up a list now.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 02/21/09 at 6:46 am

The word of the day...Activist
A proponent or practitioner of activism: political activists.
adj.

1. Of, relating to, or engaged in activism.
2. Of, relating to, or being an activist.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 02/21/09 at 6:48 am

The person of the day...Malcolm X
Malcolm X (born Malcolm Little; May 19, 1925 – February 21, 1965), also known as El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, was an African American Muslim minister, public speaker, and human rights activist. To his admirers, he was a courageous advocate for the rights of African Americans, a man who indicted white America in the harshest terms for its crimes against black Americans. His detractors accused him of preaching racism and violence. He has been described as one of the greatest and most influential African Americans in history.
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Written By: snozberries on 02/21/09 at 10:19 am

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I see the resemblance to Denzel in this pic!

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Written By: snozberries on 02/21/09 at 10:22 am

^ I guess it'd be more appropriate to say I see Denzel's resemblance to Malcolm

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Written By: ninny on 02/21/09 at 10:47 am

I see the resemblance to Denzel in this pic!

^ I guess it'd be more appropriate to say I see Denzel's resemblance to Malcolm

Very much so :-\\ maybe they put some of Denzel playing Malcolm X under Malcolm X.

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Written By: snozberries on 02/21/09 at 10:50 am

Very much so :-\\ maybe they put some of Denzel playing Malcolm X under Malcolm X.

could be.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 02/22/09 at 5:15 am

The word or phrase of the day...Modern Art
Modern art is a term that refers to artistic works produced during the period extending roughly from the 1860s through the 1970s, and denotes the style and philosophy of the art produced during that era. The term is usually associated with art in which the traditions of the past have been thrown aside in a spirit of experimentation. Modern artists experimented with new ways of seeing, and with fresh ideas about the nature of materials and functions of art. A tendency toward abstraction is characteristic of much modern art. More recent artistic production is often called Contemporary art or Postmodern art.

The notion of modern art is closely related to Modernism.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 02/22/09 at 5:17 am

The person of the day...Andy Warhol
Andrew Warhola (August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987), more commonly known as Andy Warhol, was an American painter, filmmaker and conceptual artist, who was a leading figure in the movement known as pop art. After a successful career as a commercial illustrator, Warhol became famous worldwide for his work as a painter, avant-garde filmmaker, record producer, author, and public figure known for his membership in wildly diverse social circles that included bohemian street people, distinguished intellectuals, Hollywood celebrities and wealthy aristocrats.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: CatwomanofV on 02/22/09 at 12:12 pm

Am I the only person who thinks Andy Warhol's art is 8-P ?

Cat

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 02/22/09 at 4:47 pm

Am I the only person who thinks Andy Warhol's art is 8-P ?

Cat

No...I'm with you on this one! :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 02/22/09 at 7:54 pm

No...I'm with you on this one! :)

I haven't seen you in ages, Peter. ;)

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Written By: gibbo on 02/22/09 at 7:56 pm

I haven't seen you in ages, Peter. ;)

Actually, other than one pic...you've never seen me! ;)

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Written By: adagio on 02/22/09 at 8:03 pm

Actually, other than one pic...you've never seen me! ;)

technicalities! :P

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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/23/09 at 2:39 am

Am I the only person who thinks Andy Warhol's art is 8-P ?

Cat
In a way, Andy Warhol is still art.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 02/23/09 at 4:07 am

I haven't seen you in ages, Peter. ;)
Peter was here the other day.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 02/23/09 at 6:54 am

Am I the only person who thinks Andy Warhol's art is 8-P ?

Cat

No...I'm with you on this one! :)

The word Art is thrown around loosely.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 02/23/09 at 6:55 am

The word Art is thrown around loosely.
...like Jackson Pollack

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Written By: ninny on 02/23/09 at 6:59 am

The word of the day...Poetry
1. The art or work of a poet.
2.
1. Poems regarded as forming a division of literature.
2. The poetic works of a given author, group, nation, or kind.
3. A piece of literature written in meter; verse.
4. Prose that resembles a poem in some respect, as in form or sound.
5. The essence or characteristic quality of a poem.
6. A quality that suggests poetry, as in grace, beauty, or harmony: the poetry of the dancer's movements.
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Written By: ninny on 02/23/09 at 7:01 am

The person of the day...John Keats
John Keats (IPA: /ˈkiːts/; 31 October 1795 – 23 February 1821) was an English poet who became one of the principal poets of the English Romantic movement during the early nineteenth century. During his very short life, his work received constant critical attacks from periodicals of the day, but his posthumous influence on poets such as Alfred Tennyson has been immense. Elaborate word choice and sensual imagery characterize Keats's poetry, including a series of odes that were his masterpieces and which remain among the most popular poems in English literature. Keats's letters, which expound on his aesthetic theory of "negative capability", are among the most celebrated by any writer.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 02/23/09 at 7:02 am

...like Jackson Pollack

Yes very Abstract ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 02/23/09 at 7:02 am

Poetry is Art!

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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/23/09 at 7:03 am

I suffered from John Keats at school, but appreciate him now.

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Written By: ninny on 02/23/09 at 7:18 am

Poetry is Art!

Yes it is.

I suffered from John Keats at school, but appreciate him now.

Sadly I don't remember hardly any of his works..I remember something about a Nightingale.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 02/23/09 at 7:20 am

Yes it is.Sadly I don't remember hardly any of his works..I remember something about a Nightingale.
Ode to a Nightingale, I only remember the title for that poem.

On First Looking Into Chapman's Homer, I used to know the first verse of by heart.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 02/23/09 at 7:22 am

On First Looking Into Chapman's Homer, I used to know the first verse of by heart.
From honest memory...

Much have I travelled in the realms of gold,
and many stately something I have seen...

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Written By: ninny on 02/23/09 at 7:52 am

From honest memory...

Much have I travelled in the realms of gold,
and many stately something I have seen...

That's a lot more than I remember.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 02/23/09 at 8:07 am

Peter was here the other day.

Peter may have been here but I.....

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 02/23/09 at 8:16 am

That's a lot more than I remember.
There is another poem, about the Eve of St Agnes, oh what a bitter chill it was.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: CatwomanofV on 02/23/09 at 10:44 am

The word Art is thrown around loosely.

My high school sweetheart was named Arthur and whenever anyone asked me what my favorite subject in school was, I said, "Art". ;) :D ;D ;D ;D

Cat

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 02/23/09 at 10:51 am

My high school sweetheart was named Arthur and whenever anyone asked me what my favorite subject in school was, I said, "Art". ;) :D ;D ;D ;D

Cat

LOL ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 02/23/09 at 10:53 am

My high school sweetheart was named Arthur and whenever anyone asked me what my favorite subject in school was, I said, "Art". ;) :D ;D ;D ;D

Cat
Did Art only have eyes for you?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: CatwomanofV on 02/23/09 at 11:21 am

Did Art only have eyes for you?

At the time yup. Actually, a couple of days ago, I received a letter from Art's mother. Yes, I still keep in touch with her.

Cat

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Written By: snozberries on 02/23/09 at 12:11 pm

My high school sweetheart was named Arthur and whenever anyone asked me what my favorite subject in school was, I said, "Art". ;) :D ;D ;D ;D

Cat

that's silly I like it :D

about a hundred years ago Oprah mentioned on her show that everytime they eat artichokes Steadman always says...."Might choke Artie but they won't choke me!" it still makes me laugh.... so do five year olds who tell lame yo mama jokes... I have a warped sense of humor! :D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 02/23/09 at 5:20 pm

Did Art only have eyes for you?

Nice Art Garfunkel reference there :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 02/24/09 at 5:32 am

The word of the day...Fish
1. Any of numerous cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates of the superclass Pisces, characteristically having fins, gills, and a streamlined body and including specifically:
1. Any of the class Osteichthyes, having a bony skeleton.
2. Any of the class Chondrichthyes, having a cartilaginous skeleton and including the sharks, rays, and skates.
2. The flesh of such animals used as food.
3. Any of various primitive aquatic vertebrates of the class Cyclostomata, lacking jaws and including the lampreys and hagfishes.
4. Any of various unrelated aquatic animals, such as a jellyfish, cuttlefish, or crayfish.
5. Informal. A person, especially one considered deficient in something: a poor fish.
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Written By: ninny on 02/24/09 at 5:34 am

The person of the day..Abe Vigoda
Abraham Charles "Abe" Vigoda (born February 24, 1921) is an American movie and television actor. He's best known for his portrayal of Detective Sgt. Phil Fish on the sit-com television series Barney Miller from 1975-1977. He made regular appearances as himself (usually in skits relating to his "advanced age") on the television show Late Night with Conan O'Brien, and was honored with a cameo appearance on that show's final episode
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Written By: Howard on 02/24/09 at 5:54 am

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Yep,that's me. :)

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Written By: ninny on 02/24/09 at 6:04 am

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Yep,that's me. :)

Same as my dad he was born March 4

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Written By: CatwomanofV on 02/24/09 at 2:01 pm

The person of the day..Abe Vigoda
Abraham Charles "Abe" Vigoda (born February 24, 1921) is an American movie and television actor. He's best known for his portrayal of Detective Sgt. Phil Fish on the sit-com television series Barney Miller from 1975-1977. He made regular appearances as himself (usually in skits relating to his "advanced age") on the television show Late Night with Conan O'Brien, and was honored with a cameo appearance on that show's final episode
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I met him a LONG, LONG time ago in a galaxy Far, Far away.

Cat

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 02/25/09 at 3:57 am

The word of the day...Fish
   1. Any of numerous cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates of the superclass Pisces, characteristically having fins, gills, and a streamlined body and including specifically:
   1. Any of the class Osteichthyes, having a bony skeleton.
   2. Any of the class Chondrichthyes, having a cartilaginous skeleton and including the sharks, rays, and skates.
   2. The flesh of such animals used as food.
   3. Any of various primitive aquatic vertebrates of the class Cyclostomata, lacking jaws and including the lampreys and hagfishes.
   4. Any of various unrelated aquatic animals, such as a jellyfish, cuttlefish, or crayfish.
   5. Informal. A person, especially one considered deficient in something: a poor fish.
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...and chips?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 02/25/09 at 5:35 am

The word of the day...Streetcar
A public vehicle operated on rails along a regular route, usually through the streets of a city.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 02/25/09 at 5:37 am

The person of the day...Tennessee Williams
ennessee Williams (March 26, 1911 – February 24, 1983) was an American playwright who received many of the top theatrical awards. He moved to New Orleans in 1939 and changed his name to "Tennessee", the state of his father's birth. He won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for A Streetcar Named Desire in 1948 and for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof in 1955. In addition, The Glass Menagerie (1945) and The Night of the Iguana (1961) received New York Drama Critics' Circle Awards. His 1952 play The Rose Tattoo received the Tony Award for best play.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 02/25/09 at 5:39 am

I met him a LONG, LONG time ago in a galaxy Far, Far away.

Cat

Was this back in his Barney Miller days?
...and chips?

Sounds like lunch to me :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 02/25/09 at 5:42 am

Sounds like lunch to me :)
Yes please!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 02/26/09 at 5:44 am

The word of the day...Honeymoon
1. A holiday or trip taken by a newly married couple.
2. An early harmonious period in a relationship: The honeymoon between the new President and the press was soon over.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 02/26/09 at 5:46 am

The person of the day...Jackie Gleason
Herbert Walton Gleason, Jr. , whose birth name was John Herbert "Jackie" Gleason, (February 26, 1916 – June 24, 1987) was an American comedian, actor and musician. He was known for his brash visual and verbal comedy styling, especially as delivered by his character Ralph Kramden on the sitcom The Honeymooners. His most noted movie role was as Minnesota Fats in The Hustler.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 02/26/09 at 6:14 am

The word of the day...Honeymoon
   1. A holiday or trip taken by a newly married couple.
   2. An early harmonious period in a relationship: The honeymoon between the new President and the press was soon over.

http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo316/lemonsucker2/grandma%20j/Day6HoneymoonwithMinnieMickey.jpg

Has Mickey and Minnie been on a honeymoon together?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 02/26/09 at 10:29 am

Has Mickey and Minnie been on a honeymoon together?

Have they ever officially tied the knot?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: CatwomanofV on 02/26/09 at 11:25 am

Was this back in his Barney Miller days?Sounds like lunch to me :)

It was actually BEFORE his Barney Miller days.

Cat

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 02/26/09 at 12:42 pm

Have they ever officially tied the knot?
Only the Disney Foundation can answer that?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 02/27/09 at 5:48 am

The word of the day...Sweater(s)
1. A jacket or pullover made especially of knit, crocheted, or woven wool, cotton, or synthetic yarn.
2. One that sweats, especially profusely.
3. Something that induces sweating; a sudorific.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 02/27/09 at 5:51 am

The person of the day...Fred Rogers
Fred McFeely Rogers (March 20, 1928 – February 27, 2003) was an American educator, minister, songwriter, and television host. Rogers was the host of the television show Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, in production from 1968 to 2001. Rogers was also an ordained Presbyterian minister.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 02/27/09 at 5:56 am

The flower for Friday...Camellia
Any of several evergreen shrubs or small trees of the genus Camellia native to eastern Asia, especially C. japonica, having shiny leaves and showy roselike flowers that are usually red, white, or pink.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 02/27/09 at 6:01 am

The word of the day...Sweater(s)
   1. A jacket or pullover made especially of knit, crocheted, or woven wool, cotton, or synthetic yarn.
   2. One that sweats, especially profusely.
   3. Something that induces sweating; a sudorific.
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Not to worn in hot weather.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 02/27/09 at 6:03 am

Not to worn in hot weather.

No not to often,maybe at night time.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 02/27/09 at 6:06 am

The flower for Friday...Camellia
Any of several evergreen shrubs or small trees of the genus Camellia native to eastern Asia, especially C. japonica, having shiny leaves and showy roselike flowers that are usually red, white, or pink.
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I have always thought that Camellia was a certain form of disease.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 02/28/09 at 6:02 am

The word of the day...Bunny
A rabbit, especially a young one.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 02/28/09 at 6:04 am

The person of the day...Dorothy Stratten
Dorothy Stratten (28 February 1960 – 14 August 1980) was a Canadian model and actress. Stratten found fame as the Playboy Playmate of the Month for August 1979 and subsequently Playmate of the Year for 1980. She was the second Playmate (after Lee Ann Michelle) to be born in the 1960s.

However, Stratten is most famous for the circumstances of her murder at age 20 by her estranged husband, an act that was the basis of two motion pictures.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 02/28/09 at 6:57 am

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y159/EGchevygirl/bunny.jpg

Playboy rules. O0

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 02/28/09 at 2:57 pm

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y159/EGchevygirl/bunny.jpg

Playboy rules. O0

i knew that would be your favorite bunny. ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 02/28/09 at 4:00 pm

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y159/EGchevygirl/bunny.jpg

Playboy rules. O0
Do old editions of Playboy magazine sell well on ebay?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: CatwomanofV on 02/28/09 at 5:58 pm

Do old editions of Playboy magazine sell well on ebay?

They sell-but sell well? That is a different story.

Cat

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 03/01/09 at 5:49 am

The word or phrase of the day...Football Clubs
A football team or a football club, in football (soccer), is the collective name given to a number of players who play together in a football game, be it Association football, American football, Australian rules football, Canadian football, Gaelic football, Rugby league, Rugby union, or other version of football. The term team refers to the players who begin the game, it is not the term given to other players who may take part in the match as replacements, nor players not selected for the match.
he number of players that take part in the sport simultaneously, thus forming the team are:

* football - 11
o Futsal, Beach soccer, Five-a-side football - 5
* American football - 11
o Arena football - 8
* Canadian football - 12
* Rugby league - 13
* Rugby union - 15
o Rugby sevens - 7 (most often played under union rules, but also played under league rules)
* Gaelic football - 15
* Australian rules football - 18
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 03/01/09 at 6:02 am

The person of the day...Dixie Dean
William Ralph Dean (22 January 1907 - 1 March 1980), popularly known as Dixie Dean, was an English football player and the most prolific goal-scorer in English football history, best known for his legendary exploits at Everton, where he spent most of his career.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 03/01/09 at 4:54 pm

Do old editions of Playboy magazine sell well on ebay?

I'll check later.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: wildcard on 03/01/09 at 7:21 pm

The word of the day...Bunny
A rabbit, especially a young one.

I'm a little behind in days with this, but according to American Rabbit Breeders Association when I was a kid, bunny meant pet. It had nothing to do with age.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/02/09 at 3:13 am

I'll check later.
Please let me know.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 03/02/09 at 5:10 am

I'm a little behind in days with this, but according to American Rabbit Breeders Association when I was a kid, bunny meant pet. It had nothing to do with age.

I googled the word bunny and that is what was under the definition in the dictionary,under wordnet
a young waitress in a night club whose costume includes a rabbit-tail and ears
Synonym: bunny girl

Meaning #2: (usually informal) especially a young rabbit
Synonym: bunny rabbit

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/02/09 at 5:14 am

I googled the word bunny and that is what was under the definition in the dictionary,under wordnet
a young waitress in a night club whose costume includes a rabbit-tail and ears
Synonym: bunny girl

Meaning #2: (usually informal) especially a young rabbit
Synonym: bunny rabbit
As in Easter Bunny

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 03/02/09 at 5:17 am

The word of the day...Wishin(g)
1. To long for; want. See synonyms at desire.
2. To entertain or express wishes for; bid: He wished her good night.
3. To call or invoke upon: I wish them luck.
4. To order or entreat: I wish you to go.
5. To impose or force; foist: They wished a hard job on her.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 03/02/09 at 5:19 am

The person of the day...Dusty Springfield
Mary Isabel Catherine Bernadette O'Brien, OBE (16 April 1939 – 2 March 1999), known as Dusty Springfield, was a leading British pop singer and entertainer. Of the female British pop artists of the 1960s, she made one of the biggest impressions on the U.S. market. Owing to her distinctive sensual sound, she was one the most notable white soul artists in the world.

Born to an Irish Catholic music loving family, Mary O'Brian learned to sing at home. Dusty Springfield began her solo career in 1963 with the upbeat pop song "I Only Want To Be With You". Her following chart hits included "I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself", "Wishin' and Hopin'", and "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me". A fan of American pop music, she campaigned to bring the little-known soul singers to a wider U.K. audience by devising and hosting the first British performances of the top-selling Motown Records artists in 1965. Her song "The Look of Love", written for Dusty Springfield by Burt Bacharach and Hal David, was featured in the film Casino Royale and nominated for an Academy Award for Best Song in 1967.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/02/09 at 5:29 am

The person of the day...Dusty Springfield
Mary Isabel Catherine Bernadette O'Brien, OBE (16 April 1939 – 2 March 1999), known as Dusty Springfield, was a leading British pop singer and entertainer. Of the female British pop artists of the 1960s, she made one of the biggest impressions on the U.S. market. Owing to her distinctive sensual sound, she was one the most notable white soul artists in the world.

Born to an Irish Catholic music loving family, Mary O'Brian learned to sing at home. Dusty Springfield began her solo career in 1963 with the upbeat pop song "I Only Want To Be With You". Her following chart hits included "I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself", "Wishin' and Hopin'", and "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me". A fan of American pop music, she campaigned to bring the little-known soul singers to a wider U.K. audience by devising and hosting the first British performances of the top-selling Motown Records artists in 1965. Her song "The Look of Love", written for Dusty Springfield by Burt Bacharach and Hal David, was featured in the film Casino Royale and nominated for an Academy Award for Best Song in 1967.
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:\'(

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/02/09 at 7:26 am

The word of the day...Wishin(g)
1. To long for; want. See synonyms at desire.
2. To entertain or express wishes for; bid: He wished her good night.
3. To call or invoke upon: I wish them luck.
4. To order or entreat: I wish you to go.
5. To impose or force; foist: They wished a hard job on her.
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...and hoping?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: wildcard on 03/02/09 at 10:32 am

I googled the word bunny and that is what was under the definition in the dictionary,under wordnet
a young waitress in a night club whose costume includes a rabbit-tail and ears
Synonym: bunny girl

Meaning #2: (usually informal) especially a young rabbit
Synonym: bunny rabbit

Even as a kid people didn't know that bunny meant pet. Makes me wonder if ARBA made it up or is sticking to an outdated meaning.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 03/02/09 at 3:15 pm

Even as a kid people didn't know that bunny meant pet. Makes me wonder if ARBA made it up or is sticking to an outdated meaning.

I know if you look up bunny on Wikipedia it redirects you to the word rabbit.
I found this.
Rabbits are often known affectionately by the pet name bunny or bunny rabbit, especially when referring to young, domesticated rabbits. Originally, the word for an adult rabbit was coney or cony, while rabbit referred only to the young animals. The word rabbit, however, mostly replaced the older word during the nineteenth century after coney became a vulgarism by analogy to the word (I_am_a_loser_who_has_no_respect_for_women) (widely considered vulgar) due to their similar pronunciation. When coney was used to refer to rabbits, its pronunciation was changed to (rhymes with "phoney"), instead of the original (rhymes with "money") because of this. More recently, the term kit has been used to refer to a young rabbit. A group of young rabbits is referred to as a kindle. Young hares are called leverets, and this term is sometimes informally applied to any young rabbit. Male rabbits are called bucks and females does. A group of rabbits or hares is often called a fluffle in parts of Northern Canada

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: wildcard on 03/02/09 at 7:21 pm

^ 8) You know I just remembered the time we had our buck and doe Silver Martins out to do their thing, but they weren't interested at the time. A cat came over and the buck jumped on the cat. The cat ran back up the fence WTF! Video camera is never on when you need it. We had Tans too and they're like squirrels. In fact they are hares because they can stand.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/03/09 at 2:54 am

Bugs Bunny ?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 03/03/09 at 3:38 am

I really liked Dusty Springfield. She was a little before my time but because I had brothers and sisters up to 11 years older I got to hear all the sixties music as well. Dusty was part of that great British female singing invasion ...... Cilla Black, Petula Clark and Shirley Bassey. Add Lulu and that's a lot of hits. We had those ladies making great music on one side of the world and Dionne Warwick, Diana Ross (and Supremes) and Aretha Franklin burning it up on the other side. What a great time it was for the female singers........ :)

I was just listening to these ladies on youtube last night....

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 03/03/09 at 5:50 am

I really liked Dusty Springfield. She was a little before my time but because I had brothers and sisters up to 11 years older I got to hear all the sixties music as well. Dusty was part of that great British female singing invasion ...... Cilla Black, Petula Clark and Shirley Bassey. Add Lulu and that's a lot of hits. We had those ladies making great music on one side of the world and Dionne Warwick, Diana Ross (and Supremes) and Aretha Franklin burning it up on the other side. What a great time it was for the female singers........ :)

I was just listening to these ladies on youtube last night....

All great singers indeed. :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 03/03/09 at 5:57 am

The word of the day...Telephone
An instrument that converts voice and other sound signals into a form that can be transmitted to remote locations and that receives and reconverts waves into sound signals.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 03/03/09 at 5:59 am

The person of the day...Alexander Graham Bell
Alexander Graham Bell (3 March 1847 – 2 August 1922) was an eminent scientist, inventor and innovator who is credited with inventing the first practical telephone.

Bell's father, grandfather, and brother had all been associated with work on elocution and speech, and both his mother and wife were deaf, profoundly influencing Bell's life's work. His research on hearing and speech further led him to experiment with hearing devices which eventually culminated in Bell being awarded the first U.S. patent for the telephone in 1876. In retrospect, Bell considered his most famous invention an intrusion on his real work as a scientist and refused to have a telephone in his study. Upon Bell's death, all telephones throughout the United States "stilled their ringing for a silent minute in tribute to the man whose yearning to communicate made them possible
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/03/09 at 6:10 am

The word of the day...Telephone
An instrument that converts voice and other sound signals into a form that can be transmitted to remote locations and that receives and reconverts waves into sound signals.
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"Ring ring, why don't you give me a call?"

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/03/09 at 6:12 am

The person of the day...Alexander Graham Bell
Alexander Graham Bell (3 March 1847 – 2 August 1922) was an eminent scientist, inventor and innovator who is credited with inventing the first practical telephone.

Bell's father, grandfather, and brother had all been associated with work on elocution and speech, and both his mother and wife were deaf, profoundly influencing Bell's life's work. His research on hearing and speech further led him to experiment with hearing devices which eventually culminated in Bell being awarded the first U.S. patent for the telephone in 1876. In retrospect, Bell considered his most famous invention an intrusion on his real work as a scientist and refused to have a telephone in his study. Upon Bell's death, all telephones throughout the United States "stilled their ringing for a silent minute in tribute to the man whose yearning to communicate made them possible
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"Ding Dong"

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 03/03/09 at 9:50 am

'One ringy dingy, two ringy dingy, 3 ringy dingy'..etc.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 03/03/09 at 11:27 am

'One ringy dingy, two ringy dingy, 3 ringy dingy'..etc.

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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 03/03/09 at 5:05 pm

right. ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/04/09 at 5:31 am

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Lily tomlin ?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 03/04/09 at 6:28 am

Lily tomlin ?

Yes. ;D ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/04/09 at 6:29 am

Janine is late today?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 03/04/09 at 6:34 am

It is rather early. At first, I couldn't keep my eyes open, but I had to get up early....have to be somewhere this morning.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 03/04/09 at 7:44 am

The word of the day...Canadian
Word History: Linguistically, mountains can be made out of molehills, so to speak: words denoting a small thing can, over time, come to denote something much larger. This is the case with Canada, now the name of the second-largest country in the world but having a much humbler origin. Apparently its history starts with the word kanata, which in Huron (an Iroquoian language of eastern Canada) meant "village." Jacques Cartier, the early French explorer, picked up the word and used it to refer to the land around his settlement, now part of Quebec City. By the 18th century it referred to all of New France, which extended from the St. Lawrence River to the Great Lakes and down into what is now the American Midwest. In 1759, the British conquered New France and used the name Quebec for the colony north of the St. Lawrence River, and Canada for the rest of the territory. Eventually, as the territory increased in size and the present arrangement of the provinces developed, Canada applied to all the land north of the United States and east of Alaska.
of Canada
Noun
a person from Canada
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 03/04/09 at 7:46 am

The person of the day..John Candy
John Franklin Candy (October 31, 1950 – March 4, 1994) was a Canadian comedian and actor. He rose to fame as a member of the Toronto, Ontario branch of The Second City. Candy died of a heart attack in 1994.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 03/05/09 at 3:02 am

I'd like to visit Canada some day ...and I liked John Candy! :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/05/09 at 3:15 am

I'd like to visit Canada some day ...and I liked John Candy! :)
It would be nice to travel the whole world.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 03/05/09 at 5:38 am

It would be nice to travel the whole world.

Yes,in real life instead of pretend like the lunatics. :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/05/09 at 5:42 am

Yes,in real life instead of pretend like the lunatics. :)
Seeing it all for real?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 03/05/09 at 5:46 am

The word of the day...Shadow
1. An area that is not or is only partially irradiated or illuminated because of the interception of radiation by an opaque object between the area and the source of radiation.
2. The rough image cast by an object blocking rays of illumination. See synonyms at shade.
3. An imperfect imitation or copy.
4. shadows The darkness following sunset.
5. A feeling or cause of gloom or unhappiness: The argument cast a shadow on their friendship.
6.
1. A nearby or adjoining region; vicinity: grew up in the shadow of the ballpark.
2. A dominating presence or influence: spent years working in the shadow of the lab director.
7.
1. A darkened area of skin under the eye. Often used in the plural.
2. An incipient growth of beard that makes the skin look darker.
8. A shaded area in a picture or photograph.
9. A mirrored image or reflection.
10. A phantom; a ghost.
11.
1. One, such as a detective or spy, that follows or trails another.
2. A constant companion.
3. Sports. A player who guards an opponent closely.
12. A faint indication; a foreshadowing.
13. A vestige or inferior form: shadows of their past achievements.
14. An insignificant portion or amount; a trace: beyond a shadow of a doubt.
15. Shelter; protection: under the shadow of their corporate sponsor.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/05/09 at 5:48 am

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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/05/09 at 5:50 am

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Is there a shadow in this snow globe?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 03/05/09 at 10:18 am

I'd like to visit Canada some day ...and I liked John Candy! :)

You should visit Italy...it's beautiful!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 03/05/09 at 10:32 am

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I forgot about them.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/05/09 at 11:38 am

You should visit Italy...it's beautiful!
Vatican City has it's history.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 03/05/09 at 2:15 pm

Vatican City has it's history.

It does! The Basilica of St. Peter is awesome, plus we got to sing there as a choir. :)

(I just noticed...less than a 100 to 10,000 posts)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/05/09 at 2:21 pm

It does! The Basilica of St. Peter is awesome, plus we got to sing there as a choir. :)

(I just noticed...less than a 100 to 10,000 posts)
It is 6782 posts for this topic.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 03/05/09 at 2:56 pm

It is 6782 posts for this topic.

I should have explained....I finally posted that many posts, almost 10,000. Sorry if I'm defensive...some other thread has me defending myself and what I believe. :-\\

I do look forward to some of the threads where people just talk. :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/05/09 at 3:22 pm

I should have explained....I finally posted that many posts, almost 10,000. Sorry if I'm defensive...some other thread has me defending myself and what I believe. :-\\

I do look forward to some of the threads where people just talk. :)
Can you reach there tonight?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 03/05/09 at 3:54 pm

Can you reach there tonight?

I don't think so. I can get close, though. I don't post a lot, maybe a lot for me lately.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/05/09 at 4:38 pm

I don't think so. I can get close, though. I don't post a lot, maybe a lot for me lately.
Maybe tomorrow?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: seamermar on 03/05/09 at 4:42 pm

I'd like to visit Canada some day ...and I liked John Candy! :)

If we do so at the same time, we'll meet each other at half way Gibbo :D

Tell me when you're gonna live Kangur-Island and we'll see
on the shores of gitchi gumi, by the shining big sea waters

Maybe some day ;)...

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: seamermar on 03/05/09 at 4:48 pm

Yes,in real life instead of pretend like the lunatics. :)

We have the bus with plenty of room for lunatics Ninni ;)

And we are enough lunatics to take it, aren't we, dear? :)

I'll take happily that bus and forget about rush, and meet penguins from inthe00s wherever it was ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/05/09 at 4:49 pm

We have the bus with plenty of room for lunatics Ninni ;)

And we are enough lunatics to take it, aren't we, dear? :)

I'll take happily that bus and forget about rush, and meet penguins from inthe00s wherever it was ;D
But we still a driver.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 03/05/09 at 6:32 pm

You should visit Italy...it's beautiful!

Italy, Austria, Switzerland....all on my list!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 03/05/09 at 7:47 pm

Maybe tomorrow?

Hmm....70 something...I can try.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/06/09 at 3:08 am

Hmm....70 something...I can try.
Settle down with your favourite drink and fire away.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 03/06/09 at 4:47 am

The word of the day...Woman
A woman (irregular plural: women) is a female human. The term woman is usually reserved for an adult, with the term girl being the usual term for a female child or adolescent. However, the term woman is also sometimes used to identify a female human, regardless of age, as in phrases such as "Women's rights".
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 03/06/09 at 4:49 am

The person of the day...Louisa May Alcott
Louisa May Alcott (November 29, 1832 – March 6, 1888) was an American novelist. She is best known for the novel Little Women, published in 1868. This novel is loosely based on her childhood experiences with her three sisters.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 03/06/09 at 4:55 am

The flower for Friday...Begonia
Any of various tropical or subtropical plants of the genus Begonia, widely cultivated as ornamentals for their usually asymmetrical, brightly colored leaves.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/06/09 at 5:18 am

The word of the day...Woman
A woman (irregular plural: women) is a female human. The term woman is usually reserved for an adult, with the term girl being the usual term for a female child or adolescent. However, the term woman is also sometimes used to identify a female human, regardless of age, as in phrases such as "Women's rights".
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Does Howard know?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/06/09 at 5:31 am

The person of the day...Louisa May Alcott
Louisa May Alcott (November 29, 1832 – March 6, 1888) was an American novelist. She is best known for the novel Little Women, published in 1868. This novel is loosely based on her childhood experiences with her three sisters.
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I can remember at a young age my older sister reading "Little Woman".

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/06/09 at 5:32 am

Does Howard know?
Alternatively, don't tell Howard.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 03/06/09 at 9:41 am

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This will come in handy...thanks

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 03/06/09 at 9:45 am

If we do so at the same time, we'll meet each other at half way Gibbo :D

Tell me when you're gonna live Kangur-Island and we'll see
on the shores of gitchi gumi, by the shining big sea waters

Maybe some day ;)...

You started something on another thread.. ;D j/k

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: CatwomanofV on 03/06/09 at 1:08 pm

I am woman, hear me roar. Meow, damnit.

Cat

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 03/06/09 at 4:14 pm

Alternatively, don't tell Howard.

don't tell me what?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/06/09 at 4:16 pm

don't tell me what?
Haven't you noticed yet?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 03/06/09 at 4:17 pm

Haven't you noticed yet?

not really. ???

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/06/09 at 4:18 pm

not really. ???
Look closer at this topic....

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 03/06/09 at 4:20 pm

Look closer at this topic....

Was it the hot women pics? ???

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/06/09 at 4:21 pm

Was it the hot women pics? ???
Keep looking

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 03/06/09 at 4:22 pm

Keep looking

Ok I see now. ;) ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/06/09 at 4:23 pm

Ok I see now. ;) ;D
Nuff said from me!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 03/07/09 at 6:06 am

I am woman, hear me roar. Meow, damnit.

Cat

LOL ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 03/07/09 at 6:14 am

The word of the day...Hairspray
A sticky, quick-drying liquid sprayed on the hair to keep it in place.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 03/07/09 at 6:16 am

The person of the day...Divine
Harris Glenn Milstead (October 19, 1945 – March 7, 1988) was an American singer and actor, known by his drag persona Divine. He appeared in several of John Waters' films, including Mondo Trasho, Multiple Maniacs, Pink Flamingos, Female Trouble, Polyester, and Hairspray, as part of Waters' regular troupe of actors known as Dreamlanders. The New York Times said of Milstead's films in the 1980s, "Those who could get past the unremitting weirdness of Divine's performance discovered that the actor/actress had genuine talent, including a natural sense of comic timing and an uncanny gift for slapstick.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 03/08/09 at 5:25 am

The word of the day...Monkey
1. Any of various long-tailed, medium-sized members of the order Primates, including the macaques, baboons, guenons, capuchins, marmosets, and tamarins and excluding the anthropoid apes and the prosimians.
2. One who behaves in a way suggestive of a monkey, as a mischievous child or a mimic.
3. The iron block of a pile driver.
4. Slang. A person who is mocked, duped, or made to appear a fool: They made a monkey out of him.
5. Slang. Drug addiction: have a monkey on one's back.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 03/08/09 at 5:27 am

The person of the day...Micky Dolenz
George Michael Dolenz, Jr. (born March 8, 1945) is an American actor, musician, television director and theatre director; he is best known for his role as the drummer/vocalist in the 1960s made-for-television band, The Monkees.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 03/08/09 at 5:45 am

This early 80's tv show had a cult following....Monkey Magic

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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/08/09 at 6:47 am

"Excuse me, is that your minkey?"

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 03/08/09 at 8:03 am

This early 80's tv show had a cult following....Monkey Magic

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I never heard of it.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/08/09 at 8:21 am

This early 80's tv show had a cult following....Monkey Magic

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There was a lavish musical production of this tv series set for London, after a run in Beijing at the time of the Olympics.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 03/08/09 at 10:02 am

This early 80's tv show had a cult following....Monkey Magic

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Some cult.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/08/09 at 10:04 am

There was a lavish musical production of this tv series set for London, after a run in Beijing at the time of the Olympics.
I wonder did it flop?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: CatwomanofV on 03/08/09 at 1:38 pm

The word of the day...Hairspray
A sticky, quick-drying liquid sprayed on the hair to keep it in place.
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http://www.inthe00s.com/index.php?action=profile;u=146

:\'( :\'( :\'( :\'(

Cat

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 03/09/09 at 5:07 am

The word of the day...Values
The accepted standards or moral principles of a person or a group. Values are similar to norms in having a moral and regulatory role, but values have a wider significance than norms in going beyond specific situations. Values are viewed as informing norms in different contexts.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/09/09 at 5:10 am

The word of the day...Values
The accepted standards or moral principles of a person or a group. Values are similar to norms in having a moral and regulatory role, but values have a wider significance than norms in going beyond specific situations. Values are viewed as informing norms in different contexts.
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Is there any value in putting the clocks forward?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 03/09/09 at 5:13 am

The person of the day...Raul Julia
Raúl Rafael Juliá y Arcelay (Spanish pronunciation: ; March 9, 1940 – October 24, 1994), better known as Raúl Juliá, was a Puerto Rican actor whose career included dramatic, comic, and musical roles in theater, film, and television.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 03/09/09 at 5:14 am

Is there any value in putting the clocks forward?

The value of extra daylight ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/09/09 at 5:22 am

The value of extra daylight ;D
...and less sleep in the darken hours?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 03/09/09 at 5:34 am

...and less sleep in the darken hours?

and it's still dark by the time you get up.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/09/09 at 5:36 am

and it's still dark by the time you get up.
It all depends on the time you do wake up.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 03/09/09 at 5:39 am

It all depends on the time you do wake up.

I wake up at 530am.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/09/09 at 5:39 am

I wake up at 530am.
It will be dark then.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 03/09/09 at 5:42 am

It will be dark then.

I hate when it's still dark out.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 03/09/09 at 9:11 am

I hate when it's still dark out.

Yep,but at least it's lighter at night for the summertime.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/09/09 at 9:34 am

I hate when it's still dark out.
I prefer it when it is light.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 03/09/09 at 9:38 am

I prefer it when it is light.

Me too.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/09/09 at 9:40 am

Me too.
I find it is easier to see where I am going.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 03/09/09 at 9:42 am

I find it is easier to see where I am going.

I just prefer daylight.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/09/09 at 9:45 am

You do not see vampires at night.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: CatwomanofV on 03/09/09 at 1:03 pm

The person of the day...Raul Julia
Raúl Rafael Juliá y Arcelay (Spanish pronunciation: ; March 9, 1940 – October 24, 1994), better known as Raúl Juliá, was a Puerto Rican actor whose career included dramatic, comic, and musical roles in theater, film, and television.
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Am I the only one who found Raul Julia yummy? I know, I do have a thing for Puerto Rican men. ;)

Cat

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 03/09/09 at 4:43 pm

Yep,but at least it's lighter at night for the summertime.

Which means you can stay out longer.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 03/09/09 at 6:03 pm

Which means you can stay out longer.

Yep :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 03/10/09 at 5:37 am

The word of the day...Sea
# he continuous body of salt water covering most of the earth's surface, especially this body regarded as a geophysical entity distinct from earth and sky.
# (Abbr. S.)

1. A tract of water within an ocean.
2. A relatively large body of salt water completely or partially enclosed by land.
3. A relatively large landlocked body of fresh water.

#

1. The condition of the ocean's surface with regard to its course, flow, swell, or turbulence: a rising sea; choppy seas.
2. A wave or swell, especially a large one: a 40-foot sea that broke over the stern.

# Something that suggests the ocean in its overwhelming sweep or vastness: a sea of controversy.
# Seafaring as a way of life.
# Astronomy. A lunar mar
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 03/10/09 at 5:39 am

The person of the day...Lloyd Bridges
Lloyd Vernet Bridges, Jr. (January 15, 1913 – March 10, 1998) was an Emmy Award-nominated American actor. Bridges starred in popular television series, and appeared in more than 150 films.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/10/09 at 6:10 am

The person of the day...Lloyd Bridges
Lloyd Vernet Bridges, Jr. (January 15, 1913 – March 10, 1998) was an Emmy Award-nominated American actor. Bridges starred in popular television series, and appeared in more than 150 films.
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A star of two of our family's favourite films.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 03/10/09 at 6:51 am

A star of two of our family's favourite films.

Does one or both have the word airplane in it?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/10/09 at 6:52 am

Does one or both have the word airplane in it?
Make make three of our family's favourite films.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 03/10/09 at 7:50 am

Make make three of our family's favourite films.

What is the other?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/10/09 at 8:13 am

What is the other?
...make that four movies...

Airplane! (1980)
Airplane II: The Sequel (1982)
Hot Shots! (1991)
Hot Shots! Part Deux (1993)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 03/10/09 at 10:48 am

...make that four movies...

Airplane! (1980)
Airplane II: The Sequel (1982)
Hot Shots! (1991)
Hot Shots! Part Deux (1993)

That's what I thought you would say.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/10/09 at 12:22 pm

That's what I thought you would say.
I forgot about the first Hot Shots!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 03/11/09 at 6:52 am

The word of the day...Lego
Lego, officially trademarked LEGO, is a line of construction toys manufactured by the Lego Group, a privately held company based in Billund, Denmark. The company's flagship product, "Lego", consists of colorful interlocking plastic bricks and an accompanying array of gears, minifigures and various other parts. Lego bricks can be assembled and connected in many ways, to construct such objects as vehicles, buildings and even working robots. Anything constructed can then be taken apart again, and the pieces used to make other objects. The toys were originally designed in the 1940s in Europe and have achieved an international appeal, with an extensive subculture that supports Lego movies, games, competitions, and four Lego-themed amusement parks.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 03/11/09 at 6:55 am

The person of the day...Ole Kirk Christiansen
Ole Kirk Christiansen (8 April 1891 – 11 March 1958) was the 13th son of an impoverished farmer family in Jutland in western Denmark. He trained as a carpenter and started making wooden toys in 1932 to make a living after having lost his job during the depression.

He came up with the name lego from the Danish leg godt ("play well") and the company grew to become the Lego Group which is today the sixth largest toy company in the world. His eldest son Godfred Kirk Christiansen took over the company after his death and bought out his three brothers in 1960. Ole Kirk Christiansen's grandson Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen is the current vice chairman of the board of LEGO. He was chief executive until 2004, when Jørgen Vig Knudstorp, a former McKinsey consultant, became the new head. Christiansen was born in Fliskov, Denmark. Christiansen made a living as carpenter, and he built houses and furniture in bilund, Denmark. In 1932 he decided to switch from carpenter to toy maker. In Denmark then there was a depression. His first wooden toys were miniature versions of the houses and furniture. Later, in 1947 he was the first to make toys with plastic. In 1949 he had over 200 plastic and wooden toys. Lego is made from “Leg” and “Godt” which, in Danish means, “Play well.” Lego in Latin means, “I put together.”
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/11/09 at 6:56 am

The word of the day...Lego
Lego, officially trademarked LEGO, is a line of construction toys manufactured by the Lego Group, a privately held company based in Billund, Denmark. The company's flagship product, "Lego", consists of colorful interlocking plastic bricks and an accompanying array of gears, minifigures and various other parts. Lego bricks can be assembled and connected in many ways, to construct such objects as vehicles, buildings and even working robots. Anything constructed can then be taken apart again, and the pieces used to make other objects. The toys were originally designed in the 1940s in Europe and have achieved an international appeal, with an extensive subculture that supports Lego movies, games, competitions, and four Lego-themed amusement parks.
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Now where is that image of Abbey Road in Lego.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/11/09 at 6:57 am

http://www.cynical-c.com/archives/bloggraphics/Aby.jpg

Not the one I was thinking of.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 03/12/09 at 5:31 am

The word of the day...Saxophone
A woodwind instrument with a single-reed mouthpiece and a usually curved conical metal tube, including soprano, alto, tenor, and baritone sizes.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 03/12/09 at 5:34 am

The person of the day...Charlie Parker
Charles Parker, Jr. (August 29, 1920 – March 12, 1955) was an American jazz saxophonist and composer.

Parker is widely considered one of the most influential of jazz musicians, along with Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington. Parker acquired the nickname "Yardbird" early in his career, and the shortened form "Bird" remained Parker's sobriquet for the rest of his life, inspiring the titles of a number of Parker compositions, such as "Yardbird Suite" and "Ornithology."
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/12/09 at 5:40 am

The word of the day...Saxophone
A woodwind instrument with a single-reed mouthpiece and a usually curved conical metal tube, including soprano, alto, tenor, and baritone sizes.
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The saxophone was invented by Adolphe Sax in 1841 and patented in 1846.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/12/09 at 5:41 am

Probably my favourite tune played on the saxophone is "The Pink Panther Theme".

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/12/09 at 5:45 am

Probably my favourite tune played on the saxophone is "The Pink Panther Theme".
On YouTube

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 03/12/09 at 6:32 am

Probably my favourite tune played on the saxophone is "The Pink Panther Theme".

That is a good song :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/12/09 at 6:32 am

That is a good song :)
Great films too!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/12/09 at 6:33 am

Great films too!
...except for the Steve Martin ones.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 03/12/09 at 6:36 am

http://www.cynical-c.com/archives/bloggraphics/Aby.jpg

Not the one I was thinking of.

Here is another one
http://i510.photobucket.com/albums/s347/myeyes33/Beatles/thebeatles2.jpg

Great films too!

Definitely

...except for the Steve Martin ones.

I never watched those.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/12/09 at 6:37 am

DefinitelyI never watched those.
There was one or two Pink Panther movie made after Peter Sellers died, and they were dire too.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/12/09 at 6:38 am

Here is another one
http://i510.photobucket.com/albums/s347/myeyes33/Beatles/thebeatles2.jpg
I think there could be more.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 03/12/09 at 10:19 am

I think there could be more.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xUijgqZ-xM#

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: CatwomanofV on 03/12/09 at 11:28 am

Do we have too much sax & violins on the internet? :-\\

:D ;D ;D ;D

Cat

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/12/09 at 11:43 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xUijgqZ-xM#
Wonderful!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/12/09 at 11:45 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xUijgqZ-xM#
The Beatles should be playing Lego Be ?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 03/12/09 at 1:30 pm

Do we have too much sax & violins on the internet? :-\\

:D ;D ;D ;D

Cat

Good One ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 03/12/09 at 1:32 pm

The Beatles should be playing Lego Be ?

;D ;D ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 03/12/09 at 2:59 pm

Do we have too much sax & violins on the internet? :-\\

:D ;D ;D ;D

Cat

I love sax.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 03/12/09 at 9:18 pm

Do we have too much sax & violins on the internet? :-\\

:D ;D ;D ;D

Cat

Nice one Cat... ;D

One of those pics was very saxy....

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/13/09 at 3:25 am

"Can you play the saxophone?"

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 03/13/09 at 3:52 am

"Can you play the saxophone?"

Okay....Ill learn to work the saxophone...Ill play just what I feel
Drink scotch whisky all night long...And die behind the wheel

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 03/13/09 at 5:45 am

"Can you play the saxophone?"

No,I never did.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/13/09 at 5:48 am

"Can you play the saxophone?"

No,I never did.
I have tried and was offered to buy one in the mid 70's.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 03/13/09 at 5:49 am

I have tried and was offered to buy one in the mid 70's.

Did you buy it?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/13/09 at 5:54 am

Did you buy it?
No, the price was too expensive for me back then.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 03/13/09 at 5:55 am

No, the price was too expensive for me back then.

How much was it?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/13/09 at 5:56 am

How much was it?
I cannot remember the true amount, but a good saxophone today can cost you over £1,500.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 03/13/09 at 5:57 am

I cannot remember the true amount, but a good saxophone today can cost you over £1,500.

pretty expensive. :o

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/13/09 at 5:58 am

pretty expensive. :o
I am definitely not buying one today.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 03/13/09 at 6:36 am

The word or phrase of the day... Woman's Suffrage
The term women's suffrage refers to the economic and political reform movement aimed at extending suffrage — the right to vote — to women. The movement's modern origins lie in France in the 18th century. Of currently existing independent countries, New Zealand was the first to give women the right to vote. However when this happened in 1893, New Zealand was not a "country", in the sense of being an independent nation state, but a mostly self-governing colony. Places with similar status which granted women the vote before New Zealand include Wyoming Territory (1869). Other possible contenders for first "country" to grant female suffrage include the Corsican Republic, the Isle of Man (1881), the Pitcairn Islands, Franceville and Tavolara, but some of these had brief existences as independent states and others were not clearly independent. A contestant for being the first independent nation to grant the right to vote for women would be Sweden, where some women were in fact allowed to vote during the age of liberty (1718-1771), although this right was far from applying to women in general.
Lydia Chapin Taft was an early forerunner in Colonial America who was allowed to vote in three New England town meetings, beginning in 1756.

In 1848, at the Seneca Falls Convention in New York, activists including Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott began a seventy year struggle to secure the right to vote for women. Susan B. Anthony, a native of Rochester, New York, joined the cause four years later at the Syracuse Convention. Women's suffrage activists pointed out that blacks had been granted the franchise and had not been included in the language of the United States Constitution's Fourteenth and Fifteenth amendments (which gave people equal protection under the law and the right to vote regardless of their race, respectively). This, they contended, had been unjust. Early victories were won in the territories of Wyoming (1869) and Utah (1870), although Utah women were disenfranchised by provisions of the federal Edmunds-Tucker Act enacted by the U.S. Congress in 1887. The push to grant Utah women's suffrage was at least partially fueled by the belief that, given the right to vote, Utah women would dispose of polygamy. It was only after Utah women exercised their suffrage rights in favor of polygamy that the U.S. Congress disenfranchised Utah women. By the end of the nineteenth century, Idaho, Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming had enfranchised women after effort by the suffrage associations at the state level.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 03/13/09 at 6:40 am

The person of the day...Susan B Anthony
Susan Brownell Anthony (February 15, 1820 – March 13, 1906) was a prominent American civil rights leader who played a pivotal role in the 19th century women's rights movement to introduce women's suffrage into the United States. She traveled the United States and Europe, and gave 75 to 100 speeches per year on women's rights for 45 years.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 03/13/09 at 6:49 am

The flower for Friday...Larkspur
Consolida is a genus of about 40 species of annual flowering plants in the buttercup family Ranunculaceae, native from western Europe through the Mediterranean region east to central Asia. The common name, shared with the closely related genus Delphinium, is Larkspur.

Consolida differs from Delphinium in the flower structure, with the flowers in an open, loose, often branched spike, rather than the dense column of flowers found in Delphinium, and in the fruit, which comprises a single follicle, instead of a cluster of several together. Also unlike most Delphinium species, all Consolida species are annual.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 03/13/09 at 7:08 am

Hmmmm...troublemakers eh? ;)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 03/13/09 at 9:04 am

Hmmmm...troublemakers eh? ;)

PUT A LID ON IT. Were you patting me on the head telling me I did a good job?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 03/13/09 at 5:28 pm

PUT A LID ON IT. Were you patting me on the head telling me I did a good job?

^ a classic example of a troublemaker! ::)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 03/13/09 at 10:05 pm

Of course I am...to a man, that is. Otherwise, no! 8)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 03/14/09 at 5:11 am

The word or phrase of the day...Roll Film
In 1854, the English inventor Arthur James Melhuish (d. 1895) registered a patent for a roll-holder for calotype paper. Although it remained impractical and little used, this patent signalled the beginning of the race to invent a flexible rolled film. In 1884 George Eastman introduced a flexible gelatined-paper film, and in 1885 launched the Eastman-Walker roll-holder, taking a 24-exposure paper film and suitable for attachment to standard plate cameras. Eastman also became involved in a lawsuit with the Revd Hannibal Goodwin (1822-1900), who in May 1887 applied for a patent for a ‘photographic pellicle and process of producing same’. However, his application was referred back for revision seven times by the Patent Office. It was finally issued in 1889, the year that Eastman obtained a patent for the improved form of celluloid developed by Henry Reichenbach. With the Kodak roll-film camera already dominating the market, Goodwin's contribution was eclipsed, even when the courts found in his favour in 1898.
Rollfilm or roll film is any type of spool-wound photographic film protected from white light exposure by a paper backing, as opposed to film which is protected from exposure and wound forward in a cartridge. Confusingly, roll film was originally often referred to as "cartridge" film because of its resemblance to a shotgun cartridge. The opaque backing paper allows roll film to be loaded in daylight. It is typically printed with frame number markings which can be viewed through a small red window at the rear of the camera. A spool of roll film is usually loaded on one side of the camera and pulled across to an identical take up spool on the other side of the shutter as exposures are made. When the roll is fully exposed, the take up spool is removed for processing and the empty spool on which the film was originally wound is moved to the other side, becoming the take up spool for the next roll of film.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 03/14/09 at 5:14 am

The person of the day...George Eastman
George Eastman (July 12, 1854 – March 14, 1932) founded the Eastman Kodak Company and invented roll film, helping to bring photography to the mainstream. Roll film was also the basis for the invention of the motion picture film in 1888 by world's first filmmaker, Louis Le Prince, and a decade later by his followers Léon Bouly, Thomas Edison, the Lumière Brothers and Georges Méliès.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/14/09 at 5:57 am

The word or phrase of the day...Roll Film
In 1854, the English inventor Arthur James Melhuish (d. 1895) registered a patent for a roll-holder for calotype paper. Although it remained impractical and little used, this patent signalled the beginning of the race to invent a flexible rolled film. In 1884 George Eastman introduced a flexible gelatined-paper film, and in 1885 launched the Eastman-Walker roll-holder, taking a 24-exposure paper film and suitable for attachment to standard plate cameras. Eastman also became involved in a lawsuit with the Revd Hannibal Goodwin (1822-1900), who in May 1887 applied for a patent for a ‘photographic pellicle and process of producing same’. However, his application was referred back for revision seven times by the Patent Office. It was finally issued in 1889, the year that Eastman obtained a patent for the improved form of celluloid developed by Henry Reichenbach. With the Kodak roll-film camera already dominating the market, Goodwin's contribution was eclipsed, even when the courts found in his favour in 1898.
Rollfilm or roll film is any type of spool-wound photographic film protected from white light exposure by a paper backing, as opposed to film which is protected from exposure and wound forward in a cartridge. Confusingly, roll film was originally often referred to as "cartridge" film because of its resemblance to a shotgun cartridge. The opaque backing paper allows roll film to be loaded in daylight. It is typically printed with frame number markings which can be viewed through a small red window at the rear of the camera. A spool of roll film is usually loaded on one side of the camera and pulled across to an identical take up spool on the other side of the shutter as exposures are made. When the roll is fully exposed, the take up spool is removed for processing and the empty spool on which the film was originally wound is moved to the other side, becoming the take up spool for the next roll of film.
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A snappy word for today ?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 03/14/09 at 9:53 am

A snappy word for today ?

It just clicked in my head what you said ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/14/09 at 9:55 am

It just clicked in my head what you said ;D
you had to get your mind in focus first?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 03/14/09 at 10:27 am

you had to get your mind in focus first?

mine isn't focused yet....late riser.

I like your words, Ninny.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/14/09 at 10:31 am

It just clicked in my head what you said ;D
Just point in the right direction and fire away!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 03/14/09 at 10:38 am

you had to get your mind in focus first?

Sometimes things just flash in front of me.
mine isn't focused yet....late riser.

I like your words, Ninny.

Thanks :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/14/09 at 10:39 am

Sometimes things just flash in front of me.Thanks :)
The day has to develop first?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 03/14/09 at 10:50 am

^^ joke city 8)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 03/14/09 at 8:11 pm

^^ joke city 8)

This subject is now over exposed! ;)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 03/15/09 at 3:59 am

The word of the day...Ship
1.
1. A vessel of considerable size for deep-water navigation.
2. A sailing vessel having three or more square-rigged masts.
2. An aircraft or spacecraft.
3. The crew of one of these vessels.
4. One's fortune: When my ship comes in, I'll move to a larger house.

v., shipped, ship·ping, ships.

v.tr.

1. To place or receive on board a ship: shipped the cargo in the hold.
2. To cause to be transported by or as if by ship; send. See synonyms at send1.
3. To place (a ship's mast or rudder, for example) in its working position.
4.
1. To bring into a ship or boat: ship an anchor.
2. To place (an oar) in a resting position inside a boat without removing it from the oarlock.
5. To hire (a person) for work on a ship.
6. To take in (water) over the side of a ship.

v.intr.

1. To go aboard a ship; embark.
2. To travel by ship.
3. To hire oneself out or enlist for service on a ship.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 03/15/09 at 4:02 am

The person of the day...Aristotle Onassis
Aristotle Sokratis "Ari"/"Aristo" Onassis (Greek: Αριστοτέλης Ωνάσης, Aristotelēs Ōnasēs) (January 15 1906 – March 15 1975) was one of the prominent shipping magnates of the 20th century. Some sources say he was born in 1900 and later changed his age to 16 so as to avoid deportation from Turkey
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 03/15/09 at 7:32 am

This subject is now over exposed! ;)

You conveniently got off the hook. :P It was time for word of the day, etc.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 03/15/09 at 7:40 am

You conveniently got off the hook. :P It was time for word of the day, etc.

Yes he did,so let's sail another ship shall we.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/15/09 at 7:41 am

Ships that pass in the night.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 03/15/09 at 8:06 am

That was too easy for the likes of Peter, but ok,ninny. That's the only way he'll win anyway. ;)

Case closed ....we talk ships now. :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/15/09 at 8:57 am

That was too easy for the likes of Peter, but ok,ninny. That's the only way he'll win anyway. ;)

Case closed ....we talk ships now. :)
Full steam ahead!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/15/09 at 8:58 am

The person of the day...Aristotle Onassis
Aristotle Sokratis "Ari"/"Aristo" Onassis (Greek: Αριστοτέλης Ωνάσης, Aristotelēs Ōnasēs) (January 15 1906 – March 15 1975) was one of the prominent shipping magnates of the 20th century. Some sources say he was born in 1900 and later changed his age to 16 so as to avoid deportation from Turkey
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When did Jackie Kennedy marry Aristotle Onassis?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 03/15/09 at 11:41 am

When did Jackie Kennedy marry Aristotle Onassis?

October 20 1968...

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/15/09 at 12:31 pm

October 20 1968...
Thanks.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 03/16/09 at 6:07 am

Thanks.

Your welcome...I forgot that it has been over 20 years since his daughter Christina died.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 03/16/09 at 6:14 am

The word of the day...Geisha
One of a class of professional women in Japan trained from girlhood in conversation, dancing, and singing in order to entertain professional or social gatherings of men.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/16/09 at 6:15 am

Your welcome...I forgot that it has been over 20 years since his daughter Christina died.
I was also wondering on the point if JFK had not been assassinate, she would not have married Aristotle Onassis.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 03/16/09 at 6:18 am

The person of the day...Jerry Lewis
erry Lewis (born March 16, 1926) is an American comedian, actor, producer, writer, director and singer. He is best-known for his slapstick humor on stage, screen and television, his singing ability in a string of music album recordings and his charity fund-raising telethons for the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA).

Lewis has won several awards for lifetime achievements from The American Comedy Awards, The Golden Camera, Los Angeles Film Critics Association, and The Venice Film Festival, and he has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In 2005, he received the Governors Award of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Board of Governors, which is the highest Emmy Award presented. On February 22, 2009, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awarded Lewis the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award. As a filmmaking innovator, Lewis is credited with inventing the video assist system in cinematography.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/16/09 at 6:19 am

The word of the day...Geisha
One of a class of professional women in Japan trained from girlhood in conversation, dancing, and singing in order to entertain professional or social gatherings of men.
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Not by the judgement this that picture?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 03/16/09 at 6:20 am

I was also wondering on the point if JFK had not been assassinate, she would not have married Aristotle Onassis.

Yes that is a good point,from what I read JFK & Jackie's marriage was very solid.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 03/16/09 at 6:21 am

Not by the judgement this that picture?

Yes it does seem out of place.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/16/09 at 6:22 am

Yes that is a good point,from what I read JFK & Jackie's marriage was very solid.
A perfect marriage, Catholic too.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/16/09 at 6:22 am

Yes it does seem out of place.
May be in the olden day?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 03/16/09 at 12:08 pm

A perfect marriage, Catholic too.

Yes.
May be in the olden day?

Looks like it.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/16/09 at 1:00 pm

Looks like it.
It is all different now.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 03/17/09 at 6:19 am

The word of the day...Unforgettable
Earning a permanent place in the memory; memorable: an unforgettable experience
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Written By: ninny on 03/17/09 at 6:23 am

The person of the day...Nat King Cole
Nathaniel Adams Coles (March 17, 1919 – February 15, 1965), known professionally as Nat King Cole, was an American musician who first came to prominence as a leading jazz pianist. Although an accomplished pianist, he owes most of his popular musical fame to his soft baritone voice, which he used to perform in big band and jazz genres. He was the first black American to host a television variety show and has maintained worldwide popularity over 40 years past his death; he is widely considered one of the most important musical personalities in United States history.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/17/09 at 6:33 am

The person of the day...Nat King Cole
Nathaniel Adams Coles (March 17, 1919 – February 15, 1965), known professionally as Nat King Cole, was an American musician who first came to prominence as a leading jazz pianist. Although an accomplished pianist, he owes most of his popular musical fame to his soft baritone voice, which he used to perform in big band and jazz genres. He was the first black American to host a television variety show and has maintained worldwide popularity over 40 years past his death; he is widely considered one of the most important musical personalities in United States history.
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My wife's favour singer.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 03/17/09 at 6:54 am

Would he be making music still today? ???

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 03/17/09 at 7:07 am

My wife's favour singer.

She has good taste.
Would he be making music still today? ???

He would be 90!!!!!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 03/17/09 at 7:10 am

She has good taste.He would be 90!!!!!

and he would be proud of his daughter. :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/17/09 at 7:38 am

He would be 90!!!!!
He could or may still play the piano.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/17/09 at 7:39 am

He could or may still play the piano.
...but now we will never know.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 03/17/09 at 8:47 am

Perhaps we were to remember him as he was, not old and broken down.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/17/09 at 8:54 am

The late and great Peter Sellers used to tell a tale of when he was a drummer in a jazz band during the 50's, a drunk came up to the stage and requested a song for the band to play. The song he requested was "That's What You Are", the bandleader said we do not know that song. The drunk insisted the record is in the charts and every one is sinigng it now. The band would all baffled by this "That's What You Are" song. So the drunk was ask to sing it and he did...

"Unforgetable, that's what you are..."

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 03/17/09 at 10:51 am

and he would be proud of his daughter. :)

Yes. They could have done a duet in real life. :)
The late and great Peter Sellers used to tell a tale of when he was a drummer in a jazz band during the 50's, a drunk came up to the stage and requested a song for the band to play. The song he requested was "That's What You Are", the bandleader said we do not know that song. The drunk insisted the record is in the charts and every one is sinigng it now. The band would all baffled by this "That's What You Are" song. So the drunk was ask to sing it and he did...

"Unforgetable, that's what you are..."

That is a good one. ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 03/17/09 at 6:27 pm

In the Unforgettable video she is singing with her father.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 03/17/09 at 6:48 pm

In the Unforgettable video she is singing with her father.

Yes. that is the one.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/18/09 at 3:43 am

Yes. that is the one.
A beautiful single

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 03/18/09 at 6:21 am

The word of the day...Airplane
Any of various winged vehicles capable of flight, generally heavier than air and driven by jet engines or propellers.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/18/09 at 6:24 am

The word of the day...Airplane
Any of various winged vehicles capable of flight, generally heavier than air and driven by jet engines or propellers.
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Takes us back to our favourite films again?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/18/09 at 6:25 am

The word of the day...Airplane
Any of various winged vehicles capable of flight, generally heavier than air and driven by jet engines or propellers.

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....oops!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 03/18/09 at 6:38 am

The person of the day...Peter Graves
Peter Graves (born March 18, 1926) is an American film and television actor. He is known for his starring role in the television series Mission: Impossible from 1967 to 1973, and its revival, from 1988 to 1990.
raves has appeared in more than seventy films, TV series and TV-movies. He is especially well known for the following roles:

* The rancher (Broken Wheel Ranch) and adoptive single father to a son played by child actor Bobby Diamond on the 1950s NBC television series Fury. The other costars were William Fawcett, who played the housekeeper and general ranch hand Pete Wilkey, and Roger Mobley, who appeared as Joey's friend Homer "Packy" Lambert.
* Price, a hot-shot German spy placed among allied POWs in Stalag 17
* A father on the run from the law in Night of the Hunter
* James (Jim) Phelps, the leader of the elite Impossible Missions Force in the iconic CBS television show, Mission: Impossible
* Captain Clarence Oveur in the comedies Airplane! and Airplane II: The Sequel
* Colonel John Camden on the WB's 7th Heaven
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/18/09 at 6:44 am

The person of the day...Peter Graves
Peter Graves (born March 18, 1926) is an American film and television actor. He is known for his starring role in the television series Mission: Impossible from 1967 to 1973, and its revival, from 1988 to 1990.
raves has appeared in more than seventy films, TV series and TV-movies. He is especially well known for the following roles:

* The rancher (Broken Wheel Ranch) and adoptive single father to a son played by child actor Bobby Diamond on the 1950s NBC television series Fury. The other costars were William Fawcett, who played the housekeeper and general ranch hand Pete Wilkey, and Roger Mobley, who appeared as Joey's friend Homer "Packy" Lambert.
* Price, a hot-shot German spy placed among allied POWs in Stalag 17
* A father on the run from the law in Night of the Hunter
* James (Jim) Phelps, the leader of the elite Impossible Missions Force in the iconic CBS television show, Mission: Impossible
* Captain Clarence Oveur in the comedies Airplane! and Airplane II: The Sequel
* Colonel John Camden on the WB's 7th Heaven
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I can see his autograph here.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 03/18/09 at 6:57 am

I cna see his autograph here.

Yep.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 03/18/09 at 6:59 am

So,Peter Graves is still alive? ???

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/18/09 at 7:00 am

So,Peter Graves is still alive? ???
Yes, his most recent film is Men in Black II (2002)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 03/18/09 at 7:01 am

Yes, his most recent film is Men in Black II (2002)

How old is he today? ???

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/18/09 at 7:02 am

How old is he today? ???

Peter Graves (born March 18, 1926) is an American film and television actor....

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 03/18/09 at 7:07 am

Yes, his most recent film is Men in Black II (2002)

He has done TV since then including Seventh Heaven.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 03/18/09 at 7:09 am

He has done TV since then including Seventh Heaven.

I haven't seen him in a while.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/18/09 at 7:11 am

He has done TV since then including Seventh Heaven.
I have not seen Seventh Heaven.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 03/18/09 at 7:15 am

So he'd be 73?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/18/09 at 7:18 am

So he'd be 73?
83 today.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 03/18/09 at 7:19 am

83 today.

Thanks Phil.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 03/18/09 at 7:47 pm

Hey...there was a pic of the Mission Impossible team. I don't remember Leonard Nimmoy being in the series...only Martin Landau!! :oMaybe he was in it earlier before Landau and Baraba Bain joined?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 03/18/09 at 9:51 pm

Hey...there was a pic of the Mission Impossible team. I don't remember Leonard Nimmoy being in the series...only Martin Landau!! :oMaybe he was in it earlier before Landau and Baraba Bain joined?

Me either...'Spock was in there?!!' ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 03/18/09 at 10:38 pm

Me either...'Spock was in there?!!' ;D

A quick check on wikipedia advises that there were many 'standins' guest satrring for sometimes the entire season. Leonard Nimmoy stood in for Martin Landau's position in the team (as a different character) for a season. Well then...there ya go ....

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/19/09 at 3:17 am

Hey...there was a pic of the Mission Impossible team. I don't remember Leonard Nimmoy being in the series...only Martin Landau!! :oMaybe he was in it earlier before Landau and Baraba Bain joined?
I remember him in it!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 03/19/09 at 5:23 am

The word or phrase of the day...Heavy Metal
A metal with a specific gravity greater than about 5.0, especially one that is poisonous, such as lead or mercury.
2. Music Very loud, brash rock music, often with shouted, violent lyrics.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/19/09 at 5:23 am

Far too heavy for me!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 03/19/09 at 5:26 am

The person of the day...Randy Rhoads
Randall William "Randy" Rhoads (December 6, 1956 – March 19, 1982) was an American heavy metal guitarist who played with Ozzy Osbourne and Quiet Riot. Despite his short career, he is cited as an influence by many contemporary heavy metal guitarists. A devoted student of classical guitar, Rhoads often combined his classical music influences with his own heavy metal style. While on tour with Ozzy Osbourne, he would often seek out classical guitar tutors for lessons.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 03/19/09 at 5:28 am

Far too heavy for me!

I like some Metallica,but that's it,I like a lighter metal.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/19/09 at 5:33 am

I like some Metallica,but that's it,I like a lighter metal.
Every metal band has a slow softer song, Extreme had More Than Words, I think Metallica had one but I cannot remember the title.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 03/19/09 at 6:49 am

I like Heavy Metal but only on occasions.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 03/19/09 at 6:52 am

Every metal band has a slow softer song, Extreme had More Than Words, I think Metallica had one but I cannot remember the title.

More Than Words is a god song. I know Metallica did a version of Turn The Page,plus The Unforgiven,The Unforgiven II,Hero Of The Day & Nothing Else Matters are on the slower side.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/19/09 at 6:54 am

More Than Words is a god song. I know Metallica did a version of Turn The Page,plus The Unforgiven,The Unforgiven II,Hero Of The Day & Nothing Else Matters are on the slower side.
Nothing Else Matters is the song I was thinking of.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 03/19/09 at 6:56 am

I like more head banging music.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 03/19/09 at 7:27 am

I don't like any heavy metal music or head banging.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 03/19/09 at 7:12 pm

I don't like any heavy metal music or head banging.

Why is that? ???

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/20/09 at 2:04 am

I don't like any heavy metal music or head banging.

Why is that? ???
Probably the same reason for me.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/20/09 at 3:01 am

The person of the day...Nat King Cole
Nathaniel Adams Coles (March 17, 1919 – February 15, 1965), known professionally as Nat King Cole, was an American musician who first came to prominence as a leading jazz pianist. Although an accomplished pianist, he owes most of his popular musical fame to his soft baritone voice, which he used to perform in big band and jazz genres. He was the first black American to host a television variety show and has maintained worldwide popularity over 40 years past his death; he is widely considered one of the most important musical personalities in United States history.
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I just heard a wonderful version of Route 66 by Nat 'King'Cole on the radio just now.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 03/20/09 at 5:50 am

I just heard a wonderful version of Route 66 by Nat 'King'Cole on the radio just now.

I haven't heard that song in years.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 03/20/09 at 6:03 am

The word of the day...Old
1.
1. Having lived or existed for a relatively long time; far advanced in years or life.
2. Relatively advanced in age: Pamela is our oldest child.
2. Made long ago; in existence for many years: an old book.
3. Of or relating to a long life or to people who have had long lives: a ripe old age.
4. Having or exhibiting the physical characteristics of age: a prematurely old face.
5. Having or exhibiting the wisdom of age; mature: a child who is old for his years.
6. Having lived or existed for a specified length of time: She was 12 years old.
7.
1. Belonging to a remote or former period in history; ancient: old fossils.
2. Belonging to or being of an earlier time: her old classmates.
8. often Old Being the earlier or earliest of two or more related objects, stages, versions, or periods.
9. Geology.
1. Having become slower in flow and less vigorous in action. Used of a river.
2. Having become simpler in form and of lower relief. Used of a landform.
10. Exhibiting the effects of time or long use; worn: an old coat.
11. Known through long acquaintance; long familiar: an old friend.
12. Skilled or able through long experience; practiced.
13. often ol' (ōl)
1. Used as an intensive: Come back any old time. Don't give me any ol' excuse.
2. Used to express affection or familiarity: Good ol' Sam.

n.

1. An individual of a specified age: a five-year-old.
2. Old people considered as a group. Used with the: caring for the old.
3. Former times; yore: in days of old.
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Written By: ninny on 03/20/09 at 6:07 am

The person of the day...Carl Reiner
Carl Reiner (born March 20, 1922) is an American actor, film director, producer, writer and comedian. He has won nine Emmy Awards during his career.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 03/20/09 at 6:15 am

The flower for Friday...Lotus
1.
1. An aquatic plant (Nelumbo nucifera) native to southern Asia and Australia, having large leaves, fragrant, pinkish flowers, a broad, rounded, perforated seedpod, and fleshy rhizomes.
2. The edible seed, leaf, or rhizome of this plant.
3. Any of several similar or related plants, such as the water lilies Nymphaea caerula or N. lotus.
2. A representation of any of various lotuses or similar plants in Egyptian or classical sculpture, architecture, or art.
3. Any of several leguminous plants of the genus Lotus.
4. Greek Mythology.
1. A small Mediterranean tree or shrub whose fruit was eaten by the lotus-eaters.
2. The fruit of this plant.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 03/20/09 at 6:49 am

nobody likes getting old.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/20/09 at 7:04 am

I haven't heard that song in years.
Accompanied on the piano it sounded just great.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/20/09 at 7:05 am

The word of the day...Old
   1.
   1. Having lived or existed for a relatively long time; far advanced in years or life.
   2. Relatively advanced in age: Pamela is our oldest child.
   2. Made long ago; in existence for many years: an old book.
   3. Of or relating to a long life or to people who have had long lives: a ripe old age.
   4. Having or exhibiting the physical characteristics of age: a prematurely old face.
   5. Having or exhibiting the wisdom of age; mature: a child who is old for his years.
   6. Having lived or existed for a specified length of time: She was 12 years old.
   7.
   1. Belonging to a remote or former period in history; ancient: old fossils.
   2. Belonging to or being of an earlier time: her old classmates.
   8. often Old Being the earlier or earliest of two or more related objects, stages, versions, or periods.
   9. Geology.
   1. Having become slower in flow and less vigorous in action. Used of a river.
   2. Having become simpler in form and of lower relief. Used of a landform.
10. Exhibiting the effects of time or long use; worn: an old coat.
11. Known through long acquaintance; long familiar: an old friend.
12. Skilled or able through long experience; practiced.
13. often ol' (ōl)
   1. Used as an intensive: Come back any old time. Don't give me any ol' excuse.
   2. Used to express affection or familiarity: Good ol' Sam.

n.

   1. An individual of a specified age: a five-year-old.
   2. Old people considered as a group. Used with the: caring for the old.
   3. Former times; yore: in days of old.
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I don't want to be old!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/20/09 at 7:06 am

The person of the day...Carl Reiner
Carl Reiner (born March 20, 1922) is an American actor, film director, producer, writer and comedian. He has won nine Emmy Awards during his career.
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Ah yes, the World's Oldest Man with Mel Brooks.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 03/20/09 at 7:20 am

I don't want to be old!

Nobody does.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 03/20/09 at 10:29 am

Quote from: Philip Eno on Today at 07:05:13 AM
I don't want to be old!

Think of the alternative, though....no existance. :-\\

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/20/09 at 10:30 am

Quote from: Philip Eno on Today at 07:05:13 AM

Think of the alternative, though....no existance. :-\\
I do want to be young ?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 03/20/09 at 6:51 pm

I do want to be young ?

To be young forever.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 03/20/09 at 6:59 pm

You're only old as you think you are.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/21/09 at 4:24 am

You're only old as you think you are.
I have given up thinking too!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 03/21/09 at 5:47 am

I have given up thinking too!

I am young in mind.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 03/21/09 at 6:30 am

The word of the day...Beloved
Dearly loved.
Regarded with much love and tenderness:
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 03/21/09 at 6:34 am

The person of the day...Gary OldmanGary Leonard Oldman (born 21 March 1958) is an English actor, writer, director, producer, voice-over artist and occasional musician who found fame in roles such as Sid Vicious in 1986 biopic Sid & Nancy and Count Dracula in 1992 blockbuster Dracula. He has garnered critical acclaim for his diverse performances and portrayals of real-life historical figureshttp://i423.photobucket.com/albums/pp320/Juventina19831/Gary%20Oldman/0041.jpg
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/21/09 at 7:37 am

The person of the day...Gary OldmanGary Leonard Oldman (born 21 March 1958) is an English actor, writer, director, producer, voice-over artist and occasional musician who found fame in roles such as Sid Vicious in 1986 biopic Sid & Nancy and Count Dracula in 1992 blockbuster Dracula. He has garnered critical acclaim for his diverse performances and portrayals of real-life historical figureshttp://i423.photobucket.com/albums/pp320/Juventina19831/Gary%20Oldman/0041.jpg
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Happy Birthday Sirius Black!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 03/21/09 at 7:53 am

Happy Birthday Sirius Black!

I never realized when I first started becoming aware of him that he was British :-[. Or maybe that is a good thing,shows how good his acting is.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/21/09 at 7:55 am

I never realized when I first started becoming aware of him that he was British :-[. Or maybe that is a good thing,shows how good his acting is.
Born in London, but I do not known which district.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/21/09 at 7:57 am

Born in London, but I do not known which district.
Close to New Cross Gate station in south east London.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 03/21/09 at 11:14 am

Close to New Cross Gate station in south east London.

How far is that from you?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/21/09 at 11:18 am

How far is that from you?
Good question.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/21/09 at 11:20 am

How far is that from you?
About 9 miles and should take around 30 minutes driving.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/21/09 at 11:20 am

About 9 miles and should take around 30 minutes driving.
..or around 3 hours walking.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 03/21/09 at 11:47 am

About 9 miles and should take around 30 minutes driving.

WOW!! it takes that long to go 9 miles. My husband works 11 miles from our house and it only takes 14 minutes to get there depending on traffic.
Or does this mean if you have bumper to bumper traffic,and it takes that long.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/21/09 at 11:50 am

WOW!! it takes that long to go 9 miles. My husband works 11 miles from our house and it only takes 14 minutes to get there depending on traffic.
The route takes you through central London and traffic lights are found there.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 03/21/09 at 12:00 pm

The route takes you through central London and traffic lights are found there.

Oh OK.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/21/09 at 12:01 pm

Oh OK.
If I could I would rather walk it, but who wants to go to New Cross in the first place.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 03/22/09 at 5:46 am

If I could I would rather walk it, but who wants to go to New Cross in the first place.

Not a good section of the city?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 03/22/09 at 5:49 am

So,where are we headed off to?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 03/22/09 at 5:56 am

The word of the day...Phantom
1.
1. Something apparently seen, heard, or sensed, but having no physical reality; a ghost or an apparition.
2. Something elusive or delusive.
2. An image that appears only in the mind; an illusion.
3. Something dreaded or despised.

adj.

1. Resembling, characteristic of, or being a phantom; illusive.
2. Fictitious; nonexistent: phantom employees on the payroll.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 03/22/09 at 5:59 am

The person of the day...Andrew Lloyd Weber
Andrew Lloyd Webber, Baron Lloyd-Webber (born 22 March 1948) is an English composer of musical theatre, the elder son of William Lloyd Webber and also the brother of the renowned cellist Julian Lloyd Webber. Lloyd Webber started composing at the age of six and published his first piece at the age of nine.

Lord Lloyd-Webber has achieved great popular success, with several musicals that have run for more than a decade both in the West End and on Broadway. He has composed 13 musicals, a song cycle, a set of variations, two film scores, and a Latin Requiem Mass. He has also gained a number of honours, including a knighthood in 1992, followed by a peerage, seven Tony Awards, three Grammy Awards, an Academy Award, an Emmy Award, seven Olivier Awards, a Golden Globe, and the Kennedy Center Honors in 2006. Several of his songs, notably "The Music of the Night" from The Phantom of the Opera, "I Don't Know How to Love Him" from Jesus Christ Superstar, "Don't Cry for Me, Argentina" from Evita and "Memory" from Cats have been widely recorded and were hits outside of their parent musicals. His company, the Really Useful Group, is one of the largest theatre operators in London.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 03/22/09 at 6:00 am

Do Phantoms like Opera?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 03/22/09 at 9:48 am

Do Phantoms like Opera?

This one did.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 03/22/09 at 4:16 pm

I bet they like other music.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/23/09 at 4:07 am

The person of the day...Andrew Lloyd Weber
Andrew Lloyd Webber, Baron Lloyd-Webber (born 22 March 1948) is an English composer of musical theatre, the elder son of William Lloyd Webber and also the brother of the renowned cellist Julian Lloyd Webber. Lloyd Webber started composing at the age of six and published his first piece at the age of nine.

Lord Lloyd-Webber has achieved great popular success, with several musicals that have run for more than a decade both in the West End and on Broadway. He has composed 13 musicals, a song cycle, a set of variations, two film scores, and a Latin Requiem Mass. He has also gained a number of honours, including a knighthood in 1992, followed by a peerage, seven Tony Awards, three Grammy Awards, an Academy Award, an Emmy Award, seven Olivier Awards, a Golden Globe, and the Kennedy Center Honors in 2006. Several of his songs, notably "The Music of the Night" from The Phantom of the Opera, "I Don't Know How to Love Him" from Jesus Christ Superstar, "Don't Cry for Me, Argentina" from Evita and "Memory" from Cats have been widely recorded and were hits outside of their parent musicals. His company, the Really Useful Group, is one of the largest theatre operators in London.
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60 years old now, he gets his free bus pass.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 03/23/09 at 5:57 am

60 years old now, he gets his free bus pass.

Does that include everyone,or just celebrities.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 03/23/09 at 6:04 am

The word of the day...Lace
1. A cord or ribbon used to draw and tie together two opposite edges, as of a shoe.
2. A delicate fabric made of yarn or thread in an open weblike pattern. Also called lacework.
3. Gold or silver braid ornamenting an officer's uniform.

v., laced, lac·ing, lac·es.

v.tr.

1. To thread a cord through the eyelets or around the hooks of.
2.
1. To draw together and tie the laces of.
2. To restrain or constrict by tightening laces, especially of a corset.
3. To pull or pass through; intertwine: lace garlands through a trellis.
4. To trim or decorate with or as if with lace.
5.
1. To add a touch of flavor to: “today's chefs love to lace their goods with lively, pronounced flavors” (David Rosengarten).
2. To add a substance, especially an intoxicant or narcotic, to: laced the eggnog with rum and brandy.
3. To add or intersperse with something in order to produce a certain effect: “Quacks now lace their pitch with scientific terms that may sound authentic to the uninformed” (Jane E. Brody).
6. To streak with color.
7. To give a beating to; thrash: laced his opponent in the second round.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 03/23/09 at 6:09 am

The person of the day...Peter Lorre
Peter Lorre (June 26 1904–March 23 1964), born László Löwenstein, was a Hungarian - Austrian - American actor frequently typecast as a sinister foreigner.

He made an international sensation in 1931 with his portrayal of a serial killer who preys on little girls in the German film M. Later he became a popular featured player in Hollywood crime films and mysteries, notably alongside Humphrey Bogart and Sydney Greenstreet, and as the star of the successful Mr. Moto detective series.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/23/09 at 7:00 am

Does that include everyone,or just celebrities.
Everyone, especially in London, I stiil have to wait 8½ years for mine.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 03/23/09 at 5:11 pm

The word of the day...Lace
1. A cord or ribbon used to draw and tie together two opposite edges, as of a shoe.
2. A delicate fabric made of yarn or thread in an open weblike pattern. Also called lacework.
3. Gold or silver braid ornamenting an officer's uniform.

v., laced, lac·ing, lac·es.

v.tr.

1. To thread a cord through the eyelets or around the hooks of.
2.
1. To draw together and tie the laces of.
2. To restrain or constrict by tightening laces, especially of a corset.
3. To pull or pass through; intertwine: lace garlands through a trellis.
4. To trim or decorate with or as if with lace.
5.
1. To add a touch of flavor to: “today's chefs love to lace their goods with lively, pronounced flavors” (David Rosengarten).
2. To add a substance, especially an intoxicant or narcotic, to: laced the eggnog with rum and brandy.
3. To add or intersperse with something in order to produce a certain effect: “Quacks now lace their pitch with scientific terms that may sound authentic to the uninformed” (Jane E. Brody).
6. To streak with color.
7. To give a beating to; thrash: laced his opponent in the second round.
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Lace is sexy. ;)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 03/23/09 at 9:18 pm

I recall Peter Lorre in the movie Arsenic and Old Lace (with Cary Grant). I thought it was a hilarious film and enjoyed it very much! :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 03/24/09 at 5:38 am

I recall Peter Lorre in the movie Arsenic and Old Lace (with Cary Grant). I thought it was a hilarious film and enjoyed it very much! :)

Yes. That was my inspiration.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 03/24/09 at 5:57 am

The word or phrase of the day...Bucket Seats
A bucket seat is a seat contoured to hold one person, distinct from bench seats which are flat platforms designed to seat multiple people. Bucket seats are standard in fast cars to keep riders in place when making sharp or quick turns.

The term appears to come from the French word, baquet, meaning "cockpit". Bucket seats resemble seats that were used in the cockpits of early aircraft, and are still used today in single-pilot aircraft.

Racing vehicles usually have only one bucket seat. Vehicles sold to the general public often have two bucket seats in the front compartment, and may contain more in a rear compartment. Commercial aircraft now have bucket seats for all passengers.
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Written By: ninny on 03/24/09 at 6:02 am

The person of the day...Steve McQueen
Terrence Steven "Steve" McQueen (March 24, 1930 – November 7, 1980) was an American movie actor nicknamed "The King of Cool." His "anti-hero" persona, which he developed at the height of the Vietnam counterculture, made him one of the top box-office draws of the 1960s and 1970s. After appearing in the 1974 film The Towering Inferno, he became the highest paid movie star in the world. Although McQueen was combative with directors and producers, his popularity put him in high demand and enabled him to command large salaries.

He was an avid racer of both motorcycles and cars. While he studied acting, he supported himself partly by competing in weekend motorcycle races and bought his first motorcycle with his winnings. He is recognized for performing many of his own stunts, especially the majority of the stunt driving during the high-speed chase scene in Bullitt. Additionally, McQueen designed and patented a bucket seat for race cars
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Written By: gibbo on 03/24/09 at 6:07 am

Now here's a true bucket seat!

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y89/Peirrin/Falcon%20Rebuild/Bucketseat.jpg

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Written By: ninny on 03/24/09 at 6:28 am

Now here's a true bucket seat!

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y89/Peirrin/Falcon%20Rebuild/Bucketseat.jpg

HAHA!! Good one.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/24/09 at 8:21 am

The person of the day...Steve McQueen
Terrence Steven "Steve" McQueen (March 24, 1930 – November 7, 1980) was an American movie actor nicknamed "The King of Cool." His "anti-hero" persona, which he developed at the height of the Vietnam counterculture, made him one of the top box-office draws of the 1960s and 1970s. After appearing in the 1974 film The Towering Inferno, he became the highest paid movie star in the world. Although McQueen was combative with directors and producers, his popularity put him in high demand and enabled him to command large salaries.

He was an avid racer of both motorcycles and cars. While he studied acting, he supported himself partly by competing in weekend motorcycle races and bought his first motorcycle with his winnings. He is recognized for performing many of his own stunts, especially the majority of the stunt driving during the high-speed chase scene in Bullitt. Additionally, McQueen designed and patented a bucket seat for race cars
It is about time now I re-watched The Great Escape again.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: CatwomanofV on 03/24/09 at 10:23 am

This would have been a smoother ride in a Cordoba with reclining bucket seats and genuine Corinthian leather. :D ;D ;D ;D

Cat

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/25/09 at 3:20 am

It is about time now I re-watched The Great Escape again.
I removed the images to assist in the smooth running of the board.

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Written By: ninny on 03/25/09 at 6:59 am

The word of the day...Rocket
1.
1. A rocket engine.
2. A vehicle or device propelled by one or more rocket engines, especially such a vehicle designed to travel through space.
2. A projectile weapon carrying a warhead that is powered and propelled by rockets.
3. A projectile firework having a cylindrical shape and a fuse that is lit from the rear.

v., -et·ed, -et·ing, -ets.

v.intr.

1. To move swiftly and powerfully, as a rocket
2. To fly swiftly straight up, as a game bird frightened from cover.
3. To soar or rise rapidly: The book rocketed to the top of the bestseller list.
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Written By: Howard on 03/25/09 at 7:01 am

Elton John is The Rocket Man.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 03/25/09 at 7:03 am

The person of the day...Elton John
Elton Hercules John CBE (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight on 25 March 1947) is an English singer-songwriter, composer and pianist.

In his four-decade career, John has been one of the dominant forces in rock and popular music, especially during the 1970s. He has sold over 200 million records, making him one of the most successful artists of all time. He has more than 50 Top 40 hits including seven consecutive No. 1 U.S. albums, 56 Top 40 singles, 16 Top 10, four No. 2 hits, and nine No. 1 hits. He has won five Grammy awards, an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award and a Tony Award. His success has had a profound impact on popular music and has contributed to the continued popularity of the piano in rock and roll. In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked him #49 on their list of the 100 greatest artists of all time.

Some of the characteristics of John's musical talent and work include an ability to quickly craft melodies for the lyrics of songwriting partner Bernie Taupin, his former rich tenor (now baritone) voice, his classical and gospel-influenced piano, the sensitive orchestral arrangements of Paul Buckmaster among others, and the on-stage showmanship, especially evident during the 1970s.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 03/25/09 at 7:03 am

Elton John is The Rocket Man.

Yes he is. Today is his birthday

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 03/25/09 at 7:06 am

This would have been a smoother ride in a Cordoba with reclining bucket seats and genuine Corinthian leather. :D ;D ;D ;D

Cat

The ghost of Ricardo Montalban is living in the 00s
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 03/25/09 at 7:09 am

Yes he is. Today is his birthday

I always liked the funky side of Elton.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/25/09 at 7:13 am

I like Kate Bush's version of Rocket Man

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/25/09 at 7:13 am

It is also the brithday of Aretha Franklin today

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 03/25/09 at 7:16 am

It is also the brithday of Aretha Franklin today

Happy Birthday Aretha Queen of Soul. :)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/25/09 at 7:17 am

Happy Birthday Aretha Queen of Soul. :)
Respect

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 03/25/09 at 7:18 am

Respect

always Rock Steady.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/25/09 at 7:23 am

always Rock Steady.
I Say A Little Prayer is another big one from her.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: CatwomanofV on 03/25/09 at 11:42 am

The ghost of Ricardo Montalban is living in the 00s

I see SOMEONE got my reference. ;)

Cat

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Written By: ninny on 03/25/09 at 12:07 pm

Happy Birthday Aretha Queen of Soul. :)

Yes another great singer
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 03/25/09 at 12:09 pm

I Say A Little Prayer is another big one from her.

Chain of Fools is a good song.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 03/25/09 at 12:13 pm

I see SOMEONE got my reference. ;)

Cat

Yes, I remember those commercials really well. :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 03/25/09 at 2:57 pm

Chain of Fools is a good song.

Jump To It.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/25/09 at 2:58 pm

Jump To It.
I Knew You Were Waiting

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 03/25/09 at 3:00 pm

I Knew You Were Waiting

with George Michael (1987).

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/25/09 at 3:01 pm

with George Michael (1987).
A classic song from back then

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Written By: Howard on 03/25/09 at 3:05 pm

Freeway of Love.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 03/25/09 at 7:50 pm

Freeway of Love.

Who's Zooming Who

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Written By: adagio on 03/25/09 at 7:55 pm

Chain of Fools is a good song.

I think that's my favorite song of hers. For a while they had a website that played it...now it's probably on youtube. I even made a parody of it and it was so much fun to listen to.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 03/25/09 at 10:02 pm

I see SOMEONE got my reference. ;)

Cat

It went straight over my ...still does! :o

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/26/09 at 5:07 am

It went straight over my ...still does! :o
What reference?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 03/26/09 at 5:40 am

What reference?

It was a commercial on TV with Ricardo Montalban
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vsg97bxuJnc&feature=related#

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/26/09 at 5:41 am

It was a commercial on TV with Ricardo Montalban
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vsg97bxuJnc&feature=related#
With many thanks

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Written By: Howard on 03/26/09 at 5:47 am

She also did Spanish Harlem.

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Written By: ninny on 03/26/09 at 5:48 am

The word of the day...Trekkie
Trekkie (or Trekker) is a term used to describe a fan of all or part of the Star Trek fictional universe.
n 1967, Science Fiction editor Arthur W. Saha applied the term "trekkies" when he saw a few fans of the first season of Star Trek wearing pointy ears at a science fiction convention. He used the term in an interview with Pete Hamill that Hamill was conducting for TV Guide concerning the phenomenon of science fiction.

The Trekkie phenomenon did not catch on with general public consciousness until years after the show was cancelled in 1969. The show began syndication in reruns during the early 1970s and the first fan convention devoted to Star Trek opened in 1972 in New York
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Written By: Howard on 03/26/09 at 5:50 am

I always loved Spock.

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Written By: ninny on 03/26/09 at 6:01 am

With many thanks

Your Welcome :)
I always loved Spock.

Yep and today is Leonard Nimoys birthday.
The person of the day...Leonard Nimoy
Leonard Simon Nimoy (born March 26, 1931) is an American actor, film director, poet, musician and photographer. He is best known for playing the character of Spock on Star Trek, an American television series that ran for three seasons from 1966 to 1969, in addition to reprising the role in several movie sequels.
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Written By: Howard on 03/26/09 at 6:06 am

Will he ever be Spock again?

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Written By: gibbo on 03/26/09 at 7:50 am

It was a commercial on TV with Ricardo Montalban
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vsg97bxuJnc&feature=related#

Now it makes sense! Didn't get that one over here.....

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/26/09 at 9:57 am

I see SOMEONE got my reference. ;)

Cat
Who was Ricardo Montalban?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/26/09 at 9:58 am

It was a commercial on TV with Ricardo Montalban
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vsg97bxuJnc&feature=related#
I can hear the music of Rodrigo.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/26/09 at 9:59 am

Your Welcome :)Yep and today is Leonard Nimoys birthday.
The person of the day...Leonard Nimoy
Leonard Simon Nimoy (born March 26, 1931) is an American actor, film director, poet, musician and photographer. He is best known for playing the character of Spock on Star Trek, an American television series that ran for three seasons from 1966 to 1969, in addition to reprising the role in several movie sequels.
Not to be confused with Dr. Spock

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/26/09 at 9:59 am

Didn't Leonard Nimoy direct one of the Star Trek movies?

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Written By: CatwomanofV on 03/26/09 at 12:03 pm

Who was Ricardo Montalban?

He was Khan in Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan. :D ;D ;D ;D

Cat

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/26/09 at 12:05 pm

He was Khan in Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan. :D ;D ;D ;D

Cat
Many thanks, can you tell I am not a Trekkie?

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Written By: CatwomanofV on 03/26/09 at 12:11 pm

Many thanks, can you tell I am not a Trekkie?

He was also Mr. Roarke on Fantasy Island as well as the "villain" in The Naked Gun (the first one).

Cat

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/26/09 at 12:12 pm

He was also Mr. Roarke on Fantasy Island as well as the "villain" in The Naked Gun (the first one).

Cat
IA-ha, I have seen The Naked Gun but do not remember much of it.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/26/09 at 4:34 pm

IA-ha, I have seen The Naked Gun but do not remember much of it.
...but I do remember laughing at it.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 03/26/09 at 4:55 pm

Didn't Leonard Nimoy direct one of the Star Trek movies?

I believe he did.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/27/09 at 3:00 am

I believe he did.
Which film?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 03/27/09 at 5:54 am

Which film?

He directed 2 .. Star Trek III The Search For Spock & Star Trek IV The Voyage Home.

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Written By: ninny on 03/27/09 at 6:02 am

The word or phrase of the day...Blockhead
A person regarded as very stupid; a dolt.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 03/27/09 at 6:03 am

Did someone call me? ;)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 03/27/09 at 6:04 am

The person of the day...Ian Dury
Ian Robins Dury (12 May 1942 – 27 March 2000) was an English rock and roll singer, songwriter, and bandleader who initially rose to fame during the late 1970s, during the punk and New Wave era of rock music. He is best known as founder and lead singer of the British band Ian Dury and the Blockheads, though he began his musical career in pub-rock act Kilburn and the High Roads.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 03/27/09 at 6:06 am

Did someone call me? ;)

;D ;D..That's not exactly what I would call you.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 03/27/09 at 6:10 am

The flower for Friday...Crocus
#

1. Any of various perennial Eurasian herbs of the genus Crocus, having grasslike leaves and showy, variously colored flowers.
2. Any of several other plants, such as the autumn crocus.

# A grayish to light reddish purple.
# A dark red powdered variety of iron oxide, Fe2O3, used as an abrasive for polishing.
# A coarse, loosely woven material like burlap, once used to make sacks for shipping saffron. See Regional Note at gunnysack
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/27/09 at 6:19 am

He directed 2 .. Star Trek III The Search For Spock & Star Trek IV The Voyage Home.
That was it! Spock was behind the camera all the time?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/27/09 at 6:20 am

The person of the day...Ian Dury
Ian Robins Dury (12 May 1942 – 27 March 2000) was an English rock and roll singer, songwriter, and bandleader who initially rose to fame during the late 1970s, during the punk and New Wave era of rock music. He is best known as founder and lead singer of the British band Ian Dury and the Blockheads, though he began his musical career in pub-rock act Kilburn and the High Roads.
:\'(

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/27/09 at 6:23 am

The person of the day...Ian Dury
Ian Robins Dury (12 May 1942 – 27 March 2000) was an English rock and roll singer, songwriter, and bandleader who initially rose to fame during the late 1970s, during the punk and New Wave era of rock music. He is best known as founder and lead singer of the British band Ian Dury and the Blockheads, though he began his musical career in pub-rock act Kilburn and the High Roads.
At one time before 2000, I received a phonecall at home which was a wrong number. The caller was asking for Ian Dury, on asking the caller gave the number he was calling and it turned out on the number he gave was one digit out from my own.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 03/27/09 at 7:08 am

Lucy always called Charlie Brown blockhead.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/27/09 at 9:24 am

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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 03/27/09 at 12:06 pm

At one time before 2000, I received a phonecall at home which was a wrong number. The caller was asking for Ian Dury, on asking the caller gave the number he was calling and it turned out on the number he gave was one digit out from my own.

Imagine that,one number away from a celebrities phone number.
Lucy always called Charlie Brown blockhead.

That's where I remember the word most from.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/27/09 at 12:07 pm

The word or phrase of the day...Blockhead
A person regarded as very stupid; a dolt.
The last post (by Jeff) in Word Link before it was locked was...

Re: Words Link
« Reply #21610 on: March 23, 2009, 06:14:14 PM »

blockhead

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 03/27/09 at 3:16 pm

you don't hear the word blockhead these days.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 03/27/09 at 4:15 pm

;D ;D..That's not exactly what I would call you.

Oh, I see...you were being kind! ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/27/09 at 4:52 pm

Imagine that,one number away from a celebrities phone number.
...and I never got round to writing it down.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 03/27/09 at 5:03 pm

At one time before 2000, I received a phonecall at home which was a wrong number. The caller was asking for Ian Dury, on asking the caller gave the number he was calling and it turned out on the number he gave was one digit out from my own.

Well blow me done and hit me with your rythym stick! :o Umm ...that actually doesn't sound too good really! ;)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/27/09 at 5:04 pm

Well blow me done and hit me with your rythym stick! :o   Umm ...that actually doesn't sound too good really! ;)
That was then in the days before the Data Protection Act.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 03/27/09 at 5:53 pm

Well blow me done and hit me with your rythym stick! :o Umm ...that actually doesn't sound too good really! ;)

er...not really. ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 03/28/09 at 5:31 am

The word of the day...Lighthouse
A tall structure topped by a powerful light used as a beacon or signal to aid marine navigation.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 03/28/09 at 5:33 am

Well blow me done and hit me with your rythym stick! :o Umm ...that actually doesn't sound too good really! ;)

A rhythm stick?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 03/28/09 at 5:44 am

A rhythm stick?

It'll probably make you dance.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 03/28/09 at 5:47 am

The person of the day...Virginia Woolf
Adeline Virginia Woolf (née Stephen; 25 January 1882 – 28 March 1941) was an English novelist and essayist, regarded as one of the foremost modernist literary figures of the twentieth century.

During the interwar period, Woolf was a significant figure in London literary society and a member of the Bloomsbury Group. Her most famous works include the novels Mrs Dalloway (1925), To the Lighthouse (1927) and Orlando (1928), and the book-length essay A Room of One's Own (1929), with its famous dictum, "a woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction."
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 03/28/09 at 5:56 am

A rhythm stick?

Yes...a quote fro the song " Hit Me With Your Rythym Sick" from the group Ian Dury and the Blockheads ;)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 03/28/09 at 7:58 am

So ninny...you work backwards. You select the person and then decide what pics to display?

I've always thought that lighthouse keeper would be a good job for me. I like to be alone! :-\\

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/28/09 at 8:47 am

The person of the day...Virginia Woolf
Adeline Virginia Woolf (née Stephen; 25 January 1882 – 28 March 1941) was an English novelist and essayist, regarded as one of the foremost modernist literary figures of the twentieth century.

During the interwar period, Woolf was a significant figure in London literary society and a member of the Bloomsbury Group. Her most famous works include the novels Mrs Dalloway (1925), To the Lighthouse (1927) and Orlando (1928), and the book-length essay A Room of One's Own (1929), with its famous dictum, "a woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction."
Who is afraid of her?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: danootaandme on 03/28/09 at 8:49 am

Who is afraid of her?

I'm not afraid of her, or her whole Bloomsbury Crew. Not a big fan, myself.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/28/09 at 8:51 am

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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/28/09 at 8:52 am

I'm not afraid of her, or her whole Bloomsbury Crew. Not a big fan, myself.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: CatwomanofV on 03/28/09 at 10:37 am

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Cat

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 03/28/09 at 10:42 am

So ninny...you work backwards. You select the person and then decide what pics to display?

I've always thought that lighthouse keeper would be a good job for me. I like to be alone! :-\\

Basically Yes,I am backwards ;D
Who is afraid of her?

I think she was afraid of herself :\'(

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 03/28/09 at 10:43 am

I'm not afraid of her, or her whole Bloomsbury Crew. Not a big fan, myself.

I was never in to her.
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Very Interesting.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 03/28/09 at 10:45 am

http://www.flickr.com/photos/23251068@N02/2228399655/in/set-72157605431118754/

Cat

Do you know how old it is?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 03/28/09 at 11:40 am

So ninny...you work backwards. You select the person and then decide what pics to display?

I've always thought that lighthouse keeper would be a good job for me. I like to be alone! :-\\

Me too...wait! I finally am! ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: CatwomanofV on 03/28/09 at 11:41 am

Do you know how old it is?

According to this:

http://www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=1176

I think 1892.

Oh, here is another lighthouse in PR.

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Cat

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/28/09 at 11:43 am

According to this:

http://www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=1176

I think 1892.

Oh, here is another lighthouse in PR.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/23251068@N02/2469514954/in/set-72157605431118754/

Cat
1811

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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 03/28/09 at 11:44 am

The word of the day...Lighthouse

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2LeNBY_5gk&feature=channel_page

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: CatwomanofV on 03/28/09 at 12:03 pm

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Oldest working lighthouse in the world.

The oldest working lighthouse in the world is at La Coruña in NW Spain, near the town of Ferol. A lighthouse has been on this site since the time of the Roman emperor Trajan.

Cat

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/28/09 at 12:13 pm

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Cat
The website declined to show this webpage

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: CatwomanofV on 03/28/09 at 12:17 pm

The website declined to show this webpage

How's this one?

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Cat

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/28/09 at 12:27 pm

How's this one?

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Cat
Thanks, much better.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 03/28/09 at 1:00 pm

Very nice lighthouses..I've always liked lighthouses. :)

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/28/09 at 1:01 pm

I want to marry a lighthouse keeper

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 03/28/09 at 4:54 pm

The person of the day...Virginia Woolf
Adeline Virginia Woolf (née Stephen; 25 January 1882 – 28 March 1941) was an English novelist and essayist, regarded as one of the foremost modernist literary figures of the twentieth century.

During the interwar period, Woolf was a significant figure in London literary society and a member of the Bloomsbury Group. Her most famous works include the novels Mrs Dalloway (1925), To the Lighthouse (1927) and Orlando (1928), and the book-length essay A Room of One's Own (1929), with its famous dictum, "a woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction."
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Who was afraid of her?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/28/09 at 4:55 pm

Who is afraid of her?

Who was afraid of her?
Snap!!!!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 03/28/09 at 4:58 pm

Snap!!!!

Was she a scary person? ???

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/28/09 at 4:59 pm

Was she a scary person? ???
I do not know, I never met her.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 03/28/09 at 5:00 pm

I do not know, I never met her.

I know there was a film.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/28/09 at 5:03 pm

I know there was a film.
...but she was not in it.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 03/28/09 at 5:04 pm

...but she was not in it.

Bette Davis?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/28/09 at 5:05 pm

Bette Davis?
Wasn't it Elizabeth Taylor (who was in Giant) and Richard Burton

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: snozberries on 03/28/09 at 5:05 pm

I'm afraid of Virgina Woolf...afraid someone will make me read Orlando again... that book SUCKED!!!!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 03/28/09 at 5:07 pm

Wasn't it Elizabeth Taylor (who was in Giant) and Richard Burton

could be.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/28/09 at 5:09 pm

could be.
It was a play made into a film.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 03/28/09 at 5:11 pm

It was a play made into a film.

that I do not recall.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/28/09 at 5:16 pm

that I do not recall.
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 03/28/09 at 5:17 pm

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Thanks.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/29/09 at 2:44 am

Thanks.
I did see the film ages ago on the cinema screen and I remember enjoying it.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 03/29/09 at 3:54 am

The word or phrase of the day...Holy Grail
Answers.com
grail

Did you mean: grail (in legend, literature), Holy Grail (song), Ancient technology in Stargate, Xian (Taoism)

World Mythology Dictionary: Grail

Home > Library > Religion & Spirituality > World Mythology

(European mythology)

Sangreal, the Holy Grail. One of the most widespread legends of the Middle Ages. The Grail was said to be the vessel of the Last Supper and, at the Crucifixion, the one that received the blood which flowed from the spear thrust in Christ's side. Brought to Britain by Joseph of Arimathea, the rich man who buried Christ and founded the Christian settlement at Glastonbury, the Grail was later lost and its quest preoccupied King Arthur's knighs. It was still in Britain, poets were quite sure, but in a mysterious castle surrounded by desolate lands and stretches of water. The custodian of the Grail was the Fisher King, who lay wounded and immobile, neither living nor dead. The recovery of the Fisher King, and the renewal of his blighted domain, was thought to depend on the successful completion of the quest. Only Sir Galahad, however, had a vision of the whole Grail.

1. Grail A cup or plate that, according to medieval legend, was used by Jesus at the Last Supper and that later became the object of many chivalrous quests. Also called Holy Grail.
2. often Grail The object of a prolonged endeavor.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 03/29/09 at 3:59 am

The person of the day...Eric Idle
Eric Idle (born 29 March, 1943) is an English comedian, actor, author, singer and composer of comic songs. He wrote and performed as a member of the internationally renowned British comedy group Monty Python.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 03/29/09 at 4:51 am

The thing about The Pythons is that they could look silly without uttering a word! ;D Eric was/is a fantastically funny man...the 5 of them together was pure magic!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/29/09 at 5:30 am

The thing about The Pythons is that they could look silly without uttering a word! ;D Eric was/is a fantastically funny man...the 5 of them together was pure magic!
Nudge nudge, say no more.... ?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/29/09 at 5:31 am

The person of the day...Eric Idle
Eric Idle (born 29 March, 1943) is an English comedian, actor, author, singer and composer of comic songs. He wrote and performed as a member of the internationally renowned British comedy group Monty Python.
Eric Idle is the only living mamber of the Monty Python team I have not met

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 03/29/09 at 5:34 am

Eric Idle is one of my favorites.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/29/09 at 5:35 am

Eric Idle is one of my favorites.
He is currently based in LA

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 03/29/09 at 5:37 am

He is currently based in LA

Does he still act?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/29/09 at 5:38 am

Does he still act?
He recently wrote and produced Spamalot.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 03/29/09 at 5:44 am

He recently wrote and produced Spamalot.

Right,On Broadway.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/29/09 at 5:45 am

Right,On Broadway.
..and here in West End in London.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/29/09 at 5:45 am

..and here in West End in London.
,,,but the show has finished it's run now.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/29/09 at 5:46 am

,,,but the show has finished it's run now.
...and I never got to see it.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 03/29/09 at 5:46 am

..and here in West End in London.

Has it finished it's tour?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: danootaandme on 03/29/09 at 6:03 am

...and I never got to see it.

It will probably make the rounds again at some point. If I hit the lottery(REAL BIG) I'll fly you over here, they are touring.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/29/09 at 6:04 am

It will probably make the rounds again at some point. If I hit the lottery(REAL BIG) I'll fly you over here, they are touring.
I am not sure if it is on tour, but I do have to check on that.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: adagio on 03/29/09 at 12:09 pm

The thing about The Pythons is that they could look silly without uttering a word! ;D Eric was/is a fantastically funny man...the 5 of them together was pure magic!

I knew you'd chime in!! That one skit I saw was very funny.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: CatwomanofV on 03/29/09 at 12:10 pm

We want a shrubbery.

Cat

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/29/09 at 12:14 pm

I knew you'd chime in!! That one skit I saw was very funny.
I was watching Monty Python yesterday, and in truth I find them funny when I reminisce on them.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 03/29/09 at 3:46 pm

Nudge nudge, say no more.... ?

Nudge was going to be the word of the day,but could not find any good pics on Photobucket.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/29/09 at 4:00 pm

Nudge was going to be the word of the day,but could not find any good pics on Photobucket.
Say no more!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/29/09 at 4:02 pm

We want a shrubbery.

Cat
You must return here with a shrubbery or else you will never pass through this wood alive!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 03/29/09 at 4:03 pm

he also did Nuns On The Run.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/29/09 at 4:04 pm

he also did Nuns On The Run.
With Robbie Coltrane

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 03/29/09 at 4:07 pm

With Robbie Coltrane

yeah I remember that,many years ago.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/29/09 at 4:08 pm

yeah I remember that,many years ago.
Hiding in a convent on the run from the police.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 03/29/09 at 4:10 pm

Hiding in a convent on the run from the police.

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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/29/09 at 4:12 pm

http://www.oldmovies.net.au/userimages/user1367_1151567811.jpg

That's the one!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 03/29/09 at 4:15 pm

That's the one!

19 years ago was this film.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/29/09 at 4:15 pm

19 years ago was this film.
Oh my lord, that long ago?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 03/29/09 at 4:16 pm

Oh my lord, that long ago?

1990.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: CatwomanofV on 03/29/09 at 6:05 pm

With Robbie Coltrane

Hagrid dress like a nun? :o :o :o

:D ;D ;D

Cat

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/30/09 at 1:36 am

Hagrid dress like a nun? :o :o :o

:D ;D ;D

Cat
He will never be the same!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 03/30/09 at 5:01 am

The word of the day...Doodle
1. o scribble aimlessly, especially when preoccupied.
2. To kill time.

v.tr.

To draw (figures) while preoccupied.
n.

A figure, design, or scribble drawn or written absent-mindedly.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 03/30/09 at 5:05 am

The person of the day...James Cagney
James Francis Cagney, Jr. (July 17, 1899 – March 30, 1986) was an American film star. Although he won acclaim and major awards for a wide variety of roles, he is best remembered for playing "tough guys. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked him eighth among the Greatest Male Stars of All Time.

For his first performing role, he danced dressed as a woman in the chorus line of the 1919 revue Every Sailor. After several years in vaudeville, Cagney continued as a hoofer and comedian until his first major acting role in 1925. He secured several other roles, receiving good reviews before landing the lead role the 1929 play Penny Arcade. After rave reviews for his acting, Warners signed him on an initial $500 a week, three week contract to reprise his role, which was quickly extended to a seven year contract.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 03/30/09 at 5:41 am

Would he have lived to make another film?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 03/30/09 at 6:12 am

Would he have lived to make another film?

He was 86 when he died. The last movie he made was Ragtime in 1981,he was on Tv in 1984.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/30/09 at 9:25 am

"Made it, Ma! Top of the world!"

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: CatwomanofV on 03/30/09 at 11:05 am

My step-father's niece (I guess that makes her my step-cousin) used to clean out James Cagney's stables. I'm not too sure if that is something to brag about or not. :-\\ :D ;D ;D ;D

Cat

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/30/09 at 12:03 pm

James Cagney never said "You dirty rat!"

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 03/30/09 at 2:53 pm

My step-father's niece (I guess that makes her my step-cousin) used to clean out James Cagney's stables. I'm not too sure if that is something to brag about or not. :-\\ :D ;D ;D ;D

Cat

Hell I would,he is one of my all time favs. :)

James Cagney never said "You dirty rat!"

"Come out and take it, you dirty, yellow-bellied rat, or I'll give it to you through the door!"

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/30/09 at 2:55 pm

"Come out and take it, you dirty, yellow-bellied rat, or I'll give it to you through the door!"
Which film is that from?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/30/09 at 3:20 pm

"Come out and take it, you dirty, yellow-bellied rat, or I'll give it to you through the door!"

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Yellow-bellied Marmot near Tokopah Falls in Sequoia National Park, California.

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Written By: Howard on 03/30/09 at 3:54 pm

He was 86 when he died. The last movie he made was Ragtime in 1981,he was on Tv in 1984.

I think he passed away from a heart attack.

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Written By: ninny on 03/30/09 at 4:57 pm

Which film is that from?

Taxi!

I think he passed away from a heart attack.

That is correct.

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Written By: gibbo on 03/30/09 at 5:46 pm

My step-father's niece (I guess that makes her my step-cousin) used to clean out James Cagney's stables. I'm not too sure if that is something to brag about or not. :-\\ :D ;D ;D ;D

Cat

She should be proud to have such a stable job! ;)

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Written By: gibbo on 03/30/09 at 5:49 pm

James Cagney never said "You dirty rat!"

Just like Humphrey Bogart never said "Play it again, Sam"!

Cagney had the oddest dancing style I've ever seen! ;D

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Written By: CatwomanofV on 03/30/09 at 6:16 pm

She should be proud to have such a stable job! ;)

BAD! BAD!!! ;D ;D ;D ;D

Cat

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Written By: gibbo on 03/30/09 at 7:34 pm

BAD! BAD!!! ;D ;D ;D ;D

Cat

But hopefully a different type of BAD, BAD this time? ;)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/31/09 at 1:33 am

Just like Humphrey Bogart never said "Play it again, Sam"!
"You played it for her, you play it for me. Play it"

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Written By: ninny on 03/31/09 at 5:16 am

The word of the day...Track
1.
1. A mark or succession of marks left by something that has passed.
2. A path, route, or course indicated by such marks: an old wagon track through the mountains.
2. A path along which something moves; a course: following the track of an airplane on radar.
3.
1. A course of action; a method of proceeding: on the right track for solving the puzzle.
2. An intended or proper course: putting a stalled project back on track.
4. A succession of ideas; a train of thought.
5. Awareness of something occurring or passing: keeping track of the score; lost all track of time.
6. Sports.
1. A course laid out for running or racing.
2. Athletic competition on such a course; track events.
3. Track and field.
7. A rail or set of parallel rails upon which railroad cars or other vehicles run.
8. tracks The boundary, formerly often delineated by train tracks, that separates two neighborhoods of different social class: grew up on the wrong side of the tracks.
9. Either of the continuous metal belts with which vehicles such as bulldozers and tanks move over the ground.
10. A metal groove or ridge that holds, guides, and reduces friction for a moving device or apparatus.
11. Any of several courses of study to which students are assigned according to ability, achievement, or needs: academic, vocational, and general tracks.
12.
1. A distinct path, as along a length of film or magnetic tape, on which sound, images, or other information is recorded.
2. A distinct selection from a sound recording, such as a phonograph record or compact disk, usually containing an individual work or part of a larger work: the title track of an album.
3. One of the separate sound recordings that are combined so as to be heard simultaneously, as in stereophonic sound reproduction: mixed the vocal track and instrumental track.
13. Computer Science. One of the concentric magnetic rings that form the separate data storage areas on a floppy disk or a hard disk.
14. tracks Slang. Needle marks on the skin from multiple intravenous injections, considered an indication of habitual drug use.
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Written By: ninny on 03/31/09 at 5:19 am

The person of the day...Jesse Owens
James Cleveland "Jesse" Owens (September 12, 1913 – March 31, 1980) was an American track and field athlete. He participated in the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany, where he achieved international fame by winning four gold medals: one each in the 100 meters, the 200 meters, the long jump, and as part of the 4x100 meter relay team. In 1936 Jesse Owens became the first American to win four Olympic gold medals in track and field.
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Written By: ninny on 03/31/09 at 6:57 am

He would've loved to see the Special Olympics if he was alive today.

Why is that?

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/31/09 at 7:07 am

He would've loved to see the Special Olympics if he was alive today.
Special Olympics?

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Written By: ninny on 03/31/09 at 7:08 am

Special Olympics?

I was wondering that myself.

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Written By: ninny on 04/01/09 at 4:27 pm

The LATE word of the day...Grapevine
1. A vine on which grapes grow.
2.
1. The informal transmission of information, gossip, or rumor from person to person.
2. A usually unrevealed source of confidential information.
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Written By: ninny on 04/01/09 at 4:29 pm

The person of the day...Marvin Gaye
arvin Pentz Gay, Jr., better known by his stage name Marvin Gaye (April 2, 1939 – April 1, 1984) was an American singer-songwriter and instrumentalist with a three-octave vocal range. Starting as a member of the doo-wop group The Moonglows in the late fifties, he ventured into a solo career after the group disbanded in 1960 signing with the Tamla subsidiary of Motown Records. After a year as a session drummer, Gaye ranked as the label's top-selling solo artist during the sixties.

Due to solo hits including "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)", "Ain't That Peculiar", "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" and his duet singles with singers such as Mary Wells and Tammi Terrell, he was crowned "The Prince of Motown" and "The Prince of Soul"
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Written By: Howard on 04/01/09 at 4:34 pm

Wow,it's exactly the 25th anniversary of Marvin Gaye's death. :o :(

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/02/09 at 1:40 am

The LATE word of the day...Grapevine
The expression ‘through the grapevine’ (or sometimes ‘on the grapevine’) is commonly used to mean ‘unofficially’ rather than through an official announcement, for example ‘I heard it on the grapevine that they’re planning to make some people redundant’. Rumours and gossip are spread ‘on the grapevine’ but why ‘the grapevine’?

The term originated in the USA and comes from the telegraph system invented in the 19th century by Samuel Morse. The system required thousands of kilometres of telegraph wire to be installed, held in place several meters above the ground by telegraph poles placed at regular intervals along the telegraph route. People thought the wires and poles looked like the strings used to train vines so the telegraph lines became known as ‘the grapevine’. During the American Civil War rumours were often spread via the telegraph lines. When people were asked whether a particular story was true, they would often reply ‘I heard it through the grapevine’.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/02/09 at 1:42 am

The person of the day...Marvin Gaye
arvin Pentz Gay, Jr., better known by his stage name Marvin Gaye (April 2, 1939 – April 1, 1984) was an American singer-songwriter and instrumentalist with a three-octave vocal range. Starting as a member of the doo-wop group The Moonglows in the late fifties, he ventured into a solo career after the group disbanded in 1960 signing with the Tamla subsidiary of Motown Records. After a year as a session drummer, Gaye ranked as the label's top-selling solo artist during the sixties.

Due to solo hits including "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)", "Ain't That Peculiar", "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" and his duet singles with singers such as Mary Wells and Tammi Terrell, he was crowned "The Prince of Motown" and "The Prince of Soul"

It was a sad day for the music industry.

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Written By: ninny on 04/02/09 at 5:00 am

The word of the day...Coronets
1. A small crown worn by princes and princesses and by other nobles below the rank of sovereign.
2. A chaplet or headband decorated with gold or jewels.
3. The upper margin of a horse's hoof.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/02/09 at 5:01 am

Kind hearts and Coronets, brilliant film!

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Written By: ninny on 04/02/09 at 5:05 am

The person of the day...Sir Alec Guinness
Sir Alec Guinness, CH, CBE (2 April 1914 – 5 August 2000) was an Academy Award-winning English actor.
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Written By: ninny on 04/02/09 at 5:06 am

Kind hearts and Coronets, brilliant film!

One I need to watch again.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/02/09 at 5:06 am

One I need to watch again.
So do I and I have a DVD of it....

....somewhere

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Written By: Howard on 04/02/09 at 7:11 am

The person of the day...Sir Alec Guinness
Sir Alec Guinness, CH, CBE (2 April 1914 – 5 August 2000) was an Academy Award-winning English actor.
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One brillant actor.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/02/09 at 10:00 am

One brillant actor.
Whenever there is a Alec Guinness film on TV I try and make a point of watching it, even if I seen it before.

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Written By: CatwomanofV on 04/02/09 at 11:26 am

Kind hearts and Coronets, brilliant film!

Agreed.

Cat

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Written By: ninny on 04/02/09 at 11:35 am

Whenever there is a Alec Guinness film on TV I try and make a point of watching it, even if I seen it before.

You can't go wrong with any of his films or Sir John Gielgud.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/02/09 at 11:39 am

You can't go wrong with any of his films or Sir John Gielgud.
From wikipedia...

"In his biography Alec Guinness: The Unknown, Garry O'Connor reveals that Guinness was arrested and fined 10 guineas for a homosexual act in a public lavatory in Liverpool in 1946. Guinness avoided publicity by giving his name as "Herbert Pocket" to both police and court. The name "Herbert Pocket" was taken from the character in Charles Dickens' Great Expectations that Guinness had played on stage in 1939 and was also about to play in the film adaptation. The incident did not become public knowledge until April 2001, eight months after his death. The authenticity of this incident has been doubted, however, including by Piers Paul Read, Guinness's official biographer, who believes that Guinness was mixed up with John Gielgud, who was infamously arrested for such an act at the same period, though Read nonetheless acknowledges Guinness's bisexuality,

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Written By: Howard on 04/02/09 at 3:29 pm

Whenever there is a Alec Guinness film on TV I try and make a point of watching it, even if I seen it before.

What's your favorite?

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Written By: ninny on 04/03/09 at 5:33 am

The word of the day...Waterfront
# Land abutting a body of water.
# The part of a town or city that abuts water, especially a district of wharves where ships dock.
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Written By: ninny on 04/03/09 at 5:37 am

The person of the day...Marlon Brando
Marlon Brando, Jr. (April 3, 1924 – July 1, 2004) was an Academy Award-winning American actor whose body of work spanned over half a century. He is widely considered one of the greatest actors of all time, and was named the fourth Greatest Male Star of All Time by the American Film Institute.

As a young sex symbol, he is best known for his roles as Stanley Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire and Terry Malloy in On the Waterfront, both directed by Elia Kazan in the early 1950s. In middle age, his well-known roles include his Academy Award-winning performance as Vito Corleone in The Godfather, Colonel Walter Kurtz in Apocalypse Now, both directed by Francis Ford Coppola, an Academy Award-nominated performance as Paul in Last Tango in Paris, and as Jor-El, the Kryptonian father of Superman in Superman, Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut, and (posthumously) Superman Returns.

Brando was an activist, lending his presence to many issues, including the American Civil Rights and American Indian Movements.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/03/09 at 5:46 am

I was expecting Doris Day, for she celebrates her 87th birthday today.

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Written By: ninny on 04/03/09 at 5:48 am

The flower for Friday....Wisteria
Any of several climbing woody vines of the genus Wisteria in the pea family, having pinnately compound leaves and drooping racemes of showy purplish or white flowers.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/03/09 at 5:50 am

The person of the day...Marlon Brando
Marlon Brando, Jr. (April 3, 1924 – July 1, 2004) was an Academy Award-winning American actor whose body of work spanned over half a century. He is widely considered one of the greatest actors of all time, and was named the fourth Greatest Male Star of All Time by the American Film Institute.

As a young sex symbol, he is best known for his roles as Stanley Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire and Terry Malloy in On the Waterfront, both directed by Elia Kazan in the early 1950s. In middle age, his well-known roles include his Academy Award-winning performance as Vito Corleone in The Godfather, Colonel Walter Kurtz in Apocalypse Now, both directed by Francis Ford Coppola, an Academy Award-nominated performance as Paul in Last Tango in Paris, and as Jor-El, the Kryptonian father of Superman in Superman, Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut, and (posthumously) Superman Returns.

Brando was an activist, lending his presence to many issues, including the American Civil Rights and American Indian Movements.
Superman's dad!

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Written By: ninny on 04/03/09 at 5:52 am

I was expecting Doris Day, for she celebrates her 87th birthday today.

It was a toss up. we will do a mini tribute
Doris Mary Anne von Kappelhoff (born April 3, 1922) is an American singer, actress, and animal welfare advocate known as Doris Day. Able to sing, dance, and play comedy and dramatic roles, she became one of the biggest box-office stars. Day has 39 films to her credit, over 75 hours of television and as one of the most prolific recording artists in history, has recorded over 650 songs. She is an Academy Award nominee, as well as a Golden Globe and Grammy Award winner. She is currently the top ranking female box-office star of all time according to the annual Quigley Publishing poll's "All-Time Number One Stars" list, ranking #6 of the top ten of mostly male stars (the only other female on the list is Shirley Temple
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/03/09 at 5:58 am

It was a toss up. we will do a mini tribute
Doris Mary Anne von Kappelhoff (born April 3, 1922) is an American singer, actress, and animal welfare advocate known as Doris Day. Able to sing, dance, and play comedy and dramatic roles, she became one of the biggest box-office stars. Day has 39 films to her credit, over 75 hours of television and as one of the most prolific recording artists in history, has recorded over 650 songs. She is an Academy Award nominee, as well as a Golden Globe and Grammy Award winner. She is currently the top ranking female box-office star of all time according to the annual Quigley Publishing poll's "All-Time Number One Stars" list, ranking #6 of the top ten of mostly male stars (the only other female on the list is Shirley Temple

happy birthday Doris!!!

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Written By: Howard on 04/03/09 at 6:36 am

The person of the day...Marlon Brando
Marlon Brando, Jr. (April 3, 1924 – July 1, 2004) was an Academy Award-winning American actor whose body of work spanned over half a century. He is widely considered one of the greatest actors of all time, and was named the fourth Greatest Male Star of All Time by the American Film Institute.

As a young sex symbol, he is best known for his roles as Stanley Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire and Terry Malloy in On the Waterfront, both directed by Elia Kazan in the early 1950s. In middle age, his well-known roles include his Academy Award-winning performance as Vito Corleone in The Godfather, Colonel Walter Kurtz in Apocalypse Now, both directed by Francis Ford Coppola, an Academy Award-nominated performance as Paul in Last Tango in Paris, and as Jor-El, the Kryptonian father of Superman in Superman, Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut, and (posthumously) Superman Returns.

Brando was an activist, lending his presence to many issues, including the American Civil Rights and American Indian Movements.
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One brillant actor.

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Written By: CatwomanofV on 04/03/09 at 11:03 am

I coulda been a contenda, STEEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLAAAAA.

Well, que sara, sara.

Cat

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/03/09 at 11:31 am

I coulda been a contenda, STEEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLAAAAA.

Well, que sara, sara.

Cat
What will be will be!

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Written By: Howard on 04/03/09 at 7:17 pm

What will be will be!

Que Sera Sera.

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Written By: ninny on 04/04/09 at 4:53 am

The word of the day...Knight
1.
1. (Abbr. Knt. or Kt.) A medieval tenant giving military service as a mounted man-at-arms to a feudal landholder.
2. (Abbr. Knt. or Kt.) A medieval gentleman-soldier, usually high-born, raised by a sovereign to privileged military status after training as a page and squire.
3. (Abbr. K.) A man holding a nonhereditary title conferred by a sovereign in recognition of personal merit or service to the country.
2. (Abbr. Knt. or Kt.) A man belonging to an order or brotherhood.
3.
1. A defender, champion, or zealous upholder of a cause or principle.
2. The devoted champion of a lady.
4. (Abbr. Kt or N) Games. A chess piece, usually in the shape of a horse's head, that can be moved two squares along a rank and one along a file or two squares along a file and one along a rank. The knight is the only piece that can jump other pieces to land on an open square.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/09 at 4:55 am

The Knights of Ni ?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 04/04/09 at 4:58 am

The person of the day...Heath Ledger
Heath Andrew Ledger (4 April 1979–22 January 2008) was an Australian television and film actor. After performing roles in Australian television and film during the 1990s, Ledger moved to the United States in 1998 to develop his movie career. His work includes nineteen films, most notably 10 Things I Hate About You (1999), The Patriot (2000), Monster's Ball (2001), A Knight's Tale (2001), Brokeback Mountain (2005), and The Dark Knight (2008). In addition to his acting, he produced and directed music videos and aspired to be a film director.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 04/04/09 at 5:25 am

The person of the day...Heath Ledger
Heath Andrew Ledger (4 April 1979–22 January 2008) was an Australian television and film actor. After performing roles in Australian television and film during the 1990s, Ledger moved to the United States in 1998 to develop his movie career. His work includes nineteen films, most notably 10 Things I Hate About You (1999), The Patriot (2000), Monster's Ball (2001), A Knight's Tale (2001), Brokeback Mountain (2005), and The Dark Knight (2008). In addition to his acting, he produced and directed music videos and aspired to be a film director.
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He went too soon. :(

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/09 at 5:26 am

He went too soon. :(
Far too soon.

I have not seen any of his films yet, except for the The Patriot and then he was that not known then.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 04/04/09 at 5:27 am

Far too soon.

I have not seen any of his films yet, except for the The Patriot and then he was that not known then.

I don't know If I had seen some of his films.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/09 at 5:29 am

I don't know If I had seen some of his films.
I still wish to see The Dark Knight

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 04/04/09 at 5:30 am

I still wish to see The Dark Knight

Is it on video yet?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 04/04/09 at 6:48 am

Far too soon.

I have not seen any of his films yet, except for the The Patriot and then he was that not known then.

I seen that plus A Knights Tale & The Brothers Grimm.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/09 at 7:49 am

I seen that plus A Knights Tale & The Brothers Grimm.
Was he in The Brothers Grimm for I have seen that?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/09 at 7:51 am

Is it on video yet?
DVD ?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 04/04/09 at 2:06 pm

Was he in The Brothers Grimm for I have seen that?

Yes he was Jacob Grimm.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/09 at 2:13 pm

Yes he was Jacob Grimm.
Ii may have to re-watch that.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 04/04/09 at 4:53 pm

DVD ?

I don't think so,maybe in the next few months.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 04/04/09 at 6:11 pm

I didn't really think he was a 'great' actor. I saw several of his films....The Patriot, 10 Things I Hate About You, Knights Tale, Ned Kelly and Cassanova. Ned Kelly is about an infamous Aussie bushranger (outlaw). I also saw 'Two Hands' one of his Aussie films made before he based himself in the U.S (in 1999). That film also starred Rose Byrne who was a young Aussie actress also now making her way in Hollywood.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 04/05/09 at 4:43 am

The word of the day...Teen
#

1. The numbers 13 through 19.
2. The 13th through 19th items in a series or scale, as years of a century or degrees of temperature.

# A teenager.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 04/05/09 at 4:46 am

The person of the day ...Kurt Cobain
Kurt Donald Cobain (February 20, 1967 – c. April 5, 1994) was an American musician who served as lead singer, guitarist, and songwriter for the grunge band Nirvana.

With the lead single "Smells Like Teen Spirit" from Nirvana's second album Nevermind (1991), Cobain with Nirvana entered into the mainstream, bringing along with them a subgenre of alternative rock called grunge. Other Seattle grunge bands such as Alice in Chains, Pearl Jam, and Soundgarden also gained popularity, and, as a result, alternative rock became a dominant genre on radio and music television in the United States during the early-to-middle 1990s. As Nirvana's frontman, Cobain found himself referred to in the media as the "spokesman of a generation", with Nirvana serving as the "flagship band" of "Generation X". Cobain was uncomfortable with the attention and placed his focus on the band's music, believing the band's message and artistic vision to have been misinterpreted by the public, challenging the band's audience with its third studio album In Utero (1993).

During the last years of his life, Cobain struggled with drug addiction and the media pressures surrounding him and his wife Courtney Love. On April 8, 1994, Cobain was found dead at his home in Seattle, the victim of what was officially ruled a self-inflicted shotgun wound to the head. In years following, the circumstances of his death have become a topic of fascination and debate.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/05/09 at 4:54 am

I don't think so,maybe in the next few months.
The Dark Knight was released in the UK last December.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/05/09 at 4:54 am

I could never get into grunge.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 04/05/09 at 5:27 am

The word of the day...Teen
#

1. The numbers 13 through 19.
2. The 13th through 19th items in a series or scale, as years of a century or degrees of temperature.

# A teenager.
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I used to be a teen,15 years ago.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 04/05/09 at 6:17 am

I could never get into grunge.

I like some songs.

I used to be a teen,15 years ago.

Oh yes to be a teen again. ;D

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/05/09 at 6:19 am

I like some songs.Oh yes to be a teen again. ;D
I would to be in my teens again, but back in the time when I was in my teens (70's) not the modern era of today.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 04/05/09 at 6:29 am

I would to be in my teens again, but back in the time when I was in my teens (70's) not the modern era of today.

I agree Philip.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 04/05/09 at 8:16 am

I would to be in my teens again, but back in the time when I was in my teens (70's) not the modern era of today.

I agree Philip.

So true.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/05/09 at 8:49 am

So true.
What are the changes of starting out in life now with no hope of a job as soon as you leave school?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: CatwomanofV on 04/05/09 at 11:31 am

I am SOOOOO glad I am NOT still a teen. Hated being a teen.

Cat

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/05/09 at 11:51 am

I am SOOOOO glad I am NOT still a teen. Hated being a teen.

Cat
There is no need to buy cream for the spots?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/05/09 at 11:52 am

There is no need to buy cream for the spots?
...zits?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: CatwomanofV on 04/05/09 at 12:30 pm

...zits?

Unfortunately, I STILL get them. >:(

Cat

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/05/09 at 12:32 pm

Unfortunately, I STILL get them. >:(

Cat
Oh dear!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/05/09 at 2:08 pm

This thread is to show appreciatiation to ninny and her truly excellent pics and wicked sense of humour!!!

This is NOT a serious thread .........
Remember this is not a serious thead!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Howard on 04/05/09 at 5:00 pm

I would to be in my teens again, but back in the time when I was in my teens (70's) not the modern era of today.

I was a little boy in the 70's.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 04/05/09 at 9:18 pm

Remember this is not a serious thead!

Hey all...should we change the name of the thread? Maybe to 'ninny's person and word of the day' It has sort of evloved into this and it might get more traffic with a different name. :-\\ Some people may be put off by the exclusivity of the 'Fan Club' tag and avoid these threads.

Some feedback please..... Leave it as is OR change to 'ninny's person and word of the day'.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/06/09 at 1:50 am

Hey all...should we change the name of the thread? Maybe to 'ninny's person and word of the day' It has sort of evloved into this and it might get more traffic with a different name. :-\\ Some people may be put off by the exclusivity of the 'Fan Club' tag and avoid these threads.

Some feedback please..... Leave it as is OR change to 'ninny's person and word of the day'.
The creator of the thread/topic can change the name and that is you Peter.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 04/06/09 at 1:52 am

The creator of the thread/topic can change the name and that is you Peter.

I realise that ...but do you think it would be a good or bad idea? Not a life decision ... but I thought I would ask the interested parties anyway!

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/06/09 at 1:55 am

I realise that ...but do you think it would be a good or bad idea? Not a life decision ... but I thought I would ask the interested parties anyway!
Ask Janine (ninny) first.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 04/06/09 at 5:26 am

Ask Janine (ninny) first.

I like Peter's Idea to change the name.

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: gibbo on 04/06/09 at 5:33 am

I like Peter's Idea to change the name.

We might try it for a while eh?

Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 04/06/09 at 5:43 am

The word of the day...Blossom(s)
1. A flower or cluster of flowers.
2. The condition or time of flowering: peach trees in blossom.
3. A period or condition of maximum development. See synonyms at bloom1.

intr.v., -somed, -som·ing, -soms.

1. To come into flower; bloom.
2. To develop; flourish: The child blossomed into a beauty.
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Subject: Re: The ninny Fan Club

Written By: ninny on 04/06/09 at 5:44 am

We might try it for a while eh?

Sounds like a plan.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 04/06/09 at 5:47 am

I remember The TV Show Blossom with Miyam Bialik.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 04/06/09 at 5:48 am

The person of the day...Greer Garson
ileen Evelyn Greer Garson, CBE (29 September 1904 - 6 April 1996) was a British-born actress who was very popular during the years of the Second World War. As one of MGM's major stars of the 1940s, Garson received seven Academy Award nominations, winning the Best Actress award for Mrs. Miniver (1942). She was often cast as the leading lady opposite Walter Pidgeon.
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 04/06/09 at 5:48 am

I remember The TV Show Blossom with Miyam Bialik.

I remember it well.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 04/06/09 at 5:49 am

The person of the day...Greer Garson
ileen Evelyn Greer Garson, CBE (29 September 1904 - 6 April 1996) was a British-born actress who was very popular during the years of the Second World War. As one of MGM's major stars of the 1940s, Garson received seven Academy Award nominations, winning the Best Actress award for Mrs. Miniver (1942). She was often cast as the leading lady opposite Walter Pidgeon.
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Was she ever on American TV?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/06/09 at 5:50 am

Sounds like a plan.
Good luck!

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 04/06/09 at 5:52 am

I remember it well.

You can get it on DVD.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/06/09 at 5:54 am

The word of the day...Blossom(s)
1. A flower or cluster of flowers.
2. The condition or time of flowering: peach trees in blossom.
3. A period or condition of maximum development. See synonyms at bloom1.

intr.v., -somed, -som·ing, -soms.

1. To come into flower; bloom.
2. To develop; flourish: The child blossomed into a beauty.

Blossom means only one thing for me....

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 04/06/09 at 5:54 am

Blossom means only one thing for me....

What?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: gibbo on 04/06/09 at 6:22 am

I really enjoyed Greer Garson in Mrs Miniver and Pride and Prejudice. Excellent films! :)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/06/09 at 6:25 am

What?
The onslaught of the Hay Fever season.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/06/09 at 6:26 am

I really enjoyed Greer Garson in Mrs Miniver and Pride and Prejudice. Excellent films! :)
She won an Oscar for Mrs. Miniver.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: adagio on 04/06/09 at 6:33 am

Pride and Prejudice is one of my favorites.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/06/09 at 6:38 am

I must see more of her.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: danootaandme on 04/06/09 at 6:48 am

Goodbye Mr Chips

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/06/09 at 6:49 am

Goodbye Mr Chips
Her first film?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 04/06/09 at 9:30 am

Was she ever on American TV?

This is all I found. In 1968, she narrated the children's television special The Little Drummer Boy which went on to become a classic children's Christmas television programs which was broadcast annually for many years.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/06/09 at 10:01 am

This is all I found. In 1968, she narrated the children's television special The Little Drummer Boy which went on to become a classic children's Christmas television programs which was broadcast annually for many years.
She was in one episode of The Virginian in 1970.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 04/06/09 at 6:22 pm

This is all I found. In 1968, she narrated the children's television special The Little Drummer Boy which went on to become a classic children's Christmas television programs which was broadcast annually for many years.

I never saw that show.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 04/06/09 at 6:56 pm

I never saw that show.

It's not a show,it's a Christmas special that is on every year.
This is part of it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZvjPCcHI4g&feature=related#

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: gibbo on 04/06/09 at 7:33 pm

Goodbye Mr Chips

Of course...how could I forget that one? :o

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: gibbo on 04/06/09 at 7:35 pm

She was in one episode of The Virginian in 1970.

They were running episodes of The Virginian on our local community TV station not so long ago. It was a good show!

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Badfinger-fan on 04/07/09 at 2:24 am

did the Thread name change?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/07/09 at 2:27 am

did the Thread name change?
Yes, to be right for how the topic/thread has developed into.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Badfinger-fan on 04/07/09 at 2:27 am

Yes, to be right for how the topic/thread has developed into.
so the thread has evolved. that's cool

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/07/09 at 2:32 am

so the thread has evolved. that's cool
AS when it started to be the word of the day, it like to try and guess the word.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 04/07/09 at 5:45 am

The word or phrase of the day...(The) Cotton Club
he Cotton Club was a famous night club in New York City that operated during Prohibition. While the club featured many of the greatest African American entertainers of the era, such as Fletcher Henderson, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Bessie Smith, Cab Calloway, The Nicholas Brothers, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Nat King Cole, Billie Holiday, and Ethel Waters, it generally denied admission to blacks. During its heyday, it served as a chic meeting spot in the heart of Harlem, featuring regular "Celebrity Nights" on Sundays, at which celebrities such as Jimmy Durante, George Gershwin, Al Jolson, Mae West, Irving Berlin, Eddie Cantor, Moss Hart, New York mayor Jimmy Walker and other luminaries would appear.

Heavyweight boxing champion Jack Johnson opened the Club De Luxe at 142nd Street and Lenox Avenue in Harlem in 1920. Owney Madden, a prominent bootlegger and gangster, took over the club in 1923 while imprisoned in Sing Sing and changed its name to the Cotton Club. While the club was closed briefly in 1925 for selling liquor, it reopened without trouble from the police. The dancers and strippers occasionally performed for Madden in Sing Sing after his return there in 1933.

The club reproduced the racist imagery of the times, often depicting blacks as savages in exotic jungles or as "darkies" in the plantation South. The club imposed a more subtle color bar on the chorus girls whom the club presented in skimpy outfits: they were expected to be "tall, tan, and terrific", which meant that they had to be at least 5 feet 6 inches tall, light skinned, and under twenty-one years of age. Ellington was expected to write "jungle music" for an audience of whites.

Nonetheless, the club also helped launch the careers of Henderson, who led the first band to play there in 1923, and Ellington, whose orchestra was the house band there from 1927 to 1931. The club not only gave Ellington national exposure through radio broadcasts originating there, but enabled him to develop his repertoire while composing not only the dance tunes for the shows, but also the overtures, transitions, accompaniments, and "jungle" effects that gave him the freedom to experiment with orchestral colours and arrangements that touring bands rarely had. Ellington recorded over 100 compositions during this era, while building the group that he led for nearly fifty years. The club eventually relaxed its policy of excluding black customers slightly in deference to Ellington's request.
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 04/07/09 at 5:48 am

The person of the day...Francis Ford Coppola
Francis Ford Coppola (born April 7, 1939) is a five-time Academy Award-winning American film director, producer and screenwriter. Away from showbusiness, Coppola is also a vintner, magazine publisher and hotelier. He is a graduate of Hofstra University where he studied theatre. He earned an M.F.A. in film directing from the UCLA Film School. He is most renowned for directing the highly regarded Godfather films, The Conversation, and the Vietnam War epic Apocalypse Now.
In 1984 Coppola directed The Cotton Club. The film was produced by Robert Evans. It was a box-office failure, with a budget of $45 million and a gross revenue of only $25 million. Despite performing poorly at the box office, the film was nominated for several awards, including Golden Globes for Best Director and Best Picture (Drama) and the Oscar for best Film Editing.
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/07/09 at 6:34 am

The person of the day...Francis Ford Coppola
Francis Ford Coppola (born April 7, 1939) is a five-time Academy Award-winning American film director, producer and screenwriter. Away from showbusiness, Coppola is also a vintner, magazine publisher and hotelier. He is a graduate of Hofstra University where he studied theatre. He earned an M.F.A. in film directing from the UCLA Film School. He is most renowned for directing the highly regarded Godfather films, The Conversation, and the Vietnam War epic Apocalypse Now.
In 1984 Coppola directed The Cotton Club. The film was produced by Robert Evans. It was a box-office failure, with a budget of $45 million and a gross revenue of only $25 million. Despite performing poorly at the box office, the film was nominated for several awards, including Golden Globes for Best Director and Best Picture (Drama) and the Oscar for best Film Editing.
I must see The Godfather!

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 04/07/09 at 7:14 am

I must see The Godfather!

Did you see all The Godfathers? ???

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/07/09 at 7:39 am

Did you see all The Godfathers? ???
I still have not any of them.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 04/07/09 at 3:48 pm

I will make you an offer you can't refuse.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: anabel on 04/07/09 at 7:01 pm

And Philip, when you do watch, just remember to leave the gun and take the cannoli. ;)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: gibbo on 04/07/09 at 7:29 pm

I will make you an offer you can't refuse.

Just stay away from horses and satin sheets and you'll be okay!!! :o

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/08/09 at 2:36 am

And Philip, when you do watch, just remember to leave the gun and take the cannoli.   ;)
Should it be watch in a darken room?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 04/08/09 at 6:54 am

Just stay away from horses and satin sheets and you'll be okay!!! :o

Why Is that,Gib? ???

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 04/08/09 at 7:50 am

The word of the day...Picnic
1. A meal eaten outdoors, as on an excursion.
2. Slang. An easy task or a pleasant experience.
3. A smoked section of pork foreleg and shoulder.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/08/09 at 7:52 am

The word of the day...Picnic
1. A meal eaten outdoors, as on an excursion.
2. Slang. An easy task or a pleasant experience.
3. A smoked section of pork foreleg and shoulder.
A we having a picnic today?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/08/09 at 7:53 am

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/87/PicnicBar.jpg

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Written By: ninny on 04/08/09 at 8:01 am

The person of the day...Laura Nyro
Laura Nyro (born Laura Nigro) (October 18, 1947 – April 8, 1997) was an American composer, lyricist, singer and pianist. Her style was a distinctive hybrid of Brill Building-style New York pop, mixed with elements of jazz, gospel, rhythm and blues, show tunes and rock.

She was best known, and had the most commercial success, as a composer and lyricist rather than as a performer. Between 1968 and 1970 a number of other singers had significant hits with her songs: the Fifth Dimension with "Blowing Away", "Wedding Bell Blues", "Stoned Soul Picnic", "Sweet Blindness", "Save The Country" and "Black Patch"; Blood, Sweat & Tears and Peter, Paul & Mary with "And When I Die"; Three Dog Night with "Eli's Coming"; and Barbra Streisand with "Stoney End", "Time and Love", and "Hands off the Man (Flim Flam Man)". Ironically, Nyro's best-selling single was her recording of Carole King and Gerry Goffin's "Up on the Roof."
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 04/08/09 at 8:01 am

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/87/PicnicBar.jpg

I never heard of that candy bar.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/08/09 at 8:04 am

I never heard of that candy bar.
It has been somewhile since I have had one.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/08/09 at 8:04 am

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/87/PicnicBar.jpg
Picnic is a chocolate bar consisting of milk chocolate and peanuts, covering chewy nougat, caramel, biscuit and puffed rice. Picnic bars are lumpy in shape. It is sold in Australia, New Zealand and the UK. The UK version differs from the Australasian version in that it contains raisins.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 04/08/09 at 2:57 pm

The word of the day...Picnic
1. A meal eaten outdoors, as on an excursion.
2. Slang. An easy task or a pleasant experience.
3. A smoked section of pork foreleg and shoulder.
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I love picnics. :)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/08/09 at 4:58 pm

I love picnics. :)
As long as it does not rain.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: adagio on 04/08/09 at 5:24 pm

As long as it does not rain.

Or there are bugs. 8-P
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: gibbo on 04/08/09 at 5:46 pm

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/87/PicnicBar.jpg

We have entirely different packaging for Picnic bars over here!!!

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: gibbo on 04/08/09 at 5:49 pm

Why Is that,Gib? ???

That was the first gruesome movie scene I remember in Godfather part1

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: gibbo on 04/08/09 at 5:51 pm

I liked the movie 'Picnic'. Was it with Bill Holden and Kim Novak?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: anabel on 04/08/09 at 6:12 pm

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/87/PicnicBar.jpg

If it's made by Cadbury, it MUST be good!!

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Frank on 04/09/09 at 1:23 am

If it's made by Cadbury, it MUST be good!!

Which part of the chocolate bar is Kim Novak?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/09/09 at 1:52 am

That was the first gruesome movie scene I remember in Godfather part1
Something for me to look forward to.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: gibbo on 04/09/09 at 3:04 am

Something for me to look forward to.

Yes, indeed! While there was much violence...it was well done (if that's possible). I remember many scenes from the first two movies in particular..

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/09/09 at 3:06 am

Yes, indeed! While there was much violence...it was well done (if that's possible). I remember many scenes from the first two movies in particular..
Please do not spoil it for me.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: gibbo on 04/09/09 at 3:06 am

Please do not spoil it for me.

No...definitely not!

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 04/09/09 at 5:44 am

As long as it does not rain.

or if it's way too hot.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 04/09/09 at 6:17 am

The word or phrase of the day...Drum Kit
A drum kit (also drum set or trap set) is a collection of drums, cymbals and sometimes other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single drummer.

The term "drum kit" seems to have come from Great Britain. It was first created in the 1700's. In the U.S., the terms "drum set", and "trap set" were more prevalent historically.

The individual instruments of a drum set are struck by a variety of implements held in the hand, including sticks, brushes, and mallets. Two notable exceptions include the bass drum, played by a foot-operated pedal, and the hi hat cymbals, which may be struck together using a foot pedal in addition to being played with sticks or brushes. Although other instruments can be played using a pedal, the feet are usually occupied by the bass drum and hi hat. Percussion notation is often used by drummers to signify which drum set components are to be played. A full size drum set without all the extras has a bass drum, floor tom, snare drum, tom-toms, hi-hat cymbals, a ride cymbal and a crash cymbal.

Various music genres dictate the stylistically appropriate use of the drum kit's set-up. For example, in most forms of rock music, the bass drum, hi-hat and snare drum are the primary instruments used to create a drum beat:
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 04/09/09 at 6:22 am

The person of the day...Steve Gadd
Stephen Kendall Gadd (born April 9, 1945 in Rochester, New York) is an American session and studio drummer, notable for his work with Paul McCartney, Paul Simon, Steely Dan, Al Jarreau, Joe Cocker, Stuff, Bob James, Chick Corea, Eric Clapton, James Taylor, Jim Croce, Eddie Gomez, The Manhattan Transfer, Michal Urbaniak, Steps Ahead, Al Di Meola, Manhattan Jazz Quintet, Richard Tee, Jon Bon Jovi, and many others.
Steve Gadd was one of the first endorsers of Yamaha drums, which he has played since 1976. He is known for using the "Yamaha Recording Custom" drums, but has recently changed his gear to a setup consisting of "Birch Custom Absolute" toms and a maple bass drum. He has several signature snare drum models, but is most famous for using a chrome over brass Ludwig Supraphonic snare drum. It can be heard on "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover", a Paul Simon classic. Gadd first came to the idea of mounting two large tom-toms on a low stand and using them as floor toms. He has been asked to contribute his ideas to develop his own signature series Zildjian K Custom Session cymbals, although he is well-known for having a preference for older K's as well.
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/09/09 at 6:24 am

or if it's way too hot.
Probably rain for the wekend.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/09/09 at 6:25 am

The word or phrase of the day...Drum Kit
A drum kit (also drum set or trap set) is a collection of drums, cymbals and sometimes other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single drummer.

The term "drum kit" seems to have come from Great Britain. It was first created in the 1700's. In the U.S., the terms "drum set", and "trap set" were more prevalent historically.

The individual instruments of a drum set are struck by a variety of implements held in the hand, including sticks, brushes, and mallets. Two notable exceptions include the bass drum, played by a foot-operated pedal, and the hi hat cymbals, which may be struck together using a foot pedal in addition to being played with sticks or brushes. Although other instruments can be played using a pedal, the feet are usually occupied by the bass drum and hi hat. Percussion notation is often used by drummers to signify which drum set components are to be played. A full size drum set without all the extras has a bass drum, floor tom, snare drum, tom-toms, hi-hat cymbals, a ride cymbal and a crash cymbal.

Various music genres dictate the stylistically appropriate use of the drum kit's set-up. For example, in most forms of rock music, the bass drum, hi-hat and snare drum are the primary instruments used to create a drum beat:

On e the one session I played the drums, I was hopeless.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 04/09/09 at 9:20 am

On e the one session I played the drums, I was hopeless.

I've always wanted to play the drums.Timmy can play the Timpini,bass & snare drums.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/09/09 at 9:25 am

I've always wanted to play the drums.Timmy can play the Timpini,bass & snare drums.
Timpini, now that is what I would like to play, especially in a Beethoven Symphony.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 04/09/09 at 12:01 pm

Timpini, now that is what I would like to play, especially in a Beethoven Symphony.

That would be nice. I would like to play it during Fanfare For The Common Man by Copland.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: gibbo on 04/09/09 at 6:28 pm

I am too uncoordinated tp play drums. The keft hand keeps getting out oif sync... :-\\

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 04/09/09 at 10:41 pm

Probably rain for the wekend.

They're predicting that for the weekend too.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/10/09 at 2:15 am

They're predicting that for the weekend too.
Just when I wish to go to cricket.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 04/10/09 at 4:49 am

The word of the day...Cat
1.
1. A small carnivorous mammal (Felis catus or F. domesticus) domesticated since early times as a catcher of rats and mice and as a pet and existing in several distinctive breeds and varieties.
2. Any of various other carnivorous mammals of the family Felidae, which includes the lion, tiger, leopard, and lynx.
3. The fur of a domestic cat.
2. Informal. A woman who is regarded as spiteful.
3. Slang.
1. A person, especially a man.
2. A player or devotee of jazz music.
4. A cat-o'-nine-tails.
5. A catfish.
6. Nautical.
1. A cathead.
2. A device for raising an anchor to the cathead.
3. A catboat.
4. A catamaran.
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 04/10/09 at 4:52 am

The person of the day...Brian Setzer
Brian Setzer (born April 10, 1959, Massapequa, New York) is an American guitarist, singer and songwriter.
Beginning in January 1980, Setzer fronted the popular rockabilly band, Stray Cats. After performing from New York to Philadelphia, Setzer, Lee Rocker (born Leon Drucker) and Slim Jim Phantom (born James McDonnell) decided in June 1980 to go to London where they believed people would better appreciate their sound and style. Upon arrival, they decided to call themselves "Stray Cats", a name suggested by Rocker. The Stray Cats drew the attention of producer Dave Edmunds and released a series of successful singles in the UK.
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/10/09 at 4:53 am

The word of the day...Cat
1.
1. A small carnivorous mammal (Felis catus or F. domesticus) domesticated since early times as a catcher of rats and mice and as a pet and existing in several distinctive breeds and varieties.
2. Any of various other carnivorous mammals of the family Felidae, which includes the lion, tiger, leopard, and lynx.
3. The fur of a domestic cat.
2. Informal. A woman who is regarded as spiteful.
3. Slang.
1. A person, especially a man.
2. A player or devotee of jazz music.
4. A cat-o'-nine-tails.
5. A catfish.
6. Nautical.
1. A cathead.
2. A device for raising an anchor to the cathead.
3. A catboat.
4. A catamaran.
There will have to be a reply from Cat here today?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 04/10/09 at 4:57 am

The Flower for Friday...Sweet William
An annual, biennial, or perennial herb (Dianthus barbatus), native to Eurasia, widely cultivated as an ornamental for its flat-topped dense clusters of varicolored flowers.
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 04/10/09 at 4:58 am

There will have to be a reply from Cat here today?

I think there is a good possibility :)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/10/09 at 5:06 am

The Flower for Friday...Sweet William
An annual, biennial, or perennial herb (Dianthus barbatus), native to Eurasia, widely cultivated as an ornamental for its flat-topped dense clusters of varicolored flowers.
Named after any William in particular?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 04/10/09 at 6:59 am

Named after any William in particular?

This is what I found.
Many legends purport to explain how Sweet William acquired its name, but none is verified. It is variously said to be named after Saint William of York, William the Conqueror, or Prince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland. Another etymological derivation is that william is a corruption of the French oillet, meaning "little eye". Sweet William is a favourite name for lovelorn young men in English folkloric ballads.

My father said it is named after him ;D

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 04/10/09 at 7:08 am

The person of the day...Brian Setzer
Brian Setzer (born April 10, 1959, Massapequa, New York) is an American guitarist, singer and songwriter.
Beginning in January 1980, Setzer fronted the popular rockabilly band, Stray Cats. After performing from New York to Philadelphia, Setzer, Lee Rocker (born Leon Drucker) and Slim Jim Phantom (born James McDonnell) decided in June 1980 to go to London where they believed people would better appreciate their sound and style. Upon arrival, they decided to call themselves "Stray Cats", a name suggested by Rocker. The Stray Cats drew the attention of producer Dave Edmunds and released a series of successful singles in the UK.
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and he has his own orchestra.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 04/10/09 at 9:26 am

and he has his own orchestra.

Yep. :)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/10/09 at 11:02 am

This is what I found.
Many legends purport to explain how Sweet William acquired its name, but none is verified. It is variously said to be named after Saint William of York, William the Conqueror, or Prince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland. Another etymological derivation is that william is a corruption of the French oillet, meaning "little eye". Sweet William is a favourite name for lovelorn young men in English folkloric ballads.

My father said it is named after him ;D
So we still do not know?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: CatwomanofV on 04/10/09 at 11:21 am

There will have to be a reply from Cat here today?

Well, of course. ;) Actually, this should have been the word of the day last Wednesday. ;) :D ;D ;D ;D

Cat

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/10/09 at 11:35 am

Well, of course. ;) Actually, this should have been the word of the day last Wednesday. ;) :D ;D ;D ;D

Cat
...or every day?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: CatwomanofV on 04/10/09 at 12:05 pm

...or every day?

Even better.

Cat

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/10/09 at 12:46 pm

Even better.

Cat
Various aspects of cat life could be the word of the day?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: CatwomanofV on 04/10/09 at 1:59 pm

Various aspects of cat life could be the word of the day?

Meow!

Cat

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/10/09 at 2:00 pm

Meow!

Cat
Purr-fect ?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 04/10/09 at 2:40 pm

Meow!

Cat

Woof!

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/10/09 at 2:45 pm

Woof!
A foreign langauge to a cat.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 04/10/09 at 2:47 pm

A foreign langauge to a cat.

That's the only language cats know.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/10/09 at 2:49 pm

That's the only language cats know.
Cats are aware of the bark and know to get out when heard.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 04/10/09 at 2:52 pm

Cats are aware of the bark and know to get out when heard.

They can run but they can't hide.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/10/09 at 2:54 pm

They can run but they can't hide.
Cats can jump!

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 04/10/09 at 2:55 pm

Cats can jump!

pretty fast,I've seen.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: CatwomanofV on 04/10/09 at 3:13 pm

Cats are aware of the bark and know to get out when heard.

Not necessarily. We had some friends came to visit us with their dog-a BIG dog (can't remember the breed but she was about the height of a greyhound). I had one of my cats sitting on my lap. The dog came up to say hello. My cat just raised her paw and that dog ran off whimpering.

Cat

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/10/09 at 3:15 pm

Not necessarily. We had some friends came to visit us with their dog-a BIG dog (can't remember the breed but she was about the height of a greyhound). I had one of my cats sitting on my lap. The dog came up to say hello. My cat just raised her paw and that dog ran off whimpering.

Cat
http://www.inthe00s.com/Smileys/easter/grin.gif

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: gibbo on 04/10/09 at 4:10 pm

Not necessarily. We had some friends came to visit us with their dog-a BIG dog (can't remember the breed but she was about the height of a greyhound). I had one of my cats sitting on my lap. The dog came up to say hello. My cat just raised her paw and that dog ran off whimpering.

Cat

Paw dog! ;)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: gibbo on 04/10/09 at 4:11 pm

I've seen the stage play Cats. It was an excellent show with some magical performances! :)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 04/10/09 at 4:47 pm

So we still do not know?

Nope.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/10/09 at 4:50 pm

Nope.
Lost in the passage of time.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/10/09 at 4:51 pm

I've seen the stage play Cats. It was an excellent show with some magical performances! :)
Good music and costumes, but never seen it.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: CatwomanofV on 04/10/09 at 5:16 pm

I've seen the stage play Cats. It was an excellent show with some magical performances! :)

I have it on video. I can't watch it-it is just too painful for me. The cat I mentioned in my last post (the one with the "power of the paw"), that is basically Grisabella. I was watching it one time with my step-daughter and told her that. Half way through, she turned to me and said, "You're right. That IS Sheena." Unfortunately, Sheena has gone to that big cat box in the sky and now, whenever I watch the video of Cats, I think of her and start crying.

Cat

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: gibbo on 04/10/09 at 5:22 pm

I have it on video. I can't watch it-it is just too painful for me. The cat I mentioned in my last post (the one with the "power of the paw"), that is basically Grisabella. I was watching it one time with my step-daughter and told her that. Half way through, she turned to me and said, "You're right. That IS Sheena." Unfortunately, Sheena has gone to that big cat box in the sky and now, whenever I watch the video of Cats, I think of her and start crying.

Cat

That's sad Cat! :( The Grisabella character is restored/renewed by the end of the show. Maybe that's what happened to Shenna too? I love watching our video...anbd all of my kids like the show too. It will be palying here this year ...but I don't think I can afford tickets for 6 people (at around $100 per ticket).

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Written By: CatwomanofV on 04/10/09 at 5:39 pm

That's sad Cat! :( The Grisabella character is restored/renewed by the end of the show. Maybe that's what happened to Shenna too? I love watching our video...anbd all of my kids like the show too. It will be palying here this year ...but I don't think I can afford tickets for 6 people (at around $100 per ticket).

Ooh, that is a bit steep. $600 for one night? OUCH!!!

Cat

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: karen on 04/10/09 at 6:57 pm

We saw the musical Cats about three years ago. It might have been better if we'd had a vague idea of the story line.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: gibbo on 04/10/09 at 7:09 pm

We saw the musical Cats about three years ago. It might have been better if we'd had a vague idea of the story line.

I always listen to the music in the week/s prior to the show so that at least I can apreciate the live show (especially if I don't know much about that show).

Yes, all those jellicle cats can be confusing! ;)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: karen on 04/10/09 at 7:20 pm

We also had two children asking us what was going on all the time. Very difficult if you're trying to listen to the lyrics to work out the story!

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 04/10/09 at 10:15 pm

http://bythelights.careybaird.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/cats2a.jpg

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 04/11/09 at 5:07 am

Good music and costumes, but never seen it.

Either have I,but always wanted to.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/11/09 at 5:10 am

We also had two children asking us what was going on all the time. Very difficult if you're trying to listen to the lyrics to work out the story!
What scenario did T.S. Eliot have in mind when writing "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats"?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 04/11/09 at 5:23 am

Either have I,but always wanted to.

ever wanted to be a character in it?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 04/11/09 at 5:32 am

The word of the day...Fire 1.
1.A rapid, persistent chemical change that releases heat and light and is accompanied by flame, especially the exothermic oxidation of a combustible substance.
2. Burning fuel or other material: a cooking fire; a forest fire.
2.
1. Burning intensity of feeling; ardor. See synonyms at passion.
2. Enthusiasm.
3. Luminosity or brilliance, as of a cut and polished gemstone.
4. Liveliness and vivacity of imagination; brilliance.
5. A severe test; a trial or torment.
6. A fever or bodily inflammation.
7.
1. The discharge of firearms or artillery: heard the fire of cannon.
2. The launching of a missile, rocket, or similar ballistic body.
3. Discharged bullets or other projectiles: subjected enemy positions to heavy mortar fire; struck by rifle fire.
8. Intense, repeated attack or criticism: answered the fire from her political critics.
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 04/11/09 at 5:33 am

ever wanted to be a character in it?

Of Course ;D

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 04/11/09 at 5:37 am

The person of the day...June Pointer
June Antoinette Pointer Whitmore (November 30, 1953 – April 11, 2006) was an American Pop/R&B singer and was a founding member of the vocal group The Pointer Sisters.
Releasing their self-titled debut album in 1973, the Pointer Sisters found fame with pop hit singles such as "Yes We Can Can", the country hit, "Fairytale", and the R&B hits, "How Long (Betcha Got a Chick on the Side)" and "You Gotta Believe" before Bonnie exited from the group to forge a solo career in 1977.

The remaining sisters continued on as a trio and then found huge success, hitting the Top 10 with a cover of Bruce Springsteen's "Fire" (1978), then following that with "He's So Shy" (1980), and "Slow Hand" (1981). They then would released what would be their biggest album to date, 1983's Break Out, which included the hits "Automatic"; "Jump (for My Love)"; a re-release of "I'm So Excited", which became a bigger hit than when originally released in 1982; and Neutron Dance". Other hits from follow up albums included "Dare Me" "Freedom" and "Goldmine". June is notable for being the lead singer of "He's So Shy", "Jump (For My Love)", "Baby Come And Get It" and "Dare Me" among others. The group eventually would receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/11/09 at 5:38 am

ever wanted to be a character in it?
Not me!

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/11/09 at 5:39 am

The word of the day...Fire 1.
1.A rapid, persistent chemical change that releases heat and light and is accompanied by flame, especially the exothermic oxidation of a combustible substance.
2. Burning fuel or other material: a cooking fire; a forest fire.
2.
1. Burning intensity of feeling; ardor. See synonyms at passion.
2. Enthusiasm.
3. Luminosity or brilliance, as of a cut and polished gemstone.
4. Liveliness and vivacity of imagination; brilliance.
5. A severe test; a trial or torment.
6. A fever or bodily inflammation.
7.
1. The discharge of firearms or artillery: heard the fire of cannon.
2. The launching of a missile, rocket, or similar ballistic body.
3. Discharged bullets or other projectiles: subjected enemy positions to heavy mortar fire; struck by rifle fire.
8. Intense, repeated attack or criticism: answered the fire from her political critics.
A very dangerous thing!

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/11/09 at 5:39 am

The person of the day...June Pointer
June Antoinette Pointer Whitmore (November 30, 1953 – April 11, 2006) was an American Pop/R&B singer and was a founding member of the vocal group The Pointer Sisters.
Releasing their self-titled debut album in 1973, the Pointer Sisters found fame with pop hit singles such as "Yes We Can Can", the country hit, "Fairytale", and the R&B hits, "How Long (Betcha Got a Chick on the Side)" and "You Gotta Believe" before Bonnie exited from the group to forge a solo career in 1977.

The remaining sisters continued on as a trio and then found huge success, hitting the Top 10 with a cover of Bruce Springsteen's "Fire" (1978), then following that with "He's So Shy" (1980), and "Slow Hand" (1981). They then would released what would be their biggest album to date, 1983's Break Out, which included the hits "Automatic"; "Jump (for My Love)"; a re-release of "I'm So Excited", which became a bigger hit than when originally released in 1982; and Neutron Dance". Other hits from follow up albums included "Dare Me" "Freedom" and "Goldmine". June is notable for being the lead singer of "He's So Shy", "Jump (For My Love)", "Baby Come And Get It" and "Dare Me" among others. The group eventually would receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
I had not realised that she has left us.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 04/11/09 at 7:29 am

A very dangerous thing!

Very

I had not realised that she has left us.

Yes,sadly she had bone,liver & lung cancer :\'(

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/11/09 at 7:32 am

VeryYes,sadly she had bone,liver & lung cancer :\'(
That sounds terrible, my heart goes out for her, she must had truly suffered?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: CatwomanofV on 04/11/09 at 11:33 am

I always listen to the music in the week/s prior to the show so that at least I can apreciate the live show (especially if I don't know much about that show).

Yes, all those jellicle cats can be confusing! ;)

Jellicle Cats come out to-night
Jellicle Cats come one come all:
The Jellicle Moon is shining bright -
Jellicles come to the Jellicle Ball.

Cat

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 04/11/09 at 4:35 pm

Fire- Ohio Players.(1974)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 04/11/09 at 4:36 pm

VeryYes,sadly she had bone,liver & lung cancer :\'(

now there are 2 Pointer Sisters.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 04/12/09 at 5:48 am

The word of the day...Nurse
1. A person educated and trained to care for the sick or disabled.
2.
1. A woman employed to take care of a child; a nursemaid.
2. A woman employed to suckle children other than her own; a wet nurse.
3. One that serves as a nurturing or fostering influence or means: “Town life is the nurse of civilization” (C.L.R. James).
4. Zoology. A worker ant or bee that feeds and cares for the colony's young.
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d122/nazzpunk/nurse.jpg
http://i620.photobucket.com/albums/tt281/therog_photos/Nurse.jpg
http://i631.photobucket.com/albums/uu40/eatmeagain/PIC_1297.jpg
http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee244/erika_17_ph/1_122833217l.jpg
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http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg184/mokonanoir/chat/nurse-1.jpg
http://i604.photobucket.com/albums/tt125/missmegbabyy/sailorandnurse.jpg
http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q222/superdiva0514/jacob4-2-2009033.jpg
http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s62/nursewen/nurse.jpg
http://i478.photobucket.com/albums/rr144/glenda_stadley/Zayden%20for%20Family/2.jpg
http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg13/custertn/female-nurse-man_STK99271COR1.jpg
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii140/zandeguzman/wallpaper/Nurse.jpg

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 04/12/09 at 5:51 am

now there are 2 Pointer Sisters.

Actually there are 3 one of the original singers was sister Bonnie who left the group.There is also Anita & Ruth. :)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 04/12/09 at 5:54 am

The person of the day...Clara Barton
Clarissa Harlowe Barton (December 25, 1821 – April 12, 1912) was a pioneer American teacher, nurse, and humanitarian. She has been described as having a "strong and independent spirit" and is best remembered for organizing the American Red Cross.
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Written By: adagio on 04/12/09 at 6:03 am

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Written By: CatwomanofV on 04/12/09 at 11:13 am

My step-daughter is an RN.

Cat

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 04/12/09 at 2:54 pm

My step-daughter is an RN.

Cat

I don't know if I could handle it.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 04/12/09 at 2:56 pm

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh93/adagio_photos/thpwgEBhead1-1.jpg?t=1239534072

http://i422.photobucket.com/albums/pp305/whymom3/Easter/snoopy_easter.jpg

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 04/12/09 at 4:11 pm

The word of the day...Nurse
1. A person educated and trained to care for the sick or disabled.
2.
1. A woman employed to take care of a child; a nursemaid.
2. A woman employed to suckle children other than her own; a wet nurse.
3. One that serves as a nurturing or fostering influence or means: “Town life is the nurse of civilization” (C.L.R. James).
4. Zoology. A worker ant or bee that feeds and cares for the colony's young.
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d122/nazzpunk/nurse.jpg
http://i620.photobucket.com/albums/tt281/therog_photos/Nurse.jpg
http://i631.photobucket.com/albums/uu40/eatmeagain/PIC_1297.jpg
http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee244/erika_17_ph/1_122833217l.jpg
http://i417.photobucket.com/albums/pp257/twiztidbitchxx69/kiss-9.jpg
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg184/mokonanoir/chat/nurse-1.jpg
http://i604.photobucket.com/albums/tt125/missmegbabyy/sailorandnurse.jpg
http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q222/superdiva0514/jacob4-2-2009033.jpg
http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s62/nursewen/nurse.jpg
http://i478.photobucket.com/albums/rr144/glenda_stadley/Zayden%20for%20Family/2.jpg
http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg13/custertn/female-nurse-man_STK99271COR1.jpg
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii140/zandeguzman/wallpaper/Nurse.jpg

I love nurses,they make you feel VERY good. ;) ;D

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Written By: ninny on 04/12/09 at 6:41 pm

I love nurses,they make you feel VERY good. ;) ;D

unless they give you a shot.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 04/13/09 at 5:32 am

The word of the day...Gadget
A small specialized mechanical or electronic device; a contrivance.
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http://i430.photobucket.com/albums/qq22/Durnos/BreathalyzerKeychainCarGadget-Flash.jpg
http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm202/TheTesa/Tekkoshocon%20VII/DSC01956.jpg
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http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm5/mikoraharjo1/gadget.gif
http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/mm277/andrea_examersa/damikongIpod.png
http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm117/spunk20/gadgetforsale.jpg

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 04/13/09 at 5:35 am

The person of the day...Don Adams
Don Adams (born Donald James Yarmy; April 13, 1923 – September 25, 2005) was an American actor, comedian, game show panelist and occasional director, who in his five decades of television was best known for his role as Maxwell Smart (Agent 86) in the TV situation comedy Get Smart (1965–1970, 1995), for which he also directed and wrote. Adams won three consecutive Emmy Awards for his portrayal of Smart (1967–1969). He also provided the voices for the animated series Tennessee Tuxedo (1963-1966) and Inspector Gadget (1983-1986) as their respective title characters.
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 04/13/09 at 5:44 am

Don Adams was great,he had such amazing talent.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 04/13/09 at 7:13 am

Don Adams was great,he had such amazing talent.

Yes he was.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: gibbo on 04/13/09 at 7:20 am

Possibly my favourite tv show of the 60's... I have the first season on DVD.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: CatwomanofV on 04/13/09 at 10:47 am

Does anyone remember Don Adams Screen Test?

Missed it by THAT much.

Cat

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: adagio on 04/13/09 at 11:10 am

Possibly my favourite tv show of the 60's... I have the first season on DVD.

Does your avatar just have two legs?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 04/13/09 at 3:07 pm

I used to love Inspector Gadget. :)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/13/09 at 3:09 pm

I used to love Inspector Gadget. :)
I enjoyed that to!

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 04/13/09 at 3:10 pm

I enjoyed that to!

best cartoon of the 80's.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: adagio on 04/13/09 at 3:16 pm

I used to love Inspector Gadget. :)

You too? ;D I liked it.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/13/09 at 3:21 pm

http://i422.photobucket.com/albums/pp305/whymom3/Easter/snoopy_easter.jpg
Happy belated Easter!

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/13/09 at 3:22 pm

Jellicle Cats come out to-night
Jellicle Cats come one come all:
The Jellicle Moon is shining bright -
Jellicles come to the Jellicle Ball.

Cat
What is that merry little song you are singing?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/13/09 at 3:23 pm

The word of the day...Nurse
1. A person educated and trained to care for the sick or disabled.
2.
1. A woman employed to take care of a child; a nursemaid.
2. A woman employed to suckle children other than her own; a wet nurse.
3. One that serves as a nurturing or fostering influence or means: “Town life is the nurse of civilization” (C.L.R. James).
4. Zoology. A worker ant or bee that feeds and cares for the colony's young.

All the friends of ours that have been nurses all of have suffered from backache.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/13/09 at 3:24 pm

I am still catching up on yesterday's word.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 04/13/09 at 3:25 pm

I am still catching up on yesterday's word.

take your time.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/13/09 at 3:26 pm

take your time.
I will.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 04/13/09 at 3:27 pm

I always loved Dr.Claw.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/13/09 at 4:26 pm

The person of the day...Don Adams
Don Adams (born Donald James Yarmy; April 13, 1923 – September 25, 2005) was an American actor, comedian, game show panelist and occasional director, who in his five decades of television was best known for his role as Maxwell Smart (Agent 86) in the TV situation comedy Get Smart (1965–1970, 1995), for which he also directed and wrote. Adams won three consecutive Emmy Awards for his portrayal of Smart (1967–1969). He also provided the voices for the animated series Tennessee Tuxedo (1963-1966) and Inspector Gadget (1983-1986) as their respective title characters.
I used to watch Get Smart when young, but would wish to watch some of the episodes again.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: CatwomanofV on 04/13/09 at 4:41 pm

What is that merry little song you are singing?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDJO6Fpb17g&NR=1

Cat

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/13/09 at 4:43 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDJO6Fpb17g&NR=1

Cat
Thanks, but I have to check it out tomorrow.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/13/09 at 4:47 pm

The word of the day...Gadget
A small specialized mechanical or electronic device; a contrivance.
http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm202/TheTesa/Tekkoshocon%20VII/DSC01956.jpg
Does it work?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 04/13/09 at 6:00 pm

Does it work?

It would be interesting if it did.

Happy belated Easter!

Did you have a good day?
I used to watch Get Smart when young, but would wish to watch some of the episodes again.

It has been a long time since I saw Get Smart.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: gibbo on 04/13/09 at 6:19 pm

Does your avatar just have two legs?

Yes...it's an Australian Chicken Horse. They only breed them over here...... ;)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 04/13/09 at 7:38 pm

Yes...it's an Australian Chicken Horse. They only breed them over here...... ;)

:D good one.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: gibbo on 04/13/09 at 7:58 pm

:D good one.

Trust me....would I lie to you? ::)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: adagio on 04/13/09 at 8:58 pm

Yes...it's an Australian Chicken Horse. They only breed them over here...... ;)

Typical!!! What else goes on (afraid to ask)?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 04/14/09 at 5:51 am

The word of the day...Water
1. A clear, colorless, odorless, and tasteless liquid, H2O, essential for most plant and animal life and the most widely used of all solvents. Freezing point 0°C (32°F); boiling point 100°C (212°F); specific gravity (4°C) 1.0000; weight per gallon (15°C) 8.338 pounds (3.782 kilograms).
2.
1. Any of various forms of water: waste water.
2. Naturally occurring mineral water, as at a spa. Often used in the plural.
3.
1. A body of water such as a sea, lake, river, or stream.
2. waters A particular stretch of sea or ocean, especially that of a state or country: escorted out of British waters.
4.
1. A supply of water: had to turn off the water while repairing the broken drain.
2. A water supply system.
5.
1. Any of the fluids normally secreted from the body, such as urine, perspiration, tears, or saliva.
2. A fluid present in a body part in abnormal quantities as a result of injury or disease: water on the knee.
3. The fluid surrounding a fetus in the uterus; amniotic fluid.
6. An aqueous solution of a substance, especially a gas: ammonia water.
7. A wavy finish or sheen, as of a fabric or metal.
8.
1. The valuation of the assets of a business firm beyond their real value.
2. Stock issued in excess of paid-in capital.
9.
1. The transparency and luster of a gem.
2. A level of excellence.
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 04/14/09 at 5:54 am

The person of the day...George Frideric Handel
George Frideric Handel (23 February 1685 – 14 April 1759) was a German-English Baroque composer, who is famous for his operas, oratorios, and concerti grossi. His life and music may justly be described as "cosmopolitan": he was born in Germany, trained in Italy, and spent most of his life in England. Born as Georg Friedrich Händel (IPA: ) in Halle in Saxony-Anhalt, he settled in England in 1712, becoming a naturalized subject of the British crown on 22 January 1727. His works include Messiah, Water Music, and Music for the Royal Fireworks. Strongly influenced by the techniques of the great composers of the Italian Baroque era, as well as the English composer Henry Purcell, Handel's music became well-known to many composers, including Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven.
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/14/09 at 6:04 am

The word of the day...Water
   1. A clear, colorless, odorless, and tasteless liquid, H2O, essential for most plant and animal life and the most widely used of all solvents. Freezing point 0°C (32°F); boiling point 100°C (212°F); specific gravity (4°C) 1.0000; weight per gallon (15°C) 8.338 pounds (3.782 kilograms).
   2.
   1. Any of various forms of water: waste water.
   2. Naturally occurring mineral water, as at a spa. Often used in the plural.
   3.
   1. A body of water such as a sea, lake, river, or stream.
   2. waters A particular stretch of sea or ocean, especially that of a state or country: escorted out of British waters.
   4.
   1. A supply of water: had to turn off the water while repairing the broken drain.
   2. A water supply system.
   5.
   1. Any of the fluids normally secreted from the body, such as urine, perspiration, tears, or saliva.
   2. A fluid present in a body part in abnormal quantities as a result of injury or disease: water on the knee.
   3. The fluid surrounding a fetus in the uterus; amniotic fluid.
   6. An aqueous solution of a substance, especially a gas: ammonia water.
   7. A wavy finish or sheen, as of a fabric or metal.
   8.
   1. The valuation of the assets of a business firm beyond their real value.
   2. Stock issued in excess of paid-in capital.
   9.
   1. The transparency and luster of a gem.
   2. A level of excellence.

I tend to drink more of it now.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/14/09 at 6:04 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDJO6Fpb17g&NR=1

Cat
Rats....

This video is not available in your country.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/14/09 at 6:10 am

The person of the day...George Frideric Handel
George Frideric Handel (23 February 1685 – 14 April 1759) was a German-English Baroque composer, who is famous for his operas, oratorios, and concerti grossi. His life and music may justly be described as "cosmopolitan": he was born in Germany, trained in Italy, and spent most of his life in England. Born as Georg Friedrich Händel (IPA: ) in Halle in Saxony-Anhalt, he settled in England in 1712, becoming a naturalized subject of the British crown on 22 January 1727. His works include Messiah, Water Music, and Music for the Royal Fireworks. Strongly influenced by the techniques of the great composers of the Italian Baroque era, as well as the English composer Henry Purcell, Handel's music became well-known to many composers, including Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven.
On his home in Brook Street London.

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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/14/09 at 6:13 am

On his home in Brook Street London.

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The Handel Blue Plaque in Brook Street with the Jimi Hendrix Blue Plaque next door.

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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 04/14/09 at 6:59 am

I tend to drink more of it now.

I don't that much, I get heartburn from it...go figure.
On his home in Brook Street London.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f9/Blue_plaque_Handel.jpg

n July of 1717 Handel's Water Music was first performed for a water party on the Thames. The composition was written and performed as a reconciliation between the king and Handel

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 04/14/09 at 7:17 am

The word of the day...Water
1. A clear, colorless, odorless, and tasteless liquid, H2O, essential for most plant and animal life and the most widely used of all solvents. Freezing point 0°C (32°F); boiling point 100°C (212°F); specific gravity (4°C) 1.0000; weight per gallon (15°C) 8.338 pounds (3.782 kilograms).
2.
1. Any of various forms of water: waste water.
2. Naturally occurring mineral water, as at a spa. Often used in the plural.
3.
1. A body of water such as a sea, lake, river, or stream.
2. waters A particular stretch of sea or ocean, especially that of a state or country: escorted out of British waters.
4.
1. A supply of water: had to turn off the water while repairing the broken drain.
2. A water supply system.
5.
1. Any of the fluids normally secreted from the body, such as urine, perspiration, tears, or saliva.
2. A fluid present in a body part in abnormal quantities as a result of injury or disease: water on the knee.
3. The fluid surrounding a fetus in the uterus; amniotic fluid.
6. An aqueous solution of a substance, especially a gas: ammonia water.
7. A wavy finish or sheen, as of a fabric or metal.
8.
1. The valuation of the assets of a business firm beyond their real value.
2. Stock issued in excess of paid-in capital.
9.
1. The transparency and luster of a gem.
2. A level of excellence.
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I've got to drink more water these days.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/14/09 at 7:19 am

I don't that much, I get heartburn from it...go figure.n July of 1717 Handel's Water Music was first performed for a water party on the Thames. The composition was written and performed as a reconciliation between the king and Handel
I think that one of the first classical music LPs was Handel's Water Music Suite and the Fireworks Suite on the back.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 04/14/09 at 7:22 am

water is good on a hot day.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: adagio on 04/14/09 at 9:03 am

I really like Handel's "Messiah". I could listen to it all day.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/14/09 at 9:03 am

I really like Handel's "Messiah". I could listen to it all day.
I was sung at the Royal Albert Hall on Friday, I could not go to be there.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Dagwood on 04/14/09 at 9:04 am

I really like Handel's "Messiah". I could listen to it all day.

It is beautiful.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: adagio on 04/14/09 at 9:10 am

It is beautiful.

karma for good musical taste. :)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 04/14/09 at 10:27 am

I really like Handel's "Messiah". I could listen to it all day.

I was sung at the Royal Albert Hall on Friday, I could not go to be there.

It is beautiful.

karma for good musical taste.   :)

Yes it is an excellent piece that debuted on April 13 1742 in Dublin,Ireland :)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: CatwomanofV on 04/14/09 at 10:57 am

When I was in choir in high school, we did Hallelujah Chorus. We went to ratings (http://www.nyssma.org/ ) -well they came to us because we had our concert that night, and used that piece (and two others). We scored an A. ;D ;D ;D I still have the medal I got from it.

Cat

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/14/09 at 10:58 am

When I was in choir in high school, we did Hallelujah Chorus. We went to ratings (http://www.nyssma.org/ ) -well they came to us because we had our concert that night, and used that piece (and two others). We scored an A. ;D ;D ;D I still have the medal I got from it.

Cat
Well done!

My son has sang in the school choir too!.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 04/14/09 at 1:28 pm

When I was in choir in high school, we did Hallelujah Chorus. We went to ratings (http://www.nyssma.org/ ) -well they came to us because we had our concert that night, and used that piece (and two others). We scored an A. ;D ;D ;D I still have the medal I got from it.

Cat

That is great :)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/14/09 at 3:41 pm

Yes it is an excellent piece that debuted on April 13 1742 in Dublin,Ireland :)
For the most famous movement is the "Hallelujah" chorus, in many parts of the world, it is the accepted practice for the audience to stand for this section of the performance. Tradition has it that King George II rose to his feet at this point. As the first notes of the triumphant Hallelujah Chorus rang out, the king rose. Royal protocol has always demanded that whenever the monarch stands, so does everyone in the monarch's presence. Thus, the entire audience stood too, initiating a tradition that has lasted more than two centuries. It is lost to history the exact reason why the King stood at that point, but the most popular explanations include:

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 04/14/09 at 4:46 pm

Well done!

My son has sang in the school choir too!.

did he play an instrument? ???

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 04/15/09 at 5:52 am

The word of the day...Memorial
1. Something, such as a monument or holiday, intended to celebrate or honor the memory of a person or an event.
2. A written statement of facts or a petition presented to a legislative body or an executive.

adj.

1. Serving as a remembrance of a person or an event; commemorative.
2. Of, relating to, or being in memory.
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 04/15/09 at 5:55 am

The person of the day...Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was the 16th President of the United States. He successfully led the country through its greatest internal crisis, the American Civil War, preserving the Union and ending slavery. As the war was drawing to a close, Lincoln became the first American president to be assassinated. Before his election in 1860 as the first Republican president, Lincoln had been a country lawyer, an Illinois state legislator, a member of the United States House of Representatives, and twice an unsuccessful candidate for election to the U.S. Senate.
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 04/15/09 at 6:40 am

Four Score And Years Ago..

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 04/15/09 at 7:09 am

Four Score And Years Ago..

Four score and seven years ago :).I'm not sure how many scores it has been since he wrote that. A score is 20 years, if my math is right it has been 7 scores and 6 years

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/15/09 at 7:24 am

did he play an instrument? ???
He can play the piano, but that was not needed for the Handel, just his voice was required.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/15/09 at 7:27 am

The person of the day...Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was the 16th President of the United States. He successfully led the country through its greatest internal crisis, the American Civil War, preserving the Union and ending slavery. As the war was drawing to a close, Lincoln became the first American president to be assassinated. Before his election in 1860 as the first Republican president, Lincoln had been a country lawyer, an Illinois state legislator, a member of the United States House of Representatives, and twice an unsuccessful candidate for election to the U.S. Senate.
How will the United States of the America will be remembering Abraham Lincoln?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: adagio on 04/15/09 at 7:49 am

How will the United States of the America will be remembering Abraham Lincoln?

No telling.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/15/09 at 7:57 am

No telling.
Just remembering him?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: adagio on 04/15/09 at 8:37 am

Just remembering him?

At the very least!

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/15/09 at 9:26 am

At the very least!
Anything special at the famous statue of Lincoln?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: CatwomanofV on 04/15/09 at 10:31 am

How will the United States of the America will be remembering Abraham Lincoln?

Most people don't realize that this is the anniversary of his death-I didn't until I came into this thread. (Thanks, ninny.) Most people know this day as Tax Day-and some people will be "celebrating" with a tea party. :D ;D ;D ;D (Long story-check out the political boards.)

Cat

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/15/09 at 11:40 am

Most people don't realize that this is the anniversary of his death-I didn't until I came into this thread. (Thanks, ninny.) Most people know this day as Tax Day-and some people will be "celebrating" with a tea party. :D ;D ;D ;D (Long story-check out the political boards.)

Cat
Tea Party, as of Boston?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: danootaandme on 04/15/09 at 11:45 am

Most people don't realize that this is the anniversary of his death-I didn't until I came into this thread. (Thanks, ninny.) Most people know this day as Tax Day-and some people will be "celebrating" with a tea party. :D ;D ;D ;D (Long story-check out the political boards.)

Cat

.....AND he was assassinated on Good Friday, how weird is that?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/15/09 at 11:48 am

.....AND he was assassinated on Good Friday, how weird is that?
Back then shouldn't the theatres be shut in observance?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: CatwomanofV on 04/15/09 at 11:49 am

Tea Party, as of Boston?

That is the idea but it has to do with people who are angry because their party is no longer in power and they want to protest SOMETHING! ::)

Cat

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/15/09 at 11:50 am

That is the idea but it has to do with people who are angry because their party is no longer in power and they want to protest SOMETHING! ::)

Cat
Protest something or anything ?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: CatwomanofV on 04/15/09 at 1:17 pm

Protest something or anything ?

They CLAIM it is to protest high taxes & the stimulus bill but it basically to protest the fact that the Dems are in power in the House, Senate & White House.

Cat

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 04/15/09 at 1:23 pm

They CLAIM it is to protest high taxes & the stimulus bill but it basically to protest the fact that the Dems are in power in the House, Senate & White House.

Cat

They unfortunately that includes my son need to get over it

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: danootaandme on 04/15/09 at 1:56 pm

Back then shouldn't the theatres be shut in observance?

Actually back then the nation didn't observe religious holidays as a nation the way they do now.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/15/09 at 2:09 pm

Actually back then the nation didn't observe religious holidays as a nation the way they do now.
Interesting?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 04/15/09 at 6:09 pm

Anything special at the famous statue of Lincoln?

no,just him sitting there.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 04/16/09 at 5:15 am

The word of the day...River
# ) A large natural stream of water emptying into an ocean, lake, or other body of water and usually fed along its course by converging tributaries.
# A stream or abundant flow: a river of tears.
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 04/16/09 at 5:21 am

The person of the day...David Lean
Sir David Lean, CBE, (25 March 1908 – 16 April 1991) was an English filmmaker, producer, screenwriter and editor, best remembered for big-screen epics such as Lawrence of Arabia, The Bridge on the River Kwai, Doctor Zhivago, Ryan's Daughter, and A Passage to India. Acclaimed and praised by directors such as Steven Spielberg and Stanley Kubrick, Lean was voted 9th greatest film director of all time in the British Film Institute Sight & Sound "Directors Top Directors" poll 2002. Lean has four films in the top eleven of the British Film Institute's Top 100 British Films
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/16/09 at 5:26 am

no,just him sitting there.
Is that all?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/16/09 at 5:26 am

The word of the day...River
# ) A large natural stream of water emptying into an ocean, lake, or other body of water and usually fed along its course by converging tributaries.
# A stream or abundant flow: a river of tears.

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Brilliant film!

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Badfinger-fan on 04/16/09 at 5:27 am

The word of the day...River
# ) A large natural stream of water emptying into an ocean, lake, or other body of water and usually fed along its course by converging tributaries.
# A stream or abundant flow: a river of tears.
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I love rivers. the San Joaquin river near Manteca, Ca. was our atompng grounds daily back in the 70's. good choice 8)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/16/09 at 5:28 am

The person of the day...David Lean
Sir David Lean, CBE, (25 March 1908 – 16 April 1991) was an English filmmaker, producer, screenwriter and editor, best remembered for big-screen epics such as Lawrence of Arabia, The Bridge on the River Kwai, Doctor Zhivago, Ryan's Daughter, and A Passage to India. Acclaimed and praised by directors such as Steven Spielberg and Stanley Kubrick, Lean was voted 9th greatest film director of all time in the British Film Institute Sight & Sound "Directors Top Directors" poll 2002. Lean has four films in the top eleven of the British Film Institute's Top 100 British Films

This is one film director whose films I be collecting

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Written By: danootaandme on 04/16/09 at 5:39 am

River Phoenix

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Written By: Howard on 04/16/09 at 6:02 am

Is that all?

He's also thinking.

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Written By: Howard on 04/16/09 at 6:03 am

The word of the day...River
# ) A large natural stream of water emptying into an ocean, lake, or other body of water and usually fed along its course by converging tributaries.
# A stream or abundant flow: a river of tears.
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There's also Cry Me A River.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/16/09 at 6:11 am

He's also thinking.
Was he always thinking?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/16/09 at 6:11 am

There's also Cry Me A River.
...by Julie London.

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Written By: ninny on 04/16/09 at 6:12 am

Brilliant film!

Another film that it has been to long since I've seen it.

I love rivers. the San Joaquin river near Manteca, Ca. was our atompng grounds daily back in the 70's. good choice 8)

The way the rivers intertwine with the land is what makes them so special to me.

River Phoenix

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DXSx9c-cVco/R6RS81NhbkI/AAAAAAAAAzM/nQTxCqskutg/s400/phoenix.JPG

Who knows where his brilliant career would have taken him.

There's also Cry Me A River.

Good one.

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Written By: adagio on 04/16/09 at 1:13 pm

no,just him sitting there.

Darn!!!! What an insult!

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/16/09 at 1:19 pm

Another film that it has been to long since I've seen it.
I always try to watch Lawrence of Arabia whenever it is on.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 04/16/09 at 3:16 pm

Was he always thinking?

he was always thinking about changing the world and freeing the slaves.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: seamermar on 04/17/09 at 2:39 am

What's the matter with me,
I don't have much to say,
Daylight sneakin' through the clouds
And I'm still in this bright side creek.
Walkin' to and fro along the snow
Out to where the peaks meet the sun,
To sit down on this bank of green and sand
And watch the river flow.
http://i497.photobucket.com/albums/rr334/seamermar/Mountains/Ladureviedurandeur.jpg

Rivers bring me peace and quiet, ninni. I love stay long by the river's side listening to the nature's sigh.

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Written By: gibbo on 04/17/09 at 2:50 am

What's the matter with me,
I don't have much to say,
Daylight sneakin' through the clouds
And I'm still in this bright side creek.
Walkin' to and fro along the snow
Out to where the peaks meet the sun,
To sit down on this bank of green and sand
And watch the river flow.
http://i497.photobucket.com/albums/rr334/seamermar/Mountains/Ladureviedurandeur.jpg

Rivers bring me peace and quiet, ninni. I love stay long by the river's side listening to the nature's sigh.

I agree Paco...there's something tranquil and yet exciting about rivers!

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Written By: ninny on 04/17/09 at 6:03 am

What's the matter with me,
I don't have much to say,
Daylight sneakin' through the clouds
And I'm still in this bright side creek.
Walkin' to and fro along the snow
Out to where the peaks meet the sun,
To sit down on this bank of green and sand
And watch the river flow.
http://i497.photobucket.com/albums/rr334/seamermar/Mountains/Ladureviedurandeur.jpg

Rivers bring me peace and quiet, ninni. I love stay long by the river's side listening to the nature's sigh.

That's very nice. :)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 04/17/09 at 6:09 am

The word or phrase of the day...Fire Department
A department, especially of a municipal government, whose purpose is preventing and putting out fires.
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Written By: ninny on 04/17/09 at 6:13 am

The person of the day...Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin (January 17, 1706 – April 17, 1790) was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States of America. A noted polymath, Franklin was a leading author and printer, satirist, political theorist, politician, scientist, inventor, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat. As a scientist, he was a major figure in the Enlightenment and the history of physics for his discoveries and theories regarding electricity. He invented the lightning rod, bifocals, the Franklin stove, a carriage odometer, and the glass 'armonica'. He formed both the first public lending library in America and first fire department in Pennsylvania. He was an early proponent of colonial unity, and as a political writer and activist he supported the idea of an American nation. As a diplomat during the American Revolution he secured the French alliance that helped to make independence of the United States possible.
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Written By: ninny on 04/17/09 at 6:17 am

The Flower or Flowering tree for Friday...Dogwood
Any of various plants of the genus Cornus, which includes the bunchberry and dogwoods.
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/17/09 at 6:31 am

The word or phrase of the day...Fire Department
A department, especially of a municipal government, whose purpose is preventing and putting out fires.
Very brave men.

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Written By: ninny on 04/17/09 at 6:32 am

Very brave men.

Yes indeed.

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Written By: adagio on 04/17/09 at 6:33 am

I agree Paco...there's something tranquil and yet exciting about rivers!

Rivers and mountains, sunsets, etc.....

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/17/09 at 6:36 am

The person of the day...Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin (January 17, 1706 – April 17, 1790) was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States of America. A noted polymath, Franklin was a leading author and printer, satirist, political theorist, politician, scientist, inventor, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat. As a scientist, he was a major figure in the Enlightenment and the history of physics for his discoveries and theories regarding electricity. He invented the lightning rod, bifocals, the Franklin stove, a carriage odometer, and the glass 'armonica'. He formed both the first public lending library in America and first fire department in Pennsylvania. He was an early proponent of colonial unity, and as a political writer and activist he supported the idea of an American nation. As a diplomat during the American Revolution he secured the French alliance that helped to make independence of the United States possible.
A very clever man.

Once lived in London and Benjamin Franklin House is the only home of Benjamin Franklin that is stil standing.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/17/09 at 6:38 am

A very clever man.

Once lived in London and Benjamin Franklin House is the only home of Benjamin Franklin that is still standing.

The plaque on the exterior of the house.

http://pro.corbis.com/images/AW012549.jpg?size=67&uid=%7B393622CC-AD4D-4E2E-9535-CCD716E74FF0%7D

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/17/09 at 6:39 am

A very clever man.

Once lived in London and Benjamin Franklin House is the only home of Benjamin Franklin that is stil standing.

The plaque on the exterior of the house.

http://pro.corbis.com/images/AW012549.jpg?size=67&uid=%7B393622CC-AD4D-4E2E-9535-CCD716E74FF0%7D
He lived there f or nearly sixteen years between 1757 and 1775.

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Written By: Howard on 04/17/09 at 6:46 am

Time to put out a fire.

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Written By: ninny on 04/17/09 at 8:36 am

A very clever man.

Once lived in London and Benjamin Franklin House is the only home of Benjamin Franklin that is stil standing.

Wow! that was very interesting.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/17/09 at 9:00 am

Wow! that was very interesting.
The house is close to Charing Cross Station and Trafalgar Square, and if you were passing it, you would miss it. I have been there before but only in passing, if I find myself there I will take a picture.

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Written By: ninny on 04/17/09 at 9:20 am

The house is close to Charing Cross Station and Trafalgar Square, and if you were passing it, you would miss it. I have been there before but only in passing, if I find myself there I will take a picture.

That would be nice,who knows how much longer it will be there.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/17/09 at 9:26 am

That would be nice,who knows how much longer it will be there.
The location is most likely to be preserved, heratage etc.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/17/09 at 9:27 am

That would be nice,who knows how much longer it will be there.
It you type "12 Craven St, London, England" in to Google Maps, you can find the house there.

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Written By: seamermar on 04/17/09 at 2:03 pm

We're indeed quite lucky to have our very own voice of London giving away details and tips ;)

My many thanks Phillip Eno.

Early to bed, early to rise makes a man wealthy, healthy and wise.

and the thirteen pieces of Franklin' snake in Pennsylvania Gazette
it made America rise and stand up to the fight for being independent.

A very good chap ;)

maybe both... I guess...without flattering ??? :-[

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Written By: CatwomanofV on 04/17/09 at 3:00 pm

-Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
-Beer is living proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.
-A countryman between two lawyers is like a fish between two cats.
-Life's tragedy is that we get old to soon and wise too late.
-To be intimate with a foolish friend, is like going to bed with a razor.
-No man's life, liberty or fortune is safe while our legislature is in session.
-I wake up every morning at nine and grab for the morning paper. Then I look at the obituary page. If my name is not on it, I get up.
-I guess I don't so much mind being old, as I mind being fat and old.
-Having been poor is no shame, but being ashamed of it, is.
-It is the fist responsibility of every citizen to question authority.
-There was never a good war or a bad peace.
-We must all hang together or most assuredly we will all hang separately.
-A great empire, like a great cake, is most easily diminished at the edges.
-A learned blockhead is a greater blockhead than an ignorant one.
-Anger is never without a reason, but seldom with a good one.
-Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain and most fools do.
-All wars are follies, very expensive and very mischievous ones.
-Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn.
-I am in the prime of senility.

Cat

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Written By: seamermar on 04/17/09 at 3:07 pm

^Cat minds to stake with a truth every statement which I agree.

Practice every day has made
Cat perfect in her trade;
I get wisdom day and night
from threads right on the line

I agree Paco...there's something tranquil and yet exciting about rivers!

Well Peter, you know, we all also need slip, slop, slap in the Mediterranean shore land. ;)
As for me, when my work is over I slip away from harbour, slop about limpid pools and cristal streams
and that way I slap my own back.

http://i497.photobucket.com/albums/rr334/seamermar/Mountains/Ladureviedurandeur2.jpg

But it was long time ago :(

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Written By: seamermar on 04/17/09 at 3:24 pm

Rivers and mountains, sunsets, etc.....

I hate smokey pool rooms Adagio, but I'm sure I'd love Great Smokey Mountains instead ;)

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Written By: CatwomanofV on 04/17/09 at 3:27 pm

^Cat minds to stake with a truth every statement which I agree.

Practice every day has made
Cat perfect in her trade;
I get wisdom day and night
from threads right on the line

I'm sure you are aware that Benjamin Franklin said ALL of that-not me. I'm just repeating it.

Well Peter, you know, we all also need slip, slop, slap in the Mediterranean shore land. ;)
As for me, when my work is over I slip away from harbour, slop about limpid pools and cristal streams
and that way I slap my own back.

http://i497.photobucket.com/albums/rr334/seamermar/Mountains/Ladureviedurandeur2.jpg

But it was long time ago :(

Those are some beautiful photos.

Cat

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/17/09 at 4:14 pm

he also did Nuns On The Run.
I finally got to see Nuns on the Run today, and I liked it.

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Written By: adagio on 04/17/09 at 5:40 pm

I hate smokey pool rooms Adagio, but I'm sure I'd love Great Smokey Mountains instead ;)

Thank you Francisco. :) It IS beautiful!

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 04/17/09 at 6:30 pm

-Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
-Beer is living proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.
-A countryman between two lawyers is like a fish between two cats.
-Life's tragedy is that we get old to soon and wise too late.
-To be intimate with a foolish friend, is like going to bed with a razor.
-No man's life, liberty or fortune is safe while our legislature is in session.
-I wake up every morning at nine and grab for the morning paper. Then I look at the obituary page. If my name is not on it, I get up.
-I guess I don't so much mind being old, as I mind being fat and old.
-Having been poor is no shame, but being ashamed of it, is.
-It is the fist responsibility of every citizen to question authority.
-There was never a good war or a bad peace.
-We must all hang together or most assuredly we will all hang separately.
-A great empire, like a great cake, is most easily diminished at the edges.
-A learned blockhead is a greater blockhead than an ignorant one.
-Anger is never without a reason, but seldom with a good one.
-Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain and most fools do.
-All wars are follies, very expensive and very mischievous ones.
-Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn.
-I am in the prime of senility.

Cat

A man of many words of wisdom.

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Written By: CatwomanofV on 04/17/09 at 6:36 pm

A man of many words of wisdom.

Ain't that the truth. He most certainly was.

Cat

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 04/17/09 at 6:50 pm

I finally got to see Nuns on the Run today, and I liked it.

I haven't seen it in so many years.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/18/09 at 5:54 am

I haven't seen it in so many years.
...and enjoyed it.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 04/18/09 at 6:45 am

Where's the word of the day? :)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/18/09 at 6:47 am

Where's the word of the day? :)
It looks to be late today, but Janine can take her time.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 04/18/09 at 6:48 am

It looks to be late today, but Janine can take her time.

It's ok,she can take her time.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 04/18/09 at 6:51 am

The word of the day...Trap
1. A contrivance for catching and holding animals, as a concealed pit or a clamplike device that springs shut suddenly.
2. A stratagem for catching or tricking an unwary person.
3. A confining or undesirable circumstance from which escape or relief is difficult: fell into poverty's trap.
4. A device for sealing a passage against the escape of gases, especially a U-shaped or S-shaped bend in a drainpipe that prevents the return flow of sewer gas by means of a water barrier.
5. Sports.
1. A device that hurls clay pigeons into the air in trapshooting.
2. A land hazard or bunker on a golf course; a sand trap.
3. traps A measured length of roadway over which electronic timers register the speed of a racing vehicle, such as a dragster.
6. Baseball. See web (sense 10).
7. Sports.
1. A defensive strategy or play, as in basketball or hockey, in which two or more defenders converge on an offensive player shortly after the player gains possession of the ball or puck.
2. The act of trapping a soccer ball.
8. Football. A running play in which the ball carrier advances through a hole in the defensive line created by allowing a defensive lineman to penetrate the backfield.
9. A light two-wheeled carriage with springs.
10. A trapdoor.
11. traps Music. Percussion instruments, such as snare drums and cymbals, especially in a jazz band.
12. Slang. The human mouth.
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 04/18/09 at 6:53 am

There should be raccoon traps.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 04/18/09 at 6:54 am

The person of the day...Hayley Mills
Hayley Catherine Rose Vivien Mills (born 18 April 1946) is an Academy Award and Golden Globe Award-winning English actress.
Mills was born in London, England, the younger daughter of actor Sir John Mills and playwright Mary Hayley Bell. She is also the younger sister of actress Juliet Mills and the cousin of Susie Blake, who played Bev Unwin in the long running ITV soap Coronation Street.

Mills was 12 when she was discovered by J. Lee Thompson, who was initially looking for a boy to play the lead role in Tiger Bay. Walt Disney's wife, Lillian Disney, saw her performance and suggested that Mills be given the lead role in Pollyanna. The role of the "glad girl" who moves in with her aunt catapulted Mills to super-stardom in the United States and earned her a special Academy Award.

Disney subsequently cast Mills as twins Sharon and Susan who reunite their divorced parents in The Parent Trap. In the film, Mills sings the hit song "Let's Get Together." She made four additional films for Disney in a four-year span, including In Search of the Castaways, Summer Magic, The Moon-Spinners and That Darn Cat!. During her six-year run at Disney, Mills was arguably the most popular child actress of the era. Critics noted that America's favourite child star was, in fact, quite British and very lady-like. The success of "Let's Get Together" (which hit No. 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart) also led to the release of a record album on Disney's Buena Vista label, Let's Get Together with Hayley Mills, which also included her only other hit song, "Johnny Jingo" (Billboard No. 21, 1962). In 1998, she was awarded the prestigious Disney Legend award by The Walt Disney Company.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/18/09 at 6:55 am

http://popcornmartini.com/blog/pictures/3Dream%20House/mousetrap.jpg

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/18/09 at 6:56 am

The person of the day...Hayley Mills
Hayley Catherine Rose Vivien Mills (born 18 April 1946) is an Academy Award and Golden Globe Award-winning English actress.
Mills was born in London, England, the younger daughter of actor Sir John Mills and playwright Mary Hayley Bell. She is also the younger sister of actress Juliet Mills and the cousin of Susie Blake, who played Bev Unwin in the long running ITV soap Coronation Street.

Mills was 12 when she was discovered by J. Lee Thompson, who was initially looking for a boy to play the lead role in Tiger Bay. Walt Disney's wife, Lillian Disney, saw her performance and suggested that Mills be given the lead role in Pollyanna. The role of the "glad girl" who moves in with her aunt catapulted Mills to super-stardom in the United States and earned her a special Academy Award.

Disney subsequently cast Mills as twins Sharon and Susan who reunite their divorced parents in The Parent Trap. In the film, Mills sings the hit song "Let's Get Together." She made four additional films for Disney in a four-year span, including In Search of the Castaways, Summer Magic, The Moon-Spinners and That Darn Cat!. During her six-year run at Disney, Mills was arguably the most popular child actress of the era. Critics noted that America's favourite child star was, in fact, quite British and very lady-like. The success of "Let's Get Together" (which hit No. 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart) also led to the release of a record album on Disney's Buena Vista label, Let's Get Together with Hayley Mills, which also included her only other hit song, "Johnny Jingo" (Billboard No. 21, 1962). In 1998, she was awarded the prestigious Disney Legend award by The Walt Disney Company.
"Let's Get Together"

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 04/18/09 at 6:57 am

The person of the day...Hayley Mills
Hayley Catherine Rose Vivien Mills (born 18 April 1946) is an Academy Award and Golden Globe Award-winning English actress.
Mills was born in London, England, the younger daughter of actor Sir John Mills and playwright Mary Hayley Bell. She is also the younger sister of actress Juliet Mills and the cousin of Susie Blake, who played Bev Unwin in the long running ITV soap Coronation Street.

Mills was 12 when she was discovered by J. Lee Thompson, who was initially looking for a boy to play the lead role in Tiger Bay. Walt Disney's wife, Lillian Disney, saw her performance and suggested that Mills be given the lead role in Pollyanna. The role of the "glad girl" who moves in with her aunt catapulted Mills to super-stardom in the United States and earned her a special Academy Award.

Disney subsequently cast Mills as twins Sharon and Susan who reunite their divorced parents in The Parent Trap. In the film, Mills sings the hit song "Let's Get Together." She made four additional films for Disney in a four-year span, including In Search of the Castaways, Summer Magic, The Moon-Spinners and That Darn Cat!. During her six-year run at Disney, Mills was arguably the most popular child actress of the era. Critics noted that America's favourite child star was, in fact, quite British and very lady-like. The success of "Let's Get Together" (which hit No. 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart) also led to the release of a record album on Disney's Buena Vista label, Let's Get Together with Hayley Mills, which also included her only other hit song, "Johnny Jingo" (Billboard No. 21, 1962). In 1998, she was awarded the prestigious Disney Legend award by The Walt Disney Company.
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She was also in Saved By The Bell in 1989.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/18/09 at 7:00 am

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Written By: Howard on 04/18/09 at 7:03 am

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Could he get the cheese?

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/18/09 at 7:04 am

Could he get the cheese?
I have never seen any follow up pictures for this.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: gibbo on 04/18/09 at 9:11 am

I saw Hayley Mills on stage in The King and I....even though she could sing a little she wasn't very good in that particular production. I liked her as a child actress in Parent Trap and especially Pollyanna. :)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/18/09 at 9:41 am

I saw Hayley Mills on stage in The King and I....even though she could sing a little she wasn't very good in that particular production. I liked her as a child actress in Parent Trap and especially Pollyanna. :)
How about the Whistle Down The Wind with Alan Bates?

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Written By: CatwomanofV on 04/18/09 at 10:53 am

"Let's Get Together"

I was thinking of the exact same thing.

Cat

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/18/09 at 12:11 pm

I was thinking of the exact same thing.

Cat
"Yeah Yeah Yeah"

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 04/18/09 at 7:02 pm

I saw Hayley Mills on stage in The King and I....even though she could sing a little she wasn't very good in that particular production. I liked her as a child actress in Parent Trap and especially Pollyanna. :)

Which Mills was The teacher in Saved By The Bell? ???

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Written By: ninny on 04/19/09 at 5:31 am

Which Mills was The teacher in Saved By The Bell? ???

That was Hayley..I remember her sister Juliet in The Nanny & The Professor in the early 1970's.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 04/19/09 at 5:32 am

That was Hayley..I remember her sister Juliet in The Nanny & The Professor in the early 1970's.

Thanks Ninny,She played the teacher in 1989.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/19/09 at 5:38 am

Thanks Ninny,She played the teacher in 1989.
Do we know the character name of the teacher?

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Written By: Howard on 04/19/09 at 5:39 am

Do we know the character name of the teacher?

Mrs.Bliss.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 04/19/09 at 5:42 am

The word of the day...Transvestite
Someone who dresses in the clothes usually worn by the opposite sex. Transvestites may be bisexual, heterosexual, or homosexual
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Written By: ninny on 04/19/09 at 5:44 am

The person of the day...Tim Curry
Timothy James "Tim" Curry (born 19 April 1946) is an English actor, singer, composer and voice artist, known for his work in a diverse range of theatre, film and television productions. He currently resides in Los Angeles, California. Curry first became known to audiences with his breakthrough role as Frank N. Furter in the 1975 cult movie The Rocky Horror Picture Show. He most recently has performed the role of King Arthur in the Broadway hit Monty Python's Spamalot.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/19/09 at 6:28 am

The person of the day...Tim Curry
Timothy James "Tim" Curry (born 19 April 1946) is an English actor, singer, composer and voice artist, known for his work in a diverse range of theatre, film and television productions. He currently resides in Los Angeles, California. Curry first became known to audiences with his breakthrough role as Frank N. Furter in the 1975 cult movie The Rocky Horror Picture Show. He most recently has performed the role of King Arthur in the Broadway hit Monty Python's Spamalot.
I saw the movie version of "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" ages ago and I do not remember much of it.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 04/19/09 at 11:37 am

I saw the movie version of "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" ages ago and I do not remember much of it.

I haven't seen the movie in at least 5 years. I remember when I was 24 I went with some friends to see it and I was one of @5 people that wasn't 'properly' dressed for it.

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Written By: CatwomanofV on 04/19/09 at 12:16 pm

I'm just a sweet transvestite from Transexual Transylvania.

Personally, I think it is pitiful when a guy looks better in a dress than I do-and there are many out there who do. :-[

Cat

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Written By: Howard on 04/19/09 at 4:18 pm

What's Tim Curry up to these days?

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/20/09 at 1:39 am

What's Tim Curry up to these days?
Still acting on television.

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Written By: gibbo on 04/20/09 at 5:00 am

I was into The Rocky Horror Picture Show way back in the 70's. But I wasn't someone who saw it every weekend (and some did). I saw it probably about 6 times and played the record and tape to death.

I think I may just be over it by now......... ;)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/20/09 at 5:34 am

I was into The Rocky Horror Picture Show way back in the 70's. But I wasn't someone who saw it every weekend (and some did). I saw it probably about 6 times and played the record and tape to death.

I think I may just be over it by now......... ;)
Let do the Timp Warp again?

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Written By: ninny on 04/20/09 at 5:37 am

The word of the day...Fang(s)
1. Any of the hollow or grooved teeth of a venomous snake with which it injects its poison.
2. Any of the canine teeth of a carnivorous animal, such as a dog or wolf, with which it seizes and tears its prey.
3. A long, sharp, pointed tooth, especially a canine tooth.
4. The root of a tooth or a pronglike division of such a root.
5. A fanglike structure, especially a chelicera of a venomous spider.
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Written By: ninny on 04/20/09 at 5:45 am

The person of the day...Bram Stoker
Abraham "Bram" Stoker (8 November 1847 – 20 April 1912) was an Irish novelist and short story writer, best known today for his 1897 horror novel Dracula. During his lifetime, he was better known as the personal assistant of actor Henry Irving and business manager of the Lyceum Theatre in London, which Irving owned.
Stoker supplemented his income by writing novels; the best known being the vampire tale Dracula which was published in 1897. Before writing Dracula, Stoker spent several years researching European folklore and stories of vampires. Dracula is an epistolary novel, written as collection of diary entries, telegrams, and letters from the characters, as well as fictional clippings from the Whitby and London newspapers. Stoker's inspirations for the story, in addition to Whitby, may have included a visit to Slains Castle in Aberdeenshire, and a visit to the crypts of St. Michan's Church in Dublin.

After Irvine's death he managed productions at the Prince of Wales Theatre and was also on the staff of the Daily Telegraph, but he concentrated mainly on his writings. In 1906 he brought out his life of Irving, which proved very successful.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/20/09 at 5:46 am

The word of the day...Fang(s)
1. Any of the hollow or grooved teeth of a venomous snake with which it injects its poison.
2. Any of the canine teeth of a carnivorous animal, such as a dog or wolf, with which it seizes and tears its prey.
3. A long, sharp, pointed tooth, especially a canine tooth.
4. The root of a tooth or a pronglike division of such a root.
5. A fanglike structure, especially a chelicera of a venomous spider.
"Fangs for the memory..."

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/20/09 at 5:54 am

The person of the day...Bram Stoker
Abraham "Bram" Stoker (8 November 1847 – 20 April 1912) was an Irish novelist and short story writer, best known today for his 1897 horror novel Dracula. During his lifetime, he was better known as the personal assistant of actor Henry Irving and business manager of the Lyceum Theatre in London, which Irving owned.
Stoker supplemented his income by writing novels; the best known being the vampire tale Dracula which was published in 1897. Before writing Dracula, Stoker spent several years researching European folklore and stories of vampires. Dracula is an epistolary novel, written as collection of diary entries, telegrams, and letters from the characters, as well as fictional clippings from the Whitby and London newspapers. Stoker's inspirations for the story, in addition to Whitby, may have included a visit to Slains Castle in Aberdeenshire, and a visit to the crypts of St. Michan's Church in Dublin.

After Irvine's death he managed productions at the Prince of Wales Theatre and was also on the staff of the Daily Telegraph, but he concentrated mainly on his writings. In 1906 he brought out his life of Irving, which proved very successful.
The other week I was in a leading bookshop in London enquiring about "Famous Impostors" by Bram Stoker and the attendant in the shop had never realised and surprised that Bram Stoker had written another book.

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Written By: ninny on 04/20/09 at 6:05 am

The other week I was in a leading bookshop in London enquiring about "Famous Impostors" by Bram Stoker and the attendant in the shop had never realised and surprised that Bram Stoker had written another book.

Some of his other works
* The Primrose Path (1875)
* The Snake's Pass (1890)
* The Watter's Mou' (1895)
* The Shoulder of Shasta (1895)
* Dracula (1897)
* Miss Betty (1898)
* The Mystery of the Sea (1902)
* The Jewel of Seven Stars (1903)
* The Man (aka: The Gates of Life) (1905)
* Lady Athlyne (1908)
* The Lady of the Shroud (1909)
* The Lair of the White Worm (1911)

Short story collections

* Under the Sunset (1881), comprising eight fairy tales for children
* Snowbound: The Record of a Theatrical Touring Party (1908)
* Dracula's Guest and Other Weird Stories (1914), published posthumously by Florence Stoker

Uncollected stories

* "Bridal of Dead" (alternate ending to The Jewel of Seven Stars)
* "Buried Treasures"
* "The Chain of Destiny"
* "The Crystal Cup"
* "The Dualitists; or, The Death Doom of the Double Born"
* "Lord Castleton Explains" (chapter 10 of The Fate of Fenella)
* "The Gombeen Man" (chapter 3 of The Snake's Pass)
* "In the Valley of the Shadow"
* "The Man from Shorrox"
* "Midnight Tales"
* "The Red Stockade"
* "The Seer" (chapters 1 and 2 of The Mystery of the Sea)

Non-fiction

* The Duties of Clerks of Petty Sessions in Ireland (1879)
* A Glimpse of America (1886)
* Personal Reminiscences of Henry Irving (1906)
* Famous Impostors (1910)
* Bram Stoker's Notes for Dracula: A Facsimile Edition (2008) Bram Stoker Annotated and Transcribed by Robert Eighteen-Bisang and Elizabeth Miller, Foreword by Michael Barsanti. Jefferson NC & London: McFarland.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/20/09 at 6:09 am

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The Blue Plaque on the home of Bram Stoker at 18 St Leonard's Terrace, SW3, in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.

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Written By: ninny on 04/20/09 at 6:14 am

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The Blue Plaque on the home of Bram Stoker at 18 St Leonard's Terrace, SW3, in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.

Do they commemorate all famous people who lived in London with a blue plaque.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/20/09 at 6:16 am

Do they commemorate all famous people who lived in London with a blue plaque.
Yes there are plenty in Great London, at least 800+.

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Written By: ninny on 04/20/09 at 6:33 am

Yes there are plenty in Great London, at least 800+.

That's a lot of places to go see.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/20/09 at 6:36 am

That's a lot of places to go see.
About ten years ago I started to take an interest in them, in order to write a book (updated on the previous ones), but someone else beat me to it!

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Written By: Howard on 04/20/09 at 6:51 am

The word of the day...Fang(s)
1. Any of the hollow or grooved teeth of a venomous snake with which it injects its poison.
2. Any of the canine teeth of a carnivorous animal, such as a dog or wolf, with which it seizes and tears its prey.
3. A long, sharp, pointed tooth, especially a canine tooth.
4. The root of a tooth or a pronglike division of such a root.
5. A fanglike structure, especially a chelicera of a venomous spider.
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Some people are born with that kind of teeth.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/20/09 at 6:55 am

Some people are born with that kind of teeth.
Some people with eternal life have those kind of teeth.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 04/20/09 at 6:56 am

Some people with eternal life have those kind of teeth.

and they act like vampires.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/20/09 at 7:00 am

and they act like vampires.
...only act?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 04/20/09 at 7:15 am

...only act?

Some of them are vampires.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/20/09 at 8:30 am

Some of them are vampires.
Creatures of the night.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 04/20/09 at 9:46 am

About ten years ago I started to take an interest in them, in order to write a book (updated on the previous ones), but someone else beat me to it!

You would probably be sitting pretty right now with all the tourism in and out of London.

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Written By: adagio on 04/20/09 at 9:47 am

Some people are born with that kind of teeth.

I think that fangs on anything, except animals and some humans that are born with it, are weird and unnatural.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/20/09 at 9:48 am

You would probably be sitting pretty right now with all the tourism in and out of London.
yon can never tell, but when I found work I had to concentrate on that and put all my notes to one side.

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Written By: CatwomanofV on 04/20/09 at 10:50 am

Listen to them. Children of the night. What music they make.

Cat

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 04/20/09 at 11:20 am

yon can never tell, but when I found work I had to concentrate on that and put all my notes to one side.

I wonder how long it would have taken you.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 04/20/09 at 11:22 am

I think that fangs on anything, except animals and some humans that are born with it, are weird and unnatural.

I know,why would you want surgery to have them.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/20/09 at 11:22 am

I wonder how long it would have taken you.
Several months and also the point of have to cut off the information for new Blue Plaques are added all year round.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/20/09 at 11:22 am

I know,why would you want surgery to have them.
Argh!!!!

Talk of dentistry!

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Written By: ninny on 04/20/09 at 12:23 pm

Several months and also the point of have to cut off the information for new Blue Plaques are added all year round.

Does someone famous have to live in London for a certain period of time,to get a plaque,or could they stay for a month and get one.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/20/09 at 12:32 pm

Does someone famous have to live in London for a certain period of time,to get a plaque,or could they stay for a month and get one.
English Heritage work on a rulings when erecting a plaque on the wall:

"English Heritage selection criteria
Please note that the following are selection criteria for English Heritage's Blue Plaque Scheme. They do not apply to all plaque schemes.

In order to be eligible for an English Heritage blue plaque, a figure must have been dead for twenty years or have passed the centenary of their birth.

Nominated figures must also meet the following criteria: be considered eminent by a majority of members of their own profession; have made an outstanding contribution to human welfare or happiness; have resided in a locality for a significant period, in time or importance, within their life and work; be recognisable to the well-informed passer-by, or deserve national recognition.

In cases of foreigners and overseas visitors, candidates should be of international reputation or significant standing in their own country.

It should also be noted that: EH plaques can only be erected on the actual building inhabited by a figure, not the site where the building once stood; buildings marked with plaques should be visible from the public highway; unless a case is deemed exceptional, a single person may not be commemorated with more than two plaques nationwide; proposals are be considered for the commemoration of sites of special historical interest."

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/20/09 at 12:36 pm

English Heritage work on a rulings when erecting a plaque on the wall:

"English Heritage selection criteria
Please note that the following are selection criteria for English Heritage's Blue Plaque Scheme. They do not apply to all plaque schemes.

In order to be eligible for an English Heritage blue plaque, a figure must have been dead for twenty years or have passed the centenary of their birth.

Nominated figures must also meet the following criteria: be considered eminent by a majority of members of their own profession; have made an outstanding contribution to human welfare or happiness; have resided in a locality for a significant period, in time or importance, within their life and work; be recognisable to the well-informed passer-by, or deserve national recognition.

In cases of foreigners and overseas visitors, candidates should be of international reputation or significant standing in their own country.

It should also be noted that: EH plaques can only be erected on the actual building inhabited by a figure, not the site where the building once stood; buildings marked with plaques should be visible from the public highway; unless a case is deemed exceptional, a single person may not be commemorated with more than two plaques nationwide; proposals are be considered for the commemoration of sites of special historical interest."

Other plaque schemes have their own selection criteria.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: adagio on 04/20/09 at 1:27 pm

I know,why would you want surgery to have them.

I guess it's the 'in' thing. :P

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 04/20/09 at 7:24 pm

English Heritage work on a rulings when erecting a plaque on the wall:

"English Heritage selection criteria
Please note that the following are selection criteria for English Heritage's Blue Plaque Scheme. They do not apply to all plaque schemes.

In order to be eligible for an English Heritage blue plaque, a figure must have been dead for twenty years or have passed the centenary of their birth.

Nominated figures must also meet the following criteria: be considered eminent by a majority of members of their own profession; have made an outstanding contribution to human welfare or happiness; have resided in a locality for a significant period, in time or importance, within their life and work; be recognisable to the well-informed passer-by, or deserve national recognition.

In cases of foreigners and overseas visitors, candidates should be of international reputation or significant standing in their own country.

It should also be noted that: EH plaques can only be erected on the actual building inhabited by a figure, not the site where the building once stood; buildings marked with plaques should be visible from the public highway; unless a case is deemed exceptional, a single person may not be commemorated with more than two plaques nationwide; proposals are be considered for the commemoration of sites of special historical interest."

Oh OK so you have to be dead for at least 20 years,or be 100 years old.Good because I had this vision of them putting the blue plaques up everywhere

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 04/20/09 at 7:24 pm

Argh!!!!

Talk of dentistry!

or having your teeth cleaned.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 04/20/09 at 7:26 pm

or having your teeth cleaned.

What if you accidently bite your tongue or lip...OUCH

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 04/20/09 at 7:31 pm

What if you accidently bite your tongue or lip...OUCH

I never saw a vampire bite his lip before.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/21/09 at 1:30 am

What if you accidently bite your tongue or lip...OUCH
That can be painful.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/21/09 at 1:30 am

I never saw a vampire bite his lip before.
Can that be autocannibalism?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Badfinger-fan on 04/21/09 at 1:56 am

fangs are scary :(

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: gibbo on 04/21/09 at 4:29 am

Creatures of the night.

Tocha, toucha, toucha, touch me! I wanna feel dirty......

Fangs for the memory! ;)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 04/21/09 at 5:24 am

The word of the day...Frog(s)
1. Any of numerous tailless, aquatic, semiaquatic, or terrestrial amphibians of the order Anura and especially of the family Ranidae, characteristically having a smooth moist skin, webbed feet, and long hind legs adapted for leaping.
2. A wedge-shaped, horny prominence in the sole of a horse's hoof.
3. A loop fastened to a belt to hold a tool or weapon.
4. An ornamental looped braid or cord with a button or knot for fastening the front of a garment.
5. A device on intersecting railroad tracks that permits wheels to cross the junction.
6. A spiked or perforated device used to support stems in a flower arrangement.
7. The nut of a violin bow.
8. Informal. Hoarseness or phlegm in the throat.
9. Offensive Slang. Used as a disparaging term for a French person.
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Written By: ninny on 04/21/09 at 5:39 am

The person of the day...Mark Twain
Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), better known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American author and humorist. Twain is most noted for his novels Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, which has since been called the Great American Novel,and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. He is extensively quoted. During his lifetime, Twain became a friend to presidents, artists, industrialists and European royalty.

Twain enjoyed immense public popularity. His keen wit and incisive satire earned him praise from both critics and peers. American author William Faulkner called Twain "the father of American literature.
Twain's first important work, The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, was first published in the New York Saturday Press on November 18, 1865. The only reason it was published there was that his story arrived too late to be included in a book Artemus Ward was compiling featuring sketches of the wild American West.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/21/09 at 5:48 am

The word of the day...Frog(s)
   1. Any of numerous tailless, aquatic, semiaquatic, or terrestrial amphibians of the order Anura and especially of the family Ranidae, characteristically having a smooth moist skin, webbed feet, and long hind legs adapted for leaping.
   2. A wedge-shaped, horny prominence in the sole of a horse's hoof.
   3. A loop fastened to a belt to hold a tool or weapon.
   4. An ornamental looped braid or cord with a button or knot for fastening the front of a garment.
   5. A device on intersecting railroad tracks that permits wheels to cross the junction.
   6. A spiked or perforated device used to support stems in a flower arrangement.
   7. The nut of a violin bow.
   8. Informal. Hoarseness or phlegm in the throat.
   9. Offensive Slang. Used as a disparaging term for a French person.

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A frog snow globe

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/21/09 at 5:49 am

The person of the day...Mark Twain
Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), better known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American author and humorist. Twain is most noted for his novels Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, which has since been called the Great American Novel,and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. He is extensively quoted. During his lifetime, Twain became a friend to presidents, artists, industrialists and European royalty.

Twain enjoyed immense public popularity. His keen wit and incisive satire earned him praise from both critics and peers. American author William Faulkner called Twain "the father of American literature.
Twain's first important work, The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, was first published in the New York Saturday Press on November 18, 1865. The only reason it was published there was that his story arrived too late to be included in a book Artemus Ward was compiling featuring sketches of the wild American West.
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Are you sure that the pictures are not Albert Einstein?

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/21/09 at 5:50 am

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A Mark Twain plaque somewhere in the USA

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Written By: Howard on 04/21/09 at 6:49 am

Can that be autocannibalism?

I would guess so.

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Written By: Howard on 04/21/09 at 6:49 am

Don't forget Kermit The Frog. ;)

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Written By: ninny on 04/21/09 at 7:00 am

The person of the day...Mark Twain
Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), better known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American author and humorist. Twain is most noted for his novels Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, which has since been called the Great American Novel,and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. He is extensively quoted. During his lifetime, Twain became a friend to presidents, artists, industrialists and European royalty.

Twain enjoyed immense public popularity. His keen wit and incisive satire earned him praise from both critics and peers. American author William Faulkner called Twain "the father of American literature.
Twain's first important work, The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, was first published in the New York Saturday Press on November 18, 1865. The only reason it was published there was that his story arrived too late to be included in a book Artemus Ward was compiling featuring sketches of the wild American West.
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Twins ;D

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A frog snow globe

The snow globes are back?

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Written By: Howard on 04/21/09 at 7:05 am

It's not easy being green.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/21/09 at 8:08 am

It's not easy being green.
Good song

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Written By: adagio on 04/21/09 at 9:00 am

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A Mark Twain plaque somewhere in the USA

In the South.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/21/09 at 9:03 am

In the South.
Is that a shape of a state of America above the name Mark Twain?

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Written By: CatwomanofV on 04/21/09 at 10:17 am

Dagwood must LOVE the word of the day but I'm sure Q wouldn't. :-\\

Cat

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/21/09 at 11:13 am

Twins ;D Separated a birth.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/21/09 at 11:13 am

The snow globes are back?
Only temporary.

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Written By: ninny on 04/21/09 at 11:33 am

Separated a birth.

Yes twins from two different countries and decades :)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/21/09 at 11:36 am

Yes twins from two different countries and decades :)
...different mothers too!

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Written By: Howard on 04/21/09 at 3:26 pm

We should all go green.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/21/09 at 3:27 pm

We should all go green.
I thought it had already started?

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Written By: Howard on 04/21/09 at 3:29 pm

I thought it had already started?

Yes It did but maybe the board should go green?

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/21/09 at 3:30 pm

Yes It did but maybe the board should go green?
I prefer the grey setting.

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Written By: Howard on 04/21/09 at 3:31 pm

I prefer the grey setting.

It's much easier on the eyes.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/21/09 at 3:33 pm

It's much easier on the eyes.
Yes it is, I have tried the Mahogany setting for a while.

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Written By: Howard on 04/21/09 at 3:36 pm

Yes it is, I have tried the Mahogany setting for a while.

I've stuck with the original.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/21/09 at 3:38 pm

I've stuck with the original.
My mood changes on how my eyes feel.

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Written By: Howard on 04/21/09 at 3:41 pm

My mood changes on how my eyes feel.

How do your eyes feel?

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/21/09 at 3:41 pm

How do your eyes feel?
Heavy with hay Fever

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Written By: Howard on 04/21/09 at 3:42 pm

Heavy with hay Fever

My eyes feel tired.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/21/09 at 3:42 pm

How do your eyes feel?
Hearing Albatross by Fleetwood Mac is not helping

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Written By: Howard on 04/21/09 at 3:43 pm

Hearing Albatross by Fleetwood Mac is not helping

something soothing?

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Written By: ninny on 04/22/09 at 5:05 am

The word of the day...Grass
1.
1. The grass family.
2. The members of the grass family considered as a group.
2. Any of various plants having slender leaves characteristic of the grass family.
3. An expanse of ground, such as a lawn, covered with grass or similar plants.
4. Grazing land; pasture.
5. Slang. Marijuana.
6. Electronics. Small variations in amplitude of an oscilloscope display caused by electrical noise.
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Written By: ninny on 04/22/09 at 5:08 am

The person of the day...Erma Bombeck
Erma Louise Bombeck (February 21, 1927 – April 22, 1996), born Erma Fiste, was an American humorist who achieved great popularity for her newspaper column that described suburban home life humorously from the mid-1960s until the late '90s. Bombeck also published 15 books, most of which became best-sellers.

From 1965 to 1996, Erma Bombeck wrote over 4,000 newspaper columns chronicling the ordinary life of a midwestern suburban housewife with broad, and sometimes eloquent, humor. By the 1970s, her witty columns were read, twice weekly, by thirty million readers of 900 newspapers of the U.S. and Canada.
In 1976, McGraw-Hill published Bombeck's The Grass Is Always Greener Over The Septic Tank, which became a best-seller. In 1978, Bombeck arranged both a million-dollar contract for her fifth book, If Life Is a Bowl of Cherries, What Am I Doing in the Pits? (1978) and a 700-thousand-copy advance for her subsequent book, Aunt Erma's Cope Book (1979).
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Written By: gibbo on 04/22/09 at 5:35 am

A popular Aussie blues festival...

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/22/09 at 5:38 am

something soothing?
It was wonderful at the time.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/22/09 at 5:39 am

The word of the day...Grass
   1.
   1. The grass family.
   2. The members of the grass family considered as a group.
   2. Any of various plants having slender leaves characteristic of the grass family.
   3. An expanse of ground, such as a lawn, covered with grass or similar plants.
   4. Grazing land; pasture.
   5. Slang. Marijuana.
   6. Electronics. Small variations in amplitude of an oscilloscope display caused by electrical noise.

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Good exercise there?

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/22/09 at 5:49 am

A popular Aussie blues festival...

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Splendour On The Grass, brings to mind and I cannot think why.

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Written By: Howard on 04/22/09 at 5:59 am

I love green grass.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/22/09 at 6:01 am

Green Green Grass Of Home

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Written By: Howard on 04/22/09 at 6:03 am

Green Green Grass Of Home

Grazing In The Grass.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/22/09 at 6:03 am

Why do you whisper green grass?

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Written By: Howard on 04/22/09 at 6:05 am

Why do you whisper green grass?

Is that a song?

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/22/09 at 6:06 am

Is that a song?
Yes

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/22/09 at 6:07 am

Is that a song?

Whispering Grass

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/22/09 at 6:07 am

Is that a song?

Whispering Grass

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Written By: Howard on 04/22/09 at 6:07 am

Yes

never heard of it.

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Written By: ninny on 04/22/09 at 6:19 am

Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman
Leaves of Grass (1855) is a poetry collection by the American poet Walt Whitman. Among the poems in the collection are "Song of Myself," "I Sing the Body Electric," "Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking," and in later editions, Whitman's elegy to the assassinated President Abraham Lincoln, "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd." Whitman spent his entire life writing Leaves of Grass, revising it in several editions until his death.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/22/09 at 6:20 am

never heard of it.
It was very popular in the during the 70's

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Written By: gibbo on 04/22/09 at 7:26 am

Splendour On The Grass, brings to mind and I cannot think why.

Probably the movie with Warren Beatty and Natalie Wood?

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Written By: ninny on 04/22/09 at 7:37 am

Probably the movie with Warren Beatty and Natalie Wood?

That's what I was thinking.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/22/09 at 7:39 am

Probably the movie with Warren Beatty and Natalie Wood?
May be the film, but Peter Sellers strikes a chord somewhere ?

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Written By: adagio on 04/22/09 at 9:24 am

The person of the day...Erma Bombeck
Erma Louise Bombeck (February 21, 1927 – April 22, 1996), born Erma Fiste, was an American humorist who achieved great popularity for her newspaper column that described suburban home life humorously from the mid-1960s until the late '90s. Bombeck also published 15 books, most of which became best-sellers.

From 1965 to 1996, Erma Bombeck wrote over 4,000 newspaper columns chronicling the ordinary life of a midwestern suburban housewife with broad, and sometimes eloquent, humor. By the 1970s, her witty columns were read, twice weekly, by thirty million readers of 900 newspapers of the U.S. and Canada.
In 1976, McGraw-Hill published Bombeck's The Grass Is Always Greener Over The Septic Tank, which became a best-seller. In 1978, Bombeck arranged both a million-dollar contract for her fifth book, If Life Is a Bowl of Cherries, What Am I Doing in the Pits? (1978) and a 700-thousand-copy advance for her subsequent book, Aunt Erma's Cope Book (1979).
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I loved her books....reading them I would laugh out loud in hysterics over what she said. I wonder if Amazon still carries them. She was dying for lack of a kidney, but insisted that everyone else go first. I feel like I lost a friend.

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Written By: CatwomanofV on 04/22/09 at 9:49 am

I LOVE Erma Bombeck. She was great. The world is a much sadder place without her.

Cat

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Written By: ninny on 04/22/09 at 9:53 am

I loved her books....reading them I would laugh out loud in hysterics over what she said. I wonder if Amazon still carries them. She was dying for lack of a kidney, but insisted that everyone else go first. I feel like I lost a friend.

I LOVE Erma Bombeck. She was great. The world is a much sadder place without her.

Cat

I agree ladies,sadly I had forgotten that she is no longer with us :\'(

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/22/09 at 9:54 am

I agree ladies,sadly I had forgotten that she is no longer with us :\'(
I am sorry to say that I have never heard of her.

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Written By: ninny on 04/22/09 at 10:17 am

I am sorry to say that I have never heard of her.

I'm not sure if her books sold well in the U.K.
Here is a list of her books
* At Wit's End, Doubleday, 1967.
* Just Wait Until You Have Children of Your Own, Doubleday, 1971. Written with Bil Keane.
* I Lost Everything in the Post-Natal Depression, Doubleday, 1974.
* The Grass is Always Greener Over the Septic Tank, McGraw-Hill, 1976.
* If Life is a Bowl of Cherries, What Am I Doing in the Pits?, McGraw-Hill, 1978.
* Aunt Erma's Cope Book, McGraw-Hill, 1979.
* Motherhood: The Second Oldest Profession, 1983.
* Family — The Ties that Bind ... and Gag!, 1987.
* I Want to Grow Hair, I Want to Grow Up, I Want to Go to Boise: Children Surviving Cancer, 1989. American Cancer Society's Medal of Honor in 1990. (Profits from the publication of this book were donated to a group of health-related organizations.)
* When You Look Like Your Passport Photo, It's Time to Go Home, 1991.
* A Marriage Made in Heaven ... or Too Tired For an Affair, 1991
* Forever, Erma: Best-Loved Writing From America's Favorite Humorist

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Written By: CatwomanofV on 04/22/09 at 10:26 am

* Just Wait Until You Have Children of Your Own, Doubleday, 1971. Written with Bil Keane.
* The Grass is Always Greener Over the Septic Tank, McGraw-Hill, 1976.
* If Life is a Bowl of Cherries, What Am I Doing in the Pits?, McGraw-Hill, 1978.
   * When You Look Like Your Passport Photo, It's Time to Go Home, 1991.

These are the ones I remember reading. I'm sure I probably read a few others but I just don't remember. But I do remember "Just Wait Until..." was the first Erma book I read.

Cat

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Written By: ninny on 04/22/09 at 10:35 am

These are the ones I remember reading. I'm sure I probably read a few others but I just don't remember. But I do remember "Just Wait Until..." was the first Erma book I read.

Cat

These are the ones that I remember.
The Grass is Always Greener Over the Septic Tank, McGraw-Hill, 1976.
* If Life is a Bowl of Cherries, What Am I Doing in the Pits?, McGraw-Hill, 1978.
* Aunt Erma's Cope Book, McGraw-Hill, 1979.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/22/09 at 11:21 am

I'm not sure if her books sold well in the U.K.
Here is a list of her books
* At Wit's End, Doubleday, 1967.
* Just Wait Until You Have Children of Your Own, Doubleday, 1971. Written with Bil Keane.
* I Lost Everything in the Post-Natal Depression, Doubleday, 1974.
* The Grass is Always Greener Over the Septic Tank, McGraw-Hill, 1976.
* If Life is a Bowl of Cherries, What Am I Doing in the Pits?, McGraw-Hill, 1978.
* Aunt Erma's Cope Book, McGraw-Hill, 1979.
* Motherhood: The Second Oldest Profession, 1983.
* Family — The Ties that Bind ... and Gag!, 1987.
* I Want to Grow Hair, I Want to Grow Up, I Want to Go to Boise: Children Surviving Cancer, 1989. American Cancer Society's Medal of Honor in 1990. (Profits from the publication of this book were donated to a group of health-related organizations.)
* When You Look Like Your Passport Photo, It's Time to Go Home, 1991.
* A Marriage Made in Heaven ... or Too Tired For an Affair, 1991
* Forever, Erma: Best-Loved Writing From America's Favorite Humorist

any films made from her books?

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Written By: ninny on 04/22/09 at 12:27 pm

any films made from her books?

This is all I was able to find. The Grass Is Always Greener Over the Septic Tank was later turned into a television movie starring Carol Burnett and Charles Grodin.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/22/09 at 12:28 pm

This is all I was able to find. The Grass Is Always Greener Over the Septic Tank was later turned into a television movie starring Carol Burnett and Charles Grodin.
Thanks

BTW, I have heard of Carol Burnett

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Written By: Howard on 04/22/09 at 4:39 pm

Thanks

BTW, I have heard of Carol Burnett

She's made The Carol Burnett Show.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/23/09 at 3:39 am

She's made The Carol Burnett Show.
She was in The Front Page (1974)

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Written By: ninny on 04/23/09 at 5:13 am

The word or phrase of the day...Fallen Angel
n most Christian traditions, a fallen angel is an angel that has been exiled or banished from Heaven.

Often such banishment is a punishment for disobeying or rebelling against God. The best-known fallen angel is Lucifer. Lucifer is a name frequently given to Satan in Christian belief. This usage stems from a particular interpretation, as a reference to a fallen angel, of a passage in the Bible (Isaiah 14:3-20) that speaks of someone who is given the name of "Day Star" or "Morning Star" (in Latin, Lucifer) as fallen from heaven. The Greek etymological synonym of Lucifer, φωσφορος (phosphoros, "light-bearer") is used of the morning star in 2 Peter 1:19 and elsewhere with no relation to Satan. But Satan is called Lucifer in many writings later than the Bible, notably in Milton's Paradise Lost (7.131-134, among others), because, according to Milton, Satan was "brighter once amidst the host/Of Angels, than that star the stars among.
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 04/23/09 at 5:19 am

The person of the day...Otto Preminger
Otto Ludwig Preminger (5 December 1905 – 23 April 1986) was an Austrian-born Jewish film director who moved from the theatre to Hollywood, directing over 35 feature films in a five-decade career. He rose to prominence for stylish film noir mysteries such as Laura (1944). In the 1950s and 1960s, he directed a number of high-profile adaptations of popular novels and stage works. Several of these pushed the boundaries of censorship by dealing with topics which were then taboo in Hollywood, such as drug addiction (The Man with the Golden Arm, 1955), rape (Anatomy of a Murder, 1959), and homosexuality (Advise and Consent, 1962). He was twice nominated for the Best Director Academy Award. He also had a few acting roles.
n the noir story mold of Laura, Preminger's next picture Fallen Angel (1945) was exactly what Preminger had been anticipating. In Fallen Angel, a con man and a womanizer ends up by chance in a small California town, where he romances a sultry waitress and a well-to-do spinster. When the waitress is found killed, the drifter, played by Dana Andrews, becomes the prime suspect. Zanuck gave Preminger the task of convincing Alice Faye, the studio's top musical star of the late 1930s and early 1940s, to play the role of the spinster. Zanuck hoped Faye's appearance would boost the film's box-office appeal and introduce Faye back into the public eye. Linda Darnell was given the role of the doomed waitress. Off set, Darnell had already begun her lifelong battle with alcohol. Despite its visual and stylistic victories, Fallen Angel did not match the achievement of Laura.
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 04/23/09 at 6:56 am

There's also guardian angels.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 04/23/09 at 7:00 am

There's also guardian angels.

Yes there is. :)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 04/23/09 at 7:03 am

Yes there is. :)

I know I have one,Do you?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: CatwomanofV on 04/23/09 at 10:13 am

My horns are the only thing holding my halo up.

Cat

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/23/09 at 10:20 am

The word or phrase of the day...Fallen Angel
n most Christian traditions, a fallen angel is an angel that has been exiled or banished from Heaven.

Often such banishment is a punishment for disobeying or rebelling against God. The best-known fallen angel is Lucifer. Lucifer is a name frequently given to Satan in Christian belief. This usage stems from a particular interpretation, as a reference to a fallen angel, of a passage in the Bible (Isaiah 14:3-20) that speaks of someone who is given the name of "Day Star" or "Morning Star" (in Latin, Lucifer) as fallen from heaven. The Greek etymological synonym of Lucifer, φωσφορος (phosphoros, "light-bearer") is used of the morning star in 2 Peter 1:19 and elsewhere with no relation to Satan. But Satan is called Lucifer in many writings later than the Bible, notably in Milton's Paradise Lost (7.131-134, among others), because, according to Milton, Satan was "brighter once amidst the host/Of Angels, than that star the stars among.

Fallen Angel by Frankie Valli ?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/23/09 at 10:22 am

The person of the day...Otto Preminger
Otto Ludwig Preminger (5 December 1905 – 23 April 1986) was an Austrian-born Jewish film director who moved from the theatre to Hollywood, directing over 35 feature films in a five-decade career. He rose to prominence for stylish film noir mysteries such as Laura (1944). In the 1950s and 1960s, he directed a number of high-profile adaptations of popular novels and stage works. Several of these pushed the boundaries of censorship by dealing with topics which were then taboo in Hollywood, such as drug addiction (The Man with the Golden Arm, 1955), rape (Anatomy of a Murder, 1959), and homosexuality (Advise and Consent, 1962). He was twice nominated for the Best Director Academy Award. He also had a few acting roles.
n the noir story mold of Laura, Preminger's next picture Fallen Angel (1945) was exactly what Preminger had been anticipating. In Fallen Angel, a con man and a womanizer ends up by chance in a small California town, where he romances a sultry waitress and a well-to-do spinster. When the waitress is found killed, the drifter, played by Dana Andrews, becomes the prime suspect. Zanuck gave Preminger the task of convincing Alice Faye, the studio's top musical star of the late 1930s and early 1940s, to play the role of the spinster. Zanuck hoped Faye's appearance would boost the film's box-office appeal and introduce Faye back into the public eye. Linda Darnell was given the role of the doomed waitress. Off set, Darnell had already begun her lifelong battle with alcohol. Despite its visual and stylistic victories, Fallen Angel did not match the achievement of Laura.
He made Carmen Jones (1954), one of my favourites.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/23/09 at 10:22 am

Yes there is. :)
...but not quite the same.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: adagio on 04/23/09 at 10:33 am

...but not quite the same.

Not quite the same as what?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: wildcard on 04/23/09 at 10:53 am

I might have or have had a demon in me. Or a good actor. I don't know, I believe God is the boss. I believe the Devil and demons have their place and business too.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 04/23/09 at 11:10 am

I might have or have had a demon in me. Or a good actor. I don't know, I believe God is the boss. I believe the Devil and demons have their place and business too.

I think if you believe in God you also have to believe in the Devil,there has to be some temptations and a little evil side to everyone. If people think they are all good then they are fake or need to look deeper inside themselves.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 04/23/09 at 3:20 pm

I might have or have had a demon in me. Or a good actor. I don't know, I believe God is the boss. I believe the Devil and demons have their place and business too.

God And The Devil are two different people.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: adagio on 04/23/09 at 5:58 pm

God And The Devil are two different people.

That's one way to put it. :) God is the Creator and the devil is the creature made by God.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: wildcard on 04/23/09 at 8:35 pm

God And The Devil are two different people.

no they aren't

God is a spirit

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: adagio on 04/23/09 at 10:53 pm

Right :)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: gibbo on 04/23/09 at 11:36 pm

My horns are the only thing holding my halo up.

Cat

Are you feeling horny baby?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/24/09 at 1:24 am

Are you feeling horny baby?
"Well, baby, me so horny. Me so horny. Me love you long time. You party?"

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: gibbo on 04/24/09 at 2:03 am

"Well, baby, me so horny. Me so horny. Me love you long time. You party?"

Errr....no thanks! :-\\ How very un-Eno like!!! :o ;D ;D ;D

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/24/09 at 2:05 am

Errr....no thanks! :-\\    How very un-Eno like!!! :o ;D ;D ;D
I was quoting from Full Meatl Jacket.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 04/24/09 at 5:31 am

I was quoting from Full Meatl Jacket.

Tim & Missy's boyfriend Dan were going around last weekend quoting that movie.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 04/24/09 at 5:38 am

The word of the day...Apple
The apple is the pomaceous fruit of the apple tree, species Malus domestica in the rose family Rosaceae. It is one of the most widely cultivated tree fruits. The tree is small and deciduous, reaching 3 to 12 metres (9.8 to 39 ft) tall, with a broad, often densely twiggy crown. The leaves are alternately arranged simple ovals 5 to 12 cm long and 3–6 centimetres (1.2–2.4 in) broad on a 2 to 5 centimetres (0.79 to 2.0 in) petiole with an acute tip, serrated margin and a slightly downy underside. Blossoms are produced in spring simultaneously with the budding of the leaves. The flowers are white with a pink tinge that gradually fades, five petaled, and 2.5 to 3.5 centimetres (0.98 to 1.4 in) in diameter. The fruit matures in autumn, and is typically 5 to 9 centimetres (2.0 to 3.5 in) diameter. The center of the fruit contains five carpels arranged in a five-point star, each carpel containing one to three seeds
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 04/24/09 at 5:43 am

The person of the day...Pete Ham
Peter William Ham (27 April 1947 – 24 April 1975) was a Welsh singer, songwriter and guitarist, best known as the leader of the group Badfinger
In 1968, The Iveys came to the attention of Mal Evans (The Beatles personal assistant) and were eventually signed to the Beatles' Apple label after approval from all four Beatles who were most impressed by dozens of home demos highlighting the band's songwriting abilities.

In Badfinger

The Iveys changed their name to Badfinger with the single release of "Come And Get It," a composition written by Paul McCartney, and it became a worldwide Top Ten hit. Ham had initially protested using a non-original to promote the band, as he had gained confidence in the group's compositions, but he was quickly convinced of the springboard effect of having a likely hit single. His own creative perseverence paid off eventually, as his "No Matter What" composition became another Top Ten worldwide smash after its release in late 1970 . He followed up writing two more worldwide hits in "Day After Day" and "Baby Blue." But the peak of his craft came with his co-written composition "Without You" - a worldwide #1 as covered by Harry Nilsson. The song has since become one of the all-time ballad standards covered by hundreds of singers from many genres. An Ivor Novello award for Song Of The Year was granted in 1973 along with Grammy nominations. In 1972, Ham's group Badfinger was picked up by Warner Bros. Records, as the Apple label was crumbling and it seemed the band was primed for major recognition.

During the band's tenure at Apple, Ham also performed guitar and vocal session work for ex-Beatles George Harrison and Ringo Starr, notably on "All Things Must Pass" and "the single "It Don't Come Easy." Ham was uncredited on other sessions as well. Ham's personality was universally described as soft-spoken, a kind disposition, a bit of a clown at a party, extremely giving and humble. He was cited for his hard-working nature.

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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 04/24/09 at 5:48 am

The Flower for Friday...Hyacinth
Hyacinthus is a genus of bulbous flowering plants, formerly placed in the lily family Liliaceae but now regarded as the type genus of the separate family Hyacinthaceae. They are commonly called Hyacinths, and are native to the eastern Mediterranean region east to Iran and Turkmenistan.

Three species are within the genus Hyacinthus:

* Hyacinthus litwinowii
* Hyacinthus orientalis - Common, Dutch or Garden Hyacinth
* Hyacinthus transcaspicus

Some authorities place H. litwonowii and H. transcaspicus in the related genus Hyacinthella, which would make Hyacinthus a monotypic genus.

The related grape hyacinths (Muscari), sometimes called baby's-breath, are very low, mostly blue-flowered plants similar in appearance to hyacinths and are also commonly cultivated.

The Dutch, or Common Hyacinth of house and garden culture (H. orientalis, native to southwest Asia) was so popular in the 18th century that over 2,000 cultivars were cultivated in the Netherlands, its chief commercial producer. This hyacinth has a single dense spike of fragrant flowers in shades of red, blue, white, orange, pink, violet, or yellow. A form of the common hyacinth is the less hardy and smaller blue- or white-petalled Roman hyacinth of florists. These flowers should have indirect sunlight and are to be moderately watered.
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/24/09 at 6:39 am

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dCVZ3U_lipU/SBFogY7ldVI/AAAAAAAAAsM/h5HyGvxqo60/s400/FAS074_edited.jpg

The Apple Boutique the first Apple venture was located at 94 Baker Street, London W1 in the late 60's.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/24/09 at 6:42 am

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dCVZ3U_lipU/SBFogY7ldVI/AAAAAAAAAsM/h5HyGvxqo60/s400/FAS074_edited.jpg

The Apple Boutique the first Apple venture was located at 94 Baker Street, London W1 in the late 60's.
The same building today

http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/935392.jpg

Which has a Blue Plaque dedicated to John Leenon on the wall.

http://www.poppyfields.net/poppy/photos/images/050129_beatles/09_blueplaque.jpg

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/24/09 at 6:43 am

The person of the day...Pete Ham
Peter William Ham (27 April 1947 – 24 April 1975) was a Welsh singer, songwriter and guitarist, best known as the leader of the group Badfinger
In 1968, The Iveys came to the attention of Mal Evans (The Beatles personal assistant) and were eventually signed to the Beatles' Apple label after approval from all four Beatles who were most impressed by dozens of home demos highlighting the band's songwriting abilities.

In Badfinger

The Iveys changed their name to Badfinger with the single release of "Come And Get It," a composition written by Paul McCartney, and it became a worldwide Top Ten hit. Ham had initially protested using a non-original to promote the band, as he had gained confidence in the group's compositions, but he was quickly convinced of the springboard effect of having a likely hit single. His own creative perseverence paid off eventually, as his "No Matter What" composition became another Top Ten worldwide smash after its release in late 1970 . He followed up writing two more worldwide hits in "Day After Day" and "Baby Blue." But the peak of his craft came with his co-written composition "Without You" - a worldwide #1 as covered by Harry Nilsson. The song has since become one of the all-time ballad standards covered by hundreds of singers from many genres. An Ivor Novello award for Song Of The Year was granted in 1973 along with Grammy nominations. In 1972, Ham's group Badfinger was picked up by Warner Bros. Records, as the Apple label was crumbling and it seemed the band was primed for major recognition.

During the band's tenure at Apple, Ham also performed guitar and vocal session work for ex-Beatles George Harrison and Ringo Starr, notably on "All Things Must Pass" and "the single "It Don't Come Easy." Ham was uncredited on other sessions as well. Ham's personality was universally described as soft-spoken, a kind disposition, a bit of a clown at a party, extremely giving and humble. He was cited for his hard-working nature.

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:\'(

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/24/09 at 6:46 am

The person of the day...Pete Ham
Peter William Ham (27 April 1947 – 24 April 1975) was a Welsh singer, songwriter and guitarist, best known as the leader of the group Badfinger
In 1968, The Iveys came to the attention of Mal Evans (The Beatles personal assistant) and were eventually signed to the Beatles' Apple label after approval from all four Beatles who were most impressed by dozens of home demos highlighting the band's songwriting abilities.

In Badfinger

The Iveys changed their name to Badfinger with the single release of "Come And Get It," a composition written by Paul McCartney, and it became a worldwide Top Ten hit. Ham had initially protested using a non-original to promote the band, as he had gained confidence in the group's compositions, but he was quickly convinced of the springboard effect of having a likely hit single. His own creative perseverence paid off eventually, as his "No Matter What" composition became another Top Ten worldwide smash after its release in late 1970 . He followed up writing two more worldwide hits in "Day After Day" and "Baby Blue." But the peak of his craft came with his co-written composition "Without You" - a worldwide #1 as covered by Harry Nilsson. The song has since become one of the all-time ballad standards covered by hundreds of singers from many genres. An Ivor Novello award for Song Of The Year was granted in 1973 along with Grammy nominations. In 1972, Ham's group Badfinger was picked up by Warner Bros. Records, as the Apple label was crumbling and it seemed the band was primed for major recognition.

During the band's tenure at Apple, Ham also performed guitar and vocal session work for ex-Beatles George Harrison and Ringo Starr, notably on "All Things Must Pass" and "the single "It Don't Come Easy." Ham was uncredited on other sessions as well. Ham's personality was universally described as soft-spoken, a kind disposition, a bit of a clown at a party, extremely giving and humble. He was cited for his hard-working nature.
At the peak of his craft came with his co-written composition "Without You" (covered by Harry Nilsson). His suicide assisted to the cause of the curse on "Without You".

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/24/09 at 7:15 am

Tim & Missy's boyfriend Dan were going around last weekend quoting that movie.
Hopefully not too many of Gunnery Sergeant Hartman's quotes?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 04/24/09 at 7:16 am

My favorite apple is Granny Smiths. :)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/24/09 at 7:21 am

http://whatscookingamerica.net/Desserts/ApplePie4.jpg

Appie Pie!

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 04/24/09 at 7:27 am

http://whatscookingamerica.net/Desserts/ApplePie4.jpg

Appie Pie!

coffee would go great now. :)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/24/09 at 7:33 am

coffee would go great now. :)
...and some ice cream with it.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: adagio on 04/24/09 at 9:00 am

Errr....no thanks! :-\\ How very un-Eno like!!! :o ;D ;D ;D

It does! :)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: adagio on 04/24/09 at 9:02 am

I was quoting from Full Meatl Jacket.

That explains it?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 04/24/09 at 10:06 am

The same building today

http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/935392.jpg

Which has a Blue Plaque dedicated to John Leenon on the wall.

http://www.poppyfields.net/poppy/photos/images/050129_beatles/09_blueplaque.jpg

Is that the same Baker Street from the song by Gerry Rafferty?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 04/24/09 at 10:12 am

Hopefully not too many of Gunnery Sergeant Hartman's quotes?

I believe most of the quotes were from him
http://whatscookingamerica.net/Desserts/ApplePie4.jpg

Appie Pie!

T bad they don't have scratch & sniff on the computer :D

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/24/09 at 10:17 am

That explains it?
One of my favourite films too.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/24/09 at 10:17 am

Is that the same Baker Street from the song by Gerry Rafferty?
Yes, the very same.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/24/09 at 10:19 am

I believe most of the quotes were from him
Which I find to be incredible.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/24/09 at 10:20 am

I believe most of the quotes were from himT bad they don't have scratch & sniff on the computer :D
Get a Patent in quickly ?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: CatwomanofV on 04/24/09 at 10:56 am

Are you feeling horny baby?

That is a loaded question. I shocked that you would ask it. Howard asking it wouldn't shock me, but YOU?? :D ;D ;D ;D

Cat

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/24/09 at 11:12 am

That explains it?
I will limit the number of quotes I use.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: adagio on 04/24/09 at 3:33 pm

I will limit the number of quotes I use.

No need to limit the quotes, just make sure people know it is a quote. :)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/24/09 at 3:34 pm

No need to limit the quotes, just make sure people know it is a quote. :)
I was meaning the content contained in the quotes for some are not really repeatable here.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: adagio on 04/24/09 at 5:23 pm

I see. :o

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: gibbo on 04/24/09 at 6:31 pm

That is a loaded question. I shocked that you would ask it. Howard asking it wouldn't shock me, but YOU?? :D ;D ;D ;D

Cat

Yeah....sure you're shocked! ;)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: gibbo on 04/24/09 at 6:32 pm

I will limit the number of quotes I use.

Please don't..... :)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 04/24/09 at 7:38 pm

I believe most of the quotes were from himT bad they don't have scratch & sniff on the computer :D

not a bad idea,haven't thought of it.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 04/25/09 at 4:27 am

The word or phrase of the day...Top Hat
A top hat, top-hat, silk hat, cylinder hat, plug hat, chimney pot hat or stove pipe hat (sometimes also known by the nickname "topper") is a tall, flat-crowned, broad-brimmed hat worn prior to and including the 19th and early 20th centuries. Now, it is usually worn only with morning dress or white tie, as servants' or doormen's livery, or as a specific rock culture fashion statement.
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 04/25/09 at 4:33 am

The person of the day...Ginger Rogers
Ginger Rogers (July 16, 1911 – April 25, 1995) was an American film and stage actress, dancer and singer.

During her long career, she made a total of 73 films, and is noted for her role as Fred Astaire's romantic interest and dancing partner in a series of ten Hollywood musical films that revolutionized the genre. She also achieved success in a variety of film roles, and won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in Kitty Foyle (1940).

She ranks #14 on the list of AFI's 100 Years... 100 Stars.
Of the 33 partnered dances she performed with Astaire, Croce and Mueller have highlighted the infectious spontaneity of her performances in the comic numbers "I'll Be Hard to Handle" from Roberta (1935), "I'm Putting all My Eggs in One Basket" from Follow the Fleet (1936) and "Pick Yourself Up" from Swing Time (1936). They also point to the use Astaire made of her remarkably flexible back in classic romantic dances such as "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" from Roberta (1935), "Cheek to Cheek" from Top Hat (1935) and "Let's Face the Music and Dance" from Follow the Fleet (1936). For special praise, they have singled out her performance in the "Waltz in Swing Time" from Swing Time (1936), which is generally considered to be the most virtuostic partnered routine ever committed to film by Astaire. She generally avoided solo dance performances: Astaire always included at least one virtuoso solo routine in each film, while Rogers only performed one: "Let Yourself Go" from Follow the Fleet (1936).
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Written By: gibbo on 04/25/09 at 4:43 am

I am a fan of Rogers and Astaire. I thought Ginger was cute! ::)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/25/09 at 6:06 am

Please don't..... :)
"Today, you people are no longer maggots. Today, you are Marines. You're part of a brotherhood. From now on until the day you die, wherever you are, every Marine is your brother. Most of you will go to Vietnam. Some of you will not come back. But always remember this: Marines die. That's what we're here for. But the Marine Corp lives forever. And that means YOU live forever."

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/25/09 at 6:08 am

I see. :o
"This is my rifle. There are many like it but this one is mine. My rifle is my best friend. It is my life. I must master it as I must master my life. Without me, my rifle is useless. Without my rifle I am useless. I must fire my rifle true. I must shoot straighter than my enemy, who is trying to kill me. I must shoot him before he shoots me. I will. Before God I swear this creed: my rifle and myself are defenders of my country, we are the masters of our enemy, we are the saviors of my life. So be it, until there is no enemy, but peace. Amen."

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/25/09 at 6:09 am

Top Hat...

Too much dancing for me!

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/25/09 at 6:10 am

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Written By: Howard on 04/25/09 at 6:47 am

Taco was also wearing a Top Hat in the video Puttin On The Ritz.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/25/09 at 6:48 am

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it did not work!!!!

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Written By: Howard on 04/25/09 at 6:50 am

it did not work!!!!

What picture was that?

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/25/09 at 6:50 am

What picture was that?
I post another different one.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/25/09 at 6:50 am

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Written By: Howard on 04/25/09 at 6:51 am

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/45/270327095_1ab3be1789_m.jpg

much better picture.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/25/09 at 6:59 am

much better picture.
Proving that Ginger Rogers is a star.

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Written By: Howard on 04/25/09 at 7:04 am

Proving that Ginger Rogers is a star.

and her legend still lives on.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/25/09 at 7:06 am

and her legend still lives on.
Wherever she is now, she is still dancing.

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Written By: Howard on 04/25/09 at 7:07 am

Wherever she is now, she is still dancing.

dancing with Fred Astaire.

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Written By: ninny on 04/25/09 at 10:02 am

dancing with Fred Astaire.

Putting on a show in heaven.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/25/09 at 10:03 am

Putting on a show in heaven.
"Heaven... I'm in heaven,
And my heart beats so that I can hardly speak.
And I seem to find the happiness I seek,
When we're out together dancing cheek to cheek."

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Written By: ninny on 04/25/09 at 12:13 pm

"Heaven... I'm in heaven,
And my heart beats so that I can hardly speak.
And I seem to find the happiness I seek,
When we're out together dancing cheek to cheek."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWlJV03Vi-Q#

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Written By: CatwomanofV on 04/25/09 at 12:43 pm

Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did but only backwards and in heels!

Cat

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/25/09 at 12:59 pm

Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did but only backwards and in heels!

Cat
Everything ?

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Written By: ninny on 04/25/09 at 1:44 pm

Everything ?

Yep ;D
It's even a caption in one of my pics for her.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/25/09 at 5:41 pm

Yep ;D
It's even a caption in one of my pics for her.
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p67/wildirish1/ginger.jpg
Nuff said!

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Written By: Howard on 04/25/09 at 7:04 pm

Yep ;D
It's even a caption in one of my pics for her.
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She knew how to dance.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/26/09 at 1:26 am

She knew how to dance.
Was she in any non-dancung films?

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Written By: gibbo on 04/26/09 at 4:05 am

Was she in any non-dancung films?

I believe she was in non-dancing roles early in her career...and the film she won an Oscar for Best Actress (Kitty Foyle) was a non-dancing film. Dancers don't normally win that award...

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/26/09 at 4:07 am

I believe she was in non-dancing roles early in her career...and the film she won an Oscar for Best Actress (Kitty Foyle) was a non-dancing film. Dancers don't normally win that award...
Thanks and too true.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/26/09 at 4:08 am

I believe she was in non-dancing roles early in her career...and the film she won an Oscar for Best Actress (Kitty Foyle) was a non-dancing film. Dancers don't normally win that award...
I remember seeing Fred Astaire in The Towering Inferno.

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Written By: gibbo on 04/26/09 at 4:12 am

Thanks and too true.

Actually, now I'm not too certain about her early career as she seems to have been discovered in a dancing capacity (wiki).. :-\\

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/26/09 at 4:13 am

Actually, now I'm not too certain about her early career as she seems to have been discovered in a dancing capacity (wiki).. :-\\
If we can believe wiki?

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Written By: gibbo on 04/26/09 at 4:19 am

Thanks and too true.

...put that cigar with a previous quote of yours (and a certain President) and you get a whole mess of trouble!!! ;) :o

I remember seeing Fred Astaire in The Towering Inferno.

Yes...he crashed and burned in that role! ;D

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Written By: gibbo on 04/26/09 at 4:22 am

^I appear to be mixing my threads a tad! ;D

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/26/09 at 4:22 am

Yes...he crashed and burned in that role! ;D
I recall on sceen before the fire started, there was a ball celebrating the opening of the building, he (Fred Astaire) was offer a dance and he declined to.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/26/09 at 4:23 am

^I appear to be mixing my threads a tad! ;D
Don't worry, you are not the only confused one.

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Written By: ninny on 04/26/09 at 5:27 am

The word or phrase of the day...Conveyor Belt
A belt conveyor consists of two or more pulleys, with a continuous loop of material - the conveyor belt - that rotates about them. One or both of the pulleys are powered, moving the belt and the material on the belt forward. The powered pulley is called the drive pulley while the unpowered pulley is called the idler. There are two main industrial classes of belt conveyors; Those in general material handling such as those moving boxes along inside a factory and bulk material handling such as those used to transport industrial and agricultural materials, such as grain, coal, ores, etc. generally in outdoor locations. Generally companies providing general material handling type belt conveyors do not provide the conveyors for bulk material handling. In addition there are a number of commercial applications of belt conveyors such as those in grocery stores.

The belt consists of one or more layers of material they can be made out of rubber. Many belts in general material handling have two layers. An under layer of material to provide linear strength and shape called a carcass and an over layer called the cover. The carcass is often a cotton or plastic web or mesh. The cover is often various rubber or plastic compounds specified by use of the belt. Covers can be made from more exotic materials for unusual applications such as silicone for heat or gum rubber when traction is essential.
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Written By: ninny on 04/26/09 at 5:34 am

Actually, now I'm not too certain about her early career as she seems to have been discovered in a dancing capacity (wiki).. :-\\

This is what I found on Answers.com
After 1938's Carefree, Rogers and Astaire combined for one final film, the following year's The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle, before splitting; she still harbored the desire to pursue a dramatic career, but first starred in an excellent comedy, Bachelor Mother. In 1940, Rogers starred as the titular Kitty Foyle, winning an Academy Award for her performance; she next appeared in the 1941 Garson Kanin comedy Tom, Dick and Harry. After starring opposite Henry Fonda in an episode of Tales of Manhattan, she signed a three-picture deal with Paramount expressly to star in the 1944 musical hit Lady in the Dark; there she also appeared in Billy Wilder's The Major and the Minor and Leo McCarey's Once Upon a Honeymoon. Rogers then made a series of films of little distinction, including 1945's Weekend at the Waldorf (for which she earned close to $300,000, making her one of the highest-paid women in America), the following year's Magnificent Doll, and the 1947 screwball comedy It Had to Be You.

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Written By: ninny on 04/26/09 at 5:40 am

The person of the day...Lucille Ball
ucille Désirée Ball (August 6, 1911 – April 26, 1989) was an American comedienne, film, television, stage and radio actress, model, film executive, and star of the sitcoms I Love Lucy, The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour, The Lucy Show and Here's Lucy. Lucille Ball was one of the most popular stars in America during her lifetime and had one of Hollywood's longest careers. She was a movie star from the 1930s to the 1970s, and appeared on television for more than thirty years.

Ball received thirteen Emmy Award nominations and four wins. She was the recipient of the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award in 1979, the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Kennedy Center Honors in 1986 and the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Governors Award in 1989.

"Job Switching": Lucy and Ethel get jobs packaging candy that is delivered on a conveyor belt. The work seems easy enough when they are shown what to do by their supervisor, but then the pace picks up and the women soon fall further and further behind. In desperation, they resort to comical means to try to keep up. The skit, a variation of an old vaudeville routine, has been parodied numerous times. This is the episode that the public remembers the most.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/26/09 at 6:14 am

The conveyor belt changed the pace of industry

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/26/09 at 6:16 am

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From Rat Race.

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Written By: gibbo on 04/26/09 at 6:21 am

"Job Switching": Lucy and Ethel get jobs packaging candy that is delivered on a conveyor belt. The work seems easy enough when they are shown what to do by their supervisor, but then the pace picks up and the women soon fall further and further behind. In desperation, they resort to comical means to try to keep up.

I rememnber that skit...lol I also loved the grape stomping episode! ;D

Loved The Long, Long Trailer...

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Written By: ninny on 04/26/09 at 6:52 am

"Job Switching": Lucy and Ethel get jobs packaging candy that is delivered on a conveyor belt. The work seems easy enough when they are shown what to do by their supervisor, but then the pace picks up and the women soon fall further and further behind. In desperation, they resort to comical means to try to keep up.

I rememnber that skit...lol I also loved the grape stomping episode! ;D

Loved The Long, Long Trailer...

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Two good episodes. I liked the episode where she is dressed like Harpo Marx and has to mimic him.

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Written By: Howard on 04/26/09 at 6:57 am

The person of the day...Lucille Ball
ucille Désirée Ball (August 6, 1911 – April 26, 1989) was an American comedienne, film, television, stage and radio actress, model, film executive, and star of the sitcoms I Love Lucy, The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour, The Lucy Show and Here's Lucy. Lucille Ball was one of the most popular stars in America during her lifetime and had one of Hollywood's longest careers. She was a movie star from the 1930s to the 1970s, and appeared on television for more than thirty years.

Ball received thirteen Emmy Award nominations and four wins. She was the recipient of the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award in 1979, the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Kennedy Center Honors in 1986 and the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Governors Award in 1989.

"Job Switching": Lucy and Ethel get jobs packaging candy that is delivered on a conveyor belt. The work seems easy enough when they are shown what to do by their supervisor, but then the pace picks up and the women soon fall further and further behind. In desperation, they resort to comical means to try to keep up. The skit, a variation of an old vaudeville routine, has been parodied numerous times. This is the episode that the public remembers the most.
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Wow,she passed away 20 years ago? Wow,time flies. :o :(

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Written By: ninny on 04/26/09 at 7:42 am

Wow,she passed away 20 years ago? Wow,time flies. :o :(

Tell me about it,that was the year my son was born..I'm getting old ;D

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/26/09 at 4:25 pm

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/27/09 at 1:44 am

It has been previously report (ages ago) the Lucille Ball was the Queen Elizabeth II favourite tv show.

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Written By: Howard on 04/27/09 at 5:46 am

I also remember her in Stone Pillow.

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Written By: ninny on 04/27/09 at 5:51 am

It has been previously report (ages ago) the Lucille Ball was the Queen Elizabeth II favourite tv show.

I remember the episode where she tries to meet the Queen,and she practices curtsying (sic) for hours.

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Written By: ninny on 04/27/09 at 5:57 am

The word of the day...Nature
: the inherent character or basic constitution of a person or thing : essence b: disposition, temperament2 a: a creative and controlling force in the universe b: an inner force or the sum of such forces in an individual3: a kind or class usually distinguished by fundamental or essential characteristics <documents of a confidential nature> <acts of a ceremonial nature>4: the physical constitution or drives of an organism ; especially : an excretory organ or function —used in phrases like the call of nature5: a spontaneous attitude (as of generosity)6: the external world in its entirety7 a: humankind's original or natural condition b: a simplified mode of life resembling this condition8: the genetically controlled qualities of an organism9: natural scenery
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Written By: Howard on 04/27/09 at 5:58 am

The word of the day...Nature
: the inherent character or basic constitution of a person or thing : essence b: disposition, temperament2 a: a creative and controlling force in the universe b: an inner force or the sum of such forces in an individual3: a kind or class usually distinguished by fundamental or essential characteristics <documents of a confidential nature> <acts of a ceremonial nature>4: the physical constitution or drives of an organism ; especially : an excretory organ or function —used in phrases like the call of nature5: a spontaneous attitude (as of generosity)6: the external world in its entirety7 a: humankind's original or natural condition b: a simplified mode of life resembling this condition8: the genetically controlled qualities of an organism9: natural scenery
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Wow,those are beautiful,I always use your pictures as wallpaper. :)

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Written By: ninny on 04/27/09 at 6:00 am

The person of the day...Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson (May 25, 1803 – April 27, 1882) was an American essayist, philosopher and poet, best remembered for leading the Transcendentalist movement of the early 19th century. His teachings directly influenced the growing New Thought movement of the mid 1800s, while he was seen as a champion of individualism and prescient critic of the countervailing pressures of society.

Emerson gradually moved away from the religious and social beliefs of his contemporaries, formulating and expressing the philosophy of Transcendentalism in his 1836 essay, Nature. As a result of this ground breaking work he gave a speech entitled The American Scholar in 1837, which Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. considered to be America's "Intellectual Declaration of Independence".

Considered one of the great orators of the time, Emerson's enthusiasm and respect for his audience enraptured crowds. His support for abolitionism late in life created controversy, and at times he was subject to abuse from crowds while speaking on the topic, however this was not always the case. When asked to sum up his work, he said his central doctrine was "the infinitude of the private man
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Written By: ninny on 04/27/09 at 6:01 am

Wow,those are beautiful,I always use your pictures as wallpaper. :)

Thank You Howard,I love nature pics. :)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/27/09 at 6:02 am

The word of the day...Nature
: the inherent character or basic constitution of a person or thing : essence b: disposition, temperament2 a: a creative and controlling force in the universe b: an inner force or the sum of such forces in an individual3: a kind or class usually distinguished by fundamental or essential characteristics <documents of a confidential nature> <acts of a ceremonial nature>4: the physical constitution or drives of an organism ; especially : an excretory organ or function —used in phrases like the call of nature5: a spontaneous attitude (as of generosity)6: the external world in its entirety7 a: humankind's original or natural condition b: a simplified mode of life resembling this condition8: the genetically controlled qualities of an organism9: natural scenery
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/27/09 at 6:03 am

The word of the day...Nature
: the inherent character or basic constitution of a person or thing : essence b: disposition, temperament2 a: a creative and controlling force in the universe b: an inner force or the sum of such forces in an individual3: a kind or class usually distinguished by fundamental or essential characteristics <documents of a confidential nature> <acts of a ceremonial nature>4: the physical constitution or drives of an organism ; especially : an excretory organ or function —used in phrases like the call of nature5: a spontaneous attitude (as of generosity)6: the external world in its entirety7 a: humankind's original or natural condition b: a simplified mode of life resembling this condition8: the genetically controlled qualities of an organism9: natural scenery
Mother Nature ?

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Written By: ninny on 04/27/09 at 7:41 am

Mother Nature ?

You can't fool her

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/27/09 at 7:42 am

You can't fool her
I'll let nature take it's course.

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Written By: ninny on 04/27/09 at 8:52 am

I'll let nature take it's course.

It's only natural.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/27/09 at 8:54 am

It's only natural.
Mother Nature always has the answer.

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Written By: adagio on 04/27/09 at 11:53 am

Mother Nature always has the answer.

Even for well-meaning people.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/27/09 at 12:42 pm

Mother Nature's Son by Lennon/McCartney

"Born a poor young country boy
Mother Nature's Son
All day long I'm sitting
singing songs for every one

Sit beside a mountain stream
See her waters rise
Listen to the pretty
sound of music as she flies
tu tu tu, tu, du tu

Find me in my field of grass
Mother Nature's Son
swaying daisies sing
a lazy song beneath the sun
tu tu, yeah yeah yeah

Ooo
Ooo
Ah, Mother Nature's Son"

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 04/27/09 at 2:54 pm

You can't fool her

Sometimes she fools us.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/27/09 at 2:55 pm

Mother Nature's Son by Lennon/McCartney

"Born a poor young country boy
Mother Nature's Son
All day long I'm sitting
singing songs for every one

Sit beside a mountain stream
See her waters rise
Listen to the pretty
sound of music as she flies
tu tu tu, tu, du tu

Find me in my field of grass
Mother Nature's Son
swaying daisies sing
a lazy song beneath the sun
tu tu, yeah yeah yeah

Ooo
Ooo
Ah, Mother Nature's Son"

Also recorded by John Denver

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 04/27/09 at 2:59 pm

Mother Nature always has the answer.

Not Always.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/27/09 at 4:25 pm

Not Always.
How come?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: gibbo on 04/27/09 at 9:27 pm

Mother Nature ?

I claim discrimination and non-inclusiveness. There is no proof at all that nature is a mother!!!! :D

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/28/09 at 1:46 am

I claim discrimination and non-inclusiveness. There is no proof at all that nature is a mother!!!! :D
Point taken.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/28/09 at 1:47 am

Point taken.
Now waits for the next word of the day to arrive.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 04/28/09 at 5:56 am

The word or phrase of the day...State Fair
A fair is a gathering of people to display or trade produce or other goods, to parade or display animals and often to enjoy associated carnival or funfair entertainment. Activities at fairs vary widely. Some are important showcases for businessmen in agricultural, pastoral or horticultural districts because they present opportunities to display and demonstrate the latest machinery on the market.

Fairs are also known by many different names around the world, such as agricultural show, carnival, fete or fête, county fair or state fair, festival, market and show. Flea markets are sometimes incorporated into a fair.
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Written By: ninny on 04/28/09 at 5:59 am

The person of the day...Ann Margret
Ann-Margret (born April 28, 1941) is a Swedish-born American actress, singer and dancer. She has won the Golden Globe Award five times, and has been nominated for the Academy Award, Emmy Award and Grammy.
n 1961, at nineteen, she filmed a screen test at 20th Century Fox and was signed to a seven-year contract. Ann-Margret made her film début in a loan out to United Artists in Pocketful of Miracles, with Bette Davis. It was a remake of the 1933 movie Lady for a Day. Both versions were directed by Frank Capra.

Then came a 1962 remake of Rodgers and Hammerstein's musical State Fair playing the "bad girl" role of Emily opposite Pat Boone. She had tested for the part of Margy, the "good girl," but she seemed too seductive to the studio bosses who decided on the switch. The two roles mimicked her real-life personality — shy and reserved off stage but wildly exuberant and sensuous on stage. As she summed up in her autobiography, she would easily transform herself from "Little Miss Lollipop to Sexpot-Banshee" once she stepped on stage and the music began.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/28/09 at 6:00 am

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Written By: Howard on 04/28/09 at 6:44 am

The person of the day...Ann Margret
Ann-Margret (born April 28, 1941) is a Swedish-born American actress, singer and dancer. She has won the Golden Globe Award five times, and has been nominated for the Academy Award, Emmy Award and Grammy.
n 1961, at nineteen, she filmed a screen test at 20th Century Fox and was signed to a seven-year contract. Ann-Margret made her film début in a loan out to United Artists in Pocketful of Miracles, with Bette Davis. It was a remake of the 1933 movie Lady for a Day. Both versions were directed by Frank Capra.

Then came a 1962 remake of Rodgers and Hammerstein's musical State Fair playing the "bad girl" role of Emily opposite Pat Boone. She had tested for the part of Margy, the "good girl," but she seemed too seductive to the studio bosses who decided on the switch. The two roles mimicked her real-life personality — shy and reserved off stage but wildly exuberant and sensuous on stage. As she summed up in her autobiography, she would easily transform herself from "Little Miss Lollipop to Sexpot-Banshee" once she stepped on stage and the music began.
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and I'm guessing she's still active?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 04/28/09 at 6:45 am

I claim discrimination and non-inclusiveness. There is no proof at all that nature is a mother!!!! :D

and time isn't a Father.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 04/28/09 at 7:08 am

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I don't see anything :(

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Written By: ninny on 04/28/09 at 7:11 am

and I'm guessing she's still active?

Yes according to the IMDb, she has 2 projects in the work for 2009 & 2010

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/28/09 at 7:35 am

I don't see anything :(
Blast!!!!!

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/28/09 at 7:37 am

I don't see anything :(
Let me try again

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/28/09 at 7:37 am

http://www.slotshero.com/slots/state-fair/state-fair.jpg

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 04/28/09 at 8:22 am

http://www.slotshero.com/slots/state-fair/state-fair.jpg

The 1945 version. I can honestly say that I never seen either version

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/28/09 at 8:24 am

The 1945 version. I can honestly say that I never seen either version
The same applies to me.

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Written By: ninny on 04/28/09 at 9:36 am

The same applies to me.

I'm not sure why,I normally like musicals. I think the 2nd one I was turned off because it has Pat Boone in it :-\\

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/28/09 at 9:37 am

I'm not sure why,I normally like musicals. I think the 2nd one I was turned off because it has Pat Boone in it :-\\
I like Pat Boone.

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Written By: CatwomanofV on 04/28/09 at 11:11 am

The 1945 version. I can honestly say that I never seen either version

I have that one on video.

Cat

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/28/09 at 12:26 pm

I'm not sure why,I normally like musicals. I think the 2nd one I was turned off because it has Pat Boone in it :-\\
Any other films with Pat Boone?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 04/28/09 at 2:24 pm

Any other films with Pat Boone?

Here is a list according to wikipedia
* The Pied Piper of Cleveland (1955) (documentary)
* Bernardine (1957)
* April Love (1957)
* Mardi Gras (1958)
* Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959)
* All Hands on Deck (1961)
* State Fair (1962)
* The Main Attraction (1962)
* The Horror of It All (1963)
* The Yellow Canary (1963)
* Never Put It in Writing (1964)
* Goodbye Charlie (1964)
* The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
* The Perils of Pauline (1967)
* The Cross and the Switchblade (1970)
* Roger & Me (1989) (documentary)
* The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2000) (documentary)
* Hollywood on Fire (2008) (documentary)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/28/09 at 2:25 pm

Here is a list according to wikipedia
* The Pied Piper of Cleveland (1955) (documentary)
* Bernardine (1957)
* April Love (1957)
* Mardi Gras (1958)
* Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959)
* All Hands on Deck (1961)
* State Fair (1962)
* The Main Attraction (1962)
* The Horror of It All (1963)
* The Yellow Canary (1963)
* Never Put It in Writing (1964)
* Goodbye Charlie (1964)
* The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
* The Perils of Pauline (1967)
* The Cross and the Switchblade (1970)
* Roger & Me (1989) (documentary)
* The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2000) (documentary)
* Hollywood on Fire (2008) (documentary)

Practically everyone was in The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)

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Written By: ninny on 04/28/09 at 3:30 pm

Practically everyone was in The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)

Yep,plus this movie
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: gibbo on 04/28/09 at 4:24 pm

The 1945 version. I can honestly say that I never seen either version

Naturally...I have seen them both ... ;D The second film was a musical with Pat Boone and Shirley Jones (if I remember correctly). :-\\

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: gibbo on 04/28/09 at 4:27 pm

I like Pat Boone.

I liked him in State Fair and Journey to the Centre of the Earth....oh...and April Love (maybe THAT was the movie he starred with Shirley Jones)..

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: gibbo on 04/28/09 at 4:29 pm

Practically everyone was in The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)

...and yet, I don't remember him in it! Was that the one with Max von Sydow as Jesus?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 04/28/09 at 7:29 pm

Yes according to the IMDb, she has 2 projects in the work for 2009 & 2010

Wow,that's fantasic.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/29/09 at 1:18 am

...and yet, I don't remember him in it! Was that the one with Max von Sydow as Jesus?
Pat Boone was the Angel at the Tomb

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/29/09 at 1:19 am

Yep,
John Wayne was the Centurion at crucifixion.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: gibbo on 04/29/09 at 1:55 am

John Wayne was the Centurion at crucifixion.

I remember that bit of casting. Odd accent for a roman centurion! ;D

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Written By: ninny on 04/29/09 at 4:06 am

The word of the day...Window
#

1. An opening constructed in a wall or roof that functions to admit light or air to an enclosure and is often framed and spanned with glass mounted to permit opening and closing.
2. A framework enclosing a pane of glass for such an opening; a sash.
3. A pane of glass or similar material enclosed in such a framework.

#

1. An opening that resembles a window in function or appearance.
2. The transparent panel on a window envelope.

# The area or space immediately behind a window, especially at the front of a shop.
# A means of access or observation: St. Petersburg was Peter the Great's window onto the Baltic.
# An interval of time during which an activity can or must take place: a brief window of opportunity for a space mission; a window of vulnerability during which the air force was subject to attack.
# Strips of foil dropped from an aircraft to confuse enemy radar; chaff.
# A range of electromagnetic frequencies that pass unobstructed through a planetary atmosphere.
# Computer Science. A rectangular area on the screen that displays its own file or message independently of the other areas of the screen.
# Aerospace.

1. A launch window.
2. An area at the outer limits of the earth's atmosphere through which a spacecraft must pass in order to return safely

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Written By: ninny on 04/29/09 at 4:11 am

The person of the day...Alfred Hitchcock
Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, KBE (13 August 1899 – 29 April 1980) was a British filmmaker and producer who pioneered many techniques in the suspense and psychological thriller genres. After a successful career in his native United Kingdom in both silent films and early talkies, Hitchcock moved to Hollywood. In 1956 he became an American citizen while retaining his British citizenship.

Hitchcock directed more than fifty feature films in a career spanning six decades. He remains one of the most popular and most recognised filmmakers of all time. His image has endured partly due to cameo appearances in his own films and the series of television dramas he hosted, the eponymous Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Hitchcock moved to Paramount Pictures and filmed Rear Window,starring James Stewart and Kelly again, as well as Thelma Ritter and Raymond Burr. Here, the wheelchair-bound Stewart, a photographer based on Robert Capa, observes the movements of his neighbours across the courtyard and becomes convinced one of them (Raymond Burr) has murdered his wife. Stewart tries to sway both his glamorous model-girlfriend (Kelly) and his policeman buddy (Wendell Corey) to his theory, and finally succeeds in getting her involved to the point of danger
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: gibbo on 04/29/09 at 4:24 am

I think Hitchcock made some of the greatest ever films. Rear Window was excellent.....

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/29/09 at 5:05 am

The word of the day...Window
#

   1. An opening constructed in a wall or roof that functions to admit light or air to an enclosure and is often framed and spanned with glass mounted to permit opening and closing.
   2. A framework enclosing a pane of glass for such an opening; a sash.
   3. A pane of glass or similar material enclosed in such a framework.

#

   1. An opening that resembles a window in function or appearance.
   2. The transparent panel on a window envelope.

# The area or space immediately behind a window, especially at the front of a shop.
# A means of access or observation: St. Petersburg was Peter the Great's window onto the Baltic.
# An interval of time during which an activity can or must take place: a brief window of opportunity for a space mission; a window of vulnerability during which the air force was subject to attack.
# Strips of foil dropped from an aircraft to confuse enemy radar; chaff.
# A range of electromagnetic frequencies that pass unobstructed through a planetary atmosphere.
# Computer Science. A rectangular area on the screen that displays its own file or message independently of the other areas of the screen.
# Aerospace.

   1. A launch window.
   2. An area at the outer limits of the earth's atmosphere through which a spacecraft must pass in order to return safely

Agreed, Alfred Hitchcock is probably the best film director ever.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/29/09 at 5:06 am

I think Hitchcock made some of the greatest ever films. Rear Window was excellent.....
Rear Window one of his best.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/29/09 at 5:10 am

The person of the day...Alfred Hitchcock
Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, KBE (13 August 1899 – 29 April 1980) was a British filmmaker and producer who pioneered many techniques in the suspense and psychological thriller genres. After a successful career in his native United Kingdom in both silent films and early talkies, Hitchcock moved to Hollywood. In 1956 he became an American citizen while retaining his British citizenship.

Hitchcock directed more than fifty feature films in a career spanning six decades. He remains one of the most popular and most recognised filmmakers of all time. His image has endured partly due to cameo appearances in his own films and the series of television dramas he hosted, the eponymous Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Hitchcock moved to Paramount Pictures and filmed Rear Window,starring James Stewart and Kelly again, as well as Thelma Ritter and Raymond Burr. Here, the wheelchair-bound Stewart, a photographer based on Robert Capa, observes the movements of his neighbours across the courtyard and becomes convinced one of them (Raymond Burr) has murdered his wife. Stewart tries to sway both his glamorous model-girlfriend (Kelly) and his policeman buddy (Wendell Corey) to his theory, and finally succeeds in getting her involved to the point of danger

http://img1.photographersdirect.com/img/17492/wm/pd2266755.jpg

The Alfred Hitchcock Blue Plaque in Cromwell Road, West London

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/29/09 at 5:10 am

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The Alfred Hitchcock Blue Plaque in Cromwell Road, West London
...really it is not far from me.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 04/29/09 at 5:56 am

I think Hitchcock made some of the greatest ever films. Rear Window was excellent.....

Rear Window one of his best.

Yes it was.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 04/29/09 at 6:00 am

http://img1.photographersdirect.com/img/17492/wm/pd2266755.jpg

The Alfred Hitchcock Blue Plaque in Cromwell Road, West London

From 1926-1939. This is what he was up to according to Wiki
n 1926, Hitchcock made his debut in the thriller genre with the film, The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog. The film, released in January 1927, was a major commercial and critical success in the United Kingdom.. As with many of his earlier works, this film was influenced by Expressionist techniques Hitchcock had witnessed first-hand in Germany. Some commentators regard this piece as the first truly "Hitchcockian" film, incorporating such themes as the "wrong man".

Following the success of The Lodger, Hitchcock hired a publicist to help enhance his growing reputation. On 2 December 1926, Hitchcock married his assistant director, Alma Reville at the Brompton Oratory. Their only child, daughter Patricia, was born on 7 July 1928. Alma was to become Hitchcock's closest collaborator. She wrote some of his screenplays and (though often uncredited) worked with him on every one of his films.

In 1929, Hitchcock began work on his tenth film Blackmail. While the film was still in production, the studio, British International Pictures (BIP), decided to make it one of the UK's first sound pictures. With the climax of the film taking place on the dome of the British Museum, Blackmail began the Hitchcock tradition of using famous landmarks as a backdrop for suspense sequences. In the PBS series The Men Who Made The Movies, Hitchcock had explained how he used early sound recording as a special element of the film, emphasizing the word "knife" in a conversation with the woman suspected of murder.During this period, Hitchcock directed segments for a BIP musical film revue Elstree Calling (1930) and directed a short film featuring two Film Weekly scholarship winners, An Elastic Affair (1930). Another BIP musical revue, Harmony Heaven (1929), reportedly had minor input from Hitchcock, but his name does not appear in the credits.

In 1933, Hitchcock was once again working for Michael Balcon at Gaumont-British Picture Corporation. His first film for the company, The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934), was a success and his second, The 39 Steps (1935), is often considered one of the best films from his early period. This film was also one of the first to introduce the concept of the "Macguffin", a plot device around which a whole story seems to revolve, but ultimately has nothing to do with the true meaning or ending of the story. In The 39 Steps, the Macguffin is a stolen set of design plans. (Hitchcock told French director François Truffaut: "There are two men sitting in a train going to Scotland and one man says to the other, 'Excuse me, sir, but what is that strange parcel you have on the luggage rack above you?' 'Oh,' says the other, 'that's a Macguffin.' 'Well,' says the first man, 'what's a Macguffin?' The other answers, 'It's an apparatus for trapping lions in the Scottish Highlands.' 'But,' says the first man, 'there are no lions in the Scottish Highlands.' 'Well,' says the other, 'then that's no Macguffin.'"

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/29/09 at 6:08 am

From 1926-1939. This is what he was up to according to Wiki
n 1926, Hitchcock made his debut in the thriller genre with the film, The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog. The film, released in January 1927, was a major commercial and critical success in the United Kingdom.. As with many of his earlier works, this film was influenced by Expressionist techniques Hitchcock had witnessed first-hand in Germany. Some commentators regard this piece as the first truly "Hitchcockian" film, incorporating such themes as the "wrong man".

Following the success of The Lodger, Hitchcock hired a publicist to help enhance his growing reputation. On 2 December 1926, Hitchcock married his assistant director, Alma Reville at the Brompton Oratory. Their only child, daughter Patricia, was born on 7 July 1928. Alma was to become Hitchcock's closest collaborator. She wrote some of his screenplays and (though often uncredited) worked with him on every one of his films.

In 1929, Hitchcock began work on his tenth film Blackmail. While the film was still in production, the studio, British International Pictures (BIP), decided to make it one of the UK's first sound pictures. With the climax of the film taking place on the dome of the British Museum, Blackmail began the Hitchcock tradition of using famous landmarks as a backdrop for suspense sequences. In the PBS series The Men Who Made The Movies, Hitchcock had explained how he used early sound recording as a special element of the film, emphasizing the word "knife" in a conversation with the woman suspected of murder.During this period, Hitchcock directed segments for a BIP musical film revue Elstree Calling (1930) and directed a short film featuring two Film Weekly scholarship winners, An Elastic Affair (1930). Another BIP musical revue, Harmony Heaven (1929), reportedly had minor input from Hitchcock, but his name does not appear in the credits.

In 1933, Hitchcock was once again working for Michael Balcon at Gaumont-British Picture Corporation. His first film for the company, The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934), was a success and his second, The 39 Steps (1935), is often considered one of the best films from his early period. This film was also one of the first to introduce the concept of the "Macguffin", a plot device around which a whole story seems to revolve, but ultimately has nothing to do with the true meaning or ending of the story. In The 39 Steps, the Macguffin is a stolen set of design plans. (Hitchcock told French director François Truffaut: "There are two men sitting in a train going to Scotland and one man says to the other, 'Excuse me, sir, but what is that strange parcel you have on the luggage rack above you?' 'Oh,' says the other, 'that's a Macguffin.' 'Well,' says the first man, 'what's a Macguffin?' The other answers, 'It's an apparatus for trapping lions in the Scottish Highlands.' 'But,' says the first man, 'there are no lions in the Scottish Highlands.' 'Well,' says the other, 'then that's no Macguffin.'"
Making his sound movies ad opposed to the silent ones, before he cross the Atlantic to make his name there, starting with Rebecca.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 04/29/09 at 2:21 pm

He could've made great films if he was alive today.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/29/09 at 2:24 pm

He could've made great films if he was alive today.
His style of directing has been copied but has never been mastered.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 04/29/09 at 2:31 pm

His style of directing has been copied but has never been mastered.

sort of like the others? ???

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 04/30/09 at 5:56 am

The word of the day...Alaska
Alaska (en-us-Alaska.ogg /əˈlæskə/ (help·info), Russian: Аляска Alyaska) is the largest state of the United States of America by area; it is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait. Approximately half of Alaska's 683,478 residents reside within the Anchorage metropolitan area. As of 2007, Alaska remains the least densely populated state.
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Written By: ninny on 04/30/09 at 5:59 am

The person of the day...Johnny Horton
Johnny Horton (April 30, 1925 – November 5, 1960) was an American country music singer who was most famous for his semi-folk, so-called "saga songs" which launched the "historical ballad" craze of the late 1950s and early 1960s. With them, he had several major crossover hits, most notably in 1959 with "The Battle of New Orleans" which won the 1960 Grammy Award for Best Country & Western Recording. The song won the Grammy Hall of Fame Award and in 2001 was named number 333 of the Songs of the Century. In 1960, Horton had two other crossover hits with "Sink the Bismarck" and "North to Alaska". "North to Alaska" was in John Wayne's hit film, North to Alaska. Horton was also a rockabilly singer, and was inducted into the Rockabilly Hall of Fame.
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Written By: Howard on 04/30/09 at 6:51 am

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My Family And I were there in 2003,Beautiful but very cold. :o

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Written By: ninny on 04/30/09 at 7:24 am

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My Family And I were there in 2003,Beautiful but very cold. :o

I've always wanted to visit there. :)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/30/09 at 7:38 am

sort of like the others? ???
Brian de Palma copies his style, very noticeable in his film Carrie.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/30/09 at 7:41 am

North To Alaska ~ Johnny Horton

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Written By: CatwomanofV on 04/30/09 at 9:44 am

"And I can see Russia from my house."

Cat

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/30/09 at 9:45 am

Can it be cold in Alaska?

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Written By: Howard on 04/30/09 at 7:19 pm

Can it be cold in Alaska?

yes,quite cold,My family And I were there in 2003.

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Written By: Reynolds1863 on 04/30/09 at 7:46 pm

Alaska's not such a bad place if you mentally block out the Palin family.

My favorite Johnny Horton song is "The Battle of New Orleans". :)

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Written By: adagio on 04/30/09 at 8:50 pm

Alaska's not such a bad place if you mentally block out the Palin family.

My favorite Johnny Horton song is "The Battle of New Orleans". :)

But I like Sarah Palin. :-[

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Written By: Reynolds1863 on 04/30/09 at 9:24 pm

But I like Sarah Palin. :-[

Fine, you and my Mom can go hang out with her.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/01/09 at 12:44 am

yes,quite cold,My family And I were there in 2003.
I will give it a miss then.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/01/09 at 12:45 am

Reply #7777

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Written By: ninny on 05/01/09 at 5:00 am

Alaska's not such a bad place if you mentally block out the Palin family.

My favorite Johnny Horton song is "The Battle of New Orleans". :)

That's my favorite also. My sister in law use to have it as her ringtone.

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Written By: ninny on 05/01/09 at 5:04 am

I will give it a miss then.

You can go during the summertime

Temperatures in Alaska during the summer range from 60°F-80°F. Nighttime and early mornings are cooler, from the 40's - 50's. Late August and September departures could encounter cooler temperatures and slightly fewer hours of sunlight, as fall arrives early at these latitudes.

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Written By: ninny on 05/01/09 at 5:05 am

Reply #7777

:) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8)

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Written By: ninny on 05/01/09 at 5:13 am

The word of the day...Blackboard
A smooth, hard, dark-colored panel for writing on with chalk.
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Written By: ninny on 05/01/09 at 5:17 am

The person of the day...Glenn Ford
Gwyllyn Samuel Newton "Glenn" Ford (May 1, 1916 – August 30, 2006) was a Canadian-born American actor from Hollywood's Golden Era with a career that spanned seven decades. Ford was a versatile actor best known for playing either cowboys or ordinary men in unusual circumstances.
Ford's career flourished in the 1950s and into the 1960s, and continued into the early 1990s, with an increasing number of television roles. His major roles in thrillers, dramas and action films include A Stolen Life with Bette Davis, The Secret of Convict Lake with Gene Tierney, The Big Heat, Framed, Blackboard Jungle, Interrupted Melody with Eleanor Parker, Experiment in Terror with Lee Remick, Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, Ransom!, Superman and westerns such as The Fastest Gun Alive, 3:10 to Yuma and Cimarron. Ford's versatility also allowed him to star in a number of popular comedies, including The Teahouse of the August Moon, Don't Go Near the Water, The Gazebo, Cry For Happy, and The Courtship of Eddie's Father.
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Written By: ninny on 05/01/09 at 5:22 am

The flower for Friday...Bluebell
The Common Bluebell (Hyacinthoides non-scripta, syn. Endymion non-scriptus, Scilla non-scripta) is a spring-flowering bulbous perennial plant.
The Common Bluebell flowers in April and May. The stems are 10-30 cm long and bend over at the top. The lavender-blue flowers are pendulous, bell-shaped and slightly fragrant. The anthers are yellowish-white.

In spring, many European woods are covered by dense carpets of this flower; these are commonly referred to as "bluebell woods". The bluebell that is the national flower of Scotland is not this species, but another unrelated plant Campanula rotundifolia also known as a Harebell.
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Written By: Howard on 05/01/09 at 6:41 am

The word of the day...Blackboard
A smooth, hard, dark-colored panel for writing on with chalk.
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It's been 17 years since I was in High School.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/01/09 at 7:11 am

The word of the day...Blackboard
A smooth, hard, dark-colored panel for writing on with chalk.

With no scratching down of fingernails...

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/01/09 at 7:12 am

The word of the day...Blackboard
A smooth, hard, dark-colored panel for writing on with chalk.

...it's a jungle out there!

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/01/09 at 7:14 am

The flower for Friday...Bluebell
The Common Bluebell (Hyacinthoides non-scripta, syn. Endymion non-scriptus, Scilla non-scripta) is a spring-flowering bulbous perennial plant.
The Common Bluebell flowers in April and May. The stems are 10-30 cm long and bend over at the top. The lavender-blue flowers are pendulous, bell-shaped and slightly fragrant. The anthers are yellowish-white.

In spring, many European woods are covered by dense carpets of this flower; these are commonly referred to as "bluebell woods". The bluebell that is the national flower of Scotland is not this species, but another unrelated plant Campanula rotundifolia also known as a Harebell.

The Bluebells Of Scotland

"Oh where, tell me where is your highland laddie gone?
Oh where, tell me where is your highland laddie gone?
He's gone with streaming banners where noble deeds are done
And it's oh! in my heart I wish him safe at home.
Oh where, tell me where did your highland laddie dwell?
Oh where, tell me where did your highland laddie dwell?
He dwelt in bonnie Scotland where bloom the sweet bluebells
And it's oh! in my heart I rue my laddie well.

Oh what, tell me what if your highland lad be slain?
Oh what, tell me what if your highland lad be slain?
Oh no, true love will be his guide and bring him safe again
For it's oh! my heart would break if my highland lad were slain."

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Written By: adagio on 05/01/09 at 7:15 am

The flower for Friday...Bluebell
The Common Bluebell (Hyacinthoides non-scripta, syn. Endymion non-scriptus, Scilla non-scripta) is a spring-flowering bulbous perennial plant.
The Common Bluebell flowers in April and May. The stems are 10-30 cm long and bend over at the top. The lavender-blue flowers are pendulous, bell-shaped and slightly fragrant. The anthers are yellowish-white.

In spring, many European woods are covered by dense carpets of this flower; these are commonly referred to as "bluebell woods". The bluebell that is the national flower of Scotland is not this species, but another unrelated plant Campanula rotundifolia also known as a Harebell.

I love bluebells. You DO have to plant a lot of them just so they will show up. They're so tiny.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/01/09 at 7:24 am

The Bluebell Railway

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Written By: ninny on 05/01/09 at 7:33 am

It's been 17 years since I was in High School.

31 years for me.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/01/09 at 7:34 am

31 years for me.
I do not wish to work out how many years it would be for me.

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Written By: ninny on 05/01/09 at 7:35 am

I love bluebells. You DO have to plant a lot of them just so they will show up. They're so tiny.

That's so true,they look better growing wild in the fields :)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/01/09 at 9:12 am

That's so true,they look better growing wild in the fields :)
There is a hill in Kent (South East England) called Bluebell Hill, I see if I can find an image of it.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/01/09 at 9:13 am

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/01/09 at 9:14 am

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Be prepared for a ghost story....

"In the autumn of 1992 three separate motorists reported knocking down a figure that ran into the path of their vehicle late at night on Blue Bell Hill, Kent (UK). In the two most dramatic encounters, the figure of a young woman had stared calmly into the eyes of the driver as his vehicle struck her. Subsequent police investigations not only failed to find a victim, but no evidence that an accident had occurred, prompting their conclusion that these motorists had probably encountered the famed Ghost of Blue Bell Hill.

The sightings, which - unbelievably - were to continue in the forthcoming months, and to take an even more bizarre twist - sparked a wave of press interest, which quickly spread first to the national, and then the international stage. Today - eight years later - the case continues to attract the interest of various media parties.

To date, the Ghost of Blue Bell Hill has been the subject of or found mention in some 200 newspaper, magazine, CD-ROM, and book publications; it has been featured on a number of television programmes devoted to the paranormal, and has served as the inspiration for at least one novel, a music track, and an audio dramatization. And finally, of course, it now features on the World Wide Web.

In all, Blue Bell Hill’s ghost has come a long way from the seemingly apocryphal tale of local renown set in motion in the late 1960s, and its humble beginnings in print, to stand today - with over two dozen named-witnessed sightings, as an important modern example of haunting, and arguably the foremost case of its kind in the world today."

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/01/09 at 9:15 am

Be prepared for a ghost story....

"In the autumn of 1992 three separate motorists reported knocking down a figure that ran into the path of their vehicle late at night on Blue Bell Hill, Kent (UK). In the two most dramatic encounters, the figure of a young woman had stared calmly into the eyes of the driver as his vehicle struck her. Subsequent police investigations not only failed to find a victim, but no evidence that an accident had occurred, prompting their conclusion that these motorists had probably encountered the famed Ghost of Blue Bell Hill.

The sightings, which - unbelievably - were to continue in the forthcoming months, and to take an even more bizarre twist - sparked a wave of press interest, which quickly spread first to the national, and then the international stage. Today - eight years later - the case continues to attract the interest of various media parties.

To date, the Ghost of Blue Bell Hill has been the subject of or found mention in some 200 newspaper, magazine, CD-ROM, and book publications; it has been featured on a number of television programmes devoted to the paranormal, and has served as the inspiration for at least one novel, a music track, and an audio dramatization. And finally, of course, it now features on the World Wide Web.

In all, Blue Bell Hill’s ghost has come a long way from the seemingly apocryphal tale of local renown set in motion in the late 1960s, and its humble beginnings in print, to stand today - with over two dozen named-witnessed sightings, as an important modern example of haunting, and arguably the foremost case of its kind in the world today."

The Ghost Of Blue Bell Hill

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Written By: Reynolds1863 on 05/01/09 at 9:24 am

The Ghost Of Blue Bell Hill

Wow. I wonder how one explains to their insurance company that they wreaked their car because of a ghost? Kind of weird that she would just walk out in front of cars. If she's doing that it would suggest that it's how she died and she's repeating the action.

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Written By: ninny on 05/01/09 at 9:39 am

The Ghost Of Blue Bell Hill

That was very interesting..Three seperate incidents
Wow. I wonder how one explains to their insurance company that they wreaked their car because of a ghost? Kind of weird that she would just walk out in front of cars. If she's doing that it would suggest that it's how she died and she's repeating the action.

That's what it sounds like,she probably died on that date years back and her soul cannot rest.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/01/09 at 9:40 am

That was very interesting..Three seperate incidentsThat's what it sounds like,she probably died on that date years back and her soul cannot rest.
That hill in the past has always been known to be haunted, I grew up with the ghostly tales from there.

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Written By: Howard on 05/01/09 at 3:57 pm

31 years for me.

Wow,It's been that long? :o

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Written By: gibbo on 05/01/09 at 4:04 pm

I enjoyed Glen Ford in The Courtship of Eddies Father (I think Shirley Jones co-starred). I also remember really liking him in the Fastest Gun Alive...as well as The Sheepman westerns.

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Written By: Howard on 05/01/09 at 4:10 pm

I do not wish to work out how many years it would be for me.

It might be hard for you to remember.

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Written By: gibbo on 05/01/09 at 4:14 pm

It might be hard for you to remember.

Work it out on a blackboard! ;)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/01/09 at 4:14 pm

It might be hard for you to remember.
It is not hard to work out, it is that I do not wish to see the resulting years.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/01/09 at 4:14 pm

Work it out on a blackboard! ;)
Got any chalk?

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/01/09 at 4:16 pm

Work it out on a blackboard! ;)
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Written By: gibbo on 05/01/09 at 4:17 pm

Got any chalk?

No...sorry! But it does indicate that you do indeed have a blackboard!

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Written By: Howard on 05/01/09 at 4:17 pm

It is not hard to work out, it is that I do not wish to see the resulting years.

nobody wants to.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/01/09 at 4:18 pm

No...sorry! But it does indicate that you do indeed have a blackboard!
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John Nash has some chalk.

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Written By: Howard on 05/01/09 at 4:19 pm

there are different colors of chalk.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/01/09 at 4:20 pm

there are different colors of chalk.
And the different colors have different names.

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Written By: gibbo on 05/01/09 at 4:22 pm

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John Nash has some chalk.

...and some window cleaning to do!

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Written By: Howard on 05/01/09 at 4:23 pm

...and some window cleaning to do!

Use Swiffer.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/01/09 at 4:27 pm

...and some window cleaning to do!
Such a beautiful mind

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Written By: Howard on 05/01/09 at 4:29 pm

Such a beautiful mind

But a dirty window.

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Written By: gibbo on 05/01/09 at 4:31 pm

But a dirty window.

Better than a dirty mind.... :P

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Written By: Howard on 05/01/09 at 4:32 pm

Better than a dirty mind.... :P

Yes,so true Gibbo,so true. ;D

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Written By: CatwomanofV on 05/01/09 at 4:33 pm

I would hid chalk around Quirk. I think she said that she likes to eat it. :D ;D ;D ;D

Cat

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Written By: gibbo on 05/01/09 at 4:34 pm

Yes,so true Gibbo,so true. ;D

Actually...I lied...dirty minds are a lot of fun! Aren't they Howard? ;D

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Written By: Howard on 05/01/09 at 4:34 pm

I would hid chalk around Quirk. I think she said that she likes to eat it. :D ;D ;D ;D

Cat

I hope it's a side dish. ;D

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/01/09 at 4:34 pm

I would hid chalk around Quirk. I think she said that she likes to eat it. :D ;D ;D ;D

Cat
Oh!

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Written By: Howard on 05/01/09 at 4:34 pm

Actually...I lied...dirty minds are a lot of fun! Aren't they Howard? ;D

Yes they sure are.

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Written By: ninny on 05/01/09 at 4:37 pm

That hill in the past has always been known to be haunted, I grew up with the ghostly tales from there.

We have a legend (or myth) about 30 miles from us.
The Valentown is a shopping center started back in 1879, when a railroad was supposed to be built alongside it. When funds fell through, the project was abandoned, and it is now a museum. Many believe the Valentown is haunted, and even the Sci-Fi Channel did an episode of Ghost Hunters here.
Ghostly apparitions have been spotted, mysterious footsteps walk the halls, things move on their own. You can find out for yourself by going on a ghost tour. The museum is unheated, so you have to wait until the weather is a little warmer. Tourists are invited to bring their own recording equipment to verify their findings. Sign up for a tour and get a list of hints for a good experience by visiting http://www.valentown.org/ghost_tours.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/01/09 at 4:39 pm

We have a legend (or myth) about 30 miles from us.
The Valentown is a shopping center started back in 1879, when a railroad was supposed to be built alongside it. When funds fell through, the project was abandoned, and it is now a museum. Many believe the Valentown is haunted, and even the Sci-Fi Channel did an episode of Ghost Hunters here.
Ghostly apparitions have been spotted, mysterious footsteps walk the halls, things move on their own. You can find out for yourself by going on a ghost tour. The museum is unheated, so you have to wait until the weather is a little warmer. Tourists are invited to bring their own recording equipment to verify their findings. Sign up for a tour and get a list of hints for a good experience by visiting http://www.valentown.org/ghost_tours.

Spooky!

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/01/09 at 4:40 pm

That hill in the past has always been known to be haunted, I grew up with the ghostly tales from there.

We have a legend (or myth) about 30 miles from us.

When I was young I was told it was a headless horseman.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/01/09 at 4:40 pm

When I was young I was told it was a headless horseman.
...or was that at Pluckey, also in Kent.

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Written By: ninny on 05/01/09 at 4:41 pm

Yes they sure are.

You guys sure are ;D

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Written By: Howard on 05/01/09 at 4:44 pm

You guys sure are ;D

Sure,blame me. ;D

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Written By: gibbo on 05/01/09 at 4:44 pm

You guys sure are ;D

I'll take that as a compliment! ;)

BTW....I don't buy any of that ghost stuff! 8)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: CatwomanofV on 05/01/09 at 4:45 pm

We have a legend (or myth) about 30 miles from us.
The Valentown is a shopping center started back in 1879, when a railroad was supposed to be built alongside it. When funds fell through, the project was abandoned, and it is now a museum. Many believe the Valentown is haunted, and even the Sci-Fi Channel did an episode of Ghost Hunters here.
Ghostly apparitions have been spotted, mysterious footsteps walk the halls, things move on their own. You can find out for yourself by going on a ghost tour. The museum is unheated, so you have to wait until the weather is a little warmer. Tourists are invited to bring their own recording equipment to verify their findings. Sign up for a tour and get a list of hints for a good experience by visiting http://www.valentown.org/ghost_tours.

I LOVE Ghost Hunters.

Cat

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/01/09 at 4:45 pm

...or was that at Pluckey, also in Kent.
Pluckley (in Kent)
A number of haunting's have been reported in the village of Pluckley. The village has a reputation as the most haunted in England, so it is perhaps not surprising that it also has a phantom hitchhiker. Raymond Breakspear a local Taxi-driver, was flagged down by a figure at the side of the road at about 3am one morning. The figure then got into the back seat. Breakspear then turned to ask the man where he would like to go, he was surprised to find no one there.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 05/01/09 at 4:46 pm

I'll take that as a compliment! ;)

BTW....I don't buy any of that ghost stuff! 8)

Me neither. ;)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/01/09 at 4:54 pm

Pluckley (in Kent)
A number of haunting's have been reported in the village of Pluckley. The village has a reputation as the most haunted in England, so it is perhaps not surprising that it also has a phantom hitchhiker. Raymond Breakspear a local Taxi-driver, was flagged down by a figure at the side of the road at about 3am one morning. The figure then got into the back seat. Breakspear then turned to ask the man where he would like to go, he was surprised to find no one there.
Pluckley is said to be the most haunted village in Britain. It is reputed to have twelve (possibly thirteen or fourteen) ghosts. These are:

The spectre of the highwayman Robert Du Bois speared to a tree at Fright Corner (Even though the tree is now gone);
A phantom coach and horses, apparently manifesting the vicinity of Maltman's Hill;
The ghost of a Gypsy woman who burned to death in her sleep;
The black ghost of a miller haunting the ruins of a windmill near "The Pinnocks";
The hanging body of a schoolmaster in Dicky Buss's Lane;
A colonel who hanged himself in Park Wood;
The screaming ghost of a man being smothered by a wall of clay at the brickworks;
The Lady of Rose Court, who is said to have eaten poisoned berries in despair over a love triangle;
The Phantom Monk of "Greystones", a house built in 1863. There is a suggestion he may have been the unrequited love object of the Lady of Rose Court;
The White Lady of Dering, a young woman apparently buried inside 7 coffins and an oak sarcophagus who haunts the chuchyard of St. Nicholas's Church;
The Red Lady, reputedly an earlier member of the same ancient Dering family who also haunts St Nicholas'. The legend of the Red and White Ladies seem to overlap. A third ghost has apparently also been reported in the same place.
The Screaming Woods, an area of forest outside of town supposedly haunted by the ghosts of many who became lost in the woods. It was given its name because you can supposedly still hear their screams from inside the forest at night.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/01/09 at 5:21 pm

I LOVE Ghost Hunters.

Cat
Any ghosts local to you?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Reynolds1863 on 05/01/09 at 6:03 pm

http://billsmovieemporium.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/russell-crowe-a-beautiful-mind-c10102591.jpeg

John Nash has some chalk.

Nash is a great guy. One of these days I'd like to visit Princeton University and see him. :)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/02/09 at 1:02 am

Nash is a great guy. One of these days I'd like to visit Princeton University and see him. :)
he must be retired now?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 05/02/09 at 5:34 am

Any ghosts local to you?

No ghosts here,just spirits.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 05/02/09 at 5:45 am

I'll take that as a compliment! ;)

BTW....I don't buy any of that ghost stuff! 8)

I haven't made up my mind yet,nothing has persuaded me to either side.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 05/02/09 at 5:54 am

The word of the day...Gladiator
1. A person, usually a professional combatant, a captive, or a slave, trained to entertain the public by engaging in mortal combat with another person or a wild animal in the ancient Roman arena.
2. A person engaged in a controversy or debate, especially in public; a disputant.
3. Sports. A professional boxer.
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 05/02/09 at 5:58 am

The person of the day...Oliver Reed
Robert Oliver Reed (13 February 1938 – 2 May 1999) was an English actor known for his burly screen presence. Reed exemplified his real-life macho image in "tough-guy" roles. His films include Oliver!, Women in Love, Hannibal Brooks, The Triple Echo, The Devils, The Three Musketeers, Tommy, Castaway, Lion of the Desert and Gladiator
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/02/09 at 6:17 am

The person of the day...Oliver Reed
Robert Oliver Reed (13 February 1938 – 2 May 1999) was an English actor known for his burly screen presence. Reed exemplified his real-life macho image in "tough-guy" roles. His films include Oliver!, Women in Love, Hannibal Brooks, The Triple Echo, The Devils, The Three Musketeers, Tommy, Castaway, Lion of the Desert and Gladiator

:\'(

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 05/02/09 at 7:47 am

:\'(

I've always liked him.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/02/09 at 7:49 am

I've always liked him.
In his own way, he had his own charm.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 05/02/09 at 7:58 am

In his own way, he had his own charm.

Yes he did have a tough exterior.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/02/09 at 8:06 am

Yes he did have a tough exterior.
I am trying to remember the title of the film he made an un-credited appearance in, where he played a very camp actor seeking a place to rehearse a role in a play. The film was made in black and white and it was at the time before his name was widely known.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/02/09 at 8:11 am

I am trying to remember the title of the film he made an un-credited appearance in, where he played a very camp actor seeking a place to rehearse a role in a play. The film was made in black and white and it was at the time before his name was widely known.
It was The League of Gentlemen (1960), where he play a....

....Chorus Boy.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: adagio on 05/02/09 at 8:47 am

http://billsmovieemporium.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/russell-crowe-a-beautiful-mind-c10102591.jpeg

John Nash has some chalk.

And no chalkboard. I love that movie....I have it in DVD

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/02/09 at 8:49 am

And no chalkboard. I love that movie....I have it in DVD
Have you watch the flim with the dialogue by the director Ron Howard explaining the scenes?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: adagio on 05/02/09 at 8:52 am

Have you watch the flim with the dialogue by the director Ron Howard explaining the scenes?

No, just the movie...I didn't notice who was directing.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 05/02/09 at 3:03 pm

What was Oliver Reed known for? ???

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/02/09 at 3:04 pm

What was Oliver Reed known for? ???
Robert Oliver Reed (13 February 1938 – 2 May 1999) was an English actor known for his burly screen presence. Reed exemplified his real-life macho image in "tough-guy" roles. His films include Oliver!, Women in Love, Hannibal Brooks, The Triple Echo, The Devils, The Three Musketeers, Tommy, Castaway, Lion of the Desert and Gladiator.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/02/09 at 3:05 pm

Robert Oliver Reed (13 February 1938 – 2 May 1999) was an English actor known for his burly screen presence. Reed exemplified his real-life macho image in "tough-guy" roles. His films include Oliver!, Women in Love, Hannibal Brooks, The Triple Echo, The Devils, The Three Musketeers, Tommy, Castaway, Lion of the Desert and Gladiator.
Reed was famous for his excessive drinking, which fit in with the "social" attitude of many rugby teams in the 1960s and 1970s, and there are numerous anecdotes such as Reed and 36 friends drinking, in an evening, 60 gallons of beer, 32 bottles of Scotch, 17 bottles of gin, four crates of wine and one bottle of Babycham. He subsequently revised the story, claiming he drank 106 pints of beer on a 2-day binge before marrying Josephine; "The event that was reported actually took place during an arm-wrestling competition in Guernsey about 15 years ago, it was highly exaggerated." Steve McQueen told the story that in 1973 he had flown to the UK to discuss a film project with Reed and suggested the pair go to a nightclub in London. This led to a marathon pub crawl during which Reed threw up on McQueen. Reed's face had been carved up ten years previously during a 1963 bar fight after which he received 63 stitches and was in danger of having his film career cut short in his 20s.

Reed was often irritated that his appearances on TV chat shows concentrated on his drinking feats, rather than his latest film. David Letterman cut to a commercial when it appeared Reed might get violent after being asked too many questions about his drinking. He was held partly responsible for the demise of BBC1's Sin On Saturday after some typically forthright comments on the subject of lust, the sin featured on the first programme. The show had many other problems and a fellow guest revealed that Reed recognised this when he arrived and had to be virtually dragged in front of the cameras. Near the end of his life he was brought onto some TV shows specifically for his drinking; for example The Word put bottles of drink in his dressing room so he could be secretly filmed getting drunk. He was forced to leave the set of the Channel 4 television discussion programme After Dark after arriving drunk and attempting to kiss feminist writer Kate Millett, uttering the memorable phrase "give us a kiss, big tits". He was seemingly very drunk on the Michael Aspel chat show, to many highly entertaining, to others a waste of a great acting talent. However, author Cliff Goodwin, in his biography of Reed titled Evil Spirits, offers the theory that Reed was not always as drunk on chat shows as he appeared to be, but rather was acting the part of an uncontrollably sodden former star to liven things up, at the producers' behests.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/02/09 at 3:08 pm

What was Oliver Reed known for? ???
He recorded The Wild One and famous sang on telly.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/02/09 at 3:09 pm

The Wild One

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/02/09 at 3:10 pm

The Troggs "Wild Thing" With Oliver Reed and Hurricaine Higgins

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 05/02/09 at 3:11 pm

Robert Oliver Reed (13 February 1938 – 2 May 1999) was an English actor known for his burly screen presence. Reed exemplified his real-life macho image in "tough-guy" roles. His films include Oliver!, Women in Love, Hannibal Brooks, The Triple Echo, The Devils, The Three Musketeers, Tommy, Castaway, Lion of the Desert and Gladiator.

never heard of him. ???

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Written By: ninny on 05/02/09 at 3:27 pm

never heard of him. ???

Have you ever seen the musical Oliver!,or Tommy he was in both of them. He also was in The Three Musketeers,The Four Musketeers & The Return of The Musketeers. His last movie was Gladiator.

From Oliver..He is the gentlemen ( loosely) in the hat in the first scene.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYTUtOTYEb0&feature=related#

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/02/09 at 3:29 pm

Have you ever seen the musical Oliver!,or Tommy he was in both of them. He also was in The Three Musketeers,The Four Musketeers & The Return of The Musketeers. His last movie was Gladiator.

From Oliver..He is the gentlemen ( loosely) in the hat in the first scene.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYTUtOTYEb0&feature=related#

He did not sing any the Bill Sykes songs in Oliver! "My Name" was not used in the film version of the musical.

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Written By: Reynolds1863 on 05/02/09 at 3:42 pm

he must be retired now?

His homepage suggest that he's still there. :)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/02/09 at 4:06 pm

His homepage suggest that he's still there. :)
Still giving guidance at the university.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: CatwomanofV on 05/02/09 at 4:53 pm

Have you ever seen the musical Oliver!,or Tommy he was in both of them. He also was in The Three Musketeers,The Four Musketeers & The Return of The Musketeers. His last movie was Gladiator.

From Oliver..He is the gentlemen ( loosely) in the hat in the first scene.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYTUtOTYEb0&feature=related#

Thanks for the link. I haven't watched the movie in a LONG time (and I do have it on video.) I think another viewing soon is in order.

Cat

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Written By: ninny on 05/02/09 at 6:39 pm

Thanks for the link. I haven't watched the movie in a LONG time (and I do have it on video.) I think another viewing soon is in order.

Cat

Your Welcome, oliver1 has always been one of my favorite movies,I'm always singing the songs.

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Written By: gibbo on 05/02/09 at 7:24 pm

Your Welcome, oliver1 has always been one of my favorite movies,I'm always singing the songs.

Me too..... I live by it's central theme. Food, gorious food! ;)

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Written By: ninny on 05/02/09 at 7:39 pm

Me too..... I live by it's central theme. Food, gorious food! ;)

Hey me too ;D ;D. If I'm really hungry and it's been a while since I ate I'll start singing that song.

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Written By: gibbo on 05/02/09 at 7:41 pm

Hey me too ;D ;D. If I'm really hungry and it's been a while since I ate I'll start singing that song.

I only sing ....Where is love? :-\\ Am i getting any sympathy yet? ;)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 05/02/09 at 10:05 pm

Have you ever seen the musical Oliver!,or Tommy he was in both of them. He also was in The Three Musketeers,The Four Musketeers & The Return of The Musketeers. His last movie was Gladiator.

From Oliver..He is the gentlemen ( loosely) in the hat in the first scene.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYTUtOTYEb0&feature=related#

don't remember if I did. ???

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Written By: ninny on 05/03/09 at 5:48 am

The word of the day...Season(s)
1.
1. One of the four natural divisions of the year, spring, summer, fall, and winter, in the North and South Temperate zones. Each season, beginning astronomically at an equinox or solstice, is characterized by specific meteorological or climatic conditions.
2. The two divisions of the year, rainy and dry, in some tropical regions.
2. A recurrent period characterized by certain occurrences, occupations, festivities, or crops: the holiday season; tomato season.
3. A suitable, natural, or convenient time: a season for merriment.
4. A period of time: gone for a season.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/03/09 at 5:52 am

The word of the day...Season(s)
   1.
   1. One of the four natural divisions of the year, spring, summer, fall, and winter, in the North and South Temperate zones. Each season, beginning astronomically at an equinox or solstice, is characterized by specific meteorological or climatic conditions.
   2. The two divisions of the year, rainy and dry, in some tropical regions.
   2. A recurrent period characterized by certain occurrences, occupations, festivities, or crops: the holiday season; tomato season.
   3. A suitable, natural, or convenient time: a season for merriment.
   4. A period of time: gone for a season.
Over the last few years, it now seems that all the seasons are now rolled into one.

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Written By: ninny on 05/03/09 at 5:52 am

The person of the day...Frankie Valli
Frankie Valli (born Francesco Stephen Castelluccio, May 3, 1934 First Ward, Newark, New Jersey) is an American musician, most famous as frontman of The Four Seasons.

Valli, along with Tommy DeVito, Nick Massi, and Bob Gaudio, the original members of The Four Seasons, were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990 and the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 1999.

Valli scored 29 Top 40 hits with The 4 Seasons, one Top 40 hit under The 4 Seasons alias of 'The Wonder Who?' and nine Top 40 hits as a solo artist. As a member of The 4 Seasons, Valli scored number one hits with "Sherry", "Big Girls Don't Cry", "Walk Like a Man", "Rag Doll" and "December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)". As a solo artist, Valli scored number one hits with "My Eyes Adored You" and "Grease". His best known solo recording, though, is "Can't Take My Eyes off You", which reached number two in 1967. "You're Ready Now", a Valli solo recording from 1966, became a surprise hit in England, as part of the Northern soul scene and hit number 11 on the British pop charts in December, 1970.
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 05/03/09 at 5:55 am

Over the last few years, it now seems that all the seasons are now rolled into one.

So true,the other day it was in the 80's and Tim said this is nice summer weather,I said that we still had another month until summer. That weather didn't last and we are back in the 60's.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/03/09 at 5:56 am

The person of the day...Frankie Valli
Frankie Valli (born Francesco Stephen Castelluccio, May 3, 1934 First Ward, Newark, New Jersey) is an American musician, most famous as frontman of The Four Seasons.

Valli, along with Tommy DeVito, Nick Massi, and Bob Gaudio, the original members of The Four Seasons, were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990 and the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 1999.

Valli scored 29 Top 40 hits with The 4 Seasons, one Top 40 hit under The 4 Seasons alias of 'The Wonder Who?' and nine Top 40 hits as a solo artist. As a member of The 4 Seasons, Valli scored number one hits with "Sherry", "Big Girls Don't Cry", "Walk Like a Man", "Rag Doll" and "December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)". As a solo artist, Valli scored number one hits with "My Eyes Adored You" and "Grease". His best known solo recording, though, is "Can't Take My Eyes off You", which reached number two in 1967. "You're Ready Now", a Valli solo recording from 1966, became a surprise hit in England, as part of the Northern soul scene and hit number 11 on the British pop charts in December, 1970.
I saw him on tv recently, was he on American Idol?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/03/09 at 5:57 am

So true,the other day it was in the 80's and Tim said this is nice summer weather,I said that we still had another month until summer. That weather didn't last and we are back in the 60's.
Four Seasons In One Day ~ Crowded House

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 05/03/09 at 7:06 am

I love Sherry,One of my favorite songs. :)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/03/09 at 7:14 am

Grease is the Word!

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 05/03/09 at 7:21 am

just heard "Who Loves Ya" on the radio this morning.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/03/09 at 7:33 am

Four Seasons In One Day ~ Crowded House
I have just discovered why I do not hear this song so often on the radio.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 05/03/09 at 7:49 am

I saw him on tv recently, was he on American Idol?

I don't remember,I know Frankie Avalon was on a few weeks back.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 05/03/09 at 7:50 am

I have just discovered why I do not hear this song so often on the radio.

Why?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/03/09 at 7:51 am

I don't remember,I know Frankie Avalon was on a few weeks back.
I can recall so, for my wife called me to the tv asking who is he

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/03/09 at 7:51 am

Why?
If you can listen or read the lyrics.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/03/09 at 8:14 am

I don't remember,I know Frankie Avalon was on a few weeks back.
Now on the radio....

Fallen Angel ~ Frankie Valli

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 05/03/09 at 8:18 am

If you can listen or read the lyrics.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9sem05RHnM#

I'm smilin' as the S**t comes down. ;D

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/03/09 at 8:21 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9sem05RHnM#

I'm smilin' as the S**t comes down. ;D
I have never noticed that before.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/03/09 at 8:47 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9sem05RHnM#

I'm smilin' as the S**t comes down. ;D
I just heard another naughty word in another song and would like to say which word it was.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 05/03/09 at 10:03 am

I just heard another naughty word in another song and would like to say which word it was.

What song?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Reynolds1863 on 05/03/09 at 10:04 am

Still giving guidance at the university.

Yes, in the Mathematics Department.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/03/09 at 10:10 am

Yes, in the Mathematics Department.
I may watch the film again, I need inspiration in my life.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Reynolds1863 on 05/03/09 at 10:12 am

I may watch the film again, I need inspiration in my life.

He inspires a lot of people. He's one of a kind. :)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: wildcard on 05/03/09 at 10:29 am

hmm seasons...
Summer time summertime sum sum summer tiime

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/03/09 at 10:41 am

hmm seasons...
Summer time summertime sum sum summer tiime

Summertime, and the living is easy.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: CatwomanofV on 05/03/09 at 11:25 am

Summertime, and the living is easy.

The late, great Sam Cooke did an excellent rendition of that song. I couldn't find a good copy of it on YouTube. :\'( :\'(

Cat

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/03/09 at 11:28 am

The late, great Sam Cooke did an excellent rendition of that song. I couldn't find a good copy of it on YouTube. :\'( :\'(

Cat
I would love to hear that version. Paul Robeson is the real singer for me.

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Written By: CatwomanofV on 05/03/09 at 11:30 am

I would love to hear that version. Paul Robeson is the real singer for me.

This is the closet I could come up with. Just don't watch. :D ;D ;D ;D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kz63grgFPqc&feature=PlayList&p=6C230A1832755CC7&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=2

Cat

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/03/09 at 11:34 am

This is the closet I could come up with. Just don't watch. :D ;D ;D ;D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kz63grgFPqc&feature=PlayList&p=6C230A1832755CC7&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=2

Cat
I just listened, and had one eye open...

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Written By: ninny on 05/03/09 at 2:34 pm

This is the closet I could come up with. Just don't watch. :D ;D ;D ;D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kz63grgFPqc&feature=PlayList&p=6C230A1832755CC7&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=2

Cat

Nice version. I found a version from Renee Olstead who was the teenage daughter on Still Standing,and who now is on The Secret Life Of An American Teenager,I think she has talent.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nE-fFDxKbPw&feature=PlayList&p=9E92B907E11D69C3&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=18#

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/03/09 at 3:15 pm

Nice version. I found a version from Renee Olstead who was the teenage daughter on Still Standing,and who now is on The Secret Life Of An American Teenager,I think she has talent.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nE-fFDxKbPw&feature=PlayList&p=9E92B907E11D69C3&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=18#
Is the Fun Boy Three version of Summertime availble to watch on YouTube?

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Written By: ninny on 05/03/09 at 3:19 pm

Is the Fun Boy Three version of Summertime availble to watch on YouTube?

Yep
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qX-04z0buiQ#

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/03/09 at 3:22 pm

Yep
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qX-04z0buiQ#
The clip could be from Top Of The Pops

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Written By: ninny on 05/03/09 at 3:24 pm

Here is another song about the seasons...If Ever I Would Leave You-Camelot (Franco Nero)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsSnNk0CSh0#

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Written By: ninny on 05/03/09 at 3:25 pm

The clip could be from Top Of The Pops

Yes.

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Written By: Howard on 05/04/09 at 6:08 am

Summertime, and the living is easy.

Was that Sly And The Family Stone?

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Written By: ninny on 05/04/09 at 6:15 am

The word or phrase of the day...Fairy Godmother
In fairy tales, a fairy godmother is a fairy with magical powers who acts as a mentor or parent to someone, in the role that an actual godparent was expected to play in many societies. In Perrault's Cinderella, he concludes the tale with the cynical moral that no personal advantages will suffice without proper connections. The fairy godmother is a special case of the donor.
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Written By: ninny on 05/04/09 at 6:24 am

The person of the day...Diana Dors
Diana Dors (23 October 1931 – 4 May 1984) was an English actress and sex symbol.

She was born Diana Mary Fluck in Swindon, England and was educated at Colville House in Swindon. She was considered the English equivalent of the blonde bombshells of Hollywood. She also had significant acting ability, which was destined never to be fully utilised (most of her later work is made up of sex-themed comedies that featured scenes near to soft-core pornography). Her success was such that, aged 20, she was the youngest registered owner of a Rolls Royce in the UK.
Dors is included on The Beatles Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album cover art as the blonde in the front row on the right in the gold dress and white gloves. She is also featured on the cover of The Smiths 1995 compilation album, Singles. And a Morrissey picture disc. Kate Jackson from the band The Long Blondes has painted three paintings of Diana for their cd and 7" single covers.

Dors appeared in the 1981 Adam & the Ants music video "Prince Charming" as the "fairy godmother" opposite Adam Ant, who played a male Cinderella figure.

Dors was a close friend of Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be hanged in Britain. In fact, Ellis has a cameo role in Lady Godiva Rides Again, (starring Dors) four years before she was executed by Albert Pierrepoint.

Dors was also close friends with the notorious Kray Twins and their mother Violet.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lCzIMacsEs#

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/04/09 at 6:48 am

The word or phrase of the day...Fairy Godmother
In fairy tales, a fairy godmother is a fairy with magical powers who acts as a mentor or parent to someone, in the role that an actual godparent was expected to play in many societies. In Perrault's Cinderella, he concludes the tale with the cynical moral that no personal advantages will suffice without proper connections. The fairy godmother is a special case of the donor.
Last Christmas we saw Cinderella as a pantomime and there was a definitely a Fairy Godmother in that.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/04/09 at 6:49 am

The person of the day...Diana Dors
Diana Dors (23 October 1931 – 4 May 1984) was an English actress and sex symbol.

She was born Diana Mary Fluck in Swindon, England and was educated at Colville House in Swindon. She was considered the English equivalent of the blonde bombshells of Hollywood. She also had significant acting ability, which was destined never to be fully utilised (most of her later work is made up of sex-themed comedies that featured scenes near to soft-core pornography). Her success was such that, aged 20, she was the youngest registered owner of a Rolls Royce in the UK.
Dors is included on The Beatles Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album cover art as the blonde in the front row on the right in the gold dress and white gloves. She is also featured on the cover of The Smiths 1995 compilation album, Singles. And a Morrissey picture disc. Kate Jackson from the band The Long Blondes has painted three paintings of Diana for their cd and 7" single covers.

Dors appeared in the 1981 Adam & the Ants music video "Prince Charming" as the "fairy godmother" opposite Adam Ant, who played a male Cinderella figure.

Dors was a close friend of Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be hanged in Britain. In fact, Ellis has a cameo role in Lady Godiva Rides Again, (starring Dors) four years before she was executed by Albert Pierrepoint.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lCzIMacsEs#
:\'(

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/04/09 at 7:05 am

I cannot locate any Blue Plques for Diana Dors, but there is a statue of her birthpalce of Swindon, Wiltshire.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/04/09 at 7:07 am

I cannot locate any Blue Plques for Diana Dors, but there is a statue of her birthpalce of Swindon, Wiltshire.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2250/2468715750_740b7fc912_m.jpg

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Written By: wildcard on 05/04/09 at 10:18 am

Beware of fairy shooter

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Written By: Howard on 05/04/09 at 4:08 pm

Diana Dors was pretty hot. :o

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Written By: ninny on 05/05/09 at 6:01 am

The word of the day...Fox
1.
1. Any of various carnivorous mammals of the genus Vulpes and related genera, related to the dogs and wolves and characteristically having upright ears, a pointed snout, and a long bushy tail.
2. The fur of one of these mammals.
2. A crafty, sly, or clever person.
3. Slang. A sexually attractive person.
4. Nautical. Small cordage made by twisting together two or more strands of tarred yarn.
5. Archaic. A sword.
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Written By: ninny on 05/05/09 at 6:06 am

The person of the day....Tyrone Power
Tyrone Edmund Power, Jr. (May 5, 1914 – November 15, 1958), usually credited simply as Tyrone Power and known sometimes as "Ty Power", was an American film and stage actor who appeared in dozens of films from the 1930s to the 1950s, often in swashbuckler roles or romantic leads such as The Mark of Zorro, Blood and Sand, The Black Swan, Prince of Foxes, The Black Rose, and Captain from Castile. Though famous for his dark, classically handsome looks that made him a matinee idol from his first film appearance, Power played a wide range of roles, from film noir to light romantic comedy. In the 1950s, he began placing limits on the number of movies he would make in order to have time for the stage. He received his biggest accolades as a stage actor in John Brown's Body and Mister Roberts. A chain smoker whose father died suddenly of a coronary, Power died from a massive heart attack at the age of 44.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/05/09 at 6:11 am

"Witness for the Prosecution"

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Written By: Howard on 05/05/09 at 7:11 am

http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww309/trafik_01/Megan-Fox-11501-copia.jpg

Thanks Ninny keep those pictures coming. O0

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Written By: ninny on 05/05/09 at 8:16 am

http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww309/trafik_01/Megan-Fox-11501-copia.jpg

Thanks Ninny keep those pictures coming. O0

I knew you would appreciate them ;D

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/05/09 at 8:52 am

I knew you would appreciate them ;D
Which one is a fox?

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Written By: ninny on 05/05/09 at 10:28 am

Which one is a fox?

Technically she is..Megan Fox
As a model, Fox has been featured in the men's magazines FHM, GQ and Maxim. FHM voted her the, "Sexiest Woman in the World," in 2008.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/05/09 at 11:11 am

Technically she is..Megan Fox
As a model, Fox has been featured in the men's magazines FHM, GQ and Maxim. FHM voted her the, "Sexiest Woman in the World," in 2008.
I never voted for her!

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Written By: Howard on 05/05/09 at 3:06 pm

Technically she is..Megan Fox
As a model, Fox has been featured in the men's magazines FHM, GQ and Maxim. FHM voted her the, "Sexiest Woman in the World," in 2008.

There is no such thing as Sexiest Person In The World. ::)

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Written By: ninny on 05/06/09 at 5:40 am

The word of the day...Scarecrow
1. A crude image or effigy of a person set up in a field to scare birds away from growing crops.
2. Something frightening but not dangerous.
3. A gaunt or haggard person.

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Written By: ninny on 05/06/09 at 5:45 am

The person of the day...L Frank Baum
Lyman Frank Baum (May 15, 1856 – May 6, 1919) was an American author, poet, playwright, actor and independent filmmaker, best known today as the creator, along with illustrator W. W. Denslow, of one of the most popular books in American children's literature, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. He wrote thirteen sequels, nine other fantasy novels, and a plethora of other works (55 novels in total (plus four "lost" novels), 82 short stories, over 200 poems, an unknown number of scripts, and many miscellaneous writings), and made numerous attempts to bring his works to the stage and screen. His works predicted such century-later commonplaces as color television, wireless telephones (Tik-Tok of Oz), and the ubiquity of advertising on clothing (Aunt Jane' Nieces at Work)
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Written By: Howard on 05/06/09 at 5:53 am

Don't forget Michael Jackson The Scarecrow. ;D

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/06/09 at 6:00 am

The word of the day...Scarecrow
   1. A crude image or effigy of a person set up in a field to scare birds away from growing crops.
   2. Something frightening but not dangerous.
   3. A gaunt or haggard person.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a207/JMannLV/d9cffc6a.jpg

This image would have been the first one I would had been looking for.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/06/09 at 6:01 am

http://www.soulbounce.com/soul/blog_images/mj_scarecrow-thumb-473x283.jpg

Don't forget about this Scarecrow.^
You Scarecrow is a red cross for me.

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Written By: Howard on 05/06/09 at 6:02 am

You Scarecrow is a red cross for me.

It was supposed to be Michael Jackson the Scarecrow from The Wiz.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/06/09 at 6:04 am

It was supposed to be Michael Jackson the Scarecrow from The Wiz.
Like this?

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Written By: Howard on 05/06/09 at 6:05 am

Like this?

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/28/89356750_86c9d3c76f_m.jpg

Yes thanks Phil. :)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/06/09 at 6:06 am

Yes thanks Phil. :)
I never got round to seeing that film, but the trailer was shown at the cinema were I was working at that time.

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Written By: Howard on 05/06/09 at 6:12 am

I never got round to seeing that film, but the trailer was shown at the cinema were I was working at that time.

1978.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/06/09 at 6:13 am

1978.
Yes, that was the time.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 05/06/09 at 6:14 am

Yes, that was the time.

A good time for Michael Jackson.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/06/09 at 6:15 am

A good time for Michael Jackson.
Before it old started to happen.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 05/06/09 at 6:16 am

Before it old started to happen.

He should've stayed that way.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/06/09 at 6:17 am

He should've stayed that way.
Don't stop 'til you get enough ?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 05/06/09 at 6:17 am

Don't stop 'til you get enough ?

He didn't stop.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/06/09 at 6:25 am

He didn't stop.
Just eased on down the road.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 05/06/09 at 7:37 am

Just eased on down the road.

Down the wrong road.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/06/09 at 7:41 am

Down the wrong road.
The road should had been the yellow one?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/06/09 at 7:42 am

The person of the day...L Frank Baum
Lyman Frank Baum (May 15, 1856 – May 6, 1919) was an American author, poet, playwright, actor and independent filmmaker, best known today as the creator, along with illustrator W. W. Denslow, of one of the most popular books in American children's literature, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. He wrote thirteen sequels, nine other fantasy novels, and a plethora of other works (55 novels in total (plus four "lost" novels), 82 short stories, over 200 poems, an unknown number of scripts, and many miscellaneous writings), and made numerous attempts to bring his works to the stage and screen. His works predicted such century-later commonplaces as color television, wireless telephones (Tik-Tok of Oz), and the ubiquity of advertising on clothing (Aunt Jane' Nieces at Work)
Over the rainbow?

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Written By: ninny on 05/06/09 at 9:44 am

Over the rainbow?

He obviously saw over the rainbow and beyond.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: CatwomanofV on 05/06/09 at 11:11 am

I heard how he got the name of Oz was that he was notorious for telling stories to kids. He would tell them of this wonderful land and when the kids asked him what the name of the land was, he looked around the room trying to come up with a name. He saw a couple of filing cabinets. The top one said "A-N" and the bottom one said, "O-Z." And history was made.

Cat

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/06/09 at 1:36 pm

He obviously saw over the rainbow and beyond.
...what's behind the curtain?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/06/09 at 1:39 pm

I heard how he got the name of Oz was that he was notorious for telling stories to kids. He would tell them of this wonderful land and when the kids asked him what the name of the land was, he looked around the room trying to come up with a name. He saw a couple of filing cabinets. The top one said "A-N" and the bottom one said, "O-Z." And history was made.

Cat
There is another story on similar lines concerning Terry Nation who invented the creatures the Daleks for Doctor Who. It is reputted that the name derived for an encyclopedia of which on the spine was the volume number and it's range of the alphabet, Da - Ek, which the hyphen making the 'l'.

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Written By: Howard on 05/06/09 at 4:03 pm

...what's behind the curtain?

His plastic surgery.

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Written By: ninny on 05/07/09 at 4:55 am

The word of the day...Rainy
(of weather) wet by periods of rain
Synonym: showery

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Written By: ninny on 05/07/09 at 5:00 am

The person of the day...Eddie Rabbit
Edward Thomas Rabbitt (born November 27, 1941 – May 7, 1998) was a country music singer. He enjoyed much pop success in his career, helping develop the crossover-influenced sound in country music during the 1970s and 80s. During his career, he scored 26 number-ones on Billboard's country singles chart. His biggest success as a songwriter came in 1969, when Elvis Presley recorded his song "Kentucky Rain". The song went gold and marked Rabbitt as one of Nashville's leading young songwriters. However, his biggest hits were "I Love a Rainy Night" (Pop #1), "Drivin' My Life Away" (Pop #5), and "Step By Step" (Pop #5), which were hits for him in 1981. These hits are probably his best-known and signature tunes. In the 1980s, Rabbitt enjoyed further success in music. In 1982, he teamed up with another Country/Pop crossover star, Crystal Gayle, to record the duet "You and I". The duet eventually became a big crossover smash. "Someone Could Lose a Heart Tonight" cracked the Top 20 on the Pop charts, peaking at #15. His other #1s include "The Best Year of My Life," a cover of Dion's "The Wanderer," "I Wanna Dance With You," "On Second Thought," and "Both to Each Other (Friends and Lovers)" (a duet with Juice Newton). However, in the late 1980s, his success was starting to fade. His singles did not crack the Pop Top 40 during this time.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/07/09 at 5:46 am

The word of the day...Rainy
(of weather) wet by periods of rain
Synonym: showery
Don't remind me, but it's fine weather today.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/07/09 at 5:53 am

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A rainy day at the Abbey Road Crossing

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 05/07/09 at 6:48 am

Don't remind me, but it's fine weather today.

We just had some rain this morning,and according to my headache it's going to rain some more.

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Written By: Howard on 05/07/09 at 7:05 am

rain this morning but It'll clear up later on in the afternoon.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/07/09 at 7:25 am

We just had some rain this morning,and according to my headache it's going to rain some more.
...from the hammering of the raindrops on the roof?

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Written By: CatwomanofV on 05/07/09 at 10:55 am

It's raining again.
Here comes the rain again.

Oops, wrong thread.

Actually, it is raining today.

Cat

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Written By: ninny on 05/07/09 at 11:16 am

...from the hammering of the raindrops on the roof?

No, from my sinus headache.

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Written By: ninny on 05/07/09 at 11:18 am

It's raining again.
Here comes the rain again.

Oops, wrong thread.

Actually, it is raining today.

Cat

Heck it's never the wrong thread ;D

It's raining,it's pouring I wish I was snoring. ;D

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/07/09 at 11:24 am

No, from my sinus headache.
Hay Fever?

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/07/09 at 11:24 am

It's raining again.
Here comes the rain again.

Oops, wrong thread.

Actually, it is raining today.

Cat
It's raining men?

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Written By: ninny on 05/07/09 at 2:35 pm

Hay Fever?

No I get sinus headaches everytime it rains or snows.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/07/09 at 2:37 pm

No I get sinus headaches everytime it rains or snows.
The change in the air pressure effecting the ears and nose, etc?

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Written By: ninny on 05/07/09 at 4:54 pm

The change in the air pressure effecting the ears and nose, etc?

I'm guessing that's it.

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Written By: Howard on 05/07/09 at 7:28 pm

It's raining men?

the Weather Girls.

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Written By: Frank on 05/08/09 at 12:39 am

It's raining here this evening, and rained around 5PM as well, delayed my tennis game for 20 whole minutes!
and It's raining again.

Rain is just wet water.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/08/09 at 12:41 am

It's raining here this evening, and rained around 5PM as well, delayed my tennis game for 20 whole minutes!
and It's raining again.

Rain is just wet water.
Rain is expected here today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/08/09 at 12:43 am

Rain is expected here today.
Today:
After a cloudy start with showery rain becoming brighter with sunny spells developing. A few further showers are likely to develop although most places dry by the end of the afternoon. Remaining quite breezy.

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Written By: ninny on 05/08/09 at 5:58 am

The word of the day...Renegade
1. One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.
2. An outlaw; a rebel.

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Written By: ninny on 05/08/09 at 6:00 am

The person of the day...George Peppard
George Peppard, Jr. (October 1, 1928 – May 8, 1994) was an American film and television actor.

He secured a major role early in his career when he starred alongside Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961), and he played the title role of the millionaire sleuth Thomas Banacek in the early-1970s television series Banacek, but he is probably best known to younger audiences for his role as Col. John "Hannibal" Smith, the cigar-chomping leader of a renegade commando squad, in the 1980s television show The A-Team.
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Written By: ninny on 05/08/09 at 6:06 am

The flower or flowering tree for Friday...Lilac
1. Any of various shrubs of the genus Syringa, especially S. vulgaris, widely cultivated for its clusters of fragrant purplish or white flowers.
2. A pale to light or moderate purple.
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Written By: Howard on 05/08/09 at 6:51 am

The person of the day...George Peppard
George Peppard, Jr. (October 1, 1928 – May 8, 1994) was an American film and television actor.

He secured a major role early in his career when he starred alongside Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961), and he played the title role of the millionaire sleuth Thomas Banacek in the early-1970s television series Banacek, but he is probably best known to younger audiences for his role as Col. John "Hannibal" Smith, the cigar-chomping leader of a renegade commando squad, in the 1980s television show The A-Team.
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He was good on A-Team.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/08/09 at 7:24 am

"We'll gather lilacs in the spring again."

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Written By: ninny on 05/08/09 at 7:56 am

He was good on A-Team.

That he was.

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Written By: ninny on 05/08/09 at 7:57 am

"We'll gather lilacs in the spring again."

Rochester is having their big festival right now.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/08/09 at 9:05 am

That he was.
I love it when a plan comes together!

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/08/09 at 9:07 am

Rochester is having their big festival right now.
At the end of the month.

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Written By: ninny on 05/08/09 at 9:38 am

At the end of the month.

May 8-17, 2009
Open 10:30AM - 8:30PM Daily
The Only 10-Day FREE Festival of its kind!

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/08/09 at 9:39 am

May 8-17, 2009
Open 10:30AM - 8:30PM Daily
The Only 10-Day FREE Festival of its kind!

Is this the same as the Dickens festival?

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Written By: ninny on 05/08/09 at 10:49 am

Is this the same as the Dickens festival?

No this is in Rochester,NY. Where is the Dickens festival held?

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Written By: CatwomanofV on 05/08/09 at 10:59 am

Our lilac trees are not in bloom YET-my guess they will be in another 2 weeks or so. They do smell HEAVENLY!!!!

Cat

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/08/09 at 11:05 am

Our lilac trees are not in bloom YET-my guess they will be in another 2 weeks or so. They do smell HEAVENLY!!!!

Cat
Smell = pollen = Hay Fever!

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Written By: Frank on 05/08/09 at 1:37 pm

He was good on A-Team.

He was great in Banacek, the Blue Max and Breakfast at Tiffany's. My mom really liked him.
He always had that "I know something you don't know" type of look.

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Written By: ninny on 05/08/09 at 4:56 pm

Our lilac trees are not in bloom YET-my guess they will be in another 2 weeks or so. They do smell HEAVENLY!!!!

Cat

I love the smell of lilacs. I live @45 minutes from Rochester and have only been to the festival once :(

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Written By: ninny on 05/08/09 at 5:01 pm

He was great in Banacek, the Blue Max and Breakfast at Tiffany's. My mom really liked him.
He always had that "I know something you don't know" type of look.

I mostly remember The A Team,it's been a while since I've seen Breakfast At Tiffany's,and I don't remember too much about Banacek.
I do remember he had a look of confidence about him.

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Written By: CatwomanofV on 05/08/09 at 5:13 pm

I love the smell of lilacs. I live @45 minutes from Rochester and have only been to the festival once :(

Never been to the festival. We have two trees-one on each side of the front porch. When we used that entrance all the time, we would get the aroma going in and out of the house. Now, we don't use that entrance much but in the spring when the lilacs are in bloom, we will stand on the porch just to take in the aroma-not to mention cutting a few to bring in the house. I do LOVE lilacs.

Cat

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Written By: Howard on 05/08/09 at 5:18 pm

I love the lilacs in the springtime. :)

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Written By: ninny on 05/08/09 at 7:18 pm

Never been to the festival. We have two trees-one on each side of the front porch. When we used that entrance all the time, we would get the aroma going in and out of the house. Now, we don't use that entrance much but in the spring when the lilacs are in bloom, we will stand on the porch just to take in the aroma-not to mention cutting a few to bring in the house. I do LOVE lilacs.

Cat

I love the lilacs in the springtime. :)

We have a couple of trees in are yard,when they are in bloom I walk around smelling them. One of my best memories in my childhood is picking lilacs for my mom(she also loved them)

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Written By: Frank on 05/09/09 at 1:10 am

I love the smell of lilacs. I live @45 minutes from Rochester and have only been to the festival once :(

I've been through Rochester a few times, having lived in Southern Ontario for a while. It's a nice area, northern New York State.

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Written By: ninny on 05/09/09 at 5:35 am

I've been through Rochester a few times, having lived in Southern Ontario for a while. It's a nice area, northern New York State.

Thanks .I haven't been to your area in years. The last time I was there was 1995 at The African Lion Safari. When I was a teenager my parents took me a few times to Exhibition Stadium to see the Blue Jays.

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Written By: gibbo on 05/09/09 at 5:40 am

I can't say that I've ever come across Lilac trees in Australia. We have lovely (lilac coloured) Jacaranda Trees....beautiful foliage...but the flowers actually don't smell good!

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Written By: ninny on 05/09/09 at 5:48 am

The word of the day...Stowaway
A person who hides aboard a ship or other conveyance in order to obtain free passage
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Written By: ninny on 05/09/09 at 5:50 am

I can't say that I've ever come across Lilac trees in Australia. We have lovely (lilac coloured) Jacaranda Trees....beautiful foliage...but the flowers actually don't smell good!

I hate that when you see a real pretty tree and you walk over to smell the flowers and there is no smell,well at least they are pretty.

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Written By: ninny on 05/09/09 at 5:54 am

The person of the day...Alice Faye
Alice Faye (born Alice Jeane Leppert on May 5, 1915 - May 9, 1998) was an American actress and singer. She is remembered first for her stardom at 20th Century Fox and, later, as the radio comedy partner of her second husband, bandleader-comedian Phil Harris.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/09/09 at 5:56 am

The person of the day...Alice Faye
Alice Faye (born Alice Jeane Leppert on May 5, 1915 - May 9, 1998) was an American actress and singer. She is remembered first for her stardom at 20th Century Fox and, later, as the radio comedy partner of her second husband, bandleader-comedian Phil Harris.
Phil Harris as in Baloo the Bear?

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Written By: Howard on 05/09/09 at 7:09 am

never heard of Alice Faye? ???

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Written By: ninny on 05/09/09 at 7:29 am

Phil Harris as in Baloo the Bear?

Yep
He worked as a vocalist and voice actor for animated films, with performances in the Disney animated features The Jungle Book (1967) as Baloo, The Aristocats (1970) as Thomas O'Malley, and Robin Hood (1973) as Little John (who is similar to Baloo).

The Jungle Book was his greatest success in the years following the end of his radio career. As Baloo the Bear, he sings one of the film's showstoppers, "The Bare Necessities," a performance that introduced Harris to a new generation of young fans who had no awareness of his radio appearances. Harris also joins Louis Prima in "I Wanna Be Like You," delivering a memorable scat-singing performance.

The Aristocats features Harris as alley cat Abraham de Lacey Giuseppe Casey Thomas O'Malley, who joins in the film's showstopper, "Ev'rybody Wants to Be a Cat," with Scatman Crothers. In Robin Hood, Harris's Little John sings the popular anti-Prince John tune "The Phony King of England."

In 1989, Harris briefly returned to Disney to once again voice Baloo, this time for the cartoon series TaleSpin. He was later replaced by actor Ed Gilbert.

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Written By: ninny on 05/09/09 at 7:34 am

never heard of Alice Faye? ???

Most of her career was in the 1930's & 40's
These are the only movies she did after 1945
* State Fair (1962)
* Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
* Every Girl Should Have One (1978)
* The Magic of Lassie (1978)
* A Century of Cinema (1994) (documentary)
* Carmen Miranda: Bananas Is My Business (1995) (documentary)

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Written By: Howard on 05/09/09 at 7:36 am

Most of her career was in the 1930's & 40's
These are the only movies she did after 1945
* State Fair (1962)
* Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
* Every Girl Should Have One (1978)
* The Magic of Lassie (1978)
* A Century of Cinema (1994) (documentary)
* Carmen Miranda: Bananas Is My Business (1995) (documentary)

Magic of Lassie I've heard.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/09/09 at 8:15 am

Most of her career was in the 1930's & 40's
These are the only movies she did after 1945
* State Fair (1962)

...which brings us baack to State Fair?

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Written By: ninny on 05/09/09 at 9:02 am

...which brings us baack to State Fair?

Yep,maybe it's telling us to watch it.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/09/09 at 9:03 am

Yep,maybe it's telling us to watch it.
I will watch out for on tv.

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Written By: CatwomanofV on 05/09/09 at 10:58 am

Yep,maybe it's telling us to watch it.

I have to dust off my video.

Cat

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/09/09 at 11:01 am

I have to dust off my video.

Cat
Any clips from the film on youTube?

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Written By: CatwomanofV on 05/09/09 at 11:17 am

Any clips from the film on youTube?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bUNh1gTBp0

Cat

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/09/09 at 11:26 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bUNh1gTBp0

Cat
Thanks!

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Written By: ninny on 05/09/09 at 12:18 pm

Thanks!

Ditto :)
This is from the 1962 version.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2y8uaIzt-Wk#

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Written By: gibbo on 05/09/09 at 7:41 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bUNh1gTBp0

Cat

Nice clip...I really emjoyed it! :) Jeannie Crane's voice was dubbed for the film. It is a great tune. I found this version by Audra McDonald...I had never heard of her before...but she has a sweet voice.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZ9ODPNiGSE&feature=related

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Written By: gibbo on 05/09/09 at 7:42 pm

Ditto :)
This is from the 1962 version.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2y8uaIzt-Wk#

Another nice clip. I think I favoured the earlier film than the 1962 version.

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Written By: ninny on 05/10/09 at 5:42 am

The word of the day...Hanger
1. One who hangs something: a house painter who also works as a paperhanger.
2. A contrivance to which something hangs or by which something is hung, as:
1. A device around which a garment is draped for hanging from a hook or rod.
2. A loop or strap by which something is hung.
3. A bracket on the spring shackle of a motor vehicle, designed to hold it to the chassis.
4. A decorative strip of cloth hung on a garment or wall.
5. A short sword that may be hung from a belt.

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Written By: ninny on 05/10/09 at 5:46 am

The person of the day...Joan Crawford
Joan Crawford (March 23, 1905 – May 10, 1977) was an American actress of film, television and theatre. Starting as a dancer in traveling theatrical companies before debuting on Broadway, Crawford was signed to a motion picture contract by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1925. Initially frustrated by the size and quality of her parts, Crawford began a campaign of self-publicity and became nationally known as a flapper by the end of the 1920s. In the 1930s, Crawford's fame rivaled MGM colleagues Norma Shearer and Greta Garbo. Crawford often played hardworking young women who find romance and financial success. These "rags-to-riches" stories were well-received by Depression-era audiences and were popular with women. Crawford became one of Hollywood's most prominent movie stars and one of the highest paid women in the United States, but her films began losing money and by the end of the 1930s she was labeled "box office poison".

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Written By: Howard on 05/10/09 at 8:21 am

The person of the day...Joan Crawford
Joan Crawford (March 23, 1905 – May 10, 1977) was an American actress of film, television and theatre. Starting as a dancer in traveling theatrical companies before debuting on Broadway, Crawford was signed to a motion picture contract by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1925. Initially frustrated by the size and quality of her parts, Crawford began a campaign of self-publicity and became nationally known as a flapper by the end of the 1920s. In the 1930s, Crawford's fame rivaled MGM colleagues Norma Shearer and Greta Garbo. Crawford often played hardworking young women who find romance and financial success. These "rags-to-riches" stories were well-received by Depression-era audiences and were popular with women. Crawford became one of Hollywood's most prominent movie stars and one of the highest paid women in the United States, but her films began losing money and by the end of the 1930s she was labeled "box office poison".

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What was her last film? ???

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/10/09 at 8:22 am

What was her last film? ???
At a guess Mommie Dearest ?

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Written By: Howard on 05/10/09 at 8:33 am

At a guess Mommie Dearest ?

I thought she would live to see the 1980's.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/10/09 at 8:38 am

I thought she would live to see the 1980's.
In November 1978, a year and a half after Crawford's death, Christina published an exposé entitled Mommie Dearest which contained allegations that Crawford was emotionally and physically abusive to her and her brother Christopher. Many of Crawford's friends and co-workers, including Van Johnson, Ann Blyth, Marlene Dietrich and others denounced the book, categorically denying any abuse. Crawford's rival Bette Davis, however, strongly supported the book, saying that Christina could not have made it up (Davis would ironically become the target of her own daughter, B. D. Hyman's, tell-all book in 1985, My Mother's Keeper). The book became a bestseller and was later made into the 1981 film Mommie Dearest, starring Faye Dunaway as Crawford.

So she was in that film, but I know that the title had to do with her.

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Written By: Howard on 05/10/09 at 8:40 am

Oh,so there was a book and a film?

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/10/09 at 8:41 am

Oh,so there was a book and a film?
Yes

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Written By: Howard on 05/10/09 at 8:42 am

Did she have any daughters and sons that are alive?

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/10/09 at 8:45 am

Did she have any daughters and sons that are alive?
Crawford married four times. Her first three marriages ended in divorce; the last ended with the death of husband Al Steele. She adopted five children, one of whom was reclaimed by his birth mother. Crawford's relationships with her two older children, Christina and Christopher, were acrimonious. Crawford disinherited the two and, after Crawford's death, Christina wrote a "tell-all" memoir called Mommie Dearest in which she alleged a lifelong pattern of physical and emotional abuse perpetrated by Crawford.

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Written By: ninny on 05/10/09 at 3:13 pm

What was her last film? ???

She continued acting in film and television regularly through the 1960s, when her performances became fewer; after the release of the horror film Trog in 1970, Crawford retired from the screen.

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Written By: Frank on 05/10/09 at 11:39 pm

I think Faye Dunaway's performance in Mommie Dearest was fabulous, always liked Faye Dunaway, I have always found her mouth to be very attractive.
And I remember the SCTV skit of Joan Crawford (played by Catherine O'Hara) quite funny.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/11/09 at 1:51 am

I think Faye Dunaway's performance in Mommie Dearest was fabulous, always liked Faye Dunaway, I have always found her mouth to be very attractive.
And I remember the SCTV skit of Joan Crawford (played by Catherine O'Hara) quite funny.
I worked at the cinema at the first public screening of Mommie Dearest, but never got see to the film.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Frank on 05/11/09 at 2:23 am

I worked at the cinema at the first public screening of Mommie Dearest, but never got see to the film.

I think this movie was 1980? 1981? Can't recall.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/11/09 at 2:26 am

I think this movie was 1980? 1981? Can't recall.
I at the cinema 1979 to 1984, so your 1980 fits that time slot.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 05/11/09 at 5:42 am

The word of the day...Boxing
The act, activity, or sport of fighting with the fists, especially according to rules requiring the use of boxing gloves and limiting legal blows to those striking above the waist and on the front or sides of the opponent.
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 05/11/09 at 5:43 am

I at the cinema 1979 to 1984, so your 1980 fits that time slot.

It was 1981. :)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 05/11/09 at 5:45 am

How about Mike Tyson's Punch-Out?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 05/11/09 at 5:47 am

The person of the day...Floyd Patterson
Floyd Patterson (January 4, 1935 – May 11, 2006) was an American 2-time world heavyweight boxing champion. At 21, Patterson was then the youngest man to win the world heavyweight championship and, later, the first to regain it. He had a record of 55 wins 8 losses and 1 draw, with 40 wins by knockout.
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Written By: Howard on 05/11/09 at 5:48 am

The person of the day...Floyd Patterson
Floyd Patterson (January 4, 1935 – May 11, 2006) was an American 2-time world heavyweight boxing champion. At 21, Patterson was then the youngest man to win the world heavyweight championship and, later, the first to regain it. He had a record of 55 wins 8 losses and 1 draw, with 40 wins by knockout.
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He looks like a tough guy to beat. :o

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Written By: ninny on 05/11/09 at 5:53 am

He looks like a tough guy to beat. :o

Yep he was the youngest to take the title.
After beating Tommy "Hurricane" Jackson in an elimination fight, Patterson faced light heavyweight champion Archie Moore on November 30, 1956, for the world heavyweight championship. He beat Moore by a knockout in five rounds, and became the youngest world heavyweight champion in history, at the age of 21 years and 10 months. As a result, he was the first Olympic gold medalist to win a heavyweight title.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 05/11/09 at 6:07 am

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_soYQ3ZXmgrQ/SJXjrYo3vbI/AAAAAAAABBw/P-6FNPzMIFA/s320/mike+tysons.jpg

from Mike Tyson's Punch Out^

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/11/09 at 6:35 am

Don't talk about knockouts to Ricky Hatton

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 05/11/09 at 6:40 am

My daughter says I should do a co-person of the day, so we will do Bob Marley.
Robert "Bob" Nesta Marley OM (February 6, 1945 – May 11, 1981) was a Jamaican singer-songwriter and musician. He was the lead singer, songwriter and guitarist for the ska, rocksteady and reggae bands The Wailers (1964 – 1974) and Bob Marley & the Wailers (1974 – 1981). Marley remains the most widely known and revered performer of reggae music, and is credited for helping spread Jamaican music to a worldwide audience.
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/11/09 at 6:40 am

Can you ever get hungry during a boxing bout?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/11/09 at 6:41 am

My daughter says I should do a co-person of the day, so we will do Bob Marley.
Robert "Bob" Nesta Marley OM (February 6, 1945 – May 11, 1981) was a Jamaican singer-songwriter and musician. He was the lead singer, songwriter and guitarist for the ska, rocksteady and reggae bands The Wailers (1964 – 1974) and Bob Marley & the Wailers (1974 – 1981). Marley remains the most widely known and revered performer of reggae music, and is credited for helping spread Jamaican music to a worldwide audience.
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:\'(

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 05/11/09 at 6:42 am

Don't talk about knockouts to Ricky Hatton

I see he lost on the 2nd

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: CatwomanofV on 05/11/09 at 10:25 am

I think Faye Dunaway's performance in Mommie Dearest was fabulous, always liked Faye Dunaway, I have always found her mouth to be very attractive.
And I remember the SCTV skit of Joan Crawford (played by Catherine O'Hara) quite funny.

I never liked either Faye Dunaway or Joan Crawford.

Cat

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/11/09 at 10:28 am

I see he lost on the 2nd
Now named Ricky Flatton over here!

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 05/11/09 at 10:41 pm

I Shot The Sheriff.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/12/09 at 2:46 am

I Shot The Sheriff.
One Love

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 05/12/09 at 5:54 am

The word or phrase of the day...Falling Star
A bright trail or streak that appears in the sky when a meteoroid is heated to incandescence by friction with the earth's atmosphere. Also called falling star, meteor burst; Also called shooting star.
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Written By: ninny on 05/12/09 at 5:59 am

The person of the day...Perry Como
Pierino "Perry" Como (May 18, 1912 – May 12, 2001) was an American singer and television personality. During a career spanning more than half a century he recorded exclusively for the RCA Victor label after signing with it in 1943. "Mr. C", as he was nicknamed, sold millions of records for RCA and pioneered a weekly musical variety television show, which set the standards for the genre and proved to be one of the most successful in television history. His combined success on television and popular recordings was not matched by any other artist of the time.

A popular television performer and recording artist, Perry Como produced numerous hit records with record sales so high the label literally stopped counting at Como's behest. His weekly television hobo and seasonal specials were broadcast throughout the world and his popularity seemingly had no geographical or language boundaries. He was equally at ease in live performance and in the confines of a recording studio. His appeal spanned generations and he was widely respected for both his professional standards and the conduct in his personal life. In the official RCA Records Billboard Magazine memorial, his life was summed up in these few words: "50 years of music and a life well lived. An example to all."
On March 14, 1958, the RIAA certified Como's hit single, "Catch A Falling Star" as its first ever Gold Record. "Catch A Falling Star" was written by Paul Vance and Lee Pockriss. The pair were also responsible for penning "Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini." Como won the 1958 Grammy Award for Best Vocal Performance, male for "Catch a Falling Star." His final Top 40 hit was a cover of Don McLean's "And I Love You So", recorded in 1973.
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/12/09 at 6:18 am

The word or phrase of the day...Falling Star
A bright trail or streak that appears in the sky when a meteoroid is heated to incandescence by friction with the earth's atmosphere. Also called falling star, meteor burst; Also called shooting star.
Is that the kind of star you wish on?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/12/09 at 6:20 am

The person of the day...Perry Como
Pierino "Perry" Como (May 18, 1912 – May 12, 2001) was an American singer and television personality. During a career spanning more than half a century he recorded exclusively for the RCA Victor label after signing with it in 1943. "Mr. C", as he was nicknamed, sold millions of records for RCA and pioneered a weekly musical variety television show, which set the standards for the genre and proved to be one of the most successful in television history. His combined success on television and popular recordings was not matched by any other artist of the time.

A popular television performer and recording artist, Perry Como produced numerous hit records with record sales so high the label literally stopped counting at Como's behest. His weekly television hobo and seasonal specials were broadcast throughout the world and his popularity seemingly had no geographical or language boundaries. He was equally at ease in live performance and in the confines of a recording studio. His appeal spanned generations and he was widely respected for both his professional standards and the conduct in his personal life. In the official RCA Records Billboard Magazine memorial, his life was summed up in these few words: "50 years of music and a life well lived. An example to all."
On March 14, 1958, the RIAA certified Como's hit single, "Catch A Falling Star" as its first ever Gold Record. "Catch A Falling Star" was written by Paul Vance and Lee Pockriss. The pair were also responsible for penning "Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini." Como won the 1958 Grammy Award for Best Vocal Performance, male for "Catch a Falling Star." His final Top 40 hit was a cover of Don McLean's "And I Love You So", recorded in 1973.
Hot Diggity!

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 05/12/09 at 6:46 am

Is that the kind of star you wish on?

Yes it is. :)

Hot Diggity!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94BbEY_8Fhk#

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 05/12/09 at 6:47 am

One Love

You Could Be Loved.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/12/09 at 6:49 am

Yes it is.
So I have to catch one now?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 05/12/09 at 6:52 am

So I have to catch one now?

you wish on one.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/12/09 at 7:08 am

you wish on one.
But I have to see one first.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 05/12/09 at 7:13 am

But I have to see one first.

I think they come out during the Summertime.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/12/09 at 7:13 am

I think they come out during the Summertime.
...and night time?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 05/12/09 at 7:16 am

...and night time?

when there is a clear night.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/12/09 at 7:16 am

when there is a clear night.
...and away from the street lights.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 05/12/09 at 7:17 am

...and away from the street lights.

Yeah,that would help.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/12/09 at 7:19 am

Yeah,that would help.
A telescope too?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 05/12/09 at 7:20 am

A telescope too?

or binoculars.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/12/09 at 7:20 am

or binoculars.
But can still be seen by a naked eye?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 05/12/09 at 7:21 am

But can still be seen by a naked eye?

I think so.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/12/09 at 7:22 am

I think so.
I have never seen such the natural phenomena

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 05/12/09 at 7:25 am

I have never seen such the natural phenomena

I hope one day you do.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/12/09 at 7:26 am

I hope one day you do.
There is plenty I have missed out on.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 05/12/09 at 7:26 am

There is plenty I have missed out on.

like for example?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/12/09 at 7:29 am

like for example?
I have never seen an erupting volcano.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 05/12/09 at 7:31 am

I have never seen an erupting volcano.

maybe one day you will.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/12/09 at 8:13 am

maybe one day you will.
I have seen two volcanoes in the Philippnes

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: adagio on 05/12/09 at 8:20 am

you wish on one.

I always thought it was "Star bright, starlight,
First star I see tonight,
Wish I may, wish I might,
_ _ _ _ _ _ "

Maybe it's both.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/12/09 at 9:03 am

I always thought it was "Star bright, starlight,
First star I see tonight,
Wish I may, wish I might,
_ _ _ _ _ _ "

Maybe it's both.
In the Northern Hemisphere the brightest light in the sky is usually the planet Venus.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: CatwomanofV on 05/12/09 at 10:29 am

In the Northern Hemisphere the brightest light in the sky is usually the planet Venus.

My home planet. :D ;D ;D Actually, it is only the evening "star" for half the year. It is the morning "star" the other half. I believe she trades off with Mars as the evening/morning "star". But I could be wrong.

Cat

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 05/12/09 at 10:06 pm

I always thought it was "Star bright, starlight,
First star I see tonight,
Wish I may, wish I might,
_ _ _ _ _ _ "

Maybe it's both.

I think that was a nursery rhyme?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: karen on 05/12/09 at 10:48 pm

But I have to see one first.

You'd need to spend the night away from the bright lights of the city

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/13/09 at 1:15 am

You'd need to spend the night away from the bright lights of the city
It is very difficult when you are stuck in central London.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/13/09 at 1:16 am

I think that was a nursery rhyme?
...or a song?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 05/13/09 at 5:45 am

The word or phrase of the day...High Noon
1. Exactly noon.
2. The highest or most advanced stage or period: the high noon of her creativity.
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Written By: ninny on 05/13/09 at 5:48 am

The person of the day...Gary Cooper
Frank James “Gary” Cooper (May 7, 1901 – May 13, 1961) was an American film actor. He was renowned for his quiet, understated acting style and his stoic, individualistic, emotionally restrained, but at times intense screen persona, which was particularly well suited to the many Westerns he made. His career spanned from 1925 until shortly before his death, and comprised more than one hundred films.

During his lifetime, Cooper received five Academy Award nominations for Best Actor, winning twice, for Sergeant York and High Noon. He also received an Honorary Award in 1961 from the Academy.

Decades later, the American Film Institute named Cooper among the AFI's 100 Years... 100 Stars, ranking 11th among males from the Classical Hollywood cinema period. In 2003, his performances as Will Kane in High Noon, Lou Gehrig in The Pride of the Yankees, and Alvin York in Sergeant York made the AFI's 100 Years... 100 Heroes and Villains list, all of them as heroes.
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/13/09 at 6:03 am

The word or phrase of the day...High Noon
   1. Exactly noon.
   2. The highest or most advanced stage or period: the high noon of her creativity.

Midday.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 05/13/09 at 6:37 am

The person of the day...Gary Cooper
Frank James “Gary” Cooper (May 7, 1901 – May 13, 1961) was an American film actor. He was renowned for his quiet, understated acting style and his stoic, individualistic, emotionally restrained, but at times intense screen persona, which was particularly well suited to the many Westerns he made. His career spanned from 1925 until shortly before his death, and comprised more than one hundred films.

During his lifetime, Cooper received five Academy Award nominations for Best Actor, winning twice, for Sergeant York and High Noon. He also received an Honorary Award in 1961 from the Academy.

Decades later, the American Film Institute named Cooper among the AFI's 100 Years... 100 Stars, ranking 11th among males from the Classical Hollywood cinema period. In 2003, his performances as Will Kane in High Noon, Lou Gehrig in The Pride of the Yankees, and Alvin York in Sergeant York made the AFI's 100 Years... 100 Heroes and Villains list, all of them as heroes.
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I guess he never lived to see the 1980's.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 05/13/09 at 6:49 am

Midday.

Yep.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/13/09 at 6:49 am

Yep.
Time for lunch!

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: adagio on 05/13/09 at 7:10 am

I think that was a nursery rhyme?

'Starlight, star bright' was said when seeing the first star of the night.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/13/09 at 7:44 am

'Starlight, star bright' was said when seeing the first star of the night.
May be my luck will change if I adopted this.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 05/13/09 at 8:06 am

May be my luck will change if I adopted this.

I hope so.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/13/09 at 11:29 am

I hope so.
...but I have to catch the star at first thing in the evening.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 05/14/09 at 5:54 am

The word of the day...Dolls
s miniatures of human bodies, dolls have had many meanings. Across cultures, dolls have served as religious or magical icons for adults, thought to contain the power and personality of a god, an ancestor, or even a personal enemy. Because they were often made of perishable materials, few children's dolls have survived from earlier than 3000 bce, but these figures abound in ancient civilizations, presumably used to act out adult roles and to learn skills. Archaeologists sometimes find it difficult to distinguish an icon from a children's doll, and in some societies, like ancient Japan, adults passed religious dolls down to children as toys after their ritual use. Similarly, fashion dolls, used by adults from the fourteenth century to display the latest style, were gradually transformed into girls' playthings. Miniature silver soldiers and self-animated figures were first made for medieval aristocrats and entered boys' playworlds in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries as lead soldiers and wind-up toys. Replicas of the male body had many descendents — the rubber and plastic toy soldier from the 1930s; the dress-up military doll (GI Joe or Action Man) from 1964; the action figure popularized by Star Wars in 1978. But the term ‘doll’ has been associated primarily with the female form. Despite secularization and the separation of children's from adults' culture, dolls still retain associations with powerful personalities and are closely linked to the imaginations of adults.
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Written By: ninny on 05/14/09 at 5:59 am

The person of the day...Frank Sinatra
Francis Albert "Frank" Sinatra (December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) was an American singer and actor.

Beginning his musical career in the swing era with Harry James and Tommy Dorsey, Sinatra became a successful solo artist in the early to mid-1940s, being the idol of the "bobby soxers." His professional career had stalled by the 1950s, but it was reborn in 1954 after he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.

He signed with Capitol Records and released several critically lauded albums (such as In the Wee Small Hours, Songs for Swingin' Lovers, Come Fly with Me, Only the Lonely and Nice 'n' Easy). Sinatra left Capitol to found his own record label, Reprise Records (finding success with albums such as Ring-A-Ding-Ding, Sinatra at the Sands and Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim), toured internationally, was a founding member of the Rat Pack and fraternized with celebrities and presidents, including President John F. Kennedy. Sinatra turned 50 in 1965, recorded the retrospective September of My Years, starred in the Emmy-winning television special Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music, and scored hits with "Strangers in the Night" and "My Way".

Sinatra attempted to weather the changing tastes in popular music, but with sales of his music dwindling, and after appearing in several poorly received films, he retired in 1971. Coming out of retirement in 1973, he recorded several albums, scored a hit with "(Theme From) New York, New York" in 1980, and toured both within the United States and internationally until a few years before his death in 1998.

Sinatra also forged a career as a dramatic actor, winning the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in From Here to Eternity, and he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for The Man with the Golden Arm. He also starred in such musicals as High Society, Pal Joey, Guys and Dolls and On the Town. Sinatra was honored with the Kennedy Center Honors in 1983 and awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Ronald Reagan in 1985 and the Congressional Gold Medal in 1997. Sinatra was also the recipient of eleven Grammy Awards, including the Grammy Trustees Award, Grammy Legend Award and the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.
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Written By: Howard on 05/14/09 at 6:31 am

start spreading the news...

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/14/09 at 7:14 am

He did it his way

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Written By: CatwomanofV on 05/14/09 at 10:46 am

http://www.dollsntoys.com/index.html

Cat

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/14/09 at 11:26 am

http://www.dollsntoys.com/index.html

Cat
Any of those Cabbage Patch Dolls there?

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Written By: CatwomanofV on 05/14/09 at 11:30 am

Any of those Cabbage Patch Dolls there?

Their inventory is constantly changing so they may or may not. They do have a Princess Diana doll.

Cat

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/14/09 at 11:32 am

Their inventory is constantly changing so they may or may not. They do have a Princess Diana doll.

Cat
Oh dear.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Frank on 05/14/09 at 12:27 pm

Frank Sinatra, the Chairman of the board.
One of the greatest voices of the 20th century (and my mom's favorite)

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Written By: Reynolds1863 on 05/14/09 at 12:52 pm

http://www.dollsntoys.com/index.html

Cat

I was looking at the Strawberry Shortcake stuff. :-[

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/14/09 at 12:58 pm

Frank Sinatra, the Chairman of the board.
One of the greatest voices of the 20th century (and my mom's favorite)
...the chairman of which board?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 05/15/09 at 5:41 am

The word of the day...Butterfly
1. Any of various insects of the order Lepidoptera, characteristically having slender bodies, knobbed antennae, and four broad, usually colorful wings.
2. A person interested principally in frivolous pleasure: a social butterfly.
3. Sports.
1. A swimming stroke in which a swimmer lying face down draws both arms upward out of the water, thrusts them forward, and draws them back under the water in an hourglass design while performing a dolphin kick.
2. A race or a leg of a race in which this stroke is swum.
4. butterflies A feeling of unease or mild nausea caused especially by fearful anticipation.
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Written By: ninny on 05/15/09 at 5:45 am

The person of the day...Emily Dickinson
Emily Elizabeth Dickinson (December 10, 1830 – May 15, 1886) was an American poet. Born in Amherst, Massachusetts to a successful family with strong community ties, she lived a mostly introverted and reclusive life. After she studied at the Amherst Academy for seven years in her youth, she spent a short time at Mount Holyoke Female Seminary before returning to her family's house in Amherst. Thought of as an eccentric by the locals, she became known for her penchant for white clothing and her reluctance to greet guests or, later in life, even leave her room. Most of her friendships were therefore carried out by correspondence.

Dickinson was a prolific private poet, though fewer than a dozen of her nearly eighteen hundred poems were published during her lifetime. The work that was published during her lifetime was usually altered significantly by the publishers to fit the conventional poetic rules of the time. Dickinson's poems are unique for the era in which she wrote; they contain short lines, typically lack titles, and often utilize slant rhyme as well as unconventional capitalization and punctuation. Many of her poems deal with themes of death and immortality, two subjects which infused her letters to friends.

Although most of her acquaintances were probably aware of Dickinson's writing, it was not until after her death in 1886—when Lavinia, Emily's younger sister, discovered her cache of poems—that the breadth of Dickinson's work became apparent. Her first collection of poetry was published in 1890 by personal acquaintances Thomas Wentworth Higginson and Mabel Loomis Todd, both of whom heavily edited the content. A complete and mostly unaltered collection of her poetry became available for the first time in 1955 when The Poems of Emily Dickinson was published by scholar Thomas H. Johnson. Despite unfavorable reviews and skepticism of her literary prowess during the late 19th and early 20th century, critics now consider Dickinson to be a major American poet.
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Written By: ninny on 05/15/09 at 5:52 am

The flower for Friday...Primrose
1. Any of numerous plants of the genus Primula, having well-developed basal leaves and tubular, variously colored flowers grouped in umbels or heads with a funnel-shaped or salverlike corolla and a tube much longer than the calyx.
2. An evening primrose.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/15/09 at 7:31 am

The word of the day...Butterfly
   1. Any of various insects of the order Lepidoptera, characteristically having slender bodies, knobbed antennae, and four broad, usually colorful wings.
   2. A person interested principally in frivolous pleasure: a social butterfly.
   3. Sports.
   1. A swimming stroke in which a swimmer lying face down draws both arms upward out of the water, thrusts them forward, and draws them back under the water in an hourglass design while performing a dolphin kick.
   2. A race or a leg of a race in which this stroke is swum.
   4. butterflies A feeling of unease or mild nausea caused especially by fearful anticipation.

A butterfly can cause chaos on the other side of the world.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/15/09 at 9:23 am

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View of London from Primrose Hill.

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Written By: ninny on 05/15/09 at 10:07 am

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View of London from Primrose Hill.

Nice

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/15/09 at 10:09 am

Nice

I should have some shots of London from Primrose Hill on the computer, we have a picnic there one Sunday afew years back.

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Written By: Howard on 05/15/09 at 12:20 pm

There's also M.Butterfly.

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Written By: ninny on 05/15/09 at 1:32 pm

I should have some shots of London from Primrose Hill on the computer, we have a picnic there one Sunday afew years back.

Did you have a good time?

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Written By: ninny on 05/15/09 at 1:34 pm

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/15/09 at 1:36 pm

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I have seen a ballet format of that opera.

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Written By: Howard on 05/15/09 at 7:19 pm

I have seen a ballet format of that opera.

Somebody by the name of BD Wong was also in M.Butterfly.

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Written By: ninny on 05/16/09 at 1:07 am

The word of the day...Candy
1. A rich sweet confection made with sugar and often flavored or combined with fruits or nuts.
2. A piece of such a confection.
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Written By: ninny on 05/16/09 at 1:11 am

The person of the day...Sammy Davis Jr.
Samuel George “Sammy” Davis, Jr. (December 8, 1925 – May 16, 1990) was an American entertainer. He was a dancer, singer, multi-instrumentalist (vibraphone, trumpet, and drums), impressionist, comedian, convert to Judaism, and Emmy-winning and Golden Globe-nominated actor. He was a member of the Rat Pack, led by Frank Sinatra, and included performers Dean Martin, Joey Bishop, and Peter Lawford.
Although still a huge draw in Las Vegas, Davis' musical career had sputtered out by the latter years of the 1960s, although he had a #11 hit (#1 on the Easy Listening singles chart) with "I've Gotta Be Me" in 1969. An attempt to update his sound and reconnect with younger people resulted in some embarrassing "hip" musical efforts with the Motown record label. But then, even as his career seemed at its nadir, Sammy had an unexpected worldwide smash hit with "Candy Man". Although he didn't particularly care for the song and was chagrined that he was now best known for it, Davis made the most of his new opportunity and revitalized his career. Although he enjoyed no more Top 40 hits, he did enjoy some extra popularity with his performance of the theme song from the T.V. series Baretta (1975-1978) which was not released as a single but was given extensive radio play and he remained a successful live act beyond Vegas for the remainder of his career. He would still occasionally land television and film parts, including high-profile cameo visits to the All in the Family, and with wife Altovise Davis on Charlie's Angels. In the 1970s, he also appeared in a series of memorable commercials in Japan for Suntory whiskey.

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Written By: gibbo on 05/16/09 at 2:56 am

He was one clever little performer. I enjoyed his repertoire immensely. I remember really liking him singing "The Rythym of Life" (from Sweet Charity). :)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/16/09 at 3:01 am

"Mr Bojangles"

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Written By: Howard on 05/16/09 at 7:49 am

The Candyman.

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Written By: ninny on 05/16/09 at 9:08 am

"I've Gotta Be Me"

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Written By: ninny on 05/16/09 at 9:10 am

We will do a small tribute to Margaret Hamilton..
Margaret 'Maggie' Hamilton (December 9, 1902 – May 16, 1985) was an American film actress best known for her portrayal of The Wicked Witch of the West in the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz.A former schoolteacher, she worked as a character actor in films for seven years before she was offered the role that defined her public image.

In later years, Hamilton made frequent cameo appearances on television sitcoms and commercials. She also gained recognition for her work as an advocate of causes designed to benefit children and animals, and retained a lifelong commitment to public education.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/16/09 at 9:11 am

I saw the stage production of the Rat Pack a few years back and the actor/singer who played Sammy Davis Jr was very good.

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Written By: CatwomanofV on 05/16/09 at 10:55 am

He was one clever little performer. I enjoyed his repertoire immensely. I remember really liking him singing "The Rythym of Life" (from Sweet Charity). :)

I LOVE the song "The Rhythm of Life". As a kid, I used to listen to the album of the play and so I got used to hearing the song with someone else singing it (can't remember who). Then the movie came out and I didn't l like Sammy's version as much as I like the one on the record I had. But watching it recently, he didn't do a bad job.

For all those who are interested:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97GzBd92kWk

Cat

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Written By: Frank on 05/16/09 at 12:44 pm

The person of the day...Sammy Davis Jr.
Samuel George “Sammy” Davis, Jr. (December 8, 1925 – May 16, 1990) was an American entertainer. He was a dancer, singer, multi-instrumentalist (vibraphone, trumpet, and drums), impressionist, comedian, convert to Judaism, and Emmy-winning and Golden Globe-nominated actor. He was a member of the Rat Pack, led by Frank Sinatra, and included performers Dean Martin, Joey Bishop, and Peter Lawford.
Although still a huge draw in Las Vegas, Davis' musical career had sputtered out by the latter years of the 1960s, although he had a #11 hit (#1 on the Easy Listening singles chart) with "I've Gotta Be Me" in 1969. An attempt to update his sound and reconnect with younger people resulted in some embarrassing "hip" musical efforts with the Motown record label. But then, even as his career seemed at its nadir, Sammy had an unexpected worldwide smash hit with "Candy Man". Although he didn't particularly care for the song and was chagrined that he was now best known for it, Davis made the most of his new opportunity and revitalized his career. Although he enjoyed no more Top 40 hits, he did enjoy some extra popularity with his performance of the theme song from the T.V. series Baretta (1975-1978) which was not released as a single but was given extensive radio play and he remained a successful live act beyond Vegas for the remainder of his career. He would still occasionally land television and film parts, including high-profile cameo visits to the All in the Family, and with wife Altovise Davis on Charlie's Angels. In the 1970s, he also appeared in a series of memorable commercials in Japan for Suntory whiskey.

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I recall on old "All in the family" episode" where he gave a kiss to Archie. Oh boy, that got a huge laugh!

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Written By: CatwomanofV on 05/16/09 at 12:57 pm

I recall on old "All in the family" episode" where he gave a kiss to Archie. Oh boy, that got a huge laugh!

I remember that one.

Cat

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Written By: ninny on 05/16/09 at 2:42 pm

I recall on old "All in the family" episode" where he gave a kiss to Archie. Oh boy, that got a huge laugh!

I remember that one.

Cat

That was one classic moment. :)

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Written By: Howard on 05/16/09 at 7:13 pm

Margaret Hamilton was on an episode of Mr.Rogers.

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Written By: ninny on 05/17/09 at 5:12 am

Margaret Hamilton was on an episode of Mr.Rogers.

I don't remember that. I remember her Maxwell House commercial.

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Written By: ninny on 05/17/09 at 5:18 am

The word of the day...Pillow
1. A cloth case, stuffed with something soft, such as down, feathers, or foam rubber, used to cushion the head, especially during sleep.
2. A decorative cushion.
3. The pad on which bobbin lace is made.
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Written By: ninny on 05/17/09 at 5:21 am

The person of the day...Tony Randall.
Tony Randall (February 26, 1920 – May 17, 2004) was an American comic and actor.
He starred as nearly all of the leading characters in the 1964 cult classic film 7 Faces of Dr. Lao, co-starring Barbara Eden. The film received an Oscar for William Tuttle's makeup artistry.

Randall's other film roles included Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957), The Mating Game (1959), Pillow Talk (1959), Let's Make Love (1960), Boys' Night Out (1962), The Brass Bottle (1964), Hello Down There (1969), The King of Comedy (1983) and Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990).
The handprints of Tony Randall in front of The Great Movie Ride at Walt Disney World's Disney's Hollywood Studios theme park.

Pillow Talk was the first of three movies in which Doris Day, Rock Hudson and Randall all starred. Randall, by all accounts, ended up with the best lines ("It takes an early bird to take a worm like me"; on the crying Doris Day: "I never knew a woman that size had that much water in her", etc). The other two are Lover Come Back (1961) and Send Me No Flowers (1963). Elements from the plots of these films, particularly Pillow Talk, were parodied in the 2003 comedy Down With Love, with Renée Zellweger in the Doris Day role, Ewan McGregor in the Rock Hudson, and David Hyde Pierce as the Tony Randall character. Randall's final role was in this film.
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Written By: ninny on 05/17/09 at 5:24 am

The co-person of the day...Lawrence Welk
Lawrence Welk (March 11, 1903 – May 17, 1992) was a musician, accordionist, bandleader, and television impresario, hosting The Lawrence Welk Show from 1951 to 1982. His style came to be known to his large number of radio, television, and live-performance fans as "champagne music." He is a 1961 recipient of North Dakota's Rough Rider Award.
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Written By: Howard on 05/17/09 at 7:03 am

I don't remember that. I remember her Maxwell House commercial.

I think it was in 1979.

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Written By: Howard on 05/17/09 at 7:04 am

The person of the day...Tony Randall.
Tony Randall (February 26, 1920 – May 17, 2004) was an American comic and actor.
He starred as nearly all of the leading characters in the 1964 cult classic film 7 Faces of Dr. Lao, co-starring Barbara Eden. The film received an Oscar for William Tuttle's makeup artistry.

Randall's other film roles included Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957), The Mating Game (1959), Pillow Talk (1959), Let's Make Love (1960), Boys' Night Out (1962), The Brass Bottle (1964), Hello Down There (1969), The King of Comedy (1983) and Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990).
The handprints of Tony Randall in front of The Great Movie Ride at Walt Disney World's Disney's Hollywood Studios theme park.

Pillow Talk was the first of three movies in which Doris Day, Rock Hudson and Randall all starred. Randall, by all accounts, ended up with the best lines ("It takes an early bird to take a worm like me"; on the crying Doris Day: "I never knew a woman that size had that much water in her", etc). The other two are Lover Come Back (1961) and Send Me No Flowers (1963). Elements from the plots of these films, particularly Pillow Talk, were parodied in the 2003 comedy Down With Love, with Renée Zellweger in the Doris Day role, Ewan McGregor in the Rock Hudson, and David Hyde Pierce as the Tony Randall character. Randall's final role was in this film.
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The Odd Couple was a great show.

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Written By: ninny on 05/17/09 at 8:38 am

I think it was in 1979.

Wow 30 years ago.

The Odd Couple was a great show.

Yes it was, it was one of my dads favorite shows.

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Written By: gibbo on 05/17/09 at 11:33 pm

Tony Randall was the perfect foil! I enjoyed his work in the Rock Hudson/Doris Day flicks! ;D

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Written By: Frank on 05/18/09 at 12:42 am

Tony Randall was the perfect foil! I enjoyed his work in the Rock Hudson/Doris Day flicks! ;D

Same here, the three of them were great, and I did like Tony in "The odd couple" as well

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 05/18/09 at 5:27 am

The word of the day...Ceremony
1. A formal act or set of acts performed as prescribed by ritual or custom: a wedding ceremony; the Japanese tea ceremony.
2. A conventional social gesture or act of courtesy: the ceremony of shaking hands when introduced.
3. A formal act without intrinsic purpose; an empty form: ignored the ceremony of asking for comments from other committee members.
4. Strict observance of formalities or etiquette: The head of state was welcomed with full ceremony.
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/18/09 at 5:28 am

The word of the day...Ceremony
   1. A formal act or set of acts performed as prescribed by ritual or custom: a wedding ceremony; the Japanese tea ceremony.
   2. A conventional social gesture or act of courtesy: the ceremony of shaking hands when introduced.
   3. A formal act without intrinsic purpose; an empty form: ignored the ceremony of asking for comments from other committee members.
   4. Strict observance of formalities or etiquette: The head of state was welcomed with full ceremony.

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I just had the English Tea Ceremony here in the kitchen.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 05/18/09 at 5:30 am

The person of the day...Ian Curtis
Ian Kevin Curtis (15 July 1956 – 18 May 1980) was the vocalist and lyricist, as well as occasional guitarist and keyboardist, of the band Joy Division, which he joined in 1976 after meeting with Bernard Sumner and Peter Hook at a Sex Pistols gig.

Years after his death, critics and fans continue to write and discuss at length Curtis's music, as well as possible motivations and inspirations for his work. News of his suicide in 1980 spurred many rumours, further accelerating interest in his work and troubled life.
Curtis's last live performance was on 2 May 1980 at Birmingham University, a show that included Joy Division's first and only performance of the song "Ceremony", later recorded by New Order and released as their first single. The last song Curtis performed on stage was "Digital". The recording of this performance can be found on the compilation album Still.
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 05/18/09 at 5:31 am

I just had the English Tea Ceremony here in the kitchen.

Nice did you enjoy it. :)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/18/09 at 5:34 am

Nice did you enjoy it. :)
I am enjoying the delights of my efforts right now.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/18/09 at 5:35 am

The person of the day...Ian Curtis
Ian Kevin Curtis (15 July 1956 – 18 May 1980) was the vocalist and lyricist, as well as occasional guitarist and keyboardist, of the band Joy Division, which he joined in 1976 after meeting with Bernard Sumner and Peter Hook at a Sex Pistols gig.

Years after his death, critics and fans continue to write and discuss at length Curtis's music....

I do not recall any topics here on our boards.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 05/18/09 at 5:40 am

The co-person of the day...Davey Boy Smith
David "Davey" Boy Smith (27 November, 1962 – 18 May, 2002) was a British professional wrestler. Born in Golborne, Warrington (now in the Borough of Wigan), Smith is best known for his appearances in the United States of America with the World Wrestling Federation under his own name and under the ring name The British Bulldog. He was a two-time Stampede North American Champion and won many other Championships in his career.

Smith's middle name, Boy, was the result of one of his parents mistaking the name field on Smith's birth certificate for the gender field
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 05/18/09 at 5:43 am

I do not recall any topics here on our boards.

I hate to say it but I'm not to familiar with the music of Joy Division.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/18/09 at 5:46 am

I hate to say it but I'm not to familiar with the music of Joy Division.
They biggest hit for Joy Division "Love Will Tear Us Apart" in the UK was released in June 1980 and only reached #13 in the UK Charts

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 05/18/09 at 5:47 am

The co-person of the day...Davey Boy Smith
David "Davey" Boy Smith (27 November, 1962 – 18 May, 2002) was a British professional wrestler. Born in Golborne, Warrington (now in the Borough of Wigan), Smith is best known for his appearances in the United States of America with the World Wrestling Federation under his own name and under the ring name The British Bulldog. He was a two-time Stampede North American Champion and won many other Championships in his career.

Smith's middle name, Boy, was the result of one of his parents mistaking the name field on Smith's birth certificate for the gender field
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One of my favorite wrestlers,Thanks Ninny for posting that. :) O0

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 05/18/09 at 8:15 am

One of my favorite wrestlers,Thanks Ninny for posting that. :) O0

Your Welcome. I remember watching the British Bulldogs.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Frank on 05/18/09 at 11:29 am

Britsih bulldogs were good, great matches against Hart Foundation, the Dream team, and others

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Reynolds1863 on 05/18/09 at 2:18 pm

The co-person of the day...Lawrence Welk
Lawrence Welk (March 11, 1903 – May 17, 1992) was a musician, accordionist, bandleader, and television impresario, hosting The Lawrence Welk Show from 1951 to 1982. His style came to be known to his large number of radio, television, and live-performance fans as "champagne music." He is a 1961 recipient of North Dakota's Rough Rider Award.
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There's a Lawrence Welk Play Station game. :o I'm going to have to get a Play Station!!! I grew up watching the Lawrence Welk Show with my Dad. I'm not embarrassed to admit I like it. :)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: apollonia1986 on 05/18/09 at 2:49 pm

:-\\ Larry Welk has a playstation? I only see him when I'm killing time waiting for Antiques Roadshow to come on PBS.

*calling Michael Jackson* "Get of your flat, pancake (bleep) and do something! Larry Welk is gaining on you man!"

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 05/18/09 at 3:53 pm

There's a Lawrence Welk Play Station game. :o I'm going to have to get a Play Station!!! I grew up watching the Lawrence Welk Show with my Dad. I'm not embarrassed to admit I like it. :)

:-\\ Larry Welk has a playstation? I only see him when I'm killing time waiting for Antiques Roadshow to come on PBS.

*calling Michael Jackson* "Get of your flat, pancake (bleep) and do something! Larry Welk is gaining on you man!"

Hey I use to watch it every week with my family.I recently caught part of it on our local PBS channel.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 05/18/09 at 4:52 pm

Your Welcome. I remember watching the British Bulldogs.

I might create the British Bulldog on my Raw vs.Smackdown 08.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 05/19/09 at 5:25 am

The word of the day...Elegance
1.
1. Refinement, grace, and beauty in movement, appearance, or manners.
2. Tasteful opulence in form, decoration, or presentation.
2.
1. Restraint and grace of style.
2. Scientific exactness and precision.
3. Something elegant.

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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 05/19/09 at 5:28 am

The person of the day...Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
Jacqueline "Jackie" Lee Bouvier Kennedy Onassis (July 28, 1929 – May 19, 1994) was the wife of the 35th president of the United States, John F. Kennedy, and served as First Lady during his presidency from 1961 until his assassination in 1963. She was later married to Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis from 1968 until his death in 1975. In later years she had a successful career as a book editor. She is remembered for her style and elegance.
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 05/19/09 at 5:36 am

The co-person of the day...Ronald Colman
Ronald Charles Colman (9 February 1891 – 19 May 1958) was an English Academy Award and Golden Globe-winning actor.
Ronald Colman had first appeared in films in England in 1917 and 1919 under Cecil Hepworth, and subsequently with the old Broadwest Film Company in The Snow of the Desert. While appearing on stage in New York in La Tendress, Director Henry King saw him, and engaged him as the leading man in the 1923 film, The White Sister, opposite Lillian Gish, and was an immediate success. Thereafter Colman virtually abandoned the stage for film. He became a very popular silent film star in both romantic and adventure films, among them The Dark Angel (1925), Stella Dallas (1926), Beau Geste(1927), and The Winning of Barbara Worth (1926). His dark hair and eyes and his athletic and riding ability (he did most of his own stunts until late in his career) led reviewers to describe him as a "Valentino type". He was often cast in similar, exotic roles. Towards the end of the silents era Colman was teamed with Hungarian actress Vilma Bánky under Samuel Goldwyn and the two were a popular movie team rivalling Garbo & Gilbert.

Although he was a huge success in silent films, he was unable to capitalize on one of his chief assets until the advent of the talking picture, "his beautifully modulated and cultured voice", also described as "a bewitching, finely-modulated, resonant voice". His first major talkie success was in 1930, when he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for two roles — Condemned and Bulldog Drummond. He thereafter appeared in a number of notable films including Raffles, The Masquerader, Clive of India, A Tale of Two Cities in 1935, Under Two Flags, The Prisoner of Zenda and Lost Horizon in 1937, If I Were King in 1938, and The Talk of the Town in 1941. He won the Best Actor Oscar in 1948 for A Double Life. At the time of his death, Colman was contracted by MGM for the lead role in Village of the Damned. However, Colman died and the film became a British production starring George Sanders, who had married Colman's widow, Benita Hume.
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 05/19/09 at 7:11 am

The person of the day...Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
Jacqueline "Jackie" Lee Bouvier Kennedy Onassis (July 28, 1929 – May 19, 1994) was the wife of the 35th president of the United States, John F. Kennedy, and served as First Lady during his presidency from 1961 until his assassination in 1963. She was later married to Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis from 1968 until his death in 1975. In later years she had a successful career as a book editor. She is remembered for her style and elegance.
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Wow,it's been 15 years since her passing. :o

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 05/19/09 at 7:44 am

Wow,it's been 15 years since her passing. :o

I know time passes to quickly.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/19/09 at 7:57 am

I thought that there was a blue plaque for Ronald Colman but I must have been mistaken.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 05/19/09 at 10:51 am

I thought that there was a blue plaque for Ronald Colman but I must have been mistaken.

I found this
that the actors Basil Rathbone, Claude Rains and Ronald Colman were rejected for blue plaques because they spent much of their lives abroad (News, June 8). However, before they left, they all served with the London Scottish Regiment (along with other luminaries such as Victor Sylvester, Herbert Marshall and Leslie Sarony) during the First World War.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/19/09 at 1:18 pm

I found this
that the actors Basil Rathbone, Claude Rains and Ronald Colman were rejected for blue plaques because they spent much of their lives abroad (News, June 8). However, before they left, they all served with the London Scottish Regiment (along with other luminaries such as Victor Sylvester, Herbert Marshall and Leslie Sarony) during the First World War.
Thanks that must explain that.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/19/09 at 1:19 pm

I found this
that the actors Basil Rathbone, Claude Rains and Ronald Colman were rejected for blue plaques because they spent much of their lives abroad (News, June 8). However, before they left, they all served with the London Scottish Regiment (along with other luminaries such as Victor Sylvester, Herbert Marshall and Leslie Sarony) during the First World War.
btw, where did you find that?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 05/19/09 at 7:14 pm

I know time passes to quickly.

Was it a heart attack she passed away from? ???

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 05/19/09 at 8:32 pm

btw, where did you find that?

High Beam Research that lead me to an article from The SundayTelegraph London dated June 15 2008.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 05/19/09 at 8:35 pm

Was it a heart attack she passed away from? ???

In January 1994, Onassis was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, a form of cancer. Her diagnosis was announced to the public in February. The family was initially optimistic, and she stopped smoking at the insistence of her daughter. Onassis continued her work with Doubleday, but curtailed her schedule. By April 1994, the cancer had spread, and she made her last trip home from New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center on May 18, 1994. A large crowd of well-wishers, tourists, and reporters gathered on the street outside her penthouse apartment at 1040 Fifth Avenue, and she died in her sleep at 10:15 pm on Thursday, May 19, at the age of 64. Her son said, in announcing her death to the world, "My mother died surrounded by her friends and her family and her books, and the people and the things that she loved. She did it in her own way, and on her own terms, and we all feel lucky for that."

Jacqueline Onassis's funeral was held on May 23 at Saint Ignatius Loyola Roman Catholic Church at Park Avenue and East 84th Street in Manhattan, which was the same church where she was baptized in 1929. At her funeral, her son, John, described three of her attributes as the love of words, the bonds of home and family, and her spirit of adventure. She was then buried next to President John F. Kennedy, and near their son Patrick and daughter Arabella at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia. The New York Daily News ran an issue the next day saying, "Missing Her."

In her will, Onassis left her children an estate valued at $43.7 million by its executors.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/20/09 at 2:12 am

High Beam Research that lead me to an article from The SundayTelegraph London dated June 15 2008.
...of British interest there.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/20/09 at 2:13 am

I thought that there was a blue plaque for Ronald Colman but I must have been mistaken.
I was thinking of Robert Donat, he has a Blue Plaque in Hampstead Garden Suburb (North London).

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 05/20/09 at 5:52 am

The word or phrase of the day...Hanky Panky
1. Devious or mischievous activity.
2. Illicit sexual activity.
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 05/20/09 at 5:56 am

The person of the day...Gilda Radner
ilda Susan Radner (June 28, 1946 – May 20, 1989) was an American comedienne and actress, best known for her five years as part of the original cast of the NBC comedy series Saturday Night Live, for which she won an Emmy Award. Radner's death at 42 of ovarian cancer helped increase public awareness of the disease and the need for earlier detection and treatment.
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 05/20/09 at 5:58 am

The co-person of the day...Malik Sealy
Malik Sealy (February 1, 1970 – May 20, 2000) was an American professional basketball player, active from 1992 until his death in an automobile accident at the age of 30. Sealy played eight seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Indiana Pacers, Los Angeles Clippers, Detroit Pistons and Minnesota Timberwolves.

A native of the Bronx, New York, Sealy was named after noted African-American social activist Malik Shabazz — better known as Malcolm X — for whom Sealy's father had been a bodyguard. Sealy played college basketball at St. John's University and was selected by the Indiana Pacers as the 14th overall pick of the 1992 NBA Draft.
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 05/20/09 at 5:59 am

The word or phrase of the day...Hanky Panky
1. Devious or mischievous activity.
2. Illicit sexual activity.
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everyone loves a little Hanky Panky.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 05/21/09 at 5:19 am

The word of the day...Romantic
1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of romance.
2. Given to thoughts or feelings of romance. See synonyms at sentimental.
3. Displaying, expressive of, or conducive to love: a romantic atmosphere.
4. Imaginative but impractical; visionary: romantic notions.
5. Not based on fact; imaginary or fictitious: His memoirs were criticized as a romantic view of the past.
6. often Romantic Of or characteristic of romanticism in the arts.

n.

1. A romantic person.
2. often Romantic A follower or adherent of romanticism.
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 05/21/09 at 5:22 am

The person of the day ....Barbara Cartland
Dame Mary Barbara Hamilton Cartland, DBE, CStJ, (9 July 1901 – 21 May 2000) was a successful English author, known for her numerous romance novels. She also became one of the United Kingdom's most popular media personalities, appearing often at public events and on television, dressed in her trademark pink and discoursing on love, health and social issues. Other than her fictional romance books, she also wrote health and cookery books, and stage plays and recorded an album of love songs. She was often billed as the Queen of Romance.
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 05/21/09 at 5:25 am

The co-person of the day...John Garfield
John Garfield (March 4, 1913 – May 21, 1952) was an Academy Award-nominated American actor. Garfield was especially adept at playing brooding, rebellious, working-class character roles. Garfield is acknowledged as the predecessor of such Method actors as Marlon Brando, James Dean, and Montgomery Clift.
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/21/09 at 7:05 am

The person of the day ....Barbara Cartland
Dame Mary Barbara Hamilton Cartland, DBE, CStJ, (9 July 1901 – 21 May 2000) was a successful English author, known for her numerous romance novels. She also became one of the United Kingdom's most popular media personalities, appearing often at public events and on television, dressed in her trademark pink and discoursing on love, health and social issues. Other than her fictional romance books, she also wrote health and cookery books, and stage plays and recorded an album of love songs. She was often billed as the Queen of Romance.
She did write a lot of books.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 05/21/09 at 7:14 am

The word of the day...Romantic
1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of romance.
2. Given to thoughts or feelings of romance. See synonyms at sentimental.
3. Displaying, expressive of, or conducive to love: a romantic atmosphere.
4. Imaginative but impractical; visionary: romantic notions.
5. Not based on fact; imaginary or fictitious: His memoirs were criticized as a romantic view of the past.
6. often Romantic Of or characteristic of romanticism in the arts.

n.

1. A romantic person.
2. often Romantic A follower or adherent of romanticism.
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I love being romantic,that's a Pisces trait of mine :).

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 05/21/09 at 7:51 am

I love being romantic,that's a Pisces trait of mine :).

It's always nice to be romantic. :)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 05/21/09 at 7:53 am

She did write a lot of books.

I use to have some a long time ago,sadly between getting married and moving a couple of times I no longer have them.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/21/09 at 8:52 am

I use to have some a long time ago,sadly between getting married and moving a couple of times I no longer have them.
...sold them on ebay?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: barefootrobin on 05/21/09 at 10:16 am

I just found this thread! What an awesome idea! I am commenting so that I will be kept in the loop on new updates. How Entertained am I reading this thread right now? VERY!

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/21/09 at 10:23 am

The person of the day ....Barbara Cartland
Dame Mary Barbara Hamilton Cartland, DBE, CStJ, (9 July 1901 – 21 May 2000) was a successful English author, known for her numerous romance novels. She also became one of the United Kingdom's most popular media personalities, appearing often at public events and on television, dressed in her trademark pink and discoursing on love, health and social issues. Other than her fictional romance books, she also wrote health and cookery books, and stage plays and recorded an album of love songs. She was often billed as the Queen of Romance.
Known for wearing Typ-Pex as make-up.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 05/21/09 at 10:26 am

...sold them on ebay?

No,some got lost,some thrown away,a few were given to old friends.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Reynolds1863 on 05/21/09 at 10:26 am

The co-person of the day...John Garfield
John Garfield (March 4, 1913 – May 21, 1952) was an Academy Award-nominated American actor. Garfield was especially adept at playing brooding, rebellious, working-class character roles. Garfield is acknowledged as the predecessor of such Method actors as Marlon Brando, James Dean, and Montgomery Clift.
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Why aren't actors as handsome as that these days? He's dreamy! http://www.inthe00s.com/smile/05/herz.gif

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 05/21/09 at 10:30 am

I just found this thread! What an awesome idea! I am commenting so that I will be kept in the loop on new updates. How Entertained am I reading this thread right now? VERY!

Thanks :) I try to find one or two people who have passed away on the date it is(once in a while the person may have to be someone who is born on that date) then I try to figure out a word of the day for the main person. On Fridays I have been also doing flowers & flowering trees
It is always nice to hear from people and get different opinions. :)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/21/09 at 10:31 am

No,some got lost,some thrown away,a few were given to old friends.
Such as most of things in life?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 05/21/09 at 10:34 am

Why aren't actors as handsome as that these days? He's dreamy! http://www.inthe00s.com/smile/05/herz.gif

HAHA ;D that's what I thought. To bad he had to die so young. remember him from the original The Postman Always Rings Twice,and Body & Soul.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVGbNGwt3Pk&feature=PlayList&p=78D416755D23E96E&index=0&playnext=1#

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: adagio on 05/21/09 at 10:44 am

It is always nice to hear from people and get different opinions.

Different opinions is okay here? :-\\ :) :)

(I'm sure it is....you're very reasonable and nice. :)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Reynolds1863 on 05/21/09 at 11:06 am

HAHA ;D that's what I thought. To bad he had to die so young. remember him from the original The Postman Always Rings Twice,and Body & Soul.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVGbNGwt3Pk&feature=PlayList&p=78D416755D23E96E&index=0&playnext=1#

The remake of The Postman Always Rings Twice pales compared to the original. Jack Nicholson should never be compared to John Garfield.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 05/21/09 at 11:26 am

Different opinions is okay here? :-\\ :) :)

(I'm sure it is....you're very reasonable and nice. :)

Sure,not everyone is going to like the person I pick. You may like one book, movie,show, song etc that the person does,and someone else might hate that.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 05/21/09 at 6:56 pm

It's always nice to be romantic. :)

How romantic are you?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 05/22/09 at 5:47 am

How romantic are you?

Sadly not as much as I should be :-[

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 05/22/09 at 5:52 am

The word or phrase of the day...Bell Tower
A tower in which a bell or a set of bells is hung.
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 05/22/09 at 5:55 am

The person of the day...Victor Hugo
Victor-Marie Hugo (French pronunciation: ) (26 February 1802 – 22 May 1885) was a French poet, playwright, novelist, essayist, visual artist, statesman, human rights activist and exponent of the Romantic movement in France.

In France, Hugo's literary reputation rests primarily on his poetic and dramatic output and only secondarily on his novels. Among many volumes of poetry, Les Contemplations and La Légende des siècles stand particularly high in critical esteem, and Hugo is sometimes identified as the greatest French poet. Outside France, his best-known works are the novels Les Misérables and Notre-Dame de Paris (known in English also as The Hunchback of Notre Dame).

Though extremely conservative in his youth, Hugo moved to the political left as the decades passed; he became a passionate supporter of republicanism, and his work touches upon most of the political and social issues and artistic trends of his time. He is buried in the Panthéon.
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 05/22/09 at 5:59 am

The co-person of the day..Arthur Conan Doyle
Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a British author most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction, and for the adventures of Professor Challenger. He was a prolific writer whose other works include science fiction stories, historical novels, plays and romances, poetry, and non-fiction.
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http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e199/offensiveline73/baseball/numbered/sc0038027d.jpg

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 05/22/09 at 6:03 am

The flower for Friday...Lily of the Valley
A widely cultivated ornamental European plant (Convallaria majalis) having one-sided racemes of fragrant, bell-shaped white flowers.
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http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn119/charming1009/lily-in-valley.jpg
http://i495.photobucket.com/albums/rr315/devineofjudah/lily_of_the_valley.jpg
http://i364.photobucket.com/albums/oo87/bethpow/Lily-of-the-valley.jpg
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll88/Imagineer28/lily_of_the_valley.jpg
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l228/eleyne92/lily_valley.jpg
http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x121/Splash_4/f_lily.jpg
http://i411.photobucket.com/albums/pp199/MotherWolf_photos/Flowers/lily-of-the-valley.jpg

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/22/09 at 7:02 am

The word or phrase of the day...Bell Tower
A tower in which a bell or a set of bells is hung.

"Ding Dong!!"

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/22/09 at 7:02 am

Two writers for today?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 05/22/09 at 7:05 am

The co-person of the day..Arthur Conan Doyle
Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a British author most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction, and for the adventures of Professor Challenger. He was a prolific writer whose other works include science fiction stories, historical novels, plays and romances, poetry, and non-fiction.
http://i415.photobucket.com/albums/pp240/GADetection/ConanDoyleArthur.jpg
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e199/offensiveline73/baseball/numbered/sc0038027d.jpg

I loved Sherlock Holmes,great detective.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/22/09 at 7:07 am

The co-person of the day..Arthur Conan Doyle
Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a British author most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction, and for the adventures of Professor Challenger. He was a prolific writer whose other works include science fiction stories, historical novels, plays and romances, poetry, and non-fiction.
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/186/475413915_09efcf6762_m.jpg

A Green Plaque Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in Upper Wimpole Street, London.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/22/09 at 7:08 am

I loved Sherlock Holmes,great detective.
I have never read of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's books.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 05/22/09 at 7:08 am

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/186/475413915_09efcf6762_m.jpg

A Green Plaque Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in Upper Wimpole Street, London.

Wow,that's a nice plaque.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/22/09 at 7:11 am

Wow,that's a nice plaque.
I have seen that plaque a few times on my short cuts across central London.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 05/22/09 at 7:12 am

I have seen that plaque a few times on my short cuts across central London.

took any pictures?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 05/22/09 at 7:33 am

Two writers for today?

Yeah why not,something different.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/22/09 at 7:34 am

took any pictures?
Not then, but I have taken other Plaque. I will put them online when the time is right.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 05/22/09 at 7:35 am

I loved Sherlock Holmes,great detective.

Yes he is.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 05/22/09 at 7:36 am

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/186/475413915_09efcf6762_m.jpg

A Green Plaque Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in Upper Wimpole Street, London.

Why is it a different color?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/22/09 at 7:36 am

Why is it a different color?
It is a City of Westminster (sponsored) plaque.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/22/09 at 7:37 am

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3081/2904449835_f1c35aeb39_m.jpg

A brass plaque for Victor Hugo in Brussels, Belgium.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/22/09 at 7:45 am

The co-person of the day..Arthur Conan Doyle
Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a British author most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction, and for the adventures of Professor Challenger. He was a prolific writer whose other works include science fiction stories, historical novels, plays and romances, poetry, and non-fiction.
I am looking forward to the new Sherlock Holmes movie with Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law, driected by Guy Ritchie

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/22/09 at 7:45 am

The flower for Friday...Lily of the Valley
A widely cultivated ornamental European plant (Convallaria majalis) having one-sided racemes of fragrant, bell-shaped white flowers.
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii74/che_embun2008/lily-of-the-valley.jpg
http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn119/charming1009/lily-in-valley.jpg
http://i495.photobucket.com/albums/rr315/devineofjudah/lily_of_the_valley.jpg
http://i364.photobucket.com/albums/oo87/bethpow/Lily-of-the-valley.jpg
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll88/Imagineer28/lily_of_the_valley.jpg
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l228/eleyne92/lily_valley.jpg
http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x121/Splash_4/f_lily.jpg
http://i411.photobucket.com/albums/pp199/MotherWolf_photos/Flowers/lily-of-the-valley.jpg
Pictures of Lily ?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: adagio on 05/22/09 at 8:40 am

The flower for Friday...Lily of the Valley
A widely cultivated ornamental European plant (Convallaria majalis) having one-sided racemes of fragrant, bell-shaped white flowers.
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii74/che_embun2008/lily-of-the-valley.jpg
http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn119/charming1009/lily-in-valley.jpg
http://i495.photobucket.com/albums/rr315/devineofjudah/lily_of_the_valley.jpg
http://i364.photobucket.com/albums/oo87/bethpow/Lily-of-the-valley.jpg
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll88/Imagineer28/lily_of_the_valley.jpg
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l228/eleyne92/lily_valley.jpg
http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x121/Splash_4/f_lily.jpg
http://i411.photobucket.com/albums/pp199/MotherWolf_photos/Flowers/lily-of-the-valley.jpg

I love those flowers. Do you know if they're a strictly outside plant or can be grown inside part of the time?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 05/22/09 at 9:04 am

It is a City of Westminster (sponsored) plaque.

Oh ok.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3081/2904449835_f1c35aeb39_m.jpg

A brass plaque for Victor Hugo in Brussels, Belgium.

Is this a common place to have plaques in Europe?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 05/22/09 at 9:10 am

I love those flowers. Do you know if they're a strictly outside plant or can be grown inside part of the time?

I think it grows just outside,this is the only thing I found so far.
Convallaria majalis is a popular garden plant, grown for its scented flowers and for its ground covering abilities in shady locations. Various forms are grown, including those with double flowers, rose colored flowers, variegated foliage and forms that grow larger than the typical species. Some consider it a weed, as it can spread over a wide area in gardens and can be difficult to contain or remove. Lily-of-the-Valley is used as a food plant by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including the Grey Chi.
Lily-of-the-Valley is an old-fashioned perennial that looks so delicate with its tiny bell shaped flowers. There is not anything delicate about this hardy shade-lover. Lily-of-the-Valley (Convallaria majalis) is a tough-as-nails perennial that will keep going after many others fail to
thrive.

It is one of the few perennials that can grow in the deep shade of large trees and shrubs. Lily-of-the-Valley also makes a good choice in small contained spaces. In areas where temperatures remain cooler in summer, it can even take full sun. This hardy perennial isn't very particular about the soil it's planted in.

Lily-of-the-Valley can spread quickly by underground stems called rhizomes. Although each plant only has two or three wide and glossy leaves, it makes a beautiful ground cover in masses.

The somewhat tropical looking leaves of this perennial belie its ability to survive sub-zero temperatures. Lily-of-the-Valley is hardy in USDA Zones 2 - 7.

Even after the spring blooms fade, the leaves remain beautiful until fall and cover areas where other plants fail. The Lilly-of-the-Valley's blooms are very fragrant. That's just one more added benefit of this tough and reliable perennial.

One of the ways Lily-of-the-Valley is sold at garden centers is by sprouts from the rhizomes called pips. These rhizome sprouts should be planted in the spring. This perennial is also available in container grown plants that can be planted anytime during the growing season.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: adagio on 05/22/09 at 9:16 am

I think it grows just outside,this is the only thing I found so far.
Convallaria majalis is a popular garden plant, grown for its scented flowers and for its ground covering abilities in shady locations. Various forms are grown, including those with double flowers, rose colored flowers, variegated foliage and forms that grow larger than the typical species. Some consider it a weed, as it can spread over a wide area in gardens and can be difficult to contain or remove. Lily-of-the-Valley is used as a food plant by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including the Grey Chi.
Lily-of-the-Valley is an old-fashioned perennial that looks so delicate with its tiny bell shaped flowers. There is not anything delicate about this hardy shade-lover. Lily-of-the-Valley (Convallaria majalis) is a tough-as-nails perennial that will keep going after many others fail to
thrive.

It is one of the few perennials that can grow in the deep shade of large trees and shrubs. Lily-of-the-Valley also makes a good choice in small contained spaces. In areas where temperatures remain cooler in summer, it can even take full sun. This hardy perennial isn't very particular about the soil it's planted in.

Lily-of-the-Valley can spread quickly by underground stems called rhizomes. Although each plant only has two or three wide and glossy leaves, it makes a beautiful ground cover in masses.

The somewhat tropical looking leaves of this perennial belie its ability to survive sub-zero temperatures. Lily-of-the-Valley is hardy in USDA Zones 2 - 7.

Even after the spring blooms fade, the leaves remain beautiful until fall and cover areas where other plants fail. The Lilly-of-the-Valley's blooms are very fragrant. That's just one more added benefit of this tough and reliable perennial.

One of the ways Lily-of-the-Valley is sold at garden centers is by sprouts from the rhizomes called pips. These rhizome sprouts should be planted in the spring. This perennial is also available in container grown plants that can be planted anytime during the growing season.

Thanks. I have the perfect spot for it outside anyway. :)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/22/09 at 9:45 am

Oh ok.Is this a common place to have plaques in Europe?

Oh ok.Is this a common place to have plaques in Europe?
Yes, for the buildings in London and in other cities and towns of Europe have been long standing and have history.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 05/22/09 at 12:19 pm

Yes, for the buildings in London and in other cities and towns of Europe have been long standing and have history.

That's a nice way to remember someone.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: barefootrobin on 05/22/09 at 12:37 pm

Yes, for the buildings in London and in other cities and towns of Europe have been long standing and have history.

Oh that reminds me of this:

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/22/09 at 12:40 pm

Oh that reminds me of this:
Feels like I have been there.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Reynolds1863 on 05/22/09 at 3:16 pm

Oh that reminds me of this:
Those plaques are all over my town. :(

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/22/09 at 3:18 pm

Those plaques are all over my town. :(
I may start a comprehensive list of plaques in London.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: barefootrobin on 05/22/09 at 3:18 pm

Those plaques are all over my town. :(

\
Really? I've only ever seen two: One in a town in Arizona and one in Ontario..... I know you can buy them - I thought they were cute...

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Reynolds1863 on 05/22/09 at 3:23 pm

\
Really? I've only ever seen two: One in a town in Arizona and one in Ontario..... I know you can buy them - I thought they were cute...

Well not exactly those plaques. However when a town keeps 120 old mile markers for effect a plaque like that would just make town folk feel bad.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 05/22/09 at 3:45 pm

Not then, but I have taken other Plaque. I will put them online when the time is right.

pictures of plaques?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/22/09 at 3:46 pm

pictures of plaques?
Only those pictures associated with ninny's person will be posted hee.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 05/22/09 at 3:48 pm

There was also Sherlock Hemlock.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/22/09 at 3:49 pm

There was also Sherlock Hemlock.
No, Sherlock Hemlock is ficticious.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 05/22/09 at 3:50 pm

No, Sherlock Hemlock is ficticious.

a Sesame Street character.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/22/09 at 3:51 pm

a Sesame Street character.
I just noticed the name.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/22/09 at 3:52 pm

Only those pictures associated with ninny's person will be posted hee.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3604/3476264981_a46481288b_m.jpg

In Baker Street, London

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/22/09 at 3:53 pm

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3604/3476264981_a46481288b_m.jpg

In Baker Street, London
...and

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/79/209493487_2d9bad9d20_m.jpg

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: barefootrobin on 05/22/09 at 3:57 pm

Well not exactly those plaques. However when a town keeps 120 old mile markers for effect a plaque like that would just make town folk feel bad.

I think in both cases the plaques were meant in good humour, the one in Arizona is on my friends barn. The other one I saw in the town in Arizona was on a really old building where, apparently nothing had ever happened.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 05/22/09 at 4:03 pm

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3604/3476264981_a46481288b_m.jpg

In Baker Street, London

Very Nice plaques.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Frank on 05/23/09 at 12:43 am

I liked Arthut Conan Doyle's books, I have read a few.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/23/09 at 1:37 am

I liked Arthur Conan Doyle's books, I have read a few.
His book, The Coming of the Fairies (1921) shows he was apparently convinced of the veracity of the Cottingley Fairies photographs, which he reproduced in the book, together with theories about the nature and existence of fairies and spirits.

Which in later years was proved to be fake.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 05/23/09 at 5:34 am

The word of the day...Golf
A game played on a large outdoor course with a series of 9 or 18 holes spaced far apart, the object being to propel a small, hard ball with the use of various clubs into each hole with as few strokes as possible.
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Written By: ninny on 05/23/09 at 5:36 am

The person of the day...Sam Snead
Samuel Jackson Snead (May 27, 1912 – May 23, 2002) was an American golfer who was one of the top players in the world for most of 4 decades. He and two others of the greatest golfers of all time, Ben Hogan and Byron Nelson, were born within six months of each other in 1912. He won a record 82 PGA Tour events and about 70 others worldwide. He won seven majors: three Masters, three PGA Championships and one British Open. Despite his great achievements, his reputation has always been slightly tainted by his failure to win a U.S. Open. Snead shares the record for most second-place finishes in that championship (4) with four others; Bobby Jones, Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, and Phil Mickelson.

Snead was famed for his folksy image, wearing a straw hat, playing tournaments barefoot, and making such statements as "Keep close count of your nickels and dimes, stay away from whiskey, and never concede a putt." His nickname was "Slammin' Sammy." He has also been admired by many for having the so-called "perfect swing," and generated many imitators.
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Written By: ninny on 05/23/09 at 5:38 am

The co-person of the day...Sterling Hayden
Sterling Hayden (March 26, 1916 – May 23, 1986) was an American actor and author. For most of his career as a leading man, he specialized in westerns and film noir, such as Johnny Guitar, The Asphalt Jungle and The Killing. Later on he became noted as a character actor for such roles as Gen. Jack D. Ripper in Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964). He also played the Irish policeman, Captain McCluskey, in Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather in 1972. Standing 6-feet, 5-inches tall (196cm) he is one of the tallest leading actors of all time.
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Written By: danootaandme on 05/23/09 at 5:55 am

^and he did it with the name Sterling. I liked him a lot. :)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/23/09 at 7:02 am

The word of the day...Golf
A game played on a large outdoor course with a series of 9 or 18 holes spaced far apart, the object being to propel a small, hard ball with the use of various clubs into each hole with as few strokes as possible.
I used to play golf, but had to give it up when my back gave up on me.

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Written By: Howard on 05/23/09 at 7:03 am

There's also Arnold Palmer.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/23/09 at 7:04 am

The co-person of the day...Sterling Hayden
Sterling Hayden (March 26, 1916 – May 23, 1986) was an American actor and author. For most of his career as a leading man, he specialized in westerns and film noir, such as Johnny Guitar, The Asphalt Jungle and The Killing. Later on he became noted as a character actor for such roles as Gen. Jack D. Ripper in Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964). He also played the Irish policeman, Captain McCluskey, in Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather in 1972. Standing 6-feet, 5-inches tall (196cm) he is one of the tallest leading actors of all time.
Jack D. Ripper in Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, my favourite role.

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Written By: Howard on 05/23/09 at 7:05 am

I used to play golf, but had to give it up when my back gave up on me.

I used to play miniature golf.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/23/09 at 7:05 am

There's also Arnold Palmer.
...but his birthday is in September.

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Written By: Howard on 05/23/09 at 7:06 am

...but his birthday is in September.

4 months away.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/23/09 at 7:07 am

I used to play miniature golf.
I used to play the full size course and I never broke a 100.

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Written By: Howard on 05/23/09 at 7:08 am

I used to play the full size course and I never broke a 100.

once in a while I'd get a hole in one.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/23/09 at 7:08 am

once in a while I'd get a hole in one.
On the par three, I only had a birde once.

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Written By: ninny on 05/23/09 at 7:22 am

^and he did it with the name Sterling. I liked him a lot. :)

Jack D. Ripper in Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, my favourite role.

I think I am one of a handful of people who never saw that movie :-[. I know about the movie and who was in it,but I've never seen it.

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Written By: Howard on 05/23/09 at 7:23 am

On the par three, I only had a birde once.

That's pretty good.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/23/09 at 7:24 am

That's pretty good.
The hole was around 130 to 150 yards long, the tee-shot landed on the green and a putt was around twenty foot.

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Written By: ninny on 05/23/09 at 7:25 am

I used to play golf, but had to give it up when my back gave up on me.

I.ve only played miniature golf,Tim & Timmy both play golf.

I used to play miniature golf.

Me too I loved it,well most of the time ;D

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Written By: Howard on 05/23/09 at 7:29 am

The hole was around 130 to 150 yards long, the tee-shot landed on the green and a putt was around twenty foot.

How was the eyesight when you putted?

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/23/09 at 7:30 am

How was the eyesight when you putted?
I was younger then and my eyes were much better then.

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Written By: Howard on 05/23/09 at 7:31 am

I was younger then and my eyes were much better then.

Sometimes my eyesight wasn't that good.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/23/09 at 7:48 am

Sometimes my eyesight wasn't that good.
Wearing glasses will help, but the angle of the head may make you view over the rim of the frame.

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Written By: Frank on 05/23/09 at 11:57 am

I used to play golf, but had to give it up when my back gave up on me.

I enjoy playing golf, by I also have to watch my back. It's not as easy as it was in your 20's or 30's.

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Written By: Howard on 05/23/09 at 7:04 pm

Wearing glasses will help, but the angle of the head may make you view over the rim of the frame.

I didn't need glasses I just couldn't see far away.

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Written By: ninny on 05/24/09 at 5:48 am

The word of the day...Sophisticated
1. Having acquired worldly knowledge or refinement; lacking natural simplicity or naiveté.
2. Very complex or complicated: the latest and most sophisticated technology.
3. Suitable for or appealing to the tastes of sophisticates: a sophisticated drama.
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Written By: ninny on 05/24/09 at 5:51 am

The person of the day...Duke Ellington
Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974) was an American composer, pianist, and bandleader.

Duke Ellington was known in his life as one of the most influential figures in jazz, if not in all American music. His reputation increased when he died including a special award citation from the Pulitzer Prize Board.

Ellington called his music "American Music" rather than jazz, and liked to describe those who impressed him as "beyond category." These included many of the musicians who served with his orchestra, some of whom were considered among the giants of jazz and performed with Ellington's orchestra for decades. While many were noteworthy in their own right, it was Ellington who melded them into one of the most well-known orchestral units in the history of jazz. He often composed specifically for the style and skills of these individuals, such as "Jeep's Blues" for Johnny Hodges, "Concerto for Cootie" ("Do Nothing Till You Hear from Me") for Cootie Williams and "The Mooche" for Tricky Sam Nanton. He also recorded songs written by his bandsmen, such as Juan Tizol's "Caravan" and "Perdido" which brought the "Spanish Tinge" to big-band jazz. After 1941, he frequently collaborated with composer-arranger Billy Strayhorn, whom he called his alter-ego.
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Written By: ninny on 05/24/09 at 5:54 am

The co-person of the day...Dick Martin
Thomas Richard Martin (January 30, 1922 – May 24, 2008) was an American comedian and director, best known for his role as the cohost of the sketch comedy program Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In from 1968 to 1973.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/24/09 at 5:55 am

So my crossword can be sophisticated?

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Written By: ninny on 05/24/09 at 6:33 am

So my crossword can be sophisticated?

I guess it could be.

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Written By: Howard on 05/24/09 at 6:49 am

Dick Martin was great in Laugh In.

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Written By: ninny on 05/24/09 at 8:04 am

Dick Martin was great in Laugh In.

That's for sure.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/24/09 at 8:31 am

I guess it could be.
Complicated and hard.

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Written By: CatwomanofV on 05/24/09 at 11:17 am

Say "Good-night", Dick.

Cat

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Written By: ninny on 05/24/09 at 6:40 pm

Say "Good-night", Dick.

Cat

Goodnight Dick
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Written By: Howard on 05/24/09 at 9:45 pm

Say "Good-night", Dick.

Cat

My Dick didn't say good night. ;D

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Written By: ninny on 05/25/09 at 5:34 am

The word of the day...Puppets
1. A small figure of a person or animal, having a cloth body and hollow head, designed to be fitted over and manipulated by the hand.
2. A figure having jointed parts animated from above by strings or wires; a marionette.
3. A toy representing a human figure; a doll.
4. One whose behavior is determined by the will of others: a political puppet.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/25/09 at 5:39 am

Puppet on a String by Sandie Shaw

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Written By: ninny on 05/25/09 at 5:40 am

The person of the day...Frank Oz
Frank Oz (born Richard Frank Oznowicz on May 25, 1944) is a British-born American film director, actor and puppeteer.
Oz is known for his work as a puppeteer (including voices), performing with Jim Henson's Muppets. His characters have included Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Animal, and Sam the Eagle on The Muppet Show, and Grover, Cookie Monster and Bert on Sesame Street, among many others. The Muppet character Fozzie Bear is actually not named after Frank Oz, as is widely believed. In addition to performing a variety of characters, Oz has been one of the primary collaborators responsible for the development of the Muppets over the last 30 years. Oz has performed as a Muppeteer in over 75 movies, video releases, and TV specials, as well as countless other public appearances, episodes of Sesame Street, and other Jim Henson series. His puppetry work spans from 1963 to the present, though he has retired from the Muppets. His muppets were taken over by Eric Jacobson, though Oz still performs his characters on occasion. He also worked with the puppets on the movie Labyrinth, starring David Bowie.

Oz is also well known as the performer of Jedi Master Yoda from George Lucas' Star Wars series. Oz performed the voice and puppet for Yoda in The Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi and The Phantom Menace, and provided the voice of the CGI Yoda in Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith. The conversion to CGI was met with some criticism among fans but Oz himself said that was "exactly what should have done." Oz had a great deal of creative input on the character, and was himself responsible for creating the character's trademark style of using OSV (object-subject-verb) word order instead of normal English SVO. George Lucas was so impressed by Oz's performance as Yoda in The Empire Strikes Back that he tried to get him an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor.
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Written By: ninny on 05/25/09 at 5:45 am

The co-person of the day...Charles Nelson Reilly
Charles Nelson Reilly (January 13, 1931 – May 25, 2007) was an American actor, comedian, director and drama teacher known for his comedic roles in movies, children's television, animated cartoons, and as a panelist on the game show Match Game.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/25/09 at 5:46 am

The person of the day...Frank Oz
Frank Oz (born Richard Frank Oznowicz on May 25, 1944) is a British-born American film director, actor and puppeteer.
Oz is known for his work as a puppeteer (including voices), performing with Jim Henson's Muppets. His characters have included Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Animal, and Sam the Eagle on The Muppet Show, and Grover, Cookie Monster and Bert on Sesame Street, among many others. The Muppet character Fozzie Bear is actually not named after Frank Oz, as is widely believed. In addition to performing a variety of characters, Oz has been one of the primary collaborators responsible for the development of the Muppets over the last 30 years. Oz has performed as a Muppeteer in over 75 movies, video releases, and TV specials, as well as countless other public appearances, episodes of Sesame Street, and other Jim Henson series. His puppetry work spans from 1963 to the present, though he has retired from the Muppets. His muppets were taken over by Eric Jacobson, though Oz still performs his characters on occasion. He also worked with the puppets on the movie Labyrinth, starring David Bowie.

Oz is also well known as the performer of Jedi Master Yoda from George Lucas' Star Wars series. Oz performed the voice and puppet for Yoda in The Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi and The Phantom Menace, and provided the voice of the CGI Yoda in Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith. The conversion to CGI was met with some criticism among fans but Oz himself said that was "exactly what should have done." Oz had a great deal of creative input on the character, and was himself responsible for creating the character's trademark style of using OSV (object-subject-verb) word order instead of normal English SVO. George Lucas was so impressed by Oz's performance as Yoda in The Empire Strikes Back that he tried to get him an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor.
Over the years I have never really known what Frank Oz looks like.

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Written By: Howard on 05/25/09 at 5:47 am

Frank Oz is a legend.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/25/09 at 5:47 am

Frank Oz is a legend.
Indeed

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Written By: Howard on 05/25/09 at 5:49 am

Indeed

His best was doing the voice of Bert.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/25/09 at 5:51 am

His best was doing the voice of Bert.
Not Fuzzy Bear ?

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Written By: ninny on 05/25/09 at 5:52 am

Puppet on a String by Sandie Shaw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrs8CgpH980#
1967 Eurovision song

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTpdT58b_vQ&feature=related#
Elvis Presley
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qljzunen80k#
The Hives
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiBJ92r2b8M#
The Archies.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/25/09 at 5:53 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrs8CgpH980#
1967 Eurovision song

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTpdT58b_vQ&feature=related#
Elvis Presley
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qljzunen80k#
The Hives
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiBJ92r2b8M#
The Archies.

Elvis sung it too?

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Written By: Howard on 05/25/09 at 5:53 am

Not Fuzzy Bear ?

Fozzy. ;)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/25/09 at 5:55 am

Fozzy. ;)
Fozzy then

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/25/09 at 5:55 am

Fozzy. ;)
Fozzie Bear?

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Written By: ninny on 05/25/09 at 6:04 am

His best was doing the voice of Bert.

Fozzie Bear?

Miss Piggy
Miss Pigathius "Piggy" Lee is a Muppet character who was primarily played by Frank Oz and sometimes Richard Hunt in Season 1 of The Muppet Show. In 2001, Eric Jacobson began performing her, although Oz did not officially retire until 2002. She was voiced by Laurie O'Brien in Muppet Babies and Hal Rayle in Little Muppet Monsters.
Fozzie Bear
Fozzie Bear is a Muppet, originally created by Jim Henson. He is an orange, particularly fuzzy bear who tells bad jokes and has a catch phrase, "Wocka Wocka Wocka". Shortly after telling the joke, he is constantly the target of rotten tomatoes and ridicule, especially from hecklers Statler and Waldor
ozzie is very good natured and loves his friends. He was originally performed by puppeteer Frank Oz, although in recent years he has been performed by Eric Jacobson. In Muppet Babies, his voice was provided by Greg Berg, who also voiced Baby Scooter. Berg also voiced him in the ill-fated Little Muppet Monsters.

Though it is often believed Fozzie's name is a play on Frank Oz (F.Oz), he was actually named after Faz Fazakas, the person who created the mechanism that allowed Fozzie to wiggle his ears.
Animal
Animal is a fictional character from The Muppet Show, one of the Muppets originally created by Michael K. Frith.

Character

He is the crazed drummer of Dr. Teeth and The Electric Mayhem. Animal was performed by Frank Oz from his first appearance in the pilot for The Muppet Show until his 1999 appearance in Muppets from Space, and has been performed regularly by Eric Jacobson since his 2002 appearance in It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie. On The Muppet Show, his drumming is performed by Ronnie Verrell. Animal has had roles in all of the Muppet movies, and was the only member of The Electric Mayhem to be included regularly on the Muppet Babies cartoons. He was voiced by Howie Mandel in the first two seasons of Muppet Babies, followed by Dave Coulier in subsequent seasons. Drew Massey operated Animal in Statler and Waldorf: From the Balcony. In Jim Henson's Little Muppet Monsters, Animal was voiced by Hal Rayle (who also voiced Miss Piggy and Gonzo).
Grover
Grover is a Muppet character on the television show Sesame Street. Self-described as lovable and furry, he is a monster who almost never uses contractions when he speaks and sings (except on rare occasions).

In his earliest appearances, Grover was depicted as having dark green fur and an orange nose. By the second season of Sesame Street, this was changed to the more familiar puppet with blue fur and a pink nose (although the original puppet was used for the initial appearance of Grover's mother)
Frank Oz (1970-2001 and occasionally since)
Eric Jacobson (2002-present)
Cookie Monster is a fictional Muppet character on the children's television show Sesame Street. He is best known for his voracious appetite and his famous eating phrases: "Me want cookie!", "Me eat cookie!", and "Awwwwn Nom nom nom" (said through a mouthful of food). He often eats anything and everything, including danishes, donuts, lettuce, apples, bananas, as well as normally inedible objects such as salt and pepper shakers, signs, napkins, pencils, typewriters, telephones, motorcycles, Peabody Awards, trucks, a safe, a VW Beetle, and the Letter of the Day. However, as his name suggests, his preferred food is cookies. Chocolate chip cookies are his favorite kind; oatmeal cookies are his second favorite. In a song in 2004, Cookie Monster revealed that, before he ate his first cookie, he believes his name was Sid. Showing awareness of healthy eating habits for children, since 2006 he has said that cookies are "a sometimes food" and that he also likes fruits and eggplant.
Frank Oz (1969-2002)
David Rudman (2002-present)
Bert is a fictional character, a Muppet on the Public Broadcasting Service's long-running children's television show, Sesame Street. Bert was originally performed by Frank Oz. Since 2001, Muppeteer Eric Jacobson has been phased in as Bert's primary performer.
Frank Oz (1969-2000)
Eric Jacobson (occasionally in 1997, 2001-present)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/25/09 at 6:07 am

Miss Piggy
Miss Pigathius "Piggy" Lee is a Muppet character who was primarily played by Frank Oz and sometimes Richard Hunt in Season 1 of The Muppet Show. In 2001, Eric Jacobson began performing her, although Oz did not officially retire until 2002. She was voiced by Laurie O'Brien in Muppet Babies and Hal Rayle in Little Muppet Monsters.
Fozzie Bear
Fozzie Bear is a Muppet, originally created by Jim Henson. He is an orange, particularly fuzzy bear who tells bad jokes and has a catch phrase, "Wocka Wocka Wocka". Shortly after telling the joke, he is constantly the target of rotten tomatoes and ridicule, especially from hecklers Statler and Waldor
ozzie is very good natured and loves his friends. He was originally performed by puppeteer Frank Oz, although in recent years he has been performed by Eric Jacobson. In Muppet Babies, his voice was provided by Greg Berg, who also voiced Baby Scooter. Berg also voiced him in the ill-fated Little Muppet Monsters.

Though it is often believed Fozzie's name is a play on Frank Oz (F.Oz), he was actually named after Faz Fazakas, the person who created the mechanism that allowed Fozzie to wiggle his ears.
Animal
Animal is a fictional character from The Muppet Show, one of the Muppets originally created by Michael K. Frith.

Character

He is the crazed drummer of Dr. Teeth and The Electric Mayhem. Animal was performed by Frank Oz from his first appearance in the pilot for The Muppet Show until his 1999 appearance in Muppets from Space, and has been performed regularly by Eric Jacobson since his 2002 appearance in It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie. On The Muppet Show, his drumming is performed by Ronnie Verrell. Animal has had roles in all of the Muppet movies, and was the only member of The Electric Mayhem to be included regularly on the Muppet Babies cartoons. He was voiced by Howie Mandel in the first two seasons of Muppet Babies, followed by Dave Coulier in subsequent seasons. Drew Massey operated Animal in Statler and Waldorf: From the Balcony. In Jim Henson's Little Muppet Monsters, Animal was voiced by Hal Rayle (who also voiced Miss Piggy and Gonzo).
Grover
Grover is a Muppet character on the television show Sesame Street. Self-described as lovable and furry, he is a monster who almost never uses contractions when he speaks and sings (except on rare occasions).

In his earliest appearances, Grover was depicted as having dark green fur and an orange nose. By the second season of Sesame Street, this was changed to the more familiar puppet with blue fur and a pink nose (although the original puppet was used for the initial appearance of Grover's mother)
Frank Oz (1970-2001 and occasionally since)
Eric Jacobson (2002-present)
Cookie Monster is a fictional Muppet character on the children's television show Sesame Street. He is best known for his voracious appetite and his famous eating phrases: "Me want cookie!", "Me eat cookie!", and "Awwwwn Nom nom nom" (said through a mouthful of food). He often eats anything and everything, including danishes, donuts, lettuce, apples, bananas, as well as normally inedible objects such as salt and pepper shakers, signs, napkins, pencils, typewriters, telephones, motorcycles, Peabody Awards, trucks, a safe, a VW Beetle, and the Letter of the Day. However, as his name suggests, his preferred food is cookies. Chocolate chip cookies are his favorite kind; oatmeal cookies are his second favorite. In a song in 2004, Cookie Monster revealed that, before he ate his first cookie, he believes his name was Sid. Showing awareness of healthy eating habits for children, since 2006 he has said that cookies are "a sometimes food" and that he also likes fruits and eggplant.
Frank Oz (1969-2002)
David Rudman (2002-present)
Bert is a fictional character, a Muppet on the Public Broadcasting Service's long-running children's television show, Sesame Street. Bert was originally performed by Frank Oz. Since 2001, Muppeteer Eric Jacobson has been phased in as Bert's primary performer.
Frank Oz (1969-2000)
Eric Jacobson (occasionally in 1997, 2001-present)

Animal was my favourite Muppet character.

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Written By: ninny on 05/25/09 at 7:33 am

Animal was my favourite Muppet character.

I really didn't have a favorite, I liked most of them.

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Written By: CatwomanofV on 05/25/09 at 11:53 am

Not only do I think of Frank Oz as the talent behind Fozzy, Miss Piggy, & Yoda, I also think of him as the cop in one of my all-time favorite movies, Trading Places. "It's an opera."

As for Charles Nelson Reilly-did you know he was on Broadway in Hello Dolly with Carol Channing? I also loved him in Lidsville. :D ;D ;D ;D

Cat

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Written By: Reynolds1863 on 05/25/09 at 1:31 pm

The person of the day...Frank Oz
Frank Oz (born Richard Frank Oznowicz on May 25, 1944) is a British-born American film director, actor and puppeteer.
Oz is known for his work as a puppeteer (including voices), performing with Jim Henson's Muppets. His characters have included Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Animal, and Sam the Eagle on The Muppet Show, and Grover, Cookie Monster and Bert on Sesame Street, among many others. The Muppet character Fozzie Bear is actually not named after Frank Oz, as is widely believed. In addition to performing a variety of characters, Oz has been one of the primary collaborators responsible for the development of the Muppets over the last 30 years. Oz has performed as a Muppeteer in over 75 movies, video releases, and TV specials, as well as countless other public appearances, episodes of Sesame Street, and other Jim Henson series. His puppetry work spans from 1963 to the present, though he has retired from the Muppets. His muppets were taken over by Eric Jacobson, though Oz still performs his characters on occasion. He also worked with the puppets on the movie Labyrinth, starring David Bowie.

Oz is also well known as the performer of Jedi Master Yoda from George Lucas' Star Wars series. Oz performed the voice and puppet for Yoda in The Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi and The Phantom Menace, and provided the voice of the CGI Yoda in Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith. The conversion to CGI was met with some criticism among fans but Oz himself said that was "exactly what should have done." Oz had a great deal of creative input on the character, and was himself responsible for creating the character's trademark style of using OSV (object-subject-verb) word order instead of normal English SVO. George Lucas was so impressed by Oz's performance as Yoda in The Empire Strikes Back that he tried to get him an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor.
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Frank Oz is one heck of a great talent. It's too bad Jim Henson isn't around those two belonged together talent wise. How the heck Frank can go from doing the voice of Miss Piggy to Sam The American Eagle amazes me still.

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Written By: wildcard on 05/25/09 at 2:02 pm

I use to love watching Muppet Babies as a kid. I like Animal for his wildness, but I like a lot of the puppets.

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Written By: Howard on 05/25/09 at 4:57 pm

Fozzie Bear?

Fozzy was funny.

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Written By: Howard on 05/25/09 at 4:59 pm

Who remembers Muppets take Manhattan?

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Written By: ninny on 05/25/09 at 5:35 pm

Not only do I think of Frank Oz as the talent behind Fozzy, Miss Piggy, & Yoda, I also think of him as the cop in one of my all-time favorite movies, Trading Places. "It's an opera."

As for Charles Nelson Reilly-did you know he was on Broadway in Hello Dolly with Carol Channing? I also loved him in Lidsville. :D ;D ;D ;D

Cat

Charles Nelson Reilly was an original.

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Written By: ninny on 05/25/09 at 5:48 pm

I use to love watching Muppet Babies as a kid. I like Animal for his wildness, but I like a lot of the puppets.

The Muppet Babies do Star Wars.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XO3BTcnl2SM#

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Written By: wildcard on 05/25/09 at 7:15 pm

ri ront ranna rake ra rath ro ri ran aray. Jetsons, Star track, and Starwars again. I remember seeing this one when I was little.

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Written By: wildcard on 05/25/09 at 9:16 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DJxfnsNLMA&feature=related

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Written By: Frank on 05/26/09 at 1:48 am

Dick Martin was great in Laugh In.

Yah, Dan & Dick were great.
I also love Ruth Buzzi whacking Arte Johnson with her purse!
Funny show for it's time.

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Written By: adagio on 05/26/09 at 4:49 am

I liked the song "Mna, mna"

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Written By: ninny on 05/26/09 at 5:37 am

The word of the day...Acre(s)
1. (Abbr. a. or ac.) A unit of area in the U.S. Customary System, used in land and sea floor measurement and equal to 160 square rods, 4,840 square yards, or 43,560 square feet.
2. acres Property in the form of land; estate.
3. A wide expanse, as of land or other matter. Often used in the plural: “Everything was streaky pink marble and acres of textureless carpeting” (Anne Tyler).
4. Archaic. A field or plot of arable land.
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Written By: ninny on 05/26/09 at 5:47 am

The person of the day..Eddie Albert
Edward Albert Heimberger (April 22, 1906 – May 26, 2005), better known as Eddie Albert, was an American actor, gardener, humanitarian, activist and World War II veteran. In an acting career that spanned nearly seven decades, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1954 for his performance in Roman Holiday and again in 1973 for The Heartbreak Kid. Among his other well-known roles are Bing Edwards in the Brother Rat films, Oliver Wendell Douglas in the popular 1960s television situation comedy Green Acres and Frank MacBride in the 1970s crime drama Switch. He also had a recurring role as Carlton Travis on Falcon Crest opposite Jane Wyman.
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Written By: ninny on 05/26/09 at 5:49 am

The co-person of the day...George Brent
George Brent (March 15, 1899 - May 26, 1979) was an Irish film and television actor in American cinema.
He eventually moved to Hollywood where he made his first film in 1930. Signed to a contract with Warner Brothers, Brent carved out a successful career as a top-flight leading man of the late 1930s and 40s. Highly regarded by Bette Davis, he became her most frequent male co-star, appearing with her in thirteen films, including Front Page Woman (1935), Special Agent (1935), The Golden Arrow (1936), Jezebel (1938), The Old Maid (1939), Dark Victory (1939) and The Great Lie (1941). Brent also played opposite Ruby Keeler in 42nd Street (1933), Greta Garbo in The Painted Veil (1934), Madeleine Carroll in The Case Against Mrs. Ames (1936), Jean Arthur in More Than a Secretary (1936), Myrna Loy in The Rains Came (1939), Merle Oberon in 'Til We Meet Again (1940), Ann Sheridan in Honeymoon for Three (1941), Joan Fontaine in The Affairs of Susan (1945), Barbara Stanwyck in The Purchase Price (1932), The Gay Sisters (1942) and My Reputation (1946), Claudette Colbert in Tomorrow Is Forever (1946), Dorothy McGuire in The Spiral Staircase (1946), Lucille Ball in Lover Come Back (1946) and Yvonne De Carlo in Slave Girl (1947).

Brent drifted into "B" pictures from the late 1940s and retired from film in 1953. He continued to appear on television until 1960, starring in the series Wire Service in 1956. In 1978, he made one last film, the made-for-television production Born Again.

George Brent earned two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, the first, at 1709 Vine St., for his film contributions, the second star, at 1614 Vine St., for his work in television.
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Written By: ninny on 05/26/09 at 5:54 am

I liked the song "Mna, mna"

In 1969, the first season of Sesame Street featured a sketch featuring two muppet girls who are unsure of what to do, until they decide to sing a song, enter an unusual-looking version of the latter Muppet character Mahna Mahna (whose named was later changed to Bip Bippadotta, so as to differentiate him from the Mahna Mahna character on The Muppet Show) who begins singing "Mahna Mahna", prompting the girls to join him.

In 1976, the first episode of The Muppet Show to be recorded (featuring Juliet Prowse), used "Mahna Mahna" as the first sketch. It was performed by the Muppets "Mahna Mahna and the Snowths". As a result, the original Piero Umiliani recording finally became a hit in the UK (#8 in the UK charts in May 1977), where the Muppet Show soundtrack album featuring the Muppets' version went to number one.

A snippet of the song "Lullaby of Birdland" is 'hummed' during one of the improvisational passages.

The Muppets' comeback series Muppets Tonight (1996–1998) revisited it as a parody using the word "phenomenon" in place of the title, a reference to the film of the same name that had recently been released. Kermit the Frog and actress Sandra Bullock appeared in place of "Mahna Mahna" to provide the lyric "phenomena".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRRFfg2Guq4&feature=related#

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Written By: Howard on 05/26/09 at 6:59 am

The word of the day...Acre(s)
1. (Abbr. a. or ac.) A unit of area in the U.S. Customary System, used in land and sea floor measurement and equal to 160 square rods, 4,840 square yards, or 43,560 square feet.
2. acres Property in the form of land; estate.
3. A wide expanse, as of land or other matter. Often used in the plural: “Everything was streaky pink marble and acres of textureless carpeting” (Anne Tyler).
4. Archaic. A field or plot of arable land.
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Very beautiful pictures,just breathtaking. :)

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Written By: ninny on 05/26/09 at 8:30 am

Very beautiful pictures,just breathtaking. :)

Thanks :) I could have used acres & acres of pictures.

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Written By: CatwomanofV on 05/26/09 at 10:57 am

Darling, I love you but give me Park Avenue.

Cat

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Written By: ninny on 05/26/09 at 12:59 pm

Darling, I love you but give me Park Avenue.

Cat

Eva Gabor was great in that role.

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Written By: Reynolds1863 on 05/26/09 at 1:42 pm

My parents have a 40 acre "weekend farm". Not to mention the fact that they watch Green Acres. Makes me wonder why I'm so normal. :D

I wish you would stop posting pictures of talented actors of days gone by. I feel compelled to go by a whole bunch of old movies on DVD. I would need to purchase at least two more DVD cabinets or put my dishes somewhere else. :-\\

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Written By: ninny on 05/26/09 at 1:56 pm

My parents have a 40 acre "weekend farm". Not to mention the fact that they watch Green Acres. Makes me wonder why I'm so normal. :D

I wish you would stop posting pictures of talented actors of days gone by. I feel compelled to go by a whole bunch of old movies on DVD. I would need to purchase at least two more DVD cabinets or put my dishes somewhere else. :-\\

lol that's the idea to make you think of old movies,songs,books & television shows. I usually end up looking old clips up on Youtube to cheap to go out and buy stuff.

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Written By: Reynolds1863 on 05/26/09 at 1:58 pm

lol that's the idea to make you think of old movies,songs,books & television shows. I usually end up looking old clips up on Youtube to cheap to go out and buy stuff.

Guess I'd better watch all the stuff I can on youtube before the copyright monster gets them.

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Written By: Howard on 05/26/09 at 2:38 pm

Thanks :) I could have used acres & acres of pictures.

I think it's pretty good.

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Written By: ninny on 05/27/09 at 5:19 am

The word of the day...Breakfast
The first meal of the day, usually eaten in the morning.
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Written By: ninny on 05/27/09 at 5:23 am

The person of the day...Paul Gleason
Paul Xavier Gleason (May 4, 1939 – May 27, 2006) was an American film and television actor.
Gleason starred in many movies, and became well-known initially as Dr. David Thornton on All My Children, playing the role from 1976 to 1978. He is perhaps best remembered for his role as Richard Vernon, the gruff disciplinary in the seminal 1985 movie The Breakfast Club. He reprised versions of that character several times, including in an A*Teens music video, on the television show Boy Meets World (although he was a dean on BMW) and in the films Johnny Be Good and Not Another Teen Movie. As a bookend to his modern fame as strict disciplinarian, Gleason played a tough yet forgiving and nurturing professor to the lead character in Van Wilder.

Gleason is known to Star Wars fans for his role as Jeremitt Towani in the 1985 made-for-TV film The Battle for Endor. He played the villainous Clarence 'Mr' Beeks in the famous 1983 comedy Trading Places starring Dan Aykroyd and Eddie Murphy. He also played Deputy Police Chief Dwayne T Robinson, the blowhard police official in Die Hard.

He appeared in an episode of Drake and Josh, in which Drake goes to a school council to prove himself innocent after being framed. Gleason plays the goofy judge. He also appeared in an episode of George Lopez as George Lopez's boss's brother, a crazy old drunk. His final appearance before his death was in an independent film called The Book Of Caleb.
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Written By: ninny on 05/27/09 at 5:28 am

The co-person of the day...Jeffrey Hunter
Jeffrey Hunter (November 25, 1926 – May 27, 1969) was a film and television actor.
He made his Hollywood debut in Fourteen Hours (1951), had star billing by Red Skies of Montana (1952), and first billing in Sailor of the King (1953).

Hunter's handsome looks and gentle manner recalled two earlier Fox stars, Tyrone Power and the young Henry Fonda. A loan-out to co-star with John Wayne in the title roles of the now-classic western The Searchers (1956) began the first of three pictures he made with director John Ford; the other two films he made with Ford were The Last Hurrah (1958) and Sergeant Rutledge (1960).

Ford also recommended Hunter to director Nicholas Ray for the role of Jesus Christ in the Biblical film King of Kings (1961), a difficult part met by critical reaction that ranged from praise to ridicule. Among an all-star cast in the World War II battle epic The Longest Day (1962), he provided a climactic heroic act of leading an ultimately successful attempt to breach the defense wall atop Normandy's Omaha Beach but dying in the process.
Jeffrey Hunter as Martin Pawley in The Searchers (1956)

Having guest-starred on television dramas since the mid-1950s, Hunter was now offered a two-year contract by Warner Brothers that included starring as circuit-riding Texas lawyer Temple Lea Houston, the youngest son of Sam Houston, in the NBC series Temple Houston (1963-64), which Hunter's production company co-produced.

Although Temple Houston did not survive its first season, NBC offered him the lead role of Captain Christopher Pike in "The Cage", the pilot episode of a new science fiction series, Star Trek. Hunter decided to concentrate on motion pictures such as Brainstorm, and declined to film a second Star Trek pilot requested by NBC in 1965; the lead in the series was then made into a different character, James T. Kirk, a role given to William Shatner.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/27/09 at 6:32 am

The word of the day...Breakfast
The first meal of the day, usually eaten in the morning.
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Too much bacon!

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Written By: Howard on 05/27/09 at 7:02 am

I love a good breakfast in the morning,I have my usual cup of joe with a muffin or a bowl of cereal. :)

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Written By: ninny on 05/27/09 at 7:06 am

Too much bacon!

That's got to be thick cut bacon,I've never seen it so fat.

I love a good breakfast in the morning,I have my usual cup of joe with a muffin or a bowl of cereal. :)

I haven't eaten yet..hungry but not sure what I want.

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Written By: Howard on 05/27/09 at 7:07 am

That's got to be thick cut bacon,I've never seen it so fat.I haven't eaten yet..hungry but not sure what I want.

Have a cup of coffee with a muffin.

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Written By: ninny on 05/27/09 at 8:03 am

Have a cup of coffee with a muffin.

I don't have much in the house to eat,that's my problem. >:(

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/27/09 at 10:02 am

Have a cup of coffee with a muffin.
It will be tea for me.

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Written By: CatwomanofV on 05/27/09 at 11:26 am

Trading Places is one of my all-time favorite movies. (Didn't I say that just a couple of days ago when Frank Oz was the person of the day?).

Cat

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Written By: ninny on 05/27/09 at 12:34 pm

Trading Places is one of my all-time favorite movies. (Didn't I say that just a couple of days ago when Frank Oz was the person of the day?).

Cat

Yes that does sound familiar.

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Written By: Howard on 05/27/09 at 3:50 pm

It will be tea for me.

I drink coffee like it's going out of style,way too much of it. :P

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Written By: ninny on 05/28/09 at 5:19 am

The word of the day...Sovereignty
1. Supremacy of authority or rule as exercised by a sovereign or sovereign state.
2. Royal rank, authority, or power.
3. Complete independence and self-government.
4. A territory existing as an independent state.

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Written By: ninny on 05/28/09 at 5:22 am

The person of the day...Edward VIII
Edward VIII (Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David; later The Duke of Windsor; 23 June 1894 – 28 May 1972) was King of the United Kingdom and the British dominions, and Emperor of India from 20 January 1936 until his abdication on 11 December 1936. After his father, George V, he was the second monarch of the House of Windsor, his father having changed the name of the royal house from Saxe-Coburg and Gotha in 1917.

Before his accession to the throne, Edward held successively the titles of Prince Edward of York, Prince Edward of Cornwall and York, Duke of Cornwall and Duke of Rothesay, and Prince of Wales. As a young man, he served in World War I, undertook several foreign tours on behalf of his father, and was associated with a succession of older, married women.

Only months into his reign, Edward caused a constitutional crisis by proposing marriage to the American divorcée Wallis Simpson. Although legally Edward could have married Mrs. Simpson and remained king, the prime ministers of the British Empire opposed the marriage, arguing that the people would never accept her as queen. Edward knew that the ministry of British Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin would resign if the marriage went ahead, which could have dragged the King into a general election and ruined irreparably his status as a politically neutral constitutional monarch. Rather than give up Mrs. Simpson, Edward chose to abdicate, making him the only monarch of the Commonwealth realms to voluntarily relinquish the throne. With a reign of 325 days, he is one of the shortest-reigning monarchs in British and Commonwealth history, and was never crowned.

After his abdication, he reverted to the style of a son of the Sovereign, The Prince Edward, and was created Duke of Windsor on 8 March 1937. During World War II, he was at first stationed with the British Military Mission to France, but after private accusations that he held pro-Nazi sympathies, was moved to The Bahamas as Governor and Commander-in-Chief. After the war, he was never given another official appointment, and spent the remainder of his life in retirement.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/28/09 at 5:25 am

The person of the day...Edward VIII
Edward VIII (Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David; later The Duke of Windsor; 23 June 1894 – 28 May 1972) was King of the United Kingdom and the British dominions....

...with a reign of 325 days, he is one of the shortest-reigning monarchs in British and Commonwealth history, and was never crowned.

Jane, Queen of England and Ireland (1536/1537 – 12 February 1554), more commonly known as Lady Jane Grey, was a claimant to the Kingdom of England and Kingdom of Ireland, who was de facto monarch of England for just over a week in 1553.

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Written By: ninny on 05/28/09 at 5:25 am

The co-person of the day... Audie Murphy
Audie Leon Murphy (June 20, 1926 (?) – May 28, 1971) was a much-decorated American soldier who served in the European Theater during World War II. He later became an actor, appearing in 44 American films, and also found some success as a country music composer.

In 27 months of combat action, Murphy became one of the most highly decorated United States soldiers of World War II. He received the Medal of Honor, the U.S. military's highest award for valor, along with 32 additional U.S. and foreign medals and citations, including five from France and one from Belgium.

Murphy's successful movie career included the extremely popular To Hell and Back (1955), which was based on his book of the same name (1949.) He also starred in an impressive 33 Hollywood Western films. He died in a plane crash in 1971 and was interred, with full military honors, in Arlington National Cemetery. Audie Murphy's gravesite is the second-most visited grave at Arlington, after that of President John F. Kennedy
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Written By: ninny on 05/28/09 at 5:34 am

Jane, Queen of England and Ireland (1536/1537 – 12 February 1554), more commonly known as Lady Jane Grey, was a claimant to the Kingdom of England and Kingdom of Ireland, who was de facto monarch of England for just over a week in 1553.

That was some interesting info.
What did the people think of Edward VIII at the time?

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/28/09 at 5:35 am

The person of the day...Edward VIII
Edward VIII (Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David; later The Duke of Windsor; 23 June 1894 – 28 May 1972) was King of the United Kingdom and the British dominions, and Emperor of India from 20 January 1936 until his abdication on 11 December 1936. After his father, George V, he was the second monarch of the House of Windsor, his father having changed the name of the royal house from Saxe-Coburg and Gotha in 1917.

Before his accession to the throne, Edward held successively the titles of Prince Edward of York, Prince Edward of Cornwall and York, Duke of Cornwall and Duke of Rothesay, and Prince of Wales. As a young man, he served in World War I, undertook several foreign tours on behalf of his father, and was associated with a succession of older, married women.

Only months into his reign, Edward caused a constitutional crisis by proposing marriage to the American divorcée Wallis Simpson. Although legally Edward could have married Mrs. Simpson and remained king, the prime ministers of the British Empire opposed the marriage, arguing that the people would never accept her as queen. Edward knew that the ministry of British Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin would resign if the marriage went ahead, which could have dragged the King into a general election and ruined irreparably his status as a politically neutral constitutional monarch. Rather than give up Mrs. Simpson, Edward chose to abdicate, making him the only monarch of the Commonwealth realms to voluntarily relinquish the throne. With a reign of 325 days, he is one of the shortest-reigning monarchs in British and Commonwealth history, and was never crowned.

After his abdication, he reverted to the style of a son of the Sovereign, The Prince Edward, and was created Duke of Windsor on 8 March 1937. During World War II, he was at first stationed with the British Military Mission to France, but after private accusations that he held pro-Nazi sympathies, was moved to The Bahamas as Governor and Commander-in-Chief. After the war, he was never given another official appointment, and spent the remainder of his life in retirement.

After his death his body was returned to Britain, lying in state at St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle. The funeral service was held in the chapel on 5 June in the presence of the Queen, the Royal Family, and the Duchess of Windsor, and the coffin was buried in the Royal Burial Ground behind the Royal Mausoleum of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert at Frogmore.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/28/09 at 5:36 am

What did the people think of Edward VIII at the time?
I could ask my mum, but she was still a young girl then and may not had an opinion then, but may have on now.

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Written By: gibbo on 05/28/09 at 5:43 am

Audie Murphy made quite an acting career from his war deeds. I didn't mind a couple of his movies though!

I also enjoyed Jeffrey Hunter in the Searchers....

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/28/09 at 5:52 am

Audie Murphy made quite an acting career from his war deeds. I didn't mind a couple of his movies though!

I also enjoyed Jeffrey Hunter in the Searchers....
Was it in The Searchers the film when John Wayne kept saying "That'll be the day"?

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Written By: gibbo on 05/28/09 at 5:55 am

Was it in The Searchers the film when John Wayne kept saying "That'll be the day"?

It certainly was...I was going to use it in the Bakers Dozen quotes...

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/28/09 at 5:57 am

It certainly was...I was going to use it in the Bakers Dozen quotes...
When I first saw The Searchers it was a cinema with a sold out audience, and that line always produced laughter from the viewers.

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Written By: ninny on 05/28/09 at 6:39 am

Audie Murphy made quite an acting career from his war deeds. I didn't mind a couple of his movies though!

I also enjoyed Jeffrey Hunter in the Searchers....

My son was always a big fan of Audie Murphy,in 5th grade he did a presentation in front of the school on him.

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Written By: ninny on 05/28/09 at 6:43 am

After his death his body was returned to Britain, lying in state at St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle. The funeral service was held in the chapel on 5 June in the presence of the Queen, the Royal Family, and the Duchess of Windsor, and the coffin was buried in the Royal Burial Ground behind the Royal Mausoleum of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert at Frogmore.

So he was still treated as royalty.
Was his situation made worse because the woman was an American or because she was divorced?

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/28/09 at 6:45 am

Was his situation made worse because the woman was an American or because she was divorced?
Edward VIII abdication crisis, it may be too much to read.

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Written By: Howard on 05/28/09 at 6:47 am

How many Kings were there? ???

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/28/09 at 6:48 am

How many Kings were there? ???
Kings in total in the British monarchy or Edwards only?

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Written By: Howard on 05/28/09 at 6:49 am

Kings in total in the British monarchy or Edwards only?

Edwards.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/28/09 at 6:50 am

Edwards.
8, as in Edward VIII

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/28/09 at 6:51 am

Edwards.
Edward I of England, the monarch who conquered Wales
Edward II of England, King of England from 1307 until deposed in January, 1327
Edward III of England, one of the most successful English kings of medieval times
Edward IV of England, King of England from 4 March 1461 to 9 April 1483
Edward V of England, one of the Princes in the Tower
Edward VI of England, the son of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour
Edward VII of the United Kingdom, the son of Queen Victoria
Edward VIII of the United Kingdom, the son of George V

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Written By: Howard on 05/28/09 at 6:51 am

8, as in Edward VIII

What about what came after Edwards? ???

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Written By: ninny on 05/28/09 at 7:24 am

Edward VIII abdication crisis, it may be too much to read.

I see they were married from 1937-1972 so they most have loved each other.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/28/09 at 7:27 am

What about what came after Edwards? ???
Since Edward VII, it has been:

King George VI from 11 December 1936 until his death, and Queen Elizabeth II from 6 February 1952 to the present day.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/28/09 at 9:58 am

It certainly was...I was going to use it in the Bakers Dozen quotes...
...and the pop group The Searchers named themselves after this film.

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Written By: Reynolds1863 on 05/28/09 at 10:28 am

The person of the day...Edward VIII
Edward VIII (Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David; later The Duke of Windsor; 23 June 1894 – 28 May 1972) was King of the United Kingdom and the British dominions, and Emperor of India from 20 January 1936 until his abdication on 11 December 1936. After his father, George V, he was the second monarch of the House of Windsor, his father having changed the name of the royal house from Saxe-Coburg and Gotha in 1917.

Before his accession to the throne, Edward held successively the titles of Prince Edward of York, Prince Edward of Cornwall and York, Duke of Cornwall and Duke of Rothesay, and Prince of Wales. As a young man, he served in World War I, undertook several foreign tours on behalf of his father, and was associated with a succession of older, married women.

Only months into his reign, Edward caused a constitutional crisis by proposing marriage to the American divorcée Wallis Simpson. Although legally Edward could have married Mrs. Simpson and remained king, the prime ministers of the British Empire opposed the marriage, arguing that the people would never accept her as queen. Edward knew that the ministry of British Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin would resign if the marriage went ahead, which could have dragged the King into a general election and ruined irreparably his status as a politically neutral constitutional monarch. Rather than give up Mrs. Simpson, Edward chose to abdicate, making him the only monarch of the Commonwealth realms to voluntarily relinquish the throne. With a reign of 325 days, he is one of the shortest-reigning monarchs in British and Commonwealth history, and was never crowned.

After his abdication, he reverted to the style of a son of the Sovereign, The Prince Edward, and was created Duke of Windsor on 8 March 1937. During World War II, he was at first stationed with the British Military Mission to France, but after private accusations that he held pro-Nazi sympathies, was moved to The Bahamas as Governor and Commander-in-Chief. After the war, he was never given another official appointment, and spent the remainder of his life in retirement.
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I always thought Wallis Simpson pretty much had control of Edward. She wasn't exactly royal material either. If I'm correct she came from an old Maryland family and they were Catholic. I think the pro-Nazi sympathies are a bit overblown. I think he meet with Hitler once and that was before re realized exactly what was going on. Has anyone been to Frogmore?

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/28/09 at 10:31 am

I always thought Wallis Simpson pretty much had control of Edward. She wasn't exactly royal material either. If I'm correct she came from an old Maryland family and they were Catholic. I think the pro-Nazi sympathies are a bit overblown. I think he meet with Hitler once and that was before re realized exactly what was going on. Has anyone been to Frogmore?
He was to be the Monarch of Great Britain if Hitler had been successful with his war campaign.

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Written By: Reynolds1863 on 05/28/09 at 11:05 am

He was to be the Monarch of Great Britain if Hitler had been successful with his war campaign.

Hitler would have forced King George out. I have to wonder how much Edward knew about what the Nazis were putting people through? Any decent person knowing that would never side with him unless forced.

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Written By: seamermar on 05/28/09 at 11:22 am

The word of the day...Sovereignty
1. Supremacy of authority or rule as exercised by a sovereign or sovereign state.
2. Royal rank, authority, or power.
3. Complete independence and self-government.
4. A territory existing as an independent state.

Thirteen pieces of a snake
became in the greatest world's state.

I don't want to flush anyone
as I say we have a blast of rage
about the colony of Gibraltar. ::)

I know what my country is like.
Anyway it's so hard to find
a sovereign sober of mind
Hence a crown I really dislike. 8-P

Maybe I'm the oddest of men, who knows ::)

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Written By: seamermar on 05/28/09 at 11:29 am

Any decent person knowing that would never side with him unless forced.

My dear Reynolds1863, you should know how many few souls wearing crowns know the meaning of decency.

Did you know that our magnificient current king snuck his crown over his father, just from the dictator's hand ?

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Written By: ninny on 05/28/09 at 11:54 am

I always thought Wallis Simpson pretty much had control of Edward. She wasn't exactly royal material either. If I'm correct she came from an old Maryland family and they were Catholic. I think the pro-Nazi sympathies are a bit overblown. I think he meet with Hitler once and that was before re realized exactly what was going on. Has anyone been to Frogmore?

Some interesting facts about her.On December 11, 1936, Edward VIII of Great Britain made his now famous abdication speech, saying he could no longer continue to fulfill his duties “without the woman I love.” From then on, the story of Edward VIII and Wallis Warfield Simpson passed into the history books as the love story of the century. In the seventy one years, tons of books have been written about the couple, including their own memoirs. Even today she provokes a strong reaction when you talk about her. What is it about this story and this couple that has kept us fascinated for so many decades?

This was the biggest scandal ever to hit the royal family of England. Bigger than the Prince and Princess of Wale’s divorce. This was bigger than “Squidgy-gate,” or even the infamous “I want to be your tampon,” recording between Prince Charles and the former Camilla Parker-Bowles. Heck it was even bigger than Princess Margaret and her ill-fated love for Group Captain Peter Townsend, her love affair with the gardener, and her divorce from Lord Snowden.

Unlike the Duchess of Cornwall, Wallis Warfield didn’t come from an aristocratic background. She had no historical connections to the Royal Family, her great-great grandmother wasn’t the mistress of Edward VII the way Camilla’s was. Wallis wasn’t even particularly beautiful but she had what the French call ‘je ne sais quois.” Somehow she managed to captivate the future King of England with her irreverence and domineering manner enough that, like his great nephew with Camilla, he felt that he couldn’t live without her.

She was born Bessie Wallis Warfield in either June 1895 or 1896 in Pennsylvania. There is speculation that she was born before her parents were married. In any event, her father died shortly after she was born. For the first few years of her life, she was raised in Baltimore, Maryland, in modest circumstances, having to depend on the charity of her wealthy uncle, Solomon Warfield.

Wallis married her first husband, Earl Winfield Spencer, a naval pilot, at the age of 20, in 1916 after a whirlwind courtship. She soon learned that the man she married was an alcoholic with a reckless streak. They frequently separated and got back together, and Wallis was frequently unfaithful, having affairs with a Argentine diplomat, and Mussolini’s future son-in-law.

By the time, Wallis and her first husband split for good, she had already made the acquaintance of husband number two, Ernest Aldrich Simpson. Simpson was half-English and half-American, mild-mannered and easy going. He divorced his first wife to marry Wallis. They were married on 21 July 1928, at the Chelsea Registry office. Through a friend, Wallis met Thelma Furness, who in turn introduced Wallis to the Prince of Wales. By the time Wallis met the Prince, Ernest was beginning to suffer financial difficulties. The Simpson’s were living well above their means.

"I really feel so tired of fighting the world all alone and with no money," she once wrote to her mother.

So what was the big deal about? Why couldn't Edward marry her? Well, Wallis Warfield Simpson was not married when the Prince of Wales made her acquaintance, but she’d already been married and divorced once already. Divorce was still a taboo; divorced subjects including members of the Queen’s own family for years were not accepted at court. Although there was nothing constitutionally to stop the King from marrying her apart from that whole Defender of the Faith thing as head of the Church of England, Edward also knew that marrying Wallis would topple the government. Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin had already made clear his views on the marriage. He refused to even countenance a morganatic marriage, whereby the King could marry Wallis, but she wouldn't be Queen.

What Edward did next was extraordinary in English history. While Richard II was forced to abdicate, King Charles I was beheaded, and James II and tossed out of England, no King in English history had voluntarily given up their throne. It’s a wonder that hell didn’t freeze over or the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse didn’t come riding up Pall Mall to the doors of Buckingham Palace.

In America, we think of this as a great love story. Heck the King of England fell in love with one of our own. In England, not so much, although given the pro-Nazi sympathies of Edward VIII, Wallis Simpson pretty much did England a favor. Frankly she should probably have gotten a medal. Instead she was denied the title of HRH, something that even Fergie received when she was a member of the Royal Family, and she didn’t dress nearly as well as The Duchess of Windsor. Edward never forgave his brother for not allowing Wallis to have the HRH.

Although Wallis was no beauty, she had charisma, and a belief in her own attractiveness. She knew how to dress to make the most of what she was given. And she apparently treated the Prince of Wales, well not like a Prince. On their first meeting, the King asked her some trivia about being American, to which Wallis replied that she’d been asked the same thing by every English person she’d met. She’d hoped for more originality from the Prince of Wales. Snap! Girlfriend wasn’t cowed by the August presence of the Prince of Wales. Wallis did her homework, when Thelma Furness asked Wallis to look after Edward while she traveled, she had no idea that Wallis would end up replacing her. What do you want to bet that she pumped ole Thelma for whatever information she could about her lover? And then did her one better?

Edward VIII had been a man starved of a mother’s affection. His own mother, Queen Mary, was a pretty cold fish, who left Edward in the hands of a pretty sadistic nanny. His youngest brother who was mentally handicapped was shunted aside, and treated as if he didn’t exist. He was completely scared of his father George V, who boasted that he’d been afraid of his father, and he was damn sure that his children would be afraid of him. All of Edward’s affairs had been with older married women.

There were rumors that Wallis had worked in a brothel in China while her first husband had been stationed in the Far East, where she learned Ancient Asian sex secrets that she used to bind Edward to her. Another rumor was that she was a hermaphrodite, and that Edward was attracted to her for her manly qualities.

The last paragraph is interesting,because when Missy quick looked at the pic (the 2nd one down) she thought it was a guy in drag ;D

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Reynolds1863 on 05/28/09 at 11:54 am

My dear Reynolds1863, you should know how many few souls wearing crowns know the meaning of decency.

Did you know that our magnificient current king snuck his crown over his father, just from the dictator's hand ?

I was so hoping at least one would know the meaning.

Took the crown from his Father. I'm to guess the father was still in good health.

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Written By: ninny on 05/28/09 at 12:02 pm

I was so hoping at least one would know the meaning.

Took the crown from his Father. I'm to guess the father was still in good health.

Francisco Franco was in office before him, so it went from his grandfatherAlfonso XIII of Spain to the dictator to him and passed over his father from what I can figure out.

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Written By: Reynolds1863 on 05/28/09 at 12:06 pm

There was something about psychology that Wallis just knew. Thelma was much better looking and more refine than Wallis. Thelma later said if she had the heart to do the Edward what Wallis did she could have. If you read about Wallis's later life she pretty much relied on the mercy/pity of the royal family.

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Written By: seamermar on 05/28/09 at 1:37 pm

I was so hoping at least one would know the meaning.

Took the crown from his Father. I'm to guess the father was still in good health.

It is well known Juan Carlos chose the power before the loyalty.
He was second in line to the throne. His father had no other choice than yield. And if he got ill was from then on...too much walking alone with Johnny.
He was enhanced in spite of succesion's laws by the grace of Franco and God.

That's what everybody knows by here and looks at other side. :-X

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Written By: Reynolds1863 on 05/28/09 at 3:14 pm

It is well known Juan Carlos chose the power before the loyalty.
He was second in line to the throne. His father had no other choice than yield. And if he got ill was from then on...too much walking alone with Johnny.
He was enhanced in spite of succesion's laws by the grace of Franco and God.

That's what everybody knows by here and looks at other side. :-X

Didn't Juan Carlos accidentally kill someone?

To me he always seem a bit of a brut. I'm surprised he able to deal with the fact that he's only a figure head.

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Written By: adagio on 05/28/09 at 4:49 pm

My dear Reynolds1863, you should know how many few souls wearing crowns know the meaning of decency.

Did you know that our magnificient current king snuck his crown over his father, just from the dictator's hand ?

Good heavens! I never would have thought that about Spain, although from the carryings on of every other monarch (?) it's not surprising.

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Written By: Howard on 05/28/09 at 7:22 pm

Long Live The King!

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/29/09 at 1:16 am

Long Live The King!
Which king?

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Written By: ninny on 05/29/09 at 5:56 am

The word of the day...Sweetheart
1. One who is loved.
2. Used as a familiar term of endearment.
3. Informal.
1. A person regarded as generous or lovable.
2. Something cherished for its excellent qualities.

adj.

Involving privileged treatment of a favored party; illegally or unethically favorable: “another land grab, another sweetheart deal based on political influence”
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Written By: ninny on 05/29/09 at 5:59 am

The person of the day...Mary Pickford
Mary Pickford (April 8, 1892 – May 29, 1979) was an Academy Award-winning Canadian motion picture star, as well as a co-founder of the film studio United Artists and one of the original 36 founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Known as "America's Sweetheart," "Little Mary" and "The girl with the curls," she was one of the first Canadian pioneers in early Hollywood and one of film's greatest pioneers. Her influence in the development of film acting was enormous. Because her international fame was triggered by moving images, she is a watershed figure in the history of modern celebrity. And as one of silent film's most important performers and producers, her contract demands were central to shaping the Hollywood industry. In consideration of her contributions to American cinema, the American Film Institute named Pickford 24th among the greatest female stars of all time.
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Written By: ninny on 05/29/09 at 6:02 am

The co-person of the day... Jeff Buckley
Jeffrey Scott Buckley (November 17, 1966 – May 29, 1997), raised as Scotty Moorhead, was an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. He was the son of Tim Buckley, also a musician. Buckley gained popularity in the early 1990s by playing cover songs at venues in Manhattan's East Village, such as Sin-é, and he gradually focused more on his own material. After much interest from record labels he signed with Columbia and, after recruiting a band, recorded what would be his only studio album, Grace.

Over the following two years, the band toured widely to promote the album, including concerts in the U.S., Europe, Japan and Australia. In 1997, he stopped touring and moved to Memphis, Tennessee, to experiment with new material for a second album, recording many four-track demos and completing his third recording session for his new album with his band, with Tom Verlaine as producer. While awaiting the arrival of his band from New York, he drowned during an evening swim in the Wolf River. His body was found on June 4, 1997.
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Written By: ninny on 05/29/09 at 6:14 am

The flower for Friday...Cowslip
1. A Eurasian primrose (Primula veris), usually having fragrant yellow flowers, widely cultivated as an ornamental, and long used in herbal medicine.
2. See marsh marigold.
3. The Virginia cowslip.
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Written By: Howard on 05/29/09 at 7:02 am

The word of the day...Sweetheart
1. One who is loved.
2. Used as a familiar term of endearment.
3. Informal.
1. A person regarded as generous or lovable.
2. Something cherished for its excellent qualities.

adj.

Involving privileged treatment of a favored party; illegally or unethically favorable: “another land grab, another sweetheart deal based on political influence”
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It's good to have a sweetheart. :)

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Written By: Howard on 05/29/09 at 7:03 am

Which king?

Elvis.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/29/09 at 7:42 am

Let me call you Sweetheart!

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/29/09 at 7:43 am

The co-person of the day... Jeff Buckley
Jeffrey Scott Buckley (November 17, 1966 – May 29, 1997), raised as Scotty Moorhead, was an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. He was the son of Tim Buckley, also a musician. Buckley gained popularity in the early 1990s by playing cover songs at venues in Manhattan's East Village, such as Sin-é, and he gradually focused more on his own material. After much interest from record labels he signed with Columbia and, after recruiting a band, recorded what would be his only studio album, Grace.

Over the following two years, the band toured widely to promote the album, including concerts in the U.S., Europe, Japan and Australia. In 1997, he stopped touring and moved to Memphis, Tennessee, to experiment with new material for a second album, recording many four-track demos and completing his third recording session for his new album with his band, with Tom Verlaine as producer. While awaiting the arrival of his band from New York, he drowned during an evening swim in the Wolf River. His body was found on June 4, 1997.
He sang Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah.

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Written By: ninny on 05/29/09 at 8:59 am

He sang Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah.

Yep. That is the only song I know by him

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/29/09 at 9:23 am

Yep. That is the only song I know by him
The same here, and it was in the Bitish Charts last Christmas, when we had four different versions released at the same time, Jeff Buckley, Kate Voegele, Leonard Cohen and Alexandra Burke.

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Written By: ninny on 05/29/09 at 5:24 pm

The same here, and it was in the Bitish Charts last Christmas, when we had four different versions released at the same time, Jeff Buckley, Kate Voegele, Leonard Cohen and Alexandra Burke.

Which version did you like the best?

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Written By: Howard on 05/29/09 at 6:48 pm

Let me call you Sweetheart!

Who sang that? ???

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/30/09 at 2:07 am

Let me call you Sweetheart!

Who sang that? ???
"Let Me Call You Sweetheart" is a popular song, with music by Leo Friedman and lyrics by Beth Slater Whitson. The song was published in 1910 and first recorded by The Peerless Quartet.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/30/09 at 2:08 am

Who sang that? ???
The song was recorded by Bette Midler for the film "The Rose" and the accompanying "The Rose Soundtrack".

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/30/09 at 2:08 am

Who sang that? ???
Bing Crosby

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/30/09 at 2:08 am

Who sang that? ???
Neil Young

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Written By: ninny on 05/30/09 at 5:06 am

The word of the day...Earth
1.
1. The land surface of the world.
2. The softer, friable part of land; soil, especially productive soil.
2. often Earth The third planet from the sun, having a sidereal period of revolution about the sun of 365.26 days at a mean distance of approximately 149 million kilometers (92.96 million miles), an axial rotation period of 23 hours 56.07 minutes, an average radius of 6,378 kilometers (3,963 miles), and a mass of approximately 5.974 × 1024 kilograms (1.317 × 1025 pounds).
3. The realm of mortal existence; the temporal world.
4. The human inhabitants of the world: The earth received the news with joy.
5.
1. Worldly affairs and pursuits.
2. Everyday life; reality: was brought back to earth from his daydreams of wealth and fame.
6. The substance of the human body; clay.
7. The lair of a burrowing animal.
8. Chiefly British. The ground of an electrical circuit.
9. Chemistry. Any of several metallic oxides, such as alumina or zirconia, that are difficult to reduce and were formerly regarded as elements.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/30/09 at 5:08 am

The word of the day...Earth
   1.
   1. The land surface of the world.
   2. The softer, friable part of land; soil, especially productive soil.
   2. often Earth The third planet from the sun, having a sidereal period of revolution about the sun of 365.26 days at a mean distance of approximately 149 million kilometers (92.96 million miles), an axial rotation period of 23 hours 56.07 minutes, an average radius of 6,378 kilometers (3,963 miles), and a mass of approximately 5.974 × 1024 kilograms (1.317 × 1025 pounds).
   3. The realm of mortal existence; the temporal world.
   4. The human inhabitants of the world: The earth received the news with joy.
   5.
   1. Worldly affairs and pursuits.
   2. Everyday life; reality: was brought back to earth from his daydreams of wealth and fame.
   6. The substance of the human body; clay.
   7. The lair of a burrowing animal.
   8. Chiefly British. The ground of an electrical circuit.
   9. Chemistry. Any of several metallic oxides, such as alumina or zirconia, that are difficult to reduce and were formerly regarded as elements.

How old is the Earth?

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Written By: ninny on 05/30/09 at 5:21 am

The person of the day...Claude Rains
William Claude Rains (10 November 1889–30 May 1967) was an English stage and film actor whose career spanned 47 years; he later held American citizenship. He was known for many roles in Hollywood films, among them the voice of The Invisible Man, the corrupt senator in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, and perhaps his most-famous performance, the amoral Captain Renault in Casablanca.
Rains began his career in the London theatre, having a success in the title role of John Drinkwater's play Ulysses S. Grant, the follow-up to the playwright's major hit Abraham Lincoln, and traveled to Broadway in the late 1920s to act in leading roles in such plays as Shaw's The Apple Cart and in the dramatizations of The Constant Nymph, as a Chinese farmer, and Pearl S. Buck's novel The Good Earth.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/30/09 at 5:22 am

The person of the day...Claude Rains
William Claude Rains (10 November 1889–30 May 1967) was an English stage and film actor whose career spanned 47 years; he later held American citizenship. He was known for many roles in Hollywood films, among them the voice of The Invisible Man, the corrupt senator in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, and perhaps his most-famous performance, the amoral Captain Renault in Casablanca.
Rains began his career in the London theatre, having a success in the title role of John Drinkwater's play Ulysses S. Grant, the follow-up to the playwright's major hit Abraham Lincoln, and traveled to Broadway in the late 1920s to act in leading roles in such plays as Shaw's The Apple Cart and in the dramatizations of The Constant Nymph, as a Chinese farmer, and Pearl S. Buck's novel The Good Earth.

http://i386.photobucket.com/albums/oo310/DogSplat/claude_rains_casablanca.jpg

I know and like him best as in Casablanca.

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Written By: ninny on 05/30/09 at 5:24 am

How old is the Earth?

@4.5 billion years old.

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Written By: ninny on 05/30/09 at 5:27 am

The co-person of the day...Georg Ludwig Von Trapp
Korvettenkapitän Georg Ludwig Ritter von Trapp (April 4, 1880 – May 30, 1947) headed the Austrian singing family portrayed in the heavily-fictionalized musical The Sound of Music. His exploits at sea in World War I earned him numerous decorations, including the prestigious Military Order of Maria Theresa.
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Written By: ninny on 05/30/09 at 5:29 am

I know and like him best as in Casablanca.

He has been in many good movies.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/30/09 at 5:37 am

The co-person of the day...Georg Ludwig Von Trapp
Korvettenkapitän Georg Ludwig Ritter von Trapp (April 4, 1880 – May 30, 1947) headed the Austrian singing family portrayed in the heavily-fictionalized musical The Sound of Music. His exploits at sea in World War I earned him numerous decorations, including the prestigious Military Order of Maria Theresa.
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http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk27/Jen7201/GeorgeRitterVonTrapp.jpg
The original Christopher Plummer?

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Written By: ninny on 05/30/09 at 6:18 am

The original Christopher Plummer?

That would be him. ;D

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/30/09 at 6:26 am

That would be him. ;D
Looks nothing like him!

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Written By: Howard on 05/30/09 at 7:03 am

Michael Jackson sang The Earth Song.

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Written By: gibbo on 05/30/09 at 8:41 am

As Bogey said...." Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship"... :)

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Written By: ninny on 05/30/09 at 8:50 am

Looks nothing like him!

If you look up Georg Von Trapp in Photobucket this is one of the pics
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v443/queen_of_the_arts/Sound%20of%20Music/GeorgVonTrapp.jpg

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Written By: ninny on 05/30/09 at 8:51 am

Michael Jackson sang The Earth Song.

There's also the band Earth,Wind & Fire.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/30/09 at 8:56 am

If you look up Georg Von Trapp in Photobucket this is one of the pics
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v443/queen_of_the_arts/Sound%20of%20Music/GeorgVonTrapp.jpg
There is no moustache?

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Written By: ninny on 05/30/09 at 11:32 am

There is no moustache?

I wonder why.
The real Von Trapp
http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk27/Jen7201/GeorgeRitterVonTrapp2.jpg

I did not find anything on it,but did find this interesting tidbit.
The film presents a history of the von Trapp family, albeit one that is not completely accurate: Georg Ludwig von Trapp, who was indeed anti-Nazi, lived with his family in a villa in a district of Salzburg, called Aigen. Maria and Georg had been married 10 years before the Anschluss and had two of their three children before that time. Unlike in the film, Georg considered a position in the Kriegsmarine but ultimately did decide to emigrate with his family.

While the film shows the von Trapp family hiking over the Alps to Switzerland, they walked to the local train station and boarded the next train to Italy, from which they fled to London and ultimately the United States. Salzburg is only a few miles away from the Austrian-German border and is much too far from either the Swiss or Italian borders for a family to escape by walking. Had the von Trapps hiked over the mountains they would have in all likelihood ended up in Germany near the Kehlsteinhaus, Hitler's mountain retreat in Berchtesgaden.

Although the film does not recount an entirely accurate story of the family, it was filmed at original locations in the city and county of Salzburg and Upper Austria, including Nonnberg Abbey, and St.Peter cemetery. Leopoldskron Palace, Frohnburg Palace, and Hellbrunn Palace were some of the locations used for the Trapp Villa in the film. The opening scene and aerial shots were filmed in Anif (Anif Palace), Mondsee, and Salzkammergut (Fuschl am See, St. Gilgen and Saint Wolfgang). Hohenwerfen Castle served as the main backdrop for the song "Do-Re-Mi."

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/30/09 at 11:35 am

I wonder why.
The real Von Trapp
http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk27/Jen7201/GeorgeRitterVonTrapp2.jpg

I did not find anything on it,but did find this interesting tidbit.
The film presents a history of the von Trapp family, albeit one that is not completely accurate: Georg Ludwig von Trapp, who was indeed anti-Nazi, lived with his family in a villa in a district of Salzburg, called Aigen. Maria and Georg had been married 10 years before the Anschluss and had two of their three children before that time. Unlike in the film, Georg considered a position in the Kriegsmarine but ultimately did decide to emigrate with his family.

While the film shows the von Trapp family hiking over the Alps to Switzerland, they walked to the local train station and boarded the next train to Italy, from which they fled to London and ultimately the United States. Salzburg is only a few miles away from the Austrian-German border and is much too far from either the Swiss or Italian borders for a family to escape by walking. Had the von Trapps hiked over the mountains they would have in all likelihood ended up in Germany near the Kehlsteinhaus, Hitler's mountain retreat in Berchtesgaden.

Although the film does not recount an entirely accurate story of the family, it was filmed at original locations in the city and county of Salzburg and Upper Austria, including Nonnberg Abbey, and St.Peter cemetery. Leopoldskron Palace, Frohnburg Palace, and Hellbrunn Palace were some of the locations used for the Trapp Villa in the film. The opening scene and aerial shots were filmed in Anif (Anif Palace), Mondsee, and Salzkammergut (Fuschl am See, St. Gilgen and Saint Wolfgang). Hohenwerfen Castle served as the main backdrop for the song "Do-Re-Mi."
Was one of his sons a member of the Hitler Youth Movement?

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Written By: ninny on 05/30/09 at 11:45 am

Was one of his sons a member of the Hitler Youth Movement?

Not that I can see his oldest Rupert von Trapp( Friedrich in the movie) refused a job in Vienna because it was taken away from a Jewish doctor.
The funny thing is is that he was born in 1915,which would make him well into his 20's during WWII
His other brother was born in 1915, and the youngest who was born after Georg & Maria got married in 1939.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/30/09 at 11:49 am

Not that I can see his oldest Rupert von Trapp( Friedrich in the movie) refused a job in Vienna because it was taken away from a Jewish doctor.
The funny thing is is that he was born in 1915,which would make him well into his 20's during WWII
His other brother was born in 1915, and the youngest who was born after Georg & Maria got married in 1939.
At the outbreak of the WW2 his daughter Liesl was sixteen going on seventeen, does that fit in with the timeline of the film/musical?

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Written By: ninny on 05/30/09 at 11:56 am

At the outbreak of the WW2 his daughter Liesl was sixteen going on seventeen, does that fit in with the timeline of the film/musical?

Not even close ;D
Agathe Johanna Erwina Gobertina von Trapp (born 12 March 1913)( Liesl)
New song I am twenty six going on twenty seven..

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Written By: CatwomanofV on 05/30/09 at 11:58 am

I know and like him best as in Casablanca.

Another of my all-time favorite movies and Renault is one of my favorite characters. I love the line he delivered:

Captain Renault: I'm shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on in here!

Croupier: Your winnings, sir.
Captain Renault: Oh, thank you very much.

I wonder why.
The real Von Trapp
http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk27/Jen7201/GeorgeRitterVonTrapp2.jpg

I did not find anything on it,but did find this interesting tidbit.
The film presents a history of the von Trapp family, albeit one that is not completely accurate: Georg Ludwig von Trapp, who was indeed anti-Nazi, lived with his family in a villa in a district of Salzburg, called Aigen. Maria and Georg had been married 10 years before the Anschluss and had two of their three children before that time. Unlike in the film, Georg considered a position in the Kriegsmarine but ultimately did decide to emigrate with his family.

While the film shows the von Trapp family hiking over the Alps to Switzerland, they walked to the local train station and boarded the next train to Italy, from which they fled to London and ultimately the United States. Salzburg is only a few miles away from the Austrian-German border and is much too far from either the Swiss or Italian borders for a family to escape by walking. Had the von Trapps hiked over the mountains they would have in all likelihood ended up in Germany near the Kehlsteinhaus, Hitler's mountain retreat in Berchtesgaden.

Although the film does not recount an entirely accurate story of the family, it was filmed at original locations in the city and county of Salzburg and Upper Austria, including Nonnberg Abbey, and St.Peter cemetery. Leopoldskron Palace, Frohnburg Palace, and Hellbrunn Palace were some of the locations used for the Trapp Villa in the film. The opening scene and aerial shots were filmed in Anif (Anif Palace), Mondsee, and Salzkammergut (Fuschl am See, St. Gilgen and Saint Wolfgang). Hohenwerfen Castle served as the main backdrop for the song "Do-Re-Mi."

They don't mention that after they left Austria, they came to Vermont. There is still the Von Trapp Lodge in Stowe, Vermont and many of the Von Trapp grandkids are in the entertainment business.

Cat

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Written By: ninny on 05/30/09 at 12:14 pm

Another of my all-time favorite movies and Renault is one of my favorite characters. I love the line he delivered:

Captain Renault: I'm shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on in here!

Croupier: Your winnings, sir.
Captain Renault: Oh, thank you very much.

They don't mention that after they left Austria, they came to Vermont. There is still the Von Trapp Lodge in Stowe, Vermont and many of the Von Trapp grandkids are in the entertainment business.

Cat

It just says that they end up in the US.While the film shows the von Trapp family hiking over the Alps to Switzerland, they walked to the local train station and boarded the next train to Italy, from which they fled to London and ultimately the United States...It says this under Maria's bio..In the 1940s the family moved to Stowe, Vermont, where they ran a music camp when they were not touring. In 1944, Maria and her stepdaughters Johanna, Martina, Maria, Hedwig, and Agathe applied for U.S. citizenship. Georg never filed to become a citizen. Rupert and Werner became citizens by serving during World War II. Rosmarie and Eleonore became citizens by virtue of their mother's citizenship. Johannes was born in the United States In the mid-1960s Maria moved back to Vermont to manage the Trapp Family Lodge. She started to turn over management to her son Johannes von Trapp, but was reluctant to turn over ownership
I have seen the grandchildren preform on TV.,and visited the lodge years ago.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/30/09 at 12:19 pm

Not even close ;D
Agathe Johanna Erwina Gobertina von Trapp (born 12 March 1913)( Liesl)
New song I am twenty six going on twenty seven..
That does not quite ring in line for a song.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/30/09 at 12:22 pm

Not even close ;D
Agathe Johanna Erwina Gobertina von Trapp (born 12 March 1913)( Liesl)
New song I am twenty six going on twenty seven..
I have posted you new song title in Cheesy Song Titles in PBG for you.

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Written By: ninny on 05/30/09 at 12:46 pm

I have posted you new song title in Cheesy Song Titles in PBG for you.

Good one ;D

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/30/09 at 12:48 pm

Good one ;D
no problem

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Written By: Reynolds1863 on 05/30/09 at 6:13 pm

I wonder why.
The real Von Trapp
http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk27/Jen7201/GeorgeRitterVonTrapp2.jpg

I did not find anything on it,but did find this interesting tidbit.
The film presents a history of the von Trapp family, albeit one that is not completely accurate: Georg Ludwig von Trapp, who was indeed anti-Nazi, lived with his family in a villa in a district of Salzburg, called Aigen. Maria and Georg had been married 10 years before the Anschluss and had two of their three children before that time. Unlike in the film, Georg considered a position in the Kriegsmarine but ultimately did decide to emigrate with his family.

While the film shows the von Trapp family hiking over the Alps to Switzerland, they walked to the local train station and boarded the next train to Italy, from which they fled to London and ultimately the United States. Salzburg is only a few miles away from the Austrian-German border and is much too far from either the Swiss or Italian borders for a family to escape by walking. Had the von Trapps hiked over the mountains they would have in all likelihood ended up in Germany near the Kehlsteinhaus, Hitler's mountain retreat in Berchtesgaden.

Although the film does not recount an entirely accurate story of the family, it was filmed at original locations in the city and county of Salzburg and Upper Austria, including Nonnberg Abbey, and St.Peter cemetery. Leopoldskron Palace, Frohnburg Palace, and Hellbrunn Palace were some of the locations used for the Trapp Villa in the film. The opening scene and aerial shots were filmed in Anif (Anif Palace), Mondsee, and Salzkammergut (Fuschl am See, St. Gilgen and Saint Wolfgang). Hohenwerfen Castle served as the main backdrop for the song "Do-Re-Mi."

His personality was actually the opposite of the way it was portrayed on screen. He in life was calm and incredibly charming. It was Maria who was the hothead.

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Written By: Howard on 05/30/09 at 7:03 pm

There's also the band Earth,Wind & Fire.

love that band. :)

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Written By: ninny on 05/31/09 at 6:22 am

The word of the day...Timbales
Timbales (or pailas criollas) are shallow single-headed drums with metal casing, invented in Cuba. They are shallower in shape than single-headed tom-toms, and usually much higher tuned. The player (known as a timbalero) uses a variety of stick strokes, rim shots, and rolls on the skins to produce a wide range of percussive expression during solos and at transitional sections of music, and usually plays the shells of the drum or auxiliary percussion such as a cowbell or cymbal to keep time at other parts of the song.
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http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa206/gom_photos/IMG_2271.jpg
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Written By: ninny on 05/31/09 at 6:24 am

The person of the day...Tito Puente
Tito Puente, Sr., (April 20, 1923 – May 31, 2000), born Ernesto Antonio Puente, Jr., was an influential Latin jazz and mambo musician. The son of native Puerto Ricans Ernest and Ercilia Puente, of Spanish Harlem in New York City, Puente is often credited as "El Rey" (the King) of the timbales and "The King of Latin Music". He is best known for dance-oriented mambo and Latin jazz compositions that helped keep his career going for 50 years. He and his music appear in many films such as The Mambo Kings and Fernando Trueba's Calle 54. He guest starred on several television shows including The Cosby Show and The Simpsons.
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Written By: ninny on 05/31/09 at 6:38 am

The co-person of the day...Timothy Leary
Timothy Francis Leary (October 22, 1920 – May 31, 1996) was an American writer, psychologist, futurist, and advocate of psychedelic drug research and one of the first people whose remains have been sent into space. An icon of 1960s counterculture, Leary is most famous as a proponent of the therapeutic and spiritual and emotional benefits of LSD. He coined and popularized the catch phrase "Turn on, tune in, drop out."
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Written By: Howard on 05/31/09 at 7:00 am

I love Tito Puente,his music is wonderful. :)

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Written By: ninny on 05/31/09 at 9:47 am

I love Tito Puente,his music is wonderful. :)

Here is a sample of his talent
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQ3w6gOUkwI#

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Written By: ninny on 06/01/09 at 6:02 am

The word or phrase of the day...Petrified Forest
A section of the Painted Desert in eastern Arizona reserved as a national park for its stonelike trees dating from the Triassic Period.
xposures containing appreciable numbers of petrified tree trunks, either standing upright or lying prostrate in the enclosing sedimentary rocks; sometimes called fossil forests. The best-known examples are the Petrified Forest of Arizona, and the fossil forests near Cairo, Egypt; near Calistoga, California; near Vantage Bridge, Washington; and in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. See also Paleobotany; Petrifaction.
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Written By: ninny on 06/01/09 at 6:05 am

The person of the day...Leslie Howard
Leslie Howard Steiner (3 April 1893 — 1 June 1943), better known by his stage name Leslie Howard, was an English stage and Academy Award-nominated film actor, director, and producer. One of his best-known roles was as Ashley Wilkes in Gone with the Wind (1939) along with his roles in Berkeley Square (1933), Of Human Bondage (1934), The Petrified Forest (1936), Pygmalion (1938) and Intermezzo (1939).
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Written By: ninny on 06/01/09 at 6:07 am

The co-person of the day...Helen Keller
Helen Adams Keller (June 27, 1880 – June 1, 1968) was an American author, political activist and lecturer. She was the first deafblind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree. The story of how Keller's teacher, Annie Sullivan, broke through the isolation imposed by a near complete lack of language, allowing the girl to blossom as she learned to communicate, has become known worldwide through the dramatic depictions of the play and film The Miracle Worker.

A prolific author, Keller was well traveled and was outspoken in her opposition to war. She campaigned for women's suffrage, workers' rights, and socialism, as well as many other progressive causes
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Written By: Howard on 06/01/09 at 6:49 am

She was deaf and blind at the same time? ???

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/01/09 at 7:44 am

The co-person of the day...Timothy Leary
Timothy Francis Leary (October 22, 1920 – May 31, 1996) was an American writer, psychologist, futurist, and advocate of psychedelic drug research and one of the first people whose remains have been sent into space. An icon of 1960s counterculture, Leary is most famous as a proponent of the therapeutic and spiritual and emotional benefits of LSD. He coined and popularized the catch phrase "Turn on, tune in, drop out."
Do the Beatles owe a lot to him for inspiration?

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/01/09 at 7:44 am

The word or phrase of the day...Petrified Forest
A section of the Painted Desert in eastern Arizona reserved as a national park for its stonelike trees dating from the Triassic Period.
xposures containing appreciable numbers of petrified tree trunks, either standing upright or lying prostrate in the enclosing sedimentary rocks; sometimes called fossil forests. The best-known examples are the Petrified Forest of Arizona, and the fossil forests near Cairo, Egypt; near Calistoga, California; near Vantage Bridge, Washington; and in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. See also Paleobotany; Petrifaction.
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It looks hot out there!

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/01/09 at 7:45 am

The person of the day...Leslie Howard
Leslie Howard Steiner (3 April 1893 — 1 June 1943), better known by his stage name Leslie Howard, was an English stage and Academy Award-nominated film actor, director, and producer. One of his best-known roles was as Ashley Wilkes in Gone with the Wind (1939) along with his roles in Berkeley Square (1933), Of Human Bondage (1934), The Petrified Forest (1936), Pygmalion (1938) and Intermezzo (1939).
From wiki...

"Howard died in 1943 when he was flying to Bristol, U.K., from Lisbon, Portugal, on KLM Royal Dutch Airlines/BOAC Flight 777. The aircraft, a Douglas DC-3, was shot down by a Nazi German Junkers Ju 88 aircraft over the Bay of Biscay.

Although they have been completely discredited, there were rumours that the Germans believed the U.K. Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, who had been in Algiers, Algeria, to be on board. Howard's manager, Alfred Chenhalls, physically resembled Churchill, while Howard was tall and thin, like Churchill's bodyguard, Walter H. Thompson. Churchill himself seems to have been to blame for the spread of it; in his autobiography, he expresses sorrow that a mistake about his activities might have cost Howard his life."

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Written By: ninny on 06/01/09 at 8:02 am

She was deaf and blind at the same time? ???

Yes,but she learned how to read and even wrote books.

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Written By: ninny on 06/01/09 at 8:05 am

Do the Beatles owe a lot to him for inspiration?

I'm sure there was a connection there.
His "Thank God For The Beatles"
"The Sgt. Pepper album... compresses the evolutionary development of musicology and much of the history of Eastern and Western sound in a new tympanic complexity. Then add psychedelic drugs. Millions of kids turned-on pharmacologically, listening to stoned-out electronic music designed specifically for the suggestible, psychedelecized nervous system by stoned-out, long-haired minstrels. This... is the most powerful brainwashing device our planet has ever known. Indeed, if you were an observer from a more highly evolved planet wondering how to change human psychology and human cultural development (in other words if you were a divine messenger), would you not inevitably combine electrical energies from outside with biochemical catalysts inside to accomplish your mutation?"

- Dr. Timothy Leary, in his "Thank God For the Beatles" essay

©1968, League For Spiritual Discovery.

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Written By: ninny on 06/01/09 at 8:07 am

From wiki...

"Howard died in 1943 when he was flying to Bristol, U.K., from Lisbon, Portugal, on KLM Royal Dutch Airlines/BOAC Flight 777. The aircraft, a Douglas DC-3, was shot down by a Nazi German Junkers Ju 88 aircraft over the Bay of Biscay.

Although they have been completely discredited, there were rumours that the Germans believed the U.K. Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, who had been in Algiers, Algeria, to be on board. Howard's manager, Alfred Chenhalls, physically resembled Churchill, while Howard was tall and thin, like Churchill's bodyguard, Walter H. Thompson. Churchill himself seems to have been to blame for the spread of it; in his autobiography, he expresses sorrow that a mistake about his activities might have cost Howard his life."

I had heard that story, it is sad no matter how it happened.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/01/09 at 8:10 am

I had heard that story, it is sad no matter how it happened.
I have just read that his body was losted at sea.

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Written By: adagio on 06/01/09 at 8:46 am

I'm sure there was a connection there.
His "Thank God For The Beatles"
"The Sgt. Pepper album... compresses the evolutionary development of musicology and much of the history of Eastern and Western sound in a new tympanic complexity. Then add psychedelic drugs. Millions of kids turned-on pharmacologically, listening to stoned-out electronic music designed specifically for the suggestible, psychedelecized nervous system by stoned-out, long-haired minstrels. This... is the most powerful brainwashing device our planet has ever known. Indeed, if you were an observer from a more highly evolved planet wondering how to change human psychology and human cultural development (in other words if you were a divine messenger), would you not inevitably combine electrical energies from outside with biochemical catalysts inside to accomplish your mutation?"

- Dr. Timothy Leary, in his "Thank God For the Beatles" essay

©1968, League For Spiritual Discovery.

In your picture of him, ninny, it looks as he had been 'sampling' some product...

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Written By: ninny on 06/01/09 at 10:39 am

In your picture of him, ninny, it looks as he had been 'sampling' some product...

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c269/N_Zardkoohi/timothy_leary.gif

Yeah that looks like years of sampling to me ;D

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Written By: adagio on 06/01/09 at 10:49 am

Yeah that looks like years of sampling to me ;D

;D ;D ;D

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Written By: Howard on 06/01/09 at 7:27 pm

Yes,but she learned how to read and even wrote books.

That's a special talent.

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Written By: ninny on 06/02/09 at 5:47 am

That's a special talent.

She had help to learn that from Anne Sullivan,then when she gotolder she went to a school for the blind.

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Written By: ninny on 06/02/09 at 5:58 am

The word of the day...Horse
1.
1. A large hoofed mammal (Equus caballus) having a short-haired coat, a long mane, and a long tail, domesticated since ancient times and used for riding and for drawing or carrying loads.
2. An adult male horse; a stallion.
3. Any of various equine mammals, such as the wild Asian species E. przewalskii or certain extinct forms related ancestrally to the modern horse.
2. A frame or device, usually with four legs, used for supporting or holding.
3. Sports. A vaulting horse.
4. Slang. Heroin.
5. Horsepower. Often used in the plural.
6. Mounted soldiers; cavalry: a squadron of horse.
7. Geology.
1. A block of rock interrupting a vein and containing no minerals.
2. A large block of displaced rock that is caught along a fault.
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Written By: ninny on 06/02/09 at 6:01 am

The person of the day...Lou Gehrig
Henry Louis "Lou" Gehrig (June 19, 1903 – June 2, 1941), born Ludwig Heinrich Gehrig, was an American baseball player in the 1920s and 1930s, chiefly remembered for his prowess as a hitter and the longevity of his consecutive games played record, and the pathos of his tearful farewell from baseball at age 36, when he was stricken with a fatal disease. Popularly called "The Iron Horse" for his durability, Gehrig set several Major League records. His record for most career grand slams (23) still stands as of 2009. In 1969, Gehrig was voted the greatest first baseman of all time by the Baseball Writers' Association. Gehrig was the leading vote-getter on the Major League Baseball All-Century Team, chosen by fans in 1999.
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Written By: ninny on 06/02/09 at 6:07 am

The co-person of the day....Bo Diddley
Bo Diddley (December 30, 1928 – June 2, 2008), born Ellas Otha Bates, was an original and influential American rock & roll singer, guitarist, and songwriter. He was known as "The Originator" because of his key role in the transition from blues music to rock & roll, influencing a host of legendary acts including Buddy Holly, Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton. He introduced more insistent, driving rhythms and a hard-edged guitar sound on a wide-ranging catalog of songs. Accordingly, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and received Lifetime Achievement Awards from the Rhythm and Blues Foundation " and the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (Grammy). He was also known for his technical innovations, including his trademark rectangular guitar.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/02/09 at 6:39 am

Bo Diddley buy baby a diamond ring
if that diamond ring don't shine
he gonna take it to a private eye
if that private eye can't see
he better not take that ring from me

Won't you come to my house back at home
take a-my baby on away from home
love a-that photo, where ya been
up to your house and gone again

Bo Diddley caught a fat cat
to make a-pretty baby a Sunday hat

Bo Diddley caught him a nanny goat
to make a pretty baby a Sunday coat

Bo Diddley, Bo Diddley have you heard
my pretty baby says she wants a bird

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Written By: Howard on 06/02/09 at 6:52 am

The word of the day...Horse
1.
1. A large hoofed mammal (Equus caballus) having a short-haired coat, a long mane, and a long tail, domesticated since ancient times and used for riding and for drawing or carrying loads.
2. An adult male horse; a stallion.
3. Any of various equine mammals, such as the wild Asian species E. przewalskii or certain extinct forms related ancestrally to the modern horse.
2. A frame or device, usually with four legs, used for supporting or holding.
3. Sports. A vaulting horse.
4. Slang. Heroin.
5. Horsepower. Often used in the plural.
6. Mounted soldiers; cavalry: a squadron of horse.
7. Geology.
1. A block of rock interrupting a vein and containing no minerals.
2. A large block of displaced rock that is caught along a fault.
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Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

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Written By: ninny on 06/02/09 at 7:42 am

Bo Diddley buy baby a diamond ring
if that diamond ring don't shine
he gonna take it to a private eye
if that private eye can't see
he better not take that ring from me

Won't you come to my house back at home
take a-my baby on away from home
love a-that photo, where ya been
up to your house and gone again

Bo Diddley caught a fat cat
to make a-pretty baby a Sunday hat

Bo Diddley caught him a nanny goat
to make a pretty baby a Sunday coat

Bo Diddley, Bo Diddley have you heard
my pretty baby says she wants a bird

Bo Diddley" is a rhythm and blues song first recorded and sung by Bo Diddley at the Universal Recording Studio in Chicago and released on the Chess Records subsidiary, Checker Records in 1955. It became an immediate hit single that stayed on the R&B charts for a total of 18 weeks, 2 of those weeks at #1, and seven more weeks than its flipside (the B-side, "I'm a Man"). It was the first recording to introduce African rhythms into rock and roll directly by using the patted juba beat. It was Bo Diddley's first recording and his first hit single. It is #62 on Rolling Stone's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

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Written By: ninny on 06/02/09 at 7:44 am

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

So true.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/02/09 at 8:08 am

Bo Diddley" is a rhythm and blues song first recorded and sung by Bo Diddley at the Universal Recording Studio in Chicago and released on the Chess Records subsidiary, Checker Records in 1955. It became an immediate hit single that stayed on the R&B charts for a total of 18 weeks, 2 of those weeks at #1, and seven more weeks than its flipside (the B-side, "I'm a Man"). It was the first recording to introduce African rhythms into rock and roll directly by using the patted juba beat. It was Bo Diddley's first recording and his first hit single. It is #62 on Rolling Stone's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
I konw that song more by Buddy Holly

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Written By: ninny on 06/02/09 at 8:54 am

I konw that song more by Buddy Holly

The song was covered by Buddy Holly and became a posthumous hit for him, reaching #4 on the UK Singles Chart in 1963. It was also covered by The Animals during this same period. The song was also performed by Bob Seger and is on his 1976 live album, Live Bullet. An energetic version by Janis Joplin is available on the 1999 box set Box of Pearls.

More recently, steel guitar great Robert Randolph has covered the song at some of his live shows.

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Written By: CatwomanofV on 06/02/09 at 10:19 am

The co-person of the day....Bo Diddley
Bo Diddley (December 30, 1928 – June 2, 2008), born Ellas Otha Bates, was an original and influential American rock & roll singer, guitarist, and songwriter. He was known as "The Originator" because of his key role in the transition from blues music to rock & roll, influencing a host of legendary acts including Buddy Holly, Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton. He introduced more insistent, driving rhythms and a hard-edged guitar sound on a wide-ranging catalog of songs. Accordingly, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and received Lifetime Achievement Awards from the Rhythm and Blues Foundation " and the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (Grammy). He was also known for his technical innovations, including his trademark rectangular guitar.
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Dare I say it, Bo Diddley was in one of my all-time favorite movies, Trading Places. :D ;D ;D ;D

Cat

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Written By: Howard on 06/02/09 at 4:14 pm

What was everyone's favorite Bo Diddley song?

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/02/09 at 4:15 pm

Bo Diddley" is a rhythm and blues song first recorded and sung by Bo Diddley at the Universal Recording Studio in Chicago and released on the Chess Records subsidiary, Checker Records in 1955. It became an immediate hit single that stayed on the R&B charts for a total of 18 weeks, 2 of those weeks at #1, and seven more weeks than its flipside (the B-side, "I'm a Man"). It was the first recording to introduce African rhythms into rock and roll directly by using the patted juba beat. It was Bo Diddley's first recording and his first hit single. It is #62 on Rolling Stone's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
Buddy Holly's Bo Diddley is playing played on my radio roght now.

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Written By: Howard on 06/02/09 at 4:16 pm

Buddy Holly's Bo Diddley is playing played on my radio roght now.

What song is that?

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Written By: ninny on 06/02/09 at 5:34 pm

Dare I say it, Bo Diddley was in one of my all-time favorite movies, Trading Places. :D ;D ;D ;D

Cat

;D. I wonder how many more people who passed away were in that movie.
Here is a list.
Ralph Bellamy
Don Ameche
Denholm Elliot
Paul Gleason
Alfred Drake

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Written By: ninny on 06/02/09 at 5:36 pm

What was everyone's favorite Bo Diddley song?

Who Do You Love.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/03/09 at 1:10 am

Buddy Holly's Bo Diddley is playing played on my radio roght now.

What song is that?
Bo Diddley by Buddy Holly

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Written By: ninny on 06/03/09 at 5:33 am

The word of the day...Lust
1. Intense or unrestrained sexual craving.
2.
1. An overwhelming desire or craving: a lust for power.
2. Intense eagerness or enthusiasm: a lust for life.
3. Obsolete. Pleasure; relish.
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Written By: ninny on 06/03/09 at 5:36 am

The person of the day...Anthony Quinn
Anthony Quinn (April 21, 1915 – June 3, 2001) was a Mexican-American actor, as well as a painter and writer. He starred in numerous critically acclaimed and commercially successful films, including Zorba the Greek, Lawrence of Arabia, and Federico Fellini's La strada. He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor twice; for Viva Zapata! in 1952 and Lust for Life in 1956.
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Written By: ninny on 06/03/09 at 5:38 am

The co-person of the day...Ozzie Nelson
Oswald George "Ozzie" Nelson (March 20, 1906 – June 3, 1975) was a popular American entertainer and band leader who originated and starred in The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet radio and television series with his wife and two sons.
http://i477.photobucket.com/albums/rr131/hauntedhollywood/Ozzie.jpg
http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg68/Lifestream52/Rick%20Nelson/OzzieandHarrietTV.jpg

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/03/09 at 6:05 am

The person of the day...Anthony Quinn
Anthony Quinn (April 21, 1915 – June 3, 2001) was a Mexican-American actor, as well as a painter and writer. He starred in numerous critically acclaimed and commercially successful films, including Zorba the Greek, Lawrence of Arabia, and Federico Fellini's La strada. He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor twice; for Viva Zapata! in 1952 and Lust for Life in 1956.
I once stood next to him.

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Written By: ninny on 06/03/09 at 6:36 am

I once stood next to him.

Wow! How many famous people have you meant?

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/03/09 at 6:38 am

Wow! How many famous people have you meant?
Quite a few. This time it was a location shoot for The Greek Tycoon...

...with Jacqueline Bisset.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/03/09 at 6:41 am

http://www.greecetravel.com/film/zorba1.jpg

Best known for Zorba the Greek.

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Written By: Howard on 06/03/09 at 6:49 am

http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg55/sdawn_84/Lust.jpg

Thanks Ninny. O0

;D

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Written By: ninny on 06/03/09 at 8:43 am

http://www.greecetravel.com/film/zorba1.jpg

Best known for Zorba the Greek.

That and The Greek Tycoon.

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Written By: ninny on 06/03/09 at 8:44 am

http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg55/sdawn_84/Lust.jpg

Thanks Ninny. O0

;D

I knew you would appreciate the word of the day ;D

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/03/09 at 9:48 am

That and The Greek Tycoon.
...loosely based on Onassis story.

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Written By: CatwomanofV on 06/03/09 at 12:56 pm

;D. I wonder how many more people who passed away were in that movie.
Here is a list.
Ralph Bellamy
Don Ameche
Denholm Elliot
Paul Gleason
Alfred Drake

You already had Paul Gleason.

To quote that one guy in the movie, "Yeah!" (That is all he says throughout the movie. :D ;D ;D ;D )

Cat

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Written By: CatwomanofV on 06/03/09 at 12:57 pm

The co-person of the day...Ozzie Nelson
Oswald George "Ozzie" Nelson (March 20, 1906 – June 3, 1975) was a popular American entertainer and band leader who originated and starred in The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet radio and television series with his wife and two sons.
http://i477.photobucket.com/albums/rr131/hauntedhollywood/Ozzie.jpg
http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg68/Lifestream52/Rick%20Nelson/OzzieandHarrietTV.jpg

Nothing says "Lust" like Ozzie Nelson. :D ;D ;D ;D

Cat

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Written By: ninny on 06/03/09 at 2:26 pm

Nothing says "Lust" like Ozzie Nelson. :D ;D ;D ;D

Cat

#1 in my book...Don't you think he's the Cat's Meow ;D

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Written By: CatwomanofV on 06/03/09 at 3:40 pm

#1 in my book...Don't you think he's the Cat's Meow ;D

Most definitely.

http://www.labnol.org/assets/images/YahooSmileys/smileys7.gif

Cat

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Written By: ninny on 06/03/09 at 6:20 pm

Most definitely.

http://www.labnol.org/assets/images/YahooSmileys/smileys7.gif

Cat

Meow
http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww70/nhanvatkinhkhung/c05d.jpg

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Written By: Howard on 06/03/09 at 6:48 pm

I knew you would appreciate the word of the day ;D

and how'd you know? ;)

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Written By: gibbo on 06/03/09 at 6:50 pm

The word of the day certainly caught my eye! ::)

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Written By: Howard on 06/03/09 at 6:52 pm

The word of the day certainly caught my eye! ::)

Did it catch something else of yours?

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Written By: gibbo on 06/03/09 at 6:53 pm

Did it catch something else of yours?

Not yet...but I'll certainly watch out something doesn't get caught in a zipper. ;)

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Written By: Howard on 06/03/09 at 6:55 pm

Not yet...but I'll certainly watch out something doesn't get caught in a zipper. ;)

which is what? ;D

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Written By: gibbo on 06/03/09 at 7:00 pm

which is what? ;D

Ummm...the zipper monster? :-\\

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Written By: Howard on 06/03/09 at 7:02 pm

Ummm...the zipper monster? :-\\

There is no zipper monster.

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Written By: gibbo on 06/03/09 at 7:15 pm

There is no zipper monster.

Gee I have one! ....and it's huge!

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Written By: adagio on 06/03/09 at 8:01 pm

I knew you would appreciate the word of the day ;D

I was just waiting to see what picture attracted Howard. I didn't think THAT would!!

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Written By: ninny on 06/04/09 at 5:16 am

I was just waiting to see what picture attracted Howard. I didn't think THAT would!!

I guess one never knows.

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Written By: ninny on 06/04/09 at 5:21 am

The word of the day...Teardrop
1. A single tear.
2. A tear-shaped object.
http://i701.photobucket.com/albums/ww13/Angel197522/teardrop.jpg
http://i379.photobucket.com/albums/oo238/vampsloveme/063.jpg
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q181/angelgranny58/Eyes/teardrop_jp60.jpg
http://i411.photobucket.com/albums/pp198/bridaljewellery/NEW%20NECKLACES/CRYSTALDROPPENDANTNEW.jpg
http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x107/sassafrasnanc/TC%20Glass%20Arts/pinkteardropbeads.jpg
http://i376.photobucket.com/albums/oo204/rainbow83/tear.jpg
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f279/susy16/teardrop.jpg
http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj179/jcbroj_bucket/TEARDROP.jpg
http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t317/picturegurl88/teardrop.gif
http://i589.photobucket.com/albums/ss337/xfreakinxawesomex/teardrop.jpg

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Written By: ninny on 06/04/09 at 5:24 am

The person of the day...Freddy Fender
Freddy Fender (June 4, 1937 – October 14, 2006), born Baldemar Huerta in San Benito, Texas, USA, was an American, Tejano, country, and rock and roll musician, known for his work as a solo artist and in the groups Los Super Seven and the Texas Tornados. He is best known for his 1975 hit "Before the Next Teardrop Falls".
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b32/spiffywonderboy/freddy-fender.gif
http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k243/Juke_Box_Hero/Miscellaneous/FreddyFender.jpg
http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s303/burt268/burt1/FreddyFender1.jpg
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b69/jamdin/freddyfender.jpg

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Written By: ninny on 06/04/09 at 5:33 am

The co-person of the day...Ronnie Lane
Ronald Frederick "Ronnie" Lane (1 April 1946 - 4 June 1997) was an English singer, songwriter and bass player (nicknamed "Plonk" while in the Small Faces and later "Three-Piece" in The Faces) best known for his membership in two prominent English rock bands, the Small Faces (1965-69) and Faces (1970-72).
http://i448.photobucket.com/albums/qq202/dannyconnors/lane-bbc.jpg
http://i358.photobucket.com/albums/oo25/dinovd/RonnieLane.jpg

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/04/09 at 6:09 am

Don't Throw Away All Those Teardrops ~ Frankie Avalon

I love you, I need you
I understand
I love you, I need you
I understand

Don't throw away
All those teardrops
Don't throw away
Loves sweet dreams

I know the feeling
Of a broken romance
I know the yearning
To beg for a chance

So, don't throw away
All those teardrops
Catch them and put them aside
For though it still hurts you
In just a little while
I promise, you'll trade
Your teardrops for smiles

Don't throw away
All those teardrops
Catch them and put them aside
For though it still hurts you
In just a little while
I promise, you'll
Trade your teardrops
You'll trade your
Teardrops for smiles

I love you, I need you
I understand
I love you, I need you
I understand
My love

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/04/09 at 6:22 am

Why do we shed tears when we cry of sadness or happiness?

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Written By: Howard on 06/04/09 at 6:53 am

Gee I have one! ....and it's huge!

You Win! :-[

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Written By: Howard on 06/04/09 at 6:54 am

I was just waiting to see what picture attracted Howard. I didn't think THAT would!!

just depends on the right picture. ;)

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Written By: Howard on 06/04/09 at 6:54 am

Lonely Teardrops-Jackie Wilson.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/04/09 at 6:56 am

Teardrops On My Guitar ~ Taylor Swift

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Written By: Howard on 06/04/09 at 6:58 am

Tears On My Pillow.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/04/09 at 6:58 am

Tears On My Pillow.
Kylie did a version of that

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Written By: Howard on 06/04/09 at 7:00 am

Kylie did a version of that

Kylie Minogue? ???

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/04/09 at 7:02 am

Kylie Minogue? ???
Tears on My Pillow- Kylie Minogue

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/04/09 at 7:02 am

Tears on My Pillow- Kylie Minogue
...on YouTube and not on the copyright ban!

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Written By: ninny on 06/04/09 at 7:03 am

Why do we shed tears when we cry of sadness or happiness?

I found this
Tears flow from tear glands into your eyes through tiny tear ducts. The tear glands are located under your upper lids, and when stimulated, produce tears to form a thin film over your eyeballs. Every time you blink the film spreads over your eyes to keep them moist and free of dust and other irritants. Whether you are awake or asleep, happy or sad, this salty fluid is always flowing from the tear glands.

Besides protecting your eyes, the tear glands produce more fluid when your eyes are irritated. These extra tears are called reflex or irritant tears. And, when something makes you happy or sad, your tear glands will produce emotional tears. Used tears then drain down into two tiny openings on the brim of your upper and lower eyelids at the inner edge of your eyes, which lead to the nasolacrimal tear ducts next to the bridge of your nose. From there, they are channeled into your nasal cavity where they are swallowed or blown out with other nasal fluids. If there are too many tears, they will overflow your lower lid and run down your cheeks.

Some people have to help stimulate the production of natural tears. This disease is called Dry Eye Syndrome or Sjogren's Syndrome. People who have diseases like rheumatoid arthritis or lupus often have this condition. They must use artificial tears up to every 10 to 15 minutes, and apply other medications to their eyes before going to bed as part of the treatment to improve the condition of their eyes.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/04/09 at 7:03 am

Tears on My Pillow- Kylie Minogue
Listening to it right now.

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Written By: Howard on 06/04/09 at 7:04 am

Tears on My Pillow- Kylie Minogue

That's a pretty good version.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/04/09 at 7:05 am

I found this
Tears flow from tear glands into your eyes through tiny tear ducts. The tear glands are located under your upper lids, and when stimulated, produce tears to form a thin film over your eyeballs. Every time you blink the film spreads over your eyes to keep them moist and free of dust and other irritants. Whether you are awake or asleep, happy or sad, this salty fluid is always flowing from the tear glands.

Besides protecting your eyes, the tear glands produce more fluid when your eyes are irritated. These extra tears are called reflex or irritant tears. And, when something makes you happy or sad, your tear glands will produce emotional tears. Used tears then drain down into two tiny openings on the brim of your upper and lower eyelids at the inner edge of your eyes, which lead to the nasolacrimal tear ducts next to the bridge of your nose. From there, they are channeled into your nasal cavity where they are swallowed or blown out with other nasal fluids. If there are too many tears, they will overflow your lower lid and run down your cheeks.

Some people have to help stimulate the production of natural tears. This disease is called Dry Eye Syndrome or Sjogren's Syndrome. People who have diseases like rheumatoid arthritis or lupus often have this condition. They must use artificial tears up to every 10 to 15 minutes, and apply other medications to their eyes before going to bed as part of the treatment to improve the condition of their eyes.
Thanks and course with Hay Fever, my eyes are watering now.

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Written By: ninny on 06/04/09 at 7:05 am

96 Tears-Question Mark & The Mysterians.

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Written By: Howard on 06/04/09 at 7:06 am

Listening to it right now.

I heard it too.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/04/09 at 7:06 am

That's a pretty good version.
Little Anthony - Tears On My Pillow

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/04/09 at 7:07 am

Tears On My Pillow ~ Bobby Vee

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Written By: Howard on 06/04/09 at 7:07 am

Little Anthony - Tears On My Pillow

The original version.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/04/09 at 7:08 am

The original version.
I thought so.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/04/09 at 7:08 am

The original version.
This song is on the Grease soundtrack

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Written By: Howard on 06/04/09 at 7:09 am

I thought so.

someone said he looked like Michael Jackson back in the days.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/04/09 at 7:10 am

someone said he looked like Michael Jackson back in the days.
Yes he did.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/04/09 at 7:11 am

Tears On My Pillow ~ Johnny Nash

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/04/09 at 7:11 am

Tears On My Pillow ~ Johnny Nash
Different song same title

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Written By: Howard on 06/04/09 at 7:12 am

Yes he did.

Plus,he doesn't have the vocals like he did in the 50's.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/04/09 at 7:14 am

Counting Teardrops ~ Emile Ford

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/04/09 at 7:25 am

An awesome version of "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" on an Ukulele by Jake Shimabukuro

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/04/09 at 7:27 am

An awesome version of "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" on an Ukulele by Jake Shimabukuro
It was him that did the Over The Rainbow!

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Written By: adagio on 06/04/09 at 7:56 am

An awesome version of "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" on an Ukulele by Jake Shimabukuro

I love that song.

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Written By: ninny on 06/04/09 at 8:00 am

As Tears Go By- The Rolling Stones

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/04/09 at 8:39 am

As Tears Go By- The Rolling Stones
I have distinct memoires to Marianne Faithfull singing that in that back in the 60's

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Written By: ninny on 06/04/09 at 9:52 am

I have distinct memoires to Marianne Faithfull singing that in that back in the 60's

Yep they both had versions of the same song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUSu_P1LpiQ#
The Stones
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhPPJ5dolxU&feature=related#
Marianne

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/04/09 at 9:58 am

Yep they both had versions of the same song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUSu_P1LpiQ#
The Stones
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhPPJ5dolxU&feature=related#
Marianne
As (then) with the innocence of children, you would think why is that woman is sitting and watching the children play?

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Written By: ninny on 06/05/09 at 4:43 am

The word or phrase of the day...Make Believe
Playful or fanciful pretense.
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http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n195/inlove2u_1992/Other%20Quotes/Me%20Myself%20And%20I/toomuch.jpg
http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z23/Gooey_GUI/make-believe.jpg
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http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i77/couchpatato/make.jpg
http://i363.photobucket.com/albums/oo77/Number-One-Stunnah/QUOTE.jpg
http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj78/JoeSullivan/Sullivan-4.jpg
http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb313/JenBain_album/dressup.jpg
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a51/KatnessMadness/Untitled-2copy.jpg

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Written By: ninny on 06/05/09 at 4:46 am

The person of the day...Conway Twitty
Conway Twitty (born Harold Lloyd Jenkins, September 1, 1933 – June 5, 1993) was one of the United States' most successful country music artists during the 20th century. Most commonly thought of as a country music singer, he also enjoyed success in early Rock and Roll, R&B, and Pop music. Until 2000, he held the record for the most Number One singles of any country act, with 45 Number Ones on all trade charts.
"It's Only Make Believe" was recorded in 1958 and became the first of nine Top 40 hits for Twitty,only making it to number 2 selling eight million copies. The song was written between sets by Conway and drummer Jack Nance when they were in Hamilton, Ontario playing at the Flamingo Lounge.
http://i412.photobucket.com/albums/pp205/patriciafitzgerald56/ConwayTwitty.jpg
http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm132/ericmiranda21/conwaytwitty.jpg
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b32/spiffywonderboy/10182007/conway.gif
http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee260/aeroforce1one/Country/Conway_Twitty.jpg

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Written By: ninny on 06/05/09 at 4:54 am

The co-person of the day...Ronald Reagan
Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004) was the 40th President of the United States (1981–1989) and the 33rd Governor of California (1967–1975). Born in Tampico, Illinois, Reagan moved to Los Angeles, California in the 1930s. He began a career in filmmaking and later television, making 52 films and gaining enough success to make him a household name. Though largely a B film actor, he starred in both Knute Rockne and Kings Row. Reagan served as president of the Screen Actors Guild, and later spokesman for General Electric (GE); his start in politics occurred during his work for GE. Originally a member of the Democratic Party, he switched to the Republican Party in 1962. After delivering a rousing speech in support of Barry Goldwater's presidential candidacy in 1964, he was persuaded to seek the California governorship, winning two years later and again in 1970. He was defeated in his run for the Republican presidential nomination in 1968 as well as 1976, but won both the nomination and election in 1980.
http://i713.photobucket.com/albums/ww132/marisa_titone/young-ronald-reagan.jpg
http://i553.photobucket.com/albums/jj384/JESSETENORIO/reagan_ronald_cp_5914470.jpg

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Written By: ninny on 06/05/09 at 5:13 am

The flower for Friday...Salvia
Any of various plants of the genus Salvia in the mint family, having opposite leaves, a two-lipped corolla, and two stamens.
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http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww227/moonsushila/DSC00090.jpg
http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q43/sesbadger/Purple%20Flowers/DSCN0990.jpg
http://i638.photobucket.com/albums/uu104/ilovefarac/FlowersandCreek045.jpg
http://i714.photobucket.com/albums/ww148/117L/Jessica/P5200537.jpg
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b253/AnniesAlbum2c/June272007_MayNightSalvia.jpg
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b253/AnniesAlbum2c/SALVIAS/Salvia_CompanionswithPeppers_CoralN.jpg

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Written By: Howard on 06/05/09 at 6:39 am

Mr.Rogers has The Land Of Make Believe.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/05/09 at 7:26 am

Is make believe only for the young?

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/05/09 at 7:27 am

Land of Make Believe~ Bucks Fizz

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/05/09 at 7:28 am

The person of the day...Conway Twitty
Conway Twitty (born Harold Lloyd Jenkins, September 1, 1933 – June 5, 1993) was one of the United States' most successful country music artists during the 20th century. Most commonly thought of as a country music singer, he also enjoyed success in early Rock and Roll, R&B, and Pop music. Until 2000, he held the record for the most Number One singles of any country act, with 45 Number Ones on all trade charts.
"It's Only Make Believe" was recorded in 1958 and became the first of nine Top 40 hits for Twitty,only making it to number 2 selling eight million copies. The song was written between sets by Conway and drummer Jack Nance when they were in Hamilton, Ontario playing at the Flamingo Lounge.
Or a guise of Peter Sellers... Twit Conway

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Written By: ninny on 06/05/09 at 7:31 am

Mr.Rogers has The Land Of Make Believe.

Also a water park in New Jersey
A song by The Moody Blues
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3vTlDAdr7I#

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Written By: ninny on 06/05/09 at 7:34 am

Land of Make Believe~ Bucks Fizz

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1v1ftX-rL4M&feature=PlayList&p=7C73E888E1D6FA30&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=3#
Chuck Mangione

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/05/09 at 7:35 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1v1ftX-rL4M&feature=PlayList&p=7C73E888E1D6FA30&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=3#
Chuck Mangione
Too loud for me.

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Written By: ninny on 06/05/09 at 7:37 am

Or a guise of Peter Sellers... Twit Conway

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-s46Xs1dxZQ#
Brian May of Queen doing Conway Twitty

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Written By: CatwomanofV on 06/05/09 at 10:43 am

What? You didn't make Don Carlos the Person of the Day? :D ;D ;D ;D

Cat

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/05/09 at 10:46 am

What? You didn't make Don Carlos the Person of the Day? :D ;D ;D ;D

Cat
He is Person of the Day everyday!

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 06/05/09 at 10:50 am

What? You didn't make Don Carlos the Person of the Day? :D ;D ;D ;D

Cat

Sure he is in the birthday thread
He is Person of the Day everyday!

Correct.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: CatwomanofV on 06/05/09 at 10:55 am

He is Person of the Day everyday!

Applause, applause. Good answer. ;D ;D ;D

Cat

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 06/05/09 at 7:33 pm

Is make believe only for the young?

It is for the old too.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/06/09 at 3:45 am

It is for the old too.
I have given up in make believe.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 06/06/09 at 5:28 am

The word of the day...Graduate
1. To be granted an academic degree or diploma: Two thirds of the entering freshmen stayed to graduate.
2.
1. To change gradually or by degrees.
2. To advance to a new level of skill, achievement, or activity: After a summer of diving instruction, they had all graduated to back flips.

v.tr.

1.
1. To grant an academic degree or diploma to: The teachers hope to graduate her this spring.
2. Usage Problem. To receive an academic degree from.
2. To arrange or divide into categories, steps, or grades.
3. To divide into marked intervals, especially for use in measurement.

n. (-ĭt)

1. One who has received an academic degree or diploma.
2. A graduated container, such as a cylinder or beaker.

adj. (-ĭt)

1. Possessing an academic degree or diploma.
2. Of, intended for, or relating to studies beyond a bachelor's degree: graduate courses
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 06/06/09 at 5:31 am

The person of the day...Anne Bancroft
Anne Bancroft (September 17, 1931 – June 6, 2005) was an American actress associated with the method school of acting.
In 1958, Bancroft appeared opposite Henry Fonda in the Broadway production of Two for the Seesaw, for which she won a Tony Award, and another in 1962 for The Miracle Worker. She took the latter role back to Hollywood, and won the Academy Award for Best Actress in 1962. Bancroft had returned to Broadway to star in Mother Courage and her Children. Joan Crawford accepted on her behalf, and later presented the award to her in New York.

A highly-acclaimed television special, Annie: the Women in the Life of a Man, won Bancroft an Emmy Award for her singing and acting. Bancroft is one of a very select few entertainers to win an Oscar, an Emmy and a Tony award.

Other major film roles were in The Pumpkin Eater, 7 Women, and what is unquestionably Bancroft's best-known role as Mrs. Robinson in The Graduate; she played an unhappily married woman who seduces the much-younger recent college graduate played by Dustin Hoffman. Although Bancroft is now identified as Mrs. Robinson, she was not the first choice for the role; Patricia Neal (who had recently suffered a stroke), Doris Day and Jeanne Moreau all turned it down; Moreau had played a similar role in the French film The Lovers a decade earlier. Bancroft was ambivalent about her appearance in The Graduate; she stated in several interviews that the role overshadowed all of her other work.

In 1980, Bancroft made her debut as a screenwriter and director in Fatso, in which she starred along with Dom DeLuise. Bancroft was also the original choice to play Joan Crawford in the 1981 movie Mommie Dearest, but backed out at the 11th hour, and was replaced by Faye Dunaway. She was also a front-runner for the role of Aurora Greenway in Terms of Endearment, but declined in order to act in the remake of To Be or Not to Be (1983).

Bancroft received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6368 Hollywood Boulevard for her film work.
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 06/06/09 at 5:41 am

The co-person of the day...Robert Kennedy
"RFK" redirects here. For other uses, see RFK (disambiguation).
Robert Francis Kennedy
Robert F. Kennedy

Robert F. Kennedy at the White House, 1964
United States Senator
from New York
In office
January 3, 1965 – June 6, 1968
Preceded by Kenneth Keating
Succeeded by Charles E. Goodell
64th Attorney General of the United States
In office
January 20, 1961 – September 3, 1964
President John F. Kennedy,
Lyndon B. Johnson
Preceded by William P. Rogers
Succeeded by Nicholas Katzenbach
Born November 20, 1925(1925-11-20)
Brookline, Massachusetts,
United States
Died June 6, 1968 (aged 42)
Los Angeles, California,
United States
Nationality American
Political party Democratic
Spouse Ethel Skakel
Alma mater Harvard University
University of Virginia
Religion Roman Catholic
Military service
Service/branch United States Navy
Battles/wars World War II

Robert Francis "Bobby" Kennedy (November 20, 1925–June 6, 1968), also called RFK, was an American politician. From 1961 to 1964, he was United States Attorney General. From 1965 until his assassination in 1968, Kennedy was a New York Senator. He was U.S. President John F. Kennedy's younger brother and acted as one of his advisers during his presidency. For nine months after John F. Kennedy was assassinated in November 1963, Kennedy served as Attorney General under President Lyndon B. Johnson. In September 1964, however, Kennedy resigned as attorney general to seek the Senate seat, and within a few years was involved in a public disagreement with Johnson over the Vietnam War.

In early 1968, Kennedy began a campaign for president and tried to be nominated as candidate by the Democratic Party; in the California primary, Kennedy defeated Sen. Eugene McCarthy (D-Minnesota). However, on June 5, 1968, Kennedy was shot and died a day later. On June 9, President Johnson assigned security staff to all Presidential candidates and declared an official day of national mourning in response to the public grief following Kennedy's death
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/06/09 at 5:50 am

The word of the day...Graduate
1. To be granted an academic degree or diploma: Two thirds of the entering freshmen stayed to graduate.
2.
1. To change gradually or by degrees.
2. To advance to a new level of skill, achievement, or activity: After a summer of diving instruction, they had all graduated to back flips.

v.tr.

1.
1. To grant an academic degree or diploma to: The teachers hope to graduate her this spring.
2. Usage Problem. To receive an academic degree from.
2. To arrange or divide into categories, steps, or grades.
3. To divide into marked intervals, especially for use in measurement.

n. (-ĭt)

1. One who has received an academic degree or diploma.
2. A graduated container, such as a cylinder or beaker.

adj. (-ĭt)

1. Possessing an academic degree or diploma.
2. Of, intended for, or relating to studies beyond a bachelor's degree: graduate courses
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Dustin Hoffman was on tv last night talking about that film.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/06/09 at 5:52 am

The person of the day...Anne Bancroft
Anne Bancroft (September 17, 1931 – June 6, 2005) was an American actress associated with the method school of acting.
In 1958, Bancroft appeared opposite Henry Fonda in the Broadway production of Two for the Seesaw, for which she won a Tony Award, and another in 1962 for The Miracle Worker. She took the latter role back to Hollywood, and won the Academy Award for Best Actress in 1962. Bancroft had returned to Broadway to star in Mother Courage and her Children. Joan Crawford accepted on her behalf, and later presented the award to her in New York.

A highly-acclaimed television special, Annie: the Women in the Life of a Man, won Bancroft an Emmy Award for her singing and acting. Bancroft is one of a very select few entertainers to win an Oscar, an Emmy and a Tony award.

Other major film roles were in The Pumpkin Eater, 7 Women, and what is unquestionably Bancroft's best-known role as Mrs. Robinson in The Graduate; she played an unhappily married woman who seduces the much-younger recent college graduate played by Dustin Hoffman. Although Bancroft is now identified as Mrs. Robinson, she was not the first choice for the role; Patricia Neal (who had recently suffered a stroke), Doris Day and Jeanne Moreau all turned it down; Moreau had played a similar role in the French film The Lovers a decade earlier. Bancroft was ambivalent about her appearance in The Graduate; she stated in several interviews that the role overshadowed all of her other work.

In 1980, Bancroft made her debut as a screenwriter and director in Fatso, in which she starred along with Dom DeLuise. Bancroft was also the original choice to play Joan Crawford in the 1981 movie Mommie Dearest, but backed out at the 11th hour, and was replaced by Faye Dunaway. She was also a front-runner for the role of Aurora Greenway in Terms of Endearment, but declined in order to act in the remake of To Be or Not to Be (1983).

Bancroft received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6368 Hollywood Boulevard for her film work.

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"Mrs. Robinson, you're trying to seduce me. Aren't you?"

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 06/06/09 at 6:02 am

Dustin Hoffman was on tv last night talking about that film.

Maybe because today is the anniversary of her death.
I've always liked that movie. :)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/06/09 at 6:03 am

Maybe because today is the anniversary of her death.
I've always liked that movie. :)
He was promoting his latest film Last Chance Harvey.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 06/06/09 at 6:57 am

I graduated from High School 17 years ago this month.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 06/06/09 at 8:08 am

He was promoting his latest film Last Chance Harvey.

With Emma Thompson

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/06/09 at 8:12 am

With Emma Thompson
That is the one, I wanted to see this film then I read it has 74% by Rotten Tomatoes. Some of this film was shot in London and I saw the camera crew near to Waterloo Station almost at the same location used in The Bourne Ultimatum.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Michael C. on 06/06/09 at 9:03 am

I was watching His "victory" speech on TV and then the tragic events unfold afterward......
I was very young but it made a lasting impression on Me.

The co-person of the day...Robert Kennedy
"RFK" redirects here. For other uses, see RFK (disambiguation).
Robert Francis Kennedy
Robert F. Kennedy

Robert F. Kennedy at the White House, 1964
United States Senator
from New York
In office
January 3, 1965 – June 6, 1968
Preceded by Kenneth Keating
Succeeded by Charles E. Goodell
64th Attorney General of the United States
In office
January 20, 1961 – September 3, 1964
President John F. Kennedy,
Lyndon B. Johnson
Preceded by William P. Rogers
Succeeded by Nicholas Katzenbach
Born November 20, 1925(1925-11-20)
Brookline, Massachusetts,
United States
Died June 6, 1968 (aged 42)
Los Angeles, California,
United States
Nationality American
Political party Democratic
Spouse Ethel Skakel
Alma mater Harvard University
University of Virginia
Religion Roman Catholic
Military service
Service/branch United States Navy
Battles/wars World War II

Robert Francis "Bobby" Kennedy (November 20, 1925–June 6, 1968), also called RFK, was an American politician. From 1961 to 1964, he was United States Attorney General. From 1965 until his assassination in 1968, Kennedy was a New York Senator. He was U.S. President John F. Kennedy's younger brother and acted as one of his advisers during his presidency. For nine months after John F. Kennedy was assassinated in November 1963, Kennedy served as Attorney General under President Lyndon B. Johnson. In September 1964, however, Kennedy resigned as attorney general to seek the Senate seat, and within a few years was involved in a public disagreement with Johnson over the Vietnam War.

In early 1968, Kennedy began a campaign for president and tried to be nominated as candidate by the Democratic Party; in the California primary, Kennedy defeated Sen. Eugene McCarthy (D-Minnesota). However, on June 5, 1968, Kennedy was shot and died a day later. On June 9, President Johnson assigned security staff to all Presidential candidates and declared an official day of national mourning in response to the public grief following Kennedy's death
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: anabel on 06/06/09 at 11:15 am

The co-person of the day...Ronald Reagan
Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004) was the 40th President of the United States (1981–1989) and the 33rd Governor of California (1967–1975). Born in Tampico, Illinois, Reagan moved to Los Angeles, California in the 1930s. He began a career in filmmaking and later television, making 52 films and gaining enough success to make him a household name. Though largely a B film actor, he starred in both Knute Rockne and Kings Row. Reagan served as president of the Screen Actors Guild, and later spokesman for General Electric (GE); his start in politics occurred during his work for GE. Originally a member of the Democratic Party, he switched to the Republican Party in 1962. After delivering a rousing speech in support of Barry Goldwater's presidential candidacy in 1964, he was persuaded to seek the California governorship, winning two years later and again in 1970. He was defeated in his run for the Republican presidential nomination in 1968 as well as 1976, but won both the nomination and election in 1980.
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I got to skip school once to go see him when he spoke at Eureka College, My Grandmother took me because she really wanted to go...seeing him in person was great-he always reminded me of my Grandfather.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Frank on 06/06/09 at 11:31 am

The co-person of the day...Robert Kennedy
"RFK" redirects here. For other uses, see RFK (disambiguation).
Robert Francis Kennedy
Robert F. Kennedy

Robert F. Kennedy at the White House, 1964
United States Senator
from New York
In office
January 3, 1965 – June 6, 1968
Preceded by Kenneth Keating
Succeeded by Charles E. Goodell
64th Attorney General of the United States
In office
January 20, 1961 – September 3, 1964
President John F. Kennedy,
Lyndon B. Johnson
Preceded by William P. Rogers
Succeeded by Nicholas Katzenbach
Born November 20, 1925(1925-11-20)
Brookline, Massachusetts,
United States
Died June 6, 1968 (aged 42)
Los Angeles, California,
United States
Nationality American
Political party Democratic
Spouse Ethel Skakel
Alma mater Harvard University
University of Virginia
Religion Roman Catholic
Military service
Service/branch United States Navy
Battles/wars World War II

Robert Francis "Bobby" Kennedy (November 20, 1925–June 6, 1968), also called RFK, was an American politician. From 1961 to 1964, he was United States Attorney General. From 1965 until his assassination in 1968, Kennedy was a New York Senator. He was U.S. President John F. Kennedy's younger brother and acted as one of his advisers during his presidency. For nine months after John F. Kennedy was assassinated in November 1963, Kennedy served as Attorney General under President Lyndon B. Johnson. In September 1964, however, Kennedy resigned as attorney general to seek the Senate seat, and within a few years was involved in a public disagreement with Johnson over the Vietnam War.

In early 1968, Kennedy began a campaign for president and tried to be nominated as candidate by the Democratic Party; in the California primary, Kennedy defeated Sen. Eugene McCarthy (D-Minnesota). However, on June 5, 1968, Kennedy was shot and died a day later. On June 9, President Johnson assigned security staff to all Presidential candidates and declared an official day of national mourning in response to the public grief following Kennedy's death
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My first sad memory as a child was when we watched the news on TV and heard of the assassination. :\'(
He is someone I would like to have met.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: CatwomanofV on 06/06/09 at 11:33 am

Before I could not spell grad-u-ate. Now I are one.

Cat

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 06/06/09 at 1:20 pm

That is the one, I wanted to see this film then I read it has 74% by Rotten Tomatoes. Some of this film was shot in London and I saw the camera crew near to Waterloo Station almost at the same location used in The Bourne Ultimatum.

Wow 74% I wonder what movies got 99 or 100%.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 06/06/09 at 1:22 pm

I was watching His "victory" speech on TV and then the tragic events unfold afterward......
I was very young but it made a lasting impression on Me.

I was 8 when he died so I really don't remember him that well.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/06/09 at 1:24 pm

Wow 74% I wonder what movies got 99 or 100%.
Should we both check the website?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 06/06/09 at 1:24 pm

I got to skip school once to go see him when he spoke at Eureka College, My Grandmother took me because she really wanted to go...seeing him in person was great-he always reminded me of my Grandfather.

That was great that you got to see him, memories of a lifetime.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 06/06/09 at 1:28 pm

Should we both check the website?

Was the 74% a freshness rating? Because these movies got 100% freshness The Evil Dead, The Wizard of Oz, The Terminator, Toy Story 2, Dr. Strangelove, The Godfather, All About Eve, Taxi Driver, Pinocchio, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Jaws, Toy Story, Triumph of the Will, and The Killer,

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/06/09 at 1:32 pm

Was the 74% a freshness rating? Because these movies got 100% freshness The Evil Dead, The Wizard of Oz, The Terminator, Toy Story 2, Dr. Strangelove, The Godfather, All About Eve, Taxi Driver, Pinocchio, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Jaws, Toy Story, Triumph of the Will, and The Killer,
The some reason I cannot access the website so easily. Can it be a rotten website?

btw, the higher the % the better the film on Rotten Tomatoes?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/06/09 at 1:35 pm

The downloaded it...

It took ages!

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/06/09 at 1:36 pm

The downloaded it...

It took ages!

Type in Last Chance Harvey, and it still is taking ages.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 06/06/09 at 3:12 pm

The some reason I cannot access the website so easily. Can it be a rotten website?

btw, the higher the % the better the film on Rotten Tomatoes?

I went to Wiki and looked up my info I also tried their site and it was taking forever so i gave up.
From what I can see it is a freshness rating so higher means better. I see Disaster Movie got a 0%

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/06/09 at 3:46 pm

I went to Wiki and looked up my info I also tried their site and it was taking forever so i gave up.
From what I can see it is a freshness rating so higher means better. I see Disaster Movie got a 0%
Maybe I will try again tomorrow.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: gibbo on 06/06/09 at 4:28 pm

Maybe because today is the anniversary of her death.
I've always liked that movie. :)

Yes...it made an impact on me when I finally first saw it! Loved the ending.....and loved Anne Bancroft ever since! She always put in a great performance.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/06/09 at 4:29 pm

Yes...it made an impact on me when I finally first saw it! Loved the ending.....and loved Anne Bancroft ever since! She always put in a great performance.
I keep meaning to get a copy on DVD, but keep forgetting.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: gibbo on 06/06/09 at 4:31 pm

Before I could not spell grad-u-ate. Now I are one.

Cat

Very funny! ;D

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: adagio on 06/06/09 at 6:41 pm

Yes...it made an impact on me when I finally first saw it! Loved the ending.....and loved Anne Bancroft ever since! She always put in a great performance.

Peter, you're hypnotizing me with your avatar! :D

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 06/06/09 at 6:47 pm

I graduated with an IEP diploma.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: gibbo on 06/06/09 at 7:01 pm

Peter, you're hypnotizing me with your avatar! :D

You are getting sleepy...veerrryyy sleepy! ;)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: adagio on 06/06/09 at 7:07 pm

You are getting sleepy...veerrryyy sleepy! ;)

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh93/adagio_photos/yawns/Head-Yawning-1.gif?t=1244333151

Darn ...it's working. ;D

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/07/09 at 1:49 am

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh93/adagio_photos/yawns/Head-Yawning-1.gif?t=1244333151

Darn ...it's working. ;D
I was already asleep in the first place.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 06/07/09 at 4:59 am

The word of the day...Bombshell
1. An explosive bomb.
2. One that is sensationally shocking, surprising, or amazing.
3. One who is very attractive.
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 06/07/09 at 5:02 am

The person of the day...Jean Harlow
Jean Harlow (March 3, 1911 – June 7, 1937) was an American film actress and sex symbol of the 1930s. Known as the "Platinum Blonde" and (what Maxene Andrews describes her as) the "Blonde Bombshell" due to her famous platinum blonde hair, and ranked as one of the greatest movie stars of all time by the American Film Institute, Harlow starred in several films, mainly designed to showcase her magnetic sex appeal and strong screen presence, before making the transition to more developed roles and achieving massive fame under contract to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM). Harlow's enormous popularity and "laughing vamp" image were in distinct contrast to her personal life, which was marred by disappointment, tragedy, and ultimately, her sudden death from renal failure at age 26.
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 06/07/09 at 5:04 am

The co-person of the day...Bill France Sr.
William "Bill" Henry Getty France, Sr. "Big Bill" (September 26, 1909–June 7, 1992), was an American racecar driver. He is best known for co-founding and managing NASCAR, a sanctioning body of United States-based stock car racing.
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 06/07/09 at 7:00 am

Wow,nice word of the day Ninny. ;)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 06/07/09 at 7:30 am

Wow,nice word of the day Ninny. ;)

I try ;D

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Michael C. on 06/07/09 at 1:26 pm

Some of My Bombshells--

http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/8651/allisonhayes.th.jpg
Allison Hayes
http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/7072/lanaturner.th.jpg
Lana Turner
http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/6236/carolohmart.th.jpg
Carol Ohmart
http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/2918/h11p.th.jpg
Joan Marshall

The word of the day...Bombshell
1. An explosive bomb.
2. One that is sensationally shocking, surprising, or amazing.
3. One who is very attractive.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 06/07/09 at 2:40 pm

Some of My Bombshells--

http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/8651/allisonhayes.th.jpg
Allison Hayes
http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/7072/lanaturner.th.jpg
Lana Turner
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Carol Ohmart
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Joan Marshall

Is that the same Allison Hayes who was in Attack of the 50 foot woman?....I don't know who Carol Ohmart is,and I think I remember Joan Marshall more from TV in the 60's.

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Written By: Reynolds1863 on 06/07/09 at 3:18 pm

Some of My Bombshells--

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Allison Hayes
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Lana Turner
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Carol Ohmart
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Joan Marshall

Carol Ohmart played in "House on Haunted Hill" with Vincent Price right?

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Written By: gibbo on 06/07/09 at 5:13 pm

I always enjoyed Jean Harlow's flicks! It's strange but actors from the golden years always looked older. I think it's that they dressed up a lot...people, in general looked older back then. They seemed to dress for dinner (even in their own homes). There apperared little difference between how teens dressed and their parents...thus giving them an older look. I can't believe Jean was only 26 when she died! :o

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Written By: ninny on 06/07/09 at 5:26 pm

I always enjoyed Jean Harlow's flicks! It's strange but actors from the golden years always looked older. I think it's that they dressed up a lot...people, in general looked older back then. They seemed to dress for dinner (even in their own homes). There apperared little difference between how teens dressed and their parents...thus giving them an older look. I can't believe Jean was only 26 when she died! :o

I know I couldn't believe that myself 26 wow.

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Written By: ninny on 06/08/09 at 6:15 am

The word of the day...Knight(s)
1.
1. (Abbr. Knt. or Kt.) A medieval tenant giving military service as a mounted man-at-arms to a feudal landholder.
2. (Abbr. Knt. or Kt.) A medieval gentleman-soldier, usually high-born, raised by a sovereign to privileged military status after training as a page and squire.
3. (Abbr. K.) A man holding a nonhereditary title conferred by a sovereign in recognition of personal merit or service to the country.
2. (Abbr. Knt. or Kt.) A man belonging to an order or brotherhood.
3.
1. A defender, champion, or zealous upholder of a cause or principle.
2. The devoted champion of a lady.
4. (Abbr. Kt or N) Games. A chess piece, usually in the shape of a horse's head, that can be moved two squares along a rank and one along a file or two squares along a file and one along a rank. The knight is the only piece that can jump other pieces to land on an open square.
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Written By: ninny on 06/08/09 at 6:20 am

The person of the day...Robert Taylor
Robert Taylor (August 5, 1911 – June 8, 1969) was an American film and television actor.
Throughout the late 1930s, Taylor appeared in films of varying genres including the musicals Broadway Melody of 1936 and Broadway Melody of 1938, and the British comedy A Yank at Oxford with Vivien Leigh. In 1940, he reteamed with his A Yank at Oxford co-star Vivien Leigh in Mervyn LeRoy's drama Waterloo Bridge.

In 1941, Taylor began breaking away from his perfect leading man image and began appearing in darker roles. That year he portrayed Billy Bonney (better known as Billy the Kid) in Billy the Kid. The next year, he played the title role in the film noir Johnny Eager opposite Lana Turner. After playing a tough sergeant in Bataan in 1943, Taylor contributed to the war effort by becoming a flying instructor in Naval Air Corps. During this time, he also starred in instructional films and narrated the 1944 documentary The Fighting Lady.

In 1950, Taylor landed the role of General Marcus Vinicius in Quo Vadis, opposite Deborah Kerr. The film was a hit, grossing USD$11 million. The following year, he starred opposite Elizabeth Taylor in the film version of Walter Scott’s classic Ivanhoe, followed by 1953's Knights of the Round Table and The Adventures of Quentin Durward, all filmed in England.

By the mid-1950s, Taylor's career began to wane. He starred in a comedy western in 1955 co-starring Eleanor Parker called Many Rivers To Cross. In 1958, he formed his own production company, Robert Taylor Productions, and the following year, he starred in the ABC hit television series The Detectives Starring Robert Taylor (1959-1962). Following the end of the series in 1962, Taylor continued to appear in films and television including A House Is Not a Home and two episodes of Hondo. In 1965, after filming Johnny Tiger in Florida, Taylor took over the role of narrator in the television series Death Valley Days, when Ronald Reagan left to pursue a career in politics. Taylor would remain with the series until 1969 when he became too ill to continue working.
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Written By: ninny on 06/08/09 at 6:25 am

The co-person of the day...Satchel Paige
Leroy Robert "Satchel" Paige (July 7, 1906– June 8, 1982) was an American baseball player whose pitching in several different Negro Leagues and in Major League Baseball made him a legend in his own lifetime.

Paige was a right-handed pitcher and was the oldest rookie to play Major League Baseball. He played with the St Louis Browns around the age of fifty and represented them in the Major League All-Star Game in both 1952 and 1953.. At the end of Paige's baseball career, he was the first African American to be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. His professional playing career lasted from the mid-1920s until 1965
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Written By: Howard on 06/08/09 at 6:47 am

The word of the day...Knight(s)
1.
1. (Abbr. Knt. or Kt.) A medieval tenant giving military service as a mounted man-at-arms to a feudal landholder.
2. (Abbr. Knt. or Kt.) A medieval gentleman-soldier, usually high-born, raised by a sovereign to privileged military status after training as a page and squire.
3. (Abbr. K.) A man holding a nonhereditary title conferred by a sovereign in recognition of personal merit or service to the country.
2. (Abbr. Knt. or Kt.) A man belonging to an order or brotherhood.
3.
1. A defender, champion, or zealous upholder of a cause or principle.
2. The devoted champion of a lady.
4. (Abbr. Kt or N) Games. A chess piece, usually in the shape of a horse's head, that can be moved two squares along a rank and one along a file or two squares along a file and one along a rank. The knight is the only piece that can jump other pieces to land on an open square.
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y190/kingsredtears/knights-1.jpg
http://i700.photobucket.com/albums/ww7/CCA_2009/Knights.jpg
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http://i718.photobucket.com/albums/ww181/nancy1948_photos/knightsatbattle2.jpg
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Knights of The round table.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/08/09 at 11:21 am

I have to catch up on yesterday.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/08/09 at 11:24 am

The word of the day...Knight(s)
1.
1. (Abbr. Knt. or Kt.) A medieval tenant giving military service as a mounted man-at-arms to a feudal landholder.
2. (Abbr. Knt. or Kt.) A medieval gentleman-soldier, usually high-born, raised by a sovereign to privileged military status after training as a page and squire.
3. (Abbr. K.) A man holding a nonhereditary title conferred by a sovereign in recognition of personal merit or service to the country.
2. (Abbr. Knt. or Kt.) A man belonging to an order or brotherhood.
3.
1. A defender, champion, or zealous upholder of a cause or principle.
2. The devoted champion of a lady.
4. (Abbr. Kt or N) Games. A chess piece, usually in the shape of a horse's head, that can be moved two squares along a rank and one along a file or two squares along a file and one along a rank. The knight is the only piece that can jump other pieces to land on an open square.

The Knights who say Ni!

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Written By: ninny on 06/08/09 at 12:42 pm

The Knights who say Ni!

"We are the keepers of the sacred word"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTQfGd3G6dg#

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Written By: Reynolds1863 on 06/08/09 at 5:48 pm

"We are the keepers of the sacred word"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTQfGd3G6dg#

I'm gonna go look for a shrubbery. Gotta look for one that looks nice. BRB. :)

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Written By: gibbo on 06/08/09 at 6:43 pm

I'm gonna go look for a shrubbery. Gotta look for one that looks nice. BRB. :)

The first shrubbery was good! Now ...get us ANOTHER shrubbery! .....and arrange the two shrubberies so that they get a two-level effect ("...with a little path running down the middle"), and ...cut down the mightiest tree in the forest with... a herring!!

They became the Knights who 'til recently said Ni...now thatey say Ekke Ekke Ekke Ekke Ptang Zoo Boing Zow Zing!!

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Written By: Howard on 06/08/09 at 6:44 pm

Have a Good Knight. ;D

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Written By: adagio on 06/08/09 at 8:23 pm

The first shrubbery was good! Now ...get us ANOTHER shrubbery! .....and arrange the two shrubberies so that they get a two-level effect ("...with a little path running down the middle"), and ...cut down the mightiest tree in the forest with... a herring!!

They became the Knights who 'til recently said Ni...now thatey say Ekke Ekke Ekke Ekke Ptang Zoo Boing Zow Zing!!

Nice. ::)

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Written By: Reynolds1863 on 06/08/09 at 8:39 pm

Nice. ::)

Of course it is. Monty Python is awesome. :)

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Written By: Michael C. on 06/08/09 at 9:19 pm

Yes...Allison Hayes was the 50 Foot Woman.
Carol Ohmart's best known Films are the original House on Haunted Hill and Spider Baby.She did a lot of TV.
and...good memory there on Joan Marshall....She did mostly TV & very few Films {Her only "Starring" role was in William Castle's Homicidal.....don't get Me started ::)....I love that Movie..... Joan,from that Film,is the wallpaper on My cell and a different pic of Her is the wallpaper on My Computer.......}
Is that the same Allison Hayes who was in Attack of the 50 foot woman?....I don't know who Carol Ohmart is,and I think I remember Joan Marshall more from TV in the 60's.

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Written By: Michael C. on 06/08/09 at 9:21 pm

Right ! :)

Carol Ohmart played in "House on Haunted Hill" with Vincent Price right?

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Written By: ninny on 06/09/09 at 5:52 am

The word of the day...Chips
Chipped potatoes; pieces of potato deep fried in fat or oil. Known in French as pommes frites or just frites; in the USA potato crisps are known as chips, and chips are called French fries or just fries. A 200-g portion is a rich source of vitamins C and B1; a source of protein, niacin, and iron; fat content depends on the size of the chip and the process: commonly about 25 g, but can be 40 g in fine-cut chips and as little as 8 g in frozen, oven-baked chips. A 200-g portion with an average of 25 g of fat supplies 500 kcal (2100 kJ); with 40 g of fat, supplies 700 kcal (2900 kJ); low-fat, oven-baked supplies 300 kcal (1260 kJ). See also crisps.
Little discs that represent a monetary value.

SoundPoker Says: Chips can come in many shapes, sizes, and colors. The most common chips have the same shape as a silver dollar.
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Written By: gibbo on 06/09/09 at 5:54 am

I'm sorry...but that plate of fish and chips looked disgusting! 8-P ....and I love fish and chips! :o

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Written By: ninny on 06/09/09 at 5:56 am

The person of the day...Robert Donat
Friedrich Robert Donat (18 March 1905 – 9 June 1958), was an English Academy Award-winning film and stage actor.
He made his first stage appearance in 1921 and his film debut in 1932 in Men of Tomorrow. His first great screen success came with The Private Life of Henry VIII, playing Thomas Culpepper.

He had a successful screen image as an English gentleman who was neither haughty nor common. That made him something of a novelty in British films at the time, and he was likened by critics to Hollywood's Clark Gable and Gary Cooper. His most successful films included The Ghost Goes West (1935), Hitchcock's The 39 Steps (1935), The Citadel (1938), for which he received his first Oscar nomination, and Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939). For the last, he won the Academy Award for Best Actor, over Clark Gable for Gone with the Wind, Laurence Olivier for Wuthering Heights, James Stewart for Mr. Smith Goes to Washington and Mickey Rooney for Babes in Arms. He was a major theatre star, noted for his performances on the British stage in Shaw's The Devil's Disciple (1938) and Heartbreak House (1942), Much Ado About Nothing (1946), and especially as Thomas Becket in T. S. Eliot's Murder in the Cathedral at the Old Vic Theatre (1952).
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Written By: ninny on 06/09/09 at 5:57 am

I'm sorry...but that plate of fish and chips looked disgusting! 8-P ....and I love fish and chips! :o

That's what I thought,apparently it was someones homemade version.

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Written By: Howard on 06/09/09 at 5:58 am

I Love Chips.

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Written By: ninny on 06/09/09 at 5:59 am

The co-person of the day...Charles Dickens
Charles John Huffam Dickens, FRSA (pronounced /ˈtʃɑrlz ˈdɪkɪnz/; 7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870), pen-name "Boz", was the most popular English novelist of the Victorian era. He was a vigorous social campaigner, both in his own personal endeavours as well as through the recurrent themes of his literary enterprise.

Critics George Gissing and G. K. Chesterton championed Dickens's mastery of prose, his endless invention of unique, clever personalities, and his powerful social sensibilities, but fellow writers such as George Henry Lewes, Henry James, and Virginia Woolf faulted his work for sentimentality, implausible occurrences, and grotesque characterizations.

The popularity of Dickens's novels and short stories has meant that they have never gone out of print. Many of Dickens's novels first appeared in periodicals and magazines in serialised form—a popular format for fiction at the time—and, unlike many other authors who completed entire novels before serial production commenced, Dickens often composed his works in parts, in the order in which they were meant to appear. Such a practice lent his stories a particular rhythm, punctuated by one minor "cliffhanger" after another, to keep the public looking forward to the next installment.
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Written By: gibbo on 06/09/09 at 6:06 am

That's what I thought,apparently it was someones homemade version.

Secret family recipe..that I hope they take to the grave!

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Written By: ninny on 06/09/09 at 6:08 am

I Love Chips.

Here is some I know you will like :)
http://i208.photobucket.com/albums/bb31/dorksquid/photos/lol.jpg

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/09/09 at 6:09 am

I like chips with fish!

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Written By: Howard on 06/09/09 at 6:09 am

sounds yummy. ;D

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Written By: gibbo on 06/09/09 at 6:10 am

Here is some I know you will like :)
http://i208.photobucket.com/albums/bb31/dorksquid/photos/lol.jpg

What the...? Did tits have another meaning many years ago?

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/09/09 at 6:10 am

I like chips with fish!
...with Mushy Peas

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Written By: Howard on 06/09/09 at 6:11 am

What the...? Did tits have another meaning many years ago?

probably the name of a company.

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Written By: ninny on 06/09/09 at 6:11 am

Secret family recipe..that I hope they take to the grave!

Does this look better
http://i561.photobucket.com/albums/ss54/writingaboutrain/4-Day%20One%20Joy/DSCN0331.jpg

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/09/09 at 6:11 am

The co-person of the day...Charles Dickens
Charles John Huffam Dickens, FRSA (pronounced /ˈtʃɑrlz ˈdɪkɪnz/; 7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870), pen-name "Boz", was the most popular English novelist of the Victorian era. He was a vigorous social campaigner, both in his own personal endeavours as well as through the recurrent themes of his literary enterprise.

Critics George Gissing and G. K. Chesterton championed Dickens's mastery of prose, his endless invention of unique, clever personalities, and his powerful social sensibilities, but fellow writers such as George Henry Lewes, Henry James, and Virginia Woolf faulted his work for sentimentality, implausible occurrences, and grotesque characterizations.

The popularity of Dickens's novels and short stories has meant that they have never gone out of print. Many of Dickens's novels first appeared in periodicals and magazines in serialised form—a popular format for fiction at the time—and, unlike many other authors who completed entire novels before serial production commenced, Dickens often composed his works in parts, in the order in which they were meant to appear. Such a practice lent his stories a particular rhythm, punctuated by one minor "cliffhanger" after another, to keep the public looking forward to the next installment.
I had a feeling he died around this time of the year.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/09/09 at 6:12 am

Does this look better
http://i561.photobucket.com/albums/ss54/writingaboutrain/4-Day%20One%20Joy/DSCN0331.jpg
With Tartare Sauce!

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Written By: gibbo on 06/09/09 at 6:12 am

Does this look better
http://i561.photobucket.com/albums/ss54/writingaboutrain/4-Day%20One%20Joy/DSCN0331.jpg

Infinitely better...but someone peed on the plate! :D

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/09/09 at 6:13 am

The person of the day...Robert Donat
Friedrich Robert Donat (18 March 1905 – 9 June 1958), was an English Academy Award-winning film and stage actor.
He made his first stage appearance in 1921 and his film debut in 1932 in Men of Tomorrow. His first great screen success came with The Private Life of Henry VIII, playing Thomas Culpepper.

He had a successful screen image as an English gentleman who was neither haughty nor common. That made him something of a novelty in British films at the time, and he was likened by critics to Hollywood's Clark Gable and Gary Cooper. His most successful films included The Ghost Goes West (1935), Hitchcock's The 39 Steps (1935), The Citadel (1938), for which he received his first Oscar nomination, and Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939). For the last, he won the Academy Award for Best Actor, over Clark Gable for Gone with the Wind, Laurence Olivier for Wuthering Heights, James Stewart for Mr. Smith Goes to Washington and Mickey Rooney for Babes in Arms. He was a major theatre star, noted for his performances on the British stage in Shaw's The Devil's Disciple (1938) and Heartbreak House (1942), Much Ado About Nothing (1946), and especially as Thomas Becket in T. S. Eliot's Murder in the Cathedral at the Old Vic Theatre (1952).
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2087/2534727672_887825baeb.jpg?v=0

The Blue Plaque for Robert Donat at the house he used to live in at Hampstead Garden Suburb, North London.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/09/09 at 6:17 am

The co-person of the day...Charles Dickens
Charles John Huffam Dickens, FRSA (pronounced /ˈtʃɑrlz ˈdɪkɪnz/; 7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870), pen-name "Boz", was the most popular English novelist of the Victorian era. He was a vigorous social campaigner, both in his own personal endeavours as well as through the recurrent themes of his literary enterprise.

Critics George Gissing and G. K. Chesterton championed Dickens's mastery of prose, his endless invention of unique, clever personalities, and his powerful social sensibilities, but fellow writers such as George Henry Lewes, Henry James, and Virginia Woolf faulted his work for sentimentality, implausible occurrences, and grotesque characterizations.

The popularity of Dickens's novels and short stories has meant that they have never gone out of print. Many of Dickens's novels first appeared in periodicals and magazines in serialised form—a popular format for fiction at the time—and, unlike many other authors who completed entire novels before serial production commenced, Dickens often composed his works in parts, in the order in which they were meant to appear. Such a practice lent his stories a particular rhythm, punctuated by one minor "cliffhanger" after another, to keep the public looking forward to the next installment.

Charles Dickens is the person with the most Blue Plaques dedicated and has to many to chosen from.

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Written By: ninny on 06/09/09 at 7:15 am

Charles Dickens is the person with the most Blue Plaques dedicated and has to many to chosen from.

How many places did he live at?

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Written By: ninny on 06/09/09 at 7:16 am

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2087/2534727672_887825baeb.jpg?v=0

The Blue Plaque for Robert Donat at the house he used to live in at Hampstead Garden Suburb, North London.

Nice. I like the Ivy.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/09/09 at 7:20 am

How many places did he live at?
Charles Dickens just travelled around, he did go to America at one time.

He was born in Southsea Portsmouth, live in Chatham, Kent and Camden Town, London for a while, and lived and died in Gad's Hill near Rochester, Kent.

He would travel the country given readings (on stage) from his books, hence the travelling. It was the strains of the accent and acting of the readings that gave him stress on his body, which kead to his eventual death.

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Written By: Reynolds1863 on 06/09/09 at 7:35 am

The co-person of the day...Charles Dickens
Charles John Huffam Dickens, FRSA (pronounced /ˈtʃɑrlz ˈdɪkɪnz/; 7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870), pen-name "Boz", was the most popular English novelist of the Victorian era. He was a vigorous social campaigner, both in his own personal endeavours as well as through the recurrent themes of his literary enterprise.

Critics George Gissing and G. K. Chesterton championed Dickens's mastery of prose, his endless invention of unique, clever personalities, and his powerful social sensibilities, but fellow writers such as George Henry Lewes, Henry James, and Virginia Woolf faulted his work for sentimentality, implausible occurrences, and grotesque characterizations.

The popularity of Dickens's novels and short stories has meant that they have never gone out of print. Many of Dickens's novels first appeared in periodicals and magazines in serialised form—a popular format for fiction at the time—and, unlike many other authors who completed entire novels before serial production commenced, Dickens often composed his works in parts, in the order in which they were meant to appear. Such a practice lent his stories a particular rhythm, punctuated by one minor "cliffhanger" after another, to keep the public looking forward to the next installment.
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I like the book The Prince and the Pauper. :)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/09/09 at 7:35 am

I like the book The Prince and the Pauper. :)
That was written by Mark Twain.

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Written By: ninny on 06/09/09 at 8:53 am

Charles Dickens just travelled around, he did go to America at one time.

He was born in Southsea Portsmouth, live in Chatham, Kent and Camden Town, London for a while, and lived and died in Gad's Hill near Rochester, Kent.

He would travel the country given readings (on stage) from his books, hence the travelling. It was the strains of the accent and acting of the readings that gave him stress on his body, which kead to his eventual death.

It's been quite a while since I've read any of his works. My favs Oliver Twist & The Old Curiosity Shop.

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Written By: Reynolds1863 on 06/09/09 at 8:59 am

That was written by Mark Twain.

Oh yeah, why did I say that. *sigh* A Tale of Two Cities. Although Prince and the Pauper is an excellent book. :)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/09/09 at 12:37 pm

Oh yeah, why did I say that. *sigh* A Tale of Two Cities. Although Prince and the Pauper is an excellent book. :)
In truth I have never read The Prince and the Pauper, but have seen the film.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/09/09 at 12:38 pm

It's been quite a while since I've read any of his works. My favs Oliver Twist & The Old Curiosity Shop.
I have read all the Charles Dickens books, and my favourites are the ones I read twice, Oliver Twist, David Copperfield and Great Expectations.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/09/09 at 2:26 pm

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3596/3372280625_fb7677579e_m.jpg

The Plaque for Charles Dickens in Camden Town, North London.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/09/09 at 2:27 pm

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The Plaque explains it all.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/09/09 at 2:29 pm

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The plaque on the front of the house reads:

Charles Dickens was born in this house 7th February 1812 This plaque was placed here by the Portsmouth Branch of the Dickens Fellowship in May 1978

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Written By: Howard on 06/09/09 at 3:17 pm

Does this look better
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looks delicious.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/09/09 at 3:20 pm

Does this look better
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I want some!

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Written By: Howard on 06/09/09 at 3:34 pm

I want some!

Me Too.

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Written By: ninny on 06/10/09 at 5:45 am

The word of the day...Boy(s)
1. A male child.
2. A son: his youngest boy.
3. Often Offensive. A man, especially a young man.
4. Informal. A man socializing in a group of men: a night out with the boys.
5. Offensive. A male servant or employee.
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Written By: ninny on 06/10/09 at 5:48 am

The person of the day...Spencer Tracy
Spencer Bonaventure Tracy (April 5, 1900 – June 10, 1967) was a two-time Academy Award winning actor of stage and screen, who appeared in 74 films from 1930 to 1967. He is generally regarded as one of the finest and most versatile actors in motion picture history. In 1999, the American Film Institute named Tracy among the Greatest Male Stars of All Time, ranking 9th on the list. He was nominated for nine Academy Awards for Best Actor in all.
For several years he performed in stock in Michigan, Canada, and Ohio. Finally in 1930 he appeared in a hit play on Broadway, The Last Mile. Director John Ford saw Tracy in The Last Mile and signed him to do Up the River (1930) with Humphrey Bogart for Fox Film Corporation. Shortly after that he and his family moved to Hollywood, where he made over 25 films in five years.
Henry Drummond (Tracy, left) and Matthew Harrison Brady (March), right) in Inherit the Wind

In 1935 Tracy signed with Metro Goldwyn Mayer. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor two years in a row, for Captains Courageous (1937) and Boys Town (1938).
Tracy with Katharine Hepburn in the trailer for the film Adam's Rib (1949)

He was also nominated for San Francisco (1936), Father of the Bride (1950), Bad Day at Black Rock (1955), The Old Man and the Sea (1958), Inherit the Wind (1960), Judgment at Nuremberg (1961), and posthumously for Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967). Tracy and Laurence Olivier share the record for the most nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actor.

Tracy's reputation for versatility and naturalness are based on the twenty years (1935-1967) he acted at Metro Goldwyn Mayer and for the subsequent dozen years when he was an independent actor. Yet the twenty-five films he made prior to his move to MGM are notable in that they demonstrate the range and diversity of characters he would continue to deliver through his post-Fox career (and which would earn him two Academy Awards and nine nominations).
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Written By: ninny on 06/10/09 at 5:51 am

The co-person of the day...Ray Charles
Ray Charles Robinson (September 23, 1930 – June 10, 2004), known by his stage name Ray Charles, was a blind musician. He brought a soulful sound to country music and pop standards through his Modern Sounds recordings, as well as a rendition of "America the Beautiful" that Ed Bradley of 60 Minutes called the "definitive version of the song, an American anthem — a classic, just as the man who sang it." He also appeared in the 1980 hit movie, The Blues Brothers. Frank Sinatra called him "the only true genius in the business".

In 2004, Rolling Stone Magazine ranked Charles number ten on their list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time and also voted him number two on their November 2008 list of The 100 Greatest Singers of All Time.

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Written By: Howard on 06/10/09 at 7:04 am

Ray Charles was great.My favorite still is "Hit The Road Jack". :)

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Written By: ninny on 06/10/09 at 7:56 am

Ray Charles was great.My favorite still is "Hit The Road Jack". :)

That is a good song,I like that and Georgia On My Mind.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/10/09 at 9:03 am

Boys will be boys!

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/10/09 at 9:04 am

The co-person of the day...Ray Charles
Ray Charles Robinson (September 23, 1930 – June 10, 2004), known by his stage name Ray Charles, was a blind musician. He brought a soulful sound to country music and pop standards through his Modern Sounds recordings, as well as a rendition of "America the Beautiful" that Ed Bradley of 60 Minutes called the "definitive version of the song, an American anthem — a classic, just as the man who sang it." He also appeared in the 1980 hit movie, The Blues Brothers. Frank Sinatra called him "the only true genius in the business".

In 2004, Rolling Stone Magazine ranked Charles number ten on their list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time and also voted him number two on their November 2008 list of The 100 Greatest Singers of All Time.
That film on Ray Charles I still need to see.

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Written By: ninny on 06/10/09 at 9:10 am

That film on Ray Charles I still need to see.

I haven't seen it yet either.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/10/09 at 9:17 am

I haven't seen it yet either.
Ray starring Jamie Foxx, I wanna see it now!

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Written By: Howard on 06/10/09 at 4:03 pm

Ray starring Jamie Foxx, I wanna see it now!

I saw it and it was pretty good.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/11/09 at 2:34 am

I saw it and it was pretty good.
Did the film win any Oscars?

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Written By: ninny on 06/11/09 at 4:28 am

The word of the day...Stagecoach
A four-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle formerly used to transport mail and passengers over a regular route.
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Written By: ninny on 06/11/09 at 4:32 am

The person of the day...John Wayne
Marion Mitchell Morrison (May 26, 1907 – June 11, 1979), born Marion Robert Morrison and better known by his stage name John Wayne was an American film actor, director and producer. He epitomized rugged masculinity and has become an enduring American icon. He is famous for his distinctive voice, walk and height. He was also known for his conservative political views and his support in the 1950s for anti-communist positions.

A Harris Poll released January 2009 placed Wayne third among America's favorite film stars, the only deceased star on the list and the only one who has appeared on the poll every year since it first began in 1994.

In 1999, the American Film Institute named Wayne 13th among the Greatest Male Stars of All Time.
Wayne's breakthrough role came with director John Ford's classic Stagecoach (1939). Because of Wayne's non-star status and track record in low-budget westerns throughout the 1930s, Ford had difficulty getting financing for what was to be an A-budget film. After rejection by all the top studios, Ford struck a deal with independent producer William Wellman in which Claire Trevor — a much bigger star at the time — received top billing. Stagecoach was a huge critical and financial success, and Wayne became a star. He later appeared in more than twenty of John Ford's films, including She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949), The Quiet Man (1952), The Searchers (1956), The Wings of Eagles (1957), and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962).
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Written By: ninny on 06/11/09 at 4:35 am

The co-person of the day...DeForest Kelley
Jackson DeForest Kelley (January 20, 1920 – June 11, 1999) was an American actor known for his starring role as Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy of the USS Enterprise on film and television.
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Written By: gibbo on 06/11/09 at 5:10 am

What a great duo Janine! The Duke is one of my favourite actors! ......and Bones was always a fun character!

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/11/09 at 5:50 am

The word of the day...Stagecoach
A four-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle formerly used to transport mail and passengers over a regular route.
Brilliant film!!

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Written By: Howard on 06/11/09 at 7:01 am

The person of the day...John Wayne
Marion Mitchell Morrison (May 26, 1907 – June 11, 1979), born Marion Robert Morrison and better known by his stage name John Wayne was an American film actor, director and producer. He epitomized rugged masculinity and has become an enduring American icon. He is famous for his distinctive voice, walk and height. He was also known for his conservative political views and his support in the 1950s for anti-communist positions.

A Harris Poll released January 2009 placed Wayne third among America's favorite film stars, the only deceased star on the list and the only one who has appeared on the poll every year since it first began in 1994.

In 1999, the American Film Institute named Wayne 13th among the Greatest Male Stars of All Time.
Wayne's breakthrough role came with director John Ford's classic Stagecoach (1939). Because of Wayne's non-star status and track record in low-budget westerns throughout the 1930s, Ford had difficulty getting financing for what was to be an A-budget film. After rejection by all the top studios, Ford struck a deal with independent producer William Wellman in which Claire Trevor — a much bigger star at the time — received top billing. Stagecoach was a huge critical and financial success, and Wayne became a star. He later appeared in more than twenty of John Ford's films, including She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949), The Quiet Man (1952), The Searchers (1956), The Wings of Eagles (1957), and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962).
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Did he do any appearances in the 70's?

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/11/09 at 7:08 am

Did he do any appearances in the 70's?
- 1970 -
No Substitute for Victory (Narrator)
Chisum
Rio Lobo

- 1971 -
174 Big Jake

- 1972 -
The Cowboys
Cancel My Reservation

- 1973 -
The Train Robbers
Cahill

- 1974 -
McQ

- 1975 -
Brannigan
Rooster Cogburn

- 1976 -
The Shootist

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Written By: Howard on 06/11/09 at 7:09 am

- 1970 -
No Substitute for Victory (Narrator)
Chisum
Rio Lobo

- 1971 -
174 Big Jake

- 1972 -
The Cowboys
Cancel My Reservation

- 1973 -
The Train Robbers
Cahill

- 1974 -
McQ

- 1975 -
Brannigan
Rooster Cogburn

- 1976 -
The Shootist

Thanks Phil.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/11/09 at 7:10 am

Thanks Phil.
Brannigan was shot in London.

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Written By: Howard on 06/11/09 at 7:21 am

Brannigan was shot in London.

What was it about? ???

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/11/09 at 7:22 am

What was it about? ???
Brannigan is a 1975 British action film set in London starring John Wayne and Richard Attenborough, directed by Douglas Hickox. It tells the story of a Chicago detective sent to Britain to organize the extradition of an American mobster (John Vernon).

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Written By: Howard on 06/11/09 at 7:23 am

Brannigan is a 1975 British action film set in London starring John Wayne and Richard Attenborough, directed by Douglas Hickox. It tells the story of a Chicago detective sent to Britain to organize the extradition of an American mobster (John Vernon).

Thanks Phil.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/11/09 at 7:25 am

Thanks Phil.
Because that film was shot in London, it is still on my must see list.

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Written By: ninny on 06/11/09 at 7:38 am

What a great duo Janine! The Duke is one of my favourite actors! ......and Bones was always a fun character!

Thanks...Sometimes it just so happens that more than one great person died on the same day,that's why we have the co-person of the day.
My dad is a big fan of the Duke also. :)

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Written By: ninny on 06/11/09 at 7:38 am

Brilliant film!!

Yes one of his first starring roles. :)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/11/09 at 7:51 am

Yes one of his first starring roles. :)
Stagecoach was the first film to feature a person going under the stagecoach, that was copied by Speilberg in the truck chase scene in Raiders of the Lost Ark

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Written By: CatwomanofV on 06/11/09 at 12:05 pm

I remember seeing True Grit at the movies. (I guess that dates me. :-\\ :-[ )

I think my all-time favorite John Wayne film is The Quiet Man.

"It's worse than that, he's dead, Jim."

Oh, I'm getting the person's of the day mixed up. :D ;D ;D ;D

Cat

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/11/09 at 12:11 pm

“Get off your horse and drink your milk.”

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Written By: Frank on 06/11/09 at 4:02 pm

I particularly enjoyed the dead pan comedy going on between Bones, Cpt Kirk and Spock in those 60's Star Trek shows. Classic.

I always hoped Bones would get so mad at Spock that he'd yell out

"Spock, I am going to give you a Vulgar Vulcan Vasectomy!"

ok..maybe I'm just weird.

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Written By: Howard on 06/11/09 at 7:23 pm

“Get off your horse and drink your milk.”

What was that quote from?

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Written By: gibbo on 06/11/09 at 8:02 pm

I remember seeing True Grit at the movies. (I guess that dates me. :-\\ :-[ )

I think my all-time favorite John Wayne film is The Quiet Man.

"It's worse than that, he's dead, Jim."

Oh, I'm getting the person's of the day mixed up. :D ;D ;D ;D

Cat

I really enjoyed that film too Cat! :)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/12/09 at 1:06 am

What was that quote from?
Urban legend - John Wayne never said this in a film, and though it's been theorized that he might have said this in a commercial, the more likely theory is that this line was used by one of the many, many impersonators that have done a John Wayne character schtick over the years. One very likely candidate for this line is an impersonator by the name of Freddie Starr.

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Written By: ninny on 06/12/09 at 5:22 am

The word of the day...Yearling
1. An animal that is one year old or has not completed its second year.
2. A thoroughbred racehorse one year old dating from January 1 of the year in which it was foaled.
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Written By: ninny on 06/12/09 at 5:26 am

The person of the day...Gregory Peck
Gregory Peck (April 5, 1916 – June 12, 2003) was an American film and stage actor. He was one of 20th Century Fox's most popular film stars, from the 1940s to the 1960s, and played important roles well into the 1990s. One of his most notable performances was as Atticus Finch in the 1962 film version of To Kill a Mockingbird, for which he won his Academy Award. President Lyndon Johnson honored Peck with the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1969 for his lifetime humanitarian efforts. In 1999, the American Film Institute named Peck among the Greatest Male Stars of All Time, ranking at #12.
Peck's first film, Days of Glory, was released in 1944. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor five times, four of which came in his first five years of film acting: for The Keys of the Kingdom (1944), The Yearling (1946), Gentleman's Agreement (1947), and Twelve O'Clock High (1949).

The Keys of the Kingdom emphasized his stately presence. As the farmer Penny Barker in The Yearling his good-humored warmth and affection toward the characters playing his son and wife confounded critics who had been insisting he was a lifeless performer. Duel in the Sun (1946) showed his range as an actor in his first "against type" role as a cruel, libidinous gunslinger. Gentleman's Agreement established his power in the "social conscience" genre in a film that took on the deep-seated but subtle anti-Semitism of mid-century corporate America.Twelve O'Clock High was the first of many successful war films in which Peck embodied the brave, effective, yet human fighting man.
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Written By: gibbo on 06/12/09 at 5:28 am

Another of my favourites.... I especially enjoyed Roman Holiday and The Big Country....

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Written By: ninny on 06/12/09 at 5:30 am

The co-person of the day...Norma Shearer
Edith Norma Shearer (August 10, 1902 – June 12, 1983) was an Academy Award–winning Canadian-American actress. Shearer was one of the most popular actresses in the world from the mid-1920s until her retirement in 1942. Her early films cast her as the girl-next-door but after her 1930 film The Divorcee, she played sexually liberated women in sophisticated contemporary comedies and dramas, as well as several historical and period films.

Unlike many of her MGM contemporaries, Shearer's reputation went into steep decline after her retirement. By the time of her death in 1983, she was in danger of being known only for her "noble" roles in the regularly-revived The Women, Marie Antoinette, and Romeo and Juliet or, at worst, as a forgotten star.

However, Shearer's legacy began to be re-evaluated in the 1990s with the publication of two biographies and the TCM and VHS release of her films, many of them unseen since the implementation of the Production Code some sixty years before. Focus shifted to her pre-Code "divorcee" persona, and Shearer was rediscovered as "the exemplar of sophisticated woman-hood... exploring love and sex with an honesty that would be considered frank by modern standards". Simultaneously, Shearer's ten year collaboration with portrait photographer George Hurrell and her lasting contribution to fashion through the designs of Adrian were also recognized.

Today, Norma Shearer is widely celebrated as one of cinema's feminist pioneers: "the first American film actress to make it chic and acceptable to be single and not a virgin on screen." In March 2008, two of her most famous pre-code films, The Divorcee and A Free Soul, were released on DVD.
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Written By: ninny on 06/12/09 at 5:32 am

Another of my favourites.... I especially enjoyed Roman Holiday and The Big Country....

He is one of my all time favorites, those two movies are good I also liked To Kill A Mockingbird,The Yearling & the original Cape Fear.

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Written By: ninny on 06/12/09 at 5:36 am

The Flower for Friday...Morning Glory
Any of numerous, usually twining vines of the related genera Argyreia, Calystegia, Convolvulus, Merremia, and Ipomoea, having funnel-shaped, variously colored flowers that close late in the day
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Written By: gibbo on 06/12/09 at 5:42 am

He is one of my all time favorites, those two movies are good I also liked To Kill A Mockingbird,The Yearling & the original Cape Fear.

Yes all great movies. I liked the Million Pound Note too (or was it dollars?) :-\\.

Peck is in my top 3 favourite actors from the golden era. John Wayne, James Stewart and Gregory Peck..... I liked others as well ....like Rock Hudson, Paul Newman etc...but those three were a cut above the rest.

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Written By: Howard on 06/12/09 at 6:50 am

The Flower for Friday...Morning Glory
Any of numerous, usually twining vines of the related genera Argyreia, Calystegia, Convolvulus, Merremia, and Ipomoea, having funnel-shaped, variously colored flowers that close late in the day
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What's the Story,Morning Glory?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 06/12/09 at 6:53 am

Yes all great movies. I liked the Million Pound Note too (or was it dollars?) :-\\.

Peck is in my top 3 favourite actors from the golden era. John Wayne, James Stewart and Gregory Peck..... I liked others as well ....like Rock Hudson, Paul Newman etc...but those three were a cut above the rest.

That movie had a different title in the US..Man with a Million
My favs of the good old days..James Cagney,Robert Mitchum & Gregory Peck

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Written By: ninny on 06/12/09 at 6:54 am

What's the Story,Morning Glory?

Good Lord I haven't heard that in years :)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 06/12/09 at 6:55 am

Good Lord I haven't heard that in years :)

Did someone get that quote from talking to a flower?

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Written By: anabel on 06/12/09 at 7:49 am

It's also the cd title and name of one of the best songs on one of the best albums ever by Oasis. :)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/(What's_the_Story)_Morning_Glory%3F

Did you also know that Morning Glory seeds when chewed up give you the same results as taking LSD? Here's a litle more on that...

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/200190/is_your_teenager_eating_morning_glory.html?cat=5

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Written By: Reynolds1863 on 06/12/09 at 10:02 am

The person of the day...Gregory Peck
Gregory Peck (April 5, 1916 – June 12, 2003) was an American film and stage actor. He was one of 20th Century Fox's most popular film stars, from the 1940s to the 1960s, and played important roles well into the 1990s. One of his most notable performances was as Atticus Finch in the 1962 film version of To Kill a Mockingbird, for which he won his Academy Award. President Lyndon Johnson honored Peck with the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1969 for his lifetime humanitarian efforts. In 1999, the American Film Institute named Peck among the Greatest Male Stars of All Time, ranking at #12.
Peck's first film, Days of Glory, was released in 1944. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor five times, four of which came in his first five years of film acting: for The Keys of the Kingdom (1944), The Yearling (1946), Gentleman's Agreement (1947), and Twelve O'Clock High (1949).

The Keys of the Kingdom emphasized his stately presence. As the farmer Penny Barker in The Yearling his good-humored warmth and affection toward the characters playing his son and wife confounded critics who had been insisting he was a lifeless performer. Duel in the Sun (1946) showed his range as an actor in his first "against type" role as a cruel, libidinous gunslinger. Gentleman's Agreement established his power in the "social conscience" genre in a film that took on the deep-seated but subtle anti-Semitism of mid-century corporate America.Twelve O'Clock High was the first of many successful war films in which Peck embodied the brave, effective, yet human fighting man.
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I adore Gregory Peck. :-* He's one of those actors that still had it even up into his later years. Wasn't he also in a movie called Gringo during his later life?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 06/12/09 at 10:03 am

It's also the cd title and name of one of the best songs on one of the best albums ever by Oasis. :)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/(What's_the_Story)_Morning_Glory%3F

Did you also know that Morning Glory seeds when chewed up give you the same results as taking LSD? Here's a litle more on that...

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/200190/is_your_teenager_eating_morning_glory.html?cat=5

I love the song Wonderwall from that album.

I've always wondered why the neighbor kids like to look at our morning glories ;D

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 06/12/09 at 10:09 am

I adore Gregory Peck. :-* He's one of those actors that still had it even up into his later years. Wasn't he also in a movie called Gringo during his later life?

I found a movie called Old Gringo that had him alon.g w.ith Jane Fonda & Jimmy Smits.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Reynolds1863 on 06/12/09 at 10:10 am

I found a movie called Old Gringo that had him alon.g w.ith Jane Fonda & Jimmy Smits.

That's it!!!

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/12/09 at 10:26 am

The word of the day...Yearling
1. An animal that is one year old or has not completed its second year.
2. A thoroughbred racehorse one year old dating from January 1 of the year in which it was foaled.
My sister was force-read into reading that book for her school.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/12/09 at 10:26 am

The person of the day...Gregory Peck
Gregory Peck (April 5, 1916 – June 12, 2003) was an American film and stage actor. He was one of 20th Century Fox's most popular film stars, from the 1940s to the 1960s, and played important roles well into the 1990s. One of his most notable performances was as Atticus Finch in the 1962 film version of To Kill a Mockingbird, for which he won his Academy Award. President Lyndon Johnson honored Peck with the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1969 for his lifetime humanitarian efforts. In 1999, the American Film Institute named Peck among the Greatest Male Stars of All Time, ranking at #12.
Peck's first film, Days of Glory, was released in 1944. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor five times, four of which came in his first five years of film acting: for The Keys of the Kingdom (1944), The Yearling (1946), Gentleman's Agreement (1947), and Twelve O'Clock High (1949).

The Keys of the Kingdom emphasized his stately presence. As the farmer Penny Barker in The Yearling his good-humored warmth and affection toward the characters playing his son and wife confounded critics who had been insisting he was a lifeless performer. Duel in the Sun (1946) showed his range as an actor in his first "against type" role as a cruel, libidinous gunslinger. Gentleman's Agreement established his power in the "social conscience" genre in a film that took on the deep-seated but subtle anti-Semitism of mid-century corporate America.Twelve O'Clock High was the first of many successful war films in which Peck embodied the brave, effective, yet human fighting man.
My mother-in-law's favourite film actor.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/12/09 at 10:27 am

Another of my favourites.... I especially enjoyed Roman Holiday and The Big Country....
Spellbound and The Omen for me!

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/12/09 at 10:28 am

Good Lord I haven't heard that in years :)
Same here!

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Written By: ninny on 06/12/09 at 3:56 pm

My sister was force-read into reading that book for her school.

She didn't want to read the book I take it.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/12/09 at 3:57 pm

She didn't want to read the book I take it.
It was a few years ago.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 06/12/09 at 7:32 pm

I found a movie called Old Gringo that had him alon.g w.ith Jane Fonda & Jimmy Smits.

I remember that film.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: gibbo on 06/12/09 at 7:37 pm

Spellbound and The Omen for me!

Both very good films...

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 06/12/09 at 7:38 pm

Did he do any comedies?

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Written By: gibbo on 06/12/09 at 7:48 pm

Did he do any comedies?

Not that I recall.... :-\\

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Written By: gibbo on 06/12/09 at 7:52 pm

^ Actually, Roman Holiday and The Man With a Million had many comedic moments that Peck played brilliantly!

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 06/13/09 at 5:28 am

The word of the day...Swing
1. To move back and forth suspended or as if suspended from above.
2. To hit at something with a sweeping motion of the arm: swung at the ball.
3. To move laterally or in a curve: The car swung over to the curb.
4. To turn in place on or as if on a hinge or pivot.
5. To move along with an easy, swaying gait: swinging down the road.
6. To propel oneself from one place or position to another by grasping a fixed support: swinging through the trees.
7. To ride on a swing.
8. To shift from one attitude, interest, condition, or emotion to another; vacillate.
9. Slang. To be put to death by hanging.
10. Music.
1. To have a subtle, intuitively felt rhythm or sense of rhythm.
2. To play with a subtle, intuitively felt sense of rhythm.
11. Slang.
1. To be lively, trendy, and exciting.
2. To engage freely in promiscuous sex.
3. To exchange sex partners. Used especially of married couples.
4. To have a sexual orientation toward one or both sexes.
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Written By: ninny on 06/13/09 at 5:44 am

The person of the day...Benny Goodman
Benjamin David Goodman, (May 30, 1909 – June 13, 1986) was an American jazz musician, clarinetist and bandleader, known as "King of Swing", "Patriarch of the Clarinet", "The Professor", and "Swing's Senior Statesman".

In the mid-1930s, Goodman led one of the most popular musical groups in America. His January 16, 1938 concert at Carnegie Hall in New York City is described by critic Bruce Elder as "the single most important jazz or popular music concert in history: jazz's 'coming out' party to the world of 'respectable' music."

Goodman's bands launched the careers of many major names in jazz, and during an era of segregation, he also led one of the first racially-integrated musical groups. Goodman continued to perform to nearly the end of his life, including exploring his interest in classical music.
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/13/09 at 5:45 am

Swing both ways ?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/13/09 at 5:47 am

Swing bowling is a technique used for bowling in the sport of cricket. Practitioners are known as swing bowlers. Swing bowling is generally classed as a subtype of fast bowling.

The essence of swing bowling is to get the cricket ball to deviate sideways as it moves through the air towards or away from the batsman. In order to do this, the bowler makes use of four factors:

The raised seam of the cricket ball
Asymmetry in the ball caused by uneven wear of its surface
The speed of the delivery
The bowler's action

The asymmetry of the ball is encouraged by the constant polishing of one side of the ball by members of the fielding team, while allowing the opposite side to deteriorate through wear and tear. Over time, this produces a marked difference in the aerodynamic properties of the two sides.

At speeds around 80 mph (around 130 km/h), the airflow around the ball is in transition between smooth, or laminar flow, and turbulent flow. At speeds of 90 mph (around 145 km/h) and above, all the flow is turbulent. A medium-pace bowler, working at 75 to 80 mph (around 120 to 130 km/h), takes advantage of this. In this critical region, the raised seam and other minor imperfections in the ball's surface can induce turbulence while air flowing over other parts of the ball remains laminar. Turbulent air separates from the surface of the ball later than laminar flow air, so that the separation point moves to the back of the ball on the turbulent side. On the laminar flow side it remains towards the front. The result is a net force in the direction of the turbulent side.

Thus by keeping the seam and roughness to one side, the bowler induces the ball to swing in that direction. Skilled bowlers can even make a ball swing one way, and then 'break' the other way upon bouncing, with an off cutter or leg cutter hand action.

The swing of a cricket ball is not caused by the Magnus effect, which gives rise to a force perpendicular to the axis of rotation (in this case up or down). The deviation of a swinging cricket ball is parallel to the axis of its rotation.

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Written By: ninny on 06/13/09 at 5:52 am

The co-person of the day...Geraldine Page
Geraldine Sue Page (November 22, 1924 – June 13, 1987) was an Academy Award-winning American actress. Although starring in at least two dozen feature films, she is primarily known for her celebrated work in the American theater.
age gave celebrated performances in films as well as her work on Broadway. Her film debut was in Out of the Night (1947). Her role in Hondo, garnered her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. In all, despite her relatively small filmography, Page received eight Academy Award nominations. She finally won the Oscar in 1986 for a performance in The Trip to Bountiful, which was based on a play by Horton Foote. Had she not won for Trip to Bountiful, she would have held the record for most nominations without a single win. When she won (F. Murray Abraham, upon opening the envelope, exclaimed "I consider this woman the greatest actress in the English language"), she received a standing ovation from the audience. She was surprised by her win (she openly talked about being a seven-time Oscar loser), and took a while to get to the stage to accept the award because she had taken off her shoes while sitting in the audience. She had not expected to win, and her feet were sore.

Her other notable screen roles included Academy Award-nominated performances in Tennessee Williams' Summer and Smoke (1961); Sweet Bird of Youth (1962) You're a Big Boy Now (1966); and Woody Allen's Interiors (1978). She also appeared in quirky and eccentric roles such as calculating murderer of old ladies in What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice? (1969); a repressed schoolmistress in the Clint Eastwood film The Beguiled (1971); a charismatic evangelist (modeled after Aimee Semple McPherson) in The Day of the Locust (1975); and as Sister Walburga in Nasty Habits (1977).

She did various television shows in the 1950s through the 1980s, including movies and series, such as Hawaii Five-0, Kojak, and several episodes of Rod Serling's Night Gallery, including "The Sins Of The Fathers" and "Something In The Woodwork".

She also was a voice actress and voiced the villainous Madame Medusa in the Disney animated film The Rescuers.

Page has also appeared in television productions and won two Emmy Awards as Outstanding Single Performance By an Actress in a Leading Role in a Drama for her roles in the classic Truman Capote stories, A Christmas Memory (1967) and The Thanksgiving Visitor (1969).

Her final film was the 1987 Mary Stuart Masterson film My Little Girl, which was the film debut of Jennifer Lopez.
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Written By: ninny on 06/13/09 at 5:56 am

Swing both ways ?

That could be taken in so many ways,which is why the pic is interesting.

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Written By: ninny on 06/13/09 at 5:58 am

Swing bowling is a technique used for bowling in the sport of cricket. Practitioners are known as swing bowlers. Swing bowling is generally classed as a subtype of fast bowling.

The essence of swing bowling is to get the cricket ball to deviate sideways as it moves through the air towards or away from the batsman. In order to do this, the bowler makes use of four factors:

The raised seam of the cricket ball
Asymmetry in the ball caused by uneven wear of its surface
The speed of the delivery
The bowler's action

The asymmetry of the ball is encouraged by the constant polishing of one side of the ball by members of the fielding team, while allowing the opposite side to deteriorate through wear and tear. Over time, this produces a marked difference in the aerodynamic properties of the two sides.

At speeds around 80 mph (around 130 km/h), the airflow around the ball is in transition between smooth, or laminar flow, and turbulent flow. At speeds of 90 mph (around 145 km/h) and above, all the flow is turbulent. A medium-pace bowler, working at 75 to 80 mph (around 120 to 130 km/h), takes advantage of this. In this critical region, the raised seam and other minor imperfections in the ball's surface can induce turbulence while air flowing over other parts of the ball remains laminar. Turbulent air separates from the surface of the ball later than laminar flow air, so that the separation point moves to the back of the ball on the turbulent side. On the laminar flow side it remains towards the front. The result is a net force in the direction of the turbulent side.

Thus by keeping the seam and roughness to one side, the bowler induces the ball to swing in that direction. Skilled bowlers can even make a ball swing one way, and then 'break' the other way upon bouncing, with an off cutter or leg cutter hand action.

The swing of a cricket ball is not caused by the Magnus effect, which gives rise to a force perpendicular to the axis of rotation (in this case up or down). The deviation of a swinging cricket ball is parallel to the axis of its rotation.

Thanks for the info Phil, I really have no knowledge of cricket so I never would of thought of that. :)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/13/09 at 6:00 am

Thanks for the info Phil, I really have no knowledge of cricket so I never would of thought of that. :)
Cricket is a complexing game.

The same applies to me for baseball.

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Written By: ninny on 06/13/09 at 6:23 am

Cricket is a complexing game.

The same applies to me for baseball.

Here is a brief description of baseball according to Wikipedia:
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The goal is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot square, or diamond. Players on one team (the batting team) take turns hitting against the pitcher of the other team (the fielding team), which tries to stop them from scoring runs by getting hitters out in any of several ways. A player on the batting team can stop at any of the bases and later advance via a teammate's hit or other means. The teams switch between batting and fielding whenever the fielding team records three outs. One turn at bat for each team constitutes an inning; nine innings make up a professional game. The team with the most runs at the end of the game wins.

Evolving from older bat-and-ball games, an early form of baseball was being played in England by the mid-eighteenth century. This game and the related rounders were brought by British and Irish immigrants to North America, where the modern version of baseball developed. By the late nineteenth century, baseball was widely recognized as the national sport of the United States. Baseball on the professional, amateur, and youth levels is now popular in North America, parts of Central and South America and the Caribbean, and parts of East Asia. The game is sometimes referred to as hardball, in contrast to the derivative game of softball.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/13/09 at 6:24 am

Here is a brief description of baseball according to Wikipedia:
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The goal is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot square, or diamond. Players on one team (the batting team) take turns hitting against the pitcher of the other team (the fielding team), which tries to stop them from scoring runs by getting hitters out in any of several ways. A player on the batting team can stop at any of the bases and later advance via a teammate's hit or other means. The teams switch between batting and fielding whenever the fielding team records three outs. One turn at bat for each team constitutes an inning; nine innings make up a professional game. The team with the most runs at the end of the game wins.

Evolving from older bat-and-ball games, an early form of baseball was being played in England by the mid-eighteenth century. This game and the related rounders were brought by British and Irish immigrants to North America, where the modern version of baseball developed. By the late nineteenth century, baseball was widely recognized as the national sport of the United States. Baseball on the professional, amateur, and youth levels is now popular in North America, parts of Central and South America and the Caribbean, and parts of East Asia. The game is sometimes referred to as hardball, in contrast to the derivative game of softball.
I will be checking the whole webpage later.

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Written By: Howard on 06/13/09 at 6:58 am

Swing Batta Batta.

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Written By: adagio on 06/13/09 at 9:54 am

The co-person of the day...Geraldine Page
Geraldine Sue Page (November 22, 1924 – June 13, 1987) was an Academy Award-winning American actress. Although starring in at least two dozen feature films, she is primarily known for her celebrated work in the American theater.
age gave celebrated performances in films as well as her work on Broadway. Her film debut was in Out of the Night (1947). Her role in Hondo, garnered her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. In all, despite her relatively small filmography, Page received eight Academy Award nominations. She finally won the Oscar in 1986 for a performance in The Trip to Bountiful, which was based on a play by Horton Foote. Had she not won for Trip to Bountiful, she would have held the record for most nominations without a single win. When she won (F. Murray Abraham, upon opening the envelope, exclaimed "I consider this woman the greatest actress in the English language"), she received a standing ovation from the audience. She was surprised by her win (she openly talked about being a seven-time Oscar loser), and took a while to get to the stage to accept the award because she had taken off her shoes while sitting in the audience. She had not expected to win, and her feet were sore.

Her other notable screen roles included Academy Award-nominated performances in Tennessee Williams' Summer and Smoke (1961); Sweet Bird of Youth (1962) You're a Big Boy Now (1966); and Woody Allen's Interiors (1978). She also appeared in quirky and eccentric roles such as calculating murderer of old ladies in What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice? (1969); a repressed schoolmistress in the Clint Eastwood film The Beguiled (1971); a charismatic evangelist (modeled after Aimee Semple McPherson) in The Day of the Locust (1975); and as Sister Walburga in Nasty Habits (1977).

She did various television shows in the 1950s through the 1980s, including movies and series, such as Hawaii Five-0, Kojak, and several episodes of Rod Serling's Night Gallery, including "The Sins Of The Fathers" and "Something In The Woodwork".

She also was a voice actress and voiced the villainous Madame Medusa in the Disney animated film The Rescuers.

Page has also appeared in television productions and won two Emmy Awards as Outstanding Single Performance By an Actress in a Leading Role in a Drama for her roles in the classic Truman Capote stories, A Christmas Memory (1967) and The Thanksgiving Visitor (1969).

Her final film was the 1987 Mary Stuart Masterson film My Little Girl, which was the film debut of Jennifer Lopez.
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Was she related to Patty Page, the singer?

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Written By: ninny on 06/13/09 at 9:57 am

Was she related to Patty Page, the singer?

No Patti's real name is....Clara Ann Fowler

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Written By: adagio on 06/13/09 at 10:21 am

No Patti's real name is....Clara Ann Fowler

I see...thanks. Wonder why she didn't use her real name? It's not that complicated.

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Written By: Reynolds1863 on 06/13/09 at 11:11 am

The person of the day...Benny Goodman
Benjamin David Goodman, (May 30, 1909 – June 13, 1986) was an American jazz musician, clarinetist and bandleader, known as "King of Swing", "Patriarch of the Clarinet", "The Professor", and "Swing's Senior Statesman".

In the mid-1930s, Goodman led one of the most popular musical groups in America. His January 16, 1938 concert at Carnegie Hall in New York City is described by critic Bruce Elder as "the single most important jazz or popular music concert in history: jazz's 'coming out' party to the world of 'respectable' music."

Goodman's bands launched the careers of many major names in jazz, and during an era of segregation, he also led one of the first racially-integrated musical groups. Goodman continued to perform to nearly the end of his life, including exploring his interest in classical music.
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Didn't his band do the song "Chattanooga Choo Choo"?

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Written By: ninny on 06/13/09 at 12:33 pm

Didn't his band do the song "Chattanooga Choo Choo"?

No that was Glenn Miller :)
Here is one of Benny Goodman's songs called Sing,Sing,Sing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mJ4dpNal_k#

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Written By: Reynolds1863 on 06/13/09 at 1:08 pm

No that was Glenn Miller :)
Here is one of Benny Goodman's songs called Sing,Sing,Sing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mJ4dpNal_k#

Oh, ok. Glenn Miller is really good too. :) Although I think Goodman is better to dance too.

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Written By: ninny on 06/13/09 at 1:23 pm

Oh, ok. Glenn Miller is really good too. :) Although I think Goodman is better to dance too.

I like them both. My son plays the clarinet so Benny Goodman is his idol.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/13/09 at 2:09 pm

I like them both. My son plays the clarinet so Benny Goodman is his idol.
Woody Allen is also a clarinetist.

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Written By: Howard on 06/13/09 at 3:06 pm

Woody Allen is also a clarinetist.

Wow,I never knew that.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/13/09 at 4:05 pm

Wow,I never knew that.
...and he plays regularly in a Jazz Club in New York

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 06/13/09 at 4:14 pm

Woody Allen is also a clarinetist.

That is true.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 06/14/09 at 5:39 am

The word of the day...Moon
1. often Moon The natural satellite of Earth, visible by reflection of sunlight and having a slightly elliptical orbit, approximately 356,000 kilometers (221,600 miles) distant at perigee and 406,997 kilometers (252,950 miles) at apogee. Its mean diameter is 3,475 kilometers (2,160 miles), its mass approximately one eightieth that of Earth, and its average period of revolution around Earth 29 days 12 hours 44 minutes calculated with respect to the sun.
2. A natural satellite revolving around a planet.
3. The moon as it appears at a particular time in its cycle of phases: a gibbous moon.
4. A month, especially a lunar month.
5. A disk, globe, or crescent resembling the natural satellite of Earth.
6. Moonlight.
7. Something unreasonable or unattainable: They acted as if we were asking for the moon.
8. Slang. The bared buttocks.
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/14/09 at 5:41 am

Moon Walk ?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 06/14/09 at 5:47 am

The person of the day...Henry Mancini
Henry Mancini (April 16, 1924 – June 14, 1994) was an Academy Award winning American composer, conductor and arranger. He is remembered particularly for being a composer of film and television scores. Mancini also won a record number of Grammy awards, including a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1995. His best-known works are the jazz-idiom theme to The Pink Panther film series ("The Pink Panther Theme") and "Moon River".
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/14/09 at 5:48 am

The person of the day...Henry Mancini
Henry Mancini (April 16, 1924 – June 14, 1994) was an Academy Award winning American composer, conductor and arranger. He is remembered particularly for being a composer of film and television scores. Mancini also won a record number of Grammy awards, including a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1995. His best-known works are the jazz-idiom theme to The Pink Panther film series ("The Pink Panther Theme") and "Moon River".
Of course Moon River, but the Pink Panther always does it for me.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 06/14/09 at 5:52 am

The co-person of the day....Rory Gallagher
Rory Gallagher (pronounced "Ro-ree Gall-a-her") (born Liam Rory Gallagher, 2 March, 1948– died 14 June, 1995) was an Irish blues/rock guitarist. Born in Ballyshannon, County Donegal, Ireland, he grew up in Cork City in the south of the country. He is best known for his solo albums, and for his tenure in the band Taste during the late 1960s. A multi-instrumentalist who gained a reputation as a gifted and charismatic live performer, Rory Gallagher's albums have sold in excess of 30 million copies worldwide
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 06/14/09 at 5:54 am

Of course Moon River, but the Pink Panther always does it for me.

Yes I love The Pink Panther theme&Peter Gunn

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/14/09 at 5:57 am

The co-person of the day....Rory Gallagher
Rory Gallagher (pronounced "Ro-ree Gall-a-her") (born Liam Rory Gallagher, 2 March, 1948– died 14 June, 1995) was an Irish blues/rock guitarist. Born in Ballyshannon, County Donegal, Ireland, he grew up in Cork City in the south of the country. He is best known for his solo albums, and for his tenure in the band Taste during the late 1960s. A multi-instrumentalist who gained a reputation as a gifted and charismatic live performer, Rory Gallagher's albums have sold in excess of 30 million copies worldwide
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Rory Gallagher on a stamp for the Irish Post Office from 2002

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 06/14/09 at 6:25 am

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3194/2367737333_71dfefbb4d_m.jpg

Rory Gallagher on a stamp for the Irish Post Office from 2002

I really don't know his music that well.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 06/14/09 at 7:00 am

Moon Walk ?

There's also MoonDance with Van Morrison.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 06/14/09 at 7:15 am

There's also MoonDance with Van Morrison.

Cat Stevens had Moonshadow.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 06/14/09 at 7:17 am

There's also moonshine.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 06/14/09 at 7:19 am

There's also moonshine.

I'm sure they still make that,especially down south.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 06/14/09 at 7:26 am

I'm sure they still make that,especially down south.

but what about in New York? ???

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 06/14/09 at 8:40 am

but what about in New York? ???

This is what I found in Wiki
Moonshine continues to be produced in the United States, mainly in southern Appalachia. The product is often called "white lightning" because it is not aged and is generally sold at high alcohol proof, often bottled in canning jars ("Mason jars", see photo). A typical moonshine still may produce 1000 gallons per week and net $6000 per week for its owner. The simplicity of the process, and the easy availability of key ingredients such as corn and sugar, make enforcement a difficult task. However, the huge price advantage that moonshine once held over its "legitimate" competition legally sold has been reduced. Nevertheless, over half the retail price of a bottle of distilled spirits typically consists of taxes. With the availability of cheap refined white sugar, moonshine can be produced at a small fraction of the price of heavily taxed and legally sold distilled spirits. Moonshine alcohol is used by some for herbal tinctures. The number of jurisdictions which ban the sale of alcoholic beverages is steadily decreasing which means that many of the former consumers of moonshine are much nearer to a legal alcohol sales outlet than was formerly the case. Moonshine-like distilled beverages with names like Everclear, Virginia Lightning, Georgia Moon Corn Whiskey, Platte Valley Corn Whiskey and Catdaddy are produced commercially and sold in liquor stores, typically packaged in a clay jug or glass Mason jar. As a result of these changes and aggressive law enforcement, moonshine production is far less widespread than it was formerly.

Although home distillation of ethanol for commercial purposes is still illegal in the United States, legislation was introduced, but failed to pass in November 2001 to legalize home distillation in much the same way as home brewing of wine and beer were legalized in 1978. As early as prohibition, there have been stories of moonshiners using their product as a powerful fuel in their automobiles, usually when evading law-enforcement agencies while delivering their illegal product. The sport of "stock car" racing got its start when moonshiners would modify their automobiles to outrun federal government revenue agents. Junior Johnson, one of the early stock car racers in the mountains of North Carolina who was associated with running moonshine, has even "gone legitimate" by marketing a legally produced grain alcohol moonshine, which is made by the only legal liquor distiller in the state. Stokesdale, a town not far from where the distillery is located, has a moonshine still on its official town seal to reflect the corn liquor's history in the town's past.

Old, abandoned moonshine stills can be found throughout the Appalachian Mountains in the states of Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, and West Virginia.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Reynolds1863 on 06/14/09 at 11:19 am

My Great-Grandfather and his brothers used to have a moonshine still. It was said that the hooch would make you sick for days. Somehow the sale of it paid the bills though. :)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: CatwomanofV on 06/14/09 at 11:53 am

I did a dance one time to Van Morrison's Moondance.

Cat

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 06/14/09 at 2:23 pm

My Great-Grandfather and his brothers used to have a moonshine still. It was said that the hooch would make you sick for days. Somehow the sale of it paid the bills though. :)

Hey you got to pay those bills ;D

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: gibbo on 06/14/09 at 5:31 pm

Was that Henry Mooncinii? :o

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 06/15/09 at 5:28 am

The word or phrase of the day...A Tisket A Tasket
A Tisket A Tasket is a nursery rhyme from the 19th century. In 1938 the rhyme was used as the basis for a song written by Al Feldman and Ella Fitzgerald. Ella performs the song in the movie Ride 'Em Cowboy.

Lyrics

A-tisket. a-tasket
A green and yellow basket
I bought a basket for my mom
And on the way I dropped it

I dropped it, I dropped it
Yes, On the way I dropped it
A little girlie picked it up
And took it to the market

She was truckin' on down the avenue, without a single thing to do she was peck-peck-peckin all around when she spied it on the ground

A tisket. A-tasket she took my yellow basket and if she doesn't bring it back I think that I shall die

(was it red?) no,no,no,no, (was it brown?) no,no,no,no, (was it blue?) no,no,no,no, just a little yellow basket
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Written By: ninny on 06/15/09 at 5:31 am

The person of the day...Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Jane Fitzgerald (April 25, 1917 – June 15, 1996), also known as "Lady Ella", the "Queen of Scat" and the "First Lady of Song", is considered one of the most influential jazz vocalists of the 20th century.

With a vocal range spanning three octaves, she was noted for her purity of tone, phrasing and intonation, and a "horn-like" improvisational ability, particularly in her scat singing. She is widely considered to have been one of the supreme interpreters of the Great American Songbook.

Over a recording career that lasted 59 years, she was the winner of 13 Grammy Awards, and was awarded the National Medal of Art by Ronald Reagan and the Presidential Medal of Freedom by George H. W. Bush.
She began singing regularly with Webb's Orchestra through 1935, at Harlem's Savoy Ballroom. Fitzgerald recorded several hit songs with them, including "Love and Kisses" and "(If You Can't Sing It) You'll Have to Swing It (Mr. Paganini)" but it was her 1938 version of the nursery rhyme, "A-Tisket, A-Tasket", a song she co-wrote, that brought her wide public acclaim.
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Written By: ninny on 06/15/09 at 5:39 am

The co-person of the day...Hume Cronyn
Hume Blake Cronyn, OC (July 18, 1911 – June 15, 2003) was a Canadian actor of stage and screen, who enjoyed a long career, often appearing professionally alongside his second wife, Jessica Tandy.
Cronyn was married to actress Jessica Tandy from 1942 until her death in 1994, and appeared with her in many of their more memorable dramatic stage, film and TV outings, including The Green Years, The Gin Game, Foxfire, *batteries not included, Cocoon and Cocoon: The Return.
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 06/15/09 at 5:50 am

The film Batteries Not Included was a great film.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 06/15/09 at 5:56 am

The film Batteries Not Included was a great film.

Yes..I liked The movie Cocoon that he was in.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 06/15/09 at 5:58 am

Yes..I liked The movie Cocoon that he was in.

a good movie right there.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: CatwomanofV on 06/15/09 at 10:38 am

Moonlight in Vermont was played at our wedding song by Ella & Louie Armstrong as we danced with our parents.

Cat

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Reynolds1863 on 06/15/09 at 11:02 am

The word or phrase of the day...A Tisket A Tasket
A Tisket A Tasket is a nursery rhyme from the 19th century. In 1938 the rhyme was used as the basis for a song written by Al Feldman and Ella Fitzgerald. Ella performs the song in the movie Ride 'Em Cowboy.

Lyrics

A-tisket. a-tasket
A green and yellow basket
I bought a basket for my mom
And on the way I dropped it

I dropped it, I dropped it
Yes, On the way I dropped it
A little girlie picked it up
And took it to the market

She was truckin' on down the avenue, without a single thing to do she was peck-peck-peckin all around when she spied it on the ground

A tisket. A-tasket she took my yellow basket and if she doesn't bring it back I think that I shall die

(was it red?) no,no,no,no, (was it brown?) no,no,no,no, (was it blue?) no,no,no,no, just a little yellow basket
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I remember singing that when I was a youngster. Although I now realize I didn't know the words. ;D

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 06/15/09 at 11:37 am

Moonlight in Vermont was played at our wedding song by Ella & Louie Armstrong as we danced with our parents.

Cat

I found Ella with Frank Sinatra
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0WvZC0Il6U&feature=PlayList&p=06F51E08A4E5D6EA&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=31#

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 06/15/09 at 11:38 am

I remember singing that when I was a youngster. Although I now realize I didn't know the words. ;D

I know I think I only had the first 2 lines of the song right ;D

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 06/15/09 at 4:48 pm

What's a tisket? ???

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 06/15/09 at 6:38 pm

What's a tisket? ???

I don't think it has any meaning just some words someone thought of for a song.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Frank on 06/15/09 at 7:22 pm

The person of the day...Henry Mancini
Henry Mancini (April 16, 1924 – June 14, 1994) was an Academy Award winning American composer, conductor and arranger. He is remembered particularly for being a composer of film and television scores. Mancini also won a record number of Grammy awards, including a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1995. His best-known works are the jazz-idiom theme to The Pink Panther film series ("The Pink Panther Theme") and "Moon River".
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Henry Mancini, one of the greats, so many wonderful themes.

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Written By: ninny on 06/16/09 at 6:03 am

The word of the day...Steel
1. A generally hard, strong, durable, malleable alloy of iron and carbon, usually containing between 0.2 and 1.5 percent carbon, often with other constituents such as manganese, chromium, nickel, molybdenum, copper, tungsten, cobalt, or silicon, depending on the desired alloy properties, and widely used as a structural material.
2. Something, such as a sword, that is made of steel.
3. A quality suggestive of this alloy, especially a hard, unflinching character.
4. Steel gray.
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/16/09 at 6:06 am

What's a tisket? ???
I have no idea!

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/16/09 at 6:08 am

The word of the day...Steel
1. A generally hard, strong, durable, malleable alloy of iron and carbon, usually containing between 0.2 and 1.5 percent carbon, often with other constituents such as manganese, chromium, nickel, molybdenum, copper, tungsten, cobalt, or silicon, depending on the desired alloy properties, and widely used as a structural material.
2. Something, such as a sword, that is made of steel.
3. A quality suggestive of this alloy, especially a hard, unflinching character.
4. Steel gray.
I am not into Heavy Metal.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 06/16/09 at 6:09 am

The person of the day...George Reeves
George Reeves (January 5, 1914 – June 16, 1959) was an American actor, best known for his role as Superman in the 1950s television program Adventures of Superman and his death by a gunshot wound at the age of 45.
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 06/16/09 at 6:10 am

I am not into Heavy Metal.

I like some Metallica but that's that.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/16/09 at 6:12 am

The person of the day...George Reeves
George Reeves (January 5, 1914 – June 16, 1959) was an American actor, best known for his role as Superman in the 1950s television program Adventures of Superman and his death by a gunshot wound at the age of 45.
The first televisual Superman.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 06/16/09 at 6:12 am

The co-person of the day...Brian Piccolo
ouis Brian Piccolo (October 31, 1943 – June 16, 1970) was a professional football player for the Chicago Bears for 4 years. He died from embryonal cell carcinoma, which was found as a large tumor in his chest cavity. He was the subject of the 1971 TV movie Brian's Song. Piccolo was portrayed in the original film by James Caan and by Sean Maher in the 2001 remake.
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/16/09 at 6:13 am

I like some Metallica but that's that.
I liked the slow song they did.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 06/16/09 at 6:15 am

The first televisual Superman.

Yes. I see by reading farther on in his bio he was in Gone With The Wind.
Accepted by the Pasadena Playhouse, Reeves had prominent roles. His film career began in 1939, when he was cast as Stuart Tarleton (incorrectly credited as Brent Tarleton), one of Vivien Leigh's suitors in Gone with the Wind. It was a minor role, but he and Fred Crane, both in brightly dyed red hair as "the Tarleton Twins," were in the film's opening scenes. He was contracted to Warner Bros. at the time, and the actor's professional name became "George Reeves" and his GWTW screen credit reflects the change

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/16/09 at 6:17 am

Yes. I see by reading farther on in his bio he was in Gone With The Wind.
Accepted by the Pasadena Playhouse, Reeves had prominent roles. His film career began in 1939, when he was cast as Stuart Tarleton (incorrectly credited as Brent Tarleton), one of Vivien Leigh's suitors in Gone with the Wind. It was a minor role, but he and Fred Crane, both in brightly dyed red hair as "the Tarleton Twins," were in the film's opening scenes. He was contracted to Warner Bros. at the time, and the actor's professional name became "George Reeves" and his GWTW screen credit reflects the change
So he did act elsewhere.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 06/16/09 at 6:54 am

http://i423.photobucket.com/albums/pp320/lasvegasdreamer09/STEELOFFORTUNE.jpg

Ah,Yes Dave Batista one of the top workers in WWE,too bad he'll be out for 4 months.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 06/16/09 at 7:03 am

http://i423.photobucket.com/albums/pp320/lasvegasdreamer09/STEELOFFORTUNE.jpg

Ah,Yes Dave Batista one of the top workers in WWE,too bad he'll be out for 4 months.

I haven't followed wrestling in years.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 06/16/09 at 7:05 am

I haven't followed wrestling in years.

I watch it but not as much as I used to.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 06/16/09 at 7:06 am

So he did act elsewhere.

It looks like he did a lot of movies uncredited.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 06/16/09 at 7:08 am

Superman,the REAL man of Steel.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: CatwomanofV on 06/16/09 at 11:27 am

So he did act elsewhere.

He was also in the movie From Here to Eternity.

A rumor has been circulating for years that George Reeves, who played Sgt. Maylon Stark, had his role drastically edited after preview audiences recognized him as TV's Superman. This is depicted in the docudrama Hollywoodland. However, Zinnemann maintains all his scenes were kept intact from the first draft, nor was there ever a preview screening.

From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/From_Here_to_Eternity

Cat

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/16/09 at 12:01 pm

With his (George Reeves) tragic death by a gunshot wound at the age of 45, he would had never met Christopher Reeve.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: CatwomanofV on 06/16/09 at 12:45 pm

This describes his death-which makes you go, "hmmmm".

http://www.prairieghosts.com/hollywood10.html

Cat

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 06/16/09 at 2:16 pm

This describes his death-which makes you go, "hmmmm".

http://www.prairieghosts.com/hollywood10.html

Cat

It may never be solved.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/16/09 at 2:18 pm

It may never be solved.
1959 is a bit late for confessions now.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 06/16/09 at 2:22 pm

1959 is a bit late for confessions now.

Is anyone still alive that was there...Lenore Lemmon died in 1989

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/16/09 at 2:25 pm

Is anyone still alive that was there...Lenore Lemmon died in 1989
Any sign of a cover up?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 06/16/09 at 4:14 pm

It may never be solved.

Do you think it will one day?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/16/09 at 4:23 pm

Do you think it will one day?
It has been 50 years now, I doubt it.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 06/16/09 at 4:24 pm

It has been 50 years now, I doubt it.

What about 50 years from now?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/16/09 at 4:27 pm

What about 50 years from now?
Even less of a chance of solving it then.

The Jack The Rippers were in 1888 and that has not been solved and doubt it ever will.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 06/16/09 at 5:19 pm

Any sign of a cover up?

I think there was,why would Lenore say that he's probably going upstairs to shot himself..maybe she had someone upstairs waiting.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/17/09 at 1:33 am

I think there was,why would Lenore say that he's probably going upstairs to shot himself..maybe she had someone upstairs waiting.
...romance involved?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 06/17/09 at 5:42 am

The word of the day...Wagon
1. A four-wheeled, usually horse-drawn vehicle with a large rectangular body, used for transporting loads.
2.
1. A light automotive transport or delivery vehicle.
2. A station wagon.
3. A police patrol wagon.
3. A child's low, four-wheeled cart hauled by a long handle that governs the direction of the front wheels.
4. A small table or tray on wheels used for serving drinks or food: a dessert wagon.
5. Wagon The Big Dipper
6. Chiefly British. An open railway freight car.
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 06/17/09 at 5:43 am

...romance involved?

Maybe she was secretly seeing someone else.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 06/17/09 at 5:45 am

The person of the day...Cyd Charisse
yd Charisse (March 8, 1922 – June 17, 2008) was an American dancer and actress.

After recovering from polio as a child, and studying ballet, Charisse entered films in the 1940s. Her roles usually focussed on her abilities as a dancer, and she was paired with Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly; her films include Singin' in the Rain (1952), The Band Wagon (1953) and Silk Stockings (1957). She stopped dancing in films in the late 1950s, but continued acting in film and television, and in 1992 made her Broadway debut.

In her later years, she discussed the history of the Hollywood musical in documentaries, and participated in That's Entertainment! III in 1994. She was awarded the National Medal of the Arts and Humanities in 2006 and died two years later as a result of a heart attack.
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 06/17/09 at 5:47 am

The co-person of the day....Kate Smith
Kathryn Elizabeth "Kate" Smith (May 1, 1907 – June 17, 1986) was an American singer, best known for her rendition of Irving Berlin's "God Bless America". Smith had a radio, TV and recording career spanning five decades, reaching its most-remembered zenith in the 1940s.

Her musical career began in earnest when she was discovered by Columbia Records vice president Ted Collins in 1930, who became her longtime partner and manager and who put her on the radio in 1931. She sang the controversial top twenty song of 1931, "That's Why Darkies Were Born". She starred in the 1932 movie Hello Everybody!, with co-stars Randolph Scott and Sally Blane, and in the 1943 wartime picture This is the Army she sang "God Bless America". Irving Berlin wrote the song in 1918, and it is considered "the second National Anthem" of the United States.
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 06/17/09 at 5:54 am

The word of the day...Wagon
1. A four-wheeled, usually horse-drawn vehicle with a large rectangular body, used for transporting loads.
2.
1. A light automotive transport or delivery vehicle.
2. A station wagon.
3. A police patrol wagon.
3. A child's low, four-wheeled cart hauled by a long handle that governs the direction of the front wheels.
4. A small table or tray on wheels used for serving drinks or food: a dessert wagon.
5. Wagon The Big Dipper
6. Chiefly British. An open railway freight car.
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http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q214/beaks_2006/August003.jpg
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Are shopping carts the same as wagons?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 06/17/09 at 6:32 am

Are shopping carts the same as wagons?

I'm not sure..I don't see why not.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Frank on 06/17/09 at 11:13 am

The co-person of the day....Kate Smith
Kathryn Elizabeth "Kate" Smith (May 1, 1907 – June 17, 1986) was an American singer, best known for her rendition of Irving Berlin's "God Bless America". Smith had a radio, TV and recording career spanning five decades, reaching its most-remembered zenith in the 1940s.

Her musical career began in earnest when she was discovered by Columbia Records vice president Ted Collins in 1930, who became her longtime partner and manager and who put her on the radio in 1931. She sang the controversial top twenty song of 1931, "That's Why Darkies Were Born". She starred in the 1932 movie Hello Everybody!, with co-stars Randolph Scott and Sally Blane, and in the 1943 wartime picture This is the Army she sang "God Bless America". Irving Berlin wrote the song in 1918, and it is considered "the second National Anthem" of the United States.
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h40/giantmetfan/SMITH.jpg
http://i524.photobucket.com/albums/cc328/MiamiScreamingEagles/KateSmith-1.jpg

I remember she used to sing "God Bless America" at Philadelphia Flyer games ( NHL) in the 70's and they hardly lost when she sung that song.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: CatwomanofV on 06/17/09 at 11:26 am

Am I the only one who does not like the song God Bless America? :-\\

Cat

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Frank on 06/17/09 at 11:50 am

Am I the only one who does not like the song God Bless America? :-\\

Cat

God bless ya, Cat

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/17/09 at 2:02 pm

I think there was,why would Lenore say that he's probably going upstairs to shot himself..maybe she had someone upstairs waiting.
Her lover upstairs?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/17/09 at 2:03 pm

"Get your wagons into a circle!"

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/17/09 at 2:04 pm

The person of the day...Cyd Charisse
yd Charisse (March 8, 1922 – June 17, 2008) was an American dancer and actress.

After recovering from polio as a child, and studying ballet, Charisse entered films in the 1940s. Her roles usually focussed on her abilities as a dancer, and she was paired with Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly; her films include Singin' in the Rain (1952), The Band Wagon (1953) and Silk Stockings (1957). She stopped dancing in films in the late 1950s, but continued acting in film and television, and in 1992 made her Broadway debut.

In her later years, she discussed the history of the Hollywood musical in documentaries, and participated in That's Entertainment! III in 1994. She was awarded the National Medal of the Arts and Humanities in 2006 and died two years later as a result of a heart attack.
Broadway debut at the age of 70?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Reynolds1863 on 06/17/09 at 2:54 pm

The co-person of the day....Kate Smith
Kathryn Elizabeth "Kate" Smith (May 1, 1907 – June 17, 1986) was an American singer, best known for her rendition of Irving Berlin's "God Bless America". Smith had a radio, TV and recording career spanning five decades, reaching its most-remembered zenith in the 1940s.

Her musical career began in earnest when she was discovered by Columbia Records vice president Ted Collins in 1930, who became her longtime partner and manager and who put her on the radio in 1931. She sang the controversial top twenty song of 1931, "That's Why Darkies Were Born". She starred in the 1932 movie Hello Everybody!, with co-stars Randolph Scott and Sally Blane, and in the 1943 wartime picture This is the Army she sang "God Bless America". Irving Berlin wrote the song in 1918, and it is considered "the second National Anthem" of the United States.
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h40/giantmetfan/SMITH.jpg
http://i524.photobucket.com/albums/cc328/MiamiScreamingEagles/KateSmith-1.jpg

Kate Smith had a weird voice. Not very pleasant to listen to.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: CatwomanofV on 06/17/09 at 3:42 pm

God bless ya, Cat

Does that mean that you don't like it, either?

Cat

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 06/17/09 at 3:47 pm

Her lover upstairs?

Yeah,could be

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 06/17/09 at 4:56 pm

Am I the only one who does not like the song God Bless America? :-\\

Cat

Why Not? ???

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: CatwomanofV on 06/17/09 at 5:00 pm

Why Not? ???

Why don't I like it? I just don't.

Cat

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 06/17/09 at 5:01 pm

Do you like the other version?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: CatwomanofV on 06/17/09 at 5:15 pm

Do you like the other version?

I don't like ANY version of it. I just don't like the song. Plain & simple.

Cat

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 06/17/09 at 5:16 pm

I don't like ANY version of it. I just don't like the song. Plain & simple.

Cat

Ok no problem. ;)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Reynolds1863 on 06/17/09 at 5:44 pm

Why don't I like it? I just don't.

Cat

It doesn't have any sort of melody or rhythm. Of course neither does nails on a chalk board. 8-P

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 06/17/09 at 6:31 pm

It doesn't have any sort of melody or rhythm. Of course neither does nails on a chalk board. 8-P

Not exactly the description of the song on Wiki ;D
God Bless America" is an American patriotic song originally written by Irving Berlin in 1918 and revised by him in 1938, as sung by Kate Smith (becoming her signature song).

"God Bless America" is similar in format and lyrics to many other contemporary national anthems. It is popular as a "modern" national anthem because of its memorable words and tune, as opposed to the rather complex music of The Star-Spangled Banner. "God Bless America" takes the form of a prayer (intro lyrics "as we raise our voices, in a solemn prayer") for God's blessing and peace for the nation ("...stand beside her and guide her through the night...").

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/18/09 at 12:47 am

Not exactly the description of the song on Wiki ;D
God Bless America" is an American patriotic song originally written by Irving Berlin in 1918 and revised by him in 1938, as sung by Kate Smith (becoming her signature song).

"God Bless America" is similar in format and lyrics to many other contemporary national anthems. It is popular as a "modern" national anthem because of its memorable words and tune, as opposed to the rather complex music of The Star-Spangled Banner. "God Bless America" takes the form of a prayer (intro lyrics "as we raise our voices, in a solemn prayer") for God's blessing and peace for the nation ("...stand beside her and guide her through the night...").
Written for The Great War?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 06/18/09 at 5:30 am

The word of the day....Songwriter
A songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics, as well as the musical composition or melody to songs. One who writes only lyrics is a lyricist, while one who writes only music is a composer.
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Written By: ninny on 06/18/09 at 5:37 am

The person of the day...Peter Allen
Peter Allen (10 February 1944 – 18 June 1992) was an Australian songwriter and entertainer. His songs were made popular by many recording artists, including Melissa Manchester and Olivia Newton-John, Elkie Brooks, and one, Arthur's Theme, won the Academy Award. In addition to recording many albums, he enjoyed a cabaret and concert career, including appearing at Radio City Music Hall riding a camel. His marriage to Liza Minnelli ended in divorce.
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Written By: ninny on 06/18/09 at 5:44 am

The co-person of the day...Curd Jurgens
Curd Gustav Andreas Gottlieb Franz Jürgens (13 December 1915 – 18 June 1982) was a German-Austrian stage and film actor. He was usually billed in English-speaking films as Curt Jurgens.
Like many multilingual German-speaking actors, Jürgens went on to play soldiers in innumerable war movies. Notable performances in this vein include a meditative officer in the epic The Longest Day. His breakthrough screen role came in Des Teufels General (1955, The Devil's General) and he came to Hollywood following his appearance in the sensational 1956 Roger Vadim directed French film Et Dieu... créa la femme (And God Created Woman) starring Brigitte Bardot. In 1957, Jürgens made his first Hollywood film, The Enemy Below. Jürgens became an international film star. He eventually gained the role of the villain in Roger Moore's favourite James Bond film in The Spy Who Loved Me as Karl Stromberg, a sociopathic industrialist seeking to transform the world into an ocean paradise. His last film appearance was as Maître Legraine, beside Alain Delon and Claude Jade in the Soviet spy-thriller theeran 43 in 1981. He appeared as General Vladimir in the BBC TV series Smiley's People in 1982.
Curd Jürgens playing Sigmund Freud on the stage at Vienna's Theater in der Josefstadt (1979)

Although he appeared in over 100 films, Jürgens considered himself primarily a stage actor. He also directed a few films with limited success, and wrote screenplays.

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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 06/18/09 at 7:01 am

The word of the day....Songwriter
A songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics, as well as the musical composition or melody to songs. One who writes only lyrics is a lyricist, while one who writes only music is a composer.
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I see John and Paul in these pictures.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Reynolds1863 on 06/18/09 at 11:28 am

Yes Howard, John and Paul are pictured. :)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/18/09 at 12:52 pm

Yes Howard, John and Paul are pictured. :)
Youthful too!

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Frank on 06/18/09 at 1:17 pm

Youthful too!

Look like about 1968.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/18/09 at 1:26 pm

Look like about 1968.
Note that Paul is wrting left-handed too.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Frank on 06/18/09 at 1:40 pm

Note that Paul is writing left-handed too.

Which makes sense as he is left handed and plays guitar left handed. This looks like a photo from the sessions from "The White Album", just a guess.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/18/09 at 1:51 pm

Which makes sense as he is left handed and plays guitar left handed. This looks like a photo from the sessions from "The White Album", just a guess.
it would be nice to lknow what song they were working on at that moment.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 06/18/09 at 7:21 pm

it would be nice to lknow what song they were working on at that moment.

Maybe it's a song from their Revolver album?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/19/09 at 2:44 am

Maybe it's a song from their Revolver album?
Revolver was an earlier album.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 06/19/09 at 5:42 am

The word of the day...Town
1.
1. A population center that is larger than a village and smaller than a city.
2. A territorial and political unit governed by a town meeting, especially in New England.
3. Informal. A city: New York is a big town.
4. Chiefly British. A rural village that has a market or fair periodically.
5. The residents of a town: The whole town was upset at the news.
2. An area that is more densely populated or developed than the surrounding area: going into town to shop.
3. The residents of a community in which a university or college is located, as opposed to the students and faculty: a dispute pitting town against gown.
4. A group of prairie dog burrows.
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 06/19/09 at 5:47 am

The person of the day...Jean Arthur
Jean Arthur (17 October 1900–19 June 1991) was an American actress and a major film star of the 1930s and 1940s. She remains arguably the epitome of the female screwball comedy actress. "No one was more closely identified with the screwball comedy than Jean Arthur. So much was she part of it, so much was her star personality defined by it, that the screwball style itself seems almost unimaginable without her." Arthur has been called "the quintessential comedic leading lady."

Arthur is best known for her feature roles in three Frank Capra films: Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936), You Can't Take It With You (1938), and Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939), films that were not only part of the screwball comedy genre but also championed the everyday heroine. A memorable later performance was in George Stevens' Shane (1953), her last screen appearance.

Arthur was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress in 1944 for her performance in The More the Merrier (1943).
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 06/19/09 at 5:49 am

The co-person of the day...Bobby Helms
Robert Lee "Bobby" Helms (August 15, 1933 – June 19, 1997) was an American country music singer who enjoyed his peak success in 1957 with his smash hit, "Jingle Bell Rock."
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 06/19/09 at 5:55 am

The flower for Friday..Achillea (Yarrow)
Achillea (pronounced /ækɨˈliːə/) is a genus of about 85 flowering plants, in the family Asteraceae, commonly referred to as yarrow. They occur in Europe and temperate areas of Asia. A few grow in North America. These plants typically have frilly, hairy, aromatic leaves.

These plants show large, flat clusters of small flowers at the top of the stem. These flowers can be white, yellow, orange, pink or red. A number of species are popular garden plants.

The genus was named for the Greek mythological character Achilles. According to the Iliad, Achilles' soldiers used yarrow to treat wounds , hence some of its common names such as allheal and bloodwort.
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 06/19/09 at 7:01 am

There's also the saying "Take You To Town".

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/19/09 at 9:12 am

More flowers for the Hay Fever!

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Written By: Howard on 06/19/09 at 7:26 pm

The flower for Friday..Achillea (Yarrow)
Achillea (pronounced /ækɨˈliːə/) is a genus of about 85 flowering plants, in the family Asteraceae, commonly referred to as yarrow. They occur in Europe and temperate areas of Asia. A few grow in North America. These plants typically have frilly, hairy, aromatic leaves.

These plants show large, flat clusters of small flowers at the top of the stem. These flowers can be white, yellow, orange, pink or red. A number of species are popular garden plants.

The genus was named for the Greek mythological character Achilles. According to the Iliad, Achilles' soldiers used yarrow to treat wounds , hence some of its common names such as allheal and bloodwort.
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Is that were they get the term Achilles Heel? ???

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: adagio on 06/19/09 at 7:33 pm

I think it was the other way around.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: gibbo on 06/19/09 at 8:33 pm

More flowers for the Hay Fever!

Yes, I'm afraid I can only admire them from afar! :-\\

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/20/09 at 3:47 am

Yes, I'm afraid I can only admire them from afar! :-\\
I keep my distance as well!

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 06/20/09 at 5:26 am

The word of the day...Swashbuckler
1. A flamboyant swordsman or adventurer.
2. A sword-wielding ruffian or bully.
3. A dramatic or literary work dealing with a swashbuckler.
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 06/20/09 at 5:29 am

The person of the day...Errol Flynn
Errol Leslie Flynn (20 June 1909 – 14 October 1959) was an Australian-born film actor, known for his romantic swashbuckler roles in Hollywood films and his flamboyant lifestyle.
lynn became an overnight sensation with his first starring role in Captain Blood (1935). He was quickly typecast as a swashbuckler in films such as The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938), The Dawn Patrol (1938) with his close friend David Niven, Dodge City (1939), The Sea Hawk (1940) and Adventures of Don Juan (1948).

Many of the acting roles that Flynn received involved swashbuckling swordplay. Trained by Swordmaster Bob Anderson, as featured in the film Reclaiming The Blade, Errol Flynn became noted for his fast-paced sword fights as seen in The Adventures of Robin Hood, The Sea Hawk and Captain Blood.

Flynn co-starred with Olivia de Havilland in eight films;

* Captain Blood (1935)
* The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936)
* The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
* Four's a Crowd (1938)
* Dodge City
* The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939)
* Santa Fe Trail (1940), and
* They Died with Their Boots On (1941)
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Written By: ninny on 06/20/09 at 5:31 am

The co-person of the day...Brian Wilson
rian Douglas Wilson (born June 20, 1942 in Inglewood, California) is a Grammy Award-winning American musician best known as the leader and chief songwriter of the American rock and roll band, the Beach Boys. Within the band, Wilson played bass, keyboards, provided part-time lead vocals and, more often, backing vocals, harmonizing in falsetto with the group.

Wilson was the primary songwriter in the Beach Boys, also functioning as the band's main producer, composer, and arranger. In 1988, Wilson and his bandmates were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, which refers to Wilson on its website as "One of the few undisputed geniuses in popular music." In 2008, Rolling Stone Magazine published a list of the "100 Greatest Singers of All Time, and Wilson was ranked at #52.

He is also an occasional actor and voice actor, having appeared in television shows, films, and other music artist music videos.
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 06/20/09 at 6:56 am

I think The Beach Boys still perform.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 06/20/09 at 7:35 am

I think The Beach Boys still perform.

There can't be too many left Carl & Dennis Wilson have both passed on. These are the surviving members
(Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Al Jardine, Bruce Johnston, and David Marks)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/20/09 at 7:44 am

I think The Beach Boys still perform.
Brian Wilson still performs

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: CatwomanofV on 06/20/09 at 10:35 am

I read Errol Flynn's autobiography. It is a good read. I recommend it.

Cat

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 06/20/09 at 3:27 pm

Brian Wilson still performs

I wonder if they have a Beach Boys concert?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/20/09 at 3:29 pm

I wonder if they have a Beach Boys concert?
He performed solo at the Royal Festival Hall in the last few years.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 06/20/09 at 3:30 pm

He performed solo at the Royal Festival Hall in the last few years.

Were you there?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/20/09 at 3:32 pm

Were you there?
No, but I did go to the same concert hall for those classical music concerts last year.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 06/20/09 at 3:39 pm

No, but I did go to the same concert hall for those classical music concerts last year.
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How was it?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/20/09 at 3:41 pm

\

How was it?
The concerts I attended were well documneted in PPP.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 06/20/09 at 3:43 pm

I have never been to that kind of concert b4.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/20/09 at 3:48 pm

I have never been to that kind of concert b4.
You should, try a concert that has familar themes/music first.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 06/20/09 at 3:50 pm

You should, try a concert that has familar themes/music first.

where would that be?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/20/09 at 5:38 pm

where would that be?
Look up your concert halls in New York.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Frank on 06/20/09 at 6:16 pm

"Pet sounds" was a great album.
Les garcons de la plage ( Beach Boys in French)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/21/09 at 1:54 am

"Pet sounds" was a great album.
Les garcons de la plage ( Beach Boys in French)
God Only Knows is my favourtie Beach Boys song.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: gibbo on 06/21/09 at 3:37 am

God Only Knows is my favourtie Beach Boys song.

Good Vibrations and God Only Knows would be my favourites! :)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/21/09 at 3:38 am

Good Vibrations and God Only Knows would be my favourites! :)
Sloop John B brings childhood memories back

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: gibbo on 06/21/09 at 3:40 am

Sloop John B brings childhood memories back

Yes, that was a good one. I also enjoyed Kokomo....

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/21/09 at 3:46 am

Yes, that was a good one. I also enjoyed Kokomo....
This reply was the 2000000th post since the crash in 2004.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: gibbo on 06/21/09 at 3:51 am

This reply was the 2000000th post since the crash in 2004.

What's my prize?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/21/09 at 3:59 am

What's my prize?
Yet to be decided!

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 06/21/09 at 4:53 am

The word of the day...Family
1.
1. A fundamental social group in society typically consisting of one or two parents and their children.
2. Two or more people who share goals and values, have long-term commitments to one another, and reside usually in the same dwelling place.
2. All the members of a household under one roof.
3. A group of persons sharing common ancestry. See Usage Note at collective noun.
4. Lineage, especially distinguished lineage.
5. A locally independent organized crime unit, as of the Cosa Nostra.
6.
1. A group of like things; a class.
2. A group of individuals derived from a common stock: the family of human beings.
7. Biology. A taxonomic category of related organisms ranking below an order and above a genus. A family usually consists of several genera.
8. Linguistics. A group of languages descended from the same parent language, such as the Indo-European language family.
9. Mathematics. A set of functions or surfaces that can be generated by varying the parameters of a general equation.
10. Chemistry. A group of elements with similar chemical properties.
11. Chemistry. A vertical column in the periodic table of elements.
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Written By: ninny on 06/21/09 at 4:58 am

The person of the day... Carroll O"Connor
John Carroll O'Connor (August 2, 1924 – June 21, 2001), best known as Carroll O'Connor, was an American actor, producer and director whose television career spanned four decades. Known at first for playing the role of Major General Colt in the 1970 cult movie, Kelly's Heroes, he later found fame as the bigoted workingman Archie Bunker, the main character in the 1970s CBS television sitcoms All in the Family (1971 to 1979) and Archie Bunker's Place (1979 to 1983). O'Connor later starred in the 1980s NBC television crime drama In the Heat of the Night, where he played the role of Sheriff William (Bill) Gillespie in 1995 and Police Chief Bill Gillespie from 1988 to 1994. At the end of his career in the late 1990s, he played the father of Jamie Stemple Buchman (Helen Hunt) on Mad About You.
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Written By: ninny on 06/21/09 at 5:00 am

The co-person of the day...Bert Kaempfert
Bert Kaempfert (born Berthold Kämpfert; 16 October 1923 – 21 June 1980) was a German orchestra leader and songwriter. He made easy listening and jazz-oriented records, and wrote the music for a number of well-known songs, such as "Strangers in the Night" (originally recorded by Ivo Robić) and "Spanish Eyes".

He was born in Hamburg, Germany - where he received his lifelong nickname, Fips - and studied at the School of Music there. A multi-instrumentalist, he was hired by Hans Busch to play with his orchestra before serving as a bandsman in the German Navy during World War II. He later formed his own big band, toured with them, then worked as an arranger and producer, making hit records with Freddy Quinn and Ivo Robić. In 1961, he hired The Beatles to back Tony Sheridan on "My Bonnie (Lies Over the Ocean)," "When the Saints Go Marching In," "Ain't She Sweet" and "Cry for a Shadow," in a session for Polydor, the Beatles' first commercial recordings.

Kaempfert's own first hit with his orchestra had been in 1960, with "Wonderland by Night". Many of his tunes became better known as hits for other artists:

* "Strangers in the Night" (with words by Charles Singleton and Eddie Snyder, originally recorded by Ivo Robić), was originally recorded as part of his score for the 1965 film A Man Could Get Killed. It became a #1 hit for Frank Sinatra in 1966.
* "Wooden Heart," sung by Elvis Presley in the film GI Blues was a hit in 1961. A cover of "Wooden Heart" performed by Joe Dowell became a big hit in the summer of 1961, reaching #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, on August 28 of that year.
* His instrumental "Moon Over Naples," when given words by Snyder, became "Spanish Eyes", originally a hit for Al Martino and also recorded by Engelbert Humperdinck, Presley, and many others.
* "Danke Schoen", with words added by Kurt Schwabach and Milt Gabler, became Wayne Newton's signature song.
* "L-O-V-E", with words added by Milt Gabler, was a hit for Nat King Cole
* "Almost There", Andy Williams
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 06/21/09 at 6:56 am

The word of the day...Family
1.
1. A fundamental social group in society typically consisting of one or two parents and their children.
2. Two or more people who share goals and values, have long-term commitments to one another, and reside usually in the same dwelling place.
2. All the members of a household under one roof.
3. A group of persons sharing common ancestry. See Usage Note at collective noun.
4. Lineage, especially distinguished lineage.
5. A locally independent organized crime unit, as of the Cosa Nostra.
6.
1. A group of like things; a class.
2. A group of individuals derived from a common stock: the family of human beings.
7. Biology. A taxonomic category of related organisms ranking below an order and above a genus. A family usually consists of several genera.
8. Linguistics. A group of languages descended from the same parent language, such as the Indo-European language family.
9. Mathematics. A set of functions or surfaces that can be generated by varying the parameters of a general equation.
10. Chemistry. A group of elements with similar chemical properties.
11. Chemistry. A vertical column in the periodic table of elements.
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We Are Family. :)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 06/21/09 at 7:17 am

We Are Family. :)

Great song by Sister Sledge. :)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 06/21/09 at 7:31 am

Great song by Sister Sledge. :)

and it was number 1 in 1979.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/21/09 at 7:54 am

As family is the "Word of the Day", can I see another discussion on genealogy coming up?

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Written By: danootaandme on 06/21/09 at 7:58 am

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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: adagio on 06/21/09 at 9:44 am

What's my prize?

A Happy Father's Day wish. :)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 06/21/09 at 10:33 am

As family is the "Word of the Day", can I see another discussion on genealogy coming up?

Today is a good day to discuss Fathers :)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Michael C. on 06/21/09 at 11:19 am

I've always been a fan....
When I was Young,My Mom had the 45 of Afrikaan Beat......I played it over & over & over.......& over & over & over & over
It mysteriously broke.........

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOf4uNwvC6c

It's one of the ringtones on My Cellphone.

The co-person of the day...Bert Kaempfert
Bert Kaempfert (born Berthold Kämpfert; 16 October 1923 – 21 June 1980) was a German orchestra leader and songwriter. He made easy listening and jazz-oriented records, and wrote the music for a number of well-known songs, such as "Strangers in the Night" (originally recorded by Ivo Robić) and "Spanish Eyes".

He was born in Hamburg, Germany - where he received his lifelong nickname, Fips - and studied at the School of Music there. A multi-instrumentalist, he was hired by Hans Busch to play with his orchestra before serving as a bandsman in the German Navy during World War II. He later formed his own big band, toured with them, then worked as an arranger and producer, making hit records with Freddy Quinn and Ivo Robić. In 1961, he hired The Beatles to back Tony Sheridan on "My Bonnie (Lies Over the Ocean)," "When the Saints Go Marching In," "Ain't She Sweet" and "Cry for a Shadow," in a session for Polydor, the Beatles' first commercial recordings.

Kaempfert's own first hit with his orchestra had been in 1960, with "Wonderland by Night". Many of his tunes became better known as hits for other artists:

* "Strangers in the Night" (with words by Charles Singleton and Eddie Snyder, originally recorded by Ivo Robić), was originally recorded as part of his score for the 1965 film A Man Could Get Killed. It became a #1 hit for Frank Sinatra in 1966.
* "Wooden Heart," sung by Elvis Presley in the film GI Blues was a hit in 1961. A cover of "Wooden Heart" performed by Joe Dowell became a big hit in the summer of 1961, reaching #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, on August 28 of that year.
* His instrumental "Moon Over Naples," when given words by Snyder, became "Spanish Eyes", originally a hit for Al Martino and also recorded by Engelbert Humperdinck, Presley, and many others.
* "Danke Schoen", with words added by Kurt Schwabach and Milt Gabler, became Wayne Newton's signature song.
* "L-O-V-E", with words added by Milt Gabler, was a hit for Nat King Cole
* "Almost There", Andy Williams
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 06/21/09 at 4:18 pm

I've always been a fan....
When I was Young,My Mom had the 45 of Afrikaan Beat......I played it over & over & over.......& over & over & over & over
It mysteriously broke.........

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOf4uNwvC6c

It's one of the ringtones on My Cellphone.

Real good song. :)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: anabel on 06/21/09 at 5:41 pm

Real good song. :)

^
ninny, your cat likes it too-he's dancing right along! Too cute! ;D

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 06/21/09 at 9:34 pm

^
ninny, your cat likes it too-he's dancing right along! Too cute! ;D

LOL he's quite the dancer.He was just listening to I'm Shipping Up To Boston -Dropkick Murphys

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtCAhb5QGSo&feature=fvst#

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Frank on 06/21/09 at 11:21 pm

God Only Knows is my favourtie Beach Boys song.

Mine is " Wouldn't it be nice"

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/22/09 at 2:25 am

What's my prize?
Happy Father's Day!

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 06/22/09 at 5:55 am

The word of the day...Dance
1. To move rhythmically usually to music, using prescribed or improvised steps and gestures.
2.
1. To leap or skip about excitedly.
2. To appear to flash or twinkle: eyes that danced with merriment.
3. Informal. To appear to skip about; vacillate: danced around the issue.
3. To bob up and down.
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Written By: ninny on 06/22/09 at 5:58 am

The person of the day...Fred Astaire
Fred Astaire (born Frederick Austerlitz; May 10, 1899 – June 22, 1987) was an American film and Broadway stage dancer, choreographer, singer and actor. His stage and subsequent film career spanned a total of seventy-six years, during which he made thirty-one musical films. He is particularly associated with Ginger Rogers, with whom he made ten films.

According to another major innovator in filmed dance, Gene Kelly, "The history of dance on film begins with Astaire." Beyond film and television, many classical dancers and choreographers, Nureyev and Robbins among them, also acknowledged his importance and influence.

He was named the fifth Greatest Male Star of All Time by the American Film Institute.
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Written By: ninny on 06/22/09 at 6:00 am

The co-person of the day...Judy Garland
Judy Garland (born Frances Ethel Gumm; June 10, 1922 – June 22, 1969) was an American actress and singer. Through a career that spanned 45 of her 47 years, Garland attained international stardom as an actress in musical and dramatic roles, as a recording artist, and on the concert stage. Respected for her versatility, she received a Juvenile Academy Award, won a Golden Globe Award, received the Cecil B. DeMille Award for her work in films, as well as Grammy Awards and a Tony Award. She had a contralto singing range.

After appearing in vaudeville with her sisters, Garland was signed to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer as a teenager. There she made more than two dozen films, including nine with Mickey Rooney, and the film with which she would be most identified, The Wizard of Oz (1939). After 15 years, Garland was released from the studio but gained renewed success through record-breaking concert appearances, including a critically acclaimed Carnegie Hall concert, a well-regarded but short-lived television series, and a return to film acting beginning with A Star Is Born (1954).

Despite her professional triumphs, Garland battled personal problems throughout her life. Insecure about her appearance, her feelings were compounded by film executives who told her she was unattractive and overweight. Plied with drugs to control her weight and increase her productivity, Garland endured a decades-long struggle with addiction. Garland was plagued by financial instability, often owing hundreds of thousands of dollars in back taxes, and her first four of five marriages ended in divorce. She attempted suicide on a number of occasions. Garland died of an accidental drug overdose at the age of 47, leaving children Liza Minnelli, Lorna Luft, and Joey Luft.

In 1997 Garland was posthumously awarded a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, and several of her recordings have been inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. In 1999, the American Film Institute placed her among the ten greatest female stars in the history of American cinema
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/22/09 at 6:27 am

The co-person of the day...Judy Garland
Judy Garland (born Frances Ethel Gumm; June 10, 1922 – June 22, 1969) was an American actress and singer. Through a career that spanned 45 of her 47 years, Garland attained international stardom as an actress in musical and dramatic roles, as a recording artist, and on the concert stage. Respected for her versatility, she received a Juvenile Academy Award, won a Golden Globe Award, received the Cecil B. DeMille Award for her work in films, as well as Grammy Awards and a Tony Award. She had a contralto singing range.

After appearing in vaudeville with her sisters, Garland was signed to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer as a teenager. There she made more than two dozen films, including nine with Mickey Rooney, and the film with which she would be most identified, The Wizard of Oz (1939). After 15 years, Garland was released from the studio but gained renewed success through record-breaking concert appearances, including a critically acclaimed Carnegie Hall concert, a well-regarded but short-lived television series, and a return to film acting beginning with A Star Is Born (1954).

Despite her professional triumphs, Garland battled personal problems throughout her life. Insecure about her appearance, her feelings were compounded by film executives who told her she was unattractive and overweight. Plied with drugs to control her weight and increase her productivity, Garland endured a decades-long struggle with addiction. Garland was plagued by financial instability, often owing hundreds of thousands of dollars in back taxes, and her first four of five marriages ended in divorce. She attempted suicide on a number of occasions. Garland died of an accidental drug overdose at the age of 47, leaving children Liza Minnelli, Lorna Luft, and Joey Luft.

In 1997 Garland was posthumously awarded a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, and several of her recordings have been inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. In 1999, the American Film Institute placed her among the ten greatest female stars in the history of American cinema
She died in Chelsea in London, but I have always kept meaning to find out the exact address where.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/22/09 at 6:27 am

The word of the day...Dance
1. To move rhythmically usually to music, using prescribed or improvised steps and gestures.
2.
1. To leap or skip about excitedly.
2. To appear to flash or twinkle: eyes that danced with merriment.
3. Informal. To appear to skip about; vacillate: danced around the issue.
3. To bob up and down.
I won't dance, don't ask me!

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Written By: Howard on 06/22/09 at 6:58 am

Dance Your Ass Off.

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Written By: ninny on 06/22/09 at 8:34 am

She died in Chelsea in London, but I have always kept meaning to find out the exact address where.

Such a sad ending to such a great talent. :\'(
On June 22, 1969, Garland was found dead by Deans in the bathroom of their rented Chelsea, London house. The coroner, Gavin Thursdon, stated at the inquest that the cause of death was "an incautious self-overdosage" of barbiturates; her blood contained the equivalent of ten 1.5-grain (97 mg) Seconal capsules. Thursdon stressed that the overdose had been unintentional and that there was no evidence to suggest she had committed suicide. Garland's autopsy showed that there was no inflammation of her stomach lining and no drug residue in her stomach, which indicated that the drug had been ingested over a long period of time, rather than in one dose. Her death certificate stated that her death had been "accidental." Even so, a British specialist who had attended Garland said she had been living on borrowed time due to cirrhosis of the liver. Garland had turned 47 just 12 days prior to her death. Her Wizard of Oz co-star Ray Bolger commented at Garland's funeral, "She just plain wore out." An estimated 20,000 people lined up for hours at the Frank E. Campbell Funeral Home to view her body. Garland was interred in Ferncliff Cemetery, in Hartsdale, New York.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/22/09 at 8:36 am

Such a sad ending to such a great talent. :\'(
On June 22, 1969, Garland was found dead by Deans in the bathroom of their rented Chelsea, London house. The coroner, Gavin Thursdon, stated at the inquest that the cause of death was "an incautious self-overdosage" of barbiturates; her blood contained the equivalent of ten 1.5-grain (97 mg) Seconal capsules. Thursdon stressed that the overdose had been unintentional and that there was no evidence to suggest she had committed suicide. Garland's autopsy showed that there was no inflammation of her stomach lining and no drug residue in her stomach, which indicated that the drug had been ingested over a long period of time, rather than in one dose. Her death certificate stated that her death had been "accidental." Even so, a British specialist who had attended Garland said she had been living on borrowed time due to cirrhosis of the liver. Garland had turned 47 just 12 days prior to her death. Her Wizard of Oz co-star Ray Bolger commented at Garland's funeral, "She just plain wore out." An estimated 20,000 people lined up for hours at the Frank E. Campbell Funeral Home to view her body. Garland was interred in Ferncliff Cemetery, in Hartsdale, New York.
Truly sad indeed.

I have looked online the exact address, but cannot find it, so I may go to the Local History Library next time I am that way.

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Written By: ninny on 06/22/09 at 8:38 am

Dance Your Ass Off.

How about dance the fat off. :D
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Written By: ninny on 06/22/09 at 8:41 am

Truly sad indeed.

I have looked online the exact address, but cannot find it, so I may go to the Local History Library next time I am that way.

How close is that from you?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/22/09 at 8:43 am

How close is that from you?
Chelsea is 4 miles from me and to go there I will have to past the Local History Library.

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Written By: CatwomanofV on 06/22/09 at 10:34 am

As I have said once before, Ginger Rogers did everything that Fred Astaire did but only backwards and in high heels. ;D ;D ;D

Here is a wonderful dancer.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1M1Q_8BLPo&videos=UT-a4Cz7vCU&playnext_from=TL&playnext=1

Ok, ok. I'm bragging. That is Carlos' son-my wonderful step-son.

Cat

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Written By: ninny on 06/22/09 at 11:10 am

As I have said once before, Ginger Rogers did everything that Fred Astaire did but only backwards and in high heels. ;D ;D ;D

Here is a wonderful dancer.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1M1Q_8BLPo&videos=UT-a4Cz7vCU&playnext_from=TL&playnext=1

Ok, ok. I'm bragging. That is Carlos' son-my wonderful step-son.

Cat

I'm not an expert,but he looks pretty good to me. :)

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Written By: Howard on 06/22/09 at 5:47 pm

How about dance the fat off. :D
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with Richard Simmons.

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Written By: Michael C. on 06/22/09 at 6:27 pm

Mine too...
My second favorite is Getcha Back...
Released in the mid 80's...It sounded like it was from their earlier years.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0w4Uqpc-tbA

Mine is " Wouldn't it be nice"

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Written By: Reynolds1863 on 06/22/09 at 6:40 pm

The person of the day...Fred Astaire
Fred Astaire (born Frederick Austerlitz; May 10, 1899 – June 22, 1987) was an American film and Broadway stage dancer, choreographer, singer and actor. His stage and subsequent film career spanned a total of seventy-six years, during which he made thirty-one musical films. He is particularly associated with Ginger Rogers, with whom he made ten films.

According to another major innovator in filmed dance, Gene Kelly, "The history of dance on film begins with Astaire." Beyond film and television, many classical dancers and choreographers, Nureyev and Robbins among them, also acknowledged his importance and influence.

He was named the fifth Greatest Male Star of All Time by the American Film Institute.
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I think Finnian's Rainbow was his last film wasn't it?

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Written By: Michael C. on 06/22/09 at 6:56 pm

No.
The Towering Inferno and Ghost Story came long after.
I think Finnian's Rainbow was his last film wasn't it?

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Written By: gibbo on 06/22/09 at 8:09 pm

Give me a few beers and I LOVE to dance! The reality is that ..... (as the last woman I danced with stated to me)..." you poor bastard...you've got no rhythm!" :-\\

nevertheless....I loved watching Astaire dance. While Ginger was has main partner....Cyd Charisse was smoking hot with Astaire! ::)

Oh....and judy Garland was sublime! :)

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Written By: adagio on 06/22/09 at 9:44 pm

Give me a few beers and I LOVE to dance! The reality is that ..... (as the last woman I danced with stated to me)..." you poor bastard...you've got no rhythm!" :-\\

nevertheless....I loved watching Astaire dance. While Ginger was has main partner....Cyd Charisse was smoking hot with Astaire! ::)

Oh....and judy Garland was sublime! :)

Here's some beers....dance for us. ;D

As to the last couple of sentences, I shouldn't throw stones. :-\\

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/23/09 at 1:54 am

No.
The Towering Inferno and Ghost Story came long after.
Fred Astaire is seen in The Towering Inferno being offered a dance but he declines.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 06/23/09 at 6:03 am

The word of the day...Ape(s)
1.
1. Any of various large, tailless Old World primates of the family Pongidae, including the chimpanzee, gorilla, gibbon, and orangutan.
2. A monkey.
2. A mimic or imitator.
3. Informal. A clumsy or boorish person.
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Written By: ninny on 06/23/09 at 6:07 am

The person of the day...Maureen O'Sullivan
Maureen Paula O’Sullivan (17 May 1911 – 23 June 1998) was an Irish actress who was considered Ireland's first film star.
O'Sullivan appeared in six movies at Fox, then made three more at other movie studios. In 1932, she signed a contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. After several roles there and at other movie studios, she was chosen by Irving Thalberg to appear as Jane Parker in Tarzan the Ape Man opposite co-star Johnny Weissmuller, with whom she had a brief affair during the early 1930s. Besides playing Jane, she was one of the more popular ingenues at MGM throughout the 1930s and appeared in a number of other productions with various stars.

In all, O'Sullivan played Jane in six features between (1932) and (1942). She did not mind doing the first two jungle movies, but feared being typecast and grew increasingly tired of the role
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Written By: ninny on 06/23/09 at 6:26 am

The co-person of the day...Jonas Salk
Jonas Salk (October 28, 1914 – June 23, 1995) was an American medical researcher and virologist, best known for his discovery and development of the first safe and effective polio vaccine. He was born in New York City, where his parents were Russian-Jewish immigrants. Although they themselves lacked formal education, they were determined to see their children succeed. While attending medical school at New York University, he stood out from his peers not just because of his academic prowess, but because he chose to do medical research instead of becoming a physician.

Until 1955, when the Salk vaccine was introduced, polio was considered the most frightening public health problem of the postwar era. Annual epidemics kept getting worse and victims were usually children. By 1952 it was killing more of them than any other communicable disease, with over 300,000 cases and 58,000 deaths, mostly children, reported that year. The "public reaction was to a plague," said historian William O'Neill. "Citizens of urban areas were to be terrified every summer when this frightful visitor returned." As a result, scientists were in a frantic race to find a cure. President Franklin D. Roosevelt was the world's most recognized victim of the disease and founded the institute to fund and create a vaccine.
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Written By: Howard on 06/23/09 at 6:49 am

The word of the day...Ape(s)
1.
1. Any of various large, tailless Old World primates of the family Pongidae, including the chimpanzee, gorilla, gibbon, and orangutan.
2. A monkey.
2. A mimic or imitator.
3. Informal. A clumsy or boorish person.
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There's also Magilla Gorilla.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/23/09 at 8:47 am

King Kong?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: CatwomanofV on 06/23/09 at 9:57 am

I think Finnian's Rainbow was his last film wasn't it?

Not even close. Finian's Rainbow was in 1968 & his last movie was Ghost Story in 1981.

The person of the day...Maureen O'Sullivan
Maureen Paula O’Sullivan (17 May 1911 – 23 June 1998) was an Irish actress who was considered Ireland's first film star.
O'Sullivan appeared in six movies at Fox, then made three more at other movie studios. In 1932, she signed a contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. After several roles there and at other movie studios, she was chosen by Irving Thalberg to appear as Jane Parker in Tarzan the Ape Man opposite co-star Johnny Weissmuller, with whom she had a brief affair during the early 1930s. Besides playing Jane, she was one of the more popular ingenues at MGM throughout the 1930s and appeared in a number of other productions with various stars.

In all, O'Sullivan played Jane in six features between (1932) and (1942). She did not mind doing the first two jungle movies, but feared being typecast and grew increasingly tired of the role
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That's interesting that you chose her to be your person of the day considering her son (Patrick Farrow) just killed himself last week. :\'( :\'( :\'( He lived about 5 miles from us but I never met him personally but I know his work. FYI: She is also Mia Farrow's mother-which I didn't know until I read the article about Patrick in our local paper.

Cat

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 06/23/09 at 11:16 am

Not even close. Finian's Rainbow was in 1968 & his last movie was Ghost Story in 1981.

That's interesting that you chose her to be your person of the day considering her son (Patrick Farrow) just killed himself last week. :\'( :\'( :\'( He lived about 5 miles from us but I never met him personally but I know his work. FYI: She is also Mia Farrow's mother-which I didn't know until I read the article about Patrick in our local paper.

Cat

Thanks for all that info Cat I never knew that :)

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Written By: CatwomanofV on 06/23/09 at 11:21 am

Thanks for all that info Cat I never knew that :)

http://www.inthe00s.com/index.php?topic=37409.0

You can read what I wrote about the photo I took of his statue.

Cat

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Reynolds1863 on 06/23/09 at 11:44 am

No.
The Towering Inferno and Ghost Story came long after.

Maybe Finnian's Rainbow was his last musical movie.

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Written By: ninny on 06/23/09 at 12:27 pm

http://www.inthe00s.com/index.php?topic=37409.0

You can read what I wrote about the photo I took of his statue.

Cat

I just went and looked him up, sadly most of the articles paid more attention to Mia than him.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: CatwomanofV on 06/23/09 at 12:31 pm

I just went and looked him up, sadly most of the articles paid more attention to Mia than him.

I know. But around here, he was a celebrity in his own right. Like I said on the other thread, I had massive hits on my photo of his sculpture. That is because if you did a Google image search on Patrick Farrow, my photo comes up front & center & many people clicked on it.

Cat

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 06/23/09 at 12:46 pm

I know. But around here, he was a celebrity in his own right. Like I said on the other thread, I had massive hits on my photo of his sculpture. That is because if you did a Google image search on Patrick Farrow, my photo comes up front & center & many people clicked on it.

Cat

I looked at the images,then I also went and looked at some articles about his passing..your pic is on the 2nd page I just found it. :)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: CatwomanofV on 06/23/09 at 3:51 pm

I looked at the images,then I also went and looked at some articles about his passing..your pic is on the 2nd page I just found it. :)

The other day it was on page 1. When I did the search, it came up on the first page but at the bottom. I guess other sites got more hits than my photo did. Oh well. Of course all those people who clicked on my photo didn't comment on it. :\'( :\'( :D ;D ;D

Cat

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Written By: Michael C. on 06/23/09 at 4:22 pm

"Get Your stinking paws off Me You damn dirty Ape !"

The word of the day...Ape(s)
1.
1. Any of various large, tailless Old World primates of the family Pongidae, including the chimpanzee, gorilla, gibbon, and orangutan.
2. A monkey.
2. A mimic or imitator.
3. Informal. A clumsy or boorish person.
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http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k129/sillodajesta/ape-wink-and-thumbs-up.gif
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Written By: Michael C. on 06/23/09 at 4:26 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h67QwV0j26A&feature=related

"Get Your stinking paws off Me You damn dirty Ape !"

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 06/23/09 at 5:27 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h67QwV0j26A&feature=related

Good movie,I have not seen the remake yet.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Michael C. on 06/23/09 at 7:10 pm

Don't waste Your time.
The original Apes Films were good...The remake was sooooo disappointing.
Good movie,I have not seen the remake yet.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 06/23/09 at 7:14 pm

How about the saying "going ape"?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 06/23/09 at 7:41 pm

Don't waste Your time.
The original Apes Films were good...The remake was sooooo disappointing.

Thanks :)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Michael C. on 06/23/09 at 10:54 pm

I feel obligated to save People from it...It's that bad.....
Thanks :)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 06/24/09 at 5:06 am

The word of the day...Ventriloquist
One, especially an entertainer, who is adept at ventriloquism.
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Written By: ninny on 06/24/09 at 5:11 am

The person of the day...Paul Winchell
Paul Winchell (December 21, 1922 – June 24, 2005) was an American ventriloquist and voice actor, whose career flourished in the 1950s and 1960s. During the mid-1960s, he hosted the children's television show Winchell-Mahoney Time (1965–1968). Winchell was also an amateur inventor, becoming the first person to build and patent a mechanical, artificial heart, implantable in the chest cavity (US Patent #3097366). He has been honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his work in television
Winchell's best-known ventriloquist dummies were Jerry Mahoney and Knucklehead Smiff. Both were carved by Chicago-based figure maker Frank Marshall, though later in his career Winchell made his own puppets in fiberglass. His first show as a ventriloquist was on radio with Jerry Mahoney in 1943. The program was short-lived, however, as he was overshadowed by Edgar Bergen. Winchell also created "Ozwald," a character that resembled Humpty Dumpty. The effect was accomplished by painting eyes and a nose on his chin, then adding a "body" covering the rest of his face, and finally turning the camera upside down. In 1961, Berwin Novelties introduced a home version of the character that included an Ozwald body, creative pencils to draw the eyes and nose and a "magic mirror" that automatically turned a reflection upside down.
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Written By: ninny on 06/24/09 at 5:14 am

The co-person of the day...Brian Keith
Brian Keith (November 14, 1921 – June 24, 1997) was an Emmy Award-nominated American film, television, and stage actor, who in his four decade-long career gained recognition for his work in movies such as the popular 1961 Disney film, The Parent Trap, the 1966 movie, The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming, and the popular 1975 movie, The Wind and the Lion. On television, two of his best known roles were that of a widowed uncle turned bachelor, Bill Davis, in the popular 1960s sitcom, Family Affair, and the title character of a tough judge, in the popular 1980s drama, Hardcastle and McCormick. He also starred in his own sitcom which featured actresses Shelley Fabares and Victoria Young, his real-life ex-wife.
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Written By: Howard on 06/24/09 at 6:14 am

The person of the day...Paul Winchell
Paul Winchell (December 21, 1922 – June 24, 2005) was an American ventriloquist and voice actor, whose career flourished in the 1950s and 1960s. During the mid-1960s, he hosted the children's television show Winchell-Mahoney Time (1965–1968). Winchell was also an amateur inventor, becoming the first person to build and patent a mechanical, artificial heart, implantable in the chest cavity (US Patent #3097366). He has been honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his work in television
Winchell's best-known ventriloquist dummies were Jerry Mahoney and Knucklehead Smiff. Both were carved by Chicago-based figure maker Frank Marshall, though later in his career Winchell made his own puppets in fiberglass. His first show as a ventriloquist was on radio with Jerry Mahoney in 1943. The program was short-lived, however, as he was overshadowed by Edgar Bergen. Winchell also created "Ozwald," a character that resembled Humpty Dumpty. The effect was accomplished by painting eyes and a nose on his chin, then adding a "body" covering the rest of his face, and finally turning the camera upside down. In 1961, Berwin Novelties introduced a home version of the character that included an Ozwald body, creative pencils to draw the eyes and nose and a "magic mirror" that automatically turned a reflection upside down.
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How about that ventriloquist who had that dummy who sounded like a woman? ???

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Written By: ninny on 06/24/09 at 7:17 am

How about that ventriloquist who had that dummy who sounded like a woman? ???

Is it Senor Wences
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJiYZ6QIAtY#

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Written By: danootaandme on 06/24/09 at 7:57 am

I was a big fan of Paul Winchell when I was a kid. Knucklehead Smith has remained of my favorite characters. Never have been able to understand why people talk more of Edgar Bergen.

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Written By: ninny on 06/24/09 at 8:40 am

I was a big fan of Paul Winchell when I was a kid. Knucklehead Smith has remained of my favorite characters. Never have been able to understand why people talk more of Edgar Bergen.

I knew of him but never knew how intelligent he was in other fields,he along with Dr. Henry Hemlich invented the artificial heart and held the first patent.
He was also a great humanitarian, he did voice over work
Winchell's later career included a great deal of voice-over acting for animated cartoons, notably for Disney and Hanna-Barbera. For the latter, he played the character Dick Dastardly in multiple series (notably Wacky Races and Dastardly and Muttley), Clyde on The Perils of Penelope Pitstop; Fleegle on The Banana Splits Adventure Hour, and Gargamel on The Smurfs. He also provided voices on Help! It's the Hair Bear Bunch!, Wheelie and the Chopper Bunch, The Robonic Stooges, and The CB Bears.

For Disney, Winchell was best known for voicing the character Tigger in Disney's Winnie the Pooh films, and won a Grammy for his performance in Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too.

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Written By: CatwomanofV on 06/24/09 at 11:06 am

I remember Winchell-Mahoney Time. Does that date me? :-\\

It was very sad that Brian Kieth committed suicide. :\'( :\'( :\'(

Cat

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Written By: Frank on 06/24/09 at 12:47 pm

The co-person of the day...Brian Keith
Brian Keith (November 14, 1921 – June 24, 1997) was an Emmy Award-nominated American film, television, and stage actor, who in his four decade-long career gained recognition for his work in movies such as the popular 1961 Disney film, The Parent Trap, the 1966 movie, The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming, and the popular 1975 movie, The Wind and the Lion. On television, two of his best known roles were that of a widowed uncle turned bachelor, Bill Davis, in the popular 1960s sitcom, Family Affair, and the title character of a tough judge, in the popular 1980s drama, Hardcastle and McCormick. He also starred in his own sitcom which featured actresses Shelley Fabares and Victoria Young, his real-life ex-wife.
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Uncle Bill!!
I was a fan of Family Affair.
I remember him also as a Sheriff in the TV mini-series "Centennial"

It was very sad that Brian Kieth committed suicide. :\'( :\'( :\'(

Cat

Yup.

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Written By: ninny on 06/24/09 at 1:09 pm

Uncle Bill!!
I was a fan of Family Affair.
I remember him also as a Sheriff in the TV mini-series "Centennial"Yup.

I have fond memories of Uncle Bill,Mr. French, Buffy, Jody & Cissy. His death was another tragic ending along with Anissa Jones :\'(

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Written By: Howard on 06/24/09 at 1:34 pm

Is it Senor Wences
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJiYZ6QIAtY#

No,not Senor Wences.

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Written By: ninny on 06/24/09 at 2:38 pm

No,not Senor Wences.

Wayland Flowers & Madame
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=---tyXiY1fE#

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/24/09 at 4:00 pm

At the pantomime we went to around the New Year Ron Lucas and Scorch the Dragon were perfoming.

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Written By: ninny on 06/24/09 at 5:59 pm

At the pantomime we went to around the New Year Ron Lucas and Scorch the Dragon were perfoming.

Did you like it?

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Written By: Michael C. on 06/24/09 at 9:17 pm

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Saw this Ad on TV late one night,1978, for this film.....Freaked Me,the hell, out.......
Check it out..... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lx7smh7YHKg

The word of the day...Ventriloquist
One, especially an entertainer, who is adept at ventriloquism.
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Written By: Michael C. on 06/24/09 at 9:23 pm

Also....
One of My Favorite Twilight Zone episodes : The Dummy w/ Cliff Robertson

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Written By: adagio on 06/24/09 at 11:13 pm

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Saw this Ad on TV late one night,1978, for this film.....Freaked Me,the hell, out.......
Check it out..... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lx7smh7YHKg

scarey!!!! :o

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/25/09 at 1:51 am

Did you like it?
Yes, very funny and unexpected, for we did not know he was to be on.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/25/09 at 1:53 am

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Saw this Ad on TV late one night,1978, for this film.....Freaked Me,the hell, out.......
Check it out..... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lx7smh7YHKg

"Abracadabra, I sit on his knee.
Presto, change-o, and now he is me!
Hocus Pocus, we take her to bed,
Magic is fun...we're dead."

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Written By: ninny on 06/25/09 at 5:58 am

"Abracadabra, I sit on his knee.
Presto, change-o, and now he is me!
Hocus Pocus, we take her to bed,
Magic is fun...we're dead."

The movie with Anthony Hopkins, I remember it well. :)

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Written By: ninny on 06/25/09 at 6:07 am

The word of the day...Wine
1.
1. A beverage made of the fermented juice of any of various kinds of grapes, usually containing from 10 to 15 percent alcohol by volume.
2. A beverage made of the fermented juice of any of various other fruits or plants.
2. Something that intoxicates or exhilarates.
3. The color of red wine.
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Written By: ninny on 06/25/09 at 6:19 am

The person of the day...Johnny Mercer
John Herndon "Johnny" Mercer (November 18, 1909 – June 25, 1976) was an American songwriter and singer. As a songwriter, he is best known as a lyricist, but he also composed music. He was also a popular singer who recorded his own songs as well as those written by others. From the mid-1930s through the mid-1950s, many of the songs Mercer wrote and performed were among the most popular hits of the time. He wrote the lyrics to more than a thousand songs, including compositions for movies and Broadway shows. He received nineteen Academy Award nominations. Mercer was also a co-founder of Capitol Records
In the 1950’s, the advent of rock and roll and the transition of jazz into "bebop" cut deeply into Mercer’s natural audience, and dramatically reduced venues for his songs. His continual string of hits came to an end but many great songs were still to come. Mercer wrote for some MGM films, including Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954) and Merry Andrew (1958). He collaborated on three Broadway musicals in the 1950s - Top Banana (1951), L’il Abner (1956), and Saratoga (1959) - and the West End production The Good Companions in 1974. His more successful songs of the 1950s include "The Glow-Worm" (sung by the Mills Brothers) and "Something’s Gotta Give". In 1961, he wrote the lyrics to "Moon River" for Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany's and for Days of Wine and Roses, both with music by Henry Mancini, and Mercer received his third and fourth Oscars for Best Song. Also with Mancini was Charade in 1964, for the Cary Grant-Audrey Hepburn romantic thriller. The Tony Bennett classic "I Wanna Be Around" was written by Mercer in 1962 and the Sinatra hit "Summer Wind" in 1965.
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Written By: ninny on 06/25/09 at 6:30 am

The co-person of the day...Carly Simon
Carly Elisabeth Simon (born June 25, 1945) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and children's author. She rose to fame in the 1970s with a string of hit records, and has since been the recipient of a Grammy Award, an Academy Award, and a Golden Globe Award for her work.

She is the ex-wife of another notable singer-songwriter, James Taylor, with whom she has two children; Sarah Maria "Sally" and Ben Taylor, who are also musicians.

Simon was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1994.
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Written By: Howard on 06/25/09 at 7:07 am

Wayland Flowers & Madame
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=---tyXiY1fE#

Yes that's it Ninny,Thanks. :)

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Written By: Howard on 06/25/09 at 7:08 am

You're So Vain is my favorite.

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Written By: ninny on 06/25/09 at 9:11 am

Yes that's it Ninny,Thanks. :)

Your Welcome..I remember watching him also. :)

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Written By: ninny on 06/25/09 at 9:14 am

You're So Vain is my favorite.

Good song,I also like Anticipation

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/25/09 at 3:39 pm

The movie with Anthony Hopkins, I remember it well. :)
I saw it once, and want to again.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/25/09 at 3:40 pm

The co-person of the day...Carly Simon
Carly Elisabeth Simon (born June 25, 1945) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and children's author. She rose to fame in the 1970s with a string of hit records, and has since been the recipient of a Grammy Award, an Academy Award, and a Golden Globe Award for her work.

She is the ex-wife of another notable singer-songwriter, James Taylor, with whom she has two children; Sarah Maria "Sally" and Ben Taylor, who are also musicians.

Simon was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1994.

"Nobody Does It Better"

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Written By: CatwomanofV on 06/25/09 at 3:59 pm

This is my favorite.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pntXwbk-bTA

Cat

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Written By: Michael C. on 06/25/09 at 4:37 pm

My top Carly Simon songs:
1- Vengence http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjv5gCUEWqk
2-You Belong To Me
3-That's the Way I Always Heard it Should Be

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Written By: ninny on 06/25/09 at 4:59 pm

"Nobody Does It Better"

This is my favorite.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pntXwbk-bTA

Cat

My top Carly Simon songs:
1- Vengence http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjv5gCUEWqk
2-You Belong To Me
3-That's the Way I Always Heard it Should Be

Good song choices :)

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Written By: Michael C. on 06/25/09 at 6:50 pm

Thanks......
That's the Way I Always Heard It Should Be is almost haunting as She evokes, through Her voice,the images of a cigarette glowing in the dark,tip toeing past the bedroom......etc....the imagery leaps off the recording.

You Belong To Me is a favorite because of the passion in Her performance.....As the song goes on..You really feel Her pain & frustation...{You don't even know Her}..then the line,near the end.."Don't leave Me to go to her now..." ..Her pleading becomes heartbreaking....WOW

Another great Carly song....http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqFzbpd8vRE&feature=related
Her blending of Her Hit, Coming Around Again..with The Itsy Bitsy Spider......Brilliant !!

That's the Way I Always Heard It Should Be Lyrics:
My father sits at night with no lights on
His cigarette glows in the dark
The living room is still
I walk by, no remark
I tiptoe past the master bedroom where
My mother reads her magazines
I hear her call sweet dreams
But I forgot how to dream
But you say it's time we moved in together
And raised a family of our own, you and me
Well, that's the way I've always heard it should be
You want to marry me, we'll marry
My friends from college they're all married now
They have their houses and their lawns
They have their silent noons
Tearful nights, angry dawns
Their children hate them for the things they're not
They hate themselves for what they are
And yet they drink, they laugh
Close the wound, hide the scar
But you say it's time we moved in together
And raised a family of our own, you and me
Well, that's the way I've always heard it should be
You want to marry me, we'll marry
You say we can keep our love alive
Babe, all I know is what I see
The couples cling and claw
And drown in love's debris
You say we'll soar like two birds through the clouds
But soon you'll cage me on your shelf
I'll never learn to be just me first
By myself
Well O.K., it's time we moved in together
And raised a family of our own, you and me
Well, that's the way I've always heard it should be,
You want to marry me, we'll marry
We'll marry

You Belong To Me Lyrics:
Why'd you tell me this
Were you looking for my reaction
What do you need to know
Don't you know I'll always be your girl
You don't have to prove to me you're beautiful to strangers
I've got loving eyes of my own

(Chorus)
You belong to me
Tell her you were fooling
You don't even know her
Tell her that I love you

You belong to me
Can it be, honey, that you're not sure
You belong to me
Thought we'd closed the book - locked the door
You don't have to prove to me that you're beautiful to strangers
I've got loving eyes of my own
And I can tell - I can tell darling
Tell her - tell her that I love you

You belong - you belong - you belong to me
Tell her you were fooling
Tell her she don't even know you
Tell her you were fooling
I know you from a long time ago, baby
Don't leave me to go to her now
You belong to me.

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Good song choices :)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/26/09 at 3:17 am

The person of the day...Johnny Mercer
John Herndon "Johnny" Mercer (November 18, 1909 – June 25, 1976) was an American songwriter and singer. As a songwriter, he is best known as a lyricist, but he also composed music. He was also a popular singer who recorded his own songs as well as those written by others. From the mid-1930s through the mid-1950s, many of the songs Mercer wrote and performed were among the most popular hits of the time. He wrote the lyrics to more than a thousand songs, including compositions for movies and Broadway shows. He received nineteen Academy Award nominations. Mercer was also a co-founder of Capitol Records
In the 1950’s, the advent of rock and roll and the transition of jazz into "bebop" cut deeply into Mercer’s natural audience, and dramatically reduced venues for his songs. His continual string of hits came to an end but many great songs were still to come. Mercer wrote for some MGM films, including Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954) and Merry Andrew (1958). He collaborated on three Broadway musicals in the 1950s - Top Banana (1951), L’il Abner (1956), and Saratoga (1959) - and the West End production The Good Companions in 1974. His more successful songs of the 1950s include "The Glow-Worm" (sung by the Mills Brothers) and "Something’s Gotta Give". In 1961, he wrote the lyrics to "Moon River" for Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany's and for Days of Wine and Roses, both with music by Henry Mancini, and Mercer received his third and fourth Oscars for Best Song. Also with Mancini was Charade in 1964, for the Cary Grant-Audrey Hepburn romantic thriller. The Tony Bennett classic "I Wanna Be Around" was written by Mercer in 1962 and the Sinatra hit "Summer Wind" in 1965.
"Summer Wind" another classic!

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Written By: ninny on 06/26/09 at 7:08 am

The word of the day... Catch
1. o capture or seize, especially after a chase.
2. To take by or as if by trapping or snaring.
3.
1. To discover or come upon suddenly, unexpectedly, or accidentally: He was caught in the act of stealing.
2. To become cognizant or aware of suddenly: caught her gazing out the window.
4.
1. To take hold of, especially forcibly or suddenly; grasp: caught me by the arm; caught the reins.
2. To grab so as to stop the motion of: catch a ball.
5.
1. To overtake: The green car caught me on the straightaway.
2. To reach just in time; take: caught the bus to town; catch a wave.
6.
1. To hold, as by snagging or entangling.
2. To cause to become suddenly or accidentally hooked, entangled, or fastened: caught my hem on the stair.
3. To hold up; delay: was caught in traffic for an hour.
7. To hit; strike: a punch that caught me in the stomach.
8. To check (oneself) during an action: I caught myself before replying.
9. To become subject to or to contract, as by exposure to a pathogen: catch a cold.
10.
1. To become affected by or infused with: caught the joyous mood of the festival.
2. To suffer from the receipt of (criticism, for example): caught hell for being late.
11.
1. To take or get suddenly, momentarily, or quickly: We caught a glimpse of the monarch.
2. To hear or listen to: caught the news bulletin on the radio; didn't catch the end of your sentence
12.
1. To grasp mentally; apprehend: I don't catch your meaning.
2. To apprehend and reproduce accurately by or as if by artistic means: an impressionist who caught the effects of wind and water in his paintings.
13. To attract and fix; arrest: couldn't catch their attention; caught the teacher's eye.
14. To charm; captivate.
15. To deceive: failed to be caught by their fraudulent schemes.
16.
1. Informal. To go to see (a performance, for example): caught the midnight show.
2. To get (something required), usually quickly or for a brief period: catch some sleep.

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Written By: Howard on 06/26/09 at 7:10 am

To catch a falling star.

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Written By: ninny on 06/26/09 at 7:11 am

The person of the day...Roy Campanella
Roy Campanella (November 19, 1921 – June 26, 1993), nicknamed "Campy", was an American baseball player — primarily at the position of catcher — in the Negro Leagues and Major League Baseball. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Widely considered to have been one of the greatest catchers in the history of the game, Campanella played for the Brooklyn Dodgers during the 1940s and 1950s, as one of the pioneers in breaking the color barrier in Major League Baseball. His career was cut short in 1958 when he was paralyzed in an automobile accident.http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l146/gmasi/NFT/BI14_Campanella.jpg
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Written By: ninny on 06/26/09 at 7:14 am

The co-person of the day...Eleanor Parker
Eleanor Jean Parker (born June 26, 1922) is an American film and television actress
By 1946, she had starred in Between Two Worlds, Hollywood Canteen, Pride of the Marines and Of Human Bondage. In 1950, she received the first of three nominations for Academy Award for Best Actress, for Caged, in which she played a prison inmate. She was also nominated in 1951 for her performance as Kirk Douglas's wife in Detective Story and again in 1955 for her portrayal of opera singer Marjorie Lawrence in the biopic Interrupted Melody. Parker then performed with Charlton Heston as a 1900s mail-order bride in George Pal's The Naked Jungle.

That same year, Parker appeared in Otto Preminger's film adaptation of the National Book Award-winner The Man With The Golden Arm, in which she plays Zosh, the supposedly invalid wife of a morphine addicted would-be jazz drummer Frankie Machine (Frank Sinatra). In 1956, she was billed above the title alongside Clark Gable for the Raoul Walsh-directed western comedy The King and Four Queens. A year later, she starred in another W. Somerset Maugham novel, a remake of a The Painted Veil in the role originated by Greta Garbo, released as The Seventh Sin. She also appeared in Home from the Hill and Return to Peyton Place. Possibly her most famous screen role was Baroness Elsa Schraeder in The Sound Of Music (1965).

She broke the champagne bottle on the nose of the inaugural train-set for the California Zephyr in San Francisco, California on March 19, 1949. She played an alcoholic widow in Warning Shot in 1966. In 1963, she appeared as Connie Folsom in the episode "Why Am I Grown So Cold?" in the NBC medical drama about psychiatry, The Eleventh Hour. In 1964, she appeared in the episode "A Land More Cruel" on the ABC drama about psychiatry, Breaking Point. In 1968, she portrayed a sultry spy in How to Steal the World -- a film originally shown as a two-part episode on NBC's The Man from U.N.C.L.E.. In 1969-70 she starred in the television series Bracken's World, also on NBC, and several made-for-television movies.

Parker has also starred in a number of theatrical productions, including the musical Applause. She wrote the preface to the book "How Your Mind Can Keep You Well", a meditation techniquedeveloped by Roy Masters.

She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6340 Hollywood Blvd.
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Written By: Howard on 06/26/09 at 7:16 am

I don't remember her that well. ???

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Written By: ninny on 06/26/09 at 7:18 am

The flower for Friday... Angel's Trumpet
Any of several New World plants of the genera Brugmansia or Datura, having large, variously colored trumpet-shaped flowers. All parts of the plants contain the poisonous belladonna alkaloids.
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Written By: ninny on 06/26/09 at 7:20 am

I don't remember her that well. ???

I remember her mostly from The Sound of Music, she played The Baroness.

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Written By: Howard on 06/26/09 at 7:21 am

I remember her mostly from The Sound of Music, she played The Baroness.

Oh,Is that where she's from? ???

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/26/09 at 8:12 am

The word of the day... Catch
1. o capture or seize, especially after a chase.
2. To take by or as if by trapping or snaring.
3.
1. To discover or come upon suddenly, unexpectedly, or accidentally: He was caught in the act of stealing.
2. To become cognizant or aware of suddenly: caught her gazing out the window.
4.
1. To take hold of, especially forcibly or suddenly; grasp: caught me by the arm; caught the reins.
2. To grab so as to stop the motion of: catch a ball.
5.
1. To overtake: The green car caught me on the straightaway.
2. To reach just in time; take: caught the bus to town; catch a wave.
6.
1. To hold, as by snagging or entangling.
2. To cause to become suddenly or accidentally hooked, entangled, or fastened: caught my hem on the stair.
3. To hold up; delay: was caught in traffic for an hour.
7. To hit; strike: a punch that caught me in the stomach.
8. To check (oneself) during an action: I caught myself before replying.
9. To become subject to or to contract, as by exposure to a pathogen: catch a cold.
10.
1. To become affected by or infused with: caught the joyous mood of the festival.
2. To suffer from the receipt of (criticism, for example): caught hell for being late.
11.
1. To take or get suddenly, momentarily, or quickly: We caught a glimpse of the monarch.
2. To hear or listen to: caught the news bulletin on the radio; didn't catch the end of your sentence
12.
1. To grasp mentally; apprehend: I don't catch your meaning.
2. To apprehend and reproduce accurately by or as if by artistic means: an impressionist who caught the effects of wind and water in his paintings.
13. To attract and fix; arrest: couldn't catch their attention; caught the teacher's eye.
14. To charm; captivate.
15. To deceive: failed to be caught by their fraudulent schemes.
16.
1. Informal. To go to see (a performance, for example): caught the midnight show.
2. To get (something required), usually quickly or for a brief period: catch some sleep.
22 ?

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/26/09 at 8:13 am

Oh,Is that where she's from? ???
Baroness Elsa Schraeder in The Sound Of Music, that is what I know her from.

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Written By: ninny on 06/26/09 at 9:56 am

22 ?

Catch 22
Catch-22 is a satirical, historical novel by the American author Joseph Heller, first published in 1961. The novel, set during the later stages of World War II from 1943 onwards, is frequently cited as one of the great literary works of the twentieth century. It has a distinctive non-chronological style where events are described from different characters' points of view and out of sequence so that the time line develops along with the plot.

The novel follows Yossarian, a U.S. Army Air Forces B-25 bombardier, and a number of other characters. Most events occur while the airmen of the fictional Fighting 256th (or "two to the fighting eighth power") Squadron are based on the island of Pianosa, in the Mediterranean Sea west of Italy.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/26/09 at 9:57 am

Catch 22
Catch-22 is a satirical, historical novel by the American author Joseph Heller, first published in 1961. The novel, set during the later stages of World War II from 1943 onwards, is frequently cited as one of the great literary works of the twentieth century. It has a distinctive non-chronological style where events are described from different characters' points of view and out of sequence so that the time line develops along with the plot.

The novel follows Yossarian, a U.S. Army Air Forces B-25 bombardier, and a number of other characters. Most events occur while the airmen of the fictional Fighting 256th (or "two to the fighting eighth power") Squadron are based on the island of Pianosa, in the Mediterranean Sea west of Italy.

Never read it myself, saw the movie ages ago and my sister read it for school.

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Written By: Howard on 06/26/09 at 7:37 pm

The flower for Friday... Angel's Trumpet
Any of several New World plants of the genera Brugmansia or Datura, having large, variously colored trumpet-shaped flowers. All parts of the plants contain the poisonous belladonna alkaloids.
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such beautiful flowers.

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Written By: Womble on 06/26/09 at 8:43 pm

I remember her mostly from The Sound of Music, she played The Baroness.

I first saw her in the suspense film 'Home for the Holidays' where she played Sally Field's murderous sister. I didn't see 'The sound of music' until some years later. She's a fine actress. BTW, I loved 'Caged'.

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Written By: ninny on 06/27/09 at 5:36 am

The word of the day...Apartment
1. A room or suite of rooms designed as a residence and generally located in a building occupied by more than one household.
2. An apartment house: a row of high-rise apartments.
3. A room.
4. apartments Chiefly British. A suite of rooms within a larger building set aside for a particular purpose or person.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/27/09 at 5:40 am

The flower for Friday... Angel's Trumpet
Any of several New World plants of the genera Brugmansia or Datura, having large, variously colored trumpet-shaped flowers. All parts of the plants contain the poisonous belladonna alkaloids.
More to the cause of Hay Fever!

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/27/09 at 5:41 am

The word of the day...Apartment
1. A room or suite of rooms designed as a residence and generally located in a building occupied by more than one household.
2. An apartment house: a row of high-rise apartments.
3. A room.
4. apartments Chiefly British. A suite of rooms within a larger building set aside for a particular purpose or person.
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Who put those windows in?

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Written By: ninny on 06/27/09 at 5:48 am

The person of the day...Jack Lemmon
John Uhler "Jack" Lemmon III (February 8, 1925 – June 27, 2001) was an American actor known principally for his comedic roles. He starred in over 60 films including Some Like It Hot, The Apartment, Days of Wine and Roses, Irma La Douce, The Odd Couple, Save the Tiger, The Out-of-Towners, Glengarry Glen Ross, The China Syndrome and JFK.
Lemmon's film debut was a bit part as a plasterer/painter in the 1949 film The Lady Takes a Sailor but he was not noticed until his official debut opposite Judy Holliday in the 1954 comedy, It Should Happen to You. Lemmon worked with many legendary leading ladies of the cinema screen, among them Marilyn Monroe, Natalie Wood, Betty Grable, Janet Leigh, Shirley MacLaine, Romy Schneider, Doris Day, Kim Novak, Judy Holliday, Rita Hayworth, June Allyson, Virna Lisi, Ann Margret, Sophia Loren, Grace Lee Whitney, Kathryn Grant and many, many more. He was also close friends with Tony Curtis, Ernie Kovacs and Walter Matthau. He made two films with Curtis and eleven with Matthau.

He became a favorite actor of director Billy Wilder, starring in his films Some Like It Hot, The Apartment, Irma La Douce, The Fortune Cookie, Avanti!, The Front Page and Buddy Buddy. Wilder felt Lemmon had a natural tendency toward overacting that had to be tempered; the Wilder biography Nobody's Perfect quotes the director as saying, "Lemmon, I would describe him as a ham, a fine ham, and with ham you have to trim a little fat". The biography also quotes Jack Lemmon as saying, "I am particularly susceptible to the parts I play... If my character was having a nervous breakdown, I started to have one".

Lemmon recorded his own album in 1958 while filming Some Like It Hot with Marilyn Monroe. Twelve jazz tracks were created for Lemmon and another twelve tracks were added which were the soundtracks to the film. Lemmon also played the piano and recorded his own versions of Monroe's trademark songs, I Wanna Be Loved By You and I'm Through With Love, for the album which was released in 1959 as A Twist of Lemmon/Some Like It Hot.

Lemmon was awarded the Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 1956 for Mister Roberts (1955) and the Best Actor Oscar for Save the Tiger (1973), becoming the first actor to achieve this double. He was also nominated for a Best Actor Oscar for his role in the controversial film Missing in 1982 and for his role in Some Like it Hot. In 1988, the American Film Institute gave him its Lifetime Achievement Award.

Days of Wine and Roses (1962) was one of his favorite roles. He portrayed Joe Clay, a young, fun-loving alcoholic businessman. In that film, Lemmon delivered the line, "My name is Joe Clay ... I'm an alcoholic." Three and a half decades later, he admitted on the television program, Inside the Actors Studio, that he was not acting when he delivered that line, that he really was a recovering alcoholic at the end of his life.
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Written By: ninny on 06/27/09 at 5:48 am

Who put those windows in?

The crooked window company ;D

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/27/09 at 5:49 am

The person of the day...Jack Lemmon
John Uhler "Jack" Lemmon III (February 8, 1925 – June 27, 2001) was an American actor known principally for his comedic roles. He starred in over 60 films including Some Like It Hot, The Apartment, Days of Wine and Roses, Irma La Douce, The Odd Couple, Save the Tiger, The Out-of-Towners, Glengarry Glen Ross, The China Syndrome and JFK.
Lemmon's film debut was a bit part as a plasterer/painter in the 1949 film The Lady Takes a Sailor but he was not noticed until his official debut opposite Judy Holliday in the 1954 comedy, It Should Happen to You. Lemmon worked with many legendary leading ladies of the cinema screen, among them Marilyn Monroe, Natalie Wood, Betty Grable, Janet Leigh, Shirley MacLaine, Romy Schneider, Doris Day, Kim Novak, Judy Holliday, Rita Hayworth, June Allyson, Virna Lisi, Ann Margret, Sophia Loren, Grace Lee Whitney, Kathryn Grant and many, many more. He was also close friends with Tony Curtis, Ernie Kovacs and Walter Matthau. He made two films with Curtis and eleven with Matthau.

He became a favorite actor of director Billy Wilder, starring in his films Some Like It Hot, The Apartment, Irma La Douce, The Fortune Cookie, Avanti!, The Front Page and Buddy Buddy. Wilder felt Lemmon had a natural tendency toward overacting that had to be tempered; the Wilder biography Nobody's Perfect quotes the director as saying, "Lemmon, I would describe him as a ham, a fine ham, and with ham you have to trim a little fat". The biography also quotes Jack Lemmon as saying, "I am particularly susceptible to the parts I play... If my character was having a nervous breakdown, I started to have one".

Lemmon recorded his own album in 1958 while filming Some Like It Hot with Marilyn Monroe. Twelve jazz tracks were created for Lemmon and another twelve tracks were added which were the soundtracks to the film. Lemmon also played the piano and recorded his own versions of Monroe's trademark songs, I Wanna Be Loved By You and I'm Through With Love, for the album which was released in 1959 as A Twist of Lemmon/Some Like It Hot.

Lemmon was awarded the Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 1956 for Mister Roberts (1955) and the Best Actor Oscar for Save the Tiger (1973), becoming the first actor to achieve this double. He was also nominated for a Best Actor Oscar for his role in the controversial film Missing in 1982 and for his role in Some Like it Hot. In 1988, the American Film Institute gave him its Lifetime Achievement Award.

Days of Wine and Roses (1962) was one of his favorite roles. He portrayed Joe Clay, a young, fun-loving alcoholic businessman. In that film, Lemmon delivered the line, "My name is Joe Clay ... I'm an alcoholic." Three and a half decades later, he admitted on the television program, Inside the Actors Studio, that he was not acting when he delivered that line, that he really was a recovering alcoholic at the end of his life.

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For me, his best role.

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Written By: ninny on 06/27/09 at 5:51 am

The co-person of the day...John Entwistle
John Alec Entwistle (9 October 1944 – 27 June 2002) was an English bass guitarist, songwriter, singer, and horn player, who was best known as the bass guitarist for the rock band The Who. His aggressive lead sound influenced rock bass players such as Steve Harris, Geddy Lee, Phil Lesh, Cliff Burton, Billy Sheehan, Lemmy Kilmister and Chris Squire.

Entwistle's lead instrument approach used pentatonic lead lines, and a then-unusual trebly sound created by roundwound RotoSound steel bass strings. He had a collection of over 200 instruments by the time of his death, reflecting the different brands he used over his career: Fender and Rickenbacker basses in the 1960s, Alembic's basses in the 1970s, Warwick in the 1980s, and Status all-graphite basses in the 1990s.
Entwistle's technique ranged from using fingers, plectra and tapping to utilizing harmonics in his passages. He would change the style of play between songs and even during songs to change the sound he produced. His fingering technique would involve pressing down on the string hard and releasing in an attempt to reproduce a trebly, twangy sound. Note however, that he would change his thumb position from pickup, to the E string and occasionally even allowing his thumb to float near the pickup. His plectrum technique would involve holding the plectrum between his thumb and forefinger, with the rest of his fingers outstretched for balance.

Entwistle's playing style was rarely captured well in the studio. He was better heard in concert, where he and guitarist Pete Townshend frequently exchanged roles, with Entwistle providing rapid melodic lines and Townshend anchoring the song with rhythmic chord work. Indeed, Townshend noted that Entwistle did the rhythmic timekeeping in the band, doing the role of the drummer. Moon, on the other hand, with all his flourishes around the kit, was like a keyboard player. In 1989, Entwistle pointed out that, according to modern standards, "The Who haven't a proper bass player."

Entwistle also developed what he called a "typewriter" approach to playing the bass. It involved positioning the right hand over the strings so all four fingers could be used to tap percussively on the strings, causing them to strike the fretboard with a distinctive twangy sound. This gives the player the ability to play three or four strings at once, or to use several fingers on a single string. It allowed him to create passages that were very percussive and melodic. He used this approach to mimic the fills used by his drummers in band situations, sometimes sending the fills back at the drummers faster than the drummers themselves could play them.
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Written By: ninny on 06/27/09 at 5:54 am

For me, his best role.

Yes. I also liked him in Mister Roberts & The China Syndrome :)

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Written By: Howard on 06/27/09 at 6:54 am

I also liked him in Grumpy Old Men. ;D

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Written By: ninny on 06/27/09 at 7:42 am

I also liked him in Grumpy Old Men. ;D

With Walter Matthau :)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/27/09 at 8:11 am

The co-person of the day...John Entwistle
John Alec Entwistle (9 October 1944 – 27 June 2002) was an English bass guitarist, songwriter, singer, and horn player, who was best known as the bass guitarist for the rock band The Who. His aggressive lead sound influenced rock bass players such as Steve Harris, Geddy Lee, Phil Lesh, Cliff Burton, Billy Sheehan, Lemmy Kilmister and Chris Squire.

Entwistle's lead instrument approach used pentatonic lead lines, and a then-unusual trebly sound created by roundwound RotoSound steel bass strings. He had a collection of over 200 instruments by the time of his death, reflecting the different brands he used over his career: Fender and Rickenbacker basses in the 1960s, Alembic's basses in the 1970s, Warwick in the 1980s, and Status all-graphite basses in the 1990s.
Entwistle's technique ranged from using fingers, plectra and tapping to utilizing harmonics in his passages. He would change the style of play between songs and even during songs to change the sound he produced. His fingering technique would involve pressing down on the string hard and releasing in an attempt to reproduce a trebly, twangy sound. Note however, that he would change his thumb position from pickup, to the E string and occasionally even allowing his thumb to float near the pickup. His plectrum technique would involve holding the plectrum between his thumb and forefinger, with the rest of his fingers outstretched for balance.

Entwistle's playing style was rarely captured well in the studio. He was better heard in concert, where he and guitarist Pete Townshend frequently exchanged roles, with Entwistle providing rapid melodic lines and Townshend anchoring the song with rhythmic chord work. Indeed, Townshend noted that Entwistle did the rhythmic timekeeping in the band, doing the role of the drummer. Moon, on the other hand, with all his flourishes around the kit, was like a keyboard player. In 1989, Entwistle pointed out that, according to modern standards, "The Who haven't a proper bass player."

Entwistle also developed what he called a "typewriter" approach to playing the bass. It involved positioning the right hand over the strings so all four fingers could be used to tap percussively on the strings, causing them to strike the fretboard with a distinctive twangy sound. This gives the player the ability to play three or four strings at once, or to use several fingers on a single string. It allowed him to create passages that were very percussive and melodic. He used this approach to mimic the fills used by his drummers in band situations, sometimes sending the fills back at the drummers faster than the drummers themselves could play them.
:\'(

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Written By: Womble on 06/27/09 at 8:12 am

With Walter Matthau :)

He was good in "Bell, Book and Candle" too.

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Written By: Michael C. on 06/27/09 at 8:55 am

Lemmon & Matthau were like Hope & Crosby......
Their personalities,their comic timing & obvious respect for each other shined through in evey film they did together.

With Walter Matthau :)

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Written By: Michael C. on 06/27/09 at 9:03 am

Loved Jack Lemmon in Save the Tiger....was shocked when He beat out Dustin Hoffman {nominated that year for Lenny}.......I'd thought Dustin was a shoe in.....
Mass Appeal was another favorite of mine. Jack played a Priest forced to come to terms with Why He's who He is ....and the Young Seminarian {assigned to His Parish} who helps reignite His faith {I thought it was another Oscar worthy performance}

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Written By: CatwomanofV on 06/27/09 at 10:45 am

Jack Lemmon was GREAT! He had a comic flair in Some Like it Hot (one of my all-time favs), Grumpy Old Men, etc. etc. But, he could be a really good dramatic actor like he was in Missing. However, as good of an actor he was, he just didn't cut it in Kenneth Branagh's Hamlet where he played Marcellus.

Cat

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Written By: Frank on 06/27/09 at 1:23 pm

Jack Lemmon played a great semi-neurotic person in many roles.
Some like it hot, The apartment, were two of his best movies. I liked the odd couple as well, and Mr. Roberts.

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Written By: Womble on 06/27/09 at 2:25 pm

Jack Lemmon played a great semi-neurotic person in many roles.
Some like it hot, The apartment, were two of his best movies. I liked the odd couple as well, and Mr. Roberts.

You're so right about the "Nuerotic" roles Frank. Lemmon played them so well like in the "Out of Towners" and "The Prisoner of Second Avenue". He was a very versatile Actor.

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Written By: Frank on 06/27/09 at 5:23 pm

You're so right about the "Nuerotic" roles Frank. Lemmon played them so well like in the "Out of Towners" and "The Prisoner of Second Avenue". He was a very versatile Actor.

If he were a lot younger, he would have been great playing Matthew Perry's role in "The Whole nine yards"

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Written By: Howard on 06/27/09 at 7:38 pm

With Walter Matthau :)

one very funny film.

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Written By: ninny on 06/28/09 at 5:55 am

The word of the day...Night
1.
1. The period between sunset and sunrise, especially the hours of darkness.
2. This period considered as a unit of time: for two nights running.
3. This period considered from its conditions: a rainy night.
2. The period between dusk and midnight of a given day: either late Thursday night or early Friday morning.
3.
1. The period between evening and bedtime.
2. This period considered from its activities: a night at the opera.
3. This period set aside for a specific purpose: Parents' Night at school.
4.
1. The period between bedtime and morning: spent the night at a motel.
2. One's sleep during this period: had a restless night.
5. Nightfall: worked from morning to night.
6. Darkness: vanished into the night.
7.
1. A time or condition of gloom, obscurity, ignorance, or despair: “In a real dark night of the soul it is always three o'clock in the morning” (F. Scott Fitzgerald).
2. A time or condition marked by absence of moral or ethical values: “He never would have let us go untroubled into the night of private greed” (Anthony Lewis).
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Written By: ninny on 06/28/09 at 5:59 am

The person of the day...Rod Serling
Rodman Edward "Rod" Serling (December 25, 1924 - June 28, 1975) was an American screenwriter and television producer, best known for his live television dramas of the 1950s and his science fiction anthology TV series, The Twilight Zone.
In 1969, NBC aired a Serling-penned pilot for a new series, Night Gallery. Set in a dimly lit museum which was open after hours, the pilot film featured Serling (as on-camera host) playing the part of curator introducing three tales of the macabre, unveiling canvases that would appear in the subsequent story segments (its brief first season rotated as one spoke of a four-series programming wheel titled Four in One), focused more on gothic horror and the occult than did The Twilight Zone. Serling, no longer wanting the burden of an executive position, sidestepped an offer to retain creative control of content—a decision he would come to regret. Although discontented with some of producer Jack Laird's script and creative choices, Serling maintained a stream of creative submissions and ultimately wrote over a third of the series' scripts. By season three however, Serling began to see many of his script contributions rejected. With his complaints ignored, the disgruntled host dismissed the show as "Mannix in a cemetery". Night Gallery lasted until 1973.
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Written By: ninny on 06/28/09 at 6:01 am

The co-person of the day...Terry Fox
Terrance Stanley "Terry" Fox, CC (July 28, 1958 – June 28, 1981) was a Canadian humanitarian, athlete, and cancer treatment activist. He became famous for the Marathon of Hope, a cross-Canada run to raise money for cancer research, which Fox ran with one prosthetic leg. He is considered one of Canada's greatest heroes of the 20th century and is celebrated internationally every September as people participate in the Terry Fox Run, the world's largest one-day fundraiser for cancer research.

In 2004, Terry Fox was voted 2nd place on the The Greatest Canadian.
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/28/09 at 6:38 am

The word of the day...Night
1.
1. The period between sunset and sunrise, especially the hours of darkness.
2. This period considered as a unit of time: for two nights running.
3. This period considered from its conditions: a rainy night.
2. The period between dusk and midnight of a given day: either late Thursday night or early Friday morning.
3.
1. The period between evening and bedtime.
2. This period considered from its activities: a night at the opera.
3. This period set aside for a specific purpose: Parents' Night at school.
4.
1. The period between bedtime and morning: spent the night at a motel.
2. One's sleep during this period: had a restless night.
5. Nightfall: worked from morning to night.
6. Darkness: vanished into the night.
7.
1. A time or condition of gloom, obscurity, ignorance, or despair: “In a real dark night of the soul it is always three o'clock in the morning” (F. Scott Fitzgerald).
2. A time or condition marked by absence of moral or ethical values: “He never would have let us go untroubled into the night of private greed” (Anthony Lewis).
"Darkness falls across the land
The midnight hour is close at hand
Creatures crawl in search of blood
To terrorize y'alls neighborhood"

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/28/09 at 6:41 am

The person of the day...Rod Serling
Rodman Edward "Rod" Serling (December 25, 1924 - June 28, 1975) was an American screenwriter and television producer, best known for his live television dramas of the 1950s and his science fiction anthology TV series, The Twilight Zone.
In 1969, NBC aired a Serling-penned pilot for a new series, Night Gallery. Set in a dimly lit museum which was open after hours, the pilot film featured Serling (as on-camera host) playing the part of curator introducing three tales of the macabre, unveiling canvases that would appear in the subsequent story segments (its brief first season rotated as one spoke of a four-series programming wheel titled Four in One), focused more on gothic horror and the occult than did The Twilight Zone. Serling, no longer wanting the burden of an executive position, sidestepped an offer to retain creative control of content—a decision he would come to regret. Although discontented with some of producer Jack Laird's script and creative choices, Serling maintained a stream of creative submissions and ultimately wrote over a third of the series' scripts. By season three however, Serling began to see many of his script contributions rejected. With his complaints ignored, the disgruntled host dismissed the show as "Mannix in a cemetery". Night Gallery lasted until 1973.
UK television do not show The Twilight Zone that often, I wish that it was show more, for I do not recall many known episodes.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/28/09 at 6:43 am

The co-person of the day...Terry Fox
Terrance Stanley "Terry" Fox, CC (July 28, 1958 – June 28, 1981) was a Canadian humanitarian, athlete, and cancer treatment activist. He became famous for the Marathon of Hope, a cross-Canada run to raise money for cancer research, which Fox ran with one prosthetic leg. He is considered one of Canada's greatest heroes of the 20th century and is celebrated internationally every September as people participate in the Terry Fox Run, the world's largest one-day fundraiser for cancer research.

In 2004, Terry Fox was voted 2nd place on the The Greatest Canadian.
The inspiration of the running across America sequence in Forestt Gump?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 06/28/09 at 7:19 am

Good Night!

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 06/28/09 at 8:54 am

UK television do not show The Twilight Zone that often, I wish that it was show more, for I do not recall many known episodes.

I don't really recall too many episodes myself,but once in a while if I'm up Tim & I watch it on The SciFi channel

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Womble on 06/28/09 at 9:20 am

I don't really recall too many episodes myself,but once in a while if I'm up Tim & I watch it on The SciFi channel

The SciFi Channel shows Twilight Zone Marathons on July 4th every year here in the states. I am looking forward to watching them on Friday.

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Written By: Michael C. on 06/28/09 at 9:29 am

Even though I have the series on DVD.....It's become a tradition on the 4th and New Years Eve to watch the SCI-FI Channel's TZ Marathon.........

The SciFi Channel shows Twilight Zone Marathons on July 4th every year here in the states. I am looking forward to watching them on Friday.

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Written By: Womble on 06/28/09 at 9:34 am

Same with me Michael. It's become a tradition.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Michael C. on 06/28/09 at 9:38 am

I've also read of His displeasure with where Night Gallery's direction went.
I have the 3 seasons on DVD and I like them a lot.The casting is a virtual Who's Who of early 1970's Actors.....
Being the perfectionist He was,I understand Mr. Serling's not being content with all aspects of the series....But...It was a good anthology series.
The person of the day...Rod Serling
Rodman Edward "Rod" Serling (December 25, 1924 - June 28, 1975) was an American screenwriter and television producer, best known for his live television dramas of the 1950s and his science fiction anthology TV series, The Twilight Zone.
In 1969, NBC aired a Serling-penned pilot for a new series, Night Gallery. Set in a dimly lit museum which was open after hours, the pilot film featured Serling (as on-camera host) playing the part of curator introducing three tales of the macabre, unveiling canvases that would appear in the subsequent story segments (its brief first season rotated as one spoke of a four-series programming wheel titled Four in One), focused more on gothic horror and the occult than did The Twilight Zone. Serling, no longer wanting the burden of an executive position, sidestepped an offer to retain creative control of content—a decision he would come to regret. Although discontented with some of producer Jack Laird's script and creative choices, Serling maintained a stream of creative submissions and ultimately wrote over a third of the series' scripts. By season three however, Serling began to see many of his script contributions rejected. With his complaints ignored, the disgruntled host dismissed the show as "Mannix in a cemetery". Night Gallery lasted until 1973.
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/28/09 at 9:50 am

The SciFi Channel shows Twilight Zone Marathons on July 4th every year here in the states. I am looking forward to watching them on Friday.
I have to check to see if the same happens here.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 06/28/09 at 10:51 am

The SciFi Channel shows Twilight Zone Marathons on July 4th every year here in the states. I am looking forward to watching them on Friday.

Thanks, I 'll have to check that out :)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/28/09 at 10:55 am

Thanks, I 'll have to check that out :)
July 4th is next Saturday, so the details may already be online?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 06/28/09 at 11:46 am

July 4th is next Saturday, so the details may already be online?

They are I already checked it out,it gives you the TV schedule for whatever date you hit.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/28/09 at 11:47 am

They are I already checked it out,it gives you the TV schedule for whatever date you hit.
I better checkout the UK Sci-Fi Channel

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Womble on 06/28/09 at 2:14 pm

I better checkout the UK Sci-Fi Channel

I'm looking forward to watching the shows even though all my favorite episodes seem to always run when I'm asleep. Maybe this time around I'll have better luck and get to see them.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/29/09 at 2:11 am

I better checkout the UK Sci-Fi Channel

I'm looking forward to watching the shows even though all my favorite episodes seem to always run when I'm asleep. Maybe this time around I'll have better luck and get to see them.
From 11am to 8pm it is solid Knight Rider in the UK!

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/29/09 at 2:11 am

From 11am to 8pm it is solid Knight Rider in the UK!
The brand new series, I do not think I will be watching that.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: gibbo on 06/29/09 at 3:38 am

The Twilight Zone had some excellent episodes!

Hey....Remember The Night Stalker ....with Darren McGavin as Kolchak?

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Written By: ninny on 06/29/09 at 6:00 am

The word of the day...Desk
1. A piece of furniture typically having a flat or sloping top for writing and often drawers or compartments.
2. A table, counter, or booth at which specified services or functions are performed: an information desk; a reception desk.
3. A department of a large organization in charge of a specified operation: a newspaper's city desk.
4. A lectern.
5. A music stand in an orchestra.
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Written By: ninny on 06/29/09 at 6:01 am

The Twilight Zone had some excellent episodes!

Hey....Remember The Night Stalker ....with Darren McGavin as Kolchak?

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Yes but not very well.

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Written By: ninny on 06/29/09 at 6:06 am

The person of the day....Katharine Hepburn
Katharine Houghton Hepburn (May 12, 1907 – June 29, 2003) was an American actress of film, television and stage.

Hepburn holds the record for the most Best Actress Oscar wins with four, from 12 nominations. Hepburn won an Emmy Award in 1976 for her lead role in Love Among the Ruins, and was nominated for four other Emmys, two Tony Awards and eight Golden Globes. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked Hepburn as the greatest female star in the history of American cinema.
Hepburn made her first appearance with Spencer Tracy in Woman of the Year (1942), directed by George Stevens. Behind the scenes the pair fell in love, beginning what would become one of Hollywood's most famous romances, despite Tracy's life long unwillingness (he was a Catholic) to divorce his estranged wife, the former Louise Treadwell; they had married in 1923.

Hepburn and Tracy became one of Hollywood's most recognizable couples. Hepburn, with her agile mind and distinctive New England accent, complemented Tracy's working-class machismo. When Joseph Mankiewicz introduced them, Hepburn, who was wearing special heels that added several inches to her slender frame, said, "I'm afraid I'm too tall for you, Mr. Tracy." Mankiewicz retorted, "Don't worry, he'll soon cut you down to size." As The Daily Telegraph observed in Hepburn's obituary, "Hepburn and Spencer Tracy were at their most seductive when their verbal fencing was sharpest: it was hard to say whether they delighted more in the battle or in each other".

Most of their films stress the difficulties that couples can have when they try to find an equable balance of power. The sparring over power and control is almost always resolved in an agreement to share. They appeared in nine movies together, including Keeper of the Flame (1942), Adam's Rib (1949), Pat and Mike (1952), Desk Set (1957) and Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967), for which Hepburn won her second Academy Award for Best Actress.
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Written By: ninny on 06/29/09 at 6:08 am

The co-person of the day...Lana Turner
Lana Turner (February 8, 1921 – June 29, 1995) was an American actress.

Discovered and signed to a film contract by MGM at the age of sixteen, Turner first attracted attention in They Won't Forget (1937). She played featured roles, often as the ingenue, in such films as Love Finds Andy Hardy (1938). During the early 1940s she established herself as a leading actress in such films as Johnny Eager (1941), Ziegfeld Girl (1941) and Somewhere I'll Find You (1942), and her reputation as a glamorous femme fatale was enhanced by her performance in the film noir The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946). Her popularity continued through the 1950s, in such films as The Bad and the Beautiful (1952) and Peyton Place (1957), for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress.

In 1958, her daughter Cheryl Crane stabbed Turner's lover, Johnny Stompanato to death. A coroner's inquest brought considerable media attention to Turner and concluded that Crane had acted in self defense. Turner's next film, Imitation of Life (1959), proved to be one of the greatest successes of her career, but from the early 1960s, her roles were fewer. She gained recognition near the end of her career with a principal role in the television series Falcon Crest during 1982 and 1983.

Turner made her final television appearance in 1991, and died from throat cancer in 1995.
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Frank on 06/29/09 at 12:28 pm

The Twilight Zone had some excellent episodes!

Hey....Remember The Night Stalker ....with Darren McGavin as Kolchak?

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They were both good shows.

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Written By: Michael C. on 06/29/09 at 4:25 pm

Liked the 2 Made of TV movies: The Night Stalker and The Night Strangler as well as the series...Good Times !!!!
The Twilight Zone had some excellent episodes!

Hey....Remember The Night Stalker ....with Darren McGavin as Kolchak?

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Written By: Michael C. on 06/29/09 at 4:29 pm

The Postman Always Rings Twice written by James M. Cain ...One of My Favorite Movies of ALL time !!!!

The co-person of the day...Lana Turner
Lana Turner (February 8, 1921 – June 29, 1995) was an American actress.

Discovered and signed to a film contract by MGM at the age of sixteen, Turner first attracted attention in They Won't Forget (1937). She played featured roles, often as the ingenue, in such films as Love Finds Andy Hardy (1938). During the early 1940s she established herself as a leading actress in such films as Johnny Eager (1941), Ziegfeld Girl (1941) and Somewhere I'll Find You (1942), and her reputation as a glamorous femme fatale was enhanced by her performance in the film noir The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946). Her popularity continued through the 1950s, in such films as The Bad and the Beautiful (1952) and Peyton Place (1957), for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress.

In 1958, her daughter Cheryl Crane stabbed Turner's lover, Johnny Stompanato to death. A coroner's inquest brought considerable media attention to Turner and concluded that Crane had acted in self defense. Turner's next film, Imitation of Life (1959), proved to be one of the greatest successes of her career, but from the early 1960s, her roles were fewer. She gained recognition near the end of her career with a principal role in the television series Falcon Crest during 1982 and 1983.

Turner made her final television appearance in 1991, and died from throat cancer in 1995.
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Written By: Howard on 06/29/09 at 5:01 pm

The word of the day...Desk
1. A piece of furniture typically having a flat or sloping top for writing and often drawers or compartments.
2. A table, counter, or booth at which specified services or functions are performed: an information desk; a reception desk.
3. A department of a large organization in charge of a specified operation: a newspaper's city desk.
4. A lectern.
5. A music stand in an orchestra.
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beautiful desks. :)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/29/09 at 5:04 pm

beautiful desks. :)
Whcih one is yours?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 06/29/09 at 5:05 pm

Whcih one is yours?

I would say the plain brown one.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/29/09 at 5:10 pm

I would say the plain brown one.
The same here.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 06/29/09 at 5:11 pm

The same here.

but without all those drawers.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 06/29/09 at 5:14 pm

I would say the plain brown one.

The same here.

Not the Little Tikes desk :) ;D

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 06/29/09 at 5:14 pm

Not the Little Tikes desk :) ;D

No the big one.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 06/30/09 at 6:13 am

The word of the day...Attic
1. A story or room directly below the roof of a building, especially a house.
2. A low wall or story above the cornice of a classical façade.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/30/09 at 6:17 am

but without all those drawers.
Only one drawer on mine.

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Written By: ninny on 06/30/09 at 6:23 am

The person of the day...Lillian Hellman
Lillian Florence Hellman (June 20, 1905 – June 30, 1984) was an American playwright, linked throughout her life with many left-wing causes. She was romantically involved for 30 years with mystery and crime writer Dashiell Hammett (and was the inspiration for his character Nora Charles), and was also a long-time friend and literary executor of author Dorothy Parker.
Hellman's most famous plays include The Children's Hour (1934), The Little Foxes (1939) and Toys in the Attic (1959).

The Oscar-winning film Julia was claimed to be based on the friendship between Hellman and the title character. Upon the film's release, in 1977, New York psychiatrist Muriel Gardiner claimed that she was "Julia" and that she had never known Hellman. Hellman replied that the person upon whom the character was based was not Gardiner. However, the fact that Hellman and Gardiner had the same lawyer (Wolf Schwabacher), that the lawyer had been privy to Gardiner's memoirs, and that the events in the film conform to those in the memoirs, have led some to conclude that they had been appropriated by Hellman without attribution to Gardiner.

Hellman was fond of including younger characters in her plays. In The Children's Hour (1934), the play takes place in a children's school and the antagonist of the play, Mary, is a young girl. In The Little Foxes (1939), an important sub-plot takes place between the potential marriage of the youngest characters in the play, Leo and Alexandra.
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Written By: ninny on 06/30/09 at 6:26 am

The co-person of the day...Chet Atkins
Chester Burton "Chet" Atkins (June 20, 1924 – June 30, 2001) was an American guitarist and record producer.

His picking style, inspired by Merle Travis, Django Reinhardt, George Barnes and Les Paul, brought him admirers both within and outside the country scene, both in the United States and internationally. Atkins produced records for Perry Como, Elvis Presley, Eddy Arnold, Don Gibson, Jim Reeves, Jerry Reed, Skeeter Davis, Connie Smith, Waylon Jennings, and others.

He created, along with Owen Bradley, the smoother country music style known as the Nashville sound, which expanded country music's appeal to include adult pop music fans as well. Atkins received thirteen Grammy Awards as well as the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, nine Country Music Association Instrumentalist of the Year awards and was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. He received numerous other awards.
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Written By: Howard on 06/30/09 at 7:25 am

The word of the day...Attic
1. A story or room directly below the roof of a building, especially a house.
2. A low wall or story above the cornice of a classical façade.
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Those are nice attics.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/30/09 at 7:28 am

When I was young my parents told me to say away from the attic door. I did just that for many a year, till that day I found the door open. So I just had to look and what did I see....

...I saw the landing, other doors leading to bedrooms and the front door downstiars.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 06/30/09 at 7:56 am

When I was young my parents told me to say away from the attic door. I did just that for many a year, till that day I found the door open. So I just had to look and what did I see....

...I saw the landing, other doors leading to bedrooms and the front door downstiars.

They kept you locked up. LOL

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/30/09 at 7:57 am

They kept you locked up. LOL
Got it in one!

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 06/30/09 at 7:57 am

Those are nice attics.

I've never been to the attic in my house.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 06/30/09 at 8:00 am

Got it in one!

Were you an evil twin like Bart Simpson & his twin Hugo who turned out to be the good twin, but was thought to be bad and lived in the attic.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/30/09 at 8:02 am

Were you an evil twin like Bart Simpson & his twin Hugo who turned out to be the good twin, but was thought to be bad and lived in the attic.
I have no knowing of a twin in my life.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 06/30/09 at 8:10 am

I have no knowing of a twin in my life.

Maybe you just don't know,and he's already writing your great posting novel.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Reynolds1863 on 06/30/09 at 9:33 am

The co-person of the day...Chet Atkins
Chester Burton "Chet" Atkins (June 20, 1924 – June 30, 2001) was an American guitarist and record producer.

His picking style, inspired by Merle Travis, Django Reinhardt, George Barnes and Les Paul, brought him admirers both within and outside the country scene, both in the United States and internationally. Atkins produced records for Perry Como, Elvis Presley, Eddy Arnold, Don Gibson, Jim Reeves, Jerry Reed, Skeeter Davis, Connie Smith, Waylon Jennings, and others.

He created, along with Owen Bradley, the smoother country music style known as the Nashville sound, which expanded country music's appeal to include adult pop music fans as well. Atkins received thirteen Grammy Awards as well as the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, nine Country Music Association Instrumentalist of the Year awards and was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. He received numerous other awards.
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Chet Atkins is one heck of a guitar player. When you have the respect of even heavy metal guitarist you know you're a legend.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 06/30/09 at 11:34 am

Chet Atkins is one heck of a guitar player. When you have the respect of even heavy metal guitarist you know you're a legend.

So true :)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Frank on 06/30/09 at 5:13 pm

Were you an evil twin like Bart Simpson & his twin Hugo who turned out to be the good twin, but was thought to be bad and lived in the attic.

I think there was a 7th Brady Kid, Ophelia Brady, locked in the attic and moved to the basmenet for Season 5 when Greg lived up there.
I have no proof yet. Still searching

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 06/30/09 at 7:10 pm

I've never been to the attic in my house.

Our attic is warm plus we store boxes and luggage up there.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 07/01/09 at 7:35 am

The word of the day...Cookie
1. A small, usually flat and crisp cake made from sweetened dough.
2. Slang. A person, usually of a specified kind: a lawyer who was a tough cookie.
3. Computer Science. A collection of information, usually including a username and the current date and time, stored on the local computer of a person using the World Wide Web, used chiefly by websites to identify users who have previously registered or visited the site.
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Written By: ninny on 07/01/09 at 7:37 am

The person of the day...Walter Matthau
Walter John Matthau (October 1, 1920 – July 1, 2000) was an American actor best known for his role as Oscar Madison in The Odd Couple and his frequent collaborations with fellow Odd Couple star Jack Lemmon.
In 1952, Matthau appeared in the pilot of Mr. Peepers with Wally Cox. For reasons unknown he used the name Leonard Elliot. His role was of the gym teacher Mr. Wall. In 1955, he made his motion picture debut as a whip-wielding bad guy in The Kentuckian opposite Burt Lancaster. He appeared in many movies after this as a villain such as the 1958 King Creole (where he is beaten up by Elvis Presley). That same year, he made a western called Ride a Crooked Trail with Audie Murphy and the notorious flop Onionhead starring Andy Griffith and Erin O'Brien. Matthau also directed a low budget 1960 movie called The Gangster Story. In 1962, he won acclaim as a sympathetic sheriff in Lonely are the Brave. He also played a villainous war veteran in Charade, which starred Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn.

He commonly appeared on television too, including two appearances in 1960 and 1962 on ABC's police drama Naked City and in the role of Charles Thatcher in the 1963 episode "A Tumble from a Tall White House" of the NBC medical drama about psychiatry, The Eleventh Hour. He appeared eight times between 1962 and 1964 on The DuPont Show of the Week He appeared as Franklin Gaer in 1964 in the episode "Man Is a Rock" of the other NBC medical drama Dr. Kildare.

In addition to his busy movie and stage schedule, Matthau made many television appearances in live TV plays. Although he was constantly working, it seemed that the fact that he was not handsome in the traditional sense would keep him from being a top star.

Success came late for Matthau. In 1965, aged 44, Neil Simon cast him in the hit play The Odd Couple opposite Art Carney. He would later star along with Jack Lemmon in a movie version of the play. In 1966, he again achieved success as a shady lawyer opposite future friend and frequent co-star, actor Jack Lemmon, in The Fortune Cookie. During filming, the film had to be placed on a five month hiatus after he suffered a heart attack.

He won an Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for that movie, and also made a memorable acceptance speech. He was visibly banged up, having been involved in a bicycle accident shortly before the awards show. He scolded nominated actors who were perfectly healthy and had not bothered to come to the ceremony, especially three of the other four major award winners: Elizabeth Taylor, Sandy Dennis and Paul Scofield.

Matthau also received Oscar nominations for 1972's Kotch, (directed by Lemmon) and 1975's The Sunshine Boys. For the latter role he won a Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy.

Matthau and Lemmon became lifelong friends after making The Fortune Cookie and made a total of ten movies together (eleven including Kotch, in which Lemmon has a cameo as a sleeping bus passenger), including the movie version of The Odd Couple (with Lemmon playing the Art Carney role) and the popular 1993 hit Grumpy Old Men and its sequel Grumpier Old Men with Sophia Loren and Ann Margret.
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 07/01/09 at 7:38 am

I love cookies. :)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 07/01/09 at 7:45 am

There are different people I would like to pay homage to today..so the co-people of the day
Michael Landon
Michael Landon (October 31, 1936 - July 1, 1991) was an American actor, writer, director, and producer, who starred in three popular NBC TV series that spanned three decades. He is widely known for his roles as Little Joe Cartwright in Bonanza (1959-1973), Charles Ingalls in Little House on the Prairie (1974-1983), and Jonathan Smith in Highway to Heaven (1984-1989).

Although his Bonanza co-star David Canary, and youngest daughter Jennifer Landon have both won Emmys, Landon was never given the honor. Nonetheless, few prime time actors have been so prolific. With twenty-eight years of full-hour episodic acting, he surpasses the TV mileage of both James Arness and Lucille Ball. Landon produced, wrote, and directed many of his series' episodes, including his only short-lived production, Father Murphy, which starred his friend and "Little House" co-star Merlin Olsen.

In 1976 Landon wrote and directed an auto-biographical movie, The Loneliest Runner, and was nominated for two Emmys. He also hosted the annual long-running coverage of the Tournament of Roses Parade with Kelly Lange, also on NBC. In 1981, Landon won recognition for his screenwriting with a Spur Award from the Western Writers of America.
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Robert Mitchum
Robert Charles Durman Mitchum (August 6, 1917 – July 1, 1997) was an American film actor, author, composer and singer. Mitchum is largely remembered for his starring roles in several major works of the film noir style, and is considered a forerunner of the anti-heroes prevalent in film during the 1950s and 1960s.
Following a succession of average westerns and the poorly received Foreign Intrigue (1956), Mitchum starred in the first of three screen collaborations with British actress Deborah Kerr. The intriguing John Huston war drama Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison starred Mitchum as a marine corporal shipwrecked on a Pacific Island only to discover his sole companion is a nun, Sister Angela (Kerr). The character study centers on the relationship between the two as they fight for survival from the elements and the invading Japanese army. The film was nominated for two Academy Awards, including Best Actress and Best Adapted Screenplay. For his role, Mitchum was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actor. Mitchum and Kerr were paired again in 1960, first for the critically acclaimed Fred Zinnemann film, The Sundowners, where they played husband and wife struggling in Depression-era Australia. Opposite Mitchum, Kerr was nominated for yet another Academy Award for Best Actress, while the film was nominated for a total of five Oscars. Robert Mitchum was awarded that year's National Board of Review award for Best Actor for his performance. The award also recognized his superior performance in the Vincente Minnelli western drama Home from the Hill. He was teamed with both Kerr and previous leading lady Jean Simmons as well as Cary Grant for the extremely offbeat Stanley Donen ensemble comedy The Grass Is Greener the same year.

Mitchum's performance as the menacing southern rapist Max Cady in 1962's Cape Fear brought him even more attention and furthered his renown as playing cool, predatory characters. The 1960s were marked by a number of lesser films and missed opportunities. Among the films Mitchum passed on during the decade was John Huston's The Misfits, the last film of its stars Clark Gable and Marilyn Monroe, the Academy Award-winning Patton, and Clint Eastwood's breakthrough film Dirty Harry. The most notable of his films later in the decade included the war epics The Longest Day (1962) and Anzio (1968), the Shirley MacLaine comedy-musical What a Way to Go! (1964), and the Howard Hawks western El Dorado (1966), a remake of Rio Bravo (1959), in which Mitchum took over Dean Martin's role of the drunk who comes to the aid of John Wayne.
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Luther Vandross
Luther Ronzoni Vandross (April 20, 1951 – July 1, 2005) was an American R&B and soul singer-songwriter, and record producer. During his career, Vandross sold over twenty-five million albums and won eight Grammy Awards including Best Male R&B Vocal Performance four times. He won four Grammy Awards in 2004 including the Grammy Award for Song of the Year for the track "Dance With My Father Again", co-written with Richard Marx.
Luther Vandross finally made his long desired career breakthrough as a featured singer with the vaunted pop-dance act Change, a studio concept created by French-Italian businessman Jacques Fred Petrus. Their 1980 hits, "A Lover's Holiday" (by Romani and Willoughby), "The Glow of Love" (by Romani, Malavasi and Garfield) and "Searching" (by Malavasi), of which Vandross sang on all three, opened up the world for Vandross. And there was no doubt about whether Vandross liked the song "The Glow of Love". In an interview that Vibe Magazine did with him in 2001 Vandross said, "This is the most beautiful song I've ever sung in my life." Vandross was also originally intended to perform on the second and highly successful Change album "Miracles" in 1981, but declined the offer as Petrus didn't pay enough money. Vandross' decision rapidly led to a recording contract with Epic Records that same year but didn't stop him from doing some background vocals on "Miracles" and on the new Petrus created act, NYC band, The B. B. & Q. band in 1981. During that hectic year Vandross jump-started his second attempt at a solo career with his debut album, Never Too Much. In addition to the hit title track it contained a version of the Burt Bacharach / Hal David song "A House Is Not a Home". The song "Never Too Much", written by himself, reaching number-one on the R&B charts. This period also marked the beginning of frequent songwriting collaboration with bassist Marcus Miller, who played on many of the tracks and would also produce or co-produce a number of tracks for Vandross.

Vandross released a series of successful albums during the 1980s and continued his session work with guest vocals on groups like Charme in 1982. Although the albums were successful overall, many of his earlier albums made a much bigger impact on the R&B charts than on the pop charts. During the 1980s, Vandross had two singles that reached number one on the Billboard R&B charts: "Stop to Love", in 1986, and a duet with Gregory Hines—"There's Nothing Better Than Love." He was at the helm for Aretha Franklin's albums Jump to It and Get It Right. In 1983, the opportunity to work with his main music influence, Dionne Warwick, came about with Vandross producing, writing songs, and singing on How Many Times Can We Say Goodbye, her fourth album for Arista Records. The title track duet reached #27 on the Hot 100 chart (#7 R&B/#4 Adult Contemporary), while the second single, "Got a Date" was only a moderate hit (#45 R&B/#15 Club Play
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 07/01/09 at 7:46 am

I love cookies. :)

Me too :)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Frank on 07/01/09 at 12:36 pm

here was this short-order cook at University. She looked a lot like Walter Matthau.
I liked Walter in the bad new bears movies.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: nally on 07/01/09 at 12:38 pm

here was this short-order cook at University. She looked a lot like Walter Matthau.
I liked Walter in the bad new bears movies.

I liked him in the films in which he co-starred with Jack Lemmon. The two of them were so funny together. One of my favourites is Out To Sea.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/01/09 at 12:49 pm

No Cookies in the Library

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Frank on 07/01/09 at 1:58 pm

Michael Landon, good old Little Joe.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/01/09 at 2:00 pm

Did Michael Landon eat cookies?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Frank on 07/01/09 at 2:19 pm

Did Michael Landon eat cookies?

doesn't everyone eat cookies?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 07/01/09 at 3:16 pm

doesn't everyone eat cookies?

I'm sure Hop Sing or Ma Ingalls must have made some cookies. :)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Frank on 07/01/09 at 3:20 pm

I'm sure Hop Sing or Ma Ingalls must have made some cookies. :)

If Hop sing made it, would it be a fortune cookie?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 07/01/09 at 3:34 pm

If Hop sing made it, would it be a fortune cookie?

That's funny because I almost said that.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Reynolds1863 on 07/01/09 at 3:35 pm

Now I think I need a sugar cookie. Robert Mitchum is one of my all time favorite actors. I got to meet him when I was a kid. :) He had a summer house on the Chesapeake Bay a few doors down from my parents friends house. He was so very nice. Shorter than he looks in the movies though.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Frank on 07/01/09 at 3:37 pm

That's funny because I almost said that.

I didn't think I was alone in thinking that.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Michael C. on 07/01/09 at 3:51 pm

One of My Favorite Matthau Films......Charley Varrick.....1973....Directed by Don {Dirty Harry Siegel......
Check out the trailer : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21WZdsavtGc

The person of the day...Walter Matthau
Walter John Matthau (October 1, 1920 – July 1, 2000) was an American actor best known for his role as Oscar Madison in The Odd Couple and his frequent collaborations with fellow Odd Couple star Jack Lemmon.
In 1952, Matthau appeared in the pilot of Mr. Peepers with Wally Cox. For reasons unknown he used the name Leonard Elliot. His role was of the gym teacher Mr. Wall. In 1955, he made his motion picture debut as a whip-wielding bad guy in The Kentuckian opposite Burt Lancaster. He appeared in many movies after this as a villain such as the 1958 King Creole (where he is beaten up by Elvis Presley). That same year, he made a western called Ride a Crooked Trail with Audie Murphy and the notorious flop Onionhead starring Andy Griffith and Erin O'Brien. Matthau also directed a low budget 1960 movie called The Gangster Story. In 1962, he won acclaim as a sympathetic sheriff in Lonely are the Brave. He also played a villainous war veteran in Charade, which starred Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn.

He commonly appeared on television too, including two appearances in 1960 and 1962 on ABC's police drama Naked City and in the role of Charles Thatcher in the 1963 episode "A Tumble from a Tall White House" of the NBC medical drama about psychiatry, The Eleventh Hour. He appeared eight times between 1962 and 1964 on The DuPont Show of the Week He appeared as Franklin Gaer in 1964 in the episode "Man Is a Rock" of the other NBC medical drama Dr. Kildare.

In addition to his busy movie and stage schedule, Matthau made many television appearances in live TV plays. Although he was constantly working, it seemed that the fact that he was not handsome in the traditional sense would keep him from being a top star.

Success came late for Matthau. In 1965, aged 44, Neil Simon cast him in the hit play The Odd Couple opposite Art Carney. He would later star along with Jack Lemmon in a movie version of the play. In 1966, he again achieved success as a shady lawyer opposite future friend and frequent co-star, actor Jack Lemmon, in The Fortune Cookie. During filming, the film had to be placed on a five month hiatus after he suffered a heart attack.

He won an Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for that movie, and also made a memorable acceptance speech. He was visibly banged up, having been involved in a bicycle accident shortly before the awards show. He scolded nominated actors who were perfectly healthy and had not bothered to come to the ceremony, especially three of the other four major award winners: Elizabeth Taylor, Sandy Dennis and Paul Scofield.

Matthau also received Oscar nominations for 1972's Kotch, (directed by Lemmon) and 1975's The Sunshine Boys. For the latter role he won a Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy.

Matthau and Lemmon became lifelong friends after making The Fortune Cookie and made a total of ten movies together (eleven including Kotch, in which Lemmon has a cameo as a sleeping bus passenger), including the movie version of The Odd Couple (with Lemmon playing the Art Carney role) and the popular 1993 hit Grumpy Old Men and its sequel Grumpier Old Men with Sophia Loren and Ann Margret.
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 07/01/09 at 4:20 pm

He also starred in Dad.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 07/01/09 at 4:41 pm

Now I think I need a sugar cookie. Robert Mitchum is one of my all time favorite actors. I got to meet him when I was a kid. :) He had a summer house on the Chesapeake Bay a few doors down from my parents friends house. He was so very nice. Shorter than he looks in the movies though.

Really, he is one of my all time favs..what a hunk..I prefer his Max Cady in Cape Fear,also liked him in Night of the Hunter,Heaven Knows Mr. Allison, Rachel & The Stranger,The Big Sleep...well you get my point

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Reynolds1863 on 07/01/09 at 4:46 pm

Really, he is one of my all time favs..what a hunk..I prefer his Max Cady in Cape Fear,also liked him in Night of the Hunter,Heaven Knows Mr. Allison, Rachel & The Stranger,The Big Sleep...well you get my point

Yeah, I saw him right after he did North and South. Even though I was a kid and he was older I was absolutely smitten. There was something about him, I can't quite describe it but you know what I mean.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Michael C. on 07/01/09 at 4:48 pm

Thought He was great in The Yakuzaand phenomonal in The Friends of Eddie Coyle
Really, he is one of my all time favs..what a hunk..I prefer his Max Cady in Cape Fear,also liked him in Night of the Hunter,Heaven Knows Mr. Allison, Rachel & The Stranger,The Big Sleep...well you get my point

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 07/01/09 at 6:13 pm

Thought He was great in The Yakuzaand phenomonal in The Friends of Eddie Coyle

I watched The Friends of Eddie Coyle about a month ago :)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 07/01/09 at 6:15 pm

Yeah, I saw him right after he did North and South. Even though I was a kid and he was older I was absolutely smitten. There was something about him, I can't quite describe it but you know what I mean.

I think it's his eyes or maybe
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The Bod :D

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Womble on 07/01/09 at 6:41 pm

Robert Mitchum was Great in 'Second Chance' the movie about a disabled Cable-Car over the Mountains. I love disaster films.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Michael C. on 07/01/09 at 7:53 pm

Was Mitchum great in it,or what !!?!!

I watched The Friends of Eddie Coyle about a month ago :)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 07/01/09 at 9:40 pm

Was Mitchum great in it,or what !!?!!

He sure was.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: gibbo on 07/01/09 at 9:45 pm

I enjoyed Mitchum's acting immensely...but I always failed to see why he was considered a heart throb. The same goes with Victor Mature...

I wouldn't consider either of them handsome...but some women beg to differ! :o

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 07/02/09 at 5:48 am

The word of the day...Rope
1. A flexible heavy cord of tightly intertwined hemp or other fiber.
2. A string of items attached in one line by or as if by twisting or braiding: a rope of onions.
3. A sticky glutinous formation of stringy matter in a liquid.
4.
1. A cord with a noose at one end for hanging a person.
2. Execution or death by hanging: to die by the rope.
5. A lasso or lariat.
6. ropes Sports. Several cords strung between poles to enclose a boxing or wrestling ring.
7. ropes Informal. Specialized procedures or details: learn the ropes; know the ropes.
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Written By: ninny on 07/02/09 at 6:01 am

The person of the day...James Stewart
James Maitland Stewart (May 20, 1908 – July 2, 1997), popularly known as Jimmy Stewart, was an American film and stage actor best known for his self-effacing persona. Over the course of his career, he starred in many films widely considered classics and was nominated for five Academy Awards, winning one in competition and receiving one Lifetime Achievement award. He was a major MGM contract star. He also had a noted military career, rising to the rank of Brigadier General in the United States Air Force Reserve.

Throughout his seven decades in Hollywood, Stewart cultivated a versatile career and recognized screen image in such classics as Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, The Philadelphia Story, Harvey, It's a Wonderful Life, Rear Window, Rope and Vertigo. He is the most represented leading actor on the AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) and AFI's 10 Top 10 lists. He is also the most represented leading actor on the 100 Greatest Movies of All Time list presented by Entertainment Weekly. As of 2007, 10 of his films have been inducted into the United States National Film Registry.

Stewart left his mark on a wide range of film genres, including westerns, suspense thrillers, family films, biographies and screwball comedies. He worked for a number of renowned directors later in his career, most notably Alfred Hitchcock, John Ford, Billy Wilder, Frank Capra, George Cukor, and Anthony Mann. He won many of the industry's highest honors and earned Lifetime Achievement awards from every major film organization. He died in 1997, leaving behind a legacy of classic performances, and is considered one of the finest actors of the "Golden Age of Hollywood." He was named the third Greatest Male Star of All Time by the American Film Institute.
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 07/02/09 at 6:04 am

I enjoyed Mitchum's acting immensely...but I always failed to see why he was considered a heart throb. The same goes with Victor Mature...

I wouldn't consider either of them handsome...but some women beg to differ! :o

I must be odd I always thought he was good looking and had a good body. He's kinda got the bad boy image but can also be gentle.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 07/02/09 at 6:07 am

The co-person of the day...Fred Gwynne
Frederick Hubbard "Fred" Gwynne (10 July 1926 – 2 July 1993) was an American actor. Gwynne is best known for his roles as Francis Muldoon and Herman Munster in the 1960s sitcoms Car 54, Where Are You? and The Munsters and "Pet Semetary", respectively. He is also recognized by many as Judge Chamberlain Haller from the 1992 comedy film My Cousin Vinny, his final role.
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Reynolds1863 on 07/02/09 at 8:32 am

I think it's his eyes or maybe
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The Bod :D

;) it's everything.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Reynolds1863 on 07/02/09 at 8:35 am

The co-person of the day...Fred Gwynne
Frederick Hubbard "Fred" Gwynne (10 July 1926 – 2 July 1993) was an American actor. Gwynne is best known for his roles as Francis Muldoon and Herman Munster in the 1960s sitcoms Car 54, Where Are You? and The Munsters and "Pet Semetary", respectively. He is also recognized by many as Judge Chamberlain Haller from the 1992 comedy film My Cousin Vinny, his final role.
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He was great in Pet Semetary. The only reason why I'd watch a King flick. Ever seen the New Munster's? 8-P Fred was and will always be Herman Munster. 8)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 07/02/09 at 11:35 am

He was great in Pet Semetary. The only reason why I'd watch a King flick. Ever seen the New Munster's? 8-P Fred was and will always be Herman Munster. 8)

Thank God I never saw the New Munsters.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/02/09 at 2:29 pm

Thanks for reminding me, I have Hitchcock's Rope recorded to watch sometime.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 07/02/09 at 3:33 pm

Fred Gwynne was an amazing actor.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 07/02/09 at 4:15 pm

Thanks for reminding me, I have Hitchcock's Rope recorded to watch sometime.

I have yet to see it..Oops I just looked it up I have seen it I just forgot the name of it :-[

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/02/09 at 4:20 pm

I have yet to see it.
I will try and set aside time over the weekend.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 07/02/09 at 4:27 pm

I loved The Munsters.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/02/09 at 4:28 pm

The Munsters was shown more than The Addams Family over here

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 07/02/09 at 4:30 pm

The Munsters was shown more than The Addams Family over here

more popular?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/02/09 at 4:31 pm

more popular?
I do not recall seeing the Addams Family back in the 60s or 70s, or whenever it was broadcasted.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 07/02/09 at 4:33 pm

I do not recall seeing the Addams Family back in the 60s or 70s, or whenever it was broadcasted.

1966-1969

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/02/09 at 4:38 pm

1966-1969
That sounds about right. I would had been at primary school then.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/02/09 at 4:38 pm

1966-1969
On black and white television.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 07/02/09 at 4:41 pm

On black and white television.

Yes and antennas.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/02/09 at 4:43 pm

Yes and antennas.
No remotes

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 07/02/09 at 4:43 pm

No remotes

remotes came later.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/02/09 at 4:44 pm

remotes came later.
The Queen had the first known tv remote control, she would ask her valet to change the channel button on the television for her.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 07/02/09 at 4:45 pm

The Queen had the first known tv remote control, she would ask her valet to change the channel button on the television for her.

must've been a different one.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: gibbo on 07/02/09 at 7:23 pm

Jimmy Stewart....perhaps the greatest of my big 3 actors! :-\\ (the others being John Wayne and Gregory Peck). Loved the film Harvey...as well as his other classics. He was aslo great in Rear Window...

He was a classic 'Jimmy Stewart' character in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance'...

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 07/03/09 at 12:02 am

The word of the day...Fire
1.
1. A rapid, persistent chemical change that releases heat and light and is accompanied by flame, especially the exothermic oxidation of a combustible substance.
2. Burning fuel or other material: a cooking fire; a forest fire.
2.
1. Burning intensity of feeling; ardor. See synonyms at passion.
2. Enthusiasm.
3. Luminosity or brilliance, as of a cut and polished gemstone.
4. Liveliness and vivacity of imagination; brilliance.
5. A severe test; a trial or torment.
6. A fever or bodily inflammation.
7.
1. The discharge of firearms or artillery: heard the fire of cannon.
2. The launching of a missile, rocket, or similar ballistic body.
3. Discharged bullets or other projectiles: subjected enemy positions to heavy mortar fire; struck by rifle fire.
8. Intense, repeated attack or criticism: answered the fire from her political critics.
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 07/03/09 at 12:06 am

The person of the day...Jim Morrison
James Douglas Morrison (December 8, 1943 – July 3, 1971) was an American singer, songwriter, poet, writer and filmmaker. He is best known as the lead singer and lyricist of The Doors and is widely considered to be one of the most charismatic frontmen in rock music history. He was also the author of several books of poetry and the director of a documentary and short film. Although Morrison was known for his baritone vocals, many fans, scholars and journalists alike have referenced his theatrical stage persona, self-destructive lifestyle and his work as a poet. He was ranked number 47 on Rolling Stone's "100 Greatest Singers of All Time".
In 1965, after graduating from UCLA, Morrison led a Bohemian lifestyle in Venice Beach. Morrison and fellow UCLA student Ray Manzarek were the first two members of The Doors. Shortly thereafter, drummer John Densmore and guitarist Robby Krieger joined. Krieger auditioned at Densmore's recommendation and was then added to the lineup.

The Doors took their name from the title of Aldous Huxley's The Doors of Perception (a reference to the 'unlocking' of 'doors' of perception through psychedelic drug use), Huxley's own title was a quote from William Blake's The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, in which Blake wrote that "If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to man as it is, infinite."

Although Morrison is known as the lyricist for the group Krieger also made significant lyrical contributions, writing or co-writing some of the group's biggest hits, including "Light My Fire", "Love Me Two Times", "Love Her Madly" and "Touch Me".

In June 1966, Morrison and The Doors were the opening act at the Whisky a Go Go on the last week of the residency of Van Morrison's band Them. Van's influence on Jim's developing stage performance was later noted by John Densmore in his book Riders On The Storm: "Jim Morrison learned quickly from his near-namesake's stagecraft, his apparent recklessness, his air of subdued menace, the way he would improvise poetry to a rock beat, even his habit of crouching down by the bass drum during instrumental breaks." On the final night, the two Morrisons and the two bands jammed together on "Gloria".

The Doors achieved national recognition after signing with Elektra Records in 1967. The single "Light My Fire" eventually reached number one on the Billboard Pop Singles chart. Later, The Doors appeared on the The Ed Sullivan Show, a popular Sunday night variety series that had introduced The Beatles and a young, wriggling Elvis Presley to the nation. Ed Sullivan requested two songs from The Doors for the show, "People Are Strange", and "Light My Fire". The censors insisted that they change the lyrics of "Light My Fire" from "Girl we couldn't get much higher" to "Girl we couldn't get much better". This was reportedly due to what could be perceived as a reference to drugs in the original lyric. Giving assurances of compliance to Sullivan, Morrison then proceeded to sing the song with the original lyrics anyway. He later said that he had simply forgotten to make the change. This infuriated Sullivan so much that he refused to shake their hands after their performance. They were never invited back.
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Written By: ninny on 07/03/09 at 12:08 am

The co-person of the day...Brian Jones
Lewis Brian Hopkin Jones (28 February 1942 – 3 July 1969) was an English multi-instrumentalist and one of the founding members of the rock group The Rolling Stones. Jones was known for his use of multiple instruments, his flamboyant attire and his recreational drug excesses.
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Written By: ninny on 07/03/09 at 12:14 am

The flower for Friday...Clarkia (Godetia)
Clarkia is a genus within the flowering plant family Onagraceae. Over 40 species are currently classified in Clarkia; almost all are native to western North America, though one species (Clarkia tenella) is native to South America.

Clarkias are typically annual plants, growing to a height of less than 1.5 metres. Their leaves are small and simple, from 1 to 10 cm in length depending on the species. Their flowers have four sepals and four petals. Some species are popular garden plants, for example the Mountain Garland, Clarkia unguiculata, the Redspot Clarkia, Clarkia speciosa, and the Farewell to Spring, Clarkia amoena. There are cultivated varieties of some of these species.

Several members of the genus are sometimes referred to by the common name "Godetia", including Clarkia amoena, Clarkia affinis, and Clarkia lassenensis (the Lassen Godetia). This is because they were formerly classified in a genus called Godetia, which is no longer recognised since its members have been absorbed into the Clarkia genus. Older sources may still use Godetia as a genus name.

The genus was named in honour of the explorer Captain William Clark.
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Frank on 07/03/09 at 1:06 am

I heard once that Brian Jones was murdered in his swimming Pool by Mick Jagger coz Mick was jealous Brian was gettin too popular. Anyone ever heard that?

Jim Morrison. Great voice. The doors, the Doors. When I'm in the mood to listen to them ( and ya have to be in that kinda mood), they soon so cool. "Riders on the storm", "The end", "People are strange", "Touch me"

Does anyone know the 3 or 4 words Jim says right at the end of the song " Touch me"?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/03/09 at 1:06 am

I heard once that Brian Jones was murdered in his swimming Pool by Mick Jagger coz Mick was jealous Brian was gettin too popular. Anyone ever heard that?

Allegedly.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Frank on 07/03/09 at 1:26 am

Allegedly.

Guess we shall never really know the truth.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/03/09 at 1:27 am

Guess we shall never really know the truth.
That night has now been clouded in mystery.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Frank on 07/03/09 at 1:46 am

That night has now been clouded in mystery.

In a different way, so has Jim Morrison's death (or is he still alive like Elvis)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/03/09 at 1:48 am

In a different way, so has Jim Morrison's death (or is he still alive like Elvis)
That is the belief of some people.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Frank on 07/03/09 at 1:53 am

That is the belief of some people.

Some people still think Paul (Mccartney) is dead for back in the late 60's, and they just found this left-handed talented guy who was as cute and sounded the same as Paul. What a coincidence!

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/03/09 at 5:33 am

Some people still think Paul (Mccartney) is dead for back in the late 60's, and they just found this left-handed talented guy who was as cute and sounded the same as Paul. What a coincidence!
Barefoot on the crossing ?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 07/03/09 at 7:23 am

In a different way, so has Jim Morrison's death (or is he still alive like Elvis)

and he died on Independence Day weekend.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 07/03/09 at 7:23 am

The word of the day...Fire
1.
1. A rapid, persistent chemical change that releases heat and light and is accompanied by flame, especially the exothermic oxidation of a combustible substance.
2. Burning fuel or other material: a cooking fire; a forest fire.
2.
1. Burning intensity of feeling; ardor. See synonyms at passion.
2. Enthusiasm.
3. Luminosity or brilliance, as of a cut and polished gemstone.
4. Liveliness and vivacity of imagination; brilliance.
5. A severe test; a trial or torment.
6. A fever or bodily inflammation.
7.
1. The discharge of firearms or artillery: heard the fire of cannon.
2. The launching of a missile, rocket, or similar ballistic body.
3. Discharged bullets or other projectiles: subjected enemy positions to heavy mortar fire; struck by rifle fire.
8. Intense, repeated attack or criticism: answered the fire from her political critics.
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Don't Play With Fire.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Frank on 07/03/09 at 12:15 pm

Don't Play With Fire.

But don't play with me 'cause you're playin' with fire - (Rolling stones song)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 07/03/09 at 2:09 pm

But don't play with me 'cause you're playin' with fire - (Rolling stones song)

Good song :)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/03/09 at 4:00 pm

But don't play with me 'cause you're playin' with fire - (Rolling stones song)

Good song :)
All Rolling Stones songs are good songs.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 07/03/09 at 7:29 pm

Fire The Pointer Sisters.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: gibbo on 07/03/09 at 7:44 pm

Once again...I fail to see the attraction to the Doors and Jim Morrison. If some of these people didn't die young...I wonder if we would be talking about them today? :o

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 07/03/09 at 7:53 pm

Once again...I fail to see the attraction to the Doors and Jim Morrison. If some of these people didn't die young...I wonder if we would be talking about them today? :o

We might.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Michael C. on 07/03/09 at 9:55 pm

How true........
All Rolling Stones songs are good songs.

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Written By: Womble on 07/03/09 at 9:56 pm

Classics

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Michael C. on 07/03/09 at 9:58 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aY1APSk0SS0

The Crazy World of Arthur Brown - FIRE

The word of the day...Fire
1.
1. A rapid, persistent chemical change that releases heat and light and is accompanied by flame, especially the exothermic oxidation of a combustible substance.
2. Burning fuel or other material: a cooking fire; a forest fire.
2.
1. Burning intensity of feeling; ardor. See synonyms at passion.
2. Enthusiasm.
3. Luminosity or brilliance, as of a cut and polished gemstone.
4. Liveliness and vivacity of imagination; brilliance.
5. A severe test; a trial or torment.
6. A fever or bodily inflammation.
7.
1. The discharge of firearms or artillery: heard the fire of cannon.
2. The launching of a missile, rocket, or similar ballistic body.
3. Discharged bullets or other projectiles: subjected enemy positions to heavy mortar fire; struck by rifle fire.
8. Intense, repeated attack or criticism: answered the fire from her political critics.
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Michael C. on 07/03/09 at 10:01 pm

Bell Book and Candle

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVsQZdCGUgU

Jimmy Stewart....perhaps the greatest of my big 3 actors! :-\\ (the others being John Wayne and Gregory Peck). Loved the film Harvey...as well as his other classics. He was aslo great in Rear Window...

He was a classic 'Jimmy Stewart' character in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance'...

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Written By: anabel on 07/03/09 at 11:24 pm

The person of the day...Jim Morrison
James Douglas Morrison (December 8, 1943 – July 3, 1971) was an American singer, songwriter, poet, writer and filmmaker. He is best known as the lead singer and lyricist of The Doors and is widely considered to be one of the most charismatic frontmen in rock music history. He was also the author of several books of poetry and the director of a documentary and short film. Although Morrison was known for his baritone vocals, many fans, scholars and journalists alike have referenced his theatrical stage persona, self-destructive lifestyle and his work as a poet. He was ranked number 47 on Rolling Stone's "100 Greatest Singers of All Time".
In 1965, after graduating from UCLA, Morrison led a Bohemian lifestyle in Venice Beach. Morrison and fellow UCLA student Ray Manzarek were the first two members of The Doors. Shortly thereafter, drummer John Densmore and guitarist Robby Krieger joined. Krieger auditioned at Densmore's recommendation and was then added to the lineup.

The Doors took their name from the title of Aldous Huxley's The Doors of Perception (a reference to the 'unlocking' of 'doors' of perception through psychedelic drug use), Huxley's own title was a quote from William Blake's The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, in which Blake wrote that "If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to man as it is, infinite."

Although Morrison is known as the lyricist for the group Krieger also made significant lyrical contributions, writing or co-writing some of the group's biggest hits, including "Light My Fire", "Love Me Two Times", "Love Her Madly" and "Touch Me".

In June 1966, Morrison and The Doors were the opening act at the Whisky a Go Go on the last week of the residency of Van Morrison's band Them. Van's influence on Jim's developing stage performance was later noted by John Densmore in his book Riders On The Storm: "Jim Morrison learned quickly from his near-namesake's stagecraft, his apparent recklessness, his air of subdued menace, the way he would improvise poetry to a rock beat, even his habit of crouching down by the bass drum during instrumental breaks." On the final night, the two Morrisons and the two bands jammed together on "Gloria".

The Doors achieved national recognition after signing with Elektra Records in 1967. The single "Light My Fire" eventually reached number one on the Billboard Pop Singles chart. Later, The Doors appeared on the The Ed Sullivan Show, a popular Sunday night variety series that had introduced The Beatles and a young, wriggling Elvis Presley to the nation. Ed Sullivan requested two songs from The Doors for the show, "People Are Strange", and "Light My Fire". The censors insisted that they change the lyrics of "Light My Fire" from "Girl we couldn't get much higher" to "Girl we couldn't get much better". This was reportedly due to what could be perceived as a reference to drugs in the original lyric. Giving assurances of compliance to Sullivan, Morrison then proceeded to sing the song with the original lyrics anyway. He later said that he had simply forgotten to make the change. This infuriated Sullivan so much that he refused to shake their hands after their performance. They were never invited back.
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I really, really like The Doors. I have L.A. Woman, The Soft Parade and Morrison Hotel on vinyl in protective sleeves. I've never even played them, because I have almost everything that's available on cd now too. I could listen to them all day long. I know they were short lived, but for some reason they really made an impression on me-I remember one of my friends in school stole her parents' copy of L.A. Woman and we thought "Riders On The Storm" was the coolest song ever. The movie about them is probably the last thing I actually liked Val Kilmer in. I was very skeptical that he could be Morrison, but he was pretty good.

ninny, I have to say, this thread always interests me-you always make me think or reminice about something and I always get a smile from it. Thanks for doing this every day! :)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/04/09 at 1:44 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aY1APSk0SS0

The Crazy World of Arthur Brown - FIRE

A much better film of Fire by Crazy World of Arthur Brown

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Michael C. on 07/04/09 at 3:45 am

Yes it is !!
I had posted that one once before on here so I went with the less cool one...
A much better film of Fire by Crazy World of Arthur Brown

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/04/09 at 3:56 am

Yes it is !!
I had posted that one once before on here so I went with the less cool one...
I think that is the one that was shown on Top Of The Pops

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Written By: ninny on 07/04/09 at 6:01 am

Once again...I fail to see the attraction to the Doors and Jim Morrison. If some of these people didn't die young...I wonder if we would be talking about them today? :o

I really, really like The Doors. I have L.A. Woman, The Soft Parade and Morrison Hotel on vinyl in protective sleeves. I've never even played them, because I have almost everything that's available on cd now too. I could listen to them all day long. I know they were short lived, but for some reason they really made an impression on me-I remember one of my friends in school stole her parents' copy of L.A. Woman and we thought "Riders On The Storm" was the coolest song ever. The movie about them is probably the last thing I actually liked Val Kilmer in. I was very skeptical that he could be Morrison, but he was pretty good.

ninny, I have to say, this thread always interests me-you always make me think or reminice about something and I always get a smile from it. Thanks for doing this every day! :)

I'm going to go with Peter on this one for some reason they didn't really do much for me,don't get me wrong there are some songs I like , Break on Through (To the Other Side) Roadhouse Blues & Light My Fire.

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Written By: ninny on 07/04/09 at 6:07 am

The word of the day...Love
1. A deep, tender, ineffable feeling of affection and solicitude toward a person, such as that arising from kinship, recognition of attractive qualities, or a sense of underlying oneness.
2. A feeling of intense desire and attraction toward a person with whom one is disposed to make a pair; the emotion of sex and romance.
3.
1. Sexual passion.
2. Sexual intercourse.
3. A love affair.
4. An intense emotional attachment, as for a pet or treasured object.
5. A person who is the object of deep or intense affection or attraction; beloved. Often used as a term of endearment.
6. An expression of one's affection: Send him my love.
7.
1. A strong predilection or enthusiasm: a love of language.
2. The object of such an enthusiasm: The outdoors is her greatest love.
8. Love Mythology. Eros or Cupid.
9. often Love Christianity. Charity.
10. Sports. A zero score in tennis.
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Written By: ninny on 07/04/09 at 6:15 am

The person of the day...Barry White
Barry White (born Barrence Eugene Carter, September 12, 1944(1944-09-12) – July 4, 2003) was an American record producer and singer-songwriter.

A five-time Grammy Award-winner known for his rich bass voice and romantic image, White's greatest success came in the 1970s with The Love Unlimited Orchestra, crafting many enduring hit soul, funk, and disco songs. Worldwide, White had many gold and platinum albums and singles, with combined sales of over 100 million, according to critics Ed Hogan and Wade Kergan.
In August 1969, he got his break producing a girl group called Love Unlimited. His best friend Max Murray helped him get his start in music. He made Barry his protege and led him to fame. Formed in imitation of the legendary Motown girl group The Supremes, the group members honed their talents with White for the next two years until they all signed contracts with 20th Century Records. White produced, wrote and arranged the classic soul ballad "Walking in the Rain (With The One I Love)", which hit the Top 20 of the pop charts. The group would score more hits throughout the '70s and White married the lead singer of the group, Glodean James, on 4 July 1974.

While working on a few demos for a male singer, the record label suggested White step out in front of the microphone, to which he reluctantly agreed. His first solo chart hit, 1973's "I'm Gonna Love You Just a Little More Baby", rose to #1 R&B and #3 Pop. That same year, the Love Unlimited Orchestra's recording of White's composition "Love's Theme" reached #1 Pop in 1974, one of only two instrumental recordings ever to do so. Some regard "Love's Theme" as the first disco hit ever, although Nino Tempo's "Sister James" had already reached the Hot 100 a few months before.

Other chart hits by White include "Never, Never Gonna Give You Up" (1973), "Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe" (1974), "You're the First, the Last, My Everything" (1974), "What Am I Gonna Do with You" (1975), "Let the Music Play" (1976), "It's Ecstasy When You Lay Down Next to Me" (1977), "Your Sweetness is My Weakness" (1978), and "Change" (1982).

Considered handsome and deeply romantic by his many female fans and admired for the unique blend of soul and classical orchestral musical elements he created, White was often affectionately referred to as the "Maestro" or "The Man with the Velvet Voice". His portly physical stature led some in the popular press to make condescending jokes about his weight by referring to White as the "Walrus of Love," a moniker considered disrespectful by many fans. Barry White was also referred to as "The Sultan of Smooth Soul," but it was his role as brainchild of the funk-fueled, deep soul band, the Love Unlimited Orchestra, in which he was widely branded on several early albums as the group's Maestro, earning him the only documented nickname for which he and his musical colleagues were responsible.
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Written By: ninny on 07/04/09 at 6:18 am

The co-person of the day...Eva Gabor
Eva Gabor (February 11, 1919 – July 4, 1995) was a Hungarian-born actress and socialite, best known for her role as Lisa Douglas, the wife of Eddie Albert's character Oliver Wendell Douglas, on Green Acres. Her elder sisters, Zsa Zsa Gabor and the late Magda Gabor, were also actresses and socialites. All three siblings were well known for their many marriages and divorces.
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http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee235/VictoriaRoxanne22/171902Eva-Gabor-Posters.jpg
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Written By: Howard on 07/04/09 at 7:23 am

The person of the day...Barry White
Barry White (born Barrence Eugene Carter, September 12, 1944(1944-09-12) – July 4, 2003) was an American record producer and singer-songwriter.

A five-time Grammy Award-winner known for his rich bass voice and romantic image, White's greatest success came in the 1970s with The Love Unlimited Orchestra, crafting many enduring hit soul, funk, and disco songs. Worldwide, White had many gold and platinum albums and singles, with combined sales of over 100 million, according to critics Ed Hogan and Wade Kergan.
In August 1969, he got his break producing a girl group called Love Unlimited. His best friend Max Murray helped him get his start in music. He made Barry his protege and led him to fame. Formed in imitation of the legendary Motown girl group The Supremes, the group members honed their talents with White for the next two years until they all signed contracts with 20th Century Records. White produced, wrote and arranged the classic soul ballad "Walking in the Rain (With The One I Love)", which hit the Top 20 of the pop charts. The group would score more hits throughout the '70s and White married the lead singer of the group, Glodean James, on 4 July 1974.

While working on a few demos for a male singer, the record label suggested White step out in front of the microphone, to which he reluctantly agreed. His first solo chart hit, 1973's "I'm Gonna Love You Just a Little More Baby", rose to #1 R&B and #3 Pop. That same year, the Love Unlimited Orchestra's recording of White's composition "Love's Theme" reached #1 Pop in 1974, one of only two instrumental recordings ever to do so. Some regard "Love's Theme" as the first disco hit ever, although Nino Tempo's "Sister James" had already reached the Hot 100 a few months before.

Other chart hits by White include "Never, Never Gonna Give You Up" (1973), "Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe" (1974), "You're the First, the Last, My Everything" (1974), "What Am I Gonna Do with You" (1975), "Let the Music Play" (1976), "It's Ecstasy When You Lay Down Next to Me" (1977), "Your Sweetness is My Weakness" (1978), and "Change" (1982).

Considered handsome and deeply romantic by his many female fans and admired for the unique blend of soul and classical orchestral musical elements he created, White was often affectionately referred to as the "Maestro" or "The Man with the Velvet Voice". His portly physical stature led some in the popular press to make condescending jokes about his weight by referring to White as the "Walrus of Love," a moniker considered disrespectful by many fans. Barry White was also referred to as "The Sultan of Smooth Soul," but it was his role as brainchild of the funk-fueled, deep soul band, the Love Unlimited Orchestra, in which he was widely branded on several early albums as the group's Maestro, earning him the only documented nickname for which he and his musical colleagues were responsible.
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He is one of my favorite artists. :)

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Written By: Womble on 07/04/09 at 8:33 am

Good choices for people of the day.

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Written By: ninny on 07/04/09 at 9:21 am

He is one of my favorite artists. :)

Good choices for people of the day.

Thanks :) I've always liked Barry White
I try to find 2 people who unfortunately left us on the day it is,sometimes it's hard to choose,then I may pick someone who was born that day but also passed away.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/04/09 at 4:22 pm

Love is all around!

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/04/09 at 4:24 pm

The person of the day...Barry White
Barry White (born Barrence Eugene Carter, September 12, 1944(1944-09-12) – July 4, 2003) was an American record producer and singer-songwriter.

A five-time Grammy Award-winner known for his rich bass voice and romantic image, White's greatest success came in the 1970s with The Love Unlimited Orchestra, crafting many enduring hit soul, funk, and disco songs. Worldwide, White had many gold and platinum albums and singles, with combined sales of over 100 million, according to critics Ed Hogan and Wade Kergan.
In August 1969, he got his break producing a girl group called Love Unlimited. His best friend Max Murray helped him get his start in music. He made Barry his protege and led him to fame. Formed in imitation of the legendary Motown girl group The Supremes, the group members honed their talents with White for the next two years until they all signed contracts with 20th Century Records. White produced, wrote and arranged the classic soul ballad "Walking in the Rain (With The One I Love)", which hit the Top 20 of the pop charts. The group would score more hits throughout the '70s and White married the lead singer of the group, Glodean James, on 4 July 1974.

While working on a few demos for a male singer, the record label suggested White step out in front of the microphone, to which he reluctantly agreed. His first solo chart hit, 1973's "I'm Gonna Love You Just a Little More Baby", rose to #1 R&B and #3 Pop. That same year, the Love Unlimited Orchestra's recording of White's composition "Love's Theme" reached #1 Pop in 1974, one of only two instrumental recordings ever to do so. Some regard "Love's Theme" as the first disco hit ever, although Nino Tempo's "Sister James" had already reached the Hot 100 a few months before.

Other chart hits by White include "Never, Never Gonna Give You Up" (1973), "Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe" (1974), "You're the First, the Last, My Everything" (1974), "What Am I Gonna Do with You" (1975), "Let the Music Play" (1976), "It's Ecstasy When You Lay Down Next to Me" (1977), "Your Sweetness is My Weakness" (1978), and "Change" (1982).

Considered handsome and deeply romantic by his many female fans and admired for the unique blend of soul and classical orchestral musical elements he created, White was often affectionately referred to as the "Maestro" or "The Man with the Velvet Voice". His portly physical stature led some in the popular press to make condescending jokes about his weight by referring to White as the "Walrus of Love," a moniker considered disrespectful by many fans. Barry White was also referred to as "The Sultan of Smooth Soul," but it was his role as brainchild of the funk-fueled, deep soul band, the Love Unlimited Orchestra, in which he was widely branded on several early albums as the group's Maestro, earning him the only documented nickname for which he and his musical colleagues were responsible.
http://www.inthe00s.com/Smileys/4thJuly/cry.gif

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Written By: Frank on 07/04/09 at 5:47 pm

The word of the day...Love
1. A deep, tender, ineffable feeling of affection and solicitude toward a person, such as that arising from kinship, recognition of attractive qualities, or a sense of underlying oneness.
2. A feeling of intense desire and attraction toward a person with whom one is disposed to make a pair; the emotion of sex and romance.
3.
1. Sexual passion.
2. Sexual intercourse.
3. A love affair.
4. An intense emotional attachment, as for a pet or treasured object.
5. A person who is the object of deep or intense affection or attraction; beloved. Often used as a term of endearment.
6. An expression of one's affection: Send him my love.
7.
1. A strong predilection or enthusiasm: a love of language.
2. The object of such an enthusiasm: The outdoors is her greatest love.
8. Love Mythology. Eros or Cupid.
9. often Love Christianity. Charity.
10. Sports. A zero score in tennis.
http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk167/shannia96/love.jpg
http://i709.photobucket.com/albums/ww96/Solitude_de_La/Photography/outloveisperfect.jpg
http://i410.photobucket.com/albums/pp190/FindStuff2/Love/Love%20Pictures/BESTkiss.jpg
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It's all you need.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/04/09 at 5:51 pm

Love make the world go round.

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Written By: Frank on 07/04/09 at 6:11 pm

Love make the world go round.

Hate makes the world go square

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Written By: Reynolds1863 on 07/04/09 at 6:23 pm

The co-person of the day...Eva Gabor
Eva Gabor (February 11, 1919 – July 4, 1995) was a Hungarian-born actress and socialite, best known for her role as Lisa Douglas, the wife of Eddie Albert's character Oliver Wendell Douglas, on Green Acres. Her elder sisters, Zsa Zsa Gabor and the late Magda Gabor, were also actresses and socialites. All three siblings were well known for their many marriages and divorces.
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t78/lemur_rocks/Eva.jpg
http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee235/VictoriaRoxanne22/171902Eva-Gabor-Posters.jpg
http://i398.photobucket.com/albums/pp68/loba33/scan0044.jpg

Daaaling I love you but give me Park Avenue. ;D

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Written By: gibbo on 07/04/09 at 7:04 pm

Daaaling I love you but give me Park Avenue. ;D

Yes...I can hear her singing that too. ;D Green Acres was fun... I liked Eva the most of the two Gabor sisters I knew about.

Barry White managed to be sexy just because of his silky, chocolate voice!

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Written By: Howard on 07/04/09 at 7:42 pm

Love is a many splendored thing.

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Written By: Michael C. on 07/04/09 at 8:45 pm

I've always been a Morrison/Doors fan.
I've seen a couple of pretty good tribute bands.
One in particular, The Soft Parade,was really amazing.You'd almost swear it's Jim.....
http://www.thesoftparade.com/

I really, really like The Doors. I have L.A. Woman, The Soft Parade and Morrison Hotel on vinyl in protective sleeves. I've never even played them, because I have almost everything that's available on cd now too. I could listen to them all day long. I know they were short lived, but for some reason they really made an impression on me-I remember one of my friends in school stole her parents' copy of L.A. Woman and we thought "Riders On The Storm" was the coolest song ever. The movie about them is probably the last thing I actually liked Val Kilmer in. I was very skeptical that he could be Morrison, but he was pretty good.

ninny, I have to say, this thread always interests me-you always make me think or reminice about something and I always get a smile from it. Thanks for doing this every day! :)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/05/09 at 4:27 am

Love is the sweetest thing

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Written By: ninny on 07/05/09 at 6:21 am

Love Will Keep Us Together.

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Written By: ninny on 07/05/09 at 6:28 am

The word of the day...Cheek
1. The fleshy part of either side of the face below the eye and between the nose and ear.
2. Something resembling the cheek in shape or position.
3. Either of the buttocks.
4. Impertinent boldness: had the cheek to insult his hosts.
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Written By: ninny on 07/05/09 at 6:34 am

The person of the day...Harry James
Harry James (March 15, 1916 – July 5, 1983) was an American musician and bandleader, and a well-known trumpet virtuoso. James was one of the most outstanding instrumentalists of the swing era, employing a bravura playing style that made his trumpet work instantly identifiable. He was also one of the most-popular bandleaders of the first half of the 1940s, and he continued to lead his band until just before his death, 40 years later.
* "Ain't She Sweet"
* "All or Nothing at All" (1939)
* "Blues in the Night" (1941)
* "Boo-Woo"
* "Cheek to Cheek"
* "Ciribiribin"
* "Cry Me a River"
* "Flight of the Bumblebee"
* "Hernando's Hideaway" (1955)
* "Honeysuckle Rose"
* "I Cried for You" (1942)
* "I Don't Want to Walk Without You" (1942)
* "I'll Be Around"

* "I'll Get By (As Long as I Have You)" (1940)
* "I Need You Now"
* "It All Depends on You"
* "It's Been a Long, Long Time" (1945)
* "I've Heard That Song Before" (1942)
* "Life Goes to a Party"
* "Manhattan Serenade"
* "My Buddy" (1939)
* "Oh My Pa-Pa (O Mein Papa)"
* "One O'Clock Jump"
* "Sing, Sing, Sing" (1937)
* "Sleepy Lagoon" (1942)
* "Somebody Loves Me"

* "That Old Feeling"
* "The Mole"
* "The Nearness of You"
* "Too Marvelous for Words" (1943)
* "Trumpet Blues and Cantabile"
* "(Up a) Lazy River"
* "Velvet Moon"
* "When Your Lover Has Gone" (1944)
* "Where or When"
* "Woo-Woo"
* "You Made Me Love You" (1941)
* "You've Changed" (1941)
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Written By: ninny on 07/05/09 at 6:38 am

The co-person of the day...Ted Williams
Theodore Samuel "Ted" Williams (August 30, 1918–July 5, 2002) was a left fielder in Major League Baseball. He played 21 seasons with the Boston Red Sox, twice interrupted by military service as a Marine Corps pilot. Nicknamed The Kid, the Splendid Splinter, Teddy Ballgame, and The Thumper, he is widely considered to be one of the greatest hitters in the history of baseball.

Williams was a two-time American League Most Valuable Player (MVP) winner, led the league in batting six times, and won the Triple Crown twice. He had a career batting average of .344, with 521 home runs, and was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1966. He is the last player in Major League Baseball to bat over .400 in a single season (.406 in 1941). Williams holds the highest career batting average of anyone with 500 or more home runs. His career year was 1941, when he hit .406 with 37 HR, 120 RBI, and 135 runs scored. His .551 on base percentage set a record that has stood for 61 years. An avid sport fisherman, he hosted a television show about fishing and was inducted into the IGFA Fishing Hall of Fame.
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 07/05/09 at 7:15 am

http://i858.photobucket.com/albums/ab142/adelewoo/sexygg.jpg

very cheeky! ;)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/05/09 at 8:07 am

Oh the cheek!

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/05/09 at 11:26 am

The person of the day...Harry James
Harry James (March 15, 1916 – July 5, 1983) was an American musician and bandleader, and a well-known trumpet virtuoso. James was one of the most outstanding instrumentalists of the swing era, employing a bravura playing style that made his trumpet work instantly identifiable. He was also one of the most-popular bandleaders of the first half of the 1940s, and he continued to lead his band until just before his death, 40 years later.
* "Ain't She Sweet"
* "All or Nothing at All" (1939)
* "Blues in the Night" (1941)
* "Boo-Woo"
* "Cheek to Cheek"
* "Ciribiribin"
* "Cry Me a River"
* "Flight of the Bumblebee"
* "Hernando's Hideaway" (1955)
* "Honeysuckle Rose"
* "I Cried for You" (1942)
* "I Don't Want to Walk Without You" (1942)
* "I'll Be Around"

* "I'll Get By (As Long as I Have You)" (1940)
* "I Need You Now"
* "It All Depends on You"
* "It's Been a Long, Long Time" (1945)
* "I've Heard That Song Before" (1942)
* "Life Goes to a Party"
* "Manhattan Serenade"
* "My Buddy" (1939)
* "Oh My Pa-Pa (O Mein Papa)"
* "One O'Clock Jump"
* "Sing, Sing, Sing" (1937)
* "Sleepy Lagoon" (1942)
* "Somebody Loves Me"

* "That Old Feeling"
* "The Mole"
* "The Nearness of You"
* "Too Marvelous for Words" (1943)
* "Trumpet Blues and Cantabile"
* "(Up a) Lazy River"
* "Velvet Moon"
* "When Your Lover Has Gone" (1944)
* "Where or When"
* "Woo-Woo"
* "You Made Me Love You" (1941)
* "You've Changed" (1941)
A fine list of music there.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/05/09 at 11:27 am

The person of the day...Harry James
Harry James (March 15, 1916 – July 5, 1983) was an American musician and bandleader, and a well-known trumpet virtuoso. James was one of the most outstanding instrumentalists of the swing era, employing a bravura playing style that made his trumpet work instantly identifiable. He was also one of the most-popular bandleaders of the first half of the 1940s, and he continued to lead his band until just before his death, 40 years later.
* "Ain't She Sweet"
Ain't She Sweet was even covered by the Beatles

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Written By: ninny on 07/05/09 at 2:26 pm

http://i858.photobucket.com/albums/ab142/adelewoo/sexygg.jpg

very cheeky! ;)

I knew when I put this pic up you would appreciate it ;D

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Written By: ninny on 07/05/09 at 2:27 pm

A fine list of music there.

It most certainly is. :)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/05/09 at 3:19 pm

I knew when I put this pic up you would appreciate it ;D
Now being used as Howard's wallpaper

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Written By: Howard on 07/06/09 at 6:18 am

Now being used as Howard's wallpaper

I wish! ;D

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/06/09 at 6:36 am

Todays' Person and Word of the Day is late!

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Written By: ninny on 07/06/09 at 6:52 am

Todays' Person and Word of the Day is late!

Our grandson is visiting and he decided he needed to be feed ;D

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Written By: ninny on 07/06/09 at 6:57 am

The word of the day...Cowboy
1. A hired man, especially in the western United States, who tends cattle and performs many of his duties on horseback. Also called cowman, cowpoke; Also called cowpuncher; also called regionally buckaroo, vaquero; Also called waddy. See Regional Note at vaquero.
2. An adventurous hero.
3. Slang. A reckless person, such as a driver, pilot, or manager, who ignores potential risks.
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Written By: ninny on 07/06/09 at 6:59 am

The person of the day...Roy Rogers
Roy Rogers (born Leonard Franklin Slye) (November 5, 1911 – July 6, 1998), was a singer and cowboy actor, as well as the namesake of the famous Roy Rogers Restaurants chain. He and his second wife Dale Evans, his golden palomino Trigger, and his German Shepherd Dog, Bullet, were featured in over one hundred movies and The Roy Rogers Show. The show ran on radio for nine years before moving to television from 1951 through 1957. His productions usually featured a sidekick, often either Pat Brady, (who drove a jeep called "Nellybelle") or the crotchety Gabby Hayes. Roy's nickname was "King of the Cowboys". Dale's nickname was "Queen of the West." For many Americans (and non-Americans), he was the embodiment of a cowboy.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/06/09 at 7:02 am

Our grandson is visiting and he decided he needed to be feed ;D
I understand.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/06/09 at 7:03 am

The person of the day...Roy Rogers
Roy Rogers (born Leonard Franklin Slye) (November 5, 1911 – July 6, 1998), was a singer and cowboy actor, as well as the namesake of the famous Roy Rogers Restaurants chain. He and his second wife Dale Evans, his golden palomino Trigger, and his German Shepherd Dog, Bullet, were featured in over one hundred movies and The Roy Rogers Show. The show ran on radio for nine years before moving to television from 1951 through 1957. His productions usually featured a sidekick, often either Pat Brady, (who drove a jeep called "Nellybelle") or the crotchety Gabby Hayes. Roy's nickname was "King of the Cowboys". Dale's nickname was "Queen of the West." For many Americans (and non-Americans), he was the embodiment of a cowboy.
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Written By: ninny on 07/06/09 at 7:03 am

The co-person of the day...Buddy Ebsen

Buddy Ebsen (April 2, 1908 – July 6, 2003) was an American character actor and dancer. A performer for seven decades, he had starring roles as Jed Clampett in the popular 1960s television series, The Beverly Hillbillies and as the title character in the 1970s detective series Barnaby Jones.
When he turned down Louis B. Mayer's offer of an exclusive contract with MGM, he was warned by Mayer that he would never get a job in Hollywood again. However, he was cast in the role of the Scarecrow in the 1939 The Wizard of Oz. He then swapped roles with Ray Bolger, who was to play the Tin Man. Ebsen recorded all his songs, went through all the rehearsals, and started filming. Shortly thereafter, he began experiencing cramps and shortness of breath, eventually leading to hospitalization. The cause was determined to be an allergy to the aluminum dust used for his makeup; he left the film as a result.

In an interview included on the 2005 DVD release of the movie, Ebsen recalled that the studio heads did not believe he was sick until someone tried to order Ebsen back to the set and was intercepted by an angry nurse. Ebsen was replaced by Jack Haley, with the makeup quietly changed to a paste. As noted in a documentary on the 2005 DVD, MGM did not publicize the reason for Ebsen's departure; even Haley was not told until later. Although Haley re-recorded most of Ebsen's vocals, Ebsen's midwestern voice, with the enunciated "r" in the word "wizard", can still be heard on the soundtrack during a couple of the reprises of "We're Off to See the Wizard". Footage of Ebsen as the Tin Man was included as an extra with the U.S. 50th anniversary video release of the film. Until his dying day, Ebsen complained of lung issues from his involvement in "that damned movie." Ironically, Ebsen outlived all of the major cast members of The Wizard of Oz.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/06/09 at 7:13 am

Cowboy Builders ?

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Written By: Howard on 07/06/09 at 5:14 pm

I Wanna be A Cowboy.

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Written By: CatwomanofV on 07/06/09 at 6:04 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s05jcrJw0as

Cat

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Written By: ninny on 07/06/09 at 6:41 pm

I Wanna be A Cowboy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s05jcrJw0as

Cat

I like that song :)

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Written By: Frank on 07/06/09 at 6:49 pm

The co-person of the day...Buddy Ebsen

Buddy Ebsen (April 2, 1908 – July 6, 2003) was an American character actor and dancer. A performer for seven decades, he had starring roles as Jed Clampett in the popular 1960s television series, The Beverly Hillbillies and as the title character in the 1970s detective series Barnaby Jones.
When he turned down Louis B. Mayer's offer of an exclusive contract with MGM, he was warned by Mayer that he would never get a job in Hollywood again. However, he was cast in the role of the Scarecrow in the 1939 The Wizard of Oz. He then swapped roles with Ray Bolger, who was to play the Tin Man. Ebsen recorded all his songs, went through all the rehearsals, and started filming. Shortly thereafter, he began experiencing cramps and shortness of breath, eventually leading to hospitalization. The cause was determined to be an allergy to the aluminum dust used for his makeup; he left the film as a result.

In an interview included on the 2005 DVD release of the movie, Ebsen recalled that the studio heads did not believe he was sick until someone tried to order Ebsen back to the set and was intercepted by an angry nurse. Ebsen was replaced by Jack Haley, with the makeup quietly changed to a paste. As noted in a documentary on the 2005 DVD, MGM did not publicize the reason for Ebsen's departure; even Haley was not told until later. Although Haley re-recorded most of Ebsen's vocals, Ebsen's midwestern voice, with the enunciated "r" in the word "wizard", can still be heard on the soundtrack during a couple of the reprises of "We're Off to See the Wizard". Footage of Ebsen as the Tin Man was included as an extra with the U.S. 50th anniversary video release of the film. Until his dying day, Ebsen complained of lung issues from his involvement in "that damned movie." Ironically, Ebsen outlived all of the major cast members of The Wizard of Oz.
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Black Gold, Texas tea Jed.

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Written By: apollonia1986 on 07/06/09 at 6:53 pm

I didn't know there was so much to be said about cowboys. :)

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Written By: Reynolds1863 on 07/06/09 at 7:21 pm

The person of the day...Roy Rogers
Roy Rogers (born Leonard Franklin Slye) (November 5, 1911 – July 6, 1998), was a singer and cowboy actor, as well as the namesake of the famous Roy Rogers Restaurants chain. He and his second wife Dale Evans, his golden palomino Trigger, and his German Shepherd Dog, Bullet, were featured in over one hundred movies and The Roy Rogers Show. The show ran on radio for nine years before moving to television from 1951 through 1957. His productions usually featured a sidekick, often either Pat Brady, (who drove a jeep called "Nellybelle") or the crotchety Gabby Hayes. Roy's nickname was "King of the Cowboys". Dale's nickname was "Queen of the West." For many Americans (and non-Americans), he was the embodiment of a cowboy.
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Didn't he sing "Happy Trails To You"?

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/07/09 at 1:49 am

Rhinestone Cowboy ~Glen Campbell

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Written By: gibbo on 07/07/09 at 2:50 am

I always think of John Wayne when the word cowboy is spoken!

I liked Buddy Ebsen.....even when he acted with Shirley Temple! ;) (but again...I liked Shirley Temple too).

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Written By: ninny on 07/07/09 at 5:47 am

Didn't he sing "Happy Trails To You"?

Yes him and Dale Evans
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Written By: ninny on 07/07/09 at 5:48 am

Rhinestone Cowboy ~Glen Campbell

Another good song :)

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Written By: ninny on 07/07/09 at 5:54 am

The word of the day...Mask
1. A covering worn on the face to conceal one's identity, as:
1. A covering, as of cloth, that has openings for the eyes, entirely or partly conceals the face, and is worn especially at a masquerade ball.
2. A grotesque or comical representation of a face, worn especially to frighten or amuse, as at Halloween.
3. A facial covering worn for ritual.
4. A figure of a head worn by actors in Greek and Roman drama to identify a character or trait and to amplify the voice.
2.
1. A protective covering for the face or head.
2. A gas mask.
3. A usually rubber frame forming a watertight seal around the eyes and nose and containing a transparent covering for use in seeing underwater.
4. A covering for the nose and mouth that is used for inhaling oxygen or an anesthetic.
5. A covering worn over the nose and mouth, as by a surgeon or dentist, to prevent infection.
3.
1. A mold of a person's face, often made after death.
2. An often grotesque representation of a head and face, used for ornamentation.
4. The face or facial markings of certain animals, such as foxes or dogs.
5. A face having a blank, fixed, or enigmatic expression.
6. Something, often a trait, that disguises or conceals: “If ever I saw misery under a mask, it was on her face” (Erskine Childers).
7. A natural or artificial feature of terrain that conceals and protects military forces or installations.
8.
1. An opaque border or pattern placed between a source of light and a photosensitive surface to prevent exposure of specified portions of the surface.
2. The translucent border framing a television picture tube and screen.
9. Computer Science. A pattern of characters, bits, or bytes used to control the elimination or retention of another pattern of characters, bits, or bytes.
10. A cosmetic preparation that is applied to the face and allowed to dry before being removed, used especially for cleansing and tightening the skin.
11. Variant of masque.
12. A person wearing a mask.
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Written By: ninny on 07/07/09 at 5:57 am

The person of the day...Vivien Leigh
Vivien Leigh, Lady Olivier (5 November 1913 – 7 July 1967), was an English actress. She won two Academy Awards for playing "southern belles": Scarlett O'Hara in Gone with the Wind (1939) and Blanche DuBois in the film version of A Streetcar Named Desire (1951), a role she had also played on stage in London's West End.

She was a prolific stage performer, frequently in collaboration with her husband, Laurence Olivier, who directed her in several of her roles. During her 30-year stage career, she played parts that ranged from the heroines of Noël Coward and George Bernard Shaw comedies to classic Shakespearean characters such as Ophelia, Cleopatra, Juliet and Lady Macbeth.

Lauded for her beauty, Leigh felt that it sometimes prevented her from being taken seriously as an actress, but ill health proved to be her greatest obstacle. Affected by bipolar disorder for most of her adult life, she gained a reputation for being difficult to work with, and her career went through periods of decline. She was further weakened by recurrent bouts of chronic tuberculosis, with which she was first diagnosed in the mid-1940s. She and Olivier divorced in 1960, and Leigh worked sporadically in film and theatre until her death from tuberculosis, in 1967.
Laurence Olivier saw Leigh in The Mask of Virtue, and a friendship developed after he congratulated her on her performance. Olivier and Leigh began an affair after appearing together as lovers in Fire Over England (1937). Olivier was at that time married to the actress Jill Esmond. During this time Leigh read the Margaret Mitchell novel Gone with the Wind and instructed her American agent to suggest her to David O. Selznick, who was planning a film version. She remarked to a journalist, "I've cast myself as Scarlett O'Hara", and The Observer's film critic C. A. Lejeune recalled a conversation of the same period in which Leigh "stunned us all" with the assertion that Olivier "won't play Rhett Butler, but I shall play Scarlett O'Hara. Wait and see."

Leigh played Ophelia to Olivier's Hamlet in an Old Vic Theatre production, and Olivier later recalled an incident during which her mood rapidly changed as she was quietly preparing to go onstage. Without apparent provocation, she began screaming at him, before suddenly becoming silent and staring into space. She was able to perform without mishap, and by the following day, she had returned to normal with no recollection of the event. It was the first time Olivier witnessed such behaviour from her. They began living together, as their respective spouses had each refused to grant either of them a divorce.
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Written By: gibbo on 07/07/09 at 6:01 am

I miss the Golden years of Hollywood ... and the actors with some class!

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Written By: ninny on 07/07/09 at 6:02 am

The co-person of the day...Syd Barrett
Syd Barrett (6 January 1946 – 7 July 2006), born Roger Keith Barrett, was an English singer, songwriter, guitarist and artist. He is most remembered as a founding member of psychedelic rock band Pink Floyd, providing major musical and stylistic direction in their early work, although he left the group in 1968 amidst speculations of mental illness exacerbated by heavy drug use.

He was active as a rock musician for about seven years, recording two albums with Pink Floyd and two solo albums before going into self-imposed seclusion lasting more than thirty years. His post-rock band life was as an artist and a keen gardener, ending with his death in 2006. During his withdrawal from public life there were numerous works about him, most notably his former band Pink Floyd's 1975 album Wish You Were Here. A number of biographies have been written about him since the 1980s.
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Written By: ninny on 07/07/09 at 6:04 am

I miss the Golden years of Hollywood ... and the actors with some class!

Me too. Who knows maybe 50 years from now are grandkids are saying the same thing about Brad Pitt & Johnny Depp.

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Written By: gibbo on 07/07/09 at 6:06 am

Me too. Who knows maybe 50 years from now are grandkids are saying the same thing about Brad Pitt & Johnny Depp.

Maybe... :-\\

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Written By: Howard on 07/07/09 at 7:12 am

I saw The Mask.

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Written By: ninny on 07/07/09 at 7:37 am

I saw The Mask.

So did I.

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Written By: Howard on 07/07/09 at 7:40 am

The Son of The Mask wasn't that great.

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Written By: ninny on 07/07/09 at 9:10 am

The Son of The Mask wasn't that great.

Yeah that one stunk :D

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/07/09 at 11:49 am

The Son of The Mask wasn't that great.
One film to stay clear of?

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/07/09 at 11:51 am

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Vivien Leigh blue plaque, Eaton Square SW1, Belgravia, London

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/07/09 at 11:51 am

I saw The Mask.
I did not enjoy that film too.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/07/09 at 11:52 am

Me too. Who knows maybe 50 years from now are grandkids are saying the same thing about Brad Pitt & Johnny Depp.
Maybe, Hollywood as we know it will be different to that as it is today.

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Written By: Frank on 07/07/09 at 12:39 pm

The person of the day...Vivien Leigh
Vivien Leigh, Lady Olivier (5 November 1913 – 7 July 1967), was an English actress. She won two Academy Awards for playing "southern belles": Scarlett O'Hara in Gone with the Wind (1939) and Blanche DuBois in the film version of A Streetcar Named Desire (1951), a role she had also played on stage in London's West End.

She was a prolific stage performer, frequently in collaboration with her husband, Laurence Olivier, who directed her in several of her roles. During her 30-year stage career, she played parts that ranged from the heroines of Noël Coward and George Bernard Shaw comedies to classic Shakespearean characters such as Ophelia, Cleopatra, Juliet and Lady Macbeth.

Lauded for her beauty, Leigh felt that it sometimes prevented her from being taken seriously as an actress, but ill health proved to be her greatest obstacle. Affected by bipolar disorder for most of her adult life, she gained a reputation for being difficult to work with, and her career went through periods of decline. She was further weakened by recurrent bouts of chronic tuberculosis, with which she was first diagnosed in the mid-1940s. She and Olivier divorced in 1960, and Leigh worked sporadically in film and theatre until her death from tuberculosis, in 1967.
Laurence Olivier saw Leigh in The Mask of Virtue, and a friendship developed after he congratulated her on her performance. Olivier and Leigh began an affair after appearing together as lovers in Fire Over England (1937). Olivier was at that time married to the actress Jill Esmond. During this time Leigh read the Margaret Mitchell novel Gone with the Wind and instructed her American agent to suggest her to David O. Selznick, who was planning a film version. She remarked to a journalist, "I've cast myself as Scarlett O'Hara", and The Observer's film critic C. A. Lejeune recalled a conversation of the same period in which Leigh "stunned us all" with the assertion that Olivier "won't play Rhett Butler, but I shall play Scarlett O'Hara. Wait and see."

Leigh played Ophelia to Olivier's Hamlet in an Old Vic Theatre production, and Olivier later recalled an incident during which her mood rapidly changed as she was quietly preparing to go onstage. Without apparent provocation, she began screaming at him, before suddenly becoming silent and staring into space. She was able to perform without mishap, and by the following day, she had returned to normal with no recollection of the event. It was the first time Olivier witnessed such behaviour from her. They began living together, as their respective spouses had each refused to grant either of them a divorce.
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Afte rall, tomorrow is another day.

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Written By: Howard on 07/07/09 at 4:02 pm

Jamie Kennedy played The Mask in Part 2.

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Written By: ninny on 07/07/09 at 6:45 pm

Jamie Kennedy played The Mask in Part 2.

I don't care for him.

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Written By: Womble on 07/07/09 at 6:46 pm

Vivian Leigh was not only a talented actress she was also a classic beauty.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/08/09 at 2:46 am

Jamie Kennedy played The Mask in Part 2.
Who's he?

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Written By: ninny on 07/08/09 at 4:53 am

Vivian Leigh was not only a talented actress she was also a classic beauty.

She certainly was :)

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Written By: ninny on 07/08/09 at 4:54 am

Who's he?

Exactly ;)
James Harvey "Jamie" Kennedy (born May 25, 1970) is an American comedian and actor.Kennedy used his voice acting skills to create a false persona, screen agent "Marty Power". Posing as Marty Power over the telephone, Kennedy attracted the attention of real agents and managers who would later book his performances. He eventually landed his first major motion picture role in the late 1990s when he was cast as Randy Meeks in the Scream series of horror films. In recent years, he has also performed minor roles in a number of other films, and most often appears opposite actor Kal Penn, including Malibu's Most Wanted, Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle, and Son of the Mask.

Kennedy formed a production company called Wannabe Producers, alongside Josh Etting, through which he has produced the shows The Jamie Kennedy Experiment, Blowin' Up, The Starlet, and Living with Fran. Following Malibu's Most Wanted (2003), which he both wrote and starred in, Kennedy co-wrote the MTV show Blowin' Up (2006) featuring his friend Stu Stone.

Kennedy lent his voice as a celebrity in the videogame ESPN NFL 2K5 as a celebrity adversary with his own football team, the Upper Darby Cheesesteaks and he is also unlockable as a Free Agent tight end in season mode. His stint as Activision's emcee at E3 2007, however, drew critics.

While working on his film Malibu's Most Wanted, Kennedy had ghostwriter Ellen Rapaport write a pseudo-comedic autobiography entitled, Wannabe: A Hollywood Experiment. The book chronicles his life in Hollywood as he attempts to become a star. It gives background on his life and family, and quickly dives into his adventures. It tells of such things as Kennedy's living conditions in the Hollywood slums, his beat up car, his kidney issues, and funky characters throughout the story.

As a performer of stand-up comedy, he is best known for his sketch performances on his television reality show, The Jamie Kennedy Experiment, which became the WB Network's highest ranking new show in 2002, but which was cancelled in April 2004 due to falling ratings. In 2006, Jizzy Entertainment released Unwashed: The Stand-Up Special. In 2008, Kennedy released the documentary Heckler, about the plight of stand-up comics vs their often-aggressive audience.

More recently, Kennedy plays psychology professor Eli James in the CBS drama Ghost Whisperer. He is also active in California's tourism campaign, having appeared in several commercials with Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.

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Written By: Badfinger-fan on 07/08/09 at 5:00 am

why are you up so early ninny?...why am I up so late?

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Written By: ninny on 07/08/09 at 5:02 am

The word of the day....Yorkshire
Yorkshire is a historic county of northern England and the largest in Great Britain. Because of its great size, over time functions were increasingly undertaken by its subdivisions, which have been subject to periodic reform. Throughout these changes, Yorkshire continued to be recognised as a geographical territory and cultural region. The name is familiar and well understood across the United Kingdom and is in common use in the media, the military and also features in the titles of current areas of civil administration such as Yorkshire and the Humber and West Yorkshire.

Within the borders of the historic county of Yorkshire are areas which are widely considered to be among the greenest in England, due to both the vast stretches of unspoiled countryside in the Yorkshire Dales and North York Moors and the open aspect of some of the major cities. Yorkshire has sometimes been nicknamed God's Own County. The emblem of Yorkshire is the white rose of the English royal House of York, the most commonly used flag representative of Yorkshire is the White Rose on a dark blue background, which after years of use, was finally recognised by the Flag Institute on 29 July 2008. Yorkshire Day, held on 1 August, is a celebration of the general culture of Yorkshire, ranging from its history to its own language

The Yorkshire Terrier is a small dog breed of Terrier type, developed in the 1800s in the historical area of Yorkshire in England. The defining features of the breed are its small size and its silky blue and tan coat. The breed is nicknamed Yorkie and is placed in the Toy Terrier section of the Terrier Group by the Fédération Cynologique Internationale and in the Toy Group or Companion Group by other kennel clubs, although all agree that the breed is a terrier. A winning showdog and a popular companion dog, the Yorkshire Terrier has also been part of the development of other breeds, such as the Australian Silky Terrier.
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Written By: ninny on 07/08/09 at 5:03 am

why are you up so early ninny?...why am I up so late?

Our grandson is visiting and he decided he needed to be feed at 5:00AM.......yes why are you up so late...insomnia?

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Written By: ninny on 07/08/09 at 5:07 am

The person of the day...Marty Feldman
Martin Alan "Marty" Feldman (8 July 1934 – 2 December 1982) was an English writer, comedian and actor, notable for bulging eyes, the result of a thyroid condition known as Graves' disease.In 1954, Feldman formed a writing partnership with Barry Took. For British television, they wrote situation comedies such as The Army Game, Bootsie and Snudge, and the BBC radio show Round the Horne, which starred Kenneth Horne and Kenneth Williams. This put Feldman and Took "in the front rank of comedy writers" (Denis Norden).

The television sketch comedy series At Last the 1948 Show featured Feldman's first screen performances. The other three performers needed a fourth and Brooke-Taylor and Cleese had Feldman in mind.. In one sketch on 1 March 1967, Feldman's character harassed a patient shop assistant (played by John Cleese) for a series of fictitious books, achieving success with Ethel the Aardvark Goes Quantity Surveying. The sketch was revived as part of the Monty Python stage show and on Monty Python's Contractual Obligation Album (both without Feldman).

Marty Feldman was co-author, along with John Cleese, Graham Chapman and Tim Brooke-Taylor, of the "Four Yorkshiremen" sketch, which was also written for At Last the 1948 Show. The "Four Yorkshiremen" sketch was performed during Amnesty International concerts (by members of Monty Python — once including Rowan Atkinson in place of Python member Eric Idle), as well as during Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl and other Monty Python shows and recordings. This association has led to the common misconception that the "Four Yorkshiremen" sketch was a Python sketch, with the origin and co-authorship by non-Python writers Marty Feldman and Tim Brooke-Taylor overlooked or forgotten. Feldman was also script editor on The Frost Report with future members of Monty Python. He wrote the "Class" sketch, Cleese, Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett facing the audience in descending order of height declaring their social status
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Written By: ninny on 07/08/09 at 5:10 am

The co-person of the day...June Allyson
June Allyson (October 7, 1917 – July 8, 2006) was an American film and television actress, popular in the 1940s and 1950s. She was a major MGM contract star. Allyson won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress for her performance in Too Young to Kiss (1951). From 1959-1961, she hosted and occasionally starred in her own CBS anthology series, The DuPont Show with June Allyson.
Allyson returned to the New York stage. After her appearance in Best Foot Forward in 1941, she was selected for the 1943 film version, and followed it up with several other musicals, including Two Sisters from Boston (1946) and Good News (1947). She also played straight roles such as Constance in The Three Musketeers (1948), the tomboy Jo March in Little Women (1949), and a nurse in Battle Circus (1953). June was very adept at opening the waterworks on cue, and many of her films incorporated a crying scene. Fellow MGM player Margaret O'Brien recalled that she and Allyson were known as "the town criers".
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Written By: Badfinger-fan on 07/08/09 at 5:10 am

Our grandson is visiting and he decided he needed to be feed at 5:00AM.......yes why are you up so late...insomnia?
grandson got hungry. do you feed him or you just heard him? I am up later because I don't have to work tomorrow and sometimes I would just rather be up than sleep. it's a bad habit

The word of the day....Yorkshire
Yorkshire is a historic county of northern England and the largest in Great Britain. Because of its great size, over time functions were increasingly undertaken by its subdivisions, which have been subject to periodic reform. Throughout these changes, Yorkshire continued to be recognised as a geographical territory and cultural region. The name is familiar and well understood across the United Kingdom and is in common use in the media, the military and also features in the titles of current areas of civil administration such as Yorkshire and the Humber and West Yorkshire.

Within the borders of the historic county of Yorkshire are areas which are widely considered to be among the greenest in England, due to both the vast stretches of unspoiled countryside in the Yorkshire Dales and North York Moors and the open aspect of some of the major cities. Yorkshire has sometimes been nicknamed God's Own County. The emblem of Yorkshire is the white rose of the English royal House of York, the most commonly used flag representative of Yorkshire is the White Rose on a dark blue background, which after years of use, was finally recognised by the Flag Institute on 29 July 2008. Yorkshire Day, held on 1 August, is a celebration of the general culture of Yorkshire, ranging from its history to its own language

The Yorkshire Terrier is a small dog breed of Terrier type, developed in the 1800s in the historical area of Yorkshire in England. The defining features of the breed are its small size and its silky blue and tan coat. The breed is nicknamed Yorkie and is placed in the Toy Terrier section of the Terrier Group by the Fédération Cynologique Internationale and in the Toy Group or Companion Group by other kennel clubs, although all agree that the breed is a terrier. A winning showdog and a popular companion dog, the Yorkshire Terrier has also been part of the development of other breeds, such as the Australian Silky Terrier.

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the region of Yorkshire is beautiful

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Written By: ninny on 07/08/09 at 5:28 am

grandson got hungry. do you feed him or you just heard him? I am up later because I don't have to work tomorrow and sometimes I would just rather be up than sleep. it's a bad habit
the region of Yorkshire is beautiful

I have to get up an feed him..his grandpa pretends not to hear him ;D...Today is his last day here.
I would love to visit The United Kingdom someday.

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Written By: Howard on 07/08/09 at 6:04 am

The person of the day...Marty Feldman
Martin Alan "Marty" Feldman (8 July 1934 – 2 December 1982) was an English writer, comedian and actor, notable for bulging eyes, the result of a thyroid condition known as Graves' disease.In 1954, Feldman formed a writing partnership with Barry Took. For British television, they wrote situation comedies such as The Army Game, Bootsie and Snudge, and the BBC radio show Round the Horne, which starred Kenneth Horne and Kenneth Williams. This put Feldman and Took "in the front rank of comedy writers" (Denis Norden).

The television sketch comedy series At Last the 1948 Show featured Feldman's first screen performances. The other three performers needed a fourth and Brooke-Taylor and Cleese had Feldman in mind.. In one sketch on 1 March 1967, Feldman's character harassed a patient shop assistant (played by John Cleese) for a series of fictitious books, achieving success with Ethel the Aardvark Goes Quantity Surveying. The sketch was revived as part of the Monty Python stage show and on Monty Python's Contractual Obligation Album (both without Feldman).

Marty Feldman was co-author, along with John Cleese, Graham Chapman and Tim Brooke-Taylor, of the "Four Yorkshiremen" sketch, which was also written for At Last the 1948 Show. The "Four Yorkshiremen" sketch was performed during Amnesty International concerts (by members of Monty Python — once including Rowan Atkinson in place of Python member Eric Idle), as well as during Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl and other Monty Python shows and recordings. This association has led to the common misconception that the "Four Yorkshiremen" sketch was a Python sketch, with the origin and co-authorship by non-Python writers Marty Feldman and Tim Brooke-Taylor overlooked or forgotten. Feldman was also script editor on The Frost Report with future members of Monty Python. He wrote the "Class" sketch, Cleese, Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett facing the audience in descending order of height declaring their social status
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I always wondered why he had such bulging eyes. :o

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Written By: CatwomanofV on 07/08/09 at 11:43 am

Are you Abby Normal?

Cat

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Written By: Frank on 07/08/09 at 12:49 pm

The co-person of the day...June Allyson
June Allyson (October 7, 1917 – July 8, 2006) was an American film and television actress, popular in the 1940s and 1950s. She was a major MGM contract star. Allyson won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress for her performance in Too Young to Kiss (1951). From 1959-1961, she hosted and occasionally starred in her own CBS anthology series, The DuPont Show with June Allyson.
Allyson returned to the New York stage. After her appearance in Best Foot Forward in 1941, she was selected for the 1943 film version, and followed it up with several other musicals, including Two Sisters from Boston (1946) and Good News (1947). She also played straight roles such as Constance in The Three Musketeers (1948), the tomboy Jo March in Little Women (1949), and a nurse in Battle Circus (1953). June was very adept at opening the waterworks on cue, and many of her films incorporated a crying scene. Fellow MGM player Margaret O'Brien recalled that she and Allyson were known as "the town criers".
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I've seen June in many old movies, (back when movies were classy!) and I appreciated her acting.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/08/09 at 2:48 pm

The person of the day...Marty Feldman
Martin Alan "Marty" Feldman (8 July 1934 – 2 December 1982) was an English writer, comedian and actor, notable for bulging eyes, the result of a thyroid condition known as Graves' disease.In 1954, Feldman formed a writing partnership with Barry Took. For British television, they wrote situation comedies such as The Army Game, Bootsie and Snudge, and the BBC radio show Round the Horne, which starred Kenneth Horne and Kenneth Williams. This put Feldman and Took "in the front rank of comedy writers" (Denis Norden).

The television sketch comedy series At Last the 1948 Show featured Feldman's first screen performances. The other three performers needed a fourth and Brooke-Taylor and Cleese had Feldman in mind.. In one sketch on 1 March 1967, Feldman's character harassed a patient shop assistant (played by John Cleese) for a series of fictitious books, achieving success with Ethel the Aardvark Goes Quantity Surveying. The sketch was revived as part of the Monty Python stage show and on Monty Python's Contractual Obligation Album (both without Feldman).

Marty Feldman was co-author, along with John Cleese, Graham Chapman and Tim Brooke-Taylor, of the "Four Yorkshiremen" sketch, which was also written for At Last the 1948 Show. The "Four Yorkshiremen" sketch was performed during Amnesty International concerts (by members of Monty Python — once including Rowan Atkinson in place of Python member Eric Idle), as well as during Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl and other Monty Python shows and recordings. This association has led to the common misconception that the "Four Yorkshiremen" sketch was a Python sketch, with the origin and co-authorship by non-Python writers Marty Feldman and Tim Brooke-Taylor overlooked or forgotten. Feldman was also script editor on The Frost Report with future members of Monty Python. He wrote the "Class" sketch, Cleese, Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett facing the audience in descending order of height declaring their social status
One of my favourites in comedy, I grow up watching him on tv, and was greatly missed.

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Written By: Reynolds1863 on 07/08/09 at 4:47 pm

Didn't Marty die from some kind of poisoning from shellfish??

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/08/09 at 4:48 pm

Didn't Marty die from some kind of poisoning from shellfish??
I know that he died abroad on location for the film Yellowbeard, let me check up on that.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/08/09 at 4:50 pm

Didn't Marty die from some kind of poisoning from shellfish??
He suffered from food poisoning during the filming of Yellowbeard, but he sadly died from a heart attack.

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Written By: Howard on 07/08/09 at 4:50 pm

He suffered from food poisoning during the filming of Yellowbeard, but he sadly died from a heart attack.

Would he have lived to make more films?

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Written By: Reynolds1863 on 07/08/09 at 4:51 pm

He suffered from food poisoning during the filming of Yellowbeard, but he sadly died from a heart attack.

He died so young. :\'(

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Written By: Howard on 07/08/09 at 4:52 pm

Wasn't June Allison in those Depends commercials?

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/08/09 at 4:58 pm

The word of the day....Yorkshire
Yorkshire is a historic county of northern England and the largest in Great Britain. Because of its great size, over time functions were increasingly undertaken by its subdivisions, which have been subject to periodic reform. Throughout these changes, Yorkshire continued to be recognised as a geographical territory and cultural region. The name is familiar and well understood across the United Kingdom and is in common use in the media, the military and also features in the titles of current areas of civil administration such as Yorkshire and the Humber and West Yorkshire.

Within the borders of the historic county of Yorkshire are areas which are widely considered to be among the greenest in England, due to both the vast stretches of unspoiled countryside in the Yorkshire Dales and North York Moors and the open aspect of some of the major cities. Yorkshire has sometimes been nicknamed God's Own County. The emblem of Yorkshire is the white rose of the English royal House of York, the most commonly used flag representative of Yorkshire is the White Rose on a dark blue background, which after years of use, was finally recognised by the Flag Institute on 29 July 2008. Yorkshire Day, held on 1 August, is a celebration of the general culture of Yorkshire, ranging from its history to its own language

The Yorkshire Terrier is a small dog breed of Terrier type, developed in the 1800s in the historical area of Yorkshire in England. The defining features of the breed are its small size and its silky blue and tan coat. The breed is nicknamed Yorkie and is placed in the Toy Terrier section of the Terrier Group by the Fédération Cynologique Internationale and in the Toy Group or Companion Group by other kennel clubs, although all agree that the breed is a terrier. A winning showdog and a popular companion dog, the Yorkshire Terrier has also been part of the development of other breeds, such as the Australian Silky Terrier.
I have only travelled through Yorkshire, I have never got out to walk there.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/08/09 at 4:59 pm

Didn't Marty die from some kind of poisoning from shellfish??
Yes, 48 years is a young age to died.

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Written By: Howard on 07/08/09 at 4:59 pm

He suffered from food poisoning during the filming of Yellowbeard, but he sadly died from a heart attack.

Was that his last film?

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/08/09 at 5:01 pm

Was that his last film?
He died during the production of Yellowbeard.

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Written By: Howard on 07/08/09 at 5:02 pm

He died during the production of Yellowbeard.

A lot of actors pass away in their last film. :(

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/08/09 at 5:03 pm

A lot of actors pass away in their last film. :(
Even Marilyn Monroe

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Written By: Howard on 07/08/09 at 5:05 pm

Even Marilyn Monroe

How about John Ritter?

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/08/09 at 5:09 pm

How about John Ritter?
On September 11, 2003, Ritter fell ill while rehearsing scenes for a season 2 episode of 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter. He was taken across the street to Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center, where he died later that day.

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Written By: Howard on 07/08/09 at 5:10 pm

On September 11, 2003, Ritter fell ill while rehearsing scenes for a season 2 episode of 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter. He was taken across the street to Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center, where he died later that day.

I remember that day. :(

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/08/09 at 5:12 pm

I remember that day. :(
Peter Sellers died in London while planning a reunion of The Goon Show.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/08/09 at 5:18 pm

Peter Sellers died in London while planning a reunion of The Goon Show.
He died of a heart attack after eating a fish dinner.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/08/09 at 5:40 pm

A lot of actors pass away in their last film. :(
Oliver Reed died of a sudden heart attack during a break from filming Gladiator in Valletta, Malta on 2 May 1999. He was 61 years old and was reported to be heavily intoxicated at the time of his death.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/08/09 at 5:43 pm

A lot of actors pass away in their last film. :(
Clark Gable died in Los Angeles, California on November 16, 1960, the result of a heart attack ten days after suffering a severe coronary thrombosis. There was much speculation that Gable's physically demanding role in The Misfits contributed to his sudden death soon after filming was completed.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/08/09 at 5:46 pm

A lot of actors pass away in their last film. :(
Richard Harris died of Hodgkin's disease on 25 October 2002, aged 72, two and a half weeks before the U.S. premiere of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.

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Written By: anabel on 07/08/09 at 6:53 pm

Clark Gable died in Los Angeles, California on November 16, 1960, the result of a heart attack ten days after suffering a severe coronary thrombosis. There was much speculation that Gable's physically demanding role in The Misfits contributed to his sudden death soon after filming was completed.

You beat me to it, Philip! :) It was also speculated that Marilyn Monroe's constant lateness to the set and tantrums drove him crazy too..and the broken heart he never got over after his Carole Lombard died in a plane crash.. :\'(

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Written By: ninny on 07/08/09 at 9:37 pm

I remember that day. :(

It was a sad day :\'( :\'(

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/09/09 at 1:28 am

You beat me to it, Philip! :) It was also speculated that Marilyn Monroe's constant lateness to the set and tantrums drove him crazy too..and the broken heart he never got over after his Carole Lombard died in a plane crash.. :\'(
Clark Gable was brokenhearted for 18 years over the death of Carole Lombard (the plane crash was in 1942)?

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Written By: ninny on 07/09/09 at 5:48 am

The word of the day...Knife
1. A cutting instrument consisting of a sharp blade attached to a handle.
2. A cutting edge; a blade.
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Written By: ninny on 07/09/09 at 5:58 am

The person of the day...Rod Steiger
Rodney Stephen "Rod" Steiger (April 14, 1925 – July 9, 2002) was an American actor known for his performances in such films as In the Heat of the Night, Waterloo, On the Waterfront, and Doctor Zhivago.
Steiger began his acting career in theatre and on live television in the early 1950s. On May 24, 1953 an episode of Goodyear Television Playhouse jump-started his career. The episode was the story of Marty written by Paddy Chayefsky. Marty is the story of a lonely homely butcher from the Bronx in search of love. Refusing to sign a seven year studio contract, Steiger later turned down the role in the film version in 1955. Signing a studio contract at that time would "pigeon-hole" Steiger as to the roles he would later play and image portrayed on screen. Those two things Steiger objected to throughout his career. The role of Marty was turned over to Ernest Borgnine. Borgnine would receive the Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role. Rod Steiger never regretted his decision to turn down the film role of Marty.

Steiger appeared in over 100 motion pictures. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for his portrayal of Chief of Police Bill Gillespie in In the Heat of the Night (1967) opposite Sidney Poitier. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for On the Waterfront (1954), in which he played Marlon Brando's character's brother. He was nominated again, this time for Best Actor, for the gritty The Pawnbroker (1965), a Sidney Lumet film in which Steiger portrays an emotionally withdrawn Holocaust survivor living in New York City.

He played Jud Fry in the film version of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Oklahoma!, in which he did his own singing. One of his favorite roles was as Komarovsky in Doctor Zhivago (1965). Steiger, the only American in the cast of that film, was initially apprehensive about working with such great British actors as Ralph Richardson and Alec Guinness and was afraid that he would stick out, but he won acclaim for his performance. He also befriended fellow actor Tom Courtenay on this film; the two remained friends until Steiger's death.

He also appeared in The Big Knife as an overly aggressive movie studio boss who berates movie star Jack Palance; as Al Capone in Al Capone (1959); as Mr. Joyboy in The Loved One; as the serial killer in No Way to Treat a Lady; and as a repressed gay NCO in The Sergeant.
He also played well-known figures such as Napoleon Bonaparte in Waterloo (1970); Benito Mussolini in The Last Four Days (1974) and again in Lion of the Desert (1981); W.C. Fields in W.C. Fields and Me (1976); Pontius Pilate in Franco Zeffirelli's TV miniseries Jesus of Nazareth (1977); and mob boss Sam Giancana in the TV miniseries, Sinatra (1992). He appeared in several Italian films, including Hands Over the City (1963) and Lucky Luciano (1974) (both Francesco Rosi's), and also Sergio Leone's A Fistful of Dynamite (1971). In France, he starred in Claude Chabrol's Innocents with Dirty Hands opposite Romy Schneider.

In his later years was he appeared in The Amityville Horror (1979); The Specialist (1994), and Mars Attacks!. On television, he appeared in the miniseries Jackie Collins' Hollywood Wives (1985), Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City (1993), and a 1995 Columbo television movie. Among his final roles was the judge in the prison drama, The Hurricane (1999). The film reunited him with director Norman Jewison, who had directed him in In the Heat of the Night. His last film was A Month of Sundays.

Steiger also starred in the film version of Kurt Vonnegut's play Happy Birthday, Wanda June (1971). In 1969, he appeared in the film adaptation of Ray Bradbury's The Illustrated Man with his then-wife, Claire Bloom. He was offered the title role in Patton, but turned it down because he did not want to glorify war. The role was then given to George C. Scott, who won a Best Actor Oscar. Steiger called this refusal his "dumbest career move".

Steiger has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, at 7080 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.
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Written By: ninny on 07/09/09 at 6:01 am

The co-person of the day...Isabel Sanford
Isabel Sanford (August 29, 1917 – July 9, 2004) was an American actress best known for her role as Louise "Weezy" Jefferson on the CBS television sitcoms All in the Family (1971–1975) and The Jeffersons (1975–1985).
Born Eloise Gwendolyn Sanford in New York City, New York, Sanford was the first African-American actress to win a Lead Actress Emmy Award (for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series in 1981), and has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

During the 1960s, Sanford worked in the theatre industry, and in 1967 she made her film debut in Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, playing the critically acclaimed role of the maid Tillie Binks. She caught the attention of major Hollywood players, including Norman Lear, who cast Sanford in the role of Louise Jefferson in All in the Family. She almost turned down the role after receiving a bucket of fried chicken in her dressing room. Norman Lear assured her that it was a genuine gift, and she eventually agreed to play the part. Sanford and her TV husband, Sherman Hemsley, were so popular that The Jeffersons was spun-off into its own series, but were mostly typecast by the roles. Such was their compatibility and credibility as a married couple that no one seemed to notice or care that Sanford was twenty years older than Hemsley. Member of Alpha Kappa Alpha.

After production of The Jeffersons ended in 1985, Sanford was mostly limited to guest TV appearances and cameo appearances in movies, appearing in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Dream On, Roseanne, Living Single, Hangin' with Mr. Cooper, In the House and The Steve Harvey Show, as well as the extremely short-lived 1992 CBS Hearts Are Wild (similar to Love Boat). She also did voice acting for The Simpsons in her final television appearance before her death.

Sanford also appeared with Sherman Hemsley in a series of advertisements for Denny's and Old Navy
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Written By: gibbo on 07/09/09 at 6:01 am

Hah...you call THAT a knife? THIS is a knife!

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Written By: gibbo on 07/09/09 at 6:06 am

I was always impressed with the Bowie style knife...although, I have no idea why people are so surprised when they get into strife when carrying weapons!

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Written By: mooster on 07/09/09 at 6:43 am

Hah...you call THAT a knife? THIS is a knife!

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Classic scene ! 8)

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Written By: Howard on 07/09/09 at 7:22 am

The co-person of the day...Isabel Sanford
abel Sanford (August 29, 1917 – July 9, 2004) was an American actress best known for her role as Louise "Weezy" Jefferson on the CBS television sitcoms All in the Family (1971–1975) and The Jeffersons (1975–1985).
Born Eloise Gwendolyn Sanford in New York City, New York, Sanford was the first African-American actress to win a Lead Actress Emmy Award (for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series in 1981), and has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

During the 1960s, Sanford worked in the theatre industry, and in 1967 she made her film debut in Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, playing the critically acclaimed role of the maid Tillie Binks. She caught the attention of major Hollywood players, including Norman Lear, who cast Sanford in the role of Louise Jefferson in All in the Family. She almost turned down the role after receiving a bucket of fried chicken in her dressing room. Norman Lear assured her that it was a genuine gift, and she eventually agreed to play the part. Sanford and her TV husband, Sherman Hemsley, were so popular that The Jeffersons was spun-off into its own series, but were mostly typecast by the roles. Such was their compatibility and credibility as a married couple that no one seemed to notice or care that Sanford was twenty years older than Hemsley. Member of Alpha Kappa Alpha.

After production of The Jeffersons ended in 1985, Sanford was mostly limited to guest TV appearances and cameo appearances in movies, appearing in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Dream On, Roseanne, Living Single, Hangin' with Mr. Cooper, In the House and The Steve Harvey Show, as well as the extremely short-lived 1992 CBS Hearts Are Wild (similar to Love Boat). She also did voice acting for The Simpsons in her final television appearance before her death.

Sanford also appeared with Sherman Hemsley in a series of advertisements for Denny's and Old Navy
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Weezy! ;D

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Written By: ninny on 07/09/09 at 11:44 am

Hah...you call THAT a knife? THIS is a knife!

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Classic scene ! 8)

Good one :)

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Written By: Frank on 07/09/09 at 3:08 pm

Weezy! ;D

That's exactly what I was going to say.

Weezy!!!

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/09/09 at 3:24 pm

I was always impressed with the Bowie style knife...although, I have no idea why people are so surprised when they get into strife when carrying weapons!

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Called that a knife?

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Written By: Howard on 07/09/09 at 3:29 pm

I wonder if George Jefferson actually hated white people? ???

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Written By: ninny on 07/09/09 at 7:42 pm

I wonder if George Jefferson actually hated white people? ???

This according to Wiki:
Like his neighbor Archie Bunker, George Jefferson was frequently opinionated, rude, bigoted, prone to scheming and not particularly intelligent in a scholastic sense. Unlike Archie, however, George was more quick-thinking, and usually more clever. Frequently, plots in The Jeffersons revolved around George's usually dishonest schemes, which always ended in comedic failure. In one farcical episode, George schemes to obtain a new client (a mixed-race couple) by inviting them and the Willises (also a mixed-race couple) to dinner. When the Willises realize that George is using them, they leave before the new client shows up. This makes George bribe Florence the maid and Ralph the doorman into pretending to be the Willises. Eventually the Willises return, and by pretending to be Florence and Ralph, they help George land the client, while trapping George into throwing them an extravagant anniversary party.

Like Archie Bunker, George Jefferson's personality softened somewhat as years passed. By The Jeffersons series finale in 1985, the frequent racism and interracial marriage plotlines of early seasons were replaced with plots involving the Jeffersons' family life, as well as interactions with maid Florence (played by Marla Gibbs) and neighbors.

Jefferson Cleaners

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/10/09 at 2:06 am

The person of the day...Rod Steiger

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How long it take for make-up each morning when shooting The Illustrated Man?

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Written By: ninny on 07/10/09 at 5:29 am

How long it take for make-up each morning when shooting The Illustrated Man?

There suppose to be a documentary called the making of The Illustrated Man whidh tells h+-ow they use fake tattoos.

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Written By: ninny on 07/10/09 at 5:40 am

The word of the day...Pig
1.
1. Any of several mammals of the family Suidae, having short legs, cloven hooves, bristly hair, and a cartilaginous snout used for digging, especially the domesticated hog, Sus scrofa domesticus, when young or of comparatively small size.
2. The edible parts of one of these mammals.
2. Informal. A person regarded as being piglike, greedy, or gross.
3.
1. A crude block of metal, chiefly iron or lead, poured from a smelting furnace.
2. A mold in which such metal is cast.
3. Pig iron.
4. Offensive Slang. Used as a disparaging term for a police officer.
5. Slang. A member of the social or political establishment, especially one holding sexist or racist views.
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Written By: ninny on 07/10/09 at 5:44 am

The person of the day...Mel Blanc
Melvin Jerome "Mel" Blanc (May 30, 1908 – July 10, 1989) was an American voice actor and comedian. Although he began his nearly six-decade-long career performing in radio commercials, Blanc is best known for his work with Warner Bros. during the so-called "Golden Age of American animation" (and later for Hanna-Barbera television productions) as the voice of such well-known characters as Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Sylvester the Cat, Beaky Buzzard, Tweety Bird, Foghorn Leghorn, Yosemite Sam, Wile E. Coyote, Barney Rubble, Mr. Spacely, and hundreds of others. Having earned the nickname “The Man of a Thousand Voices,” Blanc is regarded as one of the most influential persons in his field.
In 1936, Mel Blanc joined Leon Schlesinger Productions, which made animated cartoons distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. Blanc liked to tell the story about how he got turned down at the Schlesinger studio by music director Norman Spencer, who was in charge of cartoon voices, saying that they had all the voices they needed. Then Spencer died, and sound man Treg Brown took charge of cartoon voices, while Carl Stalling took over as music director. Brown introduced Blanc to animation directors Tex Avery, Bob Clampett, Friz Freleng, and Frank Tashlin, who loved his voices. The first cartoon Blanc worked on was Picador Porky as the voice of a drunken bull. He took over as Porky Pig's voice in Porky's Duck Hunt, which marked the debut of Daffy Duck, also voiced by Blanc.

Blanc soon became noted for voicing a wide variety of cartoon characters, adding Bugs Bunny, Tweety Bird, Pepé Le Pew and many others. His natural voice was that of Sylvester the cat but without the lispy spray. (Blanc's voice can be heard in an episode of The Beverly Hillbillies that also featured frequent Blanc vocal foil Bea Benaderet; in his small appearance, Blanc plays a vexed cab-driver.)

In his later years, Blanc claimed that a handful of late 1930s and early 1940s Warner cartoons that each featured a rabbit clearly a precursor of Bugs Bunny all actually dealt with a single character named Happy Rabbit. No use of this name by other Termite Terrace personnel, then or later, has ever been documented, however. Happy Rabbit was noted for his laugh which became more famous as the laugh of Woody Woodpecker which Blanc was the original voice of until he won an exclusive contract with Warner Bros. which meant he couldn't do Woody's voice anymore as the Woody Woodpecker cartoons were produced by Walter Lantz Productions and distributed by Universal Pictures. Blanc later recorded "The Woody Woodpecker Song" for Capitol Records.

Though his best-known character was a carrot-chomping rabbit, munching on the carrots interrupted the dialogue. Various substitutes, such as celery, were tried, but none of them sounded like a carrot. So for the sake of expedience, he would munch and then spit the carrot bits into a spittoon rather than swallowing them, and continue with the dialogue. One oft-repeated story is that he was allergic to carrots and had to spit them out to minimize any allergic reaction; but his autobiography makes no such claim; in fact, in a 1984 interview with Tim Lawson, co-author of The Magic Behind The Voices: A Who's Who of Cartoon Voice Actors (University Press of Mississippi, 2004), Blanc emphatically denied being allergic to carrots. In a recent Straight Dope column, a Blanc confidante confirmed that Blanc only spit out the carrots because of time constraints, and not because of allergies or general dislike.

Blanc said his most challenging job was voicing Yosemite Sam; it was rough on the throat because of Sam’s sheer volume. (Foghorn Leghorn's voice was similarly raucous.) Late in life, he reprised several of his classic voices for Who Framed Roger Rabbit, but deferred to Joe Alaskey to do Yosemite Sam's and Foghorn Leghorn's voices.
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Written By: ninny on 07/10/09 at 5:48 am

The co-person of the day...Arthur Fiedler
rthur Fiedler (December 17, 1894 – July 10, 1979) was the long-time conductor of the Boston Pops Orchestra, a symphony orchestra that specializes in popular and light classical music. With a combination of musicianship and showmanship, he made the Pops one of the best-known orchestras in the country. Some criticized him for watering down music, particularly when adapting popular songs or edited portions of the classical repertoire, but Fiedler deliberately kept performances informal, light, and often self-mocking to attract more listeners
Fiedler conducted at the nationally-televised opening ceremonies of Walt Disney World in 1971. He also appeared on numerous telecasts on Evening at Pops, carried on PBS stations nationwide.

In honor of Fiedler's vast influence on American music, on October 23, 1976 he was awarded the prestigious University of Pennsylvania Glee Club Award of Merit. Beginning in 1964, this award "established to bring a declaration of appreciation to an individual each year that has made a significant contribution to the world of music and helped to create a climate in which our talents may find valid expression."

Fiedler died in Brookline, Massachusetts, at the age of 84 on July 10, 1979. He had been in failing health for some time, and had actually suffered a heart attack after a performance on Saturday evening, May 5, 1979. He was in his 50th year as conductor of the Boston Pops Orchestra when he died. After his death, Boston honored him with a stylized sculpture, an oversized bust of Fiedler, near the Charles River Esplanade, and named a footbridge over Storrow Drive after him. This area is home of the free concert series that continues through the present day. John Williams took the post for the following year.
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Written By: ninny on 07/10/09 at 5:51 am

The flower for Friday...
1. Any of several plants of the genus Dahlia native to the mountains of Mexico, Central America, and Colombia, having tuberous roots and showy, rayed, variously colored flower heads.
2. The flower head of one of these plants.
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Written By: Howard on 07/10/09 at 7:13 am

The word of the day...Pig
1.
1. Any of several mammals of the family Suidae, having short legs, cloven hooves, bristly hair, and a cartilaginous snout used for digging, especially the domesticated hog, Sus scrofa domesticus, when young or of comparatively small size.
2. The edible parts of one of these mammals.
2. Informal. A person regarded as being piglike, greedy, or gross.
3.
1. A crude block of metal, chiefly iron or lead, poured from a smelting furnace.
2. A mold in which such metal is cast.
3. Pig iron.
4. Offensive Slang. Used as a disparaging term for a police officer.
5. Slang. A member of the social or political establishment, especially one holding sexist or racist views.
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<a href="http://photobucket.com/images/pig" target="_blank"><img src="http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p205/xxpooblaxx/goldpig.jpg" border="0" alt="igc gold pig Pictures, Images and Photos"/></a>
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Don't forget Miss Piggy.

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Written By: ninny on 07/10/09 at 8:34 am

Don't forget Miss Piggy.

Mwah
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Written By: Reynolds1863 on 07/10/09 at 8:36 am

Ash should post her pig collection. :)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/10/09 at 1:30 pm

The word of the day...Pig
1.
1. Any of several mammals of the family Suidae, having short legs, cloven hooves, bristly hair, and a cartilaginous snout used for digging, especially the domesticated hog, Sus scrofa domesticus, when young or of comparatively small size.
2. The edible parts of one of these mammals.
2. Informal. A person regarded as being piglike, greedy, or gross.
3.
1. A crude block of metal, chiefly iron or lead, poured from a smelting furnace.
2. A mold in which such metal is cast.
3. Pig iron.
4. Offensive Slang. Used as a disparaging term for a police officer.
5. Slang. A member of the social or political establishment, especially one holding sexist or racist views.

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Chimney & Pig photographed in December 1976 for Pink Floyd 'Animals' album

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/10/09 at 1:32 pm

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Chimney & Pig photographed in December 1976 for Pink Floyd 'Animals' album
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/10/09 at 1:34 pm

The person of the day...Mel Blanc
Melvin Jerome "Mel" Blanc (May 30, 1908 – July 10, 1989) was an American voice actor and comedian. Although he began his nearly six-decade-long career performing in radio commercials, Blanc is best known for his work with Warner Bros. during the so-called "Golden Age of American animation" (and later for Hanna-Barbera television productions) as the voice of such well-known characters as Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Sylvester the Cat, Beaky Buzzard, Tweety Bird, Foghorn Leghorn, Yosemite Sam, Wile E. Coyote, Barney Rubble, Mr. Spacely, and hundreds of others. Having earned the nickname “The Man of a Thousand Voices,” Blanc is regarded as one of the most influential persons in his field.
In 1936, Mel Blanc joined Leon Schlesinger Productions, which made animated cartoons distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. Blanc liked to tell the story about how he got turned down at the Schlesinger studio by music director Norman Spencer, who was in charge of cartoon voices, saying that they had all the voices they needed. Then Spencer died, and sound man Treg Brown took charge of cartoon voices, while Carl Stalling took over as music director. Brown introduced Blanc to animation directors Tex Avery, Bob Clampett, Friz Freleng, and Frank Tashlin, who loved his voices. The first cartoon Blanc worked on was Picador Porky as the voice of a drunken bull. He took over as Porky Pig's voice in Porky's Duck Hunt, which marked the debut of Daffy Duck, also voiced by Blanc.

Blanc soon became noted for voicing a wide variety of cartoon characters, adding Bugs Bunny, Tweety Bird, Pepé Le Pew and many others. His natural voice was that of Sylvester the cat but without the lispy spray. (Blanc's voice can be heard in an episode of The Beverly Hillbillies that also featured frequent Blanc vocal foil Bea Benaderet; in his small appearance, Blanc plays a vexed cab-driver.)

In his later years, Blanc claimed that a handful of late 1930s and early 1940s Warner cartoons that each featured a rabbit clearly a precursor of Bugs Bunny all actually dealt with a single character named Happy Rabbit. No use of this name by other Termite Terrace personnel, then or later, has ever been documented, however. Happy Rabbit was noted for his laugh which became more famous as the laugh of Woody Woodpecker which Blanc was the original voice of until he won an exclusive contract with Warner Bros. which meant he couldn't do Woody's voice anymore as the Woody Woodpecker cartoons were produced by Walter Lantz Productions and distributed by Universal Pictures. Blanc later recorded "The Woody Woodpecker Song" for Capitol Records.

Though his best-known character was a carrot-chomping rabbit, munching on the carrots interrupted the dialogue. Various substitutes, such as celery, were tried, but none of them sounded like a carrot. So for the sake of expedience, he would munch and then spit the carrot bits into a spittoon rather than swallowing them, and continue with the dialogue. One oft-repeated story is that he was allergic to carrots and had to spit them out to minimize any allergic reaction; but his autobiography makes no such claim; in fact, in a 1984 interview with Tim Lawson, co-author of The Magic Behind The Voices: A Who's Who of Cartoon Voice Actors (University Press of Mississippi, 2004), Blanc emphatically denied being allergic to carrots. In a recent Straight Dope column, a Blanc confidante confirmed that Blanc only spit out the carrots because of time constraints, and not because of allergies or general dislike.

Blanc said his most challenging job was voicing Yosemite Sam; it was rough on the throat because of Sam’s sheer volume. (Foghorn Leghorn's voice was similarly raucous.) Late in life, he reprised several of his classic voices for Who Framed Roger Rabbit, but deferred to Joe Alaskey to do Yosemite Sam's and Foghorn Leghorn's voices.
Mel Blanc came to the cinema I worked at on the day is was my day off!

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Written By: Frank on 07/10/09 at 11:28 pm

The person of the day...Mel Blanc
Melvin Jerome "Mel" Blanc (May 30, 1908 – July 10, 1989) was an American voice actor and comedian. Although he began his nearly six-decade-long career performing in radio commercials, Blanc is best known for his work with Warner Bros. during the so-called "Golden Age of American animation" (and later for Hanna-Barbera television productions) as the voice of such well-known characters as Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Sylvester the Cat, Beaky Buzzard, Tweety Bird, Foghorn Leghorn, Yosemite Sam, Wile E. Coyote, Barney Rubble, Mr. Spacely, and hundreds of others. Having earned the nickname “The Man of a Thousand Voices,” Blanc is regarded as one of the most influential persons in his field.
In 1936, Mel Blanc joined Leon Schlesinger Productions, which made animated cartoons distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. Blanc liked to tell the story about how he got turned down at the Schlesinger studio by music director Norman Spencer, who was in charge of cartoon voices, saying that they had all the voices they needed. Then Spencer died, and sound man Treg Brown took charge of cartoon voices, while Carl Stalling took over as music director. Brown introduced Blanc to animation directors Tex Avery, Bob Clampett, Friz Freleng, and Frank Tashlin, who loved his voices. The first cartoon Blanc worked on was Picador Porky as the voice of a drunken bull. He took over as Porky Pig's voice in Porky's Duck Hunt, which marked the debut of Daffy Duck, also voiced by Blanc.

Blanc soon became noted for voicing a wide variety of cartoon characters, adding Bugs Bunny, Tweety Bird, Pepé Le Pew and many others. His natural voice was that of Sylvester the cat but without the lispy spray. (Blanc's voice can be heard in an episode of The Beverly Hillbillies that also featured frequent Blanc vocal foil Bea Benaderet; in his small appearance, Blanc plays a vexed cab-driver.)

In his later years, Blanc claimed that a handful of late 1930s and early 1940s Warner cartoons that each featured a rabbit clearly a precursor of Bugs Bunny all actually dealt with a single character named Happy Rabbit. No use of this name by other Termite Terrace personnel, then or later, has ever been documented, however. Happy Rabbit was noted for his laugh which became more famous as the laugh of Woody Woodpecker which Blanc was the original voice of until he won an exclusive contract with Warner Bros. which meant he couldn't do Woody's voice anymore as the Woody Woodpecker cartoons were produced by Walter Lantz Productions and distributed by Universal Pictures. Blanc later recorded "The Woody Woodpecker Song" for Capitol Records.

Though his best-known character was a carrot-chomping rabbit, munching on the carrots interrupted the dialogue. Various substitutes, such as celery, were tried, but none of them sounded like a carrot. So for the sake of expedience, he would munch and then spit the carrot bits into a spittoon rather than swallowing them, and continue with the dialogue. One oft-repeated story is that he was allergic to carrots and had to spit them out to minimize any allergic reaction; but his autobiography makes no such claim; in fact, in a 1984 interview with Tim Lawson, co-author of The Magic Behind The Voices: A Who's Who of Cartoon Voice Actors (University Press of Mississippi, 2004), Blanc emphatically denied being allergic to carrots. In a recent Straight Dope column, a Blanc confidante confirmed that Blanc only spit out the carrots because of time constraints, and not because of allergies or general dislike.

Blanc said his most challenging job was voicing Yosemite Sam; it was rough on the throat because of Sam’s sheer volume. (Foghorn Leghorn's voice was similarly raucous.) Late in life, he reprised several of his classic voices for Who Framed Roger Rabbit, but deferred to Joe Alaskey to do Yosemite Sam's and Foghorn Leghorn's voices.
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That's all folks!

Bugs Bunny: Best classic animated cartoon character (Until Ralph Wiggum came along) :D

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/11/09 at 1:54 am

Mwah
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Oink!!!!

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Written By: ninny on 07/11/09 at 5:40 am

The word of the day...Ticket
1.
1. A paper slip or card indicating that its holder has paid for or is entitled to a specified service, right, or consideration: a theater ticket; an airline ticket.
2. An e-ticket.
2. A certifying document, especially a captain's or pilot's license.
3. An identifying or descriptive tag attached to merchandise; a label.
4. A list of candidates proposed or endorsed by a political party; a slate.
5. A legal summons, especially for a traffic violation.
6. The proper or desirable thing: A change of scene would be just the ticket for us.
7. Informal. A means to an end: “He went to Washington … to become press secretary … it was his ticket out of the Delta” (Nicholas Lamann).
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Written By: ninny on 07/11/09 at 5:47 am

The person of the day...Laurence Olivier
Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier, OM (pronounced /ˈlɒrəns ɵˈlɪvieɪ/; 22 May 1907 – 11 July 1989) was an English actor, director, and producer. He is one of the most famous and revered actors of the 20th century, along with his contemporaries John Gielgud, Peggy Ashcroft and Ralph Richardson.

He was born in Dorking, son of the Rev Gerard Kerr Olivier and his wife Agnes Louis (Crookenden), educated at St Edward's School, Oxford, and studied with Elsie Fogerty. He married Jill Esmond, Vivien Leigh and Joan Plowright. He made his first stage appearance at the Shakespeare Festival Theatre, Stratford upon Avon in April 1922 when he played Katherine in The Taming of the Shrew for a special boys' performance.
He made his film debut in The Temporary Widow, and played his first leading role on film in The Yellow Ticket; however, he held the film in little regard. His stage breakthroughs were in Noel Coward's Private Lives in 1930, and in Romeo and Juliet in 1935, alternating the roles of Romeo and Mercutio with John Gielgud. Olivier did not agree with Gielgud's style of acting Shakespeare and was irritated by the fact that Gielgud was getting better reviews than he was. His tension towards Gielgud came to a head in 1940, when Olivier approached London impresario Binkie Beaumont about financing him in a repertory of the four great Shakespearean tragedies of Hamlet, Othello, Macbeth and King Lear. However, Beaumont would only agree to the plan if Olivier and Gielgud alternated in the roles of Hamlet/Laertes, Othello/Iago, Macbeth/Macduff, and Lear/Gloucester and that Gielgud direct at least one of the productions, a proposition Olivier bluntly declined.

The engagement as Romeo resulted in an invitation by Lilian Baylis to be the star at the Old Vic Theatre in 1937/38. Olivier's tenure had mixed artistic results, with his performances as Hamlet and Iago drawing a negative response from critics and his first attempt at Macbeth receiving mixed reviews. But his appearances as Henry V, Coriolanus, and Sir Toby Belch in Twelfth Night were triumphs, and his popularity with Old Vic audiences left Olivier as one of the major Shakespearean actors in England by the season's end.

Olivier continued to hold his scorn for film, and though he constantly worked for Alexander Korda, he still felt most at home on the stage. He made his first Shakespeare film, As You Like It, with Paul Czinner, however, Olivier disliked it, thinking that Shakespeare did not work well on film.
Olivier with his future second wife, Vivien Leigh, in Fire Over England (1937)

Laurence Olivier saw Vivien Leigh in The Mask of Virtue in 1936, and a friendship developed after he congratulated her on her performance. While playing lovers in the film Fire Over England (1937), Olivier and Leigh developed a strong attraction, and after filming was completed, they began an affair.

Leigh played Ophelia to Olivier's Hamlet in an Old Vic Theatre production, and Olivier later recalled an incident during which her mood rapidly changed as she was quietly preparing to go onstage. Without apparent provocation, she began screaming at him, before suddenly becoming silent and staring into space. She was able to perform without mishap, and by the following day, she had returned to normal with no recollection of the event. It was the first time Olivier witnessed such behaviour from her
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Written By: ninny on 07/11/09 at 5:51 am

The co-person of the day...George Gershwin
George Gershwin (September 26, 1898 – July 11, 1937) was an American composer and pianist whose early death brought to a premature halt one of the most remarkable careers in American music. Gershwin's compositions spanned both popular and classical genres, and his most popular melodies are universally familiar. He wrote most of his vocal and theatrical works in collaboration with his elder brother, lyricist Ira Gershwin. George Gershwin composed music for both Broadway and the classical concert hall, as well as popular songs that brought his work to an even wider public.

Gershwin's compositions have been used in numerous films and on television, and many became jazz standards recorded in numerous variations. Countless singers and musicians have recorded Gershwin songs
Note: All orchestral/operatic pieces are orchestrated by Gershwin unless otherwise specified.

* Tango (1915), for solo piano. Written when he was 15.
* Lullaby (1919), a meditative piece for string quartet. Originally, a class assignment from his music theory teacher.
* Blue Monday, a one-act opera featured in George White's Scandals of 1922 at the Globe Theatre, Paul Whiteman conducting, orchestrated by Will Vodery.
o A Suite from Blue Monday for two pianos was later arranged and has been recorded.
o Reorchestrated by Ferde Grofé and retitled 135th Street in 1925 for a performance at Carnegie Hall.
* Rhapsody in Blue, (1924), his most famous work, a symphonic jazz composition for Paul Whiteman's jazz band & piano, premiered at Aeolian Hall, better known in the form orchestrated for full symphonic orchestra by Ferde Grofé. Featured in numerous films and commercials.
* Short Story, (1925), for violin and piano, an arrangement of two other short pieces originally intended to be included with the Three Preludes. Premiered by Samuel Dushkin at The University Club of New York in New York City.
* Concerto in F, (1925), three movements, for piano and orchestra, premiered in Carnegie Hall by the New York Symphony Orchestra, Walter Damrosch conducting.
* Three Preludes, (1926), for piano, first performed by Gershwin at the Roosevelt Hotel in New York City.
* An American in Paris (1928), a symphonic poem with elements of jazz and realistic Parisian sound effects, premiered in Carnegie Hall by the New York Philharmonic, Walter Damrosch conducting.
* Second Rhapsody (1931), for piano and orchestra, based on the score for a musical sequence from the film Delicious. Working title for the work was Rhapsody in Rivets. Premiered at the Boston Symphony Hall by the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Serge Koussevitzky conducting.
* Cuban Overture (1932), originally titled Rumba, a tone poem featuring elements of native Cuban dance and folk music; score specifies usage of native Cuban instruments, premiered at the Lewisohn Stadium of the City University of New York, Gershwin conducting.
* Piano Transcriptions of Eight Songs (1932)
* Variations on "I Got Rhythm" (1934), a set of interesting variations on his famous song, for piano and orchestra. Premiered at the Boston Symphony Hall by the Leo Reisman Orchestra, conducted by Charles Previn.
o Includes a waltz, an atonal fugue, and experimentation with Asian and jazz influences
* Porgy and Bess, a folk opera (1935) (from the book by DuBose Heyward) about African-American life, now considered a definitive work of the American theater, premiered at the Alvin Theatre, Alexander Smallens conducting.
o Contains the famous aria "Summertime", in addition to hits like "I Got Plenty o' Nuttin'" and "It Ain't Necessarily So".
o Porgy and Bess has also been heard in the concert hall, mostly in two orchestral suites, one by Gershwin himself entitled Catfish Row; another suite by Robert Russell Bennett, Porgy and Bess: A Symphonic Picture is also relatively popular.
* Walking the Dog, (1937), a humorous piece for orchestra featuring the clarinet. Originally a musical sequence entitled Promenade from the movie Shall We Dance for piano and chamber orchestra.
o Many other incidental sequences from Shall We Dance were composed and (for the most part) orchestrated by Gershwin, among them: Waltz of the Red Balloons and a final extended 8-minute orchestral passage based on the title song with an intruiging coda hinting at Gershwin forging a new musical path. It is unknown why any of these compositions have not seen the light of day in the concert hall.
o Most of the musicals Gershwin wrote are also known for their instrumental music, among them the March from Strike up the Band and overtures to many of his later shows.
* Impromptu in Two Keys, published posthumously in (1973), for piano
* Two Waltzes in C, published posthumously in (1975), for piano
o Originally a two-piano interlude in Pardon My English on Broadway.

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Written By: Howard on 07/11/09 at 7:10 am

The word of the day...Ticket
1.
1. A paper slip or card indicating that its holder has paid for or is entitled to a specified service, right, or consideration: a theater ticket; an airline ticket.
2. An e-ticket.
2. A certifying document, especially a captain's or pilot's license.
3. An identifying or descriptive tag attached to merchandise; a label.
4. A list of candidates proposed or endorsed by a political party; a slate.
5. A legal summons, especially for a traffic violation.
6. The proper or desirable thing: A change of scene would be just the ticket for us.
7. Informal. A means to an end: “He went to Washington … to become press secretary … it was his ticket out of the Delta” (Nicholas Lamann).
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There's also parking tickets.

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Written By: Womble on 07/11/09 at 7:18 am

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Laundry Ticket

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Bakery Ticket

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Written By: Howard on 07/11/09 at 7:19 am

I hate bakery tickets.

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Written By: ninny on 07/11/09 at 12:10 pm

I hate bakery tickets.

Just like deli tickets.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/11/09 at 2:51 pm

The word of the day...Ticket
1.
1. A paper slip or card indicating that its holder has paid for or is entitled to a specified service, right, or consideration: a theater ticket; an airline ticket.
2. An e-ticket.
2. A certifying document, especially a captain's or pilot's license.
3. An identifying or descriptive tag attached to merchandise; a label.
4. A list of candidates proposed or endorsed by a political party; a slate.
5. A legal summons, especially for a traffic violation.
6. The proper or desirable thing: A change of scene would be just the ticket for us.
7. Informal. A means to an end: “He went to Washington … to become press secretary … it was his ticket out of the Delta” (Nicholas Lamann).
Any mention of the tickets for the Michael Jackson concerts that are not to be now?

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/11/09 at 2:52 pm

The person of the day...Laurence Olivier
Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier, OM (pronounced /ˈlɒrəns ɵˈlɪvieɪ/; 22 May 1907 – 11 July 1989) was an English actor, director, and producer. He is one of the most famous and revered actors of the 20th century, along with his contemporaries John Gielgud, Peggy Ashcroft and Ralph Richardson.

He was born in Dorking, son of the Rev Gerard Kerr Olivier and his wife Agnes Louis (Crookenden), educated at St Edward's School, Oxford, and studied with Elsie Fogerty. He married Jill Esmond, Vivien Leigh and Joan Plowright. He made his first stage appearance at the Shakespeare Festival Theatre, Stratford upon Avon in April 1922 when he played Katherine in The Taming of the Shrew for a special boys' performance.
He made his film debut in The Temporary Widow, and played his first leading role on film in The Yellow Ticket; however, he held the film in little regard. His stage breakthroughs were in Noel Coward's Private Lives in 1930, and in Romeo and Juliet in 1935, alternating the roles of Romeo and Mercutio with John Gielgud. Olivier did not agree with Gielgud's style of acting Shakespeare and was irritated by the fact that Gielgud was getting better reviews than he was. His tension towards Gielgud came to a head in 1940, when Olivier approached London impresario Binkie Beaumont about financing him in a repertory of the four great Shakespearean tragedies of Hamlet, Othello, Macbeth and King Lear. However, Beaumont would only agree to the plan if Olivier and Gielgud alternated in the roles of Hamlet/Laertes, Othello/Iago, Macbeth/Macduff, and Lear/Gloucester and that Gielgud direct at least one of the productions, a proposition Olivier bluntly declined.

The engagement as Romeo resulted in an invitation by Lilian Baylis to be the star at the Old Vic Theatre in 1937/38. Olivier's tenure had mixed artistic results, with his performances as Hamlet and Iago drawing a negative response from critics and his first attempt at Macbeth receiving mixed reviews. But his appearances as Henry V, Coriolanus, and Sir Toby Belch in Twelfth Night were triumphs, and his popularity with Old Vic audiences left Olivier as one of the major Shakespearean actors in England by the season's end.

Olivier continued to hold his scorn for film, and though he constantly worked for Alexander Korda, he still felt most at home on the stage. He made his first Shakespeare film, As You Like It, with Paul Czinner, however, Olivier disliked it, thinking that Shakespeare did not work well on film.
Olivier with his future second wife, Vivien Leigh, in Fire Over England (1937)

Laurence Olivier saw Vivien Leigh in The Mask of Virtue in 1936, and a friendship developed after he congratulated her on her performance. While playing lovers in the film Fire Over England (1937), Olivier and Leigh developed a strong attraction, and after filming was completed, they began an affair.

Leigh played Ophelia to Olivier's Hamlet in an Old Vic Theatre production, and Olivier later recalled an incident during which her mood rapidly changed as she was quietly preparing to go onstage. Without apparent provocation, she began screaming at him, before suddenly becoming silent and staring into space. She was able to perform without mishap, and by the following day, she had returned to normal with no recollection of the event. It was the first time Olivier witnessed such behaviour from her
Married to Vivien Leigh, se above

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/11/09 at 2:53 pm

The person of the day...Laurence Olivier

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Marathon Man is on tv tonight, now should I watch it or not?

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/11/09 at 2:53 pm

Marathon Man is on tv tonight, now should I watch it or not?
Is it safe?

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/11/09 at 2:54 pm

The co-person of the day...George Gershwin
George Gershwin (September 26, 1898 – July 11, 1937) was an American composer and pianist whose early death brought to a premature halt one of the most remarkable careers in American music. Gershwin's compositions spanned both popular and classical genres, and his most popular melodies are universally familiar. He wrote most of his vocal and theatrical works in collaboration with his elder brother, lyricist Ira Gershwin. George Gershwin composed music for both Broadway and the classical concert hall, as well as popular songs that brought his work to an even wider public.

Gershwin's compositions have been used in numerous films and on television, and many became jazz standards recorded in numerous variations. Countless singers and musicians have recorded Gershwin songs
Note: All orchestral/operatic pieces are orchestrated by Gershwin unless otherwise specified.

* Tango (1915), for solo piano. Written when he was 15.
* Lullaby (1919), a meditative piece for string quartet. Originally, a class assignment from his music theory teacher.
* Blue Monday, a one-act opera featured in George White's Scandals of 1922 at the Globe Theatre, Paul Whiteman conducting, orchestrated by Will Vodery.
o A Suite from Blue Monday for two pianos was later arranged and has been recorded.
o Reorchestrated by Ferde Grofé and retitled 135th Street in 1925 for a performance at Carnegie Hall.
* Rhapsody in Blue, (1924), his most famous work, a symphonic jazz composition for Paul Whiteman's jazz band & piano, premiered at Aeolian Hall, better known in the form orchestrated for full symphonic orchestra by Ferde Grofé. Featured in numerous films and commercials.
* Short Story, (1925), for violin and piano, an arrangement of two other short pieces originally intended to be included with the Three Preludes. Premiered by Samuel Dushkin at The University Club of New York in New York City.
* Concerto in F, (1925), three movements, for piano and orchestra, premiered in Carnegie Hall by the New York Symphony Orchestra, Walter Damrosch conducting.
* Three Preludes, (1926), for piano, first performed by Gershwin at the Roosevelt Hotel in New York City.
* An American in Paris (1928), a symphonic poem with elements of jazz and realistic Parisian sound effects, premiered in Carnegie Hall by the New York Philharmonic, Walter Damrosch conducting.
* Second Rhapsody (1931), for piano and orchestra, based on the score for a musical sequence from the film Delicious. Working title for the work was Rhapsody in Rivets. Premiered at the Boston Symphony Hall by the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Serge Koussevitzky conducting.
* Cuban Overture (1932), originally titled Rumba, a tone poem featuring elements of native Cuban dance and folk music; score specifies usage of native Cuban instruments, premiered at the Lewisohn Stadium of the City University of New York, Gershwin conducting.
* Piano Transcriptions of Eight Songs (1932)
* Variations on "I Got Rhythm" (1934), a set of interesting variations on his famous song, for piano and orchestra. Premiered at the Boston Symphony Hall by the Leo Reisman Orchestra, conducted by Charles Previn.
o Includes a waltz, an atonal fugue, and experimentation with Asian and jazz influences
* Porgy and Bess, a folk opera (1935) (from the book by DuBose Heyward) about African-American life, now considered a definitive work of the American theater, premiered at the Alvin Theatre, Alexander Smallens conducting.
o Contains the famous aria "Summertime", in addition to hits like "I Got Plenty o' Nuttin'" and "It Ain't Necessarily So".
o Porgy and Bess has also been heard in the concert hall, mostly in two orchestral suites, one by Gershwin himself entitled Catfish Row; another suite by Robert Russell Bennett, Porgy and Bess: A Symphonic Picture is also relatively popular.
* Walking the Dog, (1937), a humorous piece for orchestra featuring the clarinet. Originally a musical sequence entitled Promenade from the movie Shall We Dance for piano and chamber orchestra.
o Many other incidental sequences from Shall We Dance were composed and (for the most part) orchestrated by Gershwin, among them: Waltz of the Red Balloons and a final extended 8-minute orchestral passage based on the title song with an intruiging coda hinting at Gershwin forging a new musical path. It is unknown why any of these compositions have not seen the light of day in the concert hall.
o Most of the musicals Gershwin wrote are also known for their instrumental music, among them the March from Strike up the Band and overtures to many of his later shows.
* Impromptu in Two Keys, published posthumously in (1973), for piano
* Two Waltzes in C, published posthumously in (1975), for piano
o Originally a two-piano interlude in Pardon My English on Broadway.

Creator of some wonderful ditties.

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Written By: Frank on 07/11/09 at 4:49 pm

Is it safe?

I never want to visit the dentist after seeing that film.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/11/09 at 4:50 pm

I never want to visit the dentist after seeing that film.

Too true

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/11/09 at 4:51 pm

Marathon Man is on tv tonight, now should I watch it or not?
I have decided not to watch it.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/11/09 at 4:52 pm

I never want to visit the dentist after seeing that film.

Odontophobia?

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Written By: Frank on 07/11/09 at 4:55 pm

Odontophobia?

You can watch the movie and fast forward through the the part where Dustin is in that dentist chair

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/11/09 at 4:55 pm

You can watch the movie and fast forward through the the part where Dustin is in that dentist chair
How do you know when the sequence has finished?

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Written By: Frank on 07/11/09 at 5:02 pm

How do you know when the sequence has finished?

Get your wife to tell you?

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Written By: Howard on 07/11/09 at 7:29 pm

Just like deli tickets.

I hate when you have to wait on line for your number. ::)

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Written By: gibbo on 07/11/09 at 7:46 pm

How do you know when the sequence has finished?

When the screaming stops and the sound of running feet starts! ;D

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/12/09 at 3:19 am

Get your wife to tell you?
What if your wife is squeamish?

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/12/09 at 3:20 am

When the screaming stops and the sound of running feet starts! ;D
What if you have covered your ears too?

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/12/09 at 3:22 am

For the record...

"Christian Szell: Is it safe?... Is it safe?
Babe: You're talking to me?
Christian Szell: Is it safe?
Babe: Is what safe?
Christian Szell: Is it safe?
Babe: I don't know what you mean. I can't tell you something's safe or not, unless I know specifically what you're talking about.
Christian Szell: Is it safe?
Babe: Tell me what the "it" refers to.
Christian Szell: Is it safe?
Babe: Yes, it's safe, it's very safe, it's so safe you wouldn't believe it.
Christian Szell: Is it safe?
Babe: No. It's not safe, it's... very dangerous, be careful."

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/12/09 at 3:23 am

Is it safe?
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Written By: ninny on 07/12/09 at 5:39 am

The word of the day...Mummy
1. The dead body of a human or animal that has been embalmed and prepared for burial, as according to the practices of the ancient Egyptians.
2. A withered, shrunken, or well-preserved body that resembles an embalmed body.
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Written By: ninny on 07/12/09 at 5:43 am

The person of the day...Lon Chaney Jr.
Lon Chaney, Jr. (February 10, 1906 – July 12, 1973) was an American character actor, known mainly for his roles in monster movies and as the son of famous silent film actor, Lon Chaney. Originally credited in films as Creighton Chaney, he was first credited as "Lon Chaney, Jr." in 1935. Chaney had English, French and Irish ancestry.
was only after his father's death that Chaney started acting in movies, beginning with an uncredited role in the 1932 film Girl Crazy. He appeared in films under his real name Creighton until 1935, when he began to be billed as "Lon Chaney, Jr." (and would appear as "Lon Chaney" later in his career). Chaney was asked to test for the role of Quasimodo for the 1939 remake of The Hunchback of Notre Dame. The role went to Charles Laughton. In his final years, Lon would get a brief chance to play Quasimodo, and return to the roles of the Mummy, and the Wolfman on the 1960s television series "Route 66" with friends Boris Karloff and Peter Lorre. Lon first achieved stardom and critical acclaim in the 1939 feature film version of Of Mice and Men, in which he played Lennie Small.
Lon Chaney, Jr. in Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man

In 1941, Chaney starred in the title role of The Wolf Man for Universal Pictures Co. Inc., a role which would typecast him for the rest of his life. He maintained a career at Universal horror movies over the next few years, replaying the Wolf Man in Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man, House of Frankenstein, House of Dracula, Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein, Frankenstein's monster in The Ghost of Frankenstein, Kharis the mummy in The Mummy's Tomb, The Mummy's Ghost and The Mummy's Curse. He also played the offspring of Count Dracula in Son of Dracula. Chaney is thus the only actor to portray all four of Universal's major monsters: the Wolf Man, Frankenstein's Monster, the Mummy, and the vampire son of Dracula. Universal also starred him in a series of psychological mysteries associated with the Inner Sanctum radio series. He also played western heroes, such as in the serial Overland Mail, but the imposing 6-foot 2-inch, 220-pound actor often appeared as mundane heavies. After leaving Universal Studios, where he made thirty films, he worked primarily in character roles in low-budget films, due to typecasting and alcoholism.

He also established himself as a favorite of producer Stanley Kramer, taking key supporting roles in the classic western High Noon (1952) (starring Gary Cooper), Not as a Stranger (1955), a hospital melodrama featuring Robert Mitchum and Frank Sinatra, and The Defiant Ones (1958, starring Tony Curtis and Sidney Poitier.) Kramer told the press at the time that whenever a script came in with a role too difficult for most actors in Hollywood, he called Chaney.

One of his most talked about roles was a 1952 live television version of Frankenstein on the anthology series Tales of Tomorrow for which he showed up drunk. During the live broadcast, Chaney, playing the Monster, was so drunk that he thought it was just a rehearsal and he would pick up furniture that he was supposed to break only to gingerly put it back down while muttering, "Break later." A kinescope of the January 18, 1952 broadcast is available on YouTube, and open to the public for viewing at The Paley Center for Media in New York City and Los Angeles. Chaney's bald and scarred makeup in this show closely resembles that worn by Robert De Niro in a 1994 big-screen treatment.

He became quite popular with baby boomers, however, after Universal released its back catalog of horror films to television in 1956 and Famous Monsters of Filmland magazine regularly focused on his films. He was honored by appearing as the Wolf Man on one of a 1997 series of United States postage stamps depicting movie monsters, as was Boris Karloff as Frankenstein's monster and The Mummy, Bela Lugosi as Dracula, and Lon Chaney, Sr. as The Phantom of the Opera.

In 1957, Chaney went to Ontario, Canada to costar in the first
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Written By: ninny on 07/12/09 at 5:45 am

The co-person of the day...Minnie Riperton
Minnie Julia Riperton (November 8, 1947 – July 12, 1979) was an American singer-songwriter best known for her five-and-a-half octave vocal range and her 1975 single "Lovin' You".

As a child Riperton studied music, drama, and dance at Chicago's Lincoln Center. In her teen years, Riperton sang lead vocals for the Chicago-based girl group, The Gems. Her early affiliation with legendary Chess records afforded her the opportunity to sing backup for various established artist such as Etta James, Fontella Bass, Ramsey Lewis, Bo Diddley, Chuck Berry, and Muddy Waters. While at Chess, Riperton also sang lead for the experimental rock/soul group Rotary Connection, from 1967 to 1971. In 1969 Riperton, along with Rotary Connection, played in the first Catholic Rock Mass at the Liturgical Conference National Convention, Milwaukee Arena, Milwaukee, WI. produced by James F. Colaianni. Riperton reached the apex of her short, but esteemed, career with her number-one hit single, "Lovin' You", on April 4, 1975. The single was the last release from her 1974 gold album entitled Perfect Angel.

In 1976 Riperton was diagnosed with breast cancer and underwent a modified radical mastectomy. Though she was given just six months to live, she continued recording and touring, and in 1977 she became spokesperson for the American Cancer Society. That same year, Riperton also received the Society's Courage Award presented to her at the White House by then-President Jimmy Carter. She died at age 31 on July 12, 1979.
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Written By: Howard on 07/12/09 at 7:02 am

The co-person of the day...Minnie Riperton
Minnie Julia Riperton (November 8, 1947 – July 12, 1979) was an American singer-songwriter best known for her five-and-a-half octave vocal range and her 1975 single "Lovin' You".

As a child Riperton studied music, drama, and dance at Chicago's Lincoln Center. In her teen years, Riperton sang lead vocals for the Chicago-based girl group, The Gems. Her early affiliation with legendary Chess records afforded her the opportunity to sing backup for various established artist such as Etta James, Fontella Bass, Ramsey Lewis, Bo Diddley, Chuck Berry, and Muddy Waters. While at Chess, Riperton also sang lead for the experimental rock/soul group Rotary Connection, from 1967 to 1971. In 1969 Riperton, along with Rotary Connection, played in the first Catholic Rock Mass at the Liturgical Conference National Convention, Milwaukee Arena, Milwaukee, WI. produced by James F. Colaianni. Riperton reached the apex of her short, but esteemed, career with her number-one hit single, "Lovin' You", on April 4, 1975. The single was the last release from her 1974 gold album entitled Perfect Angel.

In 1976 Riperton was diagnosed with breast cancer and underwent a modified radical mastectomy. Though she was given just six months to live, she continued recording and touring, and in 1977 she became spokesperson for the American Cancer Society. That same year, Riperton also received the Society's Courage Award presented to her at the White House by then-President Jimmy Carter. She died at age 31 on July 12, 1979.
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Minnie Riperton was great and that high pitched voice was amazing. :)

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Written By: Michael C. on 07/12/09 at 10:57 am

Tragic ..Such a talent cut short.

Something of note.....Maya Rudolph {of Saturday Night Live} is Minnie's Daughter and Loving You was written as a lullaby for Her.Maya was in the studio,with Minnie singing to Her,during the recording of the song.

The co-person of the day...Minnie Riperton
Minnie Julia Riperton (November 8, 1947 – July 12, 1979) was an American singer-songwriter best known for her five-and-a-half octave vocal range and her 1975 single "Lovin' You".

As a child Riperton studied music, drama, and dance at Chicago's Lincoln Center. In her teen years, Riperton sang lead vocals for the Chicago-based girl group, The Gems. Her early affiliation with legendary Chess records afforded her the opportunity to sing backup for various established artist such as Etta James, Fontella Bass, Ramsey Lewis, Bo Diddley, Chuck Berry, and Muddy Waters. While at Chess, Riperton also sang lead for the experimental rock/soul group Rotary Connection, from 1967 to 1971. In 1969 Riperton, along with Rotary Connection, played in the first Catholic Rock Mass at the Liturgical Conference National Convention, Milwaukee Arena, Milwaukee, WI. produced by James F. Colaianni. Riperton reached the apex of her short, but esteemed, career with her number-one hit single, "Lovin' You", on April 4, 1975. The single was the last release from her 1974 gold album entitled Perfect Angel.

In 1976 Riperton was diagnosed with breast cancer and underwent a modified radical mastectomy. Though she was given just six months to live, she continued recording and touring, and in 1977 she became spokesperson for the American Cancer Society. That same year, Riperton also received the Society's Courage Award presented to her at the White House by then-President Jimmy Carter. She died at age 31 on July 12, 1979.
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Written By: Michael C. on 07/12/09 at 11:08 am

In one of His later Films, Spider Baby...1968....w/ Sid Haig, Carol Ohmart,Beverly Washburn & Jill Banner...Lon "sang" the title song...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7RT9OGzXL4

The person of the day...Lon Chaney Jr.
Lon Chaney, Jr. (February 10, 1906 – July 12, 1973) was an American character actor, known mainly for his roles in monster movies and as the son of famous silent film actor, Lon Chaney. Originally credited in films as Creighton Chaney, he was first credited as "Lon Chaney, Jr." in 1935. Chaney had English, French and Irish ancestry.
was only after his father's death that Chaney started acting in movies, beginning with an uncredited role in the 1932 film Girl Crazy. He appeared in films under his real name Creighton until 1935, when he began to be billed as "Lon Chaney, Jr." (and would appear as "Lon Chaney" later in his career). Chaney was asked to test for the role of Quasimodo for the 1939 remake of The Hunchback of Notre Dame. The role went to Charles Laughton. In his final years, Lon would get a brief chance to play Quasimodo, and return to the roles of the Mummy, and the Wolfman on the 1960s television series "Route 66" with friends Boris Karloff and Peter Lorre. Lon first achieved stardom and critical acclaim in the 1939 feature film version of Of Mice and Men, in which he played Lennie Small.
Lon Chaney, Jr. in Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man

In 1941, Chaney starred in the title role of The Wolf Man for Universal Pictures Co. Inc., a role which would typecast him for the rest of his life. He maintained a career at Universal horror movies over the next few years, replaying the Wolf Man in Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man, House of Frankenstein, House of Dracula, Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein, Frankenstein's monster in The Ghost of Frankenstein, Kharis the mummy in The Mummy's Tomb, The Mummy's Ghost and The Mummy's Curse. He also played the offspring of Count Dracula in Son of Dracula. Chaney is thus the only actor to portray all four of Universal's major monsters: the Wolf Man, Frankenstein's Monster, the Mummy, and the vampire son of Dracula. Universal also starred him in a series of psychological mysteries associated with the Inner Sanctum radio series. He also played western heroes, such as in the serial Overland Mail, but the imposing 6-foot 2-inch, 220-pound actor often appeared as mundane heavies. After leaving Universal Studios, where he made thirty films, he worked primarily in character roles in low-budget films, due to typecasting and alcoholism.

He also established himself as a favorite of producer Stanley Kramer, taking key supporting roles in the classic western High Noon (1952) (starring Gary Cooper), Not as a Stranger (1955), a hospital melodrama featuring Robert Mitchum and Frank Sinatra, and The Defiant Ones (1958, starring Tony Curtis and Sidney Poitier.) Kramer told the press at the time that whenever a script came in with a role too difficult for most actors in Hollywood, he called Chaney.

One of his most talked about roles was a 1952 live television version of Frankenstein on the anthology series Tales of Tomorrow for which he showed up drunk. During the live broadcast, Chaney, playing the Monster, was so drunk that he thought it was just a rehearsal and he would pick up furniture that he was supposed to break only to gingerly put it back down while muttering, "Break later." A kinescope of the January 18, 1952 broadcast is available on YouTube, and open to the public for viewing at The Paley Center for Media in New York City and Los Angeles. Chaney's bald and scarred makeup in this show closely resembles that worn by Robert De Niro in a 1994 big-screen treatment.

He became quite popular with baby boomers, however, after Universal released its back catalog of horror films to television in 1956 and Famous Monsters of Filmland magazine regularly focused on his films. He was honored by appearing as the Wolf Man on one of a 1997 series of United States postage stamps depicting movie monsters, as was Boris Karloff as Frankenstein's monster and The Mummy, Bela Lugosi as Dracula, and Lon Chaney, Sr. as The Phantom of the Opera.

In 1957, Chaney went to Ontario, Canada to costar in the first
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/12/09 at 1:23 pm

The co-person of the day...Minnie Riperton
Minnie Julia Riperton (November 8, 1947 – July 12, 1979) was an American singer-songwriter best known for her five-and-a-half octave vocal range and her 1975 single "Lovin' You".

As a child Riperton studied music, drama, and dance at Chicago's Lincoln Center. In her teen years, Riperton sang lead vocals for the Chicago-based girl group, The Gems. Her early affiliation with legendary Chess records afforded her the opportunity to sing backup for various established artist such as Etta James, Fontella Bass, Ramsey Lewis, Bo Diddley, Chuck Berry, and Muddy Waters. While at Chess, Riperton also sang lead for the experimental rock/soul group Rotary Connection, from 1967 to 1971. In 1969 Riperton, along with Rotary Connection, played in the first Catholic Rock Mass at the Liturgical Conference National Convention, Milwaukee Arena, Milwaukee, WI. produced by James F. Colaianni. Riperton reached the apex of her short, but esteemed, career with her number-one hit single, "Lovin' You", on April 4, 1975. The single was the last release from her 1974 gold album entitled Perfect Angel.

In 1976 Riperton was diagnosed with breast cancer and underwent a modified radical mastectomy. Though she was given just six months to live, she continued recording and touring, and in 1977 she became spokesperson for the American Cancer Society. That same year, Riperton also received the Society's Courage Award presented to her at the White House by then-President Jimmy Carter. She died at age 31 on July 12, 1979.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/12/09 at 1:26 pm

The person of the day...Laurence Olivier
Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier, OM (pronounced /ˈlɒrəns ɵˈlɪvieɪ/; 22 May 1907 – 11 July 1989) was an English actor, director, and producer. He is one of the most famous and revered actors of the 20th century, along with his contemporaries John Gielgud, Peggy Ashcroft and Ralph Richardson.

He was born in Dorking, son of the Rev Gerard Kerr Olivier and his wife Agnes Louis (Crookenden), educated at St Edward's School, Oxford, and studied with Elsie Fogerty. He married Jill Esmond, Vivien Leigh and Joan Plowright. He made his first stage appearance at the Shakespeare Festival Theatre, Stratford upon Avon in April 1922 when he played Katherine in The Taming of the Shrew for a special boys' performance.
He made his film debut in The Temporary Widow, and played his first leading role on film in The Yellow Ticket; however, he held the film in little regard. His stage breakthroughs were in Noel Coward's Private Lives in 1930, and in Romeo and Juliet in 1935, alternating the roles of Romeo and Mercutio with John Gielgud. Olivier did not agree with Gielgud's style of acting Shakespeare and was irritated by the fact that Gielgud was getting better reviews than he was. His tension towards Gielgud came to a head in 1940, when Olivier approached London impresario Binkie Beaumont about financing him in a repertory of the four great Shakespearean tragedies of Hamlet, Othello, Macbeth and King Lear. However, Beaumont would only agree to the plan if Olivier and Gielgud alternated in the roles of Hamlet/Laertes, Othello/Iago, Macbeth/Macduff, and Lear/Gloucester and that Gielgud direct at least one of the productions, a proposition Olivier bluntly declined.

The engagement as Romeo resulted in an invitation by Lilian Baylis to be the star at the Old Vic Theatre in 1937/38. Olivier's tenure had mixed artistic results, with his performances as Hamlet and Iago drawing a negative response from critics and his first attempt at Macbeth receiving mixed reviews. But his appearances as Henry V, Coriolanus, and Sir Toby Belch in Twelfth Night were triumphs, and his popularity with Old Vic audiences left Olivier as one of the major Shakespearean actors in England by the season's end.

Olivier continued to hold his scorn for film, and though he constantly worked for Alexander Korda, he still felt most at home on the stage. He made his first Shakespeare film, As You Like It, with Paul Czinner, however, Olivier disliked it, thinking that Shakespeare did not work well on film.
Olivier with his future second wife, Vivien Leigh, in Fire Over England (1937)

Laurence Olivier saw Vivien Leigh in The Mask of Virtue in 1936, and a friendship developed after he congratulated her on her performance. While playing lovers in the film Fire Over England (1937), Olivier and Leigh developed a strong attraction, and after filming was completed, they began an affair.

Leigh played Ophelia to Olivier's Hamlet in an Old Vic Theatre production, and Olivier later recalled an incident during which her mood rapidly changed as she was quietly preparing to go onstage. Without apparent provocation, she began screaming at him, before suddenly becoming silent and staring into space. She was able to perform without mishap, and by the following day, she had returned to normal with no recollection of the event. It was the first time Olivier witnessed such behaviour from her
Plaque for Laurence Olivier in Brighton, Sussex. It reads: 'Laurence Baron Olivier of Brighton OM actor 1907-1989 lived here 1968-1979'.

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Written By: snozberries on 07/12/09 at 1:42 pm

Tragic ..Such a talent cut short.

Something of note.....Maya Rudolph {of Saturday Night Live} is Minnie's Daughter and Loving You was written as a lullaby for Her.Maya was in the studio,with Minnie singing to Her,during the recording of the song.

beat me to it... so I will post this pic of Maya instead

http://www.newtotv.com/files/2008/12/kath-kim-sacrifice-maya-rudolph1.jpg

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Written By: Womble on 07/12/09 at 6:17 pm

Thanks for the retrospect on Lon Chaney, Jr. He was always one of my favorite actors.

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Written By: snozberries on 07/12/09 at 6:30 pm

The co-person of the day...Minnie Riperton
Minnie Julia Riperton (November 8, 1947 – July 12, 1979) was an American singer-songwriter best known for her five-and-a-half octave vocal range and her 1975 single "Lovin' You".

As a child Riperton studied music, drama, and dance at Chicago's Lincoln Center. In her teen years, Riperton sang lead vocals for the Chicago-based girl group, The Gems. Her early affiliation with legendary Chess records afforded her the opportunity to sing backup for various established artist such as Etta James, Fontella Bass, Ramsey Lewis, Bo Diddley, Chuck Berry, and Muddy Waters. While at Chess, Riperton also sang lead for the experimental rock/soul group Rotary Connection, from 1967 to 1971. In 1969 Riperton, along with Rotary Connection, played in the first Catholic Rock Mass at the Liturgical Conference National Convention, Milwaukee Arena, Milwaukee, WI. produced by James F. Colaianni. Riperton reached the apex of her short, but esteemed, career with her number-one hit single, "Lovin' You", on April 4, 1975. The single was the last release from her 1974 gold album entitled Perfect Angel.

In 1976 Riperton was diagnosed with breast cancer and underwent a modified radical mastectomy. Though she was given just six months to live, she continued recording and touring, and in 1977 she became spokesperson for the American Cancer Society. That same year, Riperton also received the Society's Courage Award presented to her at the White House by then-President Jimmy Carter. She died at age 31 on July 12, 1979.

Lovin' You

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Written By: ninny on 07/13/09 at 6:11 am

The word of the day...Balloon
1.
1. A flexible bag designed to be inflated with hot air or with a gas, such as helium, that is lighter than the surrounding air, causing it to rise and float in the atmosphere.
2. Such a bag with sufficient capacity to lift and transport a suspended gondola or other load.
3. Such a bag shaped like a figure or object when inflated; an inflatable.
2. A usually round or oblong inflatable rubber bag used as a toy.
3. Medicine. A sac that is inserted into a body cavity or tube and distended with air or gas for therapeutic purposes, such as angioplasty.
4. A rounded or irregularly shaped outline containing the words that a character in a cartoon is represented to be saying.
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Written By: ninny on 07/13/09 at 6:17 am

The person of the day...Red Buttons
Red Buttons (February 5, 1919 – July 13, 2006) was an American comedian and actor.In September 1942, Buttons at last got his Broadway debut in Vickie with Ferrer and Uta Hagen. Later that year, he appeared in the Minsky's show Wine, Women and Song; this was the last Burlesque show in New York City history, as the Mayor La Guardia administration closed it down. Buttons was on stage when the show was raided.

1943 saw Buttons in the Army Air Corps. He was chosen to appear in the Broadway show Winged Victory, as well as appearing in the Darryl F. Zanuck movie version. He later went on to entertain troops in the European Theater of operations in the same unit as Mickey Rooney.

After the war, Buttons continued to do Broadway shows. He also performed at Broadway movie houses with the Big Bands. In 1952, Buttons received his own variety series on television - The Red Buttons Show ran for three years, and achieved high levels of success. His catch phrase from the show, "strange things are happening," entered the national vocabulary briefly in the mid-1950s.

His role in Sayonara was a dramatic departure from his previous work. In that film, he played Joe Kelly, an American airman stationed in Kobe, Japan during the Korean War, who falls in love with Katsumi, a Japanese woman (played by Miyoshi Umeki), but is barred from marrying her by military rules intended to reassure the local populace that the U.S. presence is temporary. His portrayal of Kelly's calm resolve not to abandon the relationship and touching reassurance of Katsumi impressed audiences and critics alike; both he and Umeki won Academy Awards for the film. After his Oscar-winning role, Buttons performed in numerous feature films, including Hatari!, The Longest Day, Harlow, The Poseidon Adventure, They Shoot Horses, Don't They?, Pete's Dragon, and 18 Again! with George Burns. Buttons also made many memorable television appearances on programs including The Eleventh Hour, Little House on the Prairie, It's Garry Shandling's Show, ER and Roseanne.

He became a nationally recognizable comedian, and his "Never Got A Dinner" sketch was a standard at the Dean Martin roasts for many years. He was number 71 on Comedy Central's list of the 100 Greatest Stand-Ups of All Time, Buttons received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for television, located at 1651 Vine Street.

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Written By: ninny on 07/13/09 at 6:20 am

The co-person of the day...Davey Allison
David Carl Allison (born February 25, 1961 in Hollywood, Florida – died July 13, 1993 in Talladega, Alabama) was a NASCAR race car driver, best known as the driver of the Robert Yates Racing #28 Texaco-Havoline Ford. Born in Hollywood, Florida, he was the eldest of four children born to NASCAR driver Bobby Allison and wife Judy. The family moved to Hueytown, Alabama and along with Bobby's brother Donnie Allison, family friend Red Farmer, and Neil Bonnett, became known in racing circles as the Alabama Gang.
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Written By: Reynolds1863 on 07/13/09 at 9:52 am

I have a fear of balloons popping. Scares the crap out of me. Hot air balloons are awesome.

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Written By: Frank on 07/13/09 at 1:01 pm

The word of the day...Balloon
1.
1. A flexible bag designed to be inflated with hot air or with a gas, such as helium, that is lighter than the surrounding air, causing it to rise and float in the atmosphere.
2. Such a bag with sufficient capacity to lift and transport a suspended gondola or other load.
3. Such a bag shaped like a figure or object when inflated; an inflatable.
2. A usually round or oblong inflatable rubber bag used as a toy.
3. Medicine. A sac that is inserted into a body cavity or tube and distended with air or gas for therapeutic purposes, such as angioplasty.
4. A rounded or irregularly shaped outline containing the words that a character in a cartoon is represented to be saying.
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Up, up and away in my beautiful balloon

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/13/09 at 1:07 pm

The word of the day...Balloon
1.
1. A flexible bag designed to be inflated with hot air or with a gas, such as helium, that is lighter than the surrounding air, causing it to rise and float in the atmosphere.
2. Such a bag with sufficient capacity to lift and transport a suspended gondola or other load.
3. Such a bag shaped like a figure or object when inflated; an inflatable.
2. A usually round or oblong inflatable rubber bag used as a toy.
3. Medicine. A sac that is inserted into a body cavity or tube and distended with air or gas for therapeutic purposes, such as angioplasty.
4. A rounded or irregularly shaped outline containing the words that a character in a cartoon is represented to be saying.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/13/09 at 1:10 pm

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Written By: CatwomanofV on 07/13/09 at 1:25 pm

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I remember that.

Cat

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/13/09 at 1:28 pm

I remember that.

Cat
I have on VHS somewhere.

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Written By: ninny on 07/13/09 at 3:25 pm

Up, up and away in my beautiful balloon

Great song :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWVe3AB8OY8&feature=related#

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/13/09 at 3:27 pm

Great song :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWVe3AB8OY8&feature=related#
Written by Jimmy Webb

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Written By: gibbo on 07/13/09 at 4:05 pm

Aww...Red Buttons! Who didn't like Red Buttons? :)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/13/09 at 4:13 pm

Aww...Red Buttons! Who didn't like Red Buttons? :)
Red Buttons or Red Balloons?

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Written By: gibbo on 07/13/09 at 4:14 pm

Red Buttons or Red Balloons?

both ....at least 99 red balloons!

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/13/09 at 4:19 pm

both ....at least 99 red balloons!
...99 Red Buttons?

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Written By: gibbo on 07/13/09 at 4:22 pm

...99 Red Buttons?

That would be one big coat!

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/13/09 at 4:24 pm

That would be one big coat!
It depends on the size of the buttons

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Written By: Howard on 07/13/09 at 4:57 pm

both ....at least 99 red balloons!

No that's Luft Balloons.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/13/09 at 5:04 pm

No that's Luft Balloons.
Luft is air in German

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Written By: Howard on 07/13/09 at 5:04 pm

Luft is air in German

right,Nena sang it in 1984 in German and English.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/13/09 at 5:05 pm

right,Nena sang it in 1984 in German and English.
I prefer to hear the German version.

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Written By: Howard on 07/13/09 at 5:06 pm

I prefer to hear the German version.

could never understand the German version.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/14/09 at 1:55 am

could never understand the German version.
I do not speak are understand German myself, but the record sounds better in it's original language.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/14/09 at 5:06 am

could never understand the German version.
The lyrics of 99 Red Balloons (in English, with a verse in German)

"You and I in a little toy shop
Buy a bag of balloons with the money we've got
Set them free at the break of dawn
'Til one by one they were gone
Back at base, bugs in the software
Flash the message, something's out there
Floating in the summer sky
Ninety-nine red balloons go by

Ninety-nine red balloons
Floating in the summer sky
Panic bells, it's red alert
There's something here from somewhere else
The war machine springs to life
Opens up one eager eye
Focusing it on the sky
As ninety-nine red balloons go by

Ninety-nine decisions treat
Ninety-nine ministers meet
To worry, worry, super scurry
Call out the troops now in a hurry
This is what we've waited for
This is it, boys, this is war
The President is on the line
As ninety-nine red balloons go by

Neunundneunzig Kriegsminister
Streichholz und Benzinkanister
Hielten sich f�r schlaue Leute
Witterten schon fette Beute
Riefen: Krieg und wollten Macht
Mann, wer h�tte das gedacht?
Da� es einmal so weit kommt
Wegen neunundneunzig Luftballons
Neunundneunzig Luftballons

Ninety-nine dreams I have had
And every one a red balloon
It's all over, and I'm standing pretty
In the dust that was a city
I could find a souvenir
Just to prove the world was here
Here it is, a red balloon
I think of you and let it go "

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/14/09 at 5:08 am

could never understand the German version.
The lyrics of 99 Red Balloons (when translated into German by a language tool)

"Sie und ich in einem kleinen Spielzeug-Shop
Kaufen Sie einen Beutel mit Luftballons mit dem Geld, das wir haben
Setzen Sie diese kostenlos auf der Morgengrauen
'Til eins nach dem anderen, waren sie weg
Zurück an der Basis, Fehler in der Software
Flash die Nachricht, was die da draußen
Floating in der Sommer-Himmel
Ninety-Nine Red Balloons gehen

Ninety-Nine Red Balloons
Floating in der Sommer-Himmel
Panic Glocken, es ist RED ALERT
Es ist etwas, was hier von woanders
Die Kriegsmaschine Quellen des Lebens
Öffnet ein Auge darauf
Die Konzentration auf den Himmel
Wie neunundneunzig rote Ballons gehen

Ninety-Nine Entscheidungen behandeln
Ninety-Nine-Minister treffen
Sorgen, Angst, super wieseln
Rufen Sie die Truppen jetzt in Eile
Das ist es, was wir haben gewartet
Das ist es, Jungen, das ist Krieg
Der Präsident wird auf der Strecke
Wie neunundneunzig rote Ballons gehen

Neunundneunzig Kriegsminister
Streichholz und Benzinkanister
Hielten sich fr schlaue Leute
Witterten schon fette Beute
Riefen: Krieg und wollten Macht
Mann, wer htte das gedacht?
Da es einmal so weit kommt
Wegen neunundneunzig Luftballons
Neunundneunzig Luftballons

Ninety-Nine Träume habe ich
Und jeder eine rote Ballon
Es ist ganz, und ich bin ziemlich Ständigen
In den Staub, dass war eine Stadt
Ich könnte ein Souvenir
Nur um die Welt war hier
Hier ist es, ein roter Ballon
Ich denke an Sie und lassen Sie es gehen"

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/14/09 at 5:10 am

The lyrics of 99 Red Balloons (when translated into German by a language tool)

"Sie und ich in einem kleinen Spielzeug-Shop
Kaufen Sie einen Beutel mit Luftballons mit dem Geld, das wir haben
Setzen Sie diese kostenlos auf der Morgengrauen
'Til eins nach dem anderen, waren sie weg
Zurück an der Basis, Fehler in der Software
Flash die Nachricht, was die da draußen
Floating in der Sommer-Himmel
Ninety-Nine Red Balloons gehen

Ninety-Nine Red Balloons
Floating in der Sommer-Himmel
Panic Glocken, es ist RED ALERT
Es ist etwas, was hier von woanders
Die Kriegsmaschine Quellen des Lebens
Öffnet ein Auge darauf
Die Konzentration auf den Himmel
Wie neunundneunzig rote Ballons gehen

Ninety-Nine Entscheidungen behandeln
Ninety-Nine-Minister treffen
Sorgen, Angst, super wieseln
Rufen Sie die Truppen jetzt in Eile
Das ist es, was wir haben gewartet
Das ist es, Jungen, das ist Krieg
Der Präsident wird auf der Strecke
Wie neunundneunzig rote Ballons gehen

Neunundneunzig Kriegsminister
Streichholz und Benzinkanister
Hielten sich fr schlaue Leute
Witterten schon fette Beute
Riefen: Krieg und wollten Macht
Mann, wer htte das gedacht?
Da es einmal so weit kommt
Wegen neunundneunzig Luftballons
Neunundneunzig Luftballons

Ninety-Nine Träume habe ich
Und jeder eine rote Ballon
Es ist ganz, und ich bin ziemlich Ständigen
In den Staub, dass war eine Stadt
Ich könnte ein Souvenir
Nur um die Welt war hier
Hier ist es, ein roter Ballon
Ich denke an Sie und lassen Sie es gehen"
The lyrics translated back into English....

"You and I in a little toy shop
Buy a bag of balloons with the money that we have
Set them free at the dawn
'Til one by one they were gone
Back at base, bugs in the software
Flash the message, what out there
Floating in the summer sky
Ninety-Nine Red Balloons go

Ninety-Nine Red Balloons
Floating in the summer sky
Panic bells, it's RED ALERT
There's something here from somewhere else
The war machine springs to life
Opens an eye on
The concentration of the sky
How ninety-nine red balloons go

Ninety-nine decisions treat
Ninety-nine ministers meet
Worry, worry, super scurry
Call the troops now in a hurry
That is what we have waited
That's it, boys, this is war
The president is on the line
How ninety-nine red balloons go

Ninety-nine war minister
Match and gasoline canisters
Were clever people fr
Scents already fat booty
Cried, war and wanted power
Mann, who htte have thought?
As it once so far
Because ninety-nine balloons
Ninety-nine balloons

Ninety-nine dreams I have
And each a red balloon
It is, and I'm pretty Standing
In the dust that was a city
I could give you a souvenir
Only around the world was here
Here is a red balloon
I am thinking of you and let it go"

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Written By: ninny on 07/14/09 at 6:30 am

The word of the day...Land
1. The solid ground of the earth.
2.
1. Ground or soil: tilled the land.
2. A topographically or functionally distinct tract: desert land; prime building land.
3.
1. A nation; a country.
2. The people of a nation, district, or region.
3. lands Territorial possessions or property.
4. Public or private landed property; real estate.
5. Law.
1. A tract that may be owned, together with everything growing or constructed on it.
2. A landed estate.
6.
1. An agricultural or farming area: wanted to buy a house on the land.
2. Farming considered as a way of life: “The ‘back to the land movement’ began a couple years ago at the peak of South Korea's economic development and has roots in environmentalism and Buddhist philosophy.” (Michael Baker).
7. An area or realm: the land of make-believe; the land of television.
8. The raised portion of a grooved surface, as on a phonograph record.
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Written By: ninny on 07/14/09 at 6:34 am

The person of the day...Woody Guthrie
Woodrow Wilson "Woody" Guthrie (July 14, 1912 – October 3, 1967) is best known as an American singer-songwriter and folk musician, whose musical legacy includes hundreds of political, traditional and children's songs, ballads and improvised works. He frequently performed with the slogan This Machine Kills Fascists displayed on his guitar. His best-known song is "This Land Is Your Land", which is regularly sung in American and Canadian schools. Many of his recorded songs are archived in the Library of Congress.

Guthrie traveled with migrant workers from Oklahoma to California and learned traditional folk and blues songs. Many of his songs are about his experiences in the Dust Bowl era during the Great Depression, earning him the nickname the "Dust Bowl Troubadour". Throughout his life Guthrie was associated with United States communist groups, though he was never an actual member of any.

Guthrie was married three times and fathered eight children, including American folk musician Arlo Guthrie. He is the grandfather of musician Sarah Lee Guthrie. Guthrie died from complications of Huntington's disease, a progressive genetic neurological disorder. During his later years, in spite of his illness, Guthrie served as a figurehead in the folk movement, providing inspiration to a generation of new folk musicians, including mentor relationships with Ramblin' Jack Elliott and Bob Dylan.

In 1997, Woody Guthrie was inducted into the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame.
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Written By: ninny on 07/14/09 at 6:42 am

The co-person of the day...William Hanna
William Denby "Bill" Hanna (July 14, 1910 – March 22, 2001) was an influential American animator, director, producer, television director, television producer, and cartoon artist, whose movie and television cartoon characters entertained millions of fans worldwide for much of the twentieth century. When he was a young child, Hanna's family moved frequently, but they settled in Compton, California by 1919. There, Hanna became an Eagle Scout. He briefly attended college but dropped out at the onset of the Great Depression.

After working odd jobs in the first months of the Depression, Hanna joined the Harman and Ising animation studio in 1930. During the 1930s, Hanna steadily gained skill and prominence while working on cartoons such as Captain and the Kids. In 1937, while working at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), Hanna met Joseph Barbera. The two men began a collaboration that was at first best known for producing Tom and Jerry and live action films. In 1957, they co-founded Hanna-Barbera, which became the most successful television animation studio in the business, producing programs such as The Flintstones, The Huckleberry Hound Show, The Jetsons, Scooby-Doo, The Smurfs, and Yogi Bear. In 1967, Hanna-Barbera was sold to Taft Broadcasting for $12 million, but Hanna and Barbera remained head of the company until 1991. At that time the studio was sold to Turner Broadcasting System, which in turn was merged with Time Warner, owners of Warner Bros., in 1996; Hanna and Barbera stayed on as advisors.

Hanna and Barbera won seven Academy Awards and eight Emmy Awards. Their cartoons have become cultural icons, and their cartoon characters have appeared in other media such as films, books, and toys. Hanna-Barbera's shows have a global audience of over 300 million people and have been translated into more than 20 languages
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Honorary mention...Gloria Stuart
Gloria Frances Stewart (born July 4, 1910), also known as Gloria Stuart, is an American actress. Over a Hollywood career that spans more than 70 years, Stuart appeared on stage, in television and film, and is best known as for her roles as Claude Rains' sweetheart in The Invisible Man and as the 100-year-old Rose in her Academy Award nominated role in the film Titanic.
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/14/09 at 6:56 am

The word of the day...Land
1. The solid ground of the earth.
2.
1. Ground or soil: tilled the land.
2. A topographically or functionally distinct tract: desert land; prime building land.
3.
1. A nation; a country.
2. The people of a nation, district, or region.
3. lands Territorial possessions or property.
4. Public or private landed property; real estate.
5. Law.
1. A tract that may be owned, together with everything growing or constructed on it.
2. A landed estate.
6.
1. An agricultural or farming area: wanted to buy a house on the land.
2. Farming considered as a way of life: “The ‘back to the land movement’ began a couple years ago at the peak of South Korea's economic development and has roots in environmentalism and Buddhist philosophy.” (Michael Baker).
7. An area or realm: the land of make-believe; the land of television.
8. The raised portion of a grooved surface, as on a phonograph record.

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Seeing this picture reminds me of something heard on the radio recently.

At the John Lennon Airport in Liverpool, England, under the logo is are the words "Above us only skies"....

...and in the baggage hall are found the words "Imagine no possessions".

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Written By: Womble on 07/14/09 at 6:58 am

Very informative. Thanks for sharing, Ninny.

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Written By: ninny on 07/14/09 at 7:06 am

Very informative. Thanks for sharing, Ninny.

Your Welcome :)

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Written By: ninny on 07/14/09 at 7:07 am

Seeing this picture reminds me of something heard on the radio recently.

At the John Lennon Airport in Liverpool, England, under the logo is are the words "Above us only skies"....

...and in the baggage hall are found the words "Imagine no possessions".

Nice :)

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Written By: Howard on 07/14/09 at 7:16 am

I remember Hannah Barbera.

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Written By: CatwomanofV on 07/14/09 at 8:56 am

The person of the day...Woody Guthrie
Woodrow Wilson "Woody" Guthrie (July 14, 1912 – October 3, 1967) is best known as an American singer-songwriter and folk musician, whose musical legacy includes hundreds of political, traditional and children's songs, ballads and improvised works. He frequently performed with the slogan This Machine Kills Fascists displayed on his guitar. His best-known song is "This Land Is Your Land", which is regularly sung in American and Canadian schools. Many of his recorded songs are archived in the Library of Congress.

Guthrie traveled with migrant workers from Oklahoma to California and learned traditional folk and blues songs. Many of his songs are about his experiences in the Dust Bowl era during the Great Depression, earning him the nickname the "Dust Bowl Troubadour". Throughout his life Guthrie was associated with United States communist groups, though he was never an actual member of any.

Guthrie was married three times and fathered eight children, including American folk musician Arlo Guthrie. He is the grandfather of musician Sarah Lee Guthrie. Guthrie died from complications of Huntington's disease, a progressive genetic neurological disorder. During his later years, in spite of his illness, Guthrie served as a figurehead in the folk movement, providing inspiration to a generation of new folk musicians, including mentor relationships with Ramblin' Jack Elliott and Bob Dylan.

In 1997, Woody Guthrie was inducted into the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame.
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There is a sloop named "The Woody Guthrie" (named by his buddy Pete Seeger).

http://www.beaconsloop.org/

Click on the link on the left and there is a lot more info-and photos.

I saw the Woody Guthrie when I was living in that area way back in the dark ages but never got to sail on her.

Cat

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 07/14/09 at 9:45 am

There is a sloop named "The Woody Guthrie" (named by his buddy Pete Seeger).

http://www.beaconsloop.org/

Click on the link on the left and there is a lot more info-and photos.

I saw the Woody Guthrie when I was living in that area way back in the dark ages but never got to sail on her.

Cat

Maybe us " Lunatics" should go visit it. :)

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Written By: Howard on 07/14/09 at 3:29 pm

I remember their cartoons on TV.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/14/09 at 3:30 pm

I remember their cartoons on TV.
Tom & Jerry's Oscar winning perfomance at the piano?

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Written By: Howard on 07/14/09 at 3:34 pm

Tom & Jerry's Oscar winning perfomance at the piano?

and when Jerry always slammed his paws on the piano. ;D

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/14/09 at 3:36 pm

and when Jerry always slammed his paws on the piano. ;D
To Lizst's Hungarian Rhapsody No.2.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/14/09 at 3:36 pm

To Lizst's Hungarian Rhapsody No.2.
The only piece of music I would love to play properly on the piano.

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Written By: Howard on 07/14/09 at 3:37 pm

To Lizst's Hungarian Rhapsody No.2.

was it that cartoon?

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/14/09 at 3:38 pm

was it that cartoon?
Yes.

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Written By: Howard on 07/14/09 at 3:40 pm

Yes.

I'll try Youtube later.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/14/09 at 3:41 pm

was it that cartoon?
The Cat Concerto - Tom and Jerry

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/14/09 at 3:41 pm

I'll try Youtube later.

The Cat Concerto - Tom and Jerry
Here it is.

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Written By: Howard on 07/14/09 at 3:44 pm

Here it is.

Thanks. :)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/14/09 at 3:47 pm

The following Tom & Jerry cartoons won the Academy Award (Oscar) for Best Short Subject: Cartoons:

1943: The Yankee Doodle Mouse
1944: Mouse Trouble
1945: Quiet Please!
1946: The Cat Concerto
1948: The Little Orphan
1951: The Two Mouseketeers
1952: Johann Mouse

These Tom & Jerry cartoons were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Short Subject: Cartoons, but did not win:

1940: Puss Gets the Boot
1941: The Night Before Christmas
1947: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Mouse
1949: Hatch Up Your Troubles
1950: Jerry's Cousin
1954: Touché, Pussy Cat!

These Tom & Jerry cartoons were nominated for the Annie Award in the Individual Achievements Category: Character Animation, but did not win:

1946: Springtime for Thomas
1955: That's My Mommy
1956: Muscle Beach Tom
2005: The KarateGuard

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Written By: Howard on 07/14/09 at 3:48 pm

Wow,that's a lot of awards.

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Written By: CatwomanofV on 07/14/09 at 5:27 pm

The following Tom & Jerry cartoons won the Academy Award (Oscar) for Best Short Subject: Cartoons:

1943: The Yankee Doodle Mouse
1944: Mouse Trouble
1945: Quiet Please!
1946: The Cat Concerto
1948: The Little Orphan
1951: The Two Mouseketeers
1952: Johann Mouse

These Tom & Jerry cartoons were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Short Subject: Cartoons, but did not win:

1940: Puss Gets the Boot
1941: The Night Before Christmas
1947: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Mouse
1949: Hatch Up Your Troubles
1950: Jerry's Cousin
1954: Touché, Pussy Cat!

These Tom & Jerry cartoons were nominated for the Annie Award in the Individual Achievements Category: Character Animation, but did not win:

1946: Springtime for Thomas
1955: That's My Mommy
1956: Muscle Beach Tom
2005: The KarateGuard

I always like Touché, Pussy Cat.

Cat

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Written By: Womble on 07/14/09 at 7:52 pm

I always like Touché, Pussy Cat.

Cat

Me too !

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/15/09 at 12:57 am

I always like Touché, Pussy Cat.

Cat
Another classic.

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Written By: ninny on 07/15/09 at 6:04 am

The word of the day...Fragrance
1. The state or quality of having a pleasant odor.
2. A sweet or pleasant odor; a scent.
3. A substance, such as a perfume or cologne, designed to emit a pleasant odor.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/15/09 at 6:09 am

The word of the day...Fragrance
1. The state or quality of having a pleasant odor.
2. A sweet or pleasant odor; a scent.
3. A substance, such as a perfume or cologne, designed to emit a pleasant odor.
Do bearded men still use aftershave?

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Written By: ninny on 07/15/09 at 6:10 am

The person of the day...Gianni Versace
Gianni Versace (December 2, 1946 – July 15, 1997) was an Italian fashion designer and founder of Gianni Versace S.p.A., an international fashion house, which produces accessories, fragrances, makeup and home furnishings as well as clothes. He also designed costumes for the theatre and films, and was a friend of Elton John, Sting, and Princess Diana among many others. Openly gay, Versace and his companion Antonio D'Amico were regulars on the international party scene. Versace was murdered outside his Miami home at the age of 50 by spree killer Andrew Cunanan.
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Written By: ninny on 07/15/09 at 6:11 am

Do bearded men still use aftershave?

Maybe if they want to smell good.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/15/09 at 6:13 am

The person of the day...Gianni Versace
Gianni Versace (December 2, 1946 – July 15, 1997) was an Italian fashion designer and founder of Gianni Versace S.p.A., an international fashion house, which produces accessories, fragrances, makeup and home furnishings as well as clothes. He also designed costumes for the theatre and films, and was a friend of Elton John, Sting, and Princess Diana among many others. Openly gay, Versace and his companion Antonio D'Amico were regulars on the international party scene. Versace was murdered outside his Miami home at the age of 50 by spree killer Andrew Cunanan.
This was a sad day and one that I remember well from watching on television.

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Written By: ninny on 07/15/09 at 6:14 am

The co-person of the day...Philip Carey
Philip Carey (July 15, 1925 – February 6, 2009) was an American actor.

He was born as Eugene Joseph Carey in Hackensack, New Jersey, on on July 15, 1925. A former U.S. Marine, Carey made appearances in films such as I Was a Communist for the FBI (1951), This Woman is Dangerous with Joan Crawford (1952) Calamity Jane with Doris Day (1953), Pushover (1954), The Long Gray Line (1955) and Monster (1979).

Carey's career started with ten characters in ten episodes of the Ford Theatre, a highly popular 1950s drama television series. He also narrated thirty-one episodes of the documentary Untamed World. He portrayed fictional detective Philip Marlowe in a 1959 ABC series of the same name, Philip Marlowe. He portrayed four different characters on as many episodes of ABC's mystery series 77 Sunset Strip starring Efrem Zimbalist, Jr.

From 1965–1967, Carey played Captain Edward Parmalee on the NBC western television series Laredo, set in Laredo, a South Texas city located on the Rio Grande. His co-stars included William Smith, Peter Brown, and Neville Brand. After Laredo, Carey guest starred in an episode of ABC's military-western Custer starring Wayne Maunder in the title role.

From 1979 until late 2007, he played the protective Texan patriarch Asa Buchanan on the ABC soap opera, One Life to Live.

Carey became well-known for a series of tongue-in-cheek television commercials for Granny Goose potato chips, in which he self-identified as "Granny Goose", portraying the company's spokesperson as a tough cowboy.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/15/09 at 6:14 am

Maybe if they want to smell good.
Too true.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 07/15/09 at 6:14 am

This was a sad day and one that I remember well from watching on television.

Yes it was :\'(

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/15/09 at 6:16 am

Yes it was :\'(
50 is a tragic age to be dead at.

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Written By: Womble on 07/15/09 at 6:43 am

Thanks, Ninny for the retrospect on Phil Carey. I've always thought he was a fine actor and little appreciated. A nice choice on your part as usual to recognize a person's achievements.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 07/15/09 at 7:20 am

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One of my favorite colognes,this one costs $50.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 07/15/09 at 7:27 am

Thanks, Ninny for the retrospect on Phil Carey. I've always thought he was a fine actor and little appreciated. A nice choice on your part as usual to recognize a person's achievements.

I remember him mostly from One Life To Live.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 07/15/09 at 7:29 am

Was he any relation to Jim Carey?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/15/09 at 9:19 am

Was he any relation to Jim Carey?
From what I can see online Jim Carrey is no relation to Phil Carey.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: CatwomanofV on 07/15/09 at 12:15 pm

I remember him mostly from One Life To Live.

Yup-me, too. I LOVED him as Asa. I was a BIG OLTL fan for many, many years. He used to crack me up all the time.

Cat

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 07/15/09 at 3:36 pm

From what I can see online Jim Carrey is no relation to Phil Carey.

maybe it was because of the double "rr".

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/15/09 at 3:43 pm

maybe it was because of the double "rr".
Jim Carrey was born in Canada and Phil Carey was born in New Jersey, USA

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 07/15/09 at 3:44 pm

Jim Carrey was born in Canada and Phil Carey was born in New Jersey, USA

Yeah,two different states.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/15/09 at 3:48 pm

Yeah,two different states.
Two different countries.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 07/15/09 at 3:49 pm

Two different countries.

and 2 different genres of film.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/15/09 at 3:49 pm

maybe it was because of the double "rr".
There is a retired American ice hockey goaltender with the name of Jim Carey.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/15/09 at 3:50 pm

and 2 different genres of film.
Completely

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Frank on 07/15/09 at 3:51 pm

Jim Carrey was born in Canada and Phil Carey was born in New Jersey, USA

Has Canada lowered itself that much, so low that it's become a US State?
That's it, I'm moving to Iowa.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/15/09 at 3:51 pm

Has Canada lowered itself that much, so low that it's become a US State?
That's it, I'm moving to Iowa.
That is Ontario, Canada.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 07/15/09 at 3:52 pm

Completely

One did comedy and the other I'm not sure what Phil Carey was in.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Frank on 07/15/09 at 3:53 pm

That is Ontario, Canada.

USA can have Ontario.
Won't miss it.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 07/15/09 at 3:54 pm

USA can have Ontario.
Won't miss it.

I love The US Of A.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/15/09 at 3:55 pm

USA can have Ontario.
Won't miss it.
How about Toronto or Montreal?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 07/15/09 at 3:56 pm

I'll keep The USA.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/15/09 at 3:56 pm

One did comedy and the other I'm not sure what Phil Carey was in.
Comedy ? The only time Jim Carey has made me laugh was in Liar Liar.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Frank on 07/15/09 at 3:57 pm

How about Toronto or Montreal?

Toronto is in Ontario, they can have it.

Montreal remains in Canada.
Since I was born in Montreal, if MTL moves to the states, do I become American? (he says, packing his bags to move to Italy in that case)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/15/09 at 3:58 pm

Toronto is in Ontario, they can have it.
Oh yes.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/15/09 at 3:59 pm

Montreal remains in Canada.
Since I was born in Montreal, if MTL moves to the states, do I become American? (he says, packing his bags to move to Italy in that case)
The Olympic city.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/15/09 at 3:59 pm

Toronto is in Ontario, they can have it.

Montreal remains in Canada.
Since I was born in Montreal, if MTL moves to the states, do I become American? (he says, packing his bags to move to Italy in that case)
Which is closer to the Niagara Falls?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Frank on 07/15/09 at 4:00 pm

Comedy ? The only time Jim Carey has made me laugh was in Liar Liar.

And some of his early stand-up Comedy was funny.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 07/15/09 at 4:00 pm

Comedy ? The only time Jim Carey has made me laugh was in Liar Liar.

and how about his other ones? ???

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/15/09 at 4:01 pm

And some of his early stand-up Comedy was funny.
Only some?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Frank on 07/15/09 at 4:01 pm

Which is closer to the Niagara Falls?

From Niagara Falls,
Toronto is a 2 hour drive away (or 90 minutes if you go fast)
Montreal is a 7 hour drive away (estimate)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/15/09 at 4:01 pm

and how about his other ones? ???
I found Mask unfunny and that other Ace Ventura the same.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 07/15/09 at 4:02 pm

Only some?

he was also on HBO Late Night Comedy.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/15/09 at 4:02 pm

From Niagara Falls,
Toronto is a 2 hour drive away (or 90 minutes if you go fast)
Montreal is a 7 hour drive away (estimate)
You do wish to leave Toronto fast?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 07/15/09 at 4:03 pm

I found Mask unfunny and that other Ace Ventura the same.

Mask wasn't that great either.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Frank on 07/15/09 at 4:05 pm

You do wish to leave Toronto fast?

There's lots to see in Toronto, there's the CN Tower. (about 1800 feet high)

http://cache.virtualtourist.com/3096628-CN_Tower_and_Toronto_Skyline-Toronto.jpg

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Frank on 07/15/09 at 4:09 pm

Only some?

Some of it is very funny, kind of unique, his physical comedy is good, imitations of certain people.
Didn't like Ace Ventura or The mask. Liar Liar was good, some of "Dumb and Dumber" was good. Didn't like "The Cable guy"

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/15/09 at 4:10 pm

Some of it is very funny, kind of unique, his physical comedy is good, imitations of certain people.
Didn't like Ace Ventura or The mask. Liar Liar was good, some of "Dumb and Dumber" was good. Didn't like "The Cable guy"
I prefer Robin Williams

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Frank on 07/15/09 at 4:13 pm

I prefer Robin Williams

Robin Williams is 100000000 times funnier than Jim Carey

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 07/15/09 at 4:13 pm

I prefer Robin Williams

Robin Williams is funny.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/15/09 at 4:14 pm

Robin Williams is 100000000 times funnier than Jim Carey

Robin Williams is funny.
Agreed!

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 07/15/09 at 4:15 pm

He had some memorable films.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Frank on 07/15/09 at 4:20 pm

He had some memorable films.

Robin Williams or Jim Carrey?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/15/09 at 4:26 pm

Robin Williams?
Good Morning Vietnam, Mrs Doubtfire.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 07/15/09 at 4:28 pm

Robin Williams or Jim Carrey?

Robin Williams.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 07/15/09 at 4:29 pm

Good Morning Vietnam, Mrs Doubtfire.

Moscow On The Hudson.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Frank on 07/15/09 at 4:30 pm

Good Morning Vietnam, Mrs Doubtfire.

The World according to Garp, Dead Poets Society, Awakenings, Patch Adams

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 07/15/09 at 4:31 pm

The World according to Garp, Dead Poets Society, Awakenings, Patch Adams

Silent Listener.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/15/09 at 4:32 pm

The World according to Garp, Dead Poets Society, Awakenings, Patch Adams
Much much better films.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 07/15/09 at 4:33 pm

Much much better films.

Patch Adams was funny too.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/15/09 at 4:34 pm

Patch Adams was funny too.
He has made serious films too, like One Hour Photo and that one where in WW2 he makes up news reports from the radio.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 07/15/09 at 4:35 pm

He has made serious films too, like One Hour Photo and that one where in WW2 he makes up news reports from the radio.

One Hour Photo was creepy.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/15/09 at 4:36 pm

One Hour Photo was creepy.
Too creepy

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 07/15/09 at 4:37 pm

Too creepy

he kept developing film.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/15/09 at 4:40 pm

he kept developing film.
...and was too friendly with his customers.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 07/15/09 at 4:41 pm

...and was too friendly with his customers.

the creepy part was he invaded people's privacy.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/15/09 at 4:41 pm

the creepy part was he invaded people's privacy.
Into their own homes.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 07/15/09 at 4:42 pm

Into their own homes.

and was caught by the police later.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Frank on 07/15/09 at 4:47 pm

Glad I missed that movie.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/15/09 at 4:47 pm

and was caught by the police later.
Let us do not spoil it for those that have not seen it.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/15/09 at 4:47 pm

Glad I missed that movie.
Did it miss you?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Michael C. on 07/15/09 at 4:47 pm

;D ;D
USA can have Ontario.
Won't miss it.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/15/09 at 4:48 pm

...and that one where in WW2 he makes up news reports from the radio.
Jakob The Liar, Robin Williams plays a Jewish man in Nazi-occupied Poland who begins relaying fictitious news bulletins about Allied advances in order to keep hope.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Michael C. on 07/15/09 at 4:54 pm

Funniest Jim Carrey Movie moment....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opsGIvlkMvI

Jim....doin' a bad OZZY impersonation,lip syncin' to Guns & Roses.................

I found Mask unfunny and that other Ace Ventura the same.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Frank on 07/15/09 at 4:56 pm

He must be almost 50 now? (Jim Carrey)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Michael C. on 07/15/09 at 4:57 pm

Almost....He's 47...I looked it up
He must be almost 50 now? (Jim Carrey)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/15/09 at 4:58 pm

He must be almost 50 now? (Jim Carrey)
Jim Carrey was born January 17, 1962, so he is 47

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Frank on 07/15/09 at 4:59 pm

Jim Carrey was born January 17, 1962, so he is 47

Just a little older than I am.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Michael C. on 07/15/09 at 5:01 pm

And a little younger than Me
Just a little older than I am.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: CatwomanofV on 07/15/09 at 5:05 pm

What does all of this have to do with Phil Carey?

Cat

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/15/09 at 5:10 pm

What does all of this have to do with Phil Carey?

Cat
It centred around Howard asking if Jim Carrey was related to Phil Carey.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Michael C. on 07/15/09 at 5:17 pm

:-
What does all of this have to do with Phil Carey?

Cat

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/15/09 at 5:22 pm

I am now trying to think of which Phil Carey films I have seen

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Frank on 07/15/09 at 5:29 pm

And a little younger than Me

So he's the "Jan Brady" as the middle child (You are the oldest, I'm the youngest)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Michael C. on 07/15/09 at 5:39 pm

Dude...You know that makes You "THINDY" Brady....?... ;D
So he's the "Jan Brady" as the middle child (You are the oldest, I'm the youngest)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Frank on 07/15/09 at 5:43 pm

Dude...You know that makes You "THINDY" Brady....?... ;D

theven thilver thwans thwam thilently theaward

Marthia Marthia Marthia

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Michael C. on 07/15/09 at 5:47 pm

"oooohhhhh...MY NOSE !!!!!!!"..........
theven thilver thwans thwam thilently theaward

Marthia Marthia Marthia

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Frank on 07/15/09 at 5:53 pm

"oooohhhhh...MY NOSE !!!!!!!"..........

I'm actually reading a book Maureen McCormick ( Marcia) wrote where she tells all in her life. I'm about half way through it. She actually hurt her nose around the time of the episode when she got into a car accident while reaching for her cigarette lighter to light her cig. Marcia Brady smokes! :o

Title: "Surviving Marcia Brady and Finding My True Voice"

She was a total cocaine addict for years and had it bad (after the show was over)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Michael C. on 07/15/09 at 5:55 pm

I read it...It was pretty wild...
Smoking.......that's the least She did.... ;) :D
I'm actually reading a book Maureen McCormick ( Marcia) wrote where she tells all in her life. I'm about half way through it. She actually hurt her nose around the time of the episode when she got into a car accident while reaching for her cigarette lighter to light her cig. Marcia Brady smokes! :o

Title: "Surviving Marcia Brady and Finding My True Voice"

She was a total cocaine addict for years and had it bad (after the show was over)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Frank on 07/15/09 at 6:00 pm

I read it...It was pretty wild...
Smoking.......that's the least She did.... ;) :D

sold herself for cocaine many times.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: gibbo on 07/15/09 at 6:31 pm

Wow...there are pages of banter today! :o :)

I remember Philip Carey in Calamity Jane. He did a good job in that film as Lieutenant Danny Gilmartin...

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: CatwomanofV on 07/15/09 at 6:34 pm

Wow...there are pages of banter today! :o :)

I remember Philip Carey in Calamity Jane. He did a good job in that film as Lieutenant Danny Gilmartin...

Blame it on Howard. :D ;D ;D ;D

Cat

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: gibbo on 07/15/09 at 6:35 pm

Blame it on Howard. :D ;D ;D ;D

Cat

No problems...MOST things can be blamed on Howard! :D

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Michael C. on 07/15/09 at 6:46 pm

And You didn't buy ?
sold herself for cocaine many times.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: gibbo on 07/15/09 at 6:55 pm

And You didn't buy ?

,,,,was awaiting a better offer from Jan perhaps?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Womble on 07/15/09 at 8:05 pm

,,,,was awaiting a better offer from Jan perhaps?

;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/15/09 at 11:38 pm

I remember Philip Carey in Calamity Jane. He did a good job in that film as Lieutenant Danny Gilmartin...
Was Doris Day in that?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Frank on 07/16/09 at 12:29 am

,,,,was awaiting a better offer from Jan perhaps?

I had SUCH A CRUSH on Marcia back in the day. :P She was "SUPER GROOVY". Hard to picture her as a cokehead but she was.

http://z.hubpages.com/u/17224_f260.jpg

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 07/16/09 at 5:52 am

Was Doris Day in that?

Yes she was Calamity Jane.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 07/16/09 at 6:01 am

The word of the day...Cradle
1. A small low bed for an infant, often furnished with rockers.
2.
1. The earliest period of life: had an interest in music almost from the cradle.
2. A place of origin; a birthplace: the cradle of civilization.
3.
1. A framework of wood or metal used to support something, such as a ship undergoing construction or repair.
2. A framework used to protect an injured limb.
4. A low flat framework that rolls on casters, used by a mechanic working beneath an automobile. Also called creeper.
5. The part of a telephone that contains the connecting switch upon which the receiver and mouthpiece unit is supported.
6.
1. A frame projecting above a scythe, used to catch grain as it is cut so that it can be laid flat.
2. A scythe equipped with such a frame.
7. A boxlike device furnished with rockers, used for washing gold-bearing dirt.
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 07/16/09 at 6:14 am

The person of the day...Harry Chapin
Harry Forster Chapin (December 7, 1942 – July 16, 1981) was an American singer and songwriter known for folk rock songs such as "Taxi," "W*O*L*D," and the number-one hit "Cat's in the Cradle" as well as his masterful folk musical based on the biblical book of John, "Cotton Patch Gospel". Chapin was also a dedicated humanitarian who fought to end world hunger, with his work being widely recognized as a key player in the creation of the Presidential Commission on World Hunger in 1977. In 1987, Chapin was posthumously awarded the Congressional Gold Medal for his humanitarian work. Chapin was resolved to leave his imprint on Long Island. He envisioned a Long Island where the arts flourished and universities expanded and humane discourse was the norm. "He thought Long Island represented a remarkable opportunity," said Chapin's widow, Sandy.

Chapin served on the boards of the Eglevsky Ballet, the Long Island Philharmonic, Hofstra University. He energized the now-defunct Performing Arts Foundation (PAF) of Huntington.

In the mid-1970s, Chapin focused on his social activism, including raising money to combat hunger in the United States. His daughter Jen said: "He saw hunger and poverty as an insult to America". He co-founded the organization World Hunger Year with legendary radio DJ Bill Ayres, before returning to music with On the Road to Kingdom Come. He also released a book of poetry, Looking...Seeing, in 1977. Many of Chapin's concerts were benefit performances (for example, a concert to help save the Landmark Theatre in Syracuse, New York), and sales of his concert merchandise were used to support World Hunger Year.

Chapin's social causes at times caused friction among his band members and then-manager Fred Kewley. Chapin donated an estimated third of his paid concerts to charitable causes, often performing alone with his guitar to reduce costs.

One report quotes his widow saying soon after his death — "only with slight exaggeration" — that "Harry was supporting 17 relatives, 14 associations, seven foundations and 82 charities. Harry wasn't interested in saving money. He always said, 'Money is for people,' so he gave it away." Despite his success as a musician, he left little money and it was difficult to maintain the causes for which he raised more than $3 million in the last six years of his life . The Harry Chapin Foundation was the result.
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 07/16/09 at 6:17 am

The co-person of the day...John F Kennedy Jr.
John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Jr. (November 25, 1960 – July 16, 1999), often referred to as John F. Kennedy, Jr., JFK Jr., John Jr., John Kennedy or John-John, was an American journalist, lawyer, and pilot. The son of U.S. President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy Onassis, Kennedy was killed in a plane crash along with his wife and sister-in-law in 1999.
In 1995, he founded George, a glossy politics-as-lifestyle monthly which sometimes took editorial aim even at members of his own family. He controlled 1 per cent of the company's shares. After Kennedy's death, the magazine was bought out by Hachette Filipacchi Magazines his partners in George and continued for over a year. With falling advertising sales, the magazine folded in early 2001. Before Kennedy was killed in a plane crash, however, he had conceded that he "might have to wind it up by the end of the year".
On July 16, 1999, Kennedy was killed along with his wife Carolyn and sister-in-law Lauren Bessette when the aircraft he was piloting crashed into the Atlantic Ocean. He was flying a Piper Saratoga II HP from Essex County Airport in New Jersey to Martha's Vineyard. Kennedy and his wife were travelling together to the wedding of his cousin Rory in Hyannis, Massachusetts, while Lauren was to have been dropped off at Martha's Vineyard en route.
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f377/LarryD05/JohnFKennedyJr-3.jpg
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b389/epiac1216/JohnF.jpg

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 07/16/09 at 6:22 am

Some Brady's doing commercials
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvHcFlMGKoQ#

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 07/16/09 at 7:12 am

The word of the day...Cradle
1. A small low bed for an infant, often furnished with rockers.
2.
1. The earliest period of life: had an interest in music almost from the cradle.
2. A place of origin; a birthplace: the cradle of civilization.
3.
1. A framework of wood or metal used to support something, such as a ship undergoing construction or repair.
2. A framework used to protect an injured limb.
4. A low flat framework that rolls on casters, used by a mechanic working beneath an automobile. Also called creeper.
5. The part of a telephone that contains the connecting switch upon which the receiver and mouthpiece unit is supported.
6.
1. A frame projecting above a scythe, used to catch grain as it is cut so that it can be laid flat.
2. A scythe equipped with such a frame.
7. A boxlike device furnished with rockers, used for washing gold-bearing dirt.
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d170/burnoutbruce/IMG001301.jpg
http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s10/kaky_jazz/cradle.jpg
http://i687.photobucket.com/albums/vv240/nedleietta/026.jpg
http://i781.photobucket.com/albums/yy91/followtheart/CradleMyspace.jpg
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii128/beckyandkayla/cradleside1.jpg
http://i935.photobucket.com/albums/ad196/moj42o/DSC09336.jpg
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj259/hannadavey/cradle.jpg
http://i845.photobucket.com/albums/ab19/touchheavenly/DSC02491.jpg
http://i839.photobucket.com/albums/zz312/marygkelley/SOLD%20Items/DSCN3504.jpg
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There's also "robbing the cradle".

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/16/09 at 7:22 am

The person of the day...Harry Chapin
Harry Forster Chapin (December 7, 1942 – July 16, 1981) was an American singer and songwriter known for folk rock songs such as "Taxi," "W*O*L*D," and the number-one hit "Cat's in the Cradle" as well as his masterful folk musical based on the biblical book of John, "Cotton Patch Gospel". Chapin was also a dedicated humanitarian who fought to end world hunger, with his work being widely recognized as a key player in the creation of the Presidential Commission on World Hunger in 1977. In 1987, Chapin was posthumously awarded the Congressional Gold Medal for his humanitarian work. Chapin was resolved to leave his imprint on Long Island. He envisioned a Long Island where the arts flourished and universities expanded and humane discourse was the norm. "He thought Long Island represented a remarkable opportunity," said Chapin's widow, Sandy.

Chapin served on the boards of the Eglevsky Ballet, the Long Island Philharmonic, Hofstra University. He energized the now-defunct Performing Arts Foundation (PAF) of Huntington.

In the mid-1970s, Chapin focused on his social activism, including raising money to combat hunger in the United States. His daughter Jen said: "He saw hunger and poverty as an insult to America". He co-founded the organization World Hunger Year with legendary radio DJ Bill Ayres, before returning to music with On the Road to Kingdom Come. He also released a book of poetry, Looking...Seeing, in 1977. Many of Chapin's concerts were benefit performances (for example, a concert to help save the Landmark Theatre in Syracuse, New York), and sales of his concert merchandise were used to support World Hunger Year.

Chapin's social causes at times caused friction among his band members and then-manager Fred Kewley. Chapin donated an estimated third of his paid concerts to charitable causes, often performing alone with his guitar to reduce costs.

One report quotes his widow saying soon after his death — "only with slight exaggeration" — that "Harry was supporting 17 relatives, 14 associations, seven foundations and 82 charities. Harry wasn't interested in saving money. He always said, 'Money is for people,' so he gave it away." Despite his success as a musician, he left little money and it was difficult to maintain the causes for which he raised more than $3 million in the last six years of his life . The Harry Chapin Foundation was the result.
Cats in the Cradle is such a wonderful song.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/16/09 at 7:23 am

There's also "robbing the cradle".
The same as a cradle-snatcher?

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/16/09 at 7:24 am

The co-person of the day...John F Kennedy Jr.
John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Jr. (November 25, 1960 – July 16, 1999), often referred to as John F. Kennedy, Jr., JFK Jr., John Jr., John Kennedy or John-John, was an American journalist, lawyer, and pilot. The son of U.S. President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy Onassis, Kennedy was killed in a plane crash along with his wife and sister-in-law in 1999.
In 1995, he founded George, a glossy politics-as-lifestyle monthly which sometimes took editorial aim even at members of his own family. He controlled 1 per cent of the company's shares. After Kennedy's death, the magazine was bought out by Hachette Filipacchi Magazines his partners in George and continued for over a year. With falling advertising sales, the magazine folded in early 2001. Before Kennedy was killed in a plane crash, however, he had conceded that he "might have to wind it up by the end of the year".
On July 16, 1999, Kennedy was killed along with his wife Carolyn and sister-in-law Lauren Bessette when the aircraft he was piloting crashed into the Atlantic Ocean. He was flying a Piper Saratoga II HP from Essex County Airport in New Jersey to Martha's Vineyard. Kennedy and his wife were travelling together to the wedding of his cousin Rory in Hyannis, Massachusetts, while Lauren was to have been dropped off at Martha's Vineyard en route.
Was the deaths purely accidental or now ripe of conspiracy theories?

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Written By: Howard on 07/16/09 at 7:24 am

The same as a cradle-snatcher?

a term used in dating someone younger than your age.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/16/09 at 7:26 am

a term used in dating someone younger than your age.
The same.

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Written By: Howard on 07/16/09 at 7:33 am

The same.

I have never robbed the cradle.

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Written By: Reynolds1863 on 07/16/09 at 7:38 am

My brother still has the 45 to Cats in the Cradle by Harry Chapin. It never fails to bring tears to my eyes.

I also think if John-John had lived he might have become a Senator.

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Written By: ninny on 07/16/09 at 7:54 am

There's also "robbing the cradle".

That's what my mother in law said when I first started to date Tim, because I'm 6 years older than him.

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Written By: ninny on 07/16/09 at 7:56 am

Cats in the Cradle is such a wonderful song.

My brother still has the 45 to Cats in the Cradle by Harry Chapin. It never fails to bring tears to my eyes.

I also think if John-John had lived he might have become a Senator.

It is a great song and makes me sad also because it reminds me of Tim & Timmy.

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Written By: Frank on 07/16/09 at 12:10 pm

Cats in the Cradle is such a wonderful song.

Agreed. Beautiful song.
Shouldl have used that song somewhere in the film "Field of dreams"

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/16/09 at 12:17 pm

Agreed. Beautiful song.
Shouldl have used that song somewhere in the film "Field of dreams"
Now that is one film I still have not seen.

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Written By: Frank on 07/16/09 at 12:18 pm

Now that is one film I still have not seen.

It's one of my favorite films

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/16/09 at 12:21 pm

It's one of my favorite films
I will make a point of seeing it next time it is on.

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Written By: ninny on 07/16/09 at 1:04 pm

My brother still has the 45 to Cats in the Cradle by Harry Chapin. It never fails to bring tears to my eyes.

I also think if John-John had lived he might have become a Senator.

I heard on the news that one of his friends said that he wanted to be president.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/16/09 at 1:05 pm

I heard on the news that one of his friends said that he wanted to be president.
Like father like son?

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Written By: CatwomanofV on 07/16/09 at 1:08 pm

I LOVE Harry Chapin. I think I cried when he died. Every time we drive through Scranton, Pennsylvania, I have to play 30,000 Lbs of Bananas. :D ;D ;D ;D

The two songs that really get me are Taxi & WOLD. I love the line, "Sometimes I get this crazy dream that I just take off in my car. But you can travel on 10,000 miles and still stay where you are."

Cat

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 07/16/09 at 3:11 pm

Like father like son?

Most likely.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/16/09 at 3:45 pm

I LOVE Harry Chapin. I think I cried when he died. Every time we drive through Scranton, Pennsylvania, I have to play 30,000 Lbs of Bananas. :D ;D ;D ;D

The two songs that really get me are Taxi & WOLD. I love the line, "Sometimes I get this crazy dream that I just take off in my car. But you can travel on 10,000 miles and still stay where you are."

Cat
I do not think I have heard Taxi, I must find it on YouTube.

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Written By: CatwomanofV on 07/16/09 at 5:26 pm

I do not think I have heard Taxi, I must find it on YouTube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5dwksSbD34

Cat

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Written By: Frank on 07/16/09 at 6:44 pm

I do not think I have heard Taxi, I must find it on YouTube.

Nice song.

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Written By: Howard on 07/16/09 at 7:05 pm

If Harry Chapin was still alive,would he have continued to make good music? ???

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Written By: Frank on 07/16/09 at 7:50 pm

If Harry Chapin was still alive,would he have continued to make good music? ???

Certainly. Why not?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/17/09 at 1:38 am

If Harry Chapin was still alive,would he have continued to make good music? ???
Oh yes, and the same opinion is for Buddy Holly and Harry Nilsson

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/17/09 at 2:58 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5dwksSbD34

Cat
Many thanks.

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Written By: ninny on 07/17/09 at 5:56 am

The word of the day...Strange
1. Not previously known; unfamiliar.
2.
1. Out of the ordinary; unusual or striking.
2. Differing from the normal.
3. Not of one's own or a particular locality, environment, or kind; exotic.
4.
1. Reserved in manner; distant.
2. Not comfortable or at ease; constrained.
5. Not accustomed or conditioned: She was strange to her new duties.
6. Archaic. Of, relating to, or characteristic of another place or part of the world; foreign.

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Written By: ninny on 07/17/09 at 5:59 am

The person of the day...Billie Holiday
Billie Holiday (born Eleanora Fagan; April 7, 1915 – July 17, 1959) was an American jazz singer and songwriter. Nicknamed Lady Day by her loyal friend and musical partner Lester Young, Holiday was a seminal influence on jazz and pop singing. Her vocal style, strongly inspired by jazz instrumentalists, pioneered a new way of manipulating phrasing and tempo. Above all, she was admired for her deeply personal and intimate approach to singing. Critic John Bush wrote that she "changed the art of American pop vocals forever." She co-wrote only a few songs, but several of them have become jazz standards, notably "God Bless the Child", "Don't Explain", and "Lady Sings the Blues". She also became famous for singing jazz standards written by others, including "Easy Living" and "Strange Fruit."
Holiday was recording for Columbia in the late 1930s when she was introduced to "Strange Fruit", a song based on a poem about lynching written by Abel Meeropol, a Jewish schoolteacher from the Bronx. Meeropol used the pseudonym "Lewis Allan" for the poem, which was set to music and performed at teachers' union meetings. It was eventually heard by Barney Josephson, proprietor of Café Society, an integrated nightclub in Greenwich Village, who introduced it to Holiday. She performed it at the club in 1939, with some trepidation, fearing possible retaliation. Holiday later said that the imagery in "Strange Fruit" reminded her of her father's death, and that this played a role in her resistance to performing it. In a 1958 interview, she also bemoaned the fact that many people did not grasp the song's message: "They'll ask me to 'sing that sexy song about the people swinging'", she said.

When Holiday's producers at Columbia found the subject matter too sensitive, Milt Gabler agreed to record it for his Commodore Records. That was done in April, 1939 and "Strange Fruit" remained in her repertoire for twenty years. She later recorded it again for Verve. While the Commodore release did not get airplay, the controversial song sold well, though Gabler attributed that mostly to the record's other side, "Fine and Mellow", which was a jukebox hit.
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Written By: ninny on 07/17/09 at 6:03 am

The co-person of the day...Chas Chandler
Bryan James "Chas" Chandler (18 December 1938 — 17 July 1996) was an English musician, record producer and manager of several successful music acts.

Born in the Heaton district of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, he began his career playing bass guitar in a trio with Alan Price. After vocalist Eric Burdon joined them the group was renamed The Animals and became one of the most successful R&B bands ever. Chandler's most famous bass lines are the opening foundation riffs of their 1965 hits "We Gotta Get Out of This Place" and "It's My Life". Chandler was also the most prominent of the group's backing vocalists and did occasional songwriting with Burdon.

After the group split up in late 1966, Chandler reinvented himself, becoming manager of Jimi Hendrix and recruiting other musicians to form The Jimi Hendrix Experience. He also produced their first two albums. Chandler was also instrumental in introducing Hendrix to Eric Clapton. It was through this introduction that Hendrix got a chance to play with Clapton and Cream on stage.

Chandler then went on to manage and produce the English rock band Slade for twelve years, as well as Nick Drake. During this time, Chandler bought and ran IBC Studios for four years and launched Barn Records.

He later helped develop Newcastle Arena, a ten-thousand seat sports and entertainment venue that opened in 1995.

Popular legend tells that Chandler once got into a heated argument with Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham. The argument then led to a trailer-rocking brawl, where Chandler nearly bit Bonham's ear off, though this incident might simply be a myth.

Chandler had one son, Steffan, from his first marriage. He later married Madeleine Stringer, the 1977 Miss United Kingdom and the sixth runner-up at Miss World 1977, and they had a son, Alex, and two daughters, Elizabeth and Katherine, together.

Chandler died of a heart condition in Newcastle in 1996, days after performing his final solo show.
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Written By: ninny on 07/17/09 at 6:06 am

The flower for Friday...Snapdragon
Any of several plants of the genus Antirrhinum, especially the widely cultivated Mediterranean herb A. majus, having showy racemes of two-lipped, variously colored flowers.
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Written By: Womble on 07/17/09 at 6:56 am

Nice retrospects on the people of the day, Ninny.

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Written By: Howard on 07/17/09 at 7:06 am

There's something strange about this.

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Written By: ninny on 07/17/09 at 8:50 am

Nice retrospects on the people of the day, Ninny.

Thanks :)

There's something strange about this.

Strange for us loonies ;D

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/17/09 at 1:08 pm

The word of the day...Strange

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Strange = economical

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/17/09 at 1:09 pm

The co-person of the day...Chas Chandler
Bryan James "Chas" Chandler (18 December 1938 — 17 July 1996) was an English musician, record producer and manager of several successful music acts.

Born in the Heaton district of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, he began his career playing bass guitar in a trio with Alan Price. After vocalist Eric Burdon joined them the group was renamed The Animals and became one of the most successful R&B bands ever. Chandler's most famous bass lines are the opening foundation riffs of their 1965 hits "We Gotta Get Out of This Place" and "It's My Life". Chandler was also the most prominent of the group's backing vocalists and did occasional songwriting with Burdon.

After the group split up in late 1966, Chandler reinvented himself, becoming manager of Jimi Hendrix and recruiting other musicians to form The Jimi Hendrix Experience. He also produced their first two albums. Chandler was also instrumental in introducing Hendrix to Eric Clapton. It was through this introduction that Hendrix got a chance to play with Clapton and Cream on stage.

Chandler then went on to manage and produce the English rock band Slade for twelve years, as well as Nick Drake. During this time, Chandler bought and ran IBC Studios for four years and launched Barn Records.

He later helped develop Newcastle Arena, a ten-thousand seat sports and entertainment venue that opened in 1995.

Popular legend tells that Chandler once got into a heated argument with Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham. The argument then led to a trailer-rocking brawl, where Chandler nearly bit Bonham's ear off, though this incident might simply be a myth.

Chandler had one son, Steffan, from his first marriage. He later married Madeleine Stringer, the 1977 Miss United Kingdom and the sixth runner-up at Miss World 1977, and they had a son, Alex, and two daughters, Elizabeth and Katherine, together.

Chandler died of a heart condition in Newcastle in 1996, days after performing his final solo show.
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You found a plaque for him!

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Written By: CatwomanofV on 07/17/09 at 2:11 pm

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How did you get that photo of me? I thought that I burned that.

Cat

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Written By: ninny on 07/17/09 at 3:13 pm

Strange = economical

I wonder where the seat belt are ::)

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Written By: ninny on 07/17/09 at 3:13 pm

You found a plaque for him!

Lucky for me it was in Photobucket :)

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Written By: ninny on 07/17/09 at 3:14 pm

How did you get that photo of me? I thought that I burned that.

Cat

I have my ways ;D

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/17/09 at 3:15 pm

Lucky for me it was in Photobucket :)
That plaque is in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, a good distance from London.

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Written By: gibbo on 07/17/09 at 3:27 pm

How did you get that photo of me? I thought that I burned that.

Cat

;D

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/17/09 at 3:28 pm

Lucky for me it was in Photobucket :)
Lets hope there is no more of these?

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/17/09 at 3:29 pm

I wonder where the seat belt are ::)
Yet to be installed.

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Written By: Michael C. on 07/17/09 at 4:54 pm

Always been a big fan of Her incredible talent.....Funny...I hadn't heard Strange Fruit in year & recently {about 2 weeks ago} heard it again....What a haunting song.....
I'm also a big fan of Diana Ross' portrayal of Billie in Lady Sings the Blues.
The person of the day...Billie Holiday
Billie Holiday (born Eleanora Fagan; April 7, 1915 – July 17, 1959) was an American jazz singer and songwriter. Nicknamed Lady Day by her loyal friend and musical partner Lester Young, Holiday was a seminal influence on jazz and pop singing. Her vocal style, strongly inspired by jazz instrumentalists, pioneered a new way of manipulating phrasing and tempo. Above all, she was admired for her deeply personal and intimate approach to singing. Critic John Bush wrote that she "changed the art of American pop vocals forever." She co-wrote only a few songs, but several of them have become jazz standards, notably "God Bless the Child", "Don't Explain", and "Lady Sings the Blues". She also became famous for singing jazz standards written by others, including "Easy Living" and "Strange Fruit."
Holiday was recording for Columbia in the late 1930s when she was introduced to "Strange Fruit", a song based on a poem about lynching written by Abel Meeropol, a Jewish schoolteacher from the Bronx. Meeropol used the pseudonym "Lewis Allan" for the poem, which was set to music and performed at teachers' union meetings. It was eventually heard by Barney Josephson, proprietor of Café Society, an integrated nightclub in Greenwich Village, who introduced it to Holiday. She performed it at the club in 1939, with some trepidation, fearing possible retaliation. Holiday later said that the imagery in "Strange Fruit" reminded her of her father's death, and that this played a role in her resistance to performing it. In a 1958 interview, she also bemoaned the fact that many people did not grasp the song's message: "They'll ask me to 'sing that sexy song about the people swinging'", she said.

When Holiday's producers at Columbia found the subject matter too sensitive, Milt Gabler agreed to record it for his Commodore Records. That was done in April, 1939 and "Strange Fruit" remained in her repertoire for twenty years. She later recorded it again for Verve. While the Commodore release did not get airplay, the controversial song sold well, though Gabler attributed that mostly to the record's other side, "Fine and Mellow", which was a jukebox hit.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/17/09 at 6:35 pm

I'm also a big fan of Diana Ross' portrayal of Billie in Lady Sings the Blues.
That was one film I saw ages ago in the mid 70's, I could do with seeing it again.

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Written By: Howard on 07/17/09 at 6:57 pm

That was one film I saw ages ago in the mid 70's, I could do with seeing it again.

and that film was in honor of Billie Holiday.

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Written By: Frank on 07/17/09 at 9:40 pm

How did you get that photo of me? I thought that I burned that.

Cat

Got it from Sham Wow guy

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Written By: ninny on 07/18/09 at 5:16 am

The word of the day...Sky
1. The expanse of air over any given point on the earth; the upper atmosphere as seen from the earth's surface.
2. The appearance of the upper atmosphere, especially with reference to weather. Often used in the plural: Threatening skies portend a storm.
3. The celestial regions; the heavens: stars in the southern sky.
4. The highest level or degree: reaching for the sky.
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Written By: ninny on 07/18/09 at 5:20 am

The person of the day...Jack Hawkins

Colonel John Edward "Jack" Hawkins (September 14, 1910 - July 18, 1973) was an English film actor of the 1950s, 1960s and early 1970s.
* Birds of Prey (1930)
* The Lodger (1932)
* The Good Companions (1933)
* Peg of Old Drury (1935)
* The Next of Kin (1942)
* The Fallen Idol (1948)
* Bonnie Prince Charlie (1948)
* The Small Back Room (1949)
* The Elusive Pimpernel (1950)
* State Secret (1950)
* The Black Rose (1950)
* No Highway in the Sky (1951)
* Angels One Five (1952)
* Mandy (1952)
* The Planter's Wife (1952)
* The Cruel Sea (1953)
* Malta Story (1953)
* Twice Upon a Time (1953)
* The Intruder (1953)
* The Seekers (1954)
* Front Page Story (1954)
* Land of the Pharaohs (1955)
* The Prisoner (1955)
* The Long Arm (1956)
* Fortune is a Woman (1957)

* Man in the Sky (1957)
* Decision Against Time (1957)
* The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
* The Two-Headed Spy (1958)
* Gideon's Day (USA title: Gideon of Scotland Yard) (1958)
* The League of Gentlemen (1959)
* Ben-Hur (1959)
* Five Finger Exercise (1962)
* Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
* Zulu (1964)
* Guns at Batasi (1964)
* The Third Secret (1964)
* Lord Jim (1965)
* Judith (1966)
* Shalako (1968)
* Oh! What a Lovely War (1969)
* Monte Carlo or Bust (1969)
* Waterloo (1970)
* Jane Eyre (1970)
* When Eight Bells Toll (1971)
* Nicholas and Alexandra (1971)
* Kidnapped (1971)
* Young Winston (1972)
* Theatre of Blood (1973)
* Tales That Witness Madness (1973)
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Written By: ninny on 07/18/09 at 5:34 am

The co-person of the day...Jane Austen
Jane Austen (16 December 1775 – 18 July 1817) was an English novelist whose realism, biting social commentary and masterful use of free indirect speech, burlesque, and irony have earned her a place as one of the most widely read and most beloved writers in English literature.

Austen lived her entire life as part of a small and close-knit family located on the lower fringes of English gentry. She was educated primarily by her father and older brothers as well as through her own reading. The steadfast support of her family was critical to Austen's development as a professional writer. Austen's artistic apprenticeship lasted from her teenage years until she was about thirty-five years old. During this period, she experimented with various literary forms, including the epistolary novel which she tried and then abandoned, and wrote and extensively revised three major novels and began a fourth.

From 1811 until 1816, with the release of Sense and Sensibility (1811), Pride and Prejudice (1813), Mansfield Park (1814) and Emma (1816), she achieved success as a published writer. She wrote two additional novels, Northanger Abbey and Persuasion, both published posthumously in 1818, and began a third, which was eventually titled Sanditon, but died before completing it.

Austen's works critique the novels of sensibility of the second half of the eighteenth century and are part of the transition to nineteenth-century realism. Austen's plots, though fundamentally comic, highlight the dependence of women on marriage to secure social standing and economic security. Like those of Samuel Johnson, one of the strongest influences on her writing, her works are concerned with moral issues.

During Austen's lifetime, because she chose to publish anonymously, her works brought her little personal fame and only a few positive reviews. Through the mid-nineteenth century, her novels were admired only by members of the literary elite. However, the publication of her nephew's A Memoir of Jane Austen in 1869 introduced her to a wider public as an appealing personality and kindled popular interest in her works. By the 1940s, Austen was widely accepted in academia as a "great English writer". The second half of the twentieth century saw a proliferation of Austen scholarship, which explored many aspects of her novels: artistic, ideological, and historical. In popular culture, a Janeite fan culture has developed, centred on Austen's life, her works, and the various film and television adaptations of them.
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Written By: Howard on 07/18/09 at 6:53 am

The word of the day...Sky
1. The expanse of air over any given point on the earth; the upper atmosphere as seen from the earth's surface.
2. The appearance of the upper atmosphere, especially with reference to weather. Often used in the plural: Threatening skies portend a storm.
3. The celestial regions; the heavens: stars in the southern sky.
4. The highest level or degree: reaching for the sky.
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I love blue skies. :)

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Written By: Womble on 07/18/09 at 1:22 pm

Loved Jack Hawkins in Theater of Blood. Good film and he was great in it.

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Written By: Reynolds1863 on 07/18/09 at 5:31 pm

The co-person of the day...Jane Austen
Jane Austen (16 December 1775 – 18 July 1817) was an English novelist whose realism, biting social commentary and masterful use of free indirect speech, burlesque, and irony have earned her a place as one of the most widely read and most beloved writers in English literature.

Austen lived her entire life as part of a small and close-knit family located on the lower fringes of English gentry. She was educated primarily by her father and older brothers as well as through her own reading. The steadfast support of her family was critical to Austen's development as a professional writer. Austen's artistic apprenticeship lasted from her teenage years until she was about thirty-five years old. During this period, she experimented with various literary forms, including the epistolary novel which she tried and then abandoned, and wrote and extensively revised three major novels and began a fourth.

From 1811 until 1816, with the release of Sense and Sensibility (1811), Pride and Prejudice (1813), Mansfield Park (1814) and Emma (1816), she achieved success as a published writer. She wrote two additional novels, Northanger Abbey and Persuasion, both published posthumously in 1818, and began a third, which was eventually titled Sanditon, but died before completing it.

Austen's works critique the novels of sensibility of the second half of the eighteenth century and are part of the transition to nineteenth-century realism. Austen's plots, though fundamentally comic, highlight the dependence of women on marriage to secure social standing and economic security. Like those of Samuel Johnson, one of the strongest influences on her writing, her works are concerned with moral issues.

During Austen's lifetime, because she chose to publish anonymously, her works brought her little personal fame and only a few positive reviews. Through the mid-nineteenth century, her novels were admired only by members of the literary elite. However, the publication of her nephew's A Memoir of Jane Austen in 1869 introduced her to a wider public as an appealing personality and kindled popular interest in her works. By the 1940s, Austen was widely accepted in academia as a "great English writer". The second half of the twentieth century saw a proliferation of Austen scholarship, which explored many aspects of her novels: artistic, ideological, and historical. In popular culture, a Janeite fan culture has developed, centred on Austen's life, her works, and the various film and television adaptations of them.
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I love Jane Austin's books. My favorite is Pride and Prejudice. She actually was quite a feminist for her time. :)

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Written By: ninny on 07/18/09 at 5:58 pm

I love Jane Austin's books. My favorite is Pride and Prejudice. She actually was quite a feminist for her time. :)

Me too, when I was a security guard between rounds I did a lot of reading,she was one of the authors I read.

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Written By: Howard on 07/18/09 at 6:55 pm

Mr.Blue Sky-ELO.

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Written By: Frank on 07/18/09 at 7:09 pm

Mr.Blue Sky-ELO.

Sky Pilot - Animals.

how high can you fly?

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Written By: Howard on 07/18/09 at 7:10 pm

Sky Pilot - Animals.

how high can you fly?

I can't fly.

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Written By: ninny on 07/18/09 at 7:12 pm

Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds - The Beatles

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Written By: Howard on 07/18/09 at 7:14 pm

How high is the Sky?

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/19/09 at 1:25 am

There's A Goldmine In The Sky ~ Pat Boone

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/19/09 at 2:26 am

How high is the Sky?
The sky starts as soon as the ground ends! There is also no distinct end to the sky. As you go higher and higher, the atmosphere just gets less and less dense very gradually and just fades away, and so there is no well-defined edge where it stops.

You can say however, that 99% of the atmosphere within an altitude of 31 km above sea level (31,000 meters, or 101,706 feet). For comparison, Mt. Everest, the tallest mountain in the world is only 8,846 meters or 29,028 feet. Because the atmosphere is dropping off slowly, you have to go all the way out to 42 km (137,795 ft) if you want to include 99.9% of the atmosphere.

Although it is in fact somewhat arbitrary, the boundary of the earth's atmosphere and outer space is said to be 100 kilometers. When a space craft is re-entering the Earth atmosphere, it is at an elevation of about 120 kilometers that atmospheric drag becomes noticeable.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/19/09 at 2:28 am

Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds - The Beatles
The Lucy referred to in the song was a classmate of Julian's at Heath House School named Lucy O'Donnell, born in Weybridge in 1963. Her married name is Lucy Vodden.

In 2009, Julian Lennon learned that Vodden, who lives in Surrey, England, suffers from a terminal case of lupus. Lennon sent her flowers with a personally written card. After learning that O'Donnell was taking solace from gardening and looking at plants, Lennon sent her gift vouchers for a garden centre. O'Donnell, who saw Lennon in the intervening years one time at a concert of his, reacted by saying, "It was lovely of Julian."

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/19/09 at 2:28 am

I can't fly.
I believe I can fly!

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/19/09 at 2:29 am

Mr.Blue Sky-ELO.
Sun is shinin' in the sky there ain't a cloud in sight.

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Written By: gibbo on 07/19/09 at 3:48 am

Mr Blue Sky was a great song.

Sky High - Jigsaw (wasn't this the theme to "The Man From Hong Kong"?)

Blown Round By The Wind
Thrown Down In a Spin

I Gave You Love
I Thought That We Had Made It To The Top
I Gave You All I Had To Give
Why Did It Have To Stop

You've Blown It All Sky High
By Telling Me a Lie
Without a Reason Why
You've Blown It All Sky High

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/19/09 at 3:49 am

Mr Blue Sky was a great song.
"Please turn me over"

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Written By: ninny on 07/19/09 at 6:28 am

Mr Blue Sky was a great song.

Sky High - Jigsaw (wasn't this the theme to "The Man From Hong Kong"?)

Blown Round By The Wind
Thrown Down In a Spin

I Gave You Love
I Thought That We Had Made It To The Top
I Gave You All I Had To Give
Why Did It Have To Stop

You've Blown It All Sky High
By Telling Me a Lie
Without a Reason Why
You've Blown It All Sky High

Love that song.

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Written By: ninny on 07/19/09 at 6:31 am

The Lucy referred to in the song was a classmate of Julian's at Heath House School named Lucy O'Donnell, born in Weybridge in 1963. Her married name is Lucy Vodden.

In 2009, Julian Lennon learned that Vodden, who lives in Surrey, England, suffers from a terminal case of lupus. Lennon sent her flowers with a personally written card. After learning that O'Donnell was taking solace from gardening and looking at plants, Lennon sent her gift vouchers for a garden centre. O'Donnell, who saw Lennon in the intervening years one time at a concert of his, reacted by saying, "It was lovely of Julian."

That was real nice of Julian. I have an Aunt who has Lupus and she suffers all the time.

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Written By: ninny on 07/19/09 at 6:36 am

The word of the day...Grass
1.
1. The grass family.
2. The members of the grass family considered as a group.
2. Any of various plants having slender leaves characteristic of the grass family.
3. An expanse of ground, such as a lawn, covered with grass or similar plants.
4. Grazing land; pasture.
5. Slang. Marijuana.
6. Electronics. Small variations in amplitude of an oscilloscope display caused by electrical noise.
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Written By: ninny on 07/19/09 at 6:39 am

The person of the day...Pat Hingle
Martin Patterson "Pat" Hingle (July 19, 1924 – January 3, 2009) was an American actor.
ingle was traditionally known for playing judges, police officers, and other authority figures. One of his notable roles was the father of the character played by Warren Beatty in Splendor in the Grass (1961). While he was probably best known in recent times for playing Commissioner Gordon in the 1989 film Batman and its three sequels, Hingle had a long list of television and movie credits to his name, going back to 1948. Among them are Hang 'Em High (1968), Sudden Impact (1983), Road To Redemption (2001), When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder? (1979), Stephen King's Maximum Overdrive (1986), The Grifters (1990), Citizen Cohn (1992), The Land Before Time (1988), Wings (1996), and Shaft (2000).

Along with Michael Gough, who played Alfred Pennyworth, he was one of only two actors to appear in the four Batman films from 1989-1997. In Hingle's appearance as Commissioner Gordon (Batman & Robin), he worked with Uma Thurman (who portrayed Poison Ivy), whose first husband, Gary Oldman, succeeded him in the role in Batman Begins (2005) and The Dark Knight (2008). Hingle also worked with Christian Bale in Shaft, who would go on to portray Batman/Bruce Wayne in Batman Begins and Dark Knight.

Other roles

Hingle originated the role of Gooper in the original Broadway production of Tennessee Williams' Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. He also starred as Victor Franz in the premiere production of The Price by Arthur Miller. In the 1997 revival of the musical 1776, Hingle played Benjamin Franklin, with Brent Spiner as John Adams. In 2002, he was a regular cast member of ABC's series The Court. He also played Horace in 1995's The Quick and the Dead. He also had a role on an episode of the 60's TV show "The Fugitive". He also played the head cop in San Palo in the fourth Dirty Harry installment, Sudden Impact.

In 2006, he appeared in Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, as the original owner of Dennit Racing.
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Written By: ninny on 07/19/09 at 6:52 am

The co-person of the day...Jack Warden
Jack Warden (September 18, 1920 – July 19, 2006) was an Emmy Award-winning, Academy Award-nominated American character actor.
Warden had his first credited film role in The Man with My Face in 1951, and in 1952 he began a three-year role in the television series Mr. Peepers. After a role as a sympathetic corporal in From Here to Eternity (1953), Warden's breakthrough film role was his performance as Juror No. 7, a salesman who wants a quick decision in a murder case, in 12 Angry Men (1957).

Warden guest starred on many television series over the years, including two 1960 episodes of Barton MacLane's The Outlaws on NBC, and thereafter on Marilyn Maxwell's Bus Stop on ABC. He received a supporting actor Emmy Award for his performance as Chicago Bears coach George Halas in Brian's Song (1971), and was twice nominated for his starring role in the 1980's comedy series, Crazy Like a Fox. Additionally, Warden was nominated for Academy Awards as Best Supporting Actor for his performances in Shampoo (1975) and Heaven Can Wait (1978). He also had notable roles in such films as All the President's Men (1976), ...And Justice for All and Being There (both 1979), Used Cars (in which he played a celebrated dual role in 1980), The Verdict (1982), Problem Child (1990) and its sequel (1991), While You Were Sleeping (1995), and the Norm Macdonald film Dirty Work (1998).

Warden appeared in over one hundred movies, typically playing gruff cops, sports coaches, trusted friends and similar roles, during a career which spanned six decades. His last film was 2000's The Replacements, opposite Gene Hackman and Keanu Reeves.
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Written By: Howard on 07/19/09 at 6:54 am

I always wondered why cats eat grass? ???

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Written By: Michael C. on 07/19/09 at 7:07 am

Pat Hingle + Splendor in the Grass = Person & Word of the day...............Excellent !!!!!

I was watching Pat Hingle last night in an old episode of The Six Million Dollar Man in the episode Pilot Error.

A great character Actor...always lending an air of Confidence & Authority........

The person of the day...Pat Hingle
Martin Patterson "Pat" Hingle (July 19, 1924 – January 3, 2009) was an American actor.
ingle was traditionally known for playing judges, police officers, and other authority figures. One of his notable roles was the father of the character played by Warren Beatty in Splendor in the Grass (1961). While he was probably best known in recent times for playing Commissioner Gordon in the 1989 film Batman and its three sequels, Hingle had a long list of television and movie credits to his name, going back to 1948. Among them are Hang 'Em High (1968), Sudden Impact (1983), Road To Redemption (2001), When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder? (1979), Stephen King's Maximum Overdrive (1986), The Grifters (1990), Citizen Cohn (1992), The Land Before Time (1988), Wings (1996), and Shaft (2000).

Along with Michael Gough, who played Alfred Pennyworth, he was one of only two actors to appear in the four Batman films from 1989-1997. In Hingle's appearance as Commissioner Gordon (Batman & Robin), he worked with Uma Thurman (who portrayed Poison Ivy), whose first husband, Gary Oldman, succeeded him in the role in Batman Begins (2005) and The Dark Knight (2008). Hingle also worked with Christian Bale in Shaft, who would go on to portray Batman/Bruce Wayne in Batman Begins and Dark Knight.

Other roles

Hingle originated the role of Gooper in the original Broadway production of Tennessee Williams' Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. He also starred as Victor Franz in the premiere production of The Price by Arthur Miller. In the 1997 revival of the musical 1776, Hingle played Benjamin Franklin, with Brent Spiner as John Adams. In 2002, he was a regular cast member of ABC's series The Court. He also played Horace in 1995's The Quick and the Dead. He also had a role on an episode of the 60's TV show "The Fugitive". He also played the head cop in San Palo in the fourth Dirty Harry installment, Sudden Impact.

In 2006, he appeared in Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, as the original owner of Dennit Racing.
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Written By: Howard on 07/19/09 at 7:09 am

Grazing In The Grass-Friends Of Distinction.

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Written By: ninny on 07/19/09 at 7:17 am

Grazing In The Grass-Friends Of Distinction.

Good song..There is the band Grass Roots :)

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Written By: Howard on 07/19/09 at 7:18 am

Good song..There is the band Grass Roots :)

they had some good hits.

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Written By: Womble on 07/19/09 at 8:02 am

The person of the day...Pat Hingle
Martin Patterson "Pat" Hingle (July 19, 1924 – January 3, 2009) was an American actor.
ingle was traditionally known for playing judges, police officers, and other authority figures. One of his notable roles was the father of the character played by Warren Beatty in Splendor in the Grass (1961). While he was probably best known in recent times for playing Commissioner Gordon in the 1989 film Batman and its three sequels, Hingle had a long list of television and movie credits to his name, going back to 1948. Among them are Hang 'Em High (1968), Sudden Impact (1983), Road To Redemption (2001), When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder? (1979), Stephen King's Maximum Overdrive (1986), The Grifters (1990), Citizen Cohn (1992), The Land Before Time (1988), Wings (1996), and Shaft (2000).

Along with Michael Gough, who played Alfred Pennyworth, he was one of only two actors to appear in the four Batman films from 1989-1997. In Hingle's appearance as Commissioner Gordon (Batman & Robin), he worked with Uma Thurman (who portrayed Poison Ivy), whose first husband, Gary Oldman, succeeded him in the role in Batman Begins (2005) and The Dark Knight (2008). Hingle also worked with Christian Bale in Shaft, who would go on to portray Batman/Bruce Wayne in Batman Begins and Dark Knight.

Other roles

Hingle originated the role of Gooper in the original Broadway production of Tennessee Williams' Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. He also starred as Victor Franz in the premiere production of The Price by Arthur Miller. In the 1997 revival of the musical 1776, Hingle played Benjamin Franklin, with Brent Spiner as John Adams. In 2002, he was a regular cast member of ABC's series The Court. He also played Horace in 1995's The Quick and the Dead. He also had a role on an episode of the 60's TV show "The Fugitive". He also played the head cop in San Palo in the fourth Dirty Harry installment, Sudden Impact.

In 2006, he appeared in Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, as the original owner of Dennit Racing.
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Well done, Ninny. Thanks for sharing.

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Written By: ninny on 07/19/09 at 9:01 am

Well done, Ninny. Thanks for sharing.

I have a good time looking people up. It also good to reflex on great people who you may or may not remember.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/19/09 at 12:35 pm

Green Green Grass of Home ~ Tom Jones

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Written By: ninny on 07/19/09 at 12:41 pm

Green Green Grass of Home ~ Tom Jones

Another good song :)

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Written By: ninny on 07/20/09 at 6:30 am

The word of the day...Hornet
Hornets are the largest eusocial wasps, that reach up to 55 mm (2.2 in) in length. The true hornets make up the genus Vespa, and are distinguished from other vespines by the width of the vertex (part of the head behind the eyes), which is proportionally larger in Vespa; and by the anteriorly rounded gasters (the section of the abdomen behind the wasp waist).
twin-engine medium-size shipboard fighter/attack aircraft, its official designation is F/A-18. It is heavier than the F-16, but lighter than either the F-14 or the F-15. The F-18E “Super Hornet” made its first carrier landing in 1997, and, like the F-18F, is easily recognizable by the rectangular engine intakes, which reduce radar reflection and supply more mass flow for its powerful engines. It was expected to enter service in 2000.
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Written By: ninny on 07/20/09 at 6:33 am

The person of the day...Bruce Lee
Bruce Jun Fan Lee (李振藩, 李小龍; pinyin: Lǐ Zhènfān, Lǐ Xiăolóng; 27 November 1940 – 20 July 1973) was an American-born Chinese Hong Kong martial artist, philosopher, instructor, martial arts actor, film director, screenwriter, and the founder of the Jeet Kune Do concept. He is considered by many as the most influential martial artist of the 20th century, and a cultural icon. He was also the father of actor Brandon Lee and of actress Shannon Lee. His younger brother Robert was a musician and member of a popular Hong Kong beat band called The Thunderbirds and was something of a heartthrob in Hong Kong in the 1960s.

Lee was born in San Francisco, California, and raised in Hong Kong until his late teens. His Hong Kong and Hollywood-produced films elevated the traditional Hong Kong martial arts film to a new level of popularity and acclaim, and sparked the second major surge of interest in Chinese martial arts in the West. The direction and tone of his films changed and influenced martial arts and martial arts films in Hong Kong and the rest of the world as well. He is mainly noted for his roles in five feature length films, Lo Wei's The Big Boss (1971) and Fist of Fury (1972); Way of the Dragon (1972), directed and written by Bruce Lee; Warner Brothers' Enter the Dragon (1973), directed by Robert Clouse, and The Game of Death (1978).

Lee became a very iconic figure, particularly among the Chinese, as he portrayed Chinese national pride and Chinese nationalism in his movies. He primarily practiced Chinese martial arts (Kung Fu as a popular westernized term, or Gung Fu in Lee's own word, or more phonetically corrected Gong Fu), particularly Wing Chun.
Lee's father Hoi-Chuen was a famous Cantonese Opera star. Thus, through his father, Bruce was introduced into films at a very young age and appeared in several short black-and-white films as a child. Lee had his first role as a baby who was carried onto the stage. By the time he was 18, he had appeared in twenty films.

While in the United States from 1959–1964, Lee abandoned thoughts of a film career in favor of pursuing martial arts. William Dozier invited Lee for an audition, where Lee so impressed the producers with his lightning-fast moves that he earned the role of Kato alongside Van Williams in the TV series The Green Hornet. The show lasted just one season, from 1966 to 1967. Lee also played Kato in three crossover episodes of Batman. This was followed by guest appearances in a host of television series, including Ironside (1967) and Here Come the Brides (1969).
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Written By: ninny on 07/20/09 at 6:38 am

The co-person of the day...James Doohan
James Montgomery "Jimmy" Doohan (March 3, 1920 – July 20, 2005) was a Canadian character and voice actor best known for his role as Montgomery "Scotty" Scott in the television and film series Star Trek. Doohan's characterization of the Scottish Chief Engineer of the Starship Enterprise was one of the most recognizable elements in the Star Trek franchise. He also made several contributions behind the scenes for the Star Trek franchise. Many of the characterizations, mannerisms, and expressions that he established for Scotty and other Star Trek characters have become entrenched in popular culture.

Prior to becoming an actor, Doohan served with Canadian forces during World War II, and was seriously wounded at the invasion of Normandy at Juno Beach on D-Day. After recovering from his injuries he became a pilot and flew an artillery observation plane until the end of the war. After the war he became an actor and spent many years working on Canadian and American radio and television.

Following his success with Star Trek, he supplemented his income and showed continued support for his fans by making numerous public appearances. Doohan often went to great lengths to buoy the large number of fans who have been inspired to make their own accomplishments in engineering and other fields, as a result of Doohan's work and his encouragement. Doohan was considered by some to be one of the most giving and affable stars of the Star Trek franchise.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/20/09 at 8:40 am

The word of the day...Hornet
Hornets are the largest eusocial wasps, that reach up to 55 mm (2.2 in) in length. The true hornets make up the genus Vespa, and are distinguished from other vespines by the width of the vertex (part of the head behind the eyes), which is proportionally larger in Vespa; and by the anteriorly rounded gasters (the section of the abdomen behind the wasp waist).
twin-engine medium-size shipboard fighter/attack aircraft, its official designation is F/A-18. It is heavier than the F-16, but lighter than either the F-14 or the F-15. The F-18E “Super Hornet” made its first carrier landing in 1997, and, like the F-18F, is easily recognizable by the rectangular engine intakes, which reduce radar reflection and supply more mass flow for its powerful engines. It was expected to enter service in 2000.
The Green Hornet?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/20/09 at 8:41 am

The word of the day...Hornet
Hornets are the largest eusocial wasps, that reach up to 55 mm (2.2 in) in length. The true hornets make up the genus Vespa, and are distinguished from other vespines by the width of the vertex (part of the head behind the eyes), which is proportionally larger in Vespa; and by the anteriorly rounded gasters (the section of the abdomen behind the wasp waist).
twin-engine medium-size shipboard fighter/attack aircraft, its official designation is F/A-18. It is heavier than the F-16, but lighter than either the F-14 or the F-15. The F-18E “Super Hornet” made its first carrier landing in 1997, and, like the F-18F, is easily recognizable by the rectangular engine intakes, which reduce radar reflection and supply more mass flow for its powerful engines. It was expected to enter service in 2000.

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Too close for comfort?

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/20/09 at 8:42 am

The person of the day...Bruce Lee
Bruce Jun Fan Lee (李振藩, 李小龍; pinyin: Lǐ Zhènfān, Lǐ Xiăolóng; 27 November 1940 – 20 July 1973) was an American-born Chinese Hong Kong martial artist, philosopher, instructor, martial arts actor, film director, screenwriter, and the founder of the Jeet Kune Do concept. He is considered by many as the most influential martial artist of the 20th century, and a cultural icon. He was also the father of actor Brandon Lee and of actress Shannon Lee. His younger brother Robert was a musician and member of a popular Hong Kong beat band called The Thunderbirds and was something of a heartthrob in Hong Kong in the 1960s.

Lee was born in San Francisco, California, and raised in Hong Kong until his late teens. His Hong Kong and Hollywood-produced films elevated the traditional Hong Kong martial arts film to a new level of popularity and acclaim, and sparked the second major surge of interest in Chinese martial arts in the West. The direction and tone of his films changed and influenced martial arts and martial arts films in Hong Kong and the rest of the world as well. He is mainly noted for his roles in five feature length films, Lo Wei's The Big Boss (1971) and Fist of Fury (1972); Way of the Dragon (1972), directed and written by Bruce Lee; Warner Brothers' Enter the Dragon (1973), directed by Robert Clouse, and The Game of Death (1978).

Lee became a very iconic figure, particularly among the Chinese, as he portrayed Chinese national pride and Chinese nationalism in his movies. He primarily practiced Chinese martial arts (Kung Fu as a popular westernized term, or Gung Fu in Lee's own word, or more phonetically corrected Gong Fu), particularly Wing Chun.
Lee's father Hoi-Chuen was a famous Cantonese Opera star. Thus, through his father, Bruce was introduced into films at a very young age and appeared in several short black-and-white films as a child. Lee had his first role as a baby who was carried onto the stage. By the time he was 18, he had appeared in twenty films.

While in the United States from 1959–1964, Lee abandoned thoughts of a film career in favor of pursuing martial arts. William Dozier invited Lee for an audition, where Lee so impressed the producers with his lightning-fast moves that he earned the role of Kato alongside Van Williams in the TV series The Green Hornet. The show lasted just one season, from 1966 to 1967. Lee also played Kato in three crossover episodes of Batman. This was followed by guest appearances in a host of television series, including Ironside (1967) and Here Come the Brides (1969).
"Everybody was Ku Fung dancing"

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 07/20/09 at 8:45 am

Too close for comfort?

I wonder if there was any windows shattering.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/20/09 at 8:46 am

I wonder if there was any windows shattering.
With the sonic booms?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: CatwomanofV on 07/20/09 at 9:33 am

My mother had a few of these (in different colors)

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AMC Hornet Sportabout

Cat

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 07/20/09 at 12:27 pm

My mother had a few of these (in different colors)

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AMC Hornet Sportabout

Cat

She must of liked them. I almost bought a AMC Gremlin when I was a teenager, but my dad said they were junk.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/20/09 at 12:30 pm

She must of liked them. I almost bought a AMC Gremlin when I was a teenager, but my dad said they were junk.
Dad's always know the best!

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: CatwomanofV on 07/20/09 at 1:42 pm

She must of liked them. I almost bought a AMC Gremlin when I was a teenager, but my dad said they were junk.

She had something like 3 of them-bought a new one almost every 2 years or so. I don't know if she did that because they were cheap or because they were cheap as in they kept dying on her. :D ;D ;D ;D

Cat

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Frank on 07/20/09 at 1:49 pm

"Everybody was Ku Fung dancing"

Many kids in my school wanted to be Bruce Lee when he was popular back in the early 70's

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/20/09 at 1:51 pm

Many kids in my school wanted to be Bruce Lee when he was popular back in the early 70's
As Enter The Dragon had an 'X' Certificate, at schhol age I never got to see, and even to this day I have only seen clips from it.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 07/20/09 at 2:04 pm

Dad's always know the best!

In this case so true.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/20/09 at 2:05 pm

In this case so true.
I do my bit to that claim.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 07/20/09 at 4:57 pm

I hate a hornet's nest. :o

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/20/09 at 4:59 pm

I hate a hornet's nest. :o
Can it be a noisy affair?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 07/20/09 at 5:00 pm

Can it be a noisy affair?

Oh yeah definitely.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/20/09 at 5:04 pm

Oh yeah definitely.
...and dangerous?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 07/20/09 at 5:06 pm

...and dangerous?

yeah cause you might get stung by a wasp. :o

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/20/09 at 5:07 pm

yeah cause you might get stung by a wasp. :o
Can the stings be lethal?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 07/20/09 at 5:39 pm

Can the stings be lethal?

If your allergic it could be deadly..At least 40 deaths occur each year in the U.S. as a result of bee or wasp stings.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Michael C. on 07/20/09 at 8:02 pm

My Fav Bruce Lee fight scene.....Bruce squaring off with Kareem Abdul Jabbar in Game of Death.
The person of the day...Bruce Lee
Bruce Jun Fan Lee (李振藩, 李小龍; pinyin: Lǐ Zhènfān, Lǐ Xiăolóng; 27 November 1940 – 20 July 1973) was an American-born Chinese Hong Kong martial artist, philosopher, instructor, martial arts actor, film director, screenwriter, and the founder of the Jeet Kune Do concept. He is considered by many as the most influential martial artist of the 20th century, and a cultural icon. He was also the father of actor Brandon Lee and of actress Shannon Lee. His younger brother Robert was a musician and member of a popular Hong Kong beat band called The Thunderbirds and was something of a heartthrob in Hong Kong in the 1960s.

Lee was born in San Francisco, California, and raised in Hong Kong until his late teens. His Hong Kong and Hollywood-produced films elevated the traditional Hong Kong martial arts film to a new level of popularity and acclaim, and sparked the second major surge of interest in Chinese martial arts in the West. The direction and tone of his films changed and influenced martial arts and martial arts films in Hong Kong and the rest of the world as well. He is mainly noted for his roles in five feature length films, Lo Wei's The Big Boss (1971) and Fist of Fury (1972); Way of the Dragon (1972), directed and written by Bruce Lee; Warner Brothers' Enter the Dragon (1973), directed by Robert Clouse, and The Game of Death (1978).

Lee became a very iconic figure, particularly among the Chinese, as he portrayed Chinese national pride and Chinese nationalism in his movies. He primarily practiced Chinese martial arts (Kung Fu as a popular westernized term, or Gung Fu in Lee's own word, or more phonetically corrected Gong Fu), particularly Wing Chun.
Lee's father Hoi-Chuen was a famous Cantonese Opera star. Thus, through his father, Bruce was introduced into films at a very young age and appeared in several short black-and-white films as a child. Lee had his first role as a baby who was carried onto the stage. By the time he was 18, he had appeared in twenty films.

While in the United States from 1959–1964, Lee abandoned thoughts of a film career in favor of pursuing martial arts. William Dozier invited Lee for an audition, where Lee so impressed the producers with his lightning-fast moves that he earned the role of Kato alongside Van Williams in the TV series The Green Hornet. The show lasted just one season, from 1966 to 1967. Lee also played Kato in three crossover episodes of Batman. This was followed by guest appearances in a host of television series, including Ironside (1967) and Here Come the Brides (1969).
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Written By: ninny on 07/21/09 at 6:17 am

The word of the day...Jester
1. One given to jesting.
2. A fool or buffoon at medieval courts.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/21/09 at 6:20 am

The word of the day...Jester
1. One given to jesting.
2. A fool or buffoon at medieval courts.
"Jester song an twilight!"

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Written By: ninny on 07/21/09 at 6:20 am

The person of the day...Basil Rathbone
Basil Rathbone, MC (13 June 1892 – 21 July 1967), was a South African-born British actor most famous for his portrayal of Sherlock Holmes and of suave villains in such swashbuckler films as The Mark of Zorro, Captain Blood, and The Adventures of Robin Hood.
He commenced his film career in 1925 in The Masked Bride, appeared in a few silent movies, and played the detective Philo Vance in the 1930 movie The Bishop Murder Case, based on the best-selling novel. Like George Sanders and Vincent Price after him, Rathbone made a name for himself in the 1930s by playing suave villains in costume dramas and swashbucklers, including David Copperfield (1935) as the abusive stepfather Mr. Murdstone; Anna Karenina (1935) as her distant husband, Karenin; The Last Days of Pompeii (1935) portraying Pontius Pilate; Captain Blood (1935); A Tale of Two Cities (1935), as the Marquis St. Evremonde; The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) playing his best remembered villain, Sir Guy of Gisbourne; The Adventures of Marco Polo (1938); and The Mark of Zorro (1940) as Captain Esteban Pasquale. He also appeared in several early horror films: Tower of London (1939), as Richard III, and Son of Frankenstein (1939), portraying the dedicated surgeon Baron Wolf Frankenstein, son of the monster's creator.

He was admired for his athletic cinema swordsmanship (he listed fencing among his favourite recreations). He fought and lost to Errol Flynn in a duel on the beach in Captain Blood and in an elaborate fight sequence in The Adventures of Robin Hood. He was involved in noteworthy sword fights in Tower of London; The Mark of Zorro and The Court Jester (1956). Despite his real-life skill, Rathbone only won once onscreen, in Romeo and Juliet (1936). Rathbone earned Academy Award nominations for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his performances as Tybalt in Romeo and Juliet (1936), and as King Louis XI in If I Were King (1938). In The Dawn Patrol (1938), he played one of his few heroic roles in the 1930s, as a Royal Flying Corps (RFC) squadron commander brought to the brink of a nervous breakdown by the strain and guilt of sending his battle-weary pilots off to near-certain death in the skies of 1915 France. Errol Flynn, Rathbone's perennial foe, starred in the film as his successor when Rathbone's character is promoted.

According to Hollywood legend, Rathbone was Margaret Mitchell's first choice to play Rhett Butler in the film version of her novel Gone with the Wind. The reliability of this story may be suspect, however, as on another occasion, Mitchell chose Groucho Marx for the role, apparently in jest.

Despite his film success, Rathbone always insisted that he wished to be remembered for his stage career. He said that his favorite role was that of Romeo.
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Written By: ninny on 07/21/09 at 6:25 am

The co-person of the day...Alan Shepard Jr.
Alan Bartlett Shepard, Jr. (November 18, 1923 – July 21, 1998) (Rear Admiral, United States Navy, Ret.) was the second person and the first American in space. He later commanded the Apollo 14 mission, and was the fifth person to walk on the moon.

At age 47, and the oldest astronaut in the program, Shepard made his second space flight as commander of Apollo 14, January 31–February 9, 1971, America's third successful lunar landing mission. Shepard piloted his Lunar Module Antares to the most accurate landing of the entire Apollo program. This was the first mission to successfully broadcast color television pictures from the surface of the Moon, using the vidicon tube. (The color camera on Apollo 12 provided a few brief moments of color telecasting before it was inadvertently pointed at the sun, effectively ending its usefulness.) While on the Moon, Shepard played golf with a Wilson six-iron head attached to a lunar sample scoop handle . Despite thick gloves and a stiff spacesuit which forced him to swing the club with one hand only, Shepard struck two golf balls with a six iron, driving the second, as he jokingly put it, "miles and miles and miles."

Following Apollo 14, Shepard returned to his position as Chief of the Astronaut Office in June, 1971. He was promoted to Rear Admiral before finally retiring both from the Navy and NASA on August 1, 1974.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/21/09 at 6:26 am

The co-person of the day...Alan Shepard Jr.
Alan Bartlett Shepard, Jr. (November 18, 1923 – July 21, 1998) (Rear Admiral, United States Navy, Ret.) was the second person and the first American in space. He later commanded the Apollo 14 mission, and was the fifth person to walk on the moon.

At age 47, and the oldest astronaut in the program, Shepard made his second space flight as commander of Apollo 14, January 31–February 9, 1971, America's third successful lunar landing mission. Shepard piloted his Lunar Module Antares to the most accurate landing of the entire Apollo program. This was the first mission to successfully broadcast color television pictures from the surface of the Moon, using the vidicon tube. (The color camera on Apollo 12 provided a few brief moments of color telecasting before it was inadvertently pointed at the sun, effectively ending its usefulness.) While on the Moon, Shepard played golf with a Wilson six-iron head attached to a lunar sample scoop handle . Despite thick gloves and a stiff spacesuit which forced him to swing the club with one hand only, Shepard struck two golf balls with a six iron, driving the second, as he jokingly put it, "miles and miles and miles."

Following Apollo 14, Shepard returned to his position as Chief of the Astronaut Office in June, 1971. He was promoted to Rear Admiral before finally retiring both from the Navy and NASA on August 1, 1974.
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With space and the moon landing in mind.

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Written By: Howard on 07/21/09 at 7:21 am

no one likes to be a court jester.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/21/09 at 7:22 am

no one likes to be a court jester.
Do jesters earn good money?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 07/21/09 at 7:23 am

Do jesters earn good money?

Would it be full or part time?

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/21/09 at 7:25 am

Would it be full or part time?
It has to be full time please.

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Written By: Howard on 07/21/09 at 7:27 am

It has to be full time please.

Me too.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/21/09 at 8:19 am

Me too.
Do you have the qualifications for the position?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Reynolds1863 on 07/21/09 at 9:52 am

Did anyone see the video tape of when Alan Shepherd punched that Apollo conspiracy theorist? Needless to say I think they guy deserved a punch from Alan.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/21/09 at 9:57 am

Did anyone see the video tape of when Alan Shepherd punched that Apollo conspiracy theorist? Needless to say I think they guy deserved a punch from Alan.
I can understand the hatred towards the Apollo conspiracy theorists, and is it true that Neil Armstrong never signs an autograph?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Reynolds1863 on 07/21/09 at 10:01 am

I can understand the hatred towards the Apollo conspiracy theorists, and is it true that Neil Armstrong never signs an autograph?

No he doesn't sign autographs. :(

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/21/09 at 12:16 pm

No he doesn't sign autographs. :(
So if anyone offers a Neil Armstrong autograph, it is to be treated as a forgery.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Reynolds1863 on 07/21/09 at 12:24 pm

So if anyone offers a Neil Armstrong autograph, it is to be treated as a forgery.

Yes, however I think he does do autographs every once in a while for a charity organization but not for the average autograph seeker.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/21/09 at 12:24 pm

Yes, however I think he does do autographs every once in a while for a charity organization but not for the average autograph seeker.
Has he published an autobiogrpahy?

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Written By: Reynolds1863 on 07/21/09 at 12:35 pm

Has he published an autobiogrpahy?

Not that I could find, however Buzz Aldrin has.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/21/09 at 12:37 pm

Not that I could find, however Buzz Aldrin has.
Thanks, for I was thinking the book publishers at a book signing session would have an interesting time.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 07/21/09 at 3:47 pm

Do you have the qualifications for the position?

just try to be funny and act in front of an audience.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/21/09 at 3:48 pm

just try to be funny and act in front of an audience.
You must have a good act?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 07/21/09 at 3:50 pm

You must have a good act?

Yes all jesters should have a good act and to try to make people laugh.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/21/09 at 4:18 pm

Yes all jesters should have a good act and to try to make people laugh.
Visual gags more than just telling jokes.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/22/09 at 1:07 am

Yes all jesters should have a good act and to try to make people laugh.
Slapstick works.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 07/22/09 at 5:40 am

The word of the day...Girl(s)
1. A female child.
2. A daughter: our youngest girl.
3. Often Offensive. A woman, especially a young woman.
4. Informal.
1. A woman socializing in a group of women: a night out with the girls.
2. Used as a familiar form of address to express support of or camaraderie with a woman.
5. Informal. A female sweetheart: cadets escorting their girls to the ball.
6. Offensive. A female servant or employee.
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Written By: ninny on 07/22/09 at 5:47 am

The person of the day...Estelle Getty
Estelle Scher-Gettleman (July 25, 1923 – July 22, 2008), better known by her stage name Estelle Getty, was an Emmy and Golden Globe Award winning American actress, who appeared in film, theatre and television. She is best known for her long-running role as Sophia Petrillo on The Golden Girls from 1985 to 1992, on The Golden Palace from 1992 to 1993 and on Empty Nest from 1993 to 1995. In her later years, after retiring from acting, she battled Lewy body dementia.
She is best known for her role as Sophia Petrillo on the popular 1980s sitcom The Golden Girls. Her character was the wise-cracking Sicilian mother of Dorothy Zbornak, played by Beatrice Arthur (the other main characters being played by Betty White and Rue McClanahan); in real life, Getty was in fact one year younger than Arthur. Getty won an Emmy Award in 1988 for Outstanding Supporting Actress.

During her time on the The Golden Girls, she wrote an autobiography, with Steve Delsohn, titled If I Knew Then, What I Know Now... So What? (Contemporary Books, 1988). She further capitalized on her success by releasing an exercise video for senior citizens in 1993.
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Written By: ninny on 07/22/09 at 5:51 am

The co-person of the day...Florenz Ziegfeld
Florenz "Flo" Ziegfeld, Jr. (March 21, 1867 – July 22, 1932) was an American Broadway impresario. He is best known for his series of theatrical revues, the Ziegfeld Follies (1907-1931), inspired by the Folies Bergères of Paris. He was known as the "glorifier of the American girl".
His stage spectaculars, known as the Ziegfeld Follies, began with Follies of 1907 and were produced annually until 1931. These extravaganzas, with elaborate costumes and sets, featured beauties chosen personally by Ziegfeld in production numbers choregraphed to the works of prominent composers such as Irving Berlin, George Gershwin and Jerome Kern.

The Follies featured many performers who, though well-known from previous work in other theatrical genres, achieved unique financial success and publicity with Ziegfeld. Included among these are Fanny Brice, W. C. Fields, Eddie Cantor, Marilyn Miller, Will Rogers, Bert Williams and Ann Pennington.

His promotion of the Polish-French Anna Held, including press releases about her milk baths, brought her fame and set a pattern of star-making through publicity. Ziegfeld helped oversee her meteoric rise to national fame. It was Held who first suggested an American imitation of the Parisian Follies to Ziegfeld. Ziegfeld never married Held, but they maintained a common-law relationship, outrageously scandalous in that day and age, which ended in 1913, allegedly solely because he moved his mistress into an apartment one floor up from theirs.

The following year, Ziegfeld married actress Billie Burke, best known for playing Glinda Good Witch in The Wizard of Oz. They had one child, Patricia Ziegfeld Stephenson, born in 1916. The family lived on his estate in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, and Palm Beach, Florida
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Written By: Howard on 07/22/09 at 6:04 am

The word of the day...Girl(s)
1. A female child.
2. A daughter: our youngest girl.
3. Often Offensive. A woman, especially a young woman.
4. Informal.
1. A woman socializing in a group of women: a night out with the girls.
2. Used as a familiar form of address to express support of or camaraderie with a woman.
5. Informal. A female sweetheart: cadets escorting their girls to the ball.
6. Offensive. A female servant or employee.
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Hey Girl... I want you to know.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/22/09 at 6:46 am

Girls just want to have fun.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/22/09 at 4:41 pm

Was he any relation to Jim Carey?
Is he related to Mariah Carey?

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Written By: Howard on 07/22/09 at 4:42 pm

Is he related to Mariah Carey?

No relation.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/22/09 at 4:45 pm

No relation.
It has already been proven?

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Written By: Howard on 07/22/09 at 4:47 pm

It has already been proven?

Mariah Carey was born in Huntington, Long Island, New York. She is the third and youngest child of Patricia Carey (née Hickey), a former opera singer and vocal coach of Irish descent, and Alfred Roy Carey.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/23/09 at 4:49 am

Mariah Carey was born in Huntington, Long Island, New York. She is the third and youngest child of Patricia Carey (née Hickey), a former opera singer and vocal coach of Irish descent, and Alfred Roy Carey.
Thanks.

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Written By: ninny on 07/23/09 at 5:53 am

The word of the day...Trail
1. To allow to drag or stream behind, as along the ground: The dog ran off, trailing its leash.
2. To drag (the body, for example) wearily or heavily.
3.
1. To follow the traces or scent of, as in hunting; track.
2. To follow the course taken by; pursue: trail a fugitive.
4. To follow behind: several cruisers trailed by an escorting destroyer.
5. To lag behind (an opponent): trailed the league leader by four games.

v.intr.

1. To drag or be dragged along, brushing the ground: The queen's long robe trailed behind.
2. To extend, grow, or droop loosely over a surface: vines trailing through the garden.
3. To drift in a thin stream: smoke trailing from a dying fire.
4. To become gradually fainter; dwindle: His voice trailed off in confusion.
5. To walk or proceed with dragging steps; trudge.
6. To be behind in competition; lag: trailing by two goals in the second period.

n.

1.
1. A marked or beaten path, as through woods or wilderness.
2. An overland route: the pioneers' trail across the prairies.
2.
1. A mark, trace, course, or path left by a moving body.
2. The scent of a person or animal: The dogs lost the trail of the fox.
3. Something that is drawn along or follows behind; a train: The mayor was followed by a trail of reporters.
4. A succession of things that come afterward or are left behind: left a trail of broken promises.
5. Something that hangs loose and long: Trails of ticker tape floated down from office windows.
6. The part of a gun carriage that rests or slides on the ground.
7. The act of trailing.
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Written By: ninny on 07/23/09 at 6:05 am

The person of the day...Van Heflin
mmett Evan "Van" Heflin, Jr. (December 13, 1908 – July 23, 1971) was an American film and theatre actor. He played mostly character parts over the course of his film career, but during the 1940s had a string of roles as a leading man. He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Johnny Eager (1942).
Heflin began his acting career on Broadway in the early 1930s before being signed to a contract by RKO Radio Pictures. He made his film debut in A Woman Rebels (1936). He was signed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and was initially cast in supporting roles in films such as Santa Fe Trail (1940), and Johnny Eager (1942), winning an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for the latter performance.

MGM began to groom him as a leading man in B movies, and provided him with supporting roles in more prestigious productions. Heflin continued to hone his acting skills throughout the early 1940's. He provided a compelling characterization of the embattled President Andrew Johnson in the movie entitled "Tennessee Johnson" (1942), playing opposite (and at odds with) Lionel Barrymore who, in the role of Congressman Thaddeus Stevens, failed to have Johnson convicted in an impeachment trial by the slimmest of margins. According to the IMDB (Internet Movie Database), Heflin served during WWII as a combat cameraman in the Ninth Air Force in Europe.

His best-known film became the 1953 classic western Shane, in which he co-starred with Alan Ladd. Among his other notable film credits are Presenting Lily Mars (1943), The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946), Possessed (1947), Green Dolphin Street (1947), Act of Violence (1948), The Three Musketeers (1948), The Prowler (1951) and 3:10 to Yuma (1957).

Heflin also performed on stage throughout his acting career. Credits include The Philadelphia Story on Broadway opposite Katharine Hepburn and Joseph Cotten, and the Arthur Miller plays A Memory of Two Mondays and A View From the Bridge.

Heflin's last major role was in Airport (1970). He played "D. O. Guerrero", a failure who attempts to blow himself up on an airliner so his wife (played by Maureen Stapleton) can collect on a life insurance policy.

He has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, for his contributions to motion pictures at 6309 Hollywood Boulevard, and for television at 6125 Hollywood Boulevard.
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Written By: ninny on 07/23/09 at 6:08 am

The co-person of the day...Vic Morrow
Victor "Vic" Morrow (February 14, 1929 – July 23, 1982) was an American actor. He was the father of actress Jennifer Jason Leigh.
Morrow's first movie role was in Blackboard Jungle (1955), after which he went into television. On April 16, 1959, he appeared in the premiere of NBC's 1920s crime drama The Lawless Years in the episode "The Nick Joseph Story". Morrow then appeared from 1960-1961 as Joe Cannon in three episodes of NBC's The Outlaws with Barton MacLane. On October 6, 1961, he guest starred in the ABC television series Target: The Corruptors! with Stephen McNally and Robert Harland.

He was cast in the lead role in ABC's Combat!, a World War II drama which aired from 1962-1967. He also worked as a television director. After Combat! ended, he worked in several films. Morrow appeared in two episodes of Australian-produced anthology series The Evil Touch (1973), one of which he also directed. He memorably played the homicidal sheriff alongside Martin Sheen in the 1974 TV film The California Kid, and had a key role in the 1976 comedy The Bad News Bears. He also played Injun Joe in 1973 telefilm Tom Sawyer which was filmed in Upper Canada Village. A musical version was released in theaters that same year.
Morrow, along with two young children, My-Ca Dinh Le (aged 7) and Renee Shin-Yi Chen (aged 6), died on the set of Twilight Zone: The Movie (1982). At the time of his death, Morrow was playing the role of Bill Connor, a bigot who was taken back in time and placed in various situations where he would be a persecuted victim: a Jewish Holocaust victim, a black man about to be lynched by the Ku Klux Klan, and a Vietnamese man about to be killed by United States soldiers.

Morrow, My-Ca Dinh Le, and Renee Shin-Yi Chen were shooting a scene for the Vietnam sequence; they were running from a pursuing helicopter. The helicopter was flying at a low level when pyrotechnic explosions caused the helicopter to lose control and crash on top of the three. Morrow and Le were both decapitated by the blades; Chen was also fatally injured. The helicopter crew received minor injuries.
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Written By: ninny on 07/23/09 at 6:13 am

* Honorary mention*..Glenn Curtiss
Glenn Hammond Curtiss (May 21, 1878 – July 23, 1930) was an American aviation pioneer and founder of the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company, now part of Curtiss-Wright Corporation.
On November 14, 1910, Curtiss demonstration pilot Eugene Ely took off from a temporary platform mounted on the forward deck of the cruiser USS Birmingham. His successful takeoff and ensuing flight to shore marked the beginning of a relationship between Curtiss and the Navy that remained significant for decades. At the end of 1910, Curtiss established a winter encampment at San Diego to teach flying to Army and Naval personnel. It was here that he trained Lt. Theodore Ellyson, who was to become U.S. Naval Aviator #1. The original site of this winter encampment is now part of Naval Air Station North Island and is referred to by the Navy as "The Birthplace of Naval Aviation".

Through the course of that winter, Curtiss was able to develop a float (pontoon) design that would enable him to take off and land on water. Demonstrations of this advancement were of great interest to the Navy, but more significant as far as the Navy was concerned, was Eugene Ely successfully landing his Curtiss pusher (the same aircraft used to take off from the Birmingham) on a makeshift platform mounted on the rear deck of the battleship USS Pennsylvania. This was the first arrester-cable landing on a ship and the precursor of modern day carrier operations.

Curtiss custom built floats and adapted them onto a Model D so it could take off and land on water to prove the concept. Back in Hammondsport six months later, in July 1911, Curtiss sold the U.S. Navy their first aircraft, the A-1 Triad. The A-1, which was primarily a seaplane, was equipped with retractable wheels, also making it the first amphibian. Curtiss trained the Navy's first pilots and built their first aircraft. For this he is considered in the USA to be "The Father of Naval Aviation". The A-1 was immediately recognized as so obviously useful, it was purchased by the U.S. Navy, Russia, Japan, Germany, and Britain. Curtiss won the Collier Trophy for designing this aircraft.

Around this time Curtiss met the retired English naval officer John Cyril Porte who was looking for a partner to produce an aircraft with him in order to win the Daily Mail prize for the first transatlantic crossing. In 1912 Curtiss produced the two-seat "Flying Fish", a larger craft that became classified as a flying boat because the hull sat in the water; it featured an innovative notch in the hull that Porte had recommended for breaking clear of the water at takeoff. Curtiss correctly surmised that this configuration was more suited to building a larger long-distance craft that could operate from water, and was also more stable when operating from a choppy surface. In collaboration with Porte, in 1914 Curtiss designed the "America", a larger flying boat with two engines, for the Atlantic crossing.

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Written By: gibbo on 07/23/09 at 6:20 am

Combat was one of my favourites afternoon shows in the 70's... What an awful way to die! I remember hearing about it at the time...

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/23/09 at 6:31 am

Trail of the Lonesome Pine

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Written By: ninny on 07/23/09 at 7:06 am

Combat was one of my favourites afternoon shows in the 70's... What an awful way to die! I remember hearing about it at the time...

Yes I had nightmares about losing my head.

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Written By: ninny on 07/23/09 at 7:08 am

Trail of the Lonesome Pine

"The Trail Of The Lonesome Pine" is a popular song published in 1913 with lyrics by Ballard MacDonald and music by Harry Carroll. In the song the singer expresses his love for June who lives in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. The chorus is:

In the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia,
On the trail of the lonesome pine—
In the pale moonshine our hearts entwine,
Where she carved her name and I carved mine;
Oh, June, like the mountains I'm blue—
Like the pine I am lonesome for you,
In the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia,
On the trail of the lonesome pine.

"The Trail Of The Lonesome Pine" has been recorded numerous times, probably most notably by Laurel and Hardy, and was featured in their 1937 film Way Out West. This version was also released as a single in 1975 in the UK, where it reached number 2 in the charts. The song was also recorded by Vivian Stanshall, the English frontman of the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band

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Written By: Howard on 07/23/09 at 7:11 am

I always love to eat trail mix.

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Written By: Womble on 07/23/09 at 9:27 am

Kudos, Ninny ! Nice work !

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/23/09 at 9:28 am

"The Trail Of The Lonesome Pine" is a popular song published in 1913 with lyrics by Ballard MacDonald and music by Harry Carroll. In the song the singer expresses his love for June who lives in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. The chorus is:

In the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia,
On the trail of the lonesome pine—
In the pale moonshine our hearts entwine,
Where she carved her name and I carved mine;
Oh, June, like the mountains I'm blue—
Like the pine I am lonesome for you,
In the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia,
On the trail of the lonesome pine.

"The Trail Of The Lonesome Pine" has been recorded numerous times, probably most notably by Laurel and Hardy, and was featured in their 1937 film Way Out West. This version was also released as a single in 1975 in the UK, where it reached number 2 in the charts. The song was also recorded by Vivian Stanshall, the English frontman of the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band
I should have the Laurel and Hardy single somewhere and I would love to hear the Vivian Stanshall verson.

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Written By: Frank on 07/23/09 at 12:35 pm

The co-person of the day...Vic Morrow
Victor "Vic" Morrow (February 14, 1929 – July 23, 1982) was an American actor. He was the father of actress Jennifer Jason Leigh.
Morrow's first movie role was in Blackboard Jungle (1955), after which he went into television. On April 16, 1959, he appeared in the premiere of NBC's 1920s crime drama The Lawless Years in the episode "The Nick Joseph Story". Morrow then appeared from 1960-1961 as Joe Cannon in three episodes of NBC's The Outlaws with Barton MacLane. On October 6, 1961, he guest starred in the ABC television series Target: The Corruptors! with Stephen McNally and Robert Harland.

He was cast in the lead role in ABC's Combat!, a World War II drama which aired from 1962-1967. He also worked as a television director. After Combat! ended, he worked in several films. Morrow appeared in two episodes of Australian-produced anthology series The Evil Touch (1973), one of which he also directed. He memorably played the homicidal sheriff alongside Martin Sheen in the 1974 TV film The California Kid, and had a key role in the 1976 comedy The Bad News Bears. He also played Injun Joe in 1973 telefilm Tom Sawyer which was filmed in Upper Canada Village. A musical version was released in theaters that same year.
Morrow, along with two young children, My-Ca Dinh Le (aged 7) and Renee Shin-Yi Chen (aged 6), died on the set of Twilight Zone: The Movie (1982). At the time of his death, Morrow was playing the role of Bill Connor, a bigot who was taken back in time and placed in various situations where he would be a persecuted victim: a Jewish Holocaust victim, a black man about to be lynched by the Ku Klux Klan, and a Vietnamese man about to be killed by United States soldiers.

Morrow, My-Ca Dinh Le, and Renee Shin-Yi Chen were shooting a scene for the Vietnam sequence; they were running from a pursuing helicopter. The helicopter was flying at a low level when pyrotechnic explosions caused the helicopter to lose control and crash on top of the three. Morrow and Le were both decapitated by the blades; Chen was also fatally injured. The helicopter crew received minor injuries.
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I remember him in "Captains and the Kings", a 70's mini-series.

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Written By: ninny on 07/23/09 at 12:52 pm

Kudos, Ninny ! Nice work !

Thanks :)

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Written By: ninny on 07/24/09 at 6:08 am

The word of the day...Mouse
1.
1. Any of numerous small rodents of the families Muridae and Cricetidae, such as the common house mouse (Mus musculus), characteristically having a pointed snout, small rounded ears, and a long naked or almost hairless tail.
2. Any of various similar or related animals, such as the jumping mouse, the vole, or the jerboa.
2. A cowardly or timid person.
3. Informal. A discolored swelling under the eye caused by a blow; a black eye.
4. pl. mice or mous·es (mous'ĭz). Computer Science. A hand-held, button-activated input device that when rolled along a flat surface directs an indicator to move correspondingly about a computer screen, allowing the operator to move the indicator freely, as to select operations or manipulate text or graphics.
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Written By: ninny on 07/24/09 at 6:11 am

The person of the day...Peter Sellers
Richard Henry Sellers, CBE, commonly known as Peter Sellers (8 September 1925 – 24 July 1980) was a British comedian and actor best known for his roles in Dr. Strangelove, as Chief Inspector Clouseau in The Pink Panther film series, as Clare Quilty in the original 1962 screen version of Lolita, in comedy films such as The Millionairess and The Party, and as the guileless man-child Chance in his penultimate film, Being There.

Sellers rose to fame on the BBC Home Service radio series The Goon Show. His ability to speak in different accents (e.g., French, Indian, American, British, German), along with his talent to portray a range of characters to comedic effect, contributed to his success as a radio personality and screen actor and earned him national and international nominations and awards. Many of his characters became ingrained in public perception of his work. Sellers's private life was characterized by turmoil and crises, and included emotional problems and substance abuse. Sellers was married four times—his second wife was the Swedish actress Britt Ekland—with three children from two of his marriages.
Sellers's film success arrived with British comedies, including The Ladykillers, I'm All Right Jack and The Mouse That Roared. He began receiving international attention for his portrayal of an Indian doctor in The Road to Hong Kong, the seventh and last in the "Road" series, starring Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, and Dorothy Lamour.
Playing as Sonny MacGregor an impersonator of sorts in the Sonny MacGregor Show in The Naked Truth (1957)

Sellers found further international acclaim with The Millionairess with Sophia Loren. The film inspired the George Martin-produced novelty hit single Goodness Gracious Me and its follow-up Bangers and Mash, both featuring Sellers and Loren. He starred in Stanley Kubrick's Lolita as Clare Quilty, opposite James Mason as Humbert Humbert. In portraying Quilty, Sellers proved a scene stealer.

A breakthrough came with Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb in which he portrayed three characters: U.S. President Merkin Muffley, Dr. Strangelove and Group Captain Lionel Mandrake of the RAF. Muffley and Strangelove appeared in the same room throughout the film. Sellers was also cast in the role of Major T. J. 'King' Kong. Initially, Sellers struggled with the character's Texas accent, but screen writer Terry Southern made a recording of his own Texan accent, which Sellers apparently mastered after repeated listenings. However, during a scene in a plane designed for the set, Sellers fell 15 feet and broke his leg, preventing additional cockpit scenes and forcing Kubrick to replace Sellers with Slim Pickens. For his performance in all three roles, Sellers was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor, but lost to Rex Harrison in My Fair Lady.
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Written By: ninny on 07/24/09 at 6:15 am

The co-person of the day...Chief Dan George
Chief Dan George, OC (July 24, 1899–September 23, 1981) was a chief of the Tsleil-Waututh Nation, a Coast Salish band located on Burrard Inlet in North Vancouver, British Columbia. He was also an Academy Award-nominated actor and an author.
n 1960, when he was already 60 years old, he got his first job acting in a CBC Television series, Cariboo Country, as the character "Ol' Antoine". He performed the same role in a Walt Disney Studios movie, Smith!, adapted from an episode in this series (based on Breaking Smith's Quarter Horse, a novella by Paul St. Pierre). At the age of 71, George won several awards for his role in the film Little Big Man, including a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He continued to act in other films, such as The Outlaw Josey Wales, Harry and Tonto and Americathon, and on television, including a role in the miniseries Centennial, based on the book by James A. Michener, as well as appearing in a 1973 episode of the original Kung Fu series, with David Carradine.

George played the role of Rita Joe's father in George Ryga's stage play, The Ecstasy of Rita Joe, in performances at Vancouver, the National Arts Centre in Ottawa and Washington.

During his acting career, George worked to promote better understanding by non-aboriginals of the First Nations people. His soliloquy, Lament for Confederation, an indictment of the appropriation of native territory by white colonialism, was performed at the city of Vancouver's celebration of the Canadian centennial in 1967. This speech is credited with escalating native political activism in Canada, as well as touching off widespread pro-native sentiment among non-natives.

In 1971, George was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. In 2008 Canada Post issued a postage stamp in its "Canadians in Hollywood" series featuring Dan George.

He died in Vancouver in 1981 at the age of 82. He was interred at Burrard Cemetery.

He was included on the famous Golden Rule Poster under "Native Spirituality" with the quote "We are as much alive as we keep the earth alive".
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Written By: Howard on 07/24/09 at 6:58 am

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Aw,that's so cute,I used to have gerbils. :)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/24/09 at 7:17 am

The word of the day...Mouse
1.
1. Any of numerous small rodents of the families Muridae and Cricetidae, such as the common house mouse (Mus musculus), characteristically having a pointed snout, small rounded ears, and a long naked or almost hairless tail.
2. Any of various similar or related animals, such as the jumping mouse, the vole, or the jerboa.
2. A cowardly or timid person.
3. Informal. A discolored swelling under the eye caused by a blow; a black eye.
4. pl. mice or mous·es (mous'ĭz). Computer Science. A hand-held, button-activated input device that when rolled along a flat surface directs an indicator to move correspondingly about a computer screen, allowing the operator to move the indicator freely, as to select operations or manipulate text or graphics.
I am holding one right now.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/24/09 at 7:18 am

The person of the day...Peter Sellers
Richard Henry Sellers, CBE, commonly known as Peter Sellers (8 September 1925 – 24 July 1980) was a British comedian and actor best known for his roles in Dr. Strangelove, as Chief Inspector Clouseau in The Pink Panther film series, as Clare Quilty in the original 1962 screen version of Lolita, in comedy films such as The Millionairess and The Party, and as the guileless man-child Chance in his penultimate film, Being There.

Sellers rose to fame on the BBC Home Service radio series The Goon Show. His ability to speak in different accents (e.g., French, Indian, American, British, German), along with his talent to portray a range of characters to comedic effect, contributed to his success as a radio personality and screen actor and earned him national and international nominations and awards. Many of his characters became ingrained in public perception of his work. Sellers's private life was characterized by turmoil and crises, and included emotional problems and substance abuse. Sellers was married four times—his second wife was the Swedish actress Britt Ekland—with three children from two of his marriages.
Sellers's film success arrived with British comedies, including The Ladykillers, I'm All Right Jack and The Mouse That Roared. He began receiving international attention for his portrayal of an Indian doctor in The Road to Hong Kong, the seventh and last in the "Road" series, starring Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, and Dorothy Lamour.
Playing as Sonny MacGregor an impersonator of sorts in the Sonny MacGregor Show in The Naked Truth (1957)

Sellers found further international acclaim with The Millionairess with Sophia Loren. The film inspired the George Martin-produced novelty hit single Goodness Gracious Me and its follow-up Bangers and Mash, both featuring Sellers and Loren. He starred in Stanley Kubrick's Lolita as Clare Quilty, opposite James Mason as Humbert Humbert. In portraying Quilty, Sellers proved a scene stealer.

A breakthrough came with Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb in which he portrayed three characters: U.S. President Merkin Muffley, Dr. Strangelove and Group Captain Lionel Mandrake of the RAF. Muffley and Strangelove appeared in the same room throughout the film. Sellers was also cast in the role of Major T. J. 'King' Kong. Initially, Sellers struggled with the character's Texas accent, but screen writer Terry Southern made a recording of his own Texan accent, which Sellers apparently mastered after repeated listenings. However, during a scene in a plane designed for the set, Sellers fell 15 feet and broke his leg, preventing additional cockpit scenes and forcing Kubrick to replace Sellers with Slim Pickens. For his performance in all three roles, Sellers was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor, but lost to Rex Harrison in My Fair Lady.
Thanks, I was wondering why July 24th was a familiar date for me, I just could not place it.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/24/09 at 7:19 am

The person of the day...Peter Sellers
Richard Henry Sellers, CBE, commonly known as Peter Sellers (8 September 1925 – 24 July 1980) was a British comedian and actor best known for his roles in Dr. Strangelove, as Chief Inspector Clouseau in The Pink Panther film series, as Clare Quilty in the original 1962 screen version of Lolita, in comedy films such as The Millionairess and The Party, and as the guileless man-child Chance in his penultimate film, Being There.

Sellers rose to fame on the BBC Home Service radio series The Goon Show. His ability to speak in different accents (e.g., French, Indian, American, British, German), along with his talent to portray a range of characters to comedic effect, contributed to his success as a radio personality and screen actor and earned him national and international nominations and awards. Many of his characters became ingrained in public perception of his work. Sellers's private life was characterized by turmoil and crises, and included emotional problems and substance abuse. Sellers was married four times—his second wife was the Swedish actress Britt Ekland—with three children from two of his marriages.
Sellers's film success arrived with British comedies, including The Ladykillers, I'm All Right Jack and The Mouse That Roared. He began receiving international attention for his portrayal of an Indian doctor in The Road to Hong Kong, the seventh and last in the "Road" series, starring Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, and Dorothy Lamour.
Playing as Sonny MacGregor an impersonator of sorts in the Sonny MacGregor Show in The Naked Truth (1957)

Sellers found further international acclaim with The Millionairess with Sophia Loren. The film inspired the George Martin-produced novelty hit single Goodness Gracious Me and its follow-up Bangers and Mash, both featuring Sellers and Loren. He starred in Stanley Kubrick's Lolita as Clare Quilty, opposite James Mason as Humbert Humbert. In portraying Quilty, Sellers proved a scene stealer.

A breakthrough came with Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb in which he portrayed three characters: U.S. President Merkin Muffley, Dr. Strangelove and Group Captain Lionel Mandrake of the RAF. Muffley and Strangelove appeared in the same room throughout the film. Sellers was also cast in the role of Major T. J. 'King' Kong. Initially, Sellers struggled with the character's Texas accent, but screen writer Terry Southern made a recording of his own Texan accent, which Sellers apparently mastered after repeated listenings. However, during a scene in a plane designed for the set, Sellers fell 15 feet and broke his leg, preventing additional cockpit scenes and forcing Kubrick to replace Sellers with Slim Pickens. For his performance in all three roles, Sellers was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor, but lost to Rex Harrison in My Fair Lady.

Thanks, I was wondering why July 24th was a familiar date for me, I just could not place it.
:\'(

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Written By: Howard on 07/24/09 at 7:21 am

The person of the day...Peter Sellers
Richard Henry Sellers, CBE, commonly known as Peter Sellers (8 September 1925 – 24 July 1980) was a British comedian and actor best known for his roles in Dr. Strangelove, as Chief Inspector Clouseau in The Pink Panther film series, as Clare Quilty in the original 1962 screen version of Lolita, in comedy films such as The Millionairess and The Party, and as the guileless man-child Chance in his penultimate film, Being There.

Sellers rose to fame on the BBC Home Service radio series The Goon Show. His ability to speak in different accents (e.g., French, Indian, American, British, German), along with his talent to portray a range of characters to comedic effect, contributed to his success as a radio personality and screen actor and earned him national and international nominations and awards. Many of his characters became ingrained in public perception of his work. Sellers's private life was characterized by turmoil and crises, and included emotional problems and substance abuse. Sellers was married four times—his second wife was the Swedish actress Britt Ekland—with three children from two of his marriages.
Sellers's film success arrived with British comedies, including The Ladykillers, I'm All Right Jack and The Mouse That Roared. He began receiving international attention for his portrayal of an Indian doctor in The Road to Hong Kong, the seventh and last in the "Road" series, starring Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, and Dorothy Lamour.
Playing as Sonny MacGregor an impersonator of sorts in the Sonny MacGregor Show in The Naked Truth (1957)

Sellers found further international acclaim with The Millionairess with Sophia Loren. The film inspired the George Martin-produced novelty hit single Goodness Gracious Me and its follow-up Bangers and Mash, both featuring Sellers and Loren. He starred in Stanley Kubrick's Lolita as Clare Quilty, opposite James Mason as Humbert Humbert. In portraying Quilty, Sellers proved a scene stealer.

A breakthrough came with Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb in which he portrayed three characters: U.S. President Merkin Muffley, Dr. Strangelove and Group Captain Lionel Mandrake of the RAF. Muffley and Strangelove appeared in the same room throughout the film. Sellers was also cast in the role of Major T. J. 'King' Kong. Initially, Sellers struggled with the character's Texas accent, but screen writer Terry Southern made a recording of his own Texan accent, which Sellers apparently mastered after repeated listenings. However, during a scene in a plane designed for the set, Sellers fell 15 feet and broke his leg, preventing additional cockpit scenes and forcing Kubrick to replace Sellers with Slim Pickens. For his performance in all three roles, Sellers was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor, but lost to Rex Harrison in My Fair Lady.
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I wonder if Peter Sellers worked together with Steve Martin?

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/24/09 at 7:22 am

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/24/09 at 7:23 am

I wonder if Peter Sellers worked together with Steve Martin?
As far as I know, they only share the same role of Inspector Jacques Clousseau.

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Written By: Howard on 07/24/09 at 7:24 am

As far as I know, they only share the same role of Inspector Jacques Clousseau.

Peter Sellers would've been proud.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/24/09 at 7:25 am

Peter Sellers would've been proud.
I would think not, the role belongs to Peter Sellers.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/24/09 at 7:25 am

I wonder if Peter Sellers worked together with Steve Martin?
They never worked together.

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Written By: Howard on 07/24/09 at 7:26 am

I would think not, the role belongs to Peter Sellers.

If you gave Peter Sellers a Pink Pather fim with Steve,would he have laughed or get turned off?

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/24/09 at 7:28 am

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The Blue Plaque for Peter Sellers on the house he lived at when a young boy in Highgate, north London.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/24/09 at 7:28 am

If you gave Peter Sellers a Pink Pather fim with Steve,would he have laughed or get turned off?
Knowing the attitude of Peter Sellers, he would have switched it off.

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Written By: Howard on 07/24/09 at 7:29 am

Knowing the attitude of Peter Sellers, he would have switched it off.

He would think this is bloody awful.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/24/09 at 7:30 am

He would think this is bloody awful.
I think there are awful only and I have only seen the trailers.

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Written By: Howard on 07/24/09 at 7:31 am

I think there are awful only and I have only seen the trailers.

I saw the first one.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/24/09 at 7:31 am

I saw the first one.
I only have time for Peter Sellers.

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Written By: danootaandme on 07/24/09 at 7:32 am

Steve Martin Pink Panthers are truly awful. There are some things that are best left alone.

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Written By: Howard on 07/24/09 at 7:33 am

Steve Martin Pink Panthers are truly awful. There are some things that are best left alone.

He used to be funny but I guess he just doesn't have it like he used to.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/24/09 at 7:33 am

Steve Martin Pink Panthers are truly awful. There are some things that are best left alone.
Did you see the rehash of Clousseau made just after the death of Peter Sellers in the early 80s, those films were awful too!

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Written By: Howard on 07/24/09 at 7:35 am

Did you see the rehash of Clousseau made just after the death of Peter Sellers in the early 80s, those films were awful too!

really? I didn't know. ???

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/24/09 at 7:37 am

really? I didn't know. ???
One of the films had the out-takes from previous Pink Panther films and were added together to make an applaling storyline.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/24/09 at 7:40 am

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Goon colleague Spkie Millgan at the unvielling of the Blue Plaque for Peter Sellers at Pinwood Studios.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/24/09 at 7:48 am

The person of the day...Peter Sellers
Richard Henry Sellers, CBE, commonly known as Peter Sellers (8 September 1925 – 24 July 1980) was a British comedian and actor best known for his roles in Dr. Strangelove, as Chief Inspector Clouseau in The Pink Panther film series, as Clare Quilty in the original 1962 screen version of Lolita, in comedy films such as The Millionairess and The Party, and as the guileless man-child Chance in his penultimate film, Being There.

Sellers rose to fame on the BBC Home Service radio series The Goon Show. His ability to speak in different accents (e.g., French, Indian, American, British, German), along with his talent to portray a range of characters to comedic effect, contributed to his success as a radio personality and screen actor and earned him national and international nominations and awards. Many of his characters became ingrained in public perception of his work. Sellers's private life was characterized by turmoil and crises, and included emotional problems and substance abuse. Sellers was married four times—his second wife was the Swedish actress Britt Ekland—with three children from two of his marriages.
Sellers's film success arrived with British comedies, including The Ladykillers, I'm All Right Jack and The Mouse That Roared. He began receiving international attention for his portrayal of an Indian doctor in The Road to Hong Kong, the seventh and last in the "Road" series, starring Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, and Dorothy Lamour.
Playing as Sonny MacGregor an impersonator of sorts in the Sonny MacGregor Show in The Naked Truth (1957)

Sellers found further international acclaim with The Millionairess with Sophia Loren. The film inspired the George Martin-produced novelty hit single Goodness Gracious Me and its follow-up Bangers and Mash, both featuring Sellers and Loren. He starred in Stanley Kubrick's Lolita as Clare Quilty, opposite James Mason as Humbert Humbert. In portraying Quilty, Sellers proved a scene stealer.

A breakthrough came with Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb in which he portrayed three characters: U.S. President Merkin Muffley, Dr. Strangelove and Group Captain Lionel Mandrake of the RAF. Muffley and Strangelove appeared in the same room throughout the film. Sellers was also cast in the role of Major T. J. 'King' Kong. Initially, Sellers struggled with the character's Texas accent, but screen writer Terry Southern made a recording of his own Texan accent, which Sellers apparently mastered after repeated listenings. However, during a scene in a plane designed for the set, Sellers fell 15 feet and broke his leg, preventing additional cockpit scenes and forcing Kubrick to replace Sellers with Slim Pickens. For his performance in all three roles, Sellers was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor, but lost to Rex Harrison in My Fair Lady.
The best person to have copied the vioces of the Goons the best is Robin Williams.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/24/09 at 7:58 am

I have been to the final resting place of Peter Sellers at the Golders Green Crematorium.

These are someone else's photos.

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His widow was Lynne Fredericks and urn containing the ashes of Peter Sellers is buried with his parents.

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Written By: CatwomanofV on 07/24/09 at 9:50 am

Someone gave me a computer virus and this is what it did to my mouse.

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Cat

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/24/09 at 11:10 am

Someone gave me a computer virus and this is what it did to my mouse.

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Cat
Cat and mouse?

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Written By: Howard on 07/24/09 at 4:24 pm

what a weird looking mouse. :o

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/24/09 at 4:25 pm

what a weird looking mouse. :o
It is an ex-mouse.

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Written By: Howard on 07/24/09 at 4:32 pm

It is an ex-mouse.

the buttons are gone.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/24/09 at 4:34 pm

the buttons are gone.
Real mice do not have buttons.

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Written By: Howard on 07/24/09 at 4:35 pm

Real mice do not have buttons.

fake mice do.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/24/09 at 4:42 pm

It is an ex-mouse.
That mouse has ceased to be!

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Written By: Howard on 07/24/09 at 4:48 pm

cat must've ate the mouse.

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Written By: Frank on 07/24/09 at 4:51 pm

Peter Sellers was funny in the Pink Panther films, a movie called "the Party" and other films.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/24/09 at 4:52 pm

Peter Sellers was funny in the Pink Panther films, a movie called "the Party" and other films.
Oh yes, The Party and the "birdy nums nums".

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Written By: Howard on 07/24/09 at 4:52 pm

Peter Sellers was funny in the Pink Panther films, a movie called "the Party" and other films.

Was that a film made before he passed?

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Written By: Frank on 07/24/09 at 4:53 pm

Oh yes, The Party and the "birdy nums nums".

Very funny film.

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Written By: Michael C. on 07/24/09 at 4:56 pm

They were really horrible.
How shameful of Blake Edwards & all those involved....What a blatant attempt to make a final buck off of Peter Sellers.

Did you see the rehash of Clousseau made just after the death of Peter Sellers in the early 80s, those films were awful too!

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Written By: Frank on 07/24/09 at 4:59 pm

They were really horrible.
How shameful of Blake Edwards & all those involved....What a blatant attempt to make a final buck off of Peter Sellers.

anything to make $$$$

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Written By: Howard on 07/24/09 at 4:59 pm

I bet he would still be as funny today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/24/09 at 5:01 pm

Very funny film.
The toilet scene too.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/24/09 at 5:01 pm

They were really horrible.
How shameful of Blake Edwards & all those involved....What a blatant attempt to make a final buck off of Peter Sellers.
Yes a complete disgrace.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/24/09 at 5:03 pm

I bet he would still be as funny today.
With age and maturity in lfe, he would have been. Spike Milligan live to be 83 and he prove that hilarity comes with age.

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Written By: Howard on 07/24/09 at 5:54 pm

With age and maturity in lfe, he would have been. Spike Milligan live to be 83 and he prove that hilarity comes with age.

Would he appear on any shows? ???

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Written By: gibbo on 07/24/09 at 6:06 pm

Peter Sellers was funny in the Pink Panther films, a movie called "the Party" and other films.

Oh yes, The Party and the "birdy nums nums".

Classic movie ... and you had to love the "birdy num nums"! ;D

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Written By: Michael C. on 07/24/09 at 6:18 pm

Liked Peter Sellers , a lot, as Sidney Wang in 1976's ,Private Eye spoof Murder By Death
w/Peter Falk, Eileen Brennan,Truman Capote,James Coco,Alec Gunniess,Elsa Lanchester,David Niven,Maggie Smith,Nancy Walker,Estelle Winwood,James Cromwell
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Written By: Frank on 07/24/09 at 6:20 pm

Liked Peter Sellers , a lot, as Sidney Wang in 1976's ,Private Eye spoof Murder By Death
w/Peter Falk, Eileen Brennan,Truman Capote,James Coco,Alec Gunniess,Elsa Lanchester,David Niven,Maggie Smith,Nancy Walker,Estelle Winwood,James Cromwell
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Good movie too!

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Written By: gibbo on 07/24/09 at 6:29 pm

I would think not, the role belongs to Peter Sellers.

I agree...Martin looked like he was trying too hard in that role. Sellers made it it look natural ... and THAT was what made it funny!

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/25/09 at 1:31 am

Would he appear on any shows? ???
Up to his death he was a reguilar on chat-shows.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/25/09 at 1:32 am

Liked Peter Sellers , a lot, as Sidney Wang in 1976's ,Private Eye spoof Murder By Death
w/Peter Falk, Eileen Brennan,Truman Capote,James Coco,Alec Gunniess,Elsa Lanchester,David Niven,Maggie Smith,Nancy Walker,Estelle Winwood,James Cromwell
http://www.movieactors.com/freezeframes22/MurderByDeath34.jpeg
Another classic but rarely seen.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/25/09 at 2:42 am

Up to his death he was a reguilar on chat-shows.
Spike Milligan was too.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/25/09 at 2:44 am

Was that a film made before he passed?
The last two films of Peter Sellers were Being There (classic and remembable) and The Fiendish Plots of Fred Fu Manchu (forgetable).

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Written By: ninny on 07/25/09 at 5:57 am

The word of the day...Club
1. A stout heavy stick, usually thicker at one end, suitable for use as a weapon; a cudgel.
2. Sports. An implement used in some games to drive a ball, especially a stick with a protruding head used in golf.
3. Games.
1. A black figure shaped like a trefoil or clover leaf on certain playing cards.
2. A playing card with this figure.
3. clubs (used with a sing. or pl. verb) The suit of cards represented by this figure.
4. A group of people organized for a common purpose, especially a group that meets regularly: a garden club.
5. The building, room, or other facility used for the meetings of an organized group.
6. Sports. An athletic team or organization.
7. A nightclub.
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Written By: ninny on 07/25/09 at 6:02 am

The person of the day...Ben Hogan
William Ben Hogan (August 13, 1912 – July 25, 1997) was an American golfer, and is generally considered one of the greatest golfers in the history of the game. Born within six months of two other acknowledged golf greats of the twentieth century, Sam Snead and Byron Nelson, Hogan is notable for his profound influence on the golf swing theory and his legendary ball-striking ability, for which he remains renowned among players and aficionados. His life is depicted in the biographical film Follow the Sun (
Hogan is thought to have developed a "secret" which made his swing nearly automatic. His "secret", a special wrist movement known as "cupping under", was revealed in a 1955 Life magazine article,. However, many believed Hogan did not reveal all that he knew at the time. It has since been alleged in Golf Digest magazine that the second element of Hogan's "secret" was the way in which he used his right knee to initiate the swing and that this right knee movement was critical to the correct operation of the wrist.

Hogan revealed later in life that the "secret" involved cupping the left wrist at the top of the back swing and using a weaker left hand grip (thumb more on top of the grip as opposed to on the right side).

Hogan did this to prevent himself from ever hooking the ball off the tee. By positioning his hands in this manner, he ensured that the club face would be slightly open upon impact, creating a fade (left to right ball flight) as opposed to a draw or hook (right to left ball flight).

This is not something that would benefit all golfers, however, since the average golfer already slices or fades the ball. The draw is more appealing to amateurs due to its greater distance. Many believed that although he played right-handed as an adult, Hogan was actually left-handed, a belief that seemed corroborated by Hogan himself in his book "Power Golf". However, some mystery still remains about this since Hogan in subsequent interviews said that the belief of him being left-handed was actually a myth (noted in what was probably his last video interview and in his 1987 Golf Magazine interview).

In these interviews Hogan said that he was indeed a right hand player who early on practiced/played with a left hand club that had been given to him because it was all that he had and that it was this issue that brought about the myth that he was left-handed. This may be the reason that his early play with right-handed equipment found him using a cross-handed grip (right hand at the end of the club, left hand below it). In "The Search for the Perfect Golf Swing", researchers Cochran and Stobbs held the opinion that a left-handed person playing right-handed would be prone to hook the ball
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Written By: ninny on 07/25/09 at 6:05 am

The co-person of the day...Charlie Rich
Charlie Rich (December 14, 1932 - July 25, 1995) was an American Country Music Singer/Musician. A Grammy Award winner, his eclectic-style of music was often hard to classify in a single genre, playing in the rockabilly, jazz, blues, country, and gospel genres.

In the latter part of his life, Rich acquired the nickname The Silver Fox. He is perhaps best remembered for a pair of 1973 hits, "Behind Closed Doors" and "The Most Beautiful Girl". "The Most Beautiful Girl" topped the U.S. country singles charts, as well as the pop singles charts. .
Despite Rich's lack of consistent commercial success, Epic Records signed Rich in 1967, mainly on the recommendation of producer Billy Sherrill. Sherrill helped Rich refashion himself as a Nashville Sound balladeer during an era when old rock n' rollers like Jerry Lee Lewis and Conway Twitty were finding a new musical home in the country and western format. This new "Countrypolitan" Rich sound paid off in the summer of 1972, when "I Take It on Home" went to number six in the country charts. The title track from his 1973 album, Behind Closed Doors, became a number one hit early in that year, crossing over into the Top 20 on the pop charts. This time his follow-up did not fizzle, as "The Most Beautiful Girl" spent three weeks at the top of the country charts and two weeks at the top of the pop charts. Now established as a country music star, Behind Closed Doors won three awards from the Country Music Association that year: Best Male Vocalist, Album of the Year, and Single of the Year. The album was also certified gold. Rich won a Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance, and he took home four ACM awards. RCA's resident songwriter, Marvin Walters, co-wrote for three years with Charlie producing four recordings including a very popular "Set Me Free".

After "The Most Beautiful Girl", number one hits came quickly, as five songs topped the country charts in 1974 and crossed over to the pop charts. The songs were "There Won't Be Anymore" (Pop #18), "A Very Special Love Song" (Pop #11), "I Don't See Me In Your Eyes Anymore" (Pop #47), "I Love My Friend" (Pop #24), and "She Called Me Baby" (Pop #47). Both RCA and Mercury (Smash was a subsidiary of Mercury which was absorbed into the main company in 1970) re-released his previously recorded material from the mid-1960s, as well. All of this success led the CMA to name him Entertainer of the Year in 1974. Rich had three more top five hits in 1975, but even though he was at the peak of his popularity, Rich began to drink heavily, causing considerable problems off-stage. His destructive personal behavior famously culminated at the CMA awards ceremony for 1975, when he presented the award for Entertainer of the Year, while visibly intoxicated. Instead of reading the name of the winner, who happened to be John Denver, he set fire to the envelope with a cigarette lighter, before announcing the award had gone to "My friend Mr. John Denver." Some considered it an act of rebellion against the Music Row-controlled Nashville Sound. But many speculated that Rich's behavior was a protest against the award going to Denver, whose music Rich had considered too "pop," and not enough "country." Others, including industry insiders, were outraged, and Rich had trouble having hits throughout 1976, and only had one top ten with "Since I Fell For You."

The slump in his career was exacerbated by the fact that his records began to sound increasingly similar: pop-inflected country ballads with overdubbed strings and little of the jazz or blues Rich had performed his entire life. He did not have a top ten hit again until "Rollin' With the Flow" in 1977 went to number one. Early in 1978, he signed with United Artists Records, and throughout that year, he had hits on both Epic and UA. His hits in 1978 included the top ten hits "Beautiful Woman," "Puttin' In Overtime At Home," and his last number one with "On My Knees," a duet with Janie Fricke.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/25/09 at 6:29 am

The word of the day...Club
1. A stout heavy stick, usually thicker at one end, suitable for use as a weapon; a cudgel.
2. Sports. An implement used in some games to drive a ball, especially a stick with a protruding head used in golf.
3. Games.
1. A black figure shaped like a trefoil or clover leaf on certain playing cards.
2. A playing card with this figure.
3. clubs (used with a sing. or pl. verb) The suit of cards represented by this figure.
4. A group of people organized for a common purpose, especially a group that meets regularly: a garden club.
5. The building, room, or other facility used for the meetings of an organized group.
6. Sports. An athletic team or organization.
7. A nightclub.
I have some golf clubs collecting dust here.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/25/09 at 6:29 am

I have some golf clubs collecting dust here.
Too heavy to sell on eBay.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/25/09 at 6:31 am

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Howard's club?

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/25/09 at 6:33 am

The person of the day...Ben Hogan
William Ben Hogan (August 13, 1912 – July 25, 1997) was an American golfer, and is generally considered one of the greatest golfers in the history of the game. Born within six months of two other acknowledged golf greats of the twentieth century, Sam Snead and Byron Nelson, Hogan is notable for his profound influence on the golf swing theory and his legendary ball-striking ability, for which he remains renowned among players and aficionados. His life is depicted in the biographical film Follow the Sun (
Hogan is thought to have developed a "secret" which made his swing nearly automatic. His "secret", a special wrist movement known as "cupping under", was revealed in a 1955 Life magazine article,. However, many believed Hogan did not reveal all that he knew at the time. It has since been alleged in Golf Digest magazine that the second element of Hogan's "secret" was the way in which he used his right knee to initiate the swing and that this right knee movement was critical to the correct operation of the wrist.

Hogan revealed later in life that the "secret" involved cupping the left wrist at the top of the back swing and using a weaker left hand grip (thumb more on top of the grip as opposed to on the right side).

Hogan did this to prevent himself from ever hooking the ball off the tee. By positioning his hands in this manner, he ensured that the club face would be slightly open upon impact, creating a fade (left to right ball flight) as opposed to a draw or hook (right to left ball flight).

This is not something that would benefit all golfers, however, since the average golfer already slices or fades the ball. The draw is more appealing to amateurs due to its greater distance. Many believed that although he played right-handed as an adult, Hogan was actually left-handed, a belief that seemed corroborated by Hogan himself in his book "Power Golf". However, some mystery still remains about this since Hogan in subsequent interviews said that the belief of him being left-handed was actually a myth (noted in what was probably his last video interview and in his 1987 Golf Magazine interview).

In these interviews Hogan said that he was indeed a right hand player who early on practiced/played with a left hand club that had been given to him because it was all that he had and that it was this issue that brought about the myth that he was left-handed. This may be the reason that his early play with right-handed equipment found him using a cross-handed grip (right hand at the end of the club, left hand below it). In "The Search for the Perfect Golf Swing", researchers Cochran and Stobbs held the opinion that a left-handed person playing right-handed would be prone to hook the ball
Follow the Sun (1951)
Directed by Sidney Lanfield. With Glenn Ford, Anne Baxter, Dennis O'Keefe. The inspiring film biography of the courageous champion golfer Ben Hogan.

One film I have never seen.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/25/09 at 6:33 am

The person of the day...Ben Hogan

Hogan revealed later in life that the "secret" involved cupping the left wrist at the top of the back swing and using a weaker left hand grip (thumb more on top of the grip as opposed to on the right side).

So he used a weaker grip ?

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/25/09 at 6:34 am

The co-person of the day...Charlie Rich
Charlie Rich (December 14, 1932 - July 25, 1995) was an American Country Music Singer/Musician. A Grammy Award winner, his eclectic-style of music was often hard to classify in a single genre, playing in the rockabilly, jazz, blues, country, and gospel genres.

In the latter part of his life, Rich acquired the nickname The Silver Fox. He is perhaps best remembered for a pair of 1973 hits, "Behind Closed Doors" and "The Most Beautiful Girl". "The Most Beautiful Girl" topped the U.S. country singles charts, as well as the pop singles charts. .
Despite Rich's lack of consistent commercial success, Epic Records signed Rich in 1967, mainly on the recommendation of producer Billy Sherrill. Sherrill helped Rich refashion himself as a Nashville Sound balladeer during an era when old rock n' rollers like Jerry Lee Lewis and Conway Twitty were finding a new musical home in the country and western format. This new "Countrypolitan" Rich sound paid off in the summer of 1972, when "I Take It on Home" went to number six in the country charts. The title track from his 1973 album, Behind Closed Doors, became a number one hit early in that year, crossing over into the Top 20 on the pop charts. This time his follow-up did not fizzle, as "The Most Beautiful Girl" spent three weeks at the top of the country charts and two weeks at the top of the pop charts. Now established as a country music star, Behind Closed Doors won three awards from the Country Music Association that year: Best Male Vocalist, Album of the Year, and Single of the Year. The album was also certified gold. Rich won a Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance, and he took home four ACM awards. RCA's resident songwriter, Marvin Walters, co-wrote for three years with Charlie producing four recordings including a very popular "Set Me Free".

After "The Most Beautiful Girl", number one hits came quickly, as five songs topped the country charts in 1974 and crossed over to the pop charts. The songs were "There Won't Be Anymore" (Pop #18), "A Very Special Love Song" (Pop #11), "I Don't See Me In Your Eyes Anymore" (Pop #47), "I Love My Friend" (Pop #24), and "She Called Me Baby" (Pop #47). Both RCA and Mercury (Smash was a subsidiary of Mercury which was absorbed into the main company in 1970) re-released his previously recorded material from the mid-1960s, as well. All of this success led the CMA to name him Entertainer of the Year in 1974. Rich had three more top five hits in 1975, but even though he was at the peak of his popularity, Rich began to drink heavily, causing considerable problems off-stage. His destructive personal behavior famously culminated at the CMA awards ceremony for 1975, when he presented the award for Entertainer of the Year, while visibly intoxicated. Instead of reading the name of the winner, who happened to be John Denver, he set fire to the envelope with a cigarette lighter, before announcing the award had gone to "My friend Mr. John Denver." Some considered it an act of rebellion against the Music Row-controlled Nashville Sound. But many speculated that Rich's behavior was a protest against the award going to Denver, whose music Rich had considered too "pop," and not enough "country." Others, including industry insiders, were outraged, and Rich had trouble having hits throughout 1976, and only had one top ten with "Since I Fell For You."

The slump in his career was exacerbated by the fact that his records began to sound increasingly similar: pop-inflected country ballads with overdubbed strings and little of the jazz or blues Rich had performed his entire life. He did not have a top ten hit again until "Rollin' With the Flow" in 1977 went to number one. Early in 1978, he signed with United Artists Records, and throughout that year, he had hits on both Epic and UA. His hits in 1978 included the top ten hits "Beautiful Woman," "Puttin' In Overtime At Home," and his last number one with "On My Knees," a duet with Janie Fricke.

One of my favourite voices from the 70's

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 07/25/09 at 6:41 am

Follow the Sun (1951)
Directed by Sidney Lanfield. With Glenn Ford, Anne Baxter, Dennis O'Keefe. The inspiring film biography of the courageous champion golfer Ben Hogan.

One film I have never seen.

Either have I.
One of my favourite voices from the 70's

Mine too. :)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/25/09 at 7:02 am

Either have I.
Rarely shown on tv.

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Written By: Howard on 07/25/09 at 7:08 am

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Howard's club?

Mine is a fun club.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/25/09 at 7:09 am

Mine is a fun club.
Only fun?

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Written By: Howard on 07/25/09 at 7:10 am

Only fun?

You could have more than just fun.

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Written By: ninny on 07/25/09 at 10:18 am

You could have more than just fun.

Like dance & drink?

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/25/09 at 11:45 am

You could have more than just fun.

Like dance & drink?
Watch some dancing?

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Written By: ninny on 07/25/09 at 1:33 pm

Watch some dancing?

That's all I would be doing.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/25/09 at 1:34 pm

That's all I would be doing.
Will he be in good company there?

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Written By: Howard on 07/25/09 at 3:50 pm

Will he be in good company there?

plenty of good company and friends.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/25/09 at 3:51 pm

plenty of good company and friends.
...and still plenty of drinking?

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Written By: Howard on 07/25/09 at 3:52 pm

...and still plenty of drinking?

Yes,plenty of alcohol.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/25/09 at 3:53 pm

Yes,plenty of alcohol.
Will you be dancing too?

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Written By: Howard on 07/25/09 at 3:56 pm

Will you be dancing too?

I'll forgo the dancing.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/25/09 at 3:58 pm

I'll forgo the dancing.
At The Club" The Drifters

Well, Friday night
Has finally come around
And me and my baby gonna
Head for a spot we found

We're gonna forget our cares
And dance on into the night

Down at the club (down at the club)
Whoa, everything is out of sight
(Down at the club) down at the club
We're gonna say that it's all right

For two bits and a dollar
They've got a swinging show or you
Whoa, yes, they do
And the band won't quit
Til everybody tell them to

And when they place that slow dance
You can hold your baby tight

Down at the club (down at the club)
Whoa, everything is out of sight
(Down at the club) down at the club
We're gonna say that it's all right

Hey, they've got lots of pretty
Dancing girls for the fellows
But, oh, you better watch out
In case your baby get jealous

Now some people might like to sit
And watch a picture show
But if that's what your plans are
Don't ask me to go

Cause I'll be where the good times
Last til the early morning light

Down at the club (down at the club)
Whoa, everything is out of sight
(Down at the club) down at the club
They're gonna say that it's all right

It's all right (it's all right)
It's all right (it's all right)
It's all right (it's all right)
Let me tell you, it's all right...

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 07/25/09 at 3:59 pm

They also had another hit.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/25/09 at 4:02 pm

They also had another hit.
Many other hits.

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Written By: Howard on 07/25/09 at 4:03 pm

Many other hits.

On The Boardwalk.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/25/09 at 4:05 pm

On The Boardwalk.
Saturday Night At The Movies

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Written By: Howard on 07/25/09 at 4:05 pm

Saturday Night At The Movies

That was one of their songs?

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/25/09 at 4:06 pm

That was one of their songs?
Up On The Roof

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Written By: Howard on 07/25/09 at 4:07 pm

Up On The Roof

Excellent song.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/25/09 at 4:15 pm

Excellent song.
Save The Last Dance For Me

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/25/09 at 4:15 pm

Save The Last Dance For Me
One of my favourite songs.

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Written By: Howard on 07/25/09 at 4:17 pm

One of my favourite songs.

another excellent choice.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/26/09 at 3:18 am

The person of the day...Ben Hogan
William Ben Hogan (August 13, 1912 – July 25, 1997) was an American golfer, and is generally considered one of the greatest golfers in the history of the game. Born within six months of two other acknowledged golf greats of the twentieth century, Sam Snead and Byron Nelson, Hogan is notable for his profound influence on the golf swing theory and his legendary ball-striking ability, for which he remains renowned among players and aficionados. His life is depicted in the biographical film Follow the Sun (
Hogan is thought to have developed a "secret" which made his swing nearly automatic. His "secret", a special wrist movement known as "cupping under", was revealed in a 1955 Life magazine article,. However, many believed Hogan did not reveal all that he knew at the time. It has since been alleged in Golf Digest magazine that the second element of Hogan's "secret" was the way in which he used his right knee to initiate the swing and that this right knee movement was critical to the correct operation of the wrist.

Hogan revealed later in life that the "secret" involved cupping the left wrist at the top of the back swing and using a weaker left hand grip (thumb more on top of the grip as opposed to on the right side).

Hogan did this to prevent himself from ever hooking the ball off the tee. By positioning his hands in this manner, he ensured that the club face would be slightly open upon impact, creating a fade (left to right ball flight) as opposed to a draw or hook (right to left ball flight).

This is not something that would benefit all golfers, however, since the average golfer already slices or fades the ball. The draw is more appealing to amateurs due to its greater distance. Many believed that although he played right-handed as an adult, Hogan was actually left-handed, a belief that seemed corroborated by Hogan himself in his book "Power Golf". However, some mystery still remains about this since Hogan in subsequent interviews said that the belief of him being left-handed was actually a myth (noted in what was probably his last video interview and in his 1987 Golf Magazine interview).

In these interviews Hogan said that he was indeed a right hand player who early on practiced/played with a left hand club that had been given to him because it was all that he had and that it was this issue that brought about the myth that he was left-handed. This may be the reason that his early play with right-handed equipment found him using a cross-handed grip (right hand at the end of the club, left hand below it). In "The Search for the Perfect Golf Swing", researchers Cochran and Stobbs held the opinion that a left-handed person playing right-handed would be prone to hook the ball
How old was Ben Hogan when he won his lat profeesional tournament?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 07/26/09 at 5:44 am

The word of the day...Punch
1. To hit with a sharp blow of the fist.
2.
1. To poke or prod with a stick.
2. Western U.S. To herd (cattle).
3. To depress (a key or button, for example) in order to activate a device or perform an operation: punched the “repeat” key; punched in the number on the computer.
4. Baseball. To hit (a ball) with a quick short swing.

n.

1. A blow with the fist.
2. Vigor or drive. See synonyms at vigor.
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Written By: ninny on 07/26/09 at 5:46 am

How old was Ben Hogan when he won his lat profeesional tournament?

Hogan won his last tournament in 1959, the Colonial Invitational. In 1960, at age 48 and essentially retired from competitive golf, he had enough left to be in a position through 71 holes to win his fifth U.S. Open. That he lost did nothing to tarnish a reputation for golf skill and a will to excel that will live through the ages.

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Written By: ninny on 07/26/09 at 5:54 am

The person of the day...Mary Wells
Mary Esther Wells (May 13, 1943 – July 26, 1992) was an American singer who defined the early sound of Motown Records in the early sixties. Along with The Miracles, The Temptations, The Supremes, and The Four Tops, Wells was said to have been part of the charge in black music onto radio stations and record shelves of mainstream America "bridging the color lines in music at the time."

With a string of hit singles mainly composed by Smokey Robinson including "Two Lovers" (1962), the Grammy-nominated "You Beat Me to the Punch" (1962) and her signature hit, "My Guy" (1964), she became recognized as "The Queen of Motown" until her departure from the company in 1964, at the height of her popularity. In other circles, she's referred to as the "The First Lady of Motown" and was one of Motown's first singing superstars.
ells' teaming with Robinson began a succession of hit singles the duo would collaborate on in the following two years. Their first collaboration, 1962's "The One Who Really Loves You", was Wells' first smash hit, peaking at number-two on the R&B chart and number-eight on the Hot 100. The song featured a calypso-styled soul production that defined Wells' early hits. Known for releasing songs with a repetitive sound, Motown released the similar-sounding "You Beat Me to the Punch" a few months later. The song became her first R&B number-one single and peaked at number nine on the pop chart. The success of "You Beat Me to the Punch" helped to make Wells the first Motown star to be nominated for a Grammy Award as the song was nominated in the Best Rhythm & Blues Recording category.

Then in late 1962, Motown released "Two Lovers". The single became Wells' third consecutive single to hit the top ten of Billboard's Hot 100 where it peaked at number-seven and became her second number-one hit on the R&B chart. This help to make Wells the first female solo artist to release three consecutive top ten singles on the pop chart. Wells' second album, also titled The One Who Really Loves You, was released in 1962 and peaked at number-eight on the pop albums chart, making the teenage singer a breakthrough star and giving her clout at Motown. Wells' success at the label was recognized when she became a headliner during the first string of Motortown Revue concerts, starting in the fall of 1962. The singer showcased a rawer stage presence that contrasted with her softer R&B recordings.

Wells' success continued in 1963 when she hit the top twenty with the doo-wop ballad "Laughing Boy" and scored three top forty singles that year including "Your Old Standby", "You Lost the Sweetest Boy", and its B-side "What's So Easy for Two Is So Hard for One". "You Lost the Sweetest Boy" was one of the first hit singles composed by the successful Motown songwriting and producing trio Holland-Dozier-Holland, though Robinson remained Wells' primary producer.

During that year, Wells recorded a session of successful B-sides that became as well-known as her hits, including "Operator", "What Love Has Joined Together", "Two Wrongs Don't Make a Right" and "Old Love (Let's Try It Again)". Wells and Robinson also recorded a duet together titled "I Want You 'Round", which would be re-recorded by Marvin Gaye and Kim Weston.
Ironically during her most successful year, Wells was having problems with Motown over her original recording contract, which she had signed at the age of seventeen. She was also reportedly angry that the money made from "My Guy" was being used to promote The Supremes, who were at last finding success with "Where Did Our Love Go". Though Gordy reportedly tried to renegotiate with Wells, the singer still asked to be let go of her contract with Motown.

A pending lawsuit would keep Wells away from the studio for several months, as she and Gordy went back and forth over the contract details, Wells fighting to gain larger royalties from earnings she had made during her tenure with Motown. Finally, she invoked a clause that allowed her to leave the label, telling the court that her original contract was invalid since she signed while she was still a minor. Wells won her lawsuit and was awarded a settlement, leaving Motown officially in early 1965, whereupon she accepted a lucrative ($500,000) contract with 20th Century Fox Records.
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Written By: ninny on 07/26/09 at 5:57 am

The co-person of the day...Jason Robards

Jason Nelson Robards, Jr., (July 26, 1922 – December 26, 2000) was an American actor and a WWII U.S. Navy combat veteran. He became famous playing works of American dramatist Eugene O'Neill, and would regularly play O'Neill's works throughout his career. Robards was cast in both common-man roles and as well known historical figures.
Robards decided to get into acting after the war. His career started out slowly. He moved to New York City and found small parts there, first in radio and then on the stage. His big break was landing the starring role in José Quintero's 1956 off-Broadway production and the 1960 television film of Eugene O'Neill's The Iceman Cometh, as the philosophical salesman Hickey, winning an Obie Award for his performance. He also played Hickey in a 1985 Broadway revival staged by Quintero, who directed Robards in Broadway productions of O'Neill's plays Long Day's Journey Into Night, Hughie, A Touch of the Poet and A Moon for the Misbegotten. He repeated his performance in Long Day's Journey Into Night in the 1962 film and televised his performances in A Moon for the Misbegotten and Hughie.

Robards also appeared on stage in a 1988 Broadway revival of O'Neill's Ah, Wilderness! directed by Arvin Brown, as well as Lillian Hellman's Toys in the Attic, Arthur Miller's After the Fall, Clifford Odets' The Country Girl and Harold Pinter's No Man's Land.

He made his film debut in the 1946 two-reel comedy Follow That Music, but after his Broadway success he was invited to make his feature debut in The Journey in 1959. He became a familiar face to movie audiences throughout the 1960s, notably for his performances in A Thousand Clowns (1965) (repeating his stage performance), The Night They Raided Minsky's (1968), and Once Upon a Time in the West (1968).

Robards played three different US Presidents on film - namely Abraham Lincoln in The Perfect Tribute and a television production of Abe Lincoln in Illinois, Ulysses S. Grant in The Legend of the Lone Ranger (a role he also voiced in the PBS miniseries The Civil War), and Franklin Delano Roosevelt in FDR: The Final Years. He also created a sensation as the fictional president Richard Monckton (based on Richard Nixon) in the television miniseries Washington: Behind Closed Doors (1977). He also voiced a number of documentaries, including Ken Burns' Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio.

Robards received eight Tony Award nominations, more than any other male actor, and won in 1959 as Best Actor for his work in The Disenchanted, which was also his only stage appearance with his father. Robards received the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in consecutive years for All the President's Men (1976) and Julia (1977). He was also nominated for another Oscar for his role in Melvin and Howard (1980) and received the Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Special for the 1988 production of Inherit the Wind. He was among the recipients at the Kennedy Center Honors in 1999.
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Written By: Howard on 07/26/09 at 6:55 am

The person of the day...Mary Wells
Mary Esther Wells (May 13, 1943 – July 26, 1992) was an American singer who defined the early sound of Motown Records in the early sixties. Along with The Miracles, The Temptations, The Supremes, and The Four Tops, Wells was said to have been part of the charge in black music onto radio stations and record shelves of mainstream America "bridging the color lines in music at the time."

With a string of hit singles mainly composed by Smokey Robinson including "Two Lovers" (1962), the Grammy-nominated "You Beat Me to the Punch" (1962) and her signature hit, "My Guy" (1964), she became recognized as "The Queen of Motown" until her departure from the company in 1964, at the height of her popularity. In other circles, she's referred to as the "The First Lady of Motown" and was one of Motown's first singing superstars.
ells' teaming with Robinson began a succession of hit singles the duo would collaborate on in the following two years. Their first collaboration, 1962's "The One Who Really Loves You", was Wells' first smash hit, peaking at number-two on the R&B chart and number-eight on the Hot 100. The song featured a calypso-styled soul production that defined Wells' early hits. Known for releasing songs with a repetitive sound, Motown released the similar-sounding "You Beat Me to the Punch" a few months later. The song became her first R&B number-one single and peaked at number nine on the pop chart. The success of "You Beat Me to the Punch" helped to make Wells the first Motown star to be nominated for a Grammy Award as the song was nominated in the Best Rhythm & Blues Recording category.

Then in late 1962, Motown released "Two Lovers". The single became Wells' third consecutive single to hit the top ten of Billboard's Hot 100 where it peaked at number-seven and became her second number-one hit on the R&B chart. This help to make Wells the first female solo artist to release three consecutive top ten singles on the pop chart. Wells' second album, also titled The One Who Really Loves You, was released in 1962 and peaked at number-eight on the pop albums chart, making the teenage singer a breakthrough star and giving her clout at Motown. Wells' success at the label was recognized when she became a headliner during the first string of Motortown Revue concerts, starting in the fall of 1962. The singer showcased a rawer stage presence that contrasted with her softer R&B recordings.

Wells' success continued in 1963 when she hit the top twenty with the doo-wop ballad "Laughing Boy" and scored three top forty singles that year including "Your Old Standby", "You Lost the Sweetest Boy", and its B-side "What's So Easy for Two Is So Hard for One". "You Lost the Sweetest Boy" was one of the first hit singles composed by the successful Motown songwriting and producing trio Holland-Dozier-Holland, though Robinson remained Wells' primary producer.

During that year, Wells recorded a session of successful B-sides that became as well-known as her hits, including "Operator", "What Love Has Joined Together", "Two Wrongs Don't Make a Right" and "Old Love (Let's Try It Again)". Wells and Robinson also recorded a duet together titled "I Want You 'Round", which would be re-recorded by Marvin Gaye and Kim Weston.
Ironically during her most successful year, Wells was having problems with Motown over her original recording contract, which she had signed at the age of seventeen. She was also reportedly angry that the money made from "My Guy" was being used to promote The Supremes, who were at last finding success with "Where Did Our Love Go". Though Gordy reportedly tried to renegotiate with Wells, the singer still asked to be let go of her contract with Motown.

A pending lawsuit would keep Wells away from the studio for several months, as she and Gordy went back and forth over the contract details, Wells fighting to gain larger royalties from earnings she had made during her tenure with Motown. Finally, she invoked a clause that allowed her to leave the label, telling the court that her original contract was invalid since she signed while she was still a minor. Wells won her lawsuit and was awarded a settlement, leaving Motown officially in early 1965, whereupon she accepted a lucrative ($500,000) contract with 20th Century Fox Records.
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She also had a disco song in 1979 entitled Gigolo.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/26/09 at 7:39 am

The word of the day...Punch
1. To hit with a sharp blow of the fist.
2.
1. To poke or prod with a stick.
2. Western U.S. To herd (cattle).
3. To depress (a key or button, for example) in order to activate a device or perform an operation: punched the “repeat” key; punched in the number on the computer.
4. Baseball. To hit (a ball) with a quick short swing.

n.

1. A blow with the fist.
2. Vigor or drive. See synonyms at vigor.
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I prefer the drinking kind.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/26/09 at 7:40 am

The word of the day...Punch
1. To hit with a sharp blow of the fist.
2.
1. To poke or prod with a stick.
2. Western U.S. To herd (cattle).
3. To depress (a key or button, for example) in order to activate a device or perform an operation: punched the “repeat” key; punched in the number on the computer.
4. Baseball. To hit (a ball) with a quick short swing.

n.

1. A blow with the fist.
2. Vigor or drive. See synonyms at vigor.

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Perfect hit each time!

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/26/09 at 7:41 am

The person of the day...Mary Wells
Mary Esther Wells (May 13, 1943 – July 26, 1992) was an American singer who defined the early sound of Motown Records in the early sixties. Along with The Miracles, The Temptations, The Supremes, and The Four Tops, Wells was said to have been part of the charge in black music onto radio stations and record shelves of mainstream America "bridging the color lines in music at the time."

With a string of hit singles mainly composed by Smokey Robinson including "Two Lovers" (1962), the Grammy-nominated "You Beat Me to the Punch" (1962) and her signature hit, "My Guy" (1964), she became recognized as "The Queen of Motown" until her departure from the company in 1964, at the height of her popularity. In other circles, she's referred to as the "The First Lady of Motown" and was one of Motown's first singing superstars.
ells' teaming with Robinson began a succession of hit singles the duo would collaborate on in the following two years. Their first collaboration, 1962's "The One Who Really Loves You", was Wells' first smash hit, peaking at number-two on the R&B chart and number-eight on the Hot 100. The song featured a calypso-styled soul production that defined Wells' early hits. Known for releasing songs with a repetitive sound, Motown released the similar-sounding "You Beat Me to the Punch" a few months later. The song became her first R&B number-one single and peaked at number nine on the pop chart. The success of "You Beat Me to the Punch" helped to make Wells the first Motown star to be nominated for a Grammy Award as the song was nominated in the Best Rhythm & Blues Recording category.

Then in late 1962, Motown released "Two Lovers". The single became Wells' third consecutive single to hit the top ten of Billboard's Hot 100 where it peaked at number-seven and became her second number-one hit on the R&B chart. This help to make Wells the first female solo artist to release three consecutive top ten singles on the pop chart. Wells' second album, also titled The One Who Really Loves You, was released in 1962 and peaked at number-eight on the pop albums chart, making the teenage singer a breakthrough star and giving her clout at Motown. Wells' success at the label was recognized when she became a headliner during the first string of Motortown Revue concerts, starting in the fall of 1962. The singer showcased a rawer stage presence that contrasted with her softer R&B recordings.

Wells' success continued in 1963 when she hit the top twenty with the doo-wop ballad "Laughing Boy" and scored three top forty singles that year including "Your Old Standby", "You Lost the Sweetest Boy", and its B-side "What's So Easy for Two Is So Hard for One". "You Lost the Sweetest Boy" was one of the first hit singles composed by the successful Motown songwriting and producing trio Holland-Dozier-Holland, though Robinson remained Wells' primary producer.

During that year, Wells recorded a session of successful B-sides that became as well-known as her hits, including "Operator", "What Love Has Joined Together", "Two Wrongs Don't Make a Right" and "Old Love (Let's Try It Again)". Wells and Robinson also recorded a duet together titled "I Want You 'Round", which would be re-recorded by Marvin Gaye and Kim Weston.
Ironically during her most successful year, Wells was having problems with Motown over her original recording contract, which she had signed at the age of seventeen. She was also reportedly angry that the money made from "My Guy" was being used to promote The Supremes, who were at last finding success with "Where Did Our Love Go". Though Gordy reportedly tried to renegotiate with Wells, the singer still asked to be let go of her contract with Motown.

A pending lawsuit would keep Wells away from the studio for several months, as she and Gordy went back and forth over the contract details, Wells fighting to gain larger royalties from earnings she had made during her tenure with Motown. Finally, she invoked a clause that allowed her to leave the label, telling the court that her original contract was invalid since she signed while she was still a minor. Wells won her lawsuit and was awarded a settlement, leaving Motown officially in early 1965, whereupon she accepted a lucrative ($500,000) contract with 20th Century Fox Records.
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My Guy is played all the time over here.

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Written By: ninny on 07/26/09 at 7:57 am

I prefer the drinking kind.

That's looking good.

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Written By: Womble on 07/26/09 at 8:15 am

I've always admired Jason Robards. Very nice, Ninny. Thanks for sharing.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/26/09 at 8:18 am

That's looking good.
...and punch does not have to be alcoholic!

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Written By: ninny on 07/26/09 at 8:37 am

She also had a disco song in 1979 entitled Gigolo.

I don't remember that song.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/26/09 at 10:55 am

I don't remember that song.
I only knew Mary Wells for My Guy, originally released in 1964 and re-released in 1972.

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Written By: ninny on 07/26/09 at 11:29 am

I only knew Mary Wells for My Guy, originally released in 1964 and re-released in 1972.

Me too :-[

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/26/09 at 11:33 am

Me too :-[
I think she is more populat in The USA.

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Written By: ninny on 07/26/09 at 2:46 pm

I think she is more populat in The USA.

I believe so, but I don't know to many of her songs..or maybe the titles aren't familiar with me and I should take a listen on YouTube.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/26/09 at 3:13 pm

I believe so, but I don't know to many of her songs..or maybe the titles aren't familiar with me and I should take a listen on YouTube.
Did she sing in a group too, or was she always a solo singer?

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Written By: ninny on 07/26/09 at 6:16 pm

Did she sing in a group too, or was she always a solo singer?

Solo. It looks like she did some work with Smokey Robinson.

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Written By: Frank on 07/26/09 at 6:51 pm

The co-person of the day...Jason Robards

Jason Nelson Robards, Jr., (July 26, 1922 – December 26, 2000) was an American actor and a WWII U.S. Navy combat veteran. He became famous playing works of American dramatist Eugene O'Neill, and would regularly play O'Neill's works throughout his career. Robards was cast in both common-man roles and as well known historical figures.
Robards decided to get into acting after the war. His career started out slowly. He moved to New York City and found small parts there, first in radio and then on the stage. His big break was landing the starring role in José Quintero's 1956 off-Broadway production and the 1960 television film of Eugene O'Neill's The Iceman Cometh, as the philosophical salesman Hickey, winning an Obie Award for his performance. He also played Hickey in a 1985 Broadway revival staged by Quintero, who directed Robards in Broadway productions of O'Neill's plays Long Day's Journey Into Night, Hughie, A Touch of the Poet and A Moon for the Misbegotten. He repeated his performance in Long Day's Journey Into Night in the 1962 film and televised his performances in A Moon for the Misbegotten and Hughie.

Robards also appeared on stage in a 1988 Broadway revival of O'Neill's Ah, Wilderness! directed by Arvin Brown, as well as Lillian Hellman's Toys in the Attic, Arthur Miller's After the Fall, Clifford Odets' The Country Girl and Harold Pinter's No Man's Land.

He made his film debut in the 1946 two-reel comedy Follow That Music, but after his Broadway success he was invited to make his feature debut in The Journey in 1959. He became a familiar face to movie audiences throughout the 1960s, notably for his performances in A Thousand Clowns (1965) (repeating his stage performance), The Night They Raided Minsky's (1968), and Once Upon a Time in the West (1968).

Robards played three different US Presidents on film - namely Abraham Lincoln in The Perfect Tribute and a television production of Abe Lincoln in Illinois, Ulysses S. Grant in The Legend of the Lone Ranger (a role he also voiced in the PBS miniseries The Civil War), and Franklin Delano Roosevelt in FDR: The Final Years. He also created a sensation as the fictional president Richard Monckton (based on Richard Nixon) in the television miniseries Washington: Behind Closed Doors (1977). He also voiced a number of documentaries, including Ken Burns' Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio.

Robards received eight Tony Award nominations, more than any other male actor, and won in 1959 as Best Actor for his work in The Disenchanted, which was also his only stage appearance with his father. Robards received the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in consecutive years for All the President's Men (1976) and Julia (1977). He was also nominated for another Oscar for his role in Melvin and Howard (1980) and received the Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Special for the 1988 production of Inherit the Wind. He was among the recipients at the Kennedy Center Honors in 1999.
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He was a very good actor in several films I saw. I remember him in All the President's Men & Julia & Long Day's Journey Into Night. Great voice he had.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/27/09 at 3:56 am

Solo. It looks like she did some work with Smokey Robinson.
Backing vocals uncredited?

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/27/09 at 5:49 am

Is Janine baby sittin' again?

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Written By: ninny on 07/27/09 at 5:53 am

The word of the day...Road
1.
1. (Abbr. Rd.) An open, generally public way for the passage of vehicles, people, and animals.
2. The surface of a road; a roadbed.
2. A course or path: the road to riches.
3. A railroad.
4. Nautical. A roadstead. Often used in the plural.
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Written By: ninny on 07/27/09 at 5:57 am

Backing vocals uncredited?

It looks like they wrote songs together. Wells was teamed up with performer, writer, producer Smokey Robinson scoring a string of hits, including "The One Who Really Loves You, "You Beat Me to the Punch" and "Two Lovers" in 1962; "Laughing Boy', "Your Old Stand By", and "What's Easy forwells2.jpg (2964 bytes) Two Is So Hard for One" b/w "You Lost the Sweetest Boy" in 1963. Her biggest hit was 1964's "My Guy" which reached #1 on the pop charts. Like her other collaborations with Robinson it featured her smooth, knowing, but coy delivery backed by Robinson's understated popish arrangement. Next came two duets with Marvin Gaye. Wells was the first female singer at Motown to adopt a glamorous stage persona.
Is Janine baby sittin' again?

Yep. we got him Friday afternoon. I think he is going back home on Wednesday.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/27/09 at 5:58 am

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Abbey Road

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/27/09 at 6:00 am

I think he is going back home on Wednesday.
...and you are having the time of your life?

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Written By: ninny on 07/27/09 at 6:01 am

The person of the day...Bob Hope
Bob Hope, KBE, KCSG (born Leslie Townes Hope, May 29, 1903 – July 27, 2003), was a British-born American comedian and actor who appeared in vaudeville, on Broadway, and in radio, television and movies. He was also noted for his work with the US Armed Forces and his numerous USO tours entertaining American military personnel. Throughout his career, he was honored for his humanitarian work. In 1996, the U.S. Congress honored Bob Hope by declaring him the "first and only honorary veteran of the U.S. armed forces."
Hope, like other stage performers, made his first films in New York. Educational Pictures employed him in 1934 for a short-subject comedy, Going Spanish. Unfortunately for Hope, he sealed his fate with Educational when a newspaper columnist asked him about the film. Hope cracked, "When they catch John Dillinger, they're going to make him sit through it twice." Educational fired him, but he was soon before the cameras at New York's Vitaphone studio starring in 20-minute comedies and musicals from 1934 through 1936.

Paramount Pictures signed Hope for the 1938 film The Big Broadcast of 1938. During a duet with Shirley Ross as accompanied by Shep Fields and his orchestra, Hope introduced the song later to become his trademark, "Thanks for the Memory", which became a major hit and was praised by critics. The sentimental, fluid nature of the music allowed Hope's writers (whom he is said to have depended upon heavily throughout his career) to later invent endless variations of the song to fit specific circumstances, such as bidding farewell to troops while on tour.

Hope became one of Paramount's biggest stars, and would remain with the studio through the 1950s. Hope's regular appearances in Hollywood films and radio made him one of the best known entertainers in North America, and at the height of his career he was also making a large income from live concert performances.
The handprints of Bob Hope in front of The Great Movie Ride at Walt Disney World's Disney's Hollywood Studios theme park

As a movie star, he was best known for My Favorite Brunette and the highly successful "Road" movies in which he starred with Bing Crosby and Dorothy Lamour. Hope had seen Lamour as a nightclub singer in New York, and invited her to work on his USO tours. Lamour is said to have arrived for filming prepared with her lines, only to be baffled by completely re-written scripts from Hope's writers without studio permission. Hope and Lamour were lifelong friends, and she is the actress most associated with his film career. Other female co-stars included Paulette Goddard, Lucille Ball, Jane Russell, and Hedy Lamarr.

Hope was host of the Academy Awards ceremony 18 times between 1939 and 1977. His feigned lust for an Oscar became part of his act, memorably in a scene from Road to Morocco in which he erupted in a frenzy, shouting about his imminent death from exposure. Bing Crosby reminds him that rescue is just minutes away, and a disappointed Hope complains that Crosby has spoiled his best scene, and thus his chance for an Academy Award. Also, in The Road to Bali, when Crosby finds Humphrey Bogart's Oscar for The African Queen, Hope grabs it, saying "Give me that. You've got one." Although Hope never was nominated for an Oscar for his performances, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences honored him with four honorary awards, and in 1960, the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award. While introducing the 1968 telecast, he quipped, "Welcome to the Academy Awards, or, as it's known at my house, Passover."

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/27/09 at 6:02 am

The person of the day...Bob Hope
Bob Hope, KBE, KCSG (born Leslie Townes Hope, May 29, 1903 – July 27, 2003), was a British-born American comedian and actor who appeared in vaudeville, on Broadway, and in radio, television and movies. He was also noted for his work with the US Armed Forces and his numerous USO tours entertaining American military personnel. Throughout his career, he was honored for his humanitarian work. In 1996, the U.S. Congress honored Bob Hope by declaring him the "first and only honorary veteran of the U.S. armed forces."
Hope, like other stage performers, made his first films in New York. Educational Pictures employed him in 1934 for a short-subject comedy, Going Spanish. Unfortunately for Hope, he sealed his fate with Educational when a newspaper columnist asked him about the film. Hope cracked, "When they catch John Dillinger, they're going to make him sit through it twice." Educational fired him, but he was soon before the cameras at New York's Vitaphone studio starring in 20-minute comedies and musicals from 1934 through 1936.

Paramount Pictures signed Hope for the 1938 film The Big Broadcast of 1938. During a duet with Shirley Ross as accompanied by Shep Fields and his orchestra, Hope introduced the song later to become his trademark, "Thanks for the Memory", which became a major hit and was praised by critics. The sentimental, fluid nature of the music allowed Hope's writers (whom he is said to have depended upon heavily throughout his career) to later invent endless variations of the song to fit specific circumstances, such as bidding farewell to troops while on tour.

Hope became one of Paramount's biggest stars, and would remain with the studio through the 1950s. Hope's regular appearances in Hollywood films and radio made him one of the best known entertainers in North America, and at the height of his career he was also making a large income from live concert performances.
The handprints of Bob Hope in front of The Great Movie Ride at Walt Disney World's Disney's Hollywood Studios theme park

As a movie star, he was best known for My Favorite Brunette and the highly successful "Road" movies in which he starred with Bing Crosby and Dorothy Lamour. Hope had seen Lamour as a nightclub singer in New York, and invited her to work on his USO tours. Lamour is said to have arrived for filming prepared with her lines, only to be baffled by completely re-written scripts from Hope's writers without studio permission. Hope and Lamour were lifelong friends, and she is the actress most associated with his film career. Other female co-stars included Paulette Goddard, Lucille Ball, Jane Russell, and Hedy Lamarr.

Hope was host of the Academy Awards ceremony 18 times between 1939 and 1977. His feigned lust for an Oscar became part of his act, memorably in a scene from Road to Morocco in which he erupted in a frenzy, shouting about his imminent death from exposure. Bing Crosby reminds him that rescue is just minutes away, and a disappointed Hope complains that Crosby has spoiled his best scene, and thus his chance for an Academy Award. Also, in The Road to Bali, when Crosby finds Humphrey Bogart's Oscar for The African Queen, Hope grabs it, saying "Give me that. You've got one." Although Hope never was nominated for an Oscar for his performances, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences honored him with four honorary awards, and in 1960, the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award. While introducing the 1968 telecast, he quipped, "Welcome to the Academy Awards, or, as it's known at my house, Passover."
He is British!!!!!!

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Written By: ninny on 07/27/09 at 6:04 am

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Abbey Road
Now where have I seen that ;D

...and you are having the time of your life?

Of course.

He is British!!!!!!

He was, ope was born in Eltham, London, England, the fifth of seven sons. His father, William Henry Hope, was a stonemason from Weston-super-Mare and his Welsh mother, Avis Townes, was a light opera singer who later worked as a cleaning woman. The family lived in Weston-super-Mare, then Whitheall and St. George in Bristol, before moving to Cleveland, Ohio in 1908. The family emigrated to the United States aboard the SS Philadelphia, and passed inspection at Ellis Island on March 30, 1908. Hope became a U.S. citizen in 1920 at the age of seventeen. In a 1942 legal document, Hope's legal name is given as Leslie Townes Hope; it is unknown if this reflects a legal name change.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/27/09 at 6:04 am

There are Blue Plaques for Bob Hope in London and Bristol, I am tryimg to find a pictures of them

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/27/09 at 6:08 am

There are Blue Plaques for Bob Hope in London and Bristol, I am tryimg to find a pictures of them
Found the Eltham (in London) Blue Plaque

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On the house where he was born, put up by the British Film Institute.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/27/09 at 6:12 am

There are Blue Plaques for Bob Hope in London and Bristol, I am tryimg to find a pictures of them
The Plaque for Bob Hope in Bristol is a park, and sorry no pictures yet.

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Written By: ninny on 07/27/09 at 6:13 am

The co-person of the day...James Mason
James Neville Mason (15 May 1909 – 27 July 1984) was a British actor who appeared in both British and American films.
From 1935 to 1948 he starred in many British quota quickies. A conscientious objector during World War II (something which caused his family to break with him for many years), he became immensely popular for his brooding anti-heroes in the Gainsborough series of melodramas of the 1940s, including The Man in Grey and The Wicked Lady. He also starred with Deborah Kerr and Robert Newton in 1942's Hatter's Castle. The immensely popular The Seventh Veil set box office records in postwar Britain, and led to his transatlantic career. In the 1947 film Odd Man Out, he played Johnny, a mortally wounded Irish revolutionary who wanders Dublin in search of help and sanctuary. He made his first Hollywood film, Caught, with director Max Ophüls in 1949.
James Mason as Straker, in Salem's Lot (1979).

His roles include Norman Maine in the 1954 version of A Star Is Born (for which he received an Oscar nomination as Best Actor), Brutus in Julius Caesar, General Erwin Rommel in both The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel and The Desert Rats, Captain Nemo in 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, a small town school teacher driven insane by the misuse of Cortisone in Bigger Than Life, a suave master spy in North by Northwest, a determined explorer in Journey to the Center of the Earth, perverse professor Humbert Humbert in Stanley Kubrick's Lolita, a hired assassin sent to kill Peter O'Toole and thereby prevent him from leading a peasant uprising in Lord Jim, a lecherous old man in Georgy Girl (1966), which earned him an Oscar nomination as Best Supporting Actor, the vampire's servant, Richard Straker, in Salem's Lot, and a surreal pirate-ship captain in Yellowbeard. One of his last roles, that of corrupt lawyer James Concannon in The Verdict, earned him his third and final Oscar nomination; he never won.

Mason was once considered for the role of James Bond in a proposed 1958 TV adaptation of From Russia with Love, which was never produced. Despite being in his fifties, he was still under consideration to play Bond in Dr. No before Sean Connery was cast. He was also approached to appear as Bond villain Hugo Drax in Moonraker, but he turned it down despite his renowned tendency to take any job offered him – which led to appearances in films such as The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go, Bloodline and Hunt the Man Down. His final screen-work was the lead role in Doctor Fischer of Geneva (adapted from the Graham Greene novella) as an eccentric, wealthy businessman who enjoys humiliating the Swiss upper class, and Sir Randolph Nettleby in the 1985 film The Shooting Party directed by Alan Bridges and based on a book by Isabel Colegate.

When living in the former home of Buster Keaton, Mason discovered some lost nitrate stock films of the silent comic and arranged for their preservation. In 1980 he lent his voice to the first definitive documentary series of the silent-era, Hollywood produced by Thames Television in the UK. Late in life, he also served as narrator for Unknown Chaplin, another Thames television series on the films of Charlie Chaplin, which was aired in the U.S. on PBS and later issued on home video.

In the late 1970s, Mason became a mentor to up-and-coming actor Sam Neill.

http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m37/_Cavegirl_/james_mason.jpg
http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t294/lauranoir/Vintage/JamesMason.jpg

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/27/09 at 6:21 am

The co-person of the day...James Mason
James Neville Mason (15 May 1909 – 27 July 1984) was a British actor who appeared in both British and American films.
From 1935 to 1948 he starred in many British quota quickies. A conscientious objector during World War II (something which caused his family to break with him for many years), he became immensely popular for his brooding anti-heroes in the Gainsborough series of melodramas of the 1940s, including The Man in Grey and The Wicked Lady. He also starred with Deborah Kerr and Robert Newton in 1942's Hatter's Castle. The immensely popular The Seventh Veil set box office records in postwar Britain, and led to his transatlantic career. In the 1947 film Odd Man Out, he played Johnny, a mortally wounded Irish revolutionary who wanders Dublin in search of help and sanctuary. He made his first Hollywood film, Caught, with director Max Ophüls in 1949.
James Mason as Straker, in Salem's Lot (1979).

His roles include Norman Maine in the 1954 version of A Star Is Born (for which he received an Oscar nomination as Best Actor), Brutus in Julius Caesar, General Erwin Rommel in both The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel and The Desert Rats, Captain Nemo in 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, a small town school teacher driven insane by the misuse of Cortisone in Bigger Than Life, a suave master spy in North by Northwest, a determined explorer in Journey to the Center of the Earth, perverse professor Humbert Humbert in Stanley Kubrick's Lolita, a hired assassin sent to kill Peter O'Toole and thereby prevent him from leading a peasant uprising in Lord Jim, a lecherous old man in Georgy Girl (1966), which earned him an Oscar nomination as Best Supporting Actor, the vampire's servant, Richard Straker, in Salem's Lot, and a surreal pirate-ship captain in Yellowbeard. One of his last roles, that of corrupt lawyer James Concannon in The Verdict, earned him his third and final Oscar nomination; he never won.

Mason was once considered for the role of James Bond in a proposed 1958 TV adaptation of From Russia with Love, which was never produced. Despite being in his fifties, he was still under consideration to play Bond in Dr. No before Sean Connery was cast. He was also approached to appear as Bond villain Hugo Drax in Moonraker, but he turned it down despite his renowned tendency to take any job offered him – which led to appearances in films such as The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go, Bloodline and Hunt the Man Down. His final screen-work was the lead role in Doctor Fischer of Geneva (adapted from the Graham Greene novella) as an eccentric, wealthy businessman who enjoys humiliating the Swiss upper class, and Sir Randolph Nettleby in the 1985 film The Shooting Party directed by Alan Bridges and based on a book by Isabel Colegate.

When living in the former home of Buster Keaton, Mason discovered some lost nitrate stock films of the silent comic and arranged for their preservation. In 1980 he lent his voice to the first definitive documentary series of the silent-era, Hollywood produced by Thames Television in the UK. Late in life, he also served as narrator for Unknown Chaplin, another Thames television series on the films of Charlie Chaplin, which was aired in the U.S. on PBS and later issued on home video.

In the late 1970s, Mason became a mentor to up-and-coming actor Sam Neill.
Another Brit!

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/27/09 at 6:22 am

The co-person of the day...James Mason
James Neville Mason (15 May 1909 – 27 July 1984) was a British actor who appeared in both British and American films.
From 1935 to 1948 he starred in many British quota quickies. A conscientious objector during World War II (something which caused his family to break with him for many years), he became immensely popular for his brooding anti-heroes in the Gainsborough series of melodramas of the 1940s, including The Man in Grey and The Wicked Lady. He also starred with Deborah Kerr and Robert Newton in 1942's Hatter's Castle. The immensely popular The Seventh Veil set box office records in postwar Britain, and led to his transatlantic career. In the 1947 film Odd Man Out, he played Johnny, a mortally wounded Irish revolutionary who wanders Dublin in search of help and sanctuary. He made his first Hollywood film, Caught, with director Max Ophüls in 1949.
James Mason as Straker, in Salem's Lot (1979).

His roles include Norman Maine in the 1954 version of A Star Is Born (for which he received an Oscar nomination as Best Actor), Brutus in Julius Caesar, General Erwin Rommel in both The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel and The Desert Rats, Captain Nemo in 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, a small town school teacher driven insane by the misuse of Cortisone in Bigger Than Life, a suave master spy in North by Northwest, a determined explorer in Journey to the Center of the Earth, perverse professor Humbert Humbert in Stanley Kubrick's Lolita, a hired assassin sent to kill Peter O'Toole and thereby prevent him from leading a peasant uprising in Lord Jim, a lecherous old man in Georgy Girl (1966), which earned him an Oscar nomination as Best Supporting Actor, the vampire's servant, Richard Straker, in Salem's Lot, and a surreal pirate-ship captain in Yellowbeard. One of his last roles, that of corrupt lawyer James Concannon in The Verdict, earned him his third and final Oscar nomination; he never won.

Mason was once considered for the role of James Bond in a proposed 1958 TV adaptation of From Russia with Love, which was never produced. Despite being in his fifties, he was still under consideration to play Bond in Dr. No before Sean Connery was cast. He was also approached to appear as Bond villain Hugo Drax in Moonraker, but he turned it down despite his renowned tendency to take any job offered him – which led to appearances in films such as The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go, Bloodline and Hunt the Man Down. His final screen-work was the lead role in Doctor Fischer of Geneva (adapted from the Graham Greene novella) as an eccentric, wealthy businessman who enjoys humiliating the Swiss upper class, and Sir Randolph Nettleby in the 1985 film The Shooting Party directed by Alan Bridges and based on a book by Isabel Colegate.

When living in the former home of Buster Keaton, Mason discovered some lost nitrate stock films of the silent comic and arranged for their preservation. In 1980 he lent his voice to the first definitive documentary series of the silent-era, Hollywood produced by Thames Television in the UK. Late in life, he also served as narrator for Unknown Chaplin, another Thames television series on the films of Charlie Chaplin, which was aired in the U.S. on PBS and later issued on home video.

In the late 1970s, Mason became a mentor to up-and-coming actor Sam Neill.
I did see him once at a film premier and I had no chance of an autograph.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 07/27/09 at 6:25 am

Another Brit!

I was going to say that in my reply ;D
Found the Eltham (in London) Blue Plaque

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/39091000/jpg/_39091156_plaque_203.jpg

On the house where he was born, put up by the British Film Institute.

How close is that to you?

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/27/09 at 6:27 am

I was going to say that in my reply ;DHow close is that to you?
A good fifteen or miles away on the other side of the Thames.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/27/09 at 6:31 am

http://www.thewrittenwordautographs.com/images-june-09/687%20james%20mason.jpg

Autograph worth about $50 to $75

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 07/27/09 at 6:53 am

I don't remember that song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKB9w_nz7zM

Here you go Ninny.Should've been her comeback hit in 1979-1980.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 07/27/09 at 6:55 am

The word of the day...Road
1.
1. (Abbr. Rd.) An open, generally public way for the passage of vehicles, people, and animals.
2. The surface of a road; a roadbed.
2. A course or path: the road to riches.
3. A railroad.
4. Nautical. A roadstead. Often used in the plural.
http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s69/annuwin3636/road.jpg
http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z242/dspell13/road.jpg
http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p135/whitebriarrose/The_Road_Not_Taken.jpg
http://i1004.photobucket.com/albums/af163/Potatosaladgirl/road-1.jpg
http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk150/ms_kimngan/DSC01266.jpg
http://i929.photobucket.com/albums/ad139/simply_mariel/road.jpg
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A long road ahead.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Womble on 07/27/09 at 7:01 am

Very nice. Thanks for sharing, Ninny.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 07/27/09 at 7:05 am

The person of the day...Bob Hope
Bob Hope, KBE, KCSG (born Leslie Townes Hope, May 29, 1903 – July 27, 2003), was a British-born American comedian and actor who appeared in vaudeville, on Broadway, and in radio, television and movies. He was also noted for his work with the US Armed Forces and his numerous USO tours entertaining American military personnel. Throughout his career, he was honored for his humanitarian work. In 1996, the U.S. Congress honored Bob Hope by declaring him the "first and only honorary veteran of the U.S. armed forces."
Hope, like other stage performers, made his first films in New York. Educational Pictures employed him in 1934 for a short-subject comedy, Going Spanish. Unfortunately for Hope, he sealed his fate with Educational when a newspaper columnist asked him about the film. Hope cracked, "When they catch John Dillinger, they're going to make him sit through it twice." Educational fired him, but he was soon before the cameras at New York's Vitaphone studio starring in 20-minute comedies and musicals from 1934 through 1936.

Paramount Pictures signed Hope for the 1938 film The Big Broadcast of 1938. During a duet with Shirley Ross as accompanied by Shep Fields and his orchestra, Hope introduced the song later to become his trademark, "Thanks for the Memory", which became a major hit and was praised by critics. The sentimental, fluid nature of the music allowed Hope's writers (whom he is said to have depended upon heavily throughout his career) to later invent endless variations of the song to fit specific circumstances, such as bidding farewell to troops while on tour.

Hope became one of Paramount's biggest stars, and would remain with the studio through the 1950s. Hope's regular appearances in Hollywood films and radio made him one of the best known entertainers in North America, and at the height of his career he was also making a large income from live concert performances.
The handprints of Bob Hope in front of The Great Movie Ride at Walt Disney World's Disney's Hollywood Studios theme park

As a movie star, he was best known for My Favorite Brunette and the highly successful "Road" movies in which he starred with Bing Crosby and Dorothy Lamour. Hope had seen Lamour as a nightclub singer in New York, and invited her to work on his USO tours. Lamour is said to have arrived for filming prepared with her lines, only to be baffled by completely re-written scripts from Hope's writers without studio permission. Hope and Lamour were lifelong friends, and she is the actress most associated with his film career. Other female co-stars included Paulette Goddard, Lucille Ball, Jane Russell, and Hedy Lamarr.

Hope was host of the Academy Awards ceremony 18 times between 1939 and 1977. His feigned lust for an Oscar became part of his act, memorably in a scene from Road to Morocco in which he erupted in a frenzy, shouting about his imminent death from exposure. Bing Crosby reminds him that rescue is just minutes away, and a disappointed Hope complains that Crosby has spoiled his best scene, and thus his chance for an Academy Award. Also, in The Road to Bali, when Crosby finds Humphrey Bogart's Oscar for The African Queen, Hope grabs it, saying "Give me that. You've got one." Although Hope never was nominated for an Oscar for his performances, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences honored him with four honorary awards, and in 1960, the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award. While introducing the 1968 telecast, he quipped, "Welcome to the Academy Awards, or, as it's known at my house, Passover."

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Thanks for the memories. :)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 07/27/09 at 7:06 am

Very nice. Thanks for sharing, Ninny.

It was my pleasure.

Thanks for the memories. :)

Good one Howie :)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 07/27/09 at 7:10 am

George Burns also lived to 100.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/27/09 at 7:17 am

A long road ahead.
A long and winding road?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/27/09 at 7:18 am

George Burns also lived to 100.
Dying a few months after his 100th birthday.

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Written By: Howard on 07/27/09 at 7:21 am

A long and winding road?

Good Beatles album.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/27/09 at 7:24 am

Good Beatles album.
Originally appeared on Let It Be.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 07/27/09 at 7:25 am

Originally appeared on Let It Be.

the one where they all walk across the street?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/27/09 at 7:29 am

the one where they all walk across the street?
That track is not on the Abbey Road.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/27/09 at 7:31 am

Why Don't We Do It in the Road?

A short and simple song by Paul McCartney on the White Album

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/27/09 at 7:34 am

The word of the day...Punch
1. To hit with a sharp blow of the fist.
2.
1. To poke or prod with a stick.
2. Western U.S. To herd (cattle).
3. To depress (a key or button, for example) in order to activate a device or perform an operation: punched the “repeat” key; punched in the number on the computer.
4. Baseball. To hit (a ball) with a quick short swing.

n.

1. A blow with the fist.
2. Vigor or drive. See synonyms at vigor.

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A road can be seen here.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 07/27/09 at 7:46 am

That track is not on the Abbey Road.

I meant the album.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/27/09 at 7:47 am

The word of the day...Punch
1. To hit with a sharp blow of the fist.
2.
1. To poke or prod with a stick.
2. Western U.S. To herd (cattle).
3. To depress (a key or button, for example) in order to activate a device or perform an operation: punched the “repeat” key; punched in the number on the computer.
4. Baseball. To hit (a ball) with a quick short swing.

n.

1. A blow with the fist.
2. Vigor or drive. See synonyms at vigor.

There is sa punch shot in golf too, again with shorter swing, it makes the ball fly and roll further at a lower height than the usual distance the ball travels for that club. It is used when the weather is windy.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/27/09 at 7:53 am

I meant the album.
Oh, Abbey Road

http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd18/brooks31286/abbey_road.jpg

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/27/09 at 7:55 am

btw....

http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm66/Phil_O-Sopher/abbey_road_evolution-1.jpg

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/27/09 at 8:00 am

and...

http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm66/Phil_O-Sopher/bennyhillthebestoffronttu8.jpg

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/27/09 at 8:00 am

or even...

http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm66/Phil_O-Sopher/copyofabbeyvajs4.jpg

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 07/27/09 at 8:23 am

King of the Road - Roger Miller
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhApYxZisBI&feature=fvw#

My son sang this all the time when he was little ;D

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/27/09 at 8:25 am

King of the Road - Roger Miller
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhApYxZisBI&feature=fvw#

My son sang this all the time when he was little ;D
We sang and play in the amateur band we had at my old work, the singer was terrible.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 07/27/09 at 3:49 pm

or even...

http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm66/Phil_O-Sopher/copyofabbeyvajs4.jpg

Hey It's Alan. :)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: gibbo on 07/27/09 at 4:16 pm

Good to see Alan again! :)

Bob Hope and James Mason eh? Two absolute giants of the business...

Loved the 'Road' movies as well as a few others where he co-starred with Phylis Diller. James Mason was great in North by North West and Journey to the Centre of the Earth...(among other films)...

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/28/09 at 5:05 am

My Guy is played all the time over here.
On the radio right now.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 07/28/09 at 6:02 am

Where's our Ninny? :)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/28/09 at 6:03 am

Where's our Ninny? :)
She maybe delayed like yeasterday

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 07/28/09 at 6:04 am

She maybe delayed like yeasterday

It happens sometimes.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/28/09 at 6:04 am

It happens sometimes.
She maybe baby siting again.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 07/28/09 at 6:14 am

She maybe baby siting again.

Yep Daniel is full of energy & poop today ;D

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/28/09 at 6:15 am

Yep Daniel is full of energy & poop today ;D
Better out than in!

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 07/28/09 at 6:17 am

Yep Daniel is full of energy & poop today ;D

Oh Geez! :o ;D

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 07/28/09 at 6:19 am

The word of the day...Megaphone
A funnel-shaped device used to direct and amplify the voice.
http://i386.photobucket.com/albums/oo306/meningate/megaphone.jpg
http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg27/urchin126/2009_0722Image0001.jpg
http://i553.photobucket.com/albums/jj364/katlyn_kathleen_nicole_teachman/MEGAphone.jpg
http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z193/portnawaq/megaphone.png
http://i472.photobucket.com/albums/rr85/shesaid811/Megaphone.jpg
http://i477.photobucket.com/albums/rr132/PLTCProps/Weapons/Police/Police3.jpg
http://i453.photobucket.com/albums/qq252/Vargo_Family/CopyofChristmas2008046.jpg
http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w293/satanmarie/DSCF5734.jpg
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/28/09 at 6:19 am

Yep Daniel is full of energy & poop today ;D
No need for Gripe Water today?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 07/28/09 at 6:21 am

Better out than in!

Oh Geez! :o ;D

Yes that's true.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/28/09 at 6:22 am

The word of the day...Megaphone
A funnel-shaped device used to direct and amplify the voice.
I read this as...

A funny-shaped device used to direct and amplify the voice.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/28/09 at 6:22 am

The word of the day...Megaphone
A funnel-shaped device used to direct and amplify the voice.
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f335/JDsNumberOneFan/e7919d50.jpg
Liberace's megaphone?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 07/28/09 at 6:24 am

The word of the day...Megaphone
A funnel-shaped device used to direct and amplify the voice.
http://i386.photobucket.com/albums/oo306/meningate/megaphone.jpg
http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg27/urchin126/2009_0722Image0001.jpg
http://i553.photobucket.com/albums/jj364/katlyn_kathleen_nicole_teachman/MEGAphone.jpg
http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z193/portnawaq/megaphone.png
http://i472.photobucket.com/albums/rr85/shesaid811/Megaphone.jpg
http://i477.photobucket.com/albums/rr132/PLTCProps/Weapons/Police/Police3.jpg
http://i453.photobucket.com/albums/qq252/Vargo_Family/CopyofChristmas2008046.jpg
http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w293/satanmarie/DSCF5734.jpg
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f335/JDsNumberOneFan/e7919d50.jpg

Those things are so annoying.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/28/09 at 6:26 am

Those things are so annoying.
Not if is being used for important information giving.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 07/28/09 at 6:27 am

The person of the day...Rudy Vallee
Rudy Vallée (July 28, 1901 – July 3, 1986) was an American singer, actor, bandleader, and entertainer.
Having played drums in his high school band, Vallée played clarinet and saxophone in various bands around New England in his youth. In 1917, he decided to enlist for World War I, but was discharged when the Navy authorities found out that he was only 15. He enlisted in Portland, Maine on March 29, 1917, under the false birthdate of July 28, 1899. He was discharged at the Naval Training Station, Newport, Rhode Island, on May 17, 1917 with 41 days of active service. From 1924 through 1925, he played with the "Savoy Havana Band" in London. He then returned to the States to obtain a degree in Philosophy from Yale and to form his own band, "Rudy Vallée and the Connecticut Yankees." With this band, which featured two violins, two saxophones, a piano, a banjo and drums, he started taking vocals (supposedly reluctantly at first). He had a rather thin, wavering tenor voice and seemed more at home singing sweet ballads than attempting vocals on jazz numbers. However, his singing, together with his suave manner and handsome boyish looks, attracted great attention, especially from young women. Vallée was given a recording contract and in 1928, he started performing on the radio.

Vallée became the most prominent and, arguably, the first of a new style of popular singer, the crooner. Previously, popular singers needed strong projecting voices to fill theaters in the days before the electric microphone. Crooners had soft voices that were well suited to the intimacy of the new medium of radio. Vallée's trombone-like vocal phrasing on "Deep Night" would inspire later crooners such as Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra and Perry Como to model their voice on jazz instruments.
Rudy Vallée megaphone crafted in between shows at the New York Palace in May 1929

Vallée also became what was perhaps the first complete example of the 20th century mass media pop star. Flappers mobbed him wherever he went. His live appearances were usually sold out, and even if his singing could hardly be heard in those venues not yet equipped with the new electronic microphones, his screaming female fans went home happy if they had caught sight of his lips through the opening of the trademark megaphone he sang through.

In 1929, Vallée made his first feature film, The Vagabond Lover for RKO Radio. His first films were made to cash in on his singing popularity. Despite Vallée's rather wooden initial performances, his acting greatly improved in the late 1930s and 1940s. Also in 1929, Vallée began hosting The Fleischmann's Yeast Hour, a very popular radio show at the time.

Vallée's recording career began in 1928 recording for Columbia Records' cheap labels (Harmony, Velvet Tone, and Diva). He signed to Victor in February 1929 and remained with them through to late 1931, leaving after a heated dispute with company executives over title selections. He then recorded for the short-lived, but extremely popular "Hit of the Week" label (which sold records laminated onto cardboard). In August 1932, he signed with Columbia and stayed with them through 1933; he returned to Victor in June 1933. His records were issued on Victor's new budget label, Bluebird, until November 1933 when he was moved up to the full-priced Victor label. He stayed with Victor until signing with ARC in 1936, who released his records on their Perfect, Melotone, Conqueror and Romeo labels until 1937 when he returned to Victor.
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 07/28/09 at 6:30 am

I read this as...

A funny-shaped device used to direct and amplify the voice.

A better description :)
Liberace's megaphone?

;D ;D
Those things are so annoying.

They sure can be, if in the wrong hands or a loud mouth. ;D

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 07/28/09 at 6:33 am

The co-person of the day...Beatrix Potter
Helen Beatrix Potter (28 July 1866 – 22 December 1943) was an English author, illustrator, mycologist and conservationist who was best known for her many best-selling children's books that featured animal characters, such as Peter Rabbit.

Born into a privileged household, Potter was educated by governesses and grew up isolated from other children. She had numerous pets and, through holidays spent in Scotland and the Lake District, developed a love of landscape, flora and fauna, all of which she closely observed and painted. Her parents discouraged her intellectual development as a young woman, but her study and watercolors of fungi led to her being widely respected in the field of mycology.

In her thirties, Potter published the highly successful children's book The Tale of Peter Rabbit, and became secretly engaged to her publisher Norman Warne. This caused a breach with her parents, who disapproved of her marrying someone of lower social status. Warne died before the wedding could take place.

Potter began writing and illustrating children's books full time. Having become financially independent of her parents, she was able to buy a farm in the Lake District, which she extended with other purchases over time. In her forties, she married William Heelis, a local solicitor. She became a sheep breeder and farmer while continuing to write and illustrate books for children. She published a total of twenty-three books.

Potter died in 1943, and left almost all of her property to her husband who, after his death in 1945, left it to The National Trust to preserve the beauty of the Lake District as she had known it and to protect it from developers.

Potter's books continue to sell well throughout the world, in multiple languages. Her stories have been retold in various formats, including a ballet, films and in animation.
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Womble on 07/28/09 at 6:42 am

I remember Rudy Vallee on the "Batman" TV show. He played the villian "Lord Marmaduke Fogg". Thanks Ninny. Very nice retropspects as usual.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/28/09 at 6:48 am

The co-person of the day...Beatrix Potter
Helen Beatrix Potter (28 July 1866 – 22 December 1943) was an English author, illustrator, mycologist and conservationist who was best known for her many best-selling children's books that featured animal characters, such as Peter Rabbit.

Born into a privileged household, Potter was educated by governesses and grew up isolated from other children. She had numerous pets and, through holidays spent in Scotland and the Lake District, developed a love of landscape, flora and fauna, all of which she closely observed and painted. Her parents discouraged her intellectual development as a young woman, but her study and watercolors of fungi led to her being widely respected in the field of mycology.

In her thirties, Potter published the highly successful children's book The Tale of Peter Rabbit, and became secretly engaged to her publisher Norman Warne. This caused a breach with her parents, who disapproved of her marrying someone of lower social status. Warne died before the wedding could take place.

Potter began writing and illustrating children's books full time. Having become financially independent of her parents, she was able to buy a farm in the Lake District, which she extended with other purchases over time. In her forties, she married William Heelis, a local solicitor. She became a sheep breeder and farmer while continuing to write and illustrate books for children. She published a total of twenty-three books.

Potter died in 1943, and left almost all of her property to her husband who, after his death in 1945, left it to The National Trust to preserve the beauty of the Lake District as she had known it and to protect it from developers.

Potter's books continue to sell well throughout the world, in multiple languages. Her stories have been retold in various formats, including a ballet, films and in animation.
There two plaques for Beatrix Potter in the London area, one near Earl's Court and the other in Chessington.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/28/09 at 6:51 am

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1122/555636792_5675632874_m.jpg

The Earl's Court Plaque

The Chessington Plaque will take longer to find.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 07/28/09 at 7:01 am

or even...

http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm66/Phil_O-Sopher/copyofabbeyvajs4.jpg

I must of been asleep when I looked at this the first time..Nice to see Alan :)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 07/28/09 at 7:10 am

I remember Rudy Vallee on the "Batman" TV show. He played the villian "Lord Marmaduke Fogg". Thanks Ninny. Very nice retropspects as usual.

I forgot all about that, Thanks for reminding me. :)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/28/09 at 8:14 am

I must of been asleep when I looked at this the first time..Nice to see Alan :)
Gives Janine a nudge...

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 07/28/09 at 10:48 am

Gives Janine a nudge...

Thanks :)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/28/09 at 10:51 am

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1122/555636792_5675632874_m.jpg

The Earl's Court Plaque

The Chessington Plaque will take longer to find.
Oh yes that other plaque.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/28/09 at 10:51 am

Thanks :)
It was a gentle nudge.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 07/28/09 at 11:06 am

It was a gentle nudge.

Just enough to get me back on track.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/28/09 at 11:10 am

Just enough to get me back on track.
Better now?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/28/09 at 11:17 am

Oh yes that other plaque.
The reason why I cannot find that other plaque in Chessington is because it is another children story writer Enid Blyton and not Beatrix Potter.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 07/28/09 at 12:06 pm

Better now?

Yes Daniel is keeping me on my toes...he loves playing with the keyboard and mouse.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/28/09 at 12:07 pm

Yes Daniel is keeping me on my toes...he loves playing with the keyboard and mouse.
A future member?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 07/28/09 at 12:09 pm

A future member?

Could be.. he gets mad if I don't let him hit the keyboard.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/28/09 at 12:11 pm

Could be.. he gets mad if I don't let him hit the keyboard.
Yes, he will be a future member, guaranteed.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: gibbo on 07/28/09 at 4:19 pm

I enjoyed the film, Miss Potter.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/28/09 at 4:57 pm

I enjoyed the film, Miss Potter.
I saw the trailer, and wanted to see the move and missed it.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 07/28/09 at 5:57 pm

I guess she doesn't know Harry Potter. ;D

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/29/09 at 5:14 am

I guess she doesn't know Harry Potter. ;D
She would not know of that serial of books.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/29/09 at 5:15 am

I enjoyed the film, Miss Potter.
That film contained several historical inaccuracies about Potter's life.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/29/09 at 5:32 am

I am expecting Janine (ninny) to be late today.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 07/29/09 at 5:46 am

I am expecting Janine (ninny) to be late today.

We took Daniel back home last night, only because my back was hurting.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/29/09 at 5:47 am

We took Daniel back home last night, only because my back was hurting.
so oyou can now relax with your back, but you are sitting up for the computer.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 07/29/09 at 6:01 am

The word of the day...Brigade
1.
1. A military unit consisting of a variable number of combat battalions or regiments.
2. A U.S. Army administrative and tactical unit composed of a headquarters unit, at least one unit of infantry or armor or both, and designated support units. A brigade can be commanded by a brigadier general or by a colonel.
2. A group of persons organized for a specific purpose: formed a bucket brigade to carry water to the fire.
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 07/29/09 at 6:04 am

The person of the day...David Niven
James David Graham Niven (1 March 1910 – 29 July 1983), known as David Niven, was an English actor and novelist, best known for his roles as Phileas Fogg in Around the World in 80 Days and Sir Charles Litton, a.k.a. "the Phantom," in The Pink Panther.
When Niven presented himself at the doors of Central Casting, he found out that he had to have a work permit, to allow him to reside and work in the U.S.

This meant that Niven had to leave U.S. soil, and he left for Mexico, where he worked as a "gun-man", cleaning and polishing the rifles of visiting American hunters. He received his Resident Alien Visa from the American Consulate when his birth certificate arrived from England. He then returned to the U.S. and was accepted by Central Casting as "Anglo-Saxon Type No. 2008."

His first work as an extra was as a Mexican in a Western. This inauspicious start notwithstanding, he then found himself an agent: Bill Hawks. He had several bit parts in 1933, 1934, and 1935, including a non-speaking part in MGM's Mutiny on the Bounty (1935), which led to some fortuitous publicity.

Niven thus came to the attention of independent film producer Samuel Goldwyn, who signed him to a contract and established his career. Niven appeared in 19 movies in the next four years. He had supporting roles in several major films: Rose-Marie (1936), Dodsworth (1936), The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936), The Prisoner of Zenda (1937); and leading roles in The Dawn Patrol (1938), Three Blind Mice (1938), and Wuthering Heights (1939), playing opposite such famous stars as Errol Flynn, Loretta Young, and Laurence Olivier. In 1939 he co-starred with Ginger Rogers in the RKO comedy Bachelor Mother, and starred as the eponymous gentleman thief in Raffles.

Niven joined what became known as the Hollywood Raj, a group of British actors in Hollywood. Other members of the group included Boris Karloff, Stan Laurel, Basil Rathbone, Ronald Colman, and C. Aubrey Smith. He and Errol Flynn shared a house, which they dubbed "Cirrhosis-by-the-Sea".
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 07/29/09 at 6:07 am

The co-person of the day...Cass Elliot
Cass Elliot (September 19, 1941 – July 29, 1974), born Ellen Naomi Cohen, was a noted American singer, best remembered as Mama Cass of the pop quartet The Mamas & the Papas. After the group broke up, she had a successful solo career, releasing five studio albums. Elliot was found dead in her room in London from an apparent heart attack after two sold-out performances at the Palladium. In 1998, Elliot was inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, among other members of the group, and her presenter into that institution was Shania Twain
Now that The New Journeymen had two female members, it needed a new name. According to Doherty, Elliot had the inspiration for the band's new name. Doherty writes on his website:
“ We're all just lying around vegging out watching TV and discussing names for the group. The New Journeymen was not a handle that was going to hang on this outfit. John was pushing for The Magic Cyrcle. Eech, but none of us could come up with anything better, then we switch the channel and, hey, it's the Hell's Angels on this talk show... And the first thing we hear is: "Now hold on there, Hoss. Some people call our women cheap, but we just call them our Mamas." Cass jumped up: "Yeah! I want to be a Mama." And Michelle is going: "We're the Mamas! We're the Mamas!" OK. I look at John. He's looking at me going: "The Papas?" Problem solved. A toast! To The Mamas and the Papas. Well, after many, many toasts, Cass and John are passed out." ”

Doherty went on to say that the occasion marked the beginning of his affair with Michelle. Elliot was in love with Doherty, so was displeased when he told her about the affair. Doherty has said that Cass once proposed to him, but that he was so stoned at the time, he could not even respond.

Elliot, known for her sense of humor and optimism, was considered by some to be the most charismatic member of the group. Her warm, distinctive voice was a large factor in their success. She is best remembered for her vocals on the group's hits "California Dreamin'", "Monday Monday", and "Words of Love", and particularly for the solo "Dream a Little Dream of Me", which the group recorded in 1968 after learning about the death of Fabian Andre, one of the men who co-wrote it, whom Michelle Phillips had met years earlier. Elliot's version is noteworthy for being a ballad, whereas almost all earlier recordings of "Dream a Little Dream of Me" (including one by Nat King Cole) had been quick, up-tempo versions — the song having actually been written in 1931 as a dance tune for the nightclubs of the day.

They continued to record to meet the terms of their record contract until their final album was released in 1971.
http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w273/stevothepunk666/CassElliot1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v282/johnsmusicbox/Cass.jpg

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/29/09 at 6:11 am

The word of the day...Brigade
1.
1. A military unit consisting of a variable number of combat battalions or regiments.
2. A U.S. Army administrative and tactical unit composed of a headquarters unit, at least one unit of infantry or armor or both, and designated support units. A brigade can be commanded by a brigadier general or by a colonel.
2. A group of persons organized for a specific purpose: formed a bucket brigade to carry water to the fire.
Playing with soldiers again?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/29/09 at 6:11 am

The person of the day...David Niven
James David Graham Niven (1 March 1910 – 29 July 1983), known as David Niven, was an English actor and novelist, best known for his roles as Phileas Fogg in Around the World in 80 Days and Sir Charles Litton, a.k.a. "the Phantom," in The Pink Panther.
When Niven presented himself at the doors of Central Casting, he found out that he had to have a work permit, to allow him to reside and work in the U.S.

This meant that Niven had to leave U.S. soil, and he left for Mexico, where he worked as a "gun-man", cleaning and polishing the rifles of visiting American hunters. He received his Resident Alien Visa from the American Consulate when his birth certificate arrived from England. He then returned to the U.S. and was accepted by Central Casting as "Anglo-Saxon Type No. 2008."

His first work as an extra was as a Mexican in a Western. This inauspicious start notwithstanding, he then found himself an agent: Bill Hawks. He had several bit parts in 1933, 1934, and 1935, including a non-speaking part in MGM's Mutiny on the Bounty (1935), which led to some fortuitous publicity.

Niven thus came to the attention of independent film producer Samuel Goldwyn, who signed him to a contract and established his career. Niven appeared in 19 movies in the next four years. He had supporting roles in several major films: Rose-Marie (1936), Dodsworth (1936), The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936), The Prisoner of Zenda (1937); and leading roles in The Dawn Patrol (1938), Three Blind Mice (1938), and Wuthering Heights (1939), playing opposite such famous stars as Errol Flynn, Loretta Young, and Laurence Olivier. In 1939 he co-starred with Ginger Rogers in the RKO comedy Bachelor Mother, and starred as the eponymous gentleman thief in Raffles.

Niven joined what became known as the Hollywood Raj, a group of British actors in Hollywood. Other members of the group included Boris Karloff, Stan Laurel, Basil Rathbone, Ronald Colman, and C. Aubrey Smith. He and Errol Flynn shared a house, which they dubbed "Cirrhosis-by-the-Sea".

Another Brit!

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/29/09 at 6:13 am

The co-person of the day...Cass Elliot
Cass Elliot (September 19, 1941 – July 29, 1974), born Ellen Naomi Cohen, was a noted American singer, best remembered as Mama Cass of the pop quartet The Mamas & the Papas. After the group broke up, she had a successful solo career, releasing five studio albums. Elliot was found dead in her room in London from an apparent heart attack after two sold-out performances at the Palladium. In 1998, Elliot was inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, among other members of the group, and her presenter into that institution was Shania Twain
Now that The New Journeymen had two female members, it needed a new name. According to Doherty, Elliot had the inspiration for the band's new name. Doherty writes on his website:
“ We're all just lying around vegging out watching TV and discussing names for the group. The New Journeymen was not a handle that was going to hang on this outfit. John was pushing for The Magic Cyrcle. Eech, but none of us could come up with anything better, then we switch the channel and, hey, it's the Hell's Angels on this talk show... And the first thing we hear is: "Now hold on there, Hoss. Some people call our women cheap, but we just call them our Mamas." Cass jumped up: "Yeah! I want to be a Mama." And Michelle is going: "We're the Mamas! We're the Mamas!" OK. I look at John. He's looking at me going: "The Papas?" Problem solved. A toast! To The Mamas and the Papas. Well, after many, many toasts, Cass and John are passed out." ”

Doherty went on to say that the occasion marked the beginning of his affair with Michelle. Elliot was in love with Doherty, so was displeased when he told her about the affair. Doherty has said that Cass once proposed to him, but that he was so stoned at the time, he could not even respond.

Elliot, known for her sense of humor and optimism, was considered by some to be the most charismatic member of the group. Her warm, distinctive voice was a large factor in their success. She is best remembered for her vocals on the group's hits "California Dreamin'", "Monday Monday", and "Words of Love", and particularly for the solo "Dream a Little Dream of Me", which the group recorded in 1968 after learning about the death of Fabian Andre, one of the men who co-wrote it, whom Michelle Phillips had met years earlier. Elliot's version is noteworthy for being a ballad, whereas almost all earlier recordings of "Dream a Little Dream of Me" (including one by Nat King Cole) had been quick, up-tempo versions — the song having actually been written in 1931 as a dance tune for the nightclubs of the day.

Most people think she died from choking on a chicken bone, but like as you said, she did die from a heart attack.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/29/09 at 6:16 am

The co-person of the day...Cass Elliot
Cass Elliot (September 19, 1941 – July 29, 1974), born Ellen Naomi Cohen, was a noted American singer, best remembered as Mama Cass of the pop quartet The Mamas & the Papas. After the group broke up, she had a successful solo career, releasing five studio albums. Elliot was found dead in her room in London from an apparent heart attack after two sold-out performances at the Palladium. In 1998, Elliot was inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, among other members of the group, and her presenter into that institution was Shania Twain
Now that The New Journeymen had two female members, it needed a new name. According to Doherty, Elliot had the inspiration for the band's new name. Doherty writes on his website:
“ We're all just lying around vegging out watching TV and discussing names for the group. The New Journeymen was not a handle that was going to hang on this outfit. John was pushing for The Magic Cyrcle. Eech, but none of us could come up with anything better, then we switch the channel and, hey, it's the Hell's Angels on this talk show... And the first thing we hear is: "Now hold on there, Hoss. Some people call our women cheap, but we just call them our Mamas." Cass jumped up: "Yeah! I want to be a Mama." And Michelle is going: "We're the Mamas! We're the Mamas!" OK. I look at John. He's looking at me going: "The Papas?" Problem solved. A toast! To The Mamas and the Papas. Well, after many, many toasts, Cass and John are passed out." ”

Doherty went on to say that the occasion marked the beginning of his affair with Michelle. Elliot was in love with Doherty, so was displeased when he told her about the affair. Doherty has said that Cass once proposed to him, but that he was so stoned at the time, he could not even respond.

Elliot, known for her sense of humor and optimism, was considered by some to be the most charismatic member of the group. Her warm, distinctive voice was a large factor in their success. She is best remembered for her vocals on the group's hits "California Dreamin'", "Monday Monday", and "Words of Love", and particularly for the solo "Dream a Little Dream of Me", which the group recorded in 1968 after learning about the death of Fabian Andre, one of the men who co-wrote it, whom Michelle Phillips had met years earlier. Elliot's version is noteworthy for being a ballad, whereas almost all earlier recordings of "Dream a Little Dream of Me" (including one by Nat King Cole) had been quick, up-tempo versions — the song having actually been written in 1931 as a dance tune for the nightclubs of the day.
Curiously, the flat she died in belonged to Harry Nilsson and it was the same flat where Keith Moon was died in four years later.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 07/29/09 at 6:19 am

The co-person of the day...Cass Elliot
Cass Elliot (September 19, 1941 – July 29, 1974), born Ellen Naomi Cohen, was a noted American singer, best remembered as Mama Cass of the pop quartet The Mamas & the Papas. After the group broke up, she had a successful solo career, releasing five studio albums. Elliot was found dead in her room in London from an apparent heart attack after two sold-out performances at the Palladium. In 1998, Elliot was inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, among other members of the group, and her presenter into that institution was Shania Twain
Now that The New Journeymen had two female members, it needed a new name. According to Doherty, Elliot had the inspiration for the band's new name. Doherty writes on his website:
“ We're all just lying around vegging out watching TV and discussing names for the group. The New Journeymen was not a handle that was going to hang on this outfit. John was pushing for The Magic Cyrcle. Eech, but none of us could come up with anything better, then we switch the channel and, hey, it's the Hell's Angels on this talk show... And the first thing we hear is: "Now hold on there, Hoss. Some people call our women cheap, but we just call them our Mamas." Cass jumped up: "Yeah! I want to be a Mama." And Michelle is going: "We're the Mamas! We're the Mamas!" OK. I look at John. He's looking at me going: "The Papas?" Problem solved. A toast! To The Mamas and the Papas. Well, after many, many toasts, Cass and John are passed out." ”

Doherty went on to say that the occasion marked the beginning of his affair with Michelle. Elliot was in love with Doherty, so was displeased when he told her about the affair. Doherty has said that Cass once proposed to him, but that he was so stoned at the time, he could not even respond.

Elliot, known for her sense of humor and optimism, was considered by some to be the most charismatic member of the group. Her warm, distinctive voice was a large factor in their success. She is best remembered for her vocals on the group's hits "California Dreamin'", "Monday Monday", and "Words of Love", and particularly for the solo "Dream a Little Dream of Me", which the group recorded in 1968 after learning about the death of Fabian Andre, one of the men who co-wrote it, whom Michelle Phillips had met years earlier. Elliot's version is noteworthy for being a ballad, whereas almost all earlier recordings of "Dream a Little Dream of Me" (including one by Nat King Cole) had been quick, up-tempo versions — the song having actually been written in 1931 as a dance tune for the nightclubs of the day.

They continued to record to meet the terms of their record contract until their final album was released in 1971.
http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w273/stevothepunk666/CassElliot1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v282/johnsmusicbox/Cass.jpg

She would've made good music today if she was still alive.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/29/09 at 6:20 am

She would've made good music today if she was still alive.
Oh yes.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 07/29/09 at 6:22 am

Oh yes.

Would she collaborate with anyone?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/29/09 at 6:23 am

Would she collaborate with anyone?
More than likely.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 07/29/09 at 6:24 am

More than likely.

At her age,probably not.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/29/09 at 6:27 am

At her age,probably not.
Cass Elliott born in 1941 does not hinder singing, if aliive today she would have been 68. Paul McCartney is still on tour at the age of 67.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/29/09 at 6:27 am

...Paul McCartney is still on tour at the age of 67.
...and was when he was 64.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 07/29/09 at 6:28 am

Cass Elliott born in 1941 does not hinder singing, if aliive today she would have been 68. Paul McCartney is still on tour at the age of 67.

that would have a good collaboration Mama Cass And Paul.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/29/09 at 6:30 am

that would have a good collaboration Mama Cass And Paul.
You may never have known

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/29/09 at 6:31 am

At her age,probably not.
Gene Pitney was 66 when died from his heart attack in 2006 at the age of 66.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 07/29/09 at 6:32 am

You may never have known

or she would've opened up his show for him.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 07/29/09 at 6:32 am

Curiously, the flat she died in belonged to Harry Nilsson and it was the same flat where Keith Moon was died in four years later.

WOW!..Maybe it's cursed.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/29/09 at 6:32 am

At her age,probably not.
Andy Wiliams (born December 3, 1927) is still on tour.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 07/29/09 at 6:32 am

Andy Wiliams (born December 3, 1927) is still on tour.

and still making good music.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/29/09 at 6:34 am

Curiously, the flat she died in belonged to Harry Nilsson and it was the same flat where Keith Moon was died in four years later.

WOW!..Maybe it's cursed.
That is the talk in the realms of the pop world, remember that Harry Nilsson died at the aged of 52 (still young).

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/29/09 at 6:36 am

Curiously, the flat she died in belonged to Harry Nilsson and it was the same flat where Keith Moon was died in four years later.
The address of the flat is 12 Curzon Street in Mayfair London, I must see the building of it.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 07/29/09 at 6:38 am

Another Brit!

Yes I get my list from Wikipedia, they must love the British because they usually have a list of cricket,rugby &football players I never heard of.
Most of the people I pick I hope everyone knows,or at least has heard of. Once in a while I have to pick someone who was born on that day,if I can't find anyone who has passed away that is familiar.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/29/09 at 6:40 am

Yes I get my list from Wikipedia, they must love the British because they usually have a list of cricket,rugby &football players I never heard of.
Most of the people I pick I hope everyone knows,or at least has heard of. Once in a while I have to pick someone who was born on that day,if I can't find anyone who has passed away that is familiar.
I am wondering is wiki British based.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 07/29/09 at 6:41 am

Andy Wiliams (born December 3, 1927) is still on tour.

Tony Bennett (born Aug.3 1926)
In January 2009, Bennett performed at the conclusion of the final Macworld Conference & Expo for Apple Inc., singing the "The Best Is Yet to Come" and "I Left My Heart In San Francisco" to a standing ovation. On May 1, Bennett made his Jazz Fest debut in New Orleans

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/29/09 at 6:44 am

The address of the flat is 12 Curzon Street in Mayfair London, I must see the building of it.
The falt can be seen on Google Street View if the search is "12 Curzon Street London".

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 07/29/09 at 6:45 am

I am wondering is wiki British based.

The 2 co-founders are American..one was born in Alabama the other Alaska. One left Wiki and founded Citizendium.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/29/09 at 6:46 am

The 2 co-founders are American..one was born in Alabama the other Alaska. One left Wiki and founded Citizendium.
Many thanks, it saves me looking that up.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/29/09 at 6:46 am

The 2 co-founders are American..one was born in Alabama the other Alaska. One left Wiki and founded Citizendium.
Obobi contributes to many of the cricket sections in wiki.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 07/29/09 at 6:49 am

The falt can be seen on Google Street View if the search is "12 Curzon Street London".

That's cool.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/29/09 at 6:50 am

That's cool.
But you stil have to drag the little orange man into the indicated raod the view the flat.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/29/09 at 6:51 am

That's cool.
When I go there, I will take my camera with me.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 07/29/09 at 7:11 am

But you stil have to drag the little orange man into the indicated raod the view the flat.

I viewed the street view with people walking down the street.

When I go there, I will take my camera with me.

That would be good.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/29/09 at 7:15 am

I viewed the street view with people walking down the street.
With there faces blurred out.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 07/29/09 at 8:12 am

With there faces blurred out.

The one gentlemen that was facing the camera was. Then I looked at the intersection of Curzon & Half Moon and someplace called Ye Grapes.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/29/09 at 8:17 am

The one gentlemen that was facing the camera was. Then I looked at the intersection of Curzon & Half Moon and someplace called Ye Grapes.
If you saw the Curzon Cinema I saw 2001: A Space Odyssey in there a few years back.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/29/09 at 4:12 pm

That is the talk in the realms of the pop world, remember that Harry Nilsson died at the aged of 52 (still young).
To add to the cursed flat of Harry Nilsson.

The song Without You is cursed for the song writers Pete Ham and Tom Evans of the rock group Badfinger both die young by suicide.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: gibbo on 07/29/09 at 4:18 pm

David Niven was in a host of Brit movies that were not well known.

I really liked Mama Cass' voice. Loved 'Dream A Little Dream Of Me'...

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/29/09 at 4:26 pm

David Niven was born (1910) in the Hanover Square area of London and as far as I known there is no erected plaque yet.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/29/09 at 4:28 pm

David Niven died on the same day as Raymond Massey, his co-star in The Prisoner of Zenda and A Matter of Life and Death.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Frank on 07/29/09 at 4:45 pm

That is the talk in the realms of the pop world, remember that Harry Nilsson died at the aged of 52 (still young).

Harry, I miss ya. Loved his song " The most beautiful world in the world"
Mama Cass, great great voice.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: seamermar on 07/29/09 at 5:49 pm

We took Daniel back home last night, only because my back was hurting.

A hard work indeed Janine ??? take care of your back if you wanna get Danny back.

Good wishes to both of you :)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 07/29/09 at 5:57 pm

I liked that other Mama Cass song.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 07/29/09 at 8:20 pm

David Niven died on the same day as Raymond Massey, his co-star in The Prisoner of Zenda and A Matter of Life and Death.

He was in the running for person of the day, it just so happened that the other 2 caught my eye first.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 07/29/09 at 8:25 pm

A hard work indeed Janine ??? take care of your back if you wanna get Danny back.

Good wishes to both of you :)

Thanks :) of course as soon as he's gone I miss him, being 5 months old he hasn't learned how to crawl yet and he likes being held and carried around. I'm disabled because of my back and at @16lbs he can be a handful to carry around.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 07/29/09 at 8:28 pm

I liked that other Mama Cass song.

Make Your Own Kind Of Music? or is it a song she did with The Mamas & The Papas.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/30/09 at 1:33 am

Second song heard on the readio today

It's Getting Better ~ Mama Cass

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: seamermar on 07/30/09 at 2:25 am

I'm gonna hear it Sir ;)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/30/09 at 2:27 am

The person of the day...David Niven
James David Graham Niven (1 March 1910 – 29 July 1983), known as David Niven, was an English actor and novelist, best known for his roles as Phileas Fogg in Around the World in 80 Days and Sir Charles Litton, a.k.a. "the Phantom," in The Pink Panther.
When Niven presented himself at the doors of Central Casting, he found out that he had to have a work permit, to allow him to reside and work in the U.S.

This meant that Niven had to leave U.S. soil, and he left for Mexico, where he worked as a "gun-man", cleaning and polishing the rifles of visiting American hunters. He received his Resident Alien Visa from the American Consulate when his birth certificate arrived from England. He then returned to the U.S. and was accepted by Central Casting as "Anglo-Saxon Type No. 2008."

His first work as an extra was as a Mexican in a Western. This inauspicious start notwithstanding, he then found himself an agent: Bill Hawks. He had several bit parts in 1933, 1934, and 1935, including a non-speaking part in MGM's Mutiny on the Bounty (1935), which led to some fortuitous publicity.

Niven thus came to the attention of independent film producer Samuel Goldwyn, who signed him to a contract and established his career. Niven appeared in 19 movies in the next four years. He had supporting roles in several major films: Rose-Marie (1936), Dodsworth (1936), The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936), The Prisoner of Zenda (1937); and leading roles in The Dawn Patrol (1938), Three Blind Mice (1938), and Wuthering Heights (1939), playing opposite such famous stars as Errol Flynn, Loretta Young, and Laurence Olivier. In 1939 he co-starred with Ginger Rogers in the RKO comedy Bachelor Mother, and starred as the eponymous gentleman thief in Raffles.

Niven joined what became known as the Hollywood Raj, a group of British actors in Hollywood. Other members of the group included Boris Karloff, Stan Laurel, Basil Rathbone, Ronald Colman, and C. Aubrey Smith. He and Errol Flynn shared a house, which they dubbed "Cirrhosis-by-the-Sea".
It is guaranteed that in every charity shop in the UK you will see a copy of The Moon's A Balloon by David Niven. It was a very popular book at the time of printing with many copies sold.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 07/30/09 at 5:50 am

The word of the day...Bride
A woman who is about to be married or has recently been married.
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 07/30/09 at 5:53 am

The person of the day...Claudette Colbert
Claudette Colbert (pronounced /koʊlˈbɛr/; September 13, 1903 – July 30, 1996) was a French-born American stage and film actress.

Born in Saint-Mandé, France and raised in New York City, Colbert began her career in Broadway productions during the 1920s, progressing to film with the advent of talking pictures. She established a successful film career with Paramount Pictures and later, as a freelance performer, became one of the highest paid entertainers in American cinema. Colbert was recognized as one of the leading female exponents of screwball comedy, but was also known for her versatility; she won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her comedic performance in It Happened One Night (1934), and also received Academy Award nominations for her dramatic roles in Private Worlds (1935) and Since You Went Away (1944).

Her film career began to decline in the 1950s, and she made her last film in 1961. She continued to act extensively in theater and briefly television during her later years. After a career of more than 60 years, Colbert retired to her home in Barbados, where she died at the age of 92, following a series of strokes.

Colbert received theatre awards from the Sarah Siddons Society and also received lifetime achievement awards from Kennedy Center Honors, and in 1999, the American Film Institute placed her at number 12 on their "AFI's 100 Years... 100 Stars" list of the "50 Greatest American Screen Legends".
Colbert's success allowed her to renegotiate her contract, raising her salary. In 1935 and 1936, she was listed in the annual "Quigley Poll of the Top Ten Money Making Stars", which was compiled from the votes of movie exhibitors throughout the U.S. for the stars that had generated the most revenue in their theaters over the previous year.

She received a second Academy Award nomination for her role in the hospital drama, Private Worlds (1935).

In 1936, she signed a new contract with Paramount Pictures, which required her to make seven films over a two year period, and this contract made her Hollywood's highest paid actress. This was followed by a contract renewal in 1938, after which she was reported to be the highest paid performer in Hollywood with a salary of $426,924. Her films during this period include The Gilded Lily (1935) and The Bride Comes Home (1935) with Fred MacMurray, She Married Her Boss (1935), with Melvyn Douglas, Under Two Flags (1936), with Ronald Colman, Maid of Salem (1937), again with MacMurray, Tovarich (1937), with Charles Boyer, Bluebeard's Eighth Wife (1938), with Gary Cooper, Zaza (1939), with Herbert Marshall, Midnight (1939), with Don Ameche and It's a Wonderful World (1939), with James Stewart.
In the film Tovarich (1937)

With her success, Colbert was able to assert control over the manner in which she was portrayed and she gained a reputation for being fastidious by refusing to be filmed from her right side. She believed that her face was uneven and photographed better from the left. She learned about lighting and cinematography, and refused to begin filming until she was satisfied that she would be shown to her best advantage. An example of Colbert's determination to control the way she was photographed, took place during the filming of Tovarich in 1937, when one of her favored cameramen was dismissed by the director, Anatole Litvak. After seeing the rushes filmed by the replacement, Colbert refused to continue. She insisted on hiring her own cameraman, and offered to waive her salary if the film went over budget as a result. Drums Along the Mohawk (1939) with Henry Fonda was Colbert's first color film, however she distrusted the relatively new Technicolor process and feared that she would not photograph well, preferring thereafter to be filmed in black-and-white.
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 07/30/09 at 5:57 am

The co-person of the day...Buffalo Bob Smith
Buffalo Bob Smith (born Robert Emil Schmidt; November 27, 1917 – July 30, 1998) was the host of the children's show Howdy Doody.
Born in Buffalo, New York, he attended Masten Park High School. Buffalo Bob got his start in radio as a singer and musician, appearing on many top shows of the time before becoming nationally known for the Howdy Doody Show.

In 1970 and 1971, he embarked on a live tour of mostly college campuses. One show, on April 4, 1971, was recorded and released as an LP, on the label: Project 3 Total Sound Stereo. It was titled, Buffalo Bob Smith Live at Bill Graham's Fillmore East.

He had a summer residence in Princeton, Maine as well as owning radio station WQDY in Calais, Maine. He was well liked by locals, and occasionally MC'd local events.

After his retirement, Smith retired to North Carolina becoming a member of Pinecrest Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church (ARP) in Flat Rock, North Carolina.

He died in Hendersonville, North Carolina in 1998. three days before Shari Lewis the creator of Lamb Chop
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/30/09 at 6:09 am

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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 07/30/09 at 6:21 am

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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/30/09 at 6:23 am

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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/30/09 at 6:24 am

http://www.impawards.com/1968/posters/bride_wore_black_ver2.jpg

A French film, The Bride Wore Black

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/30/09 at 6:25 am

http://www.englishrussia.com/images/russian_brides/russian_bride4.jpg

Oh dear!

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 07/30/09 at 6:29 am

http://www.englishrussia.com/images/russian_brides/russian_bride4.jpg

Oh dear!

Howard will like :)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/30/09 at 6:31 am

Howard will like :)
That was my first thought when sending it

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 07/30/09 at 7:00 am

Make Your Own Kind Of Music? or is it a song she did with The Mamas & The Papas.

Words of Love.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 07/30/09 at 7:02 am

Howard will like :)

What kind of bride is that? :o

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/30/09 at 7:11 am

What kind of bride is that? :o
A very cold one ?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/30/09 at 7:11 am

What kind of bride is that? :o
The JGP says Russian.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/30/09 at 7:12 am

Words of Love.
The song written by Buddy Holly

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 07/30/09 at 7:42 am

Words of Love.

With The Mamas & The Papas
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaFgBIuXbBs&feature=PlayList&p=1D33DCAB407D6BCC&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=10#

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 07/30/09 at 8:04 am

With The Mamas & The Papas
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaFgBIuXbBs&feature=PlayList&p=1D33DCAB407D6BCC&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=10#

Thanks ninny. :)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/30/09 at 8:08 am

With The Mamas & The Papas
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaFgBIuXbBs&feature=PlayList&p=1D33DCAB407D6BCC&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=10#
Thanks, it is a different song than the one I was thinking of.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/30/09 at 9:49 am

http://www.impawards.com/1968/posters/bride_wore_black_ver2.jpg

A French film, The Bride Wore Black
Blast a red cross!

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/30/09 at 9:53 am

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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/30/09 at 10:26 am

The only film I can recall seeing of Claudette Colbert is It Happened One Night

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/30/09 at 1:58 pm

The co-person of the day...Buffalo Bob Smith

... died in Hendersonville, North Carolina in 1998. three days before Shari Lewis the creator of Lamb Chop

Now that is curious?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 07/30/09 at 3:18 pm

Now that is curious?

I was going to say maybe it was the puppet connection they had, but I see she had uterine cancer, so it was just a coincidence.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/30/09 at 3:19 pm

I was going to say maybe it was the puppet connection they had, but I see she had uterine cancer, so it was just a coincidence.
Did she see him as a form of mentor?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: gibbo on 07/30/09 at 4:22 pm

The only film I can recall seeing of Claudette Colbert is It Happened One Night

I saw her on stage (in Brisbane) co-starring with Rex Harrison, back in the late 80's. I remember in a few movies (but none come to mind as I type).. :-\\

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: gibbo on 07/30/09 at 4:24 pm

Brides in underwear (at the ceremony)!!! :o This shows a great disrespect for the ceremony and ocassion itself...and is tacky (includes 3rd pic in ninny's montage)! Other than that ....Va Va Va Voom! ::)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/30/09 at 4:41 pm

I saw her on stage (in Brisbane) co-starring with Rex Harrison, back in the late 80's. I remember in a few movies (but none come to mind as I type).. :-\\
Did she still have her charm?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 07/30/09 at 5:54 pm

Was Mama Cass always overweight? ???

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: gibbo on 07/30/09 at 6:54 pm

Was Mama Cass always overweight? ???

I beleive she was chubby as a baby! ;)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Womble on 07/30/09 at 8:03 pm

Hey, Ninny! You really out-did yourself this time! You touched on three of my favorite people! Claudet Colbert (Loved her in the "Egg and I"), David Niven ("Old Dracula"), and especially Mama Cass Elliot. I love her song "Different". Thanks, Ninny and 3 Cheers to ya'! :) :) :)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 07/30/09 at 9:37 pm

Hey, Ninny! You really out-did yourself this time! You touched on three of my favorite people! Claudet Colbert (Loved her in the "Egg and I"), David Niven ("Old Dracula"), and especially Mama Cass Elliot. I love her song "Different". Thanks, Ninny and 3 Cheers to ya'! :) :) :)

I'm glad you liked my choices :)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 07/30/09 at 9:39 pm

Brides in underwear (at the ceremony)!!! :o This shows a great disrespect for the ceremony and ocassion itself...and is tacky (includes 3rd pic in ninny's montage)! Other than that ....Va Va Va Voom! ::)

:-[ I never noticed umm her unique dress till now.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/30/09 at 11:34 pm

Was Mama Cass always overweight? ???
It was the way she was.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/30/09 at 11:34 pm

I beleive she was chubby as a baby! ;)
Chubby, that is the word I was looking for.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 07/31/09 at 6:07 am

The word of the day...wall(s)
1. An upright structure of masonry, wood, plaster, or other building material serving to enclose, divide, or protect an area, especially a vertical construction forming an inner partition or exterior siding of a building.
2. A continuous structure of masonry or other material forming a rampart and built for defensive purposes. Often used in the plural.
3. A structure of stonework, cement, or other material built to retain a flow of water.
4.
1. Something resembling a wall in appearance, function, or construction, as the exterior surface of a body organ or part: the abdominal wall.
2. Something resembling a wall in impenetrability or strength: a wall of silence; a wall of fog.
3. An extreme or desperate condition or position, such as defeat or ruin: driven to the wall by poverty.
5. Sports. The vertical surface of an ocean wave in surfing.
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 07/31/09 at 6:12 am

The person of the day...Jim Reeves
James Travis Reeves (August 20, 1923 – July 31, 1964) was an American country and pop music singer-songwriter popular in the 1950s and 1960s who also gained a wide international following for his pioneering smooth Nashville sound. Known as Gentleman Jim, his songs continued to chart for years following his death at age 40 in a private airplane crash. He is a member of the Country Music and Texas Country Music halls of fame.
Reeves' first country hits included "I Love You Because" (a duet with Ginny Wright), "Mexican Joe", "Bimbo" and other songs on both Fabor Records and Abbott Records. He recorded only one album for Abbott, 1955's Jim Reeves Sings (Abbott 5001). Eventually he tired of the novelty bracket he had been forced into, and left for RCA Victor. In 1955, Reeves was signed to a 10-year recording contract by Stephen Sholes, who produced some of Reeves' first recordings at RCA and signed Elvis Presley for the label that same year.

In his earliest RCA recordings, Reeves was still singing in the loud style of his first recordings, considered standard for country & western performers at that time. He softened his volume, using a lower pitch and singing with lips nearly touching the microphone, but ran into some resistance at RCA; until in 1957, with the support of his producer Chet Atkins, he used this style on his version of a demo song of lost love, written from a woman's perspective (and intended for a female singer). "Four Walls" not only took top position on the country charts, but went to number eleven on the popular charts. Reeves had not only opened the door to wider acceptance for other country singers, but also helped usher in a new style of country music, using violins and lusher background arrangements soon called the Nashville sound.

Reeves became known as a crooner because of his warm, velvety voice. His songs were remarkable for their simple elegance highlighted by his rich light baritone voice. Songs such as "Adios Amigo," "Welcome To My World", and "Am I Losing You?" demonstrated this approach. His Christmas songs have been perennial favorites, including "Silver Bells," "Blue Christmas" and "An Old Christmas Card."
Reeves toured Britain and Ireland in 1963 between his tours of South Africa and Europe. Reeves and The Blue Boys were in Ireland from May 30 to June 19, 1963; with a tour of US military bases from June 10 to June 15, when they returned to Ireland. They performed in most counties in Ireland, though Reeves occasionally cut performances short because he was unhappy with the piano. In a June 6, 1963 interview with Spotlight magazine, Reeves expressed his concerns about the tour schedule and the condition of the pianos, but said he was pleased with the audiences.

He planned to record an album of popular Irish songs, and had three number one songs in Ireland in 1963 and 1964: "Welcome to My World," "I Love You Because," and "I Won't Forget You." Reeves had 11 songs in the Irish charts from 1962 to 1967. He recorded two Irish ballads, "Danny Boy" and "Maureen."

He was permitted to perform in Ireland by the Irish Federation of Musicians on the condition that he share the bill with Irish show bands, becoming popular by 1963. The British Federation of Musicians would not permit him to perform there because no agreement existed for British show bands to travel to America in exchange for the Blue Boys playing in Great Britain. Reeves, however, appeared on British radio and TV programs
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Written By: ninny on 07/31/09 at 6:17 am

The co-person of the day...Franz Liszt
Franz Liszt (Hungarian: Liszt Ferenc, pronounced ) (October 22, 1811 – July 31, 1886) was a world famous Hungarian composer, virtuoso pianist and teacher.

Liszt became renowned throughout Europe for his great skill as a performer during the 19th century. He is said to have been the most technically advanced and perhaps greatest pianist of all time. He was also an important and influential composer, a notable piano teacher, a conductor who contributed significantly to the modern development of the art, and a benefactor to other composers and performers, notably Richard Wagner, Hector Berlioz, Camille Saint-Saëns, Edvard Grieg and Alexander Borodin.

As a composer, Liszt was one of the most prominent representatives of the "Neudeutsche Schule" ("New German School"). He left behind a huge and diverse body of work, in which he influenced his forward-looking contemporaries and anticipated some 20th-century ideas and trends. Some of his most notable contributions were the invention of the symphonic poem, developing the concept of thematic transformation as part of his experiments in musical form and making radical departures in harmony
iszt was a prolific composer. Most of his music is for the piano and much of it requires formidable technique. His thoroughly revised masterwork, Années de Pèlerinage ("Years of Pilgrimage") includes arguably his most provocative and stirring pieces. This set of three suites ranges from the virtuosity of the Suisse Orage (Storm) to the subtle and imaginative visualisations of artworks by Michelangelo and Raphael in the second set. Années contains some pieces which are loose transcriptions of Liszt's own earlier compositions; the first "year" recreates his early pieces of Album d'un voyageur, while the second book includes a resetting of his own song transcriptions once separately published as Tre sonetti di Petrarca ("Three sonnets of Petrarch"). The relative obscurity of the vast majority of his works may be explained by the immense number of pieces he composed.

In his most famous and virtuosic works, he is the archetypal Romantic composer. Liszt pioneered the technique of thematic transformation, a method of development which was related to both the existing variation technique and to the new use of the Leitmotif by Richard Wagner.

Liszt's piano works are usually divided into two classes. On the one hand, there are "original works", and on the other hand "transcriptions", "paraphrases" or "fantasies" on works by other composers. Examples for the first class are works such as the piece Harmonies poétiques et religieuses of May 1833 and the Piano Sonata in B minor. Liszt's transcriptions of Schubert songs, his fantasies on operatic melodies, and his piano arrangements of symphonies by Berlioz and Beethoven are examples for the second class. As special case, Liszt also made piano arrangements of own instrumental and vocal works. Examples of this kind are the arrangement of the second movement "Gretchen" of his Faust Symphony and the first "Mephisto Waltz" as well as the "Liebesträume No.3" and the two volumes of his "Buch der Lieder".
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/31/09 at 6:18 am

The word of the day...wall(s)
1. An upright structure of masonry, wood, plaster, or other building material serving to enclose, divide, or protect an area, especially a vertical construction forming an inner partition or exterior siding of a building.
2. A continuous structure of masonry or other material forming a rampart and built for defensive purposes. Often used in the plural.
3. A structure of stonework, cement, or other material built to retain a flow of water.
4.
1. Something resembling a wall in appearance, function, or construction, as the exterior surface of a body organ or part: the abdominal wall.
2. Something resembling a wall in impenetrability or strength: a wall of silence; a wall of fog.
3. An extreme or desperate condition or position, such as defeat or ruin: driven to the wall by poverty.
5. Sports. The vertical surface of an ocean wave in surfing.
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Hadrian's Wall (Latin: perhaps Vallum Aelium, "the Aelian wall") is a stone and turf fortification built by the Roman Empire across the width of what is now northern England. Begun in 122, during the rule of emperor Hadrian, it was the middle of three such fortifications built across Great Britain, the first being from the River Clyde to the River Forth under Gnaeus Julius Agricola and the last the Antonine Wall.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/31/09 at 6:19 am

The person of the day...Jim Reeves
James Travis Reeves (August 20, 1923 – July 31, 1964) was an American country and pop music singer-songwriter popular in the 1950s and 1960s who also gained a wide international following for his pioneering smooth Nashville sound. Known as Gentleman Jim, his songs continued to chart for years following his death at age 40 in a private airplane crash. He is a member of the Country Music and Texas Country Music halls of fame.
Reeves' first country hits included "I Love You Because" (a duet with Ginny Wright), "Mexican Joe", "Bimbo" and other songs on both Fabor Records and Abbott Records. He recorded only one album for Abbott, 1955's Jim Reeves Sings (Abbott 5001). Eventually he tired of the novelty bracket he had been forced into, and left for RCA Victor. In 1955, Reeves was signed to a 10-year recording contract by Stephen Sholes, who produced some of Reeves' first recordings at RCA and signed Elvis Presley for the label that same year.

In his earliest RCA recordings, Reeves was still singing in the loud style of his first recordings, considered standard for country & western performers at that time. He softened his volume, using a lower pitch and singing with lips nearly touching the microphone, but ran into some resistance at RCA; until in 1957, with the support of his producer Chet Atkins, he used this style on his version of a demo song of lost love, written from a woman's perspective (and intended for a female singer). "Four Walls" not only took top position on the country charts, but went to number eleven on the popular charts. Reeves had not only opened the door to wider acceptance for other country singers, but also helped usher in a new style of country music, using violins and lusher background arrangements soon called the Nashville sound.

Reeves became known as a crooner because of his warm, velvety voice. His songs were remarkable for their simple elegance highlighted by his rich light baritone voice. Songs such as "Adios Amigo," "Welcome To My World", and "Am I Losing You?" demonstrated this approach. His Christmas songs have been perennial favorites, including "Silver Bells," "Blue Christmas" and "An Old Christmas Card."
Reeves toured Britain and Ireland in 1963 between his tours of South Africa and Europe. Reeves and The Blue Boys were in Ireland from May 30 to June 19, 1963; with a tour of US military bases from June 10 to June 15, when they returned to Ireland. They performed in most counties in Ireland, though Reeves occasionally cut performances short because he was unhappy with the piano. In a June 6, 1963 interview with Spotlight magazine, Reeves expressed his concerns about the tour schedule and the condition of the pianos, but said he was pleased with the audiences.

He planned to record an album of popular Irish songs, and had three number one songs in Ireland in 1963 and 1964: "Welcome to My World," "I Love You Because," and "I Won't Forget You." Reeves had 11 songs in the Irish charts from 1962 to 1967. He recorded two Irish ballads, "Danny Boy" and "Maureen."

He was permitted to perform in Ireland by the Irish Federation of Musicians on the condition that he share the bill with Irish show bands, becoming popular by 1963. The British Federation of Musicians would not permit him to perform there because no agreement existed for British show bands to travel to America in exchange for the Blue Boys playing in Great Britain. Reeves, however, appeared on British radio and TV programs
Jim Reeves was one the singer I really got to like when I a young boy back in the 60's.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/31/09 at 6:21 am

The person of the day...Jim Reeves
James Travis Reeves (August 20, 1923 – July 31, 1964) was an American country and pop music singer-songwriter popular in the 1950s and 1960s who also gained a wide international following for his pioneering smooth Nashville sound. Known as Gentleman Jim, his songs continued to chart for years following his death at age 40 in a private airplane crash. He is a member of the Country Music and Texas Country Music halls of fame.
Reeves' first country hits included "I Love You Because" (a duet with Ginny Wright), "Mexican Joe", "Bimbo" and other songs on both Fabor Records and Abbott Records. He recorded only one album for Abbott, 1955's Jim Reeves Sings (Abbott 5001). Eventually he tired of the novelty bracket he had been forced into, and left for RCA Victor. In 1955, Reeves was signed to a 10-year recording contract by Stephen Sholes, who produced some of Reeves' first recordings at RCA and signed Elvis Presley for the label that same year.

In his earliest RCA recordings, Reeves was still singing in the loud style of his first recordings, considered standard for country & western performers at that time. He softened his volume, using a lower pitch and singing with lips nearly touching the microphone, but ran into some resistance at RCA; until in 1957, with the support of his producer Chet Atkins, he used this style on his version of a demo song of lost love, written from a woman's perspective (and intended for a female singer). "Four Walls" not only took top position on the country charts, but went to number eleven on the popular charts. Reeves had not only opened the door to wider acceptance for other country singers, but also helped usher in a new style of country music, using violins and lusher background arrangements soon called the Nashville sound.

Reeves became known as a crooner because of his warm, velvety voice. His songs were remarkable for their simple elegance highlighted by his rich light baritone voice. Songs such as "Adios Amigo," "Welcome To My World", and "Am I Losing You?" demonstrated this approach. His Christmas songs have been perennial favorites, including "Silver Bells," "Blue Christmas" and "An Old Christmas Card."
Reeves toured Britain and Ireland in 1963 between his tours of South Africa and Europe. Reeves and The Blue Boys were in Ireland from May 30 to June 19, 1963; with a tour of US military bases from June 10 to June 15, when they returned to Ireland. They performed in most counties in Ireland, though Reeves occasionally cut performances short because he was unhappy with the piano. In a June 6, 1963 interview with Spotlight magazine, Reeves expressed his concerns about the tour schedule and the condition of the pianos, but said he was pleased with the audiences.

He planned to record an album of popular Irish songs, and had three number one songs in Ireland in 1963 and 1964: "Welcome to My World," "I Love You Because," and "I Won't Forget You." Reeves had 11 songs in the Irish charts from 1962 to 1967. He recorded two Irish ballads, "Danny Boy" and "Maureen."

He was permitted to perform in Ireland by the Irish Federation of Musicians on the condition that he share the bill with Irish show bands, becoming popular by 1963. The British Federation of Musicians would not permit him to perform there because no agreement existed for British show bands to travel to America in exchange for the Blue Boys playing in Great Britain. Reeves, however, appeared on British radio and TV programs
"Welcome To My World" is played all the time on commercial tv for it is being used for advertising a building society.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/31/09 at 6:22 am

The co-person of the day...Franz Liszt
Franz Liszt (Hungarian: Liszt Ferenc, pronounced ) (October 22, 1811 – July 31, 1886) was a world famous Hungarian composer, virtuoso pianist and teacher.

Liszt became renowned throughout Europe for his great skill as a performer during the 19th century. He is said to have been the most technically advanced and perhaps greatest pianist of all time. He was also an important and influential composer, a notable piano teacher, a conductor who contributed significantly to the modern development of the art, and a benefactor to other composers and performers, notably Richard Wagner, Hector Berlioz, Camille Saint-Saëns, Edvard Grieg and Alexander Borodin.

As a composer, Liszt was one of the most prominent representatives of the "Neudeutsche Schule" ("New German School"). He left behind a huge and diverse body of work, in which he influenced his forward-looking contemporaries and anticipated some 20th-century ideas and trends. Some of his most notable contributions were the invention of the symphonic poem, developing the concept of thematic transformation as part of his experiments in musical form and making radical departures in harmony
iszt was a prolific composer. Most of his music is for the piano and much of it requires formidable technique. His thoroughly revised masterwork, Années de Pèlerinage ("Years of Pilgrimage") includes arguably his most provocative and stirring pieces. This set of three suites ranges from the virtuosity of the Suisse Orage (Storm) to the subtle and imaginative visualisations of artworks by Michelangelo and Raphael in the second set. Années contains some pieces which are loose transcriptions of Liszt's own earlier compositions; the first "year" recreates his early pieces of Album d'un voyageur, while the second book includes a resetting of his own song transcriptions once separately published as Tre sonetti di Petrarca ("Three sonnets of Petrarch"). The relative obscurity of the vast majority of his works may be explained by the immense number of pieces he composed.

In his most famous and virtuosic works, he is the archetypal Romantic composer. Liszt pioneered the technique of thematic transformation, a method of development which was related to both the existing variation technique and to the new use of the Leitmotif by Richard Wagner.

Liszt's piano works are usually divided into two classes. On the one hand, there are "original works", and on the other hand "transcriptions", "paraphrases" or "fantasies" on works by other composers. Examples for the first class are works such as the piece Harmonies poétiques et religieuses of May 1833 and the Piano Sonata in B minor. Liszt's transcriptions of Schubert songs, his fantasies on operatic melodies, and his piano arrangements of symphonies by Berlioz and Beethoven are examples for the second class. As special case, Liszt also made piano arrangements of own instrumental and vocal works. Examples of this kind are the arrangement of the second movement "Gretchen" of his Faust Symphony and the first "Mephisto Waltz" as well as the "Liebesträume No.3" and the two volumes of his "Buch der Lieder".
Which brings us back to Tom & Jerry and Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody No.2.

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Written By: ninny on 07/31/09 at 6:27 am

The flower for Friday...Amaryllis
1. Any of several chiefly tropical American bulbous plants of the genus Hippeastrum grown as ornamentals for their large, showy, funnel-shaped, variously colored flowers that are grouped in umbels.
2. See belladonna lily.
3. Any of several similar or related plants.
4. Amaryllis Used in classical pastoral poetry as a conventional name for a shepherdess.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/31/09 at 6:28 am

Franz Liszt was here.

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Famous Hungarian composer Franz Liszt had been to Bratislava (called either Pressburg (German) or Pozsony (Hungarian) in his day), and this plaque commemorates his association with the city.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/31/09 at 6:31 am

There is a plaque to Franz Liszt in Great Marlborough Street London, but I cannot find a piture of it.

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Written By: ninny on 07/31/09 at 6:33 am

Jim Reeves was one the singer I really got to like when I a young boy back in the 60's.

I don't remember him that much, other than my parents liked him.
Phil what is this about..
He was permitted to perform in Ireland by the Irish Federation of Musicians on the condition that he share the bill with Irish show bands, becoming popular by 1963. The British Federation of Musicians would not permit him to perform there because no agreement existed for British show bands to travel to America in exchange for the Blue Boys playing in Great Britain. Reeves, however, appeared on British radio and TV programs
Does that mean they were not allowed to tour or do live shows?

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/31/09 at 6:37 am

Phil what is this about..
He was permitted to perform in Ireland by the Irish Federation of Musicians on the condition that he share the bill with Irish show bands, becoming popular by 1963. The British Federation of Musicians would not permit him to perform there because no agreement existed for British show bands to travel to America in exchange for the Blue Boys playing in Great Britain. Reeves, however, appeared on British radio and TV programs

Does that mean they were not allowed to tour or do live shows?
Curious. I can only assume that the Republic of Ireland had no agreement with the British, just look at the history between the two countries.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/31/09 at 6:38 am

I don't remember him that much, other than my parents liked him.
Phil what is this about..
He was permitted to perform in Ireland by the Irish Federation of Musicians on the condition that he share the bill with Irish show bands, becoming popular by 1963. The British Federation of Musicians would not permit him to perform there because no agreement existed for British show bands to travel to America in exchange for the Blue Boys playing in Great Britain. Reeves, however, appeared on British radio and TV programs
Does that mean they were not allowed to tour or do live shows?
Paul (the member here) may know more on this?

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Written By: ninny on 07/31/09 at 6:40 am

Curious. I can only assume that the Republic of Ireland had no agreement with the British, just look at the history between the two countries.

Yes the love is overwhelming back then ;D ..I hope things have gotten better.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/31/09 at 6:42 am

Yes the love is overwhelming back then ;D ..I hope things have gotten better.
Things have got better since then, it has taken over 200 years to...

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/31/09 at 6:44 am

I don't remember him that much, other than my parents liked him.
I have fond memories of singing "He'll Have to Go" on Karaoke.

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Written By: ninny on 07/31/09 at 6:47 am

Things have got better since then, it has taken over 200 years to...

Was it the Catholic -Protestant that caused the problems?

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Written By: ninny on 07/31/09 at 6:49 am

I have fond memories of singing "He'll Have to Go" on Karaoke.

I have been listening to him on YouTube, I just listened to Distant Drums

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/31/09 at 6:54 am

Was it the Catholic -Protestant that caused the problems?
You can say that.

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Written By: Howard on 07/31/09 at 7:10 am

Pink Floyd-Brick In The Wall.

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Written By: ninny on 07/31/09 at 7:11 am

Pink Floyd-Brick In The Wall.

Classic :)

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Written By: Howard on 07/31/09 at 7:12 am

Classic :)

One of their best hits.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/31/09 at 7:14 am

Classic :)
Great video

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Written By: Paul on 07/31/09 at 7:17 am

Paul (the member here) may know more on this?

I've already tried to explain this to Phil...not sure whether I was as clear as mud!

Even so, I'm working on assumptions...

The British Federation of Musicians was something of a 'union', protecting its members' interests and when it came to performances in this country, I think their rule was some British musicians had to be used in accompanying an overseas performer.

Jim could presumably appear on his own if British musicians were used as accompaniment, but it looks like his own US backing band playing alongside him was a no-no...

However, I would have thought that this rule would have been relaxed by 1963...

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Written By: Howard on 07/31/09 at 7:17 am

Great video

You can't have any pudding,if you don't eat your meat.

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Written By: ninny on 07/31/09 at 8:42 am

I've already tried to explain this to Phil...not sure whether I was as clear as mud!

Even so, I'm working on assumptions...

The British Federation of Musicians was something of a 'union', protecting its members' interests and when it came to performances in this country, I think their rule was some British musicians had to be used in accompanying an overseas performer.

Jim could presumably appear on his own if British musicians were used as accompaniment, but it looks like his own US backing band playing alongside him was a no-no...

However, I would have thought that this rule would have been relaxed by 1963...

Thanks Paul :)..so if Mr. Reeves had agreed to use British Musicians then he could of appeared live and toured the countryside. I wonder why they let him appear on TV.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/31/09 at 10:06 am

Thanks Paul :)..so if Mr. Reeves had agreed to use British Musicians then he could of appeared live and toured the countryside. I wonder why they let him appear on TV.
....welcome to their world?

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Written By: ninny on 07/31/09 at 2:36 pm

Hello Walls - Faron Young
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMSWAUAKJn0#

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/31/09 at 2:47 pm

Off The Wall ~ Michael Jasckson

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/31/09 at 2:53 pm

I have been listening to him on YouTube, I just listened to Distant Drums
He'll Have To Go was Jim Reeves' first hit in the UK back in 1960.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/31/09 at 2:53 pm

He'll Have To Go was Jim Reeves' first hit in the UK back in 1960.
...and I am listening to it right now.

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Written By: Howard on 07/31/09 at 3:41 pm

Off The Wall ~ Michael Jasckson

One of his best.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/31/09 at 3:41 pm

One of his best.
The album has sold very well over the last month or so.

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Written By: Howard on 07/31/09 at 3:44 pm

The album has sold very well over the last month or so.

That's suprising. :o

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/31/09 at 5:19 pm

That's suprising. :o
Record stores were totally sold out of MJ stock.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/31/09 at 5:20 pm

Record stores were totally sold out of MJ stock.
I wonder did the same happen when Jim Reeves died?

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Written By: gibbo on 07/31/09 at 5:36 pm

Did she still have her charm?

They were both great... (Harrison and Colbert)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/31/09 at 5:38 pm

They were both great... (Harrison and Colbert)
Shame that a live show cannot be recorded.

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Written By: gibbo on 07/31/09 at 5:40 pm

Can't say I ever heard any of Jim Reeves music. Probaly did ....but didn't realize it at the time!

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/31/09 at 5:43 pm

Can't say I ever heard any of Jim Reeves music. Probaly did ....but didn't realize it at the time!
When you hear him, you will know who he is.

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Written By: ninny on 08/01/09 at 4:56 am

The word of the day...Communicate
1.
1. To convey information about; make known; impart: communicated his views to our office.
2. To reveal clearly; manifest: Her disapproval communicated itself in her frown.
2. To spread (a disease, for example) to others; transmit: a carrier who communicated typhus.

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Written By: ninny on 08/01/09 at 5:11 am

The person of the day...Strother Martin
Strother Martin (March 26, 1919–August 1, 1980) was an American actor in numerous films and television programs. Martin is perhaps best known as the prison "captain" in the 1967 film Cool Hand Luke, where he uttered the classic line, "What we've got here is failure to communicate
After the war, Martin moved to Los Angeles and worked as a swimming instructor and as a swimming extra in water scenes in films, eventually earning bit roles in a number of pictures. He quickly became a frequent fixture in small character roles in movies and television through the 1950s, having appeared in such programs as the Emmy Award-nominated Frontier on NBC and the syndicated American Civil War drama Gray Ghost. He appeared in the first Brian Keith series, Crusader, a Cold War drama. In 1960, Martin guest starred in James Whitmore's crime drama, The Law and Mr. Jones on ABC. In 1966, he appeared twice as "Cousin Fletch" in the short-lived ABC comedy western The Rounders, with Ron Hayes, Patrick Wayne, and Chill Wills.

Martin's distinctive, reedy voice and menacing demeanor made him ideal for villainous roles in many of the best-known Westerns of the 1960s and 1970s, including The Horse Soldiers and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance. By the late 1960s, Martin was almost as well-known a figure as many top-billed stars. In 1967, he appeared in the episode "A Mighty Hunter Before the Lord" of NBC's The Road West series starring Barry Sullivan.

Martin appeared in all three of the classic Westerns released in 1969: Sam Peckinpah's The Wild Bunch (as Coffer, a bloodthirsty bounty hunter); George Roy Hill's Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (as Percy Garris, the "colorful" Bolivian mine boss who hires the two title characters); and Henry Hathaway's True Grit (as Colonel Stonehill, a horse dealer). He frequently acted alongside L. Q. Jones, who in real life was one of his closest friends.

Though he usually appeared in supporting roles, he had major parts in Hannie Caulder, The Brotherhood of Satan (both 1971), and SSSSSSS (1973). Martin later appeared in another classic George Roy Hill film, Slap Shot (1977), again with Paul Newman, as the cheap manager of the Charlestown Chiefs hockey club. He appeared six times each with both John Wayne and Paul Newman. Strother Martin can also be seen in Cheech and Chong's Up in Smoke (1978) as Arnold Stoner, the father of Tommy Chong's character Anthony.

He also appeared in numerous television shows. In I Love Lucy he played a store clerk when Lucy traveled to Florida. In the Gunsmoke episode "Island in the Desert", he starred as a crazy desert hermit named Ben Snow. In 1963, he appeared in Glynis Johns's short-lived comedy series Glynis in the episode "Ten Cents a Dance". In 1965, Martin appeared in the episode "Most Precious Gold" of the NBC comedy/drama series Kentucky Jones, starring Dennis Weaver. In 1965, he guest starred as Meeker in the episode "Return to Lawrence" on the ABC western The Legend of Jesse James. On a Gilligan's Island episode, Martin played a man living supposedly alone on the island for a radio show contest. He also starred in a two part The Rockford Files 1977 episode as T.T. Flowers, an episode that took on urban invasion and the environment. One of his last acting jobs was as host of Saturday Night Live on April 19, 1980. His episode was supposed to be rerun during the summer of 1980, but was pulled and replaced with another episode due to his death.

Martin was married to wife Helen from 1967 until his death. He died of a heart attack in 1980 at the age of 61.
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Written By: ninny on 08/01/09 at 5:14 am

The co-person of the day...Frances Farmer
Frances Elena Farmer (September 19, 1913 – August 1, 1970) was an American actress of stage and screen. She is perhaps better known for sensationalized and fictional accounts of her life, and especially her involuntary commitment to a mental hospital. Farmer was the subject of three films, three books, and numerous songs and magazine articles.
Farmer was not entirely satisfied with her career, however. She felt stifled by Paramount's tendency to cast her in films which depended on her looks more than her talent. Her outspoken style made her seem uncooperative and contemptuous. In an age when the studios dictated every facet of a star's life, Farmer rebelled against the studio's control and resisted every attempt they made to glamorize her private life. She refused to attend Hollywood parties or to date other stars for the gossip columns. However, Farmer was sympathetically described in a 1937 Colliers article as being indifferent about the clothing she wore and was said to drive an older-model "green roadster."

Hoping to enhance her reputation as a serious actress, she left Hollywood in 1937 to do summer stock on the East Coast. There she attracted the attention of director Harold Clurman and playwright Clifford Odets. They invited her to appear in the Group Theatre production of Odets' play Golden Boy. Her performance at first received mixed reviews, with Time magazine commenting that she had been miscast. Due to Farmer's box office appeal, however, the play became the biggest hit in the Group's history. By 1938, when the production had embarked on a national tour, regional critics from Washington D.C. to Chicago gave her rave reviews.
Farmer with Tyrone Power in Son of Fury (1942).

Farmer had an affair with Odets, but he was married to actress Luise Rainer and didn't offer Farmer a commitment. Farmer felt betrayed when Odets suddenly ended the relationship; and when the Group chose another actress for its London run--an actress whose family funded the play--she came to believe that The Group had used her drawing power selfishly to further the success of the play. She returned to Hollywood, and arranged with Paramount to stay in Los Angeles for three months out of every year to make motion pictures. The rest of her time she intended to use for theater. Her next two appearances on Broadway had short runs. Farmer found herself back in Los Angeles, often loaned out by Paramount to other studios for starring roles. At her home studio, meanwhile, she was consigned to costarring appearances, which she often found unchallenging.

By 1939, her temperamental work habits and worsening alcoholism began to damage her reputation. In 1940, after abruptly quitting a Broadway production of a play by Ernest Hemingway, she starred in two major films, both loan-outs to other studios. A year later, however, she was again relegated to co-starring roles. Her performance in the film Son of Fury (1942) was critically praised. In 1942, Paramount canceled her contract, reportedly because of her alcoholism and increasingly erratic behaviour during pre-production of Take A Letter, Darling. Meanwhile, her marriage to Erickson had disintegrated.

Throughout her career, Farmer was frequently announced for projects she did not get to perform. Among the many Paramount films for which she was announced were College Holiday, Hideaway Girl, Spawn of the North, Big Broadcast of 1938, Beau Geste, and Take A Letter, Darling. Preston Sturges apparently wanted Farmer for Sullivan's Travels, but the role ultimately went to Veronica Lake.

From 1944-45, during her initial institutionalizations and releases from Western State Hospital, several news articles quoted producers as offering her the lead in the film The Enchanted Forest and the Broadway play The Incredible Woodhul
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Written By: Howard on 08/01/09 at 5:59 am

The word of the day...Communicate
1.
1. To convey information about; make known; impart: communicated his views to our office.
2. To reveal clearly; manifest: Her disapproval communicated itself in her frown.
2. To spread (a disease, for example) to others; transmit: a carrier who communicated typhus.

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not enough communication in this world.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/01/09 at 6:35 am

not enough communication in this world.
Plenty with e-mail.

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Written By: ninny on 08/01/09 at 6:41 am

Plenty with e-mail.

The easy way to communicate now, that and texting.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/01/09 at 6:49 am

The easy way to communicate now, that and texting.
On the whole it is the cheapest way to communicate.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/01/09 at 6:49 am

The easy way to communicate now, that and texting.

On the whole it is the cheapest way to communicate.
Even cheaper if you use someone's computer.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/01/09 at 6:50 am

The easy way to communicate now, that and texting.

On the whole it is the cheapest way to communicate.

Even cheaper if you use someone's computer.
...and you are getting paid fo rit?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Frank on 08/01/09 at 1:48 pm

not enough communication in this world.

Not enough communication " in person", too many text mails and e-mails.

"It's so funny, how we don't talk anymore"

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/01/09 at 1:55 pm

Not enough communication " in person", too many text mails and e-mails.

"It's so funny, how we don't talk anymore"
Yes, the art of conversation is dying.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Reynolds1863 on 08/01/09 at 2:07 pm

The co-person of the day...Frances Farmer
Frances Elena Farmer (September 19, 1913 – August 1, 1970) was an American actress of stage and screen. She is perhaps better known for sensationalized and fictional accounts of her life, and especially her involuntary commitment to a mental hospital. Farmer was the subject of three films, three books, and numerous songs and magazine articles.
Farmer was not entirely satisfied with her career, however. She felt stifled by Paramount's tendency to cast her in films which depended on her looks more than her talent. Her outspoken style made her seem uncooperative and contemptuous. In an age when the studios dictated every facet of a star's life, Farmer rebelled against the studio's control and resisted every attempt they made to glamorize her private life. She refused to attend Hollywood parties or to date other stars for the gossip columns. However, Farmer was sympathetically described in a 1937 Colliers article as being indifferent about the clothing she wore and was said to drive an older-model "green roadster."

Hoping to enhance her reputation as a serious actress, she left Hollywood in 1937 to do summer stock on the East Coast. There she attracted the attention of director Harold Clurman and playwright Clifford Odets. They invited her to appear in the Group Theatre production of Odets' play Golden Boy. Her performance at first received mixed reviews, with Time magazine commenting that she had been miscast. Due to Farmer's box office appeal, however, the play became the biggest hit in the Group's history. By 1938, when the production had embarked on a national tour, regional critics from Washington D.C. to Chicago gave her rave reviews.
Farmer with Tyrone Power in Son of Fury (1942).

Farmer had an affair with Odets, but he was married to actress Luise Rainer and didn't offer Farmer a commitment. Farmer felt betrayed when Odets suddenly ended the relationship; and when the Group chose another actress for its London run--an actress whose family funded the play--she came to believe that The Group had used her drawing power selfishly to further the success of the play. She returned to Hollywood, and arranged with Paramount to stay in Los Angeles for three months out of every year to make motion pictures. The rest of her time she intended to use for theater. Her next two appearances on Broadway had short runs. Farmer found herself back in Los Angeles, often loaned out by Paramount to other studios for starring roles. At her home studio, meanwhile, she was consigned to costarring appearances, which she often found unchallenging.

By 1939, her temperamental work habits and worsening alcoholism began to damage her reputation. In 1940, after abruptly quitting a Broadway production of a play by Ernest Hemingway, she starred in two major films, both loan-outs to other studios. A year later, however, she was again relegated to co-starring roles. Her performance in the film Son of Fury (1942) was critically praised. In 1942, Paramount canceled her contract, reportedly because of her alcoholism and increasingly erratic behaviour during pre-production of Take A Letter, Darling. Meanwhile, her marriage to Erickson had disintegrated.

Throughout her career, Farmer was frequently announced for projects she did not get to perform. Among the many Paramount films for which she was announced were College Holiday, Hideaway Girl, Spawn of the North, Big Broadcast of 1938, Beau Geste, and Take A Letter, Darling. Preston Sturges apparently wanted Farmer for Sullivan's Travels, but the role ultimately went to Veronica Lake.

From 1944-45, during her initial institutionalizations and releases from Western State Hospital, several news articles quoted producers as offering her the lead in the film The Enchanted Forest and the Broadway play The Incredible Woodhul
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It's been said she underwent a lobotomy while at Western State Hospital. Here treatment was there was very harsh to say the least.

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Written By: ninny on 08/01/09 at 2:48 pm

It's been said she underwent a lobotomy while at Western State Hospital. Here treatment was there was very harsh to say the least.

I found this....In 1978, Seattle film reviewer William Arnold published Shadowland, which for the first time alleged that Farmer had been the subject of a transorbital lobotomy. Scenes of Farmer being subjected to this lobotomy procedure were part of the 1982 film Frances, which had initially been planned as an adaptation of Shadowland, though its producers ultimately reneged on their agreement with Arnold. During a court case against Brooksfilms (the film's producers), Arnold revealed that the lobotomy episode and much of his biography about Farmer was "fictionalized". Years later, on a DVD commentary track of the film Frances, director Graeme Clifford stated, "We didn't want to nickel and dime people to death with facts

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 08/01/09 at 2:49 pm

Not enough communication " in person", too many text mails and e-mails.

"It's so funny, how we don't talk anymore"

We Don't Talk Anymore..great song :)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/01/09 at 2:53 pm

We Don't Talk Anymore..great song :)
silence is Golden?

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Written By: Frank on 08/01/09 at 2:57 pm

silence is Golden?

The sound of silence.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/01/09 at 4:14 pm

The sound of silence.
Enjoy The Silence

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Written By: Frank on 08/01/09 at 4:24 pm

I enjoy the silence.

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Written By: ninny on 08/01/09 at 4:49 pm

silence is Golden?

Another goody.
The sound of silence.

One of the best.

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Written By: Frank on 08/01/09 at 4:56 pm

Another goody.One of the best.

The sound of silence is a great song with a prophetic message perhaps. Time will tell.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/01/09 at 5:06 pm

The sound of silence is a great song with a prophetic message perhaps. Time will tell.
Remind us of the lyrics?

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Written By: Howard on 08/01/09 at 6:29 pm

Yes, the art of conversation is dying.

Now that we have cell phones and computers,we can converse virtually.

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Written By: Frank on 08/01/09 at 7:26 pm

Remind us of the lyrics?

Perhaps another time, have to go.

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Written By: ninny on 08/01/09 at 8:15 pm

Remind us of the lyrics?

And the people bowed and prayed
To the neon god they made
And the sign flashed out its warning
In the words that it was forming
And the sign said, "The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls
And tenement halls"
And whispered in the sounds of silence

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Written By: Michael C. on 08/01/09 at 9:30 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_aVuS7cOIQ

'What We've got here is failure to communicate" - Strother Martin

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/02/09 at 1:50 am

Now that we have cell phones and computers,we can converse virtually.
Look at the situation, you are with a friend and chatting deeply away about any subject and preciseness. Your friend's phone rings and the friend answers it and spends ten minutes talking on it. So, where are you in the mean time, sitting there in a lost conversation, twiddling your thumbs. Mobile phones are anti social and killing the art of conversation.

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Written By: ninny on 08/02/09 at 6:40 am

The word of the day...Lunch
1. A meal eaten at midday.
2. The food provided for a midday meal.
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Written By: ninny on 08/02/09 at 6:45 am

The person of the day...William S Burroughs
William Seward Burroughs II (February 5, 1914(1914-02-05) – August 2, 1997; pronounced /ˈbʌroʊz/) was an American novelist, essayist, social critic, painter and spoken word performer. Much of Burroughs's work is semi-autobiographical, drawn from his experiences as an opiate addict, a condition that marked the last fifty years of his life. A primary member of the Beat Generation, he was an avant-garde author who affected popular culture as well as literature. In 1975, he was elected to the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters.In 1944, Burroughs began living with Joan Vollmer Adams in an apartment they shared with Jack Kerouac and Edie Parker, Kerouac's first wife. Vollmer Adams was married to a GI with whom she had a young daughter, Julie Adams. Burroughs and Kerouac got into trouble with the law for failing to report a murder involving Lucien Carr, who had killed David Kammerer in a confrontation over Kammerer's incessant and unwanted advances. This incident inspired Burroughs and Kerouac to collaborate on a novel entitled And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks. Completed in 1945, the two fledgling authors were unable to get it published, but the manuscript was finally published in November 2008 by Grove Press and Penguin Books.

During this time, Burroughs began using morphine and quickly became addicted. He eventually sold heroin in Greenwich Village to support his habit.

Vollmer also became an addict, but her drug of choice was Benzedrine, an amphetamine sold over the counter at that time. Because of her addiction and social circle, her husband immediately divorced her after returning from the war. Vollmer would become Burroughs’ common law wife. Burroughs was soon arrested for forging a narcotics prescription and was sentenced to return to his parents' care in St. Louis. Vollmer's addiction led to a temporary psychosis, which resulted in her admission to a hospital, and the custody of her child was endangered. Yet after Burroughs completed his "house arrest" in St. Louis, he returned to New York, released Vollmer from the psychiatric ward of Bellevue Hospital, and moved with her and her daughter to Texas. Vollmer soon became pregnant with Burroughs's child. Their son, William S. Burroughs, Jr., was born in 1947. The family moved briefly to New Orleans in 1948.

Burroughs was arrested after police searched his home and found letters between him and Allen Ginsberg referring to a possible delivery of marijuana.

During 1953, Burroughs was at loose ends. Due to legal problems, he was unable to live in the cities towards which he was most inclined. He spent time with his parents in Palm Beach, Florida, and New York City with Allen Ginsberg. When Ginsberg refused his romantic advances, Burroughs went to Rome to meet Alan Ansen on a vacation financed from his parents' continuing support. When he found Rome and Ansen’s company dreary, inspired by Paul Bowles' fiction, he decided to head for Tangier, Morocco. In a home owned by a known procurer of homosexual prostitutes for visiting American and English men, he rented a room and began to write a large body of text that he personally referred to as Interzone. Burroughs lived in Tangier for several months, before returning to the United States where he suffered several personal indignities - Ginsberg was in California and refused to see him, A. A. Wyn, the publisher of Junkie, was not forthcoming with his royalties and his parents were threatening to cut off his allowance.

All signs pointed him back to Tangier, a place where his parents would have to continue the support and one where drugs were freely available. He left in November 1954 and spent the next four years there working on the fiction that would later become Naked Lunch, as well as attempting to write commercial articles about Tangier. He sent these writings to Ginsberg, his literary agent for Junkie, but none were published until 1989 when Interzone, a collection of short stories, was published. Under the strong influence of a marijuana confection known as majoun and a German-made opioid called Eukodol, Burroughs settled in to write. Eventually, Ginsberg and Kerouac, who had traveled to Tangier in 1957, helped Burroughs type, edit, and arrange these episodes into Naked Lunch.
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Written By: ninny on 08/02/09 at 6:48 am

The co-person of the day...Shari Lewis
Shari Phyllis Hurwitz (January 17, 1933 - August 2, 1998) was an American ventriloquist, puppeteer, and children's television show host, most popular during the 1960s and 1990s. She is best known as the original puppeteer of Lamb Chop, first appearing on Hi Mom, a local morning show that aired on WNBC in New York.
In 1952, Lewis and her puppetry won first prize on "Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts" television show. In March 1956, Shari and Lamb Chop were on Captain Kangaroo and by 1960 she had her own television program. She graduated to network television in 1960 as host and puppeteer of The Shari Lewis Show. The programs featured such characters as Hush Puppy, Charlie Horse, Lamb Chop, and Wing Ding. Lamb Chop, who was little more than a sock with eyes, served as a sassy alter-ego for Shari. Subsequent television programs introduced these characters (minus the black crow, whose characterization became more problematic after the 1960s) to a new generation of children. In 1992, her new Emmy-winning show Lamb Chop's Play-Along began a five year run on PBS. Shari also starred in another hit PBS series "The Charlie Horse Music Pizza", which was one of her last projects before her death. The video Lamb Chop's Special Chanukah was released in 1996 and received the Parents' Choice award of the year.
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Written By: Howard on 08/02/09 at 6:55 am

I love lunch,excellent part ofthe day. :)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/02/09 at 7:04 am

The word of the day...Lunch
1. A meal eaten at midday.
2. The food provided for a midday meal.
Dinner can still be eaten at midday?

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Written By: Howard on 08/02/09 at 7:17 am

Dinner can still be eaten at midday?

Yes it can and you can have breakfast for lunch and lunch for dinner.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/02/09 at 7:17 am

Yes it can and you can have breakfast for lunch and lunch for dinner.
Late lunch, etc.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/02/09 at 7:19 am

Lunch is being taken now at the 3rd Ashes Test at Edgbaston.

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Written By: Howard on 08/02/09 at 7:20 am

Late lunch, etc.

It doesn't matter what time.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/02/09 at 7:21 am

It doesn't matter what time.
Not too late?

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Written By: Howard on 08/02/09 at 7:22 am

Not too late?

in the evening you can.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/02/09 at 7:22 am

in the evening you can.
Now that would be too late.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 08/02/09 at 7:23 am

Now that would be too late.

I have cereal for a snack before bed.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/02/09 at 7:24 am

I have cereal for a snack before bed.
It would be fruit here.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 08/02/09 at 7:24 am

It would be fruit here.

fruit is good.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/02/09 at 7:25 am

fruit is good.
It helps to insure the five-a-day required

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Written By: Howard on 08/02/09 at 7:26 am

It helps to insure the five-a-day required

and is healthy.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/02/09 at 7:27 am

and is healthy.
Very true.

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Written By: Howard on 08/02/09 at 7:27 am

Very true.

I eat fruit but not a lot.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/02/09 at 7:30 am

The person of the day...William S Burroughs
William Seward Burroughs II (February 5, 1914(1914-02-05) – August 2, 1997; pronounced /ˈbʌroʊz/) was an American novelist, essayist, social critic, painter and spoken word performer. Much of Burroughs's work is semi-autobiographical, drawn from his experiences as an opiate addict, a condition that marked the last fifty years of his life. A primary member of the Beat Generation, he was an avant-garde author who affected popular culture as well as literature. In 1975, he was elected to the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters.In 1944, Burroughs began living with Joan Vollmer Adams in an apartment they shared with Jack Kerouac and Edie Parker, Kerouac's first wife. Vollmer Adams was married to a GI with whom she had a young daughter, Julie Adams. Burroughs and Kerouac got into trouble with the law for failing to report a murder involving Lucien Carr, who had killed David Kammerer in a confrontation over Kammerer's incessant and unwanted advances. This incident inspired Burroughs and Kerouac to collaborate on a novel entitled And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks. Completed in 1945, the two fledgling authors were unable to get it published, but the manuscript was finally published in November 2008 by Grove Press and Penguin Books.

During this time, Burroughs began using morphine and quickly became addicted. He eventually sold heroin in Greenwich Village to support his habit.

Vollmer also became an addict, but her drug of choice was Benzedrine, an amphetamine sold over the counter at that time. Because of her addiction and social circle, her husband immediately divorced her after returning from the war. Vollmer would become Burroughs’ common law wife. Burroughs was soon arrested for forging a narcotics prescription and was sentenced to return to his parents' care in St. Louis. Vollmer's addiction led to a temporary psychosis, which resulted in her admission to a hospital, and the custody of her child was endangered. Yet after Burroughs completed his "house arrest" in St. Louis, he returned to New York, released Vollmer from the psychiatric ward of Bellevue Hospital, and moved with her and her daughter to Texas. Vollmer soon became pregnant with Burroughs's child. Their son, William S. Burroughs, Jr., was born in 1947. The family moved briefly to New Orleans in 1948.

Burroughs was arrested after police searched his home and found letters between him and Allen Ginsberg referring to a possible delivery of marijuana.

During 1953, Burroughs was at loose ends. Due to legal problems, he was unable to live in the cities towards which he was most inclined. He spent time with his parents in Palm Beach, Florida, and New York City with Allen Ginsberg. When Ginsberg refused his romantic advances, Burroughs went to Rome to meet Alan Ansen on a vacation financed from his parents' continuing support. When he found Rome and Ansen’s company dreary, inspired by Paul Bowles' fiction, he decided to head for Tangier, Morocco. In a home owned by a known procurer of homosexual prostitutes for visiting American and English men, he rented a room and began to write a large body of text that he personally referred to as Interzone. Burroughs lived in Tangier for several months, before returning to the United States where he suffered several personal indignities - Ginsberg was in California and refused to see him, A. A. Wyn, the publisher of Junkie, was not forthcoming with his royalties and his parents were threatening to cut off his allowance.

All signs pointed him back to Tangier, a place where his parents would have to continue the support and one where drugs were freely available. He left in November 1954 and spent the next four years there working on the fiction that would later become Naked Lunch, as well as attempting to write commercial articles about Tangier. He sent these writings to Ginsberg, his literary agent for Junkie, but none were published until 1989 when Interzone, a collection of short stories, was published. Under the strong influence of a marijuana confection known as majoun and a German-made opioid called Eukodol, Burroughs settled in to write. Eventually, Ginsberg and Kerouac, who had traveled to Tangier in 1957, helped Burroughs type, edit, and arrange these episodes into Naked Lunch.

Any relation to Edgar Rice Burroughs the creator of Tarzan?

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/02/09 at 7:30 am

I eat fruit but not a lot.
I like the fruit in a fruit salad form.

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Written By: ninny on 08/02/09 at 8:06 am

Yes it can and you can have breakfast for lunch and lunch for dinner.

Yep my mom use to make pancakes & sausage for supper(dinner) whatever you want to call it.
I'm not a breakfast person so lunch is my favorite meal.

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Written By: ninny on 08/02/09 at 8:13 am

Any relation to Edgar Rice Burroughs the creator of Tarzan?

I have found no connection.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/02/09 at 9:54 am

Yep my mom use to make pancakes & sausage for supper(dinner) whatever you want to call it.
I'm not a breakfast person so lunch is my favorite meal.
...mmmm.... panckes!

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/02/09 at 9:55 am

I have found no connection.
Many thanks

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/02/09 at 11:07 am

The co-person of the day...Shari Lewis
Shari Phyllis Hurwitz (January 17, 1933 - August 2, 1998) was an American ventriloquist, puppeteer, and children's television show host, most popular during the 1960s and 1990s. She is best known as the original puppeteer of Lamb Chop, first appearing on Hi Mom, a local morning show that aired on WNBC in New York.
In 1952, Lewis and her puppetry won first prize on "Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts" television show. In March 1956, Shari and Lamb Chop were on Captain Kangaroo and by 1960 she had her own television program. She graduated to network television in 1960 as host and puppeteer of The Shari Lewis Show. The programs featured such characters as Hush Puppy, Charlie Horse, Lamb Chop, and Wing Ding. Lamb Chop, who was little more than a sock with eyes, served as a sassy alter-ego for Shari. Subsequent television programs introduced these characters (minus the black crow, whose characterization became more problematic after the 1960s) to a new generation of children. In 1992, her new Emmy-winning show Lamb Chop's Play-Along began a five year run on PBS. Shari also starred in another hit PBS series "The Charlie Horse Music Pizza", which was one of her last projects before her death. The video Lamb Chop's Special Chanukah was released in 1996 and received the Parents' Choice award of the year.
As mentioned earlier.

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Written By: ninny on 08/02/09 at 11:25 am

As mentioned earlier.

I knew I had to use her after the previous mention

Many thanks

It was no problem :)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/02/09 at 11:27 am

I knew I had to use her after the previous mentionIt was no problem :)
Did she ever met him?

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Written By: ninny on 08/02/09 at 12:26 pm

Did she ever met him?

I'm not sure.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/02/09 at 12:28 pm

I'm not sure.
They had the same skill and profeesion, but now it will never be known.

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Written By: Paul on 08/02/09 at 12:31 pm

Jim Reeves again...

Thanks Paul :)..so if Mr. Reeves had agreed to use British Musicians then he could of appeared live and toured the countryside. I wonder why they let him appear on TV.

Chances are he would have had to use British musicians as accompaniment in order to broadcast back in the day...

I suppose we should count ourselves pretty lucky that the US wasn't so draconian...the British Invasion would never have got off the ground!

And speaking of the British Invasion, Jim was one of a select few American acts whose popularity wasn't wiped out by the beat boom in the UK!

Tragically, he wasn't around to witness it! :(

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Written By: CatwomanofV on 08/02/09 at 12:40 pm

I knew someone who had a goldfish that he named Lunch.

Cat

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Written By: ninny on 08/02/09 at 2:28 pm

Jim Reeves again...

Chances are he would have had to use British musicians as accompaniment in order to broadcast back in the day...

I suppose we should count ourselves pretty lucky that the US wasn't so draconian...the British Invasion would never have got off the ground!

And speaking of the British Invasion, Jim was one of a select few American acts whose popularity wasn't wiped out by the beat boom in the UK!

Tragically, he wasn't around to witness it! :(

Yes I did read where he was popular during the early stages British Invasion, one has to wonder if he would of continued on this path.

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Written By: ninny on 08/02/09 at 2:28 pm

I knew someone who had a goldfish that he named Lunch.

Cat

Tasty :D

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Written By: ninny on 08/03/09 at 6:19 am

The word of the day...Hitchhiker
To travel by soliciting free rides along a road.

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Written By: Howard on 08/03/09 at 6:21 am

do you always have to use the thumb?

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Written By: ninny on 08/03/09 at 6:23 am

The person of the day...Ida Lupino
Ida Lupino (4 February 1918 – 3 August 1995) was an Anglo-American film actress, director, and a pioneer among women filmmakers. In her forty-eight year career, she appeared in fifty-nine films, and directed nine others. She also appeared in episodic television fifty-eight times and directed fifty other episodes. In addition, she contributed as a writer to five films and four TV episodes
Born into a family of performers, (father, Stanley Lupino, was a music-hall comedian; mother, Connie Emerald, an actress) Lupino was encouraged to enter show-business by both her parents and her uncle, Lupino Lane, Lupino made her first film appearance in 1931, in The Love Race, and worked for several years playing minor roles.

It was after her appearance in The Light That Failed in 1939 that Lupino was taken seriously as a dramatic actress. As a result, her parts improved during the 1940s and she began to describe herself as "the poor man's Bette Davis."

During this period, Lupino became known for her hard-boiled roles, and appeared in such films as They Drive by Night (1940) and High Sierra (1941), both opposite Humphrey Bogart. She acted regularly and was in high demand throughout the 1940s without becoming a major star. In 1947, Lupino left Warner Brothers to become a freelance actress. Notable films she appeared in around that time include Road House and On Dangerous Ground.
In the mid-40s, while on suspension for turning down a role, Lupino became interested in directing. She described herself as being bored on set while "someone else seemed to be doing all the interesting work." She and her husband Collier Young formed an independent company, The Filmmakers, and Lupino became a producer, director and screenplay-writer of low-budget, issue-oriented movies.

Her first directing job came unexpectedly in 1949 when Elmer Clifton suffered a mild heart attack and couldn't finish Not Wanted, the film he was directing for Filmmakers. Lupino stepped in to finish the film, and went on to direct her own projects, becoming Hollywood's only female film director of the time.

In an article for the Village Voice, Carrie Rickey wrote that Lupino was an model of modern feminist moviemaking, stating:

Not only did Lupino take control of production, direction and screenplay, but each of her movies addresses the brutal repercussions of sexuality, independence, and dependence.

After four "woman's" films about social issue – including Outrage (1950), a film about rape – Lupino directed her first hard-paced, fast-moving picture, The Hitch-Hiker (1953), making her the first woman to direct a film noir. Writer Richard Koszarski noted that:

Her films display the obsessions and consistencies of a true auteur ... Lupino was able to reduce the male to the same sort of dangerous, irrational force that women represented in most male-directed examples of Hollywood film noir.

Lupino often joked that if she had been the "poor man's Bette Davis" as an actress, then she had become the "poor man's Don Siegel" as a director. In 1952, Lupino was invited to become the "fourth star" in Four Star Productions by Dick Powell, David Niven and Charles Boyer, after Joel McCrea and Rosalind Russell dropped out.
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 08/03/09 at 6:24 am

do you always have to use the thumb?

It's probably easier than sticking your big toe out :)

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Written By: Howard on 08/03/09 at 6:25 am

It's probably easier than sticking your big toe out :)

I always wondered why thumbs were important in hitchiking.

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Written By: Howard on 08/03/09 at 6:25 am

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A very older picture of Ida Lupino.

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Written By: ninny on 08/03/09 at 6:30 am

The co-person of the day...Carolyn Jones
Carolyn Sue Jones (April 28, 1930 – August 3, 1983) was an American actress.

Jones began her film career in the early 1950s, and by the end of the decade had achieved recognition with a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for The Bachelor Party (1957) and a Golden Globe Award as one of the most promising actresses of 1959. Her film career continued for a few years, and in 1964 she began playing the role of Morticia Addams in the television series The Addams Family, receiving a Golden Globe Award nomination for her work.

Her acting career lost its momentum after this, however she continued to act infrequently in films and television until she was debilitated by colon cancer, from which she died in 1983.

Jones was married three times; her first husband was the television producer Aaron Spelling to whom she was married from 1953 until their divorce in 1964
Jones secured a contract with Paramount Pictures and made her first film in 1952. In 1953, she married aspiring film-maker Aaron Spelling (converting to Judaism upon marriage), and her film career began to gain momentum. She had an uncredited bit part as a nightclub hostess in The Big Heat, and a role in House of Wax brought her good reviews.

She was cast in From Here to Eternity, but illness forced her withdrawal. Donna Reed was recast in her role and won an Oscar for her performance.

Early in her career, she appeared in two Rod Cameron syndicated series, City Detective and State Trooper, as Betty Fowler in the 1956 episode, "The Paperhanger of Pioche". In the 1962-1963 season, Jones guest starred on CBS's The Lloyd Bridges Show, which Spelling created. While married to Spelling, she appeared on the NBC interview program, Here's Hollywood.

Jones appeared in Invasion of the Body Snatchers and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for The Bachelor Party. In 1958, she shared a Golden Globe Award for "Most Promising Newcomer" with Sandra Dee and Diane Varsi, and appeared with Elvis Presley in King Creole. In 1959, she played opposite Frank Sinatra in Frank Capra's A Hole in the Head, Dean Martin in Career, and Anthony Quinn in Last Train from Gun Hill. In 1960, she guest starred with James Best and Jack Mullaney in the episode "Love on Credit" of CBS's anthology series The DuPont Show with June Allyson, a Four Star Television production.

By 1963, she and Spelling were separated, and by 1964 they were divorced. In 1964, with a long coal black wig covering her naturally blonde hair, Jones began playing Morticia Addams in the television series The Addams Family, a role which brought her success as a comedienne and a Golden Globe Award nomination.
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Honorable mention...Lenny Bruce
Lenny Bruce (October 13, 1925 – August 3, 1966), born Leonard Alfred Schneider, was an American stand-up comedian, writer, social critic and satirist of the 1950s and 1960s. His 1964 conviction in an obscenity trial led to the first posthumous pardon in New York history.
Bruce's early comedy career included writing the screenplays for Dance Hall Racket in 1953, which featured himself, his wife, Honey Harlow, and mother, Sally Marr, in roles; Dream Follies in 1954, a low-budget burlesque romp; and a children's film, The Rocket Man, in 1954. He also released four albums of original material on Berkeley-based Fantasy Records, with rants, comic routines, and satirical interviews on the themes that made him famous: jazz, moral philosophy, politics, patriotism, religion, law, race, abortion, drugs, the Ku Klux Klan, and Jewishness. These albums were later compiled and re-released as The Lenny Bruce Originals. Two later records were produced and sold by Bruce himself, including a 10-inch album of the 1961 San Francisco performances that started his legal troubles. Starting in the late 1960s, other unissued Bruce material was released by Alan Douglas, Frank Zappa and Phil Spector, as well as Fantasy. Bruce developed the complexity and tone of his material in Enrico Banducci's North Beach nightclub, "The hungry i," where Mort Sahl had earlier made a name for himself.

His growing fame led to appearances on the nationally televised Steve Allen Show, where he made his debut with an unscripted comment on the recent marriage of Elizabeth Taylor to Eddie Fisher, wondering, "will Elizabeth Taylor become bar mitzvahed?" He also began receiving mainstream press, both favorable and derogatory. Syndicated Broadway columnist Hy Gardner called Bruce a "fad" and "a one-time-around freak attraction," while Variety declared him "undisciplined and unfunny." Influential San Francisco columnist Herb Caen, however, was an early and enthusiastic supporter, writing in 1959:

They call Lenny Bruce a sick comic, and sick he is. Sick of all the pretentious phoniness of a generation that makes his vicious humor meaningful. He is a rebel, but not without a cause, for there are shirts that need un-stuffing, egos that need deflating. Sometimes you feel guilty laughing at some of Lenny's mordant jabs, but that disappears a second later when your inner voice tells you with pleased surprise, 'but that's true.'

On February 3, 1961, in the midst of a severe blizzard, he gave a famous performance at Carnegie Hall in New York. It was recorded and later released as a three-disc set, titled The Carnegie Hall Concert. In the liner notes, critic Albert Goldman described it as follows:

This was the moment that an obscure yet rapidly rising young comedian named Lenny Bruce chose to give one of the greatest performances of his career. ... The performance contained in this album is that of a child of the jazz age. Lenny worshipped the gods of Spontaneity, Candor and Free Association. He fancied himself an oral jazzman. His ideal was to walk out there like Charlie Parker, take that mike in his hand like a horn and blow, blow, blow everything that came into his head just as it came into his head with nothing censored, nothing translated, nothing mediated, until he was pure mind, pure head sending out brainwaves like radio waves into the heads of every man and woman seated in that vast hall. Sending, sending, sending, he would finally reach a point of clairvoyance where he was no longer a performer but rather a medium transmitting messages that just came to him from out there — from recall, fantasy, prophecy. A point at which, like the practitioners of automatic writing, his tongue would outrun his mind and he would be saying things he didn't plan to say, things that surprised, delighted him, cracked him up — as if he were a spectator at his own performance!
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Written By: ninny on 08/03/09 at 6:39 am

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A very older picture of Ida Lupino.

Good pic Howie :)

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Written By: Howard on 08/03/09 at 6:45 am

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Carolyn Jones in 1981.

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Written By: ninny on 08/03/09 at 7:24 am

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Carolyn Jones in 1981.

2 years before she died.

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Written By: Frank on 08/03/09 at 12:56 pm

Carolyn Jones was great as Morticia.

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Written By: gibbo on 08/03/09 at 4:23 pm

Carolyn Jones was a cool actress. I liked her in King Creole (with Elvis) too. I also liked Ida Lupino ... I remember her acting opposite Humphrey Bogart...

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Written By: Frank on 08/03/09 at 4:25 pm

I saw "Lenny" where Dustin Hoffman portrayed Lenny Bruce. Good job by him.

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Written By: Reynolds1863 on 08/03/09 at 5:21 pm

No one could ever be Morticia Addams but Carolyn Jones. 8)

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Written By: gibbo on 08/03/09 at 5:23 pm

No one could ever be Morticia Addams but Carolyn Jones. 8)

I agree...

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Written By: ninny on 08/03/09 at 5:57 pm

No one could ever be Morticia Addams but Carolyn Jones. 8)

I agree...

Agreed..Here is some interesting info on Morticia..In the television series, her mother was named Hester Frump (played by Margaret Hamilton). The wicked witch herself.

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Written By: Frank on 08/03/09 at 6:03 pm

No one could ever be Morticia Addams but Carolyn Jones. 8)

Umm, I can see a younger Catherine Zeta-Jones handle this role..not bad...

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Written By: Howard on 08/03/09 at 6:26 pm

Carolyn Jones was great as Morticia.

Who else played Morticia?

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Written By: ninny on 08/03/09 at 7:07 pm

Who else played Morticia?

Anjelica Huston plays her in the movies.

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Written By: Michael C. on 08/03/09 at 7:58 pm

If You saw David {Last House on the Left} Hess hitchin'.......
Would You pick Him up ?

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The word of the day...Hitchhiker
To travel by soliciting free rides along a road.

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Written By: Michael C. on 08/03/09 at 8:02 pm

Daryl Hannah did in a TV Addams movie.....

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Who else played Morticia?

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Written By: Reynolds1863 on 08/03/09 at 10:28 pm

Umm, I can see a younger Catherine Zeta-Jones handle this role..not bad...

Yeah, you do have a point. Angelica Huston was barely tolerable.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/04/09 at 1:07 am

The word of the day...Hitchhiker
To travel by soliciting free rides along a road.

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The movie was dire, but the tv series was superb!

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/04/09 at 1:08 am

I saw "Lenny" where Dustin Hoffman portrayed Lenny Bruce. Good job by him.
I have always seemed to miss that movie.

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Written By: ninny on 08/04/09 at 5:41 am

Daryl Hannah did in a TV Addams movie.....

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I never saw that one.

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Written By: ninny on 08/04/09 at 5:49 am

The word of the day...Robe
1. A long loose flowing outer garment, especially:
1. An official garment worn on formal occasions to show office or rank, as by a judge or high church official.
2. An academic gown.
3. A dressing gown or bathrobe.
2. robes Clothes; apparel.
3. A blanket or covering made of material, such as fur or cloth: a lap robe.
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Written By: ninny on 08/04/09 at 5:53 am

The person of the day...Victor Mature
Victor Mature (January 29, 1913 – August 4, 1999) was an American film actor.
After the war, Mature was cast by John Ford in My Darling Clementine, playing Doc Holliday opposite Henry Fonda's Wyatt Earp. For the next decade, Mature settled into playing hard-boiled characters in a range of genres such as Westerns and Biblical films, such as The Robe (with Richard Burton and Jean Simmons) and its popular sequel, Demetrius and the Gladiators (with Susan Hayward). Both films deal with the fate of the robe worn by Jesus before the crucifixion. Mature also starred with Hedy Lamarr in Cecil B. DeMille's Bible epic, Samson and Delilah (1949) and as Horemheb in The Egyptian (1954) with Jean Simmons and Gene Tierney. He reportedly stated he was successful in Biblical epics because he could "make with the holy look".

He also starred with Esther Williams in Million Dollar Mermaid (1952), and had a romantic relationship with her according to her autobiography. After five years of retirement in 1966 he was lured back into acting by the opportunity to parody himself in After the Fox, co-written by Neil Simon. In a similar vein in 1968 he played a giant, The Big Victor, in Head, a potpourri movie starring The Monkees. The character poked fun at both his screen image and, reportedly, RCA Victor who distributed Colgems Records, the Monkees's label. Mature enjoyed the script while admitting it made no sense to him, stating "All I know is it makes me laugh."

Mature was famously modest about his acting skill. Once, after being rejected for membership in a country club because he was an actor, he cracked, "I'm not an actor—and I've got sixty-four films to prove it!" He was quoted in 1968 on his acting career: "Actually, I am a golfer. That is my real occupation. I never was an actor. Ask anybody, particularly the critics."
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Written By: ninny on 08/04/09 at 5:55 am

The co-person of the day...Melvyn Douglas
Melvyn Edouard Hesselberg (April 5, 1901 – August 4, 1981), better known as Melvyn Douglas, was an American actor.
Douglas developed his acting skills with stock companies in Sioux City, Iowa; Evansville, Indiana; Madison, Wisconsin, and Detroit, Michigan. He had a long theatre, film and television career as a lead player, stretching from his 1930 Broadway role in Tonight or Never (opposite his future wife, Helen Gahagan) until just before his death. He was the hero in the 1932 horror film The Vampire Bat and the sophisticated leading man in 1935's She Married Her Boss. He played opposite Joan Crawford in several films, most notably A Woman's Face (1941), and with Greta Garbo in three films: As You Desire Me (1932), Ninotchka (1939) and Garbo's final film Two-Faced Woman (1941).

During World War II, Douglas served first as a director of the Arts Council in the Office of Civilian Defense, and then in the United States Army. He returned to play more mature roles in The Sea of Grass and Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House. In 1959 he made his musical debut playing Captain Boyle in the ill-fated Marc Blitzstein musical Juno, based on Sean O'Casey's Juno and the Paycock.

In the summer of 1959, Douglas hosted eleven original episodes of a CBS Western anthology television series called Frontier Justice, a production of Dick Powell's Four Star Television.

In addition to his Academy Awards (see below), Douglas won a Tony for his Broadway lead role in the 1960 The Best Man by Gore Vidal, and an Emmy for his 1967 role in Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night. As Douglas grew older, he took on the older-man and father roles, in such movies as The Americanization of Emily, Hud, The Candidate and I Never Sang for My Father, for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for the 1979 dark comedy Being There.

Douglas' final screen appearance was in Ghost Story (1981). he never finished his role in the film The Hot Touch (1982) before his death. Douglas has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, one for movies at 6423 Hollywood Blvd. and one for television at 6601 Hollywood Blvd.
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: gibbo on 08/04/09 at 6:01 am

I have fond memories of watching Victor Mature films when I was young....Samson and Delilah (with Hedy Lamar, I think), The Robe (with Burton and Simmons), as well as Million Dollar Mermaid (I liked Esther Williams).

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Written By: Howard on 08/04/09 at 6:05 am

Hugh Hefner always wears a robe.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/04/09 at 7:04 am

The word of the day...Robe
1. A long loose flowing outer garment, especially:
1. An official garment worn on formal occasions to show office or rank, as by a judge or high church official.
2. An academic gown.
3. A dressing gown or bathrobe.
2. robes Clothes; apparel.
3. A blanket or covering made of material, such as fur or cloth: a lap robe.

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e144/starwars79/CloneWarsExhibit/DSCI0065.jpg

How much is this robe worth?

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/04/09 at 7:07 am

The person of the day...Victor Mature
Victor Mature (January 29, 1913 – August 4, 1999) was an American film actor.
After the war, Mature was cast by John Ford in My Darling Clementine, playing Doc Holliday opposite Henry Fonda's Wyatt Earp. For the next decade, Mature settled into playing hard-boiled characters in a range of genres such as Westerns and Biblical films, such as The Robe (with Richard Burton and Jean Simmons) and its popular sequel, Demetrius and the Gladiators (with Susan Hayward). Both films deal with the fate of the robe worn by Jesus before the crucifixion. Mature also starred with Hedy Lamarr in Cecil B. DeMille's Bible epic, Samson and Delilah (1949) and as Horemheb in The Egyptian (1954) with Jean Simmons and Gene Tierney. He reportedly stated he was successful in Biblical epics because he could "make with the holy look".

He also starred with Esther Williams in Million Dollar Mermaid (1952), and had a romantic relationship with her according to her autobiography. After five years of retirement in 1966 he was lured back into acting by the opportunity to parody himself in After the Fox, co-written by Neil Simon. In a similar vein in 1968 he played a giant, The Big Victor, in Head, a potpourri movie starring The Monkees. The character poked fun at both his screen image and, reportedly, RCA Victor who distributed Colgems Records, the Monkees's label. Mature enjoyed the script while admitting it made no sense to him, stating "All I know is it makes me laugh."

Mature was famously modest about his acting skill. Once, after being rejected for membership in a country club because he was an actor, he cracked, "I'm not an actor—and I've got sixty-four films to prove it!" He was quoted in 1968 on his acting career: "Actually, I am a golfer. That is my real occupation. I never was an actor. Ask anybody, particularly the critics."

I was about to post the very quotes....

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 08/04/09 at 7:55 am

I have fond memories of watching Victor Mature films when I was young....Samson and Delilah (with Hedy Lamar, I think), The Robe (with Burton and Simmons), as well as Million Dollar Mermaid (I liked Esther Williams).

I remember the first 2 movies, but not the third.

Hugh Hefner always wears a robe.

Yes he does..http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c301/mjasso/hugh_hefner.jpg

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/04/09 at 7:56 am

Yes he does..http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c301/mjasso/hugh_hefner.jpg

It says getting changed!

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 08/04/09 at 10:12 am

It says getting changed!

The pic or him? I think it is actually a smoking jacket.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/04/09 at 10:15 am

The pic or him? I think it is actually a smoking jacket.
...it's not on fire ?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 08/04/09 at 10:33 am

...it's not on fire ?

Smoke from a different fire.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/04/09 at 10:34 am

Smoke from a different fire.
More than likely a smoking jacket must be comfortable to wear.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Reynolds1863 on 08/04/09 at 11:17 am

Victor was great in the movie Head you can tell he was having fun with it. :)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/04/09 at 11:18 am

Victor was great in the movie Head you can tell he was having fun with it. :)
That is another I have missed.

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Written By: Reynolds1863 on 08/04/09 at 11:23 am

That is another I have missed.

It's an cool film if you're into campy 60's cinema. :)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/04/09 at 11:26 am

It's an cool film if you're into campy 60's cinema. :)
That is my kind of film, I will watch for it next time it's on tv.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 08/04/09 at 11:35 am

Victor was great in the movie Head you can tell he was having fun with it. :)

This song is from it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaT73F7tcXs#

Scene from the movie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IdN74MQCYY&feature=related#

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/04/09 at 11:36 am

This song is from it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaT73F7tcXs#

Scene from the movie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IdN74MQCYY&feature=related#
I will be checking later.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 08/04/09 at 1:08 pm

I remember the first 2 movies, but not the third.
Yes he does..http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c301/mjasso/hugh_hefner.jpg

Why is that he never wears jeans and a T-Shirt? ???

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/04/09 at 1:19 pm

Why is that he never wears jeans and a T-Shirt? ???
Jeans do not suit his lifestyle.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 08/04/09 at 1:20 pm

Jeans do not suit his lifestyle.

I bet he would like to change his lifestyle.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/04/09 at 1:24 pm

I bet he would like to change his lifestyle.
He looks content with his life.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 08/04/09 at 1:24 pm

He looks content with his life.

I would not like to walk around the house with a robe.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/04/09 at 1:25 pm

I would not like to walk around the house with a robe.
In an overcoat?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Frank on 08/04/09 at 1:26 pm

Yeah, you do have a point. Angelica Huston was barely tolerable.

Zeta-Jones would have brought more sexiness to the role than Angelica.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 08/04/09 at 1:26 pm

In an overcoat?

I would need clothes on.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/04/09 at 1:27 pm

I would need clothes on.
Casual wear?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 08/04/09 at 1:38 pm

Casual wear?

I'm more professional than he is.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/04/09 at 1:39 pm

I'm more professional than he is.
Hugh Hefner does not shades?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 08/04/09 at 1:40 pm

Hugh Hefner does not shades?

I've never seen him wear shades.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/04/09 at 1:43 pm

I've never seen him wear shades.
Even on his day off?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 08/04/09 at 2:02 pm

I've never seen him wear shades.

Hugh with shades
http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh205/linzee_photos/hughhefner.jpg

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Written By: Howard on 08/04/09 at 2:03 pm

Hugh with shades
http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh205/linzee_photos/hughhefner.jpg

How is he with 3 ladies is beyond me. ::)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/04/09 at 2:05 pm

Hugh with shades
http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh205/linzee_photos/hughhefner.jpg
Are the shades similiar to Tom Cruise's?

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Written By: Howard on 08/04/09 at 2:07 pm

http://www.exposay.com/celebrity-photos/tom-cruise-mission-impossible-iii-new-york-premiere-arrivals-0EFbKa.jpg

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/04/09 at 2:09 pm

http://www.exposay.com/celebrity-photos/tom-cruise-mission-impossible-iii-new-york-premiere-arrivals-0EFbKa.jpg
TC's are bigger than HH's

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Frank on 08/04/09 at 2:10 pm

http://www.exposay.com/celebrity-photos/tom-cruise-mission-impossible-iii-new-york-premiere-arrivals-0EFbKa.jpg

I never liked Tom Cruise.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/04/09 at 2:10 pm

I never liked Tom Cruise.
With or without his shades?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 08/04/09 at 2:11 pm

TC's are bigger than HH's

He's cooler.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/04/09 at 2:11 pm

He's cooler.
I would think HHis cooler for he is only wearing a smoking jacket.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Frank on 08/04/09 at 2:12 pm

With or without his shades?

Regardless

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 08/04/09 at 2:13 pm

I would think HHis cooler for he is only wearing a smoking jacket.

workers at work call me Tom Cruise.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/04/09 at 2:14 pm

workers at work call me Tom Cruise.
Only when you have your shades on?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 08/04/09 at 2:15 pm

Only when you have your shades on?

Yes and I love it. :)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 08/04/09 at 3:16 pm

How is he with 3 ladies is beyond me. ::)

I'm sure if it wasn't for Playboy he wouldn't have those young woman.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/04/09 at 3:18 pm

I'm sure if it wasn't for Playboy he wouldn't have those young woman.
Would he look younger too?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 08/04/09 at 5:38 pm

Would he look younger too?

He'd probably look older.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/04/09 at 5:41 pm

He'd probably look older.
I understand....

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/05/09 at 5:30 am

I bet he would like to change his lifestyle.
Why change, I think he is happy and contented.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 08/05/09 at 5:37 am

Why change, I think he is happy and contented.

So true

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/05/09 at 5:39 am

So true
Can I assume that Hugh Hefner has never got married?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 08/05/09 at 5:43 am

The word of the day...Desert
1. A barren or desolate area, especially:
1. A dry, often sandy region of little rainfall, extreme temperatures, and sparse vegetation.
2. A region of permanent cold that is largely or entirely devoid of life.
3. An apparently lifeless area of water.
2. An empty or forsaken place; a wasteland: a cultural desert.
3. Archaic. A wild, uncultivated, and uninhabited region.
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http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk237/Bigrob8/desertrats.jpg

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 08/05/09 at 5:48 am

Can I assume that Hugh Hefner has never got married?

He has been married twice and has 4 kids ranging in age 57-17.
Wives
Mildred Williams (m. 1949–1959) (divorced)
Kimberley Conrad (m. 1989–present) (seperated)

Kids
Christie Hefner (born 1952)...she took over the business at one point.
David Hefner (born 1955)
Marston Hefner (born 1990)
Cooper Hefner (born 1991)

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Written By: ninny on 08/05/09 at 5:53 am

The person of the day...Richard Burton
Richard Burton, CBE (10 November 1925 – 5 August 1984) was a Welsh actor. He was at one time the highest-paid actor in Hollywood and is closely associated in the public consciousness with his second wife, actress Elizabeth Taylor.
In 1952, Burton successfully made the transition to a Hollywood star; on the recommendation of Daphne du Maurier, he was given the leading role in My Cousin Rachel opposite Olivia de Havilland. Burton arrived on the Hollywood scene at a time when the studios were struggling. Television's rise was drawing away viewers and the studios looked to new stars and new film technology to staunch the bleeding. 20th Century Fox negotiated with Korda to borrow him for this film and a further two at $50,000 a film. The film was a critical success. It established Burton as a Hollywood leading man and won him his first Academy Award nomination and the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year - Actor. In Desert Rats (1953), Burton plays a young English captain in the North African campaign during World War II who takes charge of a hopelessly out-numbered Australian unit against the indominable Field Marshal Erwin Rommel (James Mason). Mason, another actor known for his distinctive voice and excellent elocution, became a friend of Burton's and introduced the new actor to the Hollywood crowd. In short order, he met Judy Garland, Greta Garbo, Stewart Granger, Jean Simmons, Deborah Kerr, and Cole Porter, and Burton met up again with Humphrey Bogart. At a party, he met a pregnant Elizabeth Taylor, then Mrs. Michael Wilding, whose first impression of Burton was that “he was rather full of himself. I seem to remember that he never stopped talking, and I had given him the cold fish eye”.

The following year he created a sensation by starring in The Robe, the first film to premiere in the wide-screen process Cinemascope, winning another Oscar nomination. Tyrone Power was originally cast in the role of Marcellus, a noble but decadent Roman who finds Christianity through his wife Jean Simmons and his Greek slave Victor Mature. It marked a resurgence in Biblical blockbusters. Burton was offered a seven-year, $1 million contract by Darryl Zanuck at Fox, but he turned it down, though later the contract was revived and he agreed to it. It has been suggested that remarks Burton made about blacklisting Hollywood while filming The Robe may have explained his failure to ever win an Oscar, despite receiving seven nominations.

In 1954, Burton took his most famous radio role, as the narrator in the original production of Dylan Thomas' Under Milk Wood, a role he would reprise in the film version twenty years later. He was also the narrator, as Winston Churchill, in the highly successful television documentary series The Valiant Years in 1960.

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Written By: ninny on 08/05/09 at 5:56 am

The co-person of the day...Alec Guinness

Sir Alec Guinness, CH, CBE, (2 April 1914 – 5 August 2000) was an English actor.
Guinness first worked writing copy for advertising before making his debut at the Albery Theatre in 1936 at the age of 22, playing the role of Osric in John Gielgud's wildly successful production of Hamlet. During this time he worked with many actors and actresses who would become his friends and frequent co-stars in the future, including John Gielgud, Peggy Ashcroft, Anthony Quayle, and Jack Hawkins. An early influence from afar was Stan Laurel, whom Guinness admired.

Guinness continued playing Shakespearean roles throughout his career. In 1937 he played the role of Aumerle in Richard II and Lorenzo in The Merchant of Venice under the direction of John Gielgud. He starred in a 1938 production of Hamlet which won him acclaim on both sides of the Atlantic. He also appeared as Romeo in a production of Romeo and Juliet (1939), Andrew Aguecheek in Twelfth Night and as Exeter in Henry V in 1937, both opposite Laurence Olivier, and Ferdinand in The Tempest, opposite Gielgud as Prospero.

In 1939, he adapted Charles Dickens' novel Great Expectations for the stage, playing the part of Herbert Pocket. The play was a success. One of its viewers was a young British film editor named David Lean, who had Guinness reprise his role in the former's 1946 film adaptation of the play.

Guinness served in the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve in World War II, serving first as a seaman in 1941 and being commissioned the following year. He commanded a landing craft taking part in the invasion of Sicily and Elba and later ferried supplies to the Yugoslav partisans.

During the war, he appeared in Terence Rattigan's West End Play for RAF Bomber Command, Flare Path.
uinness won particular acclaim for his work with director David Lean. After appearing in Lean's Great Expectations and Oliver Twist, he was given a starring role opposite William Holden in The Bridge on the River Kwai. For his performance as Colonel Nicholson, the unyielding British POW leader, Guinness won an Academy Award for Best Actor. Despite a difficult and often hostile relationship, Lean, referring to Guinness as "my good luck charm", continued to cast Guinness in character roles in his later films: Arab leader Prince Feisal in Lawrence of Arabia; the title character's half-brother, Bolshevik leader Yevgraf, in Doctor Zhivago; and Indian mystic Godbole in A Passage to India. He was also offered a role in Lean's adaptation of Ryan's Daughter (1970), but declined.

Other famous roles of this time period included The Swan (1956) with Grace Kelly in her last film role, The Horse's Mouth (1958) in which Guinness played the part of drunken painter Gulley Jimson as well as contributing the screenplay, for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium, Tunes of Glory (1960), Damn the Defiant! (1962), The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964), The Quiller Memorandum (1966), Marley's Ghost in Scrooge (1970), Charles I of England in Cromwell (1970), and the title role in Hitler: The Last Ten Days (1973) (which he considered his best film performance; critics disagreed).

He won a Tony Award for his Broadway triumph as poet Dylan Thomas in Dylan. He followed this success by playing the title role in Macbeth opposite Simone Signoret at the Royal Court Theatre in 1966, one of the most conspicuous failures of his career.

From the 1970s, Guinness made regular television appearances, including the part of George Smiley in the serializations of two novels by John le Carré: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy and Smiley's People. Le Carré was so impressed by Guinness's performance as Smiley that he based his characterization of Smiley in subsequent novels on Guinness. One of his last appearances was in the acclaimed BBC drama Eskimo Day.

Guinness received his fifth Oscar nomination for his performance in Charles Dickens' Little Dorrit in 1989. He received an honorary Oscar in 1980 "for advancing the art of screen acting through a host of memorable and distinguished performances."

Star Wars

Guinness' role as Obi-Wan Kenobi in the original Star Wars trilogy, beginning in 1977, brought him worldwide recognition by a new generation. Guinness agreed to take the part on the condition that he would not have to do publicity to promote the film. He was also one of the few cast members who believed that the film would be a box office hit and negotiated a deal for two percent of the gross, which made him very wealthy in later life. His role would also result in a Golden Globe Nomination and Academy Award Nomination for Best Supporting Actor.

Despite this, Guinness was never happy with being identified with the part, and expressed dismay at the fan following that the Star Wars trilogy attracted. In the DVD commentary of Star Wars: A New Hope, director George Lucas says that Guinness was not happy with the script re-write in which Obi-Wan is killed. However, Guinness stated in a 1999 interview that it was actually his idea to kill off Obi Wan, persuading Lucas that it would make him a stronger character. Lucas agreed to the idea, but Guinness confided in the interview, "What I didn't tell Lucas was that I just couldn't go on speaking those bloody awful, banal lines. I'd had enough of the mumbo jumbo." He continued by saying that he "shrivelled up" every time Star Wars was mentioned to him. Despite his dislike, fellow cast members Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Anthony Daniels, and Carrie Fisher (as well as Lucas) have spoken highly of his courtesy and professionalism on and off the set, wherein he did not let his distaste for the material show to his co-stars. Lucas credited him with inspiring fellow cast and crew to work harder, saying he was instrumental in helping to complete filming of the movies.
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Written By: ninny on 08/05/09 at 6:48 am

Honorary mention...Marilyn Monroe
Marilyn Monroe (June 1, 1926 – August 5, 1962), born Norma Jeane Mortenson, but baptized Norma Jeane Baker, was an American actress, singer, and model.

After spending much of her childhood in foster homes, Monroe began a career as a model, which led to a film contract in 1946. Her early roles were minor, but her performances in The Asphalt Jungle and All About Eve (both 1950) were well received. She was praised for her comedic ability in such films as Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, How to Marry a Millionaire, and The Seven Year Itch, and became one of Hollywood's most popular and glamorous performers.

The typecasting of Monroe's "dumb blonde" persona limited her career prospects, so she broadened her range. She studied at the Actors Studio and formed Marilyn Monroe Productions. Her dramatic performance in William Inge's Bus Stop was hailed by critics, and she won a Golden Globe Award for her performance in Some Like it Hot.

The final years of Monroe's life were marked by illness, personal problems, and a reputation for being unreliable and difficult to work with. The circumstances of her death, from an overdose of barbiturates, have been the subject of conjecture. Though officially classified as a "probable suicide," the possibility of an accidental overdose has not been ruled out, while conspiracy theorists argue that she was murdered.

In 1999, Monroe was ranked as the sixth greatest female star of all time by the American Film Institute.
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 08/05/09 at 7:09 am

Can I assume that Hugh Hefner has never got married?

Don't think he did. ???

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 08/05/09 at 7:13 am

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/00675/old1_675942c.jpg

Marilyn Monroe if she were alive today at 83.^

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 08/05/09 at 7:44 am

Don't think he did. ???

He was twice and has 4 kids
He has been married twice and has 4 kids ranging in age 57-17.
Wives
Mildred Williams (m. 1949–1959) (divorced)
Kimberley Conrad (m. 1989–present) (seperated)

Kids
Christie Hefner (born 1952)...she took over the business at one point.
David Hefner (born 1955)
Marston Hefner (born 1990)
Cooper Hefner (born 1991)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/05/09 at 7:54 am

The word of the day...Desert
1. A barren or desolate area, especially:
1. A dry, often sandy region of little rainfall, extreme temperatures, and sparse vegetation.
2. A region of permanent cold that is largely or entirely devoid of life.
3. An apparently lifeless area of water.
2. An empty or forsaken place; a wasteland: a cultural desert.
3. Archaic. A wild, uncultivated, and uninhabited region.
Very dry!

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/05/09 at 7:55 am

He was twice and has 4 kids
He has been married twice and has 4 kids ranging in age 57-17.
Wives
Mildred Williams (m. 1949–1959) (divorced)
Kimberley Conrad (m. 1989–present) (seperated)

Kids
Christie Hefner (born 1952)...she took over the business at one point.
David Hefner (born 1955)
Marston Hefner (born 1990)
Cooper Hefner (born 1991)
Thanks.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/05/09 at 7:56 am

The co-person of the day...Alec Guinness

Sir Alec Guinness, CH, CBE, (2 April 1914 – 5 August 2000) was an English actor.
Guinness first worked writing copy for advertising before making his debut at the Albery Theatre in 1936 at the age of 22, playing the role of Osric in John Gielgud's wildly successful production of Hamlet. During this time he worked with many actors and actresses who would become his friends and frequent co-stars in the future, including John Gielgud, Peggy Ashcroft, Anthony Quayle, and Jack Hawkins. An early influence from afar was Stan Laurel, whom Guinness admired.

Guinness continued playing Shakespearean roles throughout his career. In 1937 he played the role of Aumerle in Richard II and Lorenzo in The Merchant of Venice under the direction of John Gielgud. He starred in a 1938 production of Hamlet which won him acclaim on both sides of the Atlantic. He also appeared as Romeo in a production of Romeo and Juliet (1939), Andrew Aguecheek in Twelfth Night and as Exeter in Henry V in 1937, both opposite Laurence Olivier, and Ferdinand in The Tempest, opposite Gielgud as Prospero.

In 1939, he adapted Charles Dickens' novel Great Expectations for the stage, playing the part of Herbert Pocket. The play was a success. One of its viewers was a young British film editor named David Lean, who had Guinness reprise his role in the former's 1946 film adaptation of the play.

Guinness served in the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve in World War II, serving first as a seaman in 1941 and being commissioned the following year. He commanded a landing craft taking part in the invasion of Sicily and Elba and later ferried supplies to the Yugoslav partisans.

During the war, he appeared in Terence Rattigan's West End Play for RAF Bomber Command, Flare Path.
uinness won particular acclaim for his work with director David Lean. After appearing in Lean's Great Expectations and Oliver Twist, he was given a starring role opposite William Holden in The Bridge on the River Kwai. For his performance as Colonel Nicholson, the unyielding British POW leader, Guinness won an Academy Award for Best Actor. Despite a difficult and often hostile relationship, Lean, referring to Guinness as "my good luck charm", continued to cast Guinness in character roles in his later films: Arab leader Prince Feisal in Lawrence of Arabia; the title character's half-brother, Bolshevik leader Yevgraf, in Doctor Zhivago; and Indian mystic Godbole in A Passage to India. He was also offered a role in Lean's adaptation of Ryan's Daughter (1970), but declined.

Other famous roles of this time period included The Swan (1956) with Grace Kelly in her last film role, The Horse's Mouth (1958) in which Guinness played the part of drunken painter Gulley Jimson as well as contributing the screenplay, for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium, Tunes of Glory (1960), Damn the Defiant! (1962), The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964), The Quiller Memorandum (1966), Marley's Ghost in Scrooge (1970), Charles I of England in Cromwell (1970), and the title role in Hitler: The Last Ten Days (1973) (which he considered his best film performance; critics disagreed).

He won a Tony Award for his Broadway triumph as poet Dylan Thomas in Dylan. He followed this success by playing the title role in Macbeth opposite Simone Signoret at the Royal Court Theatre in 1966, one of the most conspicuous failures of his career.

From the 1970s, Guinness made regular television appearances, including the part of George Smiley in the serializations of two novels by John le Carré: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy and Smiley's People. Le Carré was so impressed by Guinness's performance as Smiley that he based his characterization of Smiley in subsequent novels on Guinness. One of his last appearances was in the acclaimed BBC drama Eskimo Day.

Guinness received his fifth Oscar nomination for his performance in Charles Dickens' Little Dorrit in 1989. He received an honorary Oscar in 1980 "for advancing the art of screen acting through a host of memorable and distinguished performances."

Star Wars

Guinness' role as Obi-Wan Kenobi in the original Star Wars trilogy, beginning in 1977, brought him worldwide recognition by a new generation. Guinness agreed to take the part on the condition that he would not have to do publicity to promote the film. He was also one of the few cast members who believed that the film would be a box office hit and negotiated a deal for two percent of the gross, which made him very wealthy in later life. His role would also result in a Golden Globe Nomination and Academy Award Nomination for Best Supporting Actor.

Despite this, Guinness was never happy with being identified with the part, and expressed dismay at the fan following that the Star Wars trilogy attracted. In the DVD commentary of Star Wars: A New Hope, director George Lucas says that Guinness was not happy with the script re-write in which Obi-Wan is killed. However, Guinness stated in a 1999 interview that it was actually his idea to kill off Obi Wan, persuading Lucas that it would make him a stronger character. Lucas agreed to the idea, but Guinness confided in the interview, "What I didn't tell Lucas was that I just couldn't go on speaking those bloody awful, banal lines. I'd had enough of the mumbo jumbo." He continued by saying that he "shrivelled up" every time Star Wars was mentioned to him. Despite his dislike, fellow cast members Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Anthony Daniels, and Carrie Fisher (as well as Lucas) have spoken highly of his courtesy and professionalism on and off the set, wherein he did not let his distaste for the material show to his co-stars. Lucas credited him with inspiring fellow cast and crew to work harder, saying he was instrumental in helping to complete filming of the movies.
One of the distinctive voices to had ever lived

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Reynolds1863 on 08/05/09 at 8:06 am

He was twice and has 4 kids
He has been married twice and has 4 kids ranging in age 57-17.
Wives
Mildred Williams (m. 1949–1959) (divorced)
Kimberley Conrad (m. 1989–present) (seperated)

Kids
Christie Hefner (born 1952)...she took over the business at one point.
David Hefner (born 1955)
Marston Hefner (born 1990)
Cooper Hefner (born 1991)

He refuses to divorce Kimberly they haven't lived under the same roof since 1990.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/05/09 at 8:09 am

He refuses to divorce Kimberly they haven't lived under the same roof since 1990.
Problem with money if divorced?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Reynolds1863 on 08/05/09 at 8:11 am

Problem with money if divorced?

No, for some odd reason he takes marriage very seriously. It's the fidelity part he has problems with.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 08/05/09 at 8:34 am

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/00675/old1_675942c.jpg

Marilyn Monroe if she were alive today at 83.^

Ugh :o

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/05/09 at 10:12 am

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/00675/old1_675942c.jpg

Marilyn Monroe if she were alive today at 83.^
I think the hair would be different.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/05/09 at 10:39 am

In Upper St. Martin's Lane, in London on the building of the old premises of Equity (the Actor's Union) is a plaque erected by the British Film Institute for Alec Guinness.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/05/09 at 11:12 am

The co-person of the day...Alec Guinness

Sir Alec Guinness, CH, CBE, (2 April 1914 – 5 August 2000) was an English actor.
Guinness first worked writing copy for advertising before making his debut at the Albery Theatre in 1936 at the age of 22, playing the role of Osric in John Gielgud's wildly successful production of Hamlet. During this time he worked with many actors and actresses who would become his friends and frequent co-stars in the future, including John Gielgud, Peggy Ashcroft, Anthony Quayle, and Jack Hawkins. An early influence from afar was Stan Laurel, whom Guinness admired.

Guinness continued playing Shakespearean roles throughout his career. In 1937 he played the role of Aumerle in Richard II and Lorenzo in The Merchant of Venice under the direction of John Gielgud. He starred in a 1938 production of Hamlet which won him acclaim on both sides of the Atlantic. He also appeared as Romeo in a production of Romeo and Juliet (1939), Andrew Aguecheek in Twelfth Night and as Exeter in Henry V in 1937, both opposite Laurence Olivier, and Ferdinand in The Tempest, opposite Gielgud as Prospero.

In 1939, he adapted Charles Dickens' novel Great Expectations for the stage, playing the part of Herbert Pocket. The play was a success. One of its viewers was a young British film editor named David Lean, who had Guinness reprise his role in the former's 1946 film adaptation of the play.

Guinness served in the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve in World War II, serving first as a seaman in 1941 and being commissioned the following year. He commanded a landing craft taking part in the invasion of Sicily and Elba and later ferried supplies to the Yugoslav partisans.

During the war, he appeared in Terence Rattigan's West End Play for RAF Bomber Command, Flare Path.
uinness won particular acclaim for his work with director David Lean. After appearing in Lean's Great Expectations and Oliver Twist, he was given a starring role opposite William Holden in The Bridge on the River Kwai. For his performance as Colonel Nicholson, the unyielding British POW leader, Guinness won an Academy Award for Best Actor. Despite a difficult and often hostile relationship, Lean, referring to Guinness as "my good luck charm", continued to cast Guinness in character roles in his later films: Arab leader Prince Feisal in Lawrence of Arabia; the title character's half-brother, Bolshevik leader Yevgraf, in Doctor Zhivago; and Indian mystic Godbole in A Passage to India. He was also offered a role in Lean's adaptation of Ryan's Daughter (1970), but declined.

Other famous roles of this time period included The Swan (1956) with Grace Kelly in her last film role, The Horse's Mouth (1958) in which Guinness played the part of drunken painter Gulley Jimson as well as contributing the screenplay, for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium, Tunes of Glory (1960), Damn the Defiant! (1962), The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964), The Quiller Memorandum (1966), Marley's Ghost in Scrooge (1970), Charles I of England in Cromwell (1970), and the title role in Hitler: The Last Ten Days (1973) (which he considered his best film performance; critics disagreed).

He won a Tony Award for his Broadway triumph as poet Dylan Thomas in Dylan. He followed this success by playing the title role in Macbeth opposite Simone Signoret at the Royal Court Theatre in 1966, one of the most conspicuous failures of his career.

From the 1970s, Guinness made regular television appearances, including the part of George Smiley in the serializations of two novels by John le Carré: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy and Smiley's People. Le Carré was so impressed by Guinness's performance as Smiley that he based his characterization of Smiley in subsequent novels on Guinness. One of his last appearances was in the acclaimed BBC drama Eskimo Day.

Guinness received his fifth Oscar nomination for his performance in Charles Dickens' Little Dorrit in 1989. He received an honorary Oscar in 1980 "for advancing the art of screen acting through a host of memorable and distinguished performances."

Star Wars

Guinness' role as Obi-Wan Kenobi in the original Star Wars trilogy, beginning in 1977, brought him worldwide recognition by a new generation. Guinness agreed to take the part on the condition that he would not have to do publicity to promote the film. He was also one of the few cast members who believed that the film would be a box office hit and negotiated a deal for two percent of the gross, which made him very wealthy in later life. His role would also result in a Golden Globe Nomination and Academy Award Nomination for Best Supporting Actor.

Despite this, Guinness was never happy with being identified with the part, and expressed dismay at the fan following that the Star Wars trilogy attracted. In the DVD commentary of Star Wars: A New Hope, director George Lucas says that Guinness was not happy with the script re-write in which Obi-Wan is killed. However, Guinness stated in a 1999 interview that it was actually his idea to kill off Obi Wan, persuading Lucas that it would make him a stronger character. Lucas agreed to the idea, but Guinness confided in the interview, "What I didn't tell Lucas was that I just couldn't go on speaking those bloody awful, banal lines. I'd had enough of the mumbo jumbo." He continued by saying that he "shrivelled up" every time Star Wars was mentioned to him. Despite his dislike, fellow cast members Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Anthony Daniels, and Carrie Fisher (as well as Lucas) have spoken highly of his courtesy and professionalism on and off the set, wherein he did not let his distaste for the material show to his co-stars. Lucas credited him with inspiring fellow cast and crew to work harder, saying he was instrumental in helping to complete filming of the movies.

Lawrence Of Arabia is a personal fav of mine.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/05/09 at 11:24 am

Post #10000

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: nally on 08/05/09 at 11:39 am

Congratz to Philip for making reply number 10000 to this thread. O0

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/05/09 at 11:39 am

Congratz to Philip for making reply number 10000 to this thread. O0
Someone had to, and I did not want it to go un-notice.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 08/05/09 at 1:01 pm

Post #10000

Congratz to Philip for making reply number 10000 to this thread. O0

Someone had to, and I did not want it to go un-notice.

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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 08/05/09 at 1:03 pm

One of the distinctive voices to had ever lived

Yes indeed,as was Mr. Burtons.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/05/09 at 1:06 pm

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Bring on the dancing penguins.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Frank on 08/05/09 at 1:16 pm

Honorary mention...Marilyn Monroe
Marilyn Monroe (June 1, 1926 – August 5, 1962), born Norma Jeane Mortenson, but baptized Norma Jeane Baker, was an American actress, singer, and model.

After spending much of her childhood in foster homes, Monroe began a career as a model, which led to a film contract in 1946. Her early roles were minor, but her performances in The Asphalt Jungle and All About Eve (both 1950) were well received. She was praised for her comedic ability in such films as Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, How to Marry a Millionaire, and The Seven Year Itch, and became one of Hollywood's most popular and glamorous performers.

The typecasting of Monroe's "dumb blonde" persona limited her career prospects, so she broadened her range. She studied at the Actors Studio and formed Marilyn Monroe Productions. Her dramatic performance in William Inge's Bus Stop was hailed by critics, and she won a Golden Globe Award for her performance in Some Like it Hot.

The final years of Monroe's life were marked by illness, personal problems, and a reputation for being unreliable and difficult to work with. The circumstances of her death, from an overdose of barbiturates, have been the subject of conjecture. Though officially classified as a "probable suicide," the possibility of an accidental overdose has not been ruled out, while conspiracy theorists argue that she was murdered.

In 1999, Monroe was ranked as the sixth greatest female star of all time by the American Film Institute.
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The greatest sex symbol ever, not even questionable .

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 08/05/09 at 2:09 pm

I think the hair would be different.

Her hair would be more grayer.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: gibbo on 08/05/09 at 3:55 pm

Wow ninny...some real heavyweights this time...Guiness, Burton and Monroe! :o Loved almost all of their films...

... and loved those desert pics ... especially the pyramid pic and the mesa's...just breathtaking scenes...

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/05/09 at 3:58 pm

Wow ninny...some real heavyweights this time...Guiness, Burton and Monroe! :o Loved almost all of their films...
Now can we played Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon, but connecting Guiness, Burton and Monroe only together?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: gibbo on 08/05/09 at 4:01 pm

Now can we played Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon, but connecting Guiness, Burton and Monroe only together?

Well I can connect Burton with Mature (person from yesterday) ... as they were both in The Robe.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: gibbo on 08/05/09 at 4:04 pm

Now can we played Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon, but connecting Guiness, Burton and Monroe only together?

Guinness and Burton were in The Comedians (1967) together and Burton was strongly rumoured to have had an affair with Monroe while married to Liz Taylor!

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/05/09 at 4:07 pm

..... Burton was strongly rumoured to have had an affair with Monroe while married to Liz Taylor!
Tell me who did not?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: gibbo on 08/05/09 at 4:09 pm

Tell me who did not?

Yes, I would have offered to give comfort to Liz while he was off with others... ;)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/05/09 at 4:14 pm

Guinness and Burton were in The Comedians (1967) together and Burton was strongly rumoured to have had an affair with Monroe while married to Liz Taylor!
Marilyn Monroe to Alec Guiness:

Marilyn Monroe
was in
The Misfits (1961)
with
John Huston (I)
was in
Lovesick (1983)
with
Alec Guinness

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 08/05/09 at 5:06 pm

Wow ninny...some real heavyweights this time...Guiness, Burton and Monroe! :o Loved almost all of their films...

... and loved those desert pics ... especially the pyramid pic and the mesa's...just breathtaking scenes...

It was a rare and special day to have 3 great people pass on the same day...It is also my grandmothers day of birth.
The desert can be quite breathtaking.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 08/05/09 at 5:07 pm

Well I can connect Burton with Mature (person from yesterday) ... as they were both in The Robe.

I was wondering if someone would mention that.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 08/05/09 at 5:12 pm

Yes, I would have offered to give comfort to Liz while he was off with others... ;)

So kind of you..lets see you were between 4- 16 at the time ;D

# Richard Burton (15 March 1964 – 26 June 1974) (divorced)
# Richard Burton (again) (10 October 1975 – 29 July 1976)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: gibbo on 08/05/09 at 6:30 pm

So kind of you..lets see you were between 4- 16 at the time ;D

# Richard Burton (15 March 1964 – 26 June 1974) (divorced)
# Richard Burton (again) (10 October 1975 – 29 July 1976)

Aged 16 yrs....hmmm... that would have worked just fine for me! ::)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 08/06/09 at 6:12 am

The word of the day...Court
A court that hears cases and makes decisions based on statutes or the common law.
1.
1. An extent of open ground partially or completely enclosed by walls or buildings; a courtyard.
2. (Abbr. Ct.) A short street, especially a wide alley walled by buildings on three sides.
3. A large open section of a building, often with a glass roof or skylight.
4. A large building, such as a mansion, standing in a courtyard.
2.
1. The place of residence of a sovereign or dignitary; a royal mansion or palace.
2. The retinue of a sovereign, including the royal family and personal servants, advisers, and ministers.
3. A sovereign's governing body, including the council of ministers and state advisers.
4. A formal meeting or reception presided over by a sovereign.
3. Law.
1. A person or body of persons whose task is to hear and submit a decision on cases at law.
2. The building, hall, or room in which such cases are heard and determined.
3. The regular session of a judicial assembly.
4. A similar authorized tribunal having military or ecclesiastical jurisdiction.
4. Sports. An open level area marked with appropriate lines, upon which a game, such as tennis, handball, or basketball, is played.
5. The body of directors of an organization, especially of a corporation.
6. A legislative assembly.
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 08/06/09 at 6:13 am

The word of the day...Court
A court that hears cases and makes decisions based on statutes or the common law.
1.
1. An extent of open ground partially or completely enclosed by walls or buildings; a courtyard.
2. (Abbr. Ct.) A short street, especially a wide alley walled by buildings on three sides.
3. A large open section of a building, often with a glass roof or skylight.
4. A large building, such as a mansion, standing in a courtyard.
2.
1. The place of residence of a sovereign or dignitary; a royal mansion or palace.
2. The retinue of a sovereign, including the royal family and personal servants, advisers, and ministers.
3. A sovereign's governing body, including the council of ministers and state advisers.
4. A formal meeting or reception presided over by a sovereign.
3. Law.
1. A person or body of persons whose task is to hear and submit a decision on cases at law.
2. The building, hall, or room in which such cases are heard and determined.
3. The regular session of a judicial assembly.
4. A similar authorized tribunal having military or ecclesiastical jurisdiction.
4. Sports. An open level area marked with appropriate lines, upon which a game, such as tennis, handball, or basketball, is played.
5. The body of directors of an organization, especially of a corporation.
6. A legislative assembly.
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and I've seen some huge courts. :o

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 08/06/09 at 6:19 am

The person of the day...Cedric Hardwicke
Sir Cedric Webster Hardwicke KBE (19 February 1893 - 6 August 1964) was a noted English actor.
performance as a Japanese diplomat. In 1928 he married English actress Helena Pickard.

His first appearance in an English film was in 1931. In December 1935, Cedric Hardwicke was elected Rede Lecturer to Cambridge University for 1936. In 1939 Hardwicke was in Hollywood for film work there. He played Dr. David Livingstone opposite Spencer Tracy's Henry Morton Stanley in the 1939 film classic, Stanley and Livingstone and was also memorable as Jehan Frollo in The Hunchback of Notre Dame, with Charles Laughton as Quasimodo. He continued his stage career touring and in New York.

In 1944 he returned to England, again touring, and reappeared on the London stage, at the Westminster Theatre, on 29 March 1945, as Richard Varwell in a revival of Eden and Adelaide Phillpotts comedy Yellow Sands, and subsequently toured in this on the Continent. He returned to America late in 1945 and appeared with Ethel Barrymore in December in a revival of Shaw's Pygmalion, and continued on the New York the following year. in 1951-1952, he appeared on Broadway in Shaw's Don Juan in Hell with Agnes Moorehead, Charles Boyer, and Charles Laughton.

Despite having played in such film classics as Les Misérables (1935), King Solomon's Mines (1937), The Keys of the Kingdom (1944), The Winslow Boy (1948) and Olivier's Richard III (1955), Hardwicke is now remembered chiefly for his role as King Arthur in the comedy/musical, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1949), singing Busy Doing Nothing in a trio with Bing Crosby and William Bendix, and for his portrayal of the Pharaoh Seti I in Cecil B. DeMille's 1956 film The Ten Commandments.

In the 1961-1962 television season, Hardwicke starred as Professor Crayton in Gertrude Berg's sitcom Mrs. G. Goes to College, which ran for twenty-six weeks on CBS. The story line had Berg attending college as a 62-year-old widowed freshman studying under Hardwicke, with whom she had previously acted. Earlier, Hardwicke had guest starred on the Howard Duff and Ida Lupino CBS sitcom Mr. Adams and Eve.

Hardwicke's son is the actor Edward Hardwicke, who became well-known for playing Dr. Watson on British television in the 1980s and 1990s.

He died at the age of 71 in New York City. He was buried in London's Golders Green Crematorium.
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* I could not find his pic on Photobucket so I hope these images turn out.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 08/06/09 at 6:22 am

The co -person of the day...Rick James
Rick James (February 1, 1948 – August 6, 2004) was an American musician. James was a popular R&B and funk singer in the late 1970s and 1980s, scoring four #1 hits on the U.S. R&B charts. Among his best-known songs are "Give It to Me Baby" and "Super Freak". In addition to his music, he gained notoriety for his wild lifestyle: later in life, James' drug abuse led to widely publicized legal problems.
James's breakthrough was "You and I", an eight-minute single from his 1978 debut album Come Get It!. The album also featured his ode to marijuana, "Mary Jane".

In 1981 he recorded a concept album entitled Street Songs, which included James's signature song "Super Freak". The song featured guest vocals by The Temptations, and was sampled for MC Hammer's 1990 Grammy Award-winning song "U Can't Touch This", as well as Jay-Z's "Kingdom Come", released in 2006. Other hits from Street Songs included "Give It to Me Baby", "Fire and Desire" with protégé Teena Marie, and "Ghetto Life".

The stream of hits continued into the mid-1980s with "Teardrops", "Cold Blooded", "17", "You Turn Me On", "Can't Stop", and "Glow". His last R&B hit was "Loosey's Rap" in 1989, featuring a rap by Roxanne Shante. During this period, he also helped launch the Mary Jane Girls and produced and wrote Eddie Murphy's one hit, "Party All the Time".

While he is best known for his up tempo songs in pop circles, the R&B world also remembers him as one of the premier soul balladeers in the late seventies and early eighties. He recorded an early eighties hit with Motown legend Smokey Robinson entitled "Ebony Eyes" that captures his voice almost as well as "Fire And Desire".

During this time, he guest-starred on an episode of The A-Team entitled "The Heart of Rock N' Roll", in which he played himself and performed at a prison concert singing "Super Freak". Isaac Hayes also guest starred in this episode.
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Written By: ninny on 08/06/09 at 6:28 am

* honorary mention....Pope Paul VI
Pope Paul VI (Latin: Paulus PP. VI; Italian: Paolo VI), born Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini (26 September 1897 – 6 August 1978), reigned as Pope of the Roman Catholic Church and Sovereign of Vatican City from 1963 to 1978. Succeeding Pope John XXIII, who had convened the Second Vatican Council, he decided to continue it. He fostered improved ecumenical relations with Orthodox, Anglicans and Protestants, which resulted in a number of historic meetings and agreements.

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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 08/06/09 at 6:37 am

The co -person of the day...Rick James
Rick James (February 1, 1948 – August 6, 2004) was an American musician. James was a popular R&B and funk singer in the late 1970s and 1980s, scoring four #1 hits on the U.S. R&B charts. Among his best-known songs are "Give It to Me Baby" and "Super Freak". In addition to his music, he gained notoriety for his wild lifestyle: later in life, James' drug abuse led to widely publicized legal problems.
James's breakthrough was "You and I", an eight-minute single from his 1978 debut album Come Get It!. The album also featured his ode to marijuana, "Mary Jane".

In 1981 he recorded a concept album entitled Street Songs, which included James's signature song "Super Freak". The song featured guest vocals by The Temptations, and was sampled for MC Hammer's 1990 Grammy Award-winning song "U Can't Touch This", as well as Jay-Z's "Kingdom Come", released in 2006. Other hits from Street Songs included "Give It to Me Baby", "Fire and Desire" with protégé Teena Marie, and "Ghetto Life".

The stream of hits continued into the mid-1980s with "Teardrops", "Cold Blooded", "17", "You Turn Me On", "Can't Stop", and "Glow". His last R&B hit was "Loosey's Rap" in 1989, featuring a rap by Roxanne Shante. During this period, he also helped launch the Mary Jane Girls and produced and wrote Eddie Murphy's one hit, "Party All the Time".

While he is best known for his up tempo songs in pop circles, the R&B world also remembers him as one of the premier soul balladeers in the late seventies and early eighties. He recorded an early eighties hit with Motown legend Smokey Robinson entitled "Ebony Eyes" that captures his voice almost as well as "Fire And Desire".

During this time, he guest-starred on an episode of The A-Team entitled "The Heart of Rock N' Roll", in which he played himself and performed at a prison concert singing "Super Freak". Isaac Hayes also guest starred in this episode.
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Thanks Ninny I was just about to mention it to you. ;D

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Written By: ninny on 08/06/09 at 7:59 am

Thanks Ninny I was just about to mention it to you. ;D

I thought you would appreciate it. :)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/06/09 at 9:22 am

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Hampton Court Palace on a rainy day.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/06/09 at 9:25 am

The word of the day...Court
A court that hears cases and makes decisions based on statutes or the common law.
1.
1. An extent of open ground partially or completely enclosed by walls or buildings; a courtyard.

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I thought it was that is Hampton Court Palace

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/06/09 at 9:25 am

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Hampton Court Palace on a rainy day.
Yes, I have been there a few times and itching to go again.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/06/09 at 9:28 am

The person of the day...Cedric Hardwicke
Sir Cedric Webster Hardwicke KBE (19 February 1893 - 6 August 1964) was a noted English actor.
performance as a Japanese diplomat. In 1928 he married English actress Helena Pickard.

His first appearance in an English film was in 1931. In December 1935, Cedric Hardwicke was elected Rede Lecturer to Cambridge University for 1936. In 1939 Hardwicke was in Hollywood for film work there. He played Dr. David Livingstone opposite Spencer Tracy's Henry Morton Stanley in the 1939 film classic, Stanley and Livingstone and was also memorable as Jehan Frollo in The Hunchback of Notre Dame, with Charles Laughton as Quasimodo. He continued his stage career touring and in New York.

In 1944 he returned to England, again touring, and reappeared on the London stage, at the Westminster Theatre, on 29 March 1945, as Richard Varwell in a revival of Eden and Adelaide Phillpotts comedy Yellow Sands, and subsequently toured in this on the Continent. He returned to America late in 1945 and appeared with Ethel Barrymore in December in a revival of Shaw's Pygmalion, and continued on the New York the following year. in 1951-1952, he appeared on Broadway in Shaw's Don Juan in Hell with Agnes Moorehead, Charles Boyer, and Charles Laughton.

Despite having played in such film classics as Les Misérables (1935), King Solomon's Mines (1937), The Keys of the Kingdom (1944), The Winslow Boy (1948) and Olivier's Richard III (1955), Hardwicke is now remembered chiefly for his role as King Arthur in the comedy/musical, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1949), singing Busy Doing Nothing in a trio with Bing Crosby and William Bendix, and for his portrayal of the Pharaoh Seti I in Cecil B. DeMille's 1956 film The Ten Commandments.

In the 1961-1962 television season, Hardwicke starred as Professor Crayton in Gertrude Berg's sitcom Mrs. G. Goes to College, which ran for twenty-six weeks on CBS. The story line had Berg attending college as a 62-year-old widowed freshman studying under Hardwicke, with whom she had previously acted. Earlier, Hardwicke had guest starred on the Howard Duff and Ida Lupino CBS sitcom Mr. Adams and Eve.

Hardwicke's son is the actor Edward Hardwicke, who became well-known for playing Dr. Watson on British television in the 1980s and 1990s.

He died at the age of 71 in New York City. He was buried in London's Golders Green Crematorium.

He is buried at the same London's Golders Green Crematorium as Peter Sellers.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/06/09 at 9:31 am

* honorary mention....Pope Paul VI
Pope Paul VI (Latin: Paulus PP. VI; Italian: Paolo VI), born Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini (26 September 1897 – 6 August 1978), reigned as Pope of the Roman Catholic Church and Sovereign of Vatican City from 1963 to 1978. Succeeding Pope John XXIII, who had convened the Second Vatican Council, he decided to continue it. He fostered improved ecumenical relations with Orthodox, Anglicans and Protestants, which resulted in a number of historic meetings and agreements.
On the day of Pope Paul VI death, my old manager wanted to apply for his job!

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Written By: ninny on 08/06/09 at 10:54 am

Yes, I have been there a few times and itching to go again.

When was the last time it was in use?

He is buried at the same London's Golders Green Crematorium as Peter Sellers.

Interesting fact.

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Written By: Reynolds1863 on 08/06/09 at 11:29 am

Yes, I have been there a few times and itching to go again.

Ohhh, Hampton Court. :) The estate of Henry the 8th, also known to be haunted by women who were unfortunate enough to be his wives.

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Written By: Reynolds1863 on 08/06/09 at 11:31 am

On the day of Pope Paul VI death, my old manager wanted to apply for his job!

I'd have to look it up but I heard there's no real qualifications for the papacy. Except for the conclave liking you.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/06/09 at 11:53 am

Ohhh, Hampton Court. :) The estate of Henry the 8th, also known to be haunted by women who were unfortunate enough to be his ives.
There is an exhibition on there at the moment on King Henry VIII and his wives.

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Written By: ninny on 08/06/09 at 11:53 am

I'd have to look it up but I heard there's no real qualifications for the papacy. Except for the conclave liking you.

I think being Catholic might help ;D

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/06/09 at 11:54 am

When was the last time it was in use?
Today, the palace is open to the public, and is a major tourist attraction. The palace's Home Park is the site of the annual Hampton Court Palace Festival and Hampton Court Palace Flower Show. Along with St. James's Palace, it is one of only two surviving palaces out of the many owned by Henry VIII.

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Written By: ninny on 08/06/09 at 11:56 am

Today, the palace is open to the public, and is a major tourist attraction. The palace's Home Park is the site of the annual Hampton Court Palace Festival and Hampton Court Palace Flower Show. Along with St. James's Palace, it is one of only two surviving palaces out of the many owned by Henry VIII.

Who was the last royal to reside there?

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/06/09 at 12:00 pm

Who was the last royal to reside there?
After the death of Queen Mary, King William lost interest in the renovations, and work ceased. However, it was in Hampton Court Park in 1702 that he fell from his horse, later dying from his injuries at Kensington Palace. He was succeeded by his sister-in-law Queen Anne who continued the decoration and completion of the state apartments. On Queen Anne's death in 1714 the Stuart dynasty came to an end. Queen Annes's successor was George I; he and his son George II were the last monarchs to reside at Hampton Court.

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Written By: ninny on 08/06/09 at 12:13 pm

After the death of Queen Mary, King William lost interest in the renovations, and work ceased. However, it was in Hampton Court Park in 1702 that he fell from his horse, later dying from his injuries at Kensington Palace. He was succeeded by his sister-in-law Queen Anne who continued the decoration and completion of the state apartments. On Queen Anne's death in 1714 the Stuart dynasty came to an end. Queen Annes's successor was George I; he and his son George II were the last monarchs to reside at Hampton Court.

So no one has lived there since the 1700's.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/06/09 at 12:14 pm

So no one has lived there since the 1700's.
No royalty, I would think some staff do live there.

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Written By: ninny on 08/06/09 at 12:23 pm

No royalty, I would think some staff do live there.

Do you know how many rooms there are?

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/06/09 at 12:30 pm

Do you know how many rooms there are?
Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, acquired Hampton Court as his country residence. Within a year, he became Henry VIII's Lord High Chancellor. Wolsey built many rooms in honor of his monarch and expanded the manor, including a system of pipes laid to supply pure spring water to the property from miles away. With a staff of 500 and 1,000 rooms, Hampton Court eventually exceeded the grandiosity of any of Henry VIII's palaces. The King's covetous eye, however, fell upon the property in 1526 and Wolsey was forced to "gift" Hampton Court to the king in an attempt to regain his rapidly diminishing royal favor. Much of the 1000 room palace exists as it did at the time of the last monarch to reside there, George II in 1760. The Queen still owns this property and it is occupied and meticulously maintained. In addition to the main house, the gardens and outdoor attractions are very popular with visitors.

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Written By: ninny on 08/06/09 at 12:44 pm

Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, acquired Hampton Court as his country residence. Within a year, he became Henry VIII's Lord High Chancellor. Wolsey built many rooms in honor of his monarch and expanded the manor, including a system of pipes laid to supply pure spring water to the property from miles away. With a staff of 500 and 1,000 rooms, Hampton Court eventually exceeded the grandiosity of any of Henry VIII's palaces. The King's covetous eye, however, fell upon the property in 1526 and Wolsey was forced to "gift" Hampton Court to the king in an attempt to regain his rapidly diminishing royal favor. Much of the 1000 room palace exists as it did at the time of the last monarch to reside there, George II in 1760. The Queen still owns this property and it is occupied and meticulously maintained. In addition to the main house, the gardens and outdoor attractions are very popular with visitors.

1000 wow. Is it open year round?

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/06/09 at 12:46 pm

1000 wow. Is it open year round?
Open all year round, but must be closed at Christmas.

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Written By: Reynolds1863 on 08/06/09 at 12:48 pm

I think being Catholic might help ;D

Well yeah, other than that the guidelines are pretty flimsy.

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Written By: Reynolds1863 on 08/06/09 at 12:50 pm

There is an exhibition on there at the moment on King Henry VIII and his wives.

One of those times where I wish I wasn't in America. :(

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Written By: ninny on 08/06/09 at 2:12 pm

Well yeah, other than that the guidelines are pretty flimsy.

The only real requirements are that he be a Catholic male who is not a schismatic, not a heretic, is not notorious for simony, and has reached the age of reason.
I'm sure you have to rise through the ranks first, most Popes that are picked are Cardinals, you have a outside chance if your a Bishop

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Written By: Reynolds1863 on 08/06/09 at 2:32 pm

The only real requirements are that he be a Catholic male who is not a schismatic, not a heretic, is not notorious for simony, and has reached the age of reason.
I'm sure you have to rise through the ranks first, most Popes that are picked are Cardinals, you have a outside chance if your a Bishop

Not a heretic, that takes all the fun out of it. >:( Age of reason for some that's 17 for others it's 63. Actually some Pope's were made popes because either their Dad was one or Uncle. I think they reconsidered that after a few abused the power. Male . . . guess you've heard the legend of Pope Joan?

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Written By: ninny on 08/06/09 at 3:16 pm

Not a heretic, that takes all the fun out of it. >:( Age of reason for some that's 17 for others it's 63. Actually some Pope's were made popes because either their Dad was one or Uncle. I think they reconsidered that after a few abused the power. Male . . . guess you've heard the legend of Pope Joan?

She came under the rules before they changed in 1059
However, the death of Henry III and the rise of child emperor Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor allowed Pope Nicholas II to promulgate In Nomine Domini in 1059, ensuring that all future elections (and, eventually, conclaves) would conform to a basic process that has remained largely unchanged for a millennium

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Written By: Reynolds1863 on 08/06/09 at 3:19 pm

She came under the rules before they changed in 1059
However, the death of Henry III and the rise of child emperor Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor allowed Pope Nicholas II to promulgate In Nomine Domini in 1059, ensuring that all future elections (and, eventually, conclaves) would conform to a basic process that has remained largely unchanged for a millennium

She was disguising herself as a man. Guess they had to do something about that glitch.

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Written By: gibbo on 08/06/09 at 3:51 pm

I thought I had somehow picked up the history channel here... ;) :o ;D Interesting banter girls....

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Written By: Reynolds1863 on 08/06/09 at 3:52 pm

I thought I had somehow picked up the history channel here... ;) :o ;D Interesting banter girls....

We try. :)

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Written By: gibbo on 08/06/09 at 3:55 pm

We try. :)

I know you are both trying..... ;)

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Written By: Reynolds1863 on 08/06/09 at 4:18 pm

I know you are both trying..... ;)

Life isn't worth living without a little stress. Based on that we're helping your longevity. :)

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Written By: gibbo on 08/06/09 at 4:46 pm

Life isn't worth living without a little stress. Based on that we're helping your longevity. :)

....and you continue to try... ;D

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Written By: Howard on 08/06/09 at 6:01 pm

I have loads of favorite Rick James songs. :)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/07/09 at 2:41 am

I have loads of favorite Rick James songs. :)
I only really know one song from Rick James.

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Written By: gibbo on 08/07/09 at 2:50 am

I only really know one song from Rick James.

....and that would be Super Freak?

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/07/09 at 2:52 am

....and that would be Super Freak?
You have it in one.

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Written By: gibbo on 08/07/09 at 2:58 am

You have it in one.

That's because it is the only RJ song I have heard too.... ;D

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/07/09 at 2:59 am

That's because it is the only RJ song I have heard too.... ;D
...and then it was all down to MC Hammer to knowledge of this song.

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Written By: Frank on 08/07/09 at 3:03 am

That's because it is the only RJ song I have heard too.... ;D

That makes 3 of us.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/07/09 at 3:08 am

That makes 3 of us.
Is it worth checking out YouTube?

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Written By: ninny on 08/07/09 at 5:33 am

Is it worth checking out YouTube?

Mary Jane
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Bustin Out(On Funk)
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Ghetto Life
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iqVZygcqBg&feature=related#
Party All The Time
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5LX16zia2k#

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Written By: ninny on 08/07/09 at 5:39 am

The word of the day...Mess
1. A disorderly or dirty accumulation, heap, or jumble: left a mess in the yard.
2.
1. A cluttered, untidy, usually dirty condition: The kitchen was a mess.
2. A confused, troubling, or embarrassing condition; a muddle: With divorce and bankruptcy proceedings pending, his personal life was in a mess.
3. One that is in such a condition: clothes that were a mess after painting the ceiling; made a mess of their marriage.
3.
1. An amount of food, as for a meal, course, or dish: cooked up a mess of fish.
2. A serving of soft, semiliquid food: a mess of porridge.
4.
1. A group of people, usually soldiers or sailors, who regularly eat meals together.
2. Food or a meal served to such a group: took mess with the enlistees.
3. A mess hall.
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Written By: ninny on 08/07/09 at 5:42 am

The person of the day...Oliver Hardy
Oliver Hardy (born Norvell Hardy; January 18, 1892 – August 7, 1957) was an American comic actor famous as one half of Laurel and Hardy, the classic double act that began in the era of silent films and lasted over 31 years, from 1926 to 1957. Hardy’s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame is located at 1500 Vine Street, Hollywood, California.
In 1927, Laurel and Hardy began sharing screen time together in Slipping Wives, Duck Soup (no relation to the Marx Brothers film of the same name) and With Love and Hisses. Roach Studios' supervising director Leo McCarey, realizing the audience reaction to the two, began intentionally teaming them together, leading to the start of a Laurel and Hardy series late that year. With this pairing, he created arguably the most famous double act in movie history. They began producing a huge body of short movies, including The Battle of the Century (1927) (with one of the largest pie fights ever filmed), Should Married Men Go Home? (1928), Two Tars (1928), Unaccustomed As We Are (1929, marking their transition to talking pictures) Berth Marks (1929), Blotto (1930), Brats (1930) (with Stan and Ollie portraying themselves, as well as their own sons, using oversized furniture to sets for the 'young' Laurel and Hardy), Another Fine Mess (1930), Be Big! (1931), and many others. In 1929, they appeared in their first feature, in one of the revue sequences of Hollywood Revue of 1929 and the following year they appeared as the comic relief in a lavish all-color (in Technicolor) musical feature entitled: The Rogue Song. This film marked their first appearance in color. In 1931 they made their first full length movie (in which they were the actual stars), Pardon Us although they continued to make features and shorts until 1935. Perhaps their greatest achievement, however, was The Music Box (1932), which won them an Academy Award for best short film—their only such award.

In 1936, Hardy's personal life suffered a blow as he and Myrtle divorced. Whilst waiting for a contractual issue between Laurel and Hal Roach to be resolved, Hardy made Zenobia with Harry Langdon. Eventually, however, new contracts were agreed and the team was loaned out to General Services Studio to make The Flying Deuces. While on the lot, Hardy fell in love with Virginia Lucille Jones, a script girl, whom he married the next year. They enjoyed a happy, successful marriage until his death.

Laurel and Hardy also began performing for the USO, supporting the Allied troops during World War II. They also made A Chump at Oxford (1940) (which features a moment of role reversal, with Oliver becoming a temporarily concussed subordinate to Stan) and Saps at Sea (1940).

Beginning in 1941, Laurel and Hardy's films began to decline in quality. They left Roach Studios and began making films for 20th century Fox, and later MGM. Although they were financially better off, they had very little artistic control at the large studios, and hence the films lack the very qualities that had made Laurel and Hardy worldwide names.

In 1947, Laurel and Hardy went on a six week tour of Great Britain. Initially unsure of how they would be received, they were mobbed wherever they went. The tour was then lengthened to include engagements in Scandinavia, Belgium, France, as well as a Royal Command Performance for King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. Biographer John McCabe said they continued to make live appearances in the United Kingdom and France for the next several years, until 1954, often using new sketches and material that Laurel had written for them.
Oliver Hardy in The Fighting Kentuckian, 1949.

In 1949, Hardy's friend, John Wayne, asked him to play a supporting role in The Fighting Kentuckian. Hardy had previously worked with Wayne and John Ford in a charity production of the play What Price Glory? while Laurel began treatment for his diabetes a few years previously. Initially hesitant, Hardy accepted the role at the insistence of his comedy partner. Frank Capra later invited Hardy to play a cameo role in Riding High with Bing Crosby in 1950.

In 1950-51, Laurel and Hardy made their final film. Atoll K (also known as Utopia) was a simple concept; Laurel inherits an island, and the boys set out to sea, where they encounter a storm and discover a brand new island, rich in uranium, making them powerful and wealthy. However, it was produced by a consortium of European interests, with an international cast and crew that could not speak to each other. In addition, the script needed to be rewritten by Stan to make it fit the comedy team's style, and both suffered serious physical illness during the filming.

In 1955, the pair had contracted with Hal Roach Jr. to produce a series of TV shows based on the Mother Goose fables. They would be filmed in color for NBC. However, this was never to be. Laurel suffered a stroke, which required a lengthy convalescence. Hardy had a heart attack and stroke later that year, from which he never physically recovered.
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Written By: ninny on 08/07/09 at 5:45 am

The co-person of the day...Peter Jennings
eter Charles Archibald Ewart Jennings, CM (July 29, 1938 – August 7, 2005) was a Canadian-American journalist and news anchor. He was the sole anchor of ABC's World News Tonight from 1983 until his death in 2005 of complications from lung cancer. A high-school dropout, he transformed himself into one of American television's most prominent journalists.

Jennings started his career early, hosting a Canadian radio show at the age of nine. In 1965, ABC News tapped him to anchor its flagship evening news program. His inexperience marred his first short stint in the anchor chair, and Jennings became a foreign correspondent in 1968, honing his reporting skills in the Middle East.

He returned as one of World News Tonight's three anchors in 1978, and was promoted to the role of sole anchor in 1983. Jennings formed part of the "Big Three" news anchors who dominated American evening news in the 1980s and 1990s. In addition to anchoring, Jennings hosted several news specials and moderated presidential debates. Having always been fascinated with the United States, Jennings became a naturalized United States citizen in 2003. His death, which closely followed the retirements of Tom Brokaw and Dan Rather, marked the end of the "Big Three" era.
Jennings' debut on September 5, 1983 marked the beginning of a steady climb in the ratings for ABC News. He spent his first year at the anchor desk educating himself on American domestic affairs in preparation for the 1984 presidential campaign season. In June 1984, Jennings, who later admitted that his political knowledge was limited at the time, co-anchored ABC's coverage of the Democratic National Convention with David Brinkley. "I had not covered an election campaign in 16 years," Jennings said, "so here was I going to co-anchor with David Brinkley in 1984, and he wasn't even sure I knew who the faces belonged to, and he was right." Jennings and ABC were criticized for suddenly halting coverage of the convention for 30 minutes and airing a rerun of Hart to Hart instead.

Despite a shaky start at the anchor desk, Jennings' broadcast began to climb in the ratings. Jennings was praised for his performance during the 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, when he anchored ABC's coverage of the event for 11 straight hours. By 1989, competition among the three nightly newscasts had risen to fever pitch. When the Loma Prieta earthquake struck the San Francisco Bay area, media pundits praised Jennings and ABC News for their prompt on-air response, while criticizing the delayed reaction of Tom Brokaw and NBC News. The next month, Brokaw redeemed himself by scooping the other networks with news of the fall of the Berlin Wall. It was World News Tonight, however, that ended the year at the top; ABC's evening newscast spent the last 13 weeks of the year in first place, and its average ratings for the entire year beat CBS for the first time.

Jennings' on-air success continued in 1990, and World News Tonight consistently led the ratings race. In January, he anchored the first installment of Peter Jennings Reporting – hour-long, prime-time ABC News specials dedicated to exploring a single topic. His inaugural program on gun violence in America drew praise. His second installment of Peter Jennings Reporting in April, "From the Killing Fields", focused on US policy towards Cambodia. The program alleged that the federal government was covertly supporting the Khmer Rouge's return to power in the Asian nation, a charge that the Bush administration initially denied. On July 18, though, the White House announced that it was ending recognition of the Khmer Rouge.

When the Gulf War started on January 16, 1991, Jennings began a marathon anchoring stint to cover the story, spending 20 of the first 48 hours of the war on-air, and leading ABC News to its highest-ever ratings. After interrupting regular Saturday morning cartoons on January 19 to broadcast a military briefing from Saudi Arabia, Jennings and ABC became concerned about the emotional impact of the war coverage on children. Out of that concern, Jennings hosted a 90-minute special, War in the Gulf: Answering Children's Questions the next Saturday morning; the program featured Jennings, ABC correspondents, and American military personnel answering phoned-in questions and explaining the war to young viewers.

On October 13, 1991, breaking news forced ABC News to interrupt regular Saturday morning programming again. Jennings was once again mindful of his audience, prefacing the coverage of the Senate confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas with remarks for children. "You may hear some not very nice language," said Jennings. He noted that Thomas and his accuser, Anita Hill, "have a very painful disagreement about some things the woman says the man did to her when they were working together...You can ask your parents to tell you more." Jennings continued to produce special programs aimed at young viewers, anchoring Growing Up in the Age of AIDS, a frank, 90-minute-long discussion on AIDS in February 1992, and Prejudice: Answering Children's Questions, a forum on racism in April 1992.
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Written By: ninny on 08/07/09 at 5:48 am

The flower for Friday...Gardenia
1. Any of various shrubs and trees of the Old World tropics that belong to the genus Gardenia, especially G. jasminoides native to China, having glossy evergreen leaves and large, fragrant, usually white flowers.
2. The flower of this plant.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/07/09 at 6:27 am

Another fine mess?

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Written By: Howard on 08/07/09 at 7:23 am

....and that would be Super Freak?

You And I
Mary Jane
Cold Blooded
17
Glow
You Turn Me On
Give It To Me Baby

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/07/09 at 7:24 am

You And I
Mary Jane
Cold Blooded
17
Glow
You Turn Me On
Give It To Me Baby
These are not familiar to me.

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Written By: Howard on 08/07/09 at 7:30 am

These are not familiar to me.

Those were songs from 1980-1985.

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Written By: Howard on 08/07/09 at 7:30 am

The Pathmark parking lot is a mess. :P

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Written By: Womble on 08/07/09 at 7:46 am

I love the old "Laurel and Hardy" films. I always check the TV listings for those films. Thanks for the nice retrospect on Oliver Hardy, Ninny.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/07/09 at 7:48 am

I love the old "Laurel and Hardy" films. I always check the TV listings for those films. Thanks for the nice retrospect on Oliver Hardy, Ninny.
The one in hosptial, boiled eggs and walnuts?

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Written By: Howard on 08/07/09 at 8:28 am

I love the old "Laurel and Hardy" films. I always check the TV listings for those films. Thanks for the nice retrospect on Oliver Hardy, Ninny.

What's your favorite?

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/07/09 at 9:34 am

What's your favorite?
Way Out West

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 08/07/09 at 10:22 am

I love the old "Laurel and Hardy" films. I always check the TV listings for those films. Thanks for the nice retrospect on Oliver Hardy, Ninny.

Your Welcome :)

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Written By: ninny on 08/07/09 at 10:34 am

Way Out West

Good one..I also liked A Chump At Oxford

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/07/09 at 11:34 am

Good one..I also liked A Chump At Oxford
There is also that piano moving one.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/07/09 at 12:44 pm

Stan Laurel, one half of the world's most famous comedy duo, used to live at No. 8 Dockwray Square, North Shields, between 1897 and 1901 – when his father managed the town's Theatre Royal.

The house is no longer there, but a blue plaque is in situ between numbers 6 and 7. In 1989, a statue of Laurel was also erected in the square.

The steps that lead down from Dockwray Square to the North Shields Fish Quay were supposed to have inspired the piano-moving scene in their film The Music Box.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/07/09 at 12:47 pm

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The stairs that were used in The Music Box are still standing, located between 932-935 Vendome Street, just south of Sunset Boulevard in the Silver Lake neighborhood of Los Angeles. Above is a picture of how the stairs look today. Not only were the stairs used in The Music Box but they are featured in an earlier Laurel & Hardy film from 1927, Hats Off. In this film the boys were delivering vacuum cleaners. At the base of the stairs you will find a plaque ackowledging the significance of these steps. The Los Angeles Cultural Heritage Board has made this location a cultural landmark. Not only is their plague but there is now also a street sign for this particular location.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/07/09 at 12:52 pm

Type "923 N Vendome St, Los Angeles, California 90026, United States" into Google Street View and the piano location can be seen.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/07/09 at 12:57 pm

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To commemorate the 50th anniversary of their appearance in Southend, the Saps At Sea Tent organised a Laurel and Hardy Convention which was attended by 100 devotees from the UK, Europe and America. As part of the celebrations, a blue plaque was unveiled on Southend Pier by Sir John Mills. Other celebrities present were John Inman, Jack Douglas, Vicky Michelle, Bella Emburg and Joe Goodman. It was intended that the blue plaque be placed on the Pier after restoration work had been completed. The plaque is currently housed in the Pier Museum and it is hoped that it will soon be placed in a suitable and permanent place to commemorate the week when Laurel and Hardy were in our town in 1952.

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Written By: Howard on 08/07/09 at 4:00 pm

There was a commercial years ago with Laurel And Hardy lookalikes.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/07/09 at 4:02 pm

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To commemorate the 50th anniversary of their appearance in Southend, the Saps At Sea Tent organised a Laurel and Hardy Convention which was attended by 100 devotees from the UK, Europe and America. As part of the celebrations, a blue plaque was unveiled on Southend Pier by Sir John Mills. Other celebrities present were John Inman, Jack Douglas, Vicky Michelle, Bella Emburg and Joe Goodman. It was intended that the blue plaque be placed on the Pier after restoration work had been completed. The plaque is currently housed in the Pier Museum and it is hoped that it will soon be placed in a suitable and permanent place to commemorate the week when Laurel and Hardy were in our town in 1952.
On my trip to Southend-on-Sea two years back, I looked for this plaque and could not find it.

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Written By: Howard on 08/07/09 at 4:07 pm

The flower for Friday...Gardenia
1. Any of various shrubs and trees of the Old World tropics that belong to the genus Gardenia, especially G. jasminoides native to China, having glossy evergreen leaves and large, fragrant, usually white flowers.
2. The flower of this plant.
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Those are really beautiful flowers. :)

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Written By: Reynolds1863 on 08/07/09 at 4:13 pm

Thanks for not posting a picture of me under the word mess. :D

Peter Jennings, that voice and demmeaner made watching the news tolerable.

Laurel and Hardy meets Dracula a true unsung classic. I love watching Bela Lugosi trying to keep a straight face. :)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/07/09 at 4:15 pm

Laurel and Hardy meets Dracula a true unsung classic. I love watching Bela Lugosi trying to keep a straight face. :)
I have never seen that and want to now.

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Written By: Howard on 08/07/09 at 4:18 pm

I have never seen that and want to now.

I've seen March of The Wooden Soldiers.

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Written By: Reynolds1863 on 08/07/09 at 4:19 pm

I have never seen that and want to now.

It's really neat seeing Bela trying to be Dracula with all the silliness around him. Shear enjoyment to watch. :)

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Written By: ninny on 08/07/09 at 4:20 pm

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XRrU8-3NmiY/Sc-n5ZdphXI/AAAAAAAAAcM/UxcPAl5pIjI/s400/Laurel+&+Hardy+Vendome+St..JPG

The stairs that were used in The Music Box are still standing, located between 932-935 Vendome Street, just south of Sunset Boulevard in the Silver Lake neighborhood of Los Angeles. Above is a picture of how the stairs look today. Not only were the stairs used in The Music Box but they are featured in an earlier Laurel & Hardy film from 1927, Hats Off. In this film the boys were delivering vacuum cleaners. At the base of the stairs you will find a plaque ackowledging the significance of these steps. The Los Angeles Cultural Heritage Board has made this location a cultural landmark. Not only is their plague but there is now also a street sign for this particular location.

Very interesting

Thanks for not posting a picture of me under the word mess. :D

Peter Jennings, that voice and demmeaner made watching the news tolerable.

Laurel and Hardy meets Dracula a true unsung classic. I love watching Bela Lugosi trying to keep a straight face. :)

Laurel and Hardy meets Dracula that's a great one.

I've seen March of The Wooden Soldiers.

Another good one.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/08/09 at 4:17 am

There is world famous Laurel and Hardy Museum devoted to Stan and Olly in Ulverston, Cumbria the birthplace of Stan Laurel.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/08/09 at 4:23 am

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The plaque says it all.

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Written By: ninny on 08/08/09 at 5:45 am

The word of the day...Box
1.
1. A container typically constructed with four sides perpendicular to the base and often having a lid or cover.
2. The amount or quantity that such a container can hold.
2. A square or rectangle: Draw a box around your answer.
3.
1. A separated compartment in a public place of entertainment, such as a theater or stadium, for the accommodation of a small group.
2. An area of a public place, such as a courtroom or stadium, marked off and restricted for use by persons performing a specific function: a jury box.
4. A small structure serving as a shelter: a sentry box.
5. Chiefly British. A small country house used as a sporting lodge: a shooting box.
6. A box stall.
7. The raised seat for the driver of a coach or carriage.
8. Baseball.
1. An area on a diamond marked by lines designating where the batter may stand.
2. Any of various designated areas for other team members, such as the pitcher, catcher, and coaches.
9. Sports. A penalty box.
10. Printing. Featured printed matter enclosed by hairlines, a border, or white space and placed within or between text columns.
11. A hollow made in the side of a tree for the collection of sap.
12. A post office box.
13.
1. An inbox.
2. An outbox.
14.
1. An insulating, enclosing, or protective casing or part in a machine.
2. A signaling device enclosed in a casing: an alarm box.
15. A cable box.
16.
1. Informal. A television.
2. A very large portable radio.
17. Chiefly British. A gift or gratuity, especially one given at Christmas.
18. An awkward or perplexing situation; a predicament.
19. Vulgar Slang. The vulva and the vagina.
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Written By: ninny on 08/08/09 at 5:48 am

The person of the day...Louise Brooks
Mary Louise Brooks (November 14, 1906 – August 8, 1985), generally known by her stage name Louise Brooks, was an American dancer, model, showgirl and silent film actress, famous for pioneering the bobbed haircut. Brooks is best known for her three feature roles including two G. W. Pabst films: in Pandora's Box (1929), Diary of a Lost Girl (1929), and Prix de Beauté (Miss Europe) (1930) . She starred in 17 silent films and, late in life, authored a memoir, Lulu in Hollywood.
Brooks made her screen debut in the silent The Street of Forgotten Men, in an uncredited role in 1925. Soon, however, she was playing the female lead in a number of silent light comedies and flapper films over the next few years, starring with Adolphe Menjou and W. C. Fields, among others.
Brooks in The Canary Murder Case (1929)

She was noticed in Europe for her pivotal vamp role in the Howard Hawks directed silent "buddy film," A Girl in Every Port in 1928.

It has been said that her best American role was in one of the early sound film dramas, Beggars of Life (1928), as an abused country girl on the run with Richard Arlen and Wallace Beery playing hoboes she meets while riding the rails. Much of this film was shot on location, and the boom microphone was invented for this film by the director William Wellman, who needed it for one of the first experimental talking scenes in the movies. By this time in her life, she was rubbing elbows with the rich and famous, and was a regular guest of William Randolph Hearst and his mistress, Marion Davies, at San Simeon, being close friends with Davies' niece, Pepi Lederer. Her distinctive bob haircut, which became eponymous, and is still recognised to this day, had helped start a trend, as many women in the Western world began to wear their hair as both she and fellow film star Colleen Moore did. Soon after the film Beggars Of Life was made, Brooks, who loathed the Hollywood "scene," refused to stay on at Paramount after being denied a promised raise, and left for Europe to make films for G. W. Pabst, the great German Expressionist director.

Paramount attempted to use the coming of sound films to strongarm the actress, but she called the studio's bluff. It was not until 30 years later that this rebellious move would come to be seen as arguably the most savvy of her career, securing her immortality as a silent film legend and independent spirit. Unfortunately, while her initial snubbing of Paramount alone would not have finished her in Hollywood altogether, her refusal after returning from Germany to come back to Paramount for sound retakes of The Canary Murder Case (1929) irrevocably placed her on an unofficial blacklist. Actress Margaret Livingston was hired to dub Brooks's voice for the film, and the studio claimed that Brooks' voice was unsuitable for work in sound pictures.
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Written By: ninny on 08/08/09 at 5:50 am

The co-person of the day...Alan Napier
Alan Napier (born Alan William Clavering; 7 January 1903 – 8 August 1988) was an English character actor. He is best known for playing Alfred in the 1960s live-action Batman television series.

Napier was a cousin of Neville Chamberlain, Britain's prime minister from 1937 to 1940 and a great-great-grandson of author Charles Dickens. He was stage-struck from childhood and after graduating from Clifton College, the tall 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m), booming-voiced Napier studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, then later was engaged by the Oxford Players, where he worked with such raw young talent as Sir John Gielgud and Robert Morley. He continued working with the cream of Britain's acting crop during his ten years (1929–1939) on the West End stage. He came to New York City in 1940 to co-star with Gladys George in Lady in Waiting. Though his film career had begun in England in the 1930s, he had very little success before the cameras until he arrived and joined the British community in Hollywood in 1941. There he spent time with such people as James Whale. He usually played dignified, sometimes WASPish roles of all sizes in such films as Cat People (1942), The Uninvited (1943), and House of Horror (1946).

In The Song of Bernadette, he played the ethically questionable psychiatrist who is hired to declare Bernadette mentally ill. He appeared in two Shakespeare films: the Orson Welles Macbeth, in which he played a priest that Welles added to the story, who spoke lines originally uttered by other characters, and MGM's Julius Caesar, in which he played Cicero. He also played the vicious Earl of Warwick in Joan of Arc. In 1949, he made an appearance on the short-lived television anthology series Your Show Time as Sherlock Holmes, in an adaptation of "The Adventure of the Speckled Band". In the 1950s he appeared on TV in four episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents.

In 1966, he was the first to be cast on the smash-hit TV series Batman, as Bruce Wayne's faithful butler Alfred, a role he played until the series' cancellation in 1968.

I had never read comics before I . My agent rang up and said, 'I think you are going to play on "Batman,"' I said 'What is "Batman"?' He said, 'Don't you read the comics?' I said, 'No, never.' He said, 'I think you are going to be Batman's butler.' I said, 'How do I know I want to be Batman's butler?' It was the most ridiculous thing I had ever heard of. He said, 'It may be worth over $100,000.' So I said I was Batman's butler.

Napier's career extended into the 1980s, with TV roles in such miniseries as QB VII and such weeklies as The Paper Chase.

Napier is the grandfather of actor Brian Forster, best known as portraying (the second) Chris Partridge on the television series, The Partridge Family, and the great-grandfather of actor James Napier, who is perhaps most notable for his roles on the television series' The Tribe and Power Rangers Dino Thunder.

Napier died from a stroke on 8 August 1988, in Santa Monica, California at the age of 85. His final resting place is at the Chapel of the Pines Crematory
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Written By: gibbo on 08/08/09 at 6:00 am

I am unfamiliar with Louise Brooks work. Interesting reading though...

I thought I didn't know Alan Naoier until I got to the Batman part... wow he already looked 85 when he made Batman..he would have been 63-65 years of age at that time.

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Written By: Howard on 08/08/09 at 6:00 am

It's also the 35th Anniversary of Richard Nixon's impeachment.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/08/09 at 6:09 am

Living in A Box by Living In A Box (1987)

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Written By: Howard on 08/08/09 at 6:10 am

Living in A Box by Living In A Box (1987)

A song with the name of the group as the same as the title.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/08/09 at 6:11 am

Doomed postbox turned into shrine

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/08/09 at 6:11 am

A song with the name of the group as the same as the title.
A rarity with a catchy song.

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Written By: Howard on 08/08/09 at 6:12 am

A rarity with a catchy song.

must have been a one hit wonder.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/08/09 at 6:16 am

must have been a one hit wonder.
Not in the UK.

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Written By: Howard on 08/08/09 at 6:18 am

Not in the UK.

must have been a US thing.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/08/09 at 6:21 am

must have been a US thing.
Have you checked a US Chart website?

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/08/09 at 6:22 am

must have been a one hit wonder.
The song "Living in a Box" was later covered by Bobby Womack, who had also worked with Living in a Box on their debut album.

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Written By: Howard on 08/08/09 at 6:23 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHt_GzOgjvA

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/08/09 at 6:23 am

Living in A Box by Living In A Box (1987)
Living in a Box were a British pop band from the 1980s and early 1990s

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Written By: gibbo on 08/08/09 at 6:23 am

Little boxes on the hillside ... and they're all made out of ticky tacky ... and they all look just the same!

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Written By: Howard on 08/08/09 at 6:24 am

Living in a Box were a British pop band from the 1980s and early 1990s

What about other hits?

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/08/09 at 6:25 am

Little boxes on the hillside ... and they're all made out of ticky tacky ... and they all look just the same!
Now that song takes me back to my childhood years.

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Written By: ninny on 08/08/09 at 6:25 am

Living in A Box by Living In A Box (1987)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHt_GzOgjvA

I was just about to post the song, good job Howie.

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Written By: Howard on 08/08/09 at 6:27 am

I was just about to post the song, good job Howie.

You're Welcome. :)

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Written By: gibbo on 08/08/09 at 6:28 am

Now that song takes me back to my childhood years.

I thought it might. Likewise myself....

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Written By: ninny on 08/08/09 at 6:28 am

What about other hits?

Room In Your Heart
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHnrRRSREWM&feature=related#

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/08/09 at 6:29 am

What about other hits?
The hits of Living In A Box:

Living In A Box #5
1987 Scales Of Justice #30
1987 So The Story Goes (Featuring Bobby Womack) #34
1988 Love Is The Art #45
1989 Blow The House Down #10
1989 Gatecrashing #36
1989 Room In Your Heart #5
1989 A Different Air #57

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Written By: ninny on 08/08/09 at 6:30 am

Little boxes on the hillside ... and they're all made out of ticky tacky ... and they all look just the same!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AN3rN59GlWw#

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/08/09 at 6:31 am

I thought it might. Likewise myself....
Without looking it up, I am trying to remember who sang it. I know it is not Leapy Lee.

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Written By: gibbo on 08/08/09 at 6:44 am

Without looking it up, I am trying to remember who sang it. I know it is not Leapy Lee.

Just listened to ninny's link of Pete Seeger singing Little Boxes (and it's the version I remember). Interesting ssocial commentary song ...

There is also a good original version on youtube sung by Malvina Reynolds (an early folk singer)...

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Written By: ninny on 08/08/09 at 6:52 am

Without looking it up, I am trying to remember who sang it. I know it is not Leapy Lee.

He did Little Arrows.

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Written By: gibbo on 08/08/09 at 6:54 am

He did Little Arrows.

Here they came falling out of the blue...little arrows for me and for you!

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Written By: ninny on 08/08/09 at 6:58 am

Here they came falling out of the blue...little arrows for me and for you!

My father has some Country music tapes and he use to play this all the time to my kids..They loved the song,well at least they did when they were young.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/08/09 at 7:06 am

Just listened to ninny's link of Pete Seeger singing Little Boxes (and it's the version I remember). Interesting ssocial commentary song ...

There is also a good original version on youtube sung by Malvina Reynolds (an early folk singer)...
Was is Pete Seeger, I would not had guess that

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/08/09 at 7:06 am

He did Little Arrows.

That I am aware of.

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Written By: ninny on 08/08/09 at 7:25 am

Was is Pete Seeger, I would not had guess that

A hardcore version by Rise Against
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m55HfltSYVs&feature=related#

My son just saw them in concert last week....lucky him :-\\

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/09/09 at 2:48 am

A hardcore version by Rise Against
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m55HfltSYVs&feature=related#

My son just saw them in concert last week....lucky him :-\\
Will I have to turn the sound down on my speakers for this?

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Written By: ninny on 08/09/09 at 6:14 am

Will I have to turn the sound down on my speakers for this?

Most likely.

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Written By: ninny on 08/09/09 at 6:20 am

The word of the day...Palace
1. The official residence of a royal personage.
2. Chiefly British. The official residence of a high dignitary, such as a bishop or archbishop.
3.
1. A large or splendid residence.
2. A large, often gaudily ornate building used for entertainment or exhibitions.
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Written By: gibbo on 08/09/09 at 6:33 am

I have always liked that 'fairy tale castle' pic. It's in Bavaria or Lichtenstein isn't it? :-\\

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/09/09 at 6:42 am

The word of the day...Palace
1. The official residence of a royal personage.
2. Chiefly British. The official residence of a high dignitary, such as a bishop or archbishop.
3.
1. A large or splendid residence.
2. A large, often gaudily ornate building used for entertainment or exhibitions.
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Buckingham Palace, been there, but never in it!

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/09/09 at 6:43 am

The word of the day...Palace
1. The official residence of a royal personage.
2. Chiefly British. The official residence of a high dignitary, such as a bishop or archbishop.
3.
1. A large or splendid residence.
2. A large, often gaudily ornate building used for entertainment or exhibitions.
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Alexandra Palace, north London, been close by it, but never in it.

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Written By: ninny on 08/09/09 at 6:50 am

The person of the day...Jerry Garcia
Jerome John "Jerry" Garcia (August 1, 1942 – August 9, 1995) was an American musician best known for his work with the band the Grateful Dead. Though he vehemently disavowed the role, Garcia was viewed by many as the leader or "spokesman" of the group.

One of its original founders, Garcia performed with The Grateful Dead for their entire three-decade career (which spanned from 1965 to 1995); and also founded and participated in a variety of side projects, including the Jerry Garcia Band, Old and in the Way, the Garcia/Grisman acoustic duo, and Legion of Mary. Garcia co-founded the New Riders of the Purple Sage with John Dawson and David Nelson. He also released several solo albums, and contributed to a number of albums by other artists over the years as a session musician. He was well known by many for his distinctive guitar playing and was ranked 13th in Rolling Stone's "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" cover story.. Later in life, Garcia was sometimes ill because of his unstable weight, and in 1986 went into a diabetic coma that nearly cost him his life. Although his overall health improved somewhat after that, he also struggled with heroin addiction, and was staying in a California drug rehabilitation facility when he died of a heart attack in August 1995
Garcia was well-noted for his "soulful extended guitar improvisations", which would frequently feature interplay between himself and his fellow band members. His fame, as well as the band's, arguably rested on their ability to never play a song the same way twice. Often, Garcia would take cues from rhythm guitarist Bob Weir on when to solo, remarking that "there are some kinds of ideas that would really throw me if I had to create a harmonic bridge between all the things going on rhythmically with two drums and Phil innovative bass playing. Weir's ability to solve that sort of problem is extraordinary. Harmonically, I take a lot of my solo cues from Bob."

When asked to describe his approach to soloing, Garcia commented: "It keeps on changing. I still basically revolve around the melody and the way it’s broken up into phrases as I perceive them. With most solos, I tend to play something that phrases the way the melody does; my phrases may be more dense or have different value, but they’ll occur in the same places in the song. "

Garcia and the band toured almost constantly from their formation in 1965 until Garcia's death in 1995, a stint which gave credit to the name "endless tour". Periodically, there were breaks due to exhaustion or health problems, often due to unstable health and drug use of Garcia. During their three decade span, the Grateful Dead played 2,314 shows.

Garcia's mature guitar-playing melded elements from the various kinds of music that had enthralled him. Echoes of bluegrass playing (such as Arthur Smith and Doc Watson) could be heard. But the "roots music" behind bluegrass had its influence, too, and melodic riffs from Celtic fiddle jigs can be distinguished. There was also early rock (like Lonnie Mack, James Burton and Chuck Berry), contemporary blues (such as Freddie King and Lowell Fulson), country and western (such as Roy Nichols and Don Rich), and jazz (like Charlie Christian) to be heard in Jerry's style. Don Rich was the sparkling country guitar player in Buck Owens's "the Buckaroos" band of the 1960s, but besides Rich's style, both Garcia's pedal steel guitar playing (on Grateful Dead records and others) and his standard electric guitar work, were influenced by another of Owens's Buckaroos of that time, pedal-steel player Tom Brumley. And as an improvisational soloist, John Coltrane was one of his greatest personal and musical influences.
Jerry Garcia in 1969

Garcia later described his playing style as having "descended from barroom rock and roll, country guitar. Just 'cause that's where all my stuff comes from. It's like that blues instrumental stuff that was happening in the late Fifties and early Sixties, like Freddie King." Garcia's style varied somewhat according to the song or instrumental to which he was contributing. His playing had a number of so-called "signatures" and, in his work through the years with the Grateful Dead, one of these was lead lines making much use of rhythmic triplets (examples include the songs "Good Morning Little School Girl", "New Speedway Boogie", "Brokedown Palace", "Deal", "Loser", "Truckin'", "That's It for the Other One", "U.S. Blues", "Sugaree", and "Don't Ease Me In").
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/09/09 at 6:53 am

The word of the day...Palace
1. The official residence of a royal personage.
2. Chiefly British. The official residence of a high dignitary, such as a bishop or archbishop.
3.
1. A large or splendid residence.
2. A large, often gaudily ornate building used for entertainment or exhibitions.

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Blenheim Palace, I have always by passed it.

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Written By: ninny on 08/09/09 at 6:53 am

The co-person of the day...Sharon Tate
Sharon Marie Tate (January 24, 1943 – August 9, 1969) was an American actress. During the 1960s she played small television roles before appearing in several films. After receiving positive reviews for her comedic performances, she was hailed as one of Hollywood's promising newcomers and was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for her performance in Valley of the Dolls (1967). She also appeared regularly in fashion magazines as a model and cover girl.

Married to the film director Roman Polanski in 1968, Tate was eight and a half months pregnant when she was murdered in her home, along with four others, by followers of Charles Manson.

A decade after the murders, Tate's mother, Doris, in response to the growing cult status of the killers and the possibility that any of them might be granted parole, organized a public campaign against what she considered shortcomings in the state's corrections system which led to amendments to the California criminal law in 1982, which allowed crime victims and their families to make victim impact statements during sentencing and at parole hearings. Doris Tate was the first person to make such an impact statement under the new law, when she spoke at the parole hearing of one of her daughter's killers, Charles "Tex" Watson. She later said that she believed the changes in the law had afforded her daughter dignity that had been denied her before, and that she had been able to "help transform Sharon's legacy from murder victim to a symbol of victims' rights".
After filming Tate remained in London where she immersed herself in the fashion world and nightclubs. Around this time she met Roman Polanski.
A color screenshot from the film, The Fearless Vampire Killers. Tate is sitting in a large ceramic bathtub, filled with bubbles up to her shoulders. Strands of hair from her red wig are draped over her face, as she looks, smiling, at Roman Polanski, who is leaning towards her at the side of the bathtub.
Tate with Roman Polanski in The Fearless Vampire Killers

Tate and Polanski later agreed that neither of them had been impressed by the other when they first met. Polanski was planning The Fearless Vampire Killers, which was being co-produced by Ransohoff, and had decided that he wanted the red-headed actress Jill St. John for the female lead. Ransohoff insisted that Polanski cast Tate, and after meeting with her, he agreed that she would be suitable on the condition that she wore a red wig during filming. The company traveled to Italy for filming where Tate's fluent Italian proved useful in communicating with the local crew members. A perfectionist, Polanski had little patience with the inexperienced Tate, and said in an interview that one scene had required seventy takes before he was satisfied. In addition to directing, Polanski also played one of the main characters, a guileless young man who is intrigued by Tate's character and begins a romance with her. As filming progressed, Polanski praised her performances and her confidence grew. They began a relationship, and Tate moved into Polanski's London apartment after filming ended. Jay Sebring traveled to London where he insisted on meeting Polanski. Although friends later said he was devastated, he befriended Polanski and remained Tate's closest confidante. Polanski later commented that Sebring was a lonely and isolated person, who viewed Tate and himself as his family.

Tate returned to the United States to film Don't Make Waves with Tony Curtis, leaving Polanski in London. Tate played the part of Malibu, and was the inspiration for the popular "Malibu Barbie" doll. The film was intended to capitalize on the popularity of beach movies and the music of such artists as the Beach Boys and Jan and Dean. Tate's character, billed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer publicity as "Malibu, Queen of the Surf", wore little more than a bikini for most of the film. Disappointed with the film, she began referring to herself sarcastically as "sexy little me". Before the film's release, a major publicity campaign resulted in photographs and life-sized cardboard figures of Sharon Tate being displayed in cinema foyers throughout the United States; a concurrent advertising campaign by Coppertone featured Tate. The film opened to poor reviews and mediocre ticket sales and Tate was quoted as confiding to a reporter, "It's a terrible movie", before adding, "Sometimes I say things I shouldn't. I guess I'm too outspoken."

Polanski returned to the United States, and was contracted to direct the film version of Ira Levin's novel, Rosemary's Baby. Polanski later admitted that he had wanted Tate to star in the film and had hoped that someone would suggest her, as he felt it inappropriate to make the suggestion himself. The producers did not suggest Tate, and Mia Farrow was cast. Tate reportedly provided ideas for some of the key scenes, including the scene in which the protagonist, Rosemary, is impregnated. She also appeared uncredited as a guest in a party scene. A frequent visitor to the set, she was photographed there by Esquire magazine and the resulting photographs generated considerable publicity for both Tate and the film.

A March 1967 article about Tate in Playboy magazine began, "This is the year that Sharon Tate happens..." and included six nude or partially nude photographs taken by Roman Polanski during filming of The Fearless Vampire Killers. Tate was optimistic: Eye of the Devil and The Fearless Vampire Killers were each due for release, and she had been signed to play a major role in the film version of Valley of the Dolls. One of the all-time literary bestsellers, the film version was highly publicized and anticipated, and while Tate acknowledged that such a prominent role should further her career, she confided to Polanski that she did not like either the book or the script.

Patty Duke, Barbara Parkins and Judy Garland were cast as the other leads. Susan Hayward replaced Garland a few weeks later when Garland was dismissed. Director Mark Robson was highly critical of the three principal actresses but, according to Duke, directed most of his criticism at Tate. Duke later said Robson "continually treated like an imbecile, which she definitely was not, and she was very attuned and sensitive to this treatment." Polanski later quoted Robson as saying to him, "That's a great girl you're living with. Few actresses have her kind of vulnerability. She's got a great future."

In interviews during production, Tate expressed an affinity for her character, Jennifer North, an aspiring actress admired only for her body. Some magazines commented that Tate was viewed similarly and Look magazine published an unfavorable article about the three lead actresses, describing Tate as "a hopelessly stupid and vain starlet". Tate, Duke and Parkins developed a close friendship which continued after the completion of the film. Tate promoted the film enthusiastically. She frequently commented on her admiration for Lee Grant, with whom she had played several dramatic scenes.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/09/09 at 6:54 am

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Hampton Court Palace on a rainy day.

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Written By: ninny on 08/09/09 at 6:56 am

* Honorable mention*...Bernie Mac
Bernard Jeffrey McCullough (October 5, 1957 – August 9, 2008), better known by his stage name Bernie Mac, was an American actor and comedian. Born and raised on the South Side of Chicago, Mac gained popularity as a stand-up comedian. He joined comedians Steve Harvey, Cedric the Entertainer, and D.L. Hughley as The Original Kings of Comedy.

After briefly hosting the HBO show Midnight Mac, Mac appeared in several films in smaller roles. His most noted film role was as Frank Catton in the remake Ocean's Eleven and the titular character of Mr. 3000. He was the star of The Bernie Mac Show, which ran from 2001-2006, earning him two Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series. His other films included starring roles in Friday,The Players Club, Head of State, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, Bad Santa, Guess Who, Pride, Soul Men, and Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa.

Mac suffered from sarcoidosis, an inflammatory lung disease that produces tiny lumps of cells in the solid organs, but had said the condition was in remission in 2005. Despite having the disease, his death on August 9, 2008 was caused by complications from pneumonia.
Mac started as a stand-up comedian in Chicago's Cotton Club. After he won the Miller Lite Comedy Search at the age of 32, his popularity as a comedian began to grow. A performance on HBO's Def Comedy Jam thrust him into the spotlight. He opened for Dionne Warwick, Redd Foxx and Natalie Cole. He also had a short-lived talk show on HBO titled Midnight Mac. Later, Mac also acted in minor roles and got his big break as "Pastor Clever" in Ice Cube's 1995 film Friday. Following that role, Mac also worked in many other films and had some television appearances in titles including, Booty Call, How to Be a Player, Life and What's the Worst That Could Happen?. Mac was one of the few African American comedic actors able to break from the traditional "black comedy" genre, having roles in the 2001 remake of Ocean's Eleven and becoming the new Bosley for the Charlie's Angels sequel, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle. In 2003, he gave an impressive performance in a supporting role as the villain "Gin Slagel, The Store Dick" in Bad Santa. He also starred in Guess Who?, a comedic remake of the film Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, and made an appearance in the 2007 film Transformers as the car salesman "Bobby Bolivia." He served as the voice of Zuba in Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa.

In 2001, Fox gave Mac his own semi-autobiographical sitcom called The Bernie Mac Show. In the show, he suddenly becomes custodian of his sister's three children after she enters rehab. It was a success, in part because it allowed Mac to stay true to his stand-up comedy roots, breaking the fourth wall to communicate his thoughts to the audience. The show contained many parodies of events in Bernie's actual life. It was not renewed after the 2006 season. Viewers were left without a conclusion for the series, and no ending to the storyline of Bernie and Wanda trying to have a baby. Among other awards, the show won an Emmy for ‘Outstanding Writing’, the Peabody Award for excellence in broadcasting, and last but not least, the Humanitas Prize for television writing that promotes human dignity. His character on The Bernie Mac Show was ranked #47 in TV Guide's list of the "50 Greatest TV Dads of All Time."

In 2004, Bernie Mac had his first starring role as a retired baseball player in the film Mr. 3000. In the 2003 National League Championship Series, Mac sang "Take Me Out To The Ballgame" at Wrigley Field with the Chicago Cubs leading the Florida Marlins in the series 3-2 and in Game 6 by a 3-0 score. Instead of saying "root, root, root for the Cubbies" Mac said, "root, root, root for the champions!" The Cubs lost the game and the series, with some fans claiming that Mac helped jinx the Cubs. Mac later admitted that he had hated the North Side's Cubs his whole life, being a die-hard fan of the South Side's White Sox, and was seen during the White Sox' 2005 World Series victory at U.S. Cellular Field.
Mac in premiere of Transformers in June 2007

He was number 72 on Comedy Central's list of the 100 greatest standups of all time. On March 19, 2007, Mac told David Letterman on the CBS Late Show that he would retire from his 30-year career after he finished shooting the comedy film, The Whole Truth, Nothing but the Truth, So Help Me Mac. "I'm going to still do my producing, my films, but I want to enjoy my life a little bit," Mac told Letterman. "I missed a lot of things, you know. I was a street performer for two years. I went into clubs in 1977."
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Written By: ninny on 08/09/09 at 7:00 am

I have always liked that 'fairy tale castle' pic. It's in Bavaria or Lichtenstein isn't it? :-\\

The one in the pic is.....
Neuschwanstein, the Fairytale Castle near Munich.The palace has appeared in several movies, and was the inspiration for Sleeping Beauty Castle at both Disneyland Park and Hong Kong Disneyland.

There is also..Lichtenstein Castle is a fairy-tale styled castle located near Honau in the Swabian Alb, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Its self-descriptive name in English means "light (colored) stone
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Written By: ninny on 08/09/09 at 7:02 am

Buckingham Palace, been there, but never in it!

Blenheim Palace, I have always by passed it.

You've been to quite a lot of palaces,next time go in and enjoy them.

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Written By: Howard on 08/09/09 at 7:06 am

* Honorable mention*...Bernie Mac
Bernard Jeffrey McCullough (October 5, 1957 – August 9, 2008), better known by his stage name Bernie Mac, was an American actor and comedian. Born and raised on the South Side of Chicago, Mac gained popularity as a stand-up comedian. He joined comedians Steve Harvey, Cedric the Entertainer, and D.L. Hughley as The Original Kings of Comedy.

After briefly hosting the HBO show Midnight Mac, Mac appeared in several films in smaller roles. His most noted film role was as Frank Catton in the remake Ocean's Eleven and the titular character of Mr. 3000. He was the star of The Bernie Mac Show, which ran from 2001-2006, earning him two Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series. His other films included starring roles in Friday,The Players Club, Head of State, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, Bad Santa, Guess Who, Pride, Soul Men, and Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa.

Mac suffered from sarcoidosis, an inflammatory lung disease that produces tiny lumps of cells in the solid organs, but had said the condition was in remission in 2005. Despite having the disease, his death on August 9, 2008 was caused by complications from pneumonia.
Mac started as a stand-up comedian in Chicago's Cotton Club. After he won the Miller Lite Comedy Search at the age of 32, his popularity as a comedian began to grow. A performance on HBO's Def Comedy Jam thrust him into the spotlight. He opened for Dionne Warwick, Redd Foxx and Natalie Cole. He also had a short-lived talk show on HBO titled Midnight Mac. Later, Mac also acted in minor roles and got his big break as "Pastor Clever" in Ice Cube's 1995 film Friday. Following that role, Mac also worked in many other films and had some television appearances in titles including, Booty Call, How to Be a Player, Life and What's the Worst That Could Happen?. Mac was one of the few African American comedic actors able to break from the traditional "black comedy" genre, having roles in the 2001 remake of Ocean's Eleven and becoming the new Bosley for the Charlie's Angels sequel, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle. In 2003, he gave an impressive performance in a supporting role as the villain "Gin Slagel, The Store Dick" in Bad Santa. He also starred in Guess Who?, a comedic remake of the film Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, and made an appearance in the 2007 film Transformers as the car salesman "Bobby Bolivia." He served as the voice of Zuba in Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa.

In 2001, Fox gave Mac his own semi-autobiographical sitcom called The Bernie Mac Show. In the show, he suddenly becomes custodian of his sister's three children after she enters rehab. It was a success, in part because it allowed Mac to stay true to his stand-up comedy roots, breaking the fourth wall to communicate his thoughts to the audience. The show contained many parodies of events in Bernie's actual life. It was not renewed after the 2006 season. Viewers were left without a conclusion for the series, and no ending to the storyline of Bernie and Wanda trying to have a baby. Among other awards, the show won an Emmy for ‘Outstanding Writing’, the Peabody Award for excellence in broadcasting, and last but not least, the Humanitas Prize for television writing that promotes human dignity. His character on The Bernie Mac Show was ranked #47 in TV Guide's list of the "50 Greatest TV Dads of All Time."

In 2004, Bernie Mac had his first starring role as a retired baseball player in the film Mr. 3000. In the 2003 National League Championship Series, Mac sang "Take Me Out To The Ballgame" at Wrigley Field with the Chicago Cubs leading the Florida Marlins in the series 3-2 and in Game 6 by a 3-0 score. Instead of saying "root, root, root for the Cubbies" Mac said, "root, root, root for the champions!" The Cubs lost the game and the series, with some fans claiming that Mac helped jinx the Cubs. Mac later admitted that he had hated the North Side's Cubs his whole life, being a die-hard fan of the South Side's White Sox, and was seen during the White Sox' 2005 World Series victory at U.S. Cellular Field.
Mac in premiere of Transformers in June 2007

He was number 72 on Comedy Central's list of the 100 greatest standups of all time. On March 19, 2007, Mac told David Letterman on the CBS Late Show that he would retire from his 30-year career after he finished shooting the comedy film, The Whole Truth, Nothing but the Truth, So Help Me Mac. "I'm going to still do my producing, my films, but I want to enjoy my life a little bit," Mac told Letterman. "I missed a lot of things, you know. I was a street performer for two years. I went into clubs in 1977."
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Bernie Mac,gone too soon. :(

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Written By: ninny on 08/09/09 at 9:06 am

Bernie Mac,gone to soon. :(

Sad but true. :\'(

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Written By: Howard on 08/09/09 at 3:16 pm

I always watched The Bernie Mac Show.

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Written By: ninny on 08/09/09 at 7:12 pm

I always watched The Bernie Mac Show.

Me too.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/10/09 at 7:17 am

Is Janine baby-sitting again?

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Written By: gibbo on 08/10/09 at 7:18 am

Is Janine baby-sitting again?

I think she may be sitting all week....

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Written By: Howard on 08/10/09 at 7:18 am

word of the day is?

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/10/09 at 8:12 am

I think she may be sitting all week....
Baby-Sitting Boogie ?

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Written By: ninny on 08/10/09 at 8:51 am

Is Janine baby-sitting again?

I think she may be sitting all week....

Yes, but we had problems with the cable company, but everything is OK now.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/10/09 at 8:54 am

Yes, but we had problems with the cable company, but everything is OK now.
Naughty cable company!

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Written By: ninny on 08/10/09 at 8:56 am

The word of the day...Chef
A cook, especially the chief cook of a large kitchen staff.
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Written By: ninny on 08/10/09 at 8:56 am

Naughty cable company!

Yep ;D

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/10/09 at 8:59 am

The word of the day...Chef
A cook, especially the chief cook of a large kitchen staff.

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My wife used to keep seeing Jamie Oliver on her weekend trips to a certain part of north London.

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Written By: ninny on 08/10/09 at 8:59 am

The person of the day...Isaac Hayes
Isaac Lee Hayes, Jr. (August 20, 1942 – August 10, 2008) was an American singer-songwriter, actor and musician. Hayes was one of the main creative forces behind southern soul music label Stax Records, where he served as both an in-house songwriter and producer with partner David Porter during the mid-1960s. Alongside, Bill Withers, the Sherman Brothers, Steve Cropper and John Fogerty, Hayes & Porter were named to the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2005 in recognition of their string of successful hit songs for Sam & Dave, Carla Thomas and others In the late 1960s. Their hit song "Soul Man" by Sam & Dave has been recognized as one of the best or most influential songs of the past 50 years by the Grammy Hall of Fame, The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Rolling Stone magazine, and the RIAA Songs of the Century.

In the late 1960s, Hayes became a recording artist, and recorded successful soul albums such as Hot Buttered Soul (1969) and Black Moses (1971) as the Stax label's premier artist. In addition to his work in popular music, Hayes was a film score composer for motion pictures. His best known work, for the 1971 blaxploitation film Shaft, earned Hayes an Academy Award for Best Original Song (the first Academy Award received by an African-American in a non-acting category) and two Grammy Awards. He received a third Grammy for the album Black Moses.

In 1992, in recognition of his humanitarian work, he was crowned an honorary king of Ghana's Ada district. Hayes also acted in motion pictures and television; from 1997 to 2005, he provided the voice for the character "Chef" on the Comedy Central animated TV series South Park.
ayes launched a comeback on the Virgin label in 1995 with Branded, an album of new material that earned impressive sales figures as well as positive reviews from critics who proclaimed it a return to form. A companion album released around the same time, Raw and Refined, featured a collection of previously unreleased instrumentals, both old and new.

In a rather unexpected career move shortly thereafter, Hayes charged back into the public consciousness as a founding star of Comedy Central's controversial — and wildly successful — animated TV series, South Park. Hayes provided the voice for the character of "Chef," the amorous elementary-school lunchroom cook, from the show's debut on August 13, 1997 (one week shy of his 55th birthday), through the end of its ninth season in 2006. The role of Chef drew on Hayes's talents both as an actor and as a singer, thanks to the character's penchant for making conversational points in the form of crudely suggestive soul songs. An album of songs from the series appeared in 1998 with the title Chef Aid: The South Park Album reflecting Chef's popularity with the show's fans, and the Chef song "Chocolate Salty Balls" became a number-one U.K. hit. Ironically, when South Park leaped to the big screen the following year with the smash animated musical South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut, Hayes/Chef was the only major character who did not perform a showcase song in the film; his lone musical contribution was "Good Love," a track on the soundtrack album which originally appeared on Black Moses in 1971 and is not heard in the movie (more on Chef below).

Hayes was inducted into the Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame in 2002. The same year, a documentary highlighting Isaac's career and his impact on many of the Memphis artists in the 1960s onwards was produced, "Only The Strong Survive".

In 2004, Hayes appeared in a recurring minor role as the Jaffa Tolok on the television series Stargate SG-1. The following year, he appeared in the critically acclaimed independent film Hustle & Flow.
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Written By: ninny on 08/10/09 at 9:02 am

The co-person of the day...Leo Fender
Clarence Leonidas Fender (August 10, 1909 - March 21, 1991), also known as Leo Fender, was a Greek-American inventor who founded Fender Electric Instrument Manufacturing Company, now known as Fender Musical Instruments Corporation, and later founded MusicMan and G&L Musical Products (G&L Guitars). His guitar, bass, and amplifier designs from the 1950s continue to dominate popular music more than half a century later. Marshall and many other amplifier companies have used Fender instruments as the foundation of their products. Fender and inventor Les Paul are often cited as the two most influential figures in the development of electric instruments in the 20th centur
Fender recognized the potential for an electric guitar that was easy to hold, easy to tune, and easy to play. He also recognized that players needed guitars that would not feed back at dance hall volumes as the typical arch top would. In addition, Fender sought a tone that would command attention on the bandstand and cut through the noise in a bar. By 1949, he had begun working in earnest on what would become the first Telecaster (which was called the Broadcaster in its earlier years) at the Fender factory in Fullerton, California.

Although he never admitted it, Fender seemed to base his practical design on the Rickenbacker Bakelite. (Smith, Richard (May 1998). History of the Fender Telecaster. ) One of the Rickenbacker's strong points—a detachable neck that made it easy to make and service—was not lost on Fender, who was a master at improving already established designs. Not surprisingly, his first prototype was a single-pickup guitar with a detachable hard rock maple neck and a pine body painted white. (Smith, Richard (May 1998). History of the Fender Telecaster. )
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/10/09 at 9:13 am

The person of the day...Isaac Hayes
Isaac Lee Hayes, Jr. (August 20, 1942 – August 10, 2008) was an American singer-songwriter, actor and musician. Hayes was one of the main creative forces behind southern soul music label Stax Records, where he served as both an in-house songwriter and producer with partner David Porter during the mid-1960s. Alongside, Bill Withers, the Sherman Brothers, Steve Cropper and John Fogerty, Hayes & Porter were named to the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2005 in recognition of their string of successful hit songs for Sam & Dave, Carla Thomas and others In the late 1960s. Their hit song "Soul Man" by Sam & Dave has been recognized as one of the best or most influential songs of the past 50 years by the Grammy Hall of Fame, The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Rolling Stone magazine, and the RIAA Songs of the Century.

In the late 1960s, Hayes became a recording artist, and recorded successful soul albums such as Hot Buttered Soul (1969) and Black Moses (1971) as the Stax label's premier artist. In addition to his work in popular music, Hayes was a film score composer for motion pictures. His best known work, for the 1971 blaxploitation film Shaft, earned Hayes an Academy Award for Best Original Song (the first Academy Award received by an African-American in a non-acting category) and two Grammy Awards. He received a third Grammy for the album Black Moses.

In 1992, in recognition of his humanitarian work, he was crowned an honorary king of Ghana's Ada district. Hayes also acted in motion pictures and television; from 1997 to 2005, he provided the voice for the character "Chef" on the Comedy Central animated TV series South Park.
ayes launched a comeback on the Virgin label in 1995 with Branded, an album of new material that earned impressive sales figures as well as positive reviews from critics who proclaimed it a return to form. A companion album released around the same time, Raw and Refined, featured a collection of previously unreleased instrumentals, both old and new.

In a rather unexpected career move shortly thereafter, Hayes charged back into the public consciousness as a founding star of Comedy Central's controversial — and wildly successful — animated TV series, South Park. Hayes provided the voice for the character of "Chef," the amorous elementary-school lunchroom cook, from the show's debut on August 13, 1997 (one week shy of his 55th birthday), through the end of its ninth season in 2006. The role of Chef drew on Hayes's talents both as an actor and as a singer, thanks to the character's penchant for making conversational points in the form of crudely suggestive soul songs. An album of songs from the series appeared in 1998 with the title Chef Aid: The South Park Album reflecting Chef's popularity with the show's fans, and the Chef song "Chocolate Salty Balls" became a number-one U.K. hit. Ironically, when South Park leaped to the big screen the following year with the smash animated musical South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut, Hayes/Chef was the only major character who did not perform a showcase song in the film; his lone musical contribution was "Good Love," a track on the soundtrack album which originally appeared on Black Moses in 1971 and is not heard in the movie (more on Chef below).

Hayes was inducted into the Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame in 2002. The same year, a documentary highlighting Isaac's career and his impact on many of the Memphis artists in the 1960s onwards was produced, "Only The Strong Survive".

In 2004, Hayes appeared in a recurring minor role as the Jaffa Tolok on the television series Stargate SG-1. The following year, he appeared in the critically acclaimed independent film Hustle & Flow.

One of those distinct voices.

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Written By: ninny on 08/10/09 at 9:44 am

One of those distinct voices.

Yes indeed

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/10/09 at 10:40 am

Yes indeed
My son knows him from South Park, but if you lived during the 70's.....

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Written By: Reynolds1863 on 08/10/09 at 12:44 pm

My favorite chefs will always be the lovely women of "Two Fat Ladies". They were great, no frills or fancy stuff. :)

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Written By: ninny on 08/10/09 at 3:22 pm

My son knows him from South Park, but if you lived during the 70's.....

Same with my kids..I'm sure that Timmy has heard the theme from Shaft,not sure about Missy.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/10/09 at 3:24 pm

Same with my kids..I'm sure that Timmy has heard the theme from Shaft,not sure about Missy.
Shaft is international well known, great film too.

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Written By: Howard on 08/10/09 at 3:24 pm

Issac Hayes was a legend.

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Written By: ninny on 08/10/09 at 3:39 pm

Shaft is international well known, great film too.

It's been at least 10 years since I've seen it.

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Written By: Howard on 08/10/09 at 3:40 pm

It's been at least 10 years since I've seen it.

I've seen it plenty of times.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/10/09 at 3:42 pm

It's been at least 10 years since I've seen it.
Over ten years for me and then it was after a few drinks and a late night screening.

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Written By: Howard on 08/10/09 at 3:43 pm

Shaft is international well known, great film too.

Richard Roundtree was a legend.

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Written By: ninny on 08/11/09 at 6:09 am

The word of the day...Hound
1.
1. A domestic dog of any of various breeds commonly used for hunting, characteristically having drooping ears, a short coat, and a deep resonant voice.
2. A dog.
2. A contemptible person; a scoundrel.
3.
1. One who eagerly pursues something: a gossip hound.
2. A devotee or an enthusiast: a coffee hound.
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Written By: ninny on 08/11/09 at 6:13 am

The person of the day...Peter Cushing
Peter Wilton Cushing, OBE (26 May 1913 – 11 August 1994) was an English actor, known for his many appearances in Hammer Films, in which he played Baron Frankenstein and Dr. Van Helsing, amongst many other roles, often appearing opposite Christopher Lee, and occasionally Vincent Price. A familiar face on both sides of the Atlantic, he also starred as Grand Moff Tarkin in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (1977) and in two Doctor Who cinema films, Dr. Who and the Daleks and Daleks - Invasion Earth 2150 AD in 1965 and 1966.
ushing was born in Kenley, Surrey, the son of George Edward Cushing and Nellie Marie Cushing née King. He was raised there and in Dulwich, South London. Cushing left his first job as a surveyor's assistant to take up a scholarship at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. After working in repertory theatre in Worthing, West Sussex, he left for Hollywood in 1939, debuting in The Man in the Iron Mask, then returned in 1941 after roles in several films. In one of them A Chump at Oxford (1940), he appeared alongside Laurel and Hardy. His first major film part was as Osric in Laurence Olivier's Hamlet (1948).

In the 1950s, he worked in television, most notably as Winston Smith in the BBC's adaptation of the George Orwell novel Nineteen Eighty-Four (1954), scripted by Nigel Kneale. Cushing drew much praise for his performance in this production, although he always felt that his performance in the surviving version of the broadcast — it was performed live twice in one week, then a common practice, and only the second version exists in the archives — was inferior to the first. During many of his small screen performances, Cushing also starred as Fitzwilliam Darcy in the BBC's 1952 production of Pride and Prejudice and as King Richard II in Richard of Bordeaux in 1955.

Hammer Horror
Peter Cushing as Sir Mark Ashley with Christopher Lee in Nothing But the Night (1972).

His first appearances in his two most famous roles were in Terence Fisher's films The Curse of Frankenstein (1957) and Dracula (1958). Cushing is closely associated with playing Baron Victor Frankenstein and Lawrence Van Helsing in a long string of horror films produced by Hammer Horror. He later said that career decisions for him meant choosing roles where he knew the audience would accept him. "Who wants to see me as Hamlet? Very few. But millions want to see me as Frankenstein so that's the one I do." He also said "If I played Hamlet, they'd call it a horror film."

Cushing was often cast opposite the actor Christopher Lee, with whom he became best friends. "People look at me as if I were some sort of monster, but I can't think why. In my macabre pictures, I have either been a monster-maker or a monster-destroyer, but never a monster. Actually, I'm a gentle fellow. Never harmed a fly. I love animals, and when I'm in the country I'm a keen bird-watcher," he said in an interview published in ABC Film Review in November 1964.

In the mid-1960s, he played the eccentric "Doctor" in two movies (Dr. Who and the Daleks and Daleks — Invasion Earth 2150 AD) based on the television series Doctor Who. He made a conscious decision to play the part as a lovable, avuncular figure, in an effort to escape from his perceived image as a "horror" actor. "I do get terribly tired with the neighbourhood kids telling me 'My mum says she wouldn't want to meet you in a dark alley'." he said in an interview in 1966. He also appeared in the cult series The Avengers and then again in its successor, The New Avengers. In 1986, he played the role of Colonel William Raymond in Biggles. In Space: 1999, he appeared as a Prospero-like character called Raan.

He was one of many stars to guest on The Morecambe and Wise Show — the standing joke in his case being the idea that he was never paid for his appearance. He would appear, week after week, wearily asking hosts Eric and Ernie, "Have you got my five pounds yet?" When Cushing was the subject of This Is Your Life in 1989, one of the guests was Ernie Wise, who promptly presented him with a five pound note, but then, with typical dexterity, extorted it back from him. Cushing was absolutely delighted with this, and cried: "All these years and I still haven't got my fiver!"

Cushing played Sherlock Holmes many times, starting with Hammer's The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959), the first Holmes film made in colour. Cushing, who resembled classic Holmes portrayer Basil Rathbone, seemed a natural for the part, and he played the part with great fidelity to the written character - that of a man who is not always easy to live with or be around - which had not been done up to that point. He followed this up with a performance in 16 episodes of the BBC series Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes (1968), of which only six episodes remain. Finally, Cushing played the detective in old age, in The Masks of Death (1984) for Channel 4.

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Written By: ninny on 08/11/09 at 6:34 am

The co-person of the day...Jackson Pollock
Paul Jackson Pollock (January 28, 1912 – August 11, 1956) was an influential American painter and a major figure in the abstract expressionist movement. During his lifetime, Pollock enjoyed considerable fame and notoriety. He was regarded as a mostly reclusive artist, but had a volatile personality and struggled with alcoholism all of his life. In 1945, he married the artist Lee Krasner who became an important influence on his career and on his legacy. He died at the age of 44 in an alcohol-related, single-car crash. In December 1956, he was given a memorial retrospective exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York City, and a larger more comprehensive exhibition there in 1967. More recently, in 1998 and 1999, his work was honored with large-scale retrospective exhibitions at MoMA and at The Tate in London. In 2000, Pollock was the subject of an Academy Award-winning film directed by and starring Ed Harris
Pollock observed Indian sandpainting demonstrations in the 1940s. Other influences on his dripping technique include the Mexican muralists and also Surrealist automatism. Pollock denied "the accident"; he usually had an idea of how he wanted a particular piece to appear. His technique combined the movement of his body, over which he had control, the viscous flow of paint, the force of gravity, and the absorption of paint into the canvas. It was a mixture of controllable and uncontrollable factors. Flinging, dripping, pouring, and spattering, he would move energetically around the canvas, almost as if in a dance, and would not stop until he saw what he wanted to see.

Studies by Taylor, Micolich and Jonas have examined Pollock's technique and have determined that some works display the properties of mathematical fractals.They assert that the works become more fractal-like chronologically through Pollock's career. The authors even speculate that Pollock may have had an intuition of the nature of chaotic motion, and attempted to form a representation of mathematical chaos, more than ten years before "Chaos Theory" itself was proposed. Other expertssuggest that Pollock may have merely imitated popular theories of the time in order to give his paintings a depth not previously seen.

In 1950, Hans Namuth, a young photographer, wanted to photograph and film Pollock at work. Pollock promised to start a new painting especially for the photographic session, but when Namuth arrived, Pollock apologized and told him the painting was finished. Namuth's comment upon entering the studio:
“ A dripping wet canvas covered the entire floor. . . There was complete silence. . . Pollock looked at the painting. Then, unexpectedly, he picked up can and paint brush and started to move around the canvas. It was as if he suddenly realized the painting was not finished. His movements, slow at first, gradually became faster and more dance like as he flung black, white, and rust colored paint onto the canvas. He completely forgot that Lee and I were there; he did not seem to hear the click of the camera shutter. . . My photography session lasted as long as he kept painting, perhaps half an hour. In all that time, Pollock did not stop. How could one keep up this level of activity? Finally, he said 'This is it.' ”
“ Pollock’s finest paintings… reveal that his all-over line does not give rise to positive or negative areas: we are not made to feel that one part of the canvas demands to be read as figure, whether abstract or representational, against another part of the canvas read as ground. There is not inside or outside to Pollock’s line or the space through which it moves…. Pollock has managed to free line not only from its function of representing objects in the world, but also from its task of describing or bounding shapes or figures, whether abstract or representational, on the surface of the canvas.
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Written By: Howard on 08/11/09 at 7:18 am

The word of the day...Hound
1.
1. A domestic dog of any of various breeds commonly used for hunting, characteristically having drooping ears, a short coat, and a deep resonant voice.
2. A dog.
2. A contemptible person; a scoundrel.
3.
1. One who eagerly pursues something: a gossip hound.
2. A devotee or an enthusiast: a coffee hound.
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You aint nothing but a hound dog.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/11/09 at 7:21 am

The word of the day...Hound
1.
1. A domestic dog of any of various breeds commonly used for hunting, characteristically having drooping ears, a short coat, and a deep resonant voice.
2. A dog.
2. A contemptible person; a scoundrel.
3.
1. One who eagerly pursues something: a gossip hound.
2. A devotee or an enthusiast: a coffee hound.

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Written By: Howard on 08/11/09 at 7:22 am

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I used to watch that kids show.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/11/09 at 7:24 am

The person of the day...Peter Cushing
Peter Wilton Cushing, OBE (26 May 1913 – 11 August 1994) was an English actor, known for his many appearances in Hammer Films, in which he played Baron Frankenstein and Dr. Van Helsing, amongst many other roles, often appearing opposite Christopher Lee, and occasionally Vincent Price. A familiar face on both sides of the Atlantic, he also starred as Grand Moff Tarkin in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (1977) and in two Doctor Who cinema films, Dr. Who and the Daleks and Daleks - Invasion Earth 2150 AD in 1965 and 1966.
ushing was born in Kenley, Surrey, the son of George Edward Cushing and Nellie Marie Cushing née King. He was raised there and in Dulwich, South London. Cushing left his first job as a surveyor's assistant to take up a scholarship at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. After working in repertory theatre in Worthing, West Sussex, he left for Hollywood in 1939, debuting in The Man in the Iron Mask, then returned in 1941 after roles in several films. In one of them A Chump at Oxford (1940), he appeared alongside Laurel and Hardy. His first major film part was as Osric in Laurence Olivier's Hamlet (1948).

In the 1950s, he worked in television, most notably as Winston Smith in the BBC's adaptation of the George Orwell novel Nineteen Eighty-Four (1954), scripted by Nigel Kneale. Cushing drew much praise for his performance in this production, although he always felt that his performance in the surviving version of the broadcast — it was performed live twice in one week, then a common practice, and only the second version exists in the archives — was inferior to the first. During many of his small screen performances, Cushing also starred as Fitzwilliam Darcy in the BBC's 1952 production of Pride and Prejudice and as King Richard II in Richard of Bordeaux in 1955.

Hammer Horror
Peter Cushing as Sir Mark Ashley with Christopher Lee in Nothing But the Night (1972).

His first appearances in his two most famous roles were in Terence Fisher's films The Curse of Frankenstein (1957) and Dracula (1958). Cushing is closely associated with playing Baron Victor Frankenstein and Lawrence Van Helsing in a long string of horror films produced by Hammer Horror. He later said that career decisions for him meant choosing roles where he knew the audience would accept him. "Who wants to see me as Hamlet? Very few. But millions want to see me as Frankenstein so that's the one I do." He also said "If I played Hamlet, they'd call it a horror film."

Cushing was often cast opposite the actor Christopher Lee, with whom he became best friends. "People look at me as if I were some sort of monster, but I can't think why. In my macabre pictures, I have either been a monster-maker or a monster-destroyer, but never a monster. Actually, I'm a gentle fellow. Never harmed a fly. I love animals, and when I'm in the country I'm a keen bird-watcher," he said in an interview published in ABC Film Review in November 1964.

In the mid-1960s, he played the eccentric "Doctor" in two movies (Dr. Who and the Daleks and Daleks — Invasion Earth 2150 AD) based on the television series Doctor Who. He made a conscious decision to play the part as a lovable, avuncular figure, in an effort to escape from his perceived image as a "horror" actor. "I do get terribly tired with the neighbourhood kids telling me 'My mum says she wouldn't want to meet you in a dark alley'." he said in an interview in 1966. He also appeared in the cult series The Avengers and then again in its successor, The New Avengers. In 1986, he played the role of Colonel William Raymond in Biggles. In Space: 1999, he appeared as a Prospero-like character called Raan.

He was one of many stars to guest on The Morecambe and Wise Show — the standing joke in his case being the idea that he was never paid for his appearance. He would appear, week after week, wearily asking hosts Eric and Ernie, "Have you got my five pounds yet?" When Cushing was the subject of This Is Your Life in 1989, one of the guests was Ernie Wise, who promptly presented him with a five pound note, but then, with typical dexterity, extorted it back from him. Cushing was absolutely delighted with this, and cried: "All these years and I still haven't got my fiver!"

Cushing played Sherlock Holmes many times, starting with Hammer's The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959), the first Holmes film made in colour. Cushing, who resembled classic Holmes portrayer Basil Rathbone, seemed a natural for the part, and he played the part with great fidelity to the written character - that of a man who is not always easy to live with or be around - which had not been done up to that point. He followed this up with a performance in 16 episodes of the BBC series Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes (1968), of which only six episodes remain. Finally, Cushing played the detective in old age, in The Masks of Death (1984) for Channel 4.

Back in the late 70's, I had ticket for a private screening of this new film called Star Wars, and in the seat in front of me was Peter Cushing.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/11/09 at 7:24 am

I used to watch that kids show.
So did I.

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Written By: Howard on 08/11/09 at 7:26 am

So did I.

It was based on Huckleberry Finn.

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Written By: ninny on 08/11/09 at 7:32 am

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I used to watch that kids show.

So did I.

Make that 3 of us :)

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Written By: ninny on 08/11/09 at 7:33 am

Back in the late 70's, I had ticket for a private screening of this new film called Star Wars, and in the seat in front of me was Peter Cushing.

Lucky you. Did he seem like a nice person?

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Written By: Howard on 08/11/09 at 7:34 am

Make that 3 of us :)

I thought it was one of my favorite kids shows to watch on a Saturday Morning.

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Written By: ninny on 08/11/09 at 7:37 am

I thought it was one of my favorite kids shows to watch on a Saturday Morning.

Yes it would have to be up in my top also.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/11/09 at 7:43 am

Lucky you. Did he seem like a nice person?
Seem yes, I did not disturb him, Nowadays if a celeb is seen, I am chasing for an autograph.

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Written By: ninny on 08/11/09 at 7:45 am

Seem yes, I did not disturb him, Nowadays if a celeb is seen, I am chasing for an autograph.

Your lucky to have that chance, living out in the country I doubt that I'll ever meet a celebrity.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/11/09 at 7:47 am

Your lucky to have that chance, living out in the country I doubt that I'll ever meet a celebrity.
It all depends on where you are at the time (fate?), and the chances increase if you frequent the smae place. Live in a small village, nothing happens. Live in a big metropolis of a city, anything goes!

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Written By: Howard on 08/11/09 at 7:48 am

Your lucky to have that chance, living out in the country I doubt that I'll ever meet a celebrity.

Which one would you want to meet?

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Written By: ninny on 08/11/09 at 7:58 am

Which one would you want to meet?

Well if I met Sir Elton John, Sir Paul McCartney or Sir Anthony Hopkins I would probably faint before giving a chance to ask for an autograph.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/11/09 at 8:04 am

Well if I met Sir Elton John, Sir Paul McCartney or Sir Anthony Hopkins I would probably faint before giving a chance to ask for an autograph.
btw, Elton John has his London just down from the road to me. Never seen him yet.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 08/11/09 at 8:47 am

btw, Elton John has his London just down from the road to me. Never seen him yet.

He doesn't spend much time there? Does he have another home in England,I know he has one in or around Atlanta,GA,and somewhere in France.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/11/09 at 10:03 am

He doesn't spend much time there? Does he have another home in England,I know he has one in or around Atlanta,GA,and somewhere in France.
His main British home is near Windsor in Berkshire, I know his has a place somewhere in France and he must have an American base.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: CatwomanofV on 08/11/09 at 11:29 am

Back in the late 70's, I had ticket for a private screening of this new film called Star Wars, and in the seat in front of me was Peter Cushing.

Way cool.

Cat

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/11/09 at 11:44 am

Way cool.

Cat
Back then I was not chasing autographs.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Frank on 08/11/09 at 11:45 am

Make that 3 of us :)

4 of us
Which one would you want to meet?

Paul McCartney

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 08/11/09 at 3:35 pm

4 of usPaul McCartney

We can go to a Paul McCartney concert.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/11/09 at 4:34 pm

4 of us
Paul McCartney
Two of Us.... was the Beatles.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Frank on 08/11/09 at 5:12 pm

We can go to a Paul McCartney concert.

I'll pay by redeeming my Karma points

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/12/09 at 1:03 am

We can go to a Paul McCartney concert.
Hopefully today, I will be within a cricket throw of Sir Paul McCartney London base and round the corner from the Abbey Road Crossing.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Frank on 08/12/09 at 1:20 am

Hopefully today, I will be within a cricket throw of Sir Paul McCartney London base and round the corner from the Abbey Road Crossing.

Web Cam time to see Philip!

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/12/09 at 1:27 am

Web Cam time to see Philip!
I cannot promise what time I could be there, I am meeting friends and do not want to push them into it.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Frank on 08/12/09 at 1:33 am

I cannot promise what time I could be there, I am meeting friends and do not want to push them into it.

Have fun!

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/12/09 at 1:34 am

Have fun!
I hope to, I have not seen my friends for some while now.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Frank on 08/12/09 at 1:39 am

I hope to, I have not seen my friends for some while now.

Then you will have a good day today. Seize the day!

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/12/09 at 1:42 am

Then you will have a good day today. Seize the day!
By midday rain is expected....

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Frank on 08/12/09 at 1:47 am

By midday rain is expected....

umbrella just in case.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/12/09 at 2:11 am

umbrella just in case.
No, I live dangerously.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: gibbo on 08/12/09 at 3:52 am

No, I live dangerously.

Mr Steed ...you aren't! ;D

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 08/12/09 at 5:52 am

The word of the day...Pond
A still body of water smaller than a lake.
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Written By: ninny on 08/12/09 at 6:03 am

The person of the day...Henry Fonda
Henry Jaynes Fonda (May 16, 1905 – August 12, 1982) was an American film and stage actor, best known for his roles as plain-speaking idealists. Fonda's subtle, naturalistic acting style preceded by many years the popularization of method acting.

Fonda made his mark early as a Broadway actor, and made his Hollywood debut in 1935. Fonda's career gained momentum after his Academy Award-nominated performance as Tom Joad in 1940's The Grapes of Wrath, an adaptation of John Steinbeck's novel about an Oklahoma family who moved west during the Dust Bowl. Throughout six decades in Hollywood, Fonda cultivated a strong, appealing screen image in such classics as The Ox-Bow Incident, Mister Roberts and 12 Angry Men. Later, Fonda moved toward both more challenging, darker epics as Sergio Leone's Once Upon a Time in the West (portraying a villain who kills, among others, a child) and lighter roles in family comedies like Yours, Mine and Ours with Lucille Ball.

Fonda was the patriarch of a family of famous actors, including daughter Jane Fonda, son Peter Fonda, granddaughter Bridget Fonda, and grandson Troy Garity; his family and close friends called him "Hank". In 1999, he was named the sixth Greatest Male Star of All Time by the American Film Institute.
Despite approaching his seventies, Fonda continued to work in both television and film through the 1970s. In 1970, Fonda appeared in three films, the most successful of these ventures being The Cheyenne Social Club. The other two films were Too Late the Hero, in which Fonda played a secondary role, and There Was a Crooked Man, about Paris Pitman Jr. (played by Kirk Douglas) trying to escape from an Arizona prison.

Fonda made a return to both foreign and television productions, which provided career sustenance through a decade in which many aging screen actors suffered waning careers. He starred in the ABC television series The Smith Family between 1971 and 1972. 1973's TV-movie The Red Pony, an adaptation of John Steinbeck's novel, earned Fonda an Emmy nomination. After the unsuccessful Hollywood melodrama, Ash Wednesday, he filmed three Italian productions released in 1973 and 1974. The most successful of these, My Name Is Nobody, presented Fonda in a rare comedic performance as an old gunslinger whose plans to retire are dampened by a "fan" of sorts.

Fonda continued stage acting throughout his last years, including several demanding roles in Broadway plays. He returned to Broadway in 1974 for the biographical drama, Clarence Darrow, for which he was nominated for a Tony Award. Fonda's health had been deteriorating for years, but his first outward symptoms occurred after a performance of the play in April 1974, when he collapsed from exhaustion. After the appearance of a heart arrhythmia brought on by prostate cancer, a pacemaker was installed following surgery and Fonda returned to the play in 1975. After the run of a 1978 play, First Monday of October, he took the advice of his doctors and quit plays, though he continued to star in films and television.

In 1976, Fonda appeared in several notable television productions, the first being Collision Course, the story of the volatile relationship between President Harry Truman (E.G. Marshall) and General MacArthur (Fonda), produced by ABC. After an appearance in the acclaimed Showtime broadcast of Almos' a Man, based on a story by Richard Wright, he starred in the epic NBC miniseries Captains and Kings, based on Taylor Caldwell's novel. Three years later, he appeared in ABC's Roots: The Next Generations, but the miniseries was overshadowed by its predecessor, Roots. Also in 1976, Fonda starred in the World War II blockbuster Midway.

Fonda finished the 1970s in a number of disaster films. The first of these was the 1977 Italian killer octopus thriller Tentacoli (Tentacles) and the mediocre Rollercoaster, in which Fonda appeared with Richard Widmark and a young Helen Hunt. He performed once again with Widmark, Olivia de Havilland, Fred MacMurray, and José Ferrer in the killer bee action film The Swarm. He also acted in the global disaster film Meteor, with Sean Connery, Natalie Wood and Karl Malden, and then the Canadian production City on Fire, which also featured Shelley Winters and Ava Gardner. Fonda had a small role with his son, Peter, in 1979's Wanda Nevada, with Brooke Shields.

As Fonda's health continued to suffer and he took longer breaks between filming, critics began to take notice of his extensive body of work. In 1979, the Tony Awards committee gave Fonda a special award for his achievements on Broadway. Lifetime Achievement awards from the Golden Globes and Academy Awards followed in 1980 and 1981, respectively.

Fonda continued to act into the early 1980s, though all but one of the productions he was featured in before his death were for television. These television works included the critically acclaimed live performance of Preston Jones' The Oldest Living Graduate, the Emmy nominated Gideon's Trumpet (co-starring Fay Wray in her last performance).

On Golden Pond in 1981, the film adaptation of Ernest Thompson's play, marked one final professional and personal triumph for Fonda. Directed by Mark Rydell, the project provided unprecedented collaborations between Fonda and Katharine Hepburn, along with Fonda and his daughter, Jane. The elder Fonda played an emotionally brittle and distant father who becomes more accessible at the end of his life. Jane Fonda has said that elements of the story mimicked their real-life relationship, and helped them resolve certain issues. She bought the film rights in the hope that her father would play the role, and later described it as "a gift to my father that was so unbelievably successful."

Premiered in December 1981, the film was well received by critics, and after a limited release on December 4 On Golden Pond developed enough of an audience to be widely released on January 22. With eleven Academy Award nominations, the film earned nearly $120 million at the box office, becoming an unexpected blockbuster. In addition to wins for Hepburn (Best Actress), and Thompson (Screenplay), On Golden Pond brought Fonda his only Oscar - for Best Actor (it also earned him a Golden Globe Best Actor award). Fonda was by that point too ill too attend the ceremony, and his daughter Jane Fonda accepted on his behalf. She said when accepting the award that her dad would probably quip, "Well, ain't I lucky."

After Fonda's death, some film critics called this performance "his last and greatest role" (though this overlooks one subsequent performance in Summer Solstice, a television film with Myrna Loy).
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 08/12/09 at 6:06 am

The co-person of the day...Loretta Young
Loretta Young (January 6, 1913 – August 12, 2000) was an American actress.
She was billed as "Gretchen Young" in the 1917 film, Sirens of the Sea. It wasn't until 1928 that she was first billed as "Loretta Young", in The Whip Woman. That same year she co-starred with Lon Chaney in the MGM film Laugh, Clown, Laugh. The next year, she was anointed one of the WAMPAS Baby Stars.

In 1930, Young, then 17, eloped with 26-year-old actor Grant Withers and married him in Yuma, Arizona. The marriage was annulled the next year, just as their second movie together (appropriately titled Too Young to Marry) was released.
from the trailer for Cause for Alarm! (1951)

During the Second World War, Young made Ladies Courageous (1944; reissued as Fury in the Sky), the fictionalized story of the Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron. It depicted a unit of female pilots during WW2 who primarily flew bombers from the factories to their final destinations.

Young made as many as seven or eight movies a year and won an Oscar in 1947 for her performance in The Farmer's Daughter. The same year she co-starred with Cary Grant and David Niven in The Bishop's Wife, a perennial favorite that still airs on television during the Christmas season and was later remade as The Preacher's Wife with Whitney Houston. In 1949, Young received another Academy Award nomination (for Come to the Stable) and in 1953 appeared in her last film, It Happens Every Thursday.
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Reynolds1863 on 08/12/09 at 6:38 am

On Golden Pond is my favorite Henry Fonda movie. :)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Womble on 08/12/09 at 6:47 am

I've always admired Loretta Young. I remember when I was little my mother used to watch reruns of the 'Loretta Young Show' on TV in the afternoons. Ms. Young was a fine actress. Very nice retrospect, Ninny. :)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 08/12/09 at 6:47 am

On Golden Pond is my favorite Henry Fonda movie. :)

Mine too, I love that movie. :)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 08/12/09 at 6:48 am

I've always admired Loretta Young. I remember when I was little my mother used to watch reruns of the 'Loretta Young Show' on TV in the afternoons. Ms. Young was a fine actress. Very nice retrospect, Ninny. :)

Thank You :)

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Written By: Howard on 08/12/09 at 7:13 am

The person of the day...Henry Fonda
Henry Jaynes Fonda (May 16, 1905 – August 12, 1982) was an American film and stage actor, best known for his roles as plain-speaking idealists. Fonda's subtle, naturalistic acting style preceded by many years the popularization of method acting.

Fonda made his mark early as a Broadway actor, and made his Hollywood debut in 1935. Fonda's career gained momentum after his Academy Award-nominated performance as Tom Joad in 1940's The Grapes of Wrath, an adaptation of John Steinbeck's novel about an Oklahoma family who moved west during the Dust Bowl. Throughout six decades in Hollywood, Fonda cultivated a strong, appealing screen image in such classics as The Ox-Bow Incident, Mister Roberts and 12 Angry Men. Later, Fonda moved toward both more challenging, darker epics as Sergio Leone's Once Upon a Time in the West (portraying a villain who kills, among others, a child) and lighter roles in family comedies like Yours, Mine and Ours with Lucille Ball.

Fonda was the patriarch of a family of famous actors, including daughter Jane Fonda, son Peter Fonda, granddaughter Bridget Fonda, and grandson Troy Garity; his family and close friends called him "Hank". In 1999, he was named the sixth Greatest Male Star of All Time by the American Film Institute.
Despite approaching his seventies, Fonda continued to work in both television and film through the 1970s. In 1970, Fonda appeared in three films, the most successful of these ventures being The Cheyenne Social Club. The other two films were Too Late the Hero, in which Fonda played a secondary role, and There Was a Crooked Man, about Paris Pitman Jr. (played by Kirk Douglas) trying to escape from an Arizona prison.

Fonda made a return to both foreign and television productions, which provided career sustenance through a decade in which many aging screen actors suffered waning careers. He starred in the ABC television series The Smith Family between 1971 and 1972. 1973's TV-movie The Red Pony, an adaptation of John Steinbeck's novel, earned Fonda an Emmy nomination. After the unsuccessful Hollywood melodrama, Ash Wednesday, he filmed three Italian productions released in 1973 and 1974. The most successful of these, My Name Is Nobody, presented Fonda in a rare comedic performance as an old gunslinger whose plans to retire are dampened by a "fan" of sorts.

Fonda continued stage acting throughout his last years, including several demanding roles in Broadway plays. He returned to Broadway in 1974 for the biographical drama, Clarence Darrow, for which he was nominated for a Tony Award. Fonda's health had been deteriorating for years, but his first outward symptoms occurred after a performance of the play in April 1974, when he collapsed from exhaustion. After the appearance of a heart arrhythmia brought on by prostate cancer, a pacemaker was installed following surgery and Fonda returned to the play in 1975. After the run of a 1978 play, First Monday of October, he took the advice of his doctors and quit plays, though he continued to star in films and television.

In 1976, Fonda appeared in several notable television productions, the first being Collision Course, the story of the volatile relationship between President Harry Truman (E.G. Marshall) and General MacArthur (Fonda), produced by ABC. After an appearance in the acclaimed Showtime broadcast of Almos' a Man, based on a story by Richard Wright, he starred in the epic NBC miniseries Captains and Kings, based on Taylor Caldwell's novel. Three years later, he appeared in ABC's Roots: The Next Generations, but the miniseries was overshadowed by its predecessor, Roots. Also in 1976, Fonda starred in the World War II blockbuster Midway.

Fonda finished the 1970s in a number of disaster films. The first of these was the 1977 Italian killer octopus thriller Tentacoli (Tentacles) and the mediocre Rollercoaster, in which Fonda appeared with Richard Widmark and a young Helen Hunt. He performed once again with Widmark, Olivia de Havilland, Fred MacMurray, and José Ferrer in the killer bee action film The Swarm. He also acted in the global disaster film Meteor, with Sean Connery, Natalie Wood and Karl Malden, and then the Canadian production City on Fire, which also featured Shelley Winters and Ava Gardner. Fonda had a small role with his son, Peter, in 1979's Wanda Nevada, with Brooke Shields.

As Fonda's health continued to suffer and he took longer breaks between filming, critics began to take notice of his extensive body of work. In 1979, the Tony Awards committee gave Fonda a special award for his achievements on Broadway. Lifetime Achievement awards from the Golden Globes and Academy Awards followed in 1980 and 1981, respectively.

Fonda continued to act into the early 1980s, though all but one of the productions he was featured in before his death were for television. These television works included the critically acclaimed live performance of Preston Jones' The Oldest Living Graduate, the Emmy nominated Gideon's Trumpet (co-starring Fay Wray in her last performance).

On Golden Pond in 1981, the film adaptation of Ernest Thompson's play, marked one final professional and personal triumph for Fonda. Directed by Mark Rydell, the project provided unprecedented collaborations between Fonda and Katharine Hepburn, along with Fonda and his daughter, Jane. The elder Fonda played an emotionally brittle and distant father who becomes more accessible at the end of his life. Jane Fonda has said that elements of the story mimicked their real-life relationship, and helped them resolve certain issues. She bought the film rights in the hope that her father would play the role, and later described it as "a gift to my father that was so unbelievably successful."

Premiered in December 1981, the film was well received by critics, and after a limited release on December 4 On Golden Pond developed enough of an audience to be widely released on January 22. With eleven Academy Award nominations, the film earned nearly $120 million at the box office, becoming an unexpected blockbuster. In addition to wins for Hepburn (Best Actress), and Thompson (Screenplay), On Golden Pond brought Fonda his only Oscar - for Best Actor (it also earned him a Golden Globe Best Actor award). Fonda was by that point too ill too attend the ceremony, and his daughter Jane Fonda accepted on his behalf. She said when accepting the award that her dad would probably quip, "Well, ain't I lucky."

After Fonda's death, some film critics called this performance "his last and greatest role" (though this overlooks one subsequent performance in Summer Solstice, a television film with Myrna Loy).
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Was Henry Fonda the one that was suffering from dementia? ???

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 08/12/09 at 8:22 am

Was Henry Fonda the one that was suffering from dementia? ???

No. He was still acting in his mid seventies.I believe his character in On Golden Pond had dementia.

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Written By: Howard on 08/12/09 at 2:45 pm

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Loretta Young.

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Written By: seamermar on 08/12/09 at 4:08 pm

Well ninni, I must admite you're gonna get out of me something esle than a simple sailor ;)

You're faithful got me from the start, posting each and every day for people's delight.

I would like read the whole thread but I have still so much to learn, I'm on my way...more or less.

Pond speaks smooth and sweet to me.
I love laying down beside a pond,
with nothing to do but yawn and dream
of breaking once for all my bonds ;)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/12/09 at 4:09 pm

umbrella just in case.
The rain arrived around five o'clock.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/12/09 at 4:10 pm

On Golden Pond is my favorite Henry Fonda movie. :)
I saw the film ages ago on its original release and I remember enjoying it.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 08/13/09 at 5:47 am

Well ninni, I must admite you're gonna get out of me something esle than a simple sailor ;)

You're faithful got me from the start, posting each and every day for people's delight.

I would like read the whole thread but I have still so much to learn, I'm on my way...more or less.

Pond speaks smooth and sweet to me.
I love laying down beside a pond,
with nothing to do but yawn and dream
of breaking once for all my bonds ;)

Thanks you find the beginning a lot different than the end,with twist and turns in the middle. :)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 08/13/09 at 5:52 am

The word of the day...Lamp
A device that produces light, such as an electric lamp.
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Written By: ninny on 08/13/09 at 5:56 am

The person of the day...Florence Nightingale
Florence Nightingale, OM, RRC (pronounced /ˈflɒɾəns ˈnaɪtɪŋɡeɪl/; 12 May 1820 – 13 August 1910), who came to be known as "The Lady with the Lamp", was a pioneering English nurse, writer and noted statistician.
Florence Nightingale's most famous contribution came during the Crimean War, which became her central focus when reports began to filter back to Britain about the horrific conditions for the wounded. On 21 October 1854, she and a staff of 38 women volunteer nurses, trained by Nightingale and including her aunt Mai Smith, were sent (under the authorization of Sidney Herbert) to Turkey, about 545 km across the Black Sea from Balaklava in the Crimea, where the main British camp was based.

Nightingale arrived early in November 1854 at Selimiye Barracks in Scutari (modern-day Üsküdar in Istanbul). She and her nurses found wounded soldiers being badly cared for by overworked medical staff in the face of official indifference. Medicines were in short supply, hygiene was being neglected, and mass infections were common, many of them fatal. There was no equipment to process food for the patients.

Death rates did not drop; on the contrary, they began to rise. The death count was the highest of all hospitals in the region. During her first winter at Scutari, 4,077 soldiers died there. Ten times more soldiers died from illnesses such as typhus, typhoid, cholera and dysentery than from battle wounds. Conditions at the temporary barracks hospital were so fatal to the patients because of overcrowding and the hospital's defective sewers and lack of ventilation. A Sanitary Commission had to be sent out by the British government to Scutari in March 1855, almost six months after Florence Nightingale had arrived, and effected flushing out the sewers and improvements to ventilation. Death rates were sharply reduced. It is directly through her thorough observations that the association linking sanitary conditions and healing became recognized and established. “Within 6 months of her arrival in Scutari, the mortality rate dropped from 42 percent to 2.2 percent“. Florence insisted on adequate lighting, diet, hygiene, and activity. “She understood even then that the mind and body worked together, that cleanliness, the predecessor to our clean and sterile techniques of today, was a major barrier to infection, and that it promoted healing”.

Nightingale continued believing the death rates were due to poor nutrition and supplies and overworking of the soldiers. It was not until after she returned to Britain and began collecting evidence before the Royal Commission on the Health of the Army that she came to believe that most of the soldiers at the hospital were killed by poor living conditions. This experience influenced her later career, when she advocated sanitary living conditions as of great importance. Consequently, she reduced deaths in the army during peacetime and turned attention to the sanitary design of hospitals.

The Lady with the Lamp

During the Crimean campaign, Florence Nightingale gained the nickname "The Lady with the Lamp", deriving from a phrase in a report in The Times:

She is a ‘ministering angel’ without any exaggeration in these hospitals, and as her slender form glides quietly along each corridor, every poor fellow's face softens with gratitude at the sight of her. When all the medical officers have retired for the night and silence and darkness have settled down upon those miles of prostrate sick, she may be observed alone, with a little lamp in her hand, making her solitary rounds.

The phrase was further popularised by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's 1857 poem "Santa Filomena":

Lo! in that hour of misery
A lady with a lamp I see
Pass through the glimmering gloom,
And flit from room to room.

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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 08/13/09 at 5:59 am

The co-person of the day...H.G. Wells
Herbert George Wells (21 September 1866 – 13 August 1946), usually known as H. G. Wells, was an English author, best known for his work in the science fiction genre. Wells and Jules Verne are each often referred to as "The Father of Science Fiction".

Wells was an outspoken socialist and a pacifist, and his later works became increasingly political and didactic. His middle period novels (1900-1920) were more realistic; they covered lower middle class life (The History of Mr Polly) and the 'New Woman' and the Suffragettes (Ann Veronica). He was a prolific writer in many genres, including contemporary novels, history, and social commentary.
Wells's first non-fiction bestseller was Anticipations (1901). When originally serialised in a magazine it was subtitled, "An Experiment in Prophecy", and is considered his most explicitly futuristic work. Anticipating what the world would be like in the year 2000, the book is interesting both for its hits (trains and cars resulting in the dispersion of population from cities to suburbs; moral restrictions declining as men and women seek greater sexual freedom; the defeat of German militarism, and the existence of a European Union) and its misses (he did not expect successful aircraft before 1950, and averred that "my imagination refuses to see any sort of submarine doing anything but suffocate its crew and founder at sea").
Statue of a The War of the Worlds tripod, erected as a tribute to H. G. Wells in Woking town centre, UK.

His early novels, called "scientific romances", invented a number of themes now classic in science fiction in such works as The Time Machine, The Island of Doctor Moreau, The Invisible Man, The War of the Worlds, When the Sleeper Wakes, and The First Men in the Moon. He also wrote other, non-fantastic novels that have received critical acclaim including Kipps and the satire on Edwardian advertising, Tono-Bungay.

Wells wrote several dozen short stories and novellas, the best known of which is "The Country of the Blind" (1904). His short story "The New Accelerator" was the inspiration for the Star Trek episode Wink of an Eye.

Though Tono-Bungay was not a science-fiction novel, radioactive decay plays a small but consequential role in it. Radioactive decay plays a much larger role in The World Set Free (1914). This book contains what is surely his biggest prophetic "hit." Scientists of the day were well aware that the natural decay of radium releases energy at a slow rate over thousands of years. The rate of release is too slow to have practical utility, but the total amount released is huge. Wells' novel revolves around an (unspecified) invention that accelerates the process of radioactive decay, producing bombs that explode with no more than the force of ordinary high explosive— but which "continue to explode" for days on end. "Nothing could have been more obvious to the people of the earlier twentieth century," he wrote, "than the rapidity with which war was becoming impossible... they did not see it until the atomic bombs burst in their fumbling hands." Leó Szilárd acknowledged that the book inspired him to theorise the nuclear chain reaction.

Wells also wrote nonfiction. His bestselling two-volume work, The Outline of History (1920), began a new era of popularised world history. It received a mixed critical response from professional historians. Many other authors followed with 'Outlines' of their own in other subjects. Wells reprised his Outline in 1922 with a much shorter popular work, A Short History of the World, and two long efforts, The Science of Life (1930) and The Work, Wealth and Happiness of Mankind (1931). The 'Outlines' became sufficiently common for James Thurber to parody the trend in his humorous essay, "An Outline of Scientists" — indeed, Wells's Outline of History remains in print with a new 2005 edition, while A Short History of the World has been recently reedited (2006).

From quite early in his career, he sought a better way to organise society, and wrote a number of Utopian novels. The first of these was A Modern Utopia (1905), which shows a worldwide utopia with "no imports but meteorites, and no exports at all"; two travellers from our world fall into its alternate history. The others usually begin with the world rushing to catastrophe, until people realise a better way of living: whether by mysterious gases from a comet causing people to behave rationally and abandoning a European war (In the Days of the Comet (1906)), or a world council of scientists taking over, as in The Shape of Things to Come (1933, which he later adapted for the 1936 Alexander Korda film, Things to Come). This depicted, all too accurately, the impending World War, with cities being destroyed by aerial bombs. He also portrayed the rise of fascist dictators in The Autocracy of Mr Parham (1930) and The Holy Terror (1939), though in the former novel, the tale is revealed at the end to have been Mr Parham's dream vision.
H. G. Wells in 1943

Wells contemplates the ideas of nature versus nurture and questions humanity in books such as The Island of Doctor Moreau. Not all his scientific romances ended in a happy Utopia, and in fact, Wells also wrote the first dystopia novel, When the Sleeper Wakes (1899, rewritten as The Sleeper Awakes, 1910), which pictures a future society where the classes have become more and more separated, leading to a revolt of the masses against the rulers. The Island of Doctor Moreau is even darker. The narrator, having been trapped on an island of animals vivisected (unsuccessfully) into human beings, eventually returns to England; like Gulliver on his return from the Houyhnhnms, he finds himself unable to shake off the perceptions of his fellow humans as barely civilised beasts, slowly reverting back to their animal natures.

Wells also wrote the preface for the first edition of W. N. P. Barbellion's diaries, The Journal of a Disappointed Man, published in 1919. Since "Barbellion" was the real author's pen name, many reviewers believed Wells to have been the true author of the Journal; Wells always denied this, despite being full of praise for the diaries, but the rumours persisted until Barbellion's death later that year.

In 1927, Florence Deeks sued Wells for plagiarism, claiming that he had stolen much of the content of The Outline of History from a work, The Web, she had submitted to the Canadian Macmillan Company, but who held onto the manuscript for eight months before rejecting it. Despite numerous similarities in phrasing and factual errors, the court found Wells not guilty.

In 1934, Wells predicted that the world war he had described in The Shape of Things to Come would begin in 1940, a prediction which ultimately came true one year early.

In 1936, before the Royal Institution, Wells called for the compilation of a constantly growing and changing World Encyclopedia, to be reviewed by outstanding authorities and made accessible to every human being. In 1938, he published a collection of essays on the future organisation of knowledge and education, World Brain, including the essay, "The Idea of a Permanent World Encyclopaedia."

Near the end of the second World War, Allied forces discovered that the SS had compiled lists of intellectuals and politicians slated for immediate execution upon the invasion of England in the abandoned Operation Sea Lion. The name "H. G. Wells" appeared high on the list for the "crime" of being a socialist. Wells, as president of the International PEN (Poets, Essayists, Novelists), had already angered the Nazis by overseeing the expulsion of the German PEN club from the international body in 1934 following the German PEN's refusal to admit non-Aryan writers to its membership
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/13/09 at 6:47 am

The person of the day...Florence Nightingale
Florence Nightingale, OM, RRC (pronounced /ˈflɒɾəns ˈnaɪtɪŋɡeɪl/; 12 May 1820 – 13 August 1910), who came to be known as "The Lady with the Lamp", was a pioneering English nurse, writer and noted statistician.
Florence Nightingale's most famous contribution came during the Crimean War, which became her central focus when reports began to filter back to Britain about the horrific conditions for the wounded. On 21 October 1854, she and a staff of 38 women volunteer nurses, trained by Nightingale and including her aunt Mai Smith, were sent (under the authorization of Sidney Herbert) to Turkey, about 545 km across the Black Sea from Balaklava in the Crimea, where the main British camp was based.

Nightingale arrived early in November 1854 at Selimiye Barracks in Scutari (modern-day Üsküdar in Istanbul). She and her nurses found wounded soldiers being badly cared for by overworked medical staff in the face of official indifference. Medicines were in short supply, hygiene was being neglected, and mass infections were common, many of them fatal. There was no equipment to process food for the patients.

Death rates did not drop; on the contrary, they began to rise. The death count was the highest of all hospitals in the region. During her first winter at Scutari, 4,077 soldiers died there. Ten times more soldiers died from illnesses such as typhus, typhoid, cholera and dysentery than from battle wounds. Conditions at the temporary barracks hospital were so fatal to the patients because of overcrowding and the hospital's defective sewers and lack of ventilation. A Sanitary Commission had to be sent out by the British government to Scutari in March 1855, almost six months after Florence Nightingale had arrived, and effected flushing out the sewers and improvements to ventilation. Death rates were sharply reduced. It is directly through her thorough observations that the association linking sanitary conditions and healing became recognized and established. “Within 6 months of her arrival in Scutari, the mortality rate dropped from 42 percent to 2.2 percent“. Florence insisted on adequate lighting, diet, hygiene, and activity. “She understood even then that the mind and body worked together, that cleanliness, the predecessor to our clean and sterile techniques of today, was a major barrier to infection, and that it promoted healing”.

Nightingale continued believing the death rates were due to poor nutrition and supplies and overworking of the soldiers. It was not until after she returned to Britain and began collecting evidence before the Royal Commission on the Health of the Army that she came to believe that most of the soldiers at the hospital were killed by poor living conditions. This experience influenced her later career, when she advocated sanitary living conditions as of great importance. Consequently, she reduced deaths in the army during peacetime and turned attention to the sanitary design of hospitals.

The Lady with the Lamp

During the Crimean campaign, Florence Nightingale gained the nickname "The Lady with the Lamp", deriving from a phrase in a report in The Times:

She is a ‘ministering angel’ without any exaggeration in these hospitals, and as her slender form glides quietly along each corridor, every poor fellow's face softens with gratitude at the sight of her. When all the medical officers have retired for the night and silence and darkness have settled down upon those miles of prostrate sick, she may be observed alone, with a little lamp in her hand, making her solitary rounds.

The phrase was further popularised by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's 1857 poem "Santa Filomena":

Lo! in that hour of misery
A lady with a lamp I see
Pass through the glimmering gloom,
And flit from room to room.

Two Brits and there are Blue Plaques

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Written By: Howard on 08/13/09 at 6:50 am

The word of the day...Lamp
A device that produces light, such as an electric lamp.
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Wow,those are such beautiful lamps. :)

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Written By: ninny on 08/13/09 at 8:07 am

Wow,those are such beautiful lamps. :)

I could take a few myself.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/13/09 at 11:46 am

Two Brits and there are Blue Plaques
Off the top of my head, in Greater London, H.G. Wells has three plaques and Florence Nightingale has one.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/13/09 at 11:48 am

Ladies first:

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In a house on this site, Florence Nightingale, 1820-1910, lived and died.
10 South Street, W1
Westminster 1955

Note: New plaque on rebuilt premises. Original plaque erected by the Duke of Westminster and removed when the house was pulled down in 1929.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/13/09 at 11:57 am

Ladies first:

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In a house on this site, Florence Nightingale, 1820-1910, lived and died.
10 South Street, W1
Westminster 1955

Note: New plaque on rebuilt premises. Original plaque erected by the Duke of Westminster and removed when the house was pulled down in 1929.
I think there could another plaque for Florence Nightingale, I will check on it on my next visit to cricket at Lord's.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/13/09 at 11:58 am

Off the top of my head, in Greater London, H.G. Wells has three plaques and Florence Nightingale has one.
On research, I make it four plaques for H G Wells....

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/13/09 at 11:59 am

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The H.G. Wells plaque being unveiled at Chiltern Court, Baker St., London, where Wells resided between 1930 and 1936. The unveiling was performed by the Lord Mayor of Westminster (left) and Lord Hattersley, former deputy-leader of the Labour Party.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/13/09 at 12:03 pm

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In Bromley, on a wall of a superstore, indicating the site of the birthplace of H.G. Wells.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/13/09 at 12:06 pm

There are two more, but cannot locate online properly. One in Sutton and another close to Regent's Park, on the house where he died (I think).

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Written By: CatwomanofV on 08/13/09 at 12:15 pm

You forgot THIS lamp:

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Cat

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/13/09 at 12:32 pm

The word of the day...Lamp
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Only $15?

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/13/09 at 12:32 pm

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A very famous lamp.

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Written By: ninny on 08/13/09 at 12:47 pm

On research, I make it four plaques for H G Wells....

4..It makes you wonder who has the most blue plaques.

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Written By: ninny on 08/13/09 at 12:49 pm

You forgot THIS lamp:

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Cat

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A very famous lamp.

Real cool lamps.Here is an interesting one
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/13/09 at 12:49 pm

4..It makes you wonder who has the most blue plaques.
In Greater London it is the author Charles Dickens, but once my database is up and running I can answer it much better.

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Written By: ninny on 08/13/09 at 1:48 pm

In Greater London it is the author Charles Dickens, but once my database is up and running I can answer it much better.

Does the number of plaques represent the number of places you lived at?

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/13/09 at 1:49 pm

Does the number of plaques represent the number of places you lived at?
Not necessary lived at, it can also be associated with.

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Written By: ninny on 08/13/09 at 1:58 pm

Not necessary lived at, it can also be associated with.

Who would you like to see get a blue plaque?

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/13/09 at 2:00 pm

Who would you like to see get a blue plaque?
Spike Milligan, my favourite comedian, already has a plaque on the office where he worked in Bayswater, London.

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Written By: ninny on 08/13/09 at 2:10 pm

Spike Milligan, my favourite comedian, already has a plaque on the office where he worked in Bayswater, London.

I've been reading about the plaques and I see the oldest was put up in 1867 for Napoleon, I find that odd. Why was he chosen for the first and not someone like Shakespeare or John Milton?

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Written By: Howard on 08/13/09 at 2:54 pm

You forgot THIS lamp:

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Cat

Oh Wow leglamps,maybe they sell them on Ebay? ???

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Written By: ninny on 08/14/09 at 6:17 am

The word of the day...Letter
1.
1. A written symbol or character representing a speech sound and being a component of an alphabet.
2. A written symbol or character used in the graphemic representation of a word, such as the h in Thames. See Note at Thames.
2. A written or printed communication directed to a person or organization.
3. A certified document granting rights to its bearer. Often used in the plural.
4. Literal meaning: had to adhere to the letter of the law.
5. letters (used with a sing. verb)
1. Literary culture; belles-lettres.
2. Learning or knowledge, especially of literature.
3. Literature or writing as a profession.
6. Printing.
1. A piece of type that prints a single character.
2. A specific style of type.
3. The characters in one style of type.
7. An emblem in the shape of the initial of a school awarded for outstanding performance, especially in varsity athletics.
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Written By: ninny on 08/14/09 at 6:20 am

The person of the day...Gale Sondergaard
Gale Sondergaard (February 15, 1899 – August 14, 1985) was an American actress.

Sondergaard began her acting career in theatre, and progressed to films in 1936. She was the first recipient of the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her film debut in Anthony Adverse (1936). She played supporting roles in various films during the late 1930s and early 1940s, including The Cat and the Canary (1939), The Mark of Zorro (1940) and The Letter (1940). She was nominated for a second Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for Anna and the King of Siam (1946) but by the end of the decade her film appearances were fewer.

Married to the director Herbert Biberman, Sondergaard supported him when he was accused of communism and named as one of the Hollywood Ten in the early 1950s, and her film career was destroyed as a result. She moved with Biberman to New York City and worked in theatre, and acted in film and television occasionally from late 1960s. She moved back to Los Angeles where she died from cerebrovascular thrombosis.
Sondergaard made her first film appearance in Anthony Adverse (1936) as "Faith Paleologue" and became the first recipient of the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for this performance. Her career as an actress flourished during the 1930s, and included a role opposite Paul Muni in The Life of Emile Zola (1937).

Walt Disney Studios used her as the main inspiration for the Wicked Queen in the animated film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937). Originally cast as the Wicked Witch of the West in The Wizard of Oz (1939), she was replaced by Margaret Hamilton when MGM decided to change the Wicked Witch from a glamorous character, and Sondergaard, fearing it could damage her career, refused to wear the necessary disfiguring makeup.

In 1940 she played the role of the exotic and sinister wife in The Letter, supporting Bette Davis. She received a second Academy Award nomination as Best Supporting Actress for her role as the King's principal wife in Anna and the King of Siam in 1946.

In 1978 Sondegaard played the Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna in a production of Marcelle Maurette's play Anastasia at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
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Written By: ninny on 08/14/09 at 6:27 am

The co-person of the day...Oscar Levant
Oscar Levant (27 December 1906 – 14 August 1972) was an American pianist, composer, author, comedian, and actor. He was more famous for his mordant character and witticisms, on the radio and in movies and television, than for his music.
rom 1947 to 1949, Levant regularly appeared on NBC radio's Kraft Music Hall, starring Al Jolson. He not only accompanied Jolson on the piano and played classical and popular solos, but often joked and ad-libbed with Jolson and his guests. This includes comedy sketches. The pairing of the two entertainers was inspired. Their individual ties to George Gershwin --- Jolson introduced Gershwin's "Swanee"-- undoubtedly had much to do with their rapport. Both Levant and Jolson play themselves in the Gershwin biopic Rhapsody in Blue (1945).
Levant in An American in Paris (1951)

Between 1958 and 1960, Levant hosted a television talk show on KCOP-TV in Los Angeles, The Oscar Levant Show, which later became syndicated. It featured his piano playing along with monologues and interviews with top-name guests such as Fred Astaire and Linus Pauling. A full recording of only one show is known to exist, that with Astaire, who paid to have a kinescope recording of the broadcast made, so that he could assess his performance. This is likely the only Astaire performance to have imperfections, as it was live, and Levant would repeatedly change the tempo of his accompaniment to Astaire's singing during the bridges between verses, which appeared to get him quite off balance at first. He did not dance, as the studio space was extremely small. The show was highly controversial, eventually being taken from the air after a comment about Marilyn Monroe's conversion to Judaism: "Now that Marilyn Monroe is kosher, Arthur Miller can eat her". He later stated that he "hadn't meant it that way". Several months later, the show began to be broadcast in a slightly revised format -- it was taped in order to provide a buffer for Levant's antics. This, however, failed to prevent Levant from making comments about Mae West's sex life that caused the show to be canceled for good. Levant was also a frequent guest on Jack Paar's talk show.

The 1920s and 1930s wit Alexander Woollcott, a member of the Algonquin Round Table, once said of him: "There's absolutely nothing wrong with Oscar Levant that a miracle can't fix."

Open about his neuroses and a notorious hypochondriac, Levant was in later life addicted to prescription drugs and was frequently committed to mental hospitals by his wife, June. Despite his afflictions, Levant was considered a genius by some, in many areas. (He himself wisecracked "There's a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line.") His playing of the Tchaikovsky and Anton Rubinstein piano concerti, as well as Gershwin, is a testimony to his talents.

Levant drew increasingly away from the limelight in his later years. Upon his death in Beverly Hills, California of a heart attack at the age of 65, he was interred in the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles, California. In their routines, some comics have claimed, apocryphally, and citing an old joke, that hypochondriac Levant's epitaph was inscribed, "I told them I was ill."
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Written By: ninny on 08/14/09 at 6:30 am

* Honorable mention*...Bruno Kirby
Bruno Kirby (April 28, 1949 – August 14, 2006) was an American film and television actor. He was perhaps best known for his roles in the Hollywood films City Slickers, When Harry Met Sally..., and The Godfather Part II.
Kirby was a popular character actor through the late 1980s and early '90s, although the frequency of his film appearances waned. Kirby's film debut was in the little-seen The Young Graduates (1971). Early television appearances included the series Room 222 and The Super, but it was his role in The Godfather Part II, as the young Pete Clemenza, that raised his profile in Hollywood. He can be glimpsed in the pilot episode of M*A*S*H, playing the character Boone, though he has no lines. In The Super, Kirby portrayed Richard Castellano's son. Coincidentally, Castellano appeared in The Godfather (1972) as hefty Pete Clemenza, a prominent member of the Corleone crime family, and Kirby subsequently played a younger version of Clemenza in the sequel, The Godfather Part II.

Described by film critic Leonard Maltin as "the quintessential New Yorker or cranky straight man", Kirby displayed his talents in a series of comedies, typically playing fast-talking, belligerent, yet strangely likeable characters. His most well-known roles include a fellow colleague to Albert Brooks' film editor in Modern Romance, a talkative limo driver in This Is Spinal Tap (1984), the jealous, comedically-impaired U.S. Army officer Lt. Hauk in Good Morning, Vietnam (1987) and a shifty assistant to Marlon Brando — a parody of his Godfather role — in The Freshman (1990). Kirby balanced comedies with dramatic roles in Donnie Brasco as a double dealing mobster.

On television, Kirby was memorable as Garry Shandling's agent Brad Brillnick in seasons three and four of the comedy cult classic It's Garry Shandling's Show.

Kirby and comedian Billy Crystal made a popular screen team in When Harry Met Sally... (1989) and City Slickers (1991). Both featured Kirby's character as the opinionated best friend to Crystal's character. However, Kirby refused to sign on for the sequel City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold unless script changes were made. Kirby's character was replaced by a new character played by Jon Lovitz, and the movie, while successful both critically and commercially, did not reach the popularity of the first.

In 1991, Kirby made his Broadway debut to great critical acclaim when he replaced Kevin Spacey in Neil Simon's Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize winning play Lost in Yonkers. In the last decade of his life, Kirby (and his unforgettable voice) had a last great success in the animated children's classic Stuart Little (1999), and was increasingly working on television. He starred as Barry Scheck in a 2000 CBS drama American Tragedy about the O.J. Simpson case. He played a paroled convict out for revenge in an episode of Homicide: Life on the Street. More recently, he played Phil Rubenstein in the HBO series Entourage.

In The Larry Sanders Show, Kirby (as himself) gets 'bumped' in the last episode. The final episode of season 3, part 1 of Entourage (entitled: "Sorry, Ari") is dedicated to Kirby's memory as is his last cinematic role in the motion picture Played.
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Written By: Reynolds1863 on 08/14/09 at 6:35 am

You forgot THIS lamp:

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Cat

It says "fragile". Must be Italian. ;D

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Written By: ninny on 08/14/09 at 6:35 am

The Flower for Friday...Iris
Iris is a genus of between 200–300 species of flowering plants with showy flowers. It takes its name from the Greek word for a rainbow, referring to the wide variety of flower colors found among the many species. As well as being the scientific name, iris is also very widely used as a common name; for one thing, it refers to all Iris species, though some plants called thus belong to other closely related genera. In North America, a common name for irises is flags, while the plants of the subgenus Scorpiris are widely known as junos, particularly in horticulture. It is a popular garden flower in the United States.

The genera Belamcanda (blackberry lily), Hermodactylus (snake's head iris), Neomarica (walking iris) and Pardanthopsis are sometimes included in Iris.
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Written By: Howard on 08/14/09 at 7:05 am

The word of the day...Letter
1.
1. A written symbol or character representing a speech sound and being a component of an alphabet.
2. A written symbol or character used in the graphemic representation of a word, such as the h in Thames. See Note at Thames.
2. A written or printed communication directed to a person or organization.
3. A certified document granting rights to its bearer. Often used in the plural.
4. Literal meaning: had to adhere to the letter of the law.
5. letters (used with a sing. verb)
1. Literary culture; belles-lettres.
2. Learning or knowledge, especially of literature.
3. Literature or writing as a profession.
6. Printing.
1. A piece of type that prints a single character.
2. A specific style of type.
3. The characters in one style of type.
7. An emblem in the shape of the initial of a school awarded for outstanding performance, especially in varsity athletics.
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There's also love letters.

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Written By: ninny on 08/14/09 at 7:15 am

There's also love letters.

Love Letter In The Sand
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Written By: gibbo on 08/14/09 at 7:24 am

That pic of the letter hugging a woman is creepy!

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Written By: Paul on 08/14/09 at 7:28 am

There's also love letters.

And especially for you, Howard...French letters! But we won't go there! ;)

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Written By: gibbo on 08/14/09 at 7:31 am

And especially for you, Howard...French letters! But we won't go there! ;)

Now...why not? Howard is a very attractive man...I'm sure he wouldn't mind if you went there....with him! ::)

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Written By: Howard on 08/14/09 at 7:32 am

Now...why not? Howard is a very attractive man...I'm sure he wouldn't mind if you went there....with him! ::)

Go where? ???

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Written By: gibbo on 08/14/09 at 7:34 am

Go where? ???

Err...something to do with the French alphabet. ;D

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Written By: Howard on 08/14/09 at 7:35 am

Err...something to do with the French alphabet. ;D

P?

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Written By: Howard on 08/14/09 at 7:36 am

There's also Love letter By "Giggles".

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Written By: ninny on 08/14/09 at 7:37 am

Go where? ???

You've been condo emed :D

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Written By: Howard on 08/14/09 at 7:38 am

You've been Condo emed :D

I don't want to even know. ::)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/15/09 at 1:47 am

That pic of the letter hugging a woman is creepy!
I hope that is not sent through the post.

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Written By: ninny on 08/15/09 at 7:45 am

The word of the day...Cuisine
1. A characteristic manner or style of preparing food: Spanish cuisine.
2. Food; fare.
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Written By: ninny on 08/15/09 at 7:49 am

The person of the day...Julia Child
Julia Child (born Julia Carolyn McWilliams August 15, 1912 – August 13, 2004) was an American chef, author and television personality. She introduced French cuisine and cooking techniques to the American mainstream through her many cookbooks and television programs, notably The French Chef which premiered in 1963. Her most well-known cookbook is Mastering the Art of French Cooking, published in 1961.
1962 appearance on a book review show on the National Educational Television (NET) station of Boston, WGBH, led to the inception of her television cooking show after viewers enjoyed her demonstration of how to cook an omelette. The French Chef debuted February 11, 1963, on WGBH and was immediately successful. The show ran nationally for ten years and won Peabody and Emmy Awards, including the first Emmy award for an educational program. Though she was not the first television cook, Child was the most widely seen. She attracted the broadest audience with her cheery enthusiasm, distinctively charming warbly voice, and unpatronising and unaffected manner.

In 1972 The French Chef became the first television program to be captioned for the deaf albeit in the preliminary technology of open captioning.

Child's second book, The French Chef Cookbook, was a collection of the recipes she had demonstrated on the show. It was soon followed in 1971 by Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Volume Two, again in collaboration with Simone Beck, but not with Louisette Bertholle, with whom they had ended their partnership. Child's fourth book, From Julia Child's Kitchen, was illustrated with her husband's photographs and documented the color series of The French Chef, as well as providing an extensive library of kitchen notes compiled by Child during the course of the show.

In 1981, she founded the educational American Institute of Wine and Food in Napa, California, with vintners Robert Mondavi and Richard Graff to "advance the understanding, appreciation and quality of wine and food," a pursuit she had already begun with her books and television appearances.
Julia Child at the Miami Book Fair International of 1989

In the 1970s and 1980s, she was the star of numerous television programs, including Julia Child & Company and Dinner at Julia's; at the same time she also produced what she considered her magnum opus, a book and instructional video series collectively entitled The Way To Cook, which was published in 1989.

She starred in four more series in the 1990s that featured guest chefs: Cooking with Master Chefs, In Julia's Kitchen with Master Chefs, Baking With Julia, and Julia Child & Jacques Pépin Cooking at Home. She collaborated with Jacques Pépin many times for television programs and cookbooks. All of Child's books during this time stemmed from the television series of the same names.

Beginning with In Julia's Kitchen with Master Chefs, the Childs' home kitchen in Cambridge was fully transformed into a functional set, with TV-quality lighting, three cameras positioned to catch all angles in the room, a massive center island with a gas stovetop on one side and an electric stovetop on the other, but leaving the rest of the Childs' appliances alone, including "my wall oven with its squeaking door." This kitchen backdrop hosted nearly all of Child's 1990s television series.

Child's last book was the autobiographical My Life in France, published posthumously in 2006 and written with her husband's great nephew, Alex Prud'homme. The book recounts Child's life with her husband, Paul Child, in post-World War II France.

In popular culture

Child was a favorite of audiences from the moment of her television debut on public television in 1963 and she was a familiar part of American culture and the subject of numerous references. In 1966, she was featured on the cover of Time with the heading, "Our Lady of the Ladle". In a 1978 Saturday Night Live sketch, she was affectionately parodied by Dan Aykroyd, continuing with a cooking show despite profuse bleeding from a cut to the thumb. It has been told that Julia loved this sketch so much, she would show it to friends at parties. Jean Stapleton portrayed her in a 1989 musical, Bon Appétit!, based on one of her televised cooking lessons. The title derived from her famous TV sign-off: "This is Julia Child. Bon appétit!". She was also the inspiration for the character "Julia Grownup" on the Children's Television Workshop program, The Electric Company (1971–1977), and was portrayed or parodied in many other television and radio programs and skits, including The Cosby Show (1984–1992) by character Heathcliff Huxtable (Bill Cosby) and Garrison Keillor's radio series A Prairie Home Companion by voice actor Tim Russell. Julia Child's TV show is briefly portrayed in the 1986 movie, "The Money Pit" starring Tom Hanks and Shelley Long. Julia's show was briefly portrayed in the 1985 Madonna film Desperately Seeking Susan

In 2009, Child was part of the focus of the feature film Julie & Julia, with Meryl Streep portraying Child.
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Written By: ninny on 08/15/09 at 7:51 am

The co-person of the day...Wendy Hiller
Dame Wendy Margaret Hiller DBE (15 August 1912 – 14 May 2003) was an English film and stage actress, who enjoyed a varied acting career that spanned nearly sixty years. Despite many notable film performances, she chose to remain primarily a stage actress.
t Shaw's insistence, she starred as Eliza Doolittle in the film Pygmalion (1938) with Leslie Howard as Professor Higgins. This performance earned her her first Oscar nomination and became one of her most famous film roles. Her 1939 nomination marked the first time a British actress in a British film had been nominated for an Academy Award. She was also the first actress to utter the word "bloody" in a British film, when Eliza utters the line "Not bloody likely, I'm going in a taxi!".
Wendy Hiller in Pygmalion (1938)

She followed up this success with another Shaw adaptation, Major Barbara with Rex Harrison and Robert Morley, in 1941. The ground-breaking film team of Powell and Pressburger signed her for their 1943 film The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, but she was forced to back out due to pregnancy. The role eventually went to Deborah Kerr. Determined to work with Hiller, the pair eventually teamed her with Colonel Blimp star Roger Livesey in the 1945 I Know Where I'm Going!, which became a classic of British cinema.

Despite her early film success and offers from Hollywood, she returned to the stage full-time after 1945 and only occasionally accepted film roles. With her return to film in the 1950s, she portrayed an abused colonial wife in Carol Reed's Outcast of the Islands (1952), but had already transitioned into mature, supporting roles with Sailor of the King (1953) and a memorable victim of the Mau Mau uprising in Something of Value (1957). She won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress in 1959 for the film Separate Tables (1958), as a lonely hotel manageress and mistress of Burt Lancaster. She remained uncompromising in her indifference to film stardom, as evidenced by her surprising reaction to her Oscar win "never mind the honour, cold hard cash is what it means to me." She received a third Oscar nomination for her performance as the simple, unrefined, but dignified Lady Alice More, opposite Paul Scofield as Thomas More, in A Man for All Seasons (1966). She reprised her London stage role in the southern gothic Toys in the Attic (1963), which earned her a Golden Globe nomination as the elder spinster sister of Dean Martin and Geraldine Page.

Her portrayal of the domineering, possessive mother in Sons and Lovers (1960) earned her a BAFTA nomination as Best Supporting Actress. Her role as the grand Russian princess in a huge commercial success, Murder on the Orient Express (1974), won her international acclaim and the Evening Standard British Film Award as Best Actress. Other notable roles included a Jewish refugee fleeing Nazi Germany with her dying husband in Voyage of the Damned (1976) and the formidable London Hospital matron in The Elephant Man (1980).
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/15/09 at 10:07 am

The word of the day...Cuisine
1. A characteristic manner or style of preparing food: Spanish cuisine.
2. Food; fare.
I feel hungry now!

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Written By: ninny on 08/15/09 at 10:22 am

I feel hungry now!

Bon Appetit. :)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/15/09 at 11:58 am

Bon Appetit. :)
Thanks, I did eat something but it was not so grand.

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Written By: Frank on 08/15/09 at 12:29 pm

The co-person of the day...Wendy Hiller
Dame Wendy Margaret Hiller DBE (15 August 1912 – 14 May 2003) was an English film and stage actress, who enjoyed a varied acting career that spanned nearly sixty years. Despite many notable film performances, she chose to remain primarily a stage actress.
t Shaw's insistence, she starred as Eliza Doolittle in the film Pygmalion (1938) with Leslie Howard as Professor Higgins. This performance earned her her first Oscar nomination and became one of her most famous film roles. Her 1939 nomination marked the first time a British actress in a British film had been nominated for an Academy Award. She was also the first actress to utter the word "bloody" in a British film, when Eliza utters the line "Not bloody likely, I'm going in a taxi!".
Wendy Hiller in Pygmalion (1938)

She followed up this success with another Shaw adaptation, Major Barbara with Rex Harrison and Robert Morley, in 1941. The ground-breaking film team of Powell and Pressburger signed her for their 1943 film The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, but she was forced to back out due to pregnancy. The role eventually went to Deborah Kerr. Determined to work with Hiller, the pair eventually teamed her with Colonel Blimp star Roger Livesey in the 1945 I Know Where I'm Going!, which became a classic of British cinema.

Despite her early film success and offers from Hollywood, she returned to the stage full-time after 1945 and only occasionally accepted film roles. With her return to film in the 1950s, she portrayed an abused colonial wife in Carol Reed's Outcast of the Islands (1952), but had already transitioned into mature, supporting roles with Sailor of the King (1953) and a memorable victim of the Mau Mau uprising in Something of Value (1957). She won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress in 1959 for the film Separate Tables (1958), as a lonely hotel manageress and mistress of Burt Lancaster. She remained uncompromising in her indifference to film stardom, as evidenced by her surprising reaction to her Oscar win "never mind the honour, cold hard cash is what it means to me." She received a third Oscar nomination for her performance as the simple, unrefined, but dignified Lady Alice More, opposite Paul Scofield as Thomas More, in A Man for All Seasons (1966). She reprised her London stage role in the southern gothic Toys in the Attic (1963), which earned her a Golden Globe nomination as the elder spinster sister of Dean Martin and Geraldine Page.

Her portrayal of the domineering, possessive mother in Sons and Lovers (1960) earned her a BAFTA nomination as Best Supporting Actress. Her role as the grand Russian princess in a huge commercial success, Murder on the Orient Express (1974), won her international acclaim and the Evening Standard British Film Award as Best Actress. Other notable roles included a Jewish refugee fleeing Nazi Germany with her dying husband in Voyage of the Damned (1976) and the formidable London Hospital matron in The Elephant Man (1980).
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I remember her is Murder on the orient express, and I liked that film.

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Written By: Howard on 08/15/09 at 2:49 pm

I used to watch Julia Child on television.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/16/09 at 2:10 am

I remember her is Murder on the orient express, and I liked that film.
That was the first film I saw in a West End cinema in London.

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Written By: gibbo on 08/16/09 at 3:13 am

I think Wendy Hiller may have been the Grandmother character in Anne of Green Gables (the mini series). :-\\

....and regarding Cousine....

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Written By: ninny on 08/16/09 at 6:46 am

The word of the day...Hotel
An establishment that provides lodging and usually meals and other services for travelers and other paying guests.
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Written By: Howard on 08/16/09 at 6:48 am

Elvis,still the king of rock N' roll.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/16/09 at 6:50 am

The word of the day...Hotel
An establishment that provides lodging and usually meals and other services for travelers and other paying guests.

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Fawlty Towers, the hotel used for the tv series sadly burnt down, it has been demolished and now a housing estate has been built over the site. The true location of the old hotel has almost been lost now.

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Written By: Howard on 08/16/09 at 6:51 am

There's also Hotel California.

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Written By: ninny on 08/16/09 at 6:51 am

The person of the day...Elvis Presley
Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977; middle name sometimes spelled Aron)a was an American singer and actor. A cultural icon, he is commonly known simply as Elvis and is also sometimes referred to as The King of Rock 'n' Roll or The King.

Presley began his career in 1954 as one of the first performers of rockabilly, an uptempo fusion of country and rhythm and blues with a strong back beat. His novel versions of existing songs, mixing "black" and "white" sounds, made him popular—and controversial—as did his uninhibited stage and television performances. Presley had a versatile voice and he had unusually wide success encompassing many genres, including rock and roll, gospel, blues, country, ballads and pop. To date, he has been inducted into four music halls of fame.

In the 1960s, Presley made the majority of his 31 movies, most of which were poorly reviewed but financially successful musicals. In 1968, he returned to live performances in a television special, which led to a string of successful tours across the U.S., notably in Las Vegas, for the remainder of his career. In 1973, Presley staged the first global live concert via satellite (Aloha from Hawaii), reaching at least one billion viewers live and an additional 500 million on delay.

Throughout his career, he set records for concert attendance, television ratings and recordings sales. He is one of the best-selling solo artists in the history of music, selling over one billion records worldwide, and he is regarded as one of the most important figures of twentieth century popular culture. Among his many awards and accolades are 14 Grammy nominations (3 wins) from the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, which he received at age 36, and being named One of the Ten Outstanding Young Men of the Nation for 1970 by the United States Jaycees.

Health problems, prescription drug dependence, and other factors led to his death at age 42.
On January 10, 1956, Presley made his first recordings for RCA in Nashville, Tennessee. Despite Scotty, Bill and D.J. being in the studio with him, RCA enlisted the talents of already established stars Floyd Cramer and Chet Atkins also to "...fatten the sound." The session produced "Heartbreak Hotel/I Was The One" which was released on January 27. The public reaction to "Heartbreak Hotel" prompted RCA to release it as a single in its own right (February 11). By April it had hit number one in the U.S. charts, selling in excess of one million copies.

National exposure

On March 3, 1955, Presley made his first television appearance on the TV version of Louisiana Hayride on KSLA-TV, but failed an audition for Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts on CBS-TV later that month. To increase the singer's exposure, Parker finally brought Presley to national television after booking six appearances on CBS's Stage Show in New York, beginning January 28, 1956. Presley was introduced on the first program by Cleveland DJ Bill Randle. He stayed in town and on January 30, he and the band headed for the RCA's New York Studio. The sessions yielded eight songs, including "My Baby Left Me" and "Blue Suede Shoes". The latter was the only hit single from the collection, but the recordings marked the point at which Presley started moving away from the raw, pure Sun sound to the more commercial and mainstream sound RCA had envisioned for him.
The iconic cover of Elvis Presley's debut RCA Victor album. Photo taken on January 31, 1955

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/16/09 at 6:53 am

The person of the day...Elvis Presley
Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977; middle name sometimes spelled Aron)a was an American singer and actor. A cultural icon, he is commonly known simply as Elvis and is also sometimes referred to as The King of Rock 'n' Roll or The King.

Presley began his career in 1954 as one of the first performers of rockabilly, an uptempo fusion of country and rhythm and blues with a strong back beat. His novel versions of existing songs, mixing "black" and "white" sounds, made him popular—and controversial—as did his uninhibited stage and television performances. Presley had a versatile voice and he had unusually wide success encompassing many genres, including rock and roll, gospel, blues, country, ballads and pop. To date, he has been inducted into four music halls of fame.

In the 1960s, Presley made the majority of his 31 movies, most of which were poorly reviewed but financially successful musicals. In 1968, he returned to live performances in a television special, which led to a string of successful tours across the U.S., notably in Las Vegas, for the remainder of his career. In 1973, Presley staged the first global live concert via satellite (Aloha from Hawaii), reaching at least one billion viewers live and an additional 500 million on delay.

Throughout his career, he set records for concert attendance, television ratings and recordings sales. He is one of the best-selling solo artists in the history of music, selling over one billion records worldwide, and he is regarded as one of the most important figures of twentieth century popular culture. Among his many awards and accolades are 14 Grammy nominations (3 wins) from the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, which he received at age 36, and being named One of the Ten Outstanding Young Men of the Nation for 1970 by the United States Jaycees.

Health problems, prescription drug dependence, and other factors led to his death at age 42.
On January 10, 1956, Presley made his first recordings for RCA in Nashville, Tennessee. Despite Scotty, Bill and D.J. being in the studio with him, RCA enlisted the talents of already established stars Floyd Cramer and Chet Atkins also to "...fatten the sound." The session produced "Heartbreak Hotel/I Was The One" which was released on January 27. The public reaction to "Heartbreak Hotel" prompted RCA to release it as a single in its own right (February 11). By April it had hit number one in the U.S. charts, selling in excess of one million copies.

National exposure

On March 3, 1955, Presley made his first television appearance on the TV version of Louisiana Hayride on KSLA-TV, but failed an audition for Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts on CBS-TV later that month. To increase the singer's exposure, Parker finally brought Presley to national television after booking six appearances on CBS's Stage Show in New York, beginning January 28, 1956. Presley was introduced on the first program by Cleveland DJ Bill Randle. He stayed in town and on January 30, he and the band headed for the RCA's New York Studio. The sessions yielded eight songs, including "My Baby Left Me" and "Blue Suede Shoes". The latter was the only hit single from the collection, but the recordings marked the point at which Presley started moving away from the raw, pure Sun sound to the more commercial and mainstream sound RCA had envisioned for him.
The iconic cover of Elvis Presley's debut RCA Victor album. Photo taken on January 31, 1955

Has it really been 32 years now?

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Written By: Howard on 08/16/09 at 6:54 am

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EEK! ^ :o

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Written By: ninny on 08/16/09 at 6:58 am

The co-person of the day...Bela Lugosi
Béla Lugosi (20 October 1882 – 16 August 1956) was a Hungarian-American actor of stage and screen, well known for playing Count Dracula in the Broadway play and subsequent film version. In the last years of his career he featured in several of Ed Wood's low budget films.
A number of factors worked against Lugosi's career in the mid-1930s. Universal changed management in 1936, and per a British ban on horror films, dropped them from their production schedule; Lugosi found himself consigned to Universal's non-horror B-film unit, at times in small roles where he was obviously used for "name value" only. Throughout the 1930s Lugosi, experiencing a severe career decline despite popularity with audiences (Universal executives always preferred his rival Karloff), accepted many leading roles from independent producers like Nat Levine, Sol Lesser, and Sam Katzman. These low-budget thrillers indicate that Lugosi was less discriminating than Boris Karloff in selecting screen vehicles, but the exposure helped Lugosi financially if not artistically. Lugosi tried to keep busy with stage work, but had to borrow money from the Actors' Fund to pay hospital bills when his only child, Bela George Lugosi, was born in 1938.

His career was given a second chance by Universal's Son of Frankenstein in 1939, when he played the plum character role of Ygor, a sly hunchback, in heavy makeup and beard. The same year saw Lugosi playing a straight character role in a major motion picture: he was a stern commissar in MGM's Greta Garbo comedy Ninotchka. This small but prestigious role could have been a turning point for the actor, but within the year he was back on Hollywood's Poverty Row, playing leads for Sam Katzman. These horror, comedy, psycho, and mystery B-films were released by Monogram Pictures. At Universal, he often received star billing for what amounted to a supporting part. The Gorilla had him playing straight man to Patsy Kelly, in a role she told Bose Hadleigh was her finest.

Ostensibly due to injuries received during military service, Lugosi developed severe, chronic sciatica. Though at first he was treated with pain remedies such as asparagus juice, doctors increased the medication to opiates. The growth of his dependence on pain-killers, particularly morphine and methadone, was directly proportional to the dwindling of screen offers. In 1943, he finally played the role of Frankenstein's monster in Universal's Frankenstein Meets the Wolfman, which this time contained dialogue (Lugosi's voice had been dubbed over Lon Chaney, Jr's, line readings at the end of 1942's The Ghost of Frankenstein because Ygor's brain had been transplanted into the Monster). Lugosi continued to play the Monster with Ygor's consciousness but with groping gestures because the Monster was now blind. Ultimately, all of the Monster's dialogue and all references to his sightlessness were edited out of the released film, leaving a strange, maimed performance characterized by unexplained gestures and lip movements with no words coming out. He also got to recreate the role of Dracula a second and last time on film in Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein in 1948. By this time, Lugosi's drug use was so notorious that the producers weren't even aware that Lugosi was still alive, and had penciled in actor Ian Keith for the role.

Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein was Bela Lugosi's last "A" movie. For the remainder of his life he appeared—less and less frequently—in relatively obscure, low-budget features. From 1947 to 1950 he performed in summer stock, often in productions of Dracula or Arsenic and Old Lace, and during the rest of the year made personal appearances in a touring "spook show" and on television. While in England to play a six-month tour of Dracula in 1951, he co-starred in a lowbrow movie comedy, Mother Riley Meets the Vampire (also known as Vampire over London and My Son, the Vampire). Upon his return to America, Lugosi was interviewed for television, and revealed his ambition to play more comedy, though wistfully noting, "Now I am the boogie man." Independent producer Jack Broder took Lugosi at his word, casting him in a jungle-themed comedy, Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla. Another opportunity for comedy came when Red Skelton invited Lugosi to appear in a sketch on his live CBS program. Lugosi memorized the script for the skit, but became confused on the air when Skelton began to ad lib. This was depicted in the Tim Burton film Ed Wood, with Martin Landau as Lugosi. Though Burton did not actually identify the comedian in the biopic, the events depicted were correct.

Late in his life, Bela Lugosi again received star billing in movies when filmmaker Edward D. Wood, Jr., a fan of Lugosi, found him living in obscurity and near-poverty and offered him roles in his films, such as Glen or Glenda and as a Dr. Frankenstein-like mad scientist in Bride of the Monster. During post-production of the latter, Lugosi decided to seek treatment for his addiction, and the premiere of the film was said to be intended to help pay for his hospital expenses. According to Kitty Kelley's biography of Frank Sinatra, when the entertainer heard of Lugosi's problems, he helped with expenses and visited at the hospital. Lugosi would recall his amazement, since he didn't even know Sinatra.

The extras on an early DVD release of Plan 9 from Outer Space include an impromptu interview with Lugosi upon his exit from the treatment center in 1955, which provide some rare personal insights into the man. During the interview, Lugosi states that he is about to go to work on a new Ed Wood film, The Ghoul Goes West. This was one of several projects proposed by Wood, including The Phantom Ghoul and Dr. Acula. With Lugosi in his famed Dracula cape, Wood shot impromptu test footage, with no storyline in mind, in front of Tor Johnson's home, a suburban graveyard and in front of Lugosi's apartment building on Carlton Way. This footage ended up in Plan 9 from Outer Space.
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Written By: Howard on 08/16/09 at 6:59 am

We need more Dracula roles.

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Written By: ninny on 08/16/09 at 7:01 am

*Honorable mention*...Babe Ruth

George Herman Ruth, Jr. (February 6, 1895 - August 16, 1948), also popularly known as "Babe", "The Bambino", and "The Sultan of Swat", was an American Major League baseball player from 1914–1935. Ruth originally broke into the Major Leagues with the Boston Red Sox as a starting pitcher, but after he was sold to the New York Yankees in 1919, he was converted to an outfielder and subsequently became one of the league's most prolific hitters. Ruth was a mainstay in the Yankees' lineup that won 4 World Series titles during his tenure with the team. After a short stint with the Boston Braves in 1935, Ruth retired. In 1936, Ruth became one of the first five players elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Ruth has since become regarded as one of the greatest sports heroes in American culture. He has been named the greatest baseball player in history in various surveys and rankings, and his home run hitting prowess and charismatic personality made him a larger than life figure in the "Roaring Twenties". Off the field he was famous for his charity, but also was noted for his often reckless lifestyle. Ruth is crediting with changing baseball itself. The popularity of the game exploded in the 1920s, largely due to him. Ruth ushered in the "live-ball era," as his big swing led to escalating home run totals that not only excited fans, but helped baseball evolve from a low-scoring, speed-dominated game to a high-scoring power game.

In 1998, The Sporting News ranked Ruth Number 1 on the list of "Baseball's 100 Greatest Players." In 1999, baseball fans named Ruth to the Major League Baseball All-Century Team. In 1969, he was named baseball's Greatest Player Ever in a ballot commemorating the 100th anniversary of professional baseball. In 1993, the Associated Press reported that Ruth was tied with Muhammad Ali as the most recognized athletes in America, in a Sports Marketing Group study, with over 97% of Americans identifying both Ruth and Ali. According to ESPN, he was the first true American sports celebrity superstar whose fame transcended baseball. In a 1999 ESPN poll, he was ranked as the third-greatest US athlete of the century, behind Michael Jordan and Muhammad Ali.

Ruth was the first player to hit 60 home runs in one season (1927), setting the season record which stood for 34 years until broken by Roger Maris in 1961. Ruth's lifetime total of 714 home runs at his retirement in 1935 was a record for 39 years, until broken by Hank Aaron in 1974. Unlike many power hitters, Ruth also hit for average: his .342 lifetime batting is tenth highest in baseball history, and in one season (1923) he hit .393, a Yankee record. His .690 career slugging percentage and 1.164 career on-base plus slugging (OPS) remain the major league records. Ruth dominated in the era in which he played. He led the league in home runs during a season 12 times, slugging percentage 13 times, OPS 13 times, runs scored eight times, and runs batted in (RBIs) six times. Each of those totals represents a modern record (and also an all-time record, except for RBIs).

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Written By: ninny on 08/16/09 at 7:03 am

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Fawlty Towers, the hotel used for the tv series sadly burnt down, it has been demolished and now a housing estate has been built over the site. The true location of the old hotel has almost been lost now.

I did not realize that,when did that happen?

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Written By: ninny on 08/16/09 at 7:04 am

There's also Hotel California.

My family was just talking about that song last night.

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Written By: ninny on 08/16/09 at 7:05 am

Has it really been 32 years now?

I know it's hard to believe. :\'(

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EEK! ^ :o

EEK is right :o

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Written By: Howard on 08/16/09 at 7:06 am

My family was just talking about that song last night.

Was it that creepy?

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Written By: Howard on 08/16/09 at 7:06 am

I know it's hard to believe. :\'(EEK is right :o

And this is what he would like today if he hadn't passed on.

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Written By: ninny on 08/16/09 at 7:14 am

We need more Dracula roles.

Who would we get to play him..maybe Johnny Depp

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/16/09 at 7:47 am

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EEK! ^ :o
Now that is frightening!

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/16/09 at 7:49 am

My family was just talking about that song last night.
That was to be my second choice of hotel to be mentioned of here.

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Written By: ninny on 08/16/09 at 7:58 am

Was it that creepy?

It was interesting.

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Written By: Michael C. on 08/16/09 at 9:10 am

Johnny Depp has gotten the rights to Dark Shadows......not Dracula...But Barnabas Collins will do.....
Who would we get to play him..maybe Johnny Depp

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Written By: ninny on 08/16/09 at 11:00 am

Johnny Depp has gotten the rights to Dark Shadows......not Dracula...But Barnabas Collins will do.....

That's great I've always loved Dark Shadows :)

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Written By: Michael C. on 08/16/09 at 11:51 am

There was a Festival this weekend...
http://www.darkshadowsfestival.com/page02.htm
Passed on it this year,though......

That's great I've always loved Dark Shadows :)

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Written By: ninny on 08/16/09 at 12:41 pm

There was a Festival this weekend...
http://www.darkshadowsfestival.com/page02.htm
Passed on it this year,though......

Dang Barnabas,Maggie and Willie 3 of my favs.

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Written By: Michael C. on 08/16/09 at 12:44 pm

awww...
No love for Angelique ? :)
Dang Barnabas,Maggie and Willie 3 of my favs.

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Written By: ninny on 08/16/09 at 4:24 pm

awww...
No love for Angelique ? :)

Nah ;D

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Written By: gibbo on 08/16/09 at 7:53 pm

Dark Shadows was creepy ... for a soap opera. ;D

I remember exactly where I was when told about Elvis' death. I had just woken up while on holiday/vacation with a friend and his family. I was a big fan... and couldn't believe it at first!

Babe Ruth did not look like much of an athlete ... h e must have had awesome natural ability!!!

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Written By: Frank on 08/16/09 at 11:18 pm

Has it really been 32 years now?

32 years. Wow. You know, it's almost 30 years since Lennon died too.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/17/09 at 3:01 am

32 years. Wow. You know, it's almost 30 years since Lennon died too.
That will be December next year.

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Written By: ninny on 08/17/09 at 5:37 am

The word of the day...Sidekick
A close companion or comrade.
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Written By: ninny on 08/17/09 at 5:40 am

The person of the day...Vivian Vance
Vivian Vance (July 26, 1909 – August 17, 1979) was an American television actress, theater actress and singer. Often referred to as “TV’s most beloved second banana,” she is best known for her role as Ethel Mertz, sidekick to Lucille Ball on the American television sitcom I Love Lucy, and as Vivian Bagley on The Lucy Show.
When Desi Arnaz and wife Lucille Ball were casting their new television sitcom I Love Lucy in 1951, director Marc Daniels, who had previously worked with Vance in a theater production, suggested her for the role of landlady Ethel Mertz. She was not the first choice, however. Lucille Ball wanted actress Bea Benaderet, a close friend. Because of a prior acting commitment, Benaderet had to decline playing the role. Arnaz then began searching for another actress. Daniels took Arnaz, along with producer Jess Oppenheimer, to see Vance in the John Van Druten play The Voice of the Turtle. While watching her perform, Arnaz was convinced he had found the right woman to play Ethel Mertz. Ball was less sure, since she had envisioned Ethel as much older and less attractive. In addition, Ball, firmly entrenched in film and radio, had never heard of Vance, primarily a theater actress. Nonetheless, the 42-year-old Vance was given the role on the new television program, which debuted October 15, 1951, on CBS.

Vance's Ethel Mertz character was the less-than-prosperous landlady of a New York City brownstone, owned by her and husband Fred Mertz. The role of Fred was played by William Frawley, who was 22 years her senior. While the actors shared great comedic and musical chemistry on-screen, they did not get along in real life. According to some reports, things first went sour when Frawley overheard Vance complaining about his age, stating that he should be playing her father rather than her husband. She used to skim through the script to see how many scenes she had with that "stubborn-headed little Irishman." Others recall that Frawley loathed Vance practically on sight. Vance, in turn, was put off by Frawley's cantankerous ways, in addition to his age. The hatred that Frawley and Vance had for each other was so strong that when he died in 1966, Vance while at a restaurant is reported to have shouted "Champagne for everyone!" when she received the news. Eventually, Ball overcame her resistance to Vance, and the two women formed a close friendship.

Honored for her work in 1953, Vance became the first actress to win an Emmy Award for "Outstanding Supporting Actress". Vance accepted her award at the Emmy ceremony in February 1954. She was nominated an additional three times (for 1954, 1956 and 1957) before the end of the series.

In 1957, after the highly successful half-hour I Love Lucy episodes had ended, Vance continued playing Ethel Mertz on a series of hour-long specials titled The Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Show (later retitled The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour). In 1959, she divorced her third husband Philip Ober, who allegedly physically abused her. When the hour-long Lucy-Desi specials ended production in 1960, Vance and Frawley were given the opportunity to star in their own "Fred and Ethel" spin-off show. Although Frawley was interested, Vance declined. The program was retooled and broadcast as Guestward, Ho!, with Joanne Dru taking the female lead.
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Written By: ninny on 08/17/09 at 5:51 am

The co-person of the day...Pearl Bailey
Pearl Mae Bailey (March 29, 1918 – August 17, 1990) was an American singer and actress. After appearing in vaudeville, she made her Broadway debut in St. Louis Woman in 1946. She won a Tony Award for the title role in the all-black production of Hello, Dolly! in 1968. In 1986, she won a Daytime Emmy award for her performance as a fairy godmother in the ABC Afterschool Special, Cindy Eller: A Modern Fairy Tale.

Her rendition of "Takes Two to Tango" hit the top ten in 1952.
Bailey began by singing and dancing in Philadelphia’s black nightclubs in the 1930s, and soon started performing in other parts of the East Coast. In 1941, during World War II, Bailey toured the country with the USO, performing for American troops. After the tour, she settled in New York. Her solo successes as a nightclub performer were followed by acts with such entertainers as Cab Calloway and Duke Ellington. In 1946, Bailey made her Broadway debut in St. Louis Woman. Bailey continued to tour and record albums in between her stage and screen performances.

In 1954, she took the role of Frankie in the film version of Carmen Jones, and her rendition of "Beat Out That Rhythm on the Drum" is one of the highlights of the film. She also starred in the Broadway musical House of Flowers. In 1959, she played the role of Maria in the film version of Porgy and Bess, starring Sidney Poitier and Dorothy Dandridge. Also that year she played the role of "Aunt Hagar" in the movie St. Louis Blues, alongside Mahalia Jackson, Eartha Kitt, and Nat King Cole.

In 1967, Bailey and Cab Calloway headlined an all-black cast version of Hello, Dolly! The touring version was so successful, producer David Merrick took it to Broadway where it played to sold out houses and revitalized the long running musical. Bailey was given a special Tony Award for her role and RCA made a second original cast album.. That is the only recording of the score to have an overture which was written especially for that recording.

The following year, she sang the national anthem at Shea Stadium, prior to game 5 of the 1969 World Series.

During the 1970s she had her own television show, and she also provided voices for animations such as Tubby the Tuba (1976) and Disney's The Fox and the Hound (1981). She returned to Broadway in 1975, playing the lead in an all-black production of Hello, Dolly!. She earned a B.A. in theology from Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. in 1985.

Later in her career, Bailey was a fixture as a spokesperson in a series of Duncan Hines commercials.
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Written By: ninny on 08/17/09 at 5:54 am

* Honorable mention*...Ira Gershwin
Ira Gershwin (December 6, 1896 – August 17, 1983) was an American lyricist who collaborated with his younger brother, composer George Gershwin, to create some of the most memorable songs of the 20th century.

With George he wrote more than a dozen Broadway shows, featuring songs such as "I Got Rhythm", "Embraceable You", "The Man I Love" and "Someone to Watch Over Me", and the opera Porgy and Bess.

The success the brothers had with their collaborative works has often overshadowed the creative role that Ira played. However, his mastery of songwriting continued after the early death of George. He wrote additional hit songs with composers Jerome Kern ("Long Ago (and Far Away)"), Kurt Weill and Harold Arlen.

His critically acclaimed book Lyrics on Several Occasions of 1959, an amalgam of autobiography and annotated anthology, is an important source for studying the art of the lyricist in the golden age of American popular song.
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Written By: Howard on 08/17/09 at 5:55 am

The person of the day...Vivian Vance
Vivian Vance (July 26, 1909 – August 17, 1979) was an American television actress, theater actress and singer. Often referred to as “TV’s most beloved second banana,” she is best known for her role as Ethel Mertz, sidekick to Lucille Ball on the American television sitcom I Love Lucy, and as Vivian Bagley on The Lucy Show.
When Desi Arnaz and wife Lucille Ball were casting their new television sitcom I Love Lucy in 1951, director Marc Daniels, who had previously worked with Vance in a theater production, suggested her for the role of landlady Ethel Mertz. She was not the first choice, however. Lucille Ball wanted actress Bea Benaderet, a close friend. Because of a prior acting commitment, Benaderet had to decline playing the role. Arnaz then began searching for another actress. Daniels took Arnaz, along with producer Jess Oppenheimer, to see Vance in the John Van Druten play The Voice of the Turtle. While watching her perform, Arnaz was convinced he had found the right woman to play Ethel Mertz. Ball was less sure, since she had envisioned Ethel as much older and less attractive. In addition, Ball, firmly entrenched in film and radio, had never heard of Vance, primarily a theater actress. Nonetheless, the 42-year-old Vance was given the role on the new television program, which debuted October 15, 1951, on CBS.

Vance's Ethel Mertz character was the less-than-prosperous landlady of a New York City brownstone, owned by her and husband Fred Mertz. The role of Fred was played by William Frawley, who was 22 years her senior. While the actors shared great comedic and musical chemistry on-screen, they did not get along in real life. According to some reports, things first went sour when Frawley overheard Vance complaining about his age, stating that he should be playing her father rather than her husband. She used to skim through the script to see how many scenes she had with that "stubborn-headed little Irishman." Others recall that Frawley loathed Vance practically on sight. Vance, in turn, was put off by Frawley's cantankerous ways, in addition to his age. The hatred that Frawley and Vance had for each other was so strong that when he died in 1966, Vance while at a restaurant is reported to have shouted "Champagne for everyone!" when she received the news. Eventually, Ball overcame her resistance to Vance, and the two women formed a close friendship.

Honored for her work in 1953, Vance became the first actress to win an Emmy Award for "Outstanding Supporting Actress". Vance accepted her award at the Emmy ceremony in February 1954. She was nominated an additional three times (for 1954, 1956 and 1957) before the end of the series.

In 1957, after the highly successful half-hour I Love Lucy episodes had ended, Vance continued playing Ethel Mertz on a series of hour-long specials titled The Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Show (later retitled The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour). In 1959, she divorced her third husband Philip Ober, who allegedly physically abused her. When the hour-long Lucy-Desi specials ended production in 1960, Vance and Frawley were given the opportunity to star in their own "Fred and Ethel" spin-off show. Although Frawley was interested, Vance declined. The program was retooled and broadcast as Guestward, Ho!, with Joanne Dru taking the female lead.
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So I guess they never had any other roles for her in the early 70's or maybe she was just too old. ???

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/17/09 at 6:30 am

The co-person of the day...Pearl Bailey
Pearl Mae Bailey (March 29, 1918 – August 17, 1990) was an American singer and actress. After appearing in vaudeville, she made her Broadway debut in St. Louis Woman in 1946. She won a Tony Award for the title role in the all-black production of Hello, Dolly! in 1968. In 1986, she won a Daytime Emmy award for her performance as a fairy godmother in the ABC Afterschool Special, Cindy Eller: A Modern Fairy Tale.

Her rendition of "Takes Two to Tango" hit the top ten in 1952.
Bailey began by singing and dancing in Philadelphia’s black nightclubs in the 1930s, and soon started performing in other parts of the East Coast. In 1941, during World War II, Bailey toured the country with the USO, performing for American troops. After the tour, she settled in New York. Her solo successes as a nightclub performer were followed by acts with such entertainers as Cab Calloway and Duke Ellington. In 1946, Bailey made her Broadway debut in St. Louis Woman. Bailey continued to tour and record albums in between her stage and screen performances.

In 1954, she took the role of Frankie in the film version of Carmen Jones, and her rendition of "Beat Out That Rhythm on the Drum" is one of the highlights of the film. She also starred in the Broadway musical House of Flowers. In 1959, she played the role of Maria in the film version of Porgy and Bess, starring Sidney Poitier and Dorothy Dandridge. Also that year she played the role of "Aunt Hagar" in the movie St. Louis Blues, alongside Mahalia Jackson, Eartha Kitt, and Nat King Cole.

In 1967, Bailey and Cab Calloway headlined an all-black cast version of Hello, Dolly! The touring version was so successful, producer David Merrick took it to Broadway where it played to sold out houses and revitalized the long running musical. Bailey was given a special Tony Award for her role and RCA made a second original cast album.. That is the only recording of the score to have an overture which was written especially for that recording.

The following year, she sang the national anthem at Shea Stadium, prior to game 5 of the 1969 World Series.

During the 1970s she had her own television show, and she also provided voices for animations such as Tubby the Tuba (1976) and Disney's The Fox and the Hound (1981). She returned to Broadway in 1975, playing the lead in an all-black production of Hello, Dolly!. She earned a B.A. in theology from Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. in 1985.

Later in her career, Bailey was a fixture as a spokesperson in a series of Duncan Hines commercials.
I still want to see Carmen Jones.

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Written By: ninny on 08/17/09 at 7:22 am

So I guess they never had any other roles for her in the early 70's or maybe she was just too old. ???

She was on the Here's Lucy show(1968-1974)
After her departure from The Lucy Show, Vance appeared occasionally alongside Lucille Ball on reunion shows and made several guest appearances on Ball's third sitcom, Here's Lucy (1968-1974). In 1966 Vance did the national tour of Woody Allen's Don't Drink the Water. She had the leading role as the wife and mother of a family that takes a disastrous trip to Europe. In 1969, Vance returned to Broadway and starred in the comedy My Daughter, Your Son.

In 1973, Vance was diagnosed with breast cancer. The following year, she and her husband moved to Belvedere, California, so she could be near her sister. It was during this period that Vance played the part of "Maxine", who wheeled around a catering truck, dispensing Maxwell House coffee to office workers in a series of television commercials. In 1977, Vance suffered a stroke which left her partially paralyzed. Her final television appearance with Lucille Ball was on the CBS special Lucy Calls the President, which aired November 21, 1977.
Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

Vivian Vance, who never had children, died on August 17, 1979, at the age of 70, of bone cancer. After her death, Desi Arnaz remarked, "It’s bad enough to lose one of the great artists we had the honor and the pleasure to work with, but it’s even harder to reconcile the loss of one of your best friends."

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Written By: Frank on 08/17/09 at 10:14 am

She was on the Here's Lucy show(1968-1974)
After her departure from The Lucy Show, Vance appeared occasionally alongside Lucille Ball on reunion shows and made several guest appearances on Ball's third sitcom, Here's Lucy (1968-1974). In 1966 Vance did the national tour of Woody Allen's Don't Drink the Water. She had the leading role as the wife and mother of a family that takes a disastrous trip to Europe. In 1969, Vance returned to Broadway and starred in the comedy My Daughter, Your Son.

In 1973, Vance was diagnosed with breast cancer. The following year, she and her husband moved to Belvedere, California, so she could be near her sister. It was during this period that Vance played the part of "Maxine", who wheeled around a catering truck, dispensing Maxwell House coffee to office workers in a series of television commercials. In 1977, Vance suffered a stroke which left her partially paralyzed. Her final television appearance with Lucille Ball was on the CBS special Lucy Calls the President, which aired November 21, 1977.
Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

Vivian Vance, who never had children, died on August 17, 1979, at the age of 70, of bone cancer. After her death, Desi Arnaz remarked, "It’s bad enough to lose one of the great artists we had the honor and the pleasure to work with, but it’s even harder to reconcile the loss of one of your best friends."

Vivian was made a good team with Lucy on their shows. Very funny stuff.

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Written By: CatwomanofV on 08/17/09 at 11:54 am

I think Vivian Vance got the shaft. She was just as funny as Lucy and an outstanding actress.

Cat

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Written By: Frank on 08/17/09 at 12:50 pm

I think Vivian Vance got the shaft. She was just as funny as Lucy and an outstanding actress.

Cat

I don't think Vivian got the credit she deserved, she was great but she wasn't as funny as Lucy. IMHO no female has ever been as funny as Lucy.

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Written By: Howard on 08/17/09 at 6:13 pm

Vivian was made a good team with Lucy on their shows. Very funny stuff.

Lucille Ball also did Liviing With Lucy.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/18/09 at 1:47 am

Lucille Ball also did Liviing With Lucy.
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Written By: ninny on 08/18/09 at 5:59 am

The word of the day...Pirate(s)
1.
1. One who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without commission from a sovereign nation.
2. A ship used for this purpose.
2. One who preys on others; a plunderer.
3. One who makes use of or reproduces the work of another without authorization.
4. One that operates an unlicensed, illegal television or radio station.
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Written By: ninny on 08/18/09 at 6:02 am

The person of the day...Roberto Clemente
Roberto Clemente Walker (August 18, 1934 – December 31, 1972) was a professional baseball player and a Major League Baseball right fielder. He was born in Carolina, Puerto Rico, the youngest of seven children. On November 14, 1964, he married Vera Zabala at San Fernando Church in Carolina. The couple had three children: Roberto Jr., Luis Roberto and Enrique Roberto. He began his professional career playing with the Santurce Crabbers in the Puerto Rican Professional Baseball League (LBBPR). While he was playing in Puerto Rico, the Brooklyn Dodgers offered him a contract to play with the Montreal Royals. Clemente accepted the offer and was active with the team until he was drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the Major League Baseball draft that took place on November 22, 1954.

Clemente played eighteen seasons in Major League Baseball from 1955 to 1972, all with Pittsburgh. He was awarded the National League’s Most Valuable Player Award in 1966. During the course of his career, Clemente was selected to participate in the league's All Star Game on twelve occasions. He won twelve Gold Glove Awards and led the league in batting average four different seasons. He was involved in charity work both in Puerto Rico and other Latin American countries, often delivering baseball equipment and food to them. He died in an aviation accident on December 31, 1972, while in route to deliver aid to earthquake victims in Nicaragua. His body was never recovered. He was elected to the Hall of Fame posthumously in 1973, thus becoming the first Latin American to be selected and the only current Hall of Famer for whom the mandatory five year waiting period was waived since the wait was instituted in 1954. Clemente is also the first Latino to win a World Series as a starter (1960), win a league MVP award (1966) and win a World Series MVP award (1971).
he 1970 season was the last one that the Pittsburgh Pirates played in Forbes Field before moving to Three Rivers Stadium; for Clemente, abandoning this stadium was an emotional situation. The Pirates' final game at Forbes Field took place on June 28, 1970. That day, Clemente noted that it was hard to play in a different field, saying, "I spent half my life there". The night of July 24, 1970 was declared "Roberto Clemente Night"; on this day, several Puerto Rican fans traveled to Three Rivers Stadium and cheered Clemente while wearing traditional Puerto Rican indumentary. A ceremony to honor Clemente took place, during which he received a scroll with 300,000 signatures compiled in Puerto Rico, and several thousands of dollars were donated to charity work following Clemente's request.

During the 1970 campaign, Clemente compiled an average of .352; the Pirates won the National League East but were subsequently eliminated by the Cincinnati Reds. In the offseason, Clemente experienced some tense situations while he was working as manager of the Senators and when his father, Melchor Clemente, experienced medical problems and was subjected to a surgery.

In the 1971 season, the Pirates won the National League and faced the Baltimore Orioles in the World Series. Baltimore had won 100 games and swept the American League Championship Series, both for the third consecutive year, and were the defending World Series champions. The Orioles won the first two games in the series, but Pittsburgh won the championship in seven games. This marked the second occasion that Clemente had won a World Series with the Pirates. Over the course of the series, Clemente batted a .414 average (12 hits in 29 at-bats), performed well defensively, and hit a solo home run in the deciding 2-1 seventh game victory. Following the conclusion of the season, he received the World Series Most Valuable Player award. Struggling with injuries, Clemente only managed to appear in 102 games in 1972, but he still hit .312 for his final .300 season. On September 30, in a game at Three Rivers Stadium, he hit a double off Jon Matlack of the New York Mets for his 3,000th hit. It was the last at-bat of his career during a regular season, though he did play in the 1972 NLCS playoffs against the Cincinnati Reds. In the playoffs, he batted .235 as he went 4 for 17. His last game ever was at Cincinnati's Riverfront Stadium in the fifth game of the playoff series.
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Written By: ninny on 08/18/09 at 6:05 am

The co-person of the day...Persis Khambatta
Persis Khambatta (2 October 1950 – 18 August 1998) was an Indian model, actress, and author.
Khambatta began modeling at the age of 13. At age 15, Khambatta became Miss India 1965, dressed in off-the-rack clothes she bought at the last minute.

She participated in the Miss Universe 1965 pageant, but did not achieve much success in Bollywood or other Indian movie industries, partially due to her relatively Western looks, which appeared unconventional for most Indian audiences. She later entered the world of international movies.

Khambatta became a model for companies such as Revlon. In 1975, she had small roles in Conduct Unbecoming and The Wilby Conspiracy. She went on to a brief movie career that included the role for which she is most recognized, as navigator Lieutenant Ilia, in Star Trek: The Motion Picture, (1979).

This led to roles in Nighthawks (1981), Megaforce (1982), and Warrior of the Lost World (1985), but she never again experienced the acting success she had found in Star Trek. Some Indian sources have claimed that her career decline was related to her refusal to strip for films or pose nude for Playboy for film promotion.

In 1979, she became the first citizen of India to present an Academy Award.

In 1985, she returned to India and tried to establish herself as a Bollywood actress. However, her sole Bollywood film Shingora was not a box-office success. Khambatta returned to Hollywood and performed in guest roles on various television series, such as Mike Hammer and MacGyver.

Khambatta was seriously injured in 1980, following a car crash in Germany, which left her with a large scar on her head. In 1983, she underwent a bypass operation.

In 1997, she wrote and published a coffee table book, called Pride of India, which featured several former Miss Indias. The book was dedicated to Mother Teresa and part of the royalties went to the Missionaries of Charity.

Her final appearance on film and TV in an acting part was that of an Indian ambassador in the pilot episode of Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman.
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Written By: Howard on 08/18/09 at 6:58 am

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Written By: gibbo on 08/18/09 at 3:52 pm

I remember Persis in Star Trek...bald head...really short dress! ::)

...and I think the Pirates of the Caribbean films are overrated!

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Written By: Frank on 08/18/09 at 11:53 pm

I remember Persis in Star Trek...bald head...really short dress! ::)

...and I think the Pirates of the Caribbean films are overrated!

I didn't know Persis had passed away. :\'(

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/19/09 at 1:00 am

The word of the day...Pirate(s)
1.
1. One who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without commission from a sovereign nation.
2. A ship used for this purpose.
2. One who preys on others; a plunderer.
3. One who makes use of or reproduces the work of another without authorization.
4. One that operates an unlicensed, illegal television or radio station.

When is speak Like A Pirate Day?

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/19/09 at 1:02 am

The word of the day...Pirate(s)
1.
1. One who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without commission from a sovereign nation.
2. A ship used for this purpose.
2. One who preys on others; a plunderer.
3. One who makes use of or reproduces the work of another without authorization.
4. One that operates an unlicensed, illegal television or radio station.

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I struggled to hear the dialouge in the Pirates movies.

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Written By: Frank on 08/19/09 at 1:02 am

When is speak Like A Pirate Day?

The weekday that has the most "rrrrrrrrrrr's"? ;)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/19/09 at 1:10 am

The person of the day...Roberto Clemente
Roberto Clemente Walker (August 18, 1934 – December 31, 1972) was a professional baseball player and a Major League Baseball right fielder. He was born in Carolina, Puerto Rico, the youngest of seven children. On November 14, 1964, he married Vera Zabala at San Fernando Church in Carolina. The couple had three children: Roberto Jr., Luis Roberto and Enrique Roberto. He began his professional career playing with the Santurce Crabbers in the Puerto Rican Professional Baseball League (LBBPR). While he was playing in Puerto Rico, the Brooklyn Dodgers offered him a contract to play with the Montreal Royals. Clemente accepted the offer and was active with the team until he was drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the Major League Baseball draft that took place on November 22, 1954.

Clemente played eighteen seasons in Major League Baseball from 1955 to 1972, all with Pittsburgh. He was awarded the National League’s Most Valuable Player Award in 1966. During the course of his career, Clemente was selected to participate in the league's All Star Game on twelve occasions. He won twelve Gold Glove Awards and led the league in batting average four different seasons. He was involved in charity work both in Puerto Rico and other Latin American countries, often delivering baseball equipment and food to them. He died in an aviation accident on December 31, 1972, while in route to deliver aid to earthquake victims in Nicaragua. His body was never recovered. He was elected to the Hall of Fame posthumously in 1973, thus becoming the first Latin American to be selected and the only current Hall of Famer for whom the mandatory five year waiting period was waived since the wait was instituted in 1954. Clemente is also the first Latino to win a World Series as a starter (1960), win a league MVP award (1966) and win a World Series MVP award (1971).
he 1970 season was the last one that the Pittsburgh Pirates played in Forbes Field before moving to Three Rivers Stadium; for Clemente, abandoning this stadium was an emotional situation. The Pirates' final game at Forbes Field took place on June 28, 1970. That day, Clemente noted that it was hard to play in a different field, saying, "I spent half my life there". The night of July 24, 1970 was declared "Roberto Clemente Night"; on this day, several Puerto Rican fans traveled to Three Rivers Stadium and cheered Clemente while wearing traditional Puerto Rican indumentary. A ceremony to honor Clemente took place, during which he received a scroll with 300,000 signatures compiled in Puerto Rico, and several thousands of dollars were donated to charity work following Clemente's request.

During the 1970 campaign, Clemente compiled an average of .352; the Pirates won the National League East but were subsequently eliminated by the Cincinnati Reds. In the offseason, Clemente experienced some tense situations while he was working as manager of the Senators and when his father, Melchor Clemente, experienced medical problems and was subjected to a surgery.

In the 1971 season, the Pirates won the National League and faced the Baltimore Orioles in the World Series. Baltimore had won 100 games and swept the American League Championship Series, both for the third consecutive year, and were the defending World Series champions. The Orioles won the first two games in the series, but Pittsburgh won the championship in seven games. This marked the second occasion that Clemente had won a World Series with the Pirates. Over the course of the series, Clemente batted a .414 average (12 hits in 29 at-bats), performed well defensively, and hit a solo home run in the deciding 2-1 seventh game victory. Following the conclusion of the season, he received the World Series Most Valuable Player award. Struggling with injuries, Clemente only managed to appear in 102 games in 1972, but he still hit .312 for his final .300 season. On September 30, in a game at Three Rivers Stadium, he hit a double off Jon Matlack of the New York Mets for his 3,000th hit. It was the last at-bat of his career during a regular season, though he did play in the 1972 NLCS playoffs against the Cincinnati Reds. In the playoffs, he batted .235 as he went 4 for 17. His last game ever was at Cincinnati's Riverfront Stadium in the fifth game of the playoff series.

...now that I can watch baseball on tv.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/19/09 at 1:13 am

The weekday that has the most "rrrrrrrrrrr's"? ;)
Like Septemberrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr?

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Written By: Frank on 08/19/09 at 1:16 am

The person of the day...Roberto Clemente
Roberto Clemente Walker (August 18, 1934 – December 31, 1972) was a professional baseball player and a Major League Baseball right fielder. He was born in Carolina, Puerto Rico, the youngest of seven children. On November 14, 1964, he married Vera Zabala at San Fernando Church in Carolina. The couple had three children: Roberto Jr., Luis Roberto and Enrique Roberto. He began his professional career playing with the Santurce Crabbers in the Puerto Rican Professional Baseball League (LBBPR). While he was playing in Puerto Rico, the Brooklyn Dodgers offered him a contract to play with the Montreal Royals. Clemente accepted the offer and was active with the team until he was drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the Major League Baseball draft that took place on November 22, 1954.

Clemente played eighteen seasons in Major League Baseball from 1955 to 1972, all with Pittsburgh. He was awarded the National League’s Most Valuable Player Award in 1966. During the course of his career, Clemente was selected to participate in the league's All Star Game on twelve occasions. He won twelve Gold Glove Awards and led the league in batting average four different seasons. He was involved in charity work both in Puerto Rico and other Latin American countries, often delivering baseball equipment and food to them. He died in an aviation accident on December 31, 1972, while in route to deliver aid to earthquake victims in Nicaragua. His body was never recovered. He was elected to the Hall of Fame posthumously in 1973, thus becoming the first Latin American to be selected and the only current Hall of Famer for whom the mandatory five year waiting period was waived since the wait was instituted in 1954. Clemente is also the first Latino to win a World Series as a starter (1960), win a league MVP award (1966) and win a World Series MVP award (1971).
he 1970 season was the last one that the Pittsburgh Pirates played in Forbes Field before moving to Three Rivers Stadium; for Clemente, abandoning this stadium was an emotional situation. The Pirates' final game at Forbes Field took place on June 28, 1970. That day, Clemente noted that it was hard to play in a different field, saying, "I spent half my life there". The night of July 24, 1970 was declared "Roberto Clemente Night"; on this day, several Puerto Rican fans traveled to Three Rivers Stadium and cheered Clemente while wearing traditional Puerto Rican indumentary. A ceremony to honor Clemente took place, during which he received a scroll with 300,000 signatures compiled in Puerto Rico, and several thousands of dollars were donated to charity work following Clemente's request.

During the 1970 campaign, Clemente compiled an average of .352; the Pirates won the National League East but were subsequently eliminated by the Cincinnati Reds. In the offseason, Clemente experienced some tense situations while he was working as manager of the Senators and when his father, Melchor Clemente, experienced medical problems and was subjected to a surgery.

In the 1971 season, the Pirates won the National League and faced the Baltimore Orioles in the World Series. Baltimore had won 100 games and swept the American League Championship Series, both for the third consecutive year, and were the defending World Series champions. The Orioles won the first two games in the series, but Pittsburgh won the championship in seven games. This marked the second occasion that Clemente had won a World Series with the Pirates. Over the course of the series, Clemente batted a .414 average (12 hits in 29 at-bats), performed well defensively, and hit a solo home run in the deciding 2-1 seventh game victory. Following the conclusion of the season, he received the World Series Most Valuable Player award. Struggling with injuries, Clemente only managed to appear in 102 games in 1972, but he still hit .312 for his final .300 season. On September 30, in a game at Three Rivers Stadium, he hit a double off Jon Matlack of the New York Mets for his 3,000th hit. It was the last at-bat of his career during a regular season, though he did play in the 1972 NLCS playoffs against the Cincinnati Reds. In the playoffs, he batted .235 as he went 4 for 17. His last game ever was at Cincinnati's Riverfront Stadium in the fifth game of the playoff series.
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I was fortunate enough to see Roberto Clemente play at Jarry Park in Montreal, maybe 1970 or 1971. He was a feared hitter. My first baseball cap was a Pittsburgh Pirates hat, because of him and Willie Stargell. I got Stargell's autograph on that day, sadly I did not get Clemente's.
When I heard the news that he died in a plane crash while helping others...it was a very sad day in our household. I remember him well, # 21.

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Written By: Howard on 08/19/09 at 6:10 am

Like Septemberrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr?

or December?

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/19/09 at 6:20 am

or December?
....Febrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrruarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrry ?

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Written By: ninny on 08/19/09 at 6:59 am

I was fortunate enough to see Roberto Clemente play at Jarry Park in Montreal, maybe 1970 or 1971. He was a feared hitter. My first baseball cap was a Pittsburgh Pirates hat, because of him and Willie Stargell. I got Stargell's autograph on that day, sadly I did not get Clemente's.
When I heard the news that he died in a plane crash while helping others...it was a very sad day in our household. I remember him well, # 21.

You were very fortunate to see him play live, I never had that privilege. I remember when he died and when Thurman Munson died.

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Written By: ninny on 08/19/09 at 7:03 am

I remember Persis in Star Trek...bald head...really short dress! ::)

...and I think the Pirates of the Caribbean films are overrated!

I've only seen the first Pirates of the Caribbean

I didn't know Persis had passed away. :\'(

I never realized it till I went to look up the deaths for August 18.

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Written By: ninny on 08/19/09 at 7:13 am

The word of the day...Soup
1. A liquid food prepared from meat, fish, or vegetable stock combined with various other ingredients and often containing solid pieces.
2. A liquid rich in organic compounds and providing favorable conditions for the emergence and growth of life forms: primordial soup.
3. Slang. Something having the appearance or a consistency suggestive of soup, especially:
1. Dense fog.
2. Nitroglycerine.
4. A chaotic or unfortunate situation.
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Written By: ninny on 08/19/09 at 7:15 am

The person of the day...Groucho Marx
Julius Henry "Groucho" Marx (October 2, 1890 – August 19, 1977) was an American comedian and film star famed as a master of wit. He made 13 feature films with his siblings the Marx Brothers, of which he was the third-born. He also had a successful solo career, most notably as the host of the radio and television game shows You Bet Your Life and Tell it to Groucho. His distinctive appearance, carried over from his days in vaudeville, included quirks such as glasses, cigars, and a thick greasepaint mustache and eyebrows.
Groucho Marx made 26 movies, 13 of them with his brothers Chico and Harpo. Marx developed a routine as a wise-cracking hustler with a distinctive chicken-walking lope, an exaggerated greasepaint moustache and eyebrows, and an ever-present cigar, improvising insults to stuffy dowagers (often played by Margaret Dumont) and anyone else who stood in his way. As the Marx Brothers, he and his brothers starred in a series of popular stage shows and movies.

Their first movie was a silent film made in 1919 that was never released, and believed to have been destroyed at the time. A decade later, the team made some of their Broadway hits into movies, including The Cocoanuts and Animal Crackers . Other successful films were Monkey Business, Horse Feathers, Duck Soup and A Night at the Opera. One quip from Marx concerned his response to Sam Wood, the director of the classic film A Night at the Opera. Furious with the Marx Brothers' ad-libs and antics on the set, Wood yelled in disgust: "I cannot make actors out of clay." Without missing a beat, Groucho responded, "Nor can you make a director out of Wood."

Marx worked as a radio comedian and show host. One of his earliest stints was in a short-lived series in 1932 Flywheel, Shyster, and Flywheel, co-starring Chico. Most of the scripts and discs were thought to have been destroyed, but all but one of the scripts were found in 1988 in the Library of Congress.

In 1947, Marx was chosen to host a radio quiz program You Bet Your Life broadcast by ABC and then CBS, before moving over to NBC television in 1950. Filmed before a live audience, the television show consisted of Marx interviewing the contestants and ad libbing jokes, before playing a brief quiz. The show was responsible for the phrases "Say the secret woid and divide $100" (that is, each contestant would get $50); and "Who's buried in Grant's Tomb?" or "What color is the White House?" (asked when Marx felt sorry for a contestant who had not won anything). It ran for eleven years on television.

Groucho was the subject of an urban legend, about a supposed response to a contestant who had over a dozen children which supposedly brought down the house. In response to Marx asking in disbelief why she had so many children, the contestant replied "I love my husband," to which Marx responded, "I love my cigar, but I take it out once in a while." Groucho often asserted in interviews that this exchange never took place, but it remains one of the most often quoted "Groucho-isms" nonetheless.

Throughout his career he introduced a number of memorable songs in films, including "Hooray for Captain Spaulding" and "Hello, I Must Be Going", in Animal Crackers, "Whatever It Is, I'm Against It", "Everyone Says I Love You" and "Lydia the Tattooed Lady". Frank Sinatra, who once quipped that the only thing he could do better than Marx was sing, made a film with Marx and Jane Russell in 1951 entitled Double Dynamite.
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Written By: ninny on 08/19/09 at 7:18 am

The co-person of the day...Hermione Baddeley
Hermione Baddeley (13 November 1906 – 19 August 1986) was a celebrated Academy Award-nominated English character actress of theatre, film and television.
Originally Hermione Youlanda Ruby Clinton-Baddeley, she was born in Broseley, Shropshire, England. A descendant of British Revolutionary War general Sir Henry Clinton, she and her older sister (the actress Angela Baddeley of Upstairs, Downstairs fame) moved in elevated social circles, Hermione's first husband being the Hon. David Pax Tennant, a descendant of William the Conqueror and elder brother of Stephen Tennant. Hermione was known for standout supporting performances in such films as Mary Poppins (as Ellen, the maidservant), The Belles of St. Trinian's, The Unsinkable Molly Brown, Passport to Pimlico, The Pickwick Papers, Tom Brown's Schooldays and A Christmas Carol, although she first began making films back in the 1920s. She was a principal character in Brighton Rock (1947).

Hermione Baddeley received an Oscar nomination as Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of Simone Signoret's best friend, music teacher Elspeth, in Jack Clayton's Room at the Top (1959). With under three minutes of screen time, hers is the shortest role to be nominated for an Academy Award. In 1963, she was nominated for Broadway's Tony Award as Best Actress (Dramatic) for The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore.

Her television roles brought her increased visibility; besides many guest appearances she became known to American TV audiences for her roles in Little House on the Prairie and Maude. Like fellow Mary Poppins maid Reta Shaw, she appeared on the show Bewitched, as Samantha's beloved childhood nanny. Toward the end of her career, Baddeley was also a sought-after voice-over actress (The Aristocats, The Secret of NIMH).

She continued to work sporadically on episodic television and feature films, until shortly before her death at 79, of a stroke, on August 19, 1986, in Los Angeles, California. Baddeley was interred in Amesbury Churchyard in Amesbury Wiltshire, England. Twice married, she was survived by two children.
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Written By: gibbo on 08/19/09 at 7:33 am

Groucho was THE funniest guy ever in movies! I still laugh at the Marx Bros A Day At the Races ....and Duck Soup!! ;D They crack me up!

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/19/09 at 7:45 am

"A black cat crossing your path signifies that the animal is going somewhere."
Groucho Marx

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Written By: ninny on 08/19/09 at 8:50 am

Groucho was THE funniest guy ever in movies! I still laugh at the Marx Bros A Day At the Races ....and Duck Soup!! ;D They crack me up!

My father loved all of the old comedy movies. He was a big fan of the Marx Brothers and The Three Stooges.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/19/09 at 8:52 am

My father loved all of the old comedy movies. He was a big fan of the Marx Brothers and The Three Stooges.
Today's comedian are not quite the same?

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Written By: Frank on 08/19/09 at 10:36 am

You were very fortunate to see him play live, I never had that privilege. I remember when he died and when Thurman Munson died.

Yeh. I saw Thurman Munson too, at Yankee Stadium.
Clemente was a special player. Amazing how he ends up with exactly 3000 hits.

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Written By: CatwomanofV on 08/19/09 at 10:44 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4zRe_wvJw8

Cat

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Written By: ninny on 08/19/09 at 11:00 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4zRe_wvJw8

Cat

I'm going to change the title to Missy The Tattooed Lady, because my daughter has gone out this summer and has gotten over a dozen.

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Written By: ninny on 08/19/09 at 11:02 am

Today's comedian are not quite the same?

Not to my dads, he's 80 and I'm not sure if he could name any recent comedienne.

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Written By: Womble on 08/19/09 at 11:09 am

I Love Groucho! I can never get enough of the Marx brothers films. Great Retro! You've outdone yourself again Ninny! :) :) :)

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Written By: ninny on 08/19/09 at 1:20 pm

I Love Groucho! I can never get enough of the Marx brothers films. Great Retro! You've outdone yourself again Ninny! :) :) :)

Thanks Vinny :)

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Written By: Howard on 08/19/09 at 6:14 pm

The word of the day...Soup
1. A liquid food prepared from meat, fish, or vegetable stock combined with various other ingredients and often containing solid pieces.
2. A liquid rich in organic compounds and providing favorable conditions for the emergence and growth of life forms: primordial soup.
3. Slang. Something having the appearance or a consistency suggestive of soup, especially:
1. Dense fog.
2. Nitroglycerine.
4. A chaotic or unfortunate situation.
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My favorite soup is Tomato and Chicken Noodle.

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Written By: ninny on 08/19/09 at 7:19 pm

My favorite soup is Tomato and Chicken Noodle.

Chicken noodle is good. I love French Onion soup. :)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/20/09 at 1:34 am

Chicken noodle is good. I love French Onion soup. :)
Good to have on a cold day.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/20/09 at 1:34 am

Chicken noodle is good. I love French Onion soup. :)

Good to have on a cold day.
...or when feeling low or unwell.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/20/09 at 1:36 am

"I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book."
Groucho Marx

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Written By: ninny on 08/20/09 at 5:43 am

The word of the day...Roof
1.
1. The exterior surface and its supporting structures on the top of a building.
2. The upper exterior surface of a dwelling as a symbol of the home itself: three generations living under one roof.
2. The top covering of something: the roof of a car.
3. The upper surface of an anatomical structure, especially one having a vaulted inner structure: the roof of the mouth.
4. The highest point or limit; the summit or ceiling: A roof on prices is needed to keep our customers happy.
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Written By: ninny on 08/20/09 at 5:47 am

The person of the day...Kim Stanley
Kim Stanley (February 11, 1925 – August 20, 2001) was an American actress, primarily in theatre but with occasional film performances.

Stanley began her acting career in theatre, and subsequently attended the The Actors Studio. She received the 1952 Theatre World Award for role in The Chase (1952), and starred in the Broadway productions of Picnic (1953) and Bus Stop (1955). She was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play for her roles in A Touch of the Poet (1959) and A Far Country (1962).

During the 1950s, Stanley was a prolific performer in television, and later progressed to film, with a well received performance in The Goddess (1959). She was the narrator of To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) and starred in Séance on a Wet Afternoon (1964), for which she won the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress. She was less active during the remainder of her career; two of her later film successes were as the mother of Frances Farmer in Frances (1982), for which she received a second Academy Award nomination as Best Supporting Actress, and as Pancho Barnes in The Right Stuff (1983). She received an Emmy Award for her performance in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1985).

She did not act during her later years, preferring the role of teacher, in Los Angeles and later Santa Fe, where she died in 2001, of uterine cancer.
Her first movie was The Goddess (1958), playing a tragic movie star modeled on Marilyn Monroe. In 1964, she starred in Seance on a Wet Afternoon, won the New York Film Critics Award for Best Actress for it and was nominated for the Best Actress Oscar. In 1966, the filmed version of Strasberg's directed Three Sisters opened with Stanley reprising the role of Masha, and is the only time one can see her perform in a film alongside Geraldine Page, Sandy Dennis, Shelley Winters and other well known names of the Actor's Studio.

She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role and a Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her performance as Frances Farmer's possessive mother in Frances (1982). She also played Pancho Barnes in The Right Stuff (1983).

Stanley was the uncredited narrator in the 1962 film To Kill a Mockingbird. As the narrator, she represents the character "Jean Louise Finch" ("Scout") as an adult. Mary Badham portrays "Scout" as a child in the film.

She received an Emmy Award for Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in the episode, A Cardinal Act of Mercy, on the TV series, Ben Casey (1963), and an Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or a Special for playing, "Big Mama," in Tennessee Williams' Southern melodrama Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1985).
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Written By: ninny on 08/20/09 at 5:49 am

The co-person of the day...George Adamson
George Adamson (3 February 1906 – 20 August 1989), also known as the "Baba ya Simba" ("Father of Lions" in Swahili), was a wildlife conservationist and author. He and his wife Joy Adamson are best known through the movie Born Free and best selling book with the same title, which is based on the true story of Elsa the Lioness an orphaned lioness cub they raised and later released into the wild. Several other films have been made based on Adamson's life.
Adamson was born 3 February 1906 in Dholpur, Rajasthan, India (then British India). He first visited Kenya in 1924. After a series of jobs, which included time as a gold prospector, goat trader, and professional safari hunter, he joined Kenya's game department in 1938 and was Senior Game Warden of the Northern Frontier District. Six years later he married Joy. It was in 1956 that he raised the lioness cub Elsa who became the subject of the 1966 feature film Born Free.

Adamson retired as a game warden in 1961 and devoted himself to his many lions. In 1970, he moved to the Kora National Reserve in northern Kenya to continue the rehabilitation of captive or orphaned big cats for eventual reintroduction into the wild. George and Joy separated in 1970, but continued to spend Christmas holiday together until she was murdered on January 3rd, 1980.

On 20 August 1989, the 83-year-old Adamson was shot to death at Kora Reserve by Somalian bandits when he went to the aid of a tourist..

He is buried at the reserve next to his lion friend named Boy. Also buried there are George's brother, Terrance Adamson and Supercub the lion.

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Written By: ninny on 08/20/09 at 5:52 am

* Honorable mention*...Alan Reed
Alan Reed (August 20, 1907 – June 14, 1977) was an American actor and voice artist, best known as the original voice of Fred Flintstone on The Flintstones and various spin-off series. He also appeared in The Tarnished Angels, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Viva Zapata!, Nob Hill and various other films, as well as a guest appearance on The Dick Van Dyke Show.
Reed died of a heart attack in Los Angeles, California. His final performance of Fred Flintstone was for the latter's cameo guest shot in an episode of Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics.
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Written By: Howard on 08/20/09 at 7:06 am

* Honorable mention*...Alan Reed
Alan Reed (August 20, 1907 – June 14, 1977) was an American actor and voice artist, best known as the original voice of Fred Flintstone on The Flintstones and various spin-off series. He also appeared in The Tarnished Angels, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Viva Zapata!, Nob Hill and various other films, as well as a guest appearance on The Dick Van Dyke Show.
Reed died of a heart attack in Los Angeles, California. His final performance of Fred Flintstone was for the latter's cameo guest shot in an episode of Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics.
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Ah,Yes the voice of Fred Flinstone,no one will take his place of the voice of Fred. :)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/20/09 at 8:58 am

The word of the day...Roof
1.
1. The exterior surface and its supporting structures on the top of a building.
2. The upper exterior surface of a dwelling as a symbol of the home itself: three generations living under one roof.
2. The top covering of something: the roof of a car.
3. The upper surface of an anatomical structure, especially one having a vaulted inner structure: the roof of the mouth.
4. The highest point or limit; the summit or ceiling: A roof on prices is needed to keep our customers happy.

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Up On The Roof ~ Drifters

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/20/09 at 9:00 am

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Written By: ninny on 08/20/09 at 11:43 am

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Here is a good song

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vua14HR8Cxg#

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Written By: Howard on 08/20/09 at 3:53 pm

Who played the voice of Barney Rubble?

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Written By: ninny on 08/20/09 at 5:27 pm

Who played the voice of Barney Rubble?

Mel Blanc (1960-1989)
Frank Welker (1989-present)
Jeff Bergman(current comercials)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/21/09 at 1:02 am

Don't Jump Off The Roof Dad ~ Tommy Cooper

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Written By: ninny on 08/21/09 at 5:56 am

The word of the day...Synthesizer
1. One that synthesizes: a synthesizer of others' ideas.
2. Music. An electronic instrument, often played with a keyboard, that combines simple waveforms to produce more complex sounds, such as those of various other instruments.

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Written By: ninny on 08/21/09 at 5:59 am

The person of the day...Robert Moog
Dr. Robert Arthur Moog (pronounced /ˈmoʊɡ/ to rhyme with "vogue") (May 23, 1934 – August 21, 2005) was an American pioneer of electronic music, best known as the inventor of the Moog synthesizer.
The Moog synthesizer was one of the first widely used electronic musical instruments. Early developmental work on the components of the synthesizer occurred at the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center, now the Computer Music Center. While there, Moog developed the voltage controlled oscillators, ADSR envelope generators, and other synthesizer modules with composer Herbert Deutsch.

Moog created the first voltage-controlled subtractive synthesizer to utilize a keyboard as a controller and demonstrated it at the AES convention in 1964. In 1966, Moog filed a patent application for his unique low-pass filter U.S. Patent 3,475,623, which issued in October 1969. He held several dozen patents.

Robert Moog employed his theremin company (R. A. Moog Co., which would later become Moog Music) to manufacture and market his synthesizers. Unlike the few other 1960s synthesizer manufacturers, Moog shipped a piano-style keyboard as the standard user interface to his synthesizers. Moog also established standards for analog synthesizer control interfacing, with a logarithmic one volt-per-octave pitch control and a separate pulse triggering signal.

The first Moog instruments were modular synthesizers. In 1971 Moog Music began production of the Minimoog Model D which was among the first widely available, portable and relatively affordable synthesizers.

One of Moog's earliest musical customers was Wendy Carlos whom he credits with providing feedback that was valuable to the further development of Moog synthesizers. Through his involvement in electronic music, Moog developed close professional relationships with artists such as Don Buchla, Keith Emerson, Rick Wakeman, John Cage, Gershon Kingsley, Clara Rockmore, and Pamelia Kurstin. In a 2000 interview, Moog said "I'm an engineer. I see myself as a toolmaker and the musicians are my customers. They use my tools."

R.A. Moog Co. and Moog Music
The Moog Music logo
Main article: Moog Music

In 1953 at age 19, Robert Moog founded his first company, R.A. Moog Co., to manufacture theremin kits. During the 1960s, the company was employed to build modular synthesizers based on Moog's designs.

In 1972 Moog changed the company's name to Moog Music. Throughout the 1970s, Moog Music went through various changes of ownership, eventually being bought out by musical instrument manufacturer Norlin. Poor management and marketing led to Moog's departure from his own company in 1977.

In 1978 after leaving his namesake firm, Moog started making electronic musical instruments again with a new company, Big Briar. Their first specialty was theremins, but by 1999 the company expanded to produce a line of analog effects pedals called moogerfoogers. In 1999, Moog partnered with Bomb Factory to co-develop the first digital effects based on Moog technology in the form of plugins for Pro Tools software.

Despite Moog Music's closing in 1993, Robert Moog did not have the rights to market products using his own name throughout the 1990s. Big Briar acquired the rights to use the Moog Music name in 2002 after a legal battle with Don Martin who had previously bought the rights to the name Moog Music. At the same time, Moog designed a new version of the Minimoog called the Minimoog Voyager. The Voyager includes nearly all of the features of the original Model D in addition to numerous modern features.
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Written By: Howard on 08/21/09 at 6:00 am

I used to have a synthesizer a Yamaha PSS-130.

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Written By: ninny on 08/21/09 at 6:02 am

The co-person of the day...Wilt Chamberlain
Wilton Norman "Wilt" Chamberlain (August 21, 1936 – October 12, 1999), nicknamed Wilt the Stilt, The Big Dipper, and Chairman of the Boards, was an American professional NBA basketball player for the Philadelphia/San Francisco Warriors, the Philadelphia 76ers and the Los Angeles Lakers; and also played for the Harlem Globetrotters. The 7 foot 1 inch Chamberlain, who weighed 250 lbs as a rookie before bulking up to 275 lb and eventually over 300 lb with the Lakers, played the center position and is widely considered one of the greatest and most dominant players in the history of the NBA.

Chamberlain holds numerous official NBA all-time records, setting records in many scoring, rebounding and durability categories. Among others, he is the only player in NBA history to average more than 40 and 50 points in a season or score 100 points in a single NBA game. He also won seven scoring, nine field goal percentage, and eleven rebounding titles, and once even led the league in assists. Although suffering a long string of professional losses, Chamberlain had a successful career, winning two NBA titles, earning four regular-season Most Valuable Player awards, the Rookie of the Year award, one NBA Finals MVP award, and being selected to 13 All-Star Games and ten All-NBA First and Second teams. Chamberlain was subsequently enshrined in the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1978, elected into the NBA's 35th Anniversary Team of 1980, and chosen as one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History of 1996.

After his basketball career, Chamberlain played volleyball in the short-lived International Volleyball Association, was president of this organization and enshrined in the IVA Hall of Fame for his contributions. Chamberlain was also a successful businessman, authored several books and appeared in the movie Conan the Destroyer. He was a lifelong bachelor, but became notorious for his claim to have had sex with 20,000 women, a statement which has entered popular culture.
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Written By: Howard on 08/21/09 at 6:04 am

He must've been the tallest. :o

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Written By: ninny on 08/21/09 at 6:06 am

The flower for Friday...Orchid
1.
1. A member of the orchid family.
2. The flower of any of these plants, especially one cultivated for ornament.
2. A pale to light purple, from grayish to purplish pink to strong reddish purple.
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Written By: ninny on 08/21/09 at 6:09 am

He must've been the tallest. :o

This guy was drafted by the Lakers, but never played.
Sun Mingming (traditional Chinese: 孫明明; simplified Chinese: 孙明明; pinyin: Sūn Míngmíng, born August 23, 1983) is a Chinese basketball player. He is one of the tallest players to ever play professional basketball,standing 7'9" (236 cm) and weighing 370 pounds (168 kg).

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/21/09 at 12:49 pm

The flower for Friday...Orchid
1.
1. A member of the orchid family.
2. The flower of any of these plants, especially one cultivated for ornament.
2. A pale to light purple, from grayish to purplish pink to strong reddish purple.

Do orchids have individual names for the plants?

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Written By: ninny on 08/21/09 at 5:30 pm

Do orchids have individual names for the plants?

I found these types of orchids

Cattleya
Cymbidium
Dendrobium
Paphiopedilum
Phalaenopsis
Miltoniopsis
Reed Orchid
Native Orchids
Alaskan Rein Orchid
Calypso
Green Rein Orchid
Pacific Coralroot
Rattlesnake Plantain
Spotless Coralroot
Striped Coralroot
White Bog Orchid
Flower Power

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 08/21/09 at 6:42 pm

This guy was drafted by the Lakers, but never played.
Sun Mingming (traditional Chinese: 孫明明; simplified Chinese: 孙明明; pinyin: Sūn Míngmíng, born August 23, 1983) is a Chinese basketball player. He is one of the tallest players to ever play professional basketball,standing 7'9" (236 cm) and weighing 370 pounds (168 kg).

Wow,that's very interesting Ninny.

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Written By: gibbo on 08/21/09 at 6:48 pm

He must've been the tallest. :o

Sounds like he had the tallest story! (20,000 women) .....where can you find that many women ...with ladders? ;)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 08/21/09 at 7:11 pm

Sounds like he had the tallest story! (20,000 women) .....where can you find that many women ...with ladders? ;)

I couldn't even have sex with 20,000 women. :o

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/22/09 at 12:05 am

I couldn't even have sex with 20,000 women. :o
You can always atart counting.

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Written By: ninny on 08/22/09 at 5:53 am

The word of the day...Hobo
1. One who wanders from place to place without a permanent home or a means of livelihood.
2. A migrant worker.
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Written By: ninny on 08/22/09 at 5:56 am

The person of the day...John Lee Hooker
John Lee Hooker (August 22, 1917 – June 21, 2001) was a Grammy Award-winning influential African American singer-songwriter and blues guitarist, born in Coahoma County near Clarksdale, Mississippi. Hooker began his life as the son of a sharecropper, and rose to prominence performing his own unique style of what was originally closest to Delta blues. He developed a half-spoken style that was his trademark. Though similar to the early Delta blues, his music was rhythmically free. John Lee Hooker could be said to embody his own unique genre of the blues, often incorporating the boogie-woogie piano style and a driving rhythm into his masterful and idiosyncratic blues guitar and singing. His best known songs include "Boogie Chillen" (1948) and "Boom Boom" (1962).

Hooker's life experiences were chronicled by several scholars and often read like a classic case study in the racism of the music industry, although he eventually rose to prominence with memorable songs and influence on a generation of musicians.
* A Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
* Inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in 1980
* Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1991

Grammy Awards:

* Best Traditional Blues Recording, 1990 for I'm in the Mood (with Bonnie Raitt)
* Best Traditional Blues Recording, 1998 for Don't Look Back
* Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals, 1998, "Don't Look Back" (with Van Morrison)
* Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2000

* Two of his songs, "Boogie Chillen" and "Boom Boom" were named to the list of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. "Boogie Chillen" was included as one of the Songs of the Century.

Discography

Singles

Hooker issued a large number of singles, with almost a hundred releases by 1960.
Here are ten of his early classic recordings:

* Detroit September 1948 - Boogie Chillen - Modern 627 (11/48) R&B #1 (Crown LP "The Blues")
* Detroit September 1948 - Hobo Blues - Modern 663 (3/49) R&B #5 (Crown LP "The Blues")
* Detroit September 1948 - Crawling King Snake - Modern 715 (10/49) R&B #6 (Crown LP "The Blues")
* Detroit August 7, 1951 - I'm In the Mood - Modern 835 (9/51) R&B #1 (Crown LP "The Blues")
* Detroit Early 1955 - The Syndicator b/w Hug And Squeeze - Modern 966 (8/55) (Crown LP "Sings The Blues")
* Chicago March 17, 1956 - Dimples - Vee-Jay 205 (8/56) (VJ LP "I'm John Lee Hooker")
* Chicago June 10, 1958 - I Love You Honey - Vee-Jay 293 (9/58) R&B #29 (VJ LP "I'm John Lee Hooker")
* Chicago March 1, 1960 - No Shoes - Vee-Jay 349 (4/60) R&B#21 (VJ LP "Travelin'")
* Chicago Late 1961 - Boom Boom - Vee-Jay 438 (4/62) R&B #16 (VJ LP "Burnin'")
* Chicago Mid 1964 - It Serves Me Right (To Suffer) - Vee-Jay 708 (11/65) (VJ/Dynasty LP "In Person")

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Written By: ninny on 08/22/09 at 5:59 am

The co-person of the day...Sebastian Cabot
Charles Sebastian Thomas Cabot (July 6, 1918 – August 22, 1977) was an English film and television actor, best remembered as the gentleman's gentleman, "Giles French," in the 1960s sitcom Family Affair.
Cabot was born in London, England. His career began with a bit part in Foreign Affaires (1935); his first screen credit was in Alfred Hitchcock's Secret Agent (1936). Other British films such as Love on the Dole, Pimpernel Smith, Old Mother Riley: Detective, and Old Mother Riley: Overseas followed. In 1946, he portrayed Iago in Othello. By 1947, Cabot had relocated to Hollywood, and landed roles in such films as They Made Me A Fugitive, Third Time Lucky, The Spider and the Fly, Ivanhoe, Babes in Baghdad, The Love Lottery, Westward Ho the Wagons, and the 1954 Italian version of Romeo and Juliet as Lord Capulet. In 1960 he appeared in George Pal's production of H.G. Wells' The Time Machine as Dr. Hillyer. He was also the voice of Noah in the first recording of Igor Stravinsky's "musical play" The Flood. He also did some voice parts for animated films such as Disney's Jungle Book (1967) as Bagheera, The Sword In The Stone (1963) as Sir Ector, and narrator of Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day (1968) and Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree (1966)

At about this time Cabot began taking on television work, appearing in such series as Along the Oregon Trail, The Adventures of Hiram Holliday, Checkmate (with co-stars Anthony George and Doug McClure), The Beachcomber, and an appearance in The Twilight Zone episode "A Nice Place to Visit", as the white-suited, courtly provider of a vain but disillusioned man's every wish. He appeared with James Best in the 1959-1960 western series Pony Express in the episode entitled "The Story of Julesburg". Cabot was also a regular panelist on the TV game show Stump the Stars. He also appeared on the NBC interview program Here's Hollywood. In 1964, Cabot hosted the short-lived television series, Suspense, and voiced or narrated a few other film and television projects, before he was cast as Giles French in the CBS series Family Affair with Brian Keith and Kathy Garver.
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Written By: Howard on 08/22/09 at 7:02 am

The word of the day...Hobo
1. One who wanders from place to place without a permanent home or a means of livelihood.
2. A migrant worker.
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They always want money. ::)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/22/09 at 2:00 pm

They always want money. ::)
...and ciggys!

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Written By: ninny on 08/22/09 at 2:36 pm

...and ciggys!

..and booze!

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/22/09 at 2:54 pm

..and booze!
...and then the money ?

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Written By: Howard on 08/22/09 at 3:42 pm

...and then the money ?

money to buy themselves a cup of coffee.

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Written By: gibbo on 08/22/09 at 4:06 pm

money to buy themselves a cup of coffee.

...that's what they tell you! :-\\

That first hobo pic reminds me of the Nick Nolte mug shot!

....and who could forget Mr French!

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Written By: ninny on 08/22/09 at 5:08 pm

...that's what they tell you! :-\\

That first hobo pic reminds me of the Nick Nolte mug shot!

....and who could forget Mr French!

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Written By: Frank on 08/22/09 at 5:17 pm

The co-person of the day...Sebastian Cabot
Charles Sebastian Thomas Cabot (July 6, 1918 – August 22, 1977) was an English film and television actor, best remembered as the gentleman's gentleman, "Giles French," in the 1960s sitcom Family Affair.
Cabot was born in London, England. His career began with a bit part in Foreign Affaires (1935); his first screen credit was in Alfred Hitchcock's Secret Agent (1936). Other British films such as Love on the Dole, Pimpernel Smith, Old Mother Riley: Detective, and Old Mother Riley: Overseas followed. In 1946, he portrayed Iago in Othello. By 1947, Cabot had relocated to Hollywood, and landed roles in such films as They Made Me A Fugitive, Third Time Lucky, The Spider and the Fly, Ivanhoe, Babes in Baghdad, The Love Lottery, Westward Ho the Wagons, and the 1954 Italian version of Romeo and Juliet as Lord Capulet. In 1960 he appeared in George Pal's production of H.G. Wells' The Time Machine as Dr. Hillyer. He was also the voice of Noah in the first recording of Igor Stravinsky's "musical play" The Flood. He also did some voice parts for animated films such as Disney's Jungle Book (1967) as Bagheera, The Sword In The Stone (1963) as Sir Ector, and narrator of Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day (1968) and Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree (1966)

At about this time Cabot began taking on television work, appearing in such series as Along the Oregon Trail, The Adventures of Hiram Holliday, Checkmate (with co-stars Anthony George and Doug McClure), The Beachcomber, and an appearance in The Twilight Zone episode "A Nice Place to Visit", as the white-suited, courtly provider of a vain but disillusioned man's every wish. He appeared with James Best in the 1959-1960 western series Pony Express in the episode entitled "The Story of Julesburg". Cabot was also a regular panelist on the TV game show Stump the Stars. He also appeared on the NBC interview program Here's Hollywood. In 1964, Cabot hosted the short-lived television series, Suspense, and voiced or narrated a few other film and television projects, before he was cast as Giles French in the CBS series Family Affair with Brian Keith and Kathy Garver.
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Mr. French.

Mr. French & Bill Davis, 2 men raising 3 kids. No woman in the house. :o

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Written By: Womble on 08/23/09 at 12:40 am

Oh God. I think I'm one of those Hobos.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/23/09 at 2:32 am

money to buy themselves a cup of coffee.
...coffee, don't believe it!

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/23/09 at 2:33 am

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Which film is that from?

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Written By: ninny on 08/23/09 at 6:29 am

Which film is that from?

No film it was when he was arrested
On September 12, 2002, Nolte was arrested for being under the influence of alcohol or drugs after police observed him swerving into oncoming traffic near his Malibu home. After undergoing blood tests it was determined he was under the influence of what is known as Gamma-Hydroxybutyrate (GHB) (also known as liquid Ecstasy) a "date-rape drug" which is a powerful and banned depressant. He was sentenced to three years probation and to counseling and random drug testing.

He was 61-years-old at the time of his arrest. Nolte checked into a Connecticut rehabilitation center two days after the incident. His publicist, Paul Bloch said in a statement, that Notle, "voluntarily entered Silver Hill Hospital to receive advice and counsel that he feels he needs at this time."

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Written By: gibbo on 08/23/09 at 6:34 am

No film it was when he was arrested
On September 12, 2002, Nolte was arrested for being under the influence of alcohol or drugs after police observed him swerving into oncoming traffic near his Malibu home. After undergoing blood tests it was determined he was under the influence of what is known as Gamma-Hydroxybutyrate (GHB) (also known as liquid Ecstasy) a "date-rape drug" which is a powerful and banned depressant. He was sentenced to three years probation and to counseling and random drug testing.

He was 61-years-old at the time of his arrest. Nolte checked into a Connecticut rehabilitation center two days after the incident. His publicist, Paul Bloch said in a statement, that Notle, "voluntarily entered Silver Hill Hospital to receive advice and counsel that he feels he needs at this time."

The hobo looks better off than Nolte.... ;D

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Written By: ninny on 08/23/09 at 6:35 am

The word of the day...Boat
1.
1. A relatively small, usually open craft of a size that might be carried aboard a ship.
2. An inland vessel of any size.
3. A ship or submarine.
2. A dish shaped like a boat: a sauce boat.
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Written By: ninny on 08/23/09 at 6:39 am

The person of the day...Oscar HammersteinII
Oscar Hammerstein II (pronounced /ˈhæmərstaɪn/; July 12, 1895 – August 23, 1960) was an American writer, producer, and (usually uncredited) director of musicals for almost forty years, collaborating on many of the most important pieces of musical theatre of the twentieth century.

Hammerstein won eight Tony Awards and was twice awarded an Academy Award for "Best Original Song", and much of his work is considered to be part of the unofficial Great American Songbook. He wrote an estimated 850 songs, dozens of which have become standards. Hammerstein was the lyricist and playwright in his partnerships; his collaborators wrote the music. Hammerstein collaborated with a number of famous composers, including Jerome Kern, Vincent Youmans, Rudolf Friml and Sigmund Romberg, but his most famous collaboration was with Richard Rodgers.

Hammerstein's name is often mispronounced /ˈhæmərstiːn/ HAM-ər-steen. Hammerstein himself, however, pronounced it /ˈhæmərstaɪn/ HAM-ər-styen.
Hammerstein's most successful and sustained collaboration began when he teamed up with Richard Rodgers to write a musical adaptation of the play Green Grow the Lilacs. Rodgers' first partner, Lorenz Hart, was originally going to collaborate with Rodgers on this piece, but his alcoholism had become out of control, and he was unable to write. Hart was also not certain that the idea had much merit, and the two therefore went separate ways. The adaptation became the first Rodgers and Hammerstein collaboration, entitled Oklahoma!, which opened on Broadway in 1943. It furthered the revolution begun by Show Boat, by thoroughly integrating all the aspects of musical theatre, with the songs and dances arising out of and further developing the plot and characters. William A. Everett and Paul R. Laird wrote that this was a "show, that, like "Show Boat", became a milestone, so that later historians writing about important moments in twentieth-century theatre would begin to identify eras according to their relationship to "Oklahoma." "After Oklahoma!, Rodgers and Hammerstein were the most important contributors to the musical-play form – with such masterworks as Carousel, The King and I and South Pacific. The examples they set in creating vital plays, often rich with social thought, provided the necessary encouragement for other gifted writers to create musical plays of their own".

The partnership went on to produce such classic Broadway musicals as Carousel, Allegro, South Pacific, The King and I, Me & Juliet, Pipe Dream, Flower Drum Song, and The Sound of Music as well as the musical film State Fair (and its stage adaptation of the same name) and the television musical Cinderella, all of which were featured in the revue A Grand Night for Singing. Hammerstein also wrote the book and lyrics for Carmen Jones, an adaptation of Georges Bizet's opera Carmen with an all-black cast.
Hammerstein contributed the lyrics to some 850 songs, according to The Complete Lyrics of Oscar Hammerstein II, edited by Amy Asch. Dozens of these have become standards. Some of his best-known songs are "Ol' Man River" from Show Boat, "Indian Love Call" from Rose Marie, "People Will Say We're in Love" and "Oklahoma" (which has been the official State song of Oklahoma since 1953) from Oklahoma!, "Some Enchanted Evening", from South Pacifiic, "Getting to Know You" from The King and I, and the title song, "The Sound of Music" as well as "Climb Every Mountain".

Several albums of Hammerstein's musicals were named to the "Songs of the Century" list as compiled by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), the National Endowment for the Arts, and Scholastic Corporation:

* The Sound of Music — # 36
* Oklahoma! — # 66
* South Pacific — # 224
* The King and I — # 249
* Show Boat — # 312

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Written By: ninny on 08/23/09 at 6:43 am

The co-person of the day...Rudolph Valentino
Rudolph Valentino (May 6, 1895 – August 23, 1926) was an Italian actor, sex symbol, and early pop icon. Known as the "Latin Lover", he was one of the most popular stars of the 1920s, and one of the most recognized stars from the silent film era. He is best known for his work in The Sheik and The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. His untimely death at age 31 caused mass hysteria among his female fans, propelling him into icon status
Displeased with playing "heavies", Valentino briefly entertained the idea of returning to New York permanently. He returned for a visit in 1917 staying with friends in Greenwich Village. It was here he met Paul Ivano; someone who would help his career greatly.

While traveling to Palm Springs, Florida to film Stolen Moments, Valentino read the novel The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez. Seeking out a trade paper, he discovered that Metro had bought the film rights to the story. In New York, he sought out Metro's Office; only to find June Mathis had been trying to find him. She cast him in the role of Julio Desnoyers. For director, Mathis had chosen Rex Ingram, with whom Valentino did not get along, leading Mathis to play the role of peace keeper between the two.

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse was released in 1921, becoming a commercial and critical success. It was one of the first films to make $1,000,000 at the box office, as well as the 6th best selling silent film ever.
Valentino with the Arabian Stallion Jadaan. Publicity photo for Son of the Sheik, 1926

Metro Pictures seemed unwilling to acknowledge it had made a star. Most likely due to Rex Ingram's lack of faith in him, the studio refused to give him a raise beyond the $350 a week he had made for Four Horsemen. For his follow up film, they forced him into bit part in a B film called Uncharted Seas. It was on this film that Valentino met his second wife, Natacha Rambova.

Rambova, Mathis, Ivano, and Valentino began work on the Alla Nazimova film Camille. Valentino was cast in the role of Armand, Nazimova's love interest. The film, mostly under the control of Rambova and Nazimova, was considered too avant garde by critics and the public.

Valentino's final film for Metro was the Mathis penned The Conquering Power. The film received critical acclaim and did well at the box office. After the film's release, Valentino made a trip to New York where he met with several French producers. Yearning for Europe, better pay, and more respect, Valentino returned and promptly quit Metr
On August 15, 1926, Valentino collapsed at the Hotel Ambassador in New York City, New York. He was hospitalized at the Polyclinic in New York and an examination showed him to be suffering from appendicitis and gastric ulcers which required an immediate operation. The operation was a success but Valentino's condition had become so aggravated by then that peritonitis set in and spread throughout his body. On August 18 his doctors gave an optimistic prognosis for Valentino and told the media that unless Valentino's condition changed for the worse there was no need for updates. However, on August 21 he was stricken with a severe pleuritis relapse that developed rapidly in his left lung due to the actor's weakened condition. The doctors realized that he was going to die, but decided to withhold the prognosis from the actor who believed that his condition would pass. During the early hours of August 23, Valentino was briefly conscious and chatted with his doctors about his future. He fell back into a coma and died a few hours later, at the age of 31.
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Written By: ninny on 08/23/09 at 6:46 am

* Honorable mention* ...Brock Peters
Brock Peters (July 2, 1927 – August 23, 2005) was an American actor, best known for playing the role, in the 1962 film To Kill a Mockingbird, of Tom Robinson, the black man unjustly convicted of raping a white girl. He also gained recognition for his portrayal of Joseph Sisko, father of Benjamin Sisko on Deep Space Nine.
Peters made his film debut in Carmen Jones in 1954, but he really began to make a name for himself in such films as To Kill a Mockingbird and The L-Shaped Room. He received a Tony nomination for his starring stint in Broadway's Lost in the Stars.

He sang background vocals on the 1956 hit, "Banana Boat (Day-O)" by Harry Belafonte as well as Belafonte's 1957 hit, "Mama Look At Bubu."

In the movie Abe Lincoln, Freedom Fighter (1978), Peters plays Henry, a freed black slave who is falsely accused of robbery but, defended by Abe Lincoln, is found not guilty due to the fact he has a damaged hand and couldn't have committed the crime. In To Kill A Mockingbird, Peters plays Tom Robinson, a black man falsely accused of raping a white girl, whom Atticus Finch shows could not have committed due to the fact his hand (and arm) were damaged.

In radio, Peters was the voice of Darth Vader for the National Public Radio adaptation of the original Star Wars trilogy.

He also worked in the films Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home and Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country as Fleet Admiral Cartwright of Starfleet Command. Brock Peters also portrayed Joseph Sisko, father of Deep Space Nine's commanding officer, Benjamin Sisko, of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. In early 2005, Peters guest starred in an episode of JAG's final season, "Bridging the Gulf", season 10 episode 15. He also played the role of a Colonial prosecutor trying to make a murder case against Starbuck in an episode of the original BattleStar Galactica.

Peters worked with Charlton Heston on several theater productions in the 1940s and 1950s. The two became friends and subsequently worked together on several films, including Major Dundee, Soylent Green, and Two-Minute Warning.

He also voiced Soul Power in the cartoon Static Shock (2000–2004).

He died in Los Angeles, California of pancreatic cancer on August 23, 2005 at the age of 78.
* Sergeant Brown in Carmen Jones (1954 film version)
* Crown in Porgy and Bess (1959 film version)
* Tom Robinson in To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
* Johnny in The L Shaped Room (1962)
* Aesop in Major Dundee (1965)
* Stephen Kumalo in Kurt Weill & Maxwell Anderson's Lost in the Stars (stage revival and 1974 film version) — nominated for a Tony Award
* Rev. Canon Frederick Chasuble, D.D. in an all-black film version of Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest (1992)
* Lieutenant Hatcher in the film Soylent Green
* Darth Vader in the Star Wars radio series
* The Ogre in the Faerie Tale Theatre episode Puss in Boots.
* Det. Frank Lewis in The Young and the Restless
* Fleet Admiral Cartwright in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home and Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country.
* Lucius Fox in Batman: The Animated Series
* Joseph Sisko, Benjamin Sisko's father, in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
* Dark Kat in SWAT Kats The Radical Squadron, Bloth in Pirates of Dark Water, Tormack in Galtar and the Golden Lance and Boneyard in Gravedale High.
* An uncredited voice-acting performance as the boxer Jack Johnson on the Miles Davis album A Tribute to Jack Johnson.

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Written By: Michael C. on 08/23/09 at 6:52 am

As in....."We're gonna need a bigger boat"
The word of the day...Boat
1.
1. A relatively small, usually open craft of a size that might be carried aboard a ship.
2. An inland vessel of any size.
3. A ship or submarine.
2. A dish shaped like a boat: a sauce boat.
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Written By: Howard on 08/23/09 at 6:53 am

The word of the day...Boat
1.
1. A relatively small, usually open craft of a size that might be carried aboard a ship.
2. An inland vessel of any size.
3. A ship or submarine.
2. A dish shaped like a boat: a sauce boat.
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Those are such nice boats.

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Written By: Michael C. on 08/23/09 at 6:58 am

I've always been a fan...Loved His instantly recognizable voice.......
Also great in 1967's The IncidentFramed ,1975}
* Honorable mention* ...Brock Peters
Brock Peters (July 2, 1927 – August 23, 2005) was an American actor, best known for playing the role, in the 1962 film To Kill a Mockingbird, of Tom Robinson, the black man unjustly convicted of raping a white girl. He also gained recognition for his portrayal of Joseph Sisko, father of Benjamin Sisko on Deep Space Nine.
Peters made his film debut in Carmen Jones in 1954, but he really began to make a name for himself in such films as To Kill a Mockingbird and The L-Shaped Room. He received a Tony nomination for his starring stint in Broadway's Lost in the Stars.

He sang background vocals on the 1956 hit, "Banana Boat (Day-O)" by Harry Belafonte as well as Belafonte's 1957 hit, "Mama Look At Bubu."

In the movie Abe Lincoln, Freedom Fighter (1978), Peters plays Henry, a freed black slave who is falsely accused of robbery but, defended by Abe Lincoln, is found not guilty due to the fact he has a damaged hand and couldn't have committed the crime. In To Kill A Mockingbird, Peters plays Tom Robinson, a black man falsely accused of raping a white girl, whom Atticus Finch shows could not have committed due to the fact his hand (and arm) were damaged.

In radio, Peters was the voice of Darth Vader for the National Public Radio adaptation of the original Star Wars trilogy.

He also worked in the films Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home and Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country as Fleet Admiral Cartwright of Starfleet Command. Brock Peters also portrayed Joseph Sisko, father of Deep Space Nine's commanding officer, Benjamin Sisko, of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. In early 2005, Peters guest starred in an episode of JAG's final season, "Bridging the Gulf", season 10 episode 15. He also played the role of a Colonial prosecutor trying to make a murder case against Starbuck in an episode of the original BattleStar Galactica.

Peters worked with Charlton Heston on several theater productions in the 1940s and 1950s. The two became friends and subsequently worked together on several films, including Major Dundee, Soylent Green, and Two-Minute Warning.

He also voiced Soul Power in the cartoon Static Shock (2000–2004).

He died in Los Angeles, California of pancreatic cancer on August 23, 2005 at the age of 78.
* Sergeant Brown in Carmen Jones (1954 film version)
* Crown in Porgy and Bess (1959 film version)
* Tom Robinson in To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
* Johnny in The L Shaped Room (1962)
* Aesop in Major Dundee (1965)
* Stephen Kumalo in Kurt Weill & Maxwell Anderson's Lost in the Stars (stage revival and 1974 film version) — nominated for a Tony Award
* Rev. Canon Frederick Chasuble, D.D. in an all-black film version of Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest (1992)
* Lieutenant Hatcher in the film Soylent Green
* Darth Vader in the Star Wars radio series
* The Ogre in the Faerie Tale Theatre episode Puss in Boots.
* Det. Frank Lewis in The Young and the Restless
* Fleet Admiral Cartwright in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home and Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country.
* Lucius Fox in Batman: The Animated Series
* Joseph Sisko, Benjamin Sisko's father, in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
* Dark Kat in SWAT Kats The Radical Squadron, Bloth in Pirates of Dark Water, Tormack in Galtar and the Golden Lance and Boneyard in Gravedale High.
* An uncredited voice-acting performance as the boxer Jack Johnson on the Miles Davis album A Tribute to Jack Johnson.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/23/09 at 7:26 am

The person of the day...Oscar HammersteinII
Oscar Hammerstein II (pronounced /ˈhæmərstaɪn/; July 12, 1895 – August 23, 1960) was an American writer, producer, and (usually uncredited) director of musicals for almost forty years, collaborating on many of the most important pieces of musical theatre of the twentieth century.

Hammerstein won eight Tony Awards and was twice awarded an Academy Award for "Best Original Song", and much of his work is considered to be part of the unofficial Great American Songbook. He wrote an estimated 850 songs, dozens of which have become standards. Hammerstein was the lyricist and playwright in his partnerships; his collaborators wrote the music. Hammerstein collaborated with a number of famous composers, including Jerome Kern, Vincent Youmans, Rudolf Friml and Sigmund Romberg, but his most famous collaboration was with Richard Rodgers.

Hammerstein's name is often mispronounced /ˈhæmərstiːn/ HAM-ər-steen. Hammerstein himself, however, pronounced it /ˈhæmərstaɪn/ HAM-ər-styen.
Hammerstein's most successful and sustained collaboration began when he teamed up with Richard Rodgers to write a musical adaptation of the play Green Grow the Lilacs. Rodgers' first partner, Lorenz Hart, was originally going to collaborate with Rodgers on this piece, but his alcoholism had become out of control, and he was unable to write. Hart was also not certain that the idea had much merit, and the two therefore went separate ways. The adaptation became the first Rodgers and Hammerstein collaboration, entitled Oklahoma!, which opened on Broadway in 1943. It furthered the revolution begun by Show Boat, by thoroughly integrating all the aspects of musical theatre, with the songs and dances arising out of and further developing the plot and characters. William A. Everett and Paul R. Laird wrote that this was a "show, that, like "Show Boat", became a milestone, so that later historians writing about important moments in twentieth-century theatre would begin to identify eras according to their relationship to "Oklahoma." "After Oklahoma!, Rodgers and Hammerstein were the most important contributors to the musical-play form – with such masterworks as Carousel, The King and I and South Pacific. The examples they set in creating vital plays, often rich with social thought, provided the necessary encouragement for other gifted writers to create musical plays of their own".

The partnership went on to produce such classic Broadway musicals as Carousel, Allegro, South Pacific, The King and I, Me & Juliet, Pipe Dream, Flower Drum Song, and The Sound of Music as well as the musical film State Fair (and its stage adaptation of the same name) and the television musical Cinderella, all of which were featured in the revue A Grand Night for Singing. Hammerstein also wrote the book and lyrics for Carmen Jones, an adaptation of Georges Bizet's opera Carmen with an all-black cast.
Hammerstein contributed the lyrics to some 850 songs, according to The Complete Lyrics of Oscar Hammerstein II, edited by Amy Asch. Dozens of these have become standards. Some of his best-known songs are "Ol' Man River" from Show Boat, "Indian Love Call" from Rose Marie, "People Will Say We're in Love" and "Oklahoma" (which has been the official State song of Oklahoma since 1953) from Oklahoma!, "Some Enchanted Evening", from South Pacifiic, "Getting to Know You" from The King and I, and the title song, "The Sound of Music" as well as "Climb Every Mountain".

Several albums of Hammerstein's musicals were named to the "Songs of the Century" list as compiled by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), the National Endowment for the Arts, and Scholastic Corporation:

* The Sound of Music — # 36
* Oklahoma! — # 66
* South Pacific — # 224
* The King and I — # 249
* Show Boat — # 312

Love his musicals!

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Written By: CatwomanofV on 08/23/09 at 12:10 pm

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/23/09 at 12:14 pm

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Cat
Captain Carlos!

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Written By: ninny on 08/23/09 at 1:08 pm

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Cat

Thanks for the nice pics Cat :)

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Written By: ninny on 08/23/09 at 1:08 pm

Love his musicals!

Me too :)

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Written By: Reynolds1863 on 08/23/09 at 2:50 pm

The co-person of the day...Rudolph Valentino
Rudolph Valentino (May 6, 1895 – August 23, 1926) was an Italian actor, sex symbol, and early pop icon. Known as the "Latin Lover", he was one of the most popular stars of the 1920s, and one of the most recognized stars from the silent film era. He is best known for his work in The Sheik and The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. His untimely death at age 31 caused mass hysteria among his female fans, propelling him into icon status
Displeased with playing "heavies", Valentino briefly entertained the idea of returning to New York permanently. He returned for a visit in 1917 staying with friends in Greenwich Village. It was here he met Paul Ivano; someone who would help his career greatly.

While traveling to Palm Springs, Florida to film Stolen Moments, Valentino read the novel The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez. Seeking out a trade paper, he discovered that Metro had bought the film rights to the story. In New York, he sought out Metro's Office; only to find June Mathis had been trying to find him. She cast him in the role of Julio Desnoyers. For director, Mathis had chosen Rex Ingram, with whom Valentino did not get along, leading Mathis to play the role of peace keeper between the two.

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse was released in 1921, becoming a commercial and critical success. It was one of the first films to make $1,000,000 at the box office, as well as the 6th best selling silent film ever.
Valentino with the Arabian Stallion Jadaan. Publicity photo for Son of the Sheik, 1926

Metro Pictures seemed unwilling to acknowledge it had made a star. Most likely due to Rex Ingram's lack of faith in him, the studio refused to give him a raise beyond the $350 a week he had made for Four Horsemen. For his follow up film, they forced him into bit part in a B film called Uncharted Seas. It was on this film that Valentino met his second wife, Natacha Rambova.

Rambova, Mathis, Ivano, and Valentino began work on the Alla Nazimova film Camille. Valentino was cast in the role of Armand, Nazimova's love interest. The film, mostly under the control of Rambova and Nazimova, was considered too avant garde by critics and the public.

Valentino's final film for Metro was the Mathis penned The Conquering Power. The film received critical acclaim and did well at the box office. After the film's release, Valentino made a trip to New York where he met with several French producers. Yearning for Europe, better pay, and more respect, Valentino returned and promptly quit Metr
On August 15, 1926, Valentino collapsed at the Hotel Ambassador in New York City, New York. He was hospitalized at the Polyclinic in New York and an examination showed him to be suffering from appendicitis and gastric ulcers which required an immediate operation. The operation was a success but Valentino's condition had become so aggravated by then that peritonitis set in and spread throughout his body. On August 18 his doctors gave an optimistic prognosis for Valentino and told the media that unless Valentino's condition changed for the worse there was no need for updates. However, on August 21 he was stricken with a severe pleuritis relapse that developed rapidly in his left lung due to the actor's weakened condition. The doctors realized that he was going to die, but decided to withhold the prognosis from the actor who believed that his condition would pass. During the early hours of August 23, Valentino was briefly conscious and chatted with his doctors about his future. He fell back into a coma and died a few hours later, at the age of 31.
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Women would swoon and some engaged in rumors that he was gay. In all honesty though no matter what he MADE the silent screen. There has been no one like him since.

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Written By: Womble on 08/23/09 at 4:11 pm

Nice photos, Cat. Nice retrospects, Ninny.

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Written By: CatwomanofV on 08/23/09 at 4:20 pm

Nice photos, Cat. Nice retrospects, Ninny.

Thanks.

Cat

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Written By: ninny on 08/24/09 at 5:54 am

Nice photos, Cat. Nice retrospects, Ninny.

Thanks :)

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Written By: Howard on 08/24/09 at 5:57 am

Very nice pictures Cat,I bet the weather was wonderful. :)

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Written By: ninny on 08/24/09 at 6:09 am

The word of the day...Chauffeur

One employed to drive a private automobile
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Written By: Howard on 08/24/09 at 6:12 am

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Happy Birthday Vincent Kennedy McMahon. :)

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Written By: ninny on 08/24/09 at 6:12 am

The person of the day...E.G Marshall
E. G. Marshall (June 18, 1914 – August 24, 1998) was an American actor, best known for his TV roles as the lawyer Lawrence Preston on The Defenders in the 1960s, and as neurosurgeon Dr. David Craig on The Bold Ones: The New Doctors in the 1970s. Among his film roles, he is perhaps best known as the unflappable Juror #4 in Sidney Lumet's courtroom drama 12 Angry Men
Although most familiar from his television and movie roles, E. G. Marshall came from a distinguished Broadway background, appearing in the original New York productions of The Skin of Our Teeth, The Iceman Cometh, and lead roles in The Crucible and Waiting for Godot.

Marshall was the original host of the popular nightly radio drama The CBS Radio Mystery Theater (or CBSRMT), which ran on CBS radio affiliate stations across the United States between 1974 and 1982. CBSRMT was an ambitious and sustained attempt to revive the great drama of old-time radio. Each episode began with the ominous sound of a creaking door, slowly opening to invite listeners in for the evening's adventure. At the end of each show, the door would swing shut, with Marshall signing off, "Until next time, pleasant... dre-e-eams?" Marshall hosted the program for the first seven years. Failing health forced his departure in 1981, and he was replaced by actress Tammy Grimes for the final season.

Marshall also found fame playing in other television and film roles, usually as an authoritative figure. One of his best known television roles was as defense lawyer Lawrence Preston in the series The Defenders, which lasted from 1961 to 1965. He and future Brady Bunch star Robert Reed portrayed a father and son who worked in a law firm. This role garnered him two Emmy wins-one in 1962 and one in 1963. He also earned more prominence as dedicated neurosurgeon, Dr. Benjamin Craig, in The Bold Ones: The New Doctors, from 1969 to 1973, featuring unfamiliar actors David Hartman and John Saxon. Marshall reprised the role of Lawrence Preston for a 1997 Showtime television movie based on The Defenders called The Defenders: Payback. It featured the elder Preston and his descendants taking on legal cases in the 1990s. (Reed did not appear in the revival since he died in 1992. The movie acknowledged this absence by mentioning that Reed's character had died.) There was a second movie and plans for a series. The series was aborted after his death.
* 13 Rue Madeleine (1947)
* Call Northside 777 (1948)
* The Caine Mutiny (1954)
* Broken Lance (1954)
* The Left Hand of God (1955)
* The Bachelor Party (1957)
* Man on Fire (1957)
* 12 Angry Men (1957)
* The Buccaneer (1958)
* Town Without Pity (1961)
* The Chase (1966)
* The Bridge at Remagen (1969)
* The Learning Tree (1969)
* Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
* The Incredible Machine (1975)
* Interiors (1978)
* Superman II (1980)
* Creepshow (1982)
* Kennedy (1983)
* La Gran Fiesta (1984)
* My Chauffeur (1986)
* Power (1986)
* National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989)
* Consenting Adults (1992)
* Chicago Hope (1994 & 1995, 8 episodes)
* The Tommyknockers (1993)
* Nixon (1995)
* Absolute Power (1997)
* Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut (2006)

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Written By: ninny on 08/24/09 at 6:15 am

The co-person of the day...Louis Prima
Louis Prima (7 December 1910 – 24 August 1978) was an Italian-American entertainer, singer, actor, songwriter, and trumpeter. Prima rode the musical trends of his time, starting with his seven-piece New Orleans style jazz band in the 1920s, then successively leading a swing combo in the 1930s, a big band in the 1940s, a Vegas lounge act in the 1950s, and a pop-rock band in the 1960s. In each of his musical endeavors, he incorporated his exuberant personality into his act.
Prima moved to Los Angeles to headline at the Famous Door nightclub. He appeared in several Hollywood movies, including a featured performance with Bing Crosby in the 1940 film Rhythm on the River. Prima and his Dixieland Gang continued to play club dates across the nation, including a 1939 stint at New York's Hickory House.

Big bands were big business then, and Prima apparently bowed to pressure from booking agents and formed a conventional big band in 1940. He exploited a distinctive, shuffling beat (which he called "Gleeby Rhythm"); this trademark Prima shuffle remained part of his repertoire for two decades. Prima sang most of the band vocals, with Lily Ann Carol as the "girl singer." Prima's high-powered drummer at this time was Jimmy Vincent, an energetic teenager who remained with the Prima band for many years.

In 1947 he added singer Cathy Ricciardi, who recorded under the name Cathy Allen. She was succeeded in 1949 by Keely Smith (who was to become his fourth wife), and the band concentrated on novelty songs like "Civilization (Bongo Bongo Bongo)" and "All Right, Louis, Drop the Gun." Prima's big band continued into the early 1950s, with a series of novelty recordings supervised (sometimes heavy-handedly) by record producer Mitch Miller.

Vegas years

The popularity of the big-band sound started to wane, and Prima began losing money, just as he needed it to support the pregnant Smith. Prima found work with Smith in small venues all over the East Coast. Eventually he called up his friend Bill Miller, who was then entertainment director of The Sahara nightclub and casino in Las Vegas, and asked for a job. His friend Cab Calloway warned him against the cramped Sahara lounge, but the financial pressure was too great. Prima telephoned saxophonist Sam Butera and instructed him to pick up a few musicians and go to Las Vegas in time for Prima's debut.

Prima acknowledged his new musicians for the opening-night crowd, and spontaneously asked Butera what the name of the band was. Butera ad-libbed, "The Witnesses!" From then on, Sam Butera and the Witnesses backed Prima and Smith on stage and records.

Prima and Smith worked hard throughout the 1950s, performing multiple shows a night and finishing at 6 a.m. Their efforts were rewarded with a resurgence in their popularity, and they were at least partly responsible for making the lounge at The Sahara a hotspot. On stage, Prima insisted on Smith adopting a humorless, poker-faced character that would play straight to Prima's zany ad libs. Smith actually had a fine sense of comedy that is often audible on the team's recordings; no matter how much the incorrigible Prima tried to disrupt her vocals, Smith would often come back with a funny remark of her own.

Louis Prima and Keely Smith were very much the model for Sonny & Cher: the exuberant Italian musician and the serious, exotic female singer, Smith and Cher both being of Cherokee descent (although Cher's heritage is primarily Armenian). Similarly, echoes of the stage banter between Prima and Butera would be heard years later in the early performances of the E Street Band and the interplay between Bruce Springsteen and Clarence Clemons.

In 1959, Prima and Smith won the Grammy Award for Best Performance by a Vocal Group or Chorus for "That Old Black Magic."

In 1956 the Prima ensemble performed at the Sahara Hotel and Casino to record tracks for the album The Wildest!. It was an attempt by Capitol Records to capture the essence of the Vegas act. Over the next nine years, Prima and Smith raised two children, while he made scores of records, owned racehorses, appeared on television, and even opened a golf course. They outgrew the lounge and were promoted to the big room. They appeared in a few quickie musical films, including Senior Prom and Hey Boy! Hey Girl! Prima co-produced the feature Twist All Night, in which his band also appeared.

During this whirlwind of activity, according to Smith, the couple drifted farther and farther apart. One night, he refused to conduct for one of Smith's performances, delegating to Butera instead. A few days later they were in court, petitioning for divorce.
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Written By: Howard on 08/24/09 at 6:18 am

One of my father's favorites. :)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/24/09 at 7:27 am

Chauffeur....

...so good!

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Written By: Howard on 08/24/09 at 6:17 pm

Louie Prima also sang that David Lee Roth song.

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Written By: ninny on 08/24/09 at 7:06 pm

Louie Prima also sang that David Lee Roth song.

Just A Gigolo
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/25/09 at 12:57 am

Just A Gigolo
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....only just?

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Written By: ninny on 08/25/09 at 6:05 am

The word of the day...Cold
1.
1. Having a low temperature.
2. Having a temperature lower than normal body temperature.
3. Feeling no warmth; uncomfortably chilled.
2.
1. Marked by deficient heat: a cold room.
2. Being at a temperature that is less than what is required: cold oatmeal.
3. Chilled by refrigeration or ice: cold beer.
3. Lacking emotion; objective: cold logic.
4. Having no appeal to the senses or feelings: a cold decor.
5.
1. Not affectionate or friendly; aloof: a cold person; a cold nod.
2. Exhibiting or feeling no enthusiasm: a cold audience; a cold response to the new play; a concert that left me cold.
3. Devoid of sexual desire; frigid.
6. Designating a tone or color, such as pale gray, that suggests little warmth.
7. Having lost all freshness or vividness through passage of time: dogs attempting to catch a cold scent.
8.
1. Marked by or sustaining a loss of body heat: cold hands and feet.
2. Appearing to be dead; unconscious.
3. Dead: was cold in his grave.
9. Marked by unqualified certainty or sure familiarity.
10. So intense as to be almost uncontrollable: cold fury.
11. Characterized by repeated failure, especially in a sport or competitive activity: The team fell into a slump of cold shooting.
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Written By: ninny on 08/25/09 at 6:08 am

The person of the day...Truman Capote
Truman Capote (pronounced /ˈtruːmən kəˈpoʊti/) (September 30, 1924 – August 25, 1984) (born Truman Streckfus Persons) was an American writer many of whose short stories, novels, plays, and nonfiction are recognized literary classics, including the novella Breakfast at Tiffany's (1958) and In Cold Blood (1965), which he labeled a "nonfiction novel". At least 20 films and television dramas have been produced from Capote novels, stories and screenplays. In Cold Blood turned out to be a milestone in popular culture, being often credited with pioneering the "true crime" genre of nonfiction. From the time of its publication, its factuality and Capote's journalistic integrity have been called into question, and this has continued in the decades since his death.

Rising above a troubled childhood characterized by divorce, a long absence from his mother, and multiple migrations, he discovered his calling by the age of eleven and for the rest of his childhood honed his craft. As a professional writer, Capote started out as a composer of short stories. The critical success of one story, "Miriam" (1945) attracted the attention of the publisher Bennett Cerf, resulting in a contract with Random House to write a novel. The result was Other Voices, Other Rooms (1948). He attained instant celebrity as a result of the portrait photo which was used in promoting this first novel: in it he gazes smolderingly into the camera while reclining. He was invited to be a screenwriter. In the 1950s, his greatest success was a novella, Breakfast at Tiffany's, which was made into a very popular film starring Audrey Hepburn in the role of Holly Golightly. Capote's earned the most fame with In Cold Blood (1965), a journalistic work about the murder of four members of a Kansas farm family in their home, a book Capote spent four years writing. It was the peak of his career, although it was not his final book. In the 1970s, he maintained his celebrity by appearing on television talk shows. He spent years "on the skids" as an alcoholic.
The critical success of one of his short stories, "Miriam" (1945) attracted the attention of the publisher Bennett Cerf, resulting in a contract with Random House to write a novel. With an advance of $1,500, Capote returned to Monroeville and began Other Voices, Other Rooms, continuing to work on the manuscript in New Orleans, Saratoga Springs (New York), and North Carolina, eventually completing it in Nantucket, Massachusetts. It was published in 1948. Capote described this symbolic tale as "a poetic explosion in highly suppressed emotion." The novel is a semiautobiographical refraction of Capote's Alabama childhood. Decades later, writing in The Dogs Bark (1973), he commented:

Other Voices, Other Rooms was an attempt to exorcise demons, an unconscious, altogether intuitive attempt, for I was not aware, except for a few incidents and descriptions, of its being in any serious degree autobiographical. Rereading it now, I find such self-deception unpardonable.

The story focuses on 13-year-old Joel Knox following the loss of his mother. Joel is sent from New Orleans, Louisiana, to live with his father who abandoned him at the time of his birth. Arriving at Skully's Landing, a vast, decaying mansion in rural Alabama, Joel meets his sullen stepmother Amy, debauched transvestite Randolph, and defiant Idabel, a girl who becomes his friend. He also sees a spectral "queer lady" with "fat dribbling curls" watching him from a top window. Despite Joel's queries, the whereabouts of his father remain a mystery. When he finally is allowed to see his father, Joel is stunned to find he is a quadriplegic, having tumbled down a flight of stairs after being inadvertently shot by Randolph. Joel runs away with Idabel but catches pneumonia and eventually returns to the Landing where he is nursed back to health by Randolph. The implication in the final paragraph is that the "queer lady" beckoning from the window is Randolph in his old Mardi Gras costume. Gerald Clarke, in Capote: A Biography (1988) described the conclusion:

Finally, when he goes to join the queer lady in the window, Joel accepts his destiny, which is to be homosexual, to always hear other voices and live in other rooms. Yet acceptance is not a surrender; it is a liberation. "I am me," he whoops. "I am Joel, we are the same people." So, in a sense, had Truman rejoiced when he made peace with his own identity.

This much-discussed 1947 Harold Halma photo on the back of Other Voices, Other Rooms (1948) was a key factor in Capote's rise to fame during the 1940s.

The scandalous Harold Halma photograph

When Other Voices, Other Rooms it made the The New York Times bestseller list and stayed there for nine weeks, selling more than 26,000 copies. The promotion and controversy surrounding this novel catapulted Capote to fame. A 1947 Harold Halma photograph used to promote the book showed a reclining, big eyed Capote gazing fiercely into the camera. Gerald Clarke, in Capote: A Biography (1988), wrote, "The famous photograph: Harold Halma's picture on the dustjacket of Other Voices, Other Rooms (1948) caused as much comment and controversy as the prose inside. Truman claimed that the camera had caught him off guard, but in fact he had posed himself and was responsible for both the picture and the publicity." Much of the early attention to Capote centered around different interpretations of this photograph, which was viewed as a suggestive pose by some. According to Clarke, the photo created an "uproar" and gave Capote "not only the literary, but also the public personality he had always wanted." The photo made a huge impression on the 20-year-old Andy Warhol, who often talked about the picture and wrote fan letters to Capote. When Warhol moved to New York in 1949, he made numerous attempts to meet Capote, and Warhol's fascination with the author led to his first New York one-man show, Fifteen Drawings Based on the Writings of Truman Capote at the Hugo Gallery (June 16 – July 3, 1952).
Capote photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1948

When the picture was reprinted along with reviews in magazines and newspapers, some readers were amused, but others were outraged and offended. The Los Angeles Times reported that Capote looked "as if he were dreamily contemplating some outrage against conventional morality." The novelist Merle Miller issued a complaint about the picture at a publishing forum, and the photo of "Truman Remote" was satirized in the third issue of Mad (making Capote one of the first four celebrities to be spoofed in Mad). The humorist Max Shulman struck an identical pose for the dustjacket photo on his collection, Max Shulman's Large Economy Size (1948). The Broadway stage revue New Faces (and the subsequent film version) featured a skit in which Ronny Graham parodied Capote, deliberately copying his pose in the Halma photo. Random House featured the Halma photo in its "This is Truman Capote" ads, and large blowups were displayed in bookstore windows. Walking on Fifth Avenue, Halma overheard two middle-aged women looking at a Capote blowup in the window of a bookstore. When one woman said, "I'm telling you: he's just young," the other woman responded, "And I'm telling you, if he isn't young, he's dangerous!" Capote delighted in retelling this anecdote.
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Written By: ninny on 08/25/09 at 6:15 am

The co-person of the day...Paul Muni
Paul Muni (September 22, 1895 – August 25, 1967) was an American stage and film actor.
Muni began acting on Broadway in 1926. His first role, that of an elderly Jewish man in the play We Americans, was written by playwrights Max Siegel and Milton Herbert Gropper; it was also the first time that he ever acted in English. He was signed by Fox three years later, in 1929, and received an Oscar nomination for his first film The Valiant. However, he was unhappy with the roles and decided to return to Broadway.

In 1932, Paul Muni returned to Hollywood to star in such harrowing pre-Code films as the original Scarface and I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang. The acclaim that Muni received as a result of this performance led Warner Brothers Studios to sign a long-term contract with him. He received his second Oscar nomination for Best Actor for his performance as James Allen, but lost to Charles Laughton (The Private Life of Henry VIII). Muni eventually won a long-overdue Oscar for his performance in the biographical drama The Story of Louis Pasteur. In 1946 Muni appeared on Broadway in A Flag is Born, refusing, along with co-stars Celia Adler and Marlon Brando, to accept compensation above the Actor's Equity minimum wage because of his commitment to the cause of creating a Jewish State in Israel.

Muni was nominated for a total of five Academy Awards, an impressive number by any standard but all the more remarkable for Muni since he only appeared in twenty-five films throughout his career. His other nominations may be seen in the table below. Some sources list Muni as a nominee for 'Best Actor' for the film Black Fury, but this is erroneous: Muni was actually a write-in candidate.

Film critic David Shipman called Muni "an actor of great integrity" and he prepared for his roles meticulously. Muni was widely recognized as an eccentric if talented individual. He would go into a rage whenever anyone wore red, but at the same time he could often be found between sessions relaxing with his violin. Over the years, he also became increasingly dependent on his wife, Bella, who terrified directors by forcing them to redo scenes that did not meet her satisfaction.

A dispute with Warner Bros. led to the termination of Muni's contract, the result of which was stardom for Humphrey Bogart. Bogart had been bombarding studio head Jack Warner with telegrams, begging to be cast as Roy Earle in the film High Sierra, a part that was supposed to have been played by Muni. But after Muni's departure from the studio, Warner told Bogart that the part was his (according to rumor, he made the offer on condition that Bogart stop sending him telegrams). After reigning as one of the biggest stars in Hollywood during the 1930s, Muni only made eight films between 1941 and 1959 (including a guest appearance as himself in the 1943 film Stage Door Canteen).

After several failed projects, Muni made a triumphant return to Broadway, winning a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play in 1956 for the role of Henry Drummond in the play Inherit the Wind.

He retired from filmmaking in 1959, soon after receiving his fifth Academy Award nomination for The Last Angry Man; however, he made a final television appearance in the series Saints and Sinners in 1962. Muni died in Montecito, California in 1967 at the age of 71. Muni died the same year as his Angel On My Shoulder co-star Claude Rains.

He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6435 Hollywood Blvd.
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Written By: ninny on 08/25/09 at 6:20 am

* Honorable mention*...Aaliyah
Aaliyah Dana Haughton (January 16, 1979 – August 25, 2001), who performed under the mononym Aaliyah (pronounced /əˈliːə/), was an American recording artist, actress and model. She was born in Brooklyn, New York, and was raised in Detroit, Michigan. At an early age, she appeared on Star Search and performed in concert alongside Gladys Knight. At age 12, Aaliyah was signed to Jive Records and Blackground Records by her uncle, Barry Hankerson. He introduced her to R. Kelly, who became her mentor, as well as lead songwriter and producer of her debut album. Age Ain't Nothing But a Number sold two million copies in the United States and was certified double Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). After facing allegations of an illegal marriage with Kelly, Aaliyah ended her contract with Jive and signed to Atlantic Records.

Aaliyah worked with record producers Timbaland and Missy Elliott for her second album, One in a Million, which sold two million copies in the United States and over eight million copies worldwide. In 2000, Aaliyah appeared in her first major film, Romeo Must Die. She also contributed to the film's soundtrack, where "Try Again" was released as a single. The song topped the Billboard Hot 100 solely on radio airplay, making Aaliyah the first artist in Billboard history to achieve this feat. "Try Again" earned Aaliyah a Grammy Award nomination for Best Female R&B Vocalist.

After filming Romeo Must Die, Aaliyah filmed her part in Queen of the Damned. She released her third and final album, Aaliyah, in 2001. On August 25, 2001, Aaliyah and eight others were killed in an airplane crash in The Bahamas after filming the music video for the single "Rock the Boat". The pilot, Luis Morales III, was unlicensed at the time of the accident and had traces of cocaine and alcohol in his system. Aaliyah's family later filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Blackhawk International Airways, which was settled out of court. Since then, Aaliyah has achieved commercial success with several posthumous releases. Selling over 24 million records worldwide, she has been credited for helping redefine R&B and hip hop and has been named the "Queen of Urban Pop".
On August 25, 2001, at 6:45 pm (EST), Aaliyah and various members of her record company boarded a twin engine Cessna 402B (N8097W) at Marsh Harbour, Abaco Islands, The Bahamas, to travel to an airport in Opa-locka, Florida, after they completed filming the music video for "Rock the Boat". The crew had a flight scheduled the following day, but Aaliyah and her entourage were eager to return to the United States due to the filming finishing early, so they demanded that their heavy equipment be loaded on the plane rather than left behind. It resulted in the aircraft being well beyond the standard weight and balance tolerance provided by Cessna.

The plane crashed shortly after takeoff, about 200 feet (60 m) from the runway. Aaliyah, pilot Luis Morales III, hair stylist Eric Forman, Anthony Dodd, security guard Scott Gallin, video producer Douglas Kratz, stylist Christopher Maldonado, and Blackground Records employees Keith Wallace and Gina Smith were killed. According to findings from an inquest conducted by the coroner's office in The Bahamas, Aaliyah suffered from "severe burns and a blow to the head", in addition to severe shock. The coroner theorized that, even if Aaliyah had survived the crash, her recovery would have been virtually impossible given the severity of her injuries. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) report stated that "the airplane was seen lifting off the runway, and then nose down, impacting in a marsh on the south side of the departure end of runway 27." It also indicated that the pilot was not approved to pilot the plane he was attempting to fly. Morales falsely obtained his Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) license by showing hundreds of hours never flown, and he may also have falsified how many hours he had flown in order to get a job with his employer, Blackhawk International Airways. Additionally, an autopsy performed on Morales revealed traces of cocaine and alcohol in his system.
Further investigations determined the plane was over its total gross weight by 700 pounds and was loaded with one more passenger than it was allowed to carry. John Frank of the Cessna Pilots Association stated that the plane was "definitely overloaded". The NTSB reported that the total gross weight of the plane was "substantially exceeded", which caused the center of gravity to be pushed too far aft. Aaliyah's funeral was held on August 31, 2001, at the Saint Ignatius Loyola Church in New York, which was attended by over 800 mourners. After service, 22 white doves were released to symbolize each year of her life. Aaliyah was buried at the Ferncliff Cemetery.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/25/09 at 7:00 am

The word of the day...Cold
1.
1. Having a low temperature.
2. Having a temperature lower than normal body temperature.
3. Feeling no warmth; uncomfortably chilled.
2.
1. Marked by deficient heat: a cold room.
2. Being at a temperature that is less than what is required: cold oatmeal.
3. Chilled by refrigeration or ice: cold beer.
3. Lacking emotion; objective: cold logic.
4. Having no appeal to the senses or feelings: a cold decor.
5.
1. Not affectionate or friendly; aloof: a cold person; a cold nod.
2. Exhibiting or feeling no enthusiasm: a cold audience; a cold response to the new play; a concert that left me cold.
3. Devoid of sexual desire; frigid.
6. Designating a tone or color, such as pale gray, that suggests little warmth.
7. Having lost all freshness or vividness through passage of time: dogs attempting to catch a cold scent.
8.
1. Marked by or sustaining a loss of body heat: cold hands and feet.
2. Appearing to be dead; unconscious.
3. Dead: was cold in his grave.
9. Marked by unqualified certainty or sure familiarity.
10. So intense as to be almost uncontrollable: cold fury.
11. Characterized by repeated failure, especially in a sport or competitive activity: The team fell into a slump of cold shooting.
Winter will be with us soon!

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Written By: Howard on 08/25/09 at 7:09 am

....only just?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FvVcagZln0&feature=fvw

The Village People's version of Just A Gigolo.

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Written By: Howard on 08/25/09 at 7:10 am

Winter will be with us soon!

don't remind of winter,I'm still enjoying the summer.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 08/25/09 at 7:48 am

Winter will be with us soon!

don't remind of winter,I'm still enjoying the summer.

Yep.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/25/09 at 11:03 am

Yep.
Indeed

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Written By: Howard on 08/25/09 at 2:54 pm

Then I'm going to be shoveling snow again. :P

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Written By: ninny on 08/25/09 at 5:05 pm

Then I'm going to be shoveling snow again. :P

Nobody likes doing that.

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Written By: Womble on 08/25/09 at 7:28 pm

Then I'm going to be shoveling snow again. :P

Which is why I moved out of Queens and into Orlando.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/26/09 at 1:55 am

Then I'm going to be shoveling snow again. :P
I am looking forward to the snow again.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 08/26/09 at 6:15 am

I am looking forward to the snow again.

It's too cold.

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Written By: Womble on 08/26/09 at 6:22 am

Ridiculously cold in New York in the winter.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 08/26/09 at 6:24 am

Ridiculously cold in New York in the winter.

plus it's bad waiting for public transportation.

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Written By: ninny on 08/26/09 at 6:32 am

*the word of the day will be late today* we have to take Daniel to appointments.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/26/09 at 6:36 am

*the word of the day will be late today* we have to take Daniel to appointments.
Please take care in all you have to do.

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Written By: ninny on 08/26/09 at 3:09 pm

Please take care in all you have to do.

Thanks..we ended up bringing Missy home for a few days.

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Written By: ninny on 08/26/09 at 3:12 pm

The word of the day...Cobweb
1.
1. The web spun by a spider to catch its prey.
2. A single thread spun by a spider.
2. Something resembling the web of a spider in gauziness or flimsiness.
3. An intricate plot; a snare: caught in a cobweb of espionage and intrigue.
4. cobwebs Confusion; disorder: cobwebs on the brain.
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Written By: ninny on 08/26/09 at 3:16 pm

The person of the day...Charles Boyer
Charles Boyer (28 August 1899 – 26 August 1978) was a French actor, who had appeared in more than 80 films between 1920 and 1976. After having a dramatic education, Boyer started on the stage, but he found his success in European and Hollywood movies during the 1930s. Although moving to the U.S., he kept up the connection with french cinema. His most famous role was in the mystery-thriller Gaslight (1944). Other memorable performances were possibly in the era's highly praised romantic dramas, Algiers (1938) and Love Affair (1939). During his lifetime, he received four Academy Award nominations for Best Actor.
During this period, Boyer had continued making European films, and with Mayerling co-starring Danielle Darrieux in 1936 it made him an international star. This was followed by Orage (1938), opposite Michèle Morgan. The offscreen Boyer was bookish and private, far removed from the Hollywood high life. But onscreen he made audience swoon as he romanced Marlene Dietrich in The Garden of Allah (1936), Jean Arthur in History Is Made at Night (1937), Greta Garbo in Conquest (1937), and Irene Dunne in Love Affair (1939) - although today forgotten. The Garden of Allah established him as a major actor in the U.S., which was his first film in Technicolor.

In 1938, he landed his famous role, as Pepe le Moko, the thief on the run, in Algiers an English-language remake of the classic French film Pepe le Moko with Jean Gabin. Although he never invited costar Hedy Lamarr to "Come with me to the Casbah" in the movie, this line was in the movie trailer. The line would stick with him, thanks to generations of impressionists and Looney Tunes parodies. Boyer's role as Pepe Le Moko was already world famous when animator Chuck Jones based the character of Pepe le Pew, the romantic skunk introduced in 1945's Odor-able Kitty, on Boyer and his most well-known performance. Boyer's vocal style was also parodied on the Tom and Jerry cartoons, most notably when the Tom character was trying to woo a female cat (like for instance in The Zoot Cat).
from the trailer for All This, and Heaven Too (1940)

Boyer played in three classic films of unrequited love: All This, and Heaven Too (1940), with Bette Davis; Back Street (1941), with Margaret Sullavan; and Hold Back the Dawn (1941), with Olivia de Havilland and Paulette Goddard.

In contrast to his glamorous image, Boyer began losing his hair early, had a pronounced paunch, and was noticeably shorter than leading ladies like Ingrid Bergman. When Bette Davis first saw him on the set of All This, and Heaven Too, she did not recognize him and tried to have him removed from the set.

In 1943, he was awarded an Honorary Oscar Certificate for "progressive cultural achievement" in establishing the French Research Foundation in Los Angeles as a source of reference (certificate). Boyer never won an Oscar, though he was nominated for Best Actor four times in Conquest (1937), Algiers (1938), Gaslight (1944) and Fanny (1961), the latter also nominating him the Laurel Award for Top Male Dramatic Performance.

Charles Boyer is best known for his role in the 1944 film Gaslight in which he tried to convince Ingrid Bergman's character
* Tales of Manhattan (1942)
* The Heart of a Nation (1943, US version only)
* The Constant Nymph (1943)
* Flesh and Fantasy (1943, Third segment)
* Gaslight (1944)
* Together Again (1944)
* Congo (1945)
* Confidential Agent (1945)
* The Battle of the Rails (1946)
* Cluny Brown (1946)
* A Woman's Vengeance (1948)
* Arch of Triumph (1948)
* The 13th Letter (1951)
* The First Legion (1951)
* The Happy Time (1952)
* Thunder in the East (1952)
* The Earrings of Madame de... (1953)
* The Cobweb (1955)
* Nana (1955)
* Lucky to Be a Woman (1956)
* Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
* Paris, Palace Hotel (1956)
* It Happened on the 36 Candles (1957) (uncredited)
* La Parisienne (1957)
* Maxime (1958)
* The Buccaneer (1958)
* Fanny (1961)
* Midnight Folly (1961)
* The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1962)
* Adorable Julia (1962)
* Love Is a Ball (1963)
* A Very Special Favor (1965)
* How to Steal a Million (1966)
* Is Paris Burning? (1966)
* Casino Royale (1967)
* Barefoot in the Park (1967)
* Hot Line (1968)
* The April Fools (1969)
* The Madwoman of Chaillot (1969)
* Lost Horizon (1973)
* Stavisky (1974)
* A Matter of Time (1976)
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Written By: ninny on 08/26/09 at 3:18 pm

The co-person of the day...Charles Lindbergh
Charles Augustus Lindbergh (February 4, 1902 – August 26, 1974) (nicknamed "Slim," "Lucky Lindy" and "The Lone Eagle") was an American aviator, author, inventor and explorer.

On May 20–21, 1927, Lindbergh, then a 25-year old U.S. Air Mail pilot, emerged from virtual obscurity to almost instantaneous world fame as the result of his Orteig Prize-winning solo non-stop flight from Roosevelt Field on Long Island to Le Bourget Field in Paris in the single-seat, single-engine monoplane Spirit of St. Louis. Lindbergh, an Army reserve officer, was also awarded the nation's highest military decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his historic exploit.

In the late 1920s and early 1930s, Lindbergh used his fame to relentlessly help promote the rapid development of U.S. commercial aviation. In March, 1932, however, his infant son, Charles, Jr., was kidnapped and murdered in what was soon dubbed the "Crime of the Century" which eventually led to the Lindbergh family fleeing the United States in December 1935 to live in Europe where they remained up until the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Before the United States entered WWII in December, 1941, Lindbergh had been an outspoken advocate of keeping the U.S. out of the world conflict (as was his Congressman father during World War I) and became a leader of the anti-war America First movement. Nonetheless, he supported the war effort after Pearl Harbor and flew many combat missions in the Pacific Theater of World War II as a civilian consultant, even though President Roosevelt had refused to reinstate his Army Air Corps colonel's commission that he had resigned earlier in 1939.

In his later years, Lindbergh became a prolific prize-winning author, international explorer, inventor, and active environmentalist.
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Written By: Frank on 08/26/09 at 3:23 pm

Gaslight was a very good film ( the one he was in)

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Written By: Howard on 08/26/09 at 6:10 pm

The person of the day...Charles Boyer
Charles Boyer (28 August 1899 – 26 August 1978) was a French actor, who had appeared in more than 80 films between 1920 and 1976. After having a dramatic education, Boyer started on the stage, but he found his success in European and Hollywood movies during the 1930s. Although moving to the U.S., he kept up the connection with french cinema. His most famous role was in the mystery-thriller Gaslight (1944). Other memorable performances were possibly in the era's highly praised romantic dramas, Algiers (1938) and Love Affair (1939). During his lifetime, he received four Academy Award nominations for Best Actor.
During this period, Boyer had continued making European films, and with Mayerling co-starring Danielle Darrieux in 1936 it made him an international star. This was followed by Orage (1938), opposite Michèle Morgan. The offscreen Boyer was bookish and private, far removed from the Hollywood high life. But onscreen he made audience swoon as he romanced Marlene Dietrich in The Garden of Allah (1936), Jean Arthur in History Is Made at Night (1937), Greta Garbo in Conquest (1937), and Irene Dunne in Love Affair (1939) - although today forgotten. The Garden of Allah established him as a major actor in the U.S., which was his first film in Technicolor.

In 1938, he landed his famous role, as Pepe le Moko, the thief on the run, in Algiers an English-language remake of the classic French film Pepe le Moko with Jean Gabin. Although he never invited costar Hedy Lamarr to "Come with me to the Casbah" in the movie, this line was in the movie trailer. The line would stick with him, thanks to generations of impressionists and Looney Tunes parodies. Boyer's role as Pepe Le Moko was already world famous when animator Chuck Jones based the character of Pepe le Pew, the romantic skunk introduced in 1945's Odor-able Kitty, on Boyer and his most well-known performance. Boyer's vocal style was also parodied on the Tom and Jerry cartoons, most notably when the Tom character was trying to woo a female cat (like for instance in The Zoot Cat).
from the trailer for All This, and Heaven Too (1940)

Boyer played in three classic films of unrequited love: All This, and Heaven Too (1940), with Bette Davis; Back Street (1941), with Margaret Sullavan; and Hold Back the Dawn (1941), with Olivia de Havilland and Paulette Goddard.

In contrast to his glamorous image, Boyer began losing his hair early, had a pronounced paunch, and was noticeably shorter than leading ladies like Ingrid Bergman. When Bette Davis first saw him on the set of All This, and Heaven Too, she did not recognize him and tried to have him removed from the set.

In 1943, he was awarded an Honorary Oscar Certificate for "progressive cultural achievement" in establishing the French Research Foundation in Los Angeles as a source of reference (certificate). Boyer never won an Oscar, though he was nominated for Best Actor four times in Conquest (1937), Algiers (1938), Gaslight (1944) and Fanny (1961), the latter also nominating him the Laurel Award for Top Male Dramatic Performance.

Charles Boyer is best known for his role in the 1944 film Gaslight in which he tried to convince Ingrid Bergman's character
* Tales of Manhattan (1942)
* The Heart of a Nation (1943, US version only)
* The Constant Nymph (1943)
* Flesh and Fantasy (1943, Third segment)
* Gaslight (1944)
* Together Again (1944)
* Congo (1945)
* Confidential Agent (1945)
* The Battle of the Rails (1946)
* Cluny Brown (1946)
* A Woman's Vengeance (1948)
* Arch of Triumph (1948)
* The 13th Letter (1951)
* The First Legion (1951)
* The Happy Time (1952)
* Thunder in the East (1952)
* The Earrings of Madame de... (1953)
* The Cobweb (1955)
* Nana (1955)
* Lucky to Be a Woman (1956)
* Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
* Paris, Palace Hotel (1956)
* It Happened on the 36 Candles (1957) (uncredited)
* La Parisienne (1957)
* Maxime (1958)
* The Buccaneer (1958)
* Fanny (1961)
* Midnight Folly (1961)
* The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1962)
* Adorable Julia (1962)
* Love Is a Ball (1963)
* A Very Special Favor (1965)
* How to Steal a Million (1966)
* Is Paris Burning? (1966)
* Casino Royale (1967)
* Barefoot in the Park (1967)
* Hot Line (1968)
* The April Fools (1969)
* The Madwoman of Chaillot (1969)
* Lost Horizon (1973)
* Stavisky (1974)
* A Matter of Time (1976)
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never heard of this guy. ???

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/27/09 at 1:50 am

never heard of this guy. ???
He was in Gaslight. the mystery-thriller film.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/27/09 at 4:22 am

The co-person of the day...Charles Lindbergh
Charles Augustus Lindbergh (February 4, 1902 – August 26, 1974) (nicknamed "Slim," "Lucky Lindy" and "The Lone Eagle") was an American aviator, author, inventor and explorer.

On May 20–21, 1927, Lindbergh, then a 25-year old U.S. Air Mail pilot, emerged from virtual obscurity to almost instantaneous world fame as the result of his Orteig Prize-winning solo non-stop flight from Roosevelt Field on Long Island to Le Bourget Field in Paris in the single-seat, single-engine monoplane Spirit of St. Louis. Lindbergh, an Army reserve officer, was also awarded the nation's highest military decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his historic exploit.

In the late 1920s and early 1930s, Lindbergh used his fame to relentlessly help promote the rapid development of U.S. commercial aviation. In March, 1932, however, his infant son, Charles, Jr., was kidnapped and murdered in what was soon dubbed the "Crime of the Century" which eventually led to the Lindbergh family fleeing the United States in December 1935 to live in Europe where they remained up until the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Before the United States entered WWII in December, 1941, Lindbergh had been an outspoken advocate of keeping the U.S. out of the world conflict (as was his Congressman father during World War I) and became a leader of the anti-war America First movement. Nonetheless, he supported the war effort after Pearl Harbor and flew many combat missions in the Pacific Theater of World War II as a civilian consultant, even though President Roosevelt had refused to reinstate his Army Air Corps colonel's commission that he had resigned earlier in 1939.
I always keep seeing the program on tv about the abduction of his son Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr.

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Written By: ninny on 08/27/09 at 6:08 am

The word of the day...Flood
1. An overflowing of water onto land that is normally dry.
2. A flood tide.
3. An abundant flow or outpouring: received a flood of applications. See synonyms at flow.
4. A floodlight, specifically a unit that produces a beam of intense light.
5. Flood In the Bible, the covering of the earth with water that occurred during the time of Noah.
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Written By: ninny on 08/27/09 at 6:19 am

The person of the day...Stevie Ray Vaughan
Stevie Ray Vaughan (born Stephen Ray Vaughan; October 3, 1954 – August 27, 1990) was an American guitarist, singer and songwriter, whose broad appeal made him an influential electric blues guitarist. To date, a total of 18 albums of Vaughan's work have been released. In 2003, Rolling Stone magazine ranked Stevie Ray Vaughan #7 in its list of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time, and Classic Rock Magazine ranked him #3 in their list of the 100 Wildest Guitar Heroes in 2007.
International spotlight

Tommy Shannon, the former bassist in Krackerjack, replaced Jackie Newhouse in 1981. In July, the band played a music festival in Manor, Texas and a videotape of the performance was given to Rolling Stones drummer, Charlie Watts. Double Trouble then played a private party for The Rolling Stones at New York's Danceteria nightclub. On July 17, 1982, Stevie and Double Trouble played the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland, the first unsigned act to perform at the event. A few in the audience started booing the loud band, though Stevie later met David Bowie and Jackson Browne after the show.

Bowie asked Stevie to play lead guitar on his new album Let's Dance. The album became Bowie's best-selling album of his career. Bowie also offered Stevie to go on his Serious Moonlight Tour. Stevie, however, could not promote his band outside the tour. Thus, Stevie declined to go on the tour.

Browne offered Stevie time in his recording studio in Los Angeles free of charge, and the band accepted the offer in November 1982. In the spring of the following year, music producer John Hammond heard a tape of the band's Montreux performance, and got the band a recording contract with Epic Records. Hammond is credited with discovering Bruce Springsteen and Bob Dylan, among others. On June 13, 1983, the recordings in Browne's studio morphed into Texas Flood, Stevie and Double Trouble's debut album, and was released to glowing reviews, selling over half a million units. Along with making an appearance on Austin City Limits, readers of Guitar Player magazine voted Stevie Ray as "Best New Talent" and "Best Electric Blues Guitar Player", with Texas Flood as "Best Guitar Album".

On May 15, 1984, Couldn't Stand the Weather was released and hit number 31 on the Billboard charts. In October 1984, Stevie Ray and Double Trouble performed at Carnegie Hall. To celebrate his thirtieth birthday, Stevie brought along an all-star supporting band, including Dr. John on keyboards and his brother, Jimmie, on guitar, who wore custom tailored velvet mariachi suits. His wife and parents flew in from Texas to share in his triumph. In November 1984, Stevie won "Entertainer of the Year" and "Instrumentalist of the Year" at the National Blues Awards in Memphis, Tennessee.
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Written By: ninny on 08/27/09 at 6:21 am

The co-person of the day...Brian Epstein
Brian Samuel Epstein (pronounced /ˈɛpstaɪn/) (19 September 1934 – 27 August 1967) was a British music entrepreneur, and the manager of The Beatles. He also managed several other musical artists such as Gerry & The Pacemakers, Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas, Cilla Black and The Remo Four. His management company was named NEMS Enterprises, after his family's music stores, called NEMS (North End Music Stores).

Epstein paid for The Beatles to record a demo in Decca's studios, which Epstein later persuaded George Martin to listen to, as Decca was not interested in signing the band. Epstein was then offered a contract by Martin on behalf of EMI's small Parlophone label, even though they had previously been rejected by almost every other British record company. Martin later explained that Epstein's enthusiasm and his confidence that The Beatles would one day become internationally famous convinced him to sign them.

Epstein died of an accidental drug overdose at his home in London in August 1967. The Beatles' early success has been attributed to Epstein's management and sense of style. Paul McCartney said of Epstein: "If anyone was the Fifth Beatle, it was Brian.
he Beatles' name was supposedly first noticed by Epstein in issues of Mersey Beat, and on numerous posters around Liverpool, before he asked Bill Harry who they were, as Harry had previously convinced Epstein to sell the magazine at NEMS. (The Beatles were featured on the front page of its second issue). The Beatles had recorded the "My Bonnie" single with Tony Sheridan in Germany, and some months after its release Epstein asked Alistair Taylor about it in NEMS. Epstein's version of the story was that a customer, Raymond Jones, walked into the NEMS shop and asked him for the "My Bonnie" single, which made Epstein curious about the group. Taylor later claimed that he used the name of Jones (a regular customer) to order the single and paid the deposit himself, knowing that Epstein would notice it, and order further copies. Harry and McCartney later repudiated Epstein's story, as Harry had been talking to Epstein about The Beatles for a long time (being the group he promoted the most in the Mersey Beat magazine) and by McCartney saying, “Brian knew perfectly well who The Beatles were - they were on the front page of the second issue of 'Mersey Beat'.”

The Beatles were due to perform a lunchtime concert in the Cavern Club on 9 November 1961. Epstein asked Bill Harry to arrange for Epstein and his assistant Taylor to watch The Beatles perform, and Epstein and Taylor were allowed into the club without queuing, with a welcome message being announced over the club's public-address system by Bob Wooler, who was the resident DJ. Epstein later talked about the performance:
“ I was immediately struck by their music, their beat, and their sense of humour on stage — and, even afterwards, when I met them, I was struck again by their personal charm. And it was there that, really, it all started. ”

After the performance, Epstein and Taylor went into the dressing room — which he later called "as big as a broom cupboard" — to talk to them. The Beatles, all regular NEMS customers, immediately recognised Epstein, but before Epstein could congratulate them on their performance, George Harrison said, "And what brings Mr. Epstein here?" Epstein replied with, "We just popped in to say hello. I enjoyed your performance." He introduced Taylor, who merely nodded a greeting, and then said, "Well done, then. Goodbye," and left. Epstein and Taylor went to Peacock's restaurant in Hackins Hey for lunch, and during the meal Epstein asked Taylor what he thought about the group. Taylor replied that he honestly thought they were "absolutely awful", but there was something "remarkable" about them. Epstein waited a long time before saying anything further, just sitting there smiling slightly, but eventually saying, "I think they're tremendous!" Later, when Epstein was paying the bill, he grabbed Taylor's arm and said, "Do you think I should manage them?"

The Beatles played at The Cavern over the next three weeks, and Epstein was always there to watch them. Epstein contacted Allan Williams (their previous promoter/manager) to confirm that Williams no longer had any ties to them, but Williams advised Epstein "not to touch them with a barge pole", because of a Hamburg concert percentage the group had refused to pay him.
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Written By: Reynolds1863 on 08/27/09 at 6:24 am

The word of the day...Flood
1. An overflowing of water onto land that is normally dry.
2. A flood tide.
3. An abundant flow or outpouring: received a flood of applications. See synonyms at flow.
4. A floodlight, specifically a unit that produces a beam of intense light.
5. Flood In the Bible, the covering of the earth with water that occurred during the time of Noah.
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Hurricane Agnes really did the Northwest in. Even after over 20 years my parents still talk about that.

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Written By: Howard on 08/27/09 at 7:22 am

I hate when Pathmark gets flooded with water when there's a heavy rainstorm. :P

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Written By: Womble on 08/27/09 at 8:41 am

Very nice, Ninny. :)

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Written By: ninny on 08/27/09 at 10:08 am

I hate when Pathmark gets flooded with water when there's a heavy rainstorm. :P

Do you have to mop it up?

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Written By: ninny on 08/27/09 at 10:09 am

Very nice, Ninny. :)

Thank You :)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/27/09 at 12:58 pm

I hate when Pathmark gets flooded with water when there's a heavy rainstorm. :P
Don't you get time off work when that happens?

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Written By: Howard on 08/27/09 at 2:57 pm

Don't you get time off work when that happens?

No unfortunately I have to get the wagons when it rains but not when there's a huge flood outside then I can let the wagons sit in the rain all by themselves.

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Written By: Howard on 08/27/09 at 2:58 pm

Do you have to mop it up?

I don't mop up anything that's the maintainence guy job.

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Written By: ninny on 08/27/09 at 4:59 pm

I don't mop up anything that's the maintainence guy job.

Lucky him.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/27/09 at 5:00 pm

No unfortunately I have to get the wagons when it rains but not when there's a huge flood outside then I can let the wagons sit in the rain all by themselves.
Surely it is a health and safety issue here?

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Written By: ninny on 08/28/09 at 5:46 am

The word of the day...Treasure
1. Accumulated or stored wealth in the form of money, jewels, or other valuables.
2. Valuable or precious possessions of any kind.
3. One considered especially precious or valuable.
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Written By: ninny on 08/28/09 at 5:49 am

The person of the day...John Huston
John Marcellus Huston (pronounced /ˈdʒɒn mɑrˈsɛləs ˈhjuːstən/; August 5, 1906 – August 28, 1987) was an American filmmaker, screenwriter and actor. He was known for directing the films The Maltese Falcon (1941), The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948), Key Largo (1948), The Asphalt Jungle (1950), The African Queen (1951), Moulin Rouge (1952) The Misfits (1960), The Man Who Would Be King (1975), and Annie (1982). He was the son of actor Walter Huston and the father of actress Anjelica Huston and actor Danny Huston.
Huston began his film career as a screenwriter and made films mainly adapted from books or plays. Among other films, Huston worked on the scripts of Juarez (1939), Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet (1940) and High Sierra (1941).

Huston's films were insightful about human nature and human predicaments. They also sometimes included scenes or brief dialogue passages that were remarkably prescient concerning environmental issues that came to public awareness in the future, in the period starting about 1970; examples include The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) and The Night of the Iguana (1964). The Misfits (1960) was written by Arthur Miller and featured an all-star cast including Clark Gable, Marilyn Monroe, Montgomery Clift, and Eli Wallach, and was the last screen appearance of screen icons Gable and Monroe. It is well-known that Huston spent long evenings carousing in the Nevada casinos after filming, surrounded by reporters and beautiful women, gambling, drinking, and smoking cigars. Gable remarked during this time that "if he kept it up he would soon die of it."

After filming the documentary Let There Be Light on the psychiatric treatment of soldiers for shellshock, Huston resolved to make a film about Sigmund Freud and psychoanalysis. The film, Freud the Secret Passion, began as a collaboration between Huston and Jean-Paul Sartre. Sartre dropped out of the film and requested his name be removed from the credits. Huston went on to make the film starring Montgomery Clift as Freud.

In the 1970s, he was frequently an actor in Italian films, and continued acting until the age of 80 (Momo, 1986).

Huston is also famous to a generation of fans of J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth stories as the voice of the wizard Gandalf in the Rankin/Bass animated adaptations of The Hobbit (1977) and The Return of the King (1980).

Many of his films were edited by Russell Lloyd, who was nominated for an Oscar for editing The Man Who Would Be King (1975).

The six-foot-two-inch, brown-eyed director also acted in a number of films, with distinction in Otto Preminger's The Cardinal (1963) for which he was nominated for the Academy award for Best Supporting Actor and in Roman Polanski's Chinatown (1974) as the film's central corrupt businessman and incestuous father.

John Huston received the AFI Life Achievement Award in 1983.
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Written By: ninny on 08/28/09 at 5:51 am

The co-person of the day...Robert Shaw
Robert Archibald Shaw (9 August 1927 – 28 August 1978) was an English stage and film actor and writer, remembered for his performances in The Sting, From Russia with Love, A Man for All Seasons, The Taking of Pelham One Two Three, and in particular, Jaws, where he played the shark-obsessed fisherman Quint.
Shaw began his acting career in theatre, appearing in regional theatre throughout England. In 1952 he made his London debut on the West End at the Embassy Theatre in Caro William.

During the 1950s, Shaw starred in a British TV series which also appeared on American television as The Buccaneers. Shaw's best-known film performances include a turn as the dangerous enemy secret agent, Red Grant, in the second James Bond film From Russia with Love (1963); the relentless panzer officer Colonel Hessler in Battle of the Bulge (1965); a young Henry VIII in A Man for All Seasons (1966); Lord Randolph Churchill, in Young Winston (1972); the ruthless mobster Doyle Lonnegan in The Sting (1973); the tightly wound but coolly efficient heist mastermind/former mercenary soldier Bernard Ryder aka "Mr. Blue" in The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974); the shark-obsessed fisherman Quint in Jaws (1975); and lighthouse keeper and treasure hunter Romer Treece in The Deep (1977).

Shaw was nominated for the Golden Globe Award and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in A Man for All Seasons.

He performed on stage as well, both in Britain and on Broadway, where his notable performances include Harold Pinter's Old Times and The Caretaker, Friedrich Duerrenmatt's The Physicists directed by Peter Brooks, and The Man in the Glass Booth, inspired by the kidnapping and trial of Adolf Eichmann, written by Shaw himself, and directed by Pinter.
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Written By: ninny on 08/28/09 at 5:54 am

* honorable mention*...Ruth Gordon
Ruth Gordon Jones (October 30, 1896 – August 28, 1985), better known as Ruth Gordon, was an American actress and writer. She was perhaps best known for her film roles such as the oversolicitous neighbor in Rosemary's Baby, the eccentric life-loving Maude in Harold and Maude and as the mother of Orville Boggs in the Every Which Way films. In addition to her acting career, Gordon wrote numerous well-known plays, film scripts and books. Oscar nominated for both writing and acting, Gordon won an Oscar, an Emmy and two Golden Globe awards for her acting.
Gordon and husband Garson Kanin collaborated on the screenplays for the Katharine Hepburn – Spencer Tracy films Adam's Rib (1949) and Pat and Mike (1952). Both films were directed by George Cukor. The onscreen relationship of Hepburn and Tracy, seen in those films, was modelled on Gordon and Kanin's own marriage. Gordon and Kanin received Academy Awards nominations for both of those screenplays, as well as for that of a prior film, A Double Life (1947), which was also directed by Cukor.

In 1953's The Actress, Gordon's film adaptation of her own autobiographical play, Years Ago, became a Hollywood production, with Jean Simmons portraying the girl from Quincy, Massachusetts, who convinced her sea captain father to let her go to New York to become an actress. Gordon would go on to write three volumes of memoirs in the 1970s: My Side, Myself Among Others and An Open Book.

Gordon continued her on-stage acting career in the 1950s, and was nominated for a 1956 Tony, for Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play, for her portrayal of Dolly Levi in Thornton Wilder's The Matchmaker, a role she also played in London, Edinburgh and Berlin.

In 1966, Gordon was nominated for an Oscar and won a Golden Globe award as Best Supporting Actress for Inside Daisy Clover opposite Natalie Wood. It was her first nomination for acting. She won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Rosemary's Baby, a film adaptation of Ira Levin's bestselling horror novel about a satanic cult residing in an Upper West Side apartment building in Manhattan. In accepting the award, Gordon thanked the Academy by saying "I can't tell you how encouraging a thing like this is." That drew laughs because of her long career in the theater.

Gordon won another Golden Globe for Rosemary's Baby, and was nominated again, in 1971, for her role as Maude in the cult classic Harold and Maude (with Bud Cort as her love interest).

She went on to appear in twenty-two more films and at least that many television appearances through her seventies and eighties, including such successful sitcoms as Rhoda (which earned her another Emmy nomination) and Newhart. She also guest-starred on the late episode Columbo: Try and Catch Me. She made countless talk show appearances, in addition to hosting Saturday Night Live in 1977.

Gordon won an Emmy Award for a guest appearance on the sitcom Taxi, for a 1978 episode called "Sugar Mama," in which her character tries to solicit the services of a taxi driver, played by series star Judd Hirsch, as a male escort.

Her last Broadway appearance was as Mrs. Warren in George Bernard Shaw's Mrs. Warren's Profession, produced by Joseph Papp at the Vivian Beaumont Theatre in 1976. In the summer of 1976, Gordon starred in the leading role of her own play, Ho! Ho! Ho! at the Cape Playhouse in Dennis, Massachusetts. She had a minor but memorable role as the mother of Orville Boggs (Geoffrey Lewis) in the Clint Eastwood films Every Which Way But Loose and Any Which Way You Can.

Harold and Maude and Adam's Rib have both been selected for preservation in the National Film Registry of the United States Library of Congress.
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Written By: ninny on 08/28/09 at 5:57 am

The flower for Friday...Oleander
Oleander (Nerium oleander, (pronounced /ˈniːriəm ˈoʊliː.ændər/), is an evergreen shrub or small tree in the dogbane family Apocynaceae and is one of the most poisonous plants known. It is the only species currently classified in the genus Nerium. Other names include Adelfa, Alheli Extranjero, Baladre, Espirradeira, Flor de São Jose, Laurel de jardín, Laurel rosa, Laurier rose, Flourier rose, Olean, Aiwa, Rosa Francesca, Rosa Laurel, and Rose-bay (Inchem 2005), закум (Bulgarian), leander (Hungarian), leandru (Romanian), zakum, zakkum, zakhum (Turkish), zaqqum (Arabic); harduf (Hebrew: הרדוף); Kaneru (Sinhalese);arali (Tamil and Malayalam - South Indian languages); kanagillu (Kannada - South Indian language); kaner (in Hindi, and, also, in Punjabi-the language from North Indian state of Punjab); and in Chinese it is known as jia zhu tao (Chinese: 夹竹桃). The ancient city of Volubilis in Morocco took its name from the old Latin name for the flower.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/28/09 at 5:58 am

The word of the day...Treasure
1. Accumulated or stored wealth in the form of money, jewels, or other valuables.
2. Valuable or precious possessions of any kind.
3. One considered especially precious or valuable.
Daniel is your treasure at the moment.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/28/09 at 5:59 am

The person of the day...John Huston

Huston is also famous to a generation of fans of J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth stories as the voice of the wizard Gandalf in the Rankin/Bass animated adaptations of The Hobbit (1977) and The Return of the King (1980).

I never knew that.

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Written By: Howard on 08/28/09 at 6:04 am

Surely it is a health and safety issue here?

They told me to never go out in the thunderstorms.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/28/09 at 6:05 am

They told me to never go out in the thunderstorms.
...but still when it is heavy rain?

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Written By: Howard on 08/28/09 at 6:05 am

Where did I see Ruth Gordon from? ???

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Written By: Howard on 08/28/09 at 6:06 am

...but still when it is heavy rain?

Yes,Pathmark cares for our safety.

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Written By: ninny on 08/28/09 at 7:11 am

Where did I see Ruth Gordon from? ???

Every Which Way But loose?

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Written By: Frank on 08/28/09 at 12:40 pm

The co-person of the day...Robert Shaw
Robert Archibald Shaw (9 August 1927 – 28 August 1978) was an English stage and film actor and writer, remembered for his performances in The Sting, From Russia with Love, A Man for All Seasons, The Taking of Pelham One Two Three, and in particular, Jaws, where he played the shark-obsessed fisherman Quint.
Shaw began his acting career in theatre, appearing in regional theatre throughout England. In 1952 he made his London debut on the West End at the Embassy Theatre in Caro William.

During the 1950s, Shaw starred in a British TV series which also appeared on American television as The Buccaneers. Shaw's best-known film performances include a turn as the dangerous enemy secret agent, Red Grant, in the second James Bond film From Russia with Love (1963); the relentless panzer officer Colonel Hessler in Battle of the Bulge (1965); a young Henry VIII in A Man for All Seasons (1966); Lord Randolph Churchill, in Young Winston (1972); the ruthless mobster Doyle Lonnegan in The Sting (1973); the tightly wound but coolly efficient heist mastermind/former mercenary soldier Bernard Ryder aka "Mr. Blue" in The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974); the shark-obsessed fisherman Quint in Jaws (1975); and lighthouse keeper and treasure hunter Romer Treece in The Deep (1977).

Shaw was nominated for the Golden Globe Award and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in A Man for All Seasons.

He performed on stage as well, both in Britain and on Broadway, where his notable performances include Harold Pinter's Old Times and The Caretaker, Friedrich Duerrenmatt's The Physicists directed by Peter Brooks, and The Man in the Glass Booth, inspired by the kidnapping and trial of Adolf Eichmann, written by Shaw himself, and directed by Pinter.
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He was a fabulius actor. He died much too soon. I liked him in "The Sting" (which is one of my favorite movies ever) and in Jaws, Pelham one two three and when he was younger in " From Russia with love"

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Written By: Howard on 08/28/09 at 7:17 pm

Every Which Way But loose?

Was she ever in a commercial? ???

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Written By: Womble on 08/28/09 at 7:58 pm

I loved Ruth Gordon in Rosemary's Baby. She was such a wonderful Bitch....er.... I mean Witch. Nice work, Ninny. Kudos!!!!!

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Written By: Reynolds1863 on 08/28/09 at 8:36 pm

Robert Shaw played Henry the 8th in "A Man For All Seasons" probably one of the best performances I've seen. The red hair seem to fit him naturally which can't be said for most actors.

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Written By: ninny on 08/29/09 at 5:12 am

The word of the day...Wagon
1. A four-wheeled, usually horse-drawn vehicle with a large rectangular body, used for transporting loads.
2.
1. A light automotive transport or delivery vehicle.
2. A station wagon.
3. A police patrol wagon.
3. A child's low, four-wheeled cart hauled by a long handle that governs the direction of the front wheels.
4. A small table or tray on wheels used for serving drinks or food: a dessert wagon.
5. Wagon The Big Dipper
6. Chiefly British. An open railway freight car.
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Written By: ninny on 08/29/09 at 5:15 am

The person of the day...Lee Marvin
Lee Marvin (February 19, 1924 – August 29, 1987) was an American film actor. Known for his gravelly voice, white hair and 6' 2" stature, Marvin at first did supporting roles, mostly villains, soldiers, and other hardboiled characters, but after winning an Academy Award for Best Actor for his dual roles in Cat Ballou, he landed more heroic and sympathetic leading roles.
In 1950, Marvin moved to Hollywood. He found work in supporting roles, and from the beginning was cast in various war films. As a decorated combat veteran, Marvin was a natural in war dramas, where he frequently assisted the director and other actors in realistically portraying infantry movement, arranging costumes, and even adjusting war surplus military prop firearms. His debut was in You're in the Navy Now (1951), and in 1952 he appeared in several films, including Don Siegel's Duel at Silver Creek, Hangman's Knot, and the war drama Eight Iron Men. He played Gloria Grahame's vicious boyfriend in Fritz Lang's The Big Heat (1953). Marvin had a small but memorable role in The Wild One (1953) opposite Marlon Brando (Marvin's gang in the film was called "The Beetles"), followed by Seminole (1953) and Gun Fury (1953). He also had a small but memorable role as smartalecky sailor Meatball in The Caine Mutiny. He was again praised for his role as Hector the small town hood in Bad Day at Black Rock (1955) with Spencer Tracy.

During the mid-1950s, Marvin gradually began playing more substantial roles. He starred in Attack (1956), and The Missouri Traveler (1958) but it took over one hundred episodes as Chicago cop Frank Ballinger in the successful 1957-1960 television series M Squad to actually give him name recognition. One critic described the show as "a hyped-up, violent Dragnet... with a tough-as-nails Marvin" playing a police lieutenant.

In the 1960s, Marvin was given prominent co-starring roles such as The Comancheros (1961), The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962; Marvin played Liberty Valance) and Donovan's Reef (1963), all with John Wayne. Marvin also guest-starred in Combat! "The Bridge at Chalons" (Episode 34, Season 2, Mission 1), and The Twilight Zone "The Grave" (1961, episode #72), in which he played a fearless gunman investigating the haunted grave of a man who swore to get revenge on him, and "Steel" (1963, episode #122 ), in which he played a former boxer who gets into the ring with a boxing robot.

Thanks to director Don Siegel, Marvin appeared in the groundbreaking The Killers (1964) playing an organized, no-nonsense, efficient, businesslike professional assassin whose character was copied to a great degree by Samuel L. Jackson in the 1994 Quentin Tarantino film Pulp Fiction. The Killers was also the first movie in which Marvin received top billing and the only time Ronald Reagan played a villain.
Along with Lee Marvin, actors (l to r) Gary Grimes, Charles Martin Smith and Ron Howard starred in The Spikes Gang (1974).

Marvin won the 1965 Academy Award for Best Actor for his comic role in the offbeat western Cat Ballou starring Jane Fonda. Following roles in The Professionals (1966) and the hugely successful The Dirty Dozen (1967), Marvin was given complete control over his next film. In Point Blank, an influential film with director John Boorman, he portrayed a hard-nosed criminal bent on revenge. In that film Marvin, who had selected Boorman himself for the director's slot, had a central role in the film's development, plot line, and staging. In 1968, Marvin also appeared in another Boorman film, the critically acclaimed but commercially unsuccessful Hell in the Pacific, co-starring famed Japanese actor Toshirō Mifune. He had a hit song with "Wand'rin' Star" from the western musical Paint Your Wagon (1969). By this time he was getting paid a million dollars per film, $200,000 less than Paul Newman was making at the time; he was also ambivalent about the business, even with its financial rewards:
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Written By: ninny on 08/29/09 at 5:17 am

The co-person of the day...Ingrid Bergman
Ingrid Bergman (Swedish pronunciation: ( listen), English: /ˈbɜrɡmən/; 29 August, 1915 – 29 August, 1982) was a Swedish actress. She won three Academy Awards, two Emmy Awards, and the Tony Award for Best Actress in the first Tony Award ceremony in 1947. She is ranked as the fourth greatest female star of American cinema of all time by the American Film Institute. She is widely remembered for her performance as Ilsa Lund in Casablanca (1942).
After completing one last film in Sweden and appearing in three moderately successful films (which included Adam Had Four Sons, Rage in Heaven and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde) in the United States, Bergman joined Humphrey Bogart in the 1942 classic film Casablanca, which remains her best-known role. Bergman did not consider Casablanca to be one of her favorite performances. "I made so many films which were more important, but the only one people ever want to talk about is that one with Bogart." About Bogart, she said "I never really knew him. I kissed him, but I didn't know him."
Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman in Notorious (1946)

That same year, Bergman received her first Academy Award nomination for Best Actress for For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943), which was also her first color film. The following year, she won the Academy Award for Best Actress for Gaslight (1944). After losing to Ingrid Bergman for the 1944 Best Actress Academy Award, Barbara Stanwyck told the press she was a "member of The Ingrid Bergman Fan Club," declaring, "I don't feel at all bad about the Award because my favorite actress won it and has earned it by all her performances." Bergman received a third consecutive nomination for Best Actress with her performance as a nun in The Bells of St. Mary's (1945). Bergman had been considered for the role of Mother Maria-Veronica in 1944's The Keys of the Kingdom, but the part ultimately went to Rose Stradner, who was then the wife of the film's producer, Joseph Mankiewicz.

Later, Bergman would receive another Best Actress nomination for Joan of Arc (1948), an independent film based on the Maxwell Anderson play Joan of Lorraine, produced by Walter Wanger, and initially released through RKO. Bergman had championed the role since her arrival in Hollywood, which is one of the reasons she had played it on the Broadway stage in Anderson's play. Partly because of the pregnancy-out-of-wedlock scandal involving Bergman with Italian film director Roberto Rossellini, the film, which was still in theatres when the scandal broke, was not a big hit with the public. Even worse, it received disastrous reviews, and although nominated for several Academy Awards, did not receive a Best Picture nomination. It was subsequently shorn of 45 minutes, and it was not until its restoration to full length in 1998 and its 2004 appearance on DVD that later audiences could see it as it was intended to be shown.

Bergman starred in the Alfred Hitchcock films Spellbound (1945), Notorious (1946), and Under Capricorn (1949). Unlike her earlier Hitchcock films, Under Capricorn, the only one of the three made in color, was a slow-paced costume drama, and has never received the acclaim that the other films that Bergman made with Hitchcock have. Ingrid Bergman was a student of the acting coach Michael Chekhov during the 1940s. Coincidentally, it was his role in Spellbound, of which she was a star, that he received his only nomination for an Academy Award.

Between motion pictures, Bergman appeared in the stage plays Liliom, Anna Christie, and Joan of Lorraine. Furthermore, during a press conference in Washington, D.C. for the promotion of Joan of Lorraine, she protested against segregation after seeing it first hand at the theater she was acting in. This led to a lot of publicity and some hate mail.

Bergman went to Alaska during World War II in order to entertain US troops. Soon after the war ended, she also went to Europe for the same purpose, where she was able to see the devastation caused by the war. It was during this time that she began a relationship with the famous photographer Robert Capa. She became a smoker after needing to smoke for her role in Arch of Triumph.
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Written By: ninny on 08/29/09 at 5:21 am

*Honorable Mention*...Jean Hagen
Jean Hagen (August 3, 1923 - August 29, 1977) was an American film actress.
Her film debut was as a femme fatale in Adam's Rib in 1949. The Asphalt Jungle (1950) provided Hagen with her first starring role beside Sterling Hayden, and excellent reviews. She is arguably best remembered for her comic performance in Singin' in the Rain. As the vain and talentless silent movie star Lina Lamont, Hagen received an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress nomination. MGM failed to provide her with a quality follow up role to enable her to build on her growing popularity.

By 1953, she had joined the cast of the television sitcom Make Room for Daddy. As the first wife of Danny Thomas, Hagen received three Emmy Award nominations, but after three seasons she grew dissatisfied and left the series. Thomas, who also produced the show, didn't appreciate Jean's departing the successful series, and her character was killed off rather than recast. This was the first TV character to be killed off a family sitcom. Marjorie Lord was cast a year later as Danny's second wife and played against Thomas successfully for several seasons. Hagen later made a notable appearance as Frida Daniels in The Shaggy Dog starring with Fred MacMurray. In 1960, she appeared as the character Elizabeth in the episode "Once Upon a Knight" of CBS's anthology series The DuPont Show with June Allyson.

Although she made frequent guest appearances in various television series, she was unable to successfully resume her film career, and for the remainder of her career played supporting roles, such as the friend of Bette Davis in Dead Ringer (1964). In the 1960s, Hagen's health began to decline and she spent many years hospitalised or in care.

In 1976, she made a comeback of sorts playing character roles in episodes of the television series Starsky and Hutch and The Streets of San Francisco, and made her final film appearance in the 1977 television movie Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/29/09 at 5:43 am

Robert Shaw played Henry the 8th in "A Man For All Seasons" probably one of the best performances I've seen. The red hair seem to fit him naturally which can't be said for most actors.
I have never seen the whole film and I wish to now.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/29/09 at 5:46 am

The person of the day...Lee Marvin
Lee Marvin (February 19, 1924 – August 29, 1987) was an American film actor. Known for his gravelly voice, white hair and 6' 2" stature, Marvin at first did supporting roles, mostly villains, soldiers, and other hardboiled characters, but after winning an Academy Award for Best Actor for his dual roles in Cat Ballou, he landed more heroic and sympathetic leading roles.
In 1950, Marvin moved to Hollywood. He found work in supporting roles, and from the beginning was cast in various war films. As a decorated combat veteran, Marvin was a natural in war dramas, where he frequently assisted the director and other actors in realistically portraying infantry movement, arranging costumes, and even adjusting war surplus military prop firearms. His debut was in You're in the Navy Now (1951), and in 1952 he appeared in several films, including Don Siegel's Duel at Silver Creek, Hangman's Knot, and the war drama Eight Iron Men. He played Gloria Grahame's vicious boyfriend in Fritz Lang's The Big Heat (1953). Marvin had a small but memorable role in The Wild One (1953) opposite Marlon Brando (Marvin's gang in the film was called "The Beetles"), followed by Seminole (1953) and Gun Fury (1953). He also had a small but memorable role as smartalecky sailor Meatball in The Caine Mutiny. He was again praised for his role as Hector the small town hood in Bad Day at Black Rock (1955) with Spencer Tracy.

During the mid-1950s, Marvin gradually began playing more substantial roles. He starred in Attack (1956), and The Missouri Traveler (1958) but it took over one hundred episodes as Chicago cop Frank Ballinger in the successful 1957-1960 television series M Squad to actually give him name recognition. One critic described the show as "a hyped-up, violent Dragnet... with a tough-as-nails Marvin" playing a police lieutenant.

In the 1960s, Marvin was given prominent co-starring roles such as The Comancheros (1961), The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962; Marvin played Liberty Valance) and Donovan's Reef (1963), all with John Wayne. Marvin also guest-starred in Combat! "The Bridge at Chalons" (Episode 34, Season 2, Mission 1), and The Twilight Zone "The Grave" (1961, episode #72), in which he played a fearless gunman investigating the haunted grave of a man who swore to get revenge on him, and "Steel" (1963, episode #122 ), in which he played a former boxer who gets into the ring with a boxing robot.

Thanks to director Don Siegel, Marvin appeared in the groundbreaking The Killers (1964) playing an organized, no-nonsense, efficient, businesslike professional assassin whose character was copied to a great degree by Samuel L. Jackson in the 1994 Quentin Tarantino film Pulp Fiction. The Killers was also the first movie in which Marvin received top billing and the only time Ronald Reagan played a villain.
Along with Lee Marvin, actors (l to r) Gary Grimes, Charles Martin Smith and Ron Howard starred in The Spikes Gang (1974).

Marvin won the 1965 Academy Award for Best Actor for his comic role in the offbeat western Cat Ballou starring Jane Fonda. Following roles in The Professionals (1966) and the hugely successful The Dirty Dozen (1967), Marvin was given complete control over his next film. In Point Blank, an influential film with director John Boorman, he portrayed a hard-nosed criminal bent on revenge. In that film Marvin, who had selected Boorman himself for the director's slot, had a central role in the film's development, plot line, and staging. In 1968, Marvin also appeared in another Boorman film, the critically acclaimed but commercially unsuccessful Hell in the Pacific, co-starring famed Japanese actor Toshirō Mifune. He had a hit song with "Wand'rin' Star" from the western musical Paint Your Wagon (1969). By this time he was getting paid a million dollars per film, $200,000 less than Paul Newman was making at the time; he was also ambivalent about the business, even with its financial rewards:

In the UK Lee Marvin had a number one hit with "Wand'rin' Star" and on the flip side was Clint Eastwood singing "I Talk to the Trees", with both songs from the film version of Paint Your Wagon.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/29/09 at 6:00 am

The co-person of the day...Ingrid Bergman
Ingrid Bergman (Swedish pronunciation: ( listen), English: /ˈbɜrɡmən/; 29 August, 1915 – 29 August, 1982) was a Swedish actress. She won three Academy Awards, two Emmy Awards, and the Tony Award for Best Actress in the first Tony Award ceremony in 1947. She is ranked as the fourth greatest female star of American cinema of all time by the American Film Institute. She is widely remembered for her performance as Ilsa Lund in Casablanca (1942).
After completing one last film in Sweden and appearing in three moderately successful films (which included Adam Had Four Sons, Rage in Heaven and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde) in the United States, Bergman joined Humphrey Bogart in the 1942 classic film Casablanca, which remains her best-known role. Bergman did not consider Casablanca to be one of her favorite performances. "I made so many films which were more important, but the only one people ever want to talk about is that one with Bogart." About Bogart, she said "I never really knew him. I kissed him, but I didn't know him."
Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman in Notorious (1946)

That same year, Bergman received her first Academy Award nomination for Best Actress for For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943), which was also her first color film. The following year, she won the Academy Award for Best Actress for Gaslight (1944). After losing to Ingrid Bergman for the 1944 Best Actress Academy Award, Barbara Stanwyck told the press she was a "member of The Ingrid Bergman Fan Club," declaring, "I don't feel at all bad about the Award because my favorite actress won it and has earned it by all her performances." Bergman received a third consecutive nomination for Best Actress with her performance as a nun in The Bells of St. Mary's (1945). Bergman had been considered for the role of Mother Maria-Veronica in 1944's The Keys of the Kingdom, but the part ultimately went to Rose Stradner, who was then the wife of the film's producer, Joseph Mankiewicz.

Later, Bergman would receive another Best Actress nomination for Joan of Arc (1948), an independent film based on the Maxwell Anderson play Joan of Lorraine, produced by Walter Wanger, and initially released through RKO. Bergman had championed the role since her arrival in Hollywood, which is one of the reasons she had played it on the Broadway stage in Anderson's play. Partly because of the pregnancy-out-of-wedlock scandal involving Bergman with Italian film director Roberto Rossellini, the film, which was still in theatres when the scandal broke, was not a big hit with the public. Even worse, it received disastrous reviews, and although nominated for several Academy Awards, did not receive a Best Picture nomination. It was subsequently shorn of 45 minutes, and it was not until its restoration to full length in 1998 and its 2004 appearance on DVD that later audiences could see it as it was intended to be shown.

Bergman starred in the Alfred Hitchcock films Spellbound (1945), Notorious (1946), and Under Capricorn (1949). Unlike her earlier Hitchcock films, Under Capricorn, the only one of the three made in color, was a slow-paced costume drama, and has never received the acclaim that the other films that Bergman made with Hitchcock have. Ingrid Bergman was a student of the acting coach Michael Chekhov during the 1940s. Coincidentally, it was his role in Spellbound, of which she was a star, that he received his only nomination for an Academy Award.

Between motion pictures, Bergman appeared in the stage plays Liliom, Anna Christie, and Joan of Lorraine. Furthermore, during a press conference in Washington, D.C. for the promotion of Joan of Lorraine, she protested against segregation after seeing it first hand at the theater she was acting in. This led to a lot of publicity and some hate mail.

Bergman went to Alaska during World War II in order to entertain US troops. Soon after the war ended, she also went to Europe for the same purpose, where she was able to see the devastation caused by the war. It was during this time that she began a relationship with the famous photographer Robert Capa. She became a smoker after needing to smoke for her role in Arch of Triumph.
She once came to the cinema where I worked and held the door open for her. She still had her charms as she did back then in the films she made.

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Written By: ninny on 08/29/09 at 6:39 am

She once came to the cinema where I worked and held the door open for her. She still had her charms as she did back then in the films she made.

I always thought of her as a very classy but down to earth person :)

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Written By: Howard on 08/29/09 at 6:53 am

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/29/09 at 9:45 am

I always thought of her as a very classy but down to earth person :)
There again, pre-autograph days.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/29/09 at 9:46 am

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That is a cart not a wagon.

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Written By: ninny on 08/29/09 at 10:52 am

That is a cart not a wagon.

;D

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Written By: Reynolds1863 on 08/29/09 at 11:06 am

The person of the day...Lee Marvin
Lee Marvin (February 19, 1924 – August 29, 1987) was an American film actor. Known for his gravelly voice, white hair and 6' 2" stature, Marvin at first did supporting roles, mostly villains, soldiers, and other hardboiled characters, but after winning an Academy Award for Best Actor for his dual roles in Cat Ballou, he landed more heroic and sympathetic leading roles.
In 1950, Marvin moved to Hollywood. He found work in supporting roles, and from the beginning was cast in various war films. As a decorated combat veteran, Marvin was a natural in war dramas, where he frequently assisted the director and other actors in realistically portraying infantry movement, arranging costumes, and even adjusting war surplus military prop firearms. His debut was in You're in the Navy Now (1951), and in 1952 he appeared in several films, including Don Siegel's Duel at Silver Creek, Hangman's Knot, and the war drama Eight Iron Men. He played Gloria Grahame's vicious boyfriend in Fritz Lang's The Big Heat (1953). Marvin had a small but memorable role in The Wild One (1953) opposite Marlon Brando (Marvin's gang in the film was called "The Beetles"), followed by Seminole (1953) and Gun Fury (1953). He also had a small but memorable role as smartalecky sailor Meatball in The Caine Mutiny. He was again praised for his role as Hector the small town hood in Bad Day at Black Rock (1955) with Spencer Tracy.

During the mid-1950s, Marvin gradually began playing more substantial roles. He starred in Attack (1956), and The Missouri Traveler (1958) but it took over one hundred episodes as Chicago cop Frank Ballinger in the successful 1957-1960 television series M Squad to actually give him name recognition. One critic described the show as "a hyped-up, violent Dragnet... with a tough-as-nails Marvin" playing a police lieutenant.

In the 1960s, Marvin was given prominent co-starring roles such as The Comancheros (1961), The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962; Marvin played Liberty Valance) and Donovan's Reef (1963), all with John Wayne. Marvin also guest-starred in Combat! "The Bridge at Chalons" (Episode 34, Season 2, Mission 1), and The Twilight Zone "The Grave" (1961, episode #72), in which he played a fearless gunman investigating the haunted grave of a man who swore to get revenge on him, and "Steel" (1963, episode #122 ), in which he played a former boxer who gets into the ring with a boxing robot.

Thanks to director Don Siegel, Marvin appeared in the groundbreaking The Killers (1964) playing an organized, no-nonsense, efficient, businesslike professional assassin whose character was copied to a great degree by Samuel L. Jackson in the 1994 Quentin Tarantino film Pulp Fiction. The Killers was also the first movie in which Marvin received top billing and the only time Ronald Reagan played a villain.
Along with Lee Marvin, actors (l to r) Gary Grimes, Charles Martin Smith and Ron Howard starred in The Spikes Gang (1974).

Marvin won the 1965 Academy Award for Best Actor for his comic role in the offbeat western Cat Ballou starring Jane Fonda. Following roles in The Professionals (1966) and the hugely successful The Dirty Dozen (1967), Marvin was given complete control over his next film. In Point Blank, an influential film with director John Boorman, he portrayed a hard-nosed criminal bent on revenge. In that film Marvin, who had selected Boorman himself for the director's slot, had a central role in the film's development, plot line, and staging. In 1968, Marvin also appeared in another Boorman film, the critically acclaimed but commercially unsuccessful Hell in the Pacific, co-starring famed Japanese actor Toshirō Mifune. He had a hit song with "Wand'rin' Star" from the western musical Paint Your Wagon (1969). By this time he was getting paid a million dollars per film, $200,000 less than Paul Newman was making at the time; he was also ambivalent about the business, even with its financial rewards:
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Lee Marvin is buried in Arlington National Cemetery. For such a great actor his final resting place is very ordinary. I had to really look for it.

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Written By: ninny on 08/29/09 at 11:17 am

Lee Marvin is buried in Arlington National Cemetery. For such a great actor his final resting place is very ordinary. I had to really look for it.

Was this because of his service to the Marines.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/29/09 at 12:03 pm

;D
...of course, a wagon would carry more shopping ?

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Written By: CatwomanofV on 08/29/09 at 12:14 pm

I LOVE the movie Paint Your Wagon-I have it on VHS. Lee Marvin was great in that.

Ingrid Bergman was SOOOO beautiful. She was definitely a "classy chick". Casablanca is one of my ALL-TIME fav movies.

Jean Hagen delivered one of my ALL-TIME fav lines in Singin' In The Rain: "I make more money than Calvin Coolidge...put together." Carlos & I are ALWAYS saying that line because Calvin Coolidge was originally from this area (in fact, he was sworn in as Pres right here in our county).

Cat

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/29/09 at 12:18 pm

I LOVE the movie Paint Your Wagon-I have it on VHS. Lee Marvin was great in that.

Cat
That is another film I have not seen complete, but I certainly know the songs.

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Written By: CatwomanofV on 08/29/09 at 1:07 pm

That is another film I have not seen complete, but I certainly know the songs.

It's a funny movie-LONG but funny. Worth seeing IMO.

Cat

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Written By: Reynolds1863 on 08/29/09 at 1:44 pm

Was this because of his service to the Marines.

Most likely. I just found it interesting that it's all very low key. It's a typical military type gravestone.

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Written By: ninny on 08/29/09 at 2:41 pm

My maiden name is Marvin, so when my sister & I were younger we would tell people that he was an uncle ;D

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/29/09 at 2:48 pm

My maiden name is Marvin, so when my sister & I were younger we would tell people that he was an uncle ;D
Have you heard of Hank Marvin, the lead guitarist of The Shadows the group that back Cliff Richard?

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Written By: ninny on 08/29/09 at 3:01 pm

Have you heard of Hank Marvin, the lead guitarist of The Shadows the group that back Cliff Richard?

I didn't really know about him till I got older, but he would've worked also because my ancestors come from England.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/29/09 at 3:24 pm

I didn't really know about him till I got older, but he would've worked also because my ancestors come from England.
Hank Marvin was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. That is to the north of England.

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Written By: Howard on 08/29/09 at 3:46 pm

That is a cart not a wagon.

It almost looks the same.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/29/09 at 3:47 pm

It almost looks the same.
Is there such a thing as a shopping wagon?

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Written By: Howard on 08/29/09 at 3:47 pm

Is there such a thing as a shopping wagon?

I've never heard of a shopping wagon before. ???

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Written By: CatwomanofV on 08/29/09 at 3:48 pm

Lee Marvin is buried in Arlington National Cemetery. For such a great actor his final resting place is very ordinary. I had to really look for it.

My step-father is also buried in Arlington.

Cat

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/29/09 at 3:49 pm

My step-father is also buried in Arlington.

Cat
Will it be at Arlington where Edward Kennedy will be buried beside his brothers?

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Written By: Howard on 08/29/09 at 3:50 pm

Will it be at Arlington where Edward Kennedy will be buried beside his brothers?

Yes he will buried there.

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Written By: Reynolds1863 on 08/29/09 at 6:25 pm

My step-father is also buried in Arlington.

Cat

Great you can visit Lee while you're visiting you're step-father. :)

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Written By: ninny on 08/29/09 at 6:54 pm

Hank Marvin was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. That is to the north of England.

My ancestors come from Lincolnshire.

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Written By: ninny on 08/29/09 at 6:55 pm

My step-father is also buried in Arlington.

Cat

Will it be at Arlington where Edward Kennedy will be buried beside his brothers?

I heard on the news 27 people are buried there a day.

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Written By: ninny on 08/30/09 at 4:57 am

The word of the day...Face
1.
1. The surface of the front of the head from the top of the forehead to the base of the chin and from ear to ear.
2. A person: We saw many new faces on the first day of classes.
2. A person's countenance: a happy face.
3. A contorted facial expression; a grimace: made a face at the prospect of eating lemons.
4. Facial cosmetics: put one's face on.
5. Outward appearance: the modern face of the city.
6.
1. Value or standing in the eyes of others; prestige: lose face.
2. Self-assurance; confidence: The team managed to maintain a firm face even in times of great adversity.
7. Effrontery; impudence: had the face to question my judgment.
8. The most significant or prominent surface of an object, especially:
1. The surface presented to view; the front.
2. A façade.
3. Outer surface: the face of the earth.
4. A marked side: the face of a clock; the face of a playing card.
5. The right side, as of fabric.
6. An exposed, often precipitous surface of rock.
9. A planar surface of a geometric solid.
10. Any of the surfaces of a rock or crystal.
11. The end, as of a mine or tunnel, at which work is advancing.
12. The appearance and geologic surface features of an area of land; topography.
13. Printing.
1. A typeface or range of typefaces.
2. The raised printing surface of a piece of type.
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Written By: ninny on 08/30/09 at 5:00 am

The person of the day...Charles Bronson
Charles Bronson (November 3, 1921 – August 30, 2003) was an American actor best known for his "tough guy" image, who starred in such classic films as Once Upon a Time in the West, The Magnificent Seven, The Dirty Dozen, The Great Escape, The Evil That Men Do and the popular Death Wish series. He was most often cast in the role of a policeman or gunfighter.

Bronson's first film role was as a Polish sailor in You're in the Navy Now in 1951, he also made several appearances on television in the 1950s and 1960s. Bronson was nominated for an Emmy Award for his supporting role in a TV episode with the title "Memory in White." In the 1970s he became one of the top ten box-office stars. He made films in many genres including crime, western and others.

Bronson's last starring role in a theatrically released film was 1994's Death Wish V: The Face of Death. His health deteriorated in later years, and he underwent surgery in 1998. Bronson also suffered from Alzheimer's disease.
ne of Bronson's most memorable roles came when he was over the age of 50, in Death Wish (1974), the most popular film of his long association with director Michael Winner. He played Paul Kersey, a successful New York architect. When his wife (played by Hope Lange) is murdered and his daughter raped, Kersey becomes a crime-fighting vigilante by night. It was a highly controversial role, as his executions were cheered by crime-weary audiences. After the famous 1984 case of Bernhard Goetz, Bronson recommended that people not imitate his character. This successful movie spawned sequels over the next 20 years, in which Bronson also starred. His great nephew, Justin Bronson, was scheduled to star in a remake of Death Wish in 2008, but the film has not yet seen the light of day.

For Walter Hill's Hard Times (1975), he starred as a Depression-era street fighter making his living in illegal bare-knuckled matches in Louisiana, earning good reviews.

Charles Bronson highest box-office was 4th in 1975, beaten only by Robert Redford, Barbara Streisand and Al Pacino.

He was considered to play the role of Snake Plissken in Escape from New York (1981), but director John Carpenter thought he was too tough looking and too old for the part, and decided to cast Kurt Russell instead. In the years between 1976 and 1994, Bronson commanded high salaries to star in numerous films made by smaller production companies, most notably Cannon Films. Many of them were directed by J. Lee Thompson, a collaborative relationship that Bronson enjoyed and actively pursued, reportedly because Thompson worked quickly and efficiently. Thompson Ultra-violent films such as The Evil That Men Do and 10 To Midnight were blasted by critics, but provided him with well-paid work throughout the '80s. Bronson's last starring role in a theatrically released film was 1994's Death Wish V: The Face of Death.

Charles Bronson became very popular in Japan in the early 1990s with the bushy eyebrowed TV critic Nagaharu Yodogawa ("Sayonara, sayonara, sayonara!") hosting 1-2 seasons of his films every year on NTV, one of the main TV channels in Japan.
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Written By: ninny on 08/30/09 at 5:04 am

The co-person of the day...Vera-Ellen
Vera-Ellen (February 16, 1921 – August 30, 1981) was an American actress and dancer, principally celebrated for her filmed dance partnerships with Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly and Donald O'Connor.
In 1939, Vera-Ellen made her Broadway theatre debut in the Jerome Kern/Oscar Hammerstein musical Very Warm for May at the age of 18. She became one of the youngest Rockettes at Radio City Music Hall, although she was not tall. This led to roles on Broadway in Panama Hattie, By Jupiter, and A Connecticut Yankee, where she was spotted by Samuel Goldwyn, who cast her opposite Danny Kaye and Virginia Mayo in the film Wonder Man (1945).

She danced with Gene Kelly in Words and Music (1948) and On the Town (1949), and appeared in the last Marx Brothers film Love Happy (1949). She received top billing alongside Fred Astaire in Three Little Words (1950) and The Belle of New York (1952). She co-starred with Bing Crosby in White Christmas (1954) and Donald O'Connor in Call Me Madam (1953) and in Let's Be Happy (1957).

During the 1950s, she was reputed to have the "smallest waist in Hollywood", and is believed to have suffered from anorexia nervosa. All of her costumes in White Christmas, down to her robe and sleepwear, were designed to cover her neck, which was aged beyond her years due to her eating disorder. She retired from the screen in 1957
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Written By: gibbo on 08/30/09 at 5:05 am

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We call 'em shopping trolleys over here... You'd be a 'trolley boy' here!

Looks like I missed some great actors yesterday. Lee Marvin was a wonderful character actor (even though it was always the same character)... ;D He was classic in Cat Ballou and downright evil as Liberty Valance. I liked him as Gillhooley in Donovan' Reef.

Ingrid Bergman was a cool beauty and was in many memorable films....ahhh, those were the days!

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Written By: gibbo on 08/30/09 at 5:11 am

I like these two as well.... Charlie was always playing the same character as well...but I really liked his movies. The Mechanic ...with Jan Michael Vincent always springs to mind when I think of CB.

Vera Ellen was a pretty actress who could dance and sing. I remember her dancing with both Astaire and Kelly. On the Town is the stand out in my mind for her. That picture does show she was awfully thin... :o

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Written By: Michael C. on 08/30/09 at 5:53 am

One of My favorite Actors.
Growing up I went to EVERY Bronson Film on opening weekend....Death Wish ,Breakout , Breakheart Pass , Hard Times , From Noon Till Three Posters hung on My bedroom walls {2 Friends worked in 2 local Theatres & got them for Me.}IN the 80's I continued My tradition of seeing all His releases the weekend they opened.
This past May, Telefon was released on DVD for the first time.
Several of His Films still have not made it to DVD.....Red Sun , The Stone Killer , From Noon Till Three,The White Buffalo and Love and Bullets have yet to be released.
There's a great DVD of a lot of Trailers from Bronson's Films:
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51695MB272L._SL500_AA240_.jpg

The person of the day...Charles Bronson
Charles Bronson (November 3, 1921 – August 30, 2003) was an American actor best known for his "tough guy" image, who starred in such classic films as Once Upon a Time in the West, The Magnificent Seven, The Dirty Dozen, The Great Escape, The Evil That Men Do and the popular Death Wish series. He was most often cast in the role of a policeman or gunfighter.

Bronson's first film role was as a Polish sailor in You're in the Navy Now in 1951, he also made several appearances on television in the 1950s and 1960s. Bronson was nominated for an Emmy Award for his supporting role in a TV episode with the title "Memory in White." In the 1970s he became one of the top ten box-office stars. He made films in many genres including crime, western and others.

Bronson's last starring role in a theatrically released film was 1994's Death Wish V: The Face of Death. His health deteriorated in later years, and he underwent surgery in 1998. Bronson also suffered from Alzheimer's disease.
ne of Bronson's most memorable roles came when he was over the age of 50, in Death Wish (1974), the most popular film of his long association with director Michael Winner. He played Paul Kersey, a successful New York architect. When his wife (played by Hope Lange) is murdered and his daughter raped, Kersey becomes a crime-fighting vigilante by night. It was a highly controversial role, as his executions were cheered by crime-weary audiences. After the famous 1984 case of Bernhard Goetz, Bronson recommended that people not imitate his character. This successful movie spawned sequels over the next 20 years, in which Bronson also starred. His great nephew, Justin Bronson, was scheduled to star in a remake of Death Wish in 2008, but the film has not yet seen the light of day.

For Walter Hill's Hard Times (1975), he starred as a Depression-era street fighter making his living in illegal bare-knuckled matches in Louisiana, earning good reviews.

Charles Bronson highest box-office was 4th in 1975, beaten only by Robert Redford, Barbara Streisand and Al Pacino.

He was considered to play the role of Snake Plissken in Escape from New York (1981), but director John Carpenter thought he was too tough looking and too old for the part, and decided to cast Kurt Russell instead. In the years between 1976 and 1994, Bronson commanded high salaries to star in numerous films made by smaller production companies, most notably Cannon Films. Many of them were directed by J. Lee Thompson, a collaborative relationship that Bronson enjoyed and actively pursued, reportedly because Thompson worked quickly and efficiently. Thompson Ultra-violent films such as The Evil That Men Do and 10 To Midnight were blasted by critics, but provided him with well-paid work throughout the '80s. Bronson's last starring role in a theatrically released film was 1994's Death Wish V: The Face of Death.

Charles Bronson became very popular in Japan in the early 1990s with the bushy eyebrowed TV critic Nagaharu Yodogawa ("Sayonara, sayonara, sayonara!") hosting 1-2 seasons of his films every year on NTV, one of the main TV channels in Japan.
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Written By: Womble on 08/30/09 at 6:43 am

I remember as a little boy watching TV with my mother who loved the old Hollywood musicals. Vera-Ellen was in some of them. I always thought Vera was so classy and pretty . Nice retros, Ninny. Thanks for posting. :)

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Written By: Howard on 08/30/09 at 6:54 am

Eyes Without A Face- Billy Idol.

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Written By: ninny on 08/30/09 at 7:06 am

One of My favorite Actors.
Growing up I went to EVERY Bronson Film on opening weekend....Death Wish ,Breakout , Breakheart Pass , Hard Times , From Noon Till Three Posters hung on My bedroom walls {2 Friends worked in 2 local Theatres & got them for Me.}IN the 80's I continued My tradition of seeing all His releases the weekend they opened.
This past May, Telefon was released on DVD for the first time.
Several of His Films still have not made it to DVD.....Red Sun , The Stone Killer , From Noon Till Three,The White Buffalo and Love and Bullets have yet to be released.
There's a great DVD of a lot of Trailers from Bronson's Films:
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51695MB272L._SL500_AA240_.jpg

I was just watching part of Death Wish on Cinemax this morning.

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Written By: ninny on 08/30/09 at 7:06 am

I remember as a little boy watching TV with my mother who loved the old Hollywood musicals. Vera-Ellen was in some of them. I always thought Vera was so classy and pretty . Nice retros, Ninny. Thanks for posting. :)

Thank You :)

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Written By: Howard on 08/30/09 at 7:09 am

Charles Bronson was the ultimate bad guy.

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Written By: ninny on 08/30/09 at 1:13 pm

Charles Bronson was the ultimate bad guy.

One of the best.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/30/09 at 1:32 pm

My ancestors come from Lincolnshire.
Have you attempted searching in that area for your family?

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/30/09 at 1:33 pm

I heard on the news 27 people are buried there a day.
How big is Arlington National Cemetery?

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/30/09 at 1:33 pm

The word of the day...Face
1.
1. The surface of the front of the head from the top of the forehead to the base of the chin and from ear to ear.
2. A person: We saw many new faces on the first day of classes.
2. A person's countenance: a happy face.
3. A contorted facial expression; a grimace: made a face at the prospect of eating lemons.
4. Facial cosmetics: put one's face on.
5. Outward appearance: the modern face of the city.
6.
1. Value or standing in the eyes of others; prestige: lose face.
2. Self-assurance; confidence: The team managed to maintain a firm face even in times of great adversity.
7. Effrontery; impudence: had the face to question my judgment.
8. The most significant or prominent surface of an object, especially:
1. The surface presented to view; the front.
2. A façade.
3. Outer surface: the face of the earth.
4. A marked side: the face of a clock; the face of a playing card.
5. The right side, as of fabric.
6. An exposed, often precipitous surface of rock.
9. A planar surface of a geometric solid.
10. Any of the surfaces of a rock or crystal.
11. The end, as of a mine or tunnel, at which work is advancing.
12. The appearance and geologic surface features of an area of land; topography.
13. Printing.
1. A typeface or range of typefaces.
2. The raised printing surface of a piece of type.
Let's face it, this is a popular thread.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/30/09 at 1:34 pm

The person of the day...Charles Bronson
Charles Bronson (November 3, 1921 – August 30, 2003) was an American actor best known for his "tough guy" image, who starred in such classic films as Once Upon a Time in the West, The Magnificent Seven, The Dirty Dozen, The Great Escape, The Evil That Men Do and the popular Death Wish series. He was most often cast in the role of a policeman or gunfighter.

Bronson's first film role was as a Polish sailor in You're in the Navy Now in 1951, he also made several appearances on television in the 1950s and 1960s. Bronson was nominated for an Emmy Award for his supporting role in a TV episode with the title "Memory in White." In the 1970s he became one of the top ten box-office stars. He made films in many genres including crime, western and others.

Bronson's last starring role in a theatrically released film was 1994's Death Wish V: The Face of Death. His health deteriorated in later years, and he underwent surgery in 1998. Bronson also suffered from Alzheimer's disease.
ne of Bronson's most memorable roles came when he was over the age of 50, in Death Wish (1974), the most popular film of his long association with director Michael Winner. He played Paul Kersey, a successful New York architect. When his wife (played by Hope Lange) is murdered and his daughter raped, Kersey becomes a crime-fighting vigilante by night. It was a highly controversial role, as his executions were cheered by crime-weary audiences. After the famous 1984 case of Bernhard Goetz, Bronson recommended that people not imitate his character. This successful movie spawned sequels over the next 20 years, in which Bronson also starred. His great nephew, Justin Bronson, was scheduled to star in a remake of Death Wish in 2008, but the film has not yet seen the light of day.

For Walter Hill's Hard Times (1975), he starred as a Depression-era street fighter making his living in illegal bare-knuckled matches in Louisiana, earning good reviews.

Charles Bronson highest box-office was 4th in 1975, beaten only by Robert Redford, Barbara Streisand and Al Pacino.

He was considered to play the role of Snake Plissken in Escape from New York (1981), but director John Carpenter thought he was too tough looking and too old for the part, and decided to cast Kurt Russell instead. In the years between 1976 and 1994, Bronson commanded high salaries to star in numerous films made by smaller production companies, most notably Cannon Films. Many of them were directed by J. Lee Thompson, a collaborative relationship that Bronson enjoyed and actively pursued, reportedly because Thompson worked quickly and efficiently. Thompson Ultra-violent films such as The Evil That Men Do and 10 To Midnight were blasted by critics, but provided him with well-paid work throughout the '80s. Bronson's last starring role in a theatrically released film was 1994's Death Wish V: The Face of Death.

Charles Bronson became very popular in Japan in the early 1990s with the bushy eyebrowed TV critic Nagaharu Yodogawa ("Sayonara, sayonara, sayonara!") hosting 1-2 seasons of his films every year on NTV, one of the main TV channels in Japan.

I saw him the other day in The Great Escape.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/30/09 at 1:36 pm

We call 'em shopping trolleys over here... You'd be a 'trolley boy' here!

We call him trollies too.

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Written By: ninny on 08/30/09 at 2:36 pm

Let's face it, this is a popular thread.

Nice one Phil! ;D

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Written By: ninny on 08/31/09 at 6:04 am

The word of the day...Princess
# A woman member of a royal family other than the monarch, especially a daughter of a monarch.
#

1. A woman who is a ruler of a principality.
2. A woman who is a hereditary ruler; a queen.

# A noblewoman of varying status or rank.
# The wife of a prince.
# A woman regarded as having the status or qualities of a prince
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Written By: Howard on 08/31/09 at 6:05 am

And let me guess,the person of the day is Princess Diana? ;)

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Written By: ninny on 08/31/09 at 6:09 am

The person of the day...Diana,Princess of Wales

Diana
Princess of Wales
Spouse Charles, Prince of Wales
(29 July 1981 – 28 August 1996)
Issue
Prince William of Wales
Prince Harry of Wales
Full name
Diana Frances Spencer
House House of Windsor
Father John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer
Mother Frances Shand Kydd
Born 1 July 1961(1961-07-01)
Park House, Sandringham, Norfolk
Died 31 August 1997 (aged 36)
Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris, France
Burial Althorp, Northamptonshire

Diana, Princess of Wales, (Diana Frances; née Spencer; 1 July 1961 – 31 August 1997) was the first wife of Charles, Prince of Wales. Their sons, Princes William and Harry, are second and third in line to the thrones of the United Kingdom and fifteen other Commonwealth Realms.

A public figure from the announcement of her engagement to Prince Charles, Diana remained the focus of near-constant media scrutiny in the United Kingdom and around the world before, during and after her marriage, even in the years following her sudden death in a car crash, which was followed by a spontaneous and prolonged show of public mourning. Contemporary responses to Diana's life and legacy were mixed but a popular fascination with the Princess endures. The long-awaited Coroner's Inquest concluded in April 2008 that Diana had been unlawfully killed by the negligent driving of the following vehicles and the driver of the Mercedes in which she was travelling.
On 5 November 1981, Diana's first pregnancy was officially announced, and she frankly discussed her condition with members of the press corps. In the private Lindo wing of St. Mary's Hospital, Paddington on 21 June 1982, Diana gave birth to her first son and heir, William. There was some controversy in the media when she decided to take William, still a baby, on her first major overseas visit to Australia and New Zealand, but which was popularly applauded. By her own admission, Diana had not initially thought to, or insisted upon, bringing William until it was suggested by the Australian Prime Minister.

A second son, Henry was born a little over two years after William on 15 September 1984. According to Diana, she and Prince Charles were closest during her pregnancy with "Harry", as the younger prince became known. She was aware their second child was a boy, but did not share the knowledge with anyone else, including Prince Charles, who was hoping for a girl.

Even during her lifetime, when Diana underwent frequent and regular criticism for her choice of charities, her public image, relationship with the media, as well as her relationship with her husband and his family, Diana was universally regarded as a devoted mother who lavished her sons with attention and affection. Diana rarely deferred to Prince Charles or the royal family, and was often implacable when it came to her children. She chose their first given names, went against the royal custom of circumcision, dismissed a royal family nanny and hired one of her choosing, in addition to choosing their schools, clothes, planning their outings and taking them to school as often as her schedule permitted. She also negotiated her public duties around their time-tables.

Charity work

Starting in the mid- to late 1980s, the Princess of Wales became increasingly known for her support of numerous charities. This stemmed naturally from her role as Princess of Wales—she was expected to visit hospitals and other state agencies in the 20th century model of royal patronage. Diana, however, developed an interest in serious illnesses and health-related matters outside the purview of traditional royal involvement, including AIDS and leprosy. In addition, the Princess patronised charities and organisations working with the homeless, youth, drug addicts and the elderly. From 1989, she was President of Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children.

Diana was most famously, in the last year of her life, the most visible supporter of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines, a campaign that went on to win the Nobel Peace Prize in 1997 after her death, which many believed was a posthumous tribute to the Princess.

In April 1987, the Princess of Wales was one of the first public figures to be photographed touching a person infected with HIV. She contributed to changing the public opinion of AIDS sufferers during the subsequent years, as her involvement with a variety of AIDS charities, not only in the United Kingdom but in North America, Africa and Asia as well, was a consistent public role she embraced.
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Written By: ninny on 08/31/09 at 6:10 am

And let me guess,the person of the day is Princess Diana? ;)

Excellent guess :)

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Written By: Howard on 08/31/09 at 6:12 am

The person of the day...Diana,Princess of Wales

Diana
Princess of Wales
Spouse Charles, Prince of Wales
(29 July 1981 – 28 August 1996)
Issue
Prince William of Wales
Prince Harry of Wales
Full name
Diana Frances Spencer
House House of Windsor
Father John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer
Mother Frances Shand Kydd
Born 1 July 1961(1961-07-01)
Park House, Sandringham, Norfolk
Died 31 August 1997 (aged 36)
Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris, France
Burial Althorp, Northamptonshire

Diana, Princess of Wales, (Diana Frances; née Spencer; 1 July 1961 – 31 August 1997) was the first wife of Charles, Prince of Wales. Their sons, Princes William and Harry, are second and third in line to the thrones of the United Kingdom and fifteen other Commonwealth Realms.

A public figure from the announcement of her engagement to Prince Charles, Diana remained the focus of near-constant media scrutiny in the United Kingdom and around the world before, during and after her marriage, even in the years following her sudden death in a car crash, which was followed by a spontaneous and prolonged show of public mourning. Contemporary responses to Diana's life and legacy were mixed but a popular fascination with the Princess endures. The long-awaited Coroner's Inquest concluded in April 2008 that Diana had been unlawfully killed by the negligent driving of the following vehicles and the driver of the Mercedes in which she was travelling.
On 5 November 1981, Diana's first pregnancy was officially announced, and she frankly discussed her condition with members of the press corps. In the private Lindo wing of St. Mary's Hospital, Paddington on 21 June 1982, Diana gave birth to her first son and heir, William. There was some controversy in the media when she decided to take William, still a baby, on her first major overseas visit to Australia and New Zealand, but which was popularly applauded. By her own admission, Diana had not initially thought to, or insisted upon, bringing William until it was suggested by the Australian Prime Minister.

A second son, Henry was born a little over two years after William on 15 September 1984. According to Diana, she and Prince Charles were closest during her pregnancy with "Harry", as the younger prince became known. She was aware their second child was a boy, but did not share the knowledge with anyone else, including Prince Charles, who was hoping for a girl.

Even during her lifetime, when Diana underwent frequent and regular criticism for her choice of charities, her public image, relationship with the media, as well as her relationship with her husband and his family, Diana was universally regarded as a devoted mother who lavished her sons with attention and affection. Diana rarely deferred to Prince Charles or the royal family, and was often implacable when it came to her children. She chose their first given names, went against the royal custom of circumcision, dismissed a royal family nanny and hired one of her choosing, in addition to choosing their schools, clothes, planning their outings and taking them to school as often as her schedule permitted. She also negotiated her public duties around their time-tables.

Charity work

Starting in the mid- to late 1980s, the Princess of Wales became increasingly known for her support of numerous charities. This stemmed naturally from her role as Princess of Wales—she was expected to visit hospitals and other state agencies in the 20th century model of royal patronage. Diana, however, developed an interest in serious illnesses and health-related matters outside the purview of traditional royal involvement, including AIDS and leprosy. In addition, the Princess patronised charities and organisations working with the homeless, youth, drug addicts and the elderly. From 1989, she was President of Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children.

Diana was most famously, in the last year of her life, the most visible supporter of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines, a campaign that went on to win the Nobel Peace Prize in 1997 after her death, which many believed was a posthumous tribute to the Princess.

In April 1987, the Princess of Wales was one of the first public figures to be photographed touching a person infected with HIV. She contributed to changing the public opinion of AIDS sufferers during the subsequent years, as her involvement with a variety of AIDS charities, not only in the United Kingdom but in North America, Africa and Asia as well, was a consistent public role she embraced.
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She was so pretty. :)

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Written By: ninny on 08/31/09 at 6:13 am

The co-person of the day...John Ford
John Ford (February 1, 1894 – August 31, 1973) was an American film director of Irish heritage famous for both his westerns such as Stagecoach and The Searchers and adaptations of such classic 20th-century American novels as The Grapes of Wrath. His four Best Director Academy Awards (1935, 1940, 1941, 1952) is a record, although only one of those films, How Green Was My Valley, also won Best Picture.

In a career that spanned more than 50 years, Ford directed 140 films (although nearly all of his silent films are now lost) and he is widely regarded as one of the most important and influential filmmakers of his generation. Ford's films and personality were held in high regard by his colleagues, with Ingmar Bergman and Orson Welles among those who have named him as one of the greatest directors of all time.

In particular, Ford was a pioneer of location shooting and the long shot which frames his characters against a vast, harsh and rugged natural terrain. Ford has further influenced directors as diverse as Akira Kurosawa, Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, Sam Peckinpah, Peter Bogdanovich, Sergio Leone, Clint Eastwood, Wim Wenders, Pedro Costa, Judd Apatow, David Lean, Orson Welles, Ingmar Bergman, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Quentin Tarantino, John Milius, Satyajit Ray, François Truffaut, and Jean-Luc Godard
John Ford began his career in film after moving to California in July 1914. He followed in the footsteps of his multi-talented older brother Francis Ford, twelve years his senior, who had left home years earlier and had worked in vaudeville before becoming a movie actor. Francis played in hundreds of silent pictures for Thomas Edison, Georges Melies and Thomas Ince, eventually progressing to become a prominent Hollywood actor-writer-director with his own production company (101 Bison) at Universal.

Jack Ford started out in his brother's films as an assistant, handyman, stuntman and occasional actor, frequently doubling for his brother, whom he closely resembled. Francis gave his younger brother his first acting role in The Mysterious Rose (November 1914). Despite an often combative relationship, within three years Jack had progressed to become Francis' chief assistant and often worked as his cameraman. By the time Jack Ford was given his first break as a director, Francis' profile was declining and he ceased working as a director soon afterward.

One notable feature of John Ford's films is that he used a 'stock company' of actors, far more so than many directors. Many famous stars appeared in at least two or more Ford films, including Harry Carey, Sr. (the star of 25 Ford silents), Will Rogers, John Wayne, Henry Fonda, Maureen O'Hara, James Stewart, Woody Strode, Richard Widmark, Victor McLaglen, Vera Miles and Jeffrey Hunter. Many of his supporting actors appeared in multiple Ford films, often over a period of several decades, including Ben Johnson, Chill Wills, Andy Devine, Ward Bond, Grant Withers, Mae Marsh, Anna Lee, Harry Carey, Jr., Ken Curtis, Frank Baker, Dolores del Rio, Pedro Armendariz, Hank Worden, John Qualen, Barry Fitzgerald, Arthur Shields, John Carradine, and Carleton Young. Core members of this extended 'troupe', including Ward Bond, John Carradine, Dobe Carey, Mae Marsh, Frank Baker and Ben Johnson, were informally known as the John Ford Stock Company.

Likewise, Ford enjoyed extended working relationships with his production team, and many of his crew worked with him for decades. He made numerous films with the same major collaborators, including producer and business partner Merian C. Cooper, scriptwriters Nunnally Johnson, Dudley Nichols and Frank S. Nugent, and cinematographers Ben F. Reynolds, John W. Brown and George Schneidermann (who between them shot most of Ford's silent films), Joseph H. August, Gregg Toland, Winton Hoch, Charles Lawton Jr., Bert Glennon, Archie Stout and William H. Clothie
Stagecoach (1939) was Ford's first western since 3 Bad Men in 1926, and it was his first with sound. Reputedly Orson Welles watched Stagecoach forty times in preparation for making Citizen Kane. It remains one of the most admired and imitated of all Hollywood movies, not least for its climactic stagecoach chase and the hair-raising horse-jumping scene, performed by the stuntman Yakima Canutt.

The Dudley Nichols-Ben Hecht screenplay was based on an Ernest Haycox story that Ford had spotted in Collier's magazine and he purchased the screen rights for just $2500. Production chief Walter Wanger urged Ford to hire Gary Cooper and Marlene Dietrich for the lead roles, but eventually accepted Ford's decision to cast Claire Trevor as Dallas and a virtual unknown, his friend John Wayne, as Ringo; Wanger reportedly had little further influence over the production.

In making Stagecoach Ford faced entrenched industry prejudice about the now-hackneyed genre which, ironically, he had helped to make so popular. Although low-budget western features and serials were still being churned out in large numbers by 'Poverty Row' studios, the genre had fallen out of favor with the big studios during the 1930s and they were regarded as B-grade 'pulp' movies at best. As a result, Ford shopped the project around Hollywood for almost a year, offering it unsuccessfully to both Joseph Kennedy and David O. Selznick before finally linking with Walter Wanger, an independent producer working through United Artists.

Stagecoach is significant for several reasons—it exploded industry prejudices by becoming both a critical and commercial hit, grossing over US$1 million in its first year (against a budget of just under $400,000), and its success singlehandedly revitalized the moribund genre, showing that Westerns could be "intelligent, artful, great entertainment -- and profitable". It was nominated for seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director, and won two Oscars, for Best Supporting Actor (Thomas Mitchell) and Best Score. Stagecoach became the first in the series of seven classic Ford Westerns filmed on location in Monument Valley.
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Written By: ninny on 08/31/09 at 6:14 am

She was so pretty. :)

Yes she was :)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Reynolds1863 on 08/31/09 at 11:45 am

With all due respect to Diana she pales in comparison to the lovely Queen Noor of Jordan.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Noor_of_Jordan

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 08/31/09 at 12:37 pm

With all due respect to Diana she pales in comparison to the lovely Queen Noor of Jordan.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Noor_of_Jordan

Are you talking about what she has accomplished or her looks?
Should she be compared as she has had more time in her life to do things.She has done many wonderful things, but we will never know what Princess Di could of accomplished.

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Written By: Reynolds1863 on 08/31/09 at 1:52 pm

Are you talking about what she has accomplished or her looks?
Should she be compared as she has had more time in her life to do things.She has done many wonderful things, but we will never know what Princess Di could of accomplished.

I'm not talking about just her looks. Diana had more drama than grace and poise. Queen Noor has grace and poise no drama. I assume you've never read Noor's book or seen her in action. Yes, Queen Noor has accomplished much more than Diana considering that Jordan is an Islamic country.

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Written By: Howard on 08/31/09 at 6:05 pm

It's so sad that she was killed in a car crash,what a way to go. :\'(

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/01/09 at 3:02 am

It's so sad that she was killed in a car crash,what a way to go. :\'(
Some say murdered by a car crash.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/01/09 at 3:04 am

The person of the day...Diana,Princess of Wales

Diana
Princess of Wales
Spouse Charles, Prince of Wales
(29 July 1981 – 28 August 1996)
Issue
Prince William of Wales
Prince Harry of Wales
Full name
Diana Frances Spencer
House House of Windsor
Father John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer
Mother Frances Shand Kydd
Born 1 July 1961(1961-07-01)
Park House, Sandringham, Norfolk
Died 31 August 1997 (aged 36)
Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris, France
Burial Althorp, Northamptonshire

Diana, Princess of Wales, (Diana Frances; née Spencer; 1 July 1961 – 31 August 1997) was the first wife of Charles, Prince of Wales. Their sons, Princes William and Harry, are second and third in line to the thrones of the United Kingdom and fifteen other Commonwealth Realms.

A public figure from the announcement of her engagement to Prince Charles, Diana remained the focus of near-constant media scrutiny in the United Kingdom and around the world before, during and after her marriage, even in the years following her sudden death in a car crash, which was followed by a spontaneous and prolonged show of public mourning. Contemporary responses to Diana's life and legacy were mixed but a popular fascination with the Princess endures. The long-awaited Coroner's Inquest concluded in April 2008 that Diana had been unlawfully killed by the negligent driving of the following vehicles and the driver of the Mercedes in which she was travelling.
On 5 November 1981, Diana's first pregnancy was officially announced, and she frankly discussed her condition with members of the press corps. In the private Lindo wing of St. Mary's Hospital, Paddington on 21 June 1982, Diana gave birth to her first son and heir, William. There was some controversy in the media when she decided to take William, still a baby, on her first major overseas visit to Australia and New Zealand, but which was popularly applauded. By her own admission, Diana had not initially thought to, or insisted upon, bringing William until it was suggested by the Australian Prime Minister.

A second son, Henry was born a little over two years after William on 15 September 1984. According to Diana, she and Prince Charles were closest during her pregnancy with "Harry", as the younger prince became known. She was aware their second child was a boy, but did not share the knowledge with anyone else, including Prince Charles, who was hoping for a girl.

Even during her lifetime, when Diana underwent frequent and regular criticism for her choice of charities, her public image, relationship with the media, as well as her relationship with her husband and his family, Diana was universally regarded as a devoted mother who lavished her sons with attention and affection. Diana rarely deferred to Prince Charles or the royal family, and was often implacable when it came to her children. She chose their first given names, went against the royal custom of circumcision, dismissed a royal family nanny and hired one of her choosing, in addition to choosing their schools, clothes, planning their outings and taking them to school as often as her schedule permitted. She also negotiated her public duties around their time-tables.

Charity work

Starting in the mid- to late 1980s, the Princess of Wales became increasingly known for her support of numerous charities. This stemmed naturally from her role as Princess of Wales—she was expected to visit hospitals and other state agencies in the 20th century model of royal patronage. Diana, however, developed an interest in serious illnesses and health-related matters outside the purview of traditional royal involvement, including AIDS and leprosy. In addition, the Princess patronised charities and organisations working with the homeless, youth, drug addicts and the elderly. From 1989, she was President of Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children.

Diana was most famously, in the last year of her life, the most visible supporter of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines, a campaign that went on to win the Nobel Peace Prize in 1997 after her death, which many believed was a posthumous tribute to the Princess.

In April 1987, the Princess of Wales was one of the first public figures to be photographed touching a person infected with HIV. She contributed to changing the public opinion of AIDS sufferers during the subsequent years, as her involvement with a variety of AIDS charities, not only in the United Kingdom but in North America, Africa and Asia as well, was a consistent public role she embraced.
Technically I did see her twice, once at a screening of the a film with Prince Charles, and the other time I saw her Royal Standard drapped coffin along Kensington Gore on the day of her funeral.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/01/09 at 3:05 am

The co-person of the day...John Ford
John Ford (February 1, 1894 – August 31, 1973) was an American film director of Irish heritage famous for both his westerns such as Stagecoach and The Searchers and adaptations of such classic 20th-century American novels as The Grapes of Wrath. His four Best Director Academy Awards (1935, 1940, 1941, 1952) is a record, although only one of those films, How Green Was My Valley, also won Best Picture.

In a career that spanned more than 50 years, Ford directed 140 films (although nearly all of his silent films are now lost) and he is widely regarded as one of the most important and influential filmmakers of his generation. Ford's films and personality were held in high regard by his colleagues, with Ingmar Bergman and Orson Welles among those who have named him as one of the greatest directors of all time.

In particular, Ford was a pioneer of location shooting and the long shot which frames his characters against a vast, harsh and rugged natural terrain. Ford has further influenced directors as diverse as Akira Kurosawa, Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, Sam Peckinpah, Peter Bogdanovich, Sergio Leone, Clint Eastwood, Wim Wenders, Pedro Costa, Judd Apatow, David Lean, Orson Welles, Ingmar Bergman, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Quentin Tarantino, John Milius, Satyajit Ray, François Truffaut, and Jean-Luc Godard
John Ford began his career in film after moving to California in July 1914. He followed in the footsteps of his multi-talented older brother Francis Ford, twelve years his senior, who had left home years earlier and had worked in vaudeville before becoming a movie actor. Francis played in hundreds of silent pictures for Thomas Edison, Georges Melies and Thomas Ince, eventually progressing to become a prominent Hollywood actor-writer-director with his own production company (101 Bison) at Universal.

Jack Ford started out in his brother's films as an assistant, handyman, stuntman and occasional actor, frequently doubling for his brother, whom he closely resembled. Francis gave his younger brother his first acting role in The Mysterious Rose (November 1914). Despite an often combative relationship, within three years Jack had progressed to become Francis' chief assistant and often worked as his cameraman. By the time Jack Ford was given his first break as a director, Francis' profile was declining and he ceased working as a director soon afterward.

One notable feature of John Ford's films is that he used a 'stock company' of actors, far more so than many directors. Many famous stars appeared in at least two or more Ford films, including Harry Carey, Sr. (the star of 25 Ford silents), Will Rogers, John Wayne, Henry Fonda, Maureen O'Hara, James Stewart, Woody Strode, Richard Widmark, Victor McLaglen, Vera Miles and Jeffrey Hunter. Many of his supporting actors appeared in multiple Ford films, often over a period of several decades, including Ben Johnson, Chill Wills, Andy Devine, Ward Bond, Grant Withers, Mae Marsh, Anna Lee, Harry Carey, Jr., Ken Curtis, Frank Baker, Dolores del Rio, Pedro Armendariz, Hank Worden, John Qualen, Barry Fitzgerald, Arthur Shields, John Carradine, and Carleton Young. Core members of this extended 'troupe', including Ward Bond, John Carradine, Dobe Carey, Mae Marsh, Frank Baker and Ben Johnson, were informally known as the John Ford Stock Company.

Likewise, Ford enjoyed extended working relationships with his production team, and many of his crew worked with him for decades. He made numerous films with the same major collaborators, including producer and business partner Merian C. Cooper, scriptwriters Nunnally Johnson, Dudley Nichols and Frank S. Nugent, and cinematographers Ben F. Reynolds, John W. Brown and George Schneidermann (who between them shot most of Ford's silent films), Joseph H. August, Gregg Toland, Winton Hoch, Charles Lawton Jr., Bert Glennon, Archie Stout and William H. Clothie
Stagecoach (1939) was Ford's first western since 3 Bad Men in 1926, and it was his first with sound. Reputedly Orson Welles watched Stagecoach forty times in preparation for making Citizen Kane. It remains one of the most admired and imitated of all Hollywood movies, not least for its climactic stagecoach chase and the hair-raising horse-jumping scene, performed by the stuntman Yakima Canutt.

The Dudley Nichols-Ben Hecht screenplay was based on an Ernest Haycox story that Ford had spotted in Collier's magazine and he purchased the screen rights for just $2500. Production chief Walter Wanger urged Ford to hire Gary Cooper and Marlene Dietrich for the lead roles, but eventually accepted Ford's decision to cast Claire Trevor as Dallas and a virtual unknown, his friend John Wayne, as Ringo; Wanger reportedly had little further influence over the production.

In making Stagecoach Ford faced entrenched industry prejudice about the now-hackneyed genre which, ironically, he had helped to make so popular. Although low-budget western features and serials were still being churned out in large numbers by 'Poverty Row' studios, the genre had fallen out of favor with the big studios during the 1930s and they were regarded as B-grade 'pulp' movies at best. As a result, Ford shopped the project around Hollywood for almost a year, offering it unsuccessfully to both Joseph Kennedy and David O. Selznick before finally linking with Walter Wanger, an independent producer working through United Artists.

Stagecoach is significant for several reasons—it exploded industry prejudices by becoming both a critical and commercial hit, grossing over US$1 million in its first year (against a budget of just under $400,000), and its success singlehandedly revitalized the moribund genre, showing that Westerns could be "intelligent, artful, great entertainment -- and profitable". It was nominated for seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director, and won two Oscars, for Best Supporting Actor (Thomas Mitchell) and Best Score. Stagecoach became the first in the series of seven classic Ford Westerns filmed on location in Monument Valley.
Love his films.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 09/01/09 at 6:02 am

The word of the day...Hot
1.
1. Having or giving off heat; capable of burning.
2. Being at a high temperature.
2. Being at or exhibiting a temperature that is higher than normal or desirable: a hot forehead.
3. Causing a burning sensation, as in the mouth; spicy: hot peppers; a hot curry.
4.
1. Charged or energized with electricity: a hot wire.
2. Radioactive, especially to a dangerous degree.
5.
1. Marked by intensity of emotion; ardent or fiery: a hot temper.
2. Having or displaying great enthusiasm; eager: hot for travel.
6.
1. Informal. Arousing intense interest, excitement, or controversy: a hot new book; a hot topic.
2. Informal. Marked by excited activity or energy: a hot week on the stock market.
3. Violent; raging: a hot battle.
7. Slang. Sexually excited or exciting.
8. Slang.
1. Recently stolen: a hot car.
2. Wanted by the police: a hot suspect.
9. Close to a successful solution or conclusion: hot on the trail.
10. Informal.
1. Most recent; new or fresh: a hot news item; the hot fashions for fall.
2. Currently very popular or successful: one of the hottest young talents around.
3. Requiring immediate action or attention: a hot opportunity.
11. Slang. Very good or impressive. Often used in the negative: I'm not so hot at math.
12. Slang. Funny or absurd: told a hot one about the neighbors' dog.
13. Slang.
1. Performing with great skill and daring: a hot drummer.
2. Having or characterized by repeated successes: a player who is on a hot streak.
3. Fast and responsive: a hot sports car.
4. Unusually lucky: hot at craps.
14. Music. Of, relating to, or being an emotionally charged style of performance marked by strong rhythms and improvisation: hot jazz.
15. Bold and bright.
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Written By: ninny on 09/01/09 at 6:07 am

The person of the day...Jerry Reed
Jerry Reed Hubbard (March 20, 1937 – September 1, 2008), known professionally as Jerry Reed, was an American country music singer, country guitarist, session musician, songwriter, and actor who appeared in over a dozen films. As a singer, he may be best known for "(Who Was The Man Who Put) The Line In Gasoline"; "Lord, Mr. Ford (What Have You Done)"; "Amos Moses"; "When You're Hot, You're Hot," for which he received the Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance in 1972; and "East Bound and Down", the theme song for the film Smokey and the Bandit, in which he co-starred.
After releasing the 1970 crossover hit "Amos Moses," a hybrid of rock, country, and Cajun styles, which reached #8 on the U.S. Pop charts, Reed teamed with Atkins for the duet LP Me & Jerry. During the 1970 television season, he was a regular on the Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour, and in 1971 he issued his biggest hit, the chart-topper "When You're Hot, You're Hot," which was also the title track of his first solo album, reaching #9 Pop and #6 on Billboard's Easy Listening charts.

A second collaboration with Atkins, Me & Chet, followed in 1972, as did a series of Top 40 singles, which alternated between frenetic, straightforward country offerings and more pop-flavored, countrypolitan material. A year later, he scored his second number one single with "Lord, Mr. Ford" (written by Dick Feller), from the album of the same name.

Atkins, who frequently produced Reed's music, remarked that he had to encourage Reed to put instrumental numbers on his own albums, as Reed always considered himself more of a songwriter than a player. Atkins, however, thought Reed was a better fingerstyle player than he himself was; Reed, according to Atkins, helped him work out the fingerpicking for one of Atkins' biggest hits, "Yakety Axe." Reed, one of only four people to have the title of "Certified Guitar Player" (an award only bestowed to those who have completely mastered guitar), was given this title by Chet Atkins.

Reed was featured in animated form in a December 9, 1972 episode of Hanna-Barbera's The New Scooby-Doo Movies, "The Phantom of the Country Music Hall" (prod. #61-10). He sang and played the song "Pretty Mary Sunlite." That song is played throughout the episode as Scooby and the gang search for Reed's missing guitar.

In the mid-1970s, Reed's recording career began to take a back seat to his acting aspirations. In 1974, he co-starred with his close friend Burt Reynolds in the film W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings. While he continued to record throughout the decade, his greatest visibility was as a motion picture star, almost always in tandem with headliner Reynolds; after 1976's Gator, Reed appeared in 1978's High Ballin and 1979's Hot Stuff. He also co-starred in all three of the Smokey and the Bandit films; the first, which premiered in 1977, landed Reed a Number 2 hit with the soundtrack's "East Bound and Down."

Reed also took a stab at hosting a TV variety show, filming two episodes of The Jerry Reed Show in 1976. The show featured music performances and interview segments, but did not contain the comedy skits that usually were a part of variety shows of the '70s. Guests included Tammy Wynette, Ray Stevens, and Burt Reynolds.

In 1978, he appeared as himself in the television show Alice.

In 1979, he released a record comprising both vocal and instrumental selections titled, appropriately enough, Half & Half. It was followed one year later by Jerry Reed Sings Jim Croce, a tribute to the late singer/songwriter. He starred in a TV movie in that year entitled The Concrete Cowboys.
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Written By: ninny on 09/01/09 at 6:23 am

The co-person of the day...Edgar Rice Burroughs
Edgar Rice Burroughs (September 1, 1875 – March 19, 1950) was an American author, best known for his creation of the jungle hero Tarzan and the heroic Mars adventurer John Carter, although he produced works in many genres.
Burroughs was born on September 1, 1875, in Chicago, Illinois, (although he later lived for many years in the neighboring suburb of Oak Park, Ill.), the son of a businessman. He was educated at a number of local schools, and during the Chicago influenza epidemic in 1891, he spent a half year at his brother's ranch on the Raft River in Idaho. He then attended the Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, and then the Michigan Military Academy. Graduating in 1895, and failing the entrance exam for the United States Military Academy (West Point), he ended up as an enlisted soldier with the 7th U.S. Cavalry in Fort Grant, Arizona Territory. After being diagnosed with a heart problem and thus found ineligible for a commission, he was discharged in 1897.
Bookplate of Edgar Rice Burroughs showing Tarzan holding the planet Mars, surrounded by other characters from Burroughs' stories and symbols relating to his personal interests and career
Typsescript letter, with Tarzana Ranch letterhead, from Edgar Rice Burroughs to Ruthven Deane, explaining the design and significance of his bookplate

What followed was a string of seemingly unrelated and short stint jobs. Following a period of drifting and ranch work in Idaho, Burroughs found work at his father's firm in 1899. He married Emma Centennia Hulbert in 1900. In 1904 he left his job and found less regular work, initially in Idaho but soon back in Chicago.

By 1911, after seven years of low wages, he was working as a pencil sharpener wholesaler and began to write fiction. By this time Burroughs and Emma had two children, Joan and Hulbert. During this period, he had copious spare time and he began reading many pulp fiction magazines and has since claimed:

"...if people were paid for writing rot such as I read in some of those magazines, that I could write stories just as rotten. As a matter of fact, although I had never written a story, I knew absolutely that I could write stories just as entertaining and probably a whole lot more so than any I chanced to read in those magazines."

Aiming his work at these pulp fiction magazines, his first story "Under the Moons of Mars" was serialized in The All-Story magazine in 1912 and earned Burroughs US$400 (roughly the equivalent of US$7600 in 2004).

Burroughs soon took up writing full-time and by the time the run of Under the Moons of Mars had finished he had completed two novels, including Tarzan of the Apes, which was published from October 1912 and went on to begin his most successful series. In 1913, Burroughs and Emma had their third and last child, John Coleman.

Burroughs also wrote popular science fiction and fantasy stories involving Earthly adventurers transported to various planets (notably Barsoom, Burroughs' fictional name for Mars, and Amtor, his fictional name for Venus), lost islands, and into the interior of the hollow earth in his Pellucidar stories, as well as westerns and historical romances. Along with All-Story, many of his stories were published in the Argosy Magazine.

Tarzan was a cultural sensation when introduced. Burroughs was determined to capitalize on Tarzan's popularity in every way possible. He planned to exploit Tarzan through several different media including a syndicated Tarzan comic strip, movies and merchandise. Experts in the field advised against this course of action, stating that the different media would just end up competing against each other. Burroughs went ahead, however, and proved the experts wrong—the public wanted Tarzan in whatever fashion he was offered. Tarzan remains one of the most successful fictional characters to this day and is a cultural icon.

In either 1915 or 1919, Burroughs purchased a large ranch north of Los Angeles, California, which he named "Tarzana." The citizens of the community that sprang up around the ranch voted to adopt that name when their town was formed in either 1927 or 1928.

Also the unincorporated community of Tarzan, Texas, was formally named in 1927 when the postal service accepted the name, reputedly coming from the popularity of the first (silent) "Tarzan of the Apes" film, starring Elmo Lincoln, and an early "Tarzan" comic strip.

In 1923 Burroughs set up his own company, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc., and began printing his own books through the 1930s.

Burroughs divorced Emma in 1934 and married the former actress Florence Gilbert Dearholt in 1935, the former wife of his friend, Ashton Dearholt, and Burroughs adopted the Dearholts' two children. This couple divorced in 1942.

At the time of the attack on Pearl Harbor, Burroughs was a resident of Hawaii and, despite being in his late sixties, he applied for permission to become a war correspondent. This permission was granted, and so he became one of the oldest war correspondent for the U.S. during World War II. After the war ended, Burroughs moved back to Encino, California, where, after many health problems, he died of a heart attack on March 19, 1950, having written almost seventy novels.

The towns of Tarzana, Calif., and Tarzan, Texas, were named after Tarzan. The Burroughs crater on Mars is named in Burroughs's honor.
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/01/09 at 6:25 am

The word of the day...Hot
1.
1. Having or giving off heat; capable of burning.
2. Being at a high temperature.
2. Being at or exhibiting a temperature that is higher than normal or desirable: a hot forehead.
3. Causing a burning sensation, as in the mouth; spicy: hot peppers; a hot curry.
4.
1. Charged or energized with electricity: a hot wire.
2. Radioactive, especially to a dangerous degree.
5.
1. Marked by intensity of emotion; ardent or fiery: a hot temper.
2. Having or displaying great enthusiasm; eager: hot for travel.
6.
1. Informal. Arousing intense interest, excitement, or controversy: a hot new book; a hot topic.
2. Informal. Marked by excited activity or energy: a hot week on the stock market.
3. Violent; raging: a hot battle.
7. Slang. Sexually excited or exciting.
8. Slang.
1. Recently stolen: a hot car.
2. Wanted by the police: a hot suspect.
9. Close to a successful solution or conclusion: hot on the trail.
10. Informal.
1. Most recent; new or fresh: a hot news item; the hot fashions for fall.
2. Currently very popular or successful: one of the hottest young talents around.
3. Requiring immediate action or attention: a hot opportunity.
11. Slang. Very good or impressive. Often used in the negative: I'm not so hot at math.
12. Slang. Funny or absurd: told a hot one about the neighbors' dog.
13. Slang.
1. Performing with great skill and daring: a hot drummer.
2. Having or characterized by repeated successes: a player who is on a hot streak.
3. Fast and responsive: a hot sports car.
4. Unusually lucky: hot at craps.
14. Music. Of, relating to, or being an emotionally charged style of performance marked by strong rhythms and improvisation: hot jazz.
15. Bold and bright.

Hot Hot Hot ~ The Arrows

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 09/01/09 at 6:29 am

*Honorable mention*...Yvonne De Carlo
Yvonne De Carlo (September 1, 1922 – January 8, 2007) was a Canadian-born American film and television actress, dancer and singer. In her six-decade career, her most prolific appearances in film came in the 1940s and 1950s and included her best-known film roles, such as Salome Where She Danced and The Ten Commandments, opposite Charlton Heston. In the 1960s, she gained a whole new generation of fans, playing "Lily Munster" on CBS television series The Munsters, opposite Fred Gwynne.
Her break came in 1945 playing the title role in Salome, Where She Danced. Though not a critical success, it was a box office favorite, and De Carlo was hailed as an up-and-coming star. Of the role, she was less sure, saying of her entrance, "I came through these beaded curtains, wearing a Japanese kimono and a Japanese headpiece, and then performed a Siamese dance. Nobody seemed to know quite why."

In 1947 she played her first leading role in Slave Girl and then in 1949 had her biggest success. As the female lead opposite Burt Lancaster in Criss Cross, she played a femme fatale, and her career began to ascend. The 1957 film Band of Angels featured her opposite Clark Gable in an American Civil War story, along with Sidney Poitier and Efrem Zimbalist, Jr.

The actress worked steadily for the next several years, although many of the films failed to advance her career.

Cast in The Ten Commandments (1956) in a leading role (as Zipporah, also spelled Sephora, Moses' wife), De Carlo became part of a major hit. The film was a huge success and De Carlo was praised for her restrained work in a feature in which several other performances were considered somewhat over-the-top.

Character actress

Prior to becoming a full-fledged moviestar, De Carlo also became a character actress, and made her debut on a 1952 episode of Lights Out. The part led to other roles in The Ford Television Theatre, Screen Directors Playhouse, Shower of Stars, Schlitz Playhouse of Stars, Playhouse 90, Bonanza, Burke's Law, 2 episodes of Follow the Sun, Adventures in Paradise, The Greatest Show on Earth, The Girl from U.N.C.L.E., Custer, The Name of the Game, 2 episodes of The Virginian, among many others.

Television series

The Munsters

The year 1964 was a rocky one for De Carlo, as she was deeply in debt. After having worked for over 30 years, her film career came to a sudden end, and she was suffering from depression. Her life changed, however, when she signed a contract with Universal Studios after receiving an offer to perform the female lead role in the cult sitcom The Munsters opposite Fred Gwynne as Herman Munster. She was also the producers' choice to play Lily Munster when Joan Marshall, who played Phoebe, was dropped from consideration for the role. The short-lived cult sitcom also starred familiar actor Al Lewis as Lily's father, Grandpa Munster, and unfamiliar actors Beverley Owen and Pat Priest as Marilyn Munster and Butch Patrick as Eddie Munster.

During its second season, ratings began to drop, thanks in part to the debut of Batman, which dominated the ratings, early in 1966. Later that year, De Carlo accepted an offer to reprise her role in a color Munster movie, Munster, Go Home! (1966), partially in hopes of renewing interest in the TV series. Despite the attempt Munsters was canceled after 70 episodes
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 09/01/09 at 6:29 am

Hot Hot Hot ~ The Arrows

Hot Blooded- Foreigner

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/01/09 at 6:50 am

Hot Blooded- Foreigner
Hot Love ~ T.Rex

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 09/01/09 at 6:50 am

Hot Hot Hot Buster Poindexter.

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Written By: ninny on 09/01/09 at 6:53 am

Hot Child In The City - Nick Gilder

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 09/01/09 at 6:55 am

A group by the name of Arrow sang the original Hot Hot Hot in the late 70's.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Reynolds1863 on 09/01/09 at 8:59 am

De Carlo was such a stunning beauty and a talented actress. It's almost a shame she was typecast. . . but hey if you're gonna be typecast you can't beat Lily Munster. 8)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 09/01/09 at 9:41 am

A group by the name of Arrow sang the original Hot Hot Hot in the late 70's.

Yep, Phil mentioned that in an earlier post. ;)

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Written By: ninny on 09/01/09 at 9:44 am

De Carlo was such a stunning beauty and a talented actress. It's almost a shame she was typecast. . . but hey if you're gonna be typecast you can't beat Lily Munster. 8)

I've only seen her in The Ten Commandments and The Munsters.. and she is beautiful. :)

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Written By: CatwomanofV on 09/01/09 at 10:09 am

I've only seen her in The Ten Commandments and The Munsters.. and she is beautiful. :)

I agree. Even with all the "Lily" make-up on, she was beautiful.

Cat

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/01/09 at 2:10 pm

I've only seen her in The Ten Commandments and The Munsters.. and she is beautiful. :)
I only know her from The Munsters.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 09/01/09 at 2:45 pm

I've only seen her in The Ten Commandments and The Munsters.. and she is beautiful. :)

Wasn't she in The new Munsters in the late 80's? ???

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 09/01/09 at 2:52 pm

Wasn't she in The new Munsters in the late 80's? ???

I don't think so..the one that had John Schuck as Herman?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 09/01/09 at 2:55 pm

I don't think so..the one that had John Schuck as Herman?

Yeah,that's the one, Thanks Ninny.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 09/01/09 at 3:51 pm

Yeah,that's the one, Thanks Ninny.

Your Welcome :)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Michael C. on 09/01/09 at 4:54 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bzewk-FMgS0

Jerry Reed----When You're Hot You're Hot....

The person of the day...Jerry Reed
Jerry Reed Hubbard (March 20, 1937 – September 1, 2008), known professionally as Jerry Reed, was an American country music singer, country guitarist, session musician, songwriter, and actor who appeared in over a dozen films. As a singer, he may be best known for "(Who Was The Man Who Put) The Line In Gasoline"; "Lord, Mr. Ford (What Have You Done)"; "Amos Moses"; "When You're Hot, You're Hot," for which he received the Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance in 1972; and "East Bound and Down", the theme song for the film Smokey and the Bandit, in which he co-starred.
After releasing the 1970 crossover hit "Amos Moses," a hybrid of rock, country, and Cajun styles, which reached #8 on the U.S. Pop charts, Reed teamed with Atkins for the duet LP Me & Jerry. During the 1970 television season, he was a regular on the Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour, and in 1971 he issued his biggest hit, the chart-topper "When You're Hot, You're Hot," which was also the title track of his first solo album, reaching #9 Pop and #6 on Billboard's Easy Listening charts.

A second collaboration with Atkins, Me & Chet, followed in 1972, as did a series of Top 40 singles, which alternated between frenetic, straightforward country offerings and more pop-flavored, countrypolitan material. A year later, he scored his second number one single with "Lord, Mr. Ford" (written by Dick Feller), from the album of the same name.

Atkins, who frequently produced Reed's music, remarked that he had to encourage Reed to put instrumental numbers on his own albums, as Reed always considered himself more of a songwriter than a player. Atkins, however, thought Reed was a better fingerstyle player than he himself was; Reed, according to Atkins, helped him work out the fingerpicking for one of Atkins' biggest hits, "Yakety Axe." Reed, one of only four people to have the title of "Certified Guitar Player" (an award only bestowed to those who have completely mastered guitar), was given this title by Chet Atkins.

Reed was featured in animated form in a December 9, 1972 episode of Hanna-Barbera's The New Scooby-Doo Movies, "The Phantom of the Country Music Hall" (prod. #61-10). He sang and played the song "Pretty Mary Sunlite." That song is played throughout the episode as Scooby and the gang search for Reed's missing guitar.

In the mid-1970s, Reed's recording career began to take a back seat to his acting aspirations. In 1974, he co-starred with his close friend Burt Reynolds in the film W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings. While he continued to record throughout the decade, his greatest visibility was as a motion picture star, almost always in tandem with headliner Reynolds; after 1976's Gator, Reed appeared in 1978's High Ballin and 1979's Hot Stuff. He also co-starred in all three of the Smokey and the Bandit films; the first, which premiered in 1977, landed Reed a Number 2 hit with the soundtrack's "East Bound and Down."

Reed also took a stab at hosting a TV variety show, filming two episodes of The Jerry Reed Show in 1976. The show featured music performances and interview segments, but did not contain the comedy skits that usually were a part of variety shows of the '70s. Guests included Tammy Wynette, Ray Stevens, and Burt Reynolds.

In 1978, he appeared as himself in the television show Alice.

In 1979, he released a record comprising both vocal and instrumental selections titled, appropriately enough, Half & Half. It was followed one year later by Jerry Reed Sings Jim Croce, a tribute to the late singer/songwriter. He starred in a TV movie in that year entitled The Concrete Cowboys.
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Michael C. on 09/01/09 at 4:58 pm

I tried to find the group, Hot's 1977 Hit Angel In Your Arms....Couldn't.....

The word of the day...Hot
1.
1. Having or giving off heat; capable of burning.
2. Being at a high temperature.
2. Being at or exhibiting a temperature that is higher than normal or desirable: a hot forehead.
3. Causing a burning sensation, as in the mouth; spicy: hot peppers; a hot curry.
4.
1. Charged or energized with electricity: a hot wire.
2. Radioactive, especially to a dangerous degree.
5.
1. Marked by intensity of emotion; ardent or fiery: a hot temper.
2. Having or displaying great enthusiasm; eager: hot for travel.
6.
1. Informal. Arousing intense interest, excitement, or controversy: a hot new book; a hot topic.
2. Informal. Marked by excited activity or energy: a hot week on the stock market.
3. Violent; raging: a hot battle.
7. Slang. Sexually excited or exciting.
8. Slang.
1. Recently stolen: a hot car.
2. Wanted by the police: a hot suspect.
9. Close to a successful solution or conclusion: hot on the trail.
10. Informal.
1. Most recent; new or fresh: a hot news item; the hot fashions for fall.
2. Currently very popular or successful: one of the hottest young talents around.
3. Requiring immediate action or attention: a hot opportunity.
11. Slang. Very good or impressive. Often used in the negative: I'm not so hot at math.
12. Slang. Funny or absurd: told a hot one about the neighbors' dog.
13. Slang.
1. Performing with great skill and daring: a hot drummer.
2. Having or characterized by repeated successes: a player who is on a hot streak.
3. Fast and responsive: a hot sports car.
4. Unusually lucky: hot at craps.
14. Music. Of, relating to, or being an emotionally charged style of performance marked by strong rhythms and improvisation: hot jazz.
15. Bold and bright.
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Michael C. on 09/01/09 at 5:07 pm

You mean... ::)....as in..... :)...My Girlfriend's freakin'{being nice :-X} H O T !!!!... :o... ;).....
The word of the day...Hot
1.
1. Having or giving off heat; capable of burning.
2. Being at a high temperature.
2. Being at or exhibiting a temperature that is higher than normal or desirable: a hot forehead.
3. Causing a burning sensation, as in the mouth; spicy: hot peppers; a hot curry.
4.
1. Charged or energized with electricity: a hot wire.
2. Radioactive, especially to a dangerous degree.
5.
1. Marked by intensity of emotion; ardent or fiery: a hot temper.
2. Having or displaying great enthusiasm; eager: hot for travel.
6.
1. Informal. Arousing intense interest, excitement, or controversy: a hot new book; a hot topic.
2. Informal. Marked by excited activity or energy: a hot week on the stock market.
3. Violent; raging: a hot battle.
7. Slang. Sexually excited or exciting.
8. Slang.
1. Recently stolen: a hot car.
2. Wanted by the police: a hot suspect.
9. Close to a successful solution or conclusion: hot on the trail.
10. Informal.
1. Most recent; new or fresh: a hot news item; the hot fashions for fall.
2. Currently very popular or successful: one of the hottest young talents around.
3. Requiring immediate action or attention: a hot opportunity.
11. Slang. Very good or impressive. Often used in the negative: I'm not so hot at math.
12. Slang. Funny or absurd: told a hot one about the neighbors' dog.
13. Slang.
1. Performing with great skill and daring: a hot drummer.
2. Having or characterized by repeated successes: a player who is on a hot streak.
3. Fast and responsive: a hot sports car.
4. Unusually lucky: hot at craps.
14. Music. Of, relating to, or being an emotionally charged style of performance marked by strong rhythms and improvisation: hot jazz.
15. Bold and bright.
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Michael C. on 09/01/09 at 5:14 pm

In the original Munsters pilot....Lily was called Phoebe and played by Joan {Homicidal} Marshall....
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*Honorable mention*...Yvonne De Carlo
Yvonne De Carlo (September 1, 1922 – January 8, 2007) was a Canadian-born American film and television actress, dancer and singer. In her six-decade career, her most prolific appearances in film came in the 1940s and 1950s and included her best-known film roles, such as Salome Where She Danced and The Ten Commandments, opposite Charlton Heston. In the 1960s, she gained a whole new generation of fans, playing "Lily Munster" on CBS television series The Munsters, opposite Fred Gwynne.
Her break came in 1945 playing the title role in Salome, Where She Danced. Though not a critical success, it was a box office favorite, and De Carlo was hailed as an up-and-coming star. Of the role, she was less sure, saying of her entrance, "I came through these beaded curtains, wearing a Japanese kimono and a Japanese headpiece, and then performed a Siamese dance. Nobody seemed to know quite why."

In 1947 she played her first leading role in Slave Girl and then in 1949 had her biggest success. As the female lead opposite Burt Lancaster in Criss Cross, she played a femme fatale, and her career began to ascend. The 1957 film Band of Angels featured her opposite Clark Gable in an American Civil War story, along with Sidney Poitier and Efrem Zimbalist, Jr.

The actress worked steadily for the next several years, although many of the films failed to advance her career.

Cast in The Ten Commandments (1956) in a leading role (as Zipporah, also spelled Sephora, Moses' wife), De Carlo became part of a major hit. The film was a huge success and De Carlo was praised for her restrained work in a feature in which several other performances were considered somewhat over-the-top.

Character actress

Prior to becoming a full-fledged moviestar, De Carlo also became a character actress, and made her debut on a 1952 episode of Lights Out. The part led to other roles in The Ford Television Theatre, Screen Directors Playhouse, Shower of Stars, Schlitz Playhouse of Stars, Playhouse 90, Bonanza, Burke's Law, 2 episodes of Follow the Sun, Adventures in Paradise, The Greatest Show on Earth, The Girl from U.N.C.L.E., Custer, The Name of the Game, 2 episodes of The Virginian, among many others.

Television series

The Munsters

The year 1964 was a rocky one for De Carlo, as she was deeply in debt. After having worked for over 30 years, her film career came to a sudden end, and she was suffering from depression. Her life changed, however, when she signed a contract with Universal Studios after receiving an offer to perform the female lead role in the cult sitcom The Munsters opposite Fred Gwynne as Herman Munster. She was also the producers' choice to play Lily Munster when Joan Marshall, who played Phoebe, was dropped from consideration for the role. The short-lived cult sitcom also starred familiar actor Al Lewis as Lily's father, Grandpa Munster, and unfamiliar actors Beverley Owen and Pat Priest as Marilyn Munster and Butch Patrick as Eddie Munster.

During its second season, ratings began to drop, thanks in part to the debut of Batman, which dominated the ratings, early in 1966. Later that year, De Carlo accepted an offer to reprise her role in a color Munster movie, Munster, Go Home! (1966), partially in hopes of renewing interest in the TV series. Despite the attempt Munsters was canceled after 70 episodes
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Womble on 09/01/09 at 6:54 pm

In the original Munsters pilot....Lily was called Phoebe and played by Joan {Homicidal} Marshall....
http://www.the-reelgillman.com/munsters/images/phoebe2.jpg

Wow! I never knew that. I'm so glad Yvonne got the part. She was perfect in the role and so beautiful even in the fright make-up. Thanks for sharing the info, Michael! :)

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Written By: Reynolds1863 on 09/01/09 at 8:39 pm

I don't think so..the one that had John Schuck as Herman?

No they had some other lady that didn't cut it. :P

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/02/09 at 2:43 am

How about the aroma of freshly baked (hot) bread?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 09/02/09 at 5:15 am

In the original Munsters pilot....Lily was called Phoebe and played by Joan {Homicidal} Marshall....
http://www.the-reelgillman.com/munsters/images/phoebe2.jpg

Nice pic find..Thanks :)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 09/02/09 at 5:16 am

How about the aroma of freshly baked (hot) bread?

I'm hungry :)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 09/02/09 at 5:22 am

The word of the day...Fantasy
1. The creative imagination; unrestrained fancy. See synonyms at imagination.
2. Something, such as an invention, that is a creation of the fancy.
3. A capricious or fantastic idea; a conceit.
4.
1. Fiction characterized by highly fanciful or supernatural elements.
2. An example of such fiction.
5. An imagined event or sequence of mental images, such as a daydream, usually fulfilling a wish or psychological need.
6. An unrealistic or improbable supposition.
7. Music. See fantasia (sense 1).
8. A coin issued especially by a questionable authority and not intended for use as currency.
9. Obsolete. A hallucination.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/02/09 at 5:25 am

The word of the day...Fantasy
1. The creative imagination; unrestrained fancy. See synonyms at imagination.
2. Something, such as an invention, that is a creation of the fancy.
3. A capricious or fantastic idea; a conceit.
4.
1. Fiction characterized by highly fanciful or supernatural elements.
2. An example of such fiction.
5. An imagined event or sequence of mental images, such as a daydream, usually fulfilling a wish or psychological need.
6. An unrealistic or improbable supposition.
7. Music. See fantasia (sense 1).
8. A coin issued especially by a questionable authority and not intended for use as currency.
9. Obsolete. A hallucination.
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 09/02/09 at 5:26 am

The person of the day...J.R.R. Tolkien
ohn Ronald Reuel Tolkien, CBE (pronounced /ˈtɒlkiːn/; in General American also ) (3 January 1892 – 2 September 1973) was an English writer, poet, philologist, and university professor, best known as the author of the classic high fantasy works The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion.

Tolkien was Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford from 1925 to 1945, and Merton Professor of English Language and Literature from 1945 to 1959. He was a close friend of C. S. Lewis—they were both members of the informal literary discussion group known as the Inklings. Tolkien was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II on 28 March 1972.

After his death, Tolkien's son, Christopher, published a series of works based on his father's extensive notes and unpublished manuscripts, including The Silmarillion. These, together with The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, form a connected body of tales, poems, fictional histories, invented languages, and literary essays about an imagined world called Arda, and Middle-earth within it. Between 1951 and 1955 Tolkien applied the word legendarium to the larger part of these writings.

While many other authors had published works of fantasy before Tolkien, the great success of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings when they were published in paperback in the United States led directly to a popular resurgence of the genre. This has caused Tolkien to be popularly identified as the "father" of modern fantasy literature—or more precisely, high fantasy. Tolkien's writings have inspired many other works of fantasy and have had a lasting effect on the entire field. In 2008, The Times ranked him sixth on a list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945".
Tolkien's first civilian job after World War I was at the Oxford English Dictionary, where he worked mainly on the history and etymology of words of Germanic origin beginning with the letter W. In 1920 he took up a post as Reader in English language at the University of Leeds, and in 1924 was made a professor there. While at Leeds he produced A Middle English Vocabulary and, (with E. V. Gordon), a definitive edition of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, both becoming academic standard works for many decades. He also translated Pearl and Sir Orfeo. In 1925 he returned to Oxford as Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon, with a fellowship at Pembroke College.
20 Northmoor Road, the former home of J. R. R. Tolkien in North Oxford

During his time at Pembroke, Tolkien wrote The Hobbit and the first two volumes of The Lord of the Rings, largely at 20 Northmoor Road in North Oxford, where a blue plaque was placed in 2002. He also published a philological essay in 1932 on the name "Nodens", following Sir Mortimer Wheeler's unearthing of a Roman Asclepieion at Lydney Park, Gloucestershire, in 1928.

Of Tolkien's academic publications, the 1936 lecture "Beowulf: the Monsters and the Critics" had a lasting influence on Beowulf research. Lewis E. Nicholson said that the article Tolkien wrote about Beowulf is "widely recognized as a turning point in Beowulfian criticism", noting that Tolkien established the primacy of the poetic nature of the work as opposed to the purely linguistic elements. At the time, the consensus of scholarship deprecated Beowulf for dealing with childish battles with monsters rather than realistic tribal warfare; Tolkien argued that the author of Beowulf was addressing human destiny in general, not as limited by particular tribal politics, and therefore the monsters were essential to the poem. Where Beowulf does deal with specific tribal struggles, as at Finnsburg, Tolkien argued firmly against reading in fantastic elements. In the essay, Tolkien also revealed how highly he regarded Beowulf: "Beowulf is among my most valued sources," and this influence can be seen in The Lord of the Rings.

In 1945, Tolkien moved to Merton College, Oxford, becoming the Merton Professor of English Language and Literature, in which post he remained until his retirement in 1959. He served as an external examiner for the Catholic University of Ireland for many years. In 1954 Tolkien received an honorary degree from the National University of Ireland. Tolkien completed The Lord of the Rings in 1948, close to a decade after the first sketches.

Tolkien also helped to translate the Jerusalem Bible, which was published in 1966.
During his life in retirement, from 1959 up to his death in 1973, Tolkien received steadily increasing public attention and literary fame. The sales of his books were so profitable that he regretted he had not chosen early retirement. While at first he wrote enthusiastic answers to readers' enquiries, he became more and more suspicious of emerging Tolkien fandom, especially among the hippie movement in the United States. In a 1972 letter he deplores having become a cult-figure, but admits that:

... even the nose of a very modest idol cannot remain entirely untickled by the sweet smell of incense!

Fan attention became so intense that Tolkien had to take his phone number out of the public directory and eventually he and Edith moved to Bournemouth on the south coast.

Tolkien was appointed by Queen Elizabeth II a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the New Year's Honours List of 1 January 1972 and received the insignia of the Order at Buckingham Palace on 28 March 1972.
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Written By: ninny on 09/02/09 at 5:28 am

The first, third and fifth images are not showing up.

Not sure why..I can see them on my screen :-\\

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Written By: gibbo on 09/02/09 at 5:29 am

The first, third and fifth images are not showing up.

I can't see 1st, 2nd and 4th pics.... :-\\

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Written By: ninny on 09/02/09 at 5:30 am

The co-person of the day...Bob Denver
Robert Osbourne "Bob" Denver (January 9, 1935 – September 2, 2005) was an American comedic actor best known for his role as Gilligan on the television series Gilligan's Island. Prior to Gilligan's Island, he played beatnik Maynard G. Krebs on the 1959-1963 TV series The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis.
He costarred with Dwayne Hickman on The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis in 1959. Hickman, also a Loyola graduate, played the title role and Denver played Maynard G. Krebs. Also in the series was Sheila Kuehl, who played Zelda, and Steven Franken, who played the dilettante playboy Chatsworth Osborne, Jr. While he was on Dobie Gillis, Denver also appeared on the NBC interview program Here's Hollywood. He also had a small role as an unrequited lover on the Andy Griffith Show. He landed a small role in the 1963 James Stewart film, Take Her, She's Mine, playing a beatnik poet working at a coffee shop named "The Sleeping Pill," and was credited as "Robert Denver." Denver also appeared in the 1964 beach movie For Those Who Think Young with Tina Louise prior to the development of Gilligan's Island. He also appeared in the 1967 comedy film Who's Minding the Mint.

He was remembered primarily as a comic actor, yet Denver also appeared in one dramatic role on television, as a physician (Dr. Paul Garrett) in one episode of Dr. Kildare, telecast on October 10, 1963. The episode, "If You Can't Handle the Truth," also featured Barbara Eden and Ken Berry.

When Dobie Gillis ended in 1963, Denver landed the title role on Gilligan's Island, which ran for three seasons on CBS.

Later career

After the conclusion of Gilligan's Island, he performed in other shows such as The Good Guys (1968–1970), Love American Style, and Dusty's Trail (1973) (a facsimile of Gilligan's Island, with the basis of a lost wagon train). He also starred in a children's program, Far Out Space Nuts (1975), which was essentially Gilligan in space. These shows were appreciated by Bob Denver fans, but none of them matched the wider audience success of his earlier roles.

In 1998, Denver was arrested for having a parcel of marijuana delivered to his home. He originally said that the parcel had come from Dawn Wells (who had played "Mary Ann" on Gilligan's Island) but later refused to name her in court, and testified that "some crazy fan must have sent it". The police reportedly found more of the plant and related paraphernalia in Denver's home. He pleaded no contest and received six months probation..

Later on in his life, Denver returned to his adopted home of Princeton, West Virginia and became an FM radio personality. He and his wife Dreama ran a small "oldies format" station, WGAG-LP. He also earned a small income making public appearances, often costumed as Gilligan. In 1987, he recreated the character of Gilligan as a bartender in Back to the Beach in which he complained about having been stranded on an island with a guy who could make a nuclear reactor out of coconuts but could not fix a hole in a boat.
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e395/G4WebbHead/Americana%20Popcardz%20and%20Entertainment/BobDenver.jpg
http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r310/YogiWanKenobi/BobDenver.jpg

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/02/09 at 5:31 am

Not sure why..I can see them on my screen :-\\
It has bandwidth exceeded on them.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/02/09 at 5:32 am

The person of the day...J.R.R. Tolkien
ohn Ronald Reuel Tolkien, CBE (pronounced /ˈtɒlkiːn/; in General American also ) (3 January 1892 – 2 September 1973) was an English writer, poet, philologist, and university professor, best known as the author of the classic high fantasy works The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion.

Tolkien was Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford from 1925 to 1945, and Merton Professor of English Language and Literature from 1945 to 1959. He was a close friend of C. S. Lewis—they were both members of the informal literary discussion group known as the Inklings. Tolkien was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II on 28 March 1972.

After his death, Tolkien's son, Christopher, published a series of works based on his father's extensive notes and unpublished manuscripts, including The Silmarillion. These, together with The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, form a connected body of tales, poems, fictional histories, invented languages, and literary essays about an imagined world called Arda, and Middle-earth within it. Between 1951 and 1955 Tolkien applied the word legendarium to the larger part of these writings.

While many other authors had published works of fantasy before Tolkien, the great success of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings when they were published in paperback in the United States led directly to a popular resurgence of the genre. This has caused Tolkien to be popularly identified as the "father" of modern fantasy literature—or more precisely, high fantasy. Tolkien's writings have inspired many other works of fantasy and have had a lasting effect on the entire field. In 2008, The Times ranked him sixth on a list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945".
Tolkien's first civilian job after World War I was at the Oxford English Dictionary, where he worked mainly on the history and etymology of words of Germanic origin beginning with the letter W. In 1920 he took up a post as Reader in English language at the University of Leeds, and in 1924 was made a professor there. While at Leeds he produced A Middle English Vocabulary and, (with E. V. Gordon), a definitive edition of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, both becoming academic standard works for many decades. He also translated Pearl and Sir Orfeo. In 1925 he returned to Oxford as Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon, with a fellowship at Pembroke College.
20 Northmoor Road, the former home of J. R. R. Tolkien in North Oxford

During his time at Pembroke, Tolkien wrote The Hobbit and the first two volumes of The Lord of the Rings, largely at 20 Northmoor Road in North Oxford, where a blue plaque was placed in 2002. He also published a philological essay in 1932 on the name "Nodens", following Sir Mortimer Wheeler's unearthing of a Roman Asclepieion at Lydney Park, Gloucestershire, in 1928.

Of Tolkien's academic publications, the 1936 lecture "Beowulf: the Monsters and the Critics" had a lasting influence on Beowulf research. Lewis E. Nicholson said that the article Tolkien wrote about Beowulf is "widely recognized as a turning point in Beowulfian criticism", noting that Tolkien established the primacy of the poetic nature of the work as opposed to the purely linguistic elements. At the time, the consensus of scholarship deprecated Beowulf for dealing with childish battles with monsters rather than realistic tribal warfare; Tolkien argued that the author of Beowulf was addressing human destiny in general, not as limited by particular tribal politics, and therefore the monsters were essential to the poem. Where Beowulf does deal with specific tribal struggles, as at Finnsburg, Tolkien argued firmly against reading in fantastic elements. In the essay, Tolkien also revealed how highly he regarded Beowulf: "Beowulf is among my most valued sources," and this influence can be seen in The Lord of the Rings.

In 1945, Tolkien moved to Merton College, Oxford, becoming the Merton Professor of English Language and Literature, in which post he remained until his retirement in 1959. He served as an external examiner for the Catholic University of Ireland for many years. In 1954 Tolkien received an honorary degree from the National University of Ireland. Tolkien completed The Lord of the Rings in 1948, close to a decade after the first sketches.

Tolkien also helped to translate the Jerusalem Bible, which was published in 1966.
During his life in retirement, from 1959 up to his death in 1973, Tolkien received steadily increasing public attention and literary fame. The sales of his books were so profitable that he regretted he had not chosen early retirement. While at first he wrote enthusiastic answers to readers' enquiries, he became more and more suspicious of emerging Tolkien fandom, especially among the hippie movement in the United States. In a 1972 letter he deplores having become a cult-figure, but admits that:

... even the nose of a very modest idol cannot remain entirely untickled by the sweet smell of incense!

Fan attention became so intense that Tolkien had to take his phone number out of the public directory and eventually he and Edith moved to Bournemouth on the south coast.

Tolkien was appointed by Queen Elizabeth II a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the New Year's Honours List of 1 January 1972 and received the insignia of the Order at Buckingham Palace on 28 March 1972.
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This is one author I have never read.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/02/09 at 5:34 am

Hoping it works....

http://wpcontent.answers.com/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Tolkien%27s_Plough_and_Harrow_blue_plaque.jpg/180px-Tolkien%27s_Plough_and_Harrow_blue_plaque.jpg

On the wall of the Plough and Harrow public house, Hagley Road, Birmingham.

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Written By: ninny on 09/02/09 at 5:37 am

Here are some more fantasy pics..let me know if they show up.

http://i971.photobucket.com/albums/ae200/fypisces/Fantasy/fantasy2108c37.jpg
http://i674.photobucket.com/albums/vv102/colindavb/Psp/fantasy.gif
http://i696.photobucket.com/albums/vv324/jobcompel/Fantasy/fantasy2308b.jpg
http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee91/Gypsy48/Fantasy/6c87ded9587699ffa5b70c54e86_prev.jpg

What's really weird is when I went back to Photobucket some of the original pics are not there. :-\\ :-\\

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Written By: ninny on 09/02/09 at 5:37 am

Hoping it works....

http://wpcontent.answers.com/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Tolkien%27s_Plough_and_Harrow_blue_plaque.jpg/180px-Tolkien%27s_Plough_and_Harrow_blue_plaque.jpg

On the wall of the Plough and Harrow public house, Hagley Road, Birmingham.

I see it just fine :)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/02/09 at 5:42 am

The co-person of the day...Bob Denver
Robert Osbourne "Bob" Denver (January 9, 1935 – September 2, 2005) was an American comedic actor best known for his role as Gilligan on the television series Gilligan's Island. Prior to Gilligan's Island, he played beatnik Maynard G. Krebs on the 1959-1963 TV series The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis.
He costarred with Dwayne Hickman on The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis in 1959. Hickman, also a Loyola graduate, played the title role and Denver played Maynard G. Krebs. Also in the series was Sheila Kuehl, who played Zelda, and Steven Franken, who played the dilettante playboy Chatsworth Osborne, Jr. While he was on Dobie Gillis, Denver also appeared on the NBC interview program Here's Hollywood. He also had a small role as an unrequited lover on the Andy Griffith Show. He landed a small role in the 1963 James Stewart film, Take Her, She's Mine, playing a beatnik poet working at a coffee shop named "The Sleeping Pill," and was credited as "Robert Denver." Denver also appeared in the 1964 beach movie For Those Who Think Young with Tina Louise prior to the development of Gilligan's Island. He also appeared in the 1967 comedy film Who's Minding the Mint.

He was remembered primarily as a comic actor, yet Denver also appeared in one dramatic role on television, as a physician (Dr. Paul Garrett) in one episode of Dr. Kildare, telecast on October 10, 1963. The episode, "If You Can't Handle the Truth," also featured Barbara Eden and Ken Berry.

When Dobie Gillis ended in 1963, Denver landed the title role on Gilligan's Island, which ran for three seasons on CBS.

Later career

After the conclusion of Gilligan's Island, he performed in other shows such as The Good Guys (1968–1970), Love American Style, and Dusty's Trail (1973) (a facsimile of Gilligan's Island, with the basis of a lost wagon train). He also starred in a children's program, Far Out Space Nuts (1975), which was essentially Gilligan in space. These shows were appreciated by Bob Denver fans, but none of them matched the wider audience success of his earlier roles.

In 1998, Denver was arrested for having a parcel of marijuana delivered to his home. He originally said that the parcel had come from Dawn Wells (who had played "Mary Ann" on Gilligan's Island) but later refused to name her in court, and testified that "some crazy fan must have sent it". The police reportedly found more of the plant and related paraphernalia in Denver's home. He pleaded no contest and received six months probation..

Later on in his life, Denver returned to his adopted home of Princeton, West Virginia and became an FM radio personality. He and his wife Dreama ran a small "oldies format" station, WGAG-LP. He also earned a small income making public appearances, often costumed as Gilligan. In 1987, he recreated the character of Gilligan as a bartender in Back to the Beach in which he complained about having been stranded on an island with a guy who could make a nuclear reactor out of coconuts but could not fix a hole in a boat.
Before Howard aasks, Bob Denver is NOT related to John Denver.

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Written By: gibbo on 09/02/09 at 5:46 am

Here are some more fantasy pics..let me know if they show up.

http://i971.photobucket.com/albums/ae200/fypisces/Fantasy/fantasy2108c37.jpg
http://i674.photobucket.com/albums/vv102/colindavb/Psp/fantasy.gif
http://i696.photobucket.com/albums/vv324/jobcompel/Fantasy/fantasy2308b.jpg
http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee91/Gypsy48/Fantasy/6c87ded9587699ffa5b70c54e86_prev.jpg

What's really weird is when I went back to Photobucket some of the original pics are not there. :-\\ :-\\

Can't see the first one. All others seem fine in this batch.

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Written By: Howard on 09/02/09 at 6:07 am

I always love a good fantasy. ;)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/02/09 at 6:23 am

Can't see the first one. All others seem fine in this batch.
The same here.

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Written By: Howard on 09/02/09 at 6:25 am

There was a group called Fantasy.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/02/09 at 6:39 am

Fantasy ~ Earth Wind & Fire

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/02/09 at 6:40 am

There was a group called Fantasy.
American?

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Written By: ninny on 09/02/09 at 7:06 am

Before Howard aasks, Bob Denver is NOT related to John Denver.

;D ;D

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Written By: ninny on 09/02/09 at 7:10 am

Can't see the first one. All others seem fine in this batch.

The same here.

Well I guess it's a little better. Tell me if you can see this pic.
http://i653.photobucket.com/albums/uu252/jan77777/Fantasy/032.jpg

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Written By: gibbo on 09/02/09 at 7:15 am

Well I guess it's a little better. Tell me if you can see this pic.
http://i653.photobucket.com/albums/uu252/jan77777/Fantasy/032.jpg

I can see it ... and it is outstanding! Beautiful fantasy pic....

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Written By: ninny on 09/02/09 at 7:25 am

I can see it ... and it is outstanding! Beautiful fantasy pic....

Yipee :)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/02/09 at 7:30 am

Well I guess it's a little better. Tell me if you can see this pic.
http://i653.photobucket.com/albums/uu252/jan77777/Fantasy/032.jpg
I can see it now.

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Written By: CatwomanofV on 09/02/09 at 11:50 am

I have been to Gilligan's Island (for a 3 hour tour).

http://places.eyetour.com/whatToSee/guanica/94/gilligans-island

Cat

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Written By: Frank on 09/02/09 at 12:39 pm

The co-person of the day...Bob Denver
Robert Osbourne "Bob" Denver (January 9, 1935 – September 2, 2005) was an American comedic actor best known for his role as Gilligan on the television series Gilligan's Island. Prior to Gilligan's Island, he played beatnik Maynard G. Krebs on the 1959-1963 TV series The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis.
He costarred with Dwayne Hickman on The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis in 1959. Hickman, also a Loyola graduate, played the title role and Denver played Maynard G. Krebs. Also in the series was Sheila Kuehl, who played Zelda, and Steven Franken, who played the dilettante playboy Chatsworth Osborne, Jr. While he was on Dobie Gillis, Denver also appeared on the NBC interview program Here's Hollywood. He also had a small role as an unrequited lover on the Andy Griffith Show. He landed a small role in the 1963 James Stewart film, Take Her, She's Mine, playing a beatnik poet working at a coffee shop named "The Sleeping Pill," and was credited as "Robert Denver." Denver also appeared in the 1964 beach movie For Those Who Think Young with Tina Louise prior to the development of Gilligan's Island. He also appeared in the 1967 comedy film Who's Minding the Mint.

He was remembered primarily as a comic actor, yet Denver also appeared in one dramatic role on television, as a physician (Dr. Paul Garrett) in one episode of Dr. Kildare, telecast on October 10, 1963. The episode, "If You Can't Handle the Truth," also featured Barbara Eden and Ken Berry.

When Dobie Gillis ended in 1963, Denver landed the title role on Gilligan's Island, which ran for three seasons on CBS.

Later career

After the conclusion of Gilligan's Island, he performed in other shows such as The Good Guys (1968–1970), Love American Style, and Dusty's Trail (1973) (a facsimile of Gilligan's Island, with the basis of a lost wagon train). He also starred in a children's program, Far Out Space Nuts (1975), which was essentially Gilligan in space. These shows were appreciated by Bob Denver fans, but none of them matched the wider audience success of his earlier roles.

In 1998, Denver was arrested for having a parcel of marijuana delivered to his home. He originally said that the parcel had come from Dawn Wells (who had played "Mary Ann" on Gilligan's Island) but later refused to name her in court, and testified that "some crazy fan must have sent it". The police reportedly found more of the plant and related paraphernalia in Denver's home. He pleaded no contest and received six months probation..

Later on in his life, Denver returned to his adopted home of Princeton, West Virginia and became an FM radio personality. He and his wife Dreama ran a small "oldies format" station, WGAG-LP. He also earned a small income making public appearances, often costumed as Gilligan. In 1987, he recreated the character of Gilligan as a bartender in Back to the Beach in which he complained about having been stranded on an island with a guy who could make a nuclear reactor out of coconuts but could not fix a hole in a boat.
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e395/G4WebbHead/Americana%20Popcardz%20and%20Entertainment/BobDenver.jpg
http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r310/YogiWanKenobi/BobDenver.jpg

Ah Gilligan. Good memories.

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Written By: Reynolds1863 on 09/02/09 at 12:45 pm

Tolkien and C.S. Lewis used to write to each other. I think those letters were published but don't quote me on that. Anyway they were friends.

Bob Denver would crack me up in Dobie Gillis. I like it better than Gilligan's Island. :)

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Written By: ninny on 09/02/09 at 1:30 pm

I have been to Gilligan's Island (for a 3 hour tour).

http://places.eyetour.com/whatToSee/guanica/94/gilligans-island

Cat

Looks like a nice place to go :)

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Written By: ninny on 09/02/09 at 1:32 pm

Tolkien and C.S. Lewis used to write to each other. I think those letters were published but don't quote me on that. Anyway they were friends.

Bob Denver would crack me up in Dobie Gillis. I like it better than Gilligan's Island. :)

On found this on Wikipedia:
C. S. Lewis

C. S. Lewis, whom Tolkien first met at Oxford, was perhaps his closest friend and colleague, although their relationship cooled later in their lives. They had a shared affection for good talk, laughter, and beer, and in May 1927 Tolkien enrolled Lewis in the Coalbiters club, which read Icelandic sagas in the original Old Norse, and, as Carpenter notes, "a long and complex friendship had begun." It was Tolkien (and Hugo Dyson) who helped C. S. Lewis return to Christianity, and Tolkien was accustomed to read aloud passages from The Silmarillion, The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings to Lewis' strong approval and encouragement at the Inklings—often meeting in Lewis' big Magdalen sitting-room—and in private.

It was the arrival of Charles Williams, who worked for the Oxford University Press, that changed the relationship between Tolkien and Lewis. Lewis' enthusiasm shifted almost imperceptibly from Tolkien to Williams, especially during the writing of Lewis' third novel That Hideous Strength.

Tolkien had for a long time been extremely bothered by what he perceived as Lewis's Anti-Catholicism. In a letter to his son Christopher, he declared:

... hatred of our Church is after all the only real foundation of the C of E—so deep laid that it remains when all the superstructure seems removed (C.S.L. for example reveres the Blessed Sacrament and admires nuns!). Yet if a Lutheran is put in jail he is up in arms; but if Catholic priests are slaughtered—he disbelieves it (and I daresay really thinks they asked for it).

Lewis' growing reputation as a Christian apologist and his return to the Anglican fold also annoyed Tolkien, who had a deep resentment of the Church of England. By the mid-forties, Tolkien felt that Lewis was receiving a good deal "too much for his or any of our tastes".

Tolkien and Lewis might have grown closer during their days at Headington, but this was prevented by Lewis' marriage to Joy Davidman. Tolkien felt that Lewis expected his friends to visit and socialise with both him and his wife, even though as a bachelor in the thirties when the Inklings had met, Lewis had often ignored the fact that his friends, including Tolkien, had wives to go home to. In his biography of Tolkien, Carpenter suggests that Tolkien may have felt betrayed by the marriage and resented a woman's intrusion into their close friendship, just as Edith Tolkien had felt jealous of Lewis' intrusion into her marriage. It did not help matters that Lewis did not initially tell Tolkien about his marriage to Davidman or that when Tolkien finally did find out, he also discovered that Lewis had married a divorcee, which was offensive to Tolkien's Catholic beliefs. Tolkien described the marriage as "very strange".

The cessation of Tolkien's frequent meetings with Lewis in the 1950s marked the end of the "clubbable" chapter in Tolkien's life, which started with the T.C.B.S. at school and ended with the Inklings at Oxford.

His friendship with Lewis was nevertheless renewed to some degree in later years. As Tolkien was to comment in a letter to Priscilla after Lewis' death in November, 1963:

So far I have felt the normal feelings of a man of my age – like an old tree that is losing all its leaves one by one: this feels like an axe-blow near the roots

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Written By: CatwomanofV on 09/02/09 at 1:33 pm

Looks like a nice place to go :)

You can seem some of my photos of it on my Flickr account under Puerto Rico. (Yes, another shameless plug. :D ;D ;D ;D )

Cat

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/02/09 at 2:18 pm

Tolkien and C.S. Lewis used to write to each other. I think those letters were published but don't quote me on that. Anyway they were friends.

They were drinking friends and used to haunt the Eagle and Child public house in Oxford.

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Written By: Howard on 09/02/09 at 6:11 pm

American?

I don't know if the women were American I'd have to look it up.

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Written By: Womble on 09/02/09 at 6:50 pm

beautiful fantasy pics, Ninny. Thanks for sharing. :)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/09 at 1:13 am

I don't know if the women were American I'd have to look it up.
Have you looked yet?

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Written By: ninny on 09/03/09 at 5:55 am

beautiful fantasy pics, Ninny. Thanks for sharing. :)

I'm glad you like them. :)

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Written By: ninny on 09/03/09 at 5:59 am

The word of the day...Horizon
1. The apparent intersection of the earth and sky as seen by an observer. Also called apparent horizon.
2. Astronomy.
1. The sensible horizon.
2. The celestial horizon.
3. The limit of the theoretically possible universe.
3. The range of one's knowledge, experience, or interest.
4. Geology.
1. A specific position in a stratigraphic column, such as the location of one or more fossils, that serves to identify the stratum with a particular period.
2. A specific layer of soil or subsoil in a vertical cross section of land.
5. Archaeology. A period during which the influence of a specified culture spread rapidly over a defined area: artifacts associated with the Olmec horizon in Mesoamerica.
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Written By: ninny on 09/03/09 at 6:02 am

The person of the day...Frank Capra
Frank Russell Capra (May 18, 1897 – September 3, 1991) was an Italian-American film director and a creative force behind a number of films of the 1930s and 1940s, including It Happened One Night (1934), Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936), You Can't Take It With You (1938), Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939), Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) and It's a Wonderful Life (1946).
Capra began as a prop man in silent films. However, he wrote and directed silent film comedies starring Harry Langdon and the Our Gang kids. Capra went to work for Mack Sennett in 1924 and then moved to Columbia Pictures, where he formed a close association with screenwriter Robert Riskin (husband of Fay Wray) and cameraman Joseph Walker. However, Sidney Buchman replaced Riskin as writer in 1940.

For the 1934 film It Happened One Night, Robert Montgomery and Myrna Loy were originally offered the roles, but each felt that the script was poor, and Loy described it as one of the worst she had ever read, later noting that the final version bore little resemblance to the script she and Montgomery were offered. After Loy, Miriam Hopkins and Margaret Sullavan also each rejected the part. Constance Bennett wanted to, but only if she could produce it herself. Then Bette Davis wanted the role, but she was under contract with Warner Brothers and Jack Warner refused to loan her to Columbia Studios. Capra was unable to get any of the actresses he wanted for the part of Ellie Andrews, partly because no self-respecting star would make a film with only two costumes. Harry Cohn suggested Claudette Colbert to play the lead role. Both Capra and Clark Gable enjoyed making the movie; Colbert did not. After the 1934 film It Happened One Night, Capra directed a steady stream of films for Columbia Pictures, intended to be inspirational and humanitarian.

The best known of Capra's films are Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, the original Lost Horizon, You Can't Take It with You, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, and It's a Wonderful Life. His ten-year break from screwball comedy ended with the comedy Arsenic and Old Lace. Among the actors who owed much of their early success to Capra were Gary Cooper, Jean Arthur, James Stewart, Barbara Stanwyck, Cary Grant and Donna Reed. Capra called Jean Arthur " favorite actress".

Capra's films in the 1930s enjoyed success at the Academy Awards. It Happened One Night was the first film to win all five top Oscars (Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Screenplay). In 1936, Capra won his second Best Director Oscar for Mr. Deeds Goes to Town; in 1938 he won his third Director Oscar in five years for You Can't Take It with You, which also won Best Picture. In addition to his three directing wins, Capra received directing nominations for three other films (Lady for a Day, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, and It's a Wonderful Life). On May 5, 1936, Capra was also host of the 8th Academy Awards ceremony.

World War II

Frank Capra was commissioned as a major in the United States Army Signal Corps during World War II. He produced State of the Union and directed or co-directed eight documentary propaganda films between 1942 and 1948, including the seven-episode U.S. government-commissioned Why We Fight series—consisting of Prelude to War (1942), The Nazis Strike (1942), The Battle of Britain (1943), Divide and Conquer (1943), Know Your Enemy: Japan (1945), Tunisian Victory (1945), and Two Down and One to Go (1945)—as well as produced the African-American targeted The Negro Soldier (1944). Why We Fight is widely considered a masterpiece of propaganda and won an Academy Award. Prelude to War won the 1942 Academy Award for Documentary Feature. Capra regarded these films as his most important works. As a colonel, he received the Distinguished Service Medal in 1945.
American Film Institute recognition

* AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition)
o It's a Wonderful Life...# 20
o Mr. Smith Goes to Washington...# 26
o It Happened One Night...# 46
* AFI's 100 Years... 100 Cheers
o It's a Wonderful Life...# 1
o Mr. Smith Goes to Washington...# 5
o Meet John Doe...# 49
o Mr. Deeds Goes to Town...# 83
* AFI's 100 Years... 100 Laughs
o It Happened One Night...# 8
o Arsenic and Old Lace...# 30
o Mr. Deeds Goes to Town...# 70
* AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions
o It's a Wonderful Life...# 8
o It Happened One Night...# 38
* AFI's 100 Years... 100 Heroes and Villains
o 50 greatest movie heroes
o It's a Wonderful Life...George Bailey ...# 9
o Mr. Smith Goes to Washington...Jefferson Smith ...# 11
o 50 greatest movie villains
o It's a Wonderful Life...Mister Potter ...# 6
* AFI's 10 Top 10
o Fantasy
+ It's a Wonderful Life...# 3
o Romantic Comedies
+ It Happened One Night...# 3

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Written By: ninny on 09/03/09 at 6:05 am

The co-person of the day...Duncan Renaldo
Renault Renaldo Duncan (April 23, 1904 - September 3, 1980), better known as Duncan Renaldo, was an American actor who portrayed The Cisco Kid in films and on the 1950-1956 American TV series, The Cisco Kid.
An orphan, Renaldo never knew his biological parents and was raised in several European countries. He said he was not sure himself where he had been born, though his earliest memories were of Spain. At other times, the actor claimed to have been born in New Jersey and some said Romania. At any rate, Renaldo never had a real Spanish accent, even while portraying the Cisco Kid. He emigrated to America in the 1920s. Failing to support himself as a portrait painter, he tried producing short films. He eventually took up acting and signed with MGM in 1928. In 1934 he was arrested for illegal entry into the United States, but eventually was pardoned by President Franklin Roosevelt and returned to acting.

Though he starred mostly in B-films, for example Tiger Fangs (1943), Renaldo played roles in mainstream films as well, including in Spawn of the North (1938) with George Raft, Henry Fonda and John Barrymore; and For Whom the Bell Tolls with Gary Cooper and Ingrid Bergman. He was also a producer, writer and director.
n the late 1940s, Renaldo starred in several Hollywood westerns as the Cisco Kid, and in 1950, he began playing the role in a popular television series that ran until 1956. In the age of black and white television, the show was filmed in color. As Cisco, Renaldo roamed the Old West on a black and white horse named Diablo, accompanied by his constant companion, Pancho, played by Leo Carrillo, who was twenty-four years Renaldo's senior. The Cisco Kid always helped where needed, and unlike most western heroes, never killed anyone.

Renaldo illustrated a book of poetry by Moreton B. Price titled Drifter's Dreams. His illustrations are ink sketches of idyllic scenes, primarily seascapes and landscapes.

For his contributions to the television industry, Renaldo has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1680 Vine Street.

He died of lung cancer in 1980 at age 76 in Goleta, California. His interment took place in Santa Barbara's Calvary Cemetery.
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Written By: ninny on 09/03/09 at 6:08 am

*Honorable mention*...Vince Lombardi
Vincent Thomas Lombardi (June 11, 1913 – September 3, 1970) was an American football coach. He was the head coach of the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League from 1959-67, winning five league championships during his nine years. Following a one-year retirement from coaching in 1968, he returned as head coach of the Washington Redskins for the 1969 season.

Lombardi's record in the post-season was 9–1, the loss coming in the first of those games, the 1960 NFL Championship Game.
In January 1959, at age 45, Vince Lombardi accepted the position of Head Coach and General Manager of the Green Bay Packers. Green Bay had lost all but two of its 12 games (a win & a tie) that they played in the 1958 season. Lombardi created punishing training regimens and expected absolute dedication and effort from his players. The 1959 Packers were an immediate improvement, finishing at 7–5.

In his second year, Lombardi led the Packers to the 1960 NFL championship game against the Philadelphia Eagles, but suffered his only post-season loss when Packer fullback Jim Taylor was stopped nine yards from the end zone by the Eagles Chuck Bednarik as time ran out. According to When Pride Still Mattered, after the loss to the Eagles, Lombardi stated that losing a championship game was unacceptable and it would not happen again under his command. (He would win his next nine post-season games.)

Immediately following that game, Lombardi had an opportunity to become head coach of the New York Giants, once his dream job. After considerable deliberation he declined, and the Giants hired Allie Sherman instead. The Packers would defeat the Giants for the NFL title in 1961 (37–0) and 1962 (16–7 at Yankee Stadium), marking the first two of their five titles in Lombardi's nine years. His only other post-season loss occurred to the St. Louis Cardinals in the Playoff Bowl (3rd place game) after the 1964 season (officially classified as an exhibition game). Lombardi had earlier expressed an interest in the head coaching job at Notre Dame and on two separate occasions wrote letters to the university to that effect. He never received a reply.

Lombardi went on to accomplish a 105–35–6 record as head coach (.750, discarding ties as was the NFL policy); and he never suffered a losing season. He led the Packers to a still-unmatched three consecutive NFL championships in 1965, 1966, and 1967; winning the first two Super Bowls, solidifying his place in history as one of, if not the greatest coach in football history.

Vice President?

Lombardi's popularity was so great that Richard Nixon supposedly considered him as a running mate for the 1968 election, only to be reminded by an advisor that Lombardi was a Kennedy Democrat who had campaigned on behalf of Wisconsin a U.S. Senator although Lombardi's wife, father and brother were Republicans).

The Lombardi Sweep

As coach of the Packers, Lombardi converted Notre Dame quarterback and Heisman Trophy winner Paul Hornung to a full-time halfback. Lombardi designed a play for Hornung based on an old single wing concept -- both guards pulled to the outside and blocked downfield while Hornung would "run to daylight" -- i.e., wherever the defenders weren't. This was a play that he had originally developed with the Giants for Gifford that would become famous as the "Lombardi sweep" or "Packer power sweep."

The Ice Bowl
Main article: NFL Championship Game, 1967

One of the most famous games in the history of football was the NFL Championship Game of 1967, in which his team hosted the Dallas Cowboys in Green Bay on the last day of the year. This became known as the Ice Bowl because of the -13F game time temperature. With sixteen seconds left in the game and down by three points, the Packers called their final time-out. It was third and goal on the Dallas one yard line. The previous two plays (44-Dive) to halfback Donny Anderson had gone for no gain.

Following the time out, quarterback Bart Starr ran an unplanned sneak, with center Ken Bowman and right guard Jerry Kramer taking out Dallas defensive left tackle Jethro Pugh; Starr scored the touchdown and won the game. The play (31-Wedge) actually called for Starr to hand off to Chuck Mercein, a little known fullback from Yale (brought in at midseason after being cut by the New York Giants) who had played a major part in propelling the Packers down the field on the final drive. This play call (suggested by Starr) was a shrewd call by Lombardi, because with no timeouts, Dallas was expecting a pass. An incomplete pass would have stopped the clock and allowed a field goal attempt, but if Mercein were stopped at the goal line, Starr could not have spiked the ball as it then would have been fourth down. Starr, feeling the field was too icy and the footing too precarious, decided to keep the ball and dive in himself, surprising even his own teammates. Mercein said he raised his hands into the air as he plowed into the pile (expecting the handoff), not to signal "touchdown," but to show the officials that he was not illegally assisting Starr into the end zone. Lombardi, explaining why he had not chosen to kick a game-tying field goal, said of that play, "We gambled and we won." Two weeks later, the Packers would handily defeat the Oakland Raiders in Super Bowl II, Lombardi's finale as the Green Bay head coach.
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Written By: Howard on 09/03/09 at 7:14 am

Have you looked yet?

Yes I did and the group consisted of a few women and men.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 09/03/09 at 7:16 am

The word of the day...Horizon
1. The apparent intersection of the earth and sky as seen by an observer. Also called apparent horizon.
2. Astronomy.
1. The sensible horizon.
2. The celestial horizon.
3. The limit of the theoretically possible universe.
3. The range of one's knowledge, experience, or interest.
4. Geology.
1. A specific position in a stratigraphic column, such as the location of one or more fossils, that serves to identify the stratum with a particular period.
2. A specific layer of soil or subsoil in a vertical cross section of land.
5. Archaeology. A period during which the influence of a specified culture spread rapidly over a defined area: artifacts associated with the Olmec horizon in Mesoamerica.
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One of those pictures were so beautiful I just had to save it as a wallpaper,Thanks Ninny. :)

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Written By: ninny on 09/03/09 at 8:46 am

One of those pictures were so beautiful I just had to save it as a wallpaper,Thanks Ninny. :)

That's great, which one did you use?

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/09 at 12:17 pm

Yes I did and the group consisted of a few women and men.
...and where are they based?

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/09 at 12:21 pm

The word of the day...Horizon
1. The apparent intersection of the earth and sky as seen by an observer. Also called apparent horizon.
2. Astronomy.
1. The sensible horizon.
2. The celestial horizon.
3. The limit of the theoretically possible universe.
3. The range of one's knowledge, experience, or interest.
4. Geology.
1. A specific position in a stratigraphic column, such as the location of one or more fossils, that serves to identify the stratum with a particular period.
2. A specific layer of soil or subsoil in a vertical cross section of land.
5. Archaeology. A period during which the influence of a specified culture spread rapidly over a defined area: artifacts associated with the Olmec horizon in Mesoamerica.
Beyond the Blue Horizon ~ Lou Christie

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Written By: Howard on 09/03/09 at 2:45 pm

That's great, which one did you use?

The sunrise.

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Written By: Howard on 09/03/09 at 2:46 pm

...and where are they based?

Gosh I forgot.

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Written By: gibbo on 09/03/09 at 4:07 pm

Hey Ciiiscoooo! ... Hey Paaancho! ;D

Capra was a wonderful film maker. I remember viewing Arsenic and Old Lace late one night (many years ago now) and absolutely splitting my sides with laughter. Cary Grant is hilarious in that movie...he shamelessly overacts. ;D

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/09 at 5:01 pm

Hey Ciiiscoooo! ... Hey Paaancho! ;D

Capra was a wonderful film maker. I remember viewing Arsenic and Old Lace late one night (many years ago now) and absolutely splitting my sides with laughter. Cary Grant is hilarious in that movie...he shamelessly overacts. ;D
Did I mention that I saw Arsenic and Old Lace with Cary Grant the other day?

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Written By: Frank on 09/03/09 at 5:26 pm

Did I mention that I saw Arsenic and Old Lace with Cary Grant the other day?

Ah yes, I remember talking about that with you several weks ago. Did you like it?
I enjoyed it, and gibbo is right, Cary Grant overacts, but is funny.

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Written By: ninny on 09/03/09 at 6:10 pm

Hey Ciiiscoooo! ... Hey Paaancho! ;D

Capra was a wonderful film maker. I remember viewing Arsenic and Old Lace late one night (many years ago now) and absolutely splitting my sides with laughter. Cary Grant is hilarious in that movie...he shamelessly overacts. ;D

Did I mention that I saw Arsenic and Old Lace with Cary Grant the other day?

Ah yes, I remember talking about that with you several weks ago. Did you like it?
I enjoyed it, and gibbo is right, Cary Grant overacts, but is funny.

Great movie
:)

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Written By: anabel on 09/03/09 at 6:14 pm

The person of the day...Diana,Princess of Wales

Diana
Princess of Wales
Spouse Charles, Prince of Wales
(29 July 1981 – 28 August 1996)
Issue
Prince William of Wales
Prince Harry of Wales
Full name
Diana Frances Spencer
House House of Windsor
Father John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer
Mother Frances Shand Kydd
Born 1 July 1961(1961-07-01)
Park House, Sandringham, Norfolk
Died 31 August 1997 (aged 36)
Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris, France
Burial Althorp, Northamptonshire

Diana, Princess of Wales, (Diana Frances; née Spencer; 1 July 1961 – 31 August 1997) was the first wife of Charles, Prince of Wales. Their sons, Princes William and Harry, are second and third in line to the thrones of the United Kingdom and fifteen other Commonwealth Realms.

A public figure from the announcement of her engagement to Prince Charles, Diana remained the focus of near-constant media scrutiny in the United Kingdom and around the world before, during and after her marriage, even in the years following her sudden death in a car crash, which was followed by a spontaneous and prolonged show of public mourning. Contemporary responses to Diana's life and legacy were mixed but a popular fascination with the Princess endures. The long-awaited Coroner's Inquest concluded in April 2008 that Diana had been unlawfully killed by the negligent driving of the following vehicles and the driver of the Mercedes in which she was travelling.
On 5 November 1981, Diana's first pregnancy was officially announced, and she frankly discussed her condition with members of the press corps. In the private Lindo wing of St. Mary's Hospital, Paddington on 21 June 1982, Diana gave birth to her first son and heir, William. There was some controversy in the media when she decided to take William, still a baby, on her first major overseas visit to Australia and New Zealand, but which was popularly applauded. By her own admission, Diana had not initially thought to, or insisted upon, bringing William until it was suggested by the Australian Prime Minister.

A second son, Henry was born a little over two years after William on 15 September 1984. According to Diana, she and Prince Charles were closest during her pregnancy with "Harry", as the younger prince became known. She was aware their second child was a boy, but did not share the knowledge with anyone else, including Prince Charles, who was hoping for a girl.

Even during her lifetime, when Diana underwent frequent and regular criticism for her choice of charities, her public image, relationship with the media, as well as her relationship with her husband and his family, Diana was universally regarded as a devoted mother who lavished her sons with attention and affection. Diana rarely deferred to Prince Charles or the royal family, and was often implacable when it came to her children. She chose their first given names, went against the royal custom of circumcision, dismissed a royal family nanny and hired one of her choosing, in addition to choosing their schools, clothes, planning their outings and taking them to school as often as her schedule permitted. She also negotiated her public duties around their time-tables.

Charity work

Starting in the mid- to late 1980s, the Princess of Wales became increasingly known for her support of numerous charities. This stemmed naturally from her role as Princess of Wales—she was expected to visit hospitals and other state agencies in the 20th century model of royal patronage. Diana, however, developed an interest in serious illnesses and health-related matters outside the purview of traditional royal involvement, including AIDS and leprosy. In addition, the Princess patronised charities and organisations working with the homeless, youth, drug addicts and the elderly. From 1989, she was President of Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children.

Diana was most famously, in the last year of her life, the most visible supporter of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines, a campaign that went on to win the Nobel Peace Prize in 1997 after her death, which many believed was a posthumous tribute to the Princess.

In April 1987, the Princess of Wales was one of the first public figures to be photographed touching a person infected with HIV. She contributed to changing the public opinion of AIDS sufferers during the subsequent years, as her involvement with a variety of AIDS charities, not only in the United Kingdom but in North America, Africa and Asia as well, was a consistent public role she embraced.
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I'm a few days late, I know, but I love this post! The pics of Diana are beautiful. She was the very definition of the word Princess. I was so upset when she was killed. I think the world is just a little less magical without her.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/04/09 at 12:32 am

Ah yes, I remember talking about that with you several weks ago. Did you like it?
I enjoyed it, and gibbo is right, Cary Grant overacts, but is funny.
I wish to see it on stage now.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/04/09 at 12:33 am

I'm a few days late, I know, but I love this post! The pics of Diana are beautiful. She was the very definition of the word Princess. I was so upset when she was killed. I think the world is just a little less magical without her.
She had charm like no one else has had.

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Written By: Howard on 09/04/09 at 6:04 am

Hmmm,I wonder what the person of the day will be? ???

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Written By: ninny on 09/04/09 at 6:30 am

I'm a few days late, I know, but I love this post! The pics of Diana are beautiful. She was the very definition of the word Princess. I was so upset when she was killed. I think the world is just a little less magical without her.

Thank You,I'm glad you liked it. :)

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Written By: ninny on 09/04/09 at 6:31 am

Hmmm,I wonder what the person of the day will be? ???

You'll know shortly ;D

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Written By: ninny on 09/04/09 at 6:35 am

The word of the day...Crocodile
1. Any of various large aquatic reptiles, chiefly of the genus Crocodylus, native to tropical and subtropical regions and having thick, armorlike skin and long tapering jaws.
2. A crocodilian reptile, such as an alligator, caiman, or gavial.
3. Leather made from crocodile skin.
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Written By: ninny on 09/04/09 at 6:40 am

The person of the day...Steve Irwin
Stephen Robert Irwin (22 February 1962 – 4 September 2006), known simply as Steve Irwin and nicknamed "The Crocodile Hunter", was an iconic Australian television personality, wildlife expert, and conservationist. He achieved worldwide fame from the television program The Crocodile Hunter, an internationally broadcast wildlife documentary series co-hosted with his wife Terri Irwin. Together, they also co-owned and operated Australia Zoo, founded by his parents in Beerwah, Queensland. He died in 2006 after being fatally pierced in the chest by a stingray barb while filming in Australia's Great Barrier Reef.

The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society ship MV Steve Irwin was named in his honour, christened by his wife Terri, who said "If Steve were alive, he'd be aboard with them!"
The park was a family run business, until it was turned over to Steve. He took over the running of the park, now called Australia Zoo (renaming it in 1992). Also that year, he appeared in a one-off reptile and wildlife special for television. In 1991, he met Terri Raines at the park, while performing a demonstration. The two married in June 1992, in Terri's hometown of Eugene, Oregon. The footage, shot by John Stainton, of their crocodile-trapping honeymoon became the first episode of The Crocodile Hunter. The series debuted on Australian TV screens in 1996, and by the following year had made its way onto North American television. The Crocodile Hunter became successful in the United States and also, after repackaging by Partridge Films for ITV, in the UK. In 1998, he continued, working with producer and director Mark Strickson, to present The Ten Deadliest Snakes in the World. By 1999, he had become very popular in the United States, making his first appearance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. By this time, the Crocodile Hunter series was broadcast in over 137 countries, reaching 500 million people. His exuberant and enthusiastic presenting style, broad Australian accent, signature khaki shorts, and catchphrase "Crikey!" became known worldwide. Sir David Attenborough praised Irwin for introducing many to the natural world, saying "He taught them how wonderful and exciting it was, he was a born communicator."

A 2000 FedEx commercial with Steve Irwin lightheartedly dealt with the possibility of occupational death from snakebite and the fanciful notion that FedEx would have saved him, if only FedEx were used.

Under Irwin's leadership, the operations grew to include the zoo, the television series, the Steve Irwin Conservation Foundation (renamed Wildlife Warriors), and the International Crocodile Rescue. Improvements to the Australia Zoo include the Animal Planet Crocoseum, the rainforest aviary and Tiger Temple. Irwin mentioned that he was considering opening an Australia Zoo in Las Vegas, Nevada, and possibly at other sites around the world.

Film

In 2001, Irwin appeared in a cameo role in the Eddie Murphy film Dr. Dolittle 2, in which a crocodile warns Dolittle that he knows Irwin is going to grab him and is prepared to attack when he does, but Dolittle fails to warn Irwin in time. Irwin's only starring feature film role was in 2002's The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course, which was released to mixed reviews. In the film Irwin (who portrayed himself and performed numerous stunts) mistakes some CIA agents for poachers. He sets out to stop them from capturing a crocodile, which, unknown to him, has actually swallowed a tracking transmitter. The film won the Best Family Feature Film award for a comedy film at the Young Artist Awards. The film was produced on a budget of about $12 million, and has grossed $33 million. To promote the film, Irwin was featured in an animated short produced by Animax Entertainment for Intermix.

In 2002, the Irwins appeared in the Wiggles video/DVD release Wiggly Safari, which was set in Irwin's Australia Zoo. It featured Irwin-themed songs written and performed by the Wiggles such as "Crocodile Hunter", "Australia Zoo", "Snakes (You can look but you better not touch)" and "We're The Crocodile Band". Irwin was featured prominently on the cover and throughout the movie.

In 2006, Irwin provided his voice for the 2006 animated film Happy Feet, as an elephant seal named Trev. The film was dedicated to Irwin, as he died during post-production. Another, previously incomplete scene, featuring Steve providing the voice of an Albatross and essentially playing himself, was restored to the DVD release.
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Written By: ninny on 09/04/09 at 6:43 am

The co-person of the day...Irene Dunne
ene Dunne (December 20, 1898 – September 4, 1990) was an American film actress and singer of the 1930s and 1940s. Dunne was nominated fives times for the Academy Award for Best Actress, for her performances in Cimarron (1931), Theodora Goes Wild (1936), The Awful Truth (1937), Love Affair (1939) and I Remember Mama (1948).
Dunne turned to musical theater, making her Broadway debut in 1922 in Zelda Sears's The Clinging Vine. The following year, Dunne played a season of light opera in Atlanta, Georgia. Though in her own words Dunne created "no great furor," by 1929 she had a successful Broadway career playing leading roles, grateful to be at center stage rather than in the chorus line. Dunne met her future husband, Francis Griffin, a New York dentist, at a supper dance in New York. Despite differing opinions and battles that raged furiously, Dunne eventually agreed to marry him and leave the theater.

Dunne's role as Magnolia Hawks in Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II's Show Boat was the result of a chance meeting with showman Florenz Ziegfeld in an elevator the day she returned from her honeymoon. Dunne was discovered by Hollywood while starring with the Chicago company of the musical in 1929. She signed a contract with RKO and Dunne appeared in her first movie in 1930, Leathernecking, an early musical. She moved to Hollywood with her mother and brother, and maintained a long-distance marriage with her husband in New York until he joined her in California in 1936. That year, she re-created her role as Magnolia in what is considered the classic first film version of Show Boat, directed by James Whale.

During the 1930s and 1940s, Dunne blossomed into a popular screen heroine in movies such as Back Street (1932), and Magnificent Obsession (1935). The first of three films she made opposite Charles Boyer, Love Affair (1939) was one of her best. She sang "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" in the 1935 Fred Astaire-Ginger Rogers film version of the musical Roberta.

She was apprehensive about attempting her first comedy role, as the title character in Theodora Goes Wild (1936), but discovered that she enjoyed it. She turned out to possess an exceptional aptitude for comedy. The unique Dunne trademark flair for combining elegance and madcap comedy is seen at its best in such films as The Awful Truth (1937), My Favorite Wife (1940) and Penny Serenade (1941), all three with Cary Grant. Other notable roles include Anna Leonowens in Anna and the King of Siam (1946), Lavinia Day in Life with Father (1947), and Martha Hanson in I Remember Mama (1948). In The Mudlark (1950), Dunne was nearly unrecognizable under heavy makeup as Queen Victoria. She retired from the screen in 1952, after the comedy It Grows on Trees.

She performed as the opening act on the 1953 March of Dimes showcase in New York City. While in town, she made her first appearance as the mystery guest on What's My Line?. She made television performances on Ford Theatre, General Electric Theater, and the Schlitz Playhouse of Stars, continuing to act until 1962.

Dunne commented in an interview that she had lacked the "terrifying ambition" of some other actresses and said, "I drifted into acting and drifted out. Acting is not everything. Living is.
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Written By: ninny on 09/04/09 at 6:47 am

The flower for Friday...Honeysuckle
1. Any of various shrubs or vines of the genus Lonicera, having opposite leaves, fragrant, usually paired tubular flowers, and small berries.
2. Any of various similar or related plants.
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Written By: anabel on 09/04/09 at 6:56 am

The word of the day...Crocodile
1. Any of various large aquatic reptiles, chiefly of the genus Crocodylus, native to tropical and subtropical regions and having thick, armorlike skin and long tapering jaws.
2. A crocodilian reptile, such as an alligator, caiman, or gavial.
3. Leather made from crocodile skin.
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Hahahaha! ;D Even though I knew it was probably coming, the bag at the end made me LOL!

I liked Steve Irwin. He was a little :D, but you could tell he really loved life-he lived it to the fullest and you know a person is good when they are so good to animals and want to teach everyone about them like that. He had a "job" most people only get to dream of doing.

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Written By: ninny on 09/04/09 at 8:13 am

Hahahaha! ;D Even though I knew it was probably coming, the bag at the end made me LOL!

I liked Steve Irwin. He was a little :D, but you could tell he really loved life-he lived it to the fullest and you know a person is good when they are so good to animals and want to teach everyone about them like that. He had a "job" most people only get to dream of doing.

So true, in most cases I think you have to be a little..a lot :D to work with dangerous animal..being fearless helps too.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/04/09 at 8:33 am

The word of the day...Crocodile
1. Any of various large aquatic reptiles, chiefly of the genus Crocodylus, native to tropical and subtropical regions and having thick, armorlike skin and long tapering jaws.
2. A crocodilian reptile, such as an alligator, caiman, or gavial.
3. Leather made from crocodile skin.

A snappy word for the day.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/04/09 at 9:04 am

The person of the day...Steve Irwin
Stephen Robert Irwin (22 February 1962 – 4 September 2006), known simply as Steve Irwin and nicknamed "The Crocodile Hunter", was an iconic Australian television personality, wildlife expert, and conservationist. He achieved worldwide fame from the television program The Crocodile Hunter, an internationally broadcast wildlife documentary series co-hosted with his wife Terri Irwin. Together, they also co-owned and operated Australia Zoo, founded by his parents in Beerwah, Queensland. He died in 2006 after being fatally pierced in the chest by a stingray barb while filming in Australia's Great Barrier Reef.

The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society ship MV Steve Irwin was named in his honour, christened by his wife Terri, who said "If Steve were alive, he'd be aboard with them!"
The park was a family run business, until it was turned over to Steve. He took over the running of the park, now called Australia Zoo (renaming it in 1992). Also that year, he appeared in a one-off reptile and wildlife special for television. In 1991, he met Terri Raines at the park, while performing a demonstration. The two married in June 1992, in Terri's hometown of Eugene, Oregon. The footage, shot by John Stainton, of their crocodile-trapping honeymoon became the first episode of The Crocodile Hunter. The series debuted on Australian TV screens in 1996, and by the following year had made its way onto North American television. The Crocodile Hunter became successful in the United States and also, after repackaging by Partridge Films for ITV, in the UK. In 1998, he continued, working with producer and director Mark Strickson, to present The Ten Deadliest Snakes in the World. By 1999, he had become very popular in the United States, making his first appearance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. By this time, the Crocodile Hunter series was broadcast in over 137 countries, reaching 500 million people. His exuberant and enthusiastic presenting style, broad Australian accent, signature khaki shorts, and catchphrase "Crikey!" became known worldwide. Sir David Attenborough praised Irwin for introducing many to the natural world, saying "He taught them how wonderful and exciting it was, he was a born communicator."

A 2000 FedEx commercial with Steve Irwin lightheartedly dealt with the possibility of occupational death from snakebite and the fanciful notion that FedEx would have saved him, if only FedEx were used.

Under Irwin's leadership, the operations grew to include the zoo, the television series, the Steve Irwin Conservation Foundation (renamed Wildlife Warriors), and the International Crocodile Rescue. Improvements to the Australia Zoo include the Animal Planet Crocoseum, the rainforest aviary and Tiger Temple. Irwin mentioned that he was considering opening an Australia Zoo in Las Vegas, Nevada, and possibly at other sites around the world.

Film

In 2001, Irwin appeared in a cameo role in the Eddie Murphy film Dr. Dolittle 2, in which a crocodile warns Dolittle that he knows Irwin is going to grab him and is prepared to attack when he does, but Dolittle fails to warn Irwin in time. Irwin's only starring feature film role was in 2002's The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course, which was released to mixed reviews. In the film Irwin (who portrayed himself and performed numerous stunts) mistakes some CIA agents for poachers. He sets out to stop them from capturing a crocodile, which, unknown to him, has actually swallowed a tracking transmitter. The film won the Best Family Feature Film award for a comedy film at the Young Artist Awards. The film was produced on a budget of about $12 million, and has grossed $33 million. To promote the film, Irwin was featured in an animated short produced by Animax Entertainment for Intermix.

In 2002, the Irwins appeared in the Wiggles video/DVD release Wiggly Safari, which was set in Irwin's Australia Zoo. It featured Irwin-themed songs written and performed by the Wiggles such as "Crocodile Hunter", "Australia Zoo", "Snakes (You can look but you better not touch)" and "We're The Crocodile Band". Irwin was featured prominently on the cover and throughout the movie.

In 2006, Irwin provided his voice for the 2006 animated film Happy Feet, as an elephant seal named Trev. The film was dedicated to Irwin, as he died during post-production. Another, previously incomplete scene, featuring Steve providing the voice of an Albatross and essentially playing himself, was restored to the DVD release.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/04/09 at 9:04 am

Is there a flower today?

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Written By: ninny on 09/04/09 at 10:23 am

Is there a flower today?

Yes it is the Honeysuckle.

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Written By: ninny on 09/04/09 at 10:24 am

A snappy word for the day.

I went for a little bite today ;D

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Written By: Frank on 09/04/09 at 12:18 pm

I visited a crocodile farm in Thailand where one of the guy stuck his head inside, just like one of the pictures you have.

Don't try this one at home...

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Written By: ninny on 09/04/09 at 12:28 pm

I visited a crocodile farm in Thailand where one of the guy stuck his head inside, just like one of the pictures you have.

Don't try this one at home...

That must of been interesting.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/04/09 at 2:24 pm

Yes it is the Honeysuckle.
Honeysuckle Rose?

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/04/09 at 2:25 pm

I visited a crocodile farm in Thailand where one of the guy stuck his head inside, just like one of the pictures you have.

Don't try this one at home...

I would have to get a crocodile in my bath first.... ?

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Written By: gibbo on 09/04/09 at 5:41 pm

Never smile at a crocodile... ;)

The Irwin's Australia Zoo is about 40 minutes drive North of where I live. I have never been though! ::) Too many bindis around there... :o

Yes ...that's right...Steve and Teri Irwin named their daiughter after a well known Australian prickle weed...the bindi eye!!

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Written By: ninny on 09/04/09 at 6:05 pm

Never smile at a crocodile... ;)

The Irwin's Australia Zoo is about 40 minutes drive North of where I live. I have never been though! ::) Too many bindis around there... :o

Yes ...that's right...Steve and Teri Irwin named their daiughter after a well known Australian prickle weed...the bindi eye!!

Dang, they must like that weed :D

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Written By: anabel on 09/04/09 at 6:48 pm

You mean... ::)....as in..... :)...My Girlfriend's freakin'{being nice :-X} H O T !!!!... :o... ;).....

Awwwww Honey, thanks for saying such nice things about me! You don't think anyone suspects you mean me, do you? ;)

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Written By: Michael C. on 09/04/09 at 6:49 pm

I don't think so....But they do now..... ;)

Awwwww Honey, thanks for saying such nice things about me! You don't think anyone suspects you mean me, do you? ;)

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Written By: Howard on 09/04/09 at 6:55 pm

Let's Do The Crocodile Rock.

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Written By: Michael C. on 09/04/09 at 7:30 pm

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Written By: Michael C. on 09/04/09 at 7:32 pm

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Written By: Frank on 09/04/09 at 11:20 pm

That must of been interesting.

Yes it was interesting. And we saw a snake farm too.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/05/09 at 2:04 am

Never smile at a crocodile... ;)

The Irwin's Australia Zoo is about 40 minutes drive North of where I live. I have never been though! ::) Too many bindis around there... :o

Yes ...that's right...Steve and Teri Irwin named their daiughter after a well known Australian prickle weed...the bindi eye!!
Do you wish to go?

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/05/09 at 2:05 am

Crocodile Shoes ~ Jimmy Nail

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Written By: ninny on 09/05/09 at 4:28 am

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Good croc pics :)

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Written By: ninny on 09/05/09 at 4:30 am

Let's Do The Crocodile Rock.

You can't go wrong with a little Elton

Crocodile Shoes ~ Jimmy Nail

I don't believe I ever heard that song..I'll have to see if I can find it on Youtube.

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Written By: ninny on 09/05/09 at 4:35 am

The word of the day...Hospice
1. A shelter or lodging for travelers, pilgrims, foundlings, or the destitute, especially one maintained by a monastic order.
2. A program that provides palliative care and attends to the emotional and spiritual needs of terminally ill patients at an inpatient facility or at the patient's home.
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Written By: ninny on 09/05/09 at 4:38 am

The person of the day...Mother Teresa
Mother Teresa (August 26, 1910 – September 5, 1997), born Agnesë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu (pronounced ), was an Albanian Roman Catholic nun with Indian citizenship who founded the Missionaries of Charity in Kolkata (Calcutta), India in 1950. For over 45 years she ministered to the poor, sick, orphaned, and dying, while guiding the Missionaries of Charity's expansion, first throughout India and then in other countries.

By the 1970s she was internationally famed as a humanitarian and advocate for the poor and helpless, due in part to a documentary, and book, Something Beautiful for God by Malcolm Muggeridge. She won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 and India's highest civilian honour, the Bharat Ratna, in 1980 for her humanitarian work. Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity continued to expand, and at the time of her death it was operating 610 missions in 123 countries, including hospices and homes for people with HIV/AIDS, leprosy and tuberculosis, soup kitchens, children's and family counselling programs, orphanages, and schools.

She has been praised by many individuals, governments and organizations; however, she has also faced a diverse range of criticism. These include objections by various individuals and groups, including Christopher Hitchens, Michael Parenti, Aroup Chatterjee, Vishva Hindu Parishad, against the proselytizing focus of her work including a strong stance against abortion, a belief in the spiritual goodness of poverty and alleged baptisms of the dying. Medical journals also criticised the standard of medical care in her hospices and concerns were raised about the opaque nature in which donated money was spent.

Following her death she was beatified by Pope John Paul II and given the title Blessed Teresa of Calcutta
On September 10, 1946, Teresa experienced what she later described as "the call within the call" while traveling to the Loreto convent in Darjeeling from Calcutta for her annual retreat. "I was to leave the convent and help the poor while living among them. It was an order. To fail would have been to break the faith." She began her missionary work with the poor in 1948, replacing her traditional Loreto habit with a simple white cotton sari decorated with a blue border, adopted Indian citizenship, and ventured out into the slums. Initially she started a school in Motijhil; soon she started tending to the needs of the destitute and starving. Her efforts quickly caught the attention of Indian officials, including the Prime Minister, who expressed his appreciation.

Teresa wrote in her diary that her first year was fraught with difficulties. She had no income and had to resort to begging for food and supplies. Teresa experienced doubt, loneliness and the temptation to return to the comfort of convent life during these early months. She wrote in her diary:
“ Our Lord wants me to be a free nun covered with the poverty of the cross. Today I learned a good lesson. The poverty of the poor must be so hard for them. While looking for a home I walked and walked till my arms and legs ached. I thought how much they must ache in body and soul, looking for a home, food and health. Then the comfort of Loreto came to tempt me. 'You have only to say the word and all that will be yours again,' the Tempter kept on saying ... Of free choice, my God, and out of love for you, I desire to remain and do whatever be your Holy will in my regard. I did not let a single tear come. ”

Teresa received Vatican permission on October 7, 1950 to start the diocesan congregation that would become the Missionaries of Charity. Its mission was to care for, in her own words, "the hungry, the naked, the homeless, the crippled, the blind, the lepers, all those people who feel unwanted, unloved, uncared for throughout society, people that have become a burden to the society and are shunned by everyone." It began as a small order with 13 members in Calcutta; today it has more than 4,000 nuns running orphanages, AIDS hospices, and charity centers worldwide, and caring for refugees, the blind, disabled, aged, alcoholics, the poor and homeless, and victims of floods, epidemics, and famine.

In 1952 Mother Teresa opened the first Home for the Dying in space made available by the City of Calcutta. With the help of Indian officials she converted an abandoned Hindu temple into the Kalighat Home for the Dying, a free hospice for the poor. She renamed it Kalighat, the Home of the Pure Heart (Nirmal Hriday). Those brought to the home received medical attention and were afforded the opportunity to die with dignity, according to the rituals of their faith; Muslims were read the Quran, Hindus received water from the Ganges, and Catholics received the Last Rites. "A beautiful death," she said, "is for people who lived like animals to die like angels—loved and wanted." Mother Teresa soon opened a home for those suffering from Hansen's disease, commonly known as leprosy, and called the hospice Shanti Nagar (City of Peace). The Missionaries of Charity also established several leprosy outreach clinics throughout Calcutta, providing medication, bandages and food.

As the Missionaries of Charity took in increasing numbers of lost children, Mother Teresa felt the need to create a home for them. In 1955 she opened the Nirmala Shishu Bhavan, the Children's Home of the Immaculate Heart, as a haven for orphans and homeless youth.

The order soon began to attract both recruits and charitable donations, and by the 1960s had opened hospices, orphanages, and leper houses all over India. Mother Teresa then expanded the order throughout the globe. Its first house outside India opened in Venezuela in 1965 with five sisters. Others followed in Rome, Tanzania, and Austria in 1968; during the 1970s the order opened houses and foundations in dozens of countries in Asia, Africa, Europe, and the United States.

Her philosophy and implementation have faced some criticism. David Scott wrote that Mother Teresa limited herself to keeping people alive rather than tackling poverty itself. She has also been criticized for her view on suffering: according to an article in the Alberta Report, she felt that suffering would bring people closer to Jesus. The quality of care offered to terminally ill patients in the Homes for the Dying has been criticised in the medical press, notably The Lancet and the British Medical Journal, which reported the reuse of hypodermic needles, poor living conditions, including the use of cold baths for all patients, and an approach to illness and suffering that precluded the use of many elements of modern medical care, such as systematic diagnosis. Dr. Robin Fox, editor of The Lancet, described the medical care as "haphazard", as volunteers without medical knowledge had to take decisions about patient care, because of the lack of doctors. He observed that her order did not distinguish between curable and incurable patients, so that people who could otherwise survive would be at risk of dying from infections and lack of treatment.

The Missionaries of Charity Brothers was founded in 1963, and a contemplative branch of the Sisters followed in 1976. Lay Catholics and non-Catholics were enrolled in the Co-Workers of Mother Teresa, the Sick and Suffering Co-Workers, and the Lay Missionaries of Charity. In answer to the requests of many priests, in 1981 Mother Teresa also began the Corpus Christi Movement for Priests, and in 1984 founded with Fr. Joseph Langford the Missionaries of Charity Fathers to combine the vocational aims of the Missionaries of Charity with the resources of the ministerial priesthood. By 2007 the Missionaries of Charity numbered approximately 450 brothers and 5,000 nuns worldwide, operating 600 missions, schools and shelters in 120 countries
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Written By: ninny on 09/05/09 at 4:41 am

The co-person of the day...Freddie Mercury
Freddie Mercury (5 September 1946 – 24 November 1991) was a British musician, best known as the frontman of the rock band Queen. As a performer, he was known for his vocal prowess and flamboyant performances. As a songwriter, he composed many international hits, including "Bohemian Rhapsody", "Killer Queen", "Somebody to Love", "Don't Stop Me Now", "Crazy Little Thing Called Love", and "We Are the Champions". Fronted by Mercury, Queen went on to sell more than 300 million albums internationally.

In addition to his work with Queen, he also led a solo career and was occasionally a producer and guest musician (piano or vocals) for other artists. Mercury, who was a Parsi and grew up in India, has been referred to as "Britain's first Asian rock star." He died of bronchopneumonia induced by HIV (AIDS) on 24 November 1991, only one day after publicly acknowledging he had the disease. In 2006, Time Asia named him as one of the most influential Asian heroes of the past 60 years, and he continues to be cited as one of the greatest singers in the history of popular music. In 2008, Rolling Stone ranked him number 18 on their list of the 100 greatest singers of all time
Although Mercury's speaking voice naturally fell in the baritone range, he delivered most of his songs in the tenor range. Biographer David Bret described his voice as "escalating within a few bars from a deep, throaty rock-growl to tender, vibrant tenor, then on to a high-pitched, perfect coloratura, pure and crystalline in the upper reaches." Spanish soprano Montserrat Caballé, with whom Mercury recorded an album, expressed her opinion that "the difference between Freddie and almost all the other rock stars was that he was selling the voice." As Queen's career progressed, he would increasingly alter the highest notes of their songs when live, often harmonising with seconds, thirds or fifths instead. Mercury suffered from vocal fold nodules and claimed never to have had any formal vocal training.

Songwriter

Mercury wrote ten out of the seventeen songs on Queen's Greatest Hits album: "Bohemian Rhapsody", "Seven Seas of Rhye", "Killer Queen", "Somebody to Love", "Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy", "We Are the Champions", "Bicycle Race", "Don't Stop Me Now", "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" and "Play the Game".

The most notable aspect of his songwriting involved the wide range of genres that he used, which included, among other styles, rockabilly, progressive rock, heavy metal and disco. As he explained in a 1986 interview, "I hate doing the same thing again and again and again. I like to see what's happening now in music, film and theatre and incorporate all of those things." Compared to many popular songwriters, Mercury also tended to write musically complex material. For example, "Bohemian Rhapsody" is acyclic in structure and comprises dozens of chords. "Crazy Little Thing Called Love", on the other hand, contains only a few chords. Despite the fact that Mercury often wrote very intricate harmonies, he also claimed that he could barely read music. He wrote most of his songs on the piano and used a wide variety of different key signatures.
According to his partner Jim Hutton, Mercury was diagnosed with AIDS shortly after Easter of 1987. Around that time, Mercury claimed in an interview to have tested negative for the virus. Despite the denials, the British press pursued the rampant rumours over the next few years, fuelled by Mercury's increasingly gaunt appearance, Queen's absence from touring, and reports from former lovers to various tabloid journals. Toward the end of his life, he was routinely stalked by photographers, while the daily tabloid newspaper The Sun featured a series of articles claiming that he was seriously ill.

On 22 November 1991, Mercury called Queen's manager Jim Beach over to his Kensington home, to discuss a public statement. The next day, 23 November, the following announcement was made to the press on behalf of Mercury:

Following the enormous conjecture in the press over the last two weeks, I wish to confirm that I have been tested HIV positive and have AIDS. I felt it correct to keep this information private to date to protect the privacy of those around me. However, the time has come now for my friends and fans around the world to know the truth and I hope that everyone will join with me, my doctors, and all those worldwide in the fight against this terrible disease. My privacy has always been very special to me and I am famous for my lack of interviews. Please understand this policy will continue.

A little over 24 hours after issuing the statement, Mercury died on 24 November 1991 at the age of 45. The official cause of death was bronchial pneumonia resulting from AIDS. Although he had not attended religious services in years, Mercury's funeral was conducted by a Zoroastrian priest. Elton John, David Bowie, and the remaining members of Queen attended the funeral. He was cremated at Kensal Green Cemetery.

In his will, Mercury left the vast majority of his wealth, including his home and recording royalties, to Mary Austin, and the remainder to his parents and sister. He further left £500,000 to his chef Joe Fanelli, £500,000 to his personal assistant Peter Freestone, £100,000 to his driver Terry Giddings, and £500,000 to Jim Hutton. Mary Austin continues to live at Mercury's home, Garden Lodge, Kensington, with her family. Hutton moved back to the Republic of Ireland in 1995, where he still lives. He was involved in a 2000 biography of Mercury, Freddie Mercury, the Untold Story, and also gave an interview for The Times for what would have been Mercury's 60th birthday.cf.

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Written By: Howard on 09/05/09 at 6:58 am

The co-person of the day...Freddie Mercury
Freddie Mercury (5 September 1946 – 24 November 1991) was a British musician, best known as the frontman of the rock band Queen. As a performer, he was known for his vocal prowess and flamboyant performances. As a songwriter, he composed many international hits, including "Bohemian Rhapsody", "Killer Queen", "Somebody to Love", "Don't Stop Me Now", "Crazy Little Thing Called Love", and "We Are the Champions". Fronted by Mercury, Queen went on to sell more than 300 million albums internationally.

In addition to his work with Queen, he also led a solo career and was occasionally a producer and guest musician (piano or vocals) for other artists. Mercury, who was a Parsi and grew up in India, has been referred to as "Britain's first Asian rock star." He died of bronchopneumonia induced by HIV (AIDS) on 24 November 1991, only one day after publicly acknowledging he had the disease. In 2006, Time Asia named him as one of the most influential Asian heroes of the past 60 years, and he continues to be cited as one of the greatest singers in the history of popular music. In 2008, Rolling Stone ranked him number 18 on their list of the 100 greatest singers of all time
Although Mercury's speaking voice naturally fell in the baritone range, he delivered most of his songs in the tenor range. Biographer David Bret described his voice as "escalating within a few bars from a deep, throaty rock-growl to tender, vibrant tenor, then on to a high-pitched, perfect coloratura, pure and crystalline in the upper reaches." Spanish soprano Montserrat Caballé, with whom Mercury recorded an album, expressed her opinion that "the difference between Freddie and almost all the other rock stars was that he was selling the voice." As Queen's career progressed, he would increasingly alter the highest notes of their songs when live, often harmonising with seconds, thirds or fifths instead. Mercury suffered from vocal fold nodules and claimed never to have had any formal vocal training.

Songwriter

Mercury wrote ten out of the seventeen songs on Queen's Greatest Hits album: "Bohemian Rhapsody", "Seven Seas of Rhye", "Killer Queen", "Somebody to Love", "Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy", "We Are the Champions", "Bicycle Race", "Don't Stop Me Now", "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" and "Play the Game".

The most notable aspect of his songwriting involved the wide range of genres that he used, which included, among other styles, rockabilly, progressive rock, heavy metal and disco. As he explained in a 1986 interview, "I hate doing the same thing again and again and again. I like to see what's happening now in music, film and theatre and incorporate all of those things." Compared to many popular songwriters, Mercury also tended to write musically complex material. For example, "Bohemian Rhapsody" is acyclic in structure and comprises dozens of chords. "Crazy Little Thing Called Love", on the other hand, contains only a few chords. Despite the fact that Mercury often wrote very intricate harmonies, he also claimed that he could barely read music. He wrote most of his songs on the piano and used a wide variety of different key signatures.
According to his partner Jim Hutton, Mercury was diagnosed with AIDS shortly after Easter of 1987. Around that time, Mercury claimed in an interview to have tested negative for the virus. Despite the denials, the British press pursued the rampant rumours over the next few years, fuelled by Mercury's increasingly gaunt appearance, Queen's absence from touring, and reports from former lovers to various tabloid journals. Toward the end of his life, he was routinely stalked by photographers, while the daily tabloid newspaper The Sun featured a series of articles claiming that he was seriously ill.

On 22 November 1991, Mercury called Queen's manager Jim Beach over to his Kensington home, to discuss a public statement. The next day, 23 November, the following announcement was made to the press on behalf of Mercury:

Following the enormous conjecture in the press over the last two weeks, I wish to confirm that I have been tested HIV positive and have AIDS. I felt it correct to keep this information private to date to protect the privacy of those around me. However, the time has come now for my friends and fans around the world to know the truth and I hope that everyone will join with me, my doctors, and all those worldwide in the fight against this terrible disease. My privacy has always been very special to me and I am famous for my lack of interviews. Please understand this policy will continue.

A little over 24 hours after issuing the statement, Mercury died on 24 November 1991 at the age of 45. The official cause of death was bronchial pneumonia resulting from AIDS. Although he had not attended religious services in years, Mercury's funeral was conducted by a Zoroastrian priest. Elton John, David Bowie, and the remaining members of Queen attended the funeral. He was cremated at Kensal Green Cemetery.

In his will, Mercury left the vast majority of his wealth, including his home and recording royalties, to Mary Austin, and the remainder to his parents and sister. He further left £500,000 to his chef Joe Fanelli, £500,000 to his personal assistant Peter Freestone, £100,000 to his driver Terry Giddings, and £500,000 to Jim Hutton. Mary Austin continues to live at Mercury's home, Garden Lodge, Kensington, with her family. Hutton moved back to the Republic of Ireland in 1995, where he still lives. He was involved in a 2000 biography of Mercury, Freddie Mercury, the Untold Story, and also gave an interview for The Times for what would have been Mercury's 60th birthday.cf.

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Queen Rocks.

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Written By: ninny on 09/05/09 at 6:59 am

Queen Rocks.

I have to agree with you there. :)

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Written By: Howard on 09/05/09 at 7:01 am

Mama Mia Mama Mia Galileo Figaro.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/05/09 at 8:12 am

You can't go wrong with a little EltonI don't believe I ever heard that song..I'll have to see if I can find it on Youtube.
It must be.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/05/09 at 8:13 am

The person of the day...Mother Teresa
Mother Teresa (August 26, 1910 – September 5, 1997), born Agnesë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu (pronounced ), was an Albanian Roman Catholic nun with Indian citizenship who founded the Missionaries of Charity in Kolkata (Calcutta), India in 1950. For over 45 years she ministered to the poor, sick, orphaned, and dying, while guiding the Missionaries of Charity's expansion, first throughout India and then in other countries.

By the 1970s she was internationally famed as a humanitarian and advocate for the poor and helpless, due in part to a documentary, and book, Something Beautiful for God by Malcolm Muggeridge. She won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 and India's highest civilian honour, the Bharat Ratna, in 1980 for her humanitarian work. Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity continued to expand, and at the time of her death it was operating 610 missions in 123 countries, including hospices and homes for people with HIV/AIDS, leprosy and tuberculosis, soup kitchens, children's and family counselling programs, orphanages, and schools.

She has been praised by many individuals, governments and organizations; however, she has also faced a diverse range of criticism. These include objections by various individuals and groups, including Christopher Hitchens, Michael Parenti, Aroup Chatterjee, Vishva Hindu Parishad, against the proselytizing focus of her work including a strong stance against abortion, a belief in the spiritual goodness of poverty and alleged baptisms of the dying. Medical journals also criticised the standard of medical care in her hospices and concerns were raised about the opaque nature in which donated money was spent.

Following her death she was beatified by Pope John Paul II and given the title Blessed Teresa of Calcutta
On September 10, 1946, Teresa experienced what she later described as "the call within the call" while traveling to the Loreto convent in Darjeeling from Calcutta for her annual retreat. "I was to leave the convent and help the poor while living among them. It was an order. To fail would have been to break the faith." She began her missionary work with the poor in 1948, replacing her traditional Loreto habit with a simple white cotton sari decorated with a blue border, adopted Indian citizenship, and ventured out into the slums. Initially she started a school in Motijhil; soon she started tending to the needs of the destitute and starving. Her efforts quickly caught the attention of Indian officials, including the Prime Minister, who expressed his appreciation.

Teresa wrote in her diary that her first year was fraught with difficulties. She had no income and had to resort to begging for food and supplies. Teresa experienced doubt, loneliness and the temptation to return to the comfort of convent life during these early months. She wrote in her diary:
“ Our Lord wants me to be a free nun covered with the poverty of the cross. Today I learned a good lesson. The poverty of the poor must be so hard for them. While looking for a home I walked and walked till my arms and legs ached. I thought how much they must ache in body and soul, looking for a home, food and health. Then the comfort of Loreto came to tempt me. 'You have only to say the word and all that will be yours again,' the Tempter kept on saying ... Of free choice, my God, and out of love for you, I desire to remain and do whatever be your Holy will in my regard. I did not let a single tear come. ”

Teresa received Vatican permission on October 7, 1950 to start the diocesan congregation that would become the Missionaries of Charity. Its mission was to care for, in her own words, "the hungry, the naked, the homeless, the crippled, the blind, the lepers, all those people who feel unwanted, unloved, uncared for throughout society, people that have become a burden to the society and are shunned by everyone." It began as a small order with 13 members in Calcutta; today it has more than 4,000 nuns running orphanages, AIDS hospices, and charity centers worldwide, and caring for refugees, the blind, disabled, aged, alcoholics, the poor and homeless, and victims of floods, epidemics, and famine.

In 1952 Mother Teresa opened the first Home for the Dying in space made available by the City of Calcutta. With the help of Indian officials she converted an abandoned Hindu temple into the Kalighat Home for the Dying, a free hospice for the poor. She renamed it Kalighat, the Home of the Pure Heart (Nirmal Hriday). Those brought to the home received medical attention and were afforded the opportunity to die with dignity, according to the rituals of their faith; Muslims were read the Quran, Hindus received water from the Ganges, and Catholics received the Last Rites. "A beautiful death," she said, "is for people who lived like animals to die like angels—loved and wanted." Mother Teresa soon opened a home for those suffering from Hansen's disease, commonly known as leprosy, and called the hospice Shanti Nagar (City of Peace). The Missionaries of Charity also established several leprosy outreach clinics throughout Calcutta, providing medication, bandages and food.

As the Missionaries of Charity took in increasing numbers of lost children, Mother Teresa felt the need to create a home for them. In 1955 she opened the Nirmala Shishu Bhavan, the Children's Home of the Immaculate Heart, as a haven for orphans and homeless youth.

The order soon began to attract both recruits and charitable donations, and by the 1960s had opened hospices, orphanages, and leper houses all over India. Mother Teresa then expanded the order throughout the globe. Its first house outside India opened in Venezuela in 1965 with five sisters. Others followed in Rome, Tanzania, and Austria in 1968; during the 1970s the order opened houses and foundations in dozens of countries in Asia, Africa, Europe, and the United States.

Her philosophy and implementation have faced some criticism. David Scott wrote that Mother Teresa limited herself to keeping people alive rather than tackling poverty itself. She has also been criticized for her view on suffering: according to an article in the Alberta Report, she felt that suffering would bring people closer to Jesus. The quality of care offered to terminally ill patients in the Homes for the Dying has been criticised in the medical press, notably The Lancet and the British Medical Journal, which reported the reuse of hypodermic needles, poor living conditions, including the use of cold baths for all patients, and an approach to illness and suffering that precluded the use of many elements of modern medical care, such as systematic diagnosis. Dr. Robin Fox, editor of The Lancet, described the medical care as "haphazard", as volunteers without medical knowledge had to take decisions about patient care, because of the lack of doctors. He observed that her order did not distinguish between curable and incurable patients, so that people who could otherwise survive would be at risk of dying from infections and lack of treatment.

The Missionaries of Charity Brothers was founded in 1963, and a contemplative branch of the Sisters followed in 1976. Lay Catholics and non-Catholics were enrolled in the Co-Workers of Mother Teresa, the Sick and Suffering Co-Workers, and the Lay Missionaries of Charity. In answer to the requests of many priests, in 1981 Mother Teresa also began the Corpus Christi Movement for Priests, and in 1984 founded with Fr. Joseph Langford the Missionaries of Charity Fathers to combine the vocational aims of the Missionaries of Charity with the resources of the ministerial priesthood. By 2007 the Missionaries of Charity numbered approximately 450 brothers and 5,000 nuns worldwide, operating 600 missions, schools and shelters in 120 countries
Thats right she die on the same day as Diana's funeral, I remember the news headlines on the that day on the huge screen in the park where we ended up watching the events of the day.

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Written By: anabel on 09/05/09 at 9:15 am

Thats right she die on the same day as Diana's funeral, I remember the news headlines on the that day on the huge screen in the park where we ended up watching the events of the day.

Trying to make sure I don't repeat what was already written......but just a little more background about the relationship these two shared.

The year 1997 saw two iconic people, Diana, Princess of Wales and Mother Teresa of Calcutta die within days of each other. In New York the media claimed that Mother Teresa died of massive heart failure brought on by the grief she suffered because of the death of her friend, Princess Diana, with whom she shared so much in common.

In fact it is hard to imagine how two women could be more different. Coming from opposite sides of the world their lives were truly worlds apart. One was a young mother, beautiful, tall and Protestant; the other elderly, diminutive and Catholic. Yet suddenly, in 1997, their similarities seemed more obvious than their differences. When Mother Teresa learnt of Diana's tragic death it is said that she immediately sent a condolence message. "She was very concerned for the poor. She was very anxious to do something for them. That is why she was close to me."

Both lived with the constant attention of the media and understood how this could enable them to reach a worldwide audience for their charitable works; yet both remained able to reach out to individuals with respect and dignity, providing real comfort to the suffering and their families. Mother Teresa had written to Diana in 1991 and their first meeting was to have been in London for the presentation of an award, but it was called off because of Mother Teresa's poor health. In fact they first met in February 1992 at Mother Teresa's convent in a working-class district in Rome, where they prayed together. In loving memory of these two remarkable ladies, so different in age and background yet so similar in their wish to help those who suffered, a single stamp has been released which depicts this first meeting. Their final meeting was in June 1997 when the two met privately and then embraced as Princess Diana left the Missionaries of Charity house in the Bronx.

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Written By: ninny on 09/05/09 at 9:52 am

It must be.

It is.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APJwMLvZYZU#

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Written By: ninny on 09/05/09 at 9:54 am

Trying to make sure I don't repeat what was already written......but just a little more background about the relationship these two shared.

The year 1997 saw two iconic people, Diana, Princess of Wales and Mother Teresa of Calcutta die within days of each other. In New York the media claimed that Mother Teresa died of massive heart failure brought on by the grief she suffered because of the death of her friend, Princess Diana, with whom she shared so much in common.

In fact it is hard to imagine how two women could be more different. Coming from opposite sides of the world their lives were truly worlds apart. One was a young mother, beautiful, tall and Protestant; the other elderly, diminutive and Catholic. Yet suddenly, in 1997, their similarities seemed more obvious than their differences. When Mother Teresa learnt of Diana's tragic death it is said that she immediately sent a condolence message. "She was very concerned for the poor. She was very anxious to do something for them. That is why she was close to me."

Both lived with the constant attention of the media and understood how this could enable them to reach a worldwide audience for their charitable works; yet both remained able to reach out to individuals with respect and dignity, providing real comfort to the suffering and their families. Mother Teresa had written to Diana in 1991 and their first meeting was to have been in London for the presentation of an award, but it was called off because of Mother Teresa's poor health. In fact they first met in February 1992 at Mother Teresa's convent in a working-class district in Rome, where they prayed together. In loving memory of these two remarkable ladies, so different in age and background yet so similar in their wish to help those who suffered, a single stamp has been released which depicts this first meeting. Their final meeting was in June 1997 when the two met privately and then embraced as Princess Diana left the Missionaries of Charity house in the Bronx.

Thanks for the info it was quite interesting.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/05/09 at 10:30 am

Mama Mia Mama Mia Galileo Figaro.
Mama mia,mama mia,mama mia let me go.

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Written By: Womble on 09/05/09 at 1:18 pm

Thanks for the info it was quite interesting.

and thank you too, Ninny. Well done. :)

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Written By: ninny on 09/05/09 at 2:45 pm

Mama mia,mama mia,mama mia let me go.

Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me, for me, for me.

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Written By: ninny on 09/05/09 at 2:46 pm

Thanks for the info it was quite interesting.

and thank you too, Ninny. Well done. :)

It's my pleasure :)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/05/09 at 2:49 pm

Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me, for me, for me.
So you think you can stone me and spit in my eye-

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Written By: Howard on 09/05/09 at 3:03 pm

Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me, for me, for me.

Who was Beezlebub?

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Written By: ninny on 09/05/09 at 6:57 pm

Who was Beezlebub?

The Devil; Satan.
2. One of the fallen angels in Milton's Paradise Lost. Beelzebub was next to Satan in power.
3. An evil spirit; a demon.

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Written By: ninny on 09/05/09 at 6:59 pm

So you think you can stone me and spit in my eye-

So you think you can love me and leave me to die..

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Written By: Michael C. on 09/05/09 at 7:01 pm

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Who was Beezlebub?

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Written By: anabel on 09/05/09 at 7:20 pm

^ That answers THAT question! ;D :P

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Written By: Michael C. on 09/05/09 at 7:22 pm

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^ That answers THAT question! ;D :P

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/06/09 at 2:41 am

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You little devil!

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/06/09 at 2:42 am

So you think you can love me and leave me to die..
Oh baby, can't do this to me baby..

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/06/09 at 2:46 am

Who was Beezlebub?

The Devil; Satan.
2. One of the fallen angels in Milton's Paradise Lost. Beelzebub was next to Satan in power.
3. An evil spirit; a demon.
Also...

Beelzebub is the name of a demon derived from Ba‘al Zebûb, Ba‘al Zəbûb or Ba‘al Zəvûv (Hebrew בעל זבוב, with numerous variants), a deity worshipped in the Philistine city of Ekron.

In ancient contexts, there appears to have been little, if any, meaningful distinction between Beelzebub and the polytheistic Semitic god named Ba‘al. Monotheistic Jewish reference to Baal was almost certainly pejorative, and grew to be used among other terms for Satan. The name later appears as the name of a demon or devil, often interchanged with Beelzebul.

Examination has sought to interpret the meaning in context to determine the specific reasons for this connotation, and varied religious speculations have run the gamut.

Regardless, the demonization of the deity or deification is thought to have been one basis for the personification of Satan as the adversary of the Abrahamic God, though other influences such as the Zoroastrian Daeva may have contributed.

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Written By: ninny on 09/06/09 at 6:33 am

The word of the day...Musical
1. Of, relating to, or capable of producing music: a musical instrument.
2. Characteristic of or resembling music; melodious: a musical speaking voice.
3. Set to or accompanied by music: a musical revue.
4. Devoted to or skilled in music.

n.

1.
1. A play or movie that contains musical numbers.
2. A musical comedy.
2. Archaic. A musicale.
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Written By: Michael C. on 09/06/09 at 6:35 am

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Who was Beezlebub?

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Written By: ninny on 09/06/09 at 6:37 am

The person of the day...Luciano Pavarotti
Luciano Pavarotti Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI (12 October 1935 – 6 September 2007) was an Italian operatic tenor, who also crossed over into popular music, eventually becoming one of the most commercially successful tenors of all time. He was one of "The Three Tenors" and became well-known for his televised concerts and media appearances. Pavarotti was also noted for his charity work on behalf of refugees and the Red Cross, amongst others.

Pavarotti began his professional career as a tenor in 1961 in Italy. He sang in opera houses in the Netherlands, Vienna, London, Ankara, Budapest and Barcelona. The young tenor earned valuable experience and recognition while touring Australia at the invitation of soprano Joan Sutherland in 1965. He made his US debut in Miami soon afterwards, also on Sutherland's recommendation. His position as a leading lyric tenor was consolidated in the years between 1966 and 1972, during which time he first appeared at Milan's La Scala and other major European houses. In 1968, he debuted at New York City's Metropolitan Opera as Rudolfo in Puccini's La Bohème. At the Met in 1972, in the role of Tonio in Donizetti "La Fille du Régiment" he earned the title "King of the high Cs" when he sang the aria "Ah mes amis ... pour mon âme". He gained worldwide fame for the brilliance and beauty of his tone, especially into the upper register. He was at his best in bel canto operas, pre-Aida Verdi roles and Puccini works such as La Bohème, Tosca and Madama Butterfly. The late 1970s and 1980s saw Pavarotti continue to make significant appearances in the world's foremost opera houses.

Celebrity beyond the world of opera came to Pavarotti at the 1990 World Cup in Italy with performances of Puccini's Nessun Dorma,Nessun Dorma Pavarotti.ogg sample (help·info) from Turandot, and as one of "The Three Tenors" in their famed first concert held on the eve of the tournament's final match. He sang on that occasion with fellow star tenors Plácido Domingo and José Carreras, bringing opera highlights to a wider audience. Appearances in advertisements and with pop icons in concerts furthered his international celebrity.

His final performance in an opera was at the Metropolitan in March 2004. The 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, saw him on stage for the last time, where Pavarotti performed Nessun dorma, with the crowd serving as the aria's chorus, and he received a thunderous standing ovation. On Thursday 6 September 2007, he died at home in Modena from pancreatic cancer, aged 71.

He made numerous recordings of complete operas and individual arias, and established himself as one of the finest tenors of the 20th century
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 09/06/09 at 6:39 am

The co-person of the day...Tom Fogerty
Tom Fogerty (November 9, 1941, in Berkeley, California – September 6, 1990, in Scottsdale, Arizona) was a musician best known as the guitarist in Creedence Clearwater Revival and the elder brother of John Fogerty, the lead singer and guitar player in that band.
Tom Fogerty began playing rock and roll in high school, just as his brother, John Fogerty did. He and his brother had separate groups. Tom's band, Spider Webb and the Insects (which featured Jeremy Levine of the Seeds), signed a recording contract with Del-Fi Records but broke up in 1959 before releasing any records. John's band, The Blue Velvets, began backing Tom, and eventually Tom joined John's band, and the group recorded three singles for Orchestra Records in 1961 and 1962, with Tom as lead vocalist. In the mid 1960s, the group was called The Golliwogs and recorded with Fantasy Records, with Tom and John sharing lead vocal duties. By 1968 the band was renamed Creedence Clearwater Revival, when John had become full-time lead singer and primary songwriter. During the few years of the life of Creedence Clearwater Revival, Tom sang backup vocals and wrote songs, but only one of his songs ("Walk on the Water") was recorded. This lack of opportunity, along with festering, long-standing animosity with his brother, led him to leave the band in 1971.

After leaving the band, Fogerty began performing and recording as a solo artist. Although John played several guitar parts on Tom's solo albums, their relationship remained strained. Tom was bitter at having his contributions overlooked. In the pre-CCR days, Tom had been singer, songwriter, and, generally, manager of the act. Tom Fogerty had minor hits like "Goodbye Media Man" and "Joyful Resurrection". Tom Fogerty recorded with Fantasy Records in 1971, and his solo debut album, Tom Fogerty, reached #78 on the Billboard Hot 200 chart. On this album, Jerry Garcia and Merl Saunders played on some of the sessions, and Stu Cook and Doug Clifford (CCR's former bassist and drummer), as well as John Fogerty, performed on the 1973 followup album, Zephyr National.

Throughout the rest of the 1970s and 1980s, Fogerty continued to record, and all former members of Creedence Clearwater Revival grew increasingly resentful of and angry towards John Fogerty. He claimed all royalties and sued Fantasy Records; when Tom re-signed with Fantasy (effectively releasing an obligor--Fantasy Records, the deepest pocket--of joint liability and waiver of damages to his brother, an obligee), Fogerty lived comfortably in Scottsdale, Arizona for the remainder of his life, thanks to his Creedence royalties. He was an occasional surprise call-in guest on local radio station KSLX-FM.

Death

In 1990 Tom Fogerty died of AIDS (specifically from a tuberculosis infection), having contracted HIV from blood transfusions for back ailments. After his death a compilation, titled The Very Best of Tom Fogerty, was released.
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 09/06/09 at 6:43 am

*Honorable mention...Nicky Hopkins
Nicky Hopkins (born Nicholas Christian Hopkins (February 24, 1944 – September 6, 1994) was an English pianist and organist.

He recorded and performed on some of the most important British and American popular music recordings of the 1960s and 1970s, and is widely regarded as one of the greatest session musicians in rock history
Hopkins was born in Harlesden, North London, England. He suffered from Crohn's disease from his youth. Poor health and ongoing surgery made it difficult for him to tour. This contributed heavily to his focus on working primarily as a studio player.

Hopkins started his musical career in the early 1960s as the pianist with Screaming Lord Sutch's Savages, which also included Ritchie Blackmore, founder of Deep Purple. He then joined The Cyril Davies R&B All Stars, one of the first British rhythm & blues bands, and played piano on their initial single, "Country Line Special".

He began his career as a session musician in London in the early Sixties and quickly became one of the most in-demand players on the thriving session scene there, contributing his fluid and dexterous boogie-woogie influenced piano style to many hit recordings. He worked extensively as a session pianist for leading UK independent producers Shel Talmy and Mickie Most and performed on albums and singles by The Kinks, Alun Davies and Jon Mark (later of the Mark-Almond Band), while Davies was touring with Cat Stevens. In 1965, he played piano on The Who's debut LP, My Generation, and would subsequently play on their 1971 album Who's Next and 1975 album The Who By Numbers.

Hopkins would go on to record with most of the top British acts of the Sixties, including The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, and Donovan, and on solo albums by John Lennon, Jeff Beck, and others. In 1967 he joined The Jeff Beck Group, formed by former Yardbirds guitarist Jeff Beck, with vocalist Rod Stewart, bassist Ronnie Wood and drummer Micky Waller, playing on their influential LPs Truth and Beck-Ola. He also helped define the "San Francisco sound", playing on albums by Jefferson Airplane, New Riders of the Purple Sage, and Steve Miller Band. He briefly joined Quicksilver Messenger Service and performed with Jefferson Airplane at the Woodstock Festival. In 1968 he played piano with the Swedish psychedelic group Tages on the single "Halcyon Days", produced in Abbey Road Studio.

Hopkins's performances with The Rolling Stones were among his most memorable, as he played on all of their studio albums from Their Satanic Majesties Request in 1967 through Black and Blue in 1976, including the prominent piano parts in "She's a Rainbow" (1967) and "Sympathy for the Devil" (1968). During this period, Hopkins tended to be employed on the Stones' slower, ballad-type songs, with longtime Stones keyboardist Ian Stewart playing on traditional rock numbers and Billy Preston used on soul and funk-influenced tunes. Hopkins also played on Jamming With Edward, an unofficial Stones release that was recorded during the Let It Bleed sessions, while Mick Jagger, Bill Wyman and Charlie Watts, of the Stones, with Hopkins and Ry Cooder, were waiting for Keith Richards at Keith's Paris flat. The "Edward" of the title was an alias of Nicky Hopkins, derived from his outstanding performance on "Edward, the Mad Shirt Grinder", a song from Quicksilver Messenger Service's Shady Grove LP.

Hopkins was added to the Rolling Stones live line-up on the 1971 Good-Bye Britain tour, as well as the notorious 1972 North American Tour and the early 1973 Winter Tour of Australia and New Zealand. He is featured heavily on the classic 1972 Exile on Main St. album. He started to form his own band around this time but decided against it after the Stones tour. He had planned on using Prairie Prince on drums, and Pete Sears on bass. Hopkins failed to make the Stones' 1973 tour of Europe due to ill health and, aside from a guest appearance in 1978, did not play again with the Stones live on stage. He did manage to go on tour with the Jerry Garcia Band, from August 5 to December 31, 1975. He continued to record with the Stones through the sessions for 1976's Black and Blue, and appears on solo records of members of the Stones up to 1991.
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/06/09 at 6:45 am

The word of the day...Musical
1. Of, relating to, or capable of producing music: a musical instrument.
2. Characteristic of or resembling music; melodious: a musical speaking voice.
3. Set to or accompanied by music: a musical revue.
4. Devoted to or skilled in music.

n.

1.
1. A play or movie that contains musical numbers.
2. A musical comedy.
2. Archaic. A musicale.

I still wish to see (and hear) Les Miserables.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/06/09 at 6:46 am

The person of the day...Luciano Pavarotti
Luciano Pavarotti Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI (12 October 1935 – 6 September 2007) was an Italian operatic tenor, who also crossed over into popular music, eventually becoming one of the most commercially successful tenors of all time. He was one of "The Three Tenors" and became well-known for his televised concerts and media appearances. Pavarotti was also noted for his charity work on behalf of refugees and the Red Cross, amongst others.

Pavarotti began his professional career as a tenor in 1961 in Italy. He sang in opera houses in the Netherlands, Vienna, London, Ankara, Budapest and Barcelona. The young tenor earned valuable experience and recognition while touring Australia at the invitation of soprano Joan Sutherland in 1965. He made his US debut in Miami soon afterwards, also on Sutherland's recommendation. His position as a leading lyric tenor was consolidated in the years between 1966 and 1972, during which time he first appeared at Milan's La Scala and other major European houses. In 1968, he debuted at New York City's Metropolitan Opera as Rudolfo in Puccini's La Bohème. At the Met in 1972, in the role of Tonio in Donizetti "La Fille du Régiment" he earned the title "King of the high Cs" when he sang the aria "Ah mes amis ... pour mon âme". He gained worldwide fame for the brilliance and beauty of his tone, especially into the upper register. He was at his best in bel canto operas, pre-Aida Verdi roles and Puccini works such as La Bohème, Tosca and Madama Butterfly. The late 1970s and 1980s saw Pavarotti continue to make significant appearances in the world's foremost opera houses.

Celebrity beyond the world of opera came to Pavarotti at the 1990 World Cup in Italy with performances of Puccini's Nessun Dorma,Nessun Dorma Pavarotti.ogg sample (help·info) from Turandot, and as one of "The Three Tenors" in their famed first concert held on the eve of the tournament's final match. He sang on that occasion with fellow star tenors Plácido Domingo and José Carreras, bringing opera highlights to a wider audience. Appearances in advertisements and with pop icons in concerts furthered his international celebrity.

His final performance in an opera was at the Metropolitan in March 2004. The 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, saw him on stage for the last time, where Pavarotti performed Nessun dorma, with the crowd serving as the aria's chorus, and he received a thunderous standing ovation. On Thursday 6 September 2007, he died at home in Modena from pancreatic cancer, aged 71.

He made numerous recordings of complete operas and individual arias, and established himself as one of the finest tenors of the 20th century

:\'(

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Michael C. on 09/06/09 at 6:52 am

How COOL is this....?
Luciano and Barry White performing together...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCIkPsUYQhg

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The person of the day...Luciano Pavarotti
Luciano Pavarotti Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI (12 October 1935 – 6 September 2007) was an Italian operatic tenor, who also crossed over into popular music, eventually becoming one of the most commercially successful tenors of all time. He was one of "The Three Tenors" and became well-known for his televised concerts and media appearances. Pavarotti was also noted for his charity work on behalf of refugees and the Red Cross, amongst others.

Pavarotti began his professional career as a tenor in 1961 in Italy. He sang in opera houses in the Netherlands, Vienna, London, Ankara, Budapest and Barcelona. The young tenor earned valuable experience and recognition while touring Australia at the invitation of soprano Joan Sutherland in 1965. He made his US debut in Miami soon afterwards, also on Sutherland's recommendation. His position as a leading lyric tenor was consolidated in the years between 1966 and 1972, during which time he first appeared at Milan's La Scala and other major European houses. In 1968, he debuted at New York City's Metropolitan Opera as Rudolfo in Puccini's La Bohème. At the Met in 1972, in the role of Tonio in Donizetti "La Fille du Régiment" he earned the title "King of the high Cs" when he sang the aria "Ah mes amis ... pour mon âme". He gained worldwide fame for the brilliance and beauty of his tone, especially into the upper register. He was at his best in bel canto operas, pre-Aida Verdi roles and Puccini works such as La Bohème, Tosca and Madama Butterfly. The late 1970s and 1980s saw Pavarotti continue to make significant appearances in the world's foremost opera houses.

Celebrity beyond the world of opera came to Pavarotti at the 1990 World Cup in Italy with performances of Puccini's Nessun Dorma,Nessun Dorma Pavarotti.ogg sample (help·info) from Turandot, and as one of "The Three Tenors" in their famed first concert held on the eve of the tournament's final match. He sang on that occasion with fellow star tenors Plácido Domingo and José Carreras, bringing opera highlights to a wider audience. Appearances in advertisements and with pop icons in concerts furthered his international celebrity.

His final performance in an opera was at the Metropolitan in March 2004. The 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, saw him on stage for the last time, where Pavarotti performed Nessun dorma, with the crowd serving as the aria's chorus, and he received a thunderous standing ovation. On Thursday 6 September 2007, he died at home in Modena from pancreatic cancer, aged 71.

He made numerous recordings of complete operas and individual arias, and established himself as one of the finest tenors of the 20th century
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/06/09 at 6:53 am

How COOL is this....?
Luciano and Barry White performing together...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCIkPsUYQhg

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:\'( :\'(

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Michael C. on 09/06/09 at 6:55 am

I was a fan the first time I heard The Rolling Stones' She's a Rainbow

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jaHhqgQ7rI

*Honorable mention...Nicky Hopkins
Nicky Hopkins (born Nicholas Christian Hopkins (February 24, 1944 – September 6, 1994) was an English pianist and organist.

He recorded and performed on some of the most important British and American popular music recordings of the 1960s and 1970s, and is widely regarded as one of the greatest session musicians in rock history
Hopkins was born in Harlesden, North London, England. He suffered from Crohn's disease from his youth. Poor health and ongoing surgery made it difficult for him to tour. This contributed heavily to his focus on working primarily as a studio player.

Hopkins started his musical career in the early 1960s as the pianist with Screaming Lord Sutch's Savages, which also included Ritchie Blackmore, founder of Deep Purple. He then joined The Cyril Davies R&B All Stars, one of the first British rhythm & blues bands, and played piano on their initial single, "Country Line Special".

He began his career as a session musician in London in the early Sixties and quickly became one of the most in-demand players on the thriving session scene there, contributing his fluid and dexterous boogie-woogie influenced piano style to many hit recordings. He worked extensively as a session pianist for leading UK independent producers Shel Talmy and Mickie Most and performed on albums and singles by The Kinks, Alun Davies and Jon Mark (later of the Mark-Almond Band), while Davies was touring with Cat Stevens. In 1965, he played piano on The Who's debut LP, My Generation, and would subsequently play on their 1971 album Who's Next and 1975 album The Who By Numbers.

Hopkins would go on to record with most of the top British acts of the Sixties, including The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, and Donovan, and on solo albums by John Lennon, Jeff Beck, and others. In 1967 he joined The Jeff Beck Group, formed by former Yardbirds guitarist Jeff Beck, with vocalist Rod Stewart, bassist Ronnie Wood and drummer Micky Waller, playing on their influential LPs Truth and Beck-Ola. He also helped define the "San Francisco sound", playing on albums by Jefferson Airplane, New Riders of the Purple Sage, and Steve Miller Band. He briefly joined Quicksilver Messenger Service and performed with Jefferson Airplane at the Woodstock Festival. In 1968 he played piano with the Swedish psychedelic group Tages on the single "Halcyon Days", produced in Abbey Road Studio.

Hopkins's performances with The Rolling Stones were among his most memorable, as he played on all of their studio albums from Their Satanic Majesties Request in 1967 through Black and Blue in 1976, including the prominent piano parts in "She's a Rainbow" (1967) and "Sympathy for the Devil" (1968). During this period, Hopkins tended to be employed on the Stones' slower, ballad-type songs, with longtime Stones keyboardist Ian Stewart playing on traditional rock numbers and Billy Preston used on soul and funk-influenced tunes. Hopkins also played on Jamming With Edward, an unofficial Stones release that was recorded during the Let It Bleed sessions, while Mick Jagger, Bill Wyman and Charlie Watts, of the Stones, with Hopkins and Ry Cooder, were waiting for Keith Richards at Keith's Paris flat. The "Edward" of the title was an alias of Nicky Hopkins, derived from his outstanding performance on "Edward, the Mad Shirt Grinder", a song from Quicksilver Messenger Service's Shady Grove LP.

Hopkins was added to the Rolling Stones live line-up on the 1971 Good-Bye Britain tour, as well as the notorious 1972 North American Tour and the early 1973 Winter Tour of Australia and New Zealand. He is featured heavily on the classic 1972 Exile on Main St. album. He started to form his own band around this time but decided against it after the Stones tour. He had planned on using Prairie Prince on drums, and Pete Sears on bass. Hopkins failed to make the Stones' 1973 tour of Europe due to ill health and, aside from a guest appearance in 1978, did not play again with the Stones live on stage. He did manage to go on tour with the Jerry Garcia Band, from August 5 to December 31, 1975. He continued to record with the Stones through the sessions for 1976's Black and Blue, and appears on solo records of members of the Stones up to 1991.
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Michael C. on 09/06/09 at 6:56 am

I know....
Sad indeed that these talented Men are gone
:\'( :\'(

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 09/06/09 at 7:05 am

The co-person of the day...Tom Fogerty
Tom Fogerty (November 9, 1941, in Berkeley, California – September 6, 1990, in Scottsdale, Arizona) was a musician best known as the guitarist in Creedence Clearwater Revival and the elder brother of John Fogerty, the lead singer and guitar player in that band.
Tom Fogerty began playing rock and roll in high school, just as his brother, John Fogerty did. He and his brother had separate groups. Tom's band, Spider Webb and the Insects (which featured Jeremy Levine of the Seeds), signed a recording contract with Del-Fi Records but broke up in 1959 before releasing any records. John's band, The Blue Velvets, began backing Tom, and eventually Tom joined John's band, and the group recorded three singles for Orchestra Records in 1961 and 1962, with Tom as lead vocalist. In the mid 1960s, the group was called The Golliwogs and recorded with Fantasy Records, with Tom and John sharing lead vocal duties. By 1968 the band was renamed Creedence Clearwater Revival, when John had become full-time lead singer and primary songwriter. During the few years of the life of Creedence Clearwater Revival, Tom sang backup vocals and wrote songs, but only one of his songs ("Walk on the Water") was recorded. This lack of opportunity, along with festering, long-standing animosity with his brother, led him to leave the band in 1971.

After leaving the band, Fogerty began performing and recording as a solo artist. Although John played several guitar parts on Tom's solo albums, their relationship remained strained. Tom was bitter at having his contributions overlooked. In the pre-CCR days, Tom had been singer, songwriter, and, generally, manager of the act. Tom Fogerty had minor hits like "Goodbye Media Man" and "Joyful Resurrection". Tom Fogerty recorded with Fantasy Records in 1971, and his solo debut album, Tom Fogerty, reached #78 on the Billboard Hot 200 chart. On this album, Jerry Garcia and Merl Saunders played on some of the sessions, and Stu Cook and Doug Clifford (CCR's former bassist and drummer), as well as John Fogerty, performed on the 1973 followup album, Zephyr National.

Throughout the rest of the 1970s and 1980s, Fogerty continued to record, and all former members of Creedence Clearwater Revival grew increasingly resentful of and angry towards John Fogerty. He claimed all royalties and sued Fantasy Records; when Tom re-signed with Fantasy (effectively releasing an obligor--Fantasy Records, the deepest pocket--of joint liability and waiver of damages to his brother, an obligee), Fogerty lived comfortably in Scottsdale, Arizona for the remainder of his life, thanks to his Creedence royalties. He was an occasional surprise call-in guest on local radio station KSLX-FM.

Death

In 1990 Tom Fogerty died of AIDS (specifically from a tuberculosis infection), having contracted HIV from blood transfusions for back ailments. After his death a compilation, titled The Very Best of Tom Fogerty, was released.
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I think Creedence still tours once in a while.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Michael C. on 09/06/09 at 7:15 am

Not since 1972
John Fogerty still performs {a great live performer}
In the mid '90's Stu Cook and Doug Clifford formed Creedence Clearwater Revisited {Fogerty sued over the name & lost}

I think Creedence still tours once in a while.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 09/06/09 at 7:16 am

Not since 1972
John Fogerty still performs {a great live performer}
In the mid '90's Stu Cook and Doug Clifford formed Creedence Clearwater Revisited {Fogerty sued over the name & lost}

Oh so they keep distant.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Michael C. on 09/06/09 at 7:23 am

uhhh........yeah...........
Most Litigants don't get along very well........
Oh so they keep distant.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: CatwomanofV on 09/06/09 at 12:29 pm

How COOL is this....?
Luciano and Barry White performing together...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCIkPsUYQhg

http://zaragozame.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/barry-white-y-pavarotti.jpg

Way cool. I have always loved the meshing of different genres.

Cat

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/06/09 at 12:34 pm

They are now singing duets in another dimension

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: CatwomanofV on 09/06/09 at 12:56 pm

Oh man, I got caught in the quote box. I hate when I do that.

Cat

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 09/06/09 at 1:12 pm

I like this song with Elton John & Luciano Pavarotti..Live Like Horses

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-q-S3ky7UFQ&feature=PlayList&p=6351887C45C52C85&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=48#

My all time favorite song by Pavarotti is Ava Maria

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uYrmYXsujI#

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/06/09 at 2:19 pm

Oh man, I got caught in the quote box. I hate when I do that.

Cat
Ouch!

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 09/07/09 at 6:52 am

The word of the day...Generation
1. All of the offspring that are at the same stage of descent from a common ancestor: Mother and daughters represent two generations.
2. Biology. A form or stage in the life cycle of an organism: asexual generation of a fern.
3. The average interval of time between the birth of parents and the birth of their offspring.
4.
1. A group of individuals born and living about the same time.
2. A group of generally contemporaneous individuals regarded as having common cultural or social characteristics and attitudes: “They're the television generation” (Roger Enrico).
5.
1. A stage or period of sequential technological development and innovation.
2. A class of objects derived from a preceding class: a new generation of computers.
6. The formation of a line or geometric figure by the movement of a point or line.
7. The act or process of generating; origination, production, or procreation.
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 09/07/09 at 6:56 am

The person of the day...Keith Moon
Keith John Moon (23 August, 1946 – 7 September, 1978) was an English drummer of the rock group The Who. He gained notoriety for exuberant drumming and his destructive lifestyle that earned him the nickname, "Moon the Loon." Moon joined The Who in 1964, replacing Doug Sandom. He played on all albums and singles from their debut, 1965's My Generation, to 1978's Who Are You, which was released two weeks before his death.

Moon was known for innovative, dramatic drumming, often eschewing basic back beats for a fluid, busy technique focused on fast, cascading rolls across the toms and cymbal crashes.
At 17, Moon joined The Who (in April 1964), a replacement for Doug Sandom. Without a drummer the remaining members hired a session drummer to fulfill shows they had agreed to play. Moon attended one of these shows. Pete Townshend described him as looking like a "ginger vision" with his hair dyed ginger and wearing ginger-coloured clothes. As stated in Amazing Journey: The Story of The Who, Moon looked up to Roger Daltrey during the show and said "I hear you're looking for a drummer. Well, I'm much better than the one you've got." The band knew they needed Moon after seeing him practically smash the drum kit to pieces.

Early in The Who's career, live sets culminated in "auto destruction", members destroying their equipment in elaborate fashion, an act that was imitated by other bands and artists including Jimi Hendrix in his breakout performance at the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival. Moon showed a zeal for this, kicking and smashing his drums. For a performance on the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour television show, he had explosives loaded into one of his kit's two bass drums. During the finale of "My Generation," he kicked the other drum off the riser and then set off the charge, singeing Townshend's hair and embedding a piece of cymbal in his own arm (the blast has been speculated as starting Townshend's tinnitus). Another time, he filled clear acrylic drums with water and goldfish, playing them for a television appearance. When an audience member asked "What happens with your goldfish?" he replied with a grin, "Well I mean, you know...even the best drummers get hungry." Antics like these earned him the nicknames "Moon the Loon", and "Mad Moon".
Keith Moon in 1976

His propensity for "cracking up" the other members around the vocal microphone led other members to banish him from the studio when vocals were recorded. This led to a game, Moon sneaking in to join the singing. Moon can be heard singing lead on several tracks, including "Bell Boy" (Quadrophenia, 1973), "Bucket T" and "Barbara Ann" (Ready Steady Who EP, 1966), and the high backing vocals on other songs, such as "Pictures Of Lily" and "Guitar And Pen".

He was credited as composer of "I Need You," which he also sang, and the instrumental "Cobwebs and Strange" (from A Quick One, 1966), the single B-sides "In The City" (co-written by Moon and Entwistle), "Dogs Part Two" (1969) (sharing credits with Townshend's and Entwistle's dogs, Towser and Jason) and "Waspman" (1972), and "Girl's Eyes" (from The Who Sell Out sessions; featured on Thirty Years of Maximum R&B and a 1995 re-release of The Who Sell Out). He also co-composed the instrumental "The Ox" (from the debut album "My Generation") with Townshend, Entwistle and pianist Nicky Hopkins. "Tommy's Holiday Camp" (from Tommy) was credited to Moon, who suggested the action should take place in a holiday camp. The song was written by Townshend, and although many think Moon sings on the track, the version on the album is Townshend's demo. However Moon did sing it live and on the Tommy film. He also produced "Baba O'Riley"s violin solo (which he had suggested), performed by Dave Arbus, a friend.

Daltrey said Moon's drumming style held the band together; that Entwistle and Townshend "were like knitting needles... and Keith was the ball of wool.
Moon was Paul McCartney's guest at a film preview of The Buddy Holly Story on the evening of 6 September, 1978. After dining with Paul and Linda McCartney, Moon and his girlfriend, Annette Walter-Lax, returned to a flat on loan from Harry Nilsson, No.12 at 9 Curzon Place, Mayfair which Cass Elliot had died in a little under four years earlier. Moon then took 32 tablets of Clomethiazole (Heminevrin). The medication was a sedative he had been prescribed to alleviate his alcohol withdrawal symptoms as he tried to go dry on his own at home; he was desperate to get clean, but was terrified of another stay in the psychiatric hospital for in-patient detoxification. However, Clomethiazole is specifically contraindicated for unsupervised home detox due to its addictiveness, tendency to rapidly induce drug tolerance and dangerously high risk of death when mixed with alcohol. The pills were also prescribed by a new doctor, Dr. Geoffrey Dymond, who was unaware of Moon's recklessly impulsive nature and long history of prescription sedative abuse. He had given Moon a full bottle of 100 pills, and instructed him to take one whenever he felt a craving for alcohol (but not more than 3 per day). The police determined there were 32 pills in his system, with the digestion of 6 being sufficient to cause his death, and the other 26 of which were still undissolved when he died. Moon was found by Annette in the hotel bed with one hand on the floor and one leg as well. Moon may have known he was dying and tried to get help himself.

Moon died a couple of weeks after the release of Who Are You. On the album cover, Moon is seated on a chair back-to-front to hide the weight gained over three years (as discussed in Tony Fletcher's book "Dear Boy"). The chair is labeled "NOT TO BE TAKEN AWAY."

Moon was cremated. His ashes were scattered in the Gardens of Remembrance at Golders Green Crematorium in London 1978.
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Written By: ninny on 09/07/09 at 6:59 am

The co-person of the day...Warren Zevon
Warren William Zevon (January 24, 1947 – September 7, 2003) was an American rock singer-songwriter and musician noted for including his strange, sardonic opinions of life in his musical lyrics, composing songs that were sometimes humorous and often had political or historical themes.

Although his was a cult success, Zevon's work has often been complimented by well-known musicians. His best-known compositions include "Werewolves of London", "Lawyers, Guns and Money", "Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner" and "Johnny Strikes Up The Band", all of which are featured on his 1978 release, Excitable Boy. Other well known Zevon songs include "Accidentally Like a Martyr", "Mutineer" and "Mohammed's Radio".

Along with his own compositions Zevon recorded or performed occasional covers, including Bob Dylan's "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" and Leonard Cohen's "First We Take Manhattan". He was a frequent guest on Late Night with David Letterman and the Late Show with David Letterman. Letterman later performed guest vocals on "Hit Somebody! (The Hockey Song)".
During 1978, Zevon released his first major album, Excitable Boy, to critical acclaim and popular success. The title tune (about a juvenile sociopath's murderous prom night) name-checked "Little Susie", the heroine of former employers the Everly Brothers' tune "Wake Up Little Susie", while songs such as "Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner" and "Lawyers, Guns and Money" used deadpan humor to wed geopolitical subtexts to hard-boiled narratives. Tracks from this album received heavy FM airplay and the single release "Werewolves of London", which featured Mick Fleetwood and John McVie, was a relatively lighthearted version of Zevon's signature macabre outlook and a Top 30 success. Rolling Stone called the album one of the most significant releases of the 1970s and placed Zevon alongside Neil Young, Jackson Browne, and Bruce Springsteen as one of the four most important new artists to became well known during the decade.

Zevon followed Excitable Boy with 1980's Bad Luck Streak in Dancing School. This album was dedicated to Ken Millar, better known under his nom-de-plume as detective novelist Ross Macdonald. Millar was a literary hero of Zevon's who met the singer for the first time while participating in an intervention organized by Rolling Stone journalist Paul Nelson that helped Zevon temporarily curtail his addictions. Featuring a modest novelty success with the single "A Certain Girl" (Zevon's cover of an old Rhythm & Blues novelty record by Ernie K-Doe scored #45 on the Billboard Singles Chart), the album sold briskly but was uneven, and represented a decline rather than commercial and critical consistency. It contained a collaboration with Bruce Springsteen called "Jeannie Needs a Shooter", and the ballad "Empty-Handed Heart" dealing with Zevon's divorce from wife Crystal (Marilyn "Tule" Livingston—the mother of Jordan Zevon -- and Zevon were in long-term relationship but never married: Crystal Zevon is the only woman he married legally although she is often listed erroneously as his "second wife".) and featuring a descant sung by Linda Ronstadt. Later during 1980, he released the live album Stand in the Fire (dedicated to Martin Scorsese), recorded over five nights at the The Roxy Theatre in Los Angeles.

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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 09/07/09 at 7:40 pm

I always liked Warewolves of London. :)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Frank on 09/08/09 at 1:00 am

The person of the day...Keith Moon
Keith John Moon (23 August, 1946 – 7 September, 1978) was an English drummer of the rock group The Who. He gained notoriety for exuberant drumming and his destructive lifestyle that earned him the nickname, "Moon the Loon." Moon joined The Who in 1964, replacing Doug Sandom. He played on all albums and singles from their debut, 1965's My Generation, to 1978's Who Are You, which was released two weeks before his death.

Moon was known for innovative, dramatic drumming, often eschewing basic back beats for a fluid, busy technique focused on fast, cascading rolls across the toms and cymbal crashes.
At 17, Moon joined The Who (in April 1964), a replacement for Doug Sandom. Without a drummer the remaining members hired a session drummer to fulfill shows they had agreed to play. Moon attended one of these shows. Pete Townshend described him as looking like a "ginger vision" with his hair dyed ginger and wearing ginger-coloured clothes. As stated in Amazing Journey: The Story of The Who, Moon looked up to Roger Daltrey during the show and said "I hear you're looking for a drummer. Well, I'm much better than the one you've got." The band knew they needed Moon after seeing him practically smash the drum kit to pieces.

Early in The Who's career, live sets culminated in "auto destruction", members destroying their equipment in elaborate fashion, an act that was imitated by other bands and artists including Jimi Hendrix in his breakout performance at the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival. Moon showed a zeal for this, kicking and smashing his drums. For a performance on the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour television show, he had explosives loaded into one of his kit's two bass drums. During the finale of "My Generation," he kicked the other drum off the riser and then set off the charge, singeing Townshend's hair and embedding a piece of cymbal in his own arm (the blast has been speculated as starting Townshend's tinnitus). Another time, he filled clear acrylic drums with water and goldfish, playing them for a television appearance. When an audience member asked "What happens with your goldfish?" he replied with a grin, "Well I mean, you know...even the best drummers get hungry." Antics like these earned him the nicknames "Moon the Loon", and "Mad Moon".
Keith Moon in 1976

His propensity for "cracking up" the other members around the vocal microphone led other members to banish him from the studio when vocals were recorded. This led to a game, Moon sneaking in to join the singing. Moon can be heard singing lead on several tracks, including "Bell Boy" (Quadrophenia, 1973), "Bucket T" and "Barbara Ann" (Ready Steady Who EP, 1966), and the high backing vocals on other songs, such as "Pictures Of Lily" and "Guitar And Pen".

He was credited as composer of "I Need You," which he also sang, and the instrumental "Cobwebs and Strange" (from A Quick One, 1966), the single B-sides "In The City" (co-written by Moon and Entwistle), "Dogs Part Two" (1969) (sharing credits with Townshend's and Entwistle's dogs, Towser and Jason) and "Waspman" (1972), and "Girl's Eyes" (from The Who Sell Out sessions; featured on Thirty Years of Maximum R&B and a 1995 re-release of The Who Sell Out). He also co-composed the instrumental "The Ox" (from the debut album "My Generation") with Townshend, Entwistle and pianist Nicky Hopkins. "Tommy's Holiday Camp" (from Tommy) was credited to Moon, who suggested the action should take place in a holiday camp. The song was written by Townshend, and although many think Moon sings on the track, the version on the album is Townshend's demo. However Moon did sing it live and on the Tommy film. He also produced "Baba O'Riley"s violin solo (which he had suggested), performed by Dave Arbus, a friend.

Daltrey said Moon's drumming style held the band together; that Entwistle and Townshend "were like knitting needles... and Keith was the ball of wool.
Moon was Paul McCartney's guest at a film preview of The Buddy Holly Story on the evening of 6 September, 1978. After dining with Paul and Linda McCartney, Moon and his girlfriend, Annette Walter-Lax, returned to a flat on loan from Harry Nilsson, No.12 at 9 Curzon Place, Mayfair which Cass Elliot had died in a little under four years earlier. Moon then took 32 tablets of Clomethiazole (Heminevrin). The medication was a sedative he had been prescribed to alleviate his alcohol withdrawal symptoms as he tried to go dry on his own at home; he was desperate to get clean, but was terrified of another stay in the psychiatric hospital for in-patient detoxification. However, Clomethiazole is specifically contraindicated for unsupervised home detox due to its addictiveness, tendency to rapidly induce drug tolerance and dangerously high risk of death when mixed with alcohol. The pills were also prescribed by a new doctor, Dr. Geoffrey Dymond, who was unaware of Moon's recklessly impulsive nature and long history of prescription sedative abuse. He had given Moon a full bottle of 100 pills, and instructed him to take one whenever he felt a craving for alcohol (but not more than 3 per day). The police determined there were 32 pills in his system, with the digestion of 6 being sufficient to cause his death, and the other 26 of which were still undissolved when he died. Moon was found by Annette in the hotel bed with one hand on the floor and one leg as well. Moon may have known he was dying and tried to get help himself.

Moon died a couple of weeks after the release of Who Are You. On the album cover, Moon is seated on a chair back-to-front to hide the weight gained over three years (as discussed in Tony Fletcher's book "Dear Boy"). The chair is labeled "NOT TO BE TAKEN AWAY."

Moon was cremated. His ashes were scattered in the Gardens of Remembrance at Golders Green Crematorium in London 1978.
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He as an animal on drums, one of the best. The Who kept going though with a new drummer.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 09/08/09 at 6:06 am

The word of the day...Award
1. To grant as merited or due: awarded prizes to the winners.
2. To give as legally due: awarded damages to the plaintiff.

n.

1. Something awarded or granted, as for merit.
2. A decision, such as one made by a judge or arbitrator.
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Written By: ninny on 09/08/09 at 6:08 am

The person of the day...Dorothy Dandridge
Dorothy Jean Dandridge (November 9, 1922–September 8, 1965) was an American actress and popular singer. Dandridge was the first African American to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress
Dandridge was born in Cleveland, Ohio to Cyril Dandridge (October 25, 1895-July 9, 1989), a cabinetmaker and minister and Ruby Dandridge (née Butler), an aspiring entertainer. Dandridge's parents separated shortly before her birth. Ruby Dandridge soon created an act for her two young daughters, Vivian and Dorothy, under the name of "The Wonder Children." The daughters toured the Southern United States for five years while Ruby worked and performed in Cleveland. During this time, they toured non-stop and rarely attended school.

With the start of the Great Depression, work dried up, as it did for many of the Chitlin' circuit performers. Ruby Dandridge moved to Hollywood, where she found steady work playing domestics in small parts on radio and film. "The Wonder Kids" were renamed "The Dandridge Sisters" and booked into such venues as the Cotton Club and The Apollo Theater in Harlem, New York. Dandridge's first on-screen appearance was a bit part in a 1935 Our Gang short. In 1937 she appeared in the Marx Brothers feature A Day at the Races.

In 1940, Dandridge played a murderer in the race film Four Shall Die. All of her early parts were stereotypical African-American roles, but her singing ability and presence brought her popularity in nightclubs around the country. During this period, she starred in several "soundies", film clips designed to be displayed on juke boxes, including "Paper Doll" by the Mills Brothers, "Cow Cow Boogie", "Jig in the Jungle", "Mr. & Mrs. Carpenter's Rent Party."

Carmen Jones

In 1954, director and writer Otto Preminger cast Dandridge, along with Harry Belafonte, Pearl Bailey, Brock Peters, Diahann Carroll, Madame Sul-Te-Wan (uncredited), and Joe Adams in his production of Carmen Jones. Dandridge's singing voice was dubbed by Marilyn Horne.

Carmen Jones grossed $60,000 during the first week and $47,000 in the second upon release in 1955. The film received favorable reviews, and Dandridge was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress, becoming only the third African American to receive a nomination in any Academy Award category (after Hattie McDaniel and Ethel Waters). Grace Kelly won for her performance in The Country Girl. At the ceremony, Dandridge presented the Academy Award for Film Editing to Gene Milford for On the Waterfront.
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Written By: ninny on 09/08/09 at 6:15 am

The co-person of the day...Zero Mostel
Samuel Joel “Zero” Mostel (February 28, 1915 – September 8, 1977) was an American actor of stage and screen, best known for his portrayal of comic characters such as Tevye onstage in Fiddler on the Roof, Pseudolus onstage and onscreen in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, and Max Bialystock in the original, film version of The Producers. He was blacklisted during the 1950s, and his testimony before the House Un-American Activities Committee was well-publicized. He was a Tony Award and Obie Award winner.
On 13 January 1960, while exiting a taxi on his way back from rehearsals for the play The Good Soup, Mostel was hit by a number 18 (now the M86) 86th Street crosstown bus, and his leg was crushed. The doctors wanted to amputate the leg, which would have effectively ended his stage career. Mostel refused, accepting the risk of gangrene, and remained hospitalized for four months. The gamble paid off, but for the rest of his life the massively-scarred leg gave him pain and required frequent rests and baths. After incurring his injury he retained the famous Harry Lipsig (the 5'3" self-described, "King of Torts"). The prospect of having Harry Lipsig, a Brooklyn street lawyer and spitfire of a man who was renowned for his schmaltzy renderings of depredation to NY juries looking to roast the insurance companies, combined with the prospect of the injured party being none other than Zero Mostel must have terrified the MTA counsel, because the case was settled for an undisclosed sum. Shortly thereafter the Mostels were able to leave the rented apartment on 86th Street for a co-op apartment they bought at The Dakota. From this time forward Mostel would carry a cane when he attended the Metropolitan Opera, to go along with the cape that he also favored.

Later that year Mostel took on the role of Estragon in a TV adaptation of Waiting for Godot. In 1961, he played Jean in Rhinoceros to very favorable reviews. The New Republic’s Robert Brustein said that he had “a great dancer’s control of movement, a great actor’s control of voice, a great mime’s control of facial expressions.” His transition onstage from man to rhinoceros became a thing of legend; he won his first Tony Award for Best Actor, even though he was not in the lead role.

In 1962 Mostel began work on the role of Pseudolus in the Broadway musical A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, which was to be one of his best remembered roles. The role of Pseudolus was originally offered to Phil Silvers, who declined it, saying he did not want to do this "old shtick." Mostel did not originally want to do the role either, which he thought below his capabilities, but was convinced by his wife and agent. The reviews were excellent, and, after a few slow weeks, the show became a great commercial success, running 964 performances and conferring on Mostel a star status (he also won a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical for this role). It was also produced as a movie version in 1966, also starring Mostel (and Silvers).

On September 22, 1964, Mostel opened as Tevye in the original Broadway production of Fiddler on the Roof. Mostel’s respect for the works of Sholem Aleichem made him insist that more of the author's mood and style were incorporated into the musical, and he made major contributions to its shape. He also created the cantorial sounds made famous in songs such as “If I Were a Rich Man”. In later years, the actors who followed Mostel in the role of Tevye invariably followed his staging. The show received rave reviews and was a great commercial success, running 3242 performances, a record at the time. Mostel received a Tony Award for it and was invited for a reception in the White House, officially ending his political pariah status.

In 1967, Mostel appeared as Potemkin in Great Catherine, and in 1968 he took on one of his most famous roles, that of Max Bialystock in The Producers. Mostel refused to accept the role at first, but director Mel Brooks convinced him to show the script to his wife, who then talked Mostel into doing it. His performance received mixed reviews, and was not a great success at first, but the film has achieved cult status since.
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 09/08/09 at 7:02 am

The word of the day...Award
1. To grant as merited or due: awarded prizes to the winners.
2. To give as legally due: awarded damages to the plaintiff.

n.

1. Something awarded or granted, as for merit.
2. A decision, such as one made by a judge or arbitrator.
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Ninny deserves an award for always supplying us with words and people of the day. :)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 09/08/09 at 7:31 am

Ninny deserves an award for always supplying us with words and people of the day. :)

Thank You, Thank You.I would like to Thank all the people..............OOPS I'm getting carried away.. ;D

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: CatwomanofV on 09/08/09 at 11:38 am

The co-person of the day...Zero Mostel
Samuel Joel “Zero” Mostel (February 28, 1915 – September 8, 1977) was an American actor of stage and screen, best known for his portrayal of comic characters such as Tevye onstage in Fiddler on the Roof, Pseudolus onstage and onscreen in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, and Max Bialystock in the original, film version of The Producers. He was blacklisted during the 1950s, and his testimony before the House Un-American Activities Committee was well-publicized. He was a Tony Award and Obie Award winner.
On 13 January 1960, while exiting a taxi on his way back from rehearsals for the play The Good Soup, Mostel was hit by a number 18 (now the M86) 86th Street crosstown bus, and his leg was crushed. The doctors wanted to amputate the leg, which would have effectively ended his stage career. Mostel refused, accepting the risk of gangrene, and remained hospitalized for four months. The gamble paid off, but for the rest of his life the massively-scarred leg gave him pain and required frequent rests and baths. After incurring his injury he retained the famous Harry Lipsig (the 5'3" self-described, "King of Torts"). The prospect of having Harry Lipsig, a Brooklyn street lawyer and spitfire of a man who was renowned for his schmaltzy renderings of depredation to NY juries looking to roast the insurance companies, combined with the prospect of the injured party being none other than Zero Mostel must have terrified the MTA counsel, because the case was settled for an undisclosed sum. Shortly thereafter the Mostels were able to leave the rented apartment on 86th Street for a co-op apartment they bought at The Dakota. From this time forward Mostel would carry a cane when he attended the Metropolitan Opera, to go along with the cape that he also favored.

Later that year Mostel took on the role of Estragon in a TV adaptation of Waiting for Godot. In 1961, he played Jean in Rhinoceros to very favorable reviews. The New Republic’s Robert Brustein said that he had “a great dancer’s control of movement, a great actor’s control of voice, a great mime’s control of facial expressions.” His transition onstage from man to rhinoceros became a thing of legend; he won his first Tony Award for Best Actor, even though he was not in the lead role.

In 1962 Mostel began work on the role of Pseudolus in the Broadway musical A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, which was to be one of his best remembered roles. The role of Pseudolus was originally offered to Phil Silvers, who declined it, saying he did not want to do this "old shtick." Mostel did not originally want to do the role either, which he thought below his capabilities, but was convinced by his wife and agent. The reviews were excellent, and, after a few slow weeks, the show became a great commercial success, running 964 performances and conferring on Mostel a star status (he also won a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical for this role). It was also produced as a movie version in 1966, also starring Mostel (and Silvers).

On September 22, 1964, Mostel opened as Tevye in the original Broadway production of Fiddler on the Roof. Mostel’s respect for the works of Sholem Aleichem made him insist that more of the author's mood and style were incorporated into the musical, and he made major contributions to its shape. He also created the cantorial sounds made famous in songs such as “If I Were a Rich Man”. In later years, the actors who followed Mostel in the role of Tevye invariably followed his staging. The show received rave reviews and was a great commercial success, running 3242 performances, a record at the time. Mostel received a Tony Award for it and was invited for a reception in the White House, officially ending his political pariah status.

In 1967, Mostel appeared as Potemkin in Great Catherine, and in 1968 he took on one of his most famous roles, that of Max Bialystock in The Producers. Mostel refused to accept the role at first, but director Mel Brooks convinced him to show the script to his wife, who then talked Mostel into doing it. His performance received mixed reviews, and was not a great success at first, but the film has achieved cult status since.
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I always loved Zero Mostel. We had a dog named Pseudolus as well as Hysterium after characters in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. (You can see a photo of Pseudolus on the photo boards). The movie of the play sucked.

Ninny deserves an award for always supplying us with words and people of the day. :)

I agree with Howard here.

Cat

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: CatwomanofV on 09/08/09 at 11:41 am

Oh, I forgot to mention that he was also in Woody Allen's "The Front" which was about people who were blacklisted in the 50s. In fact, just about everyone in that film was blacklisted. Even though I'm not a big fan of Woody Allen-I give him a lot of credit for that one.

Cat

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 09/08/09 at 6:37 pm

The person of the day...Dorothy Dandridge
Dorothy Jean Dandridge (November 9, 1922–September 8, 1965) was an American actress and popular singer. Dandridge was the first African American to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress
Dandridge was born in Cleveland, Ohio to Cyril Dandridge (October 25, 1895-July 9, 1989), a cabinetmaker and minister and Ruby Dandridge (née Butler), an aspiring entertainer. Dandridge's parents separated shortly before her birth. Ruby Dandridge soon created an act for her two young daughters, Vivian and Dorothy, under the name of "The Wonder Children." The daughters toured the Southern United States for five years while Ruby worked and performed in Cleveland. During this time, they toured non-stop and rarely attended school.

With the start of the Great Depression, work dried up, as it did for many of the Chitlin' circuit performers. Ruby Dandridge moved to Hollywood, where she found steady work playing domestics in small parts on radio and film. "The Wonder Kids" were renamed "The Dandridge Sisters" and booked into such venues as the Cotton Club and The Apollo Theater in Harlem, New York. Dandridge's first on-screen appearance was a bit part in a 1935 Our Gang short. In 1937 she appeared in the Marx Brothers feature A Day at the Races.

In 1940, Dandridge played a murderer in the race film Four Shall Die. All of her early parts were stereotypical African-American roles, but her singing ability and presence brought her popularity in nightclubs around the country. During this period, she starred in several "soundies", film clips designed to be displayed on juke boxes, including "Paper Doll" by the Mills Brothers, "Cow Cow Boogie", "Jig in the Jungle", "Mr. & Mrs. Carpenter's Rent Party."

Carmen Jones

In 1954, director and writer Otto Preminger cast Dandridge, along with Harry Belafonte, Pearl Bailey, Brock Peters, Diahann Carroll, Madame Sul-Te-Wan (uncredited), and Joe Adams in his production of Carmen Jones. Dandridge's singing voice was dubbed by Marilyn Horne.

Carmen Jones grossed $60,000 during the first week and $47,000 in the second upon release in 1955. The film received favorable reviews, and Dandridge was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress, becoming only the third African American to receive a nomination in any Academy Award category (after Hattie McDaniel and Ethel Waters). Grace Kelly won for her performance in The Country Girl. At the ceremony, Dandridge presented the Academy Award for Film Editing to Gene Milford for On the Waterfront.
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There must've been a lot of actresses playing her.

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Written By: Michael C. on 09/08/09 at 6:39 pm

My favorite Woody Allen Film too.........
Oh, I forgot to mention that he was also in Woody Allen's "The Front" which was about people who were blacklisted in the 50s. In fact, just about everyone in that film was blacklisted. Even though I'm not a big fan of Woody Allen-I give him a lot of credit for that one.

Cat

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Written By: Womble on 09/08/09 at 7:34 pm

My favorite Woody Allen Film too.........

loved that film. Kudos for the retros, Ninny. :)

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Written By: ninny on 09/09/09 at 7:44 am

The word of the day...Penguin
1. Any of various stout flightless marine birds of the family Spheniscidae, of cool regions of the Southern Hemisphere, having flipperlike wings and webbed feet adapted for swimming and diving, and short scalelike feathers that are white in front and black on the back.
2. Obsolete. The great auk.
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Written By: ninny on 09/09/09 at 7:48 am

The person of the day...Burgess Meredith
Oliver Burgess Meredith (November 16, 1907 – September 9, 1997), known professionally as Burgess Meredith, was an American actor. He was best-known for portraying Rocky Balboa's trainer Mickey Goldmill in the Rocky films and The Penguin in the television series Batman. He was one of only two people to star in four episodes of The Twilight Zone.
Burgess Meredith was adept playing both dramatic and comedic roles, and with his rugged looks and gravelly voice, he could convincingly play either an everyman hero or a sinister villain. He appeared in four different starring roles in the acclaimed anthology TV series The Twilight Zone; only Jack Klugman had as many leading guest appearances. In the famous "Time Enough at Last", a 1959 episode of The Twilight Zone, Meredith plays a henpecked bank teller who only wants to be left alone with his books. In the 1961 episode "Mr. Dingle, the Strong", Meredith plays the title character, a timid weakling who, as the subject of a space alien's experiment on human nature, suddenly acquires superhuman strength. In "Printer's Devil," Meredith portrayed the Devil himself, and in "The Obsolete Man" he portrayed a deeply religious man, sentenced to death in a future, dystopic totalitarian society. He would later play two more roles in Rod Serling's other anthology series, Night Gallery. Meredith was the narrator for Twilight Zone: The Movie in 1983. He did not receive on-screen credit for his narration (this was so that he could do the job for scale rather than charge his usual minimum fee); as compensation for Meredith's uncredited work, his name was inserted into the dialogue in a scene between Dan Aykroyd and Albert Brooks.

He appeared in various television programs, including the role of Chris, III, in the 1962 episode "Hooray, Hooray, the Circus Is Coming to Town" of the NBC medical drama about psychiatry, The Eleventh Hour starring Wendell Corey and Jack Ging. He also guest starred in the ABC drama about psychiatry, Breaking Point in the 1963 episode entitled "Heart of Marble, Body of Stone".

Meredith appeared in various western series too, such as Rawhide (four times), The Virginian (twice), Wagon Train, Branded, The Wild Wild West, The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters, Laredo and Daniel Boone.

In 1963, he appeared as Vincent Marion in a five-part episode of the last season of the Warner Brothers ABC detective series 77 Sunset Strip. He starred three times in Burke's Law in 1963-1964, starring Gene Barry, also on ABC.

Meredith achieved iconic status for playing The Penguin in the television series Batman, before he originated the role of Mickey Goldmill in the original Rocky, the first of the four Rocky films in which he appeared. This was the character for whom he was best known.

In 1972 - 1973, Meredith played V.C.R. Cameron, director of Probe Control, in the television movie/pilot Probe and then in Search, the subsequent TV series (the name was changed to avoid conflict with a program on PBS). The series involved "World Securities Corporation," a private agency which, among other activities, fielded a number of detectives equipped with high-tech equipment including a tiny TV transmitter (the "Scanner") which allowed Probe Control to see what was going on where the agents were working. One episode centered around Cameron being kidnapped and having to escape from a torture chamber, without any of the tools carried by Probe agents.

Meredith was a favorite of director Otto Preminger, who cast him in Advise and Consent (1962), In Harm's Way (1965), Hurry Sundown (1967), Skidoo (1968) and Such Good Friends (1971). (Both Preminger and Meredith portrayed villains on Batman.) He appeared in Ray Harryhausen's last stop-motion feature Clash of the Titans, in a supporting role. He played Rocky Balboa's trainer, Mickey Goldmill, in the first three Rocky films (1976), (1979) and (1982), to great acclaim. Even though his character died in the third Rocky film, he returned briefly in the fifth film, Rocky V (1990). (1981) He played an old Korean War veteran Captain J.G. Williams in The Last Chase with Lee Majors. Meredith also appeared in Santa Claus: The Movie (1985). In his twilight years, he played Jack Lemmon's character's father in Grumpy Old Men (1993) and its sequel, Grumpier Old Men (1995). He was the Penguin in the original Batman movie. As a nod to his longtime association with The Twilight Zone, he served as narrator for the 1983 film based on the series. He was Academy Award-nominated in the Best Supporting Actor category for his roles in The Day of the Locust (1975) and Rocky (1976). Another notable role was as Goldie Hawn's landlord in Foul Play.
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Written By: ninny on 09/09/09 at 7:50 am

The co-person of the day...Jack Warner
Jack Leonard "J.L." Warner (August 2, 1892 – September 9, 1978), born Jacob Warner in London, Ontario, Canada, was the president and driving force behind the successful development of Warner Bros. Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California. Warner's 45-year career was lengthier than that of any other traditional Hollywood studio mogul.

As co-head of production at Warner Bros. Studios, he worked with his brother, Sam Warner, to procure the technology for the film industry's first talking picture. After Sam's death, Jack clashed with his surviving older brothers, Harry and Albert Warner. He assumed exclusive control of the film production company in the 1950s, when he secretly purchased his brothers' shares in the business after convincing them to participate in a joint sale of stocks.

Although Warner was feared by many of his employees and inspired ridicule with his uneven attempts at humor, he earned respect for his shrewd instincts and toughmindedness. He recruited many of Warner Bros.' top stars and promoted the hard-edged social dramas for which the studio became known. Given to quick decision making, Warner once commented, "If I'm right fifty-one percent of the time, I'm ahead of the game."

Throughout his career, he was viewed as a contradictory and enigmatic figure. Although he was a staunch Republican, Warner encouraged film projects that promoted the agenda of Democratic President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal. He speedily grasped the threat posed by European fascism and criticized Nazi Germany well before America's involvement in World War II. During the postwar era, however, Warner supported an anti-Communist crusade that culminated in the "blacklisting" of Hollywood directors, actors, screenwriters, and technicians. Despite his controversial public image, Warner remained a force in the motion picture industry until his retirement in the early 1970s
The Warner brothers pooled their resources and moved into film production in 1910. Then, in 1912, they lent their support to filmmaker Carl Laemmle's Independent Motion Picture Company, which challenged the monopolistic control of the Edison Trust. That same year, Jack Warner acquired a job as a film splicer in New York, where he assisted brother Sam with the production of the film, Dante's Inferno. Despite the film's success at the box office, Harry Warner remained concerned about the economic threat presented by the Edison Trust. He subsequently broke with Laemmle and sent Jack to establish a film exchange in San Francisco, while Sam did the same in Los Angeles. The brothers were soon poised to exploit the expanding California movie market. In 1917, Jack was sent to Los Angeles to open another film exchange company. Their first opportunity to produce a major film came in 1918, when they purchased the film rights for My Four Years in Germany, a bestselling novel that condemned German wartime atrocities. The film proved to be a commercial and critical success, and the four brothers were able to establish a studio in Hollywood, California. In the new Hollywood studio, Jack became co-head of production along with his older brother, Sam. In this capacity, the two brothers secured new scripts and story lines, managed film production, and looked for ways to reduce production costs.
Hollywood movie studios, 1922

Warner Bros. followed up the success of My Four Years in Germany with a popular serial titled The Tiger's Claw in 1919. That same year, the studio was less successful in its efforts to promote Open Your Eyes, a tract on the dangers of venereal disease that featured Jack Warner's sole screen appearance. During this period, the studio earned few profits, and in 1920, the Warners secured a bank loan to settle outstanding debts. Shortly thereafter, the Warners relocated their production studio from Culver City, California, to Hollywood, where they purchased a lot on the corner of Sunset Boulevard and Bronson Avenue. The new location and upgraded facilities did not significantly improve the studio's image, which remained defined by its low-budget comedies and racy films on declining morality.

The studio discovered a trained German Shepherd named Rin Tin Tin in 1923. The canine made his debut in Where the North Begins, a film about an abandoned pup who is raised by wolves and befriends a fur trapper. According to one biographer, Jack Warner's initial doubts about the project were quelled when he met Rin Tin Tin, "who seemed to display more intelligence than some of the Warner comics." Rin Tin Tin proved to be the studio's most important commercial asset until the introduction of sound. Screenwriter Darryl F. Zanuck produced several scripts for Rin Tin Tin vehicles and, during one year, wrote more than half of the studio's features. Between 1928 and 1933, Zanuck served as Jack Warner's right-hand man and executive producer, a position whose responsibilities included the day-to-day production of films. Despite the success of Rin Tin Tin and other projects, however, Warner Bros. was unable to compete with Hollywood's "Big Three" – Paramount, Universal, and First National studios.

In 1925, the studio expanded its operations and acquired the Brooklyn-based theater company, Vitagraph. Later that year, Sam Warner urged his brother, Harry, to sign an agreement with Western Electric to develop a series of talking "shorts" using the newly developed Vitaphone technology. Sam died of pneumonia in 1927 (just before the premiere of the first feature-length talking picture, The Jazz Singer), and Jack became sole head of production. Sam's death left Jack unconsolable. One biographer writes, "Throughout his life, Jack had been warmed by Sam's sunshiny optimism, his thirst for excitement, his inventive mind, his gambling nature. Sam had also served as a buffer between Jack and his stern eldest brother, Harry. In the years to come, Jack ran the Warner Bros. Burbank studio with an iron hand. Following his brother's death, he became increasingly difficult to deal with and inspired the resentment of many of his employees.

As the family grieved over Sam's sudden passing, the success of The Jazz Singer helped establish Warner Bros. as a major studio. While Warner Bros. invested only $500,000 in the film, the studio reaped $3 million in profits. Hollywood's five major studios, which controlled most of the nation's movie theaters, initially attempted to block the growth of "talking pictures". In the face of such organized opposition, Warner Bros. produced 12 "talkies" in 1928 alone. The following year, the newly formed Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences recognized Warner Bros. for "revolutionizing the industry with sound".
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Written By: Howard on 09/09/09 at 2:59 pm

The person of the day...Burgess Meredith
Oliver Burgess Meredith (November 16, 1907 – September 9, 1997), known professionally as Burgess Meredith, was an American actor. He was best-known for portraying Rocky Balboa's trainer Mickey Goldmill in the Rocky films and The Penguin in the television series Batman. He was one of only two people to star in four episodes of The Twilight Zone.
Burgess Meredith was adept playing both dramatic and comedic roles, and with his rugged looks and gravelly voice, he could convincingly play either an everyman hero or a sinister villain. He appeared in four different starring roles in the acclaimed anthology TV series The Twilight Zone; only Jack Klugman had as many leading guest appearances. In the famous "Time Enough at Last", a 1959 episode of The Twilight Zone, Meredith plays a henpecked bank teller who only wants to be left alone with his books. In the 1961 episode "Mr. Dingle, the Strong", Meredith plays the title character, a timid weakling who, as the subject of a space alien's experiment on human nature, suddenly acquires superhuman strength. In "Printer's Devil," Meredith portrayed the Devil himself, and in "The Obsolete Man" he portrayed a deeply religious man, sentenced to death in a future, dystopic totalitarian society. He would later play two more roles in Rod Serling's other anthology series, Night Gallery. Meredith was the narrator for Twilight Zone: The Movie in 1983. He did not receive on-screen credit for his narration (this was so that he could do the job for scale rather than charge his usual minimum fee); as compensation for Meredith's uncredited work, his name was inserted into the dialogue in a scene between Dan Aykroyd and Albert Brooks.

He appeared in various television programs, including the role of Chris, III, in the 1962 episode "Hooray, Hooray, the Circus Is Coming to Town" of the NBC medical drama about psychiatry, The Eleventh Hour starring Wendell Corey and Jack Ging. He also guest starred in the ABC drama about psychiatry, Breaking Point in the 1963 episode entitled "Heart of Marble, Body of Stone".

Meredith appeared in various western series too, such as Rawhide (four times), The Virginian (twice), Wagon Train, Branded, The Wild Wild West, The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters, Laredo and Daniel Boone.

In 1963, he appeared as Vincent Marion in a five-part episode of the last season of the Warner Brothers ABC detective series 77 Sunset Strip. He starred three times in Burke's Law in 1963-1964, starring Gene Barry, also on ABC.

Meredith achieved iconic status for playing The Penguin in the television series Batman, before he originated the role of Mickey Goldmill in the original Rocky, the first of the four Rocky films in which he appeared. This was the character for whom he was best known.

In 1972 - 1973, Meredith played V.C.R. Cameron, director of Probe Control, in the television movie/pilot Probe and then in Search, the subsequent TV series (the name was changed to avoid conflict with a program on PBS). The series involved "World Securities Corporation," a private agency which, among other activities, fielded a number of detectives equipped with high-tech equipment including a tiny TV transmitter (the "Scanner") which allowed Probe Control to see what was going on where the agents were working. One episode centered around Cameron being kidnapped and having to escape from a torture chamber, without any of the tools carried by Probe agents.

Meredith was a favorite of director Otto Preminger, who cast him in Advise and Consent (1962), In Harm's Way (1965), Hurry Sundown (1967), Skidoo (1968) and Such Good Friends (1971). (Both Preminger and Meredith portrayed villains on Batman.) He appeared in Ray Harryhausen's last stop-motion feature Clash of the Titans, in a supporting role. He played Rocky Balboa's trainer, Mickey Goldmill, in the first three Rocky films (1976), (1979) and (1982), to great acclaim. Even though his character died in the third Rocky film, he returned briefly in the fifth film, Rocky V (1990). (1981) He played an old Korean War veteran Captain J.G. Williams in The Last Chase with Lee Majors. Meredith also appeared in Santa Claus: The Movie (1985). In his twilight years, he played Jack Lemmon's character's father in Grumpy Old Men (1993) and its sequel, Grumpier Old Men (1995). He was the Penguin in the original Batman movie. As a nod to his longtime association with The Twilight Zone, he served as narrator for the 1983 film based on the series. He was Academy Award-nominated in the Best Supporting Actor category for his roles in The Day of the Locust (1975) and Rocky (1976). Another notable role was as Goldie Hawn's landlord in Foul Play.
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He was great as Rocky's manager.

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Written By: Frank on 09/09/09 at 4:25 pm

He was great as Rocky's manager.

I will always remember him as "The Penguin" in those zany 60s Batman TV shows.

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Written By: ninny on 09/09/09 at 5:21 pm

He was great as Rocky's manager.

I will always remember him as "The Penguin" in those zany 60s Batman TV shows.

He was great at both roles. :)

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Written By: Womble on 09/09/09 at 8:32 pm

He was also good in Grumpier Old Men.

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Written By: ninny on 09/10/09 at 5:20 am

The word of the day...Crest
1.
1. A usually ornamental tuft, ridge, or similar projection on the head of a bird or other animal.
2. An elevated, irregularly toothed ridge on the stigmas of certain flowers.
3. A ridge or an appendage on a plant part, such as on a leaf or petal.
2.
1. A plume used as decoration on top of a helmet.
2. A helmet.
3.
1. Heraldry. A device placed above the shield on a coat of arms.
2. A representation of such a device.
4.
1. The top, as of a hill or wave.
2. The highest or culminating point; the peak: the crest of a flood; at the crest of her career.
5. The ridge on a roof.
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Written By: ninny on 09/10/09 at 5:24 am

The person of the day...Jane Wyman
Jane Wyman (January 5, 1917 – September 10, 2007) was an American character actress of stage, film and television. She began her film career in the 1930s, and was a prolific performer for two decades. She received an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in Johnny Belinda (1948), and later achieved success during the 1980s for her leading role in the television series Falcon Crest.

Wyman was the first wife of Ronald Reagan, marrying him in 1940 and divorcing him in 1948, long before he became U.S. president or ran for any public office. To date, she is the only woman to have been an ex-wife of a U.S. president.
In 1939, Wyman was cast in another starring role, in Torchy Plays With Dynamite. In 1941, she appeared in You're in the Army Now, in which she and Regis Toomey had the longest screen kiss in cinema history: 3 minutes and 5 seconds.

Wyman finally gained critical notice in the film noir The Lost Weekend (1945). She was nominated for the 1946 Academy Award for Best Actress for The Yearling (1946), and won two years later for her role as a deaf-mute rape victim in Johnny Belinda (1948). She was the first person in the sound era to win an acting Oscar without speaking a line of dialogue. In an amusing acceptance speech, perhaps poking fun at some of her long-winded counterparts, Wyman took her statue and said only, "I accept this, very gratefully, for keeping my mouth shut once. I think I'll do it again."

The Oscar win gave her the ability to choose higher profile roles, although she still showed a liking for musical comedy. She worked with such directors as Alfred Hitchcock on Stage Fright (1950), Frank Capra on Here Comes the Groom (1951) and Michael Curtiz on The Story of Will Rogers (1952). She starred in The Glass Menagerie (1950), Just for You (1952), Let's Do It Again (1953), The Blue Veil (1951) (another Oscar nomination), the remake of Edna Ferber's So Big (1953), Magnificent Obsession (1954) (Oscar nomination), Lucy Gallant (1955), All That Heaven Allows (1955), and Miracle in the Rain (1956).

She replaced the ailing Gene Tierney in Holiday for Lovers (1959), and next appeared in Pollyanna (1960), Bon Voyage! (1962), and her final big screen movie, How to Commit Marriage (1969). Wyman was also a well-regarded character actress.

Television

Her first guest-starring television role was on a 1955 episode of General Electric Theatre. This appearance led to roles on Summer Playhouse, Lux Playhouse, Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse, Checkmate, The Investigators, and Wagon Train. She also served as hostess of The Bell Telephone Hour and Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre. She had telling roles in both The Sixth Sense and Insight, among other programs.

Wyman hosted an anthology television series, Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theater, for which she was nominated for an Emmy Award in 1957. During her tenure as host, however, ratings steadily declined, and the show ended after three seasons.

She was later cast in two unsold pilots during the 1960s and 1970s. After those pilots were not picked up, Wyman went into semi-retirement and remained there for most of the 1970s, though she made guest appearances on series such as Charlie's Angels and The Love Boat.

Falcon Crest

Wyman's career enjoyed a resurgence when she was cast as the scheming Californian vintner and matriarch Angela Channing in The Vintage Years, which was retooled as the primetime soap opera Falcon Crest. The series, which ran from 1981 to 1990, was created by Earl Hamner who had created The Waltons a decade earlier. Also starring on the show was an already established character actress, Susan Sullivan as Angela's niece- and daughter-in-law, Maggie Gioberti Channing, and relatively unknown actor Lorenzo Lamas as Angela's irresponsible grandson, Lance Cumson. The on and off-screen chemistry of both Wyman & Lamas was an immediate success story of 1980s television, spitting fire against each other. In its first season, Falcon Crest was a ratings hit, behind other 1980s prime-time soap operas such as, Dallas and Knots Landing, but initially ahead of rival soap Dynasty.

During the fall of 1982, Wyman's character met two separate characters: Richard Channing (played by a familiar actor David Selby), who would become her on-screen bastardized and compassionate son, that only he enjoyed working with and without Wyman until the series' cancellation, and Melissa Agretti (played by an struggling actress Ana Alicia), who would become her on-screen archnemesis. Despite of the fact Alicia got along great with Wyman, she was fired from the show at the beginning of the eighth season.

For her role as Angela Channing, Wyman was nominated for a Soap Opera Digest Award five times (for Outstanding Actress in a Leading Role and for Outstanding Villainess: Prime Time Serial), and was also nominated for a Golden Globe Award in 1983 and 1984. That same year, she won the Golden Globe for Best Performance By an Actress in a TV Series. Later in the show's run, Wyman suffered several health problems. In 1986, she had abdominal surgery which caused her to miss two episodes (her character simply "disappeared" under mysterious circumstances). In 1988, she missed another episode due to ill-health and was told by her doctors to avoid work. However, she wanted to continue working and she completed the rest of the 1988-1989 season while her health was still deteriorating. Months later in 1989, Wyman collapsed on the set and was hospitalized due to problems with diabetes and a liver ailment. Her doctors told her that she should end her acting career. Wyman was absent for most of the ninth and final season of Falcon Crest in 1989-1990 (her character was written out of the series by being comatose in a hospital bed following an attempted murder). Going against her doctor's advice, she returned for the final three episodes in 1990, even writing a soliloquy for the series finale. Wyman ultimately appeared in 208 of the show's 227 episodes.

After Falcon Crest, Wyman only acted once more, playing Jane Seymour's screen mother in a 1993 episode of Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman. Following this, she retired from acting permanently. Wyman had starred in 83 movies, two successful TV series, and was nominated for an Academy Award four times, winning once.
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Written By: ninny on 09/10/09 at 5:27 am

The co-person of the day...Pier Angeli
Pier Angeli (June 19, 1932 – September 10, 1971) was an Italian-born television and film actress.
She was discovered by Hollywood, and MGM launched her in her first American film, Teresa (1951). Directed by Fred Zinnemann, this film also saw the joint debuts of Rod Steiger and John Ericson. Reviews for her performance in the film compared her to Greta Garbo, and she won the Golden Globe Award for New Star Of The Year - Actress. Under contract with MGM throughout the 1950s, she appeared in a series of films. including The Light Touch with Stewart Granger. Plans for a film of Romeo and Juliet with her and Marlon Brando fell through when a British-Italian production was announced.

Her next few films were respectable but unexciting: The Story of Three Loves (1953) with Kirk Douglas; Sombrero, in which she replaced an indisposed Ava Gardner; and Flame and the Flesh (1954), in which she lost her man to Lana Turner. After discovering Leslie Caron, another continental ingénue, MGM loaned Angeli out to other studios. She went to Warner Bros. for The Silver Chalice, which marked the debut of Paul Newman, and she made Mam'zelle Nitouche with the French comic actor Fernandel. For Paramount, she should have had the role of Anna Magnani's daughter in The Rose Tattoo, but because motherhood interfered, the role went to her twin sister, Marisa Pavan, who was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for the role. Pier was loaned out again, to Columbia, for Port Afrique (1956). She returned to MGM for Somebody Up There Likes Me as Paul Newman's long-suffering wife (James Dean had originally been expected to play the starring role, which went to Newman after Dean's death). She then appeared in The Vintage (1957) with Mel Ferrer and John Kerr, and finished her contract in Merry Andrew, starring Danny Kaye.

During the 1960s and until 1970, Angeli returned to live and work in Britain and Europe. Few of her films during that period were notable, despite a strong performance opposite Richard Attenborough in The Angry Silence (1960). She was reunited with Stewart Granger for Sodom and Gomorrah (1963), in which she played Lot's wife. She had a brief role in the war epic Battle of the Bulge (1965). 1968 found Pier in Israel, top billed in Every Bastard a King, about events during that nation's recent war, but steady work was eluding her. It seemed as if her acting career might revive when she was picked to play a role in The Godfather, but she died soon before filming.

Personal life and death

According to Kirk Douglas' autobiography, he and Angeli were engaged in the 1950s after meeting on the set of the 1953 film The Story of Three Loves. For a short time, Angeli also had a romantic relationship with James Dean, however, under pressure from her domineering mother, she broke off the relationship and went on to marry singer and actor Vic Damone (1954–1958). Her marriage to Damone ended in divorce, followed by highly publicized court battles for the custody of their one son. Her second marriage was to Italian composer Armando Trovaioli (1962–1969), with whom she had another son. This marriage also ended in divorce.

At the age of 39, despondent and lonely, Angeli was found dead of a barbiturate overdose. Reports vary as to whether the overdose was accidental or intentional. She is interred in the Cimetière des Bulvis, in Rueil-Malmaison, Hauts-de-Seine, France.
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Written By: Howard on 09/10/09 at 6:19 am

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Written By: gibbo on 09/10/09 at 7:07 am

Always liked Jane Wyman as an actress. Magificent Obsession was a good movie... :)

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Written By: ninny on 09/10/09 at 7:57 am

Always liked Jane Wyman as an actress. Magificent Obsession was a good movie... :)

The movie I remember her most from is Johnny Belinda, also did a good job in The Yearling.I wasn't much of a fan of Falcon Crest so i really don't remember much about the show.

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Written By: ninny on 09/10/09 at 7:59 am

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Written By: Michael C. on 09/10/09 at 8:21 am

Great Movie....also liked Her in Lost Weekend w/ Ray Milland.
Always liked Jane Wyman as an actress. Magificent Obsession was a good movie... :)

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Written By: Reynolds1863 on 09/10/09 at 9:37 am

I remember watching Wyman on Falcon Crest. As I recall she didn't like Nancy Reagan much.

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Written By: gibbo on 09/10/09 at 4:12 pm

Other crests... Oh, that bird better move before it wipes out! ;)

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Written By: ninny on 09/10/09 at 6:21 pm

Other crests... Oh, that bird better move before it wipes out! ;)

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Lovely Crests :)

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Written By: Womble on 09/10/09 at 6:51 pm

Kudos, Ninny! Thanks for sharing. :)

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Written By: Howard on 09/10/09 at 6:54 pm

The brand I use ..most of the time.

fights cavities too.

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Written By: ninny on 09/11/09 at 4:54 am

Kudos, Ninny! Thanks for sharing. :)

Thank you :)

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Written By: ninny on 09/11/09 at 4:58 am

The word of the day...Company
1. A group of persons. See synonyms at band2.
2.
1. One's companions or associates: moved in fast company; is known by the company she keeps.
2. A guest or guests: had company for the weekend.
3. The state of friendly companionship; fellowship: was grateful for her company; friends who finally parted company.
3.
1. A business enterprise; a firm.
2. A partner or partners not specifically named in a firm's title: Lee Rogers and Company.
4. A troupe of dramatic or musical performers: a repertory company.
5.
1. A subdivision of a military regiment or battalion that constitutes the lowest administrative unit. It is usually under the command of a captain and is made up of at least two platoons.
2. A unit of firefighters.
6. A ship's crew and officers. See Usage Note at collective noun.
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Written By: ninny on 09/11/09 at 5:02 am

The person of the day...John Ritter
Jonathan Southworth “John” Ritter (September 17, 1948 – September 11, 2003) was an American actor and comedian perhaps best known for playing Jack Tripper in the ABC sitcom Three's Company.
Ritter headlined several stage performances before he was made a star by appearing in the hit sitcom Three's Company (the Americanized version of the 1970s British Thames Television series Man About the House) in 1977, playing a single ladies' man and culinary student, Jack Tripper, who lived with two female roommates played by Joyce Dewitt and Suzanne Somers. Jack pretended to be gay to keep the landlords appeased over their living arrangement. The show spent several seasons near the top of the TV ratings in the U.S. before ending in 1984. Ritter went on for one more year on the spin-off Three's a Crowd. The original series has been seen continuously in reruns and is also available on DVD. During the run of the show, he appeared in the feature films Hero at Large, Americathon, and They All Laughed. In 1978, he played Ringo Starr's manager on the television special Ringo, and in 1982, played the voice of Peter Dickinson in Flight of Dragons.

Before Three's Company, he occasionally appeared in the first five seasons of The Waltons on CBS as the Reverend Matthew Fordwick (1972–1976). He played a disturbed soldier/patient in one episode of M*A*S*H in 1973. He appeared in an episode of Hawaii Five-0 and in the Charles Bronson film The Stone Killer alongside Norman Fell. He also guest starred in one episode of The Cosby Show in 1991.

After Three's Company

After Three's Company he appeared in a number of movies, most notably Problem Child and its first sequel. He appeared in the Oscar-winning Sling Blade (almost unrecognizable as the discount store manager) and Noises Off and played the lead role in Blake Edwards' 1989 film Skin Deep. He starred with Markie Post in the early-1990s sitcom Hearts Afire and on the 1980s police comedy-drama Hooperman.

He starred in many made-for-TV movies including Stephen King's It, Danielle Steel's Heartbeat with Polly Draper, It Came From the Sky in 1999 with Yasmine Bleeth and made guest appearances on TV shows such as Ally McBeal, Scrubs, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and Felicity. He also provided the voice of the title character in the PBS animated children's show Clifford the Big Red Dog, a role for which he received two Emmy nominations. He starred alongside kickboxing actor Olivier Gruner for the buddy cop film Mercenary.

He played Claude Pichon in The Dinner Party (2000) at the Music Box Theatre on Broadway, which was written by Neil Simon. It ran for three hundred and sixty-four performances. Ritter won the Theatre World Award in 2001 for his performance in that work.

In 2002, he made a TV comeback with the ABC family sitcom 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter (later retitled 8 Simple Rules following his death). His final two film appearances were as the store manager in Bad Santa (2003), starring personal friend Billy Bob Thornton and Bernie Mac, and Clifford's Really Big Movie. He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6631 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood.
On September 11, 2003, Ritter felt ill while rehearsing scenes for a season 2 episode of 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter. He was taken across the street to Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center, where he died later that day. The cause of his death was an aortic dissection caused by a previously undiagnosed congenital heart defect. His father had died of a heart attack almost thirty years earlier. Years later Ritter's wife testified in court that he had concerns for his own health because of the cause of his father's death. He was buried at Forest Lawn, Hollywood Hills Cemetery in Los Angeles.
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Written By: ninny on 09/11/09 at 5:03 am

The co-person of the day...Jessica Tandy
Jessie Alice "Jessica" Tandy (7 June 1909 – 11 September 1994) was an English stage and film actress.

She first appeared on the London stage in 1926 at the age of 16, playing, among others, Katherine opposite Laurence Olivier's Henry V, and Cordelia opposite John Gielgud's "King Lear". She also worked in British films. Following the end of her marriage to Jack Hawkins, she moved to New York, where she met Canadian actor Hume Cronyn. He became her second husband and frequent partner on stage and screen.

She was nominated for a Tony Award for her performance as Blanche Dubois in the original Broadway production of A Streetcar Named Desire in 1948, sharing the prize with Katherine Cornell and Judith Anderson in her portrayal of Medea. Over the following three decades, her career continued sporadically and included a substantial role in Alfred Hitchcock's film, The Birds (1963), and a Tony Award winning performance in The Gin Game (playing in the two-character play opposite her husband, Cronyn) in 1977.

In the mid 1980s she enjoyed a career revival. She appeared opposite Hume Cronyn in the Broadway production of Foxfire in 1983 and its television adaptation four years later, winning both a Tony Award and an Emmy Award for her portrayal of Annie Nations. During these years, she appeared in films such as Cocoon (1985), also with Cronyn.

She became the oldest actress to receive the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in Driving Miss Daisy (1989), for which she also won a British Film Award and a Golden Globe, and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Fried Green Tomatoes (1991). At the height of her success, she was named as one of People's "50 Most Beautiful People". She was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 1990, and continued working until shortly before her death.
Tandy began her career at the age of 16 in London, establishing herself with performances opposite such actors as Laurence Olivier and John Gielgud. She entered films in England, but when her marriage to the actor Jack Hawkins failed, she moved to the United States. In 1942, she married Hume Cronyn and over the following years played supporting roles in several Hollywood films.

She made her American film debut in The Seventh Cross (1944). She also appeared in The Valley of Decision (1945), The Green Years (1946, as Cronyn's daughter), Dragonwyck (1946) starring Gene Tierney and Forever Amber (1947).

She won a Tony Award for her performance as Blanche Dubois in the original Broadway production of A Streetcar Named Desire in 1948. Over the following three decades, her career continued sporadically and included a substantial role in Alfred Hitchcock's film, The Birds (1963), and a Tony Award-winning performance in The Gin Game in 1977.
Jessica Tandy in Driving Miss Daisy, 1989.

After her Tony-winning performance as Blanche DuBois in the original Broadway production of Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire, (she lost the film role to actress Vivien Leigh), she concentrated on the stage. She became a naturalized citizen of the United States in 1952. For the next 20 years, she appeared sporadically in films such as The Light in the Forest (1958) and The Birds (1963).

The beginning of the 1980s saw a resurgence in her film career, with character roles in The World According to Garp, Best Friends, Still of the Night (all 1982) and The Bostonians (1984), and the hit film Cocoon (1985), opposite Cronyn, with whom she re-teamed for *batteries not included (1987) and Cocoon: The Return (1988). She and Cronyn had been working together more and more, on stage and television, notably in 1987's Foxfire which won her an Emmy Award (recreating her Tony winning Broadway role). However, it was her colorful performance in Driving Miss Daisy (1989), as an aging, stubborn Southern-Jewish matron, that earned her an Oscar.

Tandy was chosen by People magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the world in 1990. She earned a Best Supporting Actress nomination for her work in the grassroots hit Fried Green Tomatoes (1991), and co-starred in The Story Lady (1991 telefilm, with daughter Tandy Cronyn), Used People (1992, as Shirley MacLaine's mother), To Dance with the White Dog (1993 telefilm, with husband Hume Cronyn), Nobody's Fool (1994), and Camilla (also 1994, with Cronyn). Camilla was to be her last performance, at the age of 84.
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Written By: ninny on 09/11/09 at 5:21 am

***Honorable Mention to the victims of 9-11

There were a total of 2,993 deaths, including the 19 hijackers: 246 on the four planes (from which there were no survivors), 2,603 in New York City in the towers and on the ground, and 125 at the Pentagon. An additional 24 people remain listed as missing. All of the deaths in the attacks were civilians except for 55 military personnel killed at the Pentagon. More than 90 countries lost citizens in the attacks on the World Trade Center. In 2007, the New York City medical examiner's office added Felicia Dunn-Jones to the official death toll from the September 11 attacks. Dunn-Jones died five months after 9/11 from a lung condition which was linked to exposure to dust during the collapse of the World Trade Center.

One person was...Mark Bingham
Mark Kendall Bingham (May 22, 1970 in Phoenix, Arizona – September 11, 2001 in Shanksville, Pennsylvania) was an American public relations executive who founded his own company, the Bingham Group. He died at age 31 in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack on board United Airlines Flight 93.
Bingham is believed to have been among the passengers who attempted to storm the cockpit to try to prevent the hijackers from using the plane to kill hundreds or thousands of additional victims. He made a brief airphone call to his mother, Alice Hoglan, shortly before the plane went down. Hoglan, a former flight attendant with United Airlines, later left a voice mail message on his cell phone, instructing Bingham to reclaim the aircraft after it became apparent that Flight 93 was to be used in a suicide mission.

Bingham was survived by his former boyfriend of six years, Paul Holm, who says this was not the first time Bingham risked his life to protect the lives of others. He had twice successfully protected Holm from attempted muggings, one of which was at gunpoint. Holm describes Bingham as a brave, competitive man, saying, "He hated to lose — at anything." He was even known to proudly display a scar he received after being gored at the running of the bulls in Pamplona.

Bingham attended Los Gatos High School. He was a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley, where he was also president of \his fraternity, Chi Psi. In college, he played for the UC Berkeley rugby team and helped them win a string of national championships.

Apparently, he got on board Flight 93 at the last minute, going on with the flight attendant.

A large athlete at 6 feet 4 inches (1.9 m) and 225 pounds (102 kg), he also played for the San Francisco Fog RFC, a rugby union team.

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Written By: ninny on 09/11/09 at 6:38 am

The flower for Friday...Zinnia
Any of various plants of the genus Zinnia, native to tropical America, especially Z. elegans, widely cultivated for its showy, rayed, variously colored flower heads. Also called regionally old maid, old maid flower.
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Written By: Howard on 09/11/09 at 6:58 am

The person of the day...John Ritter
Jonathan Southworth “John” Ritter (September 17, 1948 – September 11, 2003) was an American actor and comedian perhaps best known for playing Jack Tripper in the ABC sitcom Three's Company.
Ritter headlined several stage performances before he was made a star by appearing in the hit sitcom Three's Company (the Americanized version of the 1970s British Thames Television series Man About the House) in 1977, playing a single ladies' man and culinary student, Jack Tripper, who lived with two female roommates played by Joyce Dewitt and Suzanne Somers. Jack pretended to be gay to keep the landlords appeased over their living arrangement. The show spent several seasons near the top of the TV ratings in the U.S. before ending in 1984. Ritter went on for one more year on the spin-off Three's a Crowd. The original series has been seen continuously in reruns and is also available on DVD. During the run of the show, he appeared in the feature films Hero at Large, Americathon, and They All Laughed. In 1978, he played Ringo Starr's manager on the television special Ringo, and in 1982, played the voice of Peter Dickinson in Flight of Dragons.

Before Three's Company, he occasionally appeared in the first five seasons of The Waltons on CBS as the Reverend Matthew Fordwick (1972–1976). He played a disturbed soldier/patient in one episode of M*A*S*H in 1973. He appeared in an episode of Hawaii Five-0 and in the Charles Bronson film The Stone Killer alongside Norman Fell. He also guest starred in one episode of The Cosby Show in 1991.

After Three's Company

After Three's Company he appeared in a number of movies, most notably Problem Child and its first sequel. He appeared in the Oscar-winning Sling Blade (almost unrecognizable as the discount store manager) and Noises Off and played the lead role in Blake Edwards' 1989 film Skin Deep. He starred with Markie Post in the early-1990s sitcom Hearts Afire and on the 1980s police comedy-drama Hooperman.

He starred in many made-for-TV movies including Stephen King's It, Danielle Steel's Heartbeat with Polly Draper, It Came From the Sky in 1999 with Yasmine Bleeth and made guest appearances on TV shows such as Ally McBeal, Scrubs, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and Felicity. He also provided the voice of the title character in the PBS animated children's show Clifford the Big Red Dog, a role for which he received two Emmy nominations. He starred alongside kickboxing actor Olivier Gruner for the buddy cop film Mercenary.

He played Claude Pichon in The Dinner Party (2000) at the Music Box Theatre on Broadway, which was written by Neil Simon. It ran for three hundred and sixty-four performances. Ritter won the Theatre World Award in 2001 for his performance in that work.

In 2002, he made a TV comeback with the ABC family sitcom 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter (later retitled 8 Simple Rules following his death). His final two film appearances were as the store manager in Bad Santa (2003), starring personal friend Billy Bob Thornton and Bernie Mac, and Clifford's Really Big Movie. He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6631 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood.
On September 11, 2003, Ritter felt ill while rehearsing scenes for a season 2 episode of 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter. He was taken across the street to Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center, where he died later that day. The cause of his death was an aortic dissection caused by a previously undiagnosed congenital heart defect. His father had died of a heart attack almost thirty years earlier. Years later Ritter's wife testified in court that he had concerns for his own health because of the cause of his father's death. He was buried at Forest Lawn, Hollywood Hills Cemetery in Los Angeles.
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I've never laughed so hard while watching John Ritter,he is just so hilarious. ;D

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Written By: ninny on 09/11/09 at 7:58 am

I've never laughed so hard while watching John Ritter,he is just so hilarious. ;D

Yes he had a special talent.

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Written By: CatwomanofV on 09/11/09 at 11:32 am

***Honorable Mention to the victims of 9-11

There were a total of 2,993 deaths, including the 19 hijackers: 246 on the four planes (from which there were no survivors), 2,603 in New York City in the towers and on the ground, and 125 at the Pentagon. An additional 24 people remain listed as missing. All of the deaths in the attacks were civilians except for 55 military personnel killed at the Pentagon. More than 90 countries lost citizens in the attacks on the World Trade Center. In 2007, the New York City medical examiner's office added Felicia Dunn-Jones to the official death toll from the September 11 attacks. Dunn-Jones died five months after 9/11 from a lung condition which was linked to exposure to dust during the collapse of the World Trade Center.

One person was...Mark Bingham
Mark Kendall Bingham (May 22, 1970 in Phoenix, Arizona – September 11, 2001 in Shanksville, Pennsylvania) was an American public relations executive who founded his own company, the Bingham Group. He died at age 31 in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack on board United Airlines Flight 93.
Bingham is believed to have been among the passengers who attempted to storm the cockpit to try to prevent the hijackers from using the plane to kill hundreds or thousands of additional victims. He made a brief airphone call to his mother, Alice Hoglan, shortly before the plane went down. Hoglan, a former flight attendant with United Airlines, later left a voice mail message on his cell phone, instructing Bingham to reclaim the aircraft after it became apparent that Flight 93 was to be used in a suicide mission.

Bingham was survived by his former boyfriend of six years, Paul Holm, who says this was not the first time Bingham risked his life to protect the lives of others. He had twice successfully protected Holm from attempted muggings, one of which was at gunpoint. Holm describes Bingham as a brave, competitive man, saying, "He hated to lose — at anything." He was even known to proudly display a scar he received after being gored at the running of the bulls in Pamplona.

Bingham attended Los Gatos High School. He was a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley, where he was also president of \his fraternity, Chi Psi. In college, he played for the UC Berkeley rugby team and helped them win a string of national championships.

Apparently, he got on board Flight 93 at the last minute, going on with the flight attendant.

A large athlete at 6 feet 4 inches (1.9 m) and 225 pounds (102 kg), he also played for the San Francisco Fog RFC, a rugby union team.

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Karma for this.

Cat

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Written By: ninny on 09/11/09 at 12:15 pm

Karma for this.

Cat

Thank You :)

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Written By: nally on 09/11/09 at 12:37 pm

I've never laughed so hard while watching John Ritter,he is just so hilarious. ;D

I enjoyed watching him on "Three's" Company.

His son Jason Ritter, also an actor, is following in his dad's footsteps. About three years ago he had a starring role on "The Class" (a short-lived sitcom on CBS) as a doctor. I hope Jason gets into more successful acting roles as time rolls on.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/11/09 at 2:29 pm

I have a lot to catch up on, I will start on it tomorrow.

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Written By: Frank on 09/11/09 at 3:37 pm

The person of the day...John Ritter
Jonathan Southworth “John” Ritter (September 17, 1948 – September 11, 2003) was an American actor and comedian perhaps best known for playing Jack Tripper in the ABC sitcom Three's Company.
Ritter headlined several stage performances before he was made a star by appearing in the hit sitcom Three's Company (the Americanized version of the 1970s British Thames Television series Man About the House) in 1977, playing a single ladies' man and culinary student, Jack Tripper, who lived with two female roommates played by Joyce Dewitt and Suzanne Somers. Jack pretended to be gay to keep the landlords appeased over their living arrangement. The show spent several seasons near the top of the TV ratings in the U.S. before ending in 1984. Ritter went on for one more year on the spin-off Three's a Crowd. The original series has been seen continuously in reruns and is also available on DVD. During the run of the show, he appeared in the feature films Hero at Large, Americathon, and They All Laughed. In 1978, he played Ringo Starr's manager on the television special Ringo, and in 1982, played the voice of Peter Dickinson in Flight of Dragons.

Before Three's Company, he occasionally appeared in the first five seasons of The Waltons on CBS as the Reverend Matthew Fordwick (1972–1976). He played a disturbed soldier/patient in one episode of M*A*S*H in 1973. He appeared in an episode of Hawaii Five-0 and in the Charles Bronson film The Stone Killer alongside Norman Fell. He also guest starred in one episode of The Cosby Show in 1991.

After Three's Company

After Three's Company he appeared in a number of movies, most notably Problem Child and its first sequel. He appeared in the Oscar-winning Sling Blade (almost unrecognizable as the discount store manager) and Noises Off and played the lead role in Blake Edwards' 1989 film Skin Deep. He starred with Markie Post in the early-1990s sitcom Hearts Afire and on the 1980s police comedy-drama Hooperman.

He starred in many made-for-TV movies including Stephen King's It, Danielle Steel's Heartbeat with Polly Draper, It Came From the Sky in 1999 with Yasmine Bleeth and made guest appearances on TV shows such as Ally McBeal, Scrubs, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and Felicity. He also provided the voice of the title character in the PBS animated children's show Clifford the Big Red Dog, a role for which he received two Emmy nominations. He starred alongside kickboxing actor Olivier Gruner for the buddy cop film Mercenary.

He played Claude Pichon in The Dinner Party (2000) at the Music Box Theatre on Broadway, which was written by Neil Simon. It ran for three hundred and sixty-four performances. Ritter won the Theatre World Award in 2001 for his performance in that work.

In 2002, he made a TV comeback with the ABC family sitcom 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter (later retitled 8 Simple Rules following his death). His final two film appearances were as the store manager in Bad Santa (2003), starring personal friend Billy Bob Thornton and Bernie Mac, and Clifford's Really Big Movie. He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6631 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood.
On September 11, 2003, Ritter felt ill while rehearsing scenes for a season 2 episode of 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter. He was taken across the street to Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center, where he died later that day. The cause of his death was an aortic dissection caused by a previously undiagnosed congenital heart defect. His father had died of a heart attack almost thirty years earlier. Years later Ritter's wife testified in court that he had concerns for his own health because of the cause of his father's death. He was buried at Forest Lawn, Hollywood Hills Cemetery in Los Angeles.
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John Ritter, a very funny man. The main reason why I watched 3's company. (Never cared for Suzanne Sommers) Very good a physical comedy too.

I also remember him as the preacher in the early years of "the Waltons"
My wife and I were shocked when he passed away.

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Written By: ninny on 09/11/09 at 4:17 pm

I enjoyed watching him on "Three's" Company.

His son Jason Ritter, also an actor, is following in his dad's footsteps. About three years ago he had a starring role on "The Class" (a short-lived sitcom on CBS) as a doctor. I hope Jason gets into more successful acting roles as time rolls on.

My daughter & I use to enjoy Jason in Joan of Arcadia

John Ritter, a very funny man. The main reason why I watched 3's company. (Never cared for Suzanne Sommers) Very good a physical comedy too.

I also remember him as the preacher in the early years of "the Waltons"
My wife and I were shocked when he passed away.

I feel the same way I loved Three's company for his physical humor..I also was a fan of the Waltons and remember him from the show..started to become a fan of 8 Simple Rules when he was tragically taken from the world.

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Written By: ninny on 09/11/09 at 4:18 pm

I have a lot to catch up on, I will start on it tomorrow.

Take your time..you're a working man you need to relax on your days off. :)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/11/09 at 4:20 pm

Take your time..you're a working man you need to relax on your days off. :)
Exactly as I was thinking.

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Written By: ninny on 09/12/09 at 6:11 am

The word of the day...Chariot(s)
1. An ancient horse-drawn two-wheeled vehicle used in war, races, and processions.
2. A light four-wheeled carriage used for occasions of ceremony or for pleasure.
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Written By: ninny on 09/12/09 at 6:20 am

We are starting something new today. I started the person of the day @ a year ago, today I'm starting the Birthday of the day..
Today we celebrate the birthday of Ian Holm
Sir Ian Holm, CBE (born 12 September 1931) is an English award-winning actor known for his stage work and for many film roles, including the hobbit Bilbo Baggins in the first and third films of the Lord of the Rings film trilogy, the athletics trainer Sam Mussabini in Chariots of Fire, Father Vito Cornelius in The Fifth Element and the android Ash in Alien.
Holm was an established star of the Royal Shakespeare Company before making an impact on television and film. In 1965, Holm played Richard III in the BBC serialisation of the Wars of the Roses plays, based on the RSC production of the plays, and gradually made a name for himself with minor roles in films such as Oh! What a Lovely War (1969), Nicholas and Alexandra (1971), Mary, Queen of Scots (1971) and Young Winston (1972). In 1967, he won a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play, for playing the role of Lenny in The Homecoming by Harold Pinter. In 1977, Holm appeared in the TV mini-series Jesus of Nazareth as the Sadducee Zerah, and in the following year played J M Barrie in the award-winning BBC TV series The Lost Boys, in which his son Barnaby played the young George Llewelyn Davies.

Holm's first film role to have a major impact was that of the treacherous android, Ash, in Ridley Scott's Alien (1979). His portrayal of Sam Mussabini in Chariots of Fire (1981), earned him a special award at the Cannes Film Festival and an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor. Back home in England, he won a BAFTA award, for Best Supporting Actor, for Chariots. In the 1980s, he had memorable roles in Time Bandits (1981), Greystoke - The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984) and Terry Gilliam's Brazil (1985). He played Lewis Carroll, author of Alice in Wonderland in the Dennis Potter-scripted fantasy Dreamchild (1985).

In 1989 Holm was nominated for a BAFTA award for the TV series Game, Set, and Match. Based on the novels by Len Deighton this tells the story of an intelligence officer (Holm) who discovers that his own wife is an enemy spy. He continued to perform Shakespeare, and appeared with Kenneth Branagh in Henry V (1989) and as Polonius to Mel Gibson's Hamlet (1990). Holm was reunited with Kenneth Branagh in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994), playing the father of Branagh's Victor Frankenstein.

Holm raised his profile in 1997 with two prominent roles, as the stressed but gentle priest Vito Cornelius in the The Fifth Element and the tormented plaintiff's lawyer in The Sweet Hereafter. Holm was knighted for his services to drama in 1998. In 2001 he starred in From Hell as the physician Sir William Withey Gull. The same year he appeared as Bilbo Baggins in the blockbuster film The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, having previously played Bilbo's nephew Frodo Baggins in a 1981 BBC Radio adaptation of The Lord of the Rings. He reappeared in the trilogy in The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003), for which he shared a SAG award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture.

Holm has been nominated for an Emmy Award twice, for a PBS broadcast of a National Theatre production of King Lear, in 1999; and for a supporting role in the HBO film The Last of the Blonde Bombshells opposite Judi Dench, in 2001. Holm has provided voice-overs for many British TV documentaries and commercials.

Holm is a favorite actor of Terry Gilliam, having appeared in Time Bandits and Brazil. Holm has also appeared in two David Cronenberg films, Naked Lunch (1991) and eXistenZ (1999) and was Harold Pinter's favourite actor, the playwright once stating: "He puts on my shoe, and it fits!" Holm made a stir as Lenny in the first ever performance of Pinter's masterpiece The Homecoming.

He has played Napoleon Bonaparte three times. First, in the 1972 television series Napoleon and Love. Next, in a cameo comic rendition, in Terry Gilliam's Time Bandits from 1981. He completed the set in 2001 playing the fallen and exiled leader in the fanciful film The Emperor's New Clothes.
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Written By: ninny on 09/12/09 at 6:23 am

The co-birthday of the day...Neil Peart
eil Ellwood Peart (pronounced /ˈpɪərt/) OC, (born September 12, 1952) is a Canadian musician and author. He is best-known as the drummer and lyricist for the rock band Rush.

Peart grew up in Port Dalhousie, Ontario, Canada (now part of St. Catharines) working the occasional odd job. However, his true ambition was to become a professional musician. During adolescence, he floated from regional band to regional band and dropped out of high school to pursue a career as a full-time drummer. After a discouraging stint in England to concentrate on his music, Peart returned home, where he joined a local Toronto band, Rush, in the summer of 1974.

Early in his career, Peart's performance style was deeply rooted in hard rock. He drew most of his inspiration from drummers such as Keith Moon and John Bonham, players who were at the forefront of the British hard rock scene. As time progressed, however, he began to emulate jazz and big band musicians Gene Krupa and Buddy Rich. In 1994, Peart became a friend and pupil of jazz instructor Freddie Gruber. It was during this time that Peart decided to revamp and reinvent his playing style by incorporating jazz and swing components. Gruber was also responsible for introducing him to the products of Drum Workshop, the company whose products Peart currently endorses.

Peart has received many awards for his musical performances and is known for his technical proficiency and stamina.

In addition to being a musician, Peart is also a prolific writer, having published several memoirs about his travels. Peart is also Rush's primary lyricist. In writing lyrics for Rush, Peart addresses universal themes and diverse subject matter including science fiction, fantasy, and philosophy, as well as secular, humanitarian and libertarian themes. In contrast, his books have been focused on his personal experiences.

Peart currently resides in Santa Monica, California with his wife, photographer Carrie Nuttall, but also has a home in the Laurentian Mountains of Quebec and spends time in Toronto for recording purposes. On August 12, 2009 Nuttall gave birth to a daughter, Olivia Louise Peart.
Before joining Rush, he had written few songs, but, with the other members largely uninterested in writing lyrics, Peart's previously underutilized writing became as noticed as his musicianship. The band was still finding its feet as a recording act, and Peart, along with the rest of the band, now had to learn to live from a suitcase.

His first recording with the band, 1975's Fly by Night, was fairly successful, winning the Juno Award for most promising new act, but, the follow up, Caress of Steel, for which the band had high hopes, was greeted with hostility by both fans and critics. In response to this negative reception, most of which was aimed at the B side spanning epic "The Fountain of Lamneth", Peart responded by penning "2112" on their next album of the same name in 1976. The album, despite record company indifference, became their breakthrough and gained a following in the United States. The supporting tour culminated in a three night stand at Massey Hall in Toronto, a venue Peart had dreamed of playing in his days on the Southern Ontario bar circuit and where he was now introduced as "The Professor on the drum kit" by Lee.

Peart returned to England for Rush's Northern European Tour and the band stayed in the United Kingdom to record the next album, 1977's A Farewell to Kings in Rockfield Studios in Wales. They returned to Rockfield to record the follow up, Hemispheres, in 1978, which they wrote entirely in the studio. The recording of five studio albums in four years, coupled with as many as 300 gigs a year, convinced the band to take a different approach thereafter. Peart has described his time in the band up to this point as "a dark tunnel."

From this point on, Peart's career was near exclusively with Rush:
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Written By: Howard on 09/12/09 at 7:32 am

I enjoyed watching him on "Three's" Company.

His son Jason Ritter, also an actor, is following in his dad's footsteps. About three years ago he had a starring role on "The Class" (a short-lived sitcom on CBS) as a doctor. I hope Jason gets into more successful acting roles as time rolls on.

maybe a teenage version of Three's Company.

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Written By: Howard on 09/12/09 at 7:34 am

The word of the day...Chariot(s)
1. An ancient horse-drawn two-wheeled vehicle used in war, races, and processions.
2. A light four-wheeled carriage used for occasions of ceremony or for pleasure.
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I don't remember watching Chariots Of Fire.

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Written By: Womble on 09/12/09 at 8:07 am

Nice idea with the new "Birthdays of the Day", Ninny. Keep up the great work! :)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/12/09 at 9:41 am

Now where did I leave off.... ?

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/12/09 at 9:47 am

The person of the day...Keith Moon
Keith John Moon (23 August, 1946 – 7 September, 1978) was an English drummer of the rock group The Who. He gained notoriety for exuberant drumming and his destructive lifestyle that earned him the nickname, "Moon the Loon." Moon joined The Who in 1964, replacing Doug Sandom. He played on all albums and singles from their debut, 1965's My Generation, to 1978's Who Are You, which was released two weeks before his death.

Moon was known for innovative, dramatic drumming, often eschewing basic back beats for a fluid, busy technique focused on fast, cascading rolls across the toms and cymbal crashes.
At 17, Moon joined The Who (in April 1964), a replacement for Doug Sandom. Without a drummer the remaining members hired a session drummer to fulfill shows they had agreed to play. Moon attended one of these shows. Pete Townshend described him as looking like a "ginger vision" with his hair dyed ginger and wearing ginger-coloured clothes. As stated in Amazing Journey: The Story of The Who, Moon looked up to Roger Daltrey during the show and said "I hear you're looking for a drummer. Well, I'm much better than the one you've got." The band knew they needed Moon after seeing him practically smash the drum kit to pieces.

Early in The Who's career, live sets culminated in "auto destruction", members destroying their equipment in elaborate fashion, an act that was imitated by other bands and artists including Jimi Hendrix in his breakout performance at the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival. Moon showed a zeal for this, kicking and smashing his drums. For a performance on the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour television show, he had explosives loaded into one of his kit's two bass drums. During the finale of "My Generation," he kicked the other drum off the riser and then set off the charge, singeing Townshend's hair and embedding a piece of cymbal in his own arm (the blast has been speculated as starting Townshend's tinnitus). Another time, he filled clear acrylic drums with water and goldfish, playing them for a television appearance. When an audience member asked "What happens with your goldfish?" he replied with a grin, "Well I mean, you know...even the best drummers get hungry." Antics like these earned him the nicknames "Moon the Loon", and "Mad Moon".
Keith Moon in 1976

His propensity for "cracking up" the other members around the vocal microphone led other members to banish him from the studio when vocals were recorded. This led to a game, Moon sneaking in to join the singing. Moon can be heard singing lead on several tracks, including "Bell Boy" (Quadrophenia, 1973), "Bucket T" and "Barbara Ann" (Ready Steady Who EP, 1966), and the high backing vocals on other songs, such as "Pictures Of Lily" and "Guitar And Pen".

He was credited as composer of "I Need You," which he also sang, and the instrumental "Cobwebs and Strange" (from A Quick One, 1966), the single B-sides "In The City" (co-written by Moon and Entwistle), "Dogs Part Two" (1969) (sharing credits with Townshend's and Entwistle's dogs, Towser and Jason) and "Waspman" (1972), and "Girl's Eyes" (from The Who Sell Out sessions; featured on Thirty Years of Maximum R&B and a 1995 re-release of The Who Sell Out). He also co-composed the instrumental "The Ox" (from the debut album "My Generation") with Townshend, Entwistle and pianist Nicky Hopkins. "Tommy's Holiday Camp" (from Tommy) was credited to Moon, who suggested the action should take place in a holiday camp. The song was written by Townshend, and although many think Moon sings on the track, the version on the album is Townshend's demo. However Moon did sing it live and on the Tommy film. He also produced "Baba O'Riley"s violin solo (which he had suggested), performed by Dave Arbus, a friend.

Daltrey said Moon's drumming style held the band together; that Entwistle and Townshend "were like knitting needles... and Keith was the ball of wool.
Moon was Paul McCartney's guest at a film preview of The Buddy Holly Story on the evening of 6 September, 1978. After dining with Paul and Linda McCartney, Moon and his girlfriend, Annette Walter-Lax, returned to a flat on loan from Harry Nilsson, No.12 at 9 Curzon Place, Mayfair which Cass Elliot had died in a little under four years earlier. Moon then took 32 tablets of Clomethiazole (Heminevrin). The medication was a sedative he had been prescribed to alleviate his alcohol withdrawal symptoms as he tried to go dry on his own at home; he was desperate to get clean, but was terrified of another stay in the psychiatric hospital for in-patient detoxification. However, Clomethiazole is specifically contraindicated for unsupervised home detox due to its addictiveness, tendency to rapidly induce drug tolerance and dangerously high risk of death when mixed with alcohol. The pills were also prescribed by a new doctor, Dr. Geoffrey Dymond, who was unaware of Moon's recklessly impulsive nature and long history of prescription sedative abuse. He had given Moon a full bottle of 100 pills, and instructed him to take one whenever he felt a craving for alcohol (but not more than 3 per day). The police determined there were 32 pills in his system, with the digestion of 6 being sufficient to cause his death, and the other 26 of which were still undissolved when he died. Moon was found by Annette in the hotel bed with one hand on the floor and one leg as well. Moon may have known he was dying and tried to get help himself.

Moon died a couple of weeks after the release of Who Are You. On the album cover, Moon is seated on a chair back-to-front to hide the weight gained over three years (as discussed in Tony Fletcher's book "Dear Boy"). The chair is labeled "NOT TO BE TAKEN AWAY."

Moon was cremated. His ashes were scattered in the Gardens of Remembrance at Golders Green Crematorium in London 1978.

Keith Moon honoured with a historic blue plaque at the site of the Marquee Club in Soho, London

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/12/09 at 9:48 am

He as an animal on drums, one of the best. The Who kept going though with a new drummer.
Rolls Royce + swimming - wet

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/12/09 at 9:50 am

The word of the day...Penguin
1. Any of various stout flightless marine birds of the family Spheniscidae, of cool regions of the Southern Hemisphere, having flipperlike wings and webbed feet adapted for swimming and diving, and short scalelike feathers that are white in front and black on the back.
2. Obsolete. The great auk.

"Happy Feet"

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/12/09 at 9:53 am

The word of the day...Crest
1.
1. A usually ornamental tuft, ridge, or similar projection on the head of a bird or other animal.
2. An elevated, irregularly toothed ridge on the stigmas of certain flowers.
3. A ridge or an appendage on a plant part, such as on a leaf or petal.
2.
1. A plume used as decoration on top of a helmet.
2. A helmet.
3.
1. Heraldry. A device placed above the shield on a coat of arms.
2. A representation of such a device.
4.
1. The top, as of a hill or wave.
2. The highest or culminating point; the peak: the crest of a flood; at the crest of her career.
5. The ridge on a roof.

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Latterly known as "La Plancha", but now closed it seems. The moulded plaque at the top in the middle (which is slightly cut off) still has the original name of the pub inscribed.

Located in Peckham, London, SE15.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/12/09 at 9:54 am

He was great as Rocky's manager.
I thought he was!

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/12/09 at 9:55 am

The word of the day...Company
1. A group of persons. See synonyms at band2.
2.
1. One's companions or associates: moved in fast company; is known by the company she keeps.
2. A guest or guests: had company for the weekend.
3. The state of friendly companionship; fellowship: was grateful for her company; friends who finally parted company.
3.
1. A business enterprise; a firm.
2. A partner or partners not specifically named in a firm's title: Lee Rogers and Company.
4. A troupe of dramatic or musical performers: a repertory company.
5.
1. A subdivision of a military regiment or battalion that constitutes the lowest administrative unit. It is usually under the command of a captain and is made up of at least two platoons.
2. A unit of firefighters.
6. A ship's crew and officers. See Usage Note at collective noun.

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"I love working for Uncle Sam!"

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/12/09 at 9:57 am

***Honorable Mention to the victims of 9-11

There were a total of 2,993 deaths, including the 19 hijackers: 246 on the four planes (from which there were no survivors), 2,603 in New York City in the towers and on the ground, and 125 at the Pentagon. An additional 24 people remain listed as missing. All of the deaths in the attacks were civilians except for 55 military personnel killed at the Pentagon. More than 90 countries lost citizens in the attacks on the World Trade Center. In 2007, the New York City medical examiner's office added Felicia Dunn-Jones to the official death toll from the September 11 attacks. Dunn-Jones died five months after 9/11 from a lung condition which was linked to exposure to dust during the collapse of the World Trade Center.

One person was...Mark Bingham
Mark Kendall Bingham (May 22, 1970 in Phoenix, Arizona – September 11, 2001 in Shanksville, Pennsylvania) was an American public relations executive who founded his own company, the Bingham Group. He died at age 31 in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack on board United Airlines Flight 93.
Bingham is believed to have been among the passengers who attempted to storm the cockpit to try to prevent the hijackers from using the plane to kill hundreds or thousands of additional victims. He made a brief airphone call to his mother, Alice Hoglan, shortly before the plane went down. Hoglan, a former flight attendant with United Airlines, later left a voice mail message on his cell phone, instructing Bingham to reclaim the aircraft after it became apparent that Flight 93 was to be used in a suicide mission.

Bingham was survived by his former boyfriend of six years, Paul Holm, who says this was not the first time Bingham risked his life to protect the lives of others. He had twice successfully protected Holm from attempted muggings, one of which was at gunpoint. Holm describes Bingham as a brave, competitive man, saying, "He hated to lose — at anything." He was even known to proudly display a scar he received after being gored at the running of the bulls in Pamplona.

Bingham attended Los Gatos High School. He was a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley, where he was also president of \his fraternity, Chi Psi. In college, he played for the UC Berkeley rugby team and helped them win a string of national championships.

Apparently, he got on board Flight 93 at the last minute, going on with the flight attendant.

A large athlete at 6 feet 4 inches (1.9 m) and 225 pounds (102 kg), he also played for the San Francisco Fog RFC, a rugby union team.

My thoughts were there at the right time on Friday.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/12/09 at 10:05 am

The word of the day...Chariot(s)
1. An ancient horse-drawn two-wheeled vehicle used in war, races, and processions.
2. A light four-wheeled carriage used for occasions of ceremony or for pleasure.

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One of my favourite films.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/13/09 at 1:35 am

The word of the day...Chariot(s)
1. An ancient horse-drawn two-wheeled vehicle used in war, races, and processions.
2. A light four-wheeled carriage used for occasions of ceremony or for pleasure.

Martin "Chariots" Offiah MBE (born 29 December 1966 in London, England) is an English former rugby league and, briefly, rugby union footballer of the 1980s, 90s and 2000s.

He is also known as 'Chariots' Offiah after the film 'Chariots of Fire'. When playing in Australia he was also known as 'Great Balls' although (contrary to widespread popular belief) the correct pronunciation of his surname is 'Offier' – with the stress on the first syllable.

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Written By: CatwomanofV on 09/13/09 at 4:55 pm

Where's ninny, today? ??? I hope she is ok.

Cat

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Written By: nally on 09/14/09 at 1:13 pm

My daughter & I used to enjoy Jason in Joan of Arcadia

I watched a few eps of that too. I recall that show was short lived as well, but I think he had a good starring role there too.

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Written By: nally on 09/14/09 at 1:15 pm

maybe a teenage version of Three's Company.

I doubt it. Jason Ritter is the same age as me (29), but I don't think he might get into a comedic role like his late daddy did...altho you never know. Like I said, on "The Class" he played a doctor, but the personality of his character seemed rather witty at times.

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Written By: nally on 09/14/09 at 1:16 pm

Where's ninny, today? ??? I hope she is ok.

Cat

I hope so too. She's missing in action today too.

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Written By: gibbo on 09/14/09 at 3:56 pm

Most unusual for Janine to be MIA this long! I, too, hope all is okay with her....

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Written By: Howard on 09/14/09 at 7:38 pm

Maybe she'll be on later tonight.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/15/09 at 12:27 pm

Most unusual for Janine to be MIA this long! I, too, hope all is okay with her....
Is she baby-sitting again?

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Written By: Howard on 09/15/09 at 3:41 pm

Is she baby-sitting again?

She might.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/16/09 at 1:18 pm

She might.
...or her Internet has blown again?

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Written By: CatwomanofV on 09/16/09 at 1:21 pm

Ninny, come back. We all miss you.

Cat

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Written By: Howard on 09/16/09 at 7:02 pm

maybe someone else could do word of the day?

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Written By: Frank on 09/17/09 at 12:21 am

maybe someone else could do word of the day?

If Howard did "word of the day" which word would he chose first?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/17/09 at 2:03 am

If Howard did "word of the day" which word would he chose first?
I wonder too!

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 09/17/09 at 7:03 am

I wonder too!

I'll let it sit with Ninny.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: CatwomanofV on 09/17/09 at 11:08 am

If Howard did "word of the day" which word would he chose first?

"Legs" and he would want to spread the word?

Cat

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 09/17/09 at 3:24 pm

"Legs" and he would want to spread the word?

Cat

Nah,that wouldn't be my word of the day. ;D

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/18/09 at 2:52 pm

Nah,that wouldn't be my word of the day. ;D
Is wouldn't be your word of the day?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: gibbo on 09/18/09 at 6:09 pm

"Legs" and he would want to spread the word?

Cat

Now...that sounded like one of my comments! >:( ;D

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/19/09 at 3:56 am

"Legs" and he would want to spread the word?

Cat
Legs ~ ZZ Top

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 09/19/09 at 7:04 am

Is wouldn't be your word of the day?

No.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 09/19/09 at 7:05 am

There's also Legs Diamond.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/19/09 at 7:07 am

Hot Legs ~ Rod Stewart

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 09/19/09 at 7:16 am

http://chiclooking.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/sexy-legs.jpg

sexy legs. ;)^

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/19/09 at 9:45 am

Hot Legs as sung by Rod Stewart

Whos that knocking on my door
Its gotta be a quarter to four
Is it you again coming round for more
Well you can love me tonight if you want
But in the morning make sure youre gone
Im talkin to you
Hot legs, wearing me out
Hot legs, you can scream and shout
Hot legs, are you still in school
I love you honey

Gotta most persuasive tongue
You promise all kinds of fun
But what you dont understand
Im a working man
Gonna need a shot of vitamin e
By the time youre finished with me
Im talking to you
Hot legs, youre an alley cat
Hot legs, you scratch my back
Hot legs, bring your mother too
I love you honey

Imagine how my daddy felt
In your jet black suspender belt
Seventeen years old
Hes touching sixty four

You got legs right up to your neck
Youre making me a physical wreck
Im talking to you
Hot legs, in your satin shoes
Hot legs, are you still in school
Hot legs, youre making me a fool
I love you honey

Hot legs, making your mark
Hot legs, keep my pencil sharp
Hot legs, keep your hands to yourself
I love you honey
Hot legs, youre wearing me out
Hot legs, you can scream and shout
Hot legs, youre still in school
I love you honey

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Frank on 09/19/09 at 5:30 pm

LEGoS

http://waynehodgins.typepad.com/ontarget/WindowsLiveWriter/Lego%20city_1.jpg

Sh'e's got legos, she knows how to use them.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 09/19/09 at 6:57 pm

^That's not a leg word,there's an "o" in it.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Reynolds1863 on 09/19/09 at 11:47 pm

LEGoS

http://waynehodgins.typepad.com/ontarget/WindowsLiveWriter/Lego%20city_1.jpg

Sh'e's got legos, she knows how to use them.

I'm impressed. That's the work of a Legomaniac. :)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/20/09 at 4:25 am

LEGoS

http://waynehodgins.typepad.com/ontarget/WindowsLiveWriter/Lego%20city_1.jpg

Sh'e's got legos, she knows how to use them.
There is a Lego Abbey Road image somewhere.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/20/09 at 4:34 am

There is a Lego Abbey Road image somewhere.
Found one of them.

http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm66/Phil_O-Sopher/866953758_e755459ba4_m.jpg

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 09/20/09 at 6:49 am

Found one of them.

http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm66/Phil_O-Sopher/866953758_e755459ba4_m.jpg

Wow,that's neat.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/20/09 at 6:52 am

Wow,that's neat.
There are others.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 09/20/09 at 6:53 am

There are others.

fantastic,hope to see them.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/20/09 at 6:54 am

fantastic,hope to see them.
When I am back on the main computer I will do.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/20/09 at 8:03 am

Another...

http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm66/Phil_O-Sopher/3898343717_89830a7c59_m.jpg

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Womble on 09/20/09 at 9:48 am

Love the Leggos. Thanks, Ninny. :)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/20/09 at 9:54 am

LEGoS

http://waynehodgins.typepad.com/ontarget/WindowsLiveWriter/Lego%20city_1.jpg

Sh'e's got legos, she knows how to use them.
I can see an empty road crossing in this image.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/20/09 at 9:54 am

http://edp.org/Germany/Legoland/LegolandS.jpg

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: CatwomanofV on 09/20/09 at 12:17 pm

I am really worried about ninny.

Cat

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/20/09 at 1:16 pm

http://edp.org/Germany/Legoland/LegolandS.jpg
Blast!!!!!

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: snozberries on 09/20/09 at 1:23 pm

I am really worried about ninny.

Cat

when was the last time she was here? did she say anything about her leaving elsewhere?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/21/09 at 1:35 am

This topic needs a leg-up!

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: gibbo on 09/21/09 at 1:51 am

I am really worried about ninny.

Cat

Me too... she would not just go away without some hint to us.....and even when she is baby sitting, she manages to spend time here! I hope nothing bad has happened..... Not certain if anyone has an email address to check on her. Her husband (Tim) sometimes spent time here on the arcade, using the same account, and he has not played any games either lately....

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 09/21/09 at 6:10 am

Me too... she would not just go away without some hint to us.....and even when she is baby sitting, she manages to spend time here! I hope nothing bad has happened..... Not certain if anyone has an email address to check on her. Her husband (Tim) sometimes spent time here on the arcade, using the same account, and he has not played any games either lately....

Will she be back?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 09/21/09 at 6:11 am

Another...

http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm66/Phil_O-Sopher/3898343717_89830a7c59_m.jpg

very nice. :)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 09/21/09 at 11:45 am

I am really worried about ninny.

Cat

Me too... she would not just go away without some hint to us.....and even when she is baby sitting, she manages to spend time here! I hope nothing bad has happened..... Not certain if anyone has an email address to check on her. Her husband (Tim) sometimes spent time here on the arcade, using the same account, and he has not played any games either lately....

Will she be back?

Thanks everyone..Everything is fine.I spent the last week with Daniel & Missy in Red Creek with no internet >:(

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 09/21/09 at 11:51 am

The word of the day...Horror
1. An intense, painful feeling of repugnance and fear. See synonyms at fear.
2. Intense dislike; abhorrence.
3. A cause of horror.
4. Informal. Something unpleasant, ugly, or disagreeable: That hat is a horror.
5. horrors Informal. Intense nervous depression or anxiety. Often used with the.
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 09/21/09 at 11:54 am

The birthday of the day...Stephen King
Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American writer of contemporary horror fiction, science fiction, fantasy literature, and screenplays. An estimated 300–350 million copies of King's novels and short story collections have been sold, and many of his stories have been adapted for film, television, and other media. King has written a number of books using the pen name Richard Bachman, and one short story, "The Fifth Quarter", as John Swithen.

In 2003 the National Book Foundation awarded King the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters.
Early life

Stephen King was born in Portland, Maine. When King was two years old, his father left the family under the pretense of going to buy a pack of cigarettes, leaving his mother to raise King and his adopted older brother David by herself, sometimes under great financial strain. The family moved to De Pere, Wisconsin, Fort Wayne, Indiana, and Stratford, Connecticut. When King was eleven years old, the family returned to Durham, Maine, where Ruth King cared for her parents until their deaths. She then became a caterer in a local residential facility for the mentally challenged.

As a child, King apparently witnessed one of his friends being struck and killed by a train, though he has no memory of the event. His family told him that after leaving home to play with the boy, King returned, speechless and seemingly in shock. Only later did the family learn of the friend's death. Some commentators have suggested that this event may have psychologically inspired King's dark, disturbing creations, but King himself has dismissed the idea.

King's primary inspiration for writing horror fiction was related in detail in his 1981 non-fiction Danse Macabre, in a chapter titled "An Annoying Autobiographical Pause". King makes a comparison of his uncle successfully dowsing for water using the bough of an apple branch with the sudden realization of what he wanted to do for a living. While browsing through an attic with his elder brother, King uncovered a paperback version of an H. P. Lovecraft collection of short stories that had belonged to his father. The cover art—an illustration of a monster hiding within the recesses of a hell-like cavern beneath a tombstone—was, he writes,

“the moment of my life when the dowsing rod suddenly went down hard ... as far as I was concerned, I was on my way.”

Education and early creativity

King attended Durham Elementary School and graduated from Lisbon Falls High School in Lisbon Falls, Maine. He displayed an early interest in horror as an avid reader of EC's horror comics, including Tales from the Crypt (he later paid tribute to the comics in his screenplay for Creepshow). He began writing for fun while still in school, contributing articles to Dave's Rag, the newspaper that his brother published with a mimeograph machine and later began selling stories to his friends which were based on movies he had seen (though when discovered by his teachers, he was forced to return the profits). The first of his stories to be independently published was "I Was a Teenage Grave Robber", serialized over three published and one unpublished issue of a fanzine, Comics Review, in 1965. That story was published the following year in a revised form as "In a Half-World of Terror" in another fanzine, Stories of Suspense, edited by Marv Wolfman.

From 1966, King studied English at the University of Maine, where he graduated in 1970 with a Bachelor of Science in English. He wrote a column for the student newspaper, The Maine Campus, titled "Steve King's Garbage Truck", took part in a writing workshop organized by Burton Hatlen, and took odd jobs to pay for his studies, including one at an industrial laundry. He sold his first professional short story, "The Glass Floor", to Startling Mystery Stories in 1967. The Fogler Library at UMaine now holds many of King's papers.

After leaving the university, King gained a certificate to teach high school but, being unable to find a teaching post immediately, initially supplemented his laboring wage by selling short stories to men's magazines such as Cavalier. Many of these early stories have been published in the collection "Night Shift". In 1971, King married Tabitha Spruce, a fellow student at the University of Maine whom he had met at the University's Fogler Library. That fall, King was hired as a teacher at Hampden Academy in Hampden, Maine. He continued to contribute short stories to magazines and worked on ideas for novels. It was during this time that King developed a drinking problem, which stayed with him for more than a decade.
Success with Carrie

On Mother's Day, 1973, King's novel Carrie was accepted by publishing house Doubleday. King has written how he became so discouraged when trying to develop the idea of a girl with psychic powers into a novel that he threw an early draft in the trash, but his wife, Tabitha, rescued it and encouraged him to finish it. He received a $2,500 advance (not large for a novel, even at that time) but the paperback rights eventually earned $400,000, with half going to the publisher. King and his family relocated to southern Maine because of his mother's failing health. At this time, he began writing a book titled Second Coming, later titled Jerusalem's Lot, before finally changing the title to 'Salem's Lot (published 1975). Soon after the release of Carrie in 1974, his mother died of uterine cancer. His Aunt Emrine read the novel to her before she died. King has written of his severe drinking problem at this time, stating that he was drunk the night before delivering the eulogy at his mother's funeral.

After his mother's death, King and his family had moved to Boulder, Colorado, where King wrote The Shining (published 1977). The family returned to western Maine in 1975, where King completed his fourth novel, The Stand (published 1978). In 1977, the family traveled briefly to England, returning to Maine that fall where King began teaching creative writing at the University of Maine. King has kept his primary residence in Maine ever since.
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: CatwomanofV on 09/21/09 at 11:57 am

Thanks everyone..Everything is fine.I spent the last week with Daniel & Missy in Red Creek with no internet >:(

Welcome back. We missed you.

Cat

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 09/21/09 at 11:57 am

The co- birthday of the day..Bill Murray
William James "Bill" Murray (born September 21, 1950) is an American comedian and actor. He first gained national exposure on Saturday Night Live, and went on to star in films including Caddyshack, Ghostbusters, Groundhog Day, Lost in Translation (for which he was Academy Award nominated) and The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou.
Murray landed his first starring role with the film Meatballs in 1979. He followed this up with his portrayal of famed writer Hunter S. Thompson in 1980's Where the Buffalo Roam. In the early 1980s, he starred in a string of box-office hits including Caddyshack, Stripes, and Tootsie.

Murray began work on a film adaptation of the novel The Razor's Edge. The film, which Murray also co-wrote, was his first starring role in a dramatic film. He later agreed to star in Ghostbusters, in a role originally written for John Belushi. This was a deal Murray made with Columbia Pictures in order to gain financing for his film. Ghostbusters became the highest-grossing film of 1984. But The Razor's Edge, which was filmed before Ghostbusters but not released until after, was a box-office flop.

Upset over the failure of Razor's Edge, Murray took four years off from acting to study philosophy and history at the Sorbonne, frequent the Cinematheque in Paris, and spend time with his family in their Hudson River Valley home. During that time, his second son, Luke, was born. With the exception of a cameo appearance in the 1986 movie Little Shop of Horrors, he did not make any appearances in films, though he did participate in several public readings in Manhattan organized by playwright/director Timothy Mayer and in a production of Bertolt Brecht's A Man's Man.

Murray returned to films in 1988 with Scrooged and the sequel Ghostbusters II in 1989. In 1990, Murray made his first and only attempt at directing when he co-directed Quick Change with producer Howard Franklin. His subsequent films What About Bob? (1991) and Groundhog Day (1993) were box-office hits and critically acclaimed.

After a string of films that did not do well with audiences, he received much critical acclaim for Wes Anderson's Rushmore for which he won several awards. Murray then experienced a resurgence in his career as a dramatic actor. After dramatic roles in Wild Things, Cradle Will Rock, Hamlet (as Polonius), and The Royal Tenenbaums, he garnered considerable acclaim for the 2003 film Lost in Translation. He received a Golden Globe Award and a BAFTA award, as well as an Academy Award nomination. In an interview included on the Lost in Translation DVD, Murray states that this is his favorite movie in which he has appeared. Also in 2003, he appeared in a short cameo for the movie Coffee and Cigarettes, in which he played himself "hiding out" in a local coffee shop.

During this time, Murray still appeared in comedic roles such as Charlie's Angels and Osmosis Jones. In 2004, he provided the voice of Garfield in Garfield: The Movie, and again in 2006 for Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties (it should be noted that this makes it a two-way link between Murray and Lorenzo Music, the former voice of Garfield; Music was also the voice of Peter Venkman, Murray's Ghostbusters .character, in the cartoon series The Real Ghostbusters). In 2004, he made his third collaboration with Wes Anderson in The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou. His dramatic role in Jim Jarmusch's Broken Flowers was also well received.

In 2005, Murray announced that he would take a break from acting, as he had not had the time since his new breakthrough in the late 1990s. He did return to the big screen, however, for brief cameos in Wes Anderson's The Darjeeling Limited and in Get Smart as Agent 13, the agent in the tree. In 2008, he played an important role in the post-apocalyptic film City of Ember.

Murray also lent his voice for the game Ghostbusters: The Video Game. He will also star in the movie Fantastic Mr. Fox.
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 09/21/09 at 11:58 am

Welcome back. We missed you.

Cat

Thank You..it's nice to be back. :)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: gibbo on 09/21/09 at 3:39 pm

Thanks everyone..Everything is fine.I spent the last week with Daniel & Missy in Red Creek with no internet >:(

Now, listen here young lady.....don't you dare doing that to us again! We were getting pretty worried about you. >:(

Oh never mind....the fatherly speech probably isn't gong to work in this case..... ;D Welcome back Janine! :)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: gibbo on 09/21/09 at 3:40 pm

.....and how can things be fine with no internet? ;D

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 09/21/09 at 4:36 pm

The word of the day...Horror
1. An intense, painful feeling of repugnance and fear. See synonyms at fear.
2. Intense dislike; abhorrence.
3. A cause of horror.
4. Informal. Something unpleasant, ugly, or disagreeable: That hat is a horror.
5. horrors Informal. Intense nervous depression or anxiety. Often used with the.
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I like a good horror film once in a while. :o

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 09/21/09 at 4:37 pm

Welcome back. We missed you.

Cat

I sure did. :)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 09/21/09 at 5:11 pm

Now, listen here young lady.....don't you dare doing that to us again! We were getting pretty worried about you. >:(

Oh never mind....the fatherly speech probably isn't gong to work in this case..... ;D Welcome back Janine! :)

Thanks..It was a last minute decision on if I was going to Red Creek.didn't even have time to post about it.
I sure did. :)

Thanks I missed all of you too. :)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Womble on 09/21/09 at 6:13 pm

Nice to have you back, Ninny! :) :) :)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 09/21/09 at 6:31 pm

Nice to have you back, Ninny! :) :) :)

Thank You :)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/22/09 at 1:14 am

Thanks everyone..Everything is fine.I spent the last week with Daniel & Missy in Red Creek with no internet >:(
A wlecome break away from it all?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/22/09 at 1:15 am

The word of the day...Horror
1. An intense, painful feeling of repugnance and fear. See synonyms at fear.
2. Intense dislike; abhorrence.
3. A cause of horror.
4. Informal. Something unpleasant, ugly, or disagreeable: That hat is a horror.
5. horrors Informal. Intense nervous depression or anxiety. Often used with the.

Shocking!

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/22/09 at 1:16 am

The birthday of the day...Stephen King
Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American writer of contemporary horror fiction, science fiction, fantasy literature, and screenplays. An estimated 300–350 million copies of King's novels and short story collections have been sold, and many of his stories have been adapted for film, television, and other media. King has written a number of books using the pen name Richard Bachman, and one short story, "The Fifth Quarter", as John Swithen.

In 2003 the National Book Foundation awarded King the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters.
Early life

Stephen King was born in Portland, Maine. When King was two years old, his father left the family under the pretense of going to buy a pack of cigarettes, leaving his mother to raise King and his adopted older brother David by herself, sometimes under great financial strain. The family moved to De Pere, Wisconsin, Fort Wayne, Indiana, and Stratford, Connecticut. When King was eleven years old, the family returned to Durham, Maine, where Ruth King cared for her parents until their deaths. She then became a caterer in a local residential facility for the mentally challenged.

As a child, King apparently witnessed one of his friends being struck and killed by a train, though he has no memory of the event. His family told him that after leaving home to play with the boy, King returned, speechless and seemingly in shock. Only later did the family learn of the friend's death. Some commentators have suggested that this event may have psychologically inspired King's dark, disturbing creations, but King himself has dismissed the idea.

King's primary inspiration for writing horror fiction was related in detail in his 1981 non-fiction Danse Macabre, in a chapter titled "An Annoying Autobiographical Pause". King makes a comparison of his uncle successfully dowsing for water using the bough of an apple branch with the sudden realization of what he wanted to do for a living. While browsing through an attic with his elder brother, King uncovered a paperback version of an H. P. Lovecraft collection of short stories that had belonged to his father. The cover art—an illustration of a monster hiding within the recesses of a hell-like cavern beneath a tombstone—was, he writes,

“the moment of my life when the dowsing rod suddenly went down hard ... as far as I was concerned, I was on my way.”

Education and early creativity

King attended Durham Elementary School and graduated from Lisbon Falls High School in Lisbon Falls, Maine. He displayed an early interest in horror as an avid reader of EC's horror comics, including Tales from the Crypt (he later paid tribute to the comics in his screenplay for Creepshow). He began writing for fun while still in school, contributing articles to Dave's Rag, the newspaper that his brother published with a mimeograph machine and later began selling stories to his friends which were based on movies he had seen (though when discovered by his teachers, he was forced to return the profits). The first of his stories to be independently published was "I Was a Teenage Grave Robber", serialized over three published and one unpublished issue of a fanzine, Comics Review, in 1965. That story was published the following year in a revised form as "In a Half-World of Terror" in another fanzine, Stories of Suspense, edited by Marv Wolfman.

From 1966, King studied English at the University of Maine, where he graduated in 1970 with a Bachelor of Science in English. He wrote a column for the student newspaper, The Maine Campus, titled "Steve King's Garbage Truck", took part in a writing workshop organized by Burton Hatlen, and took odd jobs to pay for his studies, including one at an industrial laundry. He sold his first professional short story, "The Glass Floor", to Startling Mystery Stories in 1967. The Fogler Library at UMaine now holds many of King's papers.

After leaving the university, King gained a certificate to teach high school but, being unable to find a teaching post immediately, initially supplemented his laboring wage by selling short stories to men's magazines such as Cavalier. Many of these early stories have been published in the collection "Night Shift". In 1971, King married Tabitha Spruce, a fellow student at the University of Maine whom he had met at the University's Fogler Library. That fall, King was hired as a teacher at Hampden Academy in Hampden, Maine. He continued to contribute short stories to magazines and worked on ideas for novels. It was during this time that King developed a drinking problem, which stayed with him for more than a decade.
Success with Carrie

On Mother's Day, 1973, King's novel Carrie was accepted by publishing house Doubleday. King has written how he became so discouraged when trying to develop the idea of a girl with psychic powers into a novel that he threw an early draft in the trash, but his wife, Tabitha, rescued it and encouraged him to finish it. He received a $2,500 advance (not large for a novel, even at that time) but the paperback rights eventually earned $400,000, with half going to the publisher. King and his family relocated to southern Maine because of his mother's failing health. At this time, he began writing a book titled Second Coming, later titled Jerusalem's Lot, before finally changing the title to 'Salem's Lot (published 1975). Soon after the release of Carrie in 1974, his mother died of uterine cancer. His Aunt Emrine read the novel to her before she died. King has written of his severe drinking problem at this time, stating that he was drunk the night before delivering the eulogy at his mother's funeral.

After his mother's death, King and his family had moved to Boulder, Colorado, where King wrote The Shining (published 1977). The family returned to western Maine in 1975, where King completed his fourth novel, The Stand (published 1978). In 1977, the family traveled briefly to England, returning to Maine that fall where King began teaching creative writing at the University of Maine. King has kept his primary residence in Maine ever since.

His early books are much better.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 09/22/09 at 6:04 am

A wlecome break away from it all?

For a couple of days..then stuck out in the boondocks gets boring.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 09/22/09 at 6:10 am

The word of the day...Manager
1. One who handles, controls, or directs, especially:
1. One who directs a business or other enterprise.
2. One who controls resources and expenditures, as of a household.
2. One who is in charge of the business affairs of an entertainer.
3. Sports.
1. One who is in charge of the training and performance of an athlete or a team.
2. A student who is in charge of the equipment and records of a school or college team.

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Written By: ninny on 09/22/09 at 6:13 am

The birthday of the day...Tommy Lasorda
Thomas Charles Lasorda (born September 22, 1927 in Norristown, Pennsylvania) is a former Major League baseball pitcher and manager. 2009 marks his sixth decade in one capacity or another with the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers organization, the longest non-continuous (he played one season with the Kansas City Athletics) tenure anyone has had with the team, edging Dodger broadcaster Vin Scully by a single season. He was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame as a manager in 1997.
Lasorda became the Los Angeles manager September 29, 1976 upon Alston's retirement. He compiled a 1,599-1,439 record as Dodgers manager, won two World Series championships in (1981 and 1988), four National League pennants and eight division titles in his 20 year career as the Dodgers Manager.

His 16 wins in 30 NL Championship games managed were the most of any manager at the time of his retirement. His 61 post-season games managed ranks fourth all-time behind Bobby Cox, Casey Stengel and Joe Torre. He also managed in four All-Star games.

Lasorda managed nine players who won the National League Rookie of the Year award. The winners came in two strings of consecutive players. From 1979 to 1982, he managed Rick Sutcliffe, Steve Howe, Fernando Valenzuela and Steve Sax. From 1992 to 1995, he managed Eric Karros, Mike Piazza, Raúl Mondesí and Hideo Nomo. Before retiring during the 1996 season, he had also managed that year's rookie of the year, Todd Hollandsworth.

His final game was a 4-3 victory over the Houston Astros, at Dodger Stadium (att. 35,467), on June 23, 1996. The following day (June 24) he drove himself to the hospital complaining of abdominal pains, and in fact he was having a heart attack. He officially retired on July 29, 1996. His 1599 career wins ranks 16th all-time in MLB history.

He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1997 as a manager in his first year of eligibility. The Dodgers retired his uniform number (2) on August 15, 1997 and re-named a street in Dodgertown as "Tommy Lasorda Lane".
2000 Summer Olympics

Lasorda came out of retirement to manage the United States team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. He led the Americans to the gold medal, beating heavily favored Cuba, which had won the gold medals at the two previous Olympics.
2001 All-Star Game

Lasorda coached the 2001 All-Star Game as third base coach. While at the plate, Vladimir Guerrero broke his bat while swinging, hitting Lasorda and causing him to flip head over heels, but Tommy was unharmed. As a joke, Giants outfielder Barry Bonds gave Lasorda a chest protector to wear while manning the third base coaching box.
2008 Spring Training

During Spring Training in 2008, the Dodgers were selected to play a series of exhibition games in China. Current Dodger manager Joe Torre took a group of players with him for that series. The majority of the team remained behind in Florida to finish out the Grapefruit League season. Lasorda briefly came out of retirement to manage the team while Torre was away.
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Written By: ninny on 09/22/09 at 6:19 am

The co- birthday of the day...David Coverdale
David Coverdale (born 22 September 1951 in Saltburn-by-the-Sea, North Yorkshire) is an English rock vocalist most famous for his work with the English hard rock band Deep Purple, and his later band Whitesnake.
Coverdale, briefly a student at Middlesbrough Art College, was largely unknown until he was selected to replace Deep Purple vocalist Ian Gillan in September 1973. He was living in Marske-by-the-Sea and working in a trendy clothes shop called Gentry in Redcar, Teesside fronting a local group called Government, which had supported Deep Purple.

With Deep Purple advertising for a vocalist, he sent them a demo tape of his vocals. Impressed by his deep blues timbre, the band recruited Coverdale, who shared vocal duties with bassist/vocalist Glenn Hughes. Coverdale immediately became an international rock superstar with the million selling albums Burn, Stormbringer, and Come Taste the Band. In April 1974, he sang to over 200,000 music fans in his first trip to America at the California Jam. He also sang on Jon Lord's Windows and Roger Glover's Butterfly Ball. His tenure ended in March 1976 when Deep Purple split up.
Whitesnake

Coverdale soon formed Whitesnake and during the late seventies and early eighties, with ever changing line-ups, recorded a series of well-received blues-rock albums. With ex-Deep Purple founders Jon Lord followed by Ian Paice joining in 1979, Whitesnake worked hard to become international superstars. According to British heavy metal magazine Kerrang!, in 1982, Coverdale was considered for the vocalist position with Black Sabbath following the departure of Ronnie James Dio. Coverdale declined.

Whitesnake gained large popularity in the UK, Europe, and Asia but North American success remained elusive. In 1984, the album Slide It In dented the US charts but not enough to be considered a success. In time for the US release of Slide It In David Coverdale made a calculated attempt in updating Whitesnake's sound and look by recruiting guitarist John Sykes. Sykes brought a more contemporary, aggressive guitar sound with him and had stage manners to match. In 1985 Sykes and Coverdale started working on new songs for the next album but Coverdale soon contracted a sinus infection that made recording close to impossible for much of 1986. Coverdale eventually recovered and recordings were continued but before Whitesnake was fully recorded and released, Sykes and the rest of the recording band had parted company.

The split with Sykes was not amicable. In many period interviews, Coverdale stated that the next album was a make or break album for Whitesnake and if not successful he would disband the band altogether. During 1987 and 1988, North America was finally won with the multi-platinum self-titled Whitesnake album, co-written for the most part with John Sykes.

The 1987 album has sold 8 times platinum since its release, propelled by hit singles such as "Here I Go Again." Through the late 80s and early 90s, caught in the "hair-band" era, Coverdale kept Whitesnake going with great success and with changing lineups until the end of 1991. It is no secret that Coverdale wanted out of the business at that point. He'd grown uncomfortable with the entity he then felt Whitesnake had become and admits that he got "caught up in it". In a candid period interview, Coverdale sums it up in one sentence:

"It got louder and louder, and so did I, to the point now where I have to get dressed up as a "girly man" and tease ones questionable bangs (or hair) and it's all getting a bit... boring."

On 26 September 1990, after the last show on the Slip of the Tongue tour in Tokyo, Coverdale disbanded Whitesnake indefinitely. Tired of the business in general, the rigors of touring and troubled by the separation and later divorce from Tawny Kitaen, Coverdale wanted to find other values in life and took "private time to reflect" and re-assess his career direction.

The hiatus did not last long. In the early spring of 1991, a collaboration was set up with Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin fame. This collaboration resulted in the Coverdale-Page album released in March 1993. Both parties have said that the collaboration revitalized them both on many levels. Although well received by critics, the album soon fell off the charts and a US tour had to be cancelled due to slow ticket sales and after only a limited Japanese tour, Coverdale and Page parted ways.
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 09/22/09 at 6:19 am

The word of the day...Manager
1. One who handles, controls, or directs, especially:
1. One who directs a business or other enterprise.
2. One who controls resources and expenditures, as of a household.
2. One who is in charge of the business affairs of an entertainer.
3. Sports.
1. One who is in charge of the training and performance of an athlete or a team.
2. A student who is in charge of the equipment and records of a school or college team.

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managers are always useful.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 09/22/09 at 7:21 am

managers are always useful.

Hopefully.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 09/22/09 at 12:45 pm

Would this include store managers as well?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/22/09 at 12:59 pm

For a couple of days..then stuck out in the boondocks gets boring.
With my new job, I fancy a few days away now.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/22/09 at 1:00 pm

The word of the day...Manager
1. One who handles, controls, or directs, especially:
1. One who directs a business or other enterprise.
2. One who controls resources and expenditures, as of a household.
2. One who is in charge of the business affairs of an entertainer.
3. Sports.
1. One who is in charge of the training and performance of an athlete or a team.
2. A student who is in charge of the equipment and records of a school or college team.

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Which one is the manager?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/22/09 at 1:01 pm

Hopefully.
...and the manager should be there always.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 09/22/09 at 1:34 pm

Which one is the manager?

The guy in the uniform is the park manager.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 09/22/09 at 1:34 pm

Would this include store managers as well?

I would think so.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 09/22/09 at 1:35 pm

With my new job, I fancy a few days away now.

Do you like your new job?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/22/09 at 1:37 pm

The guy in the uniform is the park manager.
Overseeing the events, and health and safety?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/22/09 at 1:37 pm

Do you like your new job?
I like it yes, but I have a lot to train for and learn.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 09/22/09 at 1:57 pm

Overseeing the events, and health and safety?

Yes hopefully he can give you some history about the park too.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/22/09 at 2:26 pm

Yes hopefully he can give you some history about the park too.
If he knows his history?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: CatwomanofV on 09/22/09 at 4:31 pm

Which one is the manager?

You can't see him. He is at the bar having a drink. ;) :D ;D ;D ;D

Cat

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: gibbo on 09/22/09 at 6:28 pm

The guy in the uniform is the park manager.

...but I'll bet his wife is the BOSS!!! ;)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: CatwomanofV on 09/22/09 at 6:30 pm

...but I'll bet his wife is the BOSS!!! ;)

I'm the boss, Applesauce. Understand, Rubberband? Don't get wise, Beady-eyes, or else I have to cut you down to peanut size.

Cat

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: gibbo on 09/22/09 at 6:37 pm

I'm the boss, Applesauce. Understand, Rubberband? Don't get wise, Beady-eyes, or else I have to cut you down to peanut size.

Cat

You wouldn't be telling me to behave myslef now....would you? ;D Love that catch phrase.... was it from a movie originally?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/23/09 at 1:51 am

You can't see him. He is at the bar having a drink. ;) :D ;D ;D ;D

Cat
He-He!!

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/23/09 at 1:52 am

...but I'll bet his wife is the BOSS!!! ;)
.....his wife is Bruce Springsteen? ;D

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: gibbo on 09/23/09 at 3:09 am

.....his wife is Bruce Springsteen? ;D

;D

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 09/23/09 at 5:06 am

The word of the day...Thoroughbred
1. A purebred or pedigreed animal, especially a horse.
2. Thoroughbred Any of a breed of horses, bred chiefly for racing, originating from a cross between Arabian stallions and English mares.
3. A well-bred person.
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Written By: ninny on 09/23/09 at 5:09 am

The birthday of the day...Mickey Rooney
Mickey Rooney (born Joseph Yule, Jr. on September 23, 1920) is an American film actor and entertainer whose film, television, and stage appearances span nearly his entire lifetime. During his career he has won multiple awards, including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe and an Emmy Award. Best known for his work as the Andy Hardy character, Rooney has had one of the longest careers of any actor.
In 1937, Rooney was selected to portray Andy Hardy in A Family Affair (1937), which MGM had planned as a B-movie. Rooney provided comic relief as the son of Judge James K. Hardy, portrayed by Lionel Barrymore (although Lewis Stone would play the role of Judge Hardy in later films). The film was an unexpected success, and led to thirteen more "Andy Hardy" films between 1937 and 1946, and a final film in 1958. Rooney also received top billing as Shockey Carter in Hoosier Schoolboy (1937).

The same year, he made his first film alongside Judy Garland with Thoroughbreds Don't Cry. Garland and Rooney became close friends and a successful song and dance team. Besides three of the Andy Hardy films, where she portrayed Betsy Booth, a younger girl with a crush on Andy, they appeared together in a string of successful musicals, including the Oscar nominated Babes in Arms (1939).

Rooney's breakthrough role as a dramatic actor came in 1938's Boys Town opposite Spencer Tracy as Whitey Marsh, which opened shortly before his 18th birthday. Rooney was named the biggest box-office draw in 1939, 1940, and 1941. Unquestionably a well known entertainer by the early 1940s Rooney, with Garland, was one of many celebrities caricatured in Tex Avery's 1941 Warner Bros. cartoon Hollywood Steps Out. As of May 2009, Rooney is the only surviving entertainer depicted in the cartoon.
Rooney with Judy Garland in Babes in Arms (1939), one of several films they made together.
After the war

In 1944, Rooney entered military service for 21 months during World War II, during which time he was a radio personality on the American Forces Network. After his return to civilian life, his career slumped. He appeared in a number of films, including Words and Music in 1948, which paired him for the last time with Garland on film (he appeared with her on one episode as a guest on her CBS variety series in 1963). He briefly starred in a CBS radio series, Shorty Bell, in the summer of 1948, and reprised his role as "Andy Hardy", with most of the original cast, in a syndicated radio version of The Hardy Family in 1949 and 1950 (repeated on Mutual during 1952). His first television series, The Mickey Rooney Show, also known as Hey Mulligan (which Rooney also produced), appeared on NBC television for 32 episodes from August 1954 through June 1955. In 1951, he directed a feature film for Columbia Pictures, My True Story starring Helen Walker. Rooney also starred as a ragingly egomaniacal television comedian in the live 90-minute television drama The Comedian, in the Playhouse 90 series on the evening of Valentine's Day in 1957, and as himself in a revue called The Musical Revue Of 1959 based on the 1929 movie The Hollywood Revue Of 1929 which was edited into a film in 1960, by British International Pictures.

In 1960, he directed and starred in The Private Lives of Adam and Eve, an ambitious comedy known for its multiple flashbacks and many cameos. In the 1960s, Rooney returned to theatrical entertainment. He still accepted film roles in undistinguished movies, but occasionally would appear in better works, such as Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962) and The Black Stallion (1979). One of Rooney's more controversial roles came in the highly acclaimed 1961 film Breakfast at Tiffany's where he played a stereotyped buck-toothed myopic Japanese neighbor (Mr. Yunioshi) of the main character, Holly Golightly. Producer Richard Shepherd apologized for this in the 45th anniversary DVD, though Director Blake Edwards and Rooney himself do not.

On December 31, 1961, he appeared on television's What's My Line and mentioned that he had already started enrolling students in the MRSE (Mickey Rooney School of Entertainment). His school venture never came to fruition, but for several years he was a spokesman/partner in Pennsylvania's Downingtown Inn, a country club and golf resort.

In 1966, while Rooney was working on the film Ambush Bay in the Philippines, his wife Barbara Ann Thomason (aka Tara Thomas, Carolyn Mitchell), a former pin-up model and aspiring actress who had won 17 straight beauty contests in Southern California, was found dead in their bed. Beside her was her lover, Milos Milos, an actor friend of Rooney's. Detectives ruled it murder-suicide, which was committed with Rooney's own gun.

Rooney was awarded an Academy Juvenile Award in 1938, and in 1983 the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences voted him their Academy Honorary Award for his lifetime of achievement.
Television and stage
Actor Mickey Rooney speaks at the Pentagon in 2000 during a ceremony honoring the USO.

Rooney made a successful transition to television and stage work. In 1961, he guest starred in the 13-week James Franciscus adventure-drama television series The Investigators on CBS. In 1963, he even entered The Twilight Zone, giving a one-man performance in the episode "The Last Night of a Jockey". In 1964, he launched another half-hour sitcom, Mickey, on ABC. The story line had "Mickey" operating a resort hotel in southern California. Son Tim Rooney appeared as Rooney's teenaged son on the program, and Emmaline Henry starred as Rooney's wife. It lasted 17 episodes, primarily due to the untimely suicide of co-star Sammee Tong in October 1964.

He won a Golden Globe and an Emmy Award for his role in 1981's Bill. Playing opposite Dennis Quaid, Rooney was a mentally challenged man attempting to live on his own after leaving an institution. He reprised his role in 1983's Bill: On His Own, earning an Emmy nomination for the role.

Rooney did the voices for four Christmas TV animated/stop action specials: Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town (1970), The Year Without a Santa Claus (1974), Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July (1979), and A Miser Brothers' Christmas (2008)—always playing Santa Claus. In 1970, he was approached by television producer Norman Lear to consider taking on the role of Archie Bunker in the upcoming CBS series, All in the Family. Like Jackie Gleason before him, Mickey rejected the project. The role ultimately went to Carroll O'Connor.

Rooney continued to work on stage and television through the 1980s and 1990s, appearing in the acclaimed stage play Sugar Babies with Ann Miller beginning in 1979. He starred in the long-running TV series The Adventures of the Black Stallion, reprising his role as Henry Daily from The Black Stallion film, and toured Canada in a dinner theatre production of The Mind with the Naughty Man in the mid-1990s. He played The Wizard in a stage production of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz with Eartha Kitt at Madison Square Garden. Kitt was later replaced by Jo Anne Worley. He also appeared in the documentary That's Entertainment! III.

Rooney voiced Mr. Cherrywood in The Care Bears Movie (1985), and starred as the Movie Mason in a Disney Channel Original Movie family film 2000's Phantom of the Megaplex. He had a guest spot on an episode of The Golden Girls as Sophia's boyfriend Rocko, who claimed to be a bank robber. He played himself in the Simpsons episode "Radioactive Man" of 1995. In 1996-97, Mickey played Talbut on the TV series, Kleo The Misfit Unicorn produced by Gordon Stanfield Animation (GSA). He co-starred in Night at the Museum in 2006 with Dick Van Dyke and Ben Stiller.
Current work

Rooney appeared in television commercials for Garden State Life Insurance Company in 1999, alongside his wife Jan. In commercials shown in 2007, Rooney can be seen in the background washing imaginary dishes.

Rooney continues to work in film and tours with his wife in a multi-media live stage production called Let's Put On a Show! On May 26, 2007, he was grand marshal at the Garden Grove Strawberry Festival. Rooney made his British pantomime debut, playing Baron Hardup in Cinderella, at the Sunderland Empire Theatre over the 2007 Christmas period. He appeared on BBC Points West dressed in a pair of shorts and socks. He has played Baron Hardup in Cinderella at the Bristol Hippodrome from December 12, 2008 to January 8, 2009.
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 09/23/09 at 5:13 am

The co-birthday of the day...Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen (born September 23, 1949), nicknamed "The Boss", is an American singer-songwriter. He records and tours with the E Street Band. Springsteen is widely known for his brand of heartland rock infused with pop hooks, poetic lyrics, and Americana sentiments centered on his native New Jersey.

Springsteen's recordings have tended to alternate between commercially accessible rock albums and somber folk-oriented works. Much of his status stems from the concerts and marathon shows in which he and the E Street Band perform intense ballads, rousing anthems, and party rock and roll songs, amongst which he intersperses whimsical or deeply emotional stories.

His most successful studio albums, Born to Run and Born in the U.S.A., epitomize his penchant for finding grandeur in the struggles of daily life in America. Because of his support for the presidential campaigns of Senator John Kerry and Senator Barack Obama, Springsteen has gradually become identified with liberal politics. He is also noted for his support of various relief and rebuilding efforts in New Jersey and elsewhere, and for his response to the September 11th attacks, on which his album The Rising reflects.

He has earned numerous awards for his work, including nineteen Grammy Awards, two Golden Globes and an Academy Award, and continues to have a strong global fan base. He has sold more than 65 million albums in the United States and 120 million worldwide.
On August 13, 1975, Springsteen and the E Street Band began a five-night, 10-show stand at New York's Bottom Line club; it attracted major media attention, was broadcast live on WNEW-FM, and convinced many skeptics that Springsteen was for real. (Decades later, Rolling Stone Magazine would name the stand as one of the 50 Moments That Changed Rock and Roll.) With the release of Born to Run on August 25, 1975, Springsteen finally found success: while there were no real hit singles, "Born to Run", "Thunder Road", "Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out", and "Jungleland" all received massive album-oriented rock airplay and remain perennial favorites on many classic rock stations to this day. With its panoramic imagery, thundering production, and desperate optimism, some fans consider this among the best rock and roll albums of all time and Springsteen's finest work. It established him as a sincere and dynamic rock and roll personality who spoke for and in the voice of a large part of the rock audience. To cap off the triumph, Springsteen appeared on the covers of both Time and Newsweek in the same week, on October 27 of that year. So great did the wave of publicity become that Springsteen eventually rebelled against it during his first venture overseas, tearing down promotional posters before a concert appearance in London.

A legal battle with former manager Mike Appel kept Springsteen out of the studio for over two years, during which time he kept the E Street Band together through extensive touring across the U.S. Despite the optimistic fervor with which he often performed, the new songs he was writing and often debuting on stage had taken a more somber tone than much of his previous work. Reaching settlement with Appel in 1977, Springsteen finally returned to the studio, and the subsequent sessions produced Darkness on the Edge of Town (1978). Musically, this album was a turning point of Springsteen's career. Gone were the rapid-fire lyrics, outsized characters, and long, multi-part musical compositions of the first three albums; now the songs were leaner and more carefully drawn and began to reflect Springsteen's growing intellectual and political awareness. Some fans consider Darkness Springsteen's best and most consistent record; tracks such as "Badlands" and "The Promised Land" became concert staples for decades to come, while the track "Prove It All Night" received a significant amount of album rock radio airplay. Other fans would prefer the work of the adventurous early Springsteen. The cross-country 1978 tour to promote the album would become legendary for the intensity, and length, of its shows.

By the late 1970s, Springsteen had earned a reputation in the pop world as a songwriter whose material could provide hits for other bands. Manfred Mann's Earth Band had achieved a U.S. number one pop hit with a heavily rearranged version of "For You" and Greetings' "Blinded by the Light" in early 1977. Patti Smith reached number 13 with her take on Springsteen's unreleased "Because the Night" (which Smith co-wrote) in 1978, while The Pointer Sisters hit number two in 1979 with Springsteen's also-unreleased "Fire".
Springsteen in concert on The River Tour. Drammenshallen, Drammen, Norway, May 5, 1981.

In September 1979, Springsteen and the E Street Band joined the Musicians United for Safe Energy anti-nuclear power collective at Madison Square Garden for two nights, playing an abbreviated setlist while premiering two songs from his upcoming album. The subsequent No Nukes live album, as well as the following summer's No Nukes documentary film, represented the first official recordings and filmings of Springsteen's fabled live act, as well as Springsteen's first tentative dip into political involvement.

Springsteen continued to consolidate his thematic focus on working-class life with the 20-song double album The River in 1980, which finally yielded his first hit Top Ten single as a performer, "Hungry Heart", but also included an intentionally paradoxical range of material from good-time party rockers to emotionally intense ballads. The album sold well, and a long tour in 1980 and 1981 followed, featuring Springsteen's first extended playing of Europe and ending with a series of multi-night arena stands in major cities in the U.S.

The River was followed in 1982 by the stark solo acoustic Nebraska. According to the Marsh biographies, Springsteen was in a depressed state when he wrote this material, and the result is a brutal depiction of American life. The title track on this album is about the murder spree of Charles Starkweather. The album actually started (according to Marsh) as a demo tape for new songs to be played with the E Street Band, but, during the recording process, Springsteen and producer Landau realized they worked better as solo acoustic numbers; several attempts at re-recording the songs in the studio with the E Street Band led them to realize that the original recording, made on a simple, low-tech four-track tape deck in Springsteen's home, were the best versions they were going to get. However, the sessions with the E Street Band were not all for naught, as the band recorded several new songs that Springsteen had written in addition to the Nebraska material, including "Born in the U.S.A." and "Glory Days". These new songs would not see release until two years later, forming the basis of Springsteen's next album.

While Nebraska did not sell especially well, it garnered widespread critical praise (including being named "Album of the Year" by Rolling Stone magazine's critics) and influenced later significant works by other major artists, including U2's album The Joshua Tree. It helped inspire the musical genre known as lo-fi music, becoming a cult favorite among indie-rockers. Springsteen did not tour in conjunction with Nebraska's release.
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Written By: Howard on 09/23/09 at 5:59 am

I always liked Bruce Springsteen and still continues to make rock music after all these years.

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Written By: ninny on 09/23/09 at 6:11 am

I always liked Bruce Springsteen and still continues to make rock music after all these years.

I've never been much of a fan..but will admit he is talented.

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Written By: Howard on 09/23/09 at 6:12 am

I've never been much of a fan..but will admit he is talented.

and 35 years of it.

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Written By: CatwomanofV on 09/23/09 at 12:04 pm

.....his wife is Bruce Springsteen? ;D

;D ;D ;D

You must have read ninny's mind:

The co-birthday of the day...Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen (born September 23, 1949), nicknamed "The Boss", is an American singer-songwriter. He records and tours with the E Street Band. Springsteen is widely known for his brand of heartland rock infused with pop hooks, poetic lyrics, and Americana sentiments centered on his native New Jersey.

Springsteen's recordings have tended to alternate between commercially accessible rock albums and somber folk-oriented works. Much of his status stems from the concerts and marathon shows in which he and the E Street Band perform intense ballads, rousing anthems, and party rock and roll songs, amongst which he intersperses whimsical or deeply emotional stories.

His most successful studio albums, Born to Run and Born in the U.S.A., epitomize his penchant for finding grandeur in the struggles of daily life in America. Because of his support for the presidential campaigns of Senator John Kerry and Senator Barack Obama, Springsteen has gradually become identified with liberal politics. He is also noted for his support of various relief and rebuilding efforts in New Jersey and elsewhere, and for his response to the September 11th attacks, on which his album The Rising reflects.

He has earned numerous awards for his work, including nineteen Grammy Awards, two Golden Globes and an Academy Award, and continues to have a strong global fan base. He has sold more than 65 million albums in the United States and 120 million worldwide.
On August 13, 1975, Springsteen and the E Street Band began a five-night, 10-show stand at New York's Bottom Line club; it attracted major media attention, was broadcast live on WNEW-FM, and convinced many skeptics that Springsteen was for real. (Decades later, Rolling Stone Magazine would name the stand as one of the 50 Moments That Changed Rock and Roll.) With the release of Born to Run on August 25, 1975, Springsteen finally found success: while there were no real hit singles, "Born to Run", "Thunder Road", "Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out", and "Jungleland" all received massive album-oriented rock airplay and remain perennial favorites on many classic rock stations to this day. With its panoramic imagery, thundering production, and desperate optimism, some fans consider this among the best rock and roll albums of all time and Springsteen's finest work. It established him as a sincere and dynamic rock and roll personality who spoke for and in the voice of a large part of the rock audience. To cap off the triumph, Springsteen appeared on the covers of both Time and Newsweek in the same week, on October 27 of that year. So great did the wave of publicity become that Springsteen eventually rebelled against it during his first venture overseas, tearing down promotional posters before a concert appearance in London.

A legal battle with former manager Mike Appel kept Springsteen out of the studio for over two years, during which time he kept the E Street Band together through extensive touring across the U.S. Despite the optimistic fervor with which he often performed, the new songs he was writing and often debuting on stage had taken a more somber tone than much of his previous work. Reaching settlement with Appel in 1977, Springsteen finally returned to the studio, and the subsequent sessions produced Darkness on the Edge of Town (1978). Musically, this album was a turning point of Springsteen's career. Gone were the rapid-fire lyrics, outsized characters, and long, multi-part musical compositions of the first three albums; now the songs were leaner and more carefully drawn and began to reflect Springsteen's growing intellectual and political awareness. Some fans consider Darkness Springsteen's best and most consistent record; tracks such as "Badlands" and "The Promised Land" became concert staples for decades to come, while the track "Prove It All Night" received a significant amount of album rock radio airplay. Other fans would prefer the work of the adventurous early Springsteen. The cross-country 1978 tour to promote the album would become legendary for the intensity, and length, of its shows.

By the late 1970s, Springsteen had earned a reputation in the pop world as a songwriter whose material could provide hits for other bands. Manfred Mann's Earth Band had achieved a U.S. number one pop hit with a heavily rearranged version of "For You" and Greetings' "Blinded by the Light" in early 1977. Patti Smith reached number 13 with her take on Springsteen's unreleased "Because the Night" (which Smith co-wrote) in 1978, while The Pointer Sisters hit number two in 1979 with Springsteen's also-unreleased "Fire".
Springsteen in concert on The River Tour. Drammenshallen, Drammen, Norway, May 5, 1981.

In September 1979, Springsteen and the E Street Band joined the Musicians United for Safe Energy anti-nuclear power collective at Madison Square Garden for two nights, playing an abbreviated setlist while premiering two songs from his upcoming album. The subsequent No Nukes live album, as well as the following summer's No Nukes documentary film, represented the first official recordings and filmings of Springsteen's fabled live act, as well as Springsteen's first tentative dip into political involvement.

Springsteen continued to consolidate his thematic focus on working-class life with the 20-song double album The River in 1980, which finally yielded his first hit Top Ten single as a performer, "Hungry Heart", but also included an intentionally paradoxical range of material from good-time party rockers to emotionally intense ballads. The album sold well, and a long tour in 1980 and 1981 followed, featuring Springsteen's first extended playing of Europe and ending with a series of multi-night arena stands in major cities in the U.S.

The River was followed in 1982 by the stark solo acoustic Nebraska. According to the Marsh biographies, Springsteen was in a depressed state when he wrote this material, and the result is a brutal depiction of American life. The title track on this album is about the murder spree of Charles Starkweather. The album actually started (according to Marsh) as a demo tape for new songs to be played with the E Street Band, but, during the recording process, Springsteen and producer Landau realized they worked better as solo acoustic numbers; several attempts at re-recording the songs in the studio with the E Street Band led them to realize that the original recording, made on a simple, low-tech four-track tape deck in Springsteen's home, were the best versions they were going to get. However, the sessions with the E Street Band were not all for naught, as the band recorded several new songs that Springsteen had written in addition to the Nebraska material, including "Born in the U.S.A." and "Glory Days". These new songs would not see release until two years later, forming the basis of Springsteen's next album.

While Nebraska did not sell especially well, it garnered widespread critical praise (including being named "Album of the Year" by Rolling Stone magazine's critics) and influenced later significant works by other major artists, including U2's album The Joshua Tree. It helped inspire the musical genre known as lo-fi music, becoming a cult favorite among indie-rockers. Springsteen did not tour in conjunction with Nebraska's release.
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Here is a little known fact-even Bruce didn't know about this. :D ;D ;D ;D Bruce was the honorary vice president of our French Club in high school. For some reason there was a HUGE poster of Bruce in the French room (I never knew why but I think one of the students put it up and the teacher never objected). We were electing officers for the club and when it came to vice pres, someone (who I think was the student who put the poster up in the first place) pointed to the poster and just about yelled, "I nominate Brucie Baby." I think everyone voted unanimously for "Brucie Baby".

Cat

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Written By: ninny on 09/23/09 at 1:23 pm

;D ;D ;D

You must have read ninny's mind:

Here is a little known fact-even Bruce didn't know about this. :D ;D ;D ;D Bruce was the honorary vice president of our French Club in high school. For some reason there was a HUGE poster of Bruce in the French room (I never knew why but I think one of the students put it up and the teacher never objected). We were electing officers for the club and when it came to vice pres, someone (who I think was the student who put the poster up in the first place) pointed to the poster and just about yelled, "I nominate Brucie Baby." I think everyone voted unanimously for "Brucie Baby".

Cat

That's funny. ;D

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/23/09 at 2:55 pm

The birthday of the day...Mickey Rooney
Mickey Rooney (born Joseph Yule, Jr. on September 23, 1920) is an American film actor and entertainer whose film, television, and stage appearances span nearly his entire lifetime. During his career he has won multiple awards, including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe and an Emmy Award. Best known for his work as the Andy Hardy character, Rooney has had one of the longest careers of any actor.
In 1937, Rooney was selected to portray Andy Hardy in A Family Affair (1937), which MGM had planned as a B-movie. Rooney provided comic relief as the son of Judge James K. Hardy, portrayed by Lionel Barrymore (although Lewis Stone would play the role of Judge Hardy in later films). The film was an unexpected success, and led to thirteen more "Andy Hardy" films between 1937 and 1946, and a final film in 1958. Rooney also received top billing as Shockey Carter in Hoosier Schoolboy (1937).

The same year, he made his first film alongside Judy Garland with Thoroughbreds Don't Cry. Garland and Rooney became close friends and a successful song and dance team. Besides three of the Andy Hardy films, where she portrayed Betsy Booth, a younger girl with a crush on Andy, they appeared together in a string of successful musicals, including the Oscar nominated Babes in Arms (1939).

Rooney's breakthrough role as a dramatic actor came in 1938's Boys Town opposite Spencer Tracy as Whitey Marsh, which opened shortly before his 18th birthday. Rooney was named the biggest box-office draw in 1939, 1940, and 1941. Unquestionably a well known entertainer by the early 1940s Rooney, with Garland, was one of many celebrities caricatured in Tex Avery's 1941 Warner Bros. cartoon Hollywood Steps Out. As of May 2009, Rooney is the only surviving entertainer depicted in the cartoon.
Rooney with Judy Garland in Babes in Arms (1939), one of several films they made together.
After the war

In 1944, Rooney entered military service for 21 months during World War II, during which time he was a radio personality on the American Forces Network. After his return to civilian life, his career slumped. He appeared in a number of films, including Words and Music in 1948, which paired him for the last time with Garland on film (he appeared with her on one episode as a guest on her CBS variety series in 1963). He briefly starred in a CBS radio series, Shorty Bell, in the summer of 1948, and reprised his role as "Andy Hardy", with most of the original cast, in a syndicated radio version of The Hardy Family in 1949 and 1950 (repeated on Mutual during 1952). His first television series, The Mickey Rooney Show, also known as Hey Mulligan (which Rooney also produced), appeared on NBC television for 32 episodes from August 1954 through June 1955. In 1951, he directed a feature film for Columbia Pictures, My True Story starring Helen Walker. Rooney also starred as a ragingly egomaniacal television comedian in the live 90-minute television drama The Comedian, in the Playhouse 90 series on the evening of Valentine's Day in 1957, and as himself in a revue called The Musical Revue Of 1959 based on the 1929 movie The Hollywood Revue Of 1929 which was edited into a film in 1960, by British International Pictures.

In 1960, he directed and starred in The Private Lives of Adam and Eve, an ambitious comedy known for its multiple flashbacks and many cameos. In the 1960s, Rooney returned to theatrical entertainment. He still accepted film roles in undistinguished movies, but occasionally would appear in better works, such as Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962) and The Black Stallion (1979). One of Rooney's more controversial roles came in the highly acclaimed 1961 film Breakfast at Tiffany's where he played a stereotyped buck-toothed myopic Japanese neighbor (Mr. Yunioshi) of the main character, Holly Golightly. Producer Richard Shepherd apologized for this in the 45th anniversary DVD, though Director Blake Edwards and Rooney himself do not.

On December 31, 1961, he appeared on television's What's My Line and mentioned that he had already started enrolling students in the MRSE (Mickey Rooney School of Entertainment). His school venture never came to fruition, but for several years he was a spokesman/partner in Pennsylvania's Downingtown Inn, a country club and golf resort.

In 1966, while Rooney was working on the film Ambush Bay in the Philippines, his wife Barbara Ann Thomason (aka Tara Thomas, Carolyn Mitchell), a former pin-up model and aspiring actress who had won 17 straight beauty contests in Southern California, was found dead in their bed. Beside her was her lover, Milos Milos, an actor friend of Rooney's. Detectives ruled it murder-suicide, which was committed with Rooney's own gun.

Rooney was awarded an Academy Juvenile Award in 1938, and in 1983 the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences voted him their Academy Honorary Award for his lifetime of achievement.
Television and stage
Actor Mickey Rooney speaks at the Pentagon in 2000 during a ceremony honoring the USO.

Rooney made a successful transition to television and stage work. In 1961, he guest starred in the 13-week James Franciscus adventure-drama television series The Investigators on CBS. In 1963, he even entered The Twilight Zone, giving a one-man performance in the episode "The Last Night of a Jockey". In 1964, he launched another half-hour sitcom, Mickey, on ABC. The story line had "Mickey" operating a resort hotel in southern California. Son Tim Rooney appeared as Rooney's teenaged son on the program, and Emmaline Henry starred as Rooney's wife. It lasted 17 episodes, primarily due to the untimely suicide of co-star Sammee Tong in October 1964.

He won a Golden Globe and an Emmy Award for his role in 1981's Bill. Playing opposite Dennis Quaid, Rooney was a mentally challenged man attempting to live on his own after leaving an institution. He reprised his role in 1983's Bill: On His Own, earning an Emmy nomination for the role.

Rooney did the voices for four Christmas TV animated/stop action specials: Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town (1970), The Year Without a Santa Claus (1974), Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July (1979), and A Miser Brothers' Christmas (2008)—always playing Santa Claus. In 1970, he was approached by television producer Norman Lear to consider taking on the role of Archie Bunker in the upcoming CBS series, All in the Family. Like Jackie Gleason before him, Mickey rejected the project. The role ultimately went to Carroll O'Connor.

Rooney continued to work on stage and television through the 1980s and 1990s, appearing in the acclaimed stage play Sugar Babies with Ann Miller beginning in 1979. He starred in the long-running TV series The Adventures of the Black Stallion, reprising his role as Henry Daily from The Black Stallion film, and toured Canada in a dinner theatre production of The Mind with the Naughty Man in the mid-1990s. He played The Wizard in a stage production of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz with Eartha Kitt at Madison Square Garden. Kitt was later replaced by Jo Anne Worley. He also appeared in the documentary That's Entertainment! III.

Rooney voiced Mr. Cherrywood in The Care Bears Movie (1985), and starred as the Movie Mason in a Disney Channel Original Movie family film 2000's Phantom of the Megaplex. He had a guest spot on an episode of The Golden Girls as Sophia's boyfriend Rocko, who claimed to be a bank robber. He played himself in the Simpsons episode "Radioactive Man" of 1995. In 1996-97, Mickey played Talbut on the TV series, Kleo The Misfit Unicorn produced by Gordon Stanfield Animation (GSA). He co-starred in Night at the Museum in 2006 with Dick Van Dyke and Ben Stiller.
Current work

Rooney appeared in television commercials for Garden State Life Insurance Company in 1999, alongside his wife Jan. In commercials shown in 2007, Rooney can be seen in the background washing imaginary dishes.

Rooney continues to work in film and tours with his wife in a multi-media live stage production called Let's Put On a Show! On May 26, 2007, he was grand marshal at the Garden Grove Strawberry Festival. Rooney made his British pantomime debut, playing Baron Hardup in Cinderella, at the Sunderland Empire Theatre over the 2007 Christmas period. He appeared on BBC Points West dressed in a pair of shorts and socks. He has played Baron Hardup in Cinderella at the Bristol Hippodrome from December 12, 2008 to January 8, 2009.

I saw Night At The Museum yesterday.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/23/09 at 2:57 pm

I always liked Bruce Springsteen and still continues to make rock music after all these years.

I've never been much of a fan..but will admit he is talented.
Which brings us on to the lyrics of Blinded By The Light. What was it all about?

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/23/09 at 2:58 pm

;D ;D ;D

You must have read ninny's mind:

Cat
Can there be a telepathy link?

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Written By: gibbo on 09/23/09 at 3:57 pm

I've never been much of a fan..but will admit he is talented.

I wasn't either...but I went to a 1985 concert (by The Boss) and he was simply magnificent live. I didn't really know any of his music prior to that though! He is electric live......and he and the band mostly played in the rain .... we appreciated he got soaked along with the crowd. That was the Born in the USA tour.... :)

Re: Mickey Rooney...Loved those Andy Hardy movies....they were fun and excellent!

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Written By: Frank on 09/23/09 at 4:31 pm

Bruce's "Born to run" album from 1975 remains his best.
With songs like " Thunder road", "Tenth avenue freeze out", "Jungleland" and the title cut.

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Written By: ninny on 09/23/09 at 5:55 pm

Can there be a telepathy link?

Must be ;D

I wasn't either...but I went to a 1985 concert (by The Boss) and he was simply magnificent live. I didn't really know any of his music prior to that though! He is electric live......and he and the band mostly played in the rain .... we appreciated he got soaked along with the crowd. That was the Born in the USA tour.... :)

Re: Mickey Rooney...Loved those Andy Hardy movies....they were fun and excellent!

Bruce is coming to the Buffalo,NY area and I have thought about going.
I loved Mickey in all those old movies.

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Written By: Howard on 09/23/09 at 6:49 pm

Mickey Rooney is and always will be talented. :)

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Written By: Womble on 09/23/09 at 7:49 pm

I always thought the drunken Santa Clause in the film Miracle on 34th Street looked like Mickey Rooney.

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Written By: Reynolds1863 on 09/23/09 at 10:57 pm

I remember reading in one of my Grandma's old movie magazine about Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland being teen idols. :)

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Written By: nally on 09/23/09 at 11:03 pm

Mickey Rooney is and always will be talented. :)

I think so too. O0

During the final season of Full House (1994-95) he made a special guest-star appearance on a Christmas-themed episode, as a shopkeeper of a store that Michelle and Uncle Jesse try to return a gift to in exchange for a new last-minute gift. At first Rooney's character comes on to them as arrogant, detaining them in the store...and they eventually find out the reason for his bitter attitude is that he hasn't seen his family in such a long time, so Jesse and Michelle make amends with him and invite him back to their place (dressed as Santa, with gifts for everyone) and he calls his family from a cordless phone.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/24/09 at 1:46 am

Must be ;DBruce is coming to the Buffalo,NY area and I have thought about going.
I loved Mickey in all those old movies.
Were the lines of Mickey Rooney in "Night At The Museum" taken from previous films of his?

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Written By: ninny on 09/24/09 at 5:32 am

Were the lines of Mickey Rooney in "Night At The Museum" taken from previous films of his?

I'm not sure.

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Written By: ninny on 09/24/09 at 5:37 am

The word of the day...Walk
1. To move over a surface by taking steps with the feet at a pace slower than a run: a baby learning to walk; a horse walking around a riding ring.
2.
1. To go or travel on foot: walked to the store.
2. To go on foot for pleasure or exercise; stroll: walked along the beach looking for shells.
3. To move in a manner suggestive of walking: saw a woodpecker walking up the tree trunk.
3. To conduct oneself or behave in a particular manner; live: walks in majesty and pride.
4. To appear as a supernatural being: The specter of famine walks through the land.
5. Slang.
1. To go out on strike.
2. To resign from one's job abruptly; quit.
3. To be acquitted: The alleged killer walked.
6.
1. Baseball. To go to first base after the pitcher has thrown four pitches ruled as balls.
2. Basketball. To move illegally while holding the ball; travel.
7. Obsolete. To be in constant motion.
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Written By: ninny on 09/24/09 at 5:48 am

The birthday of the day...Gerry Marsden
Gerald "Gerry" Marsden (born 24 September 1942 in Liverpool, England) is an English musician and television personality, best known for being leader of the British band Gerry & the Pacemakers.

Marsden's interest in music began at an early age. He remembers standing on top of an air raid shelter singing "Ragtime Cowboy Joe" and getting a great reception from onlookers. He said to himself then, "This is what I want to do."

Gerry & The Pacemakers were the second group signed by Brian Epstein and remained among his favourite artists. Their first single was "How Do You Do It," recommended by George Martin after it was initially given to The Beatles. This was the first number one hit for the Pacemakers. It was recorded at Abbey Road Studios and was released on EMI's Columbia label. Marsden said the recording took four or five takes. The band's second number one was "I Like It", followed by "You'll Never Walk Alone". Other singles included "It's Gonna Be Alright" (their "heaviest" song), "I'm the One," "Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying," and "Ferry Cross the Mersey."

After leaving the Pacemakers — his brother Fred Marsden, Les Maguire and Les Chadwick—Gerry Marsden maintained a low-key career on television, and starred in the West End musical Charlie Girl alongside Derek Nimmo and Anna Neagle.

He is most remembered for the song "I Like It" and his rendition of "You'll Never Walk Alone", which has been adopted as an anthem of several football clubs, the most notable being Liverpool, the club that Marsden supports. He sang the song at Wembley Stadium when Everton faced Liverpool at the 1989 F.A. Cup final shortly after the Hillsborough disaster. Marsden is a very vocal Liverpool F.C. supporter and claims that he idolised the team as a boy. However, several people who knew Marsden in his youth claim that he was an Everton supporter who later turn-coated and switched to Liverpool after they became successful under Bill Shankly. It is unknown whether the Kop's adoption of 'You'll Never Walk Alone' was responsible for Gerry allegedly changing sides. One individual who has claimed Marsden was an Evertonian is Cavern DJ Bob Wooler.

The Pacemakers, albeit with different musicians, still tour today and are a popular oldies draw on the circuit.

Marsden returned to No. 1 in the charts twice during the 1980s with re-recordings of two of his old hits, with all profits going to charity. In 1985 after the Bradford Football Club stadium tragedy in which 56 were killed, he formed a group called "The Crowd," which included other musicians, singers, and radio disc jockeys, to produce a new version of "You'll Never Walk Alone." After the Hillsborough football ground tragedy of 1989 which left 96 dead, he joined forces with Paul McCartney, The Christians, Holly Johnson, and his production trio Stock, Aitken & Waterman on a new version of "Ferry Cross the Mersey."

Marsden's favourite recordings are "Ferry Cross the Mersey," "Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying" and "You'll Never Walk Alone."

In 1993, Gerry Marsden published his autobiography, I'll Never Walk Alone, co-written with former Melody Maker editor Ray Coleman.
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Written By: gibbo on 09/24/09 at 5:49 am

...a whole new meaning to 'walking to lose weight' ;D

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Written By: ninny on 09/24/09 at 6:00 am

The co-birthday of the day...Joe Greene
Charles Edward Greene, known as “Mean Joe” Greene, (born September 24, 1946) is a former all-pro American football defensive tackle who played for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the NFL. Throughout the early 1970s he developed into arguably the most dominant defensive lineman in the NFL. He is considered by many to be one of the best defensive linemen to ever play the game and was the cornerstone of the famous “Steel Curtain” defense. He is also a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame and a four-time Super Bowl champion.
In 1969, he was selected by the Pittsburgh Steelers with the 4th pick of the NFL draft and spent his entire career with them until his retirement in 1981. When Joe Greene was drafted, a newspaper headline asked Who's Joe Greene? The question was quickly answered as Greene became so good, that teams double-teamed, and even triple-teamed, him throughout his entire career.

After he was drafted Greene quickly established himself as a dominant defensive player. He was strong, quick and intense. He was the NFL's rookie of the year in 1969, even though he played on a poor Steelers team that went 1-13 and had a long standing reputation of being a doormat for other NFL teams. But that was also Chuck Noll's first year as a coach for the Steelers, and the Steelers quickly improved over the next few seasons. Greene later admitted that he was upset with being drafted by the Steelers due to their long history of losing. He showed his displeasure on the field.

In his early years with the Steelers, Greene was at times uncontrollable and often let his temper get the best of him. At one time during a 1975 game against the rival Cleveland Browns at Cleveland Municipal Stadium in which the Steelers won decisively 42-6, Greene repeatedly kicked Browns lineman Bob McKay in the groin while McKay was lying on the ground. Another incident had Greene snap the ball away from the center while the opposing team was lining up for a play. He had no tolerance for losing, and the team veterans quickly took notice. He said that he was bigger than most, but neither the strongest nor the fastest, but put his desire to win in front of anybody. His desire to win rallied the veterans around him and with great drafts along with superb coaching the Steelers franchise soon began to undergo a dramatic makeover. Joe Greene was credited as the cornerstone of the great Steelers dynasty and perhaps the most important player in team history.

Greene was the leader and cornerstone of the Steel Curtain defense that won four Super Bowls in the 1970s. He was twice recognized as the NFL defensive player of the year in 1972 and 1974. He, along, with other members of the Steelers' front four (L.C. Greenwood, Dwight White and Ernie Holmes) even appeared on the cover of Time magazine. That defense held NFL MVP Fran Tarkenton and the Vikings offense scoreless in Super Bowl IX (the Vikings only scored on a blocked punt, for which they missed the extra point), the only time that has occurred in Super Bowl history. It was also Greene's best championship performance, when he became the first player ever to record an interception, a forced fumble, and a fumble recovery in a single Super Bowl. He went to the Pro Bowl 10 times during his career.

Greene is also well-known for the "stunt 4-3" defense in which he would line up at an angle, between the center and guard, and would explode into the line taking up 2-3 blockers. He started doing this sometime in the 1974 season, and while it cut down on the number of sacks he racked up it freed up his other defensive teammates like middle linebacker Jack Lambert to make tackles with ease.

After leading the Steelers to another Super Bowl win after the 1975 season over the Dallas Cowboys in Super Bowl X, Greene missed the first several games of the 1976 season with a back injury. The Steelers started off the season 1-4 and looked like they would not make the playoffs. Quarterback Terry Bradshaw also got injured and was replaced by rookie Mike Kruczek. The season looked lost. But Greene and the Steelers defense carried the Steelers to nine straight wins and the playoffs. In what was probably the greatest NFL defense in the modern era, the 1976 Steelers held opponents to an average of less than 10 points per game (138 points over 14 games). During their nine-game winning streak, the Steelers defense recorded five shutouts, another modern record, and gave up a total of just 28 points (roughly 3 points per game). The defense allowed only two touchdowns over nine games.

Ten of the eleven starters on that 1976 Steelers team were players who made the Pro Bowl at least once in their career (eight starters made the Pro Bowl after the 1976 season). Middle linebacker Jack Lambert had, along with Greene, become the emotional leader of the defense and over the next several years became the dominant player at his position while Greene continued to perform at an all-pro level, becoming a 5-time All-Pro (1972-74,77,79) and in 1969 receiving the first of his 10 Pro Bowl invitations. He retired after the 1981 season after 13 years in the league.

His spot on the team was technically not replaced: the Steelers switched to a 3-4 defensive alignment for the 1982 season, which has only one nose tackle as opposed to two defensive tackles, giving the extra spot to a second middle linebacker. The team has used the 3-4 alignment since Greene's retirement.

His end stats were 181 games, 78.5 sacks (unofficially, as sacks were not an official statistic until 1982) and 16 fumble recoveries.
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Written By: ninny on 09/24/09 at 6:01 am

...a whole new meaning to 'walking to lose weight' ;D

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;D ;D

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Written By: Womble on 09/24/09 at 6:29 am

Very nice, Ninny. :)

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Written By: Howard on 09/24/09 at 7:07 am

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There's also the catwalk for fashion models.

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Written By: ninny on 09/24/09 at 7:13 am

Very nice, Ninny. :)

Thank You. :)

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Written By: ninny on 09/24/09 at 7:13 am

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There's also the catwalk for fashion models.

Thanks Howie :)

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Written By: Howard on 09/24/09 at 7:15 am

Thanks Howie :)

I'm always a fan of the catwalk. ;)

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Written By: ninny on 09/24/09 at 7:48 am

I'm always a fan of the catwalk. ;)

The catwalk or who's walking it?

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Written By: CatwomanofV on 09/24/09 at 12:48 pm

Walk Like an Egyptian.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xffOCZYX6F8

Cat

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Written By: ninny on 09/24/09 at 12:53 pm

Walk Like an Egyptian.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xffOCZYX6F8

Cat

Good song

Classic commercial :)

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Written By: Howard on 09/24/09 at 3:33 pm

The catwalk or who's walking it?

Victoria's Secret. ;)

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Written By: gibbo on 09/24/09 at 3:47 pm

Walk Like an Egyptian.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xffOCZYX6F8

Cat

;D Nice clip....We didn't get that in Australia...as it features an American Football star! I wonder if you all saw the young Elle MacPherson Tab Cola add (that introduced her)??

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Written By: gibbo on 09/24/09 at 3:48 pm

I liked Gerry and The Pacemakers..... Especially, Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying!

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Written By: CatwomanofV on 09/24/09 at 4:58 pm

I liked Gerry and The Pacemakers..... Especially, Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying!

This is the one I like.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loyRYFUYg9g

Cat

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Written By: ninny on 09/24/09 at 8:26 pm

I liked Gerry and The Pacemakers..... Especially, Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying!

2 great songs :)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/25/09 at 1:20 am

The word of the day...Walk
1. To move over a surface by taking steps with the feet at a pace slower than a run: a baby learning to walk; a horse walking around a riding ring.
2.
1. To go or travel on foot: walked to the store.
2. To go on foot for pleasure or exercise; stroll: walked along the beach looking for shells.
3. To move in a manner suggestive of walking: saw a woodpecker walking up the tree trunk.
3. To conduct oneself or behave in a particular manner; live: walks in majesty and pride.
4. To appear as a supernatural being: The specter of famine walks through the land.
5. Slang.
1. To go out on strike.
2. To resign from one's job abruptly; quit.
3. To be acquitted: The alleged killer walked.
6.
1. Baseball. To go to first base after the pitcher has thrown four pitches ruled as balls.
2. Basketball. To move illegally while holding the ball; travel.
7. Obsolete. To be in constant motion.

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Classic!

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Written By: Frank on 09/25/09 at 1:26 am

The co-birthday of the day...Joe Greene
Charles Edward Greene, known as “Mean Joe” Greene, (born September 24, 1946) is a former all-pro American football defensive tackle who played for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the NFL. Throughout the early 1970s he developed into arguably the most dominant defensive lineman in the NFL. He is considered by many to be one of the best defensive linemen to ever play the game and was the cornerstone of the famous “Steel Curtain” defense. He is also a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame and a four-time Super Bowl champion.
In 1969, he was selected by the Pittsburgh Steelers with the 4th pick of the NFL draft and spent his entire career with them until his retirement in 1981. When Joe Greene was drafted, a newspaper headline asked Who's Joe Greene? The question was quickly answered as Greene became so good, that teams double-teamed, and even triple-teamed, him throughout his entire career.

After he was drafted Greene quickly established himself as a dominant defensive player. He was strong, quick and intense. He was the NFL's rookie of the year in 1969, even though he played on a poor Steelers team that went 1-13 and had a long standing reputation of being a doormat for other NFL teams. But that was also Chuck Noll's first year as a coach for the Steelers, and the Steelers quickly improved over the next few seasons. Greene later admitted that he was upset with being drafted by the Steelers due to their long history of losing. He showed his displeasure on the field.

In his early years with the Steelers, Greene was at times uncontrollable and often let his temper get the best of him. At one time during a 1975 game against the rival Cleveland Browns at Cleveland Municipal Stadium in which the Steelers won decisively 42-6, Greene repeatedly kicked Browns lineman Bob McKay in the groin while McKay was lying on the ground. Another incident had Greene snap the ball away from the center while the opposing team was lining up for a play. He had no tolerance for losing, and the team veterans quickly took notice. He said that he was bigger than most, but neither the strongest nor the fastest, but put his desire to win in front of anybody. His desire to win rallied the veterans around him and with great drafts along with superb coaching the Steelers franchise soon began to undergo a dramatic makeover. Joe Greene was credited as the cornerstone of the great Steelers dynasty and perhaps the most important player in team history.

Greene was the leader and cornerstone of the Steel Curtain defense that won four Super Bowls in the 1970s. He was twice recognized as the NFL defensive player of the year in 1972 and 1974. He, along, with other members of the Steelers' front four (L.C. Greenwood, Dwight White and Ernie Holmes) even appeared on the cover of Time magazine. That defense held NFL MVP Fran Tarkenton and the Vikings offense scoreless in Super Bowl IX (the Vikings only scored on a blocked punt, for which they missed the extra point), the only time that has occurred in Super Bowl history. It was also Greene's best championship performance, when he became the first player ever to record an interception, a forced fumble, and a fumble recovery in a single Super Bowl. He went to the Pro Bowl 10 times during his career.

Greene is also well-known for the "stunt 4-3" defense in which he would line up at an angle, between the center and guard, and would explode into the line taking up 2-3 blockers. He started doing this sometime in the 1974 season, and while it cut down on the number of sacks he racked up it freed up his other defensive teammates like middle linebacker Jack Lambert to make tackles with ease.

After leading the Steelers to another Super Bowl win after the 1975 season over the Dallas Cowboys in Super Bowl X, Greene missed the first several games of the 1976 season with a back injury. The Steelers started off the season 1-4 and looked like they would not make the playoffs. Quarterback Terry Bradshaw also got injured and was replaced by rookie Mike Kruczek. The season looked lost. But Greene and the Steelers defense carried the Steelers to nine straight wins and the playoffs. In what was probably the greatest NFL defense in the modern era, the 1976 Steelers held opponents to an average of less than 10 points per game (138 points over 14 games). During their nine-game winning streak, the Steelers defense recorded five shutouts, another modern record, and gave up a total of just 28 points (roughly 3 points per game). The defense allowed only two touchdowns over nine games.

Ten of the eleven starters on that 1976 Steelers team were players who made the Pro Bowl at least once in their career (eight starters made the Pro Bowl after the 1976 season). Middle linebacker Jack Lambert had, along with Greene, become the emotional leader of the defense and over the next several years became the dominant player at his position while Greene continued to perform at an all-pro level, becoming a 5-time All-Pro (1972-74,77,79) and in 1969 receiving the first of his 10 Pro Bowl invitations. He retired after the 1981 season after 13 years in the league.

His spot on the team was technically not replaced: the Steelers switched to a 3-4 defensive alignment for the 1982 season, which has only one nose tackle as opposed to two defensive tackles, giving the extra spot to a second middle linebacker. The team has used the 3-4 alignment since Greene's retirement.

His end stats were 181 games, 78.5 sacks (unofficially, as sacks were not an official statistic until 1982) and 16 fumble recoveries.
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He was part of a great front 4 with Holmes, Greenwood and white, didn't hurt having Lambert & Ham as linebackers behind him.

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Written By: ninny on 09/25/09 at 5:31 am

Classic!

Sure is. :)

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Written By: ninny on 09/25/09 at 5:37 am

The word of the day...View
1.
1. An examination or inspection: used binoculars to get a better view.
2. A sight; a look.
2. A systematic survey; coverage: a view of Romantic poetry.
3. An individual and personal perception, judgment, or interpretation; an opinion: In his view, aid to the rebels should be suspended. See synonims at opinion.
4. Field of vision: The aircraft has disappeared from view.
5. A scene or vista: the view from the tower.
6. A picture of a landscape: a view of Paris, done in oils.
7. A way of showing or seeing something, as from a particular position or angle: a side view of the house.
8. Something kept in sight as an aim or intention: "The pitch of the roof had been calculated with a view to the heavy seasonal rains" (Caroline Alexander).
9. Expectation; chance: The measure has no view of success.
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Written By: ninny on 09/25/09 at 5:41 am

The birthday of the day...Barbara Walters
Barbara Jill Walters (born September 25, 1929) is a Daytime Emmy award winning American journalist, writer, and media personality who has hosted morning television shows (Today and The View), the evening news magazine (20/20), and co-anchor of ABC Evening News and correspondent on World News (then ABC Evening News). Walters was first known as a popular TV morning news anchor for over 10 years on NBC's Today, where she worked with Hugh Downs and later hosts Frank McGee and Jim Hartz. Walters later spent 25 years as co-host of ABC's newsmagazine 20/20. She was the first female co-anchor of network evening news, working with Harry Reasoner on the ABC Evening News and was later a correspondent for ABC World News Tonight with Charles Gibson.
Walters started to gain a reputation for her interview skills while at The Today Show. Not all of her interviewees remain dry-eyed, and critics accuse Walters of pumping for the ratings by generating public tears. Critics have also accused Walters of not posing enough tough questions to her subjects, relying mainly on so-called "softball" questions to elicit sometimes unexpected answers. Her Barbara Walters Specials are top-rated and, since 1993, offer a review of the year's most prominent newsmakers. Prior to the move of the Academy Awards to an early Sunday evening time slot, a Walters interview show, usually featuring one or more of the top nominees, was a regular feature. Walters' celebrity interviews at ABC came as part of her $1 million contract to join ABC, with half of it coming from the news department and half from doing celebrity specials.

Walters is known for "personality journalism" and her "scoop" interviews. In November 1977 she achieved a joint interview with Egypt's President Anwar Al Sadat and Israel's Prime Minister Menachem Begin. Her interviews with world leaders from all walks of life are a chronicle of the latter part of the 20th century. They include the Shah of Iran Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and his wife the Empress Farah Pahlavi, Russia's Boris Yeltsin, China's Jiang Zemin, the UK's Margaret Thatcher, Cuba's Fidel Castro, as well as India's Indira Gandhi, Václav Havel, Muammar al-Gaddafi, King Hussein of Jordan, King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, and Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez. Other interviews with influential people include pop icon Michael Jackson, Anna Wintour and in 1980 Lord Olivier.

Walters was widely lampooned in 1981 (and often since) for having posed the question, during an interview with actress Katharine Hepburn: "If you were a tree, what kind would you be?" But as she has often pointed out (and the video clips confirm) Hepburn initiated the discussion by saying that she would like to be a tree, and Walters merely followed up with the question, "What kind of a tree?"

During a story about Cuban leader Fidel Castro, Walters claimed that, "for Castro, freedom begins with education." Some critics point to her characterization of Castro as freedom-loving and argue that it painted an inaccurate picture of his government.

On March 3, 1999, her interview of Monica Lewinsky was seen by a record 74 million viewers, the highest rating ever for a journalist's interview. Walters asked Lewinsky, "What will you tell your children about this matter?" and Lewinsky replied, "I guess Mommy made some mistakes," at which point Walters brought the program to a dramatic conclusion, turning to the viewers, saying, "And that is the understatement of the century."

Walters interviewed President-elect Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, in a one-hour ABC special that aired on November 26, 2008.
The View
Main article: The View

Walters hosts the daytime talk show The View, of which she is also co-creator and co-executive producer with her business partner Bill Geddie. Walters described the show in its original opening credits as a forum for women of "different generations, backgrounds, and views". The show's co-hosts are Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Elisabeth Hasselbeck and Sherri Shepherd. Previous co-hosts include Meredith Vieira, Lisa Ling, Rosie O'Donnell, Star Jones, and Debbie Matenopoulos.
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Written By: ninny on 09/25/09 at 5:44 am

The co-birthday of the day...Michael Douglas
Michael Kirk Douglas (born September 25, 1944) is an actor and producer, primarily in movies and television. Douglas's first television exposure was that of Karl Malden's young college-educated partner, Insp. Steve Keller, in the 1970s crime drama, The Streets of San Francisco, a role he played from 1972 to 1976. Douglas is an Emmy Award-, Golden Globe Award- and two-time Academy Award-winner, first as producer of 1975's Best Picture, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and Best Actor in 1987 for his role in Wall Street. Douglas received the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2009
Douglas co-starred in the TV series The Streets of San Francisco from 1972 to 1976, where Douglas had on- and off-screen chemistry with Karl Malden, who became a second father to him, during the show's run. After he left the show, he had a long association with his mentor, prior to keeping him in touch, and attending interview to discuss about Douglas's relationship with him, until Malden's death on July 1, 2009. Long before Malden's death, Malden & Douglas would occasionally run into each other—in 1996, Malden paid tribute to him at the People's Choice Awards. In 2004, Douglas presented Malden with the Monte Cristo Award of the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center in Waterford, Connecticut, for the Lifetime Achievement Award. He received an Academy Award as producer for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest in 1975. Although Douglas was a capable actor on Streets, his career was somewhat stagnant after the series, and he only appeared in occasional movies which were usually less than popular (e.g., Running in 1979). One exception was The China Syndrome (1979), a dramatic film co-starring Jane Fonda about a disaster at a nuclear power plant. It mirrored the real-life Three Mile Island accident which took place 12 days after the film's release.

His fortunes changed when he starred in the 1984 romantic adventure comedy Romancing the Stone. The film was followed a year later in 1985 by a sequel, The Jewel of the Nile. 1987 was a pivotal year for Douglas, one that won him massive attention as a serious actor. He starred in the thriller Fatal Attraction with Glenn Close and the film became a world-wide hit. That same year he played the insidious tycoon Gordon Gekko in Wall Street. Douglas received an Academy Award as Best Actor for this role. It was announced in April 2009 that Douglas would be reprising his role as Gekko in Wall Street 2 with the original film's director Oliver Stone.

Douglas also starred as Mr. Rose, a successful lawyer similar to Gordon Gekko's personality, in The War of the Roses, which featured previous co-stars Kathleen Turner and Danny DeVito. In 1989 he starred in the hit international police crime drama Black Rain opposite Andy Garcia and Kate Capshaw and was directed by filmmaker Ridley Scott (Alien, Gladiator).

In 1992, Douglas revived his slick, worldly character when he appeared alongside Sharon Stone in the film Basic Instinct. The movie was a huge hit, and sparked controversy over its depictions of bisexuality and lesbianism. Then in 1994, Douglas and Demi Moore starred in the hit movie Disclosure focusing on the hot topic of sexual harassment, but with a twist—Douglas plays a man harassed by his new female boss. In 1998, Douglas received the Crystal Globe award for outstanding artistic contribution to world cinema at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.

Douglas's skill at character acting continued to make him one of the most sought-after actors in Hollywood and commands a hefty sum for his roles. After the commercial failure of It Runs in the Family, Douglas did not star in a movie for three years, until The Sentinel in 2006. A year prior to the release of It Runs in the Family, he guest-appeared on an episode of the popular television sitcom Will and Grace, as a gay cop attracted to Will Truman (Eric McCormack); the performance earned Douglas an Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Show. His Fatal Attraction co-star, Glenn Close, appeared in the following episode of the series and also earned an Emmy nomination for her performance.

Douglas on being asked to do Basic Instinct 2: "Yes, they asked me to do it a while ago, I thought we had done it very effectively; (Paul) Verhoeven is a pretty good director. I haven't seen the sequel. I've only done one sequel in my life, The Jewel of the Nile, from Romancing The Stone. Besides, there were age issues, you know? Sharon still looks fabulous. The script was pretty good. Good for her, she's in her late-40s and there are not a lot of parts around. The first one was probably the best picture of her career—it certainly made her career and she was great in it".

Douglas will soon star in Tragic Indifference, a courtroom thriller based on a landmark liability case against Ford, according to Variety. Douglas will play the attorney who took Ford to court on behalf of a single mother from Texas who was paralyzed and nearly died after an accident. The trial exposed the automaker's indifference to flaws in its SUVs. The movie will be based on Adam Penenberg's 2003 book of the same name. Douglas will play Attorney Tab Turner, who represented Donna Bailey after the Ford Explorer she was riding in rolled over following a Firestone tire failure.

On December 17, 2007 it was announced that Douglas was to be a new announcer on NBC Nightly News, some two years after Howard Reig, the previous announcer, retired.

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Written By: ninny on 09/25/09 at 5:54 am

The flower for Friday...Magnolia
1. Any of numerous evergreen or deciduous trees and shrubs of the genus Magnolia of the Western Hemisphere and Asia, having aromatic twigs and large showy white, pink, purple, or yellow flowers.
2. The flower of any of these plants.
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Written By: ninny on 09/25/09 at 6:36 am

* Honorable birthday*...Will Smith
Willard Christopher "Will" Smith, Jr. (born September 25, 1968) is an American actor, film producer and rapper. He has enjoyed success in music, television and film. Newsweek has called him the most powerful actor on the planet. Smith has been nominated for four Golden Globe Awards, two Academy Awards, and has won multiple Grammy Awards.

Smith rose to fame as a rapper under the name The Fresh Prince in the late 1980s and his role in the television series The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. His most notable films include Bad Boys and its sequel; Men in Black and its sequel; Independence Day; I, Robot; Ali; The Pursuit of Happyness; I Am Legend; Hancock; and Seven Pounds. He is the only actor in history to have eight consecutive films gross over $100 million in the domestic box office as well as being the only actor to have eight consecutive films open at #1 on the domestic box office as a Lead Actor
After The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air ended May 20, 1996, Smith began a successful solo music career while simultaneously starring in a series of films. The first two films were hugely successful summer blockbusters: Independence Day (1996), in which he played a fearless and confident fighter pilot, and Men in Black (1997), where he played the comic and confident Agent J against Tommy Lee Jones' deadpan Agent K. Smith's acting in Men in Black won critical praise. He originally rejected the lead role in Men in Black, but wife Jada Pinkett Smith coaxed him into acceptance. The two films established Smith's commercial reputation as a bankable star whose appeal across age, race, and gender lines could "open" a film at the box office, a reputation Smith would begin to term a "Big Willie Weekend". In 1998 he starred with Gene Hackman in Enemy of the State which had a seemingly far-fetched plot at the time but has become more and more plausible as the 'surveillance society' becomes more of a reality. Smith turned down the role of Neo in The Matrix in favor of Wild Wild West. Despite the failure of Wild Wild West, Smith has said that he harbors no regrets about his decision, asserting that Keanu Reeves's performance as Neo was superior to what Smith would have achieved. Smith then went on to gain leading roles in several box office successes including Men in Black II, Bad Boys II, Hitch, and I, Robot.

Smith also released a string of hit singles, often associated with his most recent film, throughout the late 1990s. The most notable of these were his #1 hit theme song "Men in Black", the #1 hit "Gettin' Jiggy wit It" (which made jiggy a catch phrase for a while in 1998), and a cover of "Just the Two of Us", an affectionate message to his young son. His first two solo albums, Big Willie Style (1997) and Willennium (1999), went multi-platinum.
International success (2001–present)

Smith was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor, for the film Ali, 2001, for his portrayal of the boxer Muhammad Ali, formerly known as Cassius Clay, in the biopic. He was again nominated for Best Actor Oscar for his role in another true-life movie, The Pursuit of Happyness, where he played Chris Gardner in his rags-to-riches story.

Smith's third album on Columbia Records, Born to Reign released in 2002, was a sales disappointment compared to his past efforts, and after a quick Greatest Hits release that was almost not advertised at all, he was dropped by the label. He later signed a recording contract with Interscope Records. A year later, Smith and his wife Jada Pinkett Smith created the UPN (later CW) sitcom All of Us, which was loosely based on their lives. The show debuted on UPN in September 2003 and aired there for three seasons before moving to The CW in October 2006 for one more season. The CW cancelled All of Us in May 2007. Smith appeared as himself in Jersey Girl delivering the Silent Bob speech that appears in nearly all Kevin Smith movies. The lead character's situation is due to the claim, "Will Smith is just a rapper."

In 2005, Smith was entered into the Guinness Book of World Records for attending a record breaking three premieres in a 24-hour time span. On July 2, 2005, Smith served as host for the Live 8 concert in his native Philadelphia in front of an enormous crowd, and later performed a set with DJ Jazzy Jeff. During this time, Smith released his fourth studio album, the successful Lost & Found. The album was propelled solely on the smash hit single, "Switch", which appealed to the mainstream. The single stayed atop the charts for months and returned Smith to the forefront of hip-hop. Smith appeared at Nickelodeon Kid's Choice awards in 2005 performing "Switch", as well as the BET awards in 2005. He appeared in the second game of the NBA Finals (San Antonio vs. Detroit) performing "Switch" to promote the album. Smith also made a special appearance in the reality talent contest show "Indian Idol", when he visited India.

Also in 2005, Smith was considered for the role of John Smith in the movie Mr. and Mrs. Smith; Brad Pitt eventually received the role. He was also considered for the role of Willy Wonka in the remake of the film Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. He has planned to star in a feature film remake of the television series It Takes a Thief.
Smith in 2008

On December 10, 2007, Smith was recognized at Grauman's Chinese Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard. Smith left an imprint of his hands and feet outside the world renowned theater in front of many fans. Later that month, Smith starred in the film I Am Legend, released December 14, 2007. Despite marginally positive reviews, its opening was the largest ever for a film released in the United States during December. Smith himself has said that he considers the film to be "aggressively unique". A reviewer said that the film's commercial success "cemented standing as the number one box office draw in Hollywood." On December 1, 2008, TV Guide reported that Smith has been selected as one of America’s top ten most fascinating people of 2008 for a Barbara Walters ABC special that aired on December 4, 2008.

Smith is currently developing a film entitled The Last Pharaoh, in which he will star as Taharqa.

President Barack Obama has stated that if a film were to ever be made about his life, he would have Smith play his part, because "he has the ears". Obama stated that the two have discussed a possibility of a film based on the 2008 election, but this may not happen until the end of the Obama presidency
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Written By: Womble on 09/25/09 at 6:50 am

Very nice "View" pictures, Ninny.

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Written By: Howard on 09/25/09 at 6:54 am

* Honorable birthday*...Will Smith
Willard Christopher "Will" Smith, Jr. (born September 25, 1968) is an American actor, film producer and rapper. He has enjoyed success in music, television and film. Newsweek has called him the most powerful actor on the planet. Smith has been nominated for four Golden Globe Awards, two Academy Awards, and has won multiple Grammy Awards.

Smith rose to fame as a rapper under the name The Fresh Prince in the late 1980s and his role in the television series The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. His most notable films include Bad Boys and its sequel; Men in Black and its sequel; Independence Day; I, Robot; Ali; The Pursuit of Happyness; I Am Legend; Hancock; and Seven Pounds. He is the only actor in history to have eight consecutive films gross over $100 million in the domestic box office as well as being the only actor to have eight consecutive films open at #1 on the domestic box office as a Lead Actor
After The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air ended May 20, 1996, Smith began a successful solo music career while simultaneously starring in a series of films. The first two films were hugely successful summer blockbusters: Independence Day (1996), in which he played a fearless and confident fighter pilot, and Men in Black (1997), where he played the comic and confident Agent J against Tommy Lee Jones' deadpan Agent K. Smith's acting in Men in Black won critical praise. He originally rejected the lead role in Men in Black, but wife Jada Pinkett Smith coaxed him into acceptance. The two films established Smith's commercial reputation as a bankable star whose appeal across age, race, and gender lines could "open" a film at the box office, a reputation Smith would begin to term a "Big Willie Weekend". In 1998 he starred with Gene Hackman in Enemy of the State which had a seemingly far-fetched plot at the time but has become more and more plausible as the 'surveillance society' becomes more of a reality. Smith turned down the role of Neo in The Matrix in favor of Wild Wild West. Despite the failure of Wild Wild West, Smith has said that he harbors no regrets about his decision, asserting that Keanu Reeves's performance as Neo was superior to what Smith would have achieved. Smith then went on to gain leading roles in several box office successes including Men in Black II, Bad Boys II, Hitch, and I, Robot.

Smith also released a string of hit singles, often associated with his most recent film, throughout the late 1990s. The most notable of these were his #1 hit theme song "Men in Black", the #1 hit "Gettin' Jiggy wit It" (which made jiggy a catch phrase for a while in 1998), and a cover of "Just the Two of Us", an affectionate message to his young son. His first two solo albums, Big Willie Style (1997) and Willennium (1999), went multi-platinum.
International success (2001–present)

Smith was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor, for the film Ali, 2001, for his portrayal of the boxer Muhammad Ali, formerly known as Cassius Clay, in the biopic. He was again nominated for Best Actor Oscar for his role in another true-life movie, The Pursuit of Happyness, where he played Chris Gardner in his rags-to-riches story.

Smith's third album on Columbia Records, Born to Reign released in 2002, was a sales disappointment compared to his past efforts, and after a quick Greatest Hits release that was almost not advertised at all, he was dropped by the label. He later signed a recording contract with Interscope Records. A year later, Smith and his wife Jada Pinkett Smith created the UPN (later CW) sitcom All of Us, which was loosely based on their lives. The show debuted on UPN in September 2003 and aired there for three seasons before moving to The CW in October 2006 for one more season. The CW cancelled All of Us in May 2007. Smith appeared as himself in Jersey Girl delivering the Silent Bob speech that appears in nearly all Kevin Smith movies. The lead character's situation is due to the claim, "Will Smith is just a rapper."

In 2005, Smith was entered into the Guinness Book of World Records for attending a record breaking three premieres in a 24-hour time span. On July 2, 2005, Smith served as host for the Live 8 concert in his native Philadelphia in front of an enormous crowd, and later performed a set with DJ Jazzy Jeff. During this time, Smith released his fourth studio album, the successful Lost & Found. The album was propelled solely on the smash hit single, "Switch", which appealed to the mainstream. The single stayed atop the charts for months and returned Smith to the forefront of hip-hop. Smith appeared at Nickelodeon Kid's Choice awards in 2005 performing "Switch", as well as the BET awards in 2005. He appeared in the second game of the NBA Finals (San Antonio vs. Detroit) performing "Switch" to promote the album. Smith also made a special appearance in the reality talent contest show "Indian Idol", when he visited India.

Also in 2005, Smith was considered for the role of John Smith in the movie Mr. and Mrs. Smith; Brad Pitt eventually received the role. He was also considered for the role of Willy Wonka in the remake of the film Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. He has planned to star in a feature film remake of the television series It Takes a Thief.
Smith in 2008

On December 10, 2007, Smith was recognized at Grauman's Chinese Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard. Smith left an imprint of his hands and feet outside the world renowned theater in front of many fans. Later that month, Smith starred in the film I Am Legend, released December 14, 2007. Despite marginally positive reviews, its opening was the largest ever for a film released in the United States during December. Smith himself has said that he considers the film to be "aggressively unique". A reviewer said that the film's commercial success "cemented standing as the number one box office draw in Hollywood." On December 1, 2008, TV Guide reported that Smith has been selected as one of America’s top ten most fascinating people of 2008 for a Barbara Walters ABC special that aired on December 4, 2008.

Smith is currently developing a film entitled The Last Pharaoh, in which he will star as Taharqa.

President Barack Obama has stated that if a film were to ever be made about his life, he would have Smith play his part, because "he has the ears". Obama stated that the two have discussed a possibility of a film based on the 2008 election, but this may not happen until the end of the Obama presidency
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always enjoy Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.

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Written By: ninny on 09/25/09 at 8:11 am

Very nice "View" pictures, Ninny.

Thanks :)

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Written By: ninny on 09/25/09 at 8:11 am

always enjoy Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.

Me too :)

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Written By: anabel on 09/25/09 at 10:09 am

Love your entries for today, ninny! Especially all the views....I'm going share one of my favorites, if it's ok.....this is Palo Duro Canyon, just outside of Amarillo, Texas.

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This was about 5 years ago after a long hike to the top of North Cave. Palo Duro is the second largest canyon in the U.S after the Grand Canyon. It's along the historic Route 66, so it's a great place to stop on a road trip! It always reminds me of the Disney movie Cars. :)

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Written By: anabel on 09/25/09 at 10:16 am

The flower for Friday...Magnolia
1. Any of numerous evergreen or deciduous trees and shrubs of the genus Magnolia of the Western Hemisphere and Asia, having aromatic twigs and large showy white, pink, purple, or yellow flowers.
2. The flower of any of these plants.
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After Roses, Sunflowers, and Daisies, I'd have to say Magnolias are one of my favorite flowers ever...they're just so Southern, and they're lovely to decorate with too. :)

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Written By: ninny on 09/25/09 at 10:20 am

Love your entries for today, ninny! Especially all the views....I'm going share one of my favorites, if it's ok.....this is Palo Duro Canyon, just outside of Amarillo, Texas.

http://palodurocanyon.com/upfiles/00128l.jpg

This was about 5 years ago after a long hike to the top of North Cave. Palo Duro is the second largest canyon in the U.S after the Grand Canyon. It's along the historic Route 66, so it's a great place to stop on a road trip! It always reminds me of the Disney movie Cars. :)

Very nice view :)

After Roses, Sunflowers, and Daisies, I'd have to say Magnolias are one of my favorite flowers ever...they're just so Southern, and they're lovely to decorate with too. :)

My parents had a magnolia tree, I always loved when it was in bloom.

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Written By: CatwomanofV on 09/25/09 at 11:41 am

Did you know that Barbara Walters was once a Playboy bunny?

I think that both Michael Douglas & Will Smith are VERY FINE looking men! YUMMY!!!!!

Cat

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/25/09 at 2:17 pm

The word of the day...View
1.
1. An examination or inspection: used binoculars to get a better view.
2. A sight; a look.
2. A systematic survey; coverage: a view of Romantic poetry.
3. An individual and personal perception, judgment, or interpretation; an opinion: In his view, aid to the rebels should be suspended. See synonims at opinion.
4. Field of vision: The aircraft has disappeared from view.
5. A scene or vista: the view from the tower.
6. A picture of a landscape: a view of Paris, done in oils.
7. A way of showing or seeing something, as from a particular position or angle: a side view of the house.
8. Something kept in sight as an aim or intention: "The pitch of the roof had been calculated with a view to the heavy seasonal rains" (Caroline Alexander).
9. Expectation; chance: The measure has no view of success.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/25/09 at 2:18 pm

always enjoy Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.
My son always watched that.

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Written By: ninny on 09/25/09 at 2:41 pm

Did you know that Barbara Walters was once a Playboy bunny?

I think that both Michael Douglas & Will Smith are VERY FINE looking men! YUMMY!!!!!

Cat

Oh yeah 8)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/25/09 at 2:43 pm

* Honorable birthday*...Will Smith
Willard Christopher "Will" Smith, Jr. (born September 25, 1968) is an American actor, film producer and rapper. He has enjoyed success in music, television and film. Newsweek has called him the most powerful actor on the planet. Smith has been nominated for four Golden Globe Awards, two Academy Awards, and has won multiple Grammy Awards.

Smith rose to fame as a rapper under the name The Fresh Prince in the late 1980s and his role in the television series The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. His most notable films include Bad Boys and its sequel; Men in Black and its sequel; Independence Day; I, Robot; Ali; The Pursuit of Happyness; I Am Legend; Hancock; and Seven Pounds. He is the only actor in history to have eight consecutive films gross over $100 million in the domestic box office as well as being the only actor to have eight consecutive films open at #1 on the domestic box office as a Lead Actor
After The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air ended May 20, 1996, Smith began a successful solo music career while simultaneously starring in a series of films. The first two films were hugely successful summer blockbusters: Independence Day (1996), in which he played a fearless and confident fighter pilot, and Men in Black (1997), where he played the comic and confident Agent J against Tommy Lee Jones' deadpan Agent K. Smith's acting in Men in Black won critical praise. He originally rejected the lead role in Men in Black, but wife Jada Pinkett Smith coaxed him into acceptance. The two films established Smith's commercial reputation as a bankable star whose appeal across age, race, and gender lines could "open" a film at the box office, a reputation Smith would begin to term a "Big Willie Weekend". In 1998 he starred with Gene Hackman in Enemy of the State which had a seemingly far-fetched plot at the time but has become more and more plausible as the 'surveillance society' becomes more of a reality. Smith turned down the role of Neo in The Matrix in favor of Wild Wild West. Despite the failure of Wild Wild West, Smith has said that he harbors no regrets about his decision, asserting that Keanu Reeves's performance as Neo was superior to what Smith would have achieved. Smith then went on to gain leading roles in several box office successes including Men in Black II, Bad Boys II, Hitch, and I, Robot.

Smith also released a string of hit singles, often associated with his most recent film, throughout the late 1990s. The most notable of these were his #1 hit theme song "Men in Black", the #1 hit "Gettin' Jiggy wit It" (which made jiggy a catch phrase for a while in 1998), and a cover of "Just the Two of Us", an affectionate message to his young son. His first two solo albums, Big Willie Style (1997) and Willennium (1999), went multi-platinum.
International success (2001–present)

Smith was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor, for the film Ali, 2001, for his portrayal of the boxer Muhammad Ali, formerly known as Cassius Clay, in the biopic. He was again nominated for Best Actor Oscar for his role in another true-life movie, The Pursuit of Happyness, where he played Chris Gardner in his rags-to-riches story.

Smith's third album on Columbia Records, Born to Reign released in 2002, was a sales disappointment compared to his past efforts, and after a quick Greatest Hits release that was almost not advertised at all, he was dropped by the label. He later signed a recording contract with Interscope Records. A year later, Smith and his wife Jada Pinkett Smith created the UPN (later CW) sitcom All of Us, which was loosely based on their lives. The show debuted on UPN in September 2003 and aired there for three seasons before moving to The CW in October 2006 for one more season. The CW cancelled All of Us in May 2007. Smith appeared as himself in Jersey Girl delivering the Silent Bob speech that appears in nearly all Kevin Smith movies. The lead character's situation is due to the claim, "Will Smith is just a rapper."

In 2005, Smith was entered into the Guinness Book of World Records for attending a record breaking three premieres in a 24-hour time span. On July 2, 2005, Smith served as host for the Live 8 concert in his native Philadelphia in front of an enormous crowd, and later performed a set with DJ Jazzy Jeff. During this time, Smith released his fourth studio album, the successful Lost & Found. The album was propelled solely on the smash hit single, "Switch", which appealed to the mainstream. The single stayed atop the charts for months and returned Smith to the forefront of hip-hop. Smith appeared at Nickelodeon Kid's Choice awards in 2005 performing "Switch", as well as the BET awards in 2005. He appeared in the second game of the NBA Finals (San Antonio vs. Detroit) performing "Switch" to promote the album. Smith also made a special appearance in the reality talent contest show "Indian Idol", when he visited India.

Also in 2005, Smith was considered for the role of John Smith in the movie Mr. and Mrs. Smith; Brad Pitt eventually received the role. He was also considered for the role of Willy Wonka in the remake of the film Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. He has planned to star in a feature film remake of the television series It Takes a Thief.
Smith in 2008

On December 10, 2007, Smith was recognized at Grauman's Chinese Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard. Smith left an imprint of his hands and feet outside the world renowned theater in front of many fans. Later that month, Smith starred in the film I Am Legend, released December 14, 2007. Despite marginally positive reviews, its opening was the largest ever for a film released in the United States during December. Smith himself has said that he considers the film to be "aggressively unique". A reviewer said that the film's commercial success "cemented standing as the number one box office draw in Hollywood." On December 1, 2008, TV Guide reported that Smith has been selected as one of America’s top ten most fascinating people of 2008 for a Barbara Walters ABC special that aired on December 4, 2008.

Smith is currently developing a film entitled The Last Pharaoh, in which he will star as Taharqa.

President Barack Obama has stated that if a film were to ever be made about his life, he would have Smith play his part, because "he has the ears". Obama stated that the two have discussed a possibility of a film based on the 2008 election, but this may not happen until the end of the Obama presidency
I was disappointed with Hancock.

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Written By: ninny on 09/25/09 at 7:12 pm

I was disappointed with Hancock.

I have yet to see it.

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Written By: Howard on 09/25/09 at 7:14 pm

I was disappointed with Hancock.

I never saw Hancock.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/26/09 at 1:20 am

I have yet to see it.

I never saw Hancock.
I will not say any more about it.

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Written By: gibbo on 09/26/09 at 1:43 am

I was disappointed with Hancock.

I didn't mind it... :)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/26/09 at 4:24 am

I didn't mind it... :)
it did start all right, the first half hour, but the rest of it was a let down.

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Written By: ninny on 09/26/09 at 6:01 am

The word of the day...Beast
1.
1. An animal other than a human, especially a large four-footed mammal.
2. New England & Southern U.S. A large domestic animal, especially a horse or bull.
2. Animal nature as opposed to intellect or spirit: "So far the beast in us has insisted upon having its full say" (William Dean Howells).
3. A brutal, contemptible person.
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Written By: ninny on 09/26/09 at 6:03 am

The birthday of the day...Linda Hamilton
Linda Carroll Hamilton (born September 26, 1956) is an American actress, best known for her roles as Sarah Connor in The Terminator and its sequel Terminator 2: Judgment Day and as Catherine Chandler in Beauty and the Beast.
Hamilton's acting debut came first with guest starring appearances on television, followed by a major role as Lisa Rogers in the prime-time soap opera Secrets of Midland Heights (1980).

Listed as one of twelve "Promising New Actors of 1982" in John Willis' Screen World, Vol 34, Hamilton made her film debut playing a lead role in the horror film Children of the Corn, even though this very article's Filmography lists her as a cast member in the 1982 film Tag: The Assassination Game. The movie, Children of the Corn, was panned by critics, but it made a profit at the box office, and had a strong cult following. Hamilton's next role was in The Terminator, costarring Arnold Schwarzenegger in 1984. The movie was an unexpectedly huge commercial as well as critical success. Following The Terminator, Hamilton starred in Black Moon Rising, an action thriller starring Tommy Lee Jones. She then returned to television in the mystery comedy Murder, She Wrote, scoring favorable reviews. Hamilton then starred opposite Ron Perlman in the TV series Beauty and the Beast. The series was critically-acclaimed and she received Emmy and Golden Globe nominations. Hamilton left the series in 1989 and it ended in 1990.

Hamilton went back to the big screen with the sequel to The Terminator titled Terminator 2: Judgment Day in 1991. The film was a smash at the box office, grossing over $500 million, and becoming the highest grossing film of the year. Hamilton underwent immense physical training to emphasize the character's transformation from the first film. Her identical twin sister Leslie Hamilton Gearren was Linda's double in Terminator 2. Hamilton received two MTV Movie Awards for her role in the film, one for Best Female Performance and the other for Most Desirable Female. Hamilton reprised this character, Sarah Connor, for the theme park attraction T2 3-D.

In 1990, she was chosen by People magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the world. Following the success of the Terminator series, Hamilton hosted Saturday Night Live. She then returned to television in A Mother's Prayer (1997) playing a mother who lost her husband and is diagnosed with AIDS. She earned yet another Golden Globe nomination. In 1996, Hamilton filmed two motion pictures that were released one week apart in 1997: Shadow Conspiracy with Charlie Sheen and Dante's Peak with Pierce Brosnan. Shadow Conspiracy flopped at the box office, but Dante's Peak grossed $180 million and was one of the biggest commercial hits of the year. Hamilton has since appeared on the television shows Frasier and According to Jim and has done more TV movies, including On the Line, Robots Rising, Rescuers: Stories of Courage: Two Couples, Point Last Seen, and The Color of Courage.

In 2009, she returned as Sarah Connor in Terminator Salvation, in voice-overs only.
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Written By: ninny on 09/26/09 at 6:05 am

The co-birthday of the day...Olivia Newton-John
Olivia Newton-John AO, OBE (born 26 September 1948 in Cambridge, United Kingdom) is an Australian singer and actress. She is a four-time Grammy award winner who has amassed five No. 1 and ten other Top Ten Billboard Hot 100 singles and two No. 1 Billboard 200 albums. Eleven of her singles (including two platinum) and 14 of her albums (including two platinum and four double platinum) have been certified gold by the RIAA. Many of her singles and albums were successful in multiple formats including Pop, Country and Adult Contemporary. She co-starred with John Travolta in the film adaptation of the Broadway musical, Grease, which became the highest grossing movie musical and one of the most successful film soundtracks in Hollywood history.

Newton-John has been a long-time activist for environmental and animal rights issues. Since her breast cancer diagnosis in 1992 from which she recovered, she has also been a tireless advocate for health awareness becoming involved with various charities, health products and fundraising efforts to eradicate the disease. Her business interests have included launching several product lines for Koala Blue and co-owning the Gaia Retreat & Spa in Australia.

Newton-John has married twice and currently lives with her second husband, John Easterling, in Florida. She is the mother of one daughter, Chloe Lattanzi, with her first husband, actor Matt Lattanzi
Newton-John released her first solo album, If Not For You, in 1971. The title track, written by Bob Dylan, was her first international hit (No. 25 Pop, No. 1 Adult Contemporary ). (If Not For You was originally recorded by Beatle George Harrison on his triple album All Things Must Pass 1970.) Her follow-up, "Banks of the Ohio," was a Top 10 hit in England and Australia, but faltered in the U.S. (No. 94 Pop, No. 34 AC). She was voted Best British Female Vocalist two years in a row by the magazine Record Mirror. She made frequent appearances on Cliff Richard's weekly show It's Cliff Richard and starred with him in the telefilm The Case. In the United States, Newton-John's career foundered after If Not For You until the release of "Let Me Be There" in 1973. The song reached the American Top 10 on the Pop (No. 6), Country (No. 7), and AC (No. 3) charts and earned her a Grammy for Best Country Female and an Academy of Country Music award for Most Promising Female Vocalist. The song also propelled the album Let Me Be There to No. 1 on the Country Albums chart for two weeks.

In 1974, Newton-John represented the United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest with the song, "Long Live Love". The song was chosen for her by the British public. Newton-John placed fourth at the contest in Brighton behind ABBA's winning "Waterloo". (Newton-John would later admit that she disliked the song.) All six song candidates for the contest were recorded by Newton-John and included on her Long Live Love album, her first for the EMI Records label. In North America, this album was released by MCA Records as If You Love Me, Let Me Know, with the six Eurovision songs dropped for four different, more-country-oriented tracks to capitalize on the success of "Let Me Be There." The title track was the first single, reaching No. 5 Pop, No. 2 Country (her best country placement ever), and No. 2 AC. The next single, "I Honestly Love You," became Newton-John's signature song. Written by Jeff Barry and Peter Allen , the ballad became her first No. 1 Pop (two weeks) and second No. 1 AC (three weeks) hit (also No. 6 Country) and earned Newton-John two more Grammys for Record of the Year and Best Pop Female. The success of both singles helped the album reach No. 1 on both the Pop (one week) and Country (eight weeks) Albums charts.

Newton-John's country success was reviled by purists who believed a foreigner singing country-flavored pop music did not belong in country music. In addition to her Grammy for "Let Me Be There," Newton-John was also named the Country Music Association Female Vocalist of the Year in 1974, defeating nominees Loretta Lynn, Canadian Anne Murray, Dolly Parton, and Tanya Tucker. Newton-John's win outraged many country artists leading to the formation of the short-lived Association of Country Entertainers (ACE). Newton-John was eventually supported by most in the country music community. Stella Parton, Dolly's sister, recorded "Ode To Olivia" and Newton-John recorded her 1976 album Don't Stop Believin', in Nashville.

Encouraged by expatriate Australian singer Helen Reddy, Newton-John left England and moved to the United States. Newton-John topped the Pop (one week) and Country (six weeks) Albums charts with her next album, Have You Never Been Mellow. The album generated two singles – the title track (No. 1 Pop, No. 3 Country, No. 1 AC) and "Please Mr. Please" (No. 3 Pop, No. 5 Country, No. 1 AC). Newton-John's pop career cooled with the release of her next album, Clearly Love. Her streak of five consecutive gold Top 10 singles ended when the album's first single, "Something Better To Do," stopped at No. 13 (also No. 19 Country and No. 1 AC). Although her albums still achieved gold status, she did not return to the Top 10 on the Hot 100 or Pop Albums charts again until 1978.

Newton-John's singles continued to easily top the AC chart, where she ultimately amassed ten No. 1 singles including a record seven consecutively:

* "I Honestly Love You" (1974) – 3 weeks
* "Have You Never Been Mellow" (1975) – 1 week
* "Please Mr. Please" (1975) – 3 weeks
* "Something Better To Do" (1975) – 3 weeks
* "Let It Shine/He Ain't Heavy...He's My Brother" (1976) – 2 weeks
* "Come On Over" (1976) – 1 week
* "Don't Stop Believin'" (1976) – 1 week

She also provided a prominent, but uncredited, vocal on John Denver's "Fly Away" single, which was succeeded by her own single, "Let It Shine/He Ain't Heavy...He's My Brother," at No. 1 on the AC chart. Newton-John also continued to reach the Country Top 10 where she tallied seven Top 10 singles through 1976's "Come On Over" (No. 23 Pop, No. 5 Country , No. 1 AC) and six consecutive (of a career nine total) Top 10 albums through 1976's Don't Stop Believin' (No. 30 Pop, No. 7 Country) . She headlined her first U.S. television special, A Special Olivia Newton-John, in November 1976.

By mid-1977, Newton-John's AC and country success also began to wane. Her Making a Good Thing Better album (No. 34 Pop, No. 13 Country) failed to be certified gold, and its only single, the title track, did not reach even the AC Top 10 or the Country chart. Although the release that same year of Olivia Newton-John's Greatest Hits (No. 13 Pop, No. 7 Country) became her first platinum album, Newton-John prepared to move her career in new directions.
1978–79

Newton-John's career soared after starring in the film adaptation of the Broadway musical Grease in 1978. She was offered the lead role of Sandy after a chance meeting with producer Allan Carr at a dinner party held by Helen Reddy in her Los Angeles home. Burned by her Toomorrow experience and concerned that she was too old to play a high school senior (she turned 29 during the later 1977 filming), Newton-John insisted on a screen test with the film's co-star, John Travolta. The film accommodated Newton-John's Australian accent by recasting her character from the play's original American Sandy Dumbrowski to Sandy Olsson, an Australian who vacations and then moves with her family to the United States.

The release of the film was preceded one month by the telecast of Newton-John's second television special, Olivia. Grease became the biggest box-office hit of 1978 and remained popular enough that it was re-released in theaters on its 20th anniversary in 1998. The soundtrack spent 12 non-consecutive weeks at No. 1 and yielded three Top 5 singles for Newton-John: the No. 1 "You're The One That I Want" (with John Travolta), the No. 3 "Hopelessly Devoted To You," and the No. 5 "Summer Nights" (with John Travolta and the film's cast). The former two songs were written by Newton-John's long-time producer, John Farrar, specifically for the film. Newton-John became the second female (after Linda Ronstadt in 1977) to have two singles – "Hopelessly Devoted to You" and "Summer Nights" – in the Billboard Top 5 simultaneously. Newton-John's performance earned her a People's Choice award for Favorite Motion Picture Actress. She was also nominated for a Golden Globe as Best Actress in a Musical and performed the Oscar-nominated "Hopelessly Devoted To You" at the 1979 Academy Awards. To this day, the soundtrack still sells several thousand copies per week and often appears on Billboard's Soundtracks chart.

Newton-John's transformation in the film from goody-goody "Sandy 1" to spandex-clad "Sandy 2" emboldened Newton-John to do the same with her music career. In November 1978, she released the pop album Totally Hot, which became her first solo Top 10 (No. 7) album since Have You Never Been Mellow. Dressed on the cover all in leather, the album's singles "A Little More Love" (No. 3 Pop, No. 94 Country, No. 4 AC), "Deeper Than The Night" (No. 11 Pop, No. 87 Country, No. 4 AC), and the title track (No. 52 Pop) all demonstrated a more aggressive and more uptempo sound for Newton-John. Although the album clearly de-emphasized country, it still reached No. 4 on the Country Albums chart. Newton-John released the B-side, "Dancin' 'Round And 'Round," of the "Totally Hot" single to Country radio, where it peaked at No. 29 (as well as No. 82 Pop and No. 25 AC), becoming her last charted solo Country airplay single to date.
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Written By: Howard on 09/26/09 at 6:45 am

Physical was my favorite song.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 09/26/09 at 7:17 am

Physical was my favorite song.

Good song. I liked her in Grease :)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/26/09 at 7:18 am

The word of the day...Beast
1.
1. An animal other than a human, especially a large four-footed mammal.
2. New England & Southern U.S. A large domestic animal, especially a horse or bull.
2. Animal nature as opposed to intellect or spirit: "So far the beast in us has insisted upon having its full say" (William Dean Howells).
3. A brutal, contemptible person.
The beast in your eyes!

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/26/09 at 7:20 am

Good song. I liked her in Grease :)
In truth I have never seen Grease, of course I have seen the famous clips from it.

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Written By: Womble on 09/26/09 at 7:40 am

I've always thought Olivia was very pretty. I've seen recent pictures of her and she's still lovely. Nice retro, Ninny. :)

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Written By: ninny on 09/26/09 at 9:30 am

I've always thought Olivia was very pretty. I've seen recent pictures of her and she's still lovely. Nice retro, Ninny. :)

Thanks :)
In truth I have never seen Grease, of course I have seen the famous clips from it.

It is a good movie.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/26/09 at 9:36 am

Thanks :)It is a good movie.
..and I do know the songs.

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Written By: ninny on 09/26/09 at 9:46 am

..and I do know the songs.

Love those songs :)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/26/09 at 10:49 am

Love those songs :)
My family have seen Grease: The Musical on the stage in the West End, I have not so cannot compare the two.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: CatwomanofV on 09/26/09 at 12:39 pm

I like a lot of ONJ's early stuff. My sister had "If You Love Me, Let Me Know" album and played it all the time. But one song she did that I absolutely LOVE is:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2hawbp5XT4

Cat

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/26/09 at 1:52 pm

Xanadu by Olivia Newton-John And Electric Light Orchestra is a personal fav of mine.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 09/26/09 at 3:21 pm

All good songs, I also like A Little More Love.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/26/09 at 3:31 pm

All good songs, I also like A Little More Love.
Is she still lsinging live today?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 09/26/09 at 7:20 pm

In truth I have never seen Grease, of course I have seen the famous clips from it.

There was Grease 1 and 2.

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Written By: gibbo on 09/26/09 at 7:44 pm

I like a lot of ONJ's early stuff. My sister had "If You Love Me, Let Me Know" album and played it all the time. But one song she did that I absolutely LOVE is:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2hawbp5XT4

Cat

Thanks for that...I had never heard that song before. :)

I always liked ONJ ....she was the most attractive girl....and there is something honest and open about her.

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Written By: gibbo on 09/26/09 at 7:50 pm

Linda Hamilton is one of those rare Hollywood actresses that has not succumbed to the plastic surgeon's knife. Plastic surgery may take away some of the wrinkles/lines ... but is alters the look (and sometimes far too drastically). What is the point if the beauty is lost anyway? Nothing can hold back time!

Here's a couple of more recent pics...

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Written By: Frank on 09/26/09 at 11:08 pm

Thanks for that...I had never heard that song before. :)

I always liked ONJ ....she was the most attractive girl....and there is something honest and open about her.

ONJ, an early crush of mine too. Very attractive. I agree with your post on her.
I liked her 70s stuff.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/27/09 at 2:24 am

There was Grease 1 and 2.
I know of the two Grease movies, I have not seen either of them.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/27/09 at 5:24 am

There was Grease 1 and 2.

I know of the two Grease movies, I have not seen either of them.
...and I believe that Grease 2 is worse than the Grease 1.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 09/27/09 at 5:26 am

Linda Hamilton is one of those rare Hollywood actresses that has not succumbed to the plastic surgeon's knife. Plastic surgery may take away some of the wrinkles/lines ... but is alters the look (and sometimes far too drastically). What is the point if the beauty is lost anyway? Nothing can hold back time!

Here's a couple of more recent pics...

http://i351.photobucket.com/albums/q474/gibbo4/linda-hamilton-51.jpghttp://i351.photobucket.com/albums/q474/gibbo4/linda-hamilton.jpg

Wow,the first one is hideous. :o

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/27/09 at 5:29 am

Wow,the first one is hideous. :o
Ture, it is not one of the best pictures.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 09/27/09 at 5:30 am

Ture, it is not one of the best pictures.

That's before the makeup.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/27/09 at 5:31 am

That's before the makeup.
Can make-up really hide that?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 09/27/09 at 5:33 am

Can make-up really hide that?

sometimes,not all the time.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/27/09 at 5:34 am

sometimes,not all the time.
Have to grin and bear it?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 09/27/09 at 5:35 am

Have to grin and bear it?

you may not come out looking all shiny and stuff.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/27/09 at 5:36 am

you may not come out looking all shiny and stuff.
Wear a mask instead?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 09/27/09 at 5:36 am

Wear a mask instead?

that would be a good idea.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/27/09 at 5:37 am

that would be a good idea.
A decorative mask, nothing too fancy.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 09/27/09 at 5:39 am

The word of the day...Hell
1.
1. often Hell The abode of condemned souls and devils in some religions; the place of eternal punishment for the wicked after death, presided over by Satan.
2. A state of separation from God; exclusion from God's presence.
2. The abode of the dead, identified with the Hebrew Sheol and the Greek Hades; the underworld.
3.
1. A situation or place of evil, misery, discord, or destruction: "War is hell" (William Tecumseh Sherman).
2. Torment; anguish: went through hell on the job.
4.
1. The powers of darkness and evil.
2. Informal. One that causes trouble, agony, or annoyance: The boss is hell when a job is poorly done.
5. A sharp scolding: gave the student hell for cheating.
6. Informal. Excitement, mischievousness, or high spirits: We did it for the sheer hell of it.
7.
1. A tailor's receptacle for discarded material.
2. Printing. A hellbox.
8. Informal. Used as an intensive: How the hell can I go? You did one hell of a job.
9. Archaic. A gambling house.
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 09/27/09 at 5:40 am

A decorative mask, nothing too fancy.

nothing like Michael Jackson used to wear.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 09/27/09 at 5:40 am

The word of the day...Hell
1.
1. often Hell The abode of condemned souls and devils in some religions; the place of eternal punishment for the wicked after death, presided over by Satan.
2. A state of separation from God; exclusion from God's presence.
2. The abode of the dead, identified with the Hebrew Sheol and the Greek Hades; the underworld.
3.
1. A situation or place of evil, misery, discord, or destruction: "War is hell" (William Tecumseh Sherman).
2. Torment; anguish: went through hell on the job.
4.
1. The powers of darkness and evil.
2. Informal. One that causes trouble, agony, or annoyance: The boss is hell when a job is poorly done.
5. A sharp scolding: gave the student hell for cheating.
6. Informal. Excitement, mischievousness, or high spirits: We did it for the sheer hell of it.
7.
1. A tailor's receptacle for discarded material.
2. Printing. A hellbox.
8. Informal. Used as an intensive: How the hell can I go? You did one hell of a job.
9. Archaic. A gambling house.
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Hell is the hottest place on Earth.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/27/09 at 5:41 am

nothing like Michael Jackson used to wear.
Not a mask like this...

http://i663.photobucket.com/albums/uu354/piketdtr/hell-demon-evelyn-patrick.jpg

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/27/09 at 5:41 am

Hell is the hottest place on Earth.
Too hot for me.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 09/27/09 at 5:44 am

Not a mask like this...

http://i663.photobucket.com/albums/uu354/piketdtr/hell-demon-evelyn-patrick.jpg

no,a surgical mask.

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Written By: ninny on 09/27/09 at 5:48 am

The birthday of the day... Meat Loaf
Michael Lee Aday (born Marvin Lee Aday; September 27, 1947), better known by his stage names Meat Loaf and Meat Loaf Aday, is an American rock musician and actor. He is noted for the Bat out of Hell album trilogy consisting of Bat Out of Hell, Bat out of Hell II: Back into Hell and Bat out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose. Bat out of Hell has sold more than 40 million copies. After more than 30 years, it still sells an estimated 200,000 copies annually, and stayed on the charts for over 9 years.

Although he enjoyed success with Bat Out of Hell and Bat out of Hell II: Back into Hell, and earned a Grammy Award for Best Rock Vocal Performance, Solo for a track on the latter album, Meat Loaf experienced some initial difficulty establishing a steady career within his native United States. However, he has retained iconic status and popularity in Europe, especially the UK, where he ranks 23rd for number of weeks overall spent on the charts. He ranked 96th on VH1's '100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock'.

Meat Loaf has also appeared in over 50 movies or television shows sometimes as himself, or as characters resembling his stage persona. His most notable roles include Eddie and Dr. Scott in the American premiere of The Rocky Horror Show, Eddie in The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Robert "Bob" Paulson in Fight Club, a memorable role as Tiny the bouncer in Wayne's World, and JB's father in Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny. Meat Loaf starred as Police Detective Jack Morris in The Hallmark Channel Original Film titled "Citizen Jane"
During the winter of 1973, after returning from a short production of Rainbow in New York in Washington, D.C., Meat Loaf received a call asking him to be in The Rocky Horror Show where he played the parts of Eddie and Dr. Scott. The success of the play led to the filming of The Rocky Horror Picture Show where Meat Loaf played only Eddie. About the same time, Meat Loaf and Jim Steinman started work on Bat out of Hell. Meat Loaf convinced Epic Records to shoot videos for four songs, "Bat Out Of Hell," "Paradise by the Dashboard Light," "You Took the Words Right out of My Mouth" and "Two out of Three Ain't Bad." He then convinced Lou Adler, the producer of Rocky Horror, to run the "Paradise" video as a trailer to the movie. Meat Loaf's final show in New York was Gower Champion's Rockabye Hamlet, a Hamlet musical. It closed two weeks into its initial run. Meat would later return occasionally to perform Hot Patootie for a special Rocky Horror reunion or convention, and rarely at his own live shows (one performance of which was released in the 1996 Live Around the World CD set).

During his recording of the soundtrack for Rocky Horror, Meat Loaf recorded two more songs: "Stand By Me" (a Ben E. King cover), and "Clap Your Hands." They remained unreleased until 1984, when they appeared as B-sides to the "Nowhere Fast" single.

In 1976, Meat Loaf recorded lead vocals for Ted Nugent's Free-for-All album when regular Nugent lead vocalist Derek St. Holmes quit the band. Meat Loaf sang lead on five of the album's nine tracks.
Bat out of Hell
Main article: Bat out of Hell

Meat Loaf and friend/songwriter Jim Steinman started Bat out of Hell in 1972, but did not get serious about it until the end of 1974. The two-year gap in the production was due to controversy surrounding his son born in Afton, Wyoming. Meat Loaf decided to leave theatre, and concentrate exclusively on music. Then, the National Lampoon Show opened on Broadway, and it needed an understudy for John Belushi, a close friend of Meat Loaf since 1972. It was at the Lampoon Show that Meat Loaf met Ellen Foley, the co-star who sang "Paradise by the Dashboard Light" with him on the album Bat out of Hell.

After the Lampoon show ended, Meat Loaf and Steinman spent time seeking a record deal. Their approaches were rejected by each record company, because their songs did not fit any specific recognized music industry style. Finally, they performed the songs for Todd Rundgren, who decided to produce the album, as well as play lead guitar on it (other members of Todd's band Utopia also lent their musical talents). They then shopped the record around, but still had no takers until Cleveland International Records decided to take a chance. On October 21, 1977, Bat out of Hell was released.

Meat Loaf and Steinman formed the band The Neverland Express to tour in support of Bat out of Hell. Their first gig was opening for Cheap Trick in Chicago. He gained national exposure as musical guest on Saturday Night Live on March 25, 1978. Guest host Christopher Lee introduced him by saying, "And now ladies and gentlemen I would like you to meet Loaf. (pauses, looks dumbfounded) I beg your pardon, what? (he listens to the director's aside) Oh! Why...why I'm sorry, yes, of course...ah... Ladies and gentlemen, Meat Loaf!" The huge success of the album caused a rift to open up between Meat Loaf and Steinman: the group, named after Meat Loaf for ease of labeling, seemed to Steinman to sideline his work as creator, and Steinman started to resent the attention that his partner was getting.

During a show in Ottawa, Meat Loaf fell off the stage and broke his leg. He toured with the broken leg, performing from a wheel chair. During this time, Meat Loaf began heavy use of cocaine, had a nervous breakdown and threatened to commit suicide by jumping off the ledge of a building in New York. Then, in December 1978, he went to Woodstock to work with Steinman. It was at the Bearsville studio that Meat Loaf met his future wife, Leslie G. Edmonds; they were married within a month. Leslie had a daughter from a previous marriage, Pearl, who has since followed in her stepfather's footsteps to become a singer. In the middle of recording his second album, Bad for Good, Meat Loaf lost the ability to sing; it is unclear as to the exact cause - the tour was a punishing one, and the vocals and energy intense. However, his doctors said that physically he was fine and that his problem was psychological. Nevertheless, Steinman decided to keep recording Bad for Good without Meat Loaf.

Bat out of Hell has sold over 40 million copies worldwide, making it one of the highest selling albums of all time. In the UK alone, its 2.1 million sales put it in 38th place. Despite peaking at #9 and spending only two weeks in the top ten in 1981, it has now clocked up 474 weeks on the UK album chart, a figure bettered by only by Rumours by Fleetwood Mac - 478 weeks. In Australia, it knocked the Bee Gees off the number #1 spot and went on to become the biggest-selling Australian album of all time. Bat out of Hell is also one of only two albums that has never exited the Top 200 in the UK charts; this makes it the longest stay in any music chart in the world, although the published chart contains just 75 positions.
Life after Bat out of Hell

In 1976, Meat Loaf appeared in the short-lived Broadway production of the rock musical Rockabye Hamlet. In 1980, he started working on Dead Ringer. Steinman wrote all of the songs, but had little else to do with the album. At the time, his manager, David Sonnenberg, stepped out, and Al Dellentash stepped in to manage Meat Loaf's career. The tour they planned, to support the album, was cancelled after one show, because they ran out of the money that the studio advanced them. Sonnenberg and Dellentash also convinced CBS to advance more money for the making of the movie Dead Ringer, which was shown at the Toronto Film Festival and won some favorable reviews, but was poorly considered after Dellentash and Sonnenberg re-edited the movie.

In 1981, Leslie gave birth to Amanda Aday, now a television actress. That same year, Meat Loaf changed managers, after finding out that Dellentash and Sonnenberg were stealing his money. The two had all of Meat Loaf's assets frozen and sued him for breach of contract. They also started spreading rumors that Meat Loaf was violent and had threatened people with guns. Meat Loaf ended up declaring bankruptcy. In 1983, he released the self written Midnight at the Lost and Found. Meat Loaf, a poor songwriter by his own admission, did not care for the songs he wrote for the album.

On December 5, 1981, Meat Loaf and the Neverland Express were the musical guests for Saturday Night Live where he was reunited with fellow Rocky Horror Picture Show alum Tim Curry. Tim Curry and Meat Loaf team up in a hilarious skit to open a One-Stop Rocky Horror Shop. Later, Tim Curry performed "The Zucchini Song" and Meat Loaf & The Neverland Express performed "Bat Out of Hell" and "Promised Land".

In 1984, Meat Loaf went to England, to record the album Bad Attitude, which included a duet with Roger Daltrey and two songs written by Jim Steinman; the recording of the album was rushed. During the tour to support the album, Leslie had a nervous breakdown and had to check into Silver Hill rehab facility in Connecticut. Things finally looked like they were going to turn around in 1986, when Meat Loaf found a new writer, John Parr, and started recording a new album, Blind Before I Stop. Unfortunately, the producer put a dance beat underneath every song, which resulted in critical failure, and Meat Loaf going bankrupt, eventually losing everything. His relationships with lifelong friend Jim Steinman and Leslie also deteriorated.

To try to get his career back off the ground, Meat Loaf started touring small venues, such as pubs and clubs. Slowly, he developed a faithful following which grew to the point where they were unable to fit into the venues that Meat Loaf was playing, and then they too began to grow. This carried on until the late '80s, where he began to sell out arenas and stadiums again, including over 10,000 tickets at The Ohio State University. Leslie studied to be a travel agent, so they could save on travel expenses, and they toured all over the United States, Germany, England, Scandinavia, Ireland, Italy, Spain, Greece, Abu Dhabi, Oman and Bahrain. With the help of his New York collection of musicians — John Golden, Richard Raskin and Paul Jacobs — his European tours enjoyed immense popularity in the 1980s. Due to the success of the touring, Meat Loaf and Jim Steinman began to work on Bat Out Of Hell II which was finally released in 1993, sixteen years after Bat Out Of Hell. The album was a huge success and is considered one of the greatest comebacks in music history.

Meat Loaf and Leslie divorced in 2001. He is now married again to Deborah Gillespie Aday.
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 09/27/09 at 5:51 am

The co-birthday of the day...Gwyneth Paltrow
Gwyneth Kate Paltrow (born September 27, 1972) is an American actress.

The daughter of Bruce Paltrow and Blythe Danner, Paltrow dropped out of her university to follow an acting career. She began her career in theatre in 1990, and made her film debut the following year. Her early films include such successes as Se7en (1995), Emma (1996), in which she played the title role, and Sliding Doors (1998). Her performance in Shakespeare in Love (1998) brought her widespread recognition; she won the Academy Award for Best Actress, a Golden Globe Award and two Screen Actors Guild Awards, for Outstanding Lead Actress and as a member of the Outstanding Cast, among other awards and nominations.

She followed this success with roles in such films as The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999) and Shallow Hal (2001). She also starred in the film Duets (2000), produced and directed by her father, Bruce Paltrow, and sang on two singles released from the film's soundtrack, which were hits in some countries. She received a nomination for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in Motion Picture Drama for Proof (2005). More recently she appeared in the box-office success Iron Man (2008).

Her personal life has often been scrutinized in the media; she dated Brad Pitt from 1995 until 1997, and married Chris Martin, the lead singer of British rock band Coldplay, in 2003. They are the parents of two children. Paltrow has commented that she curtailed her work commitments following the birth of her first child.
Paltrow starred in Se7en (1995), opposite Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman. The film was successful commercially and critically. Then in 1996 she starred in Emma, where she received strongly positive critical acclaim, particularly in the UK for her impressive English accent, as well as in Europe and Asia.

Two years later, Paltrow starred in Shakespeare in Love, in which she portrayed the fictional love interest of William Shakespeare, portrayed by Joseph Fiennes. It earned more than US$100 million in box office receipts in the USA, and received numerous awards. Shakespeare in Love won the Golden Globes for Best Motion Picture-Musical or Comedy and Best Screenplay, as well as the Academy Award for Best Picture. Paltrow also won the award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role from the Screen Actors Guild. Later that year, Paltrow won the Academy Award for Best Actress. The next year Paltrow starred in other movie roles such as A Perfect Murder. In 1999 Paltrow starred in The Talented Mr. Ripley which earned over $80 million domestically, and received positive reviews.
Recent Years

Until recently, despite a relatively low profile, she has maintained a steady film career with a few critically acclaimed film roles, including Proof (2005) and The Royal Tenenbaums (2001). Audiences got their first taste of Paltrow's singing ability with the 2000 release of Duets, in which she co-starred with singer Huey Lewis, who played her karaoke-hustling estranged father, and was directed by her father, Bruce Paltrow. Towards the end of the film, their characters resolve their differences and perform a cover version of Smokey Robinson's "Cruisin'". The song was well-received and was eventually released as a single, getting heavy airplay from Top 40 and adult contemporary-formatted radio stations. The song went to number one in Australia while Paltrow's rendition of the Kim Carnes classic "Bette Davis Eyes" reached number three.

In an interview with The Guardian, Paltrow admitted that she divided her career into those movies she did for love and those films she did for money: The Royal Tenenbaums, Proof, and Sylvia fell into the former category, while View from the Top and Shallow Hal were in the latter.

Since winning the Oscar for Shakespeare in Love, Paltrow's film success has been less noteworthy. She said she was unequipped to cope with the pressure, leading her to make several bad movie choices, agreeing with peers who believe the win is a curse. She has also made several cameo roles, such as her appearance in the Brittany Murphy film Love and Other Disasters, and several smaller roles, such as her role in Running With Scissors and Infamous, in which she sang Cole Porter's "What Is This Thing Called Love?".

She appeared in the 2005 film Proof, based on the play of the same name, in which she plays a young protagonist, mathematician and daughter Catherine.

In 2008, she appeared in Iron Man as Pepper Potts, her first blockbuster film in several years. Paltrow told an interviewer that initially she was hesitant to appear in a big blockbuster film, but that she was won over by Robert Downey Jr., the star of the film, and director Jon Favreau. Paltrow recalled a conversation with Downey Jr., saying:
“ Robert called me and he said, 'This is gonna be fun, and this is gonna be good.' And then he said to me, 'Don't you want to be in a movie that people see?' And I was like, 'Whoa! What would that feel like?' And he's right. Moviemaking is not supposed to be a masturbatory exercise; it's supposed to be shared by other people. ”
Other work

In May 2005, Paltrow became the new face of Estée Lauder's Pleasures perfume. She appeared in Chicago on August 17, 2007, to sign bottles of the perfume, and on July 8, 2008, she promoted Lauder's Sensuous perfume in New York along with the company's three other spokesmodels. Estée Lauder donates a minimum of $500,000 of sales of items from the 'Pleasures Gwyneth Paltrow' collection to breast cancer research.

Paltrow serves on the board of the Robin Hood Foundation, a charitable organization which attempts to alleviate problems caused by poverty in New York City. In 2006 she became the new face for Bean Pole International, a Korean fashion brand. She starred along with actor Daniel Henney in several commercial films. In October 2007, Paltrow signed up for a PBS television series Spain... on the road Again with Mario Batali that showcases the food and culture of Spain.

In September 2008, she launched a weekly online upscale lifestyle newsletter, Goop, encouraging readers to 'nourish the inner aspect'. The website's title is derived from the initials of her first and last names. Each week, the newsletter focuses on an action: Make, Go, Get, Do, Be, and See. It has been ridiculed by a number of news outlets, including E-Online, Vanity Fair, The Independent, and the UK's Daily Mirror.

In February 2009, Paltrow received a Grammy nomination for her reading of the classic bear books of author Bill Martin, Jr.

Gwyneth Paltrow is a Save the Children Artist Ambassador. She has been quoted saying:
“ We have what it takes to prevent and cure childhood pneumonia. Yet the disease tragically claims more than two million babies and toddlers every year. We can stand on the sides and continue to watch this tragedy unfold or we can step in and change the ending. World Pneumonia Day gives everyone the chance to act. ”

World Pneumonia Day is November 2, 2009
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/27/09 at 5:52 am

The birthday of the day... Meat Loaf
Michael Lee Aday (born Marvin Lee Aday; September 27, 1947), better known by his stage names Meat Loaf and Meat Loaf Aday, is an American rock musician and actor. He is noted for the Bat out of Hell album trilogy consisting of Bat Out of Hell, Bat out of Hell II: Back into Hell and Bat out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose. Bat out of Hell has sold more than 40 million copies. After more than 30 years, it still sells an estimated 200,000 copies annually, and stayed on the charts for over 9 years.

Although he enjoyed success with Bat Out of Hell and Bat out of Hell II: Back into Hell, and earned a Grammy Award for Best Rock Vocal Performance, Solo for a track on the latter album, Meat Loaf experienced some initial difficulty establishing a steady career within his native United States. However, he has retained iconic status and popularity in Europe, especially the UK, where he ranks 23rd for number of weeks overall spent on the charts. He ranked 96th on VH1's '100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock'.

Meat Loaf has also appeared in over 50 movies or television shows sometimes as himself, or as characters resembling his stage persona. His most notable roles include Eddie and Dr. Scott in the American premiere of The Rocky Horror Show, Eddie in The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Robert "Bob" Paulson in Fight Club, a memorable role as Tiny the bouncer in Wayne's World, and JB's father in Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny. Meat Loaf starred as Police Detective Jack Morris in The Hallmark Channel Original Film titled "Citizen Jane"
During the winter of 1973, after returning from a short production of Rainbow in New York in Washington, D.C., Meat Loaf received a call asking him to be in The Rocky Horror Show where he played the parts of Eddie and Dr. Scott. The success of the play led to the filming of The Rocky Horror Picture Show where Meat Loaf played only Eddie. About the same time, Meat Loaf and Jim Steinman started work on Bat out of Hell. Meat Loaf convinced Epic Records to shoot videos for four songs, "Bat Out Of Hell," "Paradise by the Dashboard Light," "You Took the Words Right out of My Mouth" and "Two out of Three Ain't Bad." He then convinced Lou Adler, the producer of Rocky Horror, to run the "Paradise" video as a trailer to the movie. Meat Loaf's final show in New York was Gower Champion's Rockabye Hamlet, a Hamlet musical. It closed two weeks into its initial run. Meat would later return occasionally to perform Hot Patootie for a special Rocky Horror reunion or convention, and rarely at his own live shows (one performance of which was released in the 1996 Live Around the World CD set).

During his recording of the soundtrack for Rocky Horror, Meat Loaf recorded two more songs: "Stand By Me" (a Ben E. King cover), and "Clap Your Hands." They remained unreleased until 1984, when they appeared as B-sides to the "Nowhere Fast" single.

In 1976, Meat Loaf recorded lead vocals for Ted Nugent's Free-for-All album when regular Nugent lead vocalist Derek St. Holmes quit the band. Meat Loaf sang lead on five of the album's nine tracks.
Bat out of Hell
Main article: Bat out of Hell

Meat Loaf and friend/songwriter Jim Steinman started Bat out of Hell in 1972, but did not get serious about it until the end of 1974. The two-year gap in the production was due to controversy surrounding his son born in Afton, Wyoming. Meat Loaf decided to leave theatre, and concentrate exclusively on music. Then, the National Lampoon Show opened on Broadway, and it needed an understudy for John Belushi, a close friend of Meat Loaf since 1972. It was at the Lampoon Show that Meat Loaf met Ellen Foley, the co-star who sang "Paradise by the Dashboard Light" with him on the album Bat out of Hell.

After the Lampoon show ended, Meat Loaf and Steinman spent time seeking a record deal. Their approaches were rejected by each record company, because their songs did not fit any specific recognized music industry style. Finally, they performed the songs for Todd Rundgren, who decided to produce the album, as well as play lead guitar on it (other members of Todd's band Utopia also lent their musical talents). They then shopped the record around, but still had no takers until Cleveland International Records decided to take a chance. On October 21, 1977, Bat out of Hell was released.

Meat Loaf and Steinman formed the band The Neverland Express to tour in support of Bat out of Hell. Their first gig was opening for Cheap Trick in Chicago. He gained national exposure as musical guest on Saturday Night Live on March 25, 1978. Guest host Christopher Lee introduced him by saying, "And now ladies and gentlemen I would like you to meet Loaf. (pauses, looks dumbfounded) I beg your pardon, what? (he listens to the director's aside) Oh! Why...why I'm sorry, yes, of course...ah... Ladies and gentlemen, Meat Loaf!" The huge success of the album caused a rift to open up between Meat Loaf and Steinman: the group, named after Meat Loaf for ease of labeling, seemed to Steinman to sideline his work as creator, and Steinman started to resent the attention that his partner was getting.

During a show in Ottawa, Meat Loaf fell off the stage and broke his leg. He toured with the broken leg, performing from a wheel chair. During this time, Meat Loaf began heavy use of cocaine, had a nervous breakdown and threatened to commit suicide by jumping off the ledge of a building in New York. Then, in December 1978, he went to Woodstock to work with Steinman. It was at the Bearsville studio that Meat Loaf met his future wife, Leslie G. Edmonds; they were married within a month. Leslie had a daughter from a previous marriage, Pearl, who has since followed in her stepfather's footsteps to become a singer. In the middle of recording his second album, Bad for Good, Meat Loaf lost the ability to sing; it is unclear as to the exact cause - the tour was a punishing one, and the vocals and energy intense. However, his doctors said that physically he was fine and that his problem was psychological. Nevertheless, Steinman decided to keep recording Bad for Good without Meat Loaf.

Bat out of Hell has sold over 40 million copies worldwide, making it one of the highest selling albums of all time. In the UK alone, its 2.1 million sales put it in 38th place. Despite peaking at #9 and spending only two weeks in the top ten in 1981, it has now clocked up 474 weeks on the UK album chart, a figure bettered by only by Rumours by Fleetwood Mac - 478 weeks. In Australia, it knocked the Bee Gees off the number #1 spot and went on to become the biggest-selling Australian album of all time. Bat out of Hell is also one of only two albums that has never exited the Top 200 in the UK charts; this makes it the longest stay in any music chart in the world, although the published chart contains just 75 positions.
Life after Bat out of Hell

In 1976, Meat Loaf appeared in the short-lived Broadway production of the rock musical Rockabye Hamlet. In 1980, he started working on Dead Ringer. Steinman wrote all of the songs, but had little else to do with the album. At the time, his manager, David Sonnenberg, stepped out, and Al Dellentash stepped in to manage Meat Loaf's career. The tour they planned, to support the album, was cancelled after one show, because they ran out of the money that the studio advanced them. Sonnenberg and Dellentash also convinced CBS to advance more money for the making of the movie Dead Ringer, which was shown at the Toronto Film Festival and won some favorable reviews, but was poorly considered after Dellentash and Sonnenberg re-edited the movie.

In 1981, Leslie gave birth to Amanda Aday, now a television actress. That same year, Meat Loaf changed managers, after finding out that Dellentash and Sonnenberg were stealing his money. The two had all of Meat Loaf's assets frozen and sued him for breach of contract. They also started spreading rumors that Meat Loaf was violent and had threatened people with guns. Meat Loaf ended up declaring bankruptcy. In 1983, he released the self written Midnight at the Lost and Found. Meat Loaf, a poor songwriter by his own admission, did not care for the songs he wrote for the album.

On December 5, 1981, Meat Loaf and the Neverland Express were the musical guests for Saturday Night Live where he was reunited with fellow Rocky Horror Picture Show alum Tim Curry. Tim Curry and Meat Loaf team up in a hilarious skit to open a One-Stop Rocky Horror Shop. Later, Tim Curry performed "The Zucchini Song" and Meat Loaf & The Neverland Express performed "Bat Out of Hell" and "Promised Land".

In 1984, Meat Loaf went to England, to record the album Bad Attitude, which included a duet with Roger Daltrey and two songs written by Jim Steinman; the recording of the album was rushed. During the tour to support the album, Leslie had a nervous breakdown and had to check into Silver Hill rehab facility in Connecticut. Things finally looked like they were going to turn around in 1986, when Meat Loaf found a new writer, John Parr, and started recording a new album, Blind Before I Stop. Unfortunately, the producer put a dance beat underneath every song, which resulted in critical failure, and Meat Loaf going bankrupt, eventually losing everything. His relationships with lifelong friend Jim Steinman and Leslie also deteriorated.

To try to get his career back off the ground, Meat Loaf started touring small venues, such as pubs and clubs. Slowly, he developed a faithful following which grew to the point where they were unable to fit into the venues that Meat Loaf was playing, and then they too began to grow. This carried on until the late '80s, where he began to sell out arenas and stadiums again, including over 10,000 tickets at The Ohio State University. Leslie studied to be a travel agent, so they could save on travel expenses, and they toured all over the United States, Germany, England, Scandinavia, Ireland, Italy, Spain, Greece, Abu Dhabi, Oman and Bahrain. With the help of his New York collection of musicians — John Golden, Richard Raskin and Paul Jacobs — his European tours enjoyed immense popularity in the 1980s. Due to the success of the touring, Meat Loaf and Jim Steinman began to work on Bat Out Of Hell II which was finally released in 1993, sixteen years after Bat Out Of Hell. The album was a huge success and is considered one of the greatest comebacks in music history.

Meat Loaf and Leslie divorced in 2001. He is now married again to Deborah Gillespie Aday.

I saw him last year, he was behind a gate of a complex of a radio station and I was unable to get his autograph.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/27/09 at 5:53 am

The birthday of the day... Meat Loaf
Michael Lee Aday (born Marvin Lee Aday; September 27, 1947), better known by his stage names Meat Loaf and Meat Loaf Aday, is an American rock musician and actor. He is noted for the Bat out of Hell album trilogy consisting of Bat Out of Hell, Bat out of Hell II: Back into Hell and Bat out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose. Bat out of Hell has sold more than 40 million copies. After more than 30 years, it still sells an estimated 200,000 copies annually, and stayed on the charts for over 9 years.

Although he enjoyed success with Bat Out of Hell and Bat out of Hell II: Back into Hell, and earned a Grammy Award for Best Rock Vocal Performance, Solo for a track on the latter album, Meat Loaf experienced some initial difficulty establishing a steady career within his native United States. However, he has retained iconic status and popularity in Europe, especially the UK, where he ranks 23rd for number of weeks overall spent on the charts. He ranked 96th on VH1's '100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock'.

Meat Loaf has also appeared in over 50 movies or television shows sometimes as himself, or as characters resembling his stage persona. His most notable roles include Eddie and Dr. Scott in the American premiere of The Rocky Horror Show, Eddie in The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Robert "Bob" Paulson in Fight Club, a memorable role as Tiny the bouncer in Wayne's World, and JB's father in Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny. Meat Loaf starred as Police Detective Jack Morris in The Hallmark Channel Original Film titled "Citizen Jane"
During the winter of 1973, after returning from a short production of Rainbow in New York in Washington, D.C., Meat Loaf received a call asking him to be in The Rocky Horror Show where he played the parts of Eddie and Dr. Scott. The success of the play led to the filming of The Rocky Horror Picture Show where Meat Loaf played only Eddie. About the same time, Meat Loaf and Jim Steinman started work on Bat out of Hell. Meat Loaf convinced Epic Records to shoot videos for four songs, "Bat Out Of Hell," "Paradise by the Dashboard Light," "You Took the Words Right out of My Mouth" and "Two out of Three Ain't Bad." He then convinced Lou Adler, the producer of Rocky Horror, to run the "Paradise" video as a trailer to the movie. Meat Loaf's final show in New York was Gower Champion's Rockabye Hamlet, a Hamlet musical. It closed two weeks into its initial run. Meat would later return occasionally to perform Hot Patootie for a special Rocky Horror reunion or convention, and rarely at his own live shows (one performance of which was released in the 1996 Live Around the World CD set).

During his recording of the soundtrack for Rocky Horror, Meat Loaf recorded two more songs: "Stand By Me" (a Ben E. King cover), and "Clap Your Hands." They remained unreleased until 1984, when they appeared as B-sides to the "Nowhere Fast" single.

In 1976, Meat Loaf recorded lead vocals for Ted Nugent's Free-for-All album when regular Nugent lead vocalist Derek St. Holmes quit the band. Meat Loaf sang lead on five of the album's nine tracks.
Bat out of Hell
Main article: Bat out of Hell

Meat Loaf and friend/songwriter Jim Steinman started Bat out of Hell in 1972, but did not get serious about it until the end of 1974. The two-year gap in the production was due to controversy surrounding his son born in Afton, Wyoming. Meat Loaf decided to leave theatre, and concentrate exclusively on music. Then, the National Lampoon Show opened on Broadway, and it needed an understudy for John Belushi, a close friend of Meat Loaf since 1972. It was at the Lampoon Show that Meat Loaf met Ellen Foley, the co-star who sang "Paradise by the Dashboard Light" with him on the album Bat out of Hell.

After the Lampoon show ended, Meat Loaf and Steinman spent time seeking a record deal. Their approaches were rejected by each record company, because their songs did not fit any specific recognized music industry style. Finally, they performed the songs for Todd Rundgren, who decided to produce the album, as well as play lead guitar on it (other members of Todd's band Utopia also lent their musical talents). They then shopped the record around, but still had no takers until Cleveland International Records decided to take a chance. On October 21, 1977, Bat out of Hell was released.

Meat Loaf and Steinman formed the band The Neverland Express to tour in support of Bat out of Hell. Their first gig was opening for Cheap Trick in Chicago. He gained national exposure as musical guest on Saturday Night Live on March 25, 1978. Guest host Christopher Lee introduced him by saying, "And now ladies and gentlemen I would like you to meet Loaf. (pauses, looks dumbfounded) I beg your pardon, what? (he listens to the director's aside) Oh! Why...why I'm sorry, yes, of course...ah... Ladies and gentlemen, Meat Loaf!" The huge success of the album caused a rift to open up between Meat Loaf and Steinman: the group, named after Meat Loaf for ease of labeling, seemed to Steinman to sideline his work as creator, and Steinman started to resent the attention that his partner was getting.

During a show in Ottawa, Meat Loaf fell off the stage and broke his leg. He toured with the broken leg, performing from a wheel chair. During this time, Meat Loaf began heavy use of cocaine, had a nervous breakdown and threatened to commit suicide by jumping off the ledge of a building in New York. Then, in December 1978, he went to Woodstock to work with Steinman. It was at the Bearsville studio that Meat Loaf met his future wife, Leslie G. Edmonds; they were married within a month. Leslie had a daughter from a previous marriage, Pearl, who has since followed in her stepfather's footsteps to become a singer. In the middle of recording his second album, Bad for Good, Meat Loaf lost the ability to sing; it is unclear as to the exact cause - the tour was a punishing one, and the vocals and energy intense. However, his doctors said that physically he was fine and that his problem was psychological. Nevertheless, Steinman decided to keep recording Bad for Good without Meat Loaf.

Bat out of Hell has sold over 40 million copies worldwide, making it one of the highest selling albums of all time. In the UK alone, its 2.1 million sales put it in 38th place. Despite peaking at #9 and spending only two weeks in the top ten in 1981, it has now clocked up 474 weeks on the UK album chart, a figure bettered by only by Rumours by Fleetwood Mac - 478 weeks. In Australia, it knocked the Bee Gees off the number #1 spot and went on to become the biggest-selling Australian album of all time. Bat out of Hell is also one of only two albums that has never exited the Top 200 in the UK charts; this makes it the longest stay in any music chart in the world, although the published chart contains just 75 positions.
Life after Bat out of Hell

In 1976, Meat Loaf appeared in the short-lived Broadway production of the rock musical Rockabye Hamlet. In 1980, he started working on Dead Ringer. Steinman wrote all of the songs, but had little else to do with the album. At the time, his manager, David Sonnenberg, stepped out, and Al Dellentash stepped in to manage Meat Loaf's career. The tour they planned, to support the album, was cancelled after one show, because they ran out of the money that the studio advanced them. Sonnenberg and Dellentash also convinced CBS to advance more money for the making of the movie Dead Ringer, which was shown at the Toronto Film Festival and won some favorable reviews, but was poorly considered after Dellentash and Sonnenberg re-edited the movie.

In 1981, Leslie gave birth to Amanda Aday, now a television actress. That same year, Meat Loaf changed managers, after finding out that Dellentash and Sonnenberg were stealing his money. The two had all of Meat Loaf's assets frozen and sued him for breach of contract. They also started spreading rumors that Meat Loaf was violent and had threatened people with guns. Meat Loaf ended up declaring bankruptcy. In 1983, he released the self written Midnight at the Lost and Found. Meat Loaf, a poor songwriter by his own admission, did not care for the songs he wrote for the album.

On December 5, 1981, Meat Loaf and the Neverland Express were the musical guests for Saturday Night Live where he was reunited with fellow Rocky Horror Picture Show alum Tim Curry. Tim Curry and Meat Loaf team up in a hilarious skit to open a One-Stop Rocky Horror Shop. Later, Tim Curry performed "The Zucchini Song" and Meat Loaf & The Neverland Express performed "Bat Out of Hell" and "Promised Land".

In 1984, Meat Loaf went to England, to record the album Bad Attitude, which included a duet with Roger Daltrey and two songs written by Jim Steinman; the recording of the album was rushed. During the tour to support the album, Leslie had a nervous breakdown and had to check into Silver Hill rehab facility in Connecticut. Things finally looked like they were going to turn around in 1986, when Meat Loaf found a new writer, John Parr, and started recording a new album, Blind Before I Stop. Unfortunately, the producer put a dance beat underneath every song, which resulted in critical failure, and Meat Loaf going bankrupt, eventually losing everything. His relationships with lifelong friend Jim Steinman and Leslie also deteriorated.

To try to get his career back off the ground, Meat Loaf started touring small venues, such as pubs and clubs. Slowly, he developed a faithful following which grew to the point where they were unable to fit into the venues that Meat Loaf was playing, and then they too began to grow. This carried on until the late '80s, where he began to sell out arenas and stadiums again, including over 10,000 tickets at The Ohio State University. Leslie studied to be a travel agent, so they could save on travel expenses, and they toured all over the United States, Germany, England, Scandinavia, Ireland, Italy, Spain, Greece, Abu Dhabi, Oman and Bahrain. With the help of his New York collection of musicians — John Golden, Richard Raskin and Paul Jacobs — his European tours enjoyed immense popularity in the 1980s. Due to the success of the touring, Meat Loaf and Jim Steinman began to work on Bat Out Of Hell II which was finally released in 1993, sixteen years after Bat Out Of Hell. The album was a huge success and is considered one of the greatest comebacks in music history.

Meat Loaf and Leslie divorced in 2001. He is now married again to Deborah Gillespie Aday.

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Written By: Howard on 09/27/09 at 5:54 am

The birthday of the day... Meat Loaf
Michael Lee Aday (born Marvin Lee Aday; September 27, 1947), better known by his stage names Meat Loaf and Meat Loaf Aday, is an American rock musician and actor. He is noted for the Bat out of Hell album trilogy consisting of Bat Out of Hell, Bat out of Hell II: Back into Hell and Bat out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose. Bat out of Hell has sold more than 40 million copies. After more than 30 years, it still sells an estimated 200,000 copies annually, and stayed on the charts for over 9 years.

Although he enjoyed success with Bat Out of Hell and Bat out of Hell II: Back into Hell, and earned a Grammy Award for Best Rock Vocal Performance, Solo for a track on the latter album, Meat Loaf experienced some initial difficulty establishing a steady career within his native United States. However, he has retained iconic status and popularity in Europe, especially the UK, where he ranks 23rd for number of weeks overall spent on the charts. He ranked 96th on VH1's '100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock'.

Meat Loaf has also appeared in over 50 movies or television shows sometimes as himself, or as characters resembling his stage persona. His most notable roles include Eddie and Dr. Scott in the American premiere of The Rocky Horror Show, Eddie in The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Robert "Bob" Paulson in Fight Club, a memorable role as Tiny the bouncer in Wayne's World, and JB's father in Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny. Meat Loaf starred as Police Detective Jack Morris in The Hallmark Channel Original Film titled "Citizen Jane"
During the winter of 1973, after returning from a short production of Rainbow in New York in Washington, D.C., Meat Loaf received a call asking him to be in The Rocky Horror Show where he played the parts of Eddie and Dr. Scott. The success of the play led to the filming of The Rocky Horror Picture Show where Meat Loaf played only Eddie. About the same time, Meat Loaf and Jim Steinman started work on Bat out of Hell. Meat Loaf convinced Epic Records to shoot videos for four songs, "Bat Out Of Hell," "Paradise by the Dashboard Light," "You Took the Words Right out of My Mouth" and "Two out of Three Ain't Bad." He then convinced Lou Adler, the producer of Rocky Horror, to run the "Paradise" video as a trailer to the movie. Meat Loaf's final show in New York was Gower Champion's Rockabye Hamlet, a Hamlet musical. It closed two weeks into its initial run. Meat would later return occasionally to perform Hot Patootie for a special Rocky Horror reunion or convention, and rarely at his own live shows (one performance of which was released in the 1996 Live Around the World CD set).

During his recording of the soundtrack for Rocky Horror, Meat Loaf recorded two more songs: "Stand By Me" (a Ben E. King cover), and "Clap Your Hands." They remained unreleased until 1984, when they appeared as B-sides to the "Nowhere Fast" single.

In 1976, Meat Loaf recorded lead vocals for Ted Nugent's Free-for-All album when regular Nugent lead vocalist Derek St. Holmes quit the band. Meat Loaf sang lead on five of the album's nine tracks.
Bat out of Hell
Main article: Bat out of Hell

Meat Loaf and friend/songwriter Jim Steinman started Bat out of Hell in 1972, but did not get serious about it until the end of 1974. The two-year gap in the production was due to controversy surrounding his son born in Afton, Wyoming. Meat Loaf decided to leave theatre, and concentrate exclusively on music. Then, the National Lampoon Show opened on Broadway, and it needed an understudy for John Belushi, a close friend of Meat Loaf since 1972. It was at the Lampoon Show that Meat Loaf met Ellen Foley, the co-star who sang "Paradise by the Dashboard Light" with him on the album Bat out of Hell.

After the Lampoon show ended, Meat Loaf and Steinman spent time seeking a record deal. Their approaches were rejected by each record company, because their songs did not fit any specific recognized music industry style. Finally, they performed the songs for Todd Rundgren, who decided to produce the album, as well as play lead guitar on it (other members of Todd's band Utopia also lent their musical talents). They then shopped the record around, but still had no takers until Cleveland International Records decided to take a chance. On October 21, 1977, Bat out of Hell was released.

Meat Loaf and Steinman formed the band The Neverland Express to tour in support of Bat out of Hell. Their first gig was opening for Cheap Trick in Chicago. He gained national exposure as musical guest on Saturday Night Live on March 25, 1978. Guest host Christopher Lee introduced him by saying, "And now ladies and gentlemen I would like you to meet Loaf. (pauses, looks dumbfounded) I beg your pardon, what? (he listens to the director's aside) Oh! Why...why I'm sorry, yes, of course...ah... Ladies and gentlemen, Meat Loaf!" The huge success of the album caused a rift to open up between Meat Loaf and Steinman: the group, named after Meat Loaf for ease of labeling, seemed to Steinman to sideline his work as creator, and Steinman started to resent the attention that his partner was getting.

During a show in Ottawa, Meat Loaf fell off the stage and broke his leg. He toured with the broken leg, performing from a wheel chair. During this time, Meat Loaf began heavy use of cocaine, had a nervous breakdown and threatened to commit suicide by jumping off the ledge of a building in New York. Then, in December 1978, he went to Woodstock to work with Steinman. It was at the Bearsville studio that Meat Loaf met his future wife, Leslie G. Edmonds; they were married within a month. Leslie had a daughter from a previous marriage, Pearl, who has since followed in her stepfather's footsteps to become a singer. In the middle of recording his second album, Bad for Good, Meat Loaf lost the ability to sing; it is unclear as to the exact cause - the tour was a punishing one, and the vocals and energy intense. However, his doctors said that physically he was fine and that his problem was psychological. Nevertheless, Steinman decided to keep recording Bad for Good without Meat Loaf.

Bat out of Hell has sold over 40 million copies worldwide, making it one of the highest selling albums of all time. In the UK alone, its 2.1 million sales put it in 38th place. Despite peaking at #9 and spending only two weeks in the top ten in 1981, it has now clocked up 474 weeks on the UK album chart, a figure bettered by only by Rumours by Fleetwood Mac - 478 weeks. In Australia, it knocked the Bee Gees off the number #1 spot and went on to become the biggest-selling Australian album of all time. Bat out of Hell is also one of only two albums that has never exited the Top 200 in the UK charts; this makes it the longest stay in any music chart in the world, although the published chart contains just 75 positions.
Life after Bat out of Hell

In 1976, Meat Loaf appeared in the short-lived Broadway production of the rock musical Rockabye Hamlet. In 1980, he started working on Dead Ringer. Steinman wrote all of the songs, but had little else to do with the album. At the time, his manager, David Sonnenberg, stepped out, and Al Dellentash stepped in to manage Meat Loaf's career. The tour they planned, to support the album, was cancelled after one show, because they ran out of the money that the studio advanced them. Sonnenberg and Dellentash also convinced CBS to advance more money for the making of the movie Dead Ringer, which was shown at the Toronto Film Festival and won some favorable reviews, but was poorly considered after Dellentash and Sonnenberg re-edited the movie.

In 1981, Leslie gave birth to Amanda Aday, now a television actress. That same year, Meat Loaf changed managers, after finding out that Dellentash and Sonnenberg were stealing his money. The two had all of Meat Loaf's assets frozen and sued him for breach of contract. They also started spreading rumors that Meat Loaf was violent and had threatened people with guns. Meat Loaf ended up declaring bankruptcy. In 1983, he released the self written Midnight at the Lost and Found. Meat Loaf, a poor songwriter by his own admission, did not care for the songs he wrote for the album.

On December 5, 1981, Meat Loaf and the Neverland Express were the musical guests for Saturday Night Live where he was reunited with fellow Rocky Horror Picture Show alum Tim Curry. Tim Curry and Meat Loaf team up in a hilarious skit to open a One-Stop Rocky Horror Shop. Later, Tim Curry performed "The Zucchini Song" and Meat Loaf & The Neverland Express performed "Bat Out of Hell" and "Promised Land".

In 1984, Meat Loaf went to England, to record the album Bad Attitude, which included a duet with Roger Daltrey and two songs written by Jim Steinman; the recording of the album was rushed. During the tour to support the album, Leslie had a nervous breakdown and had to check into Silver Hill rehab facility in Connecticut. Things finally looked like they were going to turn around in 1986, when Meat Loaf found a new writer, John Parr, and started recording a new album, Blind Before I Stop. Unfortunately, the producer put a dance beat underneath every song, which resulted in critical failure, and Meat Loaf going bankrupt, eventually losing everything. His relationships with lifelong friend Jim Steinman and Leslie also deteriorated.

To try to get his career back off the ground, Meat Loaf started touring small venues, such as pubs and clubs. Slowly, he developed a faithful following which grew to the point where they were unable to fit into the venues that Meat Loaf was playing, and then they too began to grow. This carried on until the late '80s, where he began to sell out arenas and stadiums again, including over 10,000 tickets at The Ohio State University. Leslie studied to be a travel agent, so they could save on travel expenses, and they toured all over the United States, Germany, England, Scandinavia, Ireland, Italy, Spain, Greece, Abu Dhabi, Oman and Bahrain. With the help of his New York collection of musicians — John Golden, Richard Raskin and Paul Jacobs — his European tours enjoyed immense popularity in the 1980s. Due to the success of the touring, Meat Loaf and Jim Steinman began to work on Bat Out Of Hell II which was finally released in 1993, sixteen years after Bat Out Of Hell. The album was a huge success and is considered one of the greatest comebacks in music history.

Meat Loaf and Leslie divorced in 2001. He is now married again to Deborah Gillespie Aday.
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I always like Two Out Of three Ain't Bad.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/27/09 at 5:54 am

I always like Two Out Of three Ain't Bad.
The master of the long song.

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Written By: Howard on 09/27/09 at 5:55 am

The master of the long song.

Yeah,he was known for that.

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Written By: ninny on 09/27/09 at 6:09 am

I always like Two Out Of three Ain't Bad.

Great song :)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/27/09 at 6:17 am

Great song :)
And had many others.

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Written By: gibbo on 09/27/09 at 6:32 am

I liked Meat Loaf...but he also sang one of my least favourite songs of all time... " I would do anything for love...but I won't do that!" 8-P

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/27/09 at 6:37 am

I liked Meat Loaf...but he also sang one of my least favourite songs of all time... " I would do anything for love...but I won't do that!" 8-P
Was that the one with the motorbike in the pop video?

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Written By: ninny on 09/27/09 at 8:33 am

Was that the one with the motorbike in the pop video?

Yep

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Written By: Womble on 09/27/09 at 9:31 am

Thanks for the retros, Ninny. Very nice. :)

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Written By: ninny on 09/27/09 at 9:52 am

Thanks for the retros, Ninny. Very nice. :)

I'm glad you like it. :)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/27/09 at 10:11 am

Thanks for the retros, Ninny. Very nice. :)
Each day it acts as a memory stirrer for me.

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Written By: CatwomanofV on 09/27/09 at 12:24 pm

...and I believe that Grease 2 is worse than the Grease 1.

Grease 2 is a guilty pleasure for me. :-HELL of a show. ;) :D ;D ;D One of the best concerts I ever been to. I really love his voice.

Did you know that Meatloaf toured with Hair back in the early 70s? Don't know what part he played.

Cat

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Written By: snozberries on 09/27/09 at 12:46 pm

Grease 2 is a guilty pleasure for me. :-[ :-\\

Cat

nothing to feel guilty about... Grease 2 is way better than Grease 1!!!! :)

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Written By: gibbo on 09/27/09 at 3:58 pm

Grease 2 is a guilty pleasure for me. :-
nothing to feel guilty about... Grease 2 is way better than Grease 1!!!! :)

... and yet ...EVERYTHING to feel guilty about!!!! ;D

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Written By: Howard on 09/27/09 at 4:32 pm

I also like Bat Out Of Hell.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/28/09 at 1:23 am

nothing to feel guilty about... Grease 2 is way better than Grease 1!!!! :)
Better songs?

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Written By: ninny on 09/28/09 at 5:44 am

The word of the day...Stand
1.
1. To rise to an upright position on the feet.
2. To assume or maintain an upright position as specified: stand straight; stand to one side.
2.
1. To maintain an upright position on the feet.
2. To maintain an upright or vertical position on a base or support: The urn stands on a pedestal.
3. To be placed or situated: The building stands at the corner.
3.
1. To remain stable, upright, or intact: The old school still stands.
2. To remain valid, effective, or unaltered: The agreement stands.
4. To be or show a specified figure or amount: The balance stands at $500.
5. To measure a specified height when in an upright position: stands six feet tall.
6. To take up or maintain a specified position, altitude, or course: He stands on his earlier offer. We will stand firm.
7. To be in a position of possible gain or loss: She stands to make a fortune.
8.
1. To be in a specified state or condition: I stand corrected. We stand in awe of the view.
2. To exist in a particular form: Send the message as it now stands.
9. To be at a specified level on or as if on a scale: stands third in her class; stands high in reputation.
10.
1. To come to a stop; remain motionless.
2. To remain stationary or inactive: The car stood in the garage all winter.
11. To remain without flowing or being disturbed; be or become stagnant.
12. Nautical. To take or hold a particular course or direction: a ship standing to windward.
13. To be available as a sire. Used of horses.
14. Chiefly British. To be a candidate for public office.
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Written By: ninny on 09/28/09 at 5:50 am

The birthday of the day...Ben E King
Ben E. King (born Benjamin Earl Nelson, September 28, 1938) is an American soul singer. He is perhaps best known as the singer and co-composer of "Stand by Me," a U.S. top 10 hit in both 1961 and 1987 and a #1 hit in the UK in 1987, and as one of the principal lead singers of the R&B vocal group The Drifters.
Ben Nelson was born in Henderson, North Carolina and moved to Harlem, New York City, New York, at the age of nine.

In 1958, he joined a doo wop group called The Five Crowns. Later that year, The Drifters' manager fired the members of the group and replaced them with The Five Crowns, who had performed several engagements with the Drifters. Nelson co-wrote the first hit by the new version of the Drifters, "There Goes My Baby" (1959). He also sang lead, using his birth name, on "Save the Last Dance for Me", a song written by Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman, "Dance With Me", "This Magic Moment", "I Count the Tears" and "Lonely Winds". King only recorded ten songs with The Drifters, including a non-single called "Temptation" which was later redone by Johnny Moore.

In 1960, he left the Drifters after failing to gain a salary increase and what he felt to be a fairer share of the group's royalties. At this point he assumed the more memorable stage name Ben E. King in preparation for a successful solo career. Remaining on Atlantic Records, King scored his first solo hit with the ballad "Spanish Harlem" (1961). "Stand by Me" was his next recording. Written by King along with Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, "Stand by Me" was voted one of the Songs of the Century by the Recording Industry Association of America. "Stand by Me", "There Goes My Baby" and "Spanish Harlem" were named as three of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll and were all given a Grammy Hall of Fame Award, as well as "Save The Last Dance For Me". His other well known songs were "Don't Play That Song (You Lied)" (which was covered by Aretha Franklin in the 1970s), "Amor", "Seven Letters", "How Can I Forget", "On the Horizon", "Young Boy Blues", "I (Who Have Nothing)", "First Taste of Love", "Here Comes the Night", "Ecstasy", That's When It Hurts , Down Home , River of Tears , Do It in the Name of Love , and It's All Over .

In the summer of 1963, King had a top 30 national hit with "I (Who Have Nothing)", a song that reached the Top 10 on New York's radio station, WMCA. The song has been covered many times, notably by Luther Vandross & Martha Wash, John Lennon, Shirley Bassey, Tom Jones, Sylvester James, U2, Bruce Springsteen, Jedi Mind Tricks, and most recently by American Idol contestant Jordin Sparks, during the March 20, 2007 and May 15, 2007 telecasts. King's records continued to place well on the Billboard Hot 100 chart until 1965. British pop bands began to dominate the pop music scene, but King still continued to make R&B hits and minor Pop hits. King's other hits were "What is Soul?" (1967), "Supernatural Thing, Part 1" (1975), and the re-issue in 1986 of "Stand by Me", following the song's use as the theme music to Stand By Me movie.

In 1990, King and Bo Diddley featuring Doug Lazy recorded a revamped rap version of The Monotones' 1958 hit song "Book of Love" for the soundtrack of the movie Book of Love. He also recorded a young children's album titled, I Have Songs In My Pocket, written and produced by children's music man, Bobby Susser in 1998, which won the "Early Childhood News' Directors' Choice Award" and "Dr. Toy's/The Institute For Childhood Resources Award."" King performed "Stand by Me" on the Late Show with David Letterman in 2007. Ahmet Ertegun once stated that King had one of the greatest voices in soul history.

Throughout his career he has achieved five number one hits, which were "There Goes My Baby", "Save The Last Dance For Me", "Stand By Me", "Supernatural Thing", and the 1986 re-issue of "Stand By Me". He also earned twelve Top 10 hits and Twenty four Top 40 hits, from 1959 to 1986. He has also been inducted to the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame as a Drifters member and nominated for his career as a solo artist but not yet accepted.

Currently, King is active in his charitable foundation, the Stand By Me Foundation. He has been a resident of Teaneck, New Jersey since the late 1960s.

More recently, King performed "Stand By Me" during a televised tribute to late comedian George Carlin, as he was one of Carlin's favorite artists.
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Written By: ninny on 09/28/09 at 5:56 am

The co-birthday of the day...Brigitte Bardot
Brigitte Anne-Marie Bardot (French pronunciation: ) (born 28 September 1934) is a French actress, fashion model and animal welfare/rights activist.

In her early life Bardot was an aspiring ballet dancer. She started her acting career in 1952 and after appearing in 16 films became world-famous due to her role in the controversial film And God Created Woman. During her career in show business Bardot starred in 48 films, performed in numerous musical shows, and recorded 80 songs. After her retirement from the entertainment industry in 1973, Bardot established herself as an animal rights activist. During the 1990s she became outspoken in her criticism of immigration, race-mixing, some aspects of homosexuality and Islam in France, and has been convicted five times for "inciting racial hatred".
Although the European film industry was then in its ascendancy, Bardot was one of the few European actresses to receive mass media attention in the United States. She and Marilyn Monroe were perhaps the foremost examples of female sexuality in films of the 1950s and 1960s.

Brigitte Bardot debuted in a 1952 comedy film Le Trou Normand (English title: Crazy for Love). In the same year she married Roger Vadim. From 1952 to 1956 she appeared in seventeen films; in 1953 playing a part in Jean Anouilh's stageplay "L'Invitation au château" ("The Invitation to the Castle"). She received media attention when she attended the Cannes Film Festival in April 1953. "She is every man's idea of the girl he'd like to meet in Paris," wrote the film critic Ivon Addams in 1955.

Her films of the early and mid 1950s were generally lightweight romantic dramas, some of them historical, in which she was cast as ingénue or siren, often in varying states of undress. She played bit parts in three English-language films, the British comedy Doctor at Sea (1955), Helen of Troy (1954), in which she was understudy for the title role but only appears as Helen's handmaid, and Act of Love (1954) with Kirk Douglas. Her French-language films were dubbed for international release.

Roger Vadim was not content with this light fare. The New Wave of French and Italian art directors and their stars were riding high internationally, and he felt Bardot was being undersold. Looking for something more like an art film to push her as a serious actress, he showcased her in And God Created Woman (1956) with Jean-Louis Trintignant. The film, about an immoral teenager in a respectable small-town setting, was a big international success.

In hindsight, light comedies suited Brigitte Bardot's acting skills best. A fine example is her 'Une Parisienne' from 1957, one of the few of her films of which she has said she feels proud.

There was a widely popular claim that Brigitte Bardot did more for the French international trade balance than the entire French car industry.

In Bardot's early career professional photographer Sam Levin's photos contributed considerably to her image of sensuality and slight immorality. One of Levin's pictures show Brigitte from behind, dressed in a white corset. It is said that around 1960 postcards with this photograph outsold in Paris those of the Eiffel Tower.

British, renowned photographer, Cornel Lucas shot Bardot in the 1950's and 1960's producing iconic images, images that have become representative of the way in which we remember this star. She divorced Vadim in 1957 and in 1959 married actor Jacques Charrier, with whom she starred in Babette Goes to War in 1959. The paparazzi preyed upon her marriage, while she and her husband clashed over the direction of her career. Her films became more substantial, but this brought a heavy pressure of dual celebrity as she sought critical acclaim while remaining a glamour model for most of the world.

Vie privée (1960), directed by Louis Malle has more than an element of her life story in it. The scene in which, returning to her apartment, Bardot's character is harangued in the elevator by a middle-aged cleaning lady calling her offensive names, was based on an actual incident, and is a resonant image of celebrity in the mid-20th century.

Soon afterwards Bardot withdrew to the seclusion of Southern France where she had bought the house La Madrague in Saint-Tropez in May 1958.

In 1963, she starred in Jean-Luc Godard's critically acclaimed film Contempt.

Brigitte Bardot was featured in many other films along with notable actors such as Alain Delon (Famous Love Affairs, Spirits of the Dead), Jean Gabin (In Case of Adversity), Sean Connery (Shalako), Jean Marais (Royal Affairs in Versailles, School for Love), Lino Ventura (Rum Runners), Annie Girardot (The Novices), Claudia Cardinale (The Legend of Frenchie King), Jeanne Moreau (Viva Maria!), Jane Birkin (Don Juan, or If Don Juan Were a Woman).

She participated in various musical shows and recorded many popular songs in the 1960s and 1970s, mostly in collaboration with Serge Gainsbourg, Bob Zagury and Sacha Distel, including "Harley Davidson", "Je Me Donne A Qui Me Plait", "Bubble gum", "Contact", "Je Reviendrais Toujours Vers Toi", "L'Appareil A Sous", "La Madrague", "On Demenage", "Sidonie", "Tu Veux, Ou Tu Veux Pas?", "Le Soleil De Ma Vie" (the cover of Stevie Wonder's "You Are the Sunshine of My Life") and the notorious "Je t'aime... moi non plus". Bardot pleaded with Gainsbourg not to release this duet and he complied with her wishes; the following year he re-recorded a version with British-born model and actress Jane Birkin which became a massive hit all over Europe.
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Written By: Howard on 09/28/09 at 6:51 am

The birthday of the day...Ben E King
Ben E. King (born Benjamin Earl Nelson, September 28, 1938) is an American soul singer. He is perhaps best known as the singer and co-composer of "Stand by Me," a U.S. top 10 hit in both 1961 and 1987 and a #1 hit in the UK in 1987, and as one of the principal lead singers of the R&B vocal group The Drifters.
Ben Nelson was born in Henderson, North Carolina and moved to Harlem, New York City, New York, at the age of nine.

In 1958, he joined a doo wop group called The Five Crowns. Later that year, The Drifters' manager fired the members of the group and replaced them with The Five Crowns, who had performed several engagements with the Drifters. Nelson co-wrote the first hit by the new version of the Drifters, "There Goes My Baby" (1959). He also sang lead, using his birth name, on "Save the Last Dance for Me", a song written by Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman, "Dance With Me", "This Magic Moment", "I Count the Tears" and "Lonely Winds". King only recorded ten songs with The Drifters, including a non-single called "Temptation" which was later redone by Johnny Moore.

In 1960, he left the Drifters after failing to gain a salary increase and what he felt to be a fairer share of the group's royalties. At this point he assumed the more memorable stage name Ben E. King in preparation for a successful solo career. Remaining on Atlantic Records, King scored his first solo hit with the ballad "Spanish Harlem" (1961). "Stand by Me" was his next recording. Written by King along with Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, "Stand by Me" was voted one of the Songs of the Century by the Recording Industry Association of America. "Stand by Me", "There Goes My Baby" and "Spanish Harlem" were named as three of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll and were all given a Grammy Hall of Fame Award, as well as "Save The Last Dance For Me". His other well known songs were "Don't Play That Song (You Lied)" (which was covered by Aretha Franklin in the 1970s), "Amor", "Seven Letters", "How Can I Forget", "On the Horizon", "Young Boy Blues", "I (Who Have Nothing)", "First Taste of Love", "Here Comes the Night", "Ecstasy", That's When It Hurts , Down Home , River of Tears , Do It in the Name of Love , and It's All Over .

In the summer of 1963, King had a top 30 national hit with "I (Who Have Nothing)", a song that reached the Top 10 on New York's radio station, WMCA. The song has been covered many times, notably by Luther Vandross & Martha Wash, John Lennon, Shirley Bassey, Tom Jones, Sylvester James, U2, Bruce Springsteen, Jedi Mind Tricks, and most recently by American Idol contestant Jordin Sparks, during the March 20, 2007 and May 15, 2007 telecasts. King's records continued to place well on the Billboard Hot 100 chart until 1965. British pop bands began to dominate the pop music scene, but King still continued to make R&B hits and minor Pop hits. King's other hits were "What is Soul?" (1967), "Supernatural Thing, Part 1" (1975), and the re-issue in 1986 of "Stand by Me", following the song's use as the theme music to Stand By Me movie.

In 1990, King and Bo Diddley featuring Doug Lazy recorded a revamped rap version of The Monotones' 1958 hit song "Book of Love" for the soundtrack of the movie Book of Love. He also recorded a young children's album titled, I Have Songs In My Pocket, written and produced by children's music man, Bobby Susser in 1998, which won the "Early Childhood News' Directors' Choice Award" and "Dr. Toy's/The Institute For Childhood Resources Award."" King performed "Stand by Me" on the Late Show with David Letterman in 2007. Ahmet Ertegun once stated that King had one of the greatest voices in soul history.

Throughout his career he has achieved five number one hits, which were "There Goes My Baby", "Save The Last Dance For Me", "Stand By Me", "Supernatural Thing", and the 1986 re-issue of "Stand By Me". He also earned twelve Top 10 hits and Twenty four Top 40 hits, from 1959 to 1986. He has also been inducted to the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame as a Drifters member and nominated for his career as a solo artist but not yet accepted.

Currently, King is active in his charitable foundation, the Stand By Me Foundation. He has been a resident of Teaneck, New Jersey since the late 1960s.

More recently, King performed "Stand By Me" during a televised tribute to late comedian George Carlin, as he was one of Carlin's favorite artists.
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Supernatural Thing is one of my favorites.

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Written By: ninny on 09/28/09 at 7:44 am

Each day it acts as a memory stirrer for me.

I hope they are good memories.

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Written By: Frank on 09/28/09 at 10:13 am

Thanks for always posting these people and biographies. You are wonderful.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/28/09 at 11:24 am

The word of the day...Stand
1.
1. To rise to an upright position on the feet.
2. To assume or maintain an upright position as specified: stand straight; stand to one side.
2.
1. To maintain an upright position on the feet.
2. To maintain an upright or vertical position on a base or support: The urn stands on a pedestal.
3. To be placed or situated: The building stands at the corner.
3.
1. To remain stable, upright, or intact: The old school still stands.
2. To remain valid, effective, or unaltered: The agreement stands.
4. To be or show a specified figure or amount: The balance stands at $500.
5. To measure a specified height when in an upright position: stands six feet tall.
6. To take up or maintain a specified position, altitude, or course: He stands on his earlier offer. We will stand firm.
7. To be in a position of possible gain or loss: She stands to make a fortune.
8.
1. To be in a specified state or condition: I stand corrected. We stand in awe of the view.
2. To exist in a particular form: Send the message as it now stands.
9. To be at a specified level on or as if on a scale: stands third in her class; stands high in reputation.
10.
1. To come to a stop; remain motionless.
2. To remain stationary or inactive: The car stood in the garage all winter.
11. To remain without flowing or being disturbed; be or become stagnant.
12. Nautical. To take or hold a particular course or direction: a ship standing to windward.
13. To be available as a sire. Used of horses.
14. Chiefly British. To be a candidate for public office.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/28/09 at 11:25 am

I hope they are good memories.
Memories are made of this.

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Written By: CatwomanofV on 09/28/09 at 11:29 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4F9sHyyvqk

Cat

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Written By: ninny on 09/28/09 at 12:08 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4F9sHyyvqk

Cat

Love that song.

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Written By: Howard on 09/28/09 at 2:35 pm

Stand By Me is another one of my favorites.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/29/09 at 1:43 am

Stand By Me is another one of my favorites.
John Lennon made a great cover of that song.

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Written By: Howard on 09/29/09 at 6:02 am

John Lennon made a great cover of that song.

I think it was the late 60's or early 70's.

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Written By: ninny on 09/29/09 at 6:35 am

The word of the day...Today
The present day, time, or age: "Today's shocks are tomorrow's conventions" (Carolyn Heilbrun).
adv.

1. During or on the present day.
2. During or at the present time.
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Written By: ninny on 09/29/09 at 6:38 am

The birthday of the day...Bryant Gumbel
Bryant Charles Gumbel (born September 29, 1948) is an American television journalist and sportscaster. He is best known for his 15 years as co-host of NBC's The Today Show. He is the younger brother of sportscaster Greg Gumbel.
Gumbel impressed and surprised NBC with his likable on-air presence and well-considered commentary. He was hired by NBC Sports in the fall of 1975 as co-host of its National Football League pre-game show GrandStand with Jack Buck.

From 1975 until January 1982 (when he left to do The Today Show) Gumbel hosted numerous sporting events for NBC including Major League Baseball, college basketball and the National Football League. Gumbel returned to sportscasting for NBC when he hosted the prime time coverage of the 1988 Summer Olympics from Seoul and the PGA Tour in 1990.

One of Gumbel's more memorable moments during his time at NBC Sports occurred in 1982, when he was on-site for the now legendary "Epic in Miami" NFL playoff game between the San Diego Chargers and Miami Dolphins. At the end of the game, Gumbel told the viewing audience "If you didn't like this football game then you didn't like football!"
Today

Gumbel began his affiliation with Today as the program's chief sports reporter contributing twice-weekly features to the program, including a regular series entitled "Sportsman of the Week," featuring up-and-coming athletes. In June 1981, NBC announced that Tom Brokaw would depart Today to anchor the NBC Nightly News with Roger Mudd beginning in the spring of 1982. The search for Brokaw's replacement was on, and the initial candidates were all NBC News correspondents, including John Palmer, Chris Wallace, Bob Kur, Bob Jamieson, and Jessica Savitch. The candidates auditioned for Brokaw's job throughout the summer of '81 when Brokaw was on vacation. Gumbel became a candidate for the job just by chance when he served as a last-minute substitute for Today co-anchor Jane Pauley in August 1981. Gumbel's lively and versatile performance so impressed executive producer Steve Friedman and other NBC executives that he quickly became a top contender for the Today anchor position.

Gumbel's witty torts and way of speaking earned the title "The Thinking Man's Gumbel" since his style of announcing is very different from that of his brother.

But the search was not over. While Friedman and other NBC executives favored Gumbel as Brokaw's replacement, another contingent within the NBC News division felt strongly that Brokaw should be replaced by a fellow news correspondent, not a sports reporter. The well-regarded Washington correspondent Chris Wallace was the favored candidate of then-NBC News president Bill Small. Eventually, NBC News decided to split the difference, selecting Gumbel as the program's anchor and Wallace as the Washington-based anchor. Jane Pauley would remain co-anchor in New York. Brokaw signed off of Today on December 18, 1981, and Gumbel replaced Brokaw on January 4, 1982.

The Gumbel-Pauley-Wallace arrangement, known internally as the "Mod Squad," lasted only nine months. It was an arrangement that proved intriguing on paper but unwieldy on television. Gumbel served as the show's traffic cop, opening and closing the program and conducting New York-based interviews, but Pauley and Wallace handled newsreading duties, and Wallace conducted all Washington-based hard news interviews. With ABC's Good Morning America in first place and expanding its lead, NBC News made Gumbel the principal anchor of Today beginning September 27, 1982, with Jane Pauley as his co-anchor. Wallace became chief White House correspondent covering President Reagan, and John Palmer, previously a White House correspondent, became Today's New York-based news anchor.

Gumbel and Pauley had a challenging first two years together as Today anchors as they sought to find a rhythm as a team. Good Morning America solidified its lead over Today in the ratings during the summer of 1983, and Pauley's departure for maternity leave sent Today into a ratings tailspin. But when Pauley returned in February 1984, she and Gumbel began to work well together as a team. NBC took Today on the road in the fall of '84, sending Gumbel to the Soviet Union for an unprecedented series of live broadcasts from Moscow. Gumbel won plaudits for his performance in Moscow, erasing any doubts about his hard-news capabilities. That Moscow trip began a whirlwind period of travel for Today. Remote broadcasts from Vietnam, Vatican City, Europe, South America, and much of the United States followed between 1984 and 1989. Today began to regain its old ratings dominance against Good Morning America throughout 1985, and by early 1986, the NBC program was once again atop the ratings.

In 1989, Gumbel, who was already known for his strong management style as Today anchor, wrote a memo to Today executive producer Marty Ryan, on Ryan's request, critiquing the program and identifying its shortcomings. Many of Gumbel's criticisms were directed at fellow Today staffers. This memo was leaked to the press. In the memo, Gumbel commented that Willard Scott, "holds the show hostage to his assortment of whims, wishes, birthdays and bad taste...This guy is killing us and no one's even trying to rein him in". He commented that Gene Shalit's movie reviews "are often late and his interviews aren't very good."

There was enough negative backlash in regard to Gumbel's comments toward Scott, that Gumbel was shown making up with Scott on Today.

Following Jane Pauley's departure from Today in December 1989, Gumbel was joined by Deborah Norville in a short-lived partnership that lasted just over a year. Today dropped to second place in the ratings during this period as a result of intensely negative publicity surrounding Norville's replacement of Pauley, and Gumbel's feud with Scott. Norville was replaced by Katie Couric in April 1991, and the Gumbel-Couric team helped refocus Today as the morning news program of choice during the 1992 presidential campaign. The program returned to first place in the ratings in December 1995.

Gumbel's work on Today earned him several Emmys and a large group of fans. He is the second longest serving co-host of Today, serving 2 months less than Couric. Gumbel stepped down from the show on January 3, 1997 after 15 years.
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Written By: ninny on 09/29/09 at 6:43 am

The co-birthday of the day...Anita Ekberg
Kerstin Anita Marianne Ekberg (born September 29, 1931 in Malmö, Skåne) is a Swedish model, actress and cult sex symbol.
Ekberg was born in 1931, the eldest girl and the sixth of eight children. In her teens, she worked as a fashion model. In 1950, Ekberg entered the Miss Malmö competition at her mother's urging, leading to the Miss Sweden contest, which she won. She consequently went to the United States to compete for the Miss Universe title, despite not speaking English.

Although she did not win Miss Universe, as one of six finalists she did earn a starlet's contract with Universal Studios, as was the rule at the time. In America, Ekberg met Howard Hughes, who at the time was producing films and wanted her to change her nose, teeth and name (Hughes said "Ekberg" was too difficult to pronounce). She refused to change her name, saying that if she became famous, people would learn to pronounce it, and if she didn't become famous, it would not matter.

As a starlet at Universal, Ekberg received lessons in drama, elocution, dancing, horse-riding and fencing. Ekberg skipped many of the lessons, restricting herself to horse riding in the Hollywood Hills. Ekberg later admitted that she was spoiled by the studio system and played instead of pursuing bigger film roles.
The pin-up

Ekberg delighted gossip columnists with her social life. She was linked to many famous men, and was given the nickname "The Iceberg" because of her mysterious demeanor.

The combination of a colourful private life and physique gave her appeal to gossip magazines such as Confidential and to the new type of men's magazine that proliferated in the 1950s. She soon became a major 1950s pin-up. In addition, Ekberg participated in publicity stunts. Famously, she admitted that an incident where her dress burst open in the lobby of London's Berkeley Hotel was pre-arranged with a photographer.
Film career

By the mid-50s, other studios offered Ekberg work. Paramount Pictures and Frank Tashlin cast her in Hollywood or Bust (1956) and Artists and Models (1955) both starring Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis. Both films used her as a foil for many of the director's sight gags. Ekberg also played an Amazonian extraterrestrial in 1953's Abbott and Costello Go to Mars.

Bob Hope joked that her parents had received the Nobel Prize for architecture as she was touring with him and William Holden to entertain U.S. troops in 1954. The tour led her to a contract with John Wayne's Batjac Productions. Wayne cast her in Blood Alley, a small role (1955), where Ekberg's features and appearance were Orientalized to play a Chinese woman, a role that earned her a Golden Globe award.

RKO gave Ekberg the female lead in Back from Eternity.

In 1956, Ekberg went to Rome to make War and Peace, directed by distinguished Hollywood veteran King Vidor and co-starring Audrey Hepburn.
As Sylvia in La Dolce Vita

Federico Fellini gave Ekberg her greatest role in La Dolce Vita (1960), in which she played the unattainable "dream woman" opposite Marcello Mastroianni; then Boccaccio '70 in 1960, a movie that also featured Sophia Loren. Fellini would call her back for two other films: I clowns (1972), and Intervista (1987), where she played herself in a reunion scene with Mastroianni.

La Dolce Vita was a sensational success, and Anita Ekberg's uninhibited cavorting in Rome's Trevi Fountain remains one of the most celebrated images in film history.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/29/09 at 11:55 am

I think it was the late 60's or early 70's.
1975

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/29/09 at 11:56 am

The word of the day...Today
The present day, time, or age: "Today's shocks are tomorrow's conventions" (Carolyn Heilbrun).
adv.

1. During or on the present day.
2. During or at the present time.

Today is Tuesday.

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Written By: Howard on 09/29/09 at 6:48 pm

Bryant Gumbel is always good.

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Written By: coqueta83 on 09/29/09 at 8:07 pm

During summer and other school vacations (whenever I didn't sleep in), I would watch Jane Pauley and Bryant Gumbel on the Today show in the 80s. :)

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Written By: ninny on 09/30/09 at 6:37 am

During summer and other school vacations (whenever I didn't sleep in), I would watch Jane Pauley and Bryant Gumbel on the Today show in the 80s. :)

Me too :)

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Written By: ninny on 09/30/09 at 6:43 am

The word of the day...Misty
1. Consisting of or marked by mist: a misty rain; a misty night.
2. Obscured or clouded by or as if by mist: far-off, misty mountains.
3.
1. Vague; hazy: a misty recollection of a dream.
2. Full of tender emotion; sentimental: a love story that left us feeling misty and sad.
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Written By: ninny on 09/30/09 at 6:49 am

The birthday of the day...Johnny Mathis

Johnny Mathis (born John Royce Mathis, September 30, 1935) is an American singer of popular music.

One of the last in a long line of traditional male vocalists who emerged before the 1960s, Mathis concentrated on romantic jazz and pop standards for the adult contemporary audience through to the 1980s. Starting his career with a flurry of singles of standards, Mathis became more popular as an album artist, with a dozen of his albums achieving gold or platinum status, and over 60 making the Billboard charts. According to the Recording Industry Association of America, Mathis has certified sales of over 17 million units in the United States.
He was spotted at a jam session by Helen Noga, a former head cocktail waitress and co-owner of The Black Hawk Club at 200 Hyde Street in San Francisco and The DownBeat Club, along with her husband John and Guido Caccienti, and she became his manager. The clubs attracted the world's finest jazz musicians including Dave Brubeck, Miles Davis, and Billie Holiday. John Noga and Guido Caccienti had opened the Black Hawk in the fall of 1949 for $10,000. In September 1955, after Noga landed Mathis a job singing weekends at Ann Dee's 440 Club, she ruthlessly pursued jazz producer George Avakian, who she found out was on vacation in the Bay Area. Avakian came to see him sing, and sent the now famous telegram to Columbia Records: Have found phenomenal 19-year old boy who could go all the way. Send blank contracts.

Mathis now had to decide whether to go to the Olympic tryouts, to which he had been invited, or to keep an appointment in New York to make his first recordings, which were subsequently released in 1956. With his father's advice, Mathis opted for a recording career and the rest is history. He has never completely abandoned his enthusiasm for sports and today is an avid golfer who has achieved six holes-in-one, and has hosted several Johnny Mathis Golf Tournaments in the USA and the United Kingdom. Since 1985 he has been hosting a charity golf tournament in Belfast sponsored by Shell corporation, and the annual Johnny Mathis Invitational Track & Field Meet has continued at San Francisco State College since it started in 1982.

His first album Johnny Mathis: A New Sound In Popular Song was a slow-selling jazz album, but Mathis stayed in New York to play the clubs. His second album was produced by Columbia records vice-president and producer Mitch Miller, who defined the Mathis sound - he preferred him to sing soft, romantic ballads, initially pairing him with arranger/conductor Ray Conniff, and later, Ray Ellis, Glenn Osser and Robert Mersey. In late 1956, Mathis recorded two of his most popular songs - "Wonderful! Wonderful!" and "It's Not For Me To Say." That year MGM signed Mathis to sing the latter song in the 1957 film Lizzie, and shortly afterward he made his second film appearance for 20th Century Fox singing the song A Certain Smile in the film of the same name. He had small acting roles in both movies as a bar singer. This early cinematic visibility in two successful movies gave him mass exposure. Next was his appearance on the very popular Ed Sullivan Show in 1957 and this helped to seal his stardom. Critics called him the velvet voice.

In summer of 1958, Mathis left San Francisco with the Nogas, who sold their interest in the Black Hawk club that year to Max Weiss, secretary-treasurer of San Francisco's avant-garde Fantasy Records, and moved to Beverly Hills where the Nogas purchased a home in which Mathis lived with them, their daughter Beverly, and their granddaughter at 806 North Elm Drive at the corner of Elm and Sunset Boulevard built in 1931 by the Max Factor family and later owned by Mabel C. Birdwell and Lillian and Ben Young, for about $99,500 which the Nogas later sold to singer Dionne Warwick in the summer of 1973 for around $359,500. Helen Noga, looking to expand her operations into production, financing, and publishing, also founded and funded Philles Records in 1961 with Phil Spector, with Lester Sills handling the business side of sales and promotion, which launched the Crystals in September 1961. Using money from Liberty Records, Noga was bought out by Spector in 1962 for around $60,000. In 1964, there was a severe downturn in sales for many artists due to The Beatles and the British invasion of the early 1960s. However, Mathis still turned out two of his biggest solo hits in the years 1962 and 1963, with "Gina" (#6) and "What Will Mary Say" (#9) charting in each year, respectively. In October 1964, Mathis sued Noga to void the management arrangement, which Noga fought with a counterclaim in December 1964. Mathis purchased a mansion in the Hollywood Hills, that was originally built by billionaire Howard Hughes in 1946, and later owned by hotel owner Hyatt R. Von Dehn and Oilman Robert Calhoun, and where he still maintains a residence.

After splitting from Noga, Mathis established Jon Mat Records, Inc., incorporated in California May 11, 1967 to produce his recordings, and Rojon Productions, Inc., incorporated in California September 30, 1964 to handle all of his concert, theater, showroom and television appearances, and all promotional and charitable activities. His new manager and business partner was Ray Haughn, who helped guide his career until his death in September 1984. Since that time, Mathis has taken sole responsibility for his career, operating from office suites at 1612 W Olive Avenue in Burbank. With the exception of a three-year break with Mercury Records in the mid-1960s, he has been with Columbia Records throughout his recording career.

Pieces of music from numerous Mathis albums continue to be used throughout motion pictures and television with great effect to impart nostalgia or mood themes, for example Chances Are memorably used during an alien visit in the 1977 film Close Encounters of the Third Kind, and various numbers currently in the hit TV series Mad Men.

Although he is frequently described as a romantic singer, his vast discography includes jazz, traditional pop, Brazilian and Spanish music, Soul, R&B, soft rock, Broadway, Tin Pan Alley standards, some blues and country songs, and even a few disco tunes for his album Mathis Magic (1979). In 1980/81 Mathis recorded an album with Chic's Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers, I Love My Lady, which remains unreleased. Mathis also remains highly associated with holiday music, having recorded nine Christmas albums. Mathis has the distinction of having the longest stay of any recording artist on the Columbia Record label, having been with the label from 1956 to 1963 and from 1968 to the present.

In 1958, Johnny’s Greatest Hits was released and was the first ever Greatest Hits album in the music industry. It began the Greatest Hits tradition copied by every record company. Johnny's Greatest Hits spent an unprecedented 490 consecutive weeks (nine and a half years) on the Billboard album chart, a feat earning him a place in the Guinness Book of World Records and not broken until the 1980s by Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon. He has had five of his albums on the Billboard charts simultaneously, an achievement equaled by only two other singers, Frank Sinatra and Barry Manilow. He released 200 singles and had 71 songs charted around the world.

He has received three Grammy awards. In 1979, his hit duet "The Last Time I Felt Like This" from the film Same Time, Next Year was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song. Mathis and Jane Olivor sang the song at the Oscar ceremony. This was his second performance at the Academy Awards. He has taped twelve of his own television specials and made over 300 television guest appearances with 33 of them being on The Tonight Show. Through the years his songs (or parts of them) have been heard in 100 plus television shows and films around the globe. His appearance on the Live by Request broadcast in May 1998 on the A&E Network had the largest television viewing audience of the series. Also in 1989, Johnny sang the opening theme for the ABC daytime soap opera Loving.

Mathis continues to perform but from 2000 onwards has limited his concert engagements to fifty to sixty appearances per year. In 2006, his schedule included a UK tour that included his annual Scottish Golf vacation and attendance at the 2006 Ryder Cup, two stints at his favourite Hilton Hotel in Las Vegas. He still records and his 2005 album Isn't It Romantic: The Standards Album has been enthusiastically received by critics and music buyers. Tonight Show host Johnny Carson, who heard over 2000 singers on his show, said: "Johnny Mathis is the best ballad singer in the world." He appeared on the NBC Tonight Show with Jay Leno as a guest on March 29, 2007 performing the classic "Shadow of Your Smile" with saxophonist Dave Koz. Mathis returned to the UK Top 20 album chart in 2007 with the Sony BMG release "The Very Best of Johnny Mathis" and again in 2008 with the Columbia CD "A Night to Remember".
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Written By: ninny on 09/30/09 at 6:52 am

The co-birthday of the day...Angie Dickinson
Angie Dickinson (born September 30, 1931) is a Golden Globe-winning American television and film actress, perhaps best known for her role as Sergeant Leann "Pepper" Anderson in the successful 1970s crime drama Police Woman.
Though Dickinson enjoyed a moderately successful acting career for nearly two decades, and worked with many major directors and top leading men of the 1950s and '60s, she did not rise above the status of an attractive, reliable working actress - real stardom would come later.

Her film career began with small roles in Lucky Me' (1954) with Doris Day, The Return of Jack Slade (1955), Man with the Gun (1955), and Hidden Guns (1956). She had her first starring role in Gun the Man Down (1956) with James Arness, and the Sam Fuller cult film China Gate (1957) which depicted an early view of the internal conflicts in Vietnam.
Dickinson with John Wayne in Rio Bravo

It was another western that finally propelled her into Hollywood's A-list: Howard Hawks' Rio Bravo (1959), in which she played a flirtatious gambler named Feathers who is almost locked up by the town sheriff played by her childhood idol John Wayne. The film co-starred Dean Martin, Ricky Nelson and Walter Brennan. When Hawks sold his personal contract with her to a major studio without her knowledge, she was understandably upset and her hopes that the legendary director would mould her into the next Lauren Bacall seemed dashed.

In the early 1960s, Dickinson starred in numerous movies, making her one of the more prominent leading ladies of the decade, co-starring in The Bramble Bush with Richard Burton and Ocean's Eleven with Frank Sinatra, both released in 1960. These were followed by the political potboiler A Fever in the Blood (1961); a Belgian Congo-based melodrama The Sins of Rachel Cade (1962), in which she played a missionary nurse tempted by lust; and the European travelogue Rome Adventure (also known as Lovers Must Learn) in 1962, where Dickinson gets to deliver relatively wicked seductress dialogue; and Jean Negulesco's Jessica (1962) with Maurice Chevalier, in which she plays a young midwife who is resented by the married women of the town. Angie would also share the screen with friend Gregory Peck in the comedy-drama Captain Newman, M.D.

In The Killers, a film originally intended to be the very first made-for-TV movie but released to theatres due to its violent content, Dickinson, reaching the apex of her skills as a great femme fatale, is slapped by a villainous boyfriend, played by future U.S. President Ronald Reagan in his last movie role. This movie was directed by Donald Siegel. It was a remake of the 1946 version.

Dickinson co-starred in the comedy The Art of Love (1965), in which she plays the love interest of both James Garner and Dick Van Dyke. She appeared in the Arthur Penn/Sam Spiegel production, The Chase (1966), flooded with present-and-future stars like Marlon Brando, Jane Fonda, Robert Redford, Robert Duvall, Miriam Hopkins and others; the film languished in mediocrity as the result of behind-the-scenes artistic battles, but is considered a curio for its cast.

Perhaps Dickinson's best movie of this era was arguably John Boorman's cult classic Point Blank (1967) with Lee Marvin as a convict escaped from Alcatraz (it was the first movie ever filmed at the infamous prison) out for revenge and the money he believes is due him. Epitomizing the stark urban mood of the period, the film did not acquire an audience or much critical appreciation until years later.

In 1969, she starred in another Western, Young Billy Young with Robert Mitchum and Jack Kelly, and in Sam Whiskey where she gave a young Burt Reynolds his first on-screen kiss. In 1971, she played a lascivious high school teacher in the dark comedy Pretty Maids All in a Row with Rock Hudson, and a scary doctor in the sci-fi flick The Resurrection of Zachary Wheeler. One of her best-known movie roles is the tawdry widow Wilma McClatchie in the Great Depression romp Big Bad Mama (1974) with William Shatner and Tom Skerritt.
Police Woman

Dickinson returned to the small screen in March 1974 to play a character on an episode of the critically-acclaimed hit anthology series Police Story. That one guest appearance proved to be so popular that NBC decided to turn it into a weekly detective series to be called Police Woman, becoming the first 'successful' drama series to feature a woman in the title role. In the series, she played Sgt. Leann "Pepper" Anderson, an officer of the Los Angeles Police Department's Criminal Conspiracy Unit. The show became a significant hit, even reaching Number One in many countries in which it aired during its first year; it would run for four seasons.

Co-starring on the show was Earl Holliman as Sergeant Bill Crowley, Andersen's commanding officer,Charles Dierkop as Investigator Pete Royster, and Ed Bernard as Investigator Joe Styles.

The series ran from 1974-1978. The same year the show ended, Dickinson reprised her Pepper Andersen role on the television special Ringo, co-starring with Ringo Starr and John Ritter. She also parodied the part in the 1975 and 1979 Bob Hope Christmas Specials for NBC. She would do the same years later on the 1987 Christmas episode of NBC's Saturday Night Live.)

The success of Dickinson's Police Woman resulted in a rash of female-starring series like Charlie's Angels, The Bionic Woman, Wonder Woman, and Cagney and Lacey during the 1970s and 1980s. In 1987, the Los Angeles Police Department awarded Dickinson an honorary Doctorate, which led her to quip, "Now you can call me 'Doctor Pepper.'"
The 1980s

After appearing in the TV mini-series Pearl (1978), Dickinson returned to the big screen in Brian De Palma's thriller Dressed to Kill (1980). The role earned her a 1981 Saturn Award for Best Actress. The film featured Dickinson in a 35-minute role early in the film which ends with her character's brutal murder in an elevator. Critics hailed her performance and today the film is viewed as a serious entry in the macabre genre, with her silent stalking through the maze of a New York City museum one of the film's stylistic highlights.

She had a less substantial role in Death Hunt (1981) with Charles Bronson, as well as Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen. Earlier that year, she had been the first choice to play 'Krystle Carrington' on the TV series Dynasty, but turned down the role (which went to Linda Evans). After nixing her own Johnny Carson-produced prospective sitcom, The Angie Dickinson Show, in 1980 after only two episodes had been shot because she didn't feel she was funny enough, the private eye series Cassie & Co. became the resultant, unsuccessful attempt at a TV comeback. She then starred in several TV movies such as, One Shoe Makes it Murder (1982), Jealousy (1984), A Touch of Scandal (1984), and Stillwatch (1987). She also appeared in the high-rated mini-series Hollywood Wives (1985), which was based on the novel by Jackie Collins.

On the big screen, she reprised her role as Wilma in Big Bad Mama II (1987), and completed the TV movie Kojak: Fatal Flaw, in which she was reunited with Telly Savalas. She co-starred with Willie Nelson and numerous old buddies in the 1988 TV western Once Upon a Texas Train.

Dickinson also hosted the December 12, 1987 Saturday Night Live Christmas installment, and satirized her Police Woman image.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/30/09 at 12:12 pm

The word of the day...Misty
1. Consisting of or marked by mist: a misty rain; a misty night.
2. Obscured or clouded by or as if by mist: far-off, misty mountains.
3.
1. Vague; hazy: a misty recollection of a dream.
2. Full of tender emotion; sentimental: a love story that left us feeling misty and sad.
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Play me for me!

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Written By: ninny on 09/30/09 at 3:14 pm

I liked the film Play Misty For Me. :)

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Written By: gibbo on 09/30/09 at 3:26 pm

During summer and other school vacations (whenever I didn't sleep in), I would watch Jane Pauley and Bryant Gumbel on the Today show in the 80s. :)

We actually got the American Today Show over here too .... I liked the Pauley/Gumble team....and I also liked Katie Couric too.

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Written By: gibbo on 09/30/09 at 3:27 pm

I liked the film Play Misty For Me. :)

Great film....Jessica Walters made a good crazy woman.....

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Written By: Howard on 09/30/09 at 4:40 pm

The word of the day...Misty
1. Consisting of or marked by mist: a misty rain; a misty night.
2. Obscured or clouded by or as if by mist: far-off, misty mountains.
3.
1. Vague; hazy: a misty recollection of a dream.
2. Full of tender emotion; sentimental: a love story that left us feeling misty and sad.
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Wow Ninny these pictures make great wallpaper thank you,I love them. :)

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Written By: Womble on 09/30/09 at 8:25 pm

Everytime I see a picture of Johnny Mathis I think of the scene from Close Encounters of the Third Kind when the little boy is abducted by the aliens. Mathis' song 'Misty' is playing during that scene.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/01/09 at 1:32 am

I liked the film Play Misty For Me. :)
I seen it in the cinema but never on television

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/01/09 at 1:33 am

Wow Ninny these pictures make great wallpaper thank you,I love them. :)
All this mist will cloud up my screen.

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Written By: ninny on 10/01/09 at 5:27 am

Wow Ninny these pictures make great wallpaper thank you,I love them. :)

Thanks :)

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Written By: ninny on 10/01/09 at 5:28 am

Everytime I see a picture of Johnny Mathis I think of the scene from Close Encounters of the Third Kind when the little boy is abducted by the aliens. Mathis' song 'Misty' is playing during that scene.

I forgot about that.

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Written By: ninny on 10/01/09 at 5:41 am

The word of the day...Prize
1. Something offered or won as an award for superiority or victory, as in a contest or competition.
2. Something worth striving for; a highly desirable possession.
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Written By: ninny on 10/01/09 at 5:45 am

The birthday of the day...Jimmy Carter
James Earl "Jimmy" Carter, Jr. (born October 1, 1924) served as the 39th President of the United States from 1977 to 1981 and was the recipient of the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize, the only U.S. President to have received the Prize after leaving office. Prior to becoming president, Carter served two terms in the Georgia Senate followed by the governorship of the state of Georgia, from 1971 to 1975, and was a peanut farmer and naval officer.

As president, Carter created two new cabinet-level departments: the Department of Energy and the Department of Education. He established a national energy policy that included conservation, price control, and new technology. In foreign affairs, Carter pursued the Camp David Accords, the Panama Canal Treaties and the second round of Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT II). Carter sought to put a stronger emphasis on human rights; he negotiated a peace treaty between Israel and Egypt in 1979. His return of the Panama Canal Zone to Panama was seen as a major concession of US influence in Latin America, and Carter came under heavy criticism for it. His term came during a period of persistent stagflation in a number of countries, including the United States, which significantly damaged his popularity. The final year of his presidential tenure was marked by several major crises, including the 1979 takeover of the American embassy in Iran and holding of hostages by Iranian students, an unsuccessful rescue attempt of the hostages, serious fuel shortages, and the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. By 1980, Carter's disapproval ratings were significantly higher than his approval, and he was challenged by Ted Kennedy for the Democratic Party nomination in the 1980 election. Carter defeated Kennedy for the nomination, but lost the election to Republican Ronald Reagan.

After leaving office, Carter and his wife Rosalynn founded The Carter Center in 1982 , a nongovernmental, not-for-profit organization that works to advance human rights. He has traveled extensively to conduct peace negotiations, observe elections, and advance disease prevention and eradication in developing nations. Carter is a key figure in the Habitat for Humanity project, and also remains particularly vocal on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. As of 2009, Carter is the second-oldest living former president, three months and 19 days younger than George H. W. Bush.
When he first left office, Carter's presidency was widely viewed as a failure. In historical rankings of US presidents, the Carter presidency has ranged from #19 to #34. Although Carter's presidency received mixed reviews from some historians, his all-around peace keeping and humanitarian efforts since he left office have led him to be widely renowned as one of the most successful ex-presidents in US history.

Although Carter has also received mixed reviews in both television and film documentaries, such as the Man from Plains (2007), the 2009 Documentary, Back Door Channels: The Price of Peace, credits Carter's efforts at Camp David, which brought peace between Israel and Egypt, with bringing the only meaningful peace to the Middle East. The film opened the 2009 Monte-Carlo Television Festival in an invitation-only royal screening on June 7, 2009 at the Grimaldi Forum in the presence of His Serene Highness Albert II, Prince of Monaco. The film has not yet shown in the United States, an indication of Carter's comparatively high popularity overseas versus at home in the U.S.

Jimmy Carter and Walter Mondale are the longest-living post-presidential team in American history. On December 11, 2006, they had been out of office for 25 years and 325 days, surpassing the former record established by President John Adams and Vice President Thomas Jefferson, who both died on July 4, 1826.

Jimmy Carter is one of only four presidents, and the only one in modern history, who did not have an opportunity to nominate a judge to serve on the Supreme Court.
Public image

The Independent reported, "Carter is widely considered a better man than he was a president." While he began his term with a 66% approval rating, this dropped to 34% approval by the time he left office, with 55% disapproving.

Much of this image in the public eye results from the Presidents proximate to him in history. In the wake of Nixon's Watergate Scandal, exit polls from the 1976 Presidential election suggested that many still held Gerald Ford's pardon of Nixon against him, and Carter by comparison seemed a sincere, honest, and well-meaning Southerner.

Carter's administration suffered from inexperience in politics: Carter paid too much attention to detail, was quick to retreat under fire, seemed indecisive, and did not define his priorities clearly. He seemed uninterested in working with other groups, or even with Congress controlled by his own party, which he denounced for being controlled by special interest groups. Though he made efforts to address many of these issues in 1978, the approval he won from his reforms did not last long.

When Carter ran for reelection, Ronald Reagan's nonchalant self-confidence contrasted to Carter's serious and introspective temperament. Carter's personal attention to detail, seeming indecisiveness and weakness with people was also accentuated by Reagan's charm and easy delegation of tasks to subordinates. Ultimately, the combination of the economic problems, Iran hostage crisis, and lack of Washington cooperation made it easy for Reagan to portray him as an ineffectual leader.

Since leaving office, Carter's reputation has much improved. Carter's presidential approval rating, which sat at 31% just prior to the 1980 election, was polled in early 2009 at 64%. Carter's continued post-Presidency activities have also been favorably received. Carter explains that a great deal of this change was owed to Reagan's successor, George H. W. Bush, who actively sought him out and was far more courteous and interested in his advice than Reagan had been.
Carter Center
Jimmy Carter (far right) in 1991 with President George H. W. Bush and former Presidents Gerald Ford, Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan at the dedication of the Reagan Presidential Library
President of the United States of America, George W. Bush invited former Presidents George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, Jimmy Carter (far right) and then-President Elect Barack Obama for a meeting and lunch at The White House. Photo taken Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2009 in the Oval Office at The White House.

As President, Carter expressed a goal of making government "competent and compassionate". In pursuit of that vision, he has been involved in a variety of national and international public policy, conflict resolution, human rights and charitable causes.

In 1982, he established The Carter Center in Atlanta, Georgia, to advance human rights and alleviate unnecessary human suffering. The non-profit, nongovernmental Center promotes democracy, mediates and prevents conflicts, and monitors the electoral process in support of free and fair elections. It also works to improve global health through the control and eradication of diseases such as Guinea worm disease, river blindness, malaria, trachoma, lymphatic filariasis, and schistosomiasis. It also works to diminish the stigma against mental illnesses and improve nutrition through increased crop production in Africa. A major accomplishment of The Carter Center has been the elimination of more than 99% of cases of Guinea worm disease, a debilitating parasite that has existed since ancient times, from an estimated 3.5 million cases in 1986 to fewer than 10,000 cases in 2007. The Carter Center has monitored 70 elections in 28 countries since 1989. It has worked to resolve conflicts in Haiti, Bosnia, Ethiopia, North Korea, Sudan and other countries. Carter and the Center actively support human rights defenders around the world and have intervened with heads of state on their behalf.
Nobel Peace Prize

In 2002, President Carter received the Nobel Peace Prize for his work "to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights, and to promote economic and social development" through The Carter Center. Unlike presidents Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson that were sitting presidents at the time, Carter is the only ex-president to have been awarded the Prize. Carter is, along with Martin Luther King, Jr., one of only two native Georgians to be so honored.
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Written By: ninny on 10/01/09 at 5:46 am

The co-birthday of the day...Julie Andrews
Dame Julie Elizabeth Andrews, DBE (born Julia Elizabeth Wells; 1 October 1935) is a British film and stage actress, singer, and author. She is the recipient of Golden Globe, Emmy, Grammy, BAFTA, People's Choice Award, Theatre World Award, Screen Actors Guild and Academy Award honours. Andrews was a former British child actress and singer who made her Broadway debut in 1954 with The Boy Friend, and rose to prominence starring in other musicals such as My Fair Lady and Camelot, and in musical films such as Mary Poppins (1964) and The Sound of Music (1965): the roles for which she is still best-known. Her voice spanned four Octaves until it was damaged by a throat operation in 1998.

Andrews had a major revival of her film career in the 2000s, in family films such as The Princess Diaries (2001), its sequel The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (2004), and the Shrek animated films (2004–2007). In 2003 Andrews revisited her first Broadway success, this time as a stage director, with a revival of The Boy Friend at the Bay Street Theatre, Sag Harbor, New York (and later at the Goodspeed Opera House, in East Haddam, Connecticut in 2005).

Andrews is also an author of children's books, and in 2008 she published an autobiography, Home: A Memoir of My Early Years.
On 30 September 1954, on the eve of her 19th birthday, Andrews made her Broadway debut portraying "Polly Browne" in the already highly successful London musical The Boy Friend. To the critics, Andrews was the stand-out performer in the show. In November 1955, Andrews was signed to appear with Bing Crosby in what is regarded as the first made-for-television movie, High Tor.

Andrews auditioned for a part in the Richard Rodgers musical Pipe Dream. Although Rodgers wanted her for Pipe Dream, he advised her to take the part in the Frederick Loewe and Alan Jay Lerner musical My Fair Lady if it was offered to her. In 1956, she appeared in My Fair Lady as Eliza Doolittle to Rex Harrison's Henry Higgins. Rodgers was so impressed with Andrews' talent that, concurrent with her run in My Fair Lady, she was featured in the Rodgers and Hammerstein television musical, Cinderella. Cinderella was broadcast live on CBS on 31 March 1957, under the musical direction of Alfredo Antonini and attracted an estimated 107 million viewers.

Andrews married the set designer Tony Walton on 10 May 1959 in Weybridge, Surrey. They had first met in 1948 when Andrews was appearing at the London Casino in the show Humpty Dumpty. The couple filed for a divorce on November 14, 1967.

Between 1958 and 1962, she appeared on such specials as CBS-TV's The Fabulous Fifties and NBC-TV's The Broadway of Lerner & Loewe. In addition to guest starring on The Ed Sullivan Show, she also appeared on The Dinah Shore Chevy Show, What's My Line?, The Jack Benny Program, The Bell Telephone Hour, and The Garry Moore Show. In June, 1962, Andrews co-starred in a CBS special with Carol Burnett which was taped at Carnegie Hall in New York.

In 1960, Lerner and Loewe again cast her in a period musical, as Queen Guinevere in Camelot, with Richard Burton and newcomer Robert Goulet. Meanwhile, movie studio head Jack Warner decided Andrews lacked sufficient name recognition for her casting in the film version of My Fair Lady; Eliza was played by the established film actress Audrey Hepburn instead. As Warner later recalled, the decision was easy. "In my business I have to know who brings people and their money to a movie theatre box office. Audrey Hepburn had never made a financial flop."
1963–1967: Career peak
The handprints of Julie Andrews in front of Grauman's Chinese Theatre.

Andrews played the title role in Disney's Mary Poppins. Walt Disney had seen a performance of Camelot and thought Andrews would be perfect for the role of a British nanny who is "practically perfect in every way!" Andrews initially declined due to pregnancy, but Disney politely insisted, saying, "We'll wait for you" (confirmed by 40th anniversary Mary Poppins DVD Walt Disney Pictures 2004). Andrews and her husband headed back to the United Kingdom in September 1962 to await the birth of daughter Emma Katherine Walton, who was born in London two months later. Andrews and family returned to America in 1963 and began the film.

As a result of her performance in Mary Poppins, Andrews won the 1964 Academy Award for Best Actress and the 1965 Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. She and her Mary Poppins co-stars also won the 1965 Grammy Award for Best Album for Children. As a measure of "sweet revenge," as Poppins songwriter Richard M. Sherman put it, Andrews closed her acceptance speech at the Golden Globes by saying, "And, finally, my thanks to a man who made a wonderful movie, and who made all this possible in the first place, Mr. Jack Warner."

In 1964, she appeared opposite James Garner in The Americanization of Emily (1964), which she has described as her favourite film. In 1966, Andrews won her second Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy and was nominated for the 1965 Academy Award for Best Actress for her role as Maria von Trapp in The Sound of Music.

After completing The Sound Of Music, Andrews appeared as a guest star on the NBC-TV variety series The Andy Williams Show, which gained her an Emmy nomination. She followed this television appearance with an Emmy Award-winning color special, The Julie Andrews Show, which featured Gene Kelly and The New Christy Minstrels as guests. It aired on NBC-TV in November 1965.

In 1966, Andrews starred with Paul Newman in the Hitchcock thriller Torn Curtain. By the end of 1967, Andrews had appeared in the television special, Cinderella; the biggest Broadway musical of its time, My Fair Lady; the largest-selling long-playing album, the original cast recording of My Fair Lady; the biggest hit in Disney's history, Mary Poppins; the highest grossing movie of 1966, Hawaii ; the biggest and second biggest hits in Universal's history, Thoroughly Modern Millie and Torn Curtain; and the biggest hit in 20th Century Fox's history and the most successful film of all time, The Sound of Music
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Written By: Howard on 10/01/09 at 5:55 am

The birthday of the day...Jimmy Carter
James Earl "Jimmy" Carter, Jr. (born October 1, 1924) served as the 39th President of the United States from 1977 to 1981 and was the recipient of the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize, the only U.S. President to have received the Prize after leaving office. Prior to becoming president, Carter served two terms in the Georgia Senate followed by the governorship of the state of Georgia, from 1971 to 1975, and was a peanut farmer and naval officer.

As president, Carter created two new cabinet-level departments: the Department of Energy and the Department of Education. He established a national energy policy that included conservation, price control, and new technology. In foreign affairs, Carter pursued the Camp David Accords, the Panama Canal Treaties and the second round of Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT II). Carter sought to put a stronger emphasis on human rights; he negotiated a peace treaty between Israel and Egypt in 1979. His return of the Panama Canal Zone to Panama was seen as a major concession of US influence in Latin America, and Carter came under heavy criticism for it. His term came during a period of persistent stagflation in a number of countries, including the United States, which significantly damaged his popularity. The final year of his presidential tenure was marked by several major crises, including the 1979 takeover of the American embassy in Iran and holding of hostages by Iranian students, an unsuccessful rescue attempt of the hostages, serious fuel shortages, and the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. By 1980, Carter's disapproval ratings were significantly higher than his approval, and he was challenged by Ted Kennedy for the Democratic Party nomination in the 1980 election. Carter defeated Kennedy for the nomination, but lost the election to Republican Ronald Reagan.

After leaving office, Carter and his wife Rosalynn founded The Carter Center in 1982 , a nongovernmental, not-for-profit organization that works to advance human rights. He has traveled extensively to conduct peace negotiations, observe elections, and advance disease prevention and eradication in developing nations. Carter is a key figure in the Habitat for Humanity project, and also remains particularly vocal on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. As of 2009, Carter is the second-oldest living former president, three months and 19 days younger than George H. W. Bush.
When he first left office, Carter's presidency was widely viewed as a failure. In historical rankings of US presidents, the Carter presidency has ranged from #19 to #34. Although Carter's presidency received mixed reviews from some historians, his all-around peace keeping and humanitarian efforts since he left office have led him to be widely renowned as one of the most successful ex-presidents in US history.

Although Carter has also received mixed reviews in both television and film documentaries, such as the Man from Plains (2007), the 2009 Documentary, Back Door Channels: The Price of Peace, credits Carter's efforts at Camp David, which brought peace between Israel and Egypt, with bringing the only meaningful peace to the Middle East. The film opened the 2009 Monte-Carlo Television Festival in an invitation-only royal screening on June 7, 2009 at the Grimaldi Forum in the presence of His Serene Highness Albert II, Prince of Monaco. The film has not yet shown in the United States, an indication of Carter's comparatively high popularity overseas versus at home in the U.S.

Jimmy Carter and Walter Mondale are the longest-living post-presidential team in American history. On December 11, 2006, they had been out of office for 25 years and 325 days, surpassing the former record established by President John Adams and Vice President Thomas Jefferson, who both died on July 4, 1826.

Jimmy Carter is one of only four presidents, and the only one in modern history, who did not have an opportunity to nominate a judge to serve on the Supreme Court.
Public image

The Independent reported, "Carter is widely considered a better man than he was a president." While he began his term with a 66% approval rating, this dropped to 34% approval by the time he left office, with 55% disapproving.

Much of this image in the public eye results from the Presidents proximate to him in history. In the wake of Nixon's Watergate Scandal, exit polls from the 1976 Presidential election suggested that many still held Gerald Ford's pardon of Nixon against him, and Carter by comparison seemed a sincere, honest, and well-meaning Southerner.

Carter's administration suffered from inexperience in politics: Carter paid too much attention to detail, was quick to retreat under fire, seemed indecisive, and did not define his priorities clearly. He seemed uninterested in working with other groups, or even with Congress controlled by his own party, which he denounced for being controlled by special interest groups. Though he made efforts to address many of these issues in 1978, the approval he won from his reforms did not last long.

When Carter ran for reelection, Ronald Reagan's nonchalant self-confidence contrasted to Carter's serious and introspective temperament. Carter's personal attention to detail, seeming indecisiveness and weakness with people was also accentuated by Reagan's charm and easy delegation of tasks to subordinates. Ultimately, the combination of the economic problems, Iran hostage crisis, and lack of Washington cooperation made it easy for Reagan to portray him as an ineffectual leader.

Since leaving office, Carter's reputation has much improved. Carter's presidential approval rating, which sat at 31% just prior to the 1980 election, was polled in early 2009 at 64%. Carter's continued post-Presidency activities have also been favorably received. Carter explains that a great deal of this change was owed to Reagan's successor, George H. W. Bush, who actively sought him out and was far more courteous and interested in his advice than Reagan had been.
Carter Center
Jimmy Carter (far right) in 1991 with President George H. W. Bush and former Presidents Gerald Ford, Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan at the dedication of the Reagan Presidential Library
President of the United States of America, George W. Bush invited former Presidents George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, Jimmy Carter (far right) and then-President Elect Barack Obama for a meeting and lunch at The White House. Photo taken Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2009 in the Oval Office at The White House.

As President, Carter expressed a goal of making government "competent and compassionate". In pursuit of that vision, he has been involved in a variety of national and international public policy, conflict resolution, human rights and charitable causes.

In 1982, he established The Carter Center in Atlanta, Georgia, to advance human rights and alleviate unnecessary human suffering. The non-profit, nongovernmental Center promotes democracy, mediates and prevents conflicts, and monitors the electoral process in support of free and fair elections. It also works to improve global health through the control and eradication of diseases such as Guinea worm disease, river blindness, malaria, trachoma, lymphatic filariasis, and schistosomiasis. It also works to diminish the stigma against mental illnesses and improve nutrition through increased crop production in Africa. A major accomplishment of The Carter Center has been the elimination of more than 99% of cases of Guinea worm disease, a debilitating parasite that has existed since ancient times, from an estimated 3.5 million cases in 1986 to fewer than 10,000 cases in 2007. The Carter Center has monitored 70 elections in 28 countries since 1989. It has worked to resolve conflicts in Haiti, Bosnia, Ethiopia, North Korea, Sudan and other countries. Carter and the Center actively support human rights defenders around the world and have intervened with heads of state on their behalf.
Nobel Peace Prize

In 2002, President Carter received the Nobel Peace Prize for his work "to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights, and to promote economic and social development" through The Carter Center. Unlike presidents Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson that were sitting presidents at the time, Carter is the only ex-president to have been awarded the Prize. Carter is, along with Martin Luther King, Jr., one of only two native Georgians to be so honored.
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Jimmy Carter was in the news recently. ???

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Written By: CatwomanofV on 10/01/09 at 11:40 am

Both people of the day are WONDERFUL!!!!

Cat

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Written By: ninny on 10/01/09 at 12:34 pm

Both people of the day are WONDERFUL!!!!

Cat

I think so. Jimmy Carter may not have been a great president, but has done wonderous things since leaving office. I've always liked Julie Andrews since I was young.

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Written By: Frank on 10/01/09 at 1:06 pm

I think so. Jimmy Carter may not have been a great president, but has done wonderous things since leaving office. I've always liked Julie Andrews since I was young.

I like Jimmy Carter. He has done wonderful things. One of the very few North American leaders I actually respect.

Julie Andrews...fabulous. Mary Poppins, The Sound of music. Wondeful films. She has a great voice.

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Written By: CatwomanofV on 10/01/09 at 1:09 pm

I think so. Jimmy Carter may not have been a great president, but has done wonderous things since leaving office. I've always liked Julie Andrews since I was young.

I was not a Dem when JC was pres. (I'm not a Dem now actually-but I tend to vote for them). In fact, I didn't really like him at that time. However, what made me see him in a different light was seeing him with a hammer and building houses for Habitat for Humanity. I was VERY impressed. I think he is very deserving of his Peace Prize.

As for Julie, when I was a kid, we had an album called "Julie & Carol at Carnegie Hall" with Julie Andrews & Carol Burnett. (Here is one of the funny acts from that http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7B7LZkJtFo A parody of the Sound of Music- there are more you can check them out) We would put the record on and act it out. My sister was Julie & I was Carol. :D ;D ;D ;D It is a shame that she can't sing anymore. I think it was because of a medical procedure that had gone wrong.

Cat

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/01/09 at 1:35 pm

Jimmy Carter was in the news recently. ???
He did attend the funeral service for Teddy Kennedy.

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Written By: Howard on 10/01/09 at 3:19 pm

The word of the day...Prize
1. Something offered or won as an award for superiority or victory, as in a contest or competition.
2. Something worth striving for; a highly desirable possession.
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Written By: coqueta83 on 10/01/09 at 7:27 pm

I like Jimmy Carter. He has done wonderful things. One of the very few North American leaders I actually respect.

I like Jimmy Carter too...it's always great to see him do so many great things after all these years. Plus, he was President when I was born. :)

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Written By: Womble on 10/01/09 at 8:09 pm

very nice, Ninny.

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Written By: nally on 10/01/09 at 10:43 pm

I like Jimmy Carter too...it's always great to see him do so many great things after all these years. Plus, he was President when I was born. :)

He was President when I was born too! 8)

But I was only 6 months old when he left office... :-\\

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Written By: ninny on 10/02/09 at 4:51 am

very nice, Ninny.

Thanks :)

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Written By: ninny on 10/02/09 at 5:00 am

The word of the day...Cage
# A structure for confining birds or animals, enclosed on at least one side by a grating of wires or bars that lets in air and light.
# A barred room or fenced enclosure for confining prisoners.
# An enclosing openwork structure: placed a protective cage over the sapling; a bank teller's cage.
# A skeletal support, as for a building; a framework.
# An elevator car.
#

1. Baseball. A large wire screen placed behind home plate to stop balls in batting practice.
2. Sports. A goal, as in hockey or soccer, made of a net attached to a frame
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Written By: ninny on 10/02/09 at 5:04 am

The birthday of the day...Sting
Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner, CBE (born 2 October 1951), widely known by his stage name Sting, is an English musician and actor from Wallsend in North Tyneside. Prior to starting his solo career, he was the principal songwriter, lead singer and bassist of the rock music band The Police. As a solo musician and member of The Police, Sting has received sixteen Grammy Awards for his work, receiving his first Grammy for Best Rock Instrumental Performance in 1981, and receiving an Oscar nomination for best song. Sting was an influential songwiter during the 1980s and he has sold over 100 million albums worldwide. He is an outspoken advocate against rainforest destruction and for environmental protection. He is a member of both the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
His 1991 album The Soul Cages was dedicated to his recently deceased father and included the Top 10 song "All this Time", which reached #5 on the U.S. Pop chart, and the Grammy-winning "Soul Cages". The album eventually went Platinum. The following year, he married Trudie Styler and was awarded an honorary doctorate degree in music from Northumbria University. In 1991, Sting appeared on "Two Rooms: Celebrating the Songs of Elton John & Bernie Taupin ", an album dedicated to the singer/songwriter duo. Sting performed "Come Down in Time", for the album which also features other popular artists and their renditions of John/Taupin Songs. The album was released on 22 October 1991 by Polydor. In 1993, he released the album Ten Summoner's Tales, which went Triple Platinum in just over a year. Ten Summoner's Tales was nominated for the Mercury Prize in 1993 and nominated for the Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 1994. The title is wordplay on his surname, Sumner and The Summoner's Tale, one of The Canterbury Tales. The single, "Fields of Gold" had moderate success on radio airways. Concurrent video albums were released to support Soul Cages (a live concert) and Ten Summoner's Tales (recorded during the recording sessions for the album).

In May 1993, he released a cover of his own classic Police song from the Ghost in the Machine album, "Demolition Man" for the Demolition Man film. Together with Bryan Adams,Rod Stewart and Sting performed the chart-topping song "All For Love" for the film The Three Musketeers. The song stayed at the top of the U.S. charts for five weeks and went Platinum; it is to date Sting's only song from his post-Police career to top the U.S. charts. In February, he won two more Grammy Awards and was nominated for three more. The Berklee College of Music gave him his second honorary doctorate of music degree in May. In November, he released a greatest hits compilation called Fields of Gold: The Best of Sting, which eventually was certified Double Platinum. That same year, he was featured in a duet with Vanessa Williams on the song "Sister Moon," which appeared on her album The Sweetest Days.

His 1996 album, Mercury Falling debuted strongly with the single "Let Your Soul Be Your Pilot", but it dropped quickly on the charts. He reached the Top 40 with two singles the same year with "You Still Touch Me" (June) and "I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying" (December) (which became a country music hit the next year in a version recorded with American country singer Toby Keith). During this period, Sting was also recording music for the upcoming Disney film Kingdom of the Sun, which went on to be reworked into The Emperor's New Groove. The film went through drastic overhauls and plot changes, many of which were documented by Sting's wife, Trudie Styler. She captured the moment he was called by Disney who then informed him that his songs would not be used in the final film. The story was put into a final product: The Sweatbox, which premiered at the Toronto Film Festival. Disney currently holds the rights to the film and will not grant its release. That same year Sting also released a little-known CD-ROM called All This Time, which provided music, commentary and custom computer features describing Sting and his music from his perspective.

Also in 1996, he provided some vocals for the Tina Turner single "On Silent Wings" as a part of her Wildest Dreams album. Sting has also cooperated with Greek popular singer George Dalaras, giving a common concert in Athens. "Moonlight", a rare jazz performance by Sting for the 1995 remake of Sabrina, written by Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman and John Williams, was nominated for a 1997 Grammy Award for Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or Television.
2000s
Sting live in Budapest, 2000

The Emperor's New Groove soundtrack was released with complete songs from the previous version of the film, which included Rascal Flatts and Shawn Colvin. This is seen by many as a move on Disney's part to soothe the relationship with Sting and to keep open the door for future projects. The final single used to promote the film was "My Funny Friend and Me". Sting's September 1999 album Brand New Day included the Top 40 hits "Brand New Day" and "Desert Rose". The album went Triple Platinum by January 2001. In 2000, he won Grammy Awards for Brand New Day and the song of the same name. At the awards ceremony, he performed "Desert Rose" with his collaborator on the album version, Cheb Mami. For his performance, the Arab-American Institute Foundation gave him the Khalil Gibran Spirit of Humanity Award. However, Sting was criticized for appearing in a Jaguar advertisement using "Desert Rose" as its backing track, particularly as he was a notable environmentalist.

In February 2001 he won another Grammy for his rendition of "She Walks This Earth (Soberana Rosa)" on A Love Affair: The Music Of Ivan Lins. His song "After The Rain Has Fallen" made it into the Top 40. His next project was to record a live album at his Tuscan villa, which was to be released as a CD and DVD, as well as being simulcast in its entirety on the internet. The CD and DVD were to be entitled On such a night and was intended to feature re-workings of Sting favourites such as "Roxanne" and "If You Love Somebody Set Them Free." The concert, scheduled for 11 September 2001, was altered in various ways due to the terrorist attacks in America that day. The webcast was shut down after one song (a reworked version of "Fragile"), after which Sting let it be up to the audience whether or not to continue with the show. Eventually they decided to go through with the concert, and the resultant album and DVD was released in November under a different title, ...All This Time. Both are dedicated "to all those who lost their lives on that day". He performed a special arrangement of "Fragile" with Yo-Yo Ma and the Mormon Tabernacle Choir during the opening ceremonies of the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah.

In 2002 he won a Golden Globe Award for the song "Until..." from the film Kate and Leopold. Written and performed by him, "Until..." was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Song. In June he was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. In the summer, Sting was awarded the honour of Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE). In 2003 he released Sacred Love, a studio album featuring collaborations with hip-hop artist Mary J. Blige and sitar maestro Anoushka Shankar. He and Blige won a Grammy for their duet, "Whenever I Say Your Name". The song is based on Johann Sebastian Bach’s Praeambulum 1 C-Major (BWV 924) from the Klavierbuechlein fuer Wilhelm Friedemann Bach , though Sting hardly gave commented this adaption . The album did not have the hit singles like his previous releases. The first single, "Send Your Love" reached only #30 and reviews were mixed. However, the album did reach platinum status by January 2004.
Sting with The Police at Madison Square Garden, August 2007

His autobiography Broken Music was published in October. He embarked on a Sacred Love tour in 2004 with performances by Annie Lennox. Sting went on the Broken Music tour, touring smaller venues, with a four piece band starting in Los Angeles on 28 March 2005 and ending this "College Tour" on 14 May 2005. Sting appears as a guest on the 2005 Monkey Business CD by American hip-hop group The Black Eyed Peas, adding vocals to the track "Union" which makes heavy use of samples from his Englishman in New York. Continuing with his involvement in Live Aid, he appeared at Live 8 in July 2005. During 2006, Sting collaborated with Roberto Livi in producing a Spanish language version of his cult classic "Fragile" entitled "Fragilidad" on the album Rhythms Del Mundo by Latino recording legends "The Buena Vista Sound" (previously known as the Buena Vista Social Club) available via www.apeuk.org.
Sting with The Police at Madison Square Garden, New York, 1 August 2007 (photo Lionel Urman)

In October 2006, he released an album, to mixed reviews, entitled Songs from the Labyrinth featuring the music of John Dowland (an Elizabethan-era composer) and accompaniment from Bosnian lute player Edin Karamazov. As a part of the promotion of this album, he appeared on the fifth episode of Studio 60 during which he performed a segment of Dowland's "Come Again" as well as his own "Fields of Gold" in the arrangement for voice and two archlutes. Reports surfaced in early 2007 that Sting would reunite with his former Police band mates for a 30th anniversary tour. These rumours were confirmed by posts on the popular fanzine Stingus and on various other news websites such as De Standaard, Yahoo! etc. In May 2007, Deutsche Grammophon releases the opera Welcome to the Voice (composer Steve Nieve), with Sting portraying the main character, Dyonisos.

On 11 February 2007, he reunited with the other members of the Police as the introductory act for the 2007 Grammy Awards, singing "Roxanne", and subsequently announced The Police Reunion Tour, the first concert of which was held in Vancouver on 28 May in front of 22,000 fans at one of two nearly sold-out concerts. The Police toured for more than a year, beginning with North America and eventually crossing over to Europe, South America, Australia & New Zealand and Japan. The last concert was at Madison Square Garden on 7 August 2008, during which his three daughters appeared with him onstage. In 2007 he recorded a song called "Power's Out" with Nicole Scherzinger (lead singer of the Pussycat Dolls) the song is featured on her debut album Her Name Is Nicole which she was prepared to release in the beginning of 2008. On 1 February 2008, "Power's Out" was added on Nicole's official website and now "Power's Out" will be the official second single off Her Name Is Nicole.

He is featured as a playable character in the video game Guitar Hero World Tour."Brand New Day" was the final song of the night for the Neighborhood Ball, one of ten inaugural balls honouring President Barack Obama on Inauguration Day, 20 January 2009. Sting was joined by Stevie Wonder on harmonica. According to an article posted on his official website, Sting entered the studio in early February 2009 to begin work on a new album "If On A Winter's Night..." that is set to release October 26, 2009.
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Written By: ninny on 10/02/09 at 5:07 am

The co-birthday of the day...Don McLean

Donald McLean, Jr. (born October 2, 1945, New Rochelle, New York) is an American singer-songwriter. He is most famous for his 1971 album American Pie, containing the renowned songs "American Pie" and "Vincent".

The McLean clan traces its roots to the Isle of Mull in the Scottish Hebrides. Both Don's grandfather and father were also named Donald McLean. The Buccis, the family of McLean's mother, Elizabeth, came from Abruzzi in central Italy. They left Italy and settled in Port Chester, New York at the end of the 19th century. He has other extended family in Los Angeles and Boston.
McLean recorded his first album, Tapestry, in 1969 in Berkeley, California during the student riots. After being rejected by 34 labels, the album was released by Mediarts and attracted good reviews but little notice outside the folk community.

McLean's major break came when Mediarts was taken over by United Artists Records thus securing for his second album, American Pie, the promotion of a major label. The album spawned two No. 1 hits in the title song and "Vincent." American Pie's success made McLean an international star and renewed interest in his first album, which charted more than two years after its initial release.
American Pie
Main article: American Pie

Don McLean's most famous composition, "American Pie", is a sprawling, impressionistic ballad inspired partly by the deaths of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J. P. Richardson (The Big Bopper) in a plane crash in 1959. The song would popularize the expression "The Day the Music Died" in reference to this event. McLean has stated that the lyrics are also somewhat autobiographical and present an abstract story of his life from the mid-1950s until the time he wrote the song in the late 1960s.

The song was recorded on 26 May 1971 and a month later received its first radio airplay on New York’s WNEW-FM and WPLJ-FM to mark the closing of The Fillmore East, a famous New York concert hall. "American Pie" reached number one on the U.S. Billboard magazine charts for four weeks in 1972, and remains McLean's most successful single release. The single also topped the Billboard Easy Listening survey. It is also the longest song to reach No. 1 with a running time of 8:36. Some stations played only part one of the original split-sided single release.

29 years later, pop singer Madonna released a truncated dance-pop cover version of the song. In response, Don McLean said: "I have received many gifts from God but this is the first time I have ever received a gift from a goddess."

In 2001 "American Pie" was voted No. 5 in a poll of the 365 Songs of the Century compiled by the Recording Industry Association of America and the National Endowment for the Arts.

The top five were: "Over the Rainbow" by Judy Garland, "White Christmas" by Bing Crosby, "This Land Is Your Land" by Woody Guthrie, "Respect" by Aretha Franklin and "American Pie".
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Written By: ninny on 10/02/09 at 5:10 am

The flower for Friday...Stephanotis
Any of various woody climbing plants of the genus Stephanotis, especially S. floribunda of Madagascar, cultivated for its showy fragrant white flowers.
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Written By: Howard on 10/02/09 at 5:56 am

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I'd love to be in a cage with her. ;) ;D

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Written By: ninny on 10/02/09 at 6:35 am

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I'd love to be in a cage with her. ;) ;D

LOL Typical Howie :)

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Written By: gibbo on 10/02/09 at 7:10 am

Don McLean - one of the greatest singer songwriters of all time....

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Written By: ninny on 10/02/09 at 8:01 am

Don McLean - one of the greatest singer songwriters of all time....

I cry every time I hear Vincent.

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Written By: gibbo on 10/02/09 at 8:17 am

I cry every time I hear Vincent.

He certainly sings with feeling.... :)

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Written By: Howard on 10/02/09 at 3:31 pm

LOL Typical Howie :)

Well,what else is new. ;D ;)

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Written By: Reynolds1863 on 10/02/09 at 5:30 pm

One of my friends spent 2 hours listening to the song American Pie (over and over and over and over . . . ) so he could figure out the meaning of every line in the song. Vincent, Vincent Van Gough would have loved his tribute I think. :)

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Written By: Womble on 10/02/09 at 6:39 pm

Very nice, Ninny. Thank you. :)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 10/02/09 at 7:20 pm

One of my friends spent 2 hours listening to the song American Pie (over and over and over and over . . . ) so he could figure out the meaning of every line in the song. Vincent, Vincent Van Gough would have loved his tribute I think. :)

He must of really liked the song...Vincent is a great song.

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Written By: ninny on 10/02/09 at 7:21 pm

Very nice, Ninny. Thank you. :)

your Welcome, I enjoy it. :)

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Written By: coqueta83 on 10/02/09 at 7:24 pm

Don McLean and Sting....two great artists. :)

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Written By: Frank on 10/03/09 at 12:28 am

The birthday of the day...Sting
Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner, CBE (born 2 October 1951), widely known by his stage name Sting, is an English musician and actor from Wallsend in North Tyneside. Prior to starting his solo career, he was the principal songwriter, lead singer and bassist of the rock music band The Police. As a solo musician and member of The Police, Sting has received sixteen Grammy Awards for his work, receiving his first Grammy for Best Rock Instrumental Performance in 1981, and receiving an Oscar nomination for best song. Sting was an influential songwiter during the 1980s and he has sold over 100 million albums worldwide. He is an outspoken advocate against rainforest destruction and for environmental protection. He is a member of both the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
His 1991 album The Soul Cages was dedicated to his recently deceased father and included the Top 10 song "All this Time", which reached #5 on the U.S. Pop chart, and the Grammy-winning "Soul Cages". The album eventually went Platinum. The following year, he married Trudie Styler and was awarded an honorary doctorate degree in music from Northumbria University. In 1991, Sting appeared on "Two Rooms: Celebrating the Songs of Elton John & Bernie Taupin ", an album dedicated to the singer/songwriter duo. Sting performed "Come Down in Time", for the album which also features other popular artists and their renditions of John/Taupin Songs. The album was released on 22 October 1991 by Polydor. In 1993, he released the album Ten Summoner's Tales, which went Triple Platinum in just over a year. Ten Summoner's Tales was nominated for the Mercury Prize in 1993 and nominated for the Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 1994. The title is wordplay on his surname, Sumner and The Summoner's Tale, one of The Canterbury Tales. The single, "Fields of Gold" had moderate success on radio airways. Concurrent video albums were released to support Soul Cages (a live concert) and Ten Summoner's Tales (recorded during the recording sessions for the album).

In May 1993, he released a cover of his own classic Police song from the Ghost in the Machine album, "Demolition Man" for the Demolition Man film. Together with Bryan Adams,Rod Stewart and Sting performed the chart-topping song "All For Love" for the film The Three Musketeers. The song stayed at the top of the U.S. charts for five weeks and went Platinum; it is to date Sting's only song from his post-Police career to top the U.S. charts. In February, he won two more Grammy Awards and was nominated for three more. The Berklee College of Music gave him his second honorary doctorate of music degree in May. In November, he released a greatest hits compilation called Fields of Gold: The Best of Sting, which eventually was certified Double Platinum. That same year, he was featured in a duet with Vanessa Williams on the song "Sister Moon," which appeared on her album The Sweetest Days.

His 1996 album, Mercury Falling debuted strongly with the single "Let Your Soul Be Your Pilot", but it dropped quickly on the charts. He reached the Top 40 with two singles the same year with "You Still Touch Me" (June) and "I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying" (December) (which became a country music hit the next year in a version recorded with American country singer Toby Keith). During this period, Sting was also recording music for the upcoming Disney film Kingdom of the Sun, which went on to be reworked into The Emperor's New Groove. The film went through drastic overhauls and plot changes, many of which were documented by Sting's wife, Trudie Styler. She captured the moment he was called by Disney who then informed him that his songs would not be used in the final film. The story was put into a final product: The Sweatbox, which premiered at the Toronto Film Festival. Disney currently holds the rights to the film and will not grant its release. That same year Sting also released a little-known CD-ROM called All This Time, which provided music, commentary and custom computer features describing Sting and his music from his perspective.

Also in 1996, he provided some vocals for the Tina Turner single "On Silent Wings" as a part of her Wildest Dreams album. Sting has also cooperated with Greek popular singer George Dalaras, giving a common concert in Athens. "Moonlight", a rare jazz performance by Sting for the 1995 remake of Sabrina, written by Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman and John Williams, was nominated for a 1997 Grammy Award for Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or Television.
2000s
Sting live in Budapest, 2000

The Emperor's New Groove soundtrack was released with complete songs from the previous version of the film, which included Rascal Flatts and Shawn Colvin. This is seen by many as a move on Disney's part to soothe the relationship with Sting and to keep open the door for future projects. The final single used to promote the film was "My Funny Friend and Me". Sting's September 1999 album Brand New Day included the Top 40 hits "Brand New Day" and "Desert Rose". The album went Triple Platinum by January 2001. In 2000, he won Grammy Awards for Brand New Day and the song of the same name. At the awards ceremony, he performed "Desert Rose" with his collaborator on the album version, Cheb Mami. For his performance, the Arab-American Institute Foundation gave him the Khalil Gibran Spirit of Humanity Award. However, Sting was criticized for appearing in a Jaguar advertisement using "Desert Rose" as its backing track, particularly as he was a notable environmentalist.

In February 2001 he won another Grammy for his rendition of "She Walks This Earth (Soberana Rosa)" on A Love Affair: The Music Of Ivan Lins. His song "After The Rain Has Fallen" made it into the Top 40. His next project was to record a live album at his Tuscan villa, which was to be released as a CD and DVD, as well as being simulcast in its entirety on the internet. The CD and DVD were to be entitled On such a night and was intended to feature re-workings of Sting favourites such as "Roxanne" and "If You Love Somebody Set Them Free." The concert, scheduled for 11 September 2001, was altered in various ways due to the terrorist attacks in America that day. The webcast was shut down after one song (a reworked version of "Fragile"), after which Sting let it be up to the audience whether or not to continue with the show. Eventually they decided to go through with the concert, and the resultant album and DVD was released in November under a different title, ...All This Time. Both are dedicated "to all those who lost their lives on that day". He performed a special arrangement of "Fragile" with Yo-Yo Ma and the Mormon Tabernacle Choir during the opening ceremonies of the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah.

In 2002 he won a Golden Globe Award for the song "Until..." from the film Kate and Leopold. Written and performed by him, "Until..." was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Song. In June he was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. In the summer, Sting was awarded the honour of Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE). In 2003 he released Sacred Love, a studio album featuring collaborations with hip-hop artist Mary J. Blige and sitar maestro Anoushka Shankar. He and Blige won a Grammy for their duet, "Whenever I Say Your Name". The song is based on Johann Sebastian Bach’s Praeambulum 1 C-Major (BWV 924) from the Klavierbuechlein fuer Wilhelm Friedemann Bach , though Sting hardly gave commented this adaption . The album did not have the hit singles like his previous releases. The first single, "Send Your Love" reached only #30 and reviews were mixed. However, the album did reach platinum status by January 2004.
Sting with The Police at Madison Square Garden, August 2007

His autobiography Broken Music was published in October. He embarked on a Sacred Love tour in 2004 with performances by Annie Lennox. Sting went on the Broken Music tour, touring smaller venues, with a four piece band starting in Los Angeles on 28 March 2005 and ending this "College Tour" on 14 May 2005. Sting appears as a guest on the 2005 Monkey Business CD by American hip-hop group The Black Eyed Peas, adding vocals to the track "Union" which makes heavy use of samples from his Englishman in New York. Continuing with his involvement in Live Aid, he appeared at Live 8 in July 2005. During 2006, Sting collaborated with Roberto Livi in producing a Spanish language version of his cult classic "Fragile" entitled "Fragilidad" on the album Rhythms Del Mundo by Latino recording legends "The Buena Vista Sound" (previously known as the Buena Vista Social Club) available via www.apeuk.org.
Sting with The Police at Madison Square Garden, New York, 1 August 2007 (photo Lionel Urman)

In October 2006, he released an album, to mixed reviews, entitled Songs from the Labyrinth featuring the music of John Dowland (an Elizabethan-era composer) and accompaniment from Bosnian lute player Edin Karamazov. As a part of the promotion of this album, he appeared on the fifth episode of Studio 60 during which he performed a segment of Dowland's "Come Again" as well as his own "Fields of Gold" in the arrangement for voice and two archlutes. Reports surfaced in early 2007 that Sting would reunite with his former Police band mates for a 30th anniversary tour. These rumours were confirmed by posts on the popular fanzine Stingus and on various other news websites such as De Standaard, Yahoo! etc. In May 2007, Deutsche Grammophon releases the opera Welcome to the Voice (composer Steve Nieve), with Sting portraying the main character, Dyonisos.

On 11 February 2007, he reunited with the other members of the Police as the introductory act for the 2007 Grammy Awards, singing "Roxanne", and subsequently announced The Police Reunion Tour, the first concert of which was held in Vancouver on 28 May in front of 22,000 fans at one of two nearly sold-out concerts. The Police toured for more than a year, beginning with North America and eventually crossing over to Europe, South America, Australia & New Zealand and Japan. The last concert was at Madison Square Garden on 7 August 2008, during which his three daughters appeared with him onstage. In 2007 he recorded a song called "Power's Out" with Nicole Scherzinger (lead singer of the Pussycat Dolls) the song is featured on her debut album Her Name Is Nicole which she was prepared to release in the beginning of 2008. On 1 February 2008, "Power's Out" was added on Nicole's official website and now "Power's Out" will be the official second single off Her Name Is Nicole.

He is featured as a playable character in the video game Guitar Hero World Tour."Brand New Day" was the final song of the night for the Neighborhood Ball, one of ten inaugural balls honouring President Barack Obama on Inauguration Day, 20 January 2009. Sting was joined by Stevie Wonder on harmonica. According to an article posted on his official website, Sting entered the studio in early February 2009 to begin work on a new album "If On A Winter's Night..." that is set to release October 26, 2009.
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After "The Beatles", the Police just might be my 2nd favorite band. Interesting that out of my top 10 bands, 9 are from U.K.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/03/09 at 2:29 am

The word of the day...Cage
# A structure for confining birds or animals, enclosed on at least one side by a grating of wires or bars that lets in air and light.
# A barred room or fenced enclosure for confining prisoners.
# An enclosing openwork structure: placed a protective cage over the sapling; a bank teller's cage.
# A skeletal support, as for a building; a framework.
# An elevator car.
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1. Baseball. A large wire screen placed behind home plate to stop balls in batting practice.
2. Sports. A goal, as in hockey or soccer, made of a net attached to a frame

Nicholas Cage?

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/03/09 at 2:30 am

The birthday of the day...Sting
Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner, CBE (born 2 October 1951), widely known by his stage name Sting, is an English musician and actor from Wallsend in North Tyneside. Prior to starting his solo career, he was the principal songwriter, lead singer and bassist of the rock music band The Police. As a solo musician and member of The Police, Sting has received sixteen Grammy Awards for his work, receiving his first Grammy for Best Rock Instrumental Performance in 1981, and receiving an Oscar nomination for best song. Sting was an influential songwiter during the 1980s and he has sold over 100 million albums worldwide. He is an outspoken advocate against rainforest destruction and for environmental protection. He is a member of both the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
His 1991 album The Soul Cages was dedicated to his recently deceased father and included the Top 10 song "All this Time", which reached #5 on the U.S. Pop chart, and the Grammy-winning "Soul Cages". The album eventually went Platinum. The following year, he married Trudie Styler and was awarded an honorary doctorate degree in music from Northumbria University. In 1991, Sting appeared on "Two Rooms: Celebrating the Songs of Elton John & Bernie Taupin ", an album dedicated to the singer/songwriter duo. Sting performed "Come Down in Time", for the album which also features other popular artists and their renditions of John/Taupin Songs. The album was released on 22 October 1991 by Polydor. In 1993, he released the album Ten Summoner's Tales, which went Triple Platinum in just over a year. Ten Summoner's Tales was nominated for the Mercury Prize in 1993 and nominated for the Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 1994. The title is wordplay on his surname, Sumner and The Summoner's Tale, one of The Canterbury Tales. The single, "Fields of Gold" had moderate success on radio airways. Concurrent video albums were released to support Soul Cages (a live concert) and Ten Summoner's Tales (recorded during the recording sessions for the album).

In May 1993, he released a cover of his own classic Police song from the Ghost in the Machine album, "Demolition Man" for the Demolition Man film. Together with Bryan Adams,Rod Stewart and Sting performed the chart-topping song "All For Love" for the film The Three Musketeers. The song stayed at the top of the U.S. charts for five weeks and went Platinum; it is to date Sting's only song from his post-Police career to top the U.S. charts. In February, he won two more Grammy Awards and was nominated for three more. The Berklee College of Music gave him his second honorary doctorate of music degree in May. In November, he released a greatest hits compilation called Fields of Gold: The Best of Sting, which eventually was certified Double Platinum. That same year, he was featured in a duet with Vanessa Williams on the song "Sister Moon," which appeared on her album The Sweetest Days.

His 1996 album, Mercury Falling debuted strongly with the single "Let Your Soul Be Your Pilot", but it dropped quickly on the charts. He reached the Top 40 with two singles the same year with "You Still Touch Me" (June) and "I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying" (December) (which became a country music hit the next year in a version recorded with American country singer Toby Keith). During this period, Sting was also recording music for the upcoming Disney film Kingdom of the Sun, which went on to be reworked into The Emperor's New Groove. The film went through drastic overhauls and plot changes, many of which were documented by Sting's wife, Trudie Styler. She captured the moment he was called by Disney who then informed him that his songs would not be used in the final film. The story was put into a final product: The Sweatbox, which premiered at the Toronto Film Festival. Disney currently holds the rights to the film and will not grant its release. That same year Sting also released a little-known CD-ROM called All This Time, which provided music, commentary and custom computer features describing Sting and his music from his perspective.

Also in 1996, he provided some vocals for the Tina Turner single "On Silent Wings" as a part of her Wildest Dreams album. Sting has also cooperated with Greek popular singer George Dalaras, giving a common concert in Athens. "Moonlight", a rare jazz performance by Sting for the 1995 remake of Sabrina, written by Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman and John Williams, was nominated for a 1997 Grammy Award for Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or Television.
2000s
Sting live in Budapest, 2000

The Emperor's New Groove soundtrack was released with complete songs from the previous version of the film, which included Rascal Flatts and Shawn Colvin. This is seen by many as a move on Disney's part to soothe the relationship with Sting and to keep open the door for future projects. The final single used to promote the film was "My Funny Friend and Me". Sting's September 1999 album Brand New Day included the Top 40 hits "Brand New Day" and "Desert Rose". The album went Triple Platinum by January 2001. In 2000, he won Grammy Awards for Brand New Day and the song of the same name. At the awards ceremony, he performed "Desert Rose" with his collaborator on the album version, Cheb Mami. For his performance, the Arab-American Institute Foundation gave him the Khalil Gibran Spirit of Humanity Award. However, Sting was criticized for appearing in a Jaguar advertisement using "Desert Rose" as its backing track, particularly as he was a notable environmentalist.

In February 2001 he won another Grammy for his rendition of "She Walks This Earth (Soberana Rosa)" on A Love Affair: The Music Of Ivan Lins. His song "After The Rain Has Fallen" made it into the Top 40. His next project was to record a live album at his Tuscan villa, which was to be released as a CD and DVD, as well as being simulcast in its entirety on the internet. The CD and DVD were to be entitled On such a night and was intended to feature re-workings of Sting favourites such as "Roxanne" and "If You Love Somebody Set Them Free." The concert, scheduled for 11 September 2001, was altered in various ways due to the terrorist attacks in America that day. The webcast was shut down after one song (a reworked version of "Fragile"), after which Sting let it be up to the audience whether or not to continue with the show. Eventually they decided to go through with the concert, and the resultant album and DVD was released in November under a different title, ...All This Time. Both are dedicated "to all those who lost their lives on that day". He performed a special arrangement of "Fragile" with Yo-Yo Ma and the Mormon Tabernacle Choir during the opening ceremonies of the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah.

In 2002 he won a Golden Globe Award for the song "Until..." from the film Kate and Leopold. Written and performed by him, "Until..." was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Song. In June he was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. In the summer, Sting was awarded the honour of Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE). In 2003 he released Sacred Love, a studio album featuring collaborations with hip-hop artist Mary J. Blige and sitar maestro Anoushka Shankar. He and Blige won a Grammy for their duet, "Whenever I Say Your Name". The song is based on Johann Sebastian Bach’s Praeambulum 1 C-Major (BWV 924) from the Klavierbuechlein fuer Wilhelm Friedemann Bach , though Sting hardly gave commented this adaption . The album did not have the hit singles like his previous releases. The first single, "Send Your Love" reached only #30 and reviews were mixed. However, the album did reach platinum status by January 2004.
Sting with The Police at Madison Square Garden, August 2007

His autobiography Broken Music was published in October. He embarked on a Sacred Love tour in 2004 with performances by Annie Lennox. Sting went on the Broken Music tour, touring smaller venues, with a four piece band starting in Los Angeles on 28 March 2005 and ending this "College Tour" on 14 May 2005. Sting appears as a guest on the 2005 Monkey Business CD by American hip-hop group The Black Eyed Peas, adding vocals to the track "Union" which makes heavy use of samples from his Englishman in New York. Continuing with his involvement in Live Aid, he appeared at Live 8 in July 2005. During 2006, Sting collaborated with Roberto Livi in producing a Spanish language version of his cult classic "Fragile" entitled "Fragilidad" on the album Rhythms Del Mundo by Latino recording legends "The Buena Vista Sound" (previously known as the Buena Vista Social Club) available via www.apeuk.org.
Sting with The Police at Madison Square Garden, New York, 1 August 2007 (photo Lionel Urman)

In October 2006, he released an album, to mixed reviews, entitled Songs from the Labyrinth featuring the music of John Dowland (an Elizabethan-era composer) and accompaniment from Bosnian lute player Edin Karamazov. As a part of the promotion of this album, he appeared on the fifth episode of Studio 60 during which he performed a segment of Dowland's "Come Again" as well as his own "Fields of Gold" in the arrangement for voice and two archlutes. Reports surfaced in early 2007 that Sting would reunite with his former Police band mates for a 30th anniversary tour. These rumours were confirmed by posts on the popular fanzine Stingus and on various other news websites such as De Standaard, Yahoo! etc. In May 2007, Deutsche Grammophon releases the opera Welcome to the Voice (composer Steve Nieve), with Sting portraying the main character, Dyonisos.

On 11 February 2007, he reunited with the other members of the Police as the introductory act for the 2007 Grammy Awards, singing "Roxanne", and subsequently announced The Police Reunion Tour, the first concert of which was held in Vancouver on 28 May in front of 22,000 fans at one of two nearly sold-out concerts. The Police toured for more than a year, beginning with North America and eventually crossing over to Europe, South America, Australia & New Zealand and Japan. The last concert was at Madison Square Garden on 7 August 2008, during which his three daughters appeared with him onstage. In 2007 he recorded a song called "Power's Out" with Nicole Scherzinger (lead singer of the Pussycat Dolls) the song is featured on her debut album Her Name Is Nicole which she was prepared to release in the beginning of 2008. On 1 February 2008, "Power's Out" was added on Nicole's official website and now "Power's Out" will be the official second single off Her Name Is Nicole.

He is featured as a playable character in the video game Guitar Hero World Tour."Brand New Day" was the final song of the night for the Neighborhood Ball, one of ten inaugural balls honouring President Barack Obama on Inauguration Day, 20 January 2009. Sting was joined by Stevie Wonder on harmonica. According to an article posted on his official website, Sting entered the studio in early February 2009 to begin work on a new album "If On A Winter's Night..." that is set to release October 26, 2009.
Great song writer.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/03/09 at 2:31 am

The co-birthday of the day...Don McLean

Donald McLean, Jr. (born October 2, 1945, New Rochelle, New York) is an American singer-songwriter. He is most famous for his 1971 album American Pie, containing the renowned songs "American Pie" and "Vincent".

The McLean clan traces its roots to the Isle of Mull in the Scottish Hebrides. Both Don's grandfather and father were also named Donald McLean. The Buccis, the family of McLean's mother, Elizabeth, came from Abruzzi in central Italy. They left Italy and settled in Port Chester, New York at the end of the 19th century. He has other extended family in Los Angeles and Boston.
McLean recorded his first album, Tapestry, in 1969 in Berkeley, California during the student riots. After being rejected by 34 labels, the album was released by Mediarts and attracted good reviews but little notice outside the folk community.

McLean's major break came when Mediarts was taken over by United Artists Records thus securing for his second album, American Pie, the promotion of a major label. The album spawned two No. 1 hits in the title song and "Vincent." American Pie's success made McLean an international star and renewed interest in his first album, which charted more than two years after its initial release.
American Pie
Main article: American Pie

Don McLean's most famous composition, "American Pie", is a sprawling, impressionistic ballad inspired partly by the deaths of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J. P. Richardson (The Big Bopper) in a plane crash in 1959. The song would popularize the expression "The Day the Music Died" in reference to this event. McLean has stated that the lyrics are also somewhat autobiographical and present an abstract story of his life from the mid-1950s until the time he wrote the song in the late 1960s.

The song was recorded on 26 May 1971 and a month later received its first radio airplay on New York’s WNEW-FM and WPLJ-FM to mark the closing of The Fillmore East, a famous New York concert hall. "American Pie" reached number one on the U.S. Billboard magazine charts for four weeks in 1972, and remains McLean's most successful single release. The single also topped the Billboard Easy Listening survey. It is also the longest song to reach No. 1 with a running time of 8:36. Some stations played only part one of the original split-sided single release.

29 years later, pop singer Madonna released a truncated dance-pop cover version of the song. In response, Don McLean said: "I have received many gifts from God but this is the first time I have ever received a gift from a goddess."

In 2001 "American Pie" was voted No. 5 in a poll of the 365 Songs of the Century compiled by the Recording Industry Association of America and the National Endowment for the Arts.

The top five were: "Over the Rainbow" by Judy Garland, "White Christmas" by Bing Crosby, "This Land Is Your Land" by Woody Guthrie, "Respect" by Aretha Franklin and "American Pie".

Vincent and American Pie are two of my favourite all time songs.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/03/09 at 2:32 am

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I'd love to be in a cage with her. ;) ;D
No comment!

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/03/09 at 3:38 am

I cry every time I hear Vincent.
Vincent is one of my songs when I sing kare-oke

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/03/09 at 3:50 am

Sting entered the studio in early February 2009 to begin work on a new album "If On A Winter's Night..." that is set to release October 26, 2009.

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Written By: ninny on 10/03/09 at 3:51 am

Vincent is one of my songs when I sing kare-oke

That's cool, we'll have to hear you sometime.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/03/09 at 3:53 am

That's cool, we'll have to hear you sometime.
You will not wish to hear it.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/03/09 at 3:53 am

That's cool, we'll have to hear you sometime.
I tried to learn on the guitar too, it is such a wonderful song.

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Written By: ninny on 10/03/09 at 4:00 am

The word of the day...Park
1. An area of land set aside for public use, as:
1. A piece of land with few or no buildings within or adjoining a town, maintained for recreational and ornamental purposes.
2. A landscaped city square.
3. A large tract of rural land kept in its natural state and usually reserved for the enjoyment and recreation of visitors.
2. A broad, fairly level valley between mountain ranges: the high parks of the Rocky Mountains.
3. A tract of land attached to a country house, especially when including extensive gardens, woods, pastures, or a game preserve.
4. Sports. A stadium or an enclosed playing field: a baseball park.
5.
1. An area where military vehicles or artillery are stored and serviced.
2. The materiel kept in such an area.
6. An area in or near a town designed and usually zoned for a certain purpose: a commercial park.
7. A position in an automatic transmission that disengages the gears and sets the brake so the vehicle cannot move: put the car in park and turned off the engine.
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Written By: ninny on 10/03/09 at 4:02 am

You will not wish to hear it.

Your singing can't be any worse than mine ;)
I tried to learn on the guitar too, it is such a wonderful song.

Was it hard to learn?

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Written By: ninny on 10/03/09 at 4:04 am

The birthday of the day...Clive Owen
Clive Owen (born 3 October 1964) is an English actor and has been working for nearly two and a half decades. He won a Golden Globe, BAFTA Award and was nominated for an Academy Award for his appearance in the 2004 film, Closer.
Initially, Owen carved out a career in television: in 1988 Owen starred as Gideon Sarn in a BBC production of Precious Bane and the Channel 4 film Vroom before the 1990s saw him become a regular on stage and television in the UK, notably his lead role in the ITV series Chancer, followed by an appearance in the Thames Television production of Lorna Doone.

He won critical acclaim for his performances in the 1991 Stephen Poliakoff film Close My Eyes, in which he has a full frontal nude scene, about a brother and sister who embark on an incestuous love affair; he subsequently appeared in The Magician, Class of '61, Century, Nobody's Children, An Evening with Gary Lineker, Doomsday Gun, Return of the Native, The Turnaround and then a Carlton production called Sharman, about a private detective. In 1996 he appeared in his first major Hollywood film The Rich Man's Wife alongside Halle Berry before finding international acclaim in a Channel 4 film directed by Mike Hodges called Croupier in 1998. He played the title role of a struggling writer who takes a job in a London casino as inspiration for his work, only to get caught up in a robbery scheme. In 1999 he appeared as an accident-prone driver in Split Second, his first BBC production for a decade.

He then starred in The Echo, a BBC1 drama. He starred in a film called Greenfingers about a criminal who goes to work in a garden, before appearing in the BBC1 mystery series Second Sight. In 2001 he provided the voice-over for a BBC2 documentary about popular music through the years called Walk On By, as well as starring in a highly-acclaimed theatre production called A Day in the Death of Joe Egg, about a couple with a severely handicapped daughter.

He became well known to North American audiences in the summer of 2001 after starring as The Driver in the The Hire, a series of short films sponsored by BMW and made by prominent directors. He then appeared in Robert Altman's Gosford Park, alongside an all-star cast including Helen Mirren, Maggie Smith, Michael Gambon, Kristin Scott Thomas and Ryan Phillippe. He has appeared in The Bourne Identity with Matt Damon. In 2003, he teamed up with Hodges again to make I'll Sleep When I'm Dead. He starred in Beyond Borders and took on the title role in King Arthur, for which he took horse riding lessons.

Owen appeared in the West End and Broadway hit play Closer, by Patrick Marber, which was produced as a film, and was released in 2005. He played "Dan" in the play, but was "Larry" the dermatologist in the film version. His portrayal of Larry in the film version earned him a lot of recognition as well as the Golden Globe and BAFTA award and an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor. He noted that the expectations of him since the Oscar nomination have not changed the way he approaches film-making, stating "I try, every film I do, to be as good as I can and that's all I can do."
Owen as Dwight McCarthy in Sin City

After Closer, he appeared in Derailed alongside Jennifer Aniston, the comic book thriller Sin City as the noir antihero Dwight McCarthy and as a mysterious bank robber in Inside Man. Despite public denials, Owen had long been rumored to be a possible successor to Pierce Brosnan in the role of James Bond. A public opinion poll in the United Kingdom in October 2005 (SkyNews) found that he was the public's number one choice to star in the next installment of the series. In that same month, however, it was announced that British actor Daniel Craig would become the next James Bond. In an interview in the September 2007 issue of Details, he claimed that he was never offered or even approached concerning the role. In 2006, Owen spoofed the Bond connection by making an appearance in the remake of The Pink Panther in which he plays a character named "Nigel Boswell, Agent 006" (when he introduces himself to Inspector Clouseau, he quips that Owen's character is "one short of the big time").

In 2006, Owen starred in the highly acclaimed Children of Men, for which he received widespread praise. The film was nominated for various awards, including an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay; Owen worked on the screenplay, although he was uncredited. The next year he starred alongside Paul Giamatti in the film Shoot 'Em Up and appeared as Sir Walter Raleigh opposite Cate Blanchett's Elizabeth I of England in the film Elizabeth: The Golden Age. He appeared in the Christmas special of the Ricky Gervais show Extras, as revealed in the video podcast teaser.

Owen was also the lead in 2009's The International, a film which he described as a "paranoid political thriller". Owen and Denzel Washington will return for the sequel to Inside Man, which will be released in 2010.
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Written By: ninny on 10/03/09 at 4:07 am

The co-birthday of the day...Gore Vidal
Gore Vidal (pronounced /ˌɡɔər vɪˈdɑːl/ or /vɪˈdæl/) (born Eugene Luther Gore Vidal October 3, 1925) is an American author, playwright, essayist, screenwriter and political activist. Early in his career he wrote The City and the Pillar (1948), which outraged mainstream critics as one of the first major American novels to feature unambiguous homosexuality. By such actions as his voluminous essays and a public debate with William F. Buckley Jr., Vidal has long been known as one of the most prominent public intellectuals of the 20th century.
Vidal, whom a Newsweek critic has called "the best all-around American man of letters since Edmund Wilson", began his writing career at nineteen, with the publication of the military novel Williwaw, based upon his Alaskan Harbor Detachment duty. The novel was successful and chronologically the first of the war novels about World War II. A few years later, The City and the Pillar caused a furor for its dispassionate presentation of homosexuality. The New York Times refused to review his next five books. The novel was dedicated to "J.T."

After a magazine published rumors about J.T.'s identity, Vidal confirmed they were the initials of his St. Albans-era love, James "Jimmy" Trimble III, killed in the Battle of Iwo Jima on June 1, 1945; later saying Trimble was the only person he had ever loved. Subsequently he wrote plays, films, and television series. Two plays, The Best Man and Visit to a Small Planet, were both Broadway and film successes. In the early 1950s he also wrote under the pseudonym "Edgar Box", producing three mystery novels featuring public relations man "Peter Cutler Sargeant II".

In 1956, Vidal was hired as a contract screenwriter for Metro Goldwyn Mayer. In 1959, director William Wyler needed script doctors to re-write the Ben-Hur script, originally written by Karl Tunberg. Vidal collaborated with Christopher Fry, reworking the screenplay on condition that MGM release him from the last two years of his contract. Producer Sam Zimbalist's death complicated the screenwriting credit. The Screen Writers Guild resolved the matter by listing Tunberg as sole screenwriter, denying credit to both Vidal and Fry. This decision was based on the WGA screenwriting credit system which favors original authors. Vidal later claimed in the documentary film The Celluloid Closet that in order to explain the animosity between Ben-Hur and Messala, he had inserted a gay subtext suggesting that the two had had a prior relationship, but that actor Charlton Heston was oblivious. Heston denied that Vidal contributed significantly to the script.

In the 1960s, Vidal wrote three novels. The first, Julian (1964) dealt with the apostate Roman emperor, while the second, Washington, D.C. (1967) focused on a political family during the Franklin D. Roosevelt era.

Vidal's third novel in the '60s was the satirical transsexual comedy Myra Breckinridge (1968), a variation on familiar Vidalian themes of sex, gender, and popular culture. In the novel, Vidal showcased his love of the American films of the '30s and '40s, and he resurrected interest in the careers of the forgotten players of the time including, for example, the late Richard Cromwell, who, he wrote, "was so satisfyingly tortured in The Lives of a Bengal Lancer."

After the staging of the plays, Weekend (1968) and An Evening With Richard Nixon (1972), and the publications of the novel Two Sisters (1970), Vidal focused on essays and two distinct strains in his fiction. The first strain comprises novels dealing with American history, specifically with the nature of national politics. Critic Harold Bloom wrote, "Vidal's imagination of American politics...is so powerful as to compel awe." This series' Narratives of Empire titles include Burr (1973), 1876 (1976), Lincoln (1984), Empire (1987), Hollywood (1990), The Golden Age (2000), and another excursion into the ancient world Creation (1981, published in expanded form 2002).

The second strain consists of the comedic "satirical inventions": Myron (1974, a sequel to Myra Breckinridge), Kalki (1978), Duluth (1983), Live from Golgotha: the Gospel according to Gore Vidal (1992), and The Smithsonian Institution (1998).

Vidal occasionally returned to scriptwriting cinema and television, including the television movie Gore Vidal's Billy the Kid with Val Kilmer and the mini-series Lincoln. He also wrote the original draft for the controversial film Caligula, but later had his name removed because director Tinto Brass and actor Malcolm McDowell re-wrote the script, changing the tone and themes significantly. The producers later made an attempt to salvage some of Vidal's vision in the film's post-production.
Essays and memoirs

Vidal is—at least in the U.S.—even more respected as an essayist than as a novelist. The critic John Keates praised him as " century's finest essayist." Even an occasionally hostile critic like Martin Amis admits, "Essays are what he is good at ... e is learned, funny and exceptionally clear-sighted. Even his blind spots are illuminating."

For six decades, Gore Vidal has applied himself to a wide variety of sociopolitical, sexual, historical, and literary themes. In 1987, Vidal wrote the essays titled Armageddon?, exploring the intricacies of power in contemporary America. He pilloried the incumbent president Ronald Reagan as a "triumph of the embalmer's art." In 1993, he won the National Book Award for his collection of essays, United States (1952–1992), the citation noting: "Whatever his subject, he addresses it with an artist's resonant appreciation, a scholar's conscience, and the persuasive powers of a great essayist." A subsequent collection of essays, published in 2000, is The Last Empire. Since then, he has published such self-described "pamphlets" as Perpetual War for Perpetual Peace, Dreaming War: Blood for Oil and the Cheney-Bush Junta, and Imperial America, critiques of American expansionism, the military-industrial complex, the national security state, and the George W. Bush administration. Vidal also wrote an historical essay about the U.S.'s founding fathers, Inventing A Nation. In 1995, he published a memoir Palimpsest, and in 2006 its follow-up volume, Point to Point Navigation. Earlier that year, Vidal also published Clouds and Eclipses: The Collected Short Stories.

Because of his matter-of-fact treatment of same-sex relations in such books as The City and The Pillar, Vidal is often seen as an early champion of sexual liberation. Sexually Speaking: Collected Sex Writings, a representative sampling of his views, contains literary and cultural essays. Focusing on, in his view, the anti-sexual heritage of Judeo-Christianity, irrational and destructive sex laws, feminism, heterosexism, homophobia, gay liberation and pornography, the essays frequently return to a favorite Vidal motif: the fluidity of sexual identity. Vidal argues that "although our notions about what constitutes correct sexual behavior are usually based on religious texts, those texts are invariably interpreted by the rulers in order to keep control over the ruled." In repudiating what he sees as rigid, narrow moralism, Vidal argues that "sex is a continuum" made up of "different phases along life’s way" and thus "everyone is potentially bisexual." He explains that "the human race is divided into male and female. Many human beings enjoy the sexual relations with their own sex, many don't; many respond to both. The plurality is the fact of our nature and not worth fretting about." Therefore, "there are no homosexual people, only homosexual acts." Given the diversity of human desire, Vidal resists any effort to categorize him as exclusively "homosexual"—either as writer or human being.

In 2005, Jay Parini was appointed as Vidal's literary executor.
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Written By: gibbo on 10/03/09 at 4:59 am

I tried to learn on the guitar too, it is such a wonderful song.

It is a great song...I used to sing Vincent and play guitar...although my voice does not have a higher range like McLean's. :(

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Written By: Howard on 10/03/09 at 5:51 am

The word of the day...Park
1. An area of land set aside for public use, as:
1. A piece of land with few or no buildings within or adjoining a town, maintained for recreational and ornamental purposes.
2. A landscaped city square.
3. A large tract of rural land kept in its natural state and usually reserved for the enjoyment and recreation of visitors.
2. A broad, fairly level valley between mountain ranges: the high parks of the Rocky Mountains.
3. A tract of land attached to a country house, especially when including extensive gardens, woods, pastures, or a game preserve.
4. Sports. A stadium or an enclosed playing field: a baseball park.
5.
1. An area where military vehicles or artillery are stored and serviced.
2. The materiel kept in such an area.
6. An area in or near a town designed and usually zoned for a certain purpose: a commercial park.
7. A position in an automatic transmission that disengages the gears and sets the brake so the vehicle cannot move: put the car in park and turned off the engine.
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Rock Creek Park - The Blackbyrds.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/03/09 at 6:07 am

Was it hard to learn?
It is a charming tune, but it was remembering the chords.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/03/09 at 6:34 am

The word of the day...Park
1. An area of land set aside for public use, as:
1. A piece of land with few or no buildings within or adjoining a town, maintained for recreational and ornamental purposes.
2. A landscaped city square.
3. A large tract of rural land kept in its natural state and usually reserved for the enjoyment and recreation of visitors.
2. A broad, fairly level valley between mountain ranges: the high parks of the Rocky Mountains.
3. A tract of land attached to a country house, especially when including extensive gardens, woods, pastures, or a game preserve.
4. Sports. A stadium or an enclosed playing field: a baseball park.
5.
1. An area where military vehicles or artillery are stored and serviced.
2. The materiel kept in such an area.
6. An area in or near a town designed and usually zoned for a certain purpose: a commercial park.
7. A position in an automatic transmission that disengages the gears and sets the brake so the vehicle cannot move: put the car in park and turned off the engine.

Car parking, now there is a subject that can be talked about all day.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/03/09 at 6:35 am

The word of the day...Park
1. An area of land set aside for public use, as:
1. A piece of land with few or no buildings within or adjoining a town, maintained for recreational and ornamental purposes.
2. A landscaped city square.
3. A large tract of rural land kept in its natural state and usually reserved for the enjoyment and recreation of visitors.
2. A broad, fairly level valley between mountain ranges: the high parks of the Rocky Mountains.
3. A tract of land attached to a country house, especially when including extensive gardens, woods, pastures, or a game preserve.
4. Sports. A stadium or an enclosed playing field: a baseball park.
5.
1. An area where military vehicles or artillery are stored and serviced.
2. The materiel kept in such an area.
6. An area in or near a town designed and usually zoned for a certain purpose: a commercial park.
7. A position in an automatic transmission that disengages the gears and sets the brake so the vehicle cannot move: put the car in park and turned off the engine.
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Wallpaper time again?

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/03/09 at 6:36 am

The word of the day...Park
1. An area of land set aside for public use, as:
1. A piece of land with few or no buildings within or adjoining a town, maintained for recreational and ornamental purposes.
2. A landscaped city square.
3. A large tract of rural land kept in its natural state and usually reserved for the enjoyment and recreation of visitors.
2. A broad, fairly level valley between mountain ranges: the high parks of the Rocky Mountains.
3. A tract of land attached to a country house, especially when including extensive gardens, woods, pastures, or a game preserve.
4. Sports. A stadium or an enclosed playing field: a baseball park.
5.
1. An area where military vehicles or artillery are stored and serviced.
2. The materiel kept in such an area.
6. An area in or near a town designed and usually zoned for a certain purpose: a commercial park.
7. A position in an automatic transmission that disengages the gears and sets the brake so the vehicle cannot move: put the car in park and turned off the engine.
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This film is still on my must see list.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/03/09 at 6:46 am

Your singing can't be any worse than mine ;)
My singing is passable and sounds similar to Matt Monro, I am told.

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Written By: ninny on 10/03/09 at 7:49 am

My singing is passable and sounds similar to Matt Monro, I am told.

Nice, I just looked up one of his songs :)
I'm not sure who I sound like, my kids say that I can't sing, but some of Tim's friends say I have a nice voice.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/03/09 at 7:53 am

Nice, I just looked up one of his songs :)
It was Born Free by Matt Monro is was singing that started of the Matt Monro sound alike.

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Written By: ninny on 10/03/09 at 7:59 am

It was Born Free by Matt Monro is was singing that started of the Matt Monro sound alike.

I didn't listen to that song, I listened to The Impossible Dream

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/03/09 at 8:14 am

I didn't listen to that song, I listened to The Impossible Dream
Another good song from him. I have his greatest hits on WMP and I do find myself singing along when playing the songs.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/03/09 at 8:15 am

Rock Creek Park - The Blackbyrds.
MacArthur Park ~ Richard Harrs

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Written By: ninny on 10/03/09 at 9:14 am

MacArthur Park ~ Richard Harrs

The Rain, The Park & Other Things - The Cowsills

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Written By: ninny on 10/03/09 at 9:19 am

This film is still on my must see list.

Yes it has a lot of good actors in it.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/03/09 at 9:20 am

The Rain, The Park & Other Things - The Cowsills
Poisoning Pigeons In The Park ~ Tom Lehrer

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/03/09 at 9:20 am

Poisoning Pigeons In The Park ~ Tom Lehrer
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/03/09 at 9:21 am

Yes it has a lot of good actors in it.
and directed by Robert Altman.

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Written By: ninny on 10/03/09 at 10:46 am

Poisoning Pigeons In The Park ~ Tom Lehrer

Is that an arrestable offense?

and directed by Robert Altman.

Yes, I would like to see it.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/03/09 at 1:01 pm

Is that an arrestable offense?

Being in the possession of a lethal substance?

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Written By: ninny on 10/03/09 at 1:09 pm

Being in the possession of a lethal substance?

Poisoning the pigeons.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/03/09 at 1:22 pm

Poisoning the pigeons.
What happens if you have a permit?

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Written By: Womble on 10/03/09 at 3:03 pm

Interesting and :)entertaining info as usual. Thanks for sharing, Ninny.

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Written By: Howard on 10/03/09 at 3:05 pm

Wallpaper time again?

just might be. :)

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Written By: ninny on 10/03/09 at 4:11 pm

What happens if you have a permit?

Can one get a permit to poison them in the park?

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Written By: ninny on 10/03/09 at 4:11 pm

Interesting and :)entertaining info as usual. Thanks for sharing, Ninny.

I'm glad you like it. :)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/03/09 at 4:23 pm

Can one get a permit to poison them in the park?
Tom Lehrer - Poisoning pigeons in the park Lyrics
Album: Evening Wasted with Tom Lehrer

I'd like to take you now on wings of song, as it were, and try and help you forget perhaps for a while your drab, wretched lives. Here's a song all about spring-time in general, and in particular, about one of the many delightful pastimes the coming of spring affords us all.

Spring is here, a-suh-puh-ring is here.
Life is skittles and life is beer.
I think the loveliest time of the year is the spring.
I do, don't you? 'Course you do.
But there's one thing that makes spring complete for me,
And makes ev'ry Sunday a treat for me.

All the world seems in tune
On a spring afternoon,
When we're poisoning pigeons in the park.
Ev'ry Sunday you'll see
My sweetheart and me,
As we poison the pigeons in the park.

When they see us coming, the birdies all try an' hide,
But they still go for peanuts when coated with cyanide.
The sun's shining bright,
Ev'rything seems all right,
When we're poisoning pigeons in the park.

Lalaalaalalaladoodiedieedoodoodoo

We've gained notoriety,
And caused much anxiety
In the Audubon Society
With our games.
They call it impiety,
And lack of propriety,
And quite a variety
Of unpleasant names.
But it's not against any religion
To want to dispose of a pigeon.

So if Sunday you're free,
Why don't you come with me,
And we'll poison the pigeons in the park.
And maybe we'll do
In a squirrel or two,
While we're poisoning pigeons in the park.

We'll murder them all amid laughter and merriment.
Except for the few we take home to experiment.
My pulse will be quickenin'
With each drop of strychnine
We feed to a pigeon.
It just takes a smidgin!
To poison a pigeon in the park.

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Written By: gibbo on 10/03/09 at 6:48 pm

Saturday in the Park....

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Written By: Frank on 10/04/09 at 12:19 am

My singing is passable and sounds similar to Matt Monro, I am told.

Matt Munro sounds nice. I like him.
I have led songs in Church several times and have sung a duet with my wife before ( she's much better than I am), so my singing is passable too. I have been told I do a great "Roxanne" by the Police.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/04/09 at 1:48 am

Matt Munro sounds nice. I like him.
I have led songs in Church several times and have sung a duet with my wife before ( she's much better than I am), so my singing is passable too. I have been told I do a great "Roxanne" by the Police.
We could almost form a mass online virtal choir here.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/04/09 at 1:49 am

Saturday in the Park....
Ball Park Incident ~ Wizzard

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/04/09 at 1:50 am

Has anyone mentiion Icthycoo Park by the Small Faces yet?

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/04/09 at 2:57 am

The birthday of the day...Clive Owen

After Closer, he appeared in Derailed alongside Jennifer Aniston, the comic book thriller Sin City as the noir antihero Dwight McCarthy and as a mysterious bank robber in Inside Man. Despite public denials, Owen had long been rumored to be a possible successor to Pierce Brosnan in the role of James Bond. A public opinion poll in the United Kingdom in October 2005 (SkyNews) found that he was the public's number one choice to star in the next installment of the series. In that same month, however, it was announced that British actor Daniel Craig would become the next James Bond. In an interview in the September 2007 issue of Details, he claimed that he was never offered or even approached concerning the role. In 2006, Owen spoofed the Bond connection by making an appearance in the remake of The Pink Panther in which he plays a character named "Nigel Boswell, Agent 006" (when he introduces himself to Inspector Clouseau, he quips that Owen's character is "one short of the big time").

Will he still be the next James Bond?

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Written By: ninny on 10/04/09 at 5:04 am

Has anyone mentiion Icthycoo Park by the Small Faces yet?

I love that song :)

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Written By: ninny on 10/04/09 at 5:04 am

Will he still be the next James Bond?

When is the next movie due out?

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/04/09 at 5:07 am

When is the next movie due out?
Good question!

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/04/09 at 5:08 am

Will he still be the next James Bond?

When is the next movie due out?

Good question!
2011 and the production title for the film is Bond 23.

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Written By: ninny on 10/04/09 at 5:11 am

The word of the day...Walking
1. Able to walk despite injury or illness.
2. Regarded as having the capabilities or qualities of a specified object: a teacher who is a walking dictionary.
3. Used, intended, or suitable for walking: walking clothes; a walking trail; walking distance.
4. Marked by the act of walking: a walking trip.
5. Guided by a person who walks alongside. Used of a machine or farming tool.
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Written By: ninny on 10/04/09 at 5:14 am

The birthday of the day...Susan Sarandon
Susan Sarandon (born October 4, 1946) is an American actress. She has worked in films and television since 1970, and won an Oscar for her performance in the 1995 film, Dead Man Walking. She is also noted for her social and political activism for a variety of liberal causes
In 1969, Sarandon went to a casting call for the motion-picture Joe with her then husband Chris Sarandon. Although he did not get a part, she was cast in a major role of a disaffected teen who disappears into the seedy underworld (the film was released in 1970). In 1970 and 1971, she appeared on the short lived soap opera A World Apart, playing Patrice Kahlman. Five years later, she appeared in the cult favorite The Rocky Horror Picture Show. That same year, she also played the female lead in The Great Waldo Pepper, opposite Robert Redford. Her most controversial film appearance was in The Hunger in 1983, a modern vampire story which turned out to be a critical and box office flop. The film has gained some cult status for a rather graphic lesbian love scene between Sarandon and co-star Catherine Deneuve. It was the first mainstream American film to feature such a scene between two star actresses. However, Sarandon did not become a "household name" until her breakthrough in the 1988 film Bull Durham, which became a huge commercial and critical success.

Sarandon received five Academy Award nominations for best actress, in Atlantic City (1981), Thelma & Louise (1991), Lorenzo's Oil (1992), and The Client (1994), finally winning in 1995 for Dead Man Walking. Her other movies include Stepmom (1998), Anywhere but Here (1999), Cradle Will Rock (1999), The Banger Sisters (2002), Shall We Dance (2004), Alfie (2004), Romance & Cigarettes (2005), Elizabethtown (2005) and Enchanted (2007).

Sarandon has appeared in two episodes of The Simpsons, one as herself ("Bart Has Two Mommies"), and another as a ballet teacher, "Homer vs. Patty and Selma". She has made appearances on comedies such as Friends, Malcolm in the Middle, Mad TV, Saturday Night Live, Chappelle's Show, and Rescue Me.

Sarandon has contributed the narration to some two dozen documentary films, many dealing with social and political issues; in addition, she has served as the presenter on many installments of the PBS documentary series, Independent Lens. In 2007 she hosted and presented Mythos, a series of lectures by the late American mythology professor Joseph Campbell.

Sarandon joined the cast of the adaptation of The Lovely Bones, opposite Rachel Weisz, and appeared with her daughter, Eva Amurri, in Middle of Nowhere; both of the movies were filmed in 2007.

Most recently, Sarandon joined the cast of "Peacock" starring opposite Ellen Page, Cillian Murphy, Bill Pullman and Josh Lucas. Filming will take place in Des Moines, Iowa.

She is also taking part in the American version of the hit UK television series Who Do You Think You Are? for NBC, in which celebrities trace their family trees. The executive producer is Lisa Kudrow and will feature herself, Lisa, Sarah Jessica Parker and others. The start date for the series has been confirmed as April 20 2009.
Sarandon is noted for her active support of progressive and left-liberal political causes, ranging from donations made to organizations such as EMILY's List to participating in a 1983 delegation to Nicaragua sponsored by MADRE, an organization that promotes "social, environmental and economic justice." Sarandon has also expressed support for various tolerance and human rights causes that are similar philosophically to ideas found among the Christian left.

In 1995 Sarandon was one of many Hollywood actors, directors and writers who were interviewed for the documentary, The Celluloid Closet, which looked at how Hollywood films have depicted homosexuality.

In 1999, she was appointed UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador and in that capacity has actively supported the organization's global advocacy, as well as the work of the Canadian UNICEF Committee.
Susan Sarandon in April 2007

During the 2000 election, Sarandon supported Ralph Nader's run for President, serving as a co-chair of the National Steering Committee of Nader 2000. However, during the 2004 election campaign, she withheld support for Nader's bid, being among several "Nader 2000 Leaders" who signed a petition urging voters to vote for Democratic Party candidate John Kerry.

Sarandon and Robbins both took an early stance against the 2003 invasion of Iraq, with Sarandon stating that she was firmly against the concept of the war as a pre-emptive strike. Prior to a 2003 protest sponsored by the United for Peace and Justice coalition, she said that many Americans "do not want to risk their children or the children of Iraq." Sarandon was one of the first to appear in a series of political ads sponsored by TrueMajority, an organization established by Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream founder Ben Cohen. Also in 2003, Sarandon appeared in a "Love is Love is Love" commercial, promoting the acceptance of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender individuals.

In 2004, she served on the advisory committee for the group 2004 Racism Watch. She hosted a section of the Live 8 concert in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 2005.

Along with anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan, Sarandon took part in a 2006 Mother's Day protest sponsored by Code Pink; she has expressed interest in portraying Sheehan in a movie. In January 2007, she appeared with Robbins and Jane Fonda at an anti-war rally in Washington, D.C. in support of a Congressional measure to withdraw U.S. forces from Iraq.

In 2006 she was one of eight women selected to carry in the Olympic flag at the Opening Ceremony of the 2006 Olympic Winter Games in Turin, Italy

On May 29, 2008 Sarandon announced that she would consider moving to Canada or Italy if John McCain were to be elected President of the United States.
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Written By: ninny on 10/04/09 at 5:19 am

The co-birthday of the day...Anne Rice
Anne Rice (born Howard Allen O'Brien on October 4, 1941) is a best-selling American author of gothic and religious-themed books from New Orleans, Louisiana. She was married to poet and painter Stan Rice for 41 years until his death from cancer in 2002. Her books have sold nearly 100 million copies, making her one of the most widely read authors in modern history
1958, when Rice was 16, her father moved the family to north Texas, taking up residence in Richardson. Her mother had died three years before of alcoholism. Rice met her future husband while they were both students at Richardson High School. She began college at Texas Woman's University in Denton but relocated with Stan to San Francisco where Anne attended San Francisco State University and obtained a B.A. in Political Science. "I'm a totally conservative person," she later told the New York Times (November 7, 1988). "In the middle of Haight-Ashbury in the 1960s, I was typing away while everybody was dropping acid and smoking grass. I was known as my own square." She would not return to New Orleans until 1989.

She completed her first book, Interview with the Vampire, in 1973 and published it in 1976. This book would be the first in Rice's popular Vampire Chronicles series, which includes 1985's The Vampire Lestat and 1988's The Queen of the Damned.

In October 2004, Rice announced in a Newsweek article that she would "write only for the Lord." She called Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt, her first novel in this genre, the beginning of a trilogy that chronicles the life of Jesus. The second volume of the series, The Road to Cana, was published in March 2008.

On September 6, 2004, Rice posted a reply to a number of negative reviews that had appeared on Amazon.com regarding Blood Canticle, leading both to responses of support and to critical comments that she termed "venom". According to Rice, her rebuttal was eventually removed for reasons unknown to her.
The Vampire Chronicles

* Interview with the Vampire (1976)
* The Vampire Lestat (1985)
* The Queen of the Damned (1988)
* The Tale of the Body Thief (1992)
* Memnoch the Devil (1995)
* The Vampire Armand (1998)
* Merrick (2000)
* Blood and Gold (2001)
* Blackwood Farm (2002)
* Blood Canticle (2003)

New Tales of the Vampires

* Pandora (1998)
* Vittorio the Vampire (1999)

The Lives of the Mayfair Witches

* The Witching Hour (1990)
* Lasher (1993)
* Taltos (1994)

Vampire/Mayfair crossover

In these novels the Mayfair Witches become part of the Vampire Chronicles world.

* Merrick (2000)
* Blackwood Farm (2002)
* Blood Canticle (2003)

The Life of Christ

* Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt (2005)
* Christ the Lord: The Road to Cana (2008)
* Christ the Lord: the Kingdom of Heaven (date not announced)

Songs of the Seraphim

* Angel Time (October 2009)

Miscellaneous novels

* The Feast of All Saints (1979)
* Cry to Heaven (1982)
* The Mummy (1989)
* Servant of the Bones (1996)
* Violin (1997)

Short fiction

* October 4, 1948 (1965)
* Nicholas and Jean (first ch. 1966)
* The Master of Rampling Gate (Vampire Short Story) (1982)

Non-fiction

* Called Out of Darkness: A Spiritual Confession (2008) (autobiographical)

Under the pseudonym Anne Rampling

* Exit to Eden (1985)
* Belinda (1986)

Under the pseudonym A.N. Roquelaure

* The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty (1983)
* Beauty's Punishment (1984)
* Beauty's Release (1985)
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Written By: ninny on 10/04/09 at 5:20 am

2011 and the production title for the film is Bond 23.

I see they already have Daniel Craig.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/04/09 at 6:02 am

The word of the day...Walking
1. Able to walk despite injury or illness.
2. Regarded as having the capabilities or qualities of a specified object: a teacher who is a walking dictionary.
3. Used, intended, or suitable for walking: walking clothes; a walking trail; walking distance.
4. Marked by the act of walking: a walking trip.
5. Guided by a person who walks alongside. Used of a machine or farming tool.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/04/09 at 6:03 am

The birthday of the day...Susan Sarandon
Susan Sarandon (born October 4, 1946) is an American actress. She has worked in films and television since 1970, and won an Oscar for her performance in the 1995 film, Dead Man Walking. She is also noted for her social and political activism for a variety of liberal causes
In 1969, Sarandon went to a casting call for the motion-picture Joe with her then husband Chris Sarandon. Although he did not get a part, she was cast in a major role of a disaffected teen who disappears into the seedy underworld (the film was released in 1970). In 1970 and 1971, she appeared on the short lived soap opera A World Apart, playing Patrice Kahlman. Five years later, she appeared in the cult favorite The Rocky Horror Picture Show. That same year, she also played the female lead in The Great Waldo Pepper, opposite Robert Redford. Her most controversial film appearance was in The Hunger in 1983, a modern vampire story which turned out to be a critical and box office flop. The film has gained some cult status for a rather graphic lesbian love scene between Sarandon and co-star Catherine Deneuve. It was the first mainstream American film to feature such a scene between two star actresses. However, Sarandon did not become a "household name" until her breakthrough in the 1988 film Bull Durham, which became a huge commercial and critical success.

Sarandon received five Academy Award nominations for best actress, in Atlantic City (1981), Thelma & Louise (1991), Lorenzo's Oil (1992), and The Client (1994), finally winning in 1995 for Dead Man Walking. Her other movies include Stepmom (1998), Anywhere but Here (1999), Cradle Will Rock (1999), The Banger Sisters (2002), Shall We Dance (2004), Alfie (2004), Romance & Cigarettes (2005), Elizabethtown (2005) and Enchanted (2007).

Sarandon has appeared in two episodes of The Simpsons, one as herself ("Bart Has Two Mommies"), and another as a ballet teacher, "Homer vs. Patty and Selma". She has made appearances on comedies such as Friends, Malcolm in the Middle, Mad TV, Saturday Night Live, Chappelle's Show, and Rescue Me.

Sarandon has contributed the narration to some two dozen documentary films, many dealing with social and political issues; in addition, she has served as the presenter on many installments of the PBS documentary series, Independent Lens. In 2007 she hosted and presented Mythos, a series of lectures by the late American mythology professor Joseph Campbell.

Sarandon joined the cast of the adaptation of The Lovely Bones, opposite Rachel Weisz, and appeared with her daughter, Eva Amurri, in Middle of Nowhere; both of the movies were filmed in 2007.

Most recently, Sarandon joined the cast of "Peacock" starring opposite Ellen Page, Cillian Murphy, Bill Pullman and Josh Lucas. Filming will take place in Des Moines, Iowa.

She is also taking part in the American version of the hit UK television series Who Do You Think You Are? for NBC, in which celebrities trace their family trees. The executive producer is Lisa Kudrow and will feature herself, Lisa, Sarah Jessica Parker and others. The start date for the series has been confirmed as April 20 2009.
Sarandon is noted for her active support of progressive and left-liberal political causes, ranging from donations made to organizations such as EMILY's List to participating in a 1983 delegation to Nicaragua sponsored by MADRE, an organization that promotes "social, environmental and economic justice." Sarandon has also expressed support for various tolerance and human rights causes that are similar philosophically to ideas found among the Christian left.

In 1995 Sarandon was one of many Hollywood actors, directors and writers who were interviewed for the documentary, The Celluloid Closet, which looked at how Hollywood films have depicted homosexuality.

In 1999, she was appointed UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador and in that capacity has actively supported the organization's global advocacy, as well as the work of the Canadian UNICEF Committee.
Susan Sarandon in April 2007

During the 2000 election, Sarandon supported Ralph Nader's run for President, serving as a co-chair of the National Steering Committee of Nader 2000. However, during the 2004 election campaign, she withheld support for Nader's bid, being among several "Nader 2000 Leaders" who signed a petition urging voters to vote for Democratic Party candidate John Kerry.

Sarandon and Robbins both took an early stance against the 2003 invasion of Iraq, with Sarandon stating that she was firmly against the concept of the war as a pre-emptive strike. Prior to a 2003 protest sponsored by the United for Peace and Justice coalition, she said that many Americans "do not want to risk their children or the children of Iraq." Sarandon was one of the first to appear in a series of political ads sponsored by TrueMajority, an organization established by Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream founder Ben Cohen. Also in 2003, Sarandon appeared in a "Love is Love is Love" commercial, promoting the acceptance of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender individuals.

In 2004, she served on the advisory committee for the group 2004 Racism Watch. She hosted a section of the Live 8 concert in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 2005.

Along with anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan, Sarandon took part in a 2006 Mother's Day protest sponsored by Code Pink; she has expressed interest in portraying Sheehan in a movie. In January 2007, she appeared with Robbins and Jane Fonda at an anti-war rally in Washington, D.C. in support of a Congressional measure to withdraw U.S. forces from Iraq.

In 2006 she was one of eight women selected to carry in the Olympic flag at the Opening Ceremony of the 2006 Olympic Winter Games in Turin, Italy

On May 29, 2008 Sarandon announced that she would consider moving to Canada or Italy if John McCain were to be elected President of the United States.

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We have her autograph here!

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 10/04/09 at 6:52 am

I walk every day for excersize.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/04/09 at 8:07 am

I walk around my office!

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Written By: ninny on 10/04/09 at 8:28 am

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Good movie.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 10/04/09 at 8:28 am

I walk every day for excersize.

I walk around my office!

I need to walk more.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/04/09 at 9:11 am

I need to walk more.
I may replace on of my bus journeys with a walk each day.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/04/09 at 9:23 am

Good movie.
A brilliant movie

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Written By: CatwomanofV on 10/04/09 at 11:46 am

Tom Lehrer - Poisoning pigeons in the park Lyrics
Album: Evening Wasted with Tom Lehrer

I'd like to take you now on wings of song, as it were, and try and help you forget perhaps for a while your drab, wretched lives. Here's a song all about spring-time in general, and in particular, about one of the many delightful pastimes the coming of spring affords us all.

Spring is here, a-suh-puh-ring is here.
Life is skittles and life is beer.
I think the loveliest time of the year is the spring.
I do, don't you? 'Course you do.
But there's one thing that makes spring complete for me,
And makes ev'ry Sunday a treat for me.

All the world seems in tune
On a spring afternoon,
When we're poisoning pigeons in the park.
Ev'ry Sunday you'll see
My sweetheart and me,
As we poison the pigeons in the park.

When they see us coming, the birdies all try an' hide,
But they still go for peanuts when coated with cyanide.
The sun's shining bright,
Ev'rything seems all right,
When we're poisoning pigeons in the park.

Lalaalaalalaladoodiedieedoodoodoo

We've gained notoriety,
And caused much anxiety
In the Audubon Society
With our games.
They call it impiety,
And lack of propriety,
And quite a variety
Of unpleasant names.
But it's not against any religion
To want to dispose of a pigeon.

So if Sunday you're free,
Why don't you come with me,
And we'll poison the pigeons in the park.
And maybe we'll do
In a squirrel or two,
While we're poisoning pigeons in the park.

We'll murder them all amid laughter and merriment.
Except for the few we take home to experiment.
My pulse will be quickenin'
With each drop of strychnine
We feed to a pigeon.
It just takes a smidgin!
To poison a pigeon in the park.

I LOVE Tom Lehrer

Cat

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Womble on 10/04/09 at 12:10 pm

Thanks for sharing, Ninny. :)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/04/09 at 12:36 pm

I LOVE Tom Lehrer

Cat
I wish to know more of his songs.

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Written By: CatwomanofV on 10/04/09 at 3:05 pm

I wish to know more of his songs.

I have a few of his albums. Go to YouTube-you can find a lot of his songs there. Did you know he is/was a math teacher at Harvard? I think he has retired now but he used to teach in a former life.

Cat

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/04/09 at 3:25 pm

I have a few of his albums. Go to YouTube-you can find a lot of his songs there. Did you know he is/was a math teacher at Harvard? I think he has retired now but he used to teach in a former life.

Cat
I will try it all out when I can.

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Written By: Frank on 10/04/09 at 10:17 pm

We could almost form a mass online virtal choir here.

Almost.
I am not that good. I am sure you are better.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: gibbo on 10/04/09 at 11:16 pm

I need to walk more.

I am walking an average of 10,000 steps every day now. I wear a pedometer and joined that 10,000 Step Program... So far, I've only lost about 5 kgs and have very sore feet and ankles.. :-\\

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/05/09 at 1:27 am

I am walking an average of 10,000 steps every day now. I wear a pedometer and joined that 10,000 Step Program... So far, I've only lost about 5 kgs and have very sore feet and ankles.. :-\\
...or is it you just tapping your feet to the music on the radio? ;D

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Written By: gibbo on 10/05/09 at 2:00 am

...or is it you just tapping your feet to the music on the radio? ;D

I actually tried that...and it didn't register at all on the pedometer (unless I was listening to the band 'Steps') :D

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 10/05/09 at 5:03 am

I am walking an average of 10,000 steps every day now. I wear a pedometer and joined that 10,000 Step Program... So far, I've only lost about 5 kgs and have very sore feet and ankles.. :-\\

I've gained weight,so I need to walk.

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Written By: ninny on 10/05/09 at 5:04 am

The word of the day will be late.

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Written By: Howard on 10/05/09 at 6:42 am

So the word of the day is "Late"?

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Written By: ninny on 10/05/09 at 8:26 am

The word of the day...Mermaid
A legendary sea creature having the head and upper body of a woman and the tail of a fish.
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Written By: ninny on 10/05/09 at 8:29 am

The birthday of the day...Glynis Johns
Glynis Johns (born 5 October 1923) is a British stage and film actress, dancer, pianist and singer (notably of "Send in the Clowns," which she originated in Stephen Sondheim's A Little Night Music). With a career spanning seven decades, Johns is often cited as the "complete actress", who happens to be a trained pianist and singer. She is also an accomplished dancer, and was qualified to teach ballet by the age of ten.
Johns made her 1938 film debut in the movie version of Winifred Holtby's novel, South Riding. In 1944, she appeared with her father in Halfway House, and in 1948 starred as a mermaid in Miranda (Johns later reprised the role in a 1954 sequel, Mad About Men). In 1952, she co-starred in the movie version of Arnold Bennett's novel The Card. She made a successful transition to Hollywood, appearing in Personal Affair (1953) starring Gene Tierney and in The Court Jester (1956) as Danny Kaye's love interest. The following year, she starred in the especially sad Christmas film All Mine to Give. One of her best known film roles was that of Winifred Banks, the children's mother, a suffragette, in Mary Poppins (1964). Her last film appearance was in the 1999 film Superstar.

Johns has also appeared on television and on stage, most memorably in Stephen Sondheim's musical A Little Night Music. The song "Send in the Clowns" was written with her in mind, and in 1973, she won a Tony award for her role in the musical. She later appeared in London in Cause Célèbre by Terence Rattigan. In the 1962-1963 television season, Johns guest starred in the CBS anthology series The Lloyd Bridges Show. In the fall of 1963, she and Keith Andes starred as a married couple in her sitcom-drama television series called Glynis. In the story, Glynis is a mystery writer, and Andes is a criminal defence attorney. The program was cancelled after thirteen weeks.
* Murder in the Family (1938)
* South Riding (1938)
* Prison Without Bars (1938)
* Under Your Hat (1940)
* On the Night of the Fire (1940)
* The Briggs Family (1940)
* The Thief of Bagdad (1940) (uncredited)
* The Prime Minister (1941) (uncredited)
* 49th Parallel (1941)
* Sabotage Agent (1943)
* The Halfway House (1944)
* Perfect Strangers (1945)
* This Man Is Mine (1946)
* Frieda (1947)
* An Ideal Husband (1947)
* Third Time Lucky (1948)
* Miranda (1948)
* Dear Mr. Prohack (1949)
* The Blue Lamp (1950) (uncredited)
* State Secret (1950)
* Flesh & Blood (1951)
* No Highway, released in the U.S. as No Highway in the Sky (1951)
* The Magic Box (1951)
* Appointment with Venus (1951)
* Encore (1951)
* The Card (1952)
* The Sword and the Rose (1953)
* Rob Roy, the Highland Rogue (1953)
* Personal Affair (1953)
* The Weak and the Wicked (1954)
* The Seekers (1954)
* The Beachcomber (1954)

* Mad About Men (1954)
* Josephine and Men (1955)
* The Court Jester (1956)
* Loser Takes All (1956)
* Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)
* All Mine to Give (1957)
* Another Time, Another Place (1958)
* Last of the Few (1959)
* Shake Hands with the Devil (1959)
* The Spider's Web (1960)
* The Sundowners (1960)
* The Cabinet of Caligari (1962)
* The Chapman Report (1962)
* Papa's Delicate Condition (1963)
* Mary Poppins (1964)
* Dear Brigitte (1965)
* Don't Just Stand There! (1968)
* Lock Up Your Daughters! (1969)
* Under Milk Wood (1972)
* The Vault of Horror (1973)
* The Happy Prince (1974) (voice)
* Mrs. Amworth (1975)
* Three Dangerous Ladies (1977)
* Little Gloria... Happy at Last (1982) (TV)
* "Cheers" (1983) Season One - Mother of Diane Chambers
* Murder in the Family (1985) (Miniseries)
* Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School (1988) (TV) (voice)
* Zelly and Me (1988)
* Nukie (1993)
* The Ref (1994)
* While You Were Sleeping (1995)
* Superstar (1999)
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Written By: ninny on 10/05/09 at 8:36 am

The co-birthday of the day...Kate Winslet
Kate Elizabeth Winslet (born 5 October 1975) is an English actress. Winslet made her film debut starring in Peter Jackson's Heavenly Creatures (1994). She achieved recognition in a supporting role in Ang Lee's adaption of Sense and Sensibility (1995) and her role as Rose DeWitt Bukater in Titanic (1997).

Winslet has appeared in films such as the Iris Murdoch biopic Iris (2001), the neosurrealistic indie film Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2003), Todd Field's 2006 drama Little Children, the romantic comedy The Holiday (2006), and a screen adaption of Revolutionary Road (2008). Nominated for six Academy Awards, Winslet won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in The Reader. She has won awards from the Screen Actors Guild, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, as well as being nominated for an Emmy.

At the age of 22, Winslet became the youngest actress to receive two Oscar nominations; at age 33, she was the youngest actor to receive six nominations. In 2009, David Edelstein of New York Magazine hailed her as "the best English-speaking film actress of her generation."
In 1992, Winslet attended a casting call for Peter Jackson's Heavenly Creatures in London. Auditioning for the part of Juliet Hulme, a teenager who assists in the murder of the mother of her best friend, Pauline Parker, played by Melanie Lynskey, she won the role over 175 other girls. The film was released to favourable reviews in 1994 and won Jackson and partner Fran Walsh a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. Winslet was awarded an Empire Award and a London Critics' Circle Film Award for her performance; The Washington Post writer Desson Thomson commented: "As Juliet, Winslet is a bright-eyed ball of fire, lighting up every scene she’s in. She's offset perfectly by Lynskey, whose quietly smoldering Pauline completes the delicate, dangerous partnership." Speaking about her experience on a film set as an absolute beginner, Winslet noted: "With Heavenly Creatures, all I knew I had to do was completely become that person. In a way it was quite nice doing and not knowing a bloody thing."

The following year, Winslet auditioned for the adaptation of Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility, featuring Emma Thompson, Hugh Grant, and Alan Rickman, intending to get the small but pivotal role of Lucy Steele. She was instead cast in the second leading role of Marianne Dashwood. Director Ang Lee admitted he was initially worried about the way Winslet had attacked her role in Heavenly Creatures and thus required her to exercise tai chi, read Austen-era Gothic novels and poetry, and work with a piano teacher to fit the grace of the role. Budgeted at $16,500,000, the film became a financial and critical success, resulting in a worldwide box office total of $135 million and various awards for Winslet, winning her both a BAFTA and a Screen Actors Guild Award, and nominations for both an Academy Award and a Golden Globe.

In 1996, Winslet starred in Jude and Hamlet. In Michael Winterbottom's Jude, based on the Victorian novel Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy, she played Sue Bridehead, a young woman with suffragette leanings who falls in love with her cousin, played by Christopher Eccleston. Acclaimed among critics, it was not a success at the box office, barely grossing $2 million worldwide. Richard Corliss of Time magazine said "Winslet is worthy of the camera's scrupulous adoration. She's perfect, a modernist ahead of her time and Jude is a handsome showcase for her gifts." Winslet depicted Ophelia, Hamlet's drowned lover, in Kenneth Branagh's all star-cast film version of William Shakespeare's Hamlet. The film garnered largely positive reviews and earned Winslet her second Empire Award.

In mid-1996, Winslet began filming James Cameron's Titanic (1997), alongside Leonardo DiCaprio. Cast as the sensitive seventeen-year-old Rose DeWitt Bukater, a fictional first-class socialite who survives the 1912 sinking of the RMS Titanic, Winslet experienced physical and emotional exhaustion on set: "Titanic was totally different and nothing could have prepared me for it. We were really scared about the whole adventure. Jim is a perfectionist, a real genius at making movies. But there was all this bad press before it came out, and that was really upsetting." Against expectations, the film went on to become the highest-grossing film of all time, grossing more than $1.8 billion in box-office receipts worldwide, and transformed Winslet into a commercial movie star. Subsequently, she was nominated for most of all high-profile awards, winning a European Film Award.
1998—2003

Hideous Kinky, a low-budget hippie romance based on a novel and shot prior to the release of Titanic, was her first and only film of 1998. Winslet rejected offers to play the leading roles in Shakespeare in Love (1998) and Anna and the King (1999) in favor of the role of a young English mother named Julia who moves with her daughters from London to Morocco hoping to start a new life. The film garnered generally mixed reviews and received limited release only, resulting in a worldwide gross of $5 million. Despite the success of Titanic, the next film Winslet opted to star in was Holy Smoke! (1999) featuring Harvey Keitel, another low-budget project — much to the misery of her agents, who felt "miserable" about her preference of arthouse movies. Feeling pressured, Winslet has said she "never saw Titanic as a springboard for bigger films or bigger pay cheques," knowing that "it could have been that, but would have destroyed ." The same year, she voiced Brigid in the computer animated film Faeries.

Winslet's first effort of the 2000s was the period piece Quills with Geoffrey Rush and Joaquin Phoenix. Inspired by the life and work of the Marquis de Sade, the actress served as somewhat of a “patron saint” of the movie for being the first big name to back it, accepting the role of a chamber maid in the asylum and the carrier of the The Marquis' manuscripts to the underground publishers. Well-received by critics, the film garnered numerous accolades for Winslet, including nominations for SAG and Satellite Awards. The film was a modest art house success, averaging $27,709 per screen its debut weekend, and eventually grossing $18 million internationally.

In 2001's Enigma, she played a young woman who finds herself falling for a brilliant young World War II code breaker, played by Dougray Scott. Her first war film, Winslet regarded "making Enigma a brilliant experience" as she was five months pregnant at the time of the shoot, forcing some tricky camera work from the director Michael Apted. Generally well-received, Winslet was awarded a British Independent Film Award for her performance. A. O. Scott of The New York Times described Winslet as "more crush-worthy than ever." In the same year she appeared in Richard Eyre's critically acclaimed film Iris, portraying Irish novelist Iris Murdoch. Winslet shared her role with Dame Judi Dench, with both actresses portraying Murdoch at different phases of her life. Subsequently, each of them was nominated for an Academy Award the following year, scoring Winslet her third nomination. Also in 2001, she voiced the character Belle in the animated motion picture Christmas Carol: The Movie, based on the Charles Dickens classic novel. For the film, Winslet recorded the song "What If," which was released in November 2001 as a single and whose proceeds went to children's cancer charities. A Europe-wide top ten hit, it reached number-one in Austria, Belgium, and Ireland.

Her next film role was in the 2003 drama The Life of David Gale, in which she played an ambitious journalist who interviews a death-sentenced professor (Kevin Spacey) in his final weeks before execution. The film underperformed at international box offices, garnering the half of its $50,000,000 budget only, and generated mostly critical reviews, with Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times calling it a "silly movie."
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: CatwomanofV on 10/05/09 at 11:56 am

I LOVE Glynis Johns and it is amazing that so few people know who she is.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kvk1NZDFvZU

Cat

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Written By: ninny on 10/05/09 at 2:24 pm

I LOVE Glynis Johns and it is amazing that so few people know who she is.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kvk1NZDFvZU

Cat

I know what you mean.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAl-EawVobY#

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Written By: CatwomanofV on 10/05/09 at 3:27 pm

I know what you mean.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAl-EawVobY#

I have the album from the play. I like the way she does it but can't stand the way Judy Collins did it. I saw the movie A Little Night Music with Liz Tayor. 8-P 8-P Why do they insist on casting people who can't sing in musical? ::)

Cat

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Written By: gibbo on 10/05/09 at 3:52 pm

I LOVE Glynis Johns and it is amazing that so few people know who she is.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kvk1NZDFvZU

Cat

Loved her n the Miranda movies..... :)

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Written By: gibbo on 10/05/09 at 4:18 pm

I have the album from the play. I like the way she does it but can't stand the way Judy Collins did it. I saw the movie A Little Night Music with Liz Tayor. 8-P 8-P Why do they insist on casting people who can't sing in musical? ::)

Cat

Interesting...I always liked Judy Collins interpretation of Send In the Clowns. .....and as far as non-musical people cast in musicals...it seemed to be something that crept in in the 60's. Richard Harris and Vanessa Redgrave in Camelot (loved that movie BTW), and who could forget Eastwood and Marvin in Paint Your Wagon (another favourite of mine). Maybe it started with Robert Preston in The Music Man.... :-\\

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Written By: Howard on 10/05/09 at 6:52 pm

Mermaids are always beautiful looking. :)

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Written By: Womble on 10/05/09 at 7:02 pm

The birthday of the day...Glynis Johns
Glynis Johns (born 5 October 1923) is a British stage and film actress, dancer, pianist and singer (notably of "Send in the Clowns," which she originated in Stephen Sondheim's A Little Night Music). With a career spanning seven decades, Johns is often cited as the "complete actress", who happens to be a trained pianist and singer. She is also an accomplished dancer, and was qualified to teach ballet by the age of ten.
Johns made her 1938 film debut in the movie version of Winifred Holtby's novel, South Riding. In 1944, she appeared with her father in Halfway House, and in 1948 starred as a mermaid in Miranda (Johns later reprised the role in a 1954 sequel, Mad About Men). In 1952, she co-starred in the movie version of Arnold Bennett's novel The Card. She made a successful transition to Hollywood, appearing in Personal Affair (1953) starring Gene Tierney and in The Court Jester (1956) as Danny Kaye's love interest. The following year, she starred in the especially sad Christmas film All Mine to Give. One of her best known film roles was that of Winifred Banks, the children's mother, a suffragette, in Mary Poppins (1964). Her last film appearance was in the 1999 film Superstar.

Johns has also appeared on television and on stage, most memorably in Stephen Sondheim's musical A Little Night Music. The song "Send in the Clowns" was written with her in mind, and in 1973, she won a Tony award for her role in the musical. She later appeared in London in Cause Célèbre by Terence Rattigan. In the 1962-1963 television season, Johns guest starred in the CBS anthology series The Lloyd Bridges Show. In the fall of 1963, she and Keith Andes starred as a married couple in her sitcom-drama television series called Glynis. In the story, Glynis is a mystery writer, and Andes is a criminal defence attorney. The program was cancelled after thirteen weeks.
* Murder in the Family (1938)
* South Riding (1938)
* Prison Without Bars (1938)
* Under Your Hat (1940)
* On the Night of the Fire (1940)
* The Briggs Family (1940)
* The Thief of Bagdad (1940) (uncredited)
* The Prime Minister (1941) (uncredited)
* 49th Parallel (1941)
* Sabotage Agent (1943)
* The Halfway House (1944)
* Perfect Strangers (1945)
* This Man Is Mine (1946)
* Frieda (1947)
* An Ideal Husband (1947)
* Third Time Lucky (1948)
* Miranda (1948)
* Dear Mr. Prohack (1949)
* The Blue Lamp (1950) (uncredited)
* State Secret (1950)
* Flesh & Blood (1951)
* No Highway, released in the U.S. as No Highway in the Sky (1951)
* The Magic Box (1951)
* Appointment with Venus (1951)
* Encore (1951)
* The Card (1952)
* The Sword and the Rose (1953)
* Rob Roy, the Highland Rogue (1953)
* Personal Affair (1953)
* The Weak and the Wicked (1954)
* The Seekers (1954)
* The Beachcomber (1954)

* Mad About Men (1954)
* Josephine and Men (1955)
* The Court Jester (1956)
* Loser Takes All (1956)
* Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)
* All Mine to Give (1957)
* Another Time, Another Place (1958)
* Last of the Few (1959)
* Shake Hands with the Devil (1959)
* The Spider's Web (1960)
* The Sundowners (1960)
* The Cabinet of Caligari (1962)
* The Chapman Report (1962)
* Papa's Delicate Condition (1963)
* Mary Poppins (1964)
* Dear Brigitte (1965)
* Don't Just Stand There! (1968)
* Lock Up Your Daughters! (1969)
* Under Milk Wood (1972)
* The Vault of Horror (1973)
* The Happy Prince (1974) (voice)
* Mrs. Amworth (1975)
* Three Dangerous Ladies (1977)
* Little Gloria... Happy at Last (1982) (TV)
* "Cheers" (1983) Season One - Mother of Diane Chambers
* Murder in the Family (1985) (Miniseries)
* Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School (1988) (TV) (voice)
* Zelly and Me (1988)
* Nukie (1993)
* The Ref (1994)
* While You Were Sleeping (1995)
* Superstar (1999)
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Loved her in the Vault of Horror. Heck, I would've snapped too under those circumstances!

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Written By: Howard on 10/05/09 at 7:03 pm

She's still alive? ???

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/06/09 at 1:40 am

She's still alive? ???
I believe so.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/06/09 at 1:41 am

Loved her n the Miranda movies..... :)
We all loved her in Miranda.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/06/09 at 1:43 am

The word of the day...Mermaid
A legendary sea creature having the head and upper body of a woman and the tail of a fish.
Splash!

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Written By: ninny on 10/06/09 at 6:06 am

She's still alive? ???

Yes she is.

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Written By: ninny on 10/06/09 at 6:09 am

I have the album from the play. I like the way she does it but can't stand the way Judy Collins did it. I saw the movie A Little Night Music with Liz Tayor. 8-P 8-P Why do they insist on casting people who can't sing in musical? ::)

Cat

Interesting...I always liked Judy Collins interpretation of Send In the Clowns. .....and as far as non-musical people cast in musicals...it seemed to be something that crept in in the 60's. Richard Harris and Vanessa Redgrave in Camelot (loved that movie BTW), and who could forget Eastwood and Marvin in Paint Your Wagon (another favourite of mine). Maybe it started with Robert Preston in The Music Man.... :-\\

I have to agree with Peter here I like Judy Collins version, Maybe if I had heard Glynis version first things may be different.

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Written By: ninny on 10/06/09 at 6:19 am

The word of the day...Garden
1. A plot of land used for the cultivation of flowers, vegetables, herbs, or fruit.
2. gardens Grounds laid out with flowers, trees, and ornamental shrubs and used for recreation or display. Often used in the plural: public gardens; a botanical garden.
3. A yard or lawn.
4. A fertile, well-cultivated region.
5.
1. An open-air establishment where refreshments are served.
2. A large public auditorium or arena.
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Written By: ninny on 10/06/09 at 6:27 am

The birthday of the day...Bruno Sammartino
Bruno Leopoldo Francesco Sammartino (born October 6, 1935) is an Italian former professional wrestler, best known for being the longest-running champion of the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF), holding the title across two reigns for over 11 years in total, as well as the longest single WWE Championship reign in professional wrestling history.

Sammartino's wrestling ability was more mat-oriented which was typical of wrestlers from his era. His brawling style, power moves, and personal charisma helped him become the most popular American wrestler in the 1960s and 1970s. During the period when Madison Square Garden was the WWWF's primary arena, Sammartino headlined more Garden cards than any other wrestler (130), including 45 sellouts.
Sammartino's first match in Madison Square Garden in New York City was January 2, 1960 against Bull Curry (who was substituting for Killer Kowalski). Within six months of his debut in wrestling, Sammartino was headlining at Madison Square Garden (starting in tag matches, teaming with Antonino Rocca).

On February 18, 1961, Sammartino faced Chick Garibaldi in an afternoon match at the Sunnyside Gardens in New York. During the match, Sammartino bodyslammed Garibaldi and immediately noticed his opponent's eyes roll up inside his head. By the time the ref checked on the fallen wrestler, he was dead in the ring. It was later determined that Garibaldi had died from a heart attack. In the movie Legends Never Die, Sammartino stated that it took him many years to get over that incident.

During his first year of wrestling, after tiring of low payoffs and broken promises, Sammartino left Vincent McMahon Sr.'s Capitol Wrestling Corporation to join a rival New York promoter and former McMahon Sr. partner Kola Kwariani. Kwariani's hold on New York soon weakened because of low attendance and athletic commission pressure to curb violence. In an effort to increase attendance, Kwariani had Sammartino wrestle his tag partner Antonino Rocca twice during this time. Sammartino was then told by Rudy Miller to jump back to McMahon.

Sammartino found himself with even fewer dates and payoffs than the first time he wrestled for McMahon. He gave notice to McMahon that he was going to San Francisco, and its large Italian population, to wrestle for promoter Roy Shire. Very soon after arriving, Sammartino was informed by the local athletic commission that he was suspended. Unable to find work across the country (because every state athletic commission honors suspensions given by other state athletic commissions), Bruno headed back to Pittsburgh to work as a laborer. Sammartino found out that his suspension was due to his skipping a match he was booked for in Baltimore. He was also booked to wrestle in Chicago that same night. In his autobiography, Sammartino states that he believed McMahon set him up, by double-booking him and not informing him of his match in Baltimore, as a way of punishment for working for Kwariani.

On the advice of wrestler Yukon Eric, Bruno contacted Toronto promoter Frank Tunney hoping to take advantage of Toronto's large Italian population. He made his Toronto debut in March 1962 and very quickly, with the help of self-promotion in local newspapers and radio programs, became an attraction. With Canadian legend Whipper Billy Watson, Bruno won his first championship in September 1962, the local version of the International tag team title. Soon, he was in demand by other promoters in different Canadian territories.

After promoters Toots Mondt and McMahon Sr. cleared up Sammartino's suspension by paying his $500 fine, Sammartino went back to work in New York. McMahon Sr. was having a tough time drawing fans with Buddy Rogers. After many weeks of phone calls with McMahon, Sammartino got a title shot for the WWWF World Heavyweight Championship) against Rogers. Even after he won the WWWF Heavyweight Championship, Sammartino still wrestled every other Sunday on the big shows promoted by Tunney. Sammartino made major headlines when he became the first (and only) man to lift 600-pound Haystacks Calhoun in a match and slam him.
Longest reigning WWWF Champion (1963–1971)

He won the WWF World Championship title on May 17, 1963, defeating "Nature Boy" Buddy Rogers in just 48 seconds. Sammartino kept this title for seven years, eight months, and one day; it still stands as the longest continuous world title reign in men's wrestling history.

Sammartino was so popular that in 1965 he was picked by the National Wrestling Alliance board to defeat Lou Thesz, which would have made him the first wrestler to hold both the NWA and WWWF titles at the same time. Sammartino, already getting only every other weekend off, balked when told that he could expect months of continuous bookings with no time off. NWA officials then selected Gene Kiniski to defeat Thesz.

On September 28, 1965, after a match with Tarzan Tyler in Madison Square Garden, Sammartino went to a restaurant in Times Square. When he returned, he found that a window in his car was shattered and his championship belt, which had been placed in a suitcase, was stolen. The belt, which was valued at $10,000, was uninsured, and was immediately replaced by the WWWF. Sammartino headlined cards that filled Madison Square Garden on a monthly basis. He battled the top bad guys of his time, including Killer Kowalski, Giant Baba, Gene Kiniski, Dr. Bill Miller, Dr. Jerry Graham, Bull Ramos, Hans Mortier, Waldo Von Erich, "Crusher" Reginald Lisowski, Johnny Valentine, The Sheik, Freddie Blassie, Curtis Iaukea, Tarzan Tyler, Bill Watts, Gorilla Monsoon, and George "The Animal" Steele.

On January 18, 1971, Sammartino lost the championship at Madison Square Garden to Ivan Koloff. The crowd was so stunned into silence that Sammartino thought his hearing had been damaged. After the pin, Koloff slowly walked across the ring while the ref raised his hand three times. The announcer came into the ring with the belt but did not present it to Koloff. Koloff left the ring while Sammartino stayed inside to keep the crowd's attention off Koloff. As Sammartino left the ring, people started crying. Sammartino has said that the crowd's reaction disturbed him while he sat in the dressing room after the match.

Three weeks later, Pedro Morales beat Koloff to win the title. While Morales drew well in New York, the crowds declined in other cities. In 1973, Sammartino was asked back by McMahon Sr. After refusing McMahon's initial offer, Sammartino was offered a percentage of all the gates when he wrestled and a decreased work schedule. Soon after, Bruno and champion Morales wrestled in a series of tag matches. In one tag match, Professor Tanaka blinded both men. When their eyes cleared, they kept fighting each other, to the surprise of the crowd. On September 1, 1972, both men wrestled to a 75-minute draw at Shea Stadium in New York. The gate narrowly missed becoming the largest take for an outdoor wrestling show at that time.

On January 14, 1972, Sammartino returned to Los Angeles, California for the first time in five years to participate in the highlight of promoter Mike LeBelle's year: a 22-man battle royal. The battle royal included competitors such as Rocky Johnson, Mil Máscaras, John Tolos, Haystacks Calhoun, and Ripper Collins. The final two men left in the ring were Collins and Sammartino. After brawling for about five minutes, they noticed that they were the only ones left. After Sammartino bodyslammed Collins several times, he then applied the bearhug. Collins submitted and Bruno was the champion, and the $11,000 winner, of the third annual Olympic Battle Royal. This battle royal marked the first time that Pro Wrestling Illustrated had fans vote on Match of the Year. It went on to become the Match of the Year for 1972.
Second WWWF Championship reign (1973–1977)

Eventually, on December 10, 1973, Sammartino regained the WWWF Championship, defeating Stan Stasiak. He defeated contenders such as John Tolos, Bruiser Brody, Spiros Arion, Ken Patera, Bugsy McGraw, Freddie Blassie, Baron Von Raschke, Waldo Von Erich, Ivan Koloff, "Superstar" Billy Graham, Don Leo Jonathan, Angelo Mosca, Ernie Ladd, and Nikolai Volkoff. His second title run lasted three years, four months, and twenty days.

During this time, on April 26, 1976, Sammartino suffered a neck fracture in a match against Stan Hansen at Madison Square Garden, when Hansen improperly executed a body slam. After two months of recovery, Sammartino returned, and faced Hansen in a rematch on June 25, 1976 at Shea Stadium, which was on the closed circuit TV undercard of the famous Ali vs. Antonio Inoki match for WWWF cities. Sammartino was rushed back into action by Vince McMahon Sr. when the advance gate for the show was a disaster. Sammartino scored a decisive count-out win, after Hansen ran from the ring. More importantly, Sammartino drew a large live audience, and big closed circuit TV receipts (the Ali/Inoki show, without the Sammartino/Hansen match, did horribly in much of the parts of America that did not air the Sammartino/Hansen). The match was rated 1976 Match of the Year by a number of wrestling magazines.

His second title reign was only supposed to last a year but each year Bruno received bigger payoffs to stay on. In early 1977, after suffering a broken neck and many other ailments, Bruno informed McMahon Sr. that he was done with his second title reign. It ended on April 30, 1977, when he was defeated by "Superstar" Billy Graham in a controversial ending. Graham had both feet on the ropes (which is illegal under normal professional wrestling rules) while successfully pinning Sammartino.
After World Title (1978–1987)

After his second reign ended, Bruno toured the U.S. and the world. He wrestled then-NWA Champion Harley Race to a one hour draw. He also beat, among many others, Blackjack Mulligan, Lord Alfred Hayes, and "Crippler" Ray Stevens, and teamed with the legendary Dick the Bruiser to win the WWA Tag Titles from The Valiant Brothers.

One of the most emotional feuds of Bruno's career started on January 22, 1980, when his former student Larry Zbyszko violently turned against him during a scientific exhibition, broadcast on the World Wrestling Federation's Championship Wrestling show. Bruno, shocked and hurt by Zbyszko's betrayal, vowed to make Zbyszko (whom Bruno described as a "Judas") pay dearly. Their feud culminated on August 9, 1980, in front of 36,295 fans at Shea Stadium. As the main event of 1980's Showdown at Shea, Bruno defeated Zbyszko inside a steel cage. This feud is considered by many wrestling historians and journalists, such as Jonathan Martin, to be the biggest feud in the history of wrestling in the northeast.

Sammartino finds Hulk Hogan's claim in his autobiography that he and André the Giant were the reason for the Shea gate to be humorous. The feud between Sammartino and Zbyszko sold out everywhere they wrestled leading up the show. Hogan and André wrestled in White Plains, New York, drawing 1,200 in a building that held 3,500 as the main event before they wrestled at Shea.

After retiring from wrestling full-time in 1981, Sammartino agreed to return to the then-WWF in an attempt to launch the wrestling career of his son David, who became a wrestler against his father's wishes. Sammartino wrestled occasionally, teaming with his son against the likes of Paul Orndorff and Bobby Heenan and Brutus Beefcake and Johnny Valiant. David soon realized he was being used by Vince McMahon to get his famous father to wrestle (and draw huge crowds in the northeast). Disenchanted, David quit the WWF several times which forced Sammartino to continue to wrestle, in hopes that he could get his son back in McMahon's good graces.

It was during this time that Sammartino found out through Angelo Savoldi, an ex-employee of Capitol Wrestling Corp., that he was being cheated by Vince McMahon Sr. on the gate percentages that he was promised. Bruno filed suit in 1979 against McMahon Sr. and Capitol Wrestling.

The suit was settled out of court by McMahon Jr. after his father had died. Part of the settlement included Bruno doing color commentary on the WWF TV show. Sammartino's last major run came during the mid-1980s, following the inaugral WrestleMania in 1985. At that event, Sammartino chaperoned his son, David, in his match against Brutus Beefcake. That match ended in a double-disqualification after the Sammartinos began brawling with Beefcake and Johnny Valiant.

Sammartino has stated many times that he was coaxed out of retirement by his son David in order for David to receive a push from McMahon Jr. Sammartino says that this time period was his least favorite of his career.

Sammartino's most notable feud during this run was with "Macho Man" Randy Savage. He often teamed with Tito Santana and even old enemy George "The Animal" Steele to wrestle Savage and "Adorable" Adrian Adonis. The feud intensified in late 1986 and early 1987 when an irate Sammartino attacked Savage during a TV interview, after Savage bragged about injuring Ricky Steamboat (by driving the timekeeper's bell into Steamboat's throat during a televised match). Sammartino also defeated Savage in a lumberjack match for the WWF Intercontinental Championship (via disqualification, allowing Savage to keep the belt).

In late 1985 and early 1986, Sammartino engaged in a feud with Rowdy Roddy Piper after Piper insulted him on Piper's Pit at Madison Square Garden; "Cowboy" Bob Orton had tried to stay in the ring in an attempt to intimidate Sammartino, but the ploy did not work. The "Living Legend" got the upper hand in the feud, ultimately defeating Piper in a steel cage match at the Boston Garden. Sammartino also competed in the battle royal at WrestleMania 2, but didn't win.

Sammartino's last major series of matches came in the summer of 1987 against The Honky Tonk Man for the Intercontinental Title. Although he dominated the matches against the champion Honky, Sammartino never won the title, winning most of his matches by countout or disqualification. Sammartino also fought in a series of matches against Hercules during this time. Bruno had his last singles match against Hercules Hernandez. He won via countout at the Paul Boesch Retirement Show in Houston, Texas on August 28, 1987.

Sammartino's final WWF match saw him team with Hulk Hogan to defeat King Kong Bundy and One Man Gang. He continued doing commentary on the WWF's syndicated Superstars of Wrestling until March 1988.

After leaving the WWF, Sammartino began doing commentary for the Universal Wrestling Federation as it attempted to go national and compete with the WWF, the NWA, the WCCW, and Jim Crockett Promotions.

On October 28, 1989, Bruno made a special appearance at the NWA PPV Halloween Havoc, where he was the special guest referee in a "Thunderdome" cage match which featured Ric Flair and Sting taking on Terry Funk and The Great Muta. He ended up exchanging blows with Muta at the end of the match and ran him off. He appeared at several WCW events in a minor analysis role in the early 1990s.
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Written By: ninny on 10/06/09 at 6:30 am

The co-birthday of the day...Britt Ekland
Britt Ekland (born 6 October 1942 in Stockholm, Sweden) is a Swedish actress long resident in the United Kingdom. She is best known for her roles as a Bond girl in The Man with the Golden Gun, and in the British cult horror film The Wicker Man, as well as her marriage to actor Peter Sellers, and her high-profile social life.
Ekland was the leading Bond girl in the 1974 James Bond movie The Man with the Golden Gun. Other notable film appearances include The Night They Raided Minsky's, Baxter, The Double Man, Get Carter (in the 1999 BBC television series I Love the '70s she hosted the 1971 episode in homage to her role as "Anna" in the film), and the 1973 cult film The Wicker Man (for which her voice was dubbed to disguise her Swedish-accented English).

She had been director Roman Polanski's first choice for the lead in Rosemary's Baby (1968) because he thought she would contrast well with the film's dark undertones. The studio preferred Mia Farrow, however, who had become a star on the enormously popular night-time soap opera Peyton Place (1964). She would later stand as maid of honor for Sharon Tate at her marriage to Polanski.

She also portrayed biographical characters, such as the one based on real-life actress Anny Ondra (boxer Max Schmeling's wife) in the television movie Ring of Passion (1978), and prostitute Mariella Novotny in the feature film Scandal (1989) about the Profumo affair.

Ekland published a beauty and fitness book in 1984, followed by a fitness video in 1992. Ekland credits her personal trainer, Herb Genendelis, for a workout regimen that has kept her in "show biz shape".

She appeared on stage as a cast member in Grumpy Old Women Live, in December 2007 participated in the Swedish reality show Stjärnorna på slottet (The stars at the castle) along with Peter Stormare, Arja Saijonmaa, Jan Malmsjö and Magnus Härenstam, and in December 2007 and January 2008 she starred in Cinderella at Swindon's Wyvern Theatre. She appeared as a guest on the top rated British daytime television show Loose Women, in January 2008.
Filmography

* Too Many Thieves (1966)
* After the Fox (1966) (Italian title: Caccia alla volpe)
* The Double Man (1967)
* The Bobo (1967)
* The Night They Raided Minsky's (1968)
* Stiletto (1969)
* Percy (1971)
* Get Carter (1971)
* Diabólica malicia (1971)
* Endless Night (1972)
* The Wicker Man (1973)
* The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)
* Royal Flash (1975)
* Casanova & Co. (1977)
* Slavers (1978)
* The Monster Club (1980)
* Satan's Mistress (1982)
* Dead Wrong (1983)
* Love Scenes (1984)
* Fraternity Vacation (1985)
* Scandal (1989)
* Cold Heat (1989)
* The Children (1990)
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Written By: Howard on 10/06/09 at 6:54 am

The birthday of the day...Bruno Sammartino
Bruno Leopoldo Francesco Sammartino (born October 6, 1935) is an Italian former professional wrestler, best known for being the longest-running champion of the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF), holding the title across two reigns for over 11 years in total, as well as the longest single WWE Championship reign in professional wrestling history.

Sammartino's wrestling ability was more mat-oriented which was typical of wrestlers from his era. His brawling style, power moves, and personal charisma helped him become the most popular American wrestler in the 1960s and 1970s. During the period when Madison Square Garden was the WWWF's primary arena, Sammartino headlined more Garden cards than any other wrestler (130), including 45 sellouts.
Sammartino's first match in Madison Square Garden in New York City was January 2, 1960 against Bull Curry (who was substituting for Killer Kowalski). Within six months of his debut in wrestling, Sammartino was headlining at Madison Square Garden (starting in tag matches, teaming with Antonino Rocca).

On February 18, 1961, Sammartino faced Chick Garibaldi in an afternoon match at the Sunnyside Gardens in New York. During the match, Sammartino bodyslammed Garibaldi and immediately noticed his opponent's eyes roll up inside his head. By the time the ref checked on the fallen wrestler, he was dead in the ring. It was later determined that Garibaldi had died from a heart attack. In the movie Legends Never Die, Sammartino stated that it took him many years to get over that incident.

During his first year of wrestling, after tiring of low payoffs and broken promises, Sammartino left Vincent McMahon Sr.'s Capitol Wrestling Corporation to join a rival New York promoter and former McMahon Sr. partner Kola Kwariani. Kwariani's hold on New York soon weakened because of low attendance and athletic commission pressure to curb violence. In an effort to increase attendance, Kwariani had Sammartino wrestle his tag partner Antonino Rocca twice during this time. Sammartino was then told by Rudy Miller to jump back to McMahon.

Sammartino found himself with even fewer dates and payoffs than the first time he wrestled for McMahon. He gave notice to McMahon that he was going to San Francisco, and its large Italian population, to wrestle for promoter Roy Shire. Very soon after arriving, Sammartino was informed by the local athletic commission that he was suspended. Unable to find work across the country (because every state athletic commission honors suspensions given by other state athletic commissions), Bruno headed back to Pittsburgh to work as a laborer. Sammartino found out that his suspension was due to his skipping a match he was booked for in Baltimore. He was also booked to wrestle in Chicago that same night. In his autobiography, Sammartino states that he believed McMahon set him up, by double-booking him and not informing him of his match in Baltimore, as a way of punishment for working for Kwariani.

On the advice of wrestler Yukon Eric, Bruno contacted Toronto promoter Frank Tunney hoping to take advantage of Toronto's large Italian population. He made his Toronto debut in March 1962 and very quickly, with the help of self-promotion in local newspapers and radio programs, became an attraction. With Canadian legend Whipper Billy Watson, Bruno won his first championship in September 1962, the local version of the International tag team title. Soon, he was in demand by other promoters in different Canadian territories.

After promoters Toots Mondt and McMahon Sr. cleared up Sammartino's suspension by paying his $500 fine, Sammartino went back to work in New York. McMahon Sr. was having a tough time drawing fans with Buddy Rogers. After many weeks of phone calls with McMahon, Sammartino got a title shot for the WWWF World Heavyweight Championship) against Rogers. Even after he won the WWWF Heavyweight Championship, Sammartino still wrestled every other Sunday on the big shows promoted by Tunney. Sammartino made major headlines when he became the first (and only) man to lift 600-pound Haystacks Calhoun in a match and slam him.
Longest reigning WWWF Champion (1963–1971)

He won the WWF World Championship title on May 17, 1963, defeating "Nature Boy" Buddy Rogers in just 48 seconds. Sammartino kept this title for seven years, eight months, and one day; it still stands as the longest continuous world title reign in men's wrestling history.

Sammartino was so popular that in 1965 he was picked by the National Wrestling Alliance board to defeat Lou Thesz, which would have made him the first wrestler to hold both the NWA and WWWF titles at the same time. Sammartino, already getting only every other weekend off, balked when told that he could expect months of continuous bookings with no time off. NWA officials then selected Gene Kiniski to defeat Thesz.

On September 28, 1965, after a match with Tarzan Tyler in Madison Square Garden, Sammartino went to a restaurant in Times Square. When he returned, he found that a window in his car was shattered and his championship belt, which had been placed in a suitcase, was stolen. The belt, which was valued at $10,000, was uninsured, and was immediately replaced by the WWWF. Sammartino headlined cards that filled Madison Square Garden on a monthly basis. He battled the top bad guys of his time, including Killer Kowalski, Giant Baba, Gene Kiniski, Dr. Bill Miller, Dr. Jerry Graham, Bull Ramos, Hans Mortier, Waldo Von Erich, "Crusher" Reginald Lisowski, Johnny Valentine, The Sheik, Freddie Blassie, Curtis Iaukea, Tarzan Tyler, Bill Watts, Gorilla Monsoon, and George "The Animal" Steele.

On January 18, 1971, Sammartino lost the championship at Madison Square Garden to Ivan Koloff. The crowd was so stunned into silence that Sammartino thought his hearing had been damaged. After the pin, Koloff slowly walked across the ring while the ref raised his hand three times. The announcer came into the ring with the belt but did not present it to Koloff. Koloff left the ring while Sammartino stayed inside to keep the crowd's attention off Koloff. As Sammartino left the ring, people started crying. Sammartino has said that the crowd's reaction disturbed him while he sat in the dressing room after the match.

Three weeks later, Pedro Morales beat Koloff to win the title. While Morales drew well in New York, the crowds declined in other cities. In 1973, Sammartino was asked back by McMahon Sr. After refusing McMahon's initial offer, Sammartino was offered a percentage of all the gates when he wrestled and a decreased work schedule. Soon after, Bruno and champion Morales wrestled in a series of tag matches. In one tag match, Professor Tanaka blinded both men. When their eyes cleared, they kept fighting each other, to the surprise of the crowd. On September 1, 1972, both men wrestled to a 75-minute draw at Shea Stadium in New York. The gate narrowly missed becoming the largest take for an outdoor wrestling show at that time.

On January 14, 1972, Sammartino returned to Los Angeles, California for the first time in five years to participate in the highlight of promoter Mike LeBelle's year: a 22-man battle royal. The battle royal included competitors such as Rocky Johnson, Mil Máscaras, John Tolos, Haystacks Calhoun, and Ripper Collins. The final two men left in the ring were Collins and Sammartino. After brawling for about five minutes, they noticed that they were the only ones left. After Sammartino bodyslammed Collins several times, he then applied the bearhug. Collins submitted and Bruno was the champion, and the $11,000 winner, of the third annual Olympic Battle Royal. This battle royal marked the first time that Pro Wrestling Illustrated had fans vote on Match of the Year. It went on to become the Match of the Year for 1972.
Second WWWF Championship reign (1973–1977)

Eventually, on December 10, 1973, Sammartino regained the WWWF Championship, defeating Stan Stasiak. He defeated contenders such as John Tolos, Bruiser Brody, Spiros Arion, Ken Patera, Bugsy McGraw, Freddie Blassie, Baron Von Raschke, Waldo Von Erich, Ivan Koloff, "Superstar" Billy Graham, Don Leo Jonathan, Angelo Mosca, Ernie Ladd, and Nikolai Volkoff. His second title run lasted three years, four months, and twenty days.

During this time, on April 26, 1976, Sammartino suffered a neck fracture in a match against Stan Hansen at Madison Square Garden, when Hansen improperly executed a body slam. After two months of recovery, Sammartino returned, and faced Hansen in a rematch on June 25, 1976 at Shea Stadium, which was on the closed circuit TV undercard of the famous Ali vs. Antonio Inoki match for WWWF cities. Sammartino was rushed back into action by Vince McMahon Sr. when the advance gate for the show was a disaster. Sammartino scored a decisive count-out win, after Hansen ran from the ring. More importantly, Sammartino drew a large live audience, and big closed circuit TV receipts (the Ali/Inoki show, without the Sammartino/Hansen match, did horribly in much of the parts of America that did not air the Sammartino/Hansen). The match was rated 1976 Match of the Year by a number of wrestling magazines.

His second title reign was only supposed to last a year but each year Bruno received bigger payoffs to stay on. In early 1977, after suffering a broken neck and many other ailments, Bruno informed McMahon Sr. that he was done with his second title reign. It ended on April 30, 1977, when he was defeated by "Superstar" Billy Graham in a controversial ending. Graham had both feet on the ropes (which is illegal under normal professional wrestling rules) while successfully pinning Sammartino.
After World Title (1978–1987)

After his second reign ended, Bruno toured the U.S. and the world. He wrestled then-NWA Champion Harley Race to a one hour draw. He also beat, among many others, Blackjack Mulligan, Lord Alfred Hayes, and "Crippler" Ray Stevens, and teamed with the legendary Dick the Bruiser to win the WWA Tag Titles from The Valiant Brothers.

One of the most emotional feuds of Bruno's career started on January 22, 1980, when his former student Larry Zbyszko violently turned against him during a scientific exhibition, broadcast on the World Wrestling Federation's Championship Wrestling show. Bruno, shocked and hurt by Zbyszko's betrayal, vowed to make Zbyszko (whom Bruno described as a "Judas") pay dearly. Their feud culminated on August 9, 1980, in front of 36,295 fans at Shea Stadium. As the main event of 1980's Showdown at Shea, Bruno defeated Zbyszko inside a steel cage. This feud is considered by many wrestling historians and journalists, such as Jonathan Martin, to be the biggest feud in the history of wrestling in the northeast.

Sammartino finds Hulk Hogan's claim in his autobiography that he and André the Giant were the reason for the Shea gate to be humorous. The feud between Sammartino and Zbyszko sold out everywhere they wrestled leading up the show. Hogan and André wrestled in White Plains, New York, drawing 1,200 in a building that held 3,500 as the main event before they wrestled at Shea.

After retiring from wrestling full-time in 1981, Sammartino agreed to return to the then-WWF in an attempt to launch the wrestling career of his son David, who became a wrestler against his father's wishes. Sammartino wrestled occasionally, teaming with his son against the likes of Paul Orndorff and Bobby Heenan and Brutus Beefcake and Johnny Valiant. David soon realized he was being used by Vince McMahon to get his famous father to wrestle (and draw huge crowds in the northeast). Disenchanted, David quit the WWF several times which forced Sammartino to continue to wrestle, in hopes that he could get his son back in McMahon's good graces.

It was during this time that Sammartino found out through Angelo Savoldi, an ex-employee of Capitol Wrestling Corp., that he was being cheated by Vince McMahon Sr. on the gate percentages that he was promised. Bruno filed suit in 1979 against McMahon Sr. and Capitol Wrestling.

The suit was settled out of court by McMahon Jr. after his father had died. Part of the settlement included Bruno doing color commentary on the WWF TV show. Sammartino's last major run came during the mid-1980s, following the inaugral WrestleMania in 1985. At that event, Sammartino chaperoned his son, David, in his match against Brutus Beefcake. That match ended in a double-disqualification after the Sammartinos began brawling with Beefcake and Johnny Valiant.

Sammartino has stated many times that he was coaxed out of retirement by his son David in order for David to receive a push from McMahon Jr. Sammartino says that this time period was his least favorite of his career.

Sammartino's most notable feud during this run was with "Macho Man" Randy Savage. He often teamed with Tito Santana and even old enemy George "The Animal" Steele to wrestle Savage and "Adorable" Adrian Adonis. The feud intensified in late 1986 and early 1987 when an irate Sammartino attacked Savage during a TV interview, after Savage bragged about injuring Ricky Steamboat (by driving the timekeeper's bell into Steamboat's throat during a televised match). Sammartino also defeated Savage in a lumberjack match for the WWF Intercontinental Championship (via disqualification, allowing Savage to keep the belt).

In late 1985 and early 1986, Sammartino engaged in a feud with Rowdy Roddy Piper after Piper insulted him on Piper's Pit at Madison Square Garden; "Cowboy" Bob Orton had tried to stay in the ring in an attempt to intimidate Sammartino, but the ploy did not work. The "Living Legend" got the upper hand in the feud, ultimately defeating Piper in a steel cage match at the Boston Garden. Sammartino also competed in the battle royal at WrestleMania 2, but didn't win.

Sammartino's last major series of matches came in the summer of 1987 against The Honky Tonk Man for the Intercontinental Title. Although he dominated the matches against the champion Honky, Sammartino never won the title, winning most of his matches by countout or disqualification. Sammartino also fought in a series of matches against Hercules during this time. Bruno had his last singles match against Hercules Hernandez. He won via countout at the Paul Boesch Retirement Show in Houston, Texas on August 28, 1987.

Sammartino's final WWF match saw him team with Hulk Hogan to defeat King Kong Bundy and One Man Gang. He continued doing commentary on the WWF's syndicated Superstars of Wrestling until March 1988.

After leaving the WWF, Sammartino began doing commentary for the Universal Wrestling Federation as it attempted to go national and compete with the WWF, the NWA, the WCCW, and Jim Crockett Promotions.

On October 28, 1989, Bruno made a special appearance at the NWA PPV Halloween Havoc, where he was the special guest referee in a "Thunderdome" cage match which featured Ric Flair and Sting taking on Terry Funk and The Great Muta. He ended up exchanging blows with Muta at the end of the match and ran him off. He appeared at several WCW events in a minor analysis role in the early 1990s.
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and still the greatest. O0

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Written By: Howard on 10/06/09 at 6:59 am

I used to watch the Magic Garden. :)

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Written By: danootaandme on 10/06/09 at 7:01 am

Britt also had a high profile affair with Rod Stewart, that is her cooing in the background of "Tonight's the Night" and it was to her he was referring to in "You're in My Heart"

The big bosomed lady with the dutch accent
Who tried to change my point of view
Her ad lib lines were well rehearsed

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 10/06/09 at 7:02 am

Britt also had a high profile affair with Rod Stewart, that is her cooing in the background of "Tonight's the Night" and it was to her he was referring to in "You're in My Heart"

The big bosomed lady with the dutch accent
Who tried to change my point of view
Her ad lib lines were well rehearsed

So that was her in the background?

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Written By: ninny on 10/06/09 at 8:42 am

and still the greatest. O0

I remember him when I watched wrestling in the 70's

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 10/06/09 at 8:43 am

Britt also had a high profile affair with Rod Stewart, that is her cooing in the background of "Tonight's the Night" and it was to her he was referring to in "You're in My Heart"

The big bosomed lady with the dutch accent
Who tried to change my point of view
Her ad lib lines were well rehearsed

I remember that well. great songs.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: CatwomanofV on 10/06/09 at 10:45 am

Interesting...I always liked Judy Collins interpretation of Send In the Clowns. .....and as far as non-musical people cast in musicals...it seemed to be something that crept in in the 60's. Richard Harris and Vanessa Redgrave in Camelot (loved that movie BTW), and who could forget Eastwood and Marvin in Paint Your Wagon (another favourite of mine). Maybe it started with Robert Preston in The Music Man.... :-\\

I do love Paint Your Wagon, too. But, I didn't like Camelot-mainly because I grew up listening to the record of Julie Andrews as Guinevere it is really hard to settle for anything less. (Felt the same way seeing My Fair Lady with Audrey Hepburn.)

I have to agree with Peter here I like Judy Collins version, Maybe if I had heard Glynis version first things may be different.

It's funny because I DID hear the Judy Collins version first. I didn't like the song when I first heard it. But then we got the album to the play and I heard Glynis Johns doing it and it changed my mind. I also have the album from the London performance with Jean Simmons and I STILL like Glynis Johns better.

Cat

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Written By: gibbo on 10/06/09 at 4:11 pm

Britt and Bruno in a garden... Now THERE's an idea for a movie! :o They were both favourites of mine at one time or another.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 10/06/09 at 5:13 pm

Britt and Bruno in a garden... Now THERE's an idea for a movie! :o They were both favourites of mine at one time or another.

That would be funny

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Written By: Howard on 10/06/09 at 6:53 pm

He was also in the Hall of Fame.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: coqueta83 on 10/06/09 at 7:33 pm

I remember Bruno Sammartino a little bit from my childhood...my dad was a huge fan of his. :)

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Written By: Womble on 10/06/09 at 8:12 pm

The co-birthday of the day...Britt Ekland
Britt Ekland (born 6 October 1942 in Stockholm, Sweden) is a Swedish actress long resident in the United Kingdom. She is best known for her roles as a Bond girl in The Man with the Golden Gun, and in the British cult horror film The Wicker Man, as well as her marriage to actor Peter Sellers, and her high-profile social life.
Ekland was the leading Bond girl in the 1974 James Bond movie The Man with the Golden Gun. Other notable film appearances include The Night They Raided Minsky's, Baxter, The Double Man, Get Carter (in the 1999 BBC television series I Love the '70s she hosted the 1971 episode in homage to her role as "Anna" in the film), and the 1973 cult film The Wicker Man (for which her voice was dubbed to disguise her Swedish-accented English).

She had been director Roman Polanski's first choice for the lead in Rosemary's Baby (1968) because he thought she would contrast well with the film's dark undertones. The studio preferred Mia Farrow, however, who had become a star on the enormously popular night-time soap opera Peyton Place (1964). She would later stand as maid of honor for Sharon Tate at her marriage to Polanski.

She also portrayed biographical characters, such as the one based on real-life actress Anny Ondra (boxer Max Schmeling's wife) in the television movie Ring of Passion (1978), and prostitute Mariella Novotny in the feature film Scandal (1989) about the Profumo affair.

Ekland published a beauty and fitness book in 1984, followed by a fitness video in 1992. Ekland credits her personal trainer, Herb Genendelis, for a workout regimen that has kept her in "show biz shape".

She appeared on stage as a cast member in Grumpy Old Women Live, in December 2007 participated in the Swedish reality show Stjärnorna på slottet (The stars at the castle) along with Peter Stormare, Arja Saijonmaa, Jan Malmsjö and Magnus Härenstam, and in December 2007 and January 2008 she starred in Cinderella at Swindon's Wyvern Theatre. She appeared as a guest on the top rated British daytime television show Loose Women, in January 2008.
Filmography

* Too Many Thieves (1966)
* After the Fox (1966) (Italian title: Caccia alla volpe)
* The Double Man (1967)
* The Bobo (1967)
* The Night They Raided Minsky's (1968)
* Stiletto (1969)
* Percy (1971)
* Get Carter (1971)
* Diabólica malicia (1971)
* Endless Night (1972)
* The Wicker Man (1973)
* The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)
* Royal Flash (1975)
* Casanova & Co. (1977)
* Slavers (1978)
* The Monster Club (1980)
* Satan's Mistress (1982)
* Dead Wrong (1983)
* Love Scenes (1984)
* Fraternity Vacation (1985)
* Scandal (1989)
* Cold Heat (1989)
* The Children (1990)
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I love Mary Goodnight! Thanks, Ninny! :)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/07/09 at 1:12 am

The co-birthday of the day...Britt Ekland
Britt Ekland (born 6 October 1942 in Stockholm, Sweden) is a Swedish actress long resident in the United Kingdom. She is best known for her roles as a Bond girl in The Man with the Golden Gun, and in the British cult horror film The Wicker Man, as well as her marriage to actor Peter Sellers, and her high-profile social life.
Ekland was the leading Bond girl in the 1974 James Bond movie The Man with the Golden Gun. Other notable film appearances include The Night They Raided Minsky's, Baxter, The Double Man, Get Carter (in the 1999 BBC television series I Love the '70s she hosted the 1971 episode in homage to her role as "Anna" in the film), and the 1973 cult film The Wicker Man (for which her voice was dubbed to disguise her Swedish-accented English).

She had been director Roman Polanski's first choice for the lead in Rosemary's Baby (1968) because he thought she would contrast well with the film's dark undertones. The studio preferred Mia Farrow, however, who had become a star on the enormously popular night-time soap opera Peyton Place (1964). She would later stand as maid of honor for Sharon Tate at her marriage to Polanski.

She also portrayed biographical characters, such as the one based on real-life actress Anny Ondra (boxer Max Schmeling's wife) in the television movie Ring of Passion (1978), and prostitute Mariella Novotny in the feature film Scandal (1989) about the Profumo affair.

Ekland published a beauty and fitness book in 1984, followed by a fitness video in 1992. Ekland credits her personal trainer, Herb Genendelis, for a workout regimen that has kept her in "show biz shape".

She appeared on stage as a cast member in Grumpy Old Women Live, in December 2007 participated in the Swedish reality show Stjärnorna på slottet (The stars at the castle) along with Peter Stormare, Arja Saijonmaa, Jan Malmsjö and Magnus Härenstam, and in December 2007 and January 2008 she starred in Cinderella at Swindon's Wyvern Theatre. She appeared as a guest on the top rated British daytime television show Loose Women, in January 2008.
Filmography

* Too Many Thieves (1966)
* After the Fox (1966) (Italian title: Caccia alla volpe)
* The Double Man (1967)
* The Bobo (1967)
* The Night They Raided Minsky's (1968)
* Stiletto (1969)
* Percy (1971)
* Get Carter (1971)
* Diabólica malicia (1971)
* Endless Night (1972)
* The Wicker Man (1973)
* The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)
* Royal Flash (1975)
* Casanova & Co. (1977)
* Slavers (1978)
* The Monster Club (1980)
* Satan's Mistress (1982)
* Dead Wrong (1983)
* Love Scenes (1984)
* Fraternity Vacation (1985)
* Scandal (1989)
* Cold Heat (1989)
* The Children (1990)
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It was a body double for her in The Wicker Man.

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Written By: Frank on 10/07/09 at 1:16 am

It was a body double for her in The Wicker Man.

You're in my heart, you're in my soul., The song was about her.

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Written By: ninny on 10/07/09 at 4:35 am

I remember Bruno Sammartino a little bit from my childhood...my dad was a huge fan of his. :)

He was a great wrestler :)

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Written By: ninny on 10/07/09 at 4:39 am

I love Mary Goodnight! Thanks, Ninny! :)

I'm glad you like it..sadly I know Britt more from who she dated than what movies she was in.

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Written By: ninny on 10/07/09 at 4:45 am

The word of the day...Eye(s)
1. An organ of vision or of light sensitivity.
2.
1. Either of a pair of hollow structures located in bony sockets of the skull, functioning together or independently, each having a lens capable of focusing incident light on an internal photosensitive retina from which nerve impulses are sent to the brain; the vertebrate organ of vision.
2. The external, visible portion of this organ together with its associated structures, especially the eyelids, eyelashes, and eyebrows.
3. The pigmented iris of this organ.
3. The faculty of seeing; vision.
4. The ability to make intellectual or aesthetic judgments: has a good eye for understated fashion.
5.
1. A way of regarding something; a point of view: To my eye, the decorations are excellent.
2. Attention: The lavish window display immediately got my eye.
3. Watchful attention or supervision: always under his boss's eye; kept an eye on her valuables.
6. Something suggestive of the vertebrate organ of vision, especially:
1. An opening in a needle.
2. The aperture of a camera.
3. A loop, as of metal, rope, or thread.
4. A circular marking on a peacock's feather.
5. Chiefly Southern U.S. The round flat cover over the hole on the top of a wood-burning stove. Also called regionally cap, griddle.
7. A photosensitive device, such as a photoelectric cell.
8. Botany.
1. A bud on a twig or tuber: the eye of a potato.
2. The often differently colored center of the corolla of some flowers.
9.
1. Meteorology. The circular area of relative calm at the center of a cyclone.
2. The center or focal point of attention or action: right in the eye of the controversy.
10. Informal. A detective, especially a private investigator.
11. A choice center cut of meat, as of beef: eye of the round.
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Written By: ninny on 10/07/09 at 4:49 am

The birthday of the day...Al Martino
Al Martino (born Alfred Cini, October 7, 1927, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an Italian American singer and actor. Allmusic journalist Steve Huey states, "Martino was one of the great Italian American pop crooners, boasting a string of hit singles and albums that stretched from the early 1950s all the way into the mid 1970s. However, he is perhaps even better known for his role in The Godfather as singer Johnny Fontane, a character supposedly based on Frank Sinatra, but with eerie similarities to Martino's own career."
His Italian immigrant parents ran a masonry business, and he worked alongside his brothers as a bricklayer whilst growing up. However, he was more interested in music, and was inspired by Al Jolson and Perry Como to try his own hand at singing. When his boyhood friend Alfredo Cocozza changed his name to Mario Lanza and became an international opera star, the possibility of a career in music suddenly seemed plausible.

After service with the U.S. Marines in World War II, including being a part of the Iwo Jima invasion where he was wounded, he commenced his singing career. Adopting the stage name Al Martino (after his maternal grandfather's last name), he performed in local nightclubs for a time, and moved to New York in 1948 with Lanza's encouragement. He went on to win first place on Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts television program, thanks to a rendition of Como's "If," and that exposure helped him land a recording contract with the Philadelphia based independent label, BBS.

His single "Here in My Heart" was number one in the first UK Singles Chart, published by the New Musical Express on November 14, 1952, putting him into the Guinness Book of World Records. "Here in My Heart" remained in the top position for nine weeks in the United Kingdom, setting up a record for the longest consecutive run at number one, which over half a century on, has only been beaten by four other tracks ("I Believe" (11 weeks), "Cara Mia" (10), "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" (16) and "Love Is All Around" (15)). Martino has stated that Mario Lanza dropped his plans to record this song after he called Lanza in Los Angeles, California and explained that his own recording would be neglected if he did so.

A transatlantic chart-topper, "Here in My Heart" earned Martino a gold disc. Its success secured Martino a record label deal with Capitol Records, and he released three more singles — "Take My Heart," "Rachel," and "When You're Mine" — through 1953, all of which hit the U.S. Top 40. However, Martino's contract was taken over by a Mafia connected management team, which ordered Martino to pay $75,000, as a safeguard for their investment. Martino made a down payment to ensure his family's safety, then fled to the United Kingdom where his popularity allowed him to perform successfully for a time, headlining at the London Palladium. He continued to record in the UK with moderate success, but his work received no exposure back in the U.S. In 1958, thanks to the intervention of a family friend, Martino was allowed to return home and resume his recording career.

Martino faced an uphill battle re-establishing himself, especially with the counteracting arrival of rock and roll. He recorded for 20th Century Fox during the late 1950s, but the label ended up dropping him. A new album, The Exciting Voice of Al Martino (1962) secured a new deal with Capitol, and was followed by a mostly Italian language album, The Italian Voice of Al Martino. He also made several high-profile television appearances to re-establish his visibility.

He scored a major comeback hit with 1963's "I Love You Because." Arranged by Belford Hendricks, Martino's cover version went to number three on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart, and number one on the corresponding Easy Listening chart. The accompanying album of the same name went Top 10 in the Billboard 200, and Martino remained a regular visitor to the charts for over a decade afterwards, with hits including "Painted, Tainted Rose" (1963) plus "Always Together," "I Love You More and More Every Day", "Tears and Roses" and "We Could" (all 1964).

One of the most successful Martino hits was "Spanish Eyes", achieving several gold and platinum discs for sales. Recorded in 1965, the song reached number 5 on the UK Singles Chart when re-issued in 1973. Even today, this classic by composer Bert Kaempfert (his original title for the song was "Moon Over Naples") is among the 50 most-played songs worldwide. Another hit was "Volare", (also known as "Nel blu, Dipinto di Blu"). In 1976, it reached number one on the Italian and Flemish charts, and was in the Top Ten in Spain, The Netherlands and France, as well as in many other European countries.

In the U.S., Martino had eleven Top 40 hits in the Billboard pop singles chart in the 1960s and 1970s, with 1963's "I Love You Because" (#3) and 1964's "I Love You More and More Every Day" (#9) both reaching the Top Ten. He also sang the title song for the film, Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964), and is credited in the end titles of the film.

Apart from singing, Martino played the role of Johnny Fontane in the 1972 film The Godfather, as well as singing the film's theme, "I Have But One Heart (O Marenariello)". He played the same role in "The Godfather Part II and The Godfather Part III, as well as The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980.

Martino toured the nightclub circuit extensively during the 1970s, and managed one more easy listening hit in 1978's "The Next Hundred Years." Faced with diminishing returns, he and Capitol finally parted ways in 1982, but Martino continued to perform in clubs, lounges, and casinos for some time afterward, and returned to recording in 2000 with the album, Style.

He recently returned to acting, playing aging crooner Sal Stevens in the short film Cutout, appearing in film festivals around the world in 2006.

Martino currently resides in Springfield, Pennsylvania.
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Written By: ninny on 10/07/09 at 4:52 am

The co-birthday of the day...Desmond Tutu
Desmond Mpilo Tutu (born 7 October 1931) is a South African cleric and activist who rose to worldwide fame during the 1980s as an opponent of apartheid. In 1984, Tutu became the second South African to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Tutu was the first black South African Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, South Africa, and primate of the Church of the Province of Southern Africa (now the Anglican Church of Southern Africa). Tutu chaired the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and is currently the chairman of The Elders. Tutu is vocal in his defence of human rights and uses his high profile to campaign for the oppressed. Tutu also campaigns to fight AIDS, tuberculosis, homophobia, poverty and racism. He received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984, the Albert Schweitzer Prize for Humanitarianism, the Gandhi Peace Prize in 2005 and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2009. Tutu has also compiled several books of his speeches and sayings.
n 1976 protests in Soweto, also known as the Soweto Riots, against the government's use of Afrikaans as a compulsory medium of instruction in black schools became a massive uprising against apartheid. From then on Tutu supported an economic boycott of his country. He vigorously opposed the "constructive engagement" policy of the Reagan administration in the United States, which advocated "friendly persuasion". Tutu rather supported disinvestment, although it hit the poor hardest, for if disinvestment threw blacks out of work, Tutu argued, at least they would be suffering "with a purpose". In 1985 the U.S and the U.K (Two primary investors into South Africa) stopped any investments. As a result, disinvestment did succeed, causing the value of the Rand to plunge down more than 35 percent, and pressuring the government toward reform. Tutu pressed the advantage and organised peaceful marches which brought 30,000 people onto the streets of Cape Town. That was the turning point: within months, Nelson Mandela was freed from prison, and apartheid was beginning to crumble.

Tutu was Bishop of Lesotho from 1976 until 1978, when he became Secretary-General of the South African Council of Churches. From this position, he was able to continue his work against apartheid with agreement from nearly all churches. Tutu consistently advocated reconciliation between all parties involved in apartheid through his writings and lectures at home and abroad. Tutu's opposition to apartheid was vigorous and unequivocal, and he was outspoken both in South Africa and abroad. He often compared apartheid to Nazism and Communism, as a result the government twice revoked his passport, and he was jailed briefly in 1980 after a protest march. It was thought by many that Tutu's increasing international reputation and his rigorous advocacy of non-violence protected him from harsher penalties. Tutu was also harsh in his criticism of the violent tactics of some anti-apartheid groups such as the African National Congress and denounced terrorism and Communism. When a new constitution was proposed for South Africa in 1983 to defend against the anti-apartheid movement, Tutu helped form the National Forum Committee to fight the constitutional changes. Despite his opposition to apartheid Tutu was criticised for "selective indignation" by his passive attitude towards the coup regime in Lesotho (1970-86), where he had taught from 1970-2 and served as Bishop 1976-1978, leaving just as civil war broke out. This contrasted poorly with the courageous stance of Lesotho Evangelical Church personnel who were murdered by the regime. After 1994 his Truth and Reconciliation Council work was criticised for impeding justice for those who had committed atrocities.

In 1985, Tutu was appointed the Bishop of Johannesburg before he became the first black person to lead the Anglican Church in South Africa when, on 7 September 1986, he became Archbishop of Cape Town on the retirement of former Archbishop Philip Welsford Richmond Russell. From 1987 to 1997 he was president of the All Africa Conference of Churches. In 1989 he was invited to Birmingham, England, United Kingdom as part of Citywide Christian Celebrations. Tutu and his wife visited many establishments including the Nelson Mandela School in Sparkbrook.

Tutu was considered as Archbishop of Canterbury in 1990, however George Carey was chosen in his stead. Tutu has commented that he is "glad" that he was not chosen, as once installed in Lambeth Palace, he would have been homesick for South Africa, unhappy to be away from home during a critical time in the country's history.

In 1990, Tutu and the ex-Vice Chancellor of the University of the Western Cape Professor Jakes Gerwel founded the Desmond Tutu Educational Trust. The Trust was established to fund developmental programmes in tertiary education and provides capacity building at 17 historically disadvantaged institutions. Tutu's work as a mediator in order to prevent all-out racial war was evident at the funeral of South African Communist Party leader Chris Hani in 1993. Tutu spurred a crowd of 120,000 to repeat after him the chants, over and over: "We will be free!", "All of us!", "Black and white together!" and finished his speech saying:

"We are the rainbow people of God! We are unstoppable! Nobody can stop us on our march to victory! No one, no guns, nothing! Nothing will stop us, for we are moving to freedom! We are moving to freedom and nobody can stop us! For God is on our side!"

In 1993, he was a patron of the Cape Town Olympic Bid Committee. In 1994 he was an appointed a patron of the World Campaign Against Military and Nuclear Collaboration with South Africa, Beacon Millennium and Action from Ireland. In 1995 he was appointed a Chaplain and Sub-Prelate of the Venerable Order of Saint John by Queen Elizabeth II, and he became a patron of the American Harmony Child Foundation and the Hospice Association of Southern Africa.
Tutu's role since apartheid
The 14th Dalai Lama & Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Nobel Peace Prize winners. Photo by Carey Linde. 2004

After the fall of apartheid, Tutu headed the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. He retired as Archbishop of Cape Town in 1996 and was made emeritus Archbishop of Cape Town, an honorary title that is unusual in the Anglican church He was succeeded by Njongonkulu Ndungane. At a thanksgiving for Tutu upon his retirement as Archbishop in 1996, Nelson Mandela said:

His joy in our diversity and his spirit of forgiveness are as much part of his immeasurable contribution to our nation as his passion for justice and his solidarity with the poor.

Tutu is generally credited with coining the term Rainbow Nation as a metaphor for post-apartheid South Africa after 1994 under African National Congress rule. The expression has since entered mainstream consciousness to describe South Africa's ethnic diversity.

Since his retirement, Tutu has worked as a global activist on issues pertaining to democracy, freedom and human rights. In 2006, Tutu launched a global campaign, organised by Plan, to ensure that all children were registered at birth, as an unregistered child did not officially exist and was vulnerable to traffickers and during disasters. Tutu is the Patron of the educational improvement charity, Link Community Development.

He frequently joins and initiates actions with his fellow Nobel Peace Prize Laureates in support of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, and the Dalai Lama. In March 2009 he was joined by more than 40 celebrities and 10,000 signatories in a letter on TheCommunity.com urging Chinese officials to "stop naming, blaming and defaming the Dalai Lama, and appealed to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to visit and report on Tibet to the international community.
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: gibbo on 10/07/09 at 4:54 am

Al Martino sang wonderfully. Wasn't he also in the Godfather? I really liked the first two eye pics Janine .... and the Spanish eyes pic too... :)

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Written By: ninny on 10/07/09 at 4:55 am

* Honorable mention*...John Mellencamp
ohn Mellencamp, previously known by the stage names Johnny Cougar, John Cougar, and John Cougar Mellencamp, (born October 7, 1951) is a Grammy-winning American rock singer-songwriter, musician, painter and occasional actor known for his rootsy, organic brand of heartland rock that is infused with catchy pop hooks and evocative, introspective lyrics about such hot-button subjects as politics, racism, poverty and mortality. Mellencamp has brought together rock, folk, country, blues and R&B into his eclectic body of work.

He has sold over 40 million albums worldwide and has amassed 22 Top 40 hits in the United States. In addition, he holds the record for the most tracks by a solo artist to hit number-one on the Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, with seven, and he has been nominated for 13 Grammy Awards, winning one.

Mellencamp is also one of the founding members of Farm Aid, an organization that began in 1985 with a star-studded concert in Champaign, Illinois to raise awareness about the loss of family farms and to raise funds to keep farm families on their land. The Farm Aid concerts have remained an annual event over the past 24 years, and as of 2009 the organization has raised over $35 million to promote a strong and resilient family farm system of agriculture.

Mellencamp was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on March 10, 2008, by Billy Joel. His biggest musical influences are Bob Dylan, Woody Guthrie and The Rolling Stones.
After about 18 months of traveling back and forth from Indiana to New York City in 1974 and '75, Mellencamp finally found someone receptive to his music and image in Tony DeFries of MainMan Management (known for representing David Bowie). DeFries insisted that Mellencamp's first album, Chestnut Street Incident, a collection of covers and derivative originals (Mellencamp had written just a handful of songs prior to landing a record deal and was still very raw), be released under the stage name Johnny Cougar -- a move Mellencamp claims was made without his knowledge and against his will. The album was a commercial failure, selling just 12,000 copies.

Mellencamp recorded The Kid Inside in 1977, the follow-up to Chestnut Street Incident, but DeFries eventually decided against releasing the album and Mellencamp was dropped from MCA records. He drew interest from Rod Stewart's manager, Billy Gaff, after parting ways with DeFries and was signed to the tiny Riva Records label. At Gaff's request, Mellencamp moved to London, England for nearly a year to record, promote and tour behind 1978's A Biography. The record wasn't released in the United States, but yielded a hit in Australia with "I Need a Lover." Riva Records added "I Need a Lover" to Mellencamp's next album released in the United States, 1979's John Cougar, where the song became a Number 28 single in late 1979. Rocker Pat Benatar recorded "I Need a Lover" on her debut album In the Heat of the Night, and her version garnered a good deal of FM radio airplay even though it was not issued as a single in the United States.

In 1980, John Mellencamp returned with the Steve Cropper-produced Nothin' Matters And What If It Did, which yielded two Top 40 singles — "This Time" (No. 27) and "Ain't Even Done With The Night" (No. 17) — and showed continued improvement in both his songwriting and singing. However, Mellencamp was not particularly fond of the album or its two hit singles.

"The singles were stupid little pop songs," he told Record Magazine in 1983. "I take no credit for that record. It wasn't like the title was made up — it wasn't supposed to be punky or cocky like some people thought. Toward the end, I didn't even go to the studio. Me and the guys in the band thought we were finished, anyway. It was the most expensive record I ever made. It cost $280,000, do you believe that? The worst thing was that I could have gone on making records like that for hundreds of years. Hell, as long as you sell a few records and the record company isn't putting lot of money into promotion, you're making money for 'em and that's all they care about. PolyGram loved Nothin' Matters. They thought I was going to turn into the next Neil Diamond."

In 1982, Mellencamp released his breakthrough album, American Fool (see 1982 in music). The album had a rootsy, garage-rock vibe and spawned the hit singles "Hurts So Good," which spent four weeks at number 2, and "Jack and Diane," which was a No. 1 hit for four weeks. Those mega-hits sent American Fool to the top of the charts. A third single, "Hand To Hold On To," made it to number 19 and was a staple in his concerts throughout the 1980s. Additionally, "Hurts So Good" spent 16 weeks in the top 10 (more than any other single in the 1980s); and "Jack and Diane" is, to date, Mellencamp's only single ever to top the Billboard Hot 100. "Hurts So Good" went on to win the Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance at the 25th Grammys. Despite the fact that American Fool made Mellencamp a superstar, he doesn't consider it anywhere close to a masterpiece.

"To be real honest, there's three good songs on that record, and the rest is just sort of filler," Mellencamp told Creem Magazine in 1984. "It was too labored over, too thought about, and it wasn't organic enough. The record company thought it would bomb, but I think the reason it took off was – not that the songs were better than my others – but people liked the sound of it, the 'bam-bam-bam' drums. It was a different sound."

In early 1983, after Mellencamp had broken through to stardom with American Fool, DeFries finally released The Kid Inside in an attempt to cash in on the singer's newfound success. "If he'd have been smart about it, he'd have worked with us because I've got other records that never came out in America," Mellencamp said. "We could've put together a compilation. But it was the way he did it. He released it right on the tail of American Fool, and it confused a lot of people."
The John Cougar Mellencamp Years (1983–1990)

Finally having enough commercial success to give him some clout, Mellencamp forced the record company to add his real surname to his stage moniker. The first album he recorded as John Cougar Mellencamp was 1983's Uh-Huh, a top-10 hit that spawned the hit singles "Pink Houses," "Crumblin' Down" (both of which made the top 10) and "Authority Song," which Mellencamp called "our new version of 'I Fought The Law'." During the recording of Uh-Huh, Mellencamp's backing band settled on the lineup it would retain for the next several albums: Kenny Aronoff on drums and percussion, Larry Crane and Mike Wanchic on guitars, Toby Myers on bass and John Cascella on keyboards. In 1988 Rolling Stone magazine called this version of Mellencamp's band "one of the most powerful and versatile live bands ever assembled." On the 1984 Uh-Huh Tour, Mellencamp opened his shows with cover versions of songs he loved growing up, such as Elvis Presley's "Heartbreak Hotel," the Animals' "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood," Lee Dorsey's "Ya Ya," and the Left Banke's "Pretty Ballerina."

In 1985, Mellencamp released Scarecrow -- an organic record with socially-aware lyrics that was filled with songs focusing on the plight of the American family farmer, small-town life, and the state of the nation. Scarecrow is now considered a classic American rock album and marked the true beginning of Mellencamp as a serious social commentator. Shortly after finishing Scarecrow, Mellencamp helped organize the first Farm Aid benefit concert with Willie Nelson and Neil Young in Champaign, Illinois on September 22, 1985. The Farm Aid concerts remain an annual event and have raised nearly $36 million for struggling family farmers as of 2009.

Scarecrow was an enormous success, peaking at No. 2 in the fall of '85 and spawning five Top 40 singles. "Lonely Ol' Night," "Small Town," and "R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A. (A Salute to '60s Rock)" all became Top 10 hits, and "Rain On The Scarecrow" and "Rumbleseat" cracked the Top 40 and garnered considerable play on album-rock stations. Scarecrow was also the first album Mellencamp recorded at his own recording studio, located in Belmont, Indiana and built in 1984. All of his subsequent albums after Scarecrow have also been recorded there. Mellencamp dubbed the studio the Belmont Mall, because Belmont is a tiny municipality that not only has no shopping mall, but features little more than a gas station.

Before recording Scarecrow, Mellencamp forced his band to learn numerous vintage rock, R&B, and soul songs inside and out so that they could put some of the grit and knowledge they derived from those classics into his own songs. He articulated in a 1986 interview with Creem magazine just how his band learning those songs help shape the sound of Scarecrow, citing the track "Face of the Nation" as an example.

"Learning those songs did a lot of positive things. We realized more than ever what a big melting pot of all different types of music the '60s were. Take an old Rascals song for example – there's everything from marching band beats to soul music to country sounds in one song. Learning those opened the band's vision to try new things on my songs. It wasn't let's go back and try to make this part fit into my song, but I wanted to capture the same feeling – the way those songs used to make you feel. After a while, we didn't even have to talk about it anymore. If you listen to the lead Larry (Crane) plays on 'Face of the Nation', he never would have played that 'cause he didn't really know who the Animals were. He's young, and he grew up on Grand Funk Railroad. You hear it, and it's like 'where did that come from?' It had to be from hearing those old records."

Prior to the 1985-86 Scarecrow Tour, during which he covered a bunch of those same 1960s rock and soul songs he and his band rehearsed prior to the recording of Scarecrow, Mellencamp added fiddle player Lisa Germano to his band to accent and deepen his overall sound. Germano would remain in Mellencamp's band until 1994, when she left to pursue a solo career.

During this time, Mellencamp was asked to write music for the film Hoosiers, but he turned down the opportunity because he didn't like the movie initially.

As for Germano, she played a big role in Mellencamp's next LP, 1987's The Lonesome Jubilee, which was departure from his earlier material as it incorporated country and folk influences. It generated several more hit singles, "Paper in Fire," "Cherry Bomb," and "Check It Out," along with hit album tracks like "Hard Times For An Honest Man" and "The Real Life," and was considered one of the finest albums of the 1980s.

"We were on the road for a long time after Scarecrow, so we were together a lot as a band," Mellencamp said in a 1987 Creem magazine feature. "For the first time ever, we talked about the record before we started. We had a very distinct vision of what should be happening here. At one point, The Lonesome Jubilee was supposed to be a double album, but at least 10 of the songs I'd written just didn't stick together with the idea and the sound we had in mind. So I just put those songs on a shelf, and cut it back down to a single record. Now, in the past, it was always 'Let's make it up as we go along' – and we did make some of The Lonesome Jubilee up as we went along. But we had a very clear idea of what we wanted it to sound like, even before it was written, right through to the day it was mastered."

During the 1987-88 Lonesome Jubilee Tour, Mellencamp was joined onstage by surprise guest Bruce Springsteen at the end of his May 26, 1988 gig in Irvine, California for a rousing duet of the Bob Dylan classic "Like a Rolling Stone," which Mellencamp performed as the penultimate song during each show on that tour.

After The Lonesome Jubilee Tour, Mellencamp went through an acrimonious divorce from his second wife, Vicki, and entered a somewhat dark period in his life, although he is not known to drink or take drugs. Those who have been with Mellencamp since the beginning of his career say they've never seen him touch a drug or drink a drop of alcohol. "John is a complete teetotaller and always has been," Mike Wanchic, who has been Mellencamp's rhythm guitar player since 1976, told NUVO.net in 2002. "Never seen him take a drink of alcohol, never seen him do a drug in his entire life. Not since day one."

"I quit drinking in '71 and quit doing drugs in '72," Mellencamp told Rolling Stone in 1986. "I didn't like the feeling of not being in control."

Mellencamp's only vice is his well-known cigarette habit. He used to smoke four packs a day until a 1994 heart attack forced him to cut down to about a pack a day, and he's frequently spoken out about his disdain for drugs.

"If you want to stick needles in your arms, go ahead and fudgeing do it," Mellencamp told Bill Holdship of Creem Magazine in 1984, when asked about his views on drugs. "You're the one that's going to pay the consequences. I don't think it's a good idea, and I sure don't advocate it, but I'm not going to judge people. Hell, if that was the case, you wouldn't like anyone in the music business because everyone's blowing cocaine."

In 1989, Mellencamp released Big Daddy, a quieter, mostly acoustic venture filled with introspective songs reflecting his mood of the time. However somber, Big Daddy still contained standout tunes like "Jackie Brown," "Big Daddy of Them All" and "Void in My Heart," along with the top 15 single "Pop Singer." The album, which Mellencamp called at the time the most "earthy" record he'd ever made, is also the last to feature both the "Cougar" moniker and the innovative, fiddle-based Appalachian sound he first tried with The Lonesome Jubilee. Mellencamp was heavily involved in painting at this time in his life, and decided not to tour behind Big Daddy so that he could fully explore his newfound passion. It would be two years before he was heard from again.
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 10/07/09 at 4:56 am

Al Martino sang wonderfully. Wasn't he also in the Godfather? I really liked the first two eye pics Janine .... and the Spanish eyes pic too... :)

Thank You :). Yes he played a lounge singer who needed help from the Godfather.

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Written By: Howard on 10/07/09 at 6:52 am

The word of the day...Eye(s)
1. An organ of vision or of light sensitivity.
2.
1. Either of a pair of hollow structures located in bony sockets of the skull, functioning together or independently, each having a lens capable of focusing incident light on an internal photosensitive retina from which nerve impulses are sent to the brain; the vertebrate organ of vision.
2. The external, visible portion of this organ together with its associated structures, especially the eyelids, eyelashes, and eyebrows.
3. The pigmented iris of this organ.
3. The faculty of seeing; vision.
4. The ability to make intellectual or aesthetic judgments: has a good eye for understated fashion.
5.
1. A way of regarding something; a point of view: To my eye, the decorations are excellent.
2. Attention: The lavish window display immediately got my eye.
3. Watchful attention or supervision: always under his boss's eye; kept an eye on her valuables.
6. Something suggestive of the vertebrate organ of vision, especially:
1. An opening in a needle.
2. The aperture of a camera.
3. A loop, as of metal, rope, or thread.
4. A circular marking on a peacock's feather.
5. Chiefly Southern U.S. The round flat cover over the hole on the top of a wood-burning stove. Also called regionally cap, griddle.
7. A photosensitive device, such as a photoelectric cell.
8. Botany.
1. A bud on a twig or tuber: the eye of a potato.
2. The often differently colored center of the corolla of some flowers.
9.
1. Meteorology. The circular area of relative calm at the center of a cyclone.
2. The center or focal point of attention or action: right in the eye of the controversy.
10. Informal. A detective, especially a private investigator.
11. A choice center cut of meat, as of beef: eye of the round.
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These Eyes-Guess Who.

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Written By: ninny on 10/07/09 at 7:36 am

These Eyes-Guess Who.

Good song
Eye Of The Tiger - Survivor

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Written By: nally on 10/07/09 at 12:20 pm

Good song
Eye Of The Tiger - Survivor

There are several other songs out there with "Eye(s)" in the title.

When the current round of the Baker's Dozen Music Game finishes, maybe we should see if we can come up with 13 songs whose titles have to do with "Eye(s)".

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Written By: Frank on 10/07/09 at 3:37 pm

Al Martino sang wonderfully. Wasn't he also in the Godfather? I really liked the first two eye pics Janine .... and the Spanish eyes pic too... :)

He had some nice songs back in the 60s and 70s. I remember him in the Godfather. Being Italian, it's a movie I just had to see since someone made me that offer I couldn't refuse.

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Written By: ninny on 10/07/09 at 4:15 pm

There are several other songs out there with "Eye(s)" in the title.

When the current round of the Baker's Dozen Music Game finishes, maybe we should see if we can come up with 13 songs whose titles have to do with "Eye(s)".

That would be a good one.

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Written By: gibbo on 10/07/09 at 4:16 pm

There are several other songs out there with "Eye(s)" in the title.

When the current round of the Baker's Dozen Music Game finishes, maybe we should see if we can come up with 13 songs whose titles have to do with "Eye(s)".

Like....Eyes, Eyes Baby - by Vanilla Eyes :D

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Written By: Womble on 10/07/09 at 9:37 pm

Thanks for sharing, Ninny.

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Written By: ninny on 10/08/09 at 5:38 am

Thanks for sharing, Ninny.

Your Welcome. :)

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Written By: Howard on 10/08/09 at 5:44 am

There's Also The film Eyes Wide Shut.

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Written By: ninny on 10/08/09 at 5:51 am

The word of the day...Ocean
1. The entire body of salt water that covers more than 70 percent of the earth's surface.
2. (Abbr. Oc. or O.) Any of the principal divisions of the ocean, including the Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic, and Antarctic oceans.
3. A great expanse or amount: "that ocean of land which is Russia" (Henry A. Kissinger).
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Written By: ninny on 10/08/09 at 5:54 am

The birthday of the day...Matt Damon
Matthew Paige Damon (born October 8, 1970) is an American actor, writer and philanthropist whose career was launched following the success of the film Good Will Hunting, from a screenplay he co-wrote with friend Ben Affleck. The pair won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay and the Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay for the work and Damon garnered multiple nominations for Best Actor for his lead performance in the same film.

Damon has gone on to star in films such as Saving Private Ryan, The Talented Mr. Ripley, the Ocean's series, the Bourne series, Syriana, The Good Shepherd, and The Departed. He has received multiple award nominations for his film performances and has received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Damon is one of the top thirty-five highest grossing actors of all time. In 2007, he was named Sexiest Man Alive by People magazine.

Damon has been actively involved in charitable work, including the ONE Campaign, H2O Africa Foundation, and Water.org. With his wife, Luciana Bozán Barroso, Damon has two daughters, Isabella and Gia, and stepdaughter Alexia from Barroso's prior marriage.
Damon and Affleck wrote a screenplay about a young math genius, which they had pitched around Hollywood. Receiving advice from writer/director/actor Rob Reiner, screenwriter William Goldman, and their friend writer/director Kevin Smith, the two made changes to the script. The script eventually became Good Will Hunting, and received nine Academy Awards nominations, earning Damon and Affleck Oscars for Best Original Screenplay. Damon was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor for the same film and the film netted an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for co-star Robin Williams. Damon and Affleck were each paid salaries of $500,000; the film grossed over $100 million at the box office. Damon and Affleck parodied their roles in the film in Kevin Smith's Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back. After meeting Damon on the set of Good Will Hunting, director Steven Spielberg cast Damon in the 1998 World War II film Saving Private Ryan.
Hollywood star
Damon with Robert De Niro in Berlin in February 2007 for the premiere of The Good Shepherd

Damon has been known to choose a wide variety of film roles, from his portrayal of murderer Tom Ripley in The Talented Mr. Ripley, for which he received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor, to a fallen angel who discusses pop culture as intellectual subject matter in Dogma, in which he co-starred with Affleck (1999); from a conjoined twin in Stuck on You, to a film he co-wrote with friend Casey Affleck and Gus Van Sant with limited dialogue—the low budget experimental film Gerry. Damon has been part of two major film franchises. He played amnesiac assassin Jason Bourne in the successful action movies The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy, and The Bourne Ultimatum, and starred as the youthful, optimistic thief Linus Caldwell, opposite George Clooney, Brad Pitt, and Julia Roberts in Steven Soderbergh's 2001 remake of the Rat Pack's 1960 caper classic Ocean's Eleven. The successful crime dramedy spawned two sequels: Ocean's Twelve (2004) and Ocean's Thirteen (2007).

Among other roles, Damon played a fictionalized version of Wilhelm Grimm in Terry Gilliam's fantasy adventure The Brothers Grimm and an energy analyst in Syriana. He joined Robert De Niro in The Good Shepherd as a career CIA officer, and played an undercover mobster working for the Massachusetts State Police in Martin Scorsese's The Departed, a remake of the Hong Kong police thriller Infernal Affairs. He had an uncredited cameo in Francis Ford Coppola's Youth Without Youth (released in 2007), a cameo in the 2008 Che Guevara biopic Che, and a supporting role in Kenneth Lonergan's 2009 film Margaret. Damon provided a voice for the English version of the film Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea, which was released in the United States in August 2009. He next appeared in Steven Soderbergh's thriller, The Informant! opposite Melanie Lynskey, which began filming in Central Illinois on May 3, 2008. He also made a guest appearance in the sixth season finale of Entourage as himself, where he tries pressure Vincent Chase into donating to his charity OneXOne (a real life foundation which Damon is ambassador for), and gets increasingly irritated when he doesn't seem to comply.
Upcoming films

Damon's projects include several films that are expected to debut in 2009, including his portrayal of Mr. Aaron in the drama Margaret. He began filming Green Zone in January 2008. Damon will portray rugby team captain François Pienaar in the Clint Eastwood-directed Nelson Mandela film Invictus, a film based on a 2008 The Human Factor book by John Carlin, and also featuring Morgan Freeman as Mandela. Damon and director Paul Greengrass will also return to make a fourth Jason Bourne film, planned as The Bourne Legacy. Steven Soderbergh has confirmed that Damon will play longtime Liberace love interest, Scott Thorsen, opposite Michael Douglas in an upcoming film centered on the pianist's life.
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Written By: ninny on 10/08/09 at 6:01 am

The co-birthday of the day...Chevy Chase
Cornelius Crane “Chevy” Chase (born October 8, 1943) is an American Emmy Award-winning comedian, writer, and television and film actor. Born into a prominent family, Chase quickly became a key cast member in the inaugural season of Saturday Night Live, where his Weekend Update skit quickly became a staple of the show. Chase is also well known for his portrayal of the character Clark Griswold in four National Lampoon's Vacation films. In addition to his numerous movie roles, he has hosted the Academy Awards twice (1987 and 1988) and briefly had his own late-night talk show, The Chevy Chase Show.
Chevy Chase was one of the original cast members of Saturday Night Live (SNL), NBC's late-night comedy television show. During the full first season, he introduced every show except one by saying, "Live from New York, it's Saturday Night!" The remark was often preceded by a pratfall, known as "The Fall of the Week." Chase has since become known as a genius of physical comedy. In one comedy sketch, he mimicked a real-life incident in which President Gerald Ford accidentally tripped while disembarking from Air Force One in Salzburg, Austria. This portrayal of President Ford as a bumbling klutz became a favorite device of Chase and helped form the popular concept of Ford as being a clumsy man. In later years, Chase met and became friendly with President Ford. Chase's physical stunts led to at least one self-injury. During a skit in the second season of SNL, the comedian was injured when he fell on an unpadded podium and bruised a testicle. This injury forced him to broadcast two of the show's segments live from his hospital bed. Chase was the original anchor for the Weekend Update segment of SNL, and his catchphrase introduction—"I'm Chevy Chase… and you're not"—became well known. His trademark conclusion—"Good night, and have a pleasant tomorrow"—was later resurrected by Tina Fey. Chase also wrote comedy material for Weekend Update. For example, he wrote and performed "The News For The Hard Of Hearing." In this skit, Chase would read the top story of the day, aided by Garrett Morris, who would repeat the story by loudly shouting it. Chase claimed that his version of Weekend Update would later be the inspiration for shows such as The Daily Show and The Colbert Report. Weekend Update was later revived by The Chevy Chase Show, a short-lived late-night talk-show produced by Chase and broadcast by Fox Broadcasting Company. Chase also performed a recurring gag as Landshark. His racially-charged "word association" skit opposite Richard Pryor from SNL's first season is frequently cited by television critics as one of the funniest (and most daring) skits in the show's history.
Chevy Chase at the private party after the premiere of the movie A Star is Born, December 1976

In a 1975 New York magazine cover story which called him "The funniest man in America", NBC executives referred to Chase as "The first real potential successor to Johnny Carson" and claimed he would begin guest-hosting The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson within six months of the article. Chase actually never did guest host the Tonight Show during his early peak years of success, and in fact, did not even appear on the program until 1978, when he was promoting a prime time special for NBC (his whirlwind success even got to the point where he was labelled "the next Cary Grant", a label to which he took exception). He was the first breakout star of SNL, largely because he was the only cast member who identified himself by name in every episode of the first season, in the "Update" sketches, which helped his immediate visibility. (The opening credits in the first few episodes only showed the names of the cast members on the same title card without their faces and without being introduced by Don Pardo by name). Chase was committed contractually to Saturday Night Live for only one year as a writer, not an SNL cast member. He had signed a one year writing contract and became a cast member during rehearsals just before the show's premiere. Nonetheless, he received two Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe Award for his comedy writing and live comic acting.
Leaving SNL

Chase was the first member of the original SNL cast to leave the show in 1976. After leaving SNL, Chase moved to Los Angeles and married his girlfriend, Jacqueline Carlin. Chase continued to make the cameo appearance here and there as the second season wound down; one of the more memorable ones was when he appeared on "Jeopardy 1999", a sketch in which the popular game show was set in the future (at that time, 1976) and hosted by Steve Martin, who was that week's SNL host. Chase was eventually replaced by Bill Murray.

Chase hosted SNL nine times after he left, most recently in 1997. Although Chase has not hosted the show since then, he appeared on the show's twenty-fifth anniversary special in 1999 and was interviewed for a 2005 NBC special on SNL's first five years. He also has made four cameo appearances: once in a Caddyshack skit (featuring Bill Murray), the October 25, 1997 episode with guest host Chris Farley, as the Land Shark in Weekend Update during the October 6, 2001 episode, and again on Weekend Update, delivering a political news/commentary, on the October 6, 2007 episode.
Film career

Chase's early film roles included Tunnel Vision, Foul Play, and Oh Heavenly Dog. The role of Eric 'Otter' Stratton in National Lampoon's Animal House was originally written with Chase in mind, but he turned the role down to work on Foul Play. Chase said in an interview that he chose to do Foul Play so he could do "real acting" for the first time in his career instead of just doing "schtick". The role went to Tim Matheson instead. Chase followed Foul Play with the successful Harold Ramis comedy Caddyshack, in 1980. That same year, he also starred with Goldie Hawn in Neil Simon's Seems Like Old Times.
Chevy Chase at the premiere of the movie Seems Like Old Times, December 10, 1980

Chase narrowly escaped death by electrocution during the filming of Modern Problems in 1980. During a sequence in which Chase's character wears 'landing lights' as he dreams that he is an airplane, the current in the lights short-circuited and arced through Chase's arm, back, and neck muscles. The near-death episode caused Chase to experience a period of deep depression, as his marriage to Jacqueline had ended just prior to the start of filming. Chase continued his film career in 1983's National Lampoon's Vacation, directed by Ramis and written by John Hughes. He married Jayni Luke in 1983, and in 1985, he starred in Fletch, the first of two films based on Gregory Mcdonald's Fletch books. Chase joined SNL veterans Steve Martin and Martin Short in the Lorne Michaels-produced comedy ¡Three Amigos! in 1986, admitting in an interview that making ¡Three Amigos! was the most fun he has had on a film. The trio hosted SNL that year, the only time the show has had three hosts on one show.

At the height of his career in the late 1980s, Chase earned around $7 million per film and was a highly visible celebrity. He appeared alongside Paul Simon, one of his best friends, in Simon's 1986 second video for "You Can Call Me Al", in which he lip-syncs all of Simon's lyrics. Chase hosted the Academy Awards in 1987 and 1988, signing on to the proceedings in 1987 with the opener, "Good evening, Hollywood phonies!" Chase filmed a sequel to Vacation, 1985's National Lampoon's European Vacation and then a third, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, in 1989, which, thanks to its holiday theme, has become his most durable film, airing on NBC every December. He played saxophone onstage at Simon's free concert at the Great Lawn in Central Park in the summer of 1991. Later in 1991, he helped record and appeared in the music video "Voices That Care" to entertain and support U.S. troops involved in Operation Desert Storm, and supported the International Red Cross.

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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: gibbo on 10/08/09 at 6:04 am

Don't forget Billy Ocean!

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He's changed a bit since then....

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Written By: gibbo on 10/08/09 at 6:05 am

Always thought the original Vacation, Caddyshack and Foul Play were his funniest movies...

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Written By: ninny on 10/08/09 at 6:10 am

Don't forget Billy Ocean!

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He's changed a bit since then....

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Wow he did change.

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Written By: ninny on 10/08/09 at 6:12 am

Always thought the original Vacation, Caddyshack and Foul Play were his funniest movies...

I totally agree with you.

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Written By: ninny on 10/08/09 at 6:35 am

* Honorable birthday for Gibbo...Paul Hogan
Paul Hogan, AM (born 8 October 1939) is an Australian actor and comedian most famous for his role as Crocodile Dundee, for which he won a Golden Globe award.
1980 Fatty Finn Third Delivery Man
1985 Anzacs Pte. Pat Cleary Mini-series
aka Anzacs: The War Down Under
1986 Crocodile Dundee Michael J. 'Crocodile' Dundee Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
1988 Crocodile Dundee II Michael J. 'Crocodile' Dundee
1990 Almost an Angel Terry Dean/Bonzo Burger Man
1994 Lightning Jack Lightning Jack Kane
1996 Flipper Porter
1998 Floating Away Shane
2001 Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles Michael J. 'Crocodile' Dundee
2004 Strange Bedfellows Vince Hopgood
2009 Charlie and Boots Charles
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: gibbo on 10/08/09 at 7:28 am

I used to watch The Paul Hogan Show in the 1970's and thought it was 'daggy' but funny! ;D I don't think the people in the U.S would have thought much of it though! The humour was very Aussie... ;) However, he translated some of that humour successfully into the Crocodile Dundee films... 8)

Cheers Janine... :)

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Written By: ninny on 10/08/09 at 8:15 am

I used to watch The Paul Hogan Show in the 1970's and thought it was 'daggy' but funny! ;D I don't think the people in the U.S would have thought much of it though! The humour was very Aussie... ;) However, he translated some of that humour successfully into the Crocodile Dundee films... 8)

Cheers Janine... :)

It has been a long time since I've seen Crocodile Dundee.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 10/08/09 at 3:28 pm

The co-birthday of the day...Chevy Chase
Cornelius Crane “Chevy” Chase (born October 8, 1943) is an American Emmy Award-winning comedian, writer, and television and film actor. Born into a prominent family, Chase quickly became a key cast member in the inaugural season of Saturday Night Live, where his Weekend Update skit quickly became a staple of the show. Chase is also well known for his portrayal of the character Clark Griswold in four National Lampoon's Vacation films. In addition to his numerous movie roles, he has hosted the Academy Awards twice (1987 and 1988) and briefly had his own late-night talk show, The Chevy Chase Show.
Chevy Chase was one of the original cast members of Saturday Night Live (SNL), NBC's late-night comedy television show. During the full first season, he introduced every show except one by saying, "Live from New York, it's Saturday Night!" The remark was often preceded by a pratfall, known as "The Fall of the Week." Chase has since become known as a genius of physical comedy. In one comedy sketch, he mimicked a real-life incident in which President Gerald Ford accidentally tripped while disembarking from Air Force One in Salzburg, Austria. This portrayal of President Ford as a bumbling klutz became a favorite device of Chase and helped form the popular concept of Ford as being a clumsy man. In later years, Chase met and became friendly with President Ford. Chase's physical stunts led to at least one self-injury. During a skit in the second season of SNL, the comedian was injured when he fell on an unpadded podium and bruised a testicle. This injury forced him to broadcast two of the show's segments live from his hospital bed. Chase was the original anchor for the Weekend Update segment of SNL, and his catchphrase introduction—"I'm Chevy Chase… and you're not"—became well known. His trademark conclusion—"Good night, and have a pleasant tomorrow"—was later resurrected by Tina Fey. Chase also wrote comedy material for Weekend Update. For example, he wrote and performed "The News For The Hard Of Hearing." In this skit, Chase would read the top story of the day, aided by Garrett Morris, who would repeat the story by loudly shouting it. Chase claimed that his version of Weekend Update would later be the inspiration for shows such as The Daily Show and The Colbert Report. Weekend Update was later revived by The Chevy Chase Show, a short-lived late-night talk-show produced by Chase and broadcast by Fox Broadcasting Company. Chase also performed a recurring gag as Landshark. His racially-charged "word association" skit opposite Richard Pryor from SNL's first season is frequently cited by television critics as one of the funniest (and most daring) skits in the show's history.
Chevy Chase at the private party after the premiere of the movie A Star is Born, December 1976

In a 1975 New York magazine cover story which called him "The funniest man in America", NBC executives referred to Chase as "The first real potential successor to Johnny Carson" and claimed he would begin guest-hosting The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson within six months of the article. Chase actually never did guest host the Tonight Show during his early peak years of success, and in fact, did not even appear on the program until 1978, when he was promoting a prime time special for NBC (his whirlwind success even got to the point where he was labelled "the next Cary Grant", a label to which he took exception). He was the first breakout star of SNL, largely because he was the only cast member who identified himself by name in every episode of the first season, in the "Update" sketches, which helped his immediate visibility. (The opening credits in the first few episodes only showed the names of the cast members on the same title card without their faces and without being introduced by Don Pardo by name). Chase was committed contractually to Saturday Night Live for only one year as a writer, not an SNL cast member. He had signed a one year writing contract and became a cast member during rehearsals just before the show's premiere. Nonetheless, he received two Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe Award for his comedy writing and live comic acting.
Leaving SNL

Chase was the first member of the original SNL cast to leave the show in 1976. After leaving SNL, Chase moved to Los Angeles and married his girlfriend, Jacqueline Carlin. Chase continued to make the cameo appearance here and there as the second season wound down; one of the more memorable ones was when he appeared on "Jeopardy 1999", a sketch in which the popular game show was set in the future (at that time, 1976) and hosted by Steve Martin, who was that week's SNL host. Chase was eventually replaced by Bill Murray.

Chase hosted SNL nine times after he left, most recently in 1997. Although Chase has not hosted the show since then, he appeared on the show's twenty-fifth anniversary special in 1999 and was interviewed for a 2005 NBC special on SNL's first five years. He also has made four cameo appearances: once in a Caddyshack skit (featuring Bill Murray), the October 25, 1997 episode with guest host Chris Farley, as the Land Shark in Weekend Update during the October 6, 2001 episode, and again on Weekend Update, delivering a political news/commentary, on the October 6, 2007 episode.
Film career

Chase's early film roles included Tunnel Vision, Foul Play, and Oh Heavenly Dog. The role of Eric 'Otter' Stratton in National Lampoon's Animal House was originally written with Chase in mind, but he turned the role down to work on Foul Play. Chase said in an interview that he chose to do Foul Play so he could do "real acting" for the first time in his career instead of just doing "schtick". The role went to Tim Matheson instead. Chase followed Foul Play with the successful Harold Ramis comedy Caddyshack, in 1980. That same year, he also starred with Goldie Hawn in Neil Simon's Seems Like Old Times.
Chevy Chase at the premiere of the movie Seems Like Old Times, December 10, 1980

Chase narrowly escaped death by electrocution during the filming of Modern Problems in 1980. During a sequence in which Chase's character wears 'landing lights' as he dreams that he is an airplane, the current in the lights short-circuited and arced through Chase's arm, back, and neck muscles. The near-death episode caused Chase to experience a period of deep depression, as his marriage to Jacqueline had ended just prior to the start of filming. Chase continued his film career in 1983's National Lampoon's Vacation, directed by Ramis and written by John Hughes. He married Jayni Luke in 1983, and in 1985, he starred in Fletch, the first of two films based on Gregory Mcdonald's Fletch books. Chase joined SNL veterans Steve Martin and Martin Short in the Lorne Michaels-produced comedy ¡Three Amigos! in 1986, admitting in an interview that making ¡Three Amigos! was the most fun he has had on a film. The trio hosted SNL that year, the only time the show has had three hosts on one show.

At the height of his career in the late 1980s, Chase earned around $7 million per film and was a highly visible celebrity. He appeared alongside Paul Simon, one of his best friends, in Simon's 1986 second video for "You Can Call Me Al", in which he lip-syncs all of Simon's lyrics. Chase hosted the Academy Awards in 1987 and 1988, signing on to the proceedings in 1987 with the opener, "Good evening, Hollywood phonies!" Chase filmed a sequel to Vacation, 1985's National Lampoon's European Vacation and then a third, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, in 1989, which, thanks to its holiday theme, has become his most durable film, airing on NBC every December. He played saxophone onstage at Simon's free concert at the Great Lawn in Central Park in the summer of 1991. Later in 1991, he helped record and appeared in the music video "Voices That Care" to entertain and support U.S. troops involved in Operation Desert Storm, and supported the International Red Cross.

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I always like Chevy Chase. :)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 10/09/09 at 5:26 am

The word of the day...Leap
1. To spring or bound upward from or as if from the ground; jump: leaped over the wall; salmon leaping upriver.
2.
1. To move quickly or abruptly from one condition or subject to another: always leaping to conclusions.
2. To act impulsively: leaped at the opportunity to travel.

v.tr.

1. To jump over: couldn't leap the brook.
2. To cause to leap: leap a horse over a hurdle.

n.

1.
1. The act of leaping; a jump.
2. A place jumped over or from.
3. The distance cleared in a leap.
2. An abrupt or precipitous passage, shift, or transition: a leap from rags to riches.

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Written By: ninny on 10/09/09 at 5:29 am

The birthday of the day ...Scott Bakula
Scott Stewart Bakula (born October 9, 1954) is an American actor. His most prominent roles have been as Sam Beckett in the science fiction television series Quantum Leap, and as Captain Jonathan Archer in Star Trek: Enterprise. He also co-starred with Maria Bello in the short-lived CBS television series Mr. & Mrs. Smith and had a recurring role in the sitcom Murphy Brown.
Bakula left college to pursue acting, having been cast in the leading role in a national tour of Godspell. The tour was canceled before it began and he soon moved to New York. Shortly after, he was cast in a dinner theater production of Shenandoah in North Carolina.

In 1983, Bakula, having previously appeared as a standby, made his Broadway debut playing Joe DiMaggio in Marilyn: An American Fable. His television debut came in commercials for Canada Dry and for de-caffeinated Folgers coffee. He also appeared in an off Broadway production of "Three Guys Naked from the Waist Down".

His performance in the Broadway musical Romance/Romance and subsequent Tony Award nomination helped Bakula win the lead role opposite Dean Stockwell in the critically acclaimed television series Quantum Leap. In this science fiction series, Bakula played the time traveler Dr. Sam Beckett who was trapped by a malfunction of his time machine to correct things gone wrong in the past. His performance in this program would earn him a Golden Globe award (along with three nominations) and four Emmy nominations for Best Actor as well as five (5) consecutive Viewer’s For Quality Television Awards for Best Actor in a Quality Drama Series.

In 1995, Bakula appeared on the cover of Playgirl. In 1997, Bakula voiced Danny Cat in Cats Don't Dance, a high-rated, but little-known, animated movie, singing in one number with Natalie Cole. In 1998, Bakula played the aging veteran pitcher Gus Cantrell in Major League: Back to the Minors, the final movie in the Major League (film) trilogy. He also played Jim Olmeyer, partner of Sam Robards' Jim Berkley, in the Academy Award-winning American Beauty in 1999.
Bakula, as Captain Jonathan Archer, meets U.S. Navy Sailors of the Year for the year 2001 on February 28, 2002, on the set of Star Trek: Enterprise.

As Jonathan Archer in Star Trek: Enterprise, Bakula played the captain of Earth's first long-range interstellar ship. In 2006, he reprised the role of Archer for the Star Trek Legacy PC and Xbox 360 video games as a voiceover. Bakula starred in the musical Shenandoah, a play which also provided his first professional theatrical role in 1976, at Ford's Theatre, in 2006.

Bakula is heard singing "Pig Island" on Sandra Boynton's children's CD Philadelphia Chickens, which is labeled as being "For all ages except 43." Some of Bakula's other musical appearances include the Hollywood Bowl in 1996 and 2004, Carnegie Hall, a benefit performance of Stephen Sondheim's Anyone Can Whistle in 1995, and the Kennedy Center Honors in 1993 and 2003, in honor of Sondheim and Carol Burnett, respectively.
Performances since 2008

Bakula performed various songs from his career for one night only performance entitled "An Evening with Scott Bakula" at Sydney Harman Hall on January 18, 2008, as a benefit for the restoration of the historic Ford's Theater. Bakula had three appearances in 2008. He appeared as Atty. Jack Ross in an episode of Boston Legal, "Glow in the Dark", which aired on February 12, 2008 on the ABC network. From March 4 - April 20 he starred as Tony Hunter in the world premiere of Dancing In The Dark at The Old Globe in San Diego, California. "Dancing in the Dark" is based on the 1950s movie "The Band Wagon" which starred Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse. He will also appear as the character Chris Fulbright in the five episode run of the new Tracey Ullman sketch comedy series State of the Union on Showtime; it premieres March 30.

A March 31, 2008 article in Variety announced that Bakula had been cast in the role of Brian Shepard in the movie The Informant!, Steven Soderbergh's espionage dark comedy thriller for Warner Independent. The movie also starred Matt Damon. Shooting began in May, 2008 in Decatur, IL and the film was released in September 2009.

In April 2009, Bakula began a recurring role on the TV show Chuck as Stephen Bartowski the eponymous character's long lost father.

From July 31 to August 2, 2009, he starred as Nathan Detroit in three performances of Guys and Dolls at Hollywood Bowl.
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Written By: ninny on 10/09/09 at 5:32 am

The co-birthday of the day...Jackson Browne
Clyde Jackson Browne (born October 9, 1948 in Heidelberg, Germany) is an American rock singer-songwriter and musician. His political interest and personal angst have been central to his career, resulting in popular songs such as "Somebody's Baby", "These Days", "The Pretender" and "Running On Empty". In 2004, Browne was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame by his friend Bruce Springsteen. The same year, Browne received an honorary Doctorate of Music from Los Angeles' Occidental College for "a remarkable musical career that has successfully combined an intensely personal artistry with a broader vision of social change and justice".
Browne was born in Heidelberg, Germany, where his father, an American serviceman, was stationed. Browne's mother, Beatrice Amanda (née Dahl), was a Minnesota native of Norwegian ancestry. Browne has three siblings: Roberta "Berbie" Browne who was born during 1946 in Nuremberg, Germany (Nuernberg) and Edward Severin Browne who was born during 1949 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. His younger sister, Gracie Browne, was born a number of years later. Browne moved to the Highland Park district of Los Angeles, California, at the age of 3 and in his teens began singing folk music in local venues like the Ash Grove. He attended Sunny Hills High School in Fullerton, California, graduating in 1966. That same year, he joined the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band.

Browne signed a publishing contract with Nina Music, and his songs were performed by Joan Baez, Tom Rush, the Eagles, Linda Ronstadt, the Byrds, Steve Noonan, and others. After moving to Greenwich Village, New York, Browne was briefly in Tim Buckley's back-up band. In 1967 Brown was romantically linked to Nico of the Velvet Underground. He added to her album, Chelsea Girl, playing guitar on her version of one of Browne's earliest songs, which he wrote in high school; "These Days". After leaving New York City, Browne formed a folk band with Ned Doheny and Jack Wilce, and settled in Southern California.
Classic personal period

In 1971, Browne signed with Asylum Records and released Jackson Browne (1972), which included the piano-driven "Doctor My Eyes", which entered the Top Ten in the US singles chart. "Rock Me on the Water", from the same album, also gained considerable radio airplay, while "Jamaica Say You Will" and "Song for Adam" helped establish Browne's reputation. Touring to promote the album, he shared the bill with Linda Ronstadt.

His next album, For Everyman (1973) — while considered of high quality — was less successful than his debut album, although it still sold a million copies. The upbeat "Take It Easy", co-written with The Eagles' Glenn Frey, had already been a major success for that group, while his own recording of "These Days" represented Browne's angst.

Late for the Sky (1974) consolidated Browne's following, with some fans drawn in purely by the record's Magritte-inspired cover. Highlights included the title song, the elegiac "For a Dancer" and "Before the Deluge". The arrangements featured the violin and guitar of David Lindley, Jai Winding's piano, and the harmonies of Doug Haywood. The title track was also featured in Martin Scorsese's film Taxi Driver. Around this time, Browne began his fractious but lifelong professional relationship with singer/songwriter Warren Zevon, mentoring Zevon's first two Asylum albums through the studio as a producer after browbeating Asylum head David Geffen into giving Zevon a recording contract.

Browne's character was even more apparent in his next album, The Pretender. It was released during 1976, after the suicide of his first wife, Phyllis Major. The album features production by Jon Landau and a mixture of styles, ranging from the Mariachi-inspired "Linda Paloma" to the country-driven "Your Bright Baby Blues" to the downbeat "Sleep's Dark and Silent Gate". "Here Come Those Tears Again" was cowritten with Nancy Farnsworth, the mother of Browne's wife, after the untimely death of her daughter.

By then, Browne's work had gained a reputation for its compelling melodies, insightful lyrics, and a flair for composition.

Browne began recording his next LP while on tour, and Running on Empty (1977) became his biggest commercial success. Breaking the usual conventions for a live album, Browne used all new material and combined live concert performances with recordings made on buses, in hotel rooms, and back stage. Running on Empty contains many of his most popular songs, such as the title track, "The Road" (written and recorded in 1972 by Danny O'Keefe), "Rosie", and "The Load-Out/Stay" (Browne's send-off to his concert audiences and roadies).
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Written By: ninny on 10/09/09 at 5:37 am

The flower for Friday...Aster
1. Any of various plants of the genus Aster in the composite family, having radiate flower heads with white, pink, or violet rays and a usually yellow disk.
2. The China aster.
3. Biology. A star-shaped structure formed in the cytoplasm of a cell and having raylike fibers that surround the centrosome during mitosis.
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Written By: gibbo on 10/09/09 at 5:40 am

Running On Empty was one of my favourite albums in the late 70's... :)

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Written By: Howard on 10/09/09 at 6:49 am

I remember when he teamed with Clarence Clemons in 1985 "Friend Of Mine".

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Written By: coqueta83 on 10/09/09 at 7:42 pm

Don't forget Billy Ocean!

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He's changed a bit since then....

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Pretty drastic change! :o

I haven't heard any Billy Ocean songs on the radio in nearly 20 years!

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Written By: ninny on 10/10/09 at 5:33 am

The word of the day...Moon
1. often Moon The natural satellite of Earth, visible by reflection of sunlight and having a slightly elliptical orbit, approximately 356,000 kilometers (221,600 miles) distant at perigee and 406,997 kilometers (252,950 miles) at apogee. Its mean diameter is 3,475 kilometers (2,160 miles), its mass approximately one eightieth that of Earth, and its average period of revolution around Earth 29 days 12 hours 44 minutes calculated with respect to the sun.
2. A natural satellite revolving around a planet.
3. The moon as it appears at a particular time in its cycle of phases: a gibbous moon.
4. A month, especially a lunar month.
5. A disk, globe, or crescent resembling the natural satellite of Earth.
6. Moonlight.
7. Something unreasonable or unattainable: They acted as if we were asking for the moon.
8. Slang. The bared buttocks.
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Written By: Howard on 10/10/09 at 5:36 am

The word of the day...Moon
1. often Moon The natural satellite of Earth, visible by reflection of sunlight and having a slightly elliptical orbit, approximately 356,000 kilometers (221,600 miles) distant at perigee and 406,997 kilometers (252,950 miles) at apogee. Its mean diameter is 3,475 kilometers (2,160 miles), its mass approximately one eightieth that of Earth, and its average period of revolution around Earth 29 days 12 hours 44 minutes calculated with respect to the sun.
2. A natural satellite revolving around a planet.
3. The moon as it appears at a particular time in its cycle of phases: a gibbous moon.
4. A month, especially a lunar month.
5. A disk, globe, or crescent resembling the natural satellite of Earth.
6. Moonlight.
7. Something unreasonable or unattainable: They acted as if we were asking for the moon.
8. Slang. The bared buttocks.
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Wow Ninny these are really wonderful excellent wallpapers. :)

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Written By: ninny on 10/10/09 at 5:41 am

The birthday of the day...Nora Roberts
Nora Roberts (b. Eleanor Marie Robertson, October 10, 1950 in Silver Spring, Maryland, USA), is a bestselling American author of more than 165 romance novels, and she writes as J.D. Robb for the "In Death" series. She also has written under the pseudonym Jill March, and by error some of her works were published in the UK as Sarah Hardesty.

Nora Roberts was the first author to be inducted into the Romance Writers of America Hall of Fame. As of 2006, her novels had spent a combined 660 weeks on the New York Times Bestseller List, including 100 weeks in the number-one spot. Over 280 million copies of her books are in print, including 12 million copies sold in 2005 alone. Her novels have been published in 35 countries.
She began to write during a blizzard in February, 1979 while housebound with her two small boys. Roberts states that with three feet of snow, a dwindling supply of chocolate, and no morning kindergarten she had little else to do. While writing down her ideas for the first time, she fell in love with the writing process, and quickly produced six manuscripts. She submitted her manuscripts to Harlequin, the leading publisher of romance novels, but was repeatedly rejected. Roberts says, "I got the standard rejection for the first couple of tries, then my favorite rejection of all time. I received my manuscript back with a nice little note which said that my work showed promise, and the story had been very entertaining and well done. But that they already had their American writer. That would have been Janet Dailey."
Pseudonyms
Nora Roberts
Irish Thoroughbred as Nora Roberts, 1981

In 1980, a new publisher, Silhouette books, formed to take advantage of the pool of manuscripts from the many American writers that Harlequin had snubbed. Roberts found a home at Silhouette, where her first novel, Irish Thoroughbred, was published in 1981. She used the pseudonym Nora Roberts, a shortened form of her birth name Eleanor Marie Robertson, because she assumed that all authors had pen names.

Between 1982 and 1984, Roberts wrote 23 novels for Silhouette. They were published under various Silhouette imprints: Silhouette Sensation, Silhouette Special Edition and Silhouette Desire, as well as Silhouette Intrigue, and MIRA's reissue program. Despite the large number of books she had produced, Roberts did not have real success until 1985, when she released Playing the Odds, the first novel in her MacGregor family series. The book was an immediate bestseller. Sequels followed, and romance readers began to associate her name with multigenerational sagas.

Roberts was instrumental in helping shift the romance novel away from virginal, eighteen-year-old heroines and superficial male portrayals. Her early heroines were much less passive than the norm. Her novels also featured a more in-depth characterization of the hero, because "the books are about two people, and readers should be allowed into the heads and hearts of both." The years spent writing category romance helped hone her ability to create realistic characters. The category romance's short page count forces writers to be able to "paint" their characters "quickly and clearly in a short amount of time." In 1987, she began writing single title books for Bantam. Five years later she moved to Putnam to write single title hard covers as well as original paperbacks. She reached the hardcover bestseller lists with her fourth hardcover release, 1996's Montana Sky. Despite her hardcover success, Roberts has continued to release single-title novels in paperback. Unlike many of her peers who have crossed from category romance to single-title, she still occasionally writes shorter category romances. Her attachment to the shorter category books stems from her years as a young mother of two boys without much time to read, as she " exactly what it felt like to want to read and not have time to read 200,000 words."

Roberts and her career were featured in Pamela Regis's A Natural History of the Romance Novel. Regis calls Roberts "a master of the romance novel form, because she "has a keen ear for dialogue, constructs deft scenes, maintains a page-turning pace, and provides compelling characterization." Publishers Weekly lauds her "wry humor and the use of different narrators, two devices that were once rarities" in the romance novel genre.

Many of Roberts's novels deal extensively with families. Roberts believes that her sense of family is an important part of her life and how she developed. Because family is so important in her life, it is also often reflected in her books. Her "characters come from somewhere, and where they come from, good or bad, has a large part in forming who they are and who they can become."
Roberts is remarkably prolific—in 1996 she passed the hundred-novel mark with Montana Sky. In both 1999 and 2000, four of the five novels that USAToday listed as the best-selling romance novels of the year were written by Roberts. Her first appearance on the New York Times Bestseller List came in 1991, and between 1991 and 2001, she had 68 New York Times Bestsellers, counting hardbacks and paperbacks. The New York Times did not review any of those novels. In 2001, Roberts had 10 best-selling mass-market paperbacks, according to Publishers Weekly, not counting those books written under the J.D. Robb name. In September 2001, for the first time Roberts took the numbers 1 and 2 spots on the Publishers Weekly bestseller list, as her romance Time and Again was number one, and her J.D. Robb release Seduction in Death was number two.

Since 1999, every one of Roberts's novels has been a New York Times bestseller, and 124 of her novels have ranked on the Times bestseller list, including twenty-nine that debuted in the number-one spot. As of 2006, Roberts's novels had spent a combined 660 weeks on the New York Times Bestseller List, including 100 weeks in the number-one spot. Oddly enough, outside of the United States she is marketed by a single woman, Judy Piatkus of the independently-run company Piatkus Books, which publishes about 150 books a year. Over 280 million copies of her books are in print, including 12 million copies sold in 2005 alone. Her novels have been published in 35 countries.

A founding member of the Romance Writers of America (RWA), Roberts was the first inductee in the organization's Hall of Fame. As of 2006, she has won an unprecedented 19 of the RWA's RITA Awards, the highest honor given in the romance genre.

Two of Roberts' novels, Sanctuary and Magic Moments, had previously been made into TV movies. Yet in 2007, Lifetime Television adapted four Nora Roberts novels into TV movies: Angels Fall starring Heather Locklear, Montana Sky starring Ashley Williams, Blue Smoke starring Alicia Witt, and Carolina Moon starring Claire Forlani. This was the first time that Lifetime had adapted multiple works by the same author. Four more films were released on four consecutive Saturdays in March and April 2009. The 2009 collection included Northern Lights starring LeAnn Rimes, Midnight Bayou starring Jerry O'Connell, High Noon starring Emilie de Ravin, and Tribute starring Brittany Murphy.

Time Magazine named Roberts one of their 100 Most Influential People in 2007, saying she "has inspected, dissected, deconstructed, explored, explained and extolled the passions of the human heart." Roberts was one of only two authors on the list, the other being David Mitchell.
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Written By: ninny on 10/10/09 at 5:41 am

Wow Ninny these are really wonderful excellent wallpapers. :)

I'm glad you like them Howie :)

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Written By: Howard on 10/10/09 at 5:42 am

I'm glad you like them Howie :)

My Mother always wants to know where I got them from. ;D

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Written By: ninny on 10/10/09 at 5:52 am

The Co-birthdays of the day...Midge Ure
Midge Ure OBE (born James Ure, 10 October 1953, Cambuslang, Lanarkshire, Scotland) is a guitarist, singer, keyboard player, and songwriter. He enjoyed particular success in the 1970s and 1980s in bands including Slik, Thin Lizzy, The Rich Kids, Visage, and most notably as frontman of Ultravox. Ure co-wrote and produced the charity single "Do They Know It's Christmas?" and co-organised Band Aid, Live Aid and Live 8 with Bob Geldof. He twice received an Ivor Novello Award with Geldof for co-writing "Do They Know It's Christmas?" Ure acts as trustee for the charity, and serves as ambassador for Save The Children. His stage name, Midge, is a phonetic reversal of his real name, Jim.
1979 had seen Ure and Billy Currie form a close bond playing together in Visage. The pair decided to resurrect Currie's former group, the synthpop band Ultravox. The group had been presumed defunct since guitarist Robin Simon quit and lead singer John Foxx had left to pursue a solo career. In April Ure joined the band as singer and guitarist to complete the "classic" Ultravox lineup of Currie (keyboards, violin), Chris Cross (bass) and Warren Cann (drums). Although Ure had spent the latter half of 1979 on tour with Thin Lizzy, Ultravox found time late in the year to tour in the USA. During this time the band wrote a number of songs which were included on their debut album with Ure.

The album, Vienna, was recorded early in 1980. The singles "Sleepwalk", "Passing Strangers", "Vienna" and "All Stood Still", saw Ultravox become one of Britain's most successful bands for several years. "Vienna" spent 4 weeks at #2 in the UK singles chart. Inspired by the film The Third Man, the video, directed by Russell Mulcahy, utilised cinematic techniques and became influential. In interview Ure has recalled the way " video changed after that. All these things that became video clichés – cropping the top and bottom off the screen, shooting on film as opposed to videotape, making it look like a movie ... we were quite a groundbreaking act for a while." The same year Visage released their Visage album, which together with single "Fade to Grey", further served to inspire the direction of the New Romantic music scene.
Ultravox (Midge Ure) in concert, April 1984

In 1982 Ure left Visage shortly after the release of The Anvil, citing differences with frontman Steve Strange. The same year saw Ultravox record and release their third album Quartet, with production by Beatles' producer George Martin. This period also saw Ure work as a producer for other artists, amongst them Steve Harley, The Skids and STRASSE.
Band Aid

In 1984 Ure co-wrote the Band Aid hit, "Do They Know It's Christmas?" with Bob Geldof. Ure was rehearsing with Ultravox or an episode of The Tube when Paula Yates handed him the phone. It was her then husband, Geldof, who proceeded, recalls Ure, "to rant on about the Michael Buerk news report on the Ethiopian famine." Geldof provided the initial lyrics, with Ure working the musical theme on a small keyboard in his kitchen. The second half was composed by Ure, with the bridging chorus only assembled in the studio when the artists had gathered. Ure has described the song as one of the worst he has ever written, commenting that "he momentum the artists gave it in the recording studio is what made it".

At the studio recording Ure also took on the production of the song. Although Trevor Horn had been approached to fulfill this role, he needed more time to fulfill his obligations than was available. Ure stepped into the breach, with Horn providing his studio, remixing the track and producing the 12" version. He and Geldof jointly set up the Band Aid Trust, and he remains active as a Band Aid Trustee to this day. He also co-organised the Live Aid concert of 1985 alongside Geldof and Harvey Goldsmith. Geldof and Ure have been honoured with two Ivor Novello awards for writing the song.
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David Lee Roth

David Lee Roth (born October 10, 1955) is an American rock vocalist, songwriter, actor, author, and former radio personality, best known as the original and current lead singer of Van Halen. In addition to his work with Van Halen, Roth is a successful solo artist, having released several platinum and gold solo albums. Sometimes referred to as Diamond Dave, Roth rejoined Van Halen in 2007 for a North American tour that became the highest grossing tour in the band's history.
Roth rose to prominence in the 1970s Los Angeles, California rock scene as the lead singer of "Mammoth", which would eventually become Van Halen. In 1973, Roth rented his PA system to the brothers Eddie and Alex Van Halen, after failing a previous audition, and later joined their hard rock band as lead vocalist when the band members decided that letting him join would both save them money and allow Eddie to focus on guitar playing. After finding out that the name Mammoth (which the Van Halens called their band at the time) was being used by another band, Roth persuaded the Van Halen brothers to change the band's name from Mammoth to Van Halen.

In February 1978, Van Halen released their debut album, Van Halen. It quickly established the group as a commercial success and is credited with establishing Los Angeles as hard rock's unofficial capital during the 1980s and early 1990s.

Soon after Van Halen's debut, Roth became well-known for his flamboyant showmanship and outrageous off-stage behavior. The 1983 Rolling Stone Record Guide Vol 2. described Roth as "the most obnoxious singer in human history, an achievement notable in the face of long tradition and heavy competition." Although often noted more for physical than for technical vocal prowess, Roth's bluesy baritone voice and distinctive screams, along with his often humorous and campy lyrics, were integral to Van Halen's sound. Roth is able to take his voice into a multi-pitched wheeze/rasp, almost like a train whistle (see Throat singing).

From 1979-1984, Van Halen released five more albums: Van Halen II, Women and Children First, Fair Warning, Diver Down and 1984, each to increasing popular success and critical acclaim. In 1983, Van Halen was paid $1.5 million to play one set at the US Festival in California, making them one of the two highest paid bands in modern history, along with the festival's other headlining act, David Bowie. Van Halen achieved their greatest commercial success, including their first Billboard #1 single, for the song "Jump", in 1984.

In early 1985, while still a member of Van Halen, Roth released a popular solo EP of off-beat standards. Singles for "California Girls" and "Just a Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody" (using an arrangement from Sam Butera & Louis Prima) succeeded largely due to their innovative music videos, which featured ridiculous characters created by Roth.

In April 1985, Roth and Van Halen parted ways. Both camps tell different stories as to who was at fault. In his 1998 autobiography, Crazy From The Heat, Roth characterized Van Halen's music just before his 1985 departure as "morose." Roth wished to record an album quickly, tour, and then shoot a movie (the ill-fated Crazy From The Heat), but found his bandmates apathetic, lethargic, and drunk.

Reportedly, Roth also disliked Eddie Van Halen's behavior regarding an appearance on Michael Jackson's 1983 hit "Beat It". Van Halen did not tell Roth that he had recorded the song for fear that Roth would prevent him from releasing it. In Crazy From The Heat, Roth writes that he approved of Van Halen's participation on "Beat It"; he believed that the Quincy Jones-produced track provided an excellent vehicle for Eddie Van Halen to showcase his talents. Roth later claimed that his issue with Eddie's participation on the track was that Eddie had declined to be paid for his work, receiving only a thank you note. Roth lamented, "We don't think alike at all."

Van Halen showed signs of falling apart when Eddie made an appearance playing "Panama" on the David Letterman show with the CBS house band in 1984. Ed played the song without the other members of Van Halen. Ed stated in many interviews that he hated stardom, he didn't want to be a rockstar, and Dave did.
After Van Halen

In late 1985, Roth assembled a band which at the time was regarded as a supergroup, consisting of guitarist Steve Vai, bassist Billy Sheehan, and drummer Gregg Bissonette. He later enlisted Van Halen producer Ted Templeman to produce the band's debut album, Eat 'Em and Smile. The album saw Roth return to hard rock music, and met with huge commercial success. In interviews of this period, Roth claimed that he had recorded additional Spanish and Portuguese language versions of the album, but to date only one of these, the Spanish language version titled Sonrisa Salvaje, appeared. The tour supporting the album was one of the most successful concert tours of 1986.

Van Halen's first album with Sammy Hagar, Roth's replacement as lead vocalist, entitled 5150, met with greater commercial success than Eat 'Em and Smile, although it lacked much of the heavier rock edge of the previous Roth-era albums. Van Halen allegedly titled their 1988 album OU812 — a homophone to "Oh, you ate one too?" — in reference to the title Eat 'Em And Smile.

In early 1988, Roth released Skyscraper, a more experimental offering than the first solo album. It featured Roth's most famous original solo song, "Just Like Paradise," which was a worldwide hit. As of 1997, "Just Like Paradise" was the theme song of a major radio station in Hawaii and, according to Roth, was originally requested as the theme song of the television program Beverly Hills 90210. "The manager," he said, "didn't feel that the money they were offering was worthy of a phone call to me so I never heard about it until some seasons later." Skyscraper was co-produced by Roth and Steve Vai, and displayed the growing influence of the guitarist, featuring on many songs the dense layers of compressed guitars that gave it a unique sound that was to differentiate the album from the more Van Halen-sounding Eat 'Em and Smile. The album was certified platinum (1 million in sales) reaching #6 on the Billboard album chart.

Nonetheless, it met with a more tepid commercial response than anything Roth had released previously. Roth then went on a headlining arena tour with the Los Angeles hairband Poison opening for him. Soon after Skyscraper's release, Billy Sheehan left Roth's band, which then embarked on a world tour with new bassist Matt Bissonette during 1988. The tour was a major production featuring, at various points, Roth surfing above the audience on a surfboard suspended on wires, and in a boxing ring. Both parts of the stage show were seen in the "Just Like Paradise" music video. The show also featured robotic replicas of the band in a calypso segment and all playing Caribbean steel drums and in an unplugged segment where the band performed acoustic covers of some rock and roll classics such as "Wake-Up Little Susie" by The Everly Brothers.

The tour was a huge success and met with positive reviews in many places. A Sounds magazine review of a show on the tour in St. Louis, Missouri (published May 5, 1988) declared it "the greatest rock show on earth" and Kerrang magazine summed up the tour as "a don't blink or you'll miss it spectacular" that had the reporter Mick Wall "scrabbling to put new batteries into his pacemaker." Despite the critical and commercial triumphs of the Skyscraper Tour, Steve Vai left the band to pursue a solo career and record and tour with Whitesnake.

In 1991, Roth released A Little Ain't Enough, a more mainstream hard rock album produced by Bob Rock. It achieved RIAA gold status. Twenty-year-old guitar prodigy Jason Becker played on the album but he was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's disease shortly before the accompanying arena tour. He was replaced by Joe Holmes. The stage show for the accompanying tour featured two devil statues that urinated whiskey at Roth's audience and a pair of giant inflatable legs positioned "spread-eagle" wearing ripped, fishnet stockings. Musical tastes had changed dramatically by the end of 1991 with the arrival of grunge, hence Roth's tour did not do as well financially as planned.

In 1993, Roth was arrested in New York City's Washington Square Park for buying what he described as "$10 worth of Jamaican bunk reefer" from an undercover police officer. The arrest made headlines and became a late-night television punch-line. When asked by Howard Stern whether the bust was a publicity stunt, Roth said, "Howard, in New York City this small of a bust is a $35 traffic citation. It literally says 'Buick, Chevy, Other'. Your dog poops on the sidewalk, it's $50. If I was looking for publicity, I would have pooped on the sidewalk."

In 1994, Roth released Your Filthy Little Mouth, an eclectic, lyrically intricate album produced by Nile Rodgers. It combined elements of rock, country music, reggae, hip hop music, lounge, and others. For example, it included the song "Cheating Heart Cafe," a duet with the popular country singer Travis Tritt. It did not sell well, considered by many to be a commercial failure, failing to achieve gold status. Roth's career was in decline, and he began to perform at smaller venues in the United States.

Nevertheless, many loyal fans remained, and the Roth/Van Halen split entered pop culture. For example, in the hit 1994 film Airheads, fans loyal to Roth were regarded as cool, whereas a character loyal to Van Halen was suspected as an undercover police officer. Similarly, in 2001, the title character of the film Joe Dirt declared he was a Van Halen fan, not a "Van Hagar" fan. Bowling For Soup's 2004 hit song "1985" features the lyrics, "Where's the mini-skirt/ Made of snakeskin/ Who's the other guy/ Singing with Van Halen?". In the 1998 Adam Sandler film The Wedding Singer, which was set in 1985, Sandler's character tells his cheating girlfriend, "Please get out of my Van Halen t-shirt before you jinx the band and they break up." Nerf Herder had a minor hit in 1996 with the song "Van Halen." The lyrics heralded David Lee Roth ("I bought Van Halen I/It was the best damn record I ever owned") and bemoaned Sammy Hagar ("Is this what you wanted, Sammy Hagar? ... I'll never buy your lousy records again"). Canadian rock band The Salads released a single in 2003 entitled "The Roth Kung Fu" with lyrics hailing Roth such as "My eyes are half closed, so are yours/Hey Yankee Rose, I'm Just a Gigolo."

In 1995, Roth returned with an adult lounge act, performing largely in Las Vegas casinos, with a brass band that featured Nile Rodgers, Edgar Winter, and members of the Miami Sound Machine. It also featured several exotic dancers, who in Roth's words were "so sweet, I bet they sheesh sugar!".

By the late 1990s, Roth trained as an Emergency Medical Technician and worked as an EMT for some time. He occasionally told stories about his experiences as an EMT on his radio show.
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Written By: ninny on 10/10/09 at 5:53 am

My Mother always wants to know where I got them from. ;D

Tell her I find them on Photobucket.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/10/09 at 7:01 am

I think I have a lot to catch up on.

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Written By: Howard on 10/10/09 at 2:45 pm

The Co-birthdays of the day...Midge Ure
Midge Ure OBE (born James Ure, 10 October 1953, Cambuslang, Lanarkshire, Scotland) is a guitarist, singer, keyboard player, and songwriter. He enjoyed particular success in the 1970s and 1980s in bands including Slik, Thin Lizzy, The Rich Kids, Visage, and most notably as frontman of Ultravox. Ure co-wrote and produced the charity single "Do They Know It's Christmas?" and co-organised Band Aid, Live Aid and Live 8 with Bob Geldof. He twice received an Ivor Novello Award with Geldof for co-writing "Do They Know It's Christmas?" Ure acts as trustee for the charity, and serves as ambassador for Save The Children. His stage name, Midge, is a phonetic reversal of his real name, Jim.
1979 had seen Ure and Billy Currie form a close bond playing together in Visage. The pair decided to resurrect Currie's former group, the synthpop band Ultravox. The group had been presumed defunct since guitarist Robin Simon quit and lead singer John Foxx had left to pursue a solo career. In April Ure joined the band as singer and guitarist to complete the "classic" Ultravox lineup of Currie (keyboards, violin), Chris Cross (bass) and Warren Cann (drums). Although Ure had spent the latter half of 1979 on tour with Thin Lizzy, Ultravox found time late in the year to tour in the USA. During this time the band wrote a number of songs which were included on their debut album with Ure.

The album, Vienna, was recorded early in 1980. The singles "Sleepwalk", "Passing Strangers", "Vienna" and "All Stood Still", saw Ultravox become one of Britain's most successful bands for several years. "Vienna" spent 4 weeks at #2 in the UK singles chart. Inspired by the film The Third Man, the video, directed by Russell Mulcahy, utilised cinematic techniques and became influential. In interview Ure has recalled the way " video changed after that. All these things that became video clichés – cropping the top and bottom off the screen, shooting on film as opposed to videotape, making it look like a movie ... we were quite a groundbreaking act for a while." The same year Visage released their Visage album, which together with single "Fade to Grey", further served to inspire the direction of the New Romantic music scene.
Ultravox (Midge Ure) in concert, April 1984

In 1982 Ure left Visage shortly after the release of The Anvil, citing differences with frontman Steve Strange. The same year saw Ultravox record and release their third album Quartet, with production by Beatles' producer George Martin. This period also saw Ure work as a producer for other artists, amongst them Steve Harley, The Skids and STRASSE.
Band Aid

In 1984 Ure co-wrote the Band Aid hit, "Do They Know It's Christmas?" with Bob Geldof. Ure was rehearsing with Ultravox or an episode of The Tube when Paula Yates handed him the phone. It was her then husband, Geldof, who proceeded, recalls Ure, "to rant on about the Michael Buerk news report on the Ethiopian famine." Geldof provided the initial lyrics, with Ure working the musical theme on a small keyboard in his kitchen. The second half was composed by Ure, with the bridging chorus only assembled in the studio when the artists had gathered. Ure has described the song as one of the worst he has ever written, commenting that "he momentum the artists gave it in the recording studio is what made it".

At the studio recording Ure also took on the production of the song. Although Trevor Horn had been approached to fulfill this role, he needed more time to fulfill his obligations than was available. Ure stepped into the breach, with Horn providing his studio, remixing the track and producing the 12" version. He and Geldof jointly set up the Band Aid Trust, and he remains active as a Band Aid Trustee to this day. He also co-organised the Live Aid concert of 1985 alongside Geldof and Harvey Goldsmith. Geldof and Ure have been honoured with two Ivor Novello awards for writing the song.
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David Lee Roth

David Lee Roth (born October 10, 1955) is an American rock vocalist, songwriter, actor, author, and former radio personality, best known as the original and current lead singer of Van Halen. In addition to his work with Van Halen, Roth is a successful solo artist, having released several platinum and gold solo albums. Sometimes referred to as Diamond Dave, Roth rejoined Van Halen in 2007 for a North American tour that became the highest grossing tour in the band's history.
Roth rose to prominence in the 1970s Los Angeles, California rock scene as the lead singer of "Mammoth", which would eventually become Van Halen. In 1973, Roth rented his PA system to the brothers Eddie and Alex Van Halen, after failing a previous audition, and later joined their hard rock band as lead vocalist when the band members decided that letting him join would both save them money and allow Eddie to focus on guitar playing. After finding out that the name Mammoth (which the Van Halens called their band at the time) was being used by another band, Roth persuaded the Van Halen brothers to change the band's name from Mammoth to Van Halen.

In February 1978, Van Halen released their debut album, Van Halen. It quickly established the group as a commercial success and is credited with establishing Los Angeles as hard rock's unofficial capital during the 1980s and early 1990s.

Soon after Van Halen's debut, Roth became well-known for his flamboyant showmanship and outrageous off-stage behavior. The 1983 Rolling Stone Record Guide Vol 2. described Roth as "the most obnoxious singer in human history, an achievement notable in the face of long tradition and heavy competition." Although often noted more for physical than for technical vocal prowess, Roth's bluesy baritone voice and distinctive screams, along with his often humorous and campy lyrics, were integral to Van Halen's sound. Roth is able to take his voice into a multi-pitched wheeze/rasp, almost like a train whistle (see Throat singing).

From 1979-1984, Van Halen released five more albums: Van Halen II, Women and Children First, Fair Warning, Diver Down and 1984, each to increasing popular success and critical acclaim. In 1983, Van Halen was paid $1.5 million to play one set at the US Festival in California, making them one of the two highest paid bands in modern history, along with the festival's other headlining act, David Bowie. Van Halen achieved their greatest commercial success, including their first Billboard #1 single, for the song "Jump", in 1984.

In early 1985, while still a member of Van Halen, Roth released a popular solo EP of off-beat standards. Singles for "California Girls" and "Just a Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody" (using an arrangement from Sam Butera & Louis Prima) succeeded largely due to their innovative music videos, which featured ridiculous characters created by Roth.

In April 1985, Roth and Van Halen parted ways. Both camps tell different stories as to who was at fault. In his 1998 autobiography, Crazy From The Heat, Roth characterized Van Halen's music just before his 1985 departure as "morose." Roth wished to record an album quickly, tour, and then shoot a movie (the ill-fated Crazy From The Heat), but found his bandmates apathetic, lethargic, and drunk.

Reportedly, Roth also disliked Eddie Van Halen's behavior regarding an appearance on Michael Jackson's 1983 hit "Beat It". Van Halen did not tell Roth that he had recorded the song for fear that Roth would prevent him from releasing it. In Crazy From The Heat, Roth writes that he approved of Van Halen's participation on "Beat It"; he believed that the Quincy Jones-produced track provided an excellent vehicle for Eddie Van Halen to showcase his talents. Roth later claimed that his issue with Eddie's participation on the track was that Eddie had declined to be paid for his work, receiving only a thank you note. Roth lamented, "We don't think alike at all."

Van Halen showed signs of falling apart when Eddie made an appearance playing "Panama" on the David Letterman show with the CBS house band in 1984. Ed played the song without the other members of Van Halen. Ed stated in many interviews that he hated stardom, he didn't want to be a rockstar, and Dave did.
After Van Halen

In late 1985, Roth assembled a band which at the time was regarded as a supergroup, consisting of guitarist Steve Vai, bassist Billy Sheehan, and drummer Gregg Bissonette. He later enlisted Van Halen producer Ted Templeman to produce the band's debut album, Eat 'Em and Smile. The album saw Roth return to hard rock music, and met with huge commercial success. In interviews of this period, Roth claimed that he had recorded additional Spanish and Portuguese language versions of the album, but to date only one of these, the Spanish language version titled Sonrisa Salvaje, appeared. The tour supporting the album was one of the most successful concert tours of 1986.

Van Halen's first album with Sammy Hagar, Roth's replacement as lead vocalist, entitled 5150, met with greater commercial success than Eat 'Em and Smile, although it lacked much of the heavier rock edge of the previous Roth-era albums. Van Halen allegedly titled their 1988 album OU812 — a homophone to "Oh, you ate one too?" — in reference to the title Eat 'Em And Smile.

In early 1988, Roth released Skyscraper, a more experimental offering than the first solo album. It featured Roth's most famous original solo song, "Just Like Paradise," which was a worldwide hit. As of 1997, "Just Like Paradise" was the theme song of a major radio station in Hawaii and, according to Roth, was originally requested as the theme song of the television program Beverly Hills 90210. "The manager," he said, "didn't feel that the money they were offering was worthy of a phone call to me so I never heard about it until some seasons later." Skyscraper was co-produced by Roth and Steve Vai, and displayed the growing influence of the guitarist, featuring on many songs the dense layers of compressed guitars that gave it a unique sound that was to differentiate the album from the more Van Halen-sounding Eat 'Em and Smile. The album was certified platinum (1 million in sales) reaching #6 on the Billboard album chart.

Nonetheless, it met with a more tepid commercial response than anything Roth had released previously. Roth then went on a headlining arena tour with the Los Angeles hairband Poison opening for him. Soon after Skyscraper's release, Billy Sheehan left Roth's band, which then embarked on a world tour with new bassist Matt Bissonette during 1988. The tour was a major production featuring, at various points, Roth surfing above the audience on a surfboard suspended on wires, and in a boxing ring. Both parts of the stage show were seen in the "Just Like Paradise" music video. The show also featured robotic replicas of the band in a calypso segment and all playing Caribbean steel drums and in an unplugged segment where the band performed acoustic covers of some rock and roll classics such as "Wake-Up Little Susie" by The Everly Brothers.

The tour was a huge success and met with positive reviews in many places. A Sounds magazine review of a show on the tour in St. Louis, Missouri (published May 5, 1988) declared it "the greatest rock show on earth" and Kerrang magazine summed up the tour as "a don't blink or you'll miss it spectacular" that had the reporter Mick Wall "scrabbling to put new batteries into his pacemaker." Despite the critical and commercial triumphs of the Skyscraper Tour, Steve Vai left the band to pursue a solo career and record and tour with Whitesnake.

In 1991, Roth released A Little Ain't Enough, a more mainstream hard rock album produced by Bob Rock. It achieved RIAA gold status. Twenty-year-old guitar prodigy Jason Becker played on the album but he was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's disease shortly before the accompanying arena tour. He was replaced by Joe Holmes. The stage show for the accompanying tour featured two devil statues that urinated whiskey at Roth's audience and a pair of giant inflatable legs positioned "spread-eagle" wearing ripped, fishnet stockings. Musical tastes had changed dramatically by the end of 1991 with the arrival of grunge, hence Roth's tour did not do as well financially as planned.

In 1993, Roth was arrested in New York City's Washington Square Park for buying what he described as "$10 worth of Jamaican bunk reefer" from an undercover police officer. The arrest made headlines and became a late-night television punch-line. When asked by Howard Stern whether the bust was a publicity stunt, Roth said, "Howard, in New York City this small of a bust is a $35 traffic citation. It literally says 'Buick, Chevy, Other'. Your dog poops on the sidewalk, it's $50. If I was looking for publicity, I would have pooped on the sidewalk."

In 1994, Roth released Your Filthy Little Mouth, an eclectic, lyrically intricate album produced by Nile Rodgers. It combined elements of rock, country music, reggae, hip hop music, lounge, and others. For example, it included the song "Cheating Heart Cafe," a duet with the popular country singer Travis Tritt. It did not sell well, considered by many to be a commercial failure, failing to achieve gold status. Roth's career was in decline, and he began to perform at smaller venues in the United States.

Nevertheless, many loyal fans remained, and the Roth/Van Halen split entered pop culture. For example, in the hit 1994 film Airheads, fans loyal to Roth were regarded as cool, whereas a character loyal to Van Halen was suspected as an undercover police officer. Similarly, in 2001, the title character of the film Joe Dirt declared he was a Van Halen fan, not a "Van Hagar" fan. Bowling For Soup's 2004 hit song "1985" features the lyrics, "Where's the mini-skirt/ Made of snakeskin/ Who's the other guy/ Singing with Van Halen?". In the 1998 Adam Sandler film The Wedding Singer, which was set in 1985, Sandler's character tells his cheating girlfriend, "Please get out of my Van Halen t-shirt before you jinx the band and they break up." Nerf Herder had a minor hit in 1996 with the song "Van Halen." The lyrics heralded David Lee Roth ("I bought Van Halen I/It was the best damn record I ever owned") and bemoaned Sammy Hagar ("Is this what you wanted, Sammy Hagar? ... I'll never buy your lousy records again"). Canadian rock band The Salads released a single in 2003 entitled "The Roth Kung Fu" with lyrics hailing Roth such as "My eyes are half closed, so are yours/Hey Yankee Rose, I'm Just a Gigolo."

In 1995, Roth returned with an adult lounge act, performing largely in Las Vegas casinos, with a brass band that featured Nile Rodgers, Edgar Winter, and members of the Miami Sound Machine. It also featured several exotic dancers, who in Roth's words were "so sweet, I bet they sheesh sugar!".

By the late 1990s, Roth trained as an Emergency Medical Technician and worked as an EMT for some time. He occasionally told stories about his experiences as an EMT on his radio show.
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David Lee Roth is always great to hear on the radio. :)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/10/09 at 3:12 pm

I think I have a lot to catch up on.
...and I have not started yet

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Written By: ninny on 10/10/09 at 3:57 pm

...and I have not started yet

Take your time.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/10/09 at 4:13 pm

Take your time.
I will start tomorrow

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: gibbo on 10/10/09 at 6:25 pm

Midge Ure had a good voice but had a 'weird' musical style. My wife and her sister went to see him in concert (on the strength of the song 'Oh Vienna') and, apart from that song, didn't really enjoy the music.

There's something about David Lee Roth that is inherently unlikable...perhaps his air of arrogance! :-\\

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Written By: coqueta83 on 10/10/09 at 8:13 pm

David Lee Roth....to me he will always be THE best lead singer of Van Halen. :)

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Written By: gibbo on 10/10/09 at 8:29 pm

David Lee Roth....to me he will always be THE best lead singer of Van Halen. :)

Oh ...he was good out front of Van Halen. I just don't like his flamboyant persona...

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Written By: coqueta83 on 10/10/09 at 8:40 pm

Oh ...he was good out front of Van Halen. I just don't like his flamboyant persona...

He can really be over the top! :o ;D

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Written By: ninny on 10/11/09 at 6:29 am

Midge Ure had a good voice but had a 'weird' musical style. My wife and her sister went to see him in concert (on the strength of the song 'Oh Vienna') and, apart from that song, didn't really enjoy the music.

There's something about David Lee Roth that is inherently unlikable...perhaps his air of arrogance! :-\\

I really don't know much about Midge Ure, but figured other members would. And yes David can be quite full of himself ;D

David Lee Roth....to me he will always be THE best lead singer of Van Halen. :)

I don't mind Van Haggar, but David was better,my husband will only listen to his songs with Van Halen.

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Written By: ninny on 10/11/09 at 6:34 am

The word or phrase of the day...Crossing Guard
A crossing guard (United States and Canada), a school crossing patrol officer (United Kingdom), school crossing supervisor (Australia) or school road patrol (New Zealand) is a traffic management specialist who is normally stationed on busy roadways to aid pedestrians. Often associated with elementary school children, crossing guards temporarily stop the flow of traffic so pedestrians may cross an intersection. Crossing guards are known by a variety of names, which include "lollipop lady", "crossing guard", "traffic monitor", and "school crossing patroller".
Growing from concern for the well-being of students walking to school, the Omaha Police Department in Omaha, Nebraska, instituted the first safety patrol in the United States in 1923
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Written By: ninny on 10/11/09 at 6:37 am

The birthday of the day...David Morse
David Morse (born October 11, 1953) is an American stage, television, and film actor. He first came to national attention as Dr. Jack Morrison in the medical drama St. Elsewhere from 1982 to 1988. Morse continued his movie career with roles in Dancer in the Dark, The Green Mile, Disturbia, The Long Kiss Goodnight, The Rock, Extreme Measures, Twelve Monkeys, 16 Blocks, and Hounddog.

In 2006, Morse had a recurring role as Detective Michael Tritter on the medical drama House, receiving an Emmy Award nomination. He also had a supporting role in the recent movie Disturbia. In 2008, Morse portrayed George Washington in the HBO Miniseries John Adams for which he received his second Emmy nomination. Morse has received acclaim for his portrayal of Uncle Peck on the Off-Broadway play How I Learned to Drive for which he earned a Drama Desk and Obie Award. He also had success on Broadway, portraying James "Sharky" Harkin in The Seafarer.
Morse studied acting at the William Esper Studio. He began his acting career in the theatre as a player for the Boston Repertory Theatre in the early 1970s. He spent some time in New York's theatre community in the early 1980s before moving into television and film. During that time, Morse was listed as one of the twelve most "Promising New Actors of 1980" in John Willis' Screen World, Vol. 32. Morse's big break came in 1982 when he was cast in the television medical drama St. Elsewhere. Morse played Dr. Jack "Boomer" Morrison, a young physician who is forced to deal with the death of his wife and the struggles of a single parent professional.

After the finale of St. Elsewhere in 1988, Morse went on to appear as a supporting character in various popular films, usually as a "bad guy" character. In an interview with the Associated Press Morse said: "I just basically made the decision, I didn't care if there was any money in the role or not. I had to find roles that were different from what I had been doing". The 1990 crime movie Desperate Hours accomplished that, but probably led to him being known as good at playing bad guys. Morse later starred in The Indian Runner and The Crossing Guard, which were the first two films written and directed by Sean Penn. So far, Morse has appeared in three adaptations of Stephen King stories: The Langoliers, Hearts in Atlantis and The Green Mile. In addition to this, Morse was a guest star on Homicide: Life on the Street, playing the racist cousin of Detective Tim Bayliss (Kyle Secor).

In 2002, Morse starred as Mike Olshansky, an ex-Philadelphia police officer turned cab driver, in the television movie Hack. The movie was received so well that a television series based on it (also with the title Hack) was created, which ran from 2002 to 2004. For his role in the 2002 crime-drama movie Shuang Tong, Morse was nominated as "Best Supporting Actor" in the Golden Horse Awards, the first nomination ever for an English speaking actor. His most recent big-screen appearance was as questionable neighbor Mr. Turner in the 2007 release Disturbia. In a review of this film, film critic and commentator John Podhoretz wrote that Morse is a "largely unsung character actor who enlivens and deepens every movie fortunate enough to have him in the cast".

In 2006, Morse received a phone call from David Shore, whom he had previously worked with on Hack, who asked him if he would be interested in having a guest role on House. When Morse watched the show, he couldn't understand why people watched the show, because, in his words, "This House guy is a total jerk". But when he told some of his friends, their excited reactions convinced Morse to take the part. Morse portrayed Michael Tritter, a detective with a vendetta against Gregory House. Morse earned his first Emmy Award nomination for his work on the series.

In 2008, Morse portrayed George Washington in the HBO mini-series John Adams, for which his nose was made bigger. Morse commented: “The first thing that comes to mind is my nose; it was my big idea to do that nose. We didn't have a lot of time, because they asked me to do this about three weeks before they started shooting, and I just kept looking at these portraits and thinking ‘This man's face is so commanding’, and I did not feel that my face was very commanding in the way his was. So I convinced them that we should try the nose, and we tried it on, and everybody went, ‘Wow, that's Washington’.” Morse's portrayal earned him his second Emmy Award nomination.
Theatre

In addition to his film and television career, Morse has continued to appear on stage. For his performance in the 1997 Off-Broadway production of Paula Vogel’s Pulitzer Prize-winning drama How I Learned to Drive, he received an Obie Award, a Drama League Award, a Drama Desk Award and a Lucille Lortel Award. That same year Morse played Father Barry in the play adaptation of On the Waterfront along with James Gandolfini and Penelope Ann Miller. The play only ran for a week, with just eight performances. From 2007 to 2008, Morse appeared on Broadway in Conor McPherson's The Seafarer.
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Written By: ninny on 10/11/09 at 6:40 am

The co-birthday of the day...Daryl Hall

Daryl Hall (born Daryl Franklin Hohl on October 11, 1946 in Pottstown, Pennsylvania) is an American rock singer, keyboardist, guitarist, songwriter and producer, best known as half of the music duo Hall & Oates (with music partner John Oates). Guitarist Robert Fripp, who collaborated with Hall in the late 1970s and early '80s, has written, "Daryl's pipes were a wonder. I have never worked with a more able singer."

Hall has written or co-written 11 Billboard Number One songs, "She's Gone" (with John Oates as covered by Tavares), "Rich Girl", "Kiss On My List" (with Janna Allen), "Private Eyes" (with Sara Allen, Janna Allen and Warren Pash), "I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)" (with John Oates and Sara Allen), "Say It Isn't So", "Maneater" (with John Oates and Sara Allen), "Out of Touch" (with John Oates), "Everytime You Go Away" (as covered by Paul Young) and "Do It For Love" (with John Oates).
Signed to Atlantic by Ahmet Ertegun and managed by Tommy Mottola in the early 1970’s, Hall & Oates have sold more albums than any other duo in music history. Their second album, Abandoned Luncheonette, produced by Arif Mardin and released in 1973, yielded the single "She’s Gone", which went to #7 in the U.S. Top 10 on re-release in 1976 after reaching #1 on the R&B charts when it was covered by Tavares. The duo recorded one more album with Atlantic, War Babies(produced by Todd Rundgren), before they were dropped and promptly signed to RCA. During their tenure at RCA the duo catapulted to international superstardom.

From the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s, Hall & Oates would score six U.S. #1 singles, including "Rich Girl" (also #1 R&B), "Kiss on My List", "Private Eyes", "I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)" (also #1 R&B), "Maneater" and "Out of Touch" from their six multi-platinum albums - Bigger Than Both of Us, Voices, Private Eyes, H2O, Rock 'n Soul Part 1 and Big Bam Boom - the last five of which were released consecutively. The era would also produce an additional five U.S. Top 10 singles, "Sara Smile", "One on One," "Family Man," "You Make My Dreams," "Say It Isn't So" and "Method of Modern Love".
Solo projects

In addition to his work with Oates, Hall has made music as a solo artist as well as recording with Robert Fripp in the late ‘70s, working on Fripp’s critically praised, Exposure album from 1979. 1977 Fripp produced and performed on Hall's debut solo album, the much-acclaimed Sacred Songs. This album was released 1980.

In 1985, Hall participated in the We Are the World session as well as closing the Live Aid show in Philadelphia. He also made an album with Dave Stewart that year, Three Hearts in the Happy Ending Machine. He has recorded such solo works as Soul Alone in 1993 and Can't Stop Dreaming in 1996, both of which were received well internationally.

In July 2005, Hall was diagnosed with Lyme Disease causing him to cancel a majority of Hall & Oates' summer tour. The duo released a Christmas album in October 2006 titled Home for Christmas.

In 2007, Hall guest starred on the HBO series Flight of the Conchords, portraying an MC of a world music fest.

On November 14, 2007, Hall appeared on the Howard Stern Show, discussed his hatred of deer (due to his career-threatening bout with Lyme Disease), sang acoustic versions of "Sara Smile' and "Rich Girl" and talked about his new monthly performance webcast called Live from Daryl's House. Hall has turned into an online sensation, playing music with his friends at his house and putting it up on the Internet. So far, the show has had appearances by U.K. singer-songwriter KT Tunstall, Eric Hutchinson, and Gym Class Heroes' Travis McCoy, a longtime Hall fan, as well as a holiday special featuring songs from the Daryl Hall and John Oates release, Home for Christmas. The show recently featured guests Ray Manzarek and Robbie Krieger of The Doors.

On March 12, 2008, Hall played a well-received set with his band at the South By Southwest festival in Austin, Texas, affirming his growing and surprising respect from the principally independent music fans in attendance.

Hall was slated to sing the National Anthem of the United States before Game 5 of the 2008 World Series at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, PA; however, due to an illness, John Oates, also from the Philadelphia area, filled in for Hall.

In 2009, Hall guest starred on the Independent Film Channel series "Z Rock", as himself
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Written By: Howard on 10/11/09 at 6:45 am

The co-birthday of the day...Daryl Hall

Daryl Hall (born Daryl Franklin Hohl on October 11, 1946 in Pottstown, Pennsylvania) is an American rock singer, keyboardist, guitarist, songwriter and producer, best known as half of the music duo Hall & Oates (with music partner John Oates). Guitarist Robert Fripp, who collaborated with Hall in the late 1970s and early '80s, has written, "Daryl's pipes were a wonder. I have never worked with a more able singer."

Hall has written or co-written 11 Billboard Number One songs, "She's Gone" (with John Oates as covered by Tavares), "Rich Girl", "Kiss On My List" (with Janna Allen), "Private Eyes" (with Sara Allen, Janna Allen and Warren Pash), "I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)" (with John Oates and Sara Allen), "Say It Isn't So", "Maneater" (with John Oates and Sara Allen), "Out of Touch" (with John Oates), "Everytime You Go Away" (as covered by Paul Young) and "Do It For Love" (with John Oates).
Signed to Atlantic by Ahmet Ertegun and managed by Tommy Mottola in the early 1970’s, Hall & Oates have sold more albums than any other duo in music history. Their second album, Abandoned Luncheonette, produced by Arif Mardin and released in 1973, yielded the single "She’s Gone", which went to #7 in the U.S. Top 10 on re-release in 1976 after reaching #1 on the R&B charts when it was covered by Tavares. The duo recorded one more album with Atlantic, War Babies(produced by Todd Rundgren), before they were dropped and promptly signed to RCA. During their tenure at RCA the duo catapulted to international superstardom.

From the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s, Hall & Oates would score six U.S. #1 singles, including "Rich Girl" (also #1 R&B), "Kiss on My List", "Private Eyes", "I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)" (also #1 R&B), "Maneater" and "Out of Touch" from their six multi-platinum albums - Bigger Than Both of Us, Voices, Private Eyes, H2O, Rock 'n Soul Part 1 and Big Bam Boom - the last five of which were released consecutively. The era would also produce an additional five U.S. Top 10 singles, "Sara Smile", "One on One," "Family Man," "You Make My Dreams," "Say It Isn't So" and "Method of Modern Love".
Solo projects

In addition to his work with Oates, Hall has made music as a solo artist as well as recording with Robert Fripp in the late ‘70s, working on Fripp’s critically praised, Exposure album from 1979. 1977 Fripp produced and performed on Hall's debut solo album, the much-acclaimed Sacred Songs. This album was released 1980.

In 1985, Hall participated in the We Are the World session as well as closing the Live Aid show in Philadelphia. He also made an album with Dave Stewart that year, Three Hearts in the Happy Ending Machine. He has recorded such solo works as Soul Alone in 1993 and Can't Stop Dreaming in 1996, both of which were received well internationally.

In July 2005, Hall was diagnosed with Lyme Disease causing him to cancel a majority of Hall & Oates' summer tour. The duo released a Christmas album in October 2006 titled Home for Christmas.

In 2007, Hall guest starred on the HBO series Flight of the Conchords, portraying an MC of a world music fest.

On November 14, 2007, Hall appeared on the Howard Stern Show, discussed his hatred of deer (due to his career-threatening bout with Lyme Disease), sang acoustic versions of "Sara Smile' and "Rich Girl" and talked about his new monthly performance webcast called Live from Daryl's House. Hall has turned into an online sensation, playing music with his friends at his house and putting it up on the Internet. So far, the show has had appearances by U.K. singer-songwriter KT Tunstall, Eric Hutchinson, and Gym Class Heroes' Travis McCoy, a longtime Hall fan, as well as a holiday special featuring songs from the Daryl Hall and John Oates release, Home for Christmas. The show recently featured guests Ray Manzarek and Robbie Krieger of The Doors.

On March 12, 2008, Hall played a well-received set with his band at the South By Southwest festival in Austin, Texas, affirming his growing and surprising respect from the principally independent music fans in attendance.

Hall was slated to sing the National Anthem of the United States before Game 5 of the 2008 World Series at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, PA; however, due to an illness, John Oates, also from the Philadelphia area, filled in for Hall.

In 2009, Hall guest starred on the Independent Film Channel series "Z Rock", as himself
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always great to hear Hall And Oates. :)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/11/09 at 6:54 am

I think I have a lot to catch up on.
I'm about to start now!

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 10/11/09 at 6:56 am

I'm about to start now!

Good Luck to you.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/11/09 at 6:57 am

You're in my heart, you're in my soul., The song was about her.
"The big bosomed lady with the dutch accent"

She is not dutch?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/11/09 at 6:58 am

Good Luck to you.
Here we go!

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/11/09 at 6:58 am

The word of the day...Eye(s)
1. An organ of vision or of light sensitivity.
2.
1. Either of a pair of hollow structures located in bony sockets of the skull, functioning together or independently, each having a lens capable of focusing incident light on an internal photosensitive retina from which nerve impulses are sent to the brain; the vertebrate organ of vision.
2. The external, visible portion of this organ together with its associated structures, especially the eyelids, eyelashes, and eyebrows.
3. The pigmented iris of this organ.
3. The faculty of seeing; vision.
4. The ability to make intellectual or aesthetic judgments: has a good eye for understated fashion.
5.
1. A way of regarding something; a point of view: To my eye, the decorations are excellent.
2. Attention: The lavish window display immediately got my eye.
3. Watchful attention or supervision: always under his boss's eye; kept an eye on her valuables.
6. Something suggestive of the vertebrate organ of vision, especially:
1. An opening in a needle.
2. The aperture of a camera.
3. A loop, as of metal, rope, or thread.
4. A circular marking on a peacock's feather.
5. Chiefly Southern U.S. The round flat cover over the hole on the top of a wood-burning stove. Also called regionally cap, griddle.
7. A photosensitive device, such as a photoelectric cell.
8. Botany.
1. A bud on a twig or tuber: the eye of a potato.
2. The often differently colored center of the corolla of some flowers.
9.
1. Meteorology. The circular area of relative calm at the center of a cyclone.
2. The center or focal point of attention or action: right in the eye of the controversy.
10. Informal. A detective, especially a private investigator.
11. A choice center cut of meat, as of beef: eye of the round.

Bette Davies had lovely eyes.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/11/09 at 7:00 am

There's Also The film Eyes Wide Shut.
Which is not one of Stanley Kubrick's best films.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 10/11/09 at 7:00 am

The word or phrase of the day...Crossing Guard
A crossing guard (United States and Canada), a school crossing patrol officer (United Kingdom), school crossing supervisor (Australia) or school road patrol (New Zealand) is a traffic management specialist who is normally stationed on busy roadways to aid pedestrians. Often associated with elementary school children, crossing guards temporarily stop the flow of traffic so pedestrians may cross an intersection. Crossing guards are known by a variety of names, which include "lollipop lady", "crossing guard", "traffic monitor", and "school crossing patroller".
Growing from concern for the well-being of students walking to school, the Omaha Police Department in Omaha, Nebraska, instituted the first safety patrol in the United States in 1923
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always great to see crossing guards in the morning.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/11/09 at 7:01 am

The word of the day...Ocean
1. The entire body of salt water that covers more than 70 percent of the earth's surface.
2. (Abbr. Oc. or O.) Any of the principal divisions of the ocean, including the Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic, and Antarctic oceans.
3. A great expanse or amount: "that ocean of land which is Russia" (Henry A. Kissinger).
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/11/09 at 7:01 am

Don't forget Billy Ocean!

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He's changed a bit since then....

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I will never forget Billy Ocean

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/11/09 at 7:02 am

* Honorable birthday for Gibbo...Paul Hogan
Paul Hogan, AM (born 8 October 1939) is an Australian actor and comedian most famous for his role as Crocodile Dundee, for which he won a Golden Globe award.
1980 Fatty Finn Third Delivery Man
1985 Anzacs Pte. Pat Cleary Mini-series
aka Anzacs: The War Down Under
1986 Crocodile Dundee Michael J. 'Crocodile' Dundee Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
1988 Crocodile Dundee II Michael J. 'Crocodile' Dundee
1990 Almost an Angel Terry Dean/Bonzo Burger Man
1994 Lightning Jack Lightning Jack Kane
1996 Flipper Porter
1998 Floating Away Shane
2001 Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles Michael J. 'Crocodile' Dundee
2004 Strange Bedfellows Vince Hopgood
2009 Charlie and Boots Charles
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"Call that a knife?"

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 10/11/09 at 7:02 am

I will never forget Billy Ocean

always great to hear.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/11/09 at 7:03 am

The word of the day...Leap
1. To spring or bound upward from or as if from the ground; jump: leaped over the wall; salmon leaping upriver.
2.
1. To move quickly or abruptly from one condition or subject to another: always leaping to conclusions.
2. To act impulsively: leaped at the opportunity to travel.

v.tr.

1. To jump over: couldn't leap the brook.
2. To cause to leap: leap a horse over a hurdle.

n.

1.
1. The act of leaping; a jump.
2. A place jumped over or from.
3. The distance cleared in a leap.
2. An abrupt or precipitous passage, shift, or transition: a leap from rags to riches.

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Leap, dive more like!

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/11/09 at 7:04 am

Pretty drastic change! :o

I haven't heard any Billy Ocean songs on the radio in nearly 20 years!
I think he announced a comeback earlier this year.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/11/09 at 7:06 am

The word of the day...Moon
1. often Moon The natural satellite of Earth, visible by reflection of sunlight and having a slightly elliptical orbit, approximately 356,000 kilometers (221,600 miles) distant at perigee and 406,997 kilometers (252,950 miles) at apogee. Its mean diameter is 3,475 kilometers (2,160 miles), its mass approximately one eightieth that of Earth, and its average period of revolution around Earth 29 days 12 hours 44 minutes calculated with respect to the sun.
2. A natural satellite revolving around a planet.
3. The moon as it appears at a particular time in its cycle of phases: a gibbous moon.
5. A disk, globe, or crescent resembling the natural satellite of Earth.
6. Moonlight.
7. Something unreasonable or unattainable: They acted as if we were asking for the moon.
8. Slang. The bared buttocks.

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:\'(

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/11/09 at 7:09 am

The word or phrase of the day...Crossing Guard
A crossing guard (United States and Canada), a school crossing patrol officer (United Kingdom), school crossing supervisor (Australia) or school road patrol (New Zealand) is a traffic management specialist who is normally stationed on busy roadways to aid pedestrians. Often associated with elementary school children, crossing guards temporarily stop the flow of traffic so pedestrians may cross an intersection. Crossing guards are known by a variety of names, which include "lollipop lady", "crossing guard", "traffic monitor", and "school crossing patroller".
Growing from concern for the well-being of students walking to school, the Omaha Police Department in Omaha, Nebraska, instituted the first safety patrol in the United States in 1923

We used to call them Lollipop Ladies over here.

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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/11/09 at 7:10 am

I'm about to start now!
I think that will do for now.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: gibbo on 10/11/09 at 7:41 am

Darryl Hall is a great singer. I was just listening into one of the concerts he does on-line at his' livefromdaryl'shouse' website. He was jamming at his home studio with Smokey Robinson. It was really interesting stuff... :)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 10/11/09 at 7:07 pm

We used to call them Lollipop Ladies over here.

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why lollipop ladies? ???

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: coqueta83 on 10/11/09 at 7:10 pm

The co-birthday of the day...Daryl Hall

Daryl Hall (born Daryl Franklin Hohl on October 11, 1946 in Pottstown, Pennsylvania) is an American rock singer, keyboardist, guitarist, songwriter and producer, best known as half of the music duo Hall & Oates (with music partner John Oates). Guitarist Robert Fripp, who collaborated with Hall in the late 1970s and early '80s, has written, "Daryl's pipes were a wonder. I have never worked with a more able singer."

Hall has written or co-written 11 Billboard Number One songs, "She's Gone" (with John Oates as covered by Tavares), "Rich Girl", "Kiss On My List" (with Janna Allen), "Private Eyes" (with Sara Allen, Janna Allen and Warren Pash), "I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)" (with John Oates and Sara Allen), "Say It Isn't So", "Maneater" (with John Oates and Sara Allen), "Out of Touch" (with John Oates), "Everytime You Go Away" (as covered by Paul Young) and "Do It For Love" (with John Oates).
Signed to Atlantic by Ahmet Ertegun and managed by Tommy Mottola in the early 1970’s, Hall & Oates have sold more albums than any other duo in music history. Their second album, Abandoned Luncheonette, produced by Arif Mardin and released in 1973, yielded the single "She’s Gone", which went to #7 in the U.S. Top 10 on re-release in 1976 after reaching #1 on the R&B charts when it was covered by Tavares. The duo recorded one more album with Atlantic, War Babies(produced by Todd Rundgren), before they were dropped and promptly signed to RCA. During their tenure at RCA the duo catapulted to international superstardom.

From the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s, Hall & Oates would score six U.S. #1 singles, including "Rich Girl" (also #1 R&B), "Kiss on My List", "Private Eyes", "I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)" (also #1 R&B), "Maneater" and "Out of Touch" from their six multi-platinum albums - Bigger Than Both of Us, Voices, Private Eyes, H2O, Rock 'n Soul Part 1 and Big Bam Boom - the last five of which were released consecutively. The era would also produce an additional five U.S. Top 10 singles, "Sara Smile", "One on One," "Family Man," "You Make My Dreams," "Say It Isn't So" and "Method of Modern Love".
Solo projects

In addition to his work with Oates, Hall has made music as a solo artist as well as recording with Robert Fripp in the late ‘70s, working on Fripp’s critically praised, Exposure album from 1979. 1977 Fripp produced and performed on Hall's debut solo album, the much-acclaimed Sacred Songs. This album was released 1980.

In 1985, Hall participated in the We Are the World session as well as closing the Live Aid show in Philadelphia. He also made an album with Dave Stewart that year, Three Hearts in the Happy Ending Machine. He has recorded such solo works as Soul Alone in 1993 and Can't Stop Dreaming in 1996, both of which were received well internationally.

In July 2005, Hall was diagnosed with Lyme Disease causing him to cancel a majority of Hall & Oates' summer tour. The duo released a Christmas album in October 2006 titled Home for Christmas.

In 2007, Hall guest starred on the HBO series Flight of the Conchords, portraying an MC of a world music fest.

On November 14, 2007, Hall appeared on the Howard Stern Show, discussed his hatred of deer (due to his career-threatening bout with Lyme Disease), sang acoustic versions of "Sara Smile' and "Rich Girl" and talked about his new monthly performance webcast called Live from Daryl's House. Hall has turned into an online sensation, playing music with his friends at his house and putting it up on the Internet. So far, the show has had appearances by U.K. singer-songwriter KT Tunstall, Eric Hutchinson, and Gym Class Heroes' Travis McCoy, a longtime Hall fan, as well as a holiday special featuring songs from the Daryl Hall and John Oates release, Home for Christmas. The show recently featured guests Ray Manzarek and Robbie Krieger of The Doors.

On March 12, 2008, Hall played a well-received set with his band at the South By Southwest festival in Austin, Texas, affirming his growing and surprising respect from the principally independent music fans in attendance.

Hall was slated to sing the National Anthem of the United States before Game 5 of the 2008 World Series at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, PA; however, due to an illness, John Oates, also from the Philadelphia area, filled in for Hall.

In 2009, Hall guest starred on the Independent Film Channel series "Z Rock", as himself
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I love many Hall and Oates songs. Daryl Hall is still looking good today! :)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 10/11/09 at 7:12 pm

I love many Hall and Oates songs. Daryl Hall is still looking good today! :)

mine is Can't go for that.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 10/11/09 at 8:52 pm

why lollipop ladies? ???

I was wondering that myself.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 10/11/09 at 8:54 pm

Darryl Hall is a great singer. I was just listening into one of the concerts he does on-line at his' livefromdaryl'shouse' website. He was jamming at his home studio with Smokey Robinson. It was really interesting stuff... :)

I love many Hall and Oates songs. Daryl Hall is still looking good today! :)

Hall & Oates are one of my favorites :)

mine is Can't go for that.

She's Gone would be mine.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/12/09 at 1:48 am

I was wondering that myself.
The sign is shaped as a lollipop.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 10/12/09 at 5:36 am

The sign is shaped as a lollipop.

Oh OK thanks :)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 10/12/09 at 5:41 am

The word of the day...Carousel
1. A merry-go-round, as one at an amusement park.
2. A circular conveyor on which objects are displayed or rotated: a baggage carousel in an airport.
3. A tournament in which knights or horsemen engaged in various exercises and races.
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Written By: ninny on 10/12/09 at 5:45 am

The birthday of the day...Hugh Jackman
Hugh Michael Jackman (born 12 October 1968) is an Australian actor and producer who is involved in film, musical theatre and television. He has won international recognition for his roles in major films, notably as action/superhero, period and romance characters. He is well known from his role as Wolverine in the X-Men series, plus Kate & Leopold, Van Helsing, The Prestige, and Australia. Jackman is a singer, dancer and actor in stage musicals, and won a Tony Award for his role in The Boy from Oz.

In November 2008, Open Salon named Hugh Jackman one of its sexiest men living. Later that same month, People magazine named Jackman "Sexiest Man Alive."

A three-time host of the Tony Awards, Jackman hosted the 81st Academy Awards on February 22, 2009.

Jackman has been invited to become a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. If he accepts, he will be inducted in September 2009
On stage in Melbourne, Jackman played Gaston in the local Walt Disney production of Beauty and the Beast, and Joe Gillis in Sunset Boulevard. During his stage musical career in Melbourne, he starred in the 1998 Midsumma festival cabaret production Summa Cabaret. He also hosted Melbourne's Carols by Candlelight and Sydney's Carols in the Domain.

Jackman's early film work includes Erskineville Kings and Paperback Hero (1999), and his television work includes Correlli (a 10-part drama series on the ABC and Jackman's first major professional job, devised by Australian actress Denise Roberts — where he also met his future wife, Deborra-Lee Furness), Law of the Land, Halifax f.p., Blue Heelers, and Banjo Paterson's The Man from Snowy River.
International stardom
Oklahoma!

Jackman became known outside of Australia in 1998, when he played the leading role of Curly in the Royal National Theatre's acclaimed stage production of Oklahoma!, in London's West End. The performance earned him an Olivier Award nomination for Best Actor in a Musical. He also starred in the 1999 film version of the same stage musical, which has been screened in many countries.
X-Men

In 2000, Jackman was cast as Wolverine in Bryan Singer's X-Men, replacing Dougray Scott. His co-stars include Patrick Stewart, Halle Berry, and Ian McKellen. According to a CBS interview in November 2006, Jackman's wife Deborra-Lee Furness told him not to take the role, a comment she later told him she was glad he ignored.

Jackman, at 6'3, stands a foot taller than Wolverine, who is said in the original comic book to be 5' 3". Hence, the filmmakers were frequently forced to shoot Jackman at unusual angles or only from the waist up to make him appear shorter than he actually is, and his co-stars wore platform soles. Jackman was also required to add a great deal of muscle for the role, and in preparing for the fourth film in the series, he bench-pressed over 300 pounds. An instant star upon the film's release, Jackman later reprised his role in 2003's X-Men 2, 2006's X-Men: The Last Stand, and X-Men Origins: Wolverine, which was released May 1, 2009.
2001

Jackman starred as Leopold, opposite Meg Ryan, in the 2001 romantic comedy film Kate & Leopold, a role for which he received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. Jackman plays a Victorian English aristocrat who is accidentally time-traveled to 21st-century Manhattan, where he meets Kate, a cynical advertising executive.

In 2001, Jackman also starred in the action/drama Swordfish, with John Travolta, and Halle Berry. This was the second time Jackman worked with Berry, and the two have worked together twice more in the X-Men movies, making a total of four movies starring Jackman and Berry from 2000 to 2006. He also hosted an episode of "Saturday Night Live" in 2001.
Stage 2002–2009

In 2002, Jackman sang the role of Billy Bigelow in the musical Carousel in a special concert performance at Carnegie Hall with the Orchestra of St. Luke's.

In 2004, Jackman won the Tony Award and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical, for his 2003–2004 Broadway portrayal of Australian songwriter and performer Peter Allen, in the hit musical, The Boy from Oz, which he also performed in Australia in 2006.

In addition, Jackman hosted the Tony Awards in 2003, 2004, and 2005, garnering positive reviews. His hosting of the 2004 Tony Awards earned him an Emmy Award win for Outstanding Individual Performer in a Variety, Musical or Comedy program in 2005.

Jackman is co-starring with Daniel Craig on Broadway at the Schoenfeld Theatre in a limited engagement of the play A Steady Rain, opening in previews on September 10, 2009 and closing on December 6, 2009.
Films 2003–2008

After 2003's X2: X-Men United, in 2004 Jackman played the title role of a monster killer named Gabriel Van Helsing in the film Van Helsing. He was featured as the new Van Helsing in the book "Slayers and Their Vampires: A Cultural History of Killing The Dead" written by Bruce A. McClelland.

Also in 2005, Jackman was one of the choices to play James Bond, in 2006s Casino Royale, but eventually lost out to Daniel Craig.

Jackman starred in the 2006 film The Prestige, directed by Christopher Nolan and also starring Christian Bale, Michael Caine, and Scarlett Johansson. As Robert Angier, Jackman portrayed a magician who built up a rivalry with contemporary Alfred Borden in attempt to 'one up' each other in the art of deception. Jackman stated that his main reason for doing The Prestige was to work with the musician Bowie, who played scientist Nikola Tesla.

Jackman portrayed three different characters in Darren Aronofsky's science-fiction film The Fountain: Tommy Creo, a neuroscientist, who's torn between his wife, Izzi (Rachel Weisz) who is dying of a brain tumor and his work at trying to cure her; Captain Tomas Creo, a Spanish Conquistador in 1532 Seville; and a future astronaut, Tom, travelling to a golden nebula in an eco-spacecraft and seeking to be reunited with Izzi. Jackman said The Fountain was his most difficult film thus far, due to the physical and emotional demands of the part.

Jackman also starred in Woody Allen's 2006 film Scoop, opposite Scarlett Johansson. He rounded out 2006 with two animated films: Happy Feet, directed by George Miller, in which he voiced the part of Memphis, an emperor penguin; and Flushed Away, where Jackman supplied the voice of a rat named Roddy who ends up being flushed down a family's toilet into the London sewer system. Flushed Away co-starred Kate Winslet and Ian McKellen (in Jackman's fourth time working with him).

In 2007, Jackman produced and guest-starred in the television musical-dramedy series Viva Laughlin, which was canceled by CBS after two episodes. A decision about the remaining episodes already filmed at the time of cancellation has yet to be made.

Jackman's 2008 movies included Deception (which he starred in and produced), Uncle Jonny, and Australia.
Australia

In 2008, director Baz Luhrmann cast Jackman to replace Russell Crowe as the male lead in his much-publicized epic film, Australia, which co-starred Nicole Kidman. The movie was released in late November 2008 in Australia and the U.S.

Jackman played a tough, independent cattle drover, who reluctantly helps an English noblewoman in her quest to save both her philandering husband's Australian cattle station and the half-caste Aboriginal child she finds there.

Of the movie, Jackman said, "This is pretty much one of those roles that had me pinching myself all the way through the shoot. I got to shoot a big-budget, shamelessly old-fashioned romantic epic set against one of the most turbulent times in my native country's history, while, at the same time, celebrating that country's natural beauty, its people, its cultures.... I'll die a happy man knowing I've got this film on my CV.
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 10/12/09 at 5:46 am

The word of the day...Carousel
1. A merry-go-round, as one at an amusement park.
2. A circular conveyor on which objects are displayed or rotated: a baggage carousel in an airport.
3. A tournament in which knights or horsemen engaged in various exercises and races.
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Wow,I used to love those when I was growing up. :)

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Written By: ninny on 10/12/09 at 5:48 am

The co-birthday of the day...Dick Gregory
Dick Gregory (born Richard Claxton Gregory on October 12, 1932 in St. Louis, Missouri) is an American comedian, social activist, social critic, writer, and entrepreneur.

Gregory is an influential American comic who has used his performance skills to convey to both white and black audiences his political message on civil rights. His social satire changed the way white Americans perceived African American comedians since he first performed in public.

Influenced to stand up for civil rights by his early surroundings of poverty and violence, Gregory was one of the first comedians to successfully perform for both black and white audiences
After completing military service, he performed as a comedian in small, primarily black nightclubs while working for the United States Postal Service during the daytime. In 1961, while working at the Black-owned Roberts Show Bar in Chicago, he was hired by Hugh Hefner to work at the Chicago Playboy Club after Hefner heard him perform the following material before a largely-white audience:

Good evening ladies and gentlemen. I understand there are a good many Southerners in the room tonight. I know the South very well. I spent twenty years there one night.

Last time I was down South I walked into this restaurant and this white waitress came up to me and said, "We don't serve colored people here." I said, "That's all right. I don't eat colored people. Bring me a whole fried chicken."

Then these three white boys came up to me and said, "Boy, we're givin' you fair warnin'. Anything you do to that chicken, we're gonna do to you". So I put down my knife and fork, I picked up that chicken and I kissed it. Then I said, "Line up, boys!" . This routine caused a direct request from publisher Hugh Hefner and he was booked as a replacement for the white comedian Professor Irwin Corey. Until then Gregory had worked mostly at small clubs with predominantly black audiences.

Active in the civil rights movement, he came to Selma, Alabama and spoke for two hours on a public platform two days before the voter registration drive known as "Freedom Day" (October 7, 1963) .

Dick Gregory's first TV appearance was on the late night Jack Paar show. He soon began appearing nationally and on television and his 1964 autobiography, ******, has sold ten million copies. At the same time, he became more involved in struggles for civil rights, activism against the Vietnam War, economic reform, anti-drug issues, conspiracy theories, and others. As a part of his activism, he went on several hunger strikes. Gregory began his political career by running against Richard J. Daley for the mayoralty of Chicago in 1967. Though he did not emerge victorious, this would not prove to be the end of Dick Gregory's dalliances with electoral politics.
Political Activism
Dick Gregory at the Miami Book Fair International of 1984

Gregory unsuccessfully ran for President of the United States in 1968 as a write-in candidate of the Freedom and Peace Party, which had broken off from the Peace and Freedom Party. He won 47,097 votes (including one from Hunter S. Thompson) with fellow activist Mark Lane as his running mate in some states, David Frost in others, garnering more than the party he had left . The Freedom and Peace Party also ran other candidates, including Beulah Sanders for New York State Senate and Flora Brown for New York State Assembly . His efforts landed him on the master list of Nixon political opponents.

He then wrote the book Write Me In about his presidential campaign. One interesting anecdote in the book related the story of a publicity stunt which came out of Operation Breadbasket in Chicago where the campaign had printed $1 bills with Gregory's image on them. Some of these bills made it into circulation in cash transactions causing considerable problems, but priceless publicity.

The majority of these bills were quickly seized by the federal government. A large contributing factor to the seizure came from the bills resembling authentic US currency enough that they worked in many dollar cashing machines of the time. Gregory avoided being charged with a federal crime, later joking that the bills couldn’t really be considered US currency because "everyone knows a black man will never be on a US bill".

On July 21, 1979, Gregory appeared at the Amandla Festival where Bob Marley, Patti LaBelle and Eddie Palmieri, amongst others, had performed. Gregory held a speech before Marley's performance, blaming President Carter, and showing his support for the international Anti-Apartheid movements. Gregory and Mark Lane did landmark research into the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., which helped move the U.S. House Assassinations Committee to investigate the murder, along with that of John F. Kennedy. Lane was author of conspiracy theory books such as Rush to Judgment. The pair wrote the MLK conspiracy book Code Name Zorro, which postulated that convicted assassin James Earl Ray did not act alone.

Gregory was an outspoken activist during the US Embassy Hostage Crisis in Iran. In 1980 he traveled to theran to attempt to negotiate the hostages' release and engaged in a public hunger strike there, weighing less than 100 pounds (45 kg) when he returned to the United States.

In 1998 Gregory spoke at the celebration of the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and President Clinton was in attendance. Not long after that, the President told Gregory’s long-time friend and P.R. Consultant, Steve Jaffe, “I love Dick Gregory, he is one of the funniest people on the planet.” They spoke of how Gregory had made a comment on Dr. King’s birthday that broke everyone into laughter, when he noted that the President made Speaker Newt Gingrich ride “in the back of the plane,” on an Air Force One trip overseas.

According to a June 2000 JET Magazine interview, Gregory stated that he was diagnosed with lymphoma in late 1999. Gregory reported that he was treating the cancer with herbs, vitamins and exercise which he believes has kept the cancer in remission .

Since the late 1980s, Gregory has been a figure in the health food industry by advocating for a raw fruit and vegetable diet. Gregory first became a vegetarian in the 1960s, and has lost a considerable amount of weight by going on extreme fasts, some lasting upwards of 50 days. He developed a diet drink called "Bahamian Diet Nutritional Drink" and went on TV shows advocating for his diet and to help the morbidly obese. He is probably best remembered for his attempts, chronicled in the media on daytime talk shows in early 1988, at helping 1,200 pound (540 kg) Long Island man Walter Hudson drop nearly 600 pounds (270 kg) in only a few months on a liquid diet .

At a Civil Rights rally marking the 40th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, Gregory criticized the United States, calling it "the most dishonest, ungodly, unspiritual nation that ever existed in the history of the planet. As we talk now, America is 5 percent of the world's population and consumes 96 percent of the world's hard drugs"
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Written By: Howard on 10/12/09 at 5:50 am

he also helped that huge 700 pound guy Walter Hudson.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 10/12/09 at 5:55 am

Wow,I used to love those when I was growing up. :)

they were nice when I was young, but when I rode one later in life it gave me a headache :(

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 10/12/09 at 5:56 am

they were nice when I was young, but when I rode one later in life it gave me a headache :(

I know,they were spinning around.

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Written By: gibbo on 10/12/09 at 4:05 pm

Hugh Jackman can probably do anything! :o Very talented guy...

I always think of Shirley Jones when I here the word Carousel! :)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 10/12/09 at 4:35 pm

Hugh Jackman can probably do anything! :o Very talented guy...

I always think of Shirley Jones when I here the word Carousel! :)

Not the word Partridge :D

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Written By: Howard on 10/12/09 at 4:40 pm

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This is Walter Hudson the guy Dick Gregory helped to become fit and trim but he passed away from a heart attack.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: coqueta83 on 10/12/09 at 7:55 pm

Wow,I used to love those when I was growing up. :)

I love those old carousels, too. When I was growing up some of the malls I went to used to have carousels, and I usually got to ride on one of those. :)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: gibbo on 10/12/09 at 8:40 pm

Not the word Partridge :D

That too...as well as Oklahama, Courtship (of Eddies father). I like to think of Mrs Patridge often.... ::)

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Written By: ninny on 10/13/09 at 5:59 am

http://www.skavibe.com/upload/walterhudson.jpg

This is Walter Hudson the guy Dick Gregory helped to become fit and trim but he passed away from a heart attack.

I did not know about that,Thanks Howie :)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 10/13/09 at 6:02 am

I love those old carousels, too. When I was growing up some of the malls I went to used to have carousels, and I usually got to ride on one of those. :)

Yep are local mall has one near the food court.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 10/13/09 at 6:04 am

That too...as well as Oklahama, Courtship (of Eddies father). I like to think of Mrs Patridge often.... ::)

I'm sure as a motherly figure ;)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 10/13/09 at 6:12 am

The word of the day...Bridge
1. A structure spanning and providing passage over a gap or barrier, such as a river or roadway.
2. Something resembling or analogous to this structure in form or function: a land bridge between the continents; a bridge of understanding between two countries.
3.
1. The upper bony ridge of the human nose.
2. The part of a pair of eyeglasses that rests against this ridge.
4. A fixed or removable replacement for one or several but not all of the natural teeth, usually anchored at each end to a natural tooth.
5. Music.
1. A thin, upright piece of wood in some stringed instruments that supports the strings above the soundboard.
2. A transitional passage connecting two subjects or movements.
6. Nautical. A crosswise platform or enclosed area above the main deck of a ship from which the ship is controlled.
7. Games.
1. A long stick with a notched plate at one end, used to steady the cue in billiards. Also called rest.
2. The hand used as a support to steady the cue.
8. Electricity.
1. Any of various instruments for measuring or comparing the characteristics, such as impedance or inductance, of a conductor.
2. An electrical shunt.
9. Chemistry. An intramolecular connection that spans atoms or groups of atoms.
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Written By: ninny on 10/13/09 at 6:15 am

The birthday of the day...Paul Simon
Paul Frederic Simon (born October 13, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter. He entered the public consciousness in 1965 as part of the duo Simon & Garfunkel, along with longtime artistic partner Art Garfunkel. Simon solely wrote most of the music of the duo, including such memorable songs as The Sound of Silence, The Boxer, Mrs. Robinson, and Bridge Over Troubled Water. In 1970, at the height of their popularity, the duo split and Simon began a successful solo career, highlighted by his 1986 experiment with African music on the album Graceland, which was decisive in the introduction of world music into the mainstream. Simon's work has been generally praised by critics and the public, and has enjoyed notable commercial success for over four decades of production. In 2006, Time magazine called him one of the 100 "people who shape our world."
In early 1964, Simon and Garfunkel got an audition with Columbia Records, whose executives were impressed enough to sign the duo to a contract to produce an album. Columbia decided that the two would be called simply "Simon & Garfunkel," which Simon claimed in 2003, was the first time that artists' ethnic names had been used in pop music.

Simon and Garfunkel's first LP, Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. was released on October 19, 1964 and comprised twelve songs in the folk vein, five of them written by Simon. The album initially flopped, but East Coast radio stations began receiving requests for one of the tracks, Simon's "The Sound of Silence." Their producer, Tom Wilson, overdubbed the track with electric guitar, bass, and drums, releasing it as a single that eventually went to number one on the pop charts in the USA.

Simon had gone to England after the initial failure of Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M., pursuing a solo career (including collaborations with Bruce Woodley of The Seekers) and releasing the album The Paul Simon Song Book in the UK in 1965. But he returned to the US to reunite with Garfunkel after "The Sound of Silence" had started to enjoy commercial success. Together they recorded four influential albums, Sounds of Silence; Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme; Bookends; and Bridge over Troubled Water. Simon and Garfunkel also contributed extensively to the soundtrack of the 1967 Mike Nichols film The Graduate (starring Dustin Hoffman and Anne Bancroft). While writing "Mrs. Robinson," Simon originally toyed with the title "Mrs. Roosevelt." When Garfunkel reported this indecision over the song's name to the director, Nichols replied, "Don't be ridiculous! We're making a movie here! It's Mrs. Robinson!"

Simon pursued solo projects after the duo released their very popular album Bridge over Troubled Water. Occasionally, he and Garfunkel did reunite, such as in 1975 for their Top Ten single "My Little Town," which Simon originally wrote for Garfunkel, claiming Garfunkel's solo output was lacking "bite." The song was included on their respective solo albums; Paul Simon's Still Crazy After All These Years, and Garfunkel's Breakaway. Contrary to popular belief, the song is not at all autobiographical of Simon's early life in New York City. In 1981, they got together again for the famous concert in Central Park, followed by a world tour and an aborted reunion album Think Too Much, which was eventually released (sans Garfunkel) as Hearts and Bones. Together, they were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990.

In 2003, the two reunited again when they received Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. This reunion led to a U.S. tour, the acclaimed "Old Friends" concert series, followed by a 2004 international encore, which culminated in a free concert at the Colosseum in Rome. That final concert drew 600,000 people.
1971–76: success as a solo artist
The cover of the immensely popular album "There Goes Rhymin' Simon", released in 1973.

After Simon and Garfunkel split in 1970, Simon began to write and record solo material. His eponymous album was released January 1972, preceded by his first experiment with world music, the Jamaican-inspired "Mother and Child Reunion", which is widely considered one of the first reggae attempts by a white musician. The single was a hit, reaching both the American and British Top 5, and the album was particularly well received, with critics praising the variety of styles and the confessional lyrics, and with the Paul Simon reaching at No. 4 in the U.S. and No. 1 on the UK and Japan. It later spawned another Top 30 hit with "Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard".

Simon's next project was the pop-folk masterpiece, There Goes Rhymin' Simon, released in May 1973. It contained some of his most popular and polished recordings - the lead single, "Kodachrome", with its fresh arrangement and comical message, was a No. 2 hit in America, and the follow-up, the gospel-flavored "Loves Me Like a Rock" was even bigger, topping the Cashbox charts. Other songs, like the patriotic "American Tune" or the melancholic "Something So Right" – a tribute to Simon's first wife, Peggy – became standards on the musician's catalogue. Critical and commercial reception for this sophomore album were even stronger than there were for his debut. At the time, it was remarked how the songs were very fresh and unworried on the surface while they were exploring socially and politically conscious themes on the deepest (particularly the dark cloud of the Watergate scandal involving the Richard Nixon administration). The album reached No. 1 on the Cashbox album charts. As a souvenir for the tour that came next, in 1974 it was released a live album, Live Rhymin', which was moderately successful and showed, again, some changes in the Simon's music style, adopting world and religious music.

Highly anticipated, Still Crazy After All These Years was his next album. Released in October 1975 and produced by Simon and Phil Ramone, it was received as one of his finest works, marking another departure from his previous work as the atmosphere of the recordings were sad, darker and entirely confessional, as he wrote and recorded in the wake of his divorce. Preceded by the feel-good duet with Phoebe Snow, "Gone at Last" (a Top 25 hit) and the Simon & Garfunkel reunion track "My Little Town" (a No. 9 on Billboard), the album managed to be his only No. 1 on the Billboard charts to date, and eventually won a Grammy Award for Album of the Year. With Simon in the forefront of popular music, the third single from the album, "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover" was immensely popular, reaching the top spot of the Billboard charts (this was, also, his only single to reach No. 1 on this list).
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Written By: ninny on 10/13/09 at 6:27 am

The co-birthday of the day...Sacha Baron Cohen
Sacha Noam Baron Cohen (born 13 October 1971) is an English actor, comedian, and writer most noted for his comic characters Ali G (a pseudo 'urban' youth from suburban Staines), Borat Sagdiyev (a misogynistic, antisemitic Kazakh reporter), and Brüno (a flamboyantly homosexual Austrian fashion reporter). In his routine, he typically conducts interviews with respected figures while posing as one of his characters for comedic effect. Those he interviews ostensibly believe that the interviews are sincere and legitimate. Sacha Baron Cohen's work has been recognized with several Emmy nominations, an Oscar nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay, a BAFTA award, and a Golden Globe for Best Actor for his work in the feature film Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan.

After the release of the film Borat, he announced that because the public had become too familiar with the characters, he would retire Borat and Ali G. Similarly, after the release of Brüno he has stated he would also retire the title character.
Baron Cohen appeared during 2-minute sketches as his fashion reporter Brüno on The Paramount Comedy Channel during 1998. He shot to fame when his comic character Ali G, an uneducated, boorish junglist, started appearing on the British television show The Eleven O'Clock Show on Channel 4, which first went to air 8 September 1998.

Da Ali G Show began in 2000, and won the BAFTA for Best Comedy in the following year. Also in 2000, Baron Cohen as Ali G appeared as the limousine driver in Madonna's 2000 video "Music", directed by Jonas Åkerlund, who was also responsible for directing the titles for Da Ali G Show.

In 2002, Ali G was the central character in the feature film Ali G Indahouse, in which he is elected to the British Parliament and foils a plot to bulldoze a community centre in his hometown, Staines. His television show was exported to the United States in 2003 (with new episodes set in America) for HBO.

Ali G's interviews with famous people (often politicians) gained notoriety partly because the subjects were not privy to the joke that Ali G, rather than being a real interviewer, was a comic character played by Baron Cohen. According to Rolling Stone magazine, Baron Cohen would always enter the interview area in character as Ali G, carrying equipment and appearing to be an insignificant crew member. He would arrive with a suited man, who the interviewee naturally thought was the interviewer. Baron Cohen, as Ali G, would sit down to begin conducting the interview by asking the interviewee some preliminary questions. The interviewee, however, would remain under the impression that the smartly-dressed director would be conducting the interview until short notice prior to cameras rolling: this would grant an advantage of surprise, whereby the interviewee would be less likely to opt out of the Ali interview prior to its commencement.

The resulting willingness of Baron Cohen's targets to answer his frequently risqué questions often created surprising conversations. Interviewees have included:

* astronaut Buzz Aldrin
* politician and consumer advocate Ralph Nader
* writer Gore Vidal
* real estate mogul Donald Trump
* former U.S. Surgeon General C. Everett Koop
* basketball players Shaquille O'Neal, Steve Nash, Kobe Bryant, Richard Jefferson, Tim Duncan, and Ben Wallace
* former U.S. Secretary of State James Baker III
* former U.S. Attorney General Dick Thornburgh
* businessman and billionaire Mohamed Al-Fayed
* former U.S. Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich
* political commentator Pat Buchanan
* Professor Noam Chomsky
* footballer David Beckham and his wife, ex-Spice Girl Victoria Beckham for the UK's Comic Relief.
* former UN Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali (whom Baron Cohen, in his Ali G character, referred to as 'Boutros Boutros Boutros-Ghali')
* former Conservative Party MP Neil Hamilton
* journalist Andy Rooney
* Labour politician Tony Benn

Baron Cohen is a supporter of Comic Relief, and (as Ali G) has hosted some interviews for benefit of the charity.
Borat character
Main article: Borat Sagdiyev
Baron Cohen as Borat

Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan, a feature film with "Borat" at the centre, was screened at the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival and released in the United Kingdom on 2 November 2006, in the United States on 3 November 2006 and Australia 23 November 2006. The film is about a journey across the United States in an ice cream van, in which the main character is obsessed with the idea of marrying Pamela Anderson. The film is a mockumentary which includes interviews with various American citizens that poke fun at American culture, as well as sexism, racism, homophobia, anti-Semitism, jingoism and Baywatch. Throughout the entirety of the film Borat speaks in presumably his native tongue of Kazakhstani; however, he is fluent in Hebrew.

It debuted at the #1 spot in the US, taking in an estimated $26.4 million in just 837 theatres averaging $31,600 per theatre, the fourth highest per-theatre average of all time for movies opening wide (500 screens or more), behind Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest and Spider-Man. It easily outdistanced the expected #1 movie of the weekend, Disney's The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause, which earned an estimated $20 million in 3,458 cinemas.

Baron Cohen won the 2007 Golden Globe in the "Best Actor - Musical or Comedy" category, his sixth such award. Although Borat was up for "Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy", the film lost to Dreamgirls. On 23 January 2007, he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. He shared his nomination with the film's co-writers, Ant Hines, Peter Baynham, Sy Mordecai Finesto, Dan Mazer, and Todd Phillips.

Aside from the comic elements of his characters, Baron Cohen's performances are interpreted by some as reflecting uncomfortable truths about his audience. He juxtaposes his own Jewish lineage with the anti-Semitism of his character Borat.

In 2007, Baron Cohen published a travel guide as Borat, with dual titles: Borat: Touristic Guidings To Minor Nation of U.S. and A. and Borat: Touristic Guidings To Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan, however on 21 December Baron Cohen announced he was retiring the character of Borat
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Written By: ninny on 10/13/09 at 6:33 am

*Honorable birthday*...Ashanti
Ashanti Shequoiya Douglas (born October 13, 1980) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, actress, dancer, and model who rose to fame in the early 2000s. Ashanti is most famous for her eponymous Grammy Award-winning debut album Ashanti which featured the hit song "Foolish", and sold over 503,000 copies in its first week of release in the U.S. in April 2002. The album set a Soundscan record as the biggest opening week sales for a new female artist, outselling debuts by Alicia Keys and Lauryn Hill. In the same week, she became the first female performer to simultaneously hold the top two places on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart with "Foolish", and "What's Luv" (with Fat Joe). Ashanti broke records again by having three Top Ten songs Foolish, What's Luv, and Always on Time, with Ja Rule, on the Billboard Hot 100 charts in the same week, being the first female to accomplish this feat and being second only to The Beatles. As of 2007, She has sold more than 15 million records worldwide.. Ashanti ended the decade (2000-09) as the third top new R&B artist behind Alicia Keys and Beyonce Knowles.

Ashanti has sung background vocals for Jennifer Lopez on "I'm Real (Murder Remix)" and wrote and sang background on the song "Ain't It Funny" (Murder Remix) sung by Jennifer Lopez, both reaching number one on Billboard Hot 100 , which was also in the top 10 charts at the same time as "Foolish", "Always on Time" (with Ja Rule), and "What's Luv" (with Fat Joe). Later that year, she was acclaimed as the "Princess Of Hip-Hop & R&B" by her label and capped off her successful debut by winning eight Billboard awards and two American Music Awards. Within 7 yrs of Ashanti's career, she has scored 15 top 40 hits on the Hot 100. Ashanti has endorsed numerous products including Gap, Herbal Essences and Mudd Jeans.

Ashanti cites Mary J. Blige, Ella Fitzgerald, Yolanda Adams, the Clark Sisters, and Blue Magic as her musical influences. Praised as a gifted songwriter by her peers and critics alike, Ashanti has written/co-written the bulk of all her music. She is currently working on her own publishing company entitled Written Entertainment. She released her fourth studio album entitled The Declaration on June 3, 2008 and is currently in the studio working on her fifth. So far(2009), Ashanti has sold over 23 million albums worldwide as announced on a show on TMF. She also performed the charity tune "Just Stand Up" alongside 14 other female singers for the "Stand Up to Cancer" live television special which helped raise $100 million dollars for cancer research.
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 10/13/09 at 6:41 am

I did not know about that,Thanks Howie :)

They tried to help him lose weight but most of the weight came back.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 10/13/09 at 6:43 am

The birthday of the day...Paul Simon
Paul Frederic Simon (born October 13, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter. He entered the public consciousness in 1965 as part of the duo Simon & Garfunkel, along with longtime artistic partner Art Garfunkel. Simon solely wrote most of the music of the duo, including such memorable songs as The Sound of Silence, The Boxer, Mrs. Robinson, and Bridge Over Troubled Water. In 1970, at the height of their popularity, the duo split and Simon began a successful solo career, highlighted by his 1986 experiment with African music on the album Graceland, which was decisive in the introduction of world music into the mainstream. Simon's work has been generally praised by critics and the public, and has enjoyed notable commercial success for over four decades of production. In 2006, Time magazine called him one of the 100 "people who shape our world."
In early 1964, Simon and Garfunkel got an audition with Columbia Records, whose executives were impressed enough to sign the duo to a contract to produce an album. Columbia decided that the two would be called simply "Simon & Garfunkel," which Simon claimed in 2003, was the first time that artists' ethnic names had been used in pop music.

Simon and Garfunkel's first LP, Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. was released on October 19, 1964 and comprised twelve songs in the folk vein, five of them written by Simon. The album initially flopped, but East Coast radio stations began receiving requests for one of the tracks, Simon's "The Sound of Silence." Their producer, Tom Wilson, overdubbed the track with electric guitar, bass, and drums, releasing it as a single that eventually went to number one on the pop charts in the USA.

Simon had gone to England after the initial failure of Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M., pursuing a solo career (including collaborations with Bruce Woodley of The Seekers) and releasing the album The Paul Simon Song Book in the UK in 1965. But he returned to the US to reunite with Garfunkel after "The Sound of Silence" had started to enjoy commercial success. Together they recorded four influential albums, Sounds of Silence; Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme; Bookends; and Bridge over Troubled Water. Simon and Garfunkel also contributed extensively to the soundtrack of the 1967 Mike Nichols film The Graduate (starring Dustin Hoffman and Anne Bancroft). While writing "Mrs. Robinson," Simon originally toyed with the title "Mrs. Roosevelt." When Garfunkel reported this indecision over the song's name to the director, Nichols replied, "Don't be ridiculous! We're making a movie here! It's Mrs. Robinson!"

Simon pursued solo projects after the duo released their very popular album Bridge over Troubled Water. Occasionally, he and Garfunkel did reunite, such as in 1975 for their Top Ten single "My Little Town," which Simon originally wrote for Garfunkel, claiming Garfunkel's solo output was lacking "bite." The song was included on their respective solo albums; Paul Simon's Still Crazy After All These Years, and Garfunkel's Breakaway. Contrary to popular belief, the song is not at all autobiographical of Simon's early life in New York City. In 1981, they got together again for the famous concert in Central Park, followed by a world tour and an aborted reunion album Think Too Much, which was eventually released (sans Garfunkel) as Hearts and Bones. Together, they were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990.

In 2003, the two reunited again when they received Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. This reunion led to a U.S. tour, the acclaimed "Old Friends" concert series, followed by a 2004 international encore, which culminated in a free concert at the Colosseum in Rome. That final concert drew 600,000 people.
1971–76: success as a solo artist
The cover of the immensely popular album "There Goes Rhymin' Simon", released in 1973.

After Simon and Garfunkel split in 1970, Simon began to write and record solo material. His eponymous album was released January 1972, preceded by his first experiment with world music, the Jamaican-inspired "Mother and Child Reunion", which is widely considered one of the first reggae attempts by a white musician. The single was a hit, reaching both the American and British Top 5, and the album was particularly well received, with critics praising the variety of styles and the confessional lyrics, and with the Paul Simon reaching at No. 4 in the U.S. and No. 1 on the UK and Japan. It later spawned another Top 30 hit with "Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard".

Simon's next project was the pop-folk masterpiece, There Goes Rhymin' Simon, released in May 1973. It contained some of his most popular and polished recordings - the lead single, "Kodachrome", with its fresh arrangement and comical message, was a No. 2 hit in America, and the follow-up, the gospel-flavored "Loves Me Like a Rock" was even bigger, topping the Cashbox charts. Other songs, like the patriotic "American Tune" or the melancholic "Something So Right" – a tribute to Simon's first wife, Peggy – became standards on the musician's catalogue. Critical and commercial reception for this sophomore album were even stronger than there were for his debut. At the time, it was remarked how the songs were very fresh and unworried on the surface while they were exploring socially and politically conscious themes on the deepest (particularly the dark cloud of the Watergate scandal involving the Richard Nixon administration). The album reached No. 1 on the Cashbox album charts. As a souvenir for the tour that came next, in 1974 it was released a live album, Live Rhymin', which was moderately successful and showed, again, some changes in the Simon's music style, adopting world and religious music.

Highly anticipated, Still Crazy After All These Years was his next album. Released in October 1975 and produced by Simon and Phil Ramone, it was received as one of his finest works, marking another departure from his previous work as the atmosphere of the recordings were sad, darker and entirely confessional, as he wrote and recorded in the wake of his divorce. Preceded by the feel-good duet with Phoebe Snow, "Gone at Last" (a Top 25 hit) and the Simon & Garfunkel reunion track "My Little Town" (a No. 9 on Billboard), the album managed to be his only No. 1 on the Billboard charts to date, and eventually won a Grammy Award for Album of the Year. With Simon in the forefront of popular music, the third single from the album, "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover" was immensely popular, reaching the top spot of the Billboard charts (this was, also, his only single to reach No. 1 on this list).
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I enjoy listening to Paul Simon. :)

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Written By: ninny on 10/13/09 at 7:44 am

They tried to help him lose weight but most of the weight came back.

That often happens.

I enjoy listening to Paul Simon. :)

Me too.

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Written By: Frank on 10/13/09 at 2:24 pm

I enjoy listening to Paul Simon. :)

Some fab songs, excellent and well thought lyrics.

"The Sound of silence" remains one of my favorite songs.

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Written By: ninny on 10/13/09 at 2:36 pm

Some fab songs, excellent and well thought lyrics.

"The Sound of silence" remains one of my favorite songs.

It is a great song,as well as Bridge Over Troubled Water

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Written By: gibbo on 10/13/09 at 4:13 pm

That whole Bridge Over Troubled Waters album was great. I can't believe that Hall and Oates (as good as they are) surpassed Simon & Garfunkel in album sales to be the most successful duo. S&G's songs were greater....

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Written By: Howard on 10/13/09 at 6:50 pm

Some fab songs, excellent and well thought lyrics.

"The Sound of silence" remains one of my favorite songs.

or Kodachrome.

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Written By: coqueta83 on 10/13/09 at 7:45 pm

"The Sound of silence" remains one of my favorite songs.

Mine too...it's just such a beautiful and haunting song. :)

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Written By: Frank on 10/14/09 at 1:45 am

Mine too...it's just such a beautiful and haunting song. :)

Prophetic song.
That whole Bridge Over Troubled Waters album was great. I can't believe that Hall and Oates (as good as they are) surpassed Simon & Garfunkel in album sales to be the most successful duo. S&G's songs were greater....

Hall & Oates aren't worthy enough to clean their shoes.

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Written By: ninny on 10/14/09 at 6:56 am

The word of the day...Golden
1. Of, relating to, made of, or containing gold.
2.
1. Having the color of gold or a yellow color suggestive of gold.
2. Lustrous; radiant: the golden sun.
3. Suggestive of gold, as in richness or splendor: a golden voice.
3. Of the greatest value or importance; precious.
4. Marked by peace, prosperity, and often creativeness: a golden era.
5. Very favorable or advantageous; excellent: a golden opportunity.
6. Having a promising future; seemingly assured of success: a golden generation.
7. Of or relating to a 50th anniversary.
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Written By: ninny on 10/14/09 at 6:59 am

The birthday of the day...Roger Moore
Sir Roger George Moore KBE (born 14 October 1927) is a English actor and film producer. He is perhaps best known for portraying two British action heroes, Simon Templar in the television series The Saint from 1962 to 1969, and James Bond in seven films from 1973 to 1985.
Worldwide fame arrived after Lew Grade cast Moore as Simon Templar in a new adaptation of The Saint, based on the novels by Leslie Charteris. Moore said in an interview, during 1963, that he wanted to buy the rights of Leslie Charteris's character and the trademarks, but didn't have enough money. He also joked that the role was supposed to have been meant for Sean Connery who was unavailable. The television series was made in the UK with an eye on the American market, and its success there (and in other countries) made Moore a household name - and in spring 1967 he eventually had reached the level of an international top star. It also established his suave, quipping style which he would carry forward to James Bond. Moore would also go on to direct several episodes of the later series, which moved into colour in 1967.

The Saint ran from 1961 for six seasons and 118 episodes, making it (in a tie with The Avengers) the longest-running series of its kind on British television. However, Moore grew increasingly tired of the role, and was keen to branch out. He made two films immediately after the series had ended: Crossplot, a lightweight 'spy caper' movie, and the more challenging The Man Who Haunted Himself (1971). Directed by Basil Dearden, it gave Moore the opportunity to demonstrate a wider versatility than the role of Simon Templar had allowed, although reviews at the time were lukewarm, and both did little business at the box office. Despite the initial reviews The Man Who Haunted Himself is now considered a very under-rated film and the role is considered one of Moore's finest performances among his fans.
After The Saint (1969–1973)

Television lured Moore back to star, alongside Tony Curtis, in what has become another cult series, The Persuaders!. It featured the adventures of two millionaire playboys across Europe. It was for this series that Moore was paid the then unheard-of sum of £1 million for a single series, making him the highest paid television actor in the world. However, Lew Grade claimed in his autobiography Still Dancing, that Moore and Curtis "didn't hit it off all that well". Curtis refusing to spend more time on set than was strictly necessary, while Moore was always willing to work overtime.

The series failed in America, where it had been pre-sold to ABC but it was successful in Australia and in Europe. In Germany, where the series was aired under the name Die Zwei, it became a hit through a special funny dubbing that only barely used the original translations of the dialogs. And in Britain it was also popular, although on its premiere on the ITV network, it was beaten in the ratings by repeats of Monty Python's Flying Circus on BBC1. When Channel 4 repeated both The Avengers and The Persuaders! in 1995, it was generally agreed that the latter, which had not been seen for many years, had not aged as well as the former. It has not been seen on any of the five main UK terrestrial channels since.

Since then, The Persuaders has enjoyed something of a renaissance both on television and DVD, with the 'rivals' Moore and Curtis reuniting to provide commentaries on the most recent issues. In France, where the series (entitled Amicalement Vôtre) had always been popular, the DVD releases accompanied a monthly magazine of the same name.
James Bond (1973–1985)

There are many apocryphal stories as to when Moore's name was first dropped as a possible candidate for the role of James Bond. Some sources, specifically Albert R. Broccoli from his autobiography When The Snow Melts, claim that Moore was considered for Dr. No, and that he was Ian Fleming's favorite for the role after apparently having seen Moore as Simon Templar in The Saint; however, the series did not begin airing in the United Kingdom until October 4, 1962 – one day before the premiere of Dr. No, although it's possible that the show began filming before or around the film.

Other sources, such as the commentary for the special edition DVDs, claim that Moore was passed over for Bond in favour of someone who was older. As Moore is older than Sean Connery, this is probably not true. Publicly, Moore was not linked to the role of 007 until 1967, when Harry Saltzman claimed he would make a good Bond, but also displayed misgivings owing to his popularity as Simon Templar. Nevertheless, Moore was finally cast as James Bond in Live and Let Die (1973).

Roger Moore's twelve years as James Bond earned him enough popularity (and credibility) among fans of detective fiction to earn many Bond fans' acceptance, despite the inevitable comparisons to Connery. Moore played Bond in Live and Let Die (1973); The Man with the Golden Gun (1974); The Spy Who Loved Me (1977); Moonraker (1979); For Your Eyes Only (1981); Octopussy (1983) and A View to a Kill (1985)

To date, Moore is the longest-serving James Bond actor, having spent twelve years in the role (from his debut in 1973, to his retirement from the role in 1985), and made seven official films. (Connery also made seven, but his last Bond film, Never Say Never Again (1983), was not part of the "official" EON Productions series). He is also the oldest actor to play Bond: he was 45 when he debuted, and 58 when he announced his retirement on December 3, 1985. It was agreed by all involved that Moore was too old for the role by that point; he had actually tried to leave the role after For Your Eyes Only.

Moore's James Bond was light-hearted, more so than any other official actor to portray the character. Connery's style, even in its lighter moments, was that of a focused, determined agent. Moore often portrayed 007 as somewhat of a playboy, with tongue firmly in cheek, but also as a very capable and seasoned detective. The humour served Moore and his fans well through most of his Bond tenure.

Although often considered a 'lightweight', owing to never having had a significant stage career or having appeared in serious dramas, Moore can boast a dramatic education at RADA, the prestigious London drama college. However, Moore only attended for six months in 1945. In 2004, Moore was voted 'Best Bond' in a poll and won with a large 62% of votes whilst in late 2008, he also topped another poll on moviefans.com beating new Bond star Daniel Craig with 56% of votes.

It is often overlooked that during Moore's Bond period he starred in 13 other films, including the successful thriller Gold (1974) and even played Chief Inspector Clouseau in Curse of the Pink Panther (1983). However, most of these films were not critically acclaimed.
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Written By: ninny on 10/14/09 at 7:02 am

The co-birthday of the day...Cliff Richard
Sir Cliff Richard OBE (born Harry Rodger Webb on 14 October 1940) is a British singer-songwriter and entrepreneur.

With his backing group The Shadows, Richard dominated the British popular music scene in the late 1950s and early 1960s, before and during The Beatles' first year in the charts. A conversion to Christianity and subsequent softening of his music led to his having more of a pop than rock image. He never achieved the same impact in the United States despite several chart singles there, but he has remained a popular music, film, and television personality in the United Kingdom and he retains a following in other countries.

During six decades, Cliff Richard has charted many singles, and holds the record (with Elvis Presley) as the only act to make the UK singles charts in all of its decades (1950s–2000s). He is the only singer to have had a number one single in the UK in five consecutive decades, doing so from the 1950s through to the 1990s. On the British charts, Richard has had more than 130 , albums and EPs make the top 20, more than any other artist. He has sold more than 250 million records.
Harry Webb became lead singer of a rock and roll group, The Drifters (not to be confused with the U.S. group of the same name). Before their first large scale appearance, at the Regal Ballroom in Ripley, Derbyshire, in 1958, they adopted the name "Cliff Richard and the Drifters". The four members were Webb, Ian "Sammy" Samwell on guitar, Terry Smart on drums and Norman Mitham on guitar. None of the other three played with the later and better known Shadows, although Samwell wrote songs for Richard's later career.

For his début session, Norrie Paramor provided Richard with "Schoolboy Crush", a cover songway to Richard's house for a rehearsal. For the Move It session Paramor used the session guitarist cover of an American record by Bobby Helms. Richard was permitted to record one of his own songs for the B-side; this was "Move It", written by the Drifters' Samwell on a number 715 Green Line bus on the nie Shears]] on lead-guitar and Frank Clark on bass.

There are a number of stories about why the A-side was replaced by the intended B-side. One is that Norrie Paramor's young daughter raved about the B-side; another was that influential TV producer Jack Good, who used the act for his TV show Oh Boy!, wanted the only song on his show to be "Move It".

The single went to No. 2 on the UK charts. Music critics Roy Carr and Tony Tyler wrote that it was the first genuine British rock classic, followed by Johnny Kidd and the Pirates' "Shakin' All Over". John Lennon was quoted as saying that "Move It" was the first English rock record.

In the early days, Cliff Richard was marketed as the British equivalent to Elvis Presley. As did previous British rockers such as Tommy Steele and Marty Wilde, Richard adopted Presley-like dress and hairstyle. In performance he struck a pose of rock attitude, rarely smiling or looking at the audience or camera. His late 1958 and early 1959 follow-up singles, "High Class Baby" and "Livin' Lovin' Doll", were followed by "Mean Streak", which carried a rocker's sense of speed and passion, and Lionel Bart's "Living Doll". It was on "Living Doll" that the Drifters began to back Richard on record. By that time the group's lineup had changed with the arrival of Jet Harris, Tony Meehan, Hank Marvin, and Bruce Welch. The group was obliged to change its name to "The Shadows" after legal complications with the U.S. Drifters as "Living Doll" entered the American top 40, licensed by ABC-Paramount. Living doll was used in his debut film Serious Charge,but as a country standard,rather then a rock n roll standard.

The Shadows were not a typical backing group. They would become contractually separate from Richard, and the group received no royalties for records backing Richard. In 1959, The Shadows (then still the Drifters) landed an EMI recording contract of their own, for independent recordings. That year, they released three singles, two of which featured double-sided vocals and one of which had instrumental A and B sides. In 1960, they recorded and released "Apache". Reaching the top of the charts in more than one country, the single set The Shadows on a path of their own. They thereafter had several major hits, including five UK No. 1s. The band also continued to appear and record with Richard and wrote many of his hits. On more than one occasion, a Shadows' instrumental replaced a Richard song at the top of the British charts.

Richard's fifth single "Living Doll" triggered a softer, more relaxed, sound. Subsequent hits, the No. 1s "Travellin' Light" and "I Love You" and also "A Voice in the Wilderness" and "Theme for a Dream" cemented Richard's status as a mainstream pop entertainer along with contemporaries such as Adam Faith and Billy Fury. Throughout the early sixties his hits were consistently in the top five.

Typically, The Shadows closed the first half of the show with a 30-minute set of their own, then backed Richard on his show-closing 45-minute stint. Tony Meehan and Jet Harris left the group in 1961 and 1962 respectively and later had their own chart successes for Decca_Records. The Shadows added bass players and took on Brian Bennett on drums.

In the early days, Richard sometimes recorded without The Shadows in order to cater to other styles. Even after the Beatles' rise he continued to achieve hits, although more often with an orchestra rather than The Shadows: a revival of "It's All In The Game" and "Constantly". A session under the direction of Billy Sherrill in Nashville yielded two more top two hits: "The Minute You're Gone" and "Wind Me Up" in 1965.

Cliff Richard and in particular, The Shadows never achieved star status in the United States. In 1960 they toured the U.S. and were well-received; however, lacklustre support and distribution from a revolving door of American record labels proved an obstacle to long-term success Stateside despite several chart records by Cliff including the aforementioned "It's All In The Game" on Epic, via a renewed linking of the worldwide Columbia labels after Philips ended its distribution deal with CBS. To the Shadows' chagrin, Apache reached #1 in The U. S. via a cover version by Danish guitarist Jorgen Ingmann which was virtually unchanged from their worldwide hit, save a sound effect Ingmann added evoking whooshing arrows in flight created by flicking his fingers on the fretboard. Cliff and the band appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show, which was crucial for The Beatles', but these performances did not help them gain sustained success in North America.

Richard and The Shadows appeared in six feature films, including a rather odd début in the 1959 film Serious Charge but most notably in The Young Ones, (the title song being his biggest hit up to "Mistletoe and Wine"); Summer Holiday (which featured a slimmed-down Richard with visible dancing skills), Wonderful Life and Finders Keepers. These films created their own genre known as the "Cliff Richard musical" and led to Richard being named the number one cinema box office attraction in Britain for both 1962 and 1963. The irreverent 1980s TV sitcom The Young Ones took its name from Richard's 1962 movie, and also made references to the singer. In 1966, Richard and the Shadows appeared as marionettes in the Gerry Anderson film Thunderbirds Are GO. In the summer of 1963 Cliff and the Shadows appeared for a season in Blackpool, where Cliff had his portrait modelled by Victor Heyfron, M.A.
1964–1975: Changing circumstances

As with the other existing rock acts in Britain, Richard's career was affected by the sudden advent of The Beatles and the Mersey sound in 1963 and 1964. However, his popularity was established enough to allow him to weather the storm and continue to have hits in the charts throughout the 1960s, albeit not at the level that he had enjoyed before. Nor did doors open to him in the U.S. market; he was not considered part of the British Invasion, despite four Hot 100 hits (including the top 25 "It's All In The Game") between August 1963 and August 1964, the U.S. public had little awareness of him. However, he continued having international hits, including 1967's "The Day I Met Marie", which reached #10 in the UK Singles Chart and #5 in the Australian charts, and is considered a quintessential summer hit, due to its summery nature.

Although baptised as an Anglican, Richard did not appear to practise the faith in his early years. However, in 1964, he became an active Christian and this conversion has become an important aspect of his life. Standing up publicly as a Christian affected his career in several ways. Initially, he believed that he should quit rock 'n roll, feeling he could no longer be the rocker who had been called a "crude exhibitionist" and "too sexy for TV" and a threat to parents' daughters. However, by the time Richard converted, his image had become tamer due to his film roles and well-spoken manners on radio and TV. Richard intended at first to 'reform his ways' and become a teacher, but Christian friends advised him not to abandon his career just because he had become a Christian. Soon after, Cliff Richard re-emerged, performing with Christian groups and recording some Christian material. He still recorded secular songs with the Shadows, but devoted a lot of his time to Christian work, including appearances with the Billy Graham crusades. As time progressed, Richard balanced his faith and work, enabling him to remain one of the most popular singers in Britain as well as one of its best-known Christians. He was a leading figure in the Nationwide Festival of Light during 1971, protesting against the commercial exploitation of sex and violence in Britain, and advocating the teaching of Christ as the key to recovering moral stability in the nation.

Cliff Richard's first serious acting role took place in the 1967 film Two a Penny, released by Billy Graham's World Wide Pictures, in which he played a young man who gets involved in drug dealing while questioning his life after his girlfriend changes her attitude. He released the live album "Cliff in Japan", which featured Olivia Newton-John as backing singer and John Farrar on guitar (Farrar would later be Newton-John's producer).

Also in 1968 he sang the UK's entry in the Eurovision Song Contest: "Congratulations" by Bill Martin and Phil Coulter; it lost by just one point to Spain's "La La La". According to John Kennedy O'Connor's The Eurovision Song Contest — The Official History, this was the closest yet result in the contest and Richard locked himself in the toilet to avoid the nerves of the voting. In May 2008 a Reuters news report claimed that voting in the competition had been fixed by the host country's dictator leader, Francisco Franco, to ensure that the Spanish entry won, allowing them to host the contest the following year (1969). In particular, it is claimed that Spanish TVE television executives offered to buy programmes in exchange for votes..This has not been proved beyond doubt, but it is thought likely. The story was widely covered and featured on UK Channel 4 News as a main story, with Jon Snow interviewing author and historian John Kennedy O'Connor about the matter. Eurovision later ended voting by national juries in a bid to eradicate such alleged scams. Nevertheless, "Congratulations" was a huge hit throughout Europe and yet another No.1 in April 1968.

In 1973 he sang the British entry Power to All Our Friends; the song finished third, close behind Luxembourg's "Tu Te Reconnaîtras" and Spain's "Eres Tú". This time, Richard took Valium in order to overcome his nerves and his manager was almost unable to wake him for the performance. Richard also hosted the BBC's qualifying heat for the Eurovision Song Contest, "A Song for Europe," in 1970, 1971 and 1972 as part of his BBCTV variety series. He presented the Eurovision preview programmes for the BBC in 1971 and 1972.

After the Shadows split in 1968, Richard continued to record. He had already become accustomed to the Shadows' absence, and was able to record in a variety of settings. Although many of his earliest fans regretted that Richard had tried out songs which were not strictly in the rock 'n roll genre, most had got used to his habit of recording rockier material with the Shadows, while producing more middle-of-the-road material at other times; this versatility extended Richard's career prospects.

During the 1970s, Richard took part in television shows, such as It's Cliff, many of which also starred Hank Marvin and Una Stubbs, and which included A Song for Europe. These shows, for a time, branded Cliff Richard as a television personality more than a recording artist. In 1972, he made a short BBC television comedy film called The Case with appearances from comedians and his first-ever duets with a woman, Olivia Newton-John. In 1973 he starred in the film Take Me High.
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Written By: Howard on 10/14/09 at 7:02 am

Golden Grahams my favorite cereal. :)

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Written By: ninny on 10/14/09 at 7:04 am

* Honorable birthday*...Usher
Usher Raymond IV (born October 14, 1978), who performs under the mononym Usher, is an American recording artist and actor. He rose to fame in the 1990s, releasing the multi-platinum album My Way (1997) and 8701 (2001). His success continued with the release of his breakthrough album, Confessions (2004), which has sold over ten million copies in the United States, and been certified diamond by the RIAA. To date, he has sold over 40 million albums worldwide and has won five Grammy Awards. In 2008, Usher was ranked as the 21st most successful Hot 100 Singles Artist of all-time by Billboard magazine. He ranked higher than any other artist of his generation. According to the Recording Industry Association of America, Usher has sold over 21.5 million albums in the United States.

Aside from recording, Usher ventured in to other business. He had established his own record label, US Records, and is a part owner of the Cleveland Cavaliers franchise. He has also been appearing in films, debuting in the 1998 film The Faculty.
sher developed a friendship with American record producer, Jermaine Dupri, with whom he co-wrote and produced several tracks for his second album, My Way, released on September 16, 1997. The album's lead single, "You Make Me Wanna", reached number one in the United Kingdom, becoming Usher's first record to be top single; the record led to his popularity reaching in the country. It also became Usher's first gold- and platinum-certified single in the United States. The album's second single, "Nice & Slow", peaked in January 1998 at number one on the Billboard Hot 100, giving Usher his first US number-one single. Later in February of the same year, the single was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America; My Way has been certified six-time platinum in the United States.

Usher received his first Grammy Award nomination as Best Male R&B Vocal Performance for "You Make Me Wanna", which also won him for Best Male R&B/Soul Single at the Soul Train Music Award. In the closing months of 1997, Usher embarked on a series of tour engagements including a spot on Puffy's No Way Out tour, dates with Mary J. Blige, and the opening spot on Janet Jackson's The Velvet Rope tour. Usher's first concert album, Live, was released in 1999, which featured appearances by Lil' Kim, Jagged Edge, Trey Lorenz, Shanice, Twista and Manuel Seal; the album has been certified gold in the United States.

Usher made his acting debut on the UPN television series Moesha, which resulted in a recurring role on the series and subsequently his first film role in 1998's The Faculty. Usher's extracurricular activities outside of the recording industry gathered momentum over the following year as he was cast in the soap opera, The Bold and the Beautiful. He completed two more films, She's All That, and his first starring role in Light It Up. He also appeared in the Disney TV movie "Geppetto".

Usher's third studio album, originally titled All About U, was slated to be released in early 2001. The first single, "Pop Ya Collar", was released in late 2000 and became a number two hit in the UK but underperformed in the United States. The album was subsequently pushed back and retooled after select tracks were later leaked to the radio and Internet. After having revised and renamed to 8701, the album was released August 7, 2001 (8.7.01). The first two singles "U Remind Me" and "U Got It Bad" each topped the Billboard Hot 100 for four and six weeks, respectively. 8701 has been certified four-time platinum in the United States.

Usher appeared in the 2001 film Texas Rangers. In February 2002, Usher won a Grammy for 'Best Male R&B Vocal Performance' for "U Remind Me". The next year, he won the same award for "U Don't Have to Call", making Usher the only artist aside from Luther Vandross and Stevie Wonder to win this award consecutively. In summer 2002, Usher contributed vocals to P. Diddy's "I Need a Girl, Part I". The year closed out with a trio of TV series appearances, all in November, on The Twilight Zone, 7th Heaven, Moesha, and American Dreams, the latter in which Usher portrayed Marvin Gaye.
2004–2007: Confessions era
Usher arriving in Miami, Florida to attend the 2004 MTV Video Music Awards

Usher's fourth studio album, Confessions, was released on March 23, 2004—just as its first single, "Yeah!", was in its sixth week at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and fifth week on top of the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles Chart. The album's nearly 1.1 million unit debut sales was the highest first-week numbers ever scanned by a male R&B artist and the seventh best of the Nielsen SoundScan history. To date, the album has accumulated sales of over 20 million copies worldwide, over 10 million of which were sold in the United States, earning the album a Diamond certification by the Recording Industry Association of America.

Usher's second single, "Burn" succeeded "Yeah!" at the #1 position on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. "Yeah!" had logged twelve weeks at the top, followed by seven consecutive weeks for "Burn" giving Usher nineteen consecutive weeks with a song in the top position. "Burn" yielded the top spot for one week to Fantasia's single "I Believe," and then rose to #1 for an eighth week before Usher's third single "Confessions Part II" hit #1 for two consecutive weeks. Usher's 19 consecutive week-run set a record broken by the Black Eyed Peas in 2009. Usher tied Glenn Miller who also spent 22 of 23 weeks in the #1 position in 1941-42.

The album's second and third singles, "Burn" and "Confessions Part II", also topped the Billboard Hot 100, the former for eight weeks. Usher became the first artist to top the Billboard Hot 100 Airplay with four consecutive number-one singles, In September 2004, "My Boo", a duet with American singer-songwriter Alicia Keys, also peaked at number one at the Billboard Hot 100, becoming the album's fourth number-one single. In December, the album's final single "Caught Up" peaked at number eight on the Hot 100.

Confessions earned Usher numerous awards, including four American Music Awards, two MTV Europe Music Awards, two MTV Video Music Awards, and three World Music Awards. At the 47th annual Grammy Awards ceremony in 2005, Usher won three awards, including: R&B Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals for "My Boo", which he shared with Keys; Rap/Sung Collaboration for "Yeah!"; and Contemporary R&B Album for Confessions. At the 2004 Billboard Music Awards, Usher was recognized Artist of the Year, in addition to receiving 10 other accolades.

In spring of 2005, Usher scored a number three Hot 100 hit as a featured vocalist on Lil' Jon's "Lovers & Friends". In 2007, Usher also collaborated with R. Kelly on the track "Same Girl," for Kelly's album, Double Up. He was also featured in a remix version of Omarion's "Ice Box". Usher also appeared on the track "Shake Down" on American singer-songwriter Mary J. Blige's 2007 album Growing Pains.

In November 2005, Usher starred as a disc jockey named Darrell in the Lions Gate film, In the Mix. On August 22, 2006, Usher took over the role of Billy Flynn in the long-running Broadway musical Chicago
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Written By: ninny on 10/14/09 at 7:04 am

Golden Grahams my favorite cereal. :)

I haven't had those in years, they were good tasting.

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Written By: Howard on 10/14/09 at 7:06 am

I haven't had those in years, they were good tasting.

and then there was the commercials for it.

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Written By: Frank on 10/14/09 at 12:19 pm

The co-birthday of the day...Cliff Richard
Sir Cliff Richard OBE (born Harry Rodger Webb on 14 October 1940) is a British singer-songwriter and entrepreneur.

With his backing group The Shadows, Richard dominated the British popular music scene in the late 1950s and early 1960s, before and during The Beatles' first year in the charts. A conversion to Christianity and subsequent softening of his music led to his having more of a pop than rock image. He never achieved the same impact in the United States despite several chart singles there, but he has remained a popular music, film, and television personality in the United Kingdom and he retains a following in other countries.

During six decades, Cliff Richard has charted many singles, and holds the record (with Elvis Presley) as the only act to make the UK singles charts in all of its decades (1950s–2000s). He is the only singer to have had a number one single in the UK in five consecutive decades, doing so from the 1950s through to the 1990s. On the British charts, Richard has had more than 130 , albums and EPs make the top 20, more than any other artist. He has sold more than 250 million records.
Harry Webb became lead singer of a rock and roll group, The Drifters (not to be confused with the U.S. group of the same name). Before their first large scale appearance, at the Regal Ballroom in Ripley, Derbyshire, in 1958, they adopted the name "Cliff Richard and the Drifters". The four members were Webb, Ian "Sammy" Samwell on guitar, Terry Smart on drums and Norman Mitham on guitar. None of the other three played with the later and better known Shadows, although Samwell wrote songs for Richard's later career.

For his début session, Norrie Paramor provided Richard with "Schoolboy Crush", a cover songway to Richard's house for a rehearsal. For the Move It session Paramor used the session guitarist cover of an American record by Bobby Helms. Richard was permitted to record one of his own songs for the B-side; this was "Move It", written by the Drifters' Samwell on a number 715 Green Line bus on the nie Shears]] on lead-guitar and Frank Clark on bass.

There are a number of stories about why the A-side was replaced by the intended B-side. One is that Norrie Paramor's young daughter raved about the B-side; another was that influential TV producer Jack Good, who used the act for his TV show Oh Boy!, wanted the only song on his show to be "Move It".

The single went to No. 2 on the UK charts. Music critics Roy Carr and Tony Tyler wrote that it was the first genuine British rock classic, followed by Johnny Kidd and the Pirates' "Shakin' All Over". John Lennon was quoted as saying that "Move It" was the first English rock record.

In the early days, Cliff Richard was marketed as the British equivalent to Elvis Presley. As did previous British rockers such as Tommy Steele and Marty Wilde, Richard adopted Presley-like dress and hairstyle. In performance he struck a pose of rock attitude, rarely smiling or looking at the audience or camera. His late 1958 and early 1959 follow-up singles, "High Class Baby" and "Livin' Lovin' Doll", were followed by "Mean Streak", which carried a rocker's sense of speed and passion, and Lionel Bart's "Living Doll". It was on "Living Doll" that the Drifters began to back Richard on record. By that time the group's lineup had changed with the arrival of Jet Harris, Tony Meehan, Hank Marvin, and Bruce Welch. The group was obliged to change its name to "The Shadows" after legal complications with the U.S. Drifters as "Living Doll" entered the American top 40, licensed by ABC-Paramount. Living doll was used in his debut film Serious Charge,but as a country standard,rather then a rock n roll standard.

The Shadows were not a typical backing group. They would become contractually separate from Richard, and the group received no royalties for records backing Richard. In 1959, The Shadows (then still the Drifters) landed an EMI recording contract of their own, for independent recordings. That year, they released three singles, two of which featured double-sided vocals and one of which had instrumental A and B sides. In 1960, they recorded and released "Apache". Reaching the top of the charts in more than one country, the single set The Shadows on a path of their own. They thereafter had several major hits, including five UK No. 1s. The band also continued to appear and record with Richard and wrote many of his hits. On more than one occasion, a Shadows' instrumental replaced a Richard song at the top of the British charts.

Richard's fifth single "Living Doll" triggered a softer, more relaxed, sound. Subsequent hits, the No. 1s "Travellin' Light" and "I Love You" and also "A Voice in the Wilderness" and "Theme for a Dream" cemented Richard's status as a mainstream pop entertainer along with contemporaries such as Adam Faith and Billy Fury. Throughout the early sixties his hits were consistently in the top five.

Typically, The Shadows closed the first half of the show with a 30-minute set of their own, then backed Richard on his show-closing 45-minute stint. Tony Meehan and Jet Harris left the group in 1961 and 1962 respectively and later had their own chart successes for Decca_Records. The Shadows added bass players and took on Brian Bennett on drums.

In the early days, Richard sometimes recorded without The Shadows in order to cater to other styles. Even after the Beatles' rise he continued to achieve hits, although more often with an orchestra rather than The Shadows: a revival of "It's All In The Game" and "Constantly". A session under the direction of Billy Sherrill in Nashville yielded two more top two hits: "The Minute You're Gone" and "Wind Me Up" in 1965.

Cliff Richard and in particular, The Shadows never achieved star status in the United States. In 1960 they toured the U.S. and were well-received; however, lacklustre support and distribution from a revolving door of American record labels proved an obstacle to long-term success Stateside despite several chart records by Cliff including the aforementioned "It's All In The Game" on Epic, via a renewed linking of the worldwide Columbia labels after Philips ended its distribution deal with CBS. To the Shadows' chagrin, Apache reached #1 in The U. S. via a cover version by Danish guitarist Jorgen Ingmann which was virtually unchanged from their worldwide hit, save a sound effect Ingmann added evoking whooshing arrows in flight created by flicking his fingers on the fretboard. Cliff and the band appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show, which was crucial for The Beatles', but these performances did not help them gain sustained success in North America.

Richard and The Shadows appeared in six feature films, including a rather odd début in the 1959 film Serious Charge but most notably in The Young Ones, (the title song being his biggest hit up to "Mistletoe and Wine"); Summer Holiday (which featured a slimmed-down Richard with visible dancing skills), Wonderful Life and Finders Keepers. These films created their own genre known as the "Cliff Richard musical" and led to Richard being named the number one cinema box office attraction in Britain for both 1962 and 1963. The irreverent 1980s TV sitcom The Young Ones took its name from Richard's 1962 movie, and also made references to the singer. In 1966, Richard and the Shadows appeared as marionettes in the Gerry Anderson film Thunderbirds Are GO. In the summer of 1963 Cliff and the Shadows appeared for a season in Blackpool, where Cliff had his portrait modelled by Victor Heyfron, M.A.
1964–1975: Changing circumstances

As with the other existing rock acts in Britain, Richard's career was affected by the sudden advent of The Beatles and the Mersey sound in 1963 and 1964. However, his popularity was established enough to allow him to weather the storm and continue to have hits in the charts throughout the 1960s, albeit not at the level that he had enjoyed before. Nor did doors open to him in the U.S. market; he was not considered part of the British Invasion, despite four Hot 100 hits (including the top 25 "It's All In The Game") between August 1963 and August 1964, the U.S. public had little awareness of him. However, he continued having international hits, including 1967's "The Day I Met Marie", which reached #10 in the UK Singles Chart and #5 in the Australian charts, and is considered a quintessential summer hit, due to its summery nature.

Although baptised as an Anglican, Richard did not appear to practise the faith in his early years. However, in 1964, he became an active Christian and this conversion has become an important aspect of his life. Standing up publicly as a Christian affected his career in several ways. Initially, he believed that he should quit rock 'n roll, feeling he could no longer be the rocker who had been called a "crude exhibitionist" and "too sexy for TV" and a threat to parents' daughters. However, by the time Richard converted, his image had become tamer due to his film roles and well-spoken manners on radio and TV. Richard intended at first to 'reform his ways' and become a teacher, but Christian friends advised him not to abandon his career just because he had become a Christian. Soon after, Cliff Richard re-emerged, performing with Christian groups and recording some Christian material. He still recorded secular songs with the Shadows, but devoted a lot of his time to Christian work, including appearances with the Billy Graham crusades. As time progressed, Richard balanced his faith and work, enabling him to remain one of the most popular singers in Britain as well as one of its best-known Christians. He was a leading figure in the Nationwide Festival of Light during 1971, protesting against the commercial exploitation of sex and violence in Britain, and advocating the teaching of Christ as the key to recovering moral stability in the nation.

Cliff Richard's first serious acting role took place in the 1967 film Two a Penny, released by Billy Graham's World Wide Pictures, in which he played a young man who gets involved in drug dealing while questioning his life after his girlfriend changes her attitude. He released the live album "Cliff in Japan", which featured Olivia Newton-John as backing singer and John Farrar on guitar (Farrar would later be Newton-John's producer).

Also in 1968 he sang the UK's entry in the Eurovision Song Contest: "Congratulations" by Bill Martin and Phil Coulter; it lost by just one point to Spain's "La La La". According to John Kennedy O'Connor's The Eurovision Song Contest — The Official History, this was the closest yet result in the contest and Richard locked himself in the toilet to avoid the nerves of the voting. In May 2008 a Reuters news report claimed that voting in the competition had been fixed by the host country's dictator leader, Francisco Franco, to ensure that the Spanish entry won, allowing them to host the contest the following year (1969). In particular, it is claimed that Spanish TVE television executives offered to buy programmes in exchange for votes..This has not been proved beyond doubt, but it is thought likely. The story was widely covered and featured on UK Channel 4 News as a main story, with Jon Snow interviewing author and historian John Kennedy O'Connor about the matter. Eurovision later ended voting by national juries in a bid to eradicate such alleged scams. Nevertheless, "Congratulations" was a huge hit throughout Europe and yet another No.1 in April 1968.

In 1973 he sang the British entry Power to All Our Friends; the song finished third, close behind Luxembourg's "Tu Te Reconnaîtras" and Spain's "Eres Tú". This time, Richard took Valium in order to overcome his nerves and his manager was almost unable to wake him for the performance. Richard also hosted the BBC's qualifying heat for the Eurovision Song Contest, "A Song for Europe," in 1970, 1971 and 1972 as part of his BBCTV variety series. He presented the Eurovision preview programmes for the BBC in 1971 and 1972.

After the Shadows split in 1968, Richard continued to record. He had already become accustomed to the Shadows' absence, and was able to record in a variety of settings. Although many of his earliest fans regretted that Richard had tried out songs which were not strictly in the rock 'n roll genre, most had got used to his habit of recording rockier material with the Shadows, while producing more middle-of-the-road material at other times; this versatility extended Richard's career prospects.

During the 1970s, Richard took part in television shows, such as It's Cliff, many of which also starred Hank Marvin and Una Stubbs, and which included A Song for Europe. These shows, for a time, branded Cliff Richard as a television personality more than a recording artist. In 1972, he made a short BBC television comedy film called The Case with appearances from comedians and his first-ever duets with a woman, Olivia Newton-John. In 1973 he starred in the film Take Me High.
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Very popular in UK and Hong Kong, for some reason not so much in Canada & USA. Don't know why that is, he had so many nice songs.

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Written By: coqueta83 on 10/14/09 at 8:21 pm

Golden Grahams my favorite cereal. :)

It was one of my favorites, too. I haven't had this cereal in a very long time!

I'm only familiar with a few Cliff Richard songs..his music is pretty hard to find here.

The first Bond movie I ever watched was one with Roger Moore...I've seen all of Roger's 007 movies except "Moonraker".

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Written By: gibbo on 10/14/09 at 8:40 pm

Cliff Richard was also popular in Australia... He was billed as England's answer to Elvis...and maybe that's why he didn't really break any ground in the USA. :-\\

Roger Moore was much better in The Saint ...and The Persuaders TV series than as Bond IMO. He was always too 'nice' as Bond ....and Bond needed to have a ruthless streak in him.

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Written By: ninny on 10/14/09 at 9:28 pm

Very popular in UK and Hong Kong, for some reason not so much in Canada & USA. Don't know why that is, he had so many nice songs.

It was one of my favorites, too. I haven't had this cereal in a very long time!

I'm only familiar with a few Cliff Richard songs..his music is pretty hard to find here.

The first Bond movie I ever watched was one with Roger Moore...I've seen all of Roger's 007 movies except "Moonraker".

Sadly I only know 2 Cliff Richard songs..Devil Woman & We Don't Talk Anymore.

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Written By: Frank on 10/15/09 at 1:03 am

Cliff Richard was also popular in Australia... He was billed as England's answer to Elvis...and maybe that's why he didn't really break any ground in the USA. :-\\

Roger Moore was much better in The Saint ...and The Persuaders TV series than as Bond IMO. He was always too 'nice' as Bond ....and Bond needed to have a ruthless streak in him.

Yes, Roger was better as the Saint. Sean Connery..the #1 James Bond.

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Written By: ninny on 10/15/09 at 5:46 am

The word of the day...Couple
1. Two items of the same kind; a pair.
2. Something that joins or connects two things together; a link.
3. (used with a sing. or pl. verb)
1. Two people united, as by betrothal or marriage.
2. Two people together.
4. Informal. A few; several: a couple of days.
5. Physics. A pair of forces of equal magnitude acting in parallel but opposite directions, capable of causing rotation but not translation.
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Written By: ninny on 10/15/09 at 5:50 am

The birthday of the day...Penny Marshall
Penny Marshall (born October 15, 1943) is an American actress, producer and director.

After playing several small roles for television, she was cast as Laverne DeFazio in the sitcom Laverne and Shirley. A ratings success, the show ran from 1976 until 1983, and Marshall received three Golden Globe award nominations for her performance.

She progressed to directing films such as Big (1988), the first film directed by a woman to gross in excess of $100 million at the U.S. box office, Awakenings (1990), which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture, and A League of Their Own (1992). In more recent years, she has produced Cinderella Man (2005) and Bewitched (2005), as well as episodes of According to Jim
One of her first jobs was for a TV commercial for a beautifying shampoo. She was hired to play a girl with stringy, unattractive hair, and Farrah Fawcett was hired to play a girl with thick, bouncy hair. As the crew was lighting the set, Marshall's stand-in wore a placard that read "Homely Girl" and Fawcett's stand-in wore a placard that said "Pretty Girl". Farrah Fawcett, sensing Marshall's insecurity about her looks, crossed out "Homely" on the Marshall stand-in placard and wrote "Plain".

Marshall first gained prominence as a television actress with a recurring guest role of Myrna Turner on The Odd Couple (1971–1975), and made two guest star appearances on The Mary Tyler Moore Show as Paula Kovacks, Mary's neighbor in her new apartment building. In Marshall's final episode as Myrna Turner she married her boyfriend, Sheldn ("They forgot the 'o' on his birth certificate; legally, it's 'Sheldn'"), played by her then-real-life husband, Rob Reiner, and briefly introduced her brother and sister, Werner Turner and Verna Turner (played by, respectively, Marshall's brother, Garry, and her sister, Ronny).

In 1974, her brother Garry Marshall was the creator and part-time writer for the hit TV series Happy Days with Ron Howard and Henry Winkler. For an episode that aired November 11, 1975 titled "A Date with Fonzie", he hired Marshall and actress Cindy Williams to play dates for Howard's and Winkler's characters, LaVerne DeFazio and Shirley Feeney, a pair of wise-cracking brewery workers. The pair were a hit with the studio audience and Garry Marshall co-created and starred them in a hit spin-off, Laverne and Shirley (1976–1983). The characters of Laverne and Shirley also appeared in five more episodes of Happy Days. In 1983, while still filming Laverne and Shirley, she guest-starred on another popular sitcom, Taxi, in a cameo appearance as herself. In the Taxi episode "Louie Moves Uptown", Marshall is turned down for residency in a new high-rise condo in New York City. The Laverne and Shirley episode "Lost in Spacesuits" is referenced in the scene.

Because male actors such as co-star Ron Howard and husband Rob Reiner later became directors, and at the encouragement of her brother, Marshall became interested in directing. She directed two episodes of Laverne and Shirley and other TV assignments. She soon moved on to theatrical films, her first film being Jumpin' Jack Flash (1986) starring Whoopi Goldberg. Marshall has directed several successful feature films since the mid-1980s, including 1988's Big starring Tom Hanks (the first film directed by a woman to gross over US$100 million), Awakenings (1990) starring Robin Williams and Robert De Niro, and A League of Their Own (1992) with Geena Davis, Tom Hanks, Madonna and Rosie O'Donnell. She has also lent her voice to Ms. Botz, the evil nanny, on the first produced episode of The Simpsons, and played a cameo role as herself in HBO's series Entourage.
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Written By: ninny on 10/15/09 at 5:57 am

The co-birthday of the day...Sarah Ferguson
Sarah, Duchess of York (née Sarah Margaret Ferguson, born 15 October 1959), is a charity patron, spokesperson, writer, film producer, television personality and former member of the British Royal Family. She was married to Queen Elizabeth II's second son, Prince Andrew, Duke of York, from 1986 to 1996.

The Duchess is the daughter of Major Ronald Ferguson and Susan Barrantes (who are both deceased). Her children, Princess Beatrice of York and Princess Eugenie of York, are fifth and sixth in line of succession to the British Throne, respectively.

She is popularly referred to as "Fergie", as are many famous individuals with the last name Ferguson.
Sarah Ferguson and Prince Andrew's romance began as a result of some scheming by Diana, Princess of Wales in 1985. Early in 1986, the couple were engaged, and they married in Westminster Abbey on 23 July 1986. The Queen bestowed the title of Duke of York upon Prince Andrew. Sarah automatically assumed her husband's royal and ducal status and became Her Royal Highness the Duchess of York. She did not automatically assume the style of Princess of the United Kingdom which is not automatically conferred with marriage. In 1987, the Duchess became the first female member of the Royal Family to receive her Private Pilot's Licence.

The Duke and Duchess of York had two children during their marriage:

* Princess Beatrice of York (born 1988)
* Princess Eugenie of York (born 1990)

End of the marriage

By 1992, the marriage was in trouble, and the couple had drifted apart. While her husband was away on naval or royal duties, the Duchess was frequently seen in the company of other men, notably Texan multimillionaire Steve Wyatt. Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson finally agreed to separate in January 1992. In August 1992, surreptitiously-taken photographs of John Bryan, an American financial manager — apparently in the act of sucking the toes of a topless Sarah — were published in the British tabloid newspaper The Daily Mirror. The Duchess endured widespread public ridicule contributing to her further estrangement from the British Royal Family. After 4 years of official separation, the Duke and Duchess made the mutual decision to divorce in 1996. They have, however, remained close and have shared in the upbringing and support of their two daughters.
# 1993, the Duchess founded Children in Crisis based in London with the support of two current trustees: Grahame Harding and Paul Szkiler. Over the years, Children in Crisis has grown to help over 250,000 children annually in 10 countries around the world.
# March 2003, she joined the American Cancer Society at a congressional briefing. Sarah, Duchess of York, was a founding supporter of The American Cancer Society’s Great American Weigh In, an annual campaign (modeled after the Society’s Great American Smoke Out) aimed at raising awareness of the link between excess weight and cancer.
# 2004, Sarah, Duchess of York, was named the official spokesperson of SOS Children's Villages - USA.
# 2005, Sarah, Duchess of York, was named a global ambassador for Ronald McDonald House..
# 2006, Sarah, Duchess of York, established The Sarah Ferguson Foundation based in New York, which derives funds from Sarah's commercial work and private donations with the aim of supporting charities internationally that serve children and families in dire need. She visited China, Japan, Poland, Mexico, and cities across the United States.
# In 2009 she stayed for ten days in Northern Moor, a suburb area in Wythenshawe, Manchester, England, and filmed there. Her report on the area caused criticism.
# In Britain, Sarah, Duchess of York, is a long-standing patron to a number of British charities, including the Teenage Cancer Trust, Tommy's, and the Motor Neurone Disease Association.
# She also serves as an advocate for Mental Disability Rights International.
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Written By: Howard on 10/15/09 at 5:58 am

I always watched Laverne And Shirley. :)

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Written By: ninny on 10/15/09 at 6:24 am

I always watched Laverne And Shirley. :)

Me too :)

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Written By: ninny on 10/15/09 at 6:26 am

*Honorable birthday...Emeril Lagasse
Emeril John Lagasse (born October 15, 1959) is an American celebrity chef, restaurateur, television personality, and cookbook author. A regional James Beard Award winner, he is perhaps most notable for his Food Network shows Emeril Live and Essence of Emeril as well as catchphrases such as “Kick it up a notch!” and “BAM!” He is a 1978 graduate of Johnson & Wales University's College of Culinary Arts. The "Emeril Empire" of media, products and restaurants generates an estimated USD$150 million annually in revenue.
Lagasse initially gained fame in the culinary world as executive chef of Commander’s Palace. After leaving Commander’s he opened his first restaurant, Emeril’s, in New Orleans, Louisiana, in 1990. It was designated “Restaurant of the Year” in Esquire magazine of that year. Lagasse is mainly known for his emphasis on Creole and Cajun cooking styles. Indeed, many of his restaurants, as well as his corporate office, Emeril’s Homebase, are located in New Orleans. Lagasse is the executive chef and proprietor of ten restaurants.

In April 2008, Emeril closed the doors on Emeril’s Atlanta, which had been open since 2003. Emeril’s Atlanta has been the only Emeril’s restaurant to close.

In May 2009, during preparations for the opening of Emeril's Chop House at the Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem, Emeril announced that he has plans to open two more restaurants in the resort - the first of which will open in November 2009 and will focus on gourmet burgers.
Television

Emeril first appeared on television on the television show Great Chefs where he was featured on no fewer than ten episodes including Great Chefs, the Louisiana New Garde, New Orleans Jazz Brunch and Great Chefs - Great Cities. After several appearances on several other FoodTV programs, Lagasse hosted his own show, The Essence of Emeril. “Essence” in the title refers to Emeril’s Essence, the name of a spice blend of his own concoction that he frequently uses in his cooking, and which is commercially available in several flavors. He also often suggested that viewers of his show create their own spice blends that reflect their personal tastes and be unafraid to use them to customize the dishes he would teach. Lagasse has been nominated eight times for a Daytime Emmy Award for his Food Network shows without winning. On November 27, 2007 The Food Network announced that it would be canceling the “Emeril Live” show on December 11, 2007. The Food Network, however, stated that Essence of Emeril will continue production.

Lagasse briefly starred in a self-titled TV sitcom on NBC during the fall 2001 season with Robert Urich, but it was canceled after several episodes and widely panned by critics. Lagasse also appeared on Shop at Home Network (which, like Food Network, was owned by Scripps Networks), on the show From Emeril's Kitchen from 2005-06. The program was discontinued after Scripps liquidated Shop at Home’s assets to Jewelry Television in June 2006. Lagasse has appeared on the Home Shopping Network for the channel’s 30th anniversary.

On television, Lagasse is known for his light and jovial hosting style as well as several catchphrases, including “BAM!” , “kick it up a notch,” “aw, yeah, babe” and “feel the love,” usually said before or after adding something spicy to a dish, or after the reaction to adding something, respectively. When frying or making dishes like sausage, Lagasse advocates using genuine lard, boasting, “Pork fat rules!” This style developed fully and Lagasse became more comfortable when a live studio audience was added in the change from Essence of Emeril to Emeril Live.

Emeril Lagasse also acted as Grand Marshall of the 2008 Tournament of Roses Parade and presided over the nationally telecast coin-toss before the game wearing a business suit—a rarity for Lagasse who is normally attired in chef’s garb.

Lagasse is currently hosting his new daily series Emeril Green that airs on Discovery Channel’s new eco-lifestyle network Planet Green. Emeril Green is filmed on location at Whole Foods Markets across the United States.

Emeril made a guest appearance on Jon & Kate Plus 8 during the show's 5th season to help celebrate their 100th episode, in May 2009.
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Written By: Howard on 10/15/09 at 3:49 pm

*Honorable birthday...Emeril Lagasse
Emeril John Lagasse (born October 15, 1959) is an American celebrity chef, restaurateur, television personality, and cookbook author. A regional James Beard Award winner, he is perhaps most notable for his Food Network shows Emeril Live and Essence of Emeril as well as catchphrases such as “Kick it up a notch!” and “BAM!” He is a 1978 graduate of Johnson & Wales University's College of Culinary Arts. The "Emeril Empire" of media, products and restaurants generates an estimated USD$150 million annually in revenue.
Lagasse initially gained fame in the culinary world as executive chef of Commander’s Palace. After leaving Commander’s he opened his first restaurant, Emeril’s, in New Orleans, Louisiana, in 1990. It was designated “Restaurant of the Year” in Esquire magazine of that year. Lagasse is mainly known for his emphasis on Creole and Cajun cooking styles. Indeed, many of his restaurants, as well as his corporate office, Emeril’s Homebase, are located in New Orleans. Lagasse is the executive chef and proprietor of ten restaurants.

In April 2008, Emeril closed the doors on Emeril’s Atlanta, which had been open since 2003. Emeril’s Atlanta has been the only Emeril’s restaurant to close.

In May 2009, during preparations for the opening of Emeril's Chop House at the Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem, Emeril announced that he has plans to open two more restaurants in the resort - the first of which will open in November 2009 and will focus on gourmet burgers.
Television

Emeril first appeared on television on the television show Great Chefs where he was featured on no fewer than ten episodes including Great Chefs, the Louisiana New Garde, New Orleans Jazz Brunch and Great Chefs - Great Cities. After several appearances on several other FoodTV programs, Lagasse hosted his own show, The Essence of Emeril. “Essence” in the title refers to Emeril’s Essence, the name of a spice blend of his own concoction that he frequently uses in his cooking, and which is commercially available in several flavors. He also often suggested that viewers of his show create their own spice blends that reflect their personal tastes and be unafraid to use them to customize the dishes he would teach. Lagasse has been nominated eight times for a Daytime Emmy Award for his Food Network shows without winning. On November 27, 2007 The Food Network announced that it would be canceling the “Emeril Live” show on December 11, 2007. The Food Network, however, stated that Essence of Emeril will continue production.

Lagasse briefly starred in a self-titled TV sitcom on NBC during the fall 2001 season with Robert Urich, but it was canceled after several episodes and widely panned by critics. Lagasse also appeared on Shop at Home Network (which, like Food Network, was owned by Scripps Networks), on the show From Emeril's Kitchen from 2005-06. The program was discontinued after Scripps liquidated Shop at Home’s assets to Jewelry Television in June 2006. Lagasse has appeared on the Home Shopping Network for the channel’s 30th anniversary.

On television, Lagasse is known for his light and jovial hosting style as well as several catchphrases, including “BAM!” , “kick it up a notch,” “aw, yeah, babe” and “feel the love,” usually said before or after adding something spicy to a dish, or after the reaction to adding something, respectively. When frying or making dishes like sausage, Lagasse advocates using genuine lard, boasting, “Pork fat rules!” This style developed fully and Lagasse became more comfortable when a live studio audience was added in the change from Essence of Emeril to Emeril Live.

Emeril Lagasse also acted as Grand Marshall of the 2008 Tournament of Roses Parade and presided over the nationally telecast coin-toss before the game wearing a business suit—a rarity for Lagasse who is normally attired in chef’s garb.

Lagasse is currently hosting his new daily series Emeril Green that airs on Discovery Channel’s new eco-lifestyle network Planet Green. Emeril Green is filmed on location at Whole Foods Markets across the United States.

Emeril made a guest appearance on Jon & Kate Plus 8 during the show's 5th season to help celebrate their 100th episode, in May 2009.
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I bought one of his salad dressings and damn that's delicious. :)

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Written By: ninny on 10/15/09 at 4:05 pm

I bought one of his salad dressings and damn that's delicious. :)

Maybe i should try it.

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Written By: Howard on 10/15/09 at 4:10 pm

Maybe i should try it.

his dressings have a little kick to it.

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Written By: ninny on 10/16/09 at 6:58 am

The word of the day...Broomstick(s)
The handle of a broom.

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Written By: Howard on 10/16/09 at 7:01 am

The word of the day...Broomstick(s)
The handle of a broom.

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Could this mean that Margaret Hamilton is person of the day? ???

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Written By: ninny on 10/16/09 at 7:02 am

The birthday of the day...Angela Lansbury
Angela Brigid Lansbury, CBE (born October 16, 1925) is an English actress and singer whose career has spanned seven decades. Her first film appearance was in Gaslight (1944), for which she received an Academy Award nomination as a malevolent maid, and she expanded her repertoire to Broadway and television in the 1950s. Respected for her versatility, Lansbury has won five Tony Awards, six Golden Globes, and has been nominated for numerous other industry awards, including eighteen Emmys.

Her more popular films include The Manchurian Candidate (1962), Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971) and Beauty and the Beast (1991) and she was successful in such Broadway productions as Blithe Spirit, Gypsy, Mame, and Sweeney Todd. Lansbury is more recently known for her role as mystery writer Jessica Fletcher on the U.S. television series Murder, She Wrote, in which she starred from 1984 to 1996.
Lansbury has enjoyed a long and varied career, often in roles older than her actual age, appearing in such films as Samson and Delilah (1949) and Disney's Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971). She appeared on the NBC drama The Eleventh Hour as Alvera Dunlear in the 1963 episode "Something Crazy's Going on in the Back Room" and had a prominent supporting role in the film The Manchurian Candidate (1962) in which she portrayed the invidious Mrs. Iselin. She received acclaim for her performance as Mrs. Iselin and received several industry awards. (Lucille Ball had been considered for the role; a decade later, Ball coincidentally landed the title role in the film version of Mame, the role Lansbury had created on Broadway.) On CNN's Larry King Live, Lansbury said that her character in The Manchurian Candidate was her favorite of her many film roles. Lansbury also starred in several dramas before and during her Broadway success, including The World of Henry Orient (1964) and Something for Everyone (1970).

Lansbury's popularity from and association with Mame on Broadway in the 1960s had her very much in demand everywhere in the media. Ever the humanitarian, she used her fame as an opportunity to benefit others wherever possible. For example, when appearing as a mystery guest on the popular Sunday night CBS-TV show What's My Line?, she made an impassioned plea for viewers to contribute to the 1966 Muscular Dystrophy Association fundraising drive, chaired by Jerry Lewis.
Lansbury in the trailer for The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)

After many years performing on Broadway and in the West End, Lansbury returned to film in Death on the Nile (1978), and portrayed Agatha Christie's Miss Marple in The Mirror Crack'd (1980). She began doing character voice work shortly thereafter in animated films from The Last Unicorn (1982) to Anastasia (1997); her most famous voice work is the singing teapot Mrs. Potts in the Disney film Beauty and the Beast (1991), in which she performed the title song written by Alan Menken and Howard Ashman. She reprised the role in Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas (1997) and in the Square-Enix video game Kingdom Hearts II (2006). In 2005, Lansbury appeared in Nanny McPhee as great aunt Adelaide, her first theatrical film role since The Company of Wolves (1984).

While Lansbury has won every Tony Award for which she has been nominated (with the exception of her nomination for Deuce in 2007), she has not been a recipent of an Academy Award or an Emmy Award. She has been thrice nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and holds the record for the most primetime Emmy nominations (twelve) as Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series. However, she has received several other prominent awards, including the People's Choice and Golden Globe. Lansbury is tied with Jack Nicholson and Meryl Streep for most Golden Globe Award wins with six each.

In 1983, Lansbury starred opposite Laurence Olivier in a BBC adaptation of the Broadway play A Talent for Murder, which she described as "a rushed job" in which she solely participated to work with Olivier. Subsequent to this performance, Lansbury continued to work in the mystery genre, and achieved fame greater than at any other time in her career as mystery novelist Jessica Fletcher on the U.S. television series Murder, She Wrote (1984 – 1996). It became one of the longest-running detective drama series in television history and made her one of the highest paid actresses in the world. She assumed ownership of the series in 1991 and acted as executive producer from that season onward.
Honours

In 1994, Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom appointed her a Commander of the Order of the British Empire.
Awards

Lansbury was named a Disney Legend in 1995. She received a Screen Actors Guild Lifetime Achievement Award in 1997, Kennedy Center Honors in 2000, and has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

She has received additional recognition:

* the New Dramatists Lifetime Achievement Award on May 16, 2000.
* the Acting Company's First Lifetime Achievement Award on November 11, 2002.
* the Actor's Fund of America Lifetime Achievement on October 30, 2004.
* the degree Doctor of Humane Letters honoris causa from the University of Miami on May 9, 2008. She was also the guest speaker at the commencement ceremony.
* George and Ira Gershwin Award for Lifetime Musical Achievement, UCLA Spring Sing
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Written By: ninny on 10/16/09 at 7:03 am

Could this mean that Margaret Hamilton is person of the day? ???

No we changed it to the birthday of the day, so the person is still alive.

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Written By: Howard on 10/16/09 at 7:04 am

The birthday of the day...Angela Lansbury
Angela Brigid Lansbury, CBE (born October 16, 1925) is an English actress and singer whose career has spanned seven decades. Her first film appearance was in Gaslight (1944), for which she received an Academy Award nomination as a malevolent maid, and she expanded her repertoire to Broadway and television in the 1950s. Respected for her versatility, Lansbury has won five Tony Awards, six Golden Globes, and has been nominated for numerous other industry awards, including eighteen Emmys.

Her more popular films include The Manchurian Candidate (1962), Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971) and Beauty and the Beast (1991) and she was successful in such Broadway productions as Blithe Spirit, Gypsy, Mame, and Sweeney Todd. Lansbury is more recently known for her role as mystery writer Jessica Fletcher on the U.S. television series Murder, She Wrote, in which she starred from 1984 to 1996.
Lansbury has enjoyed a long and varied career, often in roles older than her actual age, appearing in such films as Samson and Delilah (1949) and Disney's Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971). She appeared on the NBC drama The Eleventh Hour as Alvera Dunlear in the 1963 episode "Something Crazy's Going on in the Back Room" and had a prominent supporting role in the film The Manchurian Candidate (1962) in which she portrayed the invidious Mrs. Iselin. She received acclaim for her performance as Mrs. Iselin and received several industry awards. (Lucille Ball had been considered for the role; a decade later, Ball coincidentally landed the title role in the film version of Mame, the role Lansbury had created on Broadway.) On CNN's Larry King Live, Lansbury said that her character in The Manchurian Candidate was her favorite of her many film roles. Lansbury also starred in several dramas before and during her Broadway success, including The World of Henry Orient (1964) and Something for Everyone (1970).

Lansbury's popularity from and association with Mame on Broadway in the 1960s had her very much in demand everywhere in the media. Ever the humanitarian, she used her fame as an opportunity to benefit others wherever possible. For example, when appearing as a mystery guest on the popular Sunday night CBS-TV show What's My Line?, she made an impassioned plea for viewers to contribute to the 1966 Muscular Dystrophy Association fundraising drive, chaired by Jerry Lewis.
Lansbury in the trailer for The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)

After many years performing on Broadway and in the West End, Lansbury returned to film in Death on the Nile (1978), and portrayed Agatha Christie's Miss Marple in The Mirror Crack'd (1980). She began doing character voice work shortly thereafter in animated films from The Last Unicorn (1982) to Anastasia (1997); her most famous voice work is the singing teapot Mrs. Potts in the Disney film Beauty and the Beast (1991), in which she performed the title song written by Alan Menken and Howard Ashman. She reprised the role in Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas (1997) and in the Square-Enix video game Kingdom Hearts II (2006). In 2005, Lansbury appeared in Nanny McPhee as great aunt Adelaide, her first theatrical film role since The Company of Wolves (1984).

While Lansbury has won every Tony Award for which she has been nominated (with the exception of her nomination for Deuce in 2007), she has not been a recipent of an Academy Award or an Emmy Award. She has been thrice nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and holds the record for the most primetime Emmy nominations (twelve) as Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series. However, she has received several other prominent awards, including the People's Choice and Golden Globe. Lansbury is tied with Jack Nicholson and Meryl Streep for most Golden Globe Award wins with six each.

In 1983, Lansbury starred opposite Laurence Olivier in a BBC adaptation of the Broadway play A Talent for Murder, which she described as "a rushed job" in which she solely participated to work with Olivier. Subsequent to this performance, Lansbury continued to work in the mystery genre, and achieved fame greater than at any other time in her career as mystery novelist Jessica Fletcher on the U.S. television series Murder, She Wrote (1984 – 1996). It became one of the longest-running detective drama series in television history and made her one of the highest paid actresses in the world. She assumed ownership of the series in 1991 and acted as executive producer from that season onward.
Honours

In 1994, Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom appointed her a Commander of the Order of the British Empire.
Awards

Lansbury was named a Disney Legend in 1995. She received a Screen Actors Guild Lifetime Achievement Award in 1997, Kennedy Center Honors in 2000, and has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

She has received additional recognition:

* the New Dramatists Lifetime Achievement Award on May 16, 2000.
* the Acting Company's First Lifetime Achievement Award on November 11, 2002.
* the Actor's Fund of America Lifetime Achievement on October 30, 2004.
* the degree Doctor of Humane Letters honoris causa from the University of Miami on May 9, 2008. She was also the guest speaker at the commencement ceremony.
* George and Ira Gershwin Award for Lifetime Musical Achievement, UCLA Spring Sing
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I used to watch Murder She Wrote.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 10/16/09 at 7:04 am

No we changed it to the birthday of the day, so the person is still alive.

Ok. :)

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Written By: ninny on 10/16/09 at 7:05 am

The co-birthday of the day ...Tim Robbins
Timothy Francis "Tim" Robbins (born October 16, 1958) is an American actor, screenwriter, director, producer, activist and musician. He is the longtime partner of actress Susan Sarandon. He is perhaps best known for his roles as Nuke in Bull Durham, Andy Dufresne in The Shawshank Redemption, and as Dave Boyle in Mystic River, for which he won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
Robbins's acting career began at Theater for the New City, where he spent his teenage years in their Annual Summer Street Theater and also played the title role in a musical adaptation of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's The Little Prince. After graduation from college in 1981, Robbins founded the Actors' Gang, an experimental theater group, in Los Angeles with actor friends from his college softball team (including John Cusack). He also took small parts in films, such as the role of frat animal "Mother" in Fraternity Vacation (1985) and "Lt. Sam 'Merlin' Wells" in the iconic fighter pilot film Top Gun (1986). He played in The Love Boat, as a young version of one of the characters in retrospection about Second World War. His breakthrough role was as pitcher Ebby Calvin "Nuke" LaLoosh in the 1988 baseball movie Bull Durham.

He received critical acclaim and won the Best Actor Award at Cannes for his starring role as an amoral movie executive in Robert Altman's 1992 film The Player. He made his directorial and screenwriting debut with 1992's Bob Roberts, a mockumentary about a right-wing senatorial candidate. Robbins then starred alongside Morgan Freeman in the critically acclaimed The Shawshank Redemption (1994), which was based on Stephen King's short story.
Robbins at Cannes, 2001

Robbins has written, produced, and directed several films with strong social content, such as the critically acclaimed capital punishment saga Dead Man Walking (1995), starring Sarandon and Sean Penn. The film earned him a Oscar nomination for Best Director. His next directorial effort was 1999's Depression-era musical Cradle Will Rock. Robbins has also appeared in mainstream Hollywood thrillers, such as 1999's Arlington Road (as a terrorist) and 2001's Antitrust (as a malicious computer tycoon), and in comical films such as The Hudsucker Proxy, Nothing to Lose, and High Fidelity. Robbins has also acted in and directed several Actors' Gang theater productions.

Robbins won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar and the SAG Award for his work in Mystic River (2003), as a man traumatized from having been molested as a child. In 2005, he won the 39th annual Man of the Year Pudding Pot Award given by the Hasty Pudding Theatricals of Harvard. His most recent acting roles include a temporarily blind man who is nursed to health by a psychologically wounded young woman in The Secret Life of Words and an Apartheid torturer in Catch a Fire.

In early 2006, Robbins directed an adaptation of George Orwell's novel 1984, written by Michael Gene Sullivan of the Tony Award-winning San Francisco Mime Troupe. The show opened at Actors' Gang, at their new location at The Ivy Substation in Culver City, California. In addition to venues around the United States, it has played in Athens, Greece, the Melbourne International Festival in Australia and the Hong Kong Arts Festival. Robbins is considering adapting the play into a film version.

Robbins appeared in 2008's The Lucky Ones, with co-star Rachel McAdams. Shooting took place in Illinois, including scenes filmed at Mojo's Music in Edwardsville, Illinois.

Robbins has just finished writing and directing a new pilot for Showtime called Possible Side Effects, about a family that runs a pharmaceutical company. It will premiere later this year.
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Written By: ninny on 10/16/09 at 7:06 am

I used to watch Murder She Wrote.

I did once in a while.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 10/16/09 at 7:06 am

The co-birthday of the day ...Tim Robbins
Timothy Francis "Tim" Robbins (born October 16, 1958) is an American actor, screenwriter, director, producer, activist and musician. He is the longtime partner of actress Susan Sarandon. He is perhaps best known for his roles as Nuke in Bull Durham, Andy Dufresne in The Shawshank Redemption, and as Dave Boyle in Mystic River, for which he won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
Robbins's acting career began at Theater for the New City, where he spent his teenage years in their Annual Summer Street Theater and also played the title role in a musical adaptation of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's The Little Prince. After graduation from college in 1981, Robbins founded the Actors' Gang, an experimental theater group, in Los Angeles with actor friends from his college softball team (including John Cusack). He also took small parts in films, such as the role of frat animal "Mother" in Fraternity Vacation (1985) and "Lt. Sam 'Merlin' Wells" in the iconic fighter pilot film Top Gun (1986). He played in The Love Boat, as a young version of one of the characters in retrospection about Second World War. His breakthrough role was as pitcher Ebby Calvin "Nuke" LaLoosh in the 1988 baseball movie Bull Durham.

He received critical acclaim and won the Best Actor Award at Cannes for his starring role as an amoral movie executive in Robert Altman's 1992 film The Player. He made his directorial and screenwriting debut with 1992's Bob Roberts, a mockumentary about a right-wing senatorial candidate. Robbins then starred alongside Morgan Freeman in the critically acclaimed The Shawshank Redemption (1994), which was based on Stephen King's short story.
Robbins at Cannes, 2001

Robbins has written, produced, and directed several films with strong social content, such as the critically acclaimed capital punishment saga Dead Man Walking (1995), starring Sarandon and Sean Penn. The film earned him a Oscar nomination for Best Director. His next directorial effort was 1999's Depression-era musical Cradle Will Rock. Robbins has also appeared in mainstream Hollywood thrillers, such as 1999's Arlington Road (as a terrorist) and 2001's Antitrust (as a malicious computer tycoon), and in comical films such as The Hudsucker Proxy, Nothing to Lose, and High Fidelity. Robbins has also acted in and directed several Actors' Gang theater productions.

Robbins won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar and the SAG Award for his work in Mystic River (2003), as a man traumatized from having been molested as a child. In 2005, he won the 39th annual Man of the Year Pudding Pot Award given by the Hasty Pudding Theatricals of Harvard. His most recent acting roles include a temporarily blind man who is nursed to health by a psychologically wounded young woman in The Secret Life of Words and an Apartheid torturer in Catch a Fire.

In early 2006, Robbins directed an adaptation of George Orwell's novel 1984, written by Michael Gene Sullivan of the Tony Award-winning San Francisco Mime Troupe. The show opened at Actors' Gang, at their new location at The Ivy Substation in Culver City, California. In addition to venues around the United States, it has played in Athens, Greece, the Melbourne International Festival in Australia and the Hong Kong Arts Festival. Robbins is considering adapting the play into a film version.

Robbins appeared in 2008's The Lucky Ones, with co-star Rachel McAdams. Shooting took place in Illinois, including scenes filmed at Mojo's Music in Edwardsville, Illinois.

Robbins has just finished writing and directing a new pilot for Showtime called Possible Side Effects, about a family that runs a pharmaceutical company. It will premiere later this year.
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Wasn't he in Field of Dreams? ???

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 10/16/09 at 7:09 am

Fall Foliage pics for Friday

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Written By: Howard on 10/16/09 at 7:11 am

Fall Foliage pics for Friday

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Wow,those are amazing. :)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 10/16/09 at 7:12 am

Wasn't he in Field of Dreams? ???

No he was in Bull Durham, Dead Man Walking, The Shawshank Redemption, Mystic River to name a few.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 10/16/09 at 7:13 am

Wow,those are amazing. :)

Thanks, this can be a very pretty time of the year. :)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 10/16/09 at 7:14 am

No he was in Bull Durham, Dead Man Walking, The Shawshank Redemption, Mystic River to name a few.

Thanks Ninny,just so many baseball films.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 10/16/09 at 10:24 am

Thanks Ninny,just so many baseball films.

Sometimes that get confusing.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 10/17/09 at 5:21 am

The word of the day...Hill
1. A well-defined natural elevation smaller than a mountain.
2. A small heap, pile, or mound.
3.
1. A mound of earth piled around and over a plant.
2. A plant thus covered.
4. An incline, especially of a road; a slope.
5. Hill
1. Capitol Hill. Often used with the.
2. The U.S. Congress. Often used with the.
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Womble on 10/17/09 at 5:30 am

Very nice, Ninny. Boy, I sure missed your posts! It's good to read them again! :)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 10/17/09 at 5:32 am

The birthday of the day...Mike Judge
Michael Craig "Mike" Judge (born October 17, 1962) is an American animator, actor, voice actor, writer, director, and producer, best-known as the creator and star of the animated television series Beavis and Butt-head and King of the Hill. He also wrote and directed the films Beavis and Butt-head Do America, Office Space, Idiocracy and Extract. He had been working on his new show The Goode Family on ABC after the cancellation of King of the Hill, but it was also cancelled.
Born in Guayaquil, Ecuador, Judge was raised in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where he attended St. Pius X High School. He is the son of anthropologist Jim Judge and librarian Margaret Blue. Judge graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Physics in 1985 from the University of California, San Diego. Mike Judge currently lives in Austin, Texas. Judge plays bass guitar, occasionally sitting in with bands.

In 1991, Judge's short "Office Space" (also known as the Milton series of shorts) was picked up by Comedy Central following a Dallas animation festival.

In 1992, Judge developed "Frog Baseball", a short featuring the characters Beavis and Butt-head, to be featured on Liquid Television. The short led to the creation of the Beavis and Butt-head series on MTV, in which Judge voiced both title characters as well as the majority of supporting characters. Beavis and Butt-head visited Wilson Middle School and attended Highland High School in their series, which are the names of schools in his hometown, Albuquerque, New Mexico. The show ran from 1993 to 1997 and spawned a feature-length film, Beavis and Butt-head Do America, released in 1996.

In 1997, Judge created King of the Hill for Fox. Many of the show's characters were based on people he had known while living in Texas. Judge continued his voice acting, playing both Hank Hill and Boomhauer.

In 1999, Judge wrote and directed the live-action comedy film Office Space, which was based in part on the Milton series of cartoons he had created for Saturday Night Live. In the film, he made a cameo appearance as Stan, the manager of Chotchkie's (complete with hairpiece and fake mustache). The film, for which the budget was approximately US$10 million, grossed only $10.8 million in initial release. However, as of mid-2006, Office Space had sold nearly six million video and DVD copies.

Since fall 2003, Judge has run a very successful animation festival, together with animator Don Hertzfeldt, called "The Animation Show". He even created an appearance for Beavis and Butt-head featured in The Animation Show 2007. "The Animation Show" tours the country every year, screening animated shorts from mostly independent animators.

Judge's film, Idiocracy, a dystopian comedy starring Luke Wilson and Maya Rudolph, was given a limited release by 20th Century Fox in September 2006, two years after production. The film was released without a trailer or substantial marketing campaign. In the US, the film was released to DVD in January 2007, later airing on Cinemax in September 2007 and HBO networks in January 2008. Since then, it has gained a somewhat reputable cult following.

Judge has made cameo appearances in numerous films, including Jackass: Number Two, in which he can be seen during the end credits. An extended version can be seen in Jackass 2.5 released straight to video. Judge also created a clip of Beavis & Butthead ripping into Steve O for his video "Poke the Puss", where the two try imagining if they would like the video better if they were black. It aired on MTV as a part of the jackassworld.com 24-hour takeover.

Judge's latest film is the comedy Extract, in which he makes an uncredited appearance as 'Jim', a union organizer. The movie was released on September 4, 2009.
Filmography

* The Honky Problem (director, actor, producer, animator) (1991)
* Office Space (Milton/SNL shorts) (director, actor, producer, animator, music) (1991)
* Beavis and Butt-head Pilot episodes (Frog Baseball & Peace, Love & Understanding) (director, writer, producer, animator) (1992)
* Beavis and Butt-head (creator, director, writer, actor, executive producer, character designer, creative consultant, creative supervisor, musical theme) (1993 - 1997)
* Airheads (the voices of Beavis and Butthead on the radio) (1994)
* Beavis and Butt-head Do America (director, writer, actor) (1996)
* The Simpsons (One Episode) (1997)
* King of the Hill (creator, actor, executive producer) (1997 - 2009)
* Office Space (director, writer, actor) (1999)
* South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (played 'Kenny's Goodbye' as is credited) (1999)
* Serving Sara Motel manager
* Spy Kids (played 'Donnagon/Donnamight') (2001)
* Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams (played 'Donnagon Giggles') (2002)
* Frasier (played 'Sexual harassment facilitator') (2003)
* Spy Kids 3D: Game Over (played 'Donnagon Giggles') (2003)
* Idiocracy (director, writer, story, producer) (2006)
* Jackass: Number Two (cameo) (2006)
* Aqua Teen Hunger Force (2006) (one episode)
* The Animation Show - Beavis and Butt-head Introduction (animator) (2007)
* The Goode Family (creator, actor, executive producer) (2009)
* Extract (writer, director, producer) (2009)
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 10/17/09 at 5:34 am

Very nice, Ninny. Boy, I sure missed your posts! It's good to read them again! :)

I'm glad you got a chance to read them :)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Womble on 10/17/09 at 5:40 am

Yes I did and they're wonderful. It's good to be back. :)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 10/17/09 at 5:43 am

The co-birthdays of the day...Gary Puckett
Frontman Gary Puckett (born October 17, 1942, Hibbing, Minnesota) grew up in Yakima, Washington (adjacent to the city of Union Gap) and Twin Falls, Idaho, graduating from Twin Falls High School. He picked up the guitar as a teenager, and while attending college in San Diego played in a number of local bands before quitting school to focus on music. Puckett eventually landed with the Outcasts, a hard rock group comprised of bassist Kerry Chater, keyboardist Gary 'Mutha' Withem, tenor saxophonist Dwight Bement, and drummer Paul Wheatbread. In 1966 Wheatbread relocated to Los Angeles, California to serve as the house drummer on the television series, Where the Action Is; the remaining members of the Outcasts toured the Pacific Northwest. On their return, Wheatbread also moved back to San Diego and rejoined the line-up.

A demo was recorded, and the band's manager arranged a meeting with CBS record producer, Jerry Fuller. Impressed by Puckett's soaring baritone, Fuller also admired their soft rock leanings and in 1967, and they were quickly signed to a recording contract by Columbia Records. Re-christened the Union Gap, on August 16, 1967, the band recorded its first single, "Woman Woman." It was their first hit, and "Woman, Woman" (written by Jim Glaser and Jimmy Payne) reached #4 on the Billboard Hot 100. It was a million-seller by February 1968 with gold disc status. Concurrent CBS press releases gave each member his own imaginary military rank — Puckett was the general, Bement the sergeant, Chater the corporal, and both Withem and Wheatbread were relegated to privates.

This was followed during the next two years by "Young Girl" (#2), "Lady Willpower" (#2), "Over You" (#7) and "Don't Give In To Him" (#15). "Young Girl", written by Fuller, had the age-old theme of the temptation of underage romance: "My love for you is way out of line/you better run, girl, you're much too young, girl," an anguished Puckett wailed. Controversial at the time, it was dramatically delivered in Puckett's trademark tones and with a memorable strings and brass arrangement, the song was an instant classic and is still much played on radio today. "Young Girl" was the second million selling disc for the band, which it reached less than two months after issue. Both "Lady Willpower" and "Over You" continued the gold disc run of form.

They also headlined at the White House and Disneyland, but there was dissension in the ranks: the Union Gap wanted to write and produce their own material, and Puckett found himself increasingly confined within the ballad formula. In 1969, stalemate: Fuller assembled a 40-piece studio orchestra for a new song he had written, but Puckett and the Union Gap refused to cut the tune. The session was ultimately canceled, and Fuller never again worked with the group, but for the Union Gap, it was a pyrrhic victory.

In 1969 the band were nominated for a Grammy Award for Best New Artist; losing out to José Feliciano.

The band immediately returned to the Top Ten that autumn with the Dick Glasser produced "This Girl Is a Woman Now," but it was to be their last hit. The follow-up, "Let's Give Adam and Eve Another Chance," failed to chart in the Top 40, and after management dictated that Puckett's bandmates now receive a weekly salary instead of a percentage of the revenue, Chater and Withem left the band. Bement took over on bass guitar and keyboardist Barry McCoy and horn player Richard Gabriel were added. The Civil War gear was abandoned but prospects did not improve. In 1970, Puckett began recording as a solo act, but his efforts were not well-received; the Union Gap remained his live backing band, until they were dismissed following an appearance at the 1971 Orange County Fair. Puckett's recording contract was terminated one year later.

Although the band never had a #1 record in the United States, "Young Girl" reached #1 on the UK Singles Chart. Puckett's powerful voice, and the skills of producer/songwriter Fuller, made this band one of the most familiar sounds on the radio during this period. In addition, many of their songs were loosely linked by a common theme of female empowerment, which was unusual for the era and genre. Another characteristic of The Union Gap that distinguishes it from its contemporaries was the band's (at the time) risqué lyrics.

After the Union Gap was disbanded, Puckett had modest success as a solo artist, mostly performing and re-recording the band's songs. A comeback tour engineered by music writer Thomas K. Arnold brought him to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1981, and from that point on he became a regular on the national oldies circuit. He has also released some new material, including a 2001 holiday album entitled Gary Puckett at Christmas. In 1994 and 2002 Puckett performed at the Moondance Jam near Walker, Minnesota.

Bement later joined the oldies act Flash Cadillac & the Continental Kids, while Chater relocated to Nashville, Tennessee where he plied his trade as a songwriter. Wheatbread, meanwhile, turned to concert promotion, and Withem returned to San Diego to teach high-school band.

As of 2007, Puckett continues to perform live concerts in venues across the U.S., including "package" oldies circuit tours with The Association and The Lettermen.
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* Eminem
Marshall Bruce Mathers III (born October 17, 1972), known by his primary stage name Eminem, or by his alter ego Slim Shady, is an American rapper, record producer and actor. Eminem quickly gained popularity in 1999 with his major-label debut album The Slim Shady LP, which won a Grammy Award for Best Rap Album. The following album, The Marshall Mathers LP, became the fastest-selling hip hop album in history. It brought Eminem increased popularity, including his own record label, Shady Records, and brought his group project D12 to mainstream recognition.

The Marshall Mathers LP and his third album, The Eminem Show, also won Grammy Awards, and in 2002, he won the Academy Award for Best Original Song for a song in the film 8 Mile, in which he also played the lead. Eminem then went on hiatus after touring in 2005. He released his first album since 2004's Encore, titled Relapse, on May 15, 2009. Eminem has sold more than 75 million albums worldwide, and in the United States is the best selling music artist of the 2000s. Eminem is also ranked in the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time by Rolling Stone magazine. . He was also named the Best Rapper Ever By Vibe Magazine
According to Billboard Magazine, at this point in his life Eminem had "realized his musical ambitions were the only way to escape his unhappy life". After being signed to Aftermath Entertainment/Interscope Records in 1998, Eminem released in 1999 his first major studio album, The Slim Shady LP, heavily based on the production by Dr. Dre. The album was, according to Billboard, "light years ahead of the material he had been writing beforehand". It went on to be one of the most popular albums of 1999, going triple platinum by the end of the year. With the album's popularity came controversy surrounding many of the album's lyrics. In "'97 Bonnie and Clyde", he describes a trip with his infant daughter, disposing of the body of his wife. Another song, "Guilty Conscience", ends with his encouraging a man to murder his wife and her lover. "Guilty Conscience" marked the beginning of the powerful friendship and musical bond that Dr. Dre and Eminem would share. The two label-mates would later collaborate on a line of hit songs, including "Forgot About Dre" and "What's the Difference" from Dr. Dre's album 2001, "Bitch Please II" from The Marshall Mathers LP, "Say What You Say" from The Eminem Show and "Encore/Curtains Down" from Encore. Dr. Dre would go on to make at least one guest appearance on all of Eminem's studio albums under the label Aftermath.
2000–2001: The Marshall Mathers LP
Main article: The Marshall Mathers LP

The Marshall Mathers LP was released in May 2000. It went on to sell 1.76 million copies in its first week, breaking the records set by Snoop Dogg's Doggystyle as the fastest-selling hip hop album and Britney Spears' ...Baby One More Time as the fastest-selling solo album in United States history. The first single released from the album, "The Real Slim Shady", was a success and created some controversy by insulting celebrities and making dubious claims about them; he states, among other things, that Christina Aguilera performed oral sex on Fred Durst and Carson Daly. In his second single, "The Way I Am", he reveals to his fans the pressures from his record company to top "My Name Is" and sell more records. Although Eminem had parodied shock rocker Marilyn Manson in the video "My Name Is", the artists are reportedly on good terms. They performed a remix of the song "The Way I Am" together in concert. In the third single, "Stan" (which samples Dido's "Thank You"), Eminem attempts to deal with his new-found fame, taking on the persona of a deranged fan who kills himself and his pregnant girlfriend, mirroring "'97 Bonnie & Clyde" on The Slim Shady LP. Q magazine named "Stan" the third-greatest rap song of all time, and the song came tenth in a similar survey conducted by Top40-Charts.com. The song has since become highly acclaimed and was ranked 290th in Rolling Stone magazine's "500 Greatest Songs of All Time" list. In July 2000, Eminem became the first white person to be featured on the cover of The Source magazine.

Music tours that he participated in for 2001 included the Up In Smoke Tour with rappers Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Xzibit, and Ice Cube and Family Values Tour with the band Limp Bizkit
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* Alan Jackson
Alan Eugene Jackson (born October 17, 1958 in Newnan, Georgia) is an American country artist who has sold over 50 million records. He was influenced by traditional country, and he was one of the most popular country singers of the 1990s, blending both honky tonk and mainstream country sounds and penning many of his own hits. In his career, he has recorded twelve studio albums and several compilations, all on the Arista Nashville label. More than fifty of his singles have reached Top 30 on the Billboard country charts, including twenty-five Number Ones. He is the recipient and nominee of multiple awards. Jackson is also a member of the Grand Ole Opry, and he was inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame in 2001.
In Tennessee, Jackson got a job in The Nashville Network's mailroom. Denise got him connected to Glen Campbell, who helped him jumpstart his career. Jackson eventually signed with Arista.

He did a jingle for a Kraft cheese commercial early on in his career. He sang the demo tapes of songs for other stars to listen to and pick songs they wanted to record.

His very first album was an obscure independent release on Americana Records in 1987 and entitled: "New Traditional". This included the tracks: "W. Lee O'Daniel And The Light Crust Dough Boys", "They Call Me A Playboy", "Just Forget It, Son" and "Merle and George".

His second album, 1989's Here in the Real World, on Arista Records, was a major hit, as was his third (1991) album, Don't Rock the Jukebox. His 1992 album, A Lot About Livin' (And a Little 'bout Love) was a success, spawning five major singles. Also in 1992, Randy Travis charted three singles co-written by Jackson: "Forever Together", "Better Class of Losers", and "I'd Surrender All". Conversely, Travis co-wrote Jackson's single "She's Got the Rhythm (And I Got the Blues)".

In 1994 Jackson left his management company, Ten Ten Management, which had overseen his career up to that point, and switched to Gary Overton.

It was around this time that Jackson also began gaining fame for his song-writing skills. Other country music artists who have charted with songs co-written by Jackson, include Clay Walker ("If I Could Make a Living"), Chely Wright ("Till I Was Loved By You") and Faith Hill ("I Can't Do That Anymore").
Music

"Alan Jackson: The Greatest Hits Collection" was released on October 24, 1995. The disc contained 17 hits, two newly-recorded songs ("I'll Try" and "Tall, Tall Trees"), and the song "Home" from his second album that had never been released as a single.

With Jackson's release of Under the Influence in 1999, he took the double risk on an album of covers of country classics while retaining a traditional sound when a rock- and pop-tinged sound dominated country radio.

When the Country Music Association (CMA) asked George Jones to trim his act to 90 seconds for the 1999 CMA awards, he decided to boycott the event. In solidarity, Jackson interrupted his own song and launched into Jones's song "Choices."

After country music changed toward pop music in the 2000s, he and George Strait criticized the state of country music on the song "Murder on Music Row". The song sparked debate in the country music community about whether or not "traditional" country music was actually dead or not. Despite the fact that the song was not officially released as a single, it became the highest-charting nonseasonal album cut (not available in any retail single configuration or released as a promotional single to radio during a chart run) to appear on Hot Country Singles & Tracks in the Broadcast Data Systems era, beating the record previously held by Garth Brooks' "Belleau Wood." The duo were invited to open the 2000 Academy of Country Music Awards (ACMAs) with a performance of the tune. Rolling Stone commented on Jackson's style remarking, "If Garth and Shania have raised the bar for country concerts with Kiss-style production and endless costume changes, then Alan Jackson is doing his best to return the bar to a more human level." After the September 11, 2001 attacks, Jackson released "Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)" as a tribute. The song became a hit single and briefly propelled him into the mainstream spotlight.

At the 2001 CMA Awards, Jackson debuted the song "Where Were You When the World Stopped Turning". The performance was generally considered the highlight of the show, and Jackson's site crashed the next day from server requests. The song came to Jackson suddenly, and had not been scheduled for any official release, but the live performance began receiving radio airplay and was soon released as a single.

Jackson released a Christmas album, titled Let It Be Christmas, October 22, 2002.

Jeannie Kendall contacted Jackson to do a duet, and he suggested the song "Timeless and True Love". It appeared on her first solo album, released in 2003.

In early 2006, Jackson released his first gospel music album entitled Precious Memories. He put together the album by the request of his mother, who enjoys religious music. Jackson considered this album a "side project" and nothing too official, but it was treated as such. The album received little to no airplay from radio stations, and proved to be not as successful as his previous work.

Only mere months after the release of Precious Memories in 2006, Jackson released his next country album Like Red on a Rose.

Unlike his previous albums, Like Red on a Rose had a different producer and sound. Alan's main producer for his music, Keith Stegall, was notably absent from this album. Instead, Alison Krauss was hired to produce the album. She also chose the songs.

Despite being labeled as "country music" or "bluegrass", Like Red on a Rose had a mainstream sound to it, upsetting some fans, even making some of them believe that Jackson was abandoning his traditional past and aiming toward a more mainstream pop sound.

However, for his next album, he went back to his country roots. Jackson's newest studio album, Good Time, was released on March 4, 2008. The album's first single, "Small Town Southern Man," was released to radio on November 19.

"Country Boy", "Sissy's Song" and the final single from the album, "I Still Like Bologna", were also released as singles.

"Sissy's Song" is dedicated to a longtime friend of the Jackson family (Leslie "Sissy" Fitzgerald) who worked in their house everyday. Fitzgerald was killed in a motorcycle accident in mid-2007.

Alan is working on his next studio album, which is scheduled for a late 2009, early 2010 release
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 10/17/09 at 5:44 am

Yes I did and they're wonderful. It's good to be back. :)

Glad your back :)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: gibbo on 10/17/09 at 6:00 am

Hmmm ...of the three artists reviewed...I liked Gary Puckett. He had a great voice. I think 'Young Girl' was a controversial song topic at the time....

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 10/17/09 at 6:46 am

Hmmm ...of the three artists reviewed...I liked Gary Puckett. He had a great voice. I think 'Young Girl' was a controversial song topic at the time....

He's the only one that I like too, but I figured I'd be diverse.

Young girl, get out of my mind
My love
for you is way out of line
Better run, girl,
You're much too young, girl
With all the charms of a woman
You've kept the secret of your youth
You led me to believe
You're old enough
To give me Love
And now it hurts to know the truth, Oh,
Beneath your perfume and make-up
You're just a baby in disguise
And though you know
That it is wrong to be
Alone with me
That come on look is in your eyes, Oh,
So hurry home to your mama
I'm sure she wonders where you are
Get out of here
Before I have the time
To change my mind
'Cause I'm afraid we'll go too far, Oh,
Young girl

How young was she?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 10/17/09 at 6:56 am

The co-birthdays of the day...Gary Puckett
Frontman Gary Puckett (born October 17, 1942, Hibbing, Minnesota) grew up in Yakima, Washington (adjacent to the city of Union Gap) and Twin Falls, Idaho, graduating from Twin Falls High School. He picked up the guitar as a teenager, and while attending college in San Diego played in a number of local bands before quitting school to focus on music. Puckett eventually landed with the Outcasts, a hard rock group comprised of bassist Kerry Chater, keyboardist Gary 'Mutha' Withem, tenor saxophonist Dwight Bement, and drummer Paul Wheatbread. In 1966 Wheatbread relocated to Los Angeles, California to serve as the house drummer on the television series, Where the Action Is; the remaining members of the Outcasts toured the Pacific Northwest. On their return, Wheatbread also moved back to San Diego and rejoined the line-up.

A demo was recorded, and the band's manager arranged a meeting with CBS record producer, Jerry Fuller. Impressed by Puckett's soaring baritone, Fuller also admired their soft rock leanings and in 1967, and they were quickly signed to a recording contract by Columbia Records. Re-christened the Union Gap, on August 16, 1967, the band recorded its first single, "Woman Woman." It was their first hit, and "Woman, Woman" (written by Jim Glaser and Jimmy Payne) reached #4 on the Billboard Hot 100. It was a million-seller by February 1968 with gold disc status. Concurrent CBS press releases gave each member his own imaginary military rank — Puckett was the general, Bement the sergeant, Chater the corporal, and both Withem and Wheatbread were relegated to privates.

This was followed during the next two years by "Young Girl" (#2), "Lady Willpower" (#2), "Over You" (#7) and "Don't Give In To Him" (#15). "Young Girl", written by Fuller, had the age-old theme of the temptation of underage romance: "My love for you is way out of line/you better run, girl, you're much too young, girl," an anguished Puckett wailed. Controversial at the time, it was dramatically delivered in Puckett's trademark tones and with a memorable strings and brass arrangement, the song was an instant classic and is still much played on radio today. "Young Girl" was the second million selling disc for the band, which it reached less than two months after issue. Both "Lady Willpower" and "Over You" continued the gold disc run of form.

They also headlined at the White House and Disneyland, but there was dissension in the ranks: the Union Gap wanted to write and produce their own material, and Puckett found himself increasingly confined within the ballad formula. In 1969, stalemate: Fuller assembled a 40-piece studio orchestra for a new song he had written, but Puckett and the Union Gap refused to cut the tune. The session was ultimately canceled, and Fuller never again worked with the group, but for the Union Gap, it was a pyrrhic victory.

In 1969 the band were nominated for a Grammy Award for Best New Artist; losing out to José Feliciano.

The band immediately returned to the Top Ten that autumn with the Dick Glasser produced "This Girl Is a Woman Now," but it was to be their last hit. The follow-up, "Let's Give Adam and Eve Another Chance," failed to chart in the Top 40, and after management dictated that Puckett's bandmates now receive a weekly salary instead of a percentage of the revenue, Chater and Withem left the band. Bement took over on bass guitar and keyboardist Barry McCoy and horn player Richard Gabriel were added. The Civil War gear was abandoned but prospects did not improve. In 1970, Puckett began recording as a solo act, but his efforts were not well-received; the Union Gap remained his live backing band, until they were dismissed following an appearance at the 1971 Orange County Fair. Puckett's recording contract was terminated one year later.

Although the band never had a #1 record in the United States, "Young Girl" reached #1 on the UK Singles Chart. Puckett's powerful voice, and the skills of producer/songwriter Fuller, made this band one of the most familiar sounds on the radio during this period. In addition, many of their songs were loosely linked by a common theme of female empowerment, which was unusual for the era and genre. Another characteristic of The Union Gap that distinguishes it from its contemporaries was the band's (at the time) risqué lyrics.

After the Union Gap was disbanded, Puckett had modest success as a solo artist, mostly performing and re-recording the band's songs. A comeback tour engineered by music writer Thomas K. Arnold brought him to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1981, and from that point on he became a regular on the national oldies circuit. He has also released some new material, including a 2001 holiday album entitled Gary Puckett at Christmas. In 1994 and 2002 Puckett performed at the Moondance Jam near Walker, Minnesota.

Bement later joined the oldies act Flash Cadillac & the Continental Kids, while Chater relocated to Nashville, Tennessee where he plied his trade as a songwriter. Wheatbread, meanwhile, turned to concert promotion, and Withem returned to San Diego to teach high-school band.

As of 2007, Puckett continues to perform live concerts in venues across the U.S., including "package" oldies circuit tours with The Association and The Lettermen.
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* Eminem
Marshall Bruce Mathers III (born October 17, 1972), known by his primary stage name Eminem, or by his alter ego Slim Shady, is an American rapper, record producer and actor. Eminem quickly gained popularity in 1999 with his major-label debut album The Slim Shady LP, which won a Grammy Award for Best Rap Album. The following album, The Marshall Mathers LP, became the fastest-selling hip hop album in history. It brought Eminem increased popularity, including his own record label, Shady Records, and brought his group project D12 to mainstream recognition.

The Marshall Mathers LP and his third album, The Eminem Show, also won Grammy Awards, and in 2002, he won the Academy Award for Best Original Song for a song in the film 8 Mile, in which he also played the lead. Eminem then went on hiatus after touring in 2005. He released his first album since 2004's Encore, titled Relapse, on May 15, 2009. Eminem has sold more than 75 million albums worldwide, and in the United States is the best selling music artist of the 2000s. Eminem is also ranked in the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time by Rolling Stone magazine. . He was also named the Best Rapper Ever By Vibe Magazine
According to Billboard Magazine, at this point in his life Eminem had "realized his musical ambitions were the only way to escape his unhappy life". After being signed to Aftermath Entertainment/Interscope Records in 1998, Eminem released in 1999 his first major studio album, The Slim Shady LP, heavily based on the production by Dr. Dre. The album was, according to Billboard, "light years ahead of the material he had been writing beforehand". It went on to be one of the most popular albums of 1999, going triple platinum by the end of the year. With the album's popularity came controversy surrounding many of the album's lyrics. In "'97 Bonnie and Clyde", he describes a trip with his infant daughter, disposing of the body of his wife. Another song, "Guilty Conscience", ends with his encouraging a man to murder his wife and her lover. "Guilty Conscience" marked the beginning of the powerful friendship and musical bond that Dr. Dre and Eminem would share. The two label-mates would later collaborate on a line of hit songs, including "Forgot About Dre" and "What's the Difference" from Dr. Dre's album 2001, "Bitch Please II" from The Marshall Mathers LP, "Say What You Say" from The Eminem Show and "Encore/Curtains Down" from Encore. Dr. Dre would go on to make at least one guest appearance on all of Eminem's studio albums under the label Aftermath.
2000–2001: The Marshall Mathers LP
Main article: The Marshall Mathers LP

The Marshall Mathers LP was released in May 2000. It went on to sell 1.76 million copies in its first week, breaking the records set by Snoop Dogg's Doggystyle as the fastest-selling hip hop album and Britney Spears' ...Baby One More Time as the fastest-selling solo album in United States history. The first single released from the album, "The Real Slim Shady", was a success and created some controversy by insulting celebrities and making dubious claims about them; he states, among other things, that Christina Aguilera performed oral sex on Fred Durst and Carson Daly. In his second single, "The Way I Am", he reveals to his fans the pressures from his record company to top "My Name Is" and sell more records. Although Eminem had parodied shock rocker Marilyn Manson in the video "My Name Is", the artists are reportedly on good terms. They performed a remix of the song "The Way I Am" together in concert. In the third single, "Stan" (which samples Dido's "Thank You"), Eminem attempts to deal with his new-found fame, taking on the persona of a deranged fan who kills himself and his pregnant girlfriend, mirroring "'97 Bonnie & Clyde" on The Slim Shady LP. Q magazine named "Stan" the third-greatest rap song of all time, and the song came tenth in a similar survey conducted by Top40-Charts.com. The song has since become highly acclaimed and was ranked 290th in Rolling Stone magazine's "500 Greatest Songs of All Time" list. In July 2000, Eminem became the first white person to be featured on the cover of The Source magazine.

Music tours that he participated in for 2001 included the Up In Smoke Tour with rappers Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Xzibit, and Ice Cube and Family Values Tour with the band Limp Bizkit
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* Alan Jackson
Alan Eugene Jackson (born October 17, 1958 in Newnan, Georgia) is an American country artist who has sold over 50 million records. He was influenced by traditional country, and he was one of the most popular country singers of the 1990s, blending both honky tonk and mainstream country sounds and penning many of his own hits. In his career, he has recorded twelve studio albums and several compilations, all on the Arista Nashville label. More than fifty of his singles have reached Top 30 on the Billboard country charts, including twenty-five Number Ones. He is the recipient and nominee of multiple awards. Jackson is also a member of the Grand Ole Opry, and he was inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame in 2001.
In Tennessee, Jackson got a job in The Nashville Network's mailroom. Denise got him connected to Glen Campbell, who helped him jumpstart his career. Jackson eventually signed with Arista.

He did a jingle for a Kraft cheese commercial early on in his career. He sang the demo tapes of songs for other stars to listen to and pick songs they wanted to record.

His very first album was an obscure independent release on Americana Records in 1987 and entitled: "New Traditional". This included the tracks: "W. Lee O'Daniel And The Light Crust Dough Boys", "They Call Me A Playboy", "Just Forget It, Son" and "Merle and George".

His second album, 1989's Here in the Real World, on Arista Records, was a major hit, as was his third (1991) album, Don't Rock the Jukebox. His 1992 album, A Lot About Livin' (And a Little 'bout Love) was a success, spawning five major singles. Also in 1992, Randy Travis charted three singles co-written by Jackson: "Forever Together", "Better Class of Losers", and "I'd Surrender All". Conversely, Travis co-wrote Jackson's single "She's Got the Rhythm (And I Got the Blues)".

In 1994 Jackson left his management company, Ten Ten Management, which had overseen his career up to that point, and switched to Gary Overton.

It was around this time that Jackson also began gaining fame for his song-writing skills. Other country music artists who have charted with songs co-written by Jackson, include Clay Walker ("If I Could Make a Living"), Chely Wright ("Till I Was Loved By You") and Faith Hill ("I Can't Do That Anymore").
Music

"Alan Jackson: The Greatest Hits Collection" was released on October 24, 1995. The disc contained 17 hits, two newly-recorded songs ("I'll Try" and "Tall, Tall Trees"), and the song "Home" from his second album that had never been released as a single.

With Jackson's release of Under the Influence in 1999, he took the double risk on an album of covers of country classics while retaining a traditional sound when a rock- and pop-tinged sound dominated country radio.

When the Country Music Association (CMA) asked George Jones to trim his act to 90 seconds for the 1999 CMA awards, he decided to boycott the event. In solidarity, Jackson interrupted his own song and launched into Jones's song "Choices."

After country music changed toward pop music in the 2000s, he and George Strait criticized the state of country music on the song "Murder on Music Row". The song sparked debate in the country music community about whether or not "traditional" country music was actually dead or not. Despite the fact that the song was not officially released as a single, it became the highest-charting nonseasonal album cut (not available in any retail single configuration or released as a promotional single to radio during a chart run) to appear on Hot Country Singles & Tracks in the Broadcast Data Systems era, beating the record previously held by Garth Brooks' "Belleau Wood." The duo were invited to open the 2000 Academy of Country Music Awards (ACMAs) with a performance of the tune. Rolling Stone commented on Jackson's style remarking, "If Garth and Shania have raised the bar for country concerts with Kiss-style production and endless costume changes, then Alan Jackson is doing his best to return the bar to a more human level." After the September 11, 2001 attacks, Jackson released "Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)" as a tribute. The song became a hit single and briefly propelled him into the mainstream spotlight.

At the 2001 CMA Awards, Jackson debuted the song "Where Were You When the World Stopped Turning". The performance was generally considered the highlight of the show, and Jackson's site crashed the next day from server requests. The song came to Jackson suddenly, and had not been scheduled for any official release, but the live performance began receiving radio airplay and was soon released as a single.

Jackson released a Christmas album, titled Let It Be Christmas, October 22, 2002.

Jeannie Kendall contacted Jackson to do a duet, and he suggested the song "Timeless and True Love". It appeared on her first solo album, released in 2003.

In early 2006, Jackson released his first gospel music album entitled Precious Memories. He put together the album by the request of his mother, who enjoys religious music. Jackson considered this album a "side project" and nothing too official, but it was treated as such. The album received little to no airplay from radio stations, and proved to be not as successful as his previous work.

Only mere months after the release of Precious Memories in 2006, Jackson released his next country album Like Red on a Rose.

Unlike his previous albums, Like Red on a Rose had a different producer and sound. Alan's main producer for his music, Keith Stegall, was notably absent from this album. Instead, Alison Krauss was hired to produce the album. She also chose the songs.

Despite being labeled as "country music" or "bluegrass", Like Red on a Rose had a mainstream sound to it, upsetting some fans, even making some of them believe that Jackson was abandoning his traditional past and aiming toward a more mainstream pop sound.

However, for his next album, he went back to his country roots. Jackson's newest studio album, Good Time, was released on March 4, 2008. The album's first single, "Small Town Southern Man," was released to radio on November 19.

"Country Boy", "Sissy's Song" and the final single from the album, "I Still Like Bologna", were also released as singles.

"Sissy's Song" is dedicated to a longtime friend of the Jackson family (Leslie "Sissy" Fitzgerald) who worked in their house everyday. Fitzgerald was killed in a motorcycle accident in mid-2007.

Alan is working on his next studio album, which is scheduled for a late 2009, early 2010 release
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Gary Puckett,always wonderful to hear his music. :)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/17/09 at 11:58 am

Once again, I have plenty to catch up on!

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Written By: ninny on 10/17/09 at 1:46 pm

Once again, I have plenty to catch up on!

Enjoy your self :)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/17/09 at 1:56 pm

Enjoy your self :)
Yes, I will to the best I can.

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Written By: Howard on 10/17/09 at 3:20 pm

Gary Puckett had some great hits. :)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/18/09 at 1:33 am

Gary Puckett had some great hits. :)
Young Girl was his biggest hit.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/18/09 at 1:34 am

The word of the day...Carousel
1. A merry-go-round, as one at an amusement park.
2. A circular conveyor on which objects are displayed or rotated: a baggage carousel in an airport.
3. A tournament in which knights or horsemen engaged in various exercises and races.

One of my favourite musicals

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Written By: ninny on 10/18/09 at 5:44 am

The word of the day...Roll
1. To move forward along a surface by revolving on an axis or by repeatedly turning over.
2. To travel or be moved on wheels or rollers: rolled down the sidewalk on their scooters.
3. To travel around; wander: roll from town to town.
4.
1. To travel or be carried in a vehicle.
2. To be carried on a stream: The logs rolled down the cascading river.
5.
1. To start to move or operate: The press wouldn't roll.
2. To work or succeed in a sustained way; gain momentum: The political campaign finally began to roll.
6. To go by; elapse: The days rolled along.
7. To recur. Often used with around: Summer has rolled around again.
8. To move in a periodic revolution, as a planet in its orbit.
9. To turn over and over: The puppy rolled in the mud.
10. To shift the gaze usually quickly and continually: The child's eyes rolled with fright.
11. To turn around or revolve on or as if on an axis.
12. To move or advance with a rising and falling motion; undulate: The waves rolled toward shore.
13. To extend or appear to extend in gentle rises and falls: The dunes roll to the sea.
14. To move or rock from side to side: The ship pitched and rolled in heavy seas.
15. To walk with a swaying, unsteady motion.
16. To take the shape of a ball or cylinder: Yarn rolls easily.
17. To become flattened by or as if by pressure applied by a roller.
18. To make a deep, prolonged, surging sound: Thunder rolled in the distance.
19. To make a sustained trilling sound, as certain birds do.
20. To beat a drum in a continuous series of short blows.
21. To pour or flow in or as if in a continual stream: tourists rolling into the city.
22. To enjoy ample amounts: rolled in the money.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/18/09 at 5:45 am

The word of the day...Roll
1. To move forward along a surface by revolving on an axis or by repeatedly turning over.
2. To travel or be moved on wheels or rollers: rolled down the sidewalk on their scooters.
3. To travel around; wander: roll from town to town.
4.
1. To travel or be carried in a vehicle.
2. To be carried on a stream: The logs rolled down the cascading river.
5.
1. To start to move or operate: The press wouldn't roll.
2. To work or succeed in a sustained way; gain momentum: The political campaign finally began to roll.
6. To go by; elapse: The days rolled along.
7. To recur. Often used with around: Summer has rolled around again.
8. To move in a periodic revolution, as a planet in its orbit.
9. To turn over and over: The puppy rolled in the mud.
10. To shift the gaze usually quickly and continually: The child's eyes rolled with fright.
11. To turn around or revolve on or as if on an axis.
12. To move or advance with a rising and falling motion; undulate: The waves rolled toward shore.
13. To extend or appear to extend in gentle rises and falls: The dunes roll to the sea.
14. To move or rock from side to side: The ship pitched and rolled in heavy seas.
15. To walk with a swaying, unsteady motion.
16. To take the shape of a ball or cylinder: Yarn rolls easily.
17. To become flattened by or as if by pressure applied by a roller.
18. To make a deep, prolonged, surging sound: Thunder rolled in the distance.
19. To make a sustained trilling sound, as certain birds do.
20. To beat a drum in a continuous series of short blows.
21. To pour or flow in or as if in a continual stream: tourists rolling into the city.
22. To enjoy ample amounts: rolled in the money.
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Yum Yum!!

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Written By: ninny on 10/18/09 at 5:47 am

The birthday of the day...Chuck Berry
Charles Edward "Chuck" Berry (born October 18, 1926) is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter.

Chuck Berry is one of the pioneers of rock and roll music. According to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's website, "While no individual can be said to have invented rock and roll, Chuck Berry comes the closest of any single figure to being the one who put all the essential pieces together." Cub Koda wrote, "Of all the early breakthrough rock & roll artists, none is more important to the development of the music than Chuck Berry. He is its greatest songwriter, the main shaper of its instrumental voice, one of its greatest guitarists, possessing the clearest diction, and one of its greatest performers." John Lennon said: "If you tried to give rock and roll another name, you might call it 'Chuck Berry'."

Berry was among the first musicians to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on its opening in 1986. He received Kennedy Center Honors in 2000 in a "class" with Mikhail Baryshnikov, Plácido Domingo, Angela Lansbury, and Clint Eastwood. In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked Chuck Berry #5 on their list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time, being the 3rd individual singer behind Bob Dylan and Elvis Presley. He was also ranked 6th on Rolling Stone's 100 greatest guitarists of All Time.

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame included three of Chuck Berry's songs ("Johnny B. Goode", "Maybellene", "Rock and Roll Music"), of the 500 songs that shaped Rock and Roll.
At the end of June 1956, his song "Roll Over Beethoven" reached #29 on the Billboard Top 100 chart.

In 1956 Berry toured as one of the "Top Acts of '56". He and Carl Perkins became friends. Perkins said that "I knew when I first heard Chuck that he'd been affected by country music. I respected his writing; his records were very, very great." As they toured, Perkins discovered that Berry not only liked country music, but knew about as many songs as he did. Jimmie Rodgers was one of his favorites. "Chuck knew every Blue Yodel and most of Bill Monroe's songs as well," Perkins remembered. "He told me about how he was raised very poor, very tough. He had a hard life. He was a good guy. I really liked him."

In the autumn of 1957 Berry joined the Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly, and other rising stars of the new rock and roll to tour the United States. He also guest starred on ABC's The Guy Mitchell Show, having sung his hit song "Rock 'n' Roll". The hits continued from 1957 to 1959, with Berry scoring over a dozen chart singles during this period, including the top 10 U.S. hits "School Days," "Rock and Roll Music," "Sweet Little Sixteen," and "Johnny B. Goode." Author/producer Robert Palmer wrote that Berry’s songs tended to feature country and western inflected light blues melodies, along with plenty of guitar twang. He also had a taste for the "Spanish tinge", as in "La Juanda" and "Havana Moon".

Berry appeared in two early rock 'n' roll movies. The first was Rock Rock Rock, released in 1956. He is shown singing "You Can't Catch Me." He had a speaking role as himself in the 1959 film Go, Johnny, Go! along with Alan Freed, and was also shown performing his songs "Johnny B. Goode," "Memphis, Tennessee," and "Little Queenie."

Berry performed "Sweet Little Sixteen" at the Newport Jazz Festival in 1958 and the performance was included in the motion picture Jazz on a Summer's Day.
Second jail term (1959–63)
Berry in Deauville France in 1987

By the end of the 1950s, Berry was an established star with several hit records and film appearances to his name, as well as a lucrative touring career. He had also established his own St. Louis-based nightclub, called Berry's Club Bandstand. It was an integrated venue catering to black and white customers. Berry, a shrewd businessman, even considered opening an amusement park, according to Allmusic.com.

But in December 1959, Berry encountered legal problems after he invited a 14-year-old Apache waitress whom he met in Mexico to work as a hat check girl at his club. After being fired from the club, the girl was arrested on a prostitution charge and Berry was arrested under the Mann Act. After a trial and retrial, Berry was convicted, fined $5,000, and sentenced to five years in prison. This event, coupled with other early rock and roll scandals such as Jerry Lee Lewis' marriage to his 13-year-old cousin and Alan Freed's payola conviction, gave rock and roll an image problem that limited its acceptance into mainstream U.S. society.

Researchers have questioned whether the trial was a fair one due to often racist, sensationalist coverage in the press and the racial bias of the judge. In the book Shades of Freedom, Aloyisus Leon Higginbotham describes the District Court trial judge as "hostile and racially motivated" and says that the court noted that the judge commented on Berry's race. Berry would later criticise his lawyer, Merle Silverstein, for not objecting to the judge's centering of the trial on the race of the defendant saying he had little faith in Silverstein.
Career resurgence (1963–65)

When Berry was released from prison in 1963, his musical career enjoyed a resurgence due to many of the British invasion acts of the 1960s — most notably the Beatles and the Rolling Stones — releasing cover versions of Berry's songs. Additionally, The Beach Boys' hit "Surfin' USA", while originally credited as composed by Brian Wilson, is in large part a direct copy (musically) of Berry's "Sweet Little Sixteen". The Beach Boys song has since been credited to Chuck Berry.

In 1964–65 Berry resumed recording and placed six singles in the U.S. Hot 100, including "No Particular Place To Go" (#10), "You Never Can Tell" (#14), and "Nadine" (#23).
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Written By: ninny on 10/18/09 at 5:51 am

The co-birthday of the day...Jean-Claude VanDamme
Jean-Claude Van Damme (born Jean-Claude Camille François Van Vaerenbergh, 18 October 1960(1960-10-18)) is a Belgian martial artist and actor who is best known for martial arts and action movies. His most successful films include Bloodsport (1988), Universal Soldier (1992), Hard Target (1993), and Timecop (1994). Due to his physique and his Belgian background, he is sometimes known as "The Muscles from Brussels."

After studying martial arts intensively from the age of ten, Van Damme achieved national success in Belgium as a martial artist and bodybuilder, earning the "Mr. Belgium" bodybuilding title. He emigrated to the United States in 1982 to pursue a career in film, and achieved breakout success with Bloodsport (1988), based on the alleged true story of Frank Dux. He attained subsequent box office success with Timecop (1994), which grossed over $100 million worldwide and became his most financially successful film.
At the age of 12, Jean-Claude Van Damme Centre National De Karate (National Center of Karate) under the guidance of Master Claude Goetz in Ixelles, Belgium. Van Damme trained for four years and he earned a spot on the Belgium Karate Team.

Jean-Claude made his debut in 1976, at the age of 16. Competing under his birth name of Jean Claude Van Varenberg, Jean-Claude was staggered by a round-house kick thrown by Toon Van Oostrum in Brussels, Belgium. Van Damme was badly stunned, but came back to knockout Van Oostrum moments later.

In 1977, at the WAKO Open International in Belgium, Jean-Claude lost a decision to fellow team mate Patrick Teugels. The experience left an impact on Claude Goetz and he felt that Jean-Claude needed more training before competing again.

After six months of intense training and sparring, Master Goetz decided to unleash his prized pupil on the European Full-Contact scene. Jean-Claude won his first tournament by scoring three knockout victories in one evening. However, in a 1978 match for the Belgium lightweight title, he again lost a decision to Patrick Teugels. Once again, the loss left an impact on Claude Goetz and a few months later at Iseghem, Belgium, Van Damme came back and knocked out Emile Leibman in the first round. In 1979, Jean-Claude and the Belgium Team became European Team Champions.

Next, Jean-Claude faced Sherman Bergman, a kick-boxer from Florida (USA) with a long string of knockout victories. For the first and only time in his career, Jean-Claude was knocked to the canvas after absorbing a powerful left hook. However, Jean-Claude climbed off the canvas and with a perfectly timed ax-kick, knocked Bergman out cold in 59 seconds of the first round. Van Damme ended 1979 with a stoppage of Gilberto (Gil) Diaz in one round.

In 1980, Jean-Claude Van Damme defeated former Great Britain karate champion Michael J. Heming. Next, Van Damme scored a knockout over France's Georges Verlugels in two rounds. After these victories, Jean-Claude caught the attention of the European martial arts community. Professional Karate Magazine publisher and editor Mike Anders, and multiple European champion Geet Lemmens tabbed Jean-Claude Van Damme as an upcoming prospect. However, Jean-Claude's ambitions now focused in the direction of movie acting.

Van Damme ended his fight career at the Forest Nationals in Brussels. He knocked Patrick Teugels down and scored a first round technical knockout victory. Teugels suffered a nose injury and was unable to continue.

Following the victory, Van Damme retired from martial arts competition. His final fight record was 18–1, with all wins being knockouts and the loss being a decisions after two rounds.
In 1982, Van Damme and childhood friend, Michel Qissi, relocated to America in the hope of becoming action stars. They both were cast in extras in the film, Breakin'. After a small part in Missing In Action, Van Damme was next cast in the movie No Retreat, No Surrender, as the role of the villain, Ivan the Russian. His breakout film was Bloodsport, based on the alleged true story of Frank Dux. Shot on a 1.5 million dollar budget, it became a U.S. box-office hit in the spring of 1988. He then starred in the higher budgeted movie Cyborg. His last role for 1989 was Kurt Sloane in the successful Kickboxer. In this movie, his character fought to avenge his brother who had been paralyzed by a Thai kickboxing champion (Qissi).

Double Impact featured Van Damme in the dual role of Alex and Chad Wagner, two brothers fighting to avenge the deaths of their parents. This movie reunited him with his former Bloodsport star, Bolo Yeung. He then starred opposite Dolph Lundgren in the action movie Universal Soldier. While it grossed $36,299,898 in the U.S., it was an even bigger success overseas, making over $65 million, well over its modest $20 million budget, making it Van Damme's highest grossing film at the time.

Van Damme followed Nowhere To Run and Hard Target with Timecop in 1994. The film was a huge success, grossing over $100 million worldwide. In the film, Van Damme played a time traveling cop, who tries to prevent the death of his wife. It remains his highest grossing movie to date.

After his role in the poorly received Street Fighter, his projects started to fail at the box office. The Quest (1996), which he directed; Maximum Risk (1996) and Double Team (1997) were box-office flops.

His last theatrical released movie was Universal Soldier: The Return. All his movies after this, up until 2008's JCVD, had been direct to video releases.

Van Damme had worked for director John McTiernan for the 1987 movie Predator as the titular alien, before being removed and replaced by Kevin Peter Hall.

In 2003, Van Damme employed his dancing training in the music video for Bob Sinclar's Kiss My Eyes.

Van Damme will reprise his role as Luc Devereaux in the upcoming movie Universal Soldier: A New Beginning.

Van Damme was offered a lead role in Sylvester Stallone's upcoming film The Expendables. Stallone called Van Damme personally to offer him the role, but Van Damme turned it down, citing that he "doesn't want his career going down that route.
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Written By: Womble on 10/18/09 at 6:26 am

Wonderful as usual, Ninny. I've missed these great bios when my PC went Kablooey. It's great to be back and to enjoy your posts again. :) :) :)

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Written By: Howard on 10/18/09 at 7:04 am

I always enjoyed Chuck Berry's "My Ding A Ling" song. ;D

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Written By: ninny on 10/18/09 at 7:30 am

Wonderful as usual, Ninny. I've missed these great bios when my PC went Kablooey. It's great to be back and to enjoy your posts again. :) :) :)

Ugh computer problems stink....Glad you enjoy the birthday's of the day. :)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/18/09 at 7:34 am

I always enjoyed Chuck Berry's "My Ding A Ling" song. ;D
Have you heard the longer version of that song?

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Written By: ninny on 10/18/09 at 7:39 am

I always enjoyed Chuck Berry's "My Ding A Ling" song. ;D

You would :D

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/18/09 at 7:40 am

I always enjoyed Chuck Berry's "My Ding A Ling" song. ;D
Your Ding-A-Ling Your Ding-A-Ling we saw you playing with your Ding-A-Ling

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Written By: ninny on 10/18/09 at 7:40 am

Your Ding-A-Ling Your Ding-A-Ling we saw you playing with your Ding-A-Ling

:D ;D ;D

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/18/09 at 2:14 pm

I enjoy listening to Paul Simon. :)
so do I

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/18/09 at 2:15 pm

"The Sound of silence" remains one of my favorite songs.
Ditto!

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/18/09 at 2:16 pm

"The Sound of silence" remains one of my favorite songs.
Ditto!
The co-birthday of the day...Cliff Richard
Sir Cliff Richard OBE (born Harry Rodger Webb on 14 October 1940) is a British singer-songwriter and entrepreneur.

With his backing group The Shadows, Richard dominated the British popular music scene in the late 1950s and early 1960s, before and during The Beatles' first year in the charts. A conversion to Christianity and subsequent softening of his music led to his having more of a pop than rock image. He never achieved the same impact in the United States despite several chart singles there, but he has remained a popular music, film, and television personality in the United Kingdom and he retains a following in other countries.

During six decades, Cliff Richard has charted many singles, and holds the record (with Elvis Presley) as the only act to make the UK singles charts in all of its decades (1950s–2000s). He is the only singer to have had a number one single in the UK in five consecutive decades, doing so from the 1950s through to the 1990s. On the British charts, Richard has had more than 130 , albums and EPs make the top 20, more than any other artist. He has sold more than 250 million records.
Harry Webb became lead singer of a rock and roll group, The Drifters (not to be confused with the U.S. group of the same name). Before their first large scale appearance, at the Regal Ballroom in Ripley, Derbyshire, in 1958, they adopted the name "Cliff Richard and the Drifters". The four members were Webb, Ian "Sammy" Samwell on guitar, Terry Smart on drums and Norman Mitham on guitar. None of the other three played with the later and better known Shadows, although Samwell wrote songs for Richard's later career.

For his début session, Norrie Paramor provided Richard with "Schoolboy Crush", a cover songway to Richard's house for a rehearsal. For the Move It session Paramor used the session guitarist cover of an American record by Bobby Helms. Richard was permitted to record one of his own songs for the B-side; this was "Move It", written by the Drifters' Samwell on a number 715 Green Line bus on the nie Shears]] on lead-guitar and Frank Clark on bass.

There are a number of stories about why the A-side was replaced by the intended B-side. One is that Norrie Paramor's young daughter raved about the B-side; another was that influential TV producer Jack Good, who used the act for his TV show Oh Boy!, wanted the only song on his show to be "Move It".

The single went to No. 2 on the UK charts. Music critics Roy Carr and Tony Tyler wrote that it was the first genuine British rock classic, followed by Johnny Kidd and the Pirates' "Shakin' All Over". John Lennon was quoted as saying that "Move It" was the first English rock record.

In the early days, Cliff Richard was marketed as the British equivalent to Elvis Presley. As did previous British rockers such as Tommy Steele and Marty Wilde, Richard adopted Presley-like dress and hairstyle. In performance he struck a pose of rock attitude, rarely smiling or looking at the audience or camera. His late 1958 and early 1959 follow-up singles, "High Class Baby" and "Livin' Lovin' Doll", were followed by "Mean Streak", which carried a rocker's sense of speed and passion, and Lionel Bart's "Living Doll". It was on "Living Doll" that the Drifters began to back Richard on record. By that time the group's lineup had changed with the arrival of Jet Harris, Tony Meehan, Hank Marvin, and Bruce Welch. The group was obliged to change its name to "The Shadows" after legal complications with the U.S. Drifters as "Living Doll" entered the American top 40, licensed by ABC-Paramount. Living doll was used in his debut film Serious Charge,but as a country standard,rather then a rock n roll standard.

The Shadows were not a typical backing group. They would become contractually separate from Richard, and the group received no royalties for records backing Richard. In 1959, The Shadows (then still the Drifters) landed an EMI recording contract of their own, for independent recordings. That year, they released three singles, two of which featured double-sided vocals and one of which had instrumental A and B sides. In 1960, they recorded and released "Apache". Reaching the top of the charts in more than one country, the single set The Shadows on a path of their own. They thereafter had several major hits, including five UK No. 1s. The band also continued to appear and record with Richard and wrote many of his hits. On more than one occasion, a Shadows' instrumental replaced a Richard song at the top of the British charts.

Richard's fifth single "Living Doll" triggered a softer, more relaxed, sound. Subsequent hits, the No. 1s "Travellin' Light" and "I Love You" and also "A Voice in the Wilderness" and "Theme for a Dream" cemented Richard's status as a mainstream pop entertainer along with contemporaries such as Adam Faith and Billy Fury. Throughout the early sixties his hits were consistently in the top five.

Typically, The Shadows closed the first half of the show with a 30-minute set of their own, then backed Richard on his show-closing 45-minute stint. Tony Meehan and Jet Harris left the group in 1961 and 1962 respectively and later had their own chart successes for Decca_Records. The Shadows added bass players and took on Brian Bennett on drums.

In the early days, Richard sometimes recorded without The Shadows in order to cater to other styles. Even after the Beatles' rise he continued to achieve hits, although more often with an orchestra rather than The Shadows: a revival of "It's All In The Game" and "Constantly". A session under the direction of Billy Sherrill in Nashville yielded two more top two hits: "The Minute You're Gone" and "Wind Me Up" in 1965.

Cliff Richard and in particular, The Shadows never achieved star status in the United States. In 1960 they toured the U.S. and were well-received; however, lacklustre support and distribution from a revolving door of American record labels proved an obstacle to long-term success Stateside despite several chart records by Cliff including the aforementioned "It's All In The Game" on Epic, via a renewed linking of the worldwide Columbia labels after Philips ended its distribution deal with CBS. To the Shadows' chagrin, Apache reached #1 in The U. S. via a cover version by Danish guitarist Jorgen Ingmann which was virtually unchanged from their worldwide hit, save a sound effect Ingmann added evoking whooshing arrows in flight created by flicking his fingers on the fretboard. Cliff and the band appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show, which was crucial for The Beatles', but these performances did not help them gain sustained success in North America.

Richard and The Shadows appeared in six feature films, including a rather odd début in the 1959 film Serious Charge but most notably in The Young Ones, (the title song being his biggest hit up to "Mistletoe and Wine"); Summer Holiday (which featured a slimmed-down Richard with visible dancing skills), Wonderful Life and Finders Keepers. These films created their own genre known as the "Cliff Richard musical" and led to Richard being named the number one cinema box office attraction in Britain for both 1962 and 1963. The irreverent 1980s TV sitcom The Young Ones took its name from Richard's 1962 movie, and also made references to the singer. In 1966, Richard and the Shadows appeared as marionettes in the Gerry Anderson film Thunderbirds Are GO. In the summer of 1963 Cliff and the Shadows appeared for a season in Blackpool, where Cliff had his portrait modelled by Victor Heyfron, M.A.
1964–1975: Changing circumstances

As with the other existing rock acts in Britain, Richard's career was affected by the sudden advent of The Beatles and the Mersey sound in 1963 and 1964. However, his popularity was established enough to allow him to weather the storm and continue to have hits in the charts throughout the 1960s, albeit not at the level that he had enjoyed before. Nor did doors open to him in the U.S. market; he was not considered part of the British Invasion, despite four Hot 100 hits (including the top 25 "It's All In The Game") between August 1963 and August 1964, the U.S. public had little awareness of him. However, he continued having international hits, including 1967's "The Day I Met Marie", which reached #10 in the UK Singles Chart and #5 in the Australian charts, and is considered a quintessential summer hit, due to its summery nature.

Although baptised as an Anglican, Richard did not appear to practise the faith in his early years. However, in 1964, he became an active Christian and this conversion has become an important aspect of his life. Standing up publicly as a Christian affected his career in several ways. Initially, he believed that he should quit rock 'n roll, feeling he could no longer be the rocker who had been called a "crude exhibitionist" and "too sexy for TV" and a threat to parents' daughters. However, by the time Richard converted, his image had become tamer due to his film roles and well-spoken manners on radio and TV. Richard intended at first to 'reform his ways' and become a teacher, but Christian friends advised him not to abandon his career just because he had become a Christian. Soon after, Cliff Richard re-emerged, performing with Christian groups and recording some Christian material. He still recorded secular songs with the Shadows, but devoted a lot of his time to Christian work, including appearances with the Billy Graham crusades. As time progressed, Richard balanced his faith and work, enabling him to remain one of the most popular singers in Britain as well as one of its best-known Christians. He was a leading figure in the Nationwide Festival of Light during 1971, protesting against the commercial exploitation of sex and violence in Britain, and advocating the teaching of Christ as the key to recovering moral stability in the nation.

Cliff Richard's first serious acting role took place in the 1967 film Two a Penny, released by Billy Graham's World Wide Pictures, in which he played a young man who gets involved in drug dealing while questioning his life after his girlfriend changes her attitude. He released the live album "Cliff in Japan", which featured Olivia Newton-John as backing singer and John Farrar on guitar (Farrar would later be Newton-John's producer).

Also in 1968 he sang the UK's entry in the Eurovision Song Contest: "Congratulations" by Bill Martin and Phil Coulter; it lost by just one point to Spain's "La La La". According to John Kennedy O'Connor's The Eurovision Song Contest — The Official History, this was the closest yet result in the contest and Richard locked himself in the toilet to avoid the nerves of the voting. In May 2008 a Reuters news report claimed that voting in the competition had been fixed by the host country's dictator leader, Francisco Franco, to ensure that the Spanish entry won, allowing them to host the contest the following year (1969). In particular, it is claimed that Spanish TVE television executives offered to buy programmes in exchange for votes..This has not been proved beyond doubt, but it is thought likely. The story was widely covered and featured on UK Channel 4 News as a main story, with Jon Snow interviewing author and historian John Kennedy O'Connor about the matter. Eurovision later ended voting by national juries in a bid to eradicate such alleged scams. Nevertheless, "Congratulations" was a huge hit throughout Europe and yet another No.1 in April 1968.

In 1973 he sang the British entry Power to All Our Friends; the song finished third, close behind Luxembourg's "Tu Te Reconnaîtras" and Spain's "Eres Tú". This time, Richard took Valium in order to overcome his nerves and his manager was almost unable to wake him for the performance. Richard also hosted the BBC's qualifying heat for the Eurovision Song Contest, "A Song for Europe," in 1970, 1971 and 1972 as part of his BBCTV variety series. He presented the Eurovision preview programmes for the BBC in 1971 and 1972.

After the Shadows split in 1968, Richard continued to record. He had already become accustomed to the Shadows' absence, and was able to record in a variety of settings. Although many of his earliest fans regretted that Richard had tried out songs which were not strictly in the rock 'n roll genre, most had got used to his habit of recording rockier material with the Shadows, while producing more middle-of-the-road material at other times; this versatility extended Richard's career prospects.

During the 1970s, Richard took part in television shows, such as It's Cliff, many of which also starred Hank Marvin and Una Stubbs, and which included A Song for Europe. These shows, for a time, branded Cliff Richard as a television personality more than a recording artist. In 1972, he made a short BBC television comedy film called The Case with appearances from comedians and his first-ever duets with a woman, Olivia Newton-John. In 1973 he starred in the film Take Me High.
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The Peter Pan of pop!

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Written By: Howard on 10/18/09 at 7:01 pm

Your Ding-A-Ling Your Ding-A-Ling we saw you playing with your Ding-A-Ling

who was playing with who's ding a ling? ;D

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Written By: Howard on 10/18/09 at 7:01 pm

Have you heard the longer version of that song?

No I haven't.

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Written By: ninny on 10/19/09 at 6:57 am

The word of the day...Mesmerized
1. To spellbind; enthrall: "He could mesmerize an audience by the sheer force of his presence" (Justin Kaplan).
2. To hypnotize.
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Written By: ninny on 10/19/09 at 7:01 am

The birthday of the day...John Lithgow
John Arthur Lithgow (pronounced /ˈlɪθɡoʊ/; born October 19, 1945) is an American actor, musician, and author, best known for his starring role as Dr. Dick Solomon on the NBC sitcom 3rd Rock from the Sun. He has also achieved success on stage, film, and radio. He has earned multiple Emmy Awards and Tony Awards, as well as two Academy Award nominations. He has also recorded music, and has written poetry and short stories for children.
In 1979, Lithgow portrayed the role of Lucas Sergeant in Bob Fosse's semi-autobiographical movie All That Jazz. The character was loosely based on the real-life director/choreographer Michael Bennett, best known for his work on Dreamgirls and A Chorus Line.

In 1983 and 1984, Lithgow was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performances as Roberta Muldoon in The World According to Garp and as Sam Burns in Terms of Endearment. Both films were screen adaptations of popular novels. Lithgow originated the character of Dr. Emilio Lizardo/Lord John Whorfin, a psychotic Italian physicist inhabited by an evil alien, which he played in the 1984 cult classic The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension. In 1984, Lithgow also played the moralistic anti-dancing, anti-rock pastor in Footloose and later the role of American space engineer Walter Curnow in 2010, the sequel to the science fiction classic 2001: A Space Odyssey.

In 1983, Lithgow played John Valentine in a remake of the classic Twilight Zone episode "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" in Twilight Zone: The Movie as the paranoid passenger once made famous on the television show by William Shatner. (This was referenced in episode 23, "Dick's Big Giant Headache", of Season 4 of 3rd Rock from the Sun in which William Shatner portrayed the Big Giant Head, the overseer of the Solomons' expedition to Earth.) In 1992, he starred as the main role in Brian De Palma's film Raising Cain, and in 1993, starred as Eric Qualen in the Sylvester Stallone movie Cliffhanger.

In 1987, Lithgow starred in the Bigfoot-themed family comedy Harry and the Hendersons. In 2002, he narrated Life's Greatest Miracle, a sex education film, while in 2004, he portrayed the moralistic, rigid father of Alfred Kinsey in that year's biopic Kinsey. In 2006, Lithgow had a small role in the Academy Award-winning film, Dreamgirls, as Jerry Harris, a film producer offering Deena Jones (Beyoncé Knowles) a film role.

As a voice actor, Lithgow is well-known for his role as the evil Lord Farquaad in the Shrek movie franchise. His appearances as Farquaad include Shrek, Shrek in the Swamp Karaoke Dance Party, Shrek 4-D which was originally Shrek 3-D and used as a amusement park attraction, and Shrek the Third.

He will reappear as Lord Farquaad in Shrek 4, set for release in 2010.
Television career

Lithgow is probably most widely known for his starring role as Dick Solomon in the 1996–2001 NBC sitcom 3rd Rock from the Sun. He was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award in the category "Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series" in each of the program's six seasons and won three times, in 1996, 1997, and 1999. In 1986, Lithgow received a Primetime Emmy Award in the category "Outstanding Guest Performer in a Drama Series" for his appearance in an episode of the Amazing Stories anthology show.

Additionally, Lithgow has been nominated for an "Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or a Special" Emmy for The Day After (1983), two "Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Special" Emmys for "Resting Place" (1986) and "My Brother's Keeper" (1995). Lithgow was approached about playing Dr. Frasier Crane on Cheers, but turned it down. Lithgow starred with Jeffrey Tambor in the NBC sitcom Twenty Good Years.

Since 2006 he has starred in Campbell Soup Company's commercials advertising their "Campbell's Select" premium soup brand.

On March 5, 2009, Lithgow made a brief cameo on NBC's 30 Rock.

In September 2009 Lithgow joined the cast of Dexter. Lithgow plays Arthur Mitchell, an unassuming, mild-mannered suburbanite who has been living a dual life as one of America's most prolific and deadliest serial killers. Dubbed the "Trinity Killer" because of his proclivity to kill in threes, he relocates to Miami after being tracked by F.B.I. Special Agent Frank Lundy (Keith Carradine). Brought on to assist in the investigation of Miami's latest serial killer, Dexter Morgan (Michael C. Hall) becomes fascinated with "Trinity's" unique killing methods and his ability to evade capture for almost three decades.
Filmography

* 1972 Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues
* 1976 Obsession
* 1977 Secret Service
* 1978 The Big Fix
* 1979 All That Jazz | Rich Kids
* 1980 Big Blonde | Mom, the Wolfman and Me | The Oldest Living Graduate
* 1981 Blow Out
* 1982 I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can
* 1982 Not in Front of the Children | The World According to Garp
* 1983 Terms of Endearment | The Day After | Twilight Zone: The Movie
* 1984 Footloose
* 1984 The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
* 1984 2010 | The Glitter Dome
* 1985 Santa Claus: The Movie
* 1986 Mesmerized|The Manhattan Project | Resting Place
* 1987 Harry and the Hendersons | Baby Girl Scott
* 1988 Distant Thunder
* 1989 Traveling Man | Out Cold
* 1990 Memphis Belle | Ivory Hunters
* 1991 The Boys | L.A. Story
* 1991 At Play in the Fields of the Lord | Ricochet
* 1992 Raising Cain
* 1992 Yertle the Turtle (film)

* 1993 The Wrong Man | Cliffhanger
* 1993 The Country Mouse & the City Mouse: A Christmas Tale
* 1993 The Pelican Brief | Love, Cheat & Steal
* 1994 World War II - When Lions Roared
* 1994 Silent Fall | Princess Caraboo | A Good Man in Africa
* 1995 Redwood Curtain (film) | My Brother's Keeper
* 1995 Hollow Point | The Tuskegee Airmen
* 1996 Special Effects: Anything Can Happen
* 1998 Homegrown | Johnny Skidmarks
* 1998 Officer Buckle and Gloria | A Civil Action
* 2000 Don Quixote
* 2000 Rugrats in Paris: The Movie
* 2000 C-Scam
* 2001 Shrek
* 2001 Shrek in the Swamp Karaoke Dance Party
* 2002 Orange County
* 2003 Shrek 4-D
* 2004 The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
* 2004 Kinsey
* 2005 Einstein's Big Idea
* 2006 Dreamgirls
* 2007 Shrek the Third (Cameo)
* 2009 Confessions of a Shopaholic
* 2009 Dexter (TV series)
* 2009 The National Parks: America's Best Idea
* 2010 Shrek Forever After

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Written By: ninny on 10/19/09 at 7:06 am

The co-birthday of the day...Evander Holyfield
Evander Holyfield (born October 19, 1962) is a professional boxer from the United States and a multiple world champion in both the cruiserweight and heavyweight divisions, earning him the nickname "The Real Deal". Holyfield won the bronze medal in the Light Heavyweight division at the 1984 Summer Olympics after a controversial disqualification in the semifinal. He is the only boxer to win the heavyweight title four times.
Holyfield had been promised a title shot against Tyson in 1990. Before that fight could occur, in what many consider to be the biggest upset in boxing history, relatively unknown boxer, 29-year old, 231 lb. James Douglas defeated the 23-year old, 218 lb. Mike Tyson in ten rounds in Tokyo to become the new undisputed heavyweight champion. Instead of fighting Tyson, Holyfield would be Douglas' first title defense.

They met on October 25, 1990. Douglas came into the fight at 246 lbs. and offered little in the fight against Holyfield, who was in great shape at 208 lbs. In the third round Douglas tried to start a combination with a big right uppercut. Holyfield countered with a straight right hand that was lightning quick, and Douglas went down for the count. Holyfield was the new undefeated, undisputed heavyweight champion of the world. At the time of the knockout, Holyfield was ahead on all three judges' scorecards, all seeing it 20-18 for Holyfield.

In his first defense, he beat former and future world champion George Foreman by unanimous decision in 12. The fight was billed as a "Battle for the Ages", a reference to the age differential between the young undefeated champion (28 years old), and the much older George Foreman (42 years old). Holyfield weighed in at 208 pounds and Foreman weighed in at 257 pounds. Foreman lost the fight by a unanimous decision, but surprised many by lasting the whole 12 rounds against a much younger opponent, even staggering Holyfield a few times and knocking him off balance in the seventh round.

Then a deal was signed for him to defend his crown against Mike Tyson in November 1991. Tyson delayed the fight, claiming he was injured in training, but was then convicted for the rape of Desiree Washington and sentenced to six years in prison, so the fight did not happen at that time. They would fight in 1996 (Holyfield won by a TKO in 11) and a rematch in 1997 (Holyfield won by disqualification in 3, after Tyson bit both of his ears).

Holyfield made his next defense in Atlanta against Bert Cooper, who surprised him with a very good effort. Holyfield scored the first knockdown of the fight against Cooper with a powerful shot to the body, but Cooper returned the favor with a good right hand that sent Holyfield against the ropes; while not an actual knockdown, referee Mills Lane gave Holyfield a standing 8-count. Having suffered the first technical knockdown of his professional career, Holyfield regained his composure quickly and administered a beating that left Cooper still on his feet, but unable to defend himself. Holyfield landed brutal power shots, culminated by repeated vicious uppercuts that would snap Cooper's head back. Referee Mills Lane stopped the bout in the seventh.

In his first fight of 1992, he faced former world heavyweight champion Larry Holmes, who was 42 years old, and had just pulled off an upset against Ray Mercer. During the bout, Holyfield suffered the first scar of his career with a gash opening up over his eye, the result of Holmes' elbow. The main difference in the fight was that the younger Holyfield could muster the energy to fight for the full three minutes of each round, while the older and more experienced Holmes could not. The fight ended with a unanimous decision in favor of Holyfield.

In the beginning of a trilogy of bouts with the 25-year old Riddick Bowe, who had won a silver medal in the 1988 Olympics, in the Super Heavyweight division, he suffered his first defeat when Bowe won the undisputed title by a 12-round unanimous decision in Las Vegas. Round Ten of that bout was named the Round of the Year by Ring Magazine. Holyfield was knocked down in round 11. He made the mistake of getting into a slugfest with the younger, bigger and stronger Bowe, leading to his defeat.

He began 1993 by beating Alex Stewart in a rematch, but this time over the 12-round unanimous distance.

Then came the rematch with Bowe on November 6, 1993. In what is considered by many sporting historians as one of the most bizarre moments in boxing's history, during round seven the crowd got off their feet and many people started to run for cover and yell. Holyfield took his eyes off Bowe for one moment and then told Bowe to look up to the skies. What they saw was a man in a parachute flying dangerously close to them. The man almost entered the ring, but his parachute had gotten entangled in the lights, and he landed on the ropes and apron of the ring, and he was then pulled into the crowd, where he was beaten by members of Bowe's entourage. Bowe's pregnant wife, Judy, fainted and had to be taken to the hospital from the arena. Twenty minutes later, calm was restored and Holyfield went on to recover his world heavyweight titles with a close 12 round majority decision. The man who parachuted down to the middle of the ring became known as The Fan Man and the fight itself became known as the Fan Man Fight. His victory over Bowe that year helped Holyfield being named as ABC's Wide World of Sports Athlete of the Year for 1993.
Losing the heavyweight crown again: Michael Moorer

His next fight, April 1994, he met former WBO light heavyweight and heavyweight champion of the world Michael Moorer, who was attempting to become the first southpaw to become the universally recognised world heavyweight champion. He dropped Moorer in round two, but lost a twelve round majority decision. When he went to the hospital to have his shoulder checked, he was diagnosed with a heart condition, and had to announce his retirement from boxing. It would later surface that the chairman of the medical advisory board for the Nevada State Athletic Commission believed his condition to be consistent with HGH use.

However, watching a television show hosted by preacher Benny Hinn, Holyfield says he felt his heart heal. He and Hinn subsequently became friends, and he became a frequent visitor to Hinn's crusades. In fact, during this time, Holyfield went to a Benny Hinn crusade in Philadelphia, had Hinn lay hands on him, and gave Hinn a check for $265,000 after he was told he was healed. He then passed his next examination by the boxing commission. Holyfield would later state that his heart was misdiagnosed due to the morphine pumped into his body.

In 1995, Holyfield returned to the ring with a ten round decision win versus former Olympic gold medalist, Ray Mercer. He was the first man to knock down Mercer.

Holyfield and Bowe then had their rubber match. Holyfield knocked Bowe down with a single left hook but Bowe prevailed, by a knockout in eight. Holyfield would later claim that he contracted Hepatitis A before the fight.
Holyfield vs. Tyson I & II; The Bite Fight
Main articles: Tyson-Holyfield I and Holyfield-Tyson II
Poster publicizing the 28 June, 1997, Holyfield-Tyson II fight, dubbed The Sound and The Fury.

1996 was a very good year for Holyfield. First, he met former world champion Bobby Czyz, beating him by a knockout in six. Then, he and Mike Tyson finally met.

Tyson had recovered the WBC's and the WBA's world heavyweight championship and, after being stripped of the WBC title for not facing Lennox Lewis, defended the WBA title against Holyfield on November 9 of that year. Tyson was heavily favored to win, but Holyfield made history by defeating Tyson in an 11th round TKO decision and joining Muhammad Ali and Lennox Lewis as the only three men ever to become world heavyweight champions three times. He also joined Ali, former rival De Leon, Sugar Ray Robinson and Marvin Johnson among others, in the club of men who have reigned three or more times in the same division, with his victory.

Holyfield's next fight would also go into the annals of boxing as one of the most bizarre fights in history. Holyfield gave Tyson the rematch on June 28, 1997, in what became known as The Bite Fight. The infamous incident occurred in the third round, when Tyson bit Holyfield on one of his ears, and had two points deducted. The referee decided to disqualify Tyson initially, but after Holyfield and his doctor intervened saying they wanted to continue, relented and allowed the fight to go on. However, Tyson went on to bite Holyfield again, this time on the other ear. Tyson, with his teeth, tore off the top of his ear known as the helix and spitting the flesh out on the ring.

The immediate aftermath of the incident was greeted by instant bedlam. Tyson was disqualified and a melee ensued. Tyson claimed his bites were a retaliation to Holyfield's unchecked headbutts, which had cut him in both fight
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Written By: Womble on 10/19/09 at 7:25 am

Thanks for sharing, Ninny. :)

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Written By: ninny on 10/19/09 at 1:41 pm

Thanks for sharing, Ninny. :)

Your Welcome :)

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Written By: gibbo on 10/19/09 at 3:48 pm

Loved some of your 'mesmerized' pics Janine. Those baby pics .... ;D It is hard to believe that all of us start out THAT innocent. :-\\

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Written By: Howard on 10/19/09 at 4:29 pm

I love John Lithgow,he is so freakin funny in 3rd Rock From the Sun. ;D

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Written By: Howard on 10/19/09 at 4:30 pm

The co-birthday of the day...Evander Holyfield
Evander Holyfield (born October 19, 1962) is a professional boxer from the United States and a multiple world champion in both the cruiserweight and heavyweight divisions, earning him the nickname "The Real Deal". Holyfield won the bronze medal in the Light Heavyweight division at the 1984 Summer Olympics after a controversial disqualification in the semifinal. He is the only boxer to win the heavyweight title four times.
Holyfield had been promised a title shot against Tyson in 1990. Before that fight could occur, in what many consider to be the biggest upset in boxing history, relatively unknown boxer, 29-year old, 231 lb. James Douglas defeated the 23-year old, 218 lb. Mike Tyson in ten rounds in Tokyo to become the new undisputed heavyweight champion. Instead of fighting Tyson, Holyfield would be Douglas' first title defense.

They met on October 25, 1990. Douglas came into the fight at 246 lbs. and offered little in the fight against Holyfield, who was in great shape at 208 lbs. In the third round Douglas tried to start a combination with a big right uppercut. Holyfield countered with a straight right hand that was lightning quick, and Douglas went down for the count. Holyfield was the new undefeated, undisputed heavyweight champion of the world. At the time of the knockout, Holyfield was ahead on all three judges' scorecards, all seeing it 20-18 for Holyfield.

In his first defense, he beat former and future world champion George Foreman by unanimous decision in 12. The fight was billed as a "Battle for the Ages", a reference to the age differential between the young undefeated champion (28 years old), and the much older George Foreman (42 years old). Holyfield weighed in at 208 pounds and Foreman weighed in at 257 pounds. Foreman lost the fight by a unanimous decision, but surprised many by lasting the whole 12 rounds against a much younger opponent, even staggering Holyfield a few times and knocking him off balance in the seventh round.

Then a deal was signed for him to defend his crown against Mike Tyson in November 1991. Tyson delayed the fight, claiming he was injured in training, but was then convicted for the rape of Desiree Washington and sentenced to six years in prison, so the fight did not happen at that time. They would fight in 1996 (Holyfield won by a TKO in 11) and a rematch in 1997 (Holyfield won by disqualification in 3, after Tyson bit both of his ears).

Holyfield made his next defense in Atlanta against Bert Cooper, who surprised him with a very good effort. Holyfield scored the first knockdown of the fight against Cooper with a powerful shot to the body, but Cooper returned the favor with a good right hand that sent Holyfield against the ropes; while not an actual knockdown, referee Mills Lane gave Holyfield a standing 8-count. Having suffered the first technical knockdown of his professional career, Holyfield regained his composure quickly and administered a beating that left Cooper still on his feet, but unable to defend himself. Holyfield landed brutal power shots, culminated by repeated vicious uppercuts that would snap Cooper's head back. Referee Mills Lane stopped the bout in the seventh.

In his first fight of 1992, he faced former world heavyweight champion Larry Holmes, who was 42 years old, and had just pulled off an upset against Ray Mercer. During the bout, Holyfield suffered the first scar of his career with a gash opening up over his eye, the result of Holmes' elbow. The main difference in the fight was that the younger Holyfield could muster the energy to fight for the full three minutes of each round, while the older and more experienced Holmes could not. The fight ended with a unanimous decision in favor of Holyfield.

In the beginning of a trilogy of bouts with the 25-year old Riddick Bowe, who had won a silver medal in the 1988 Olympics, in the Super Heavyweight division, he suffered his first defeat when Bowe won the undisputed title by a 12-round unanimous decision in Las Vegas. Round Ten of that bout was named the Round of the Year by Ring Magazine. Holyfield was knocked down in round 11. He made the mistake of getting into a slugfest with the younger, bigger and stronger Bowe, leading to his defeat.

He began 1993 by beating Alex Stewart in a rematch, but this time over the 12-round unanimous distance.

Then came the rematch with Bowe on November 6, 1993. In what is considered by many sporting historians as one of the most bizarre moments in boxing's history, during round seven the crowd got off their feet and many people started to run for cover and yell. Holyfield took his eyes off Bowe for one moment and then told Bowe to look up to the skies. What they saw was a man in a parachute flying dangerously close to them. The man almost entered the ring, but his parachute had gotten entangled in the lights, and he landed on the ropes and apron of the ring, and he was then pulled into the crowd, where he was beaten by members of Bowe's entourage. Bowe's pregnant wife, Judy, fainted and had to be taken to the hospital from the arena. Twenty minutes later, calm was restored and Holyfield went on to recover his world heavyweight titles with a close 12 round majority decision. The man who parachuted down to the middle of the ring became known as The Fan Man and the fight itself became known as the Fan Man Fight. His victory over Bowe that year helped Holyfield being named as ABC's Wide World of Sports Athlete of the Year for 1993.
Losing the heavyweight crown again: Michael Moorer

His next fight, April 1994, he met former WBO light heavyweight and heavyweight champion of the world Michael Moorer, who was attempting to become the first southpaw to become the universally recognised world heavyweight champion. He dropped Moorer in round two, but lost a twelve round majority decision. When he went to the hospital to have his shoulder checked, he was diagnosed with a heart condition, and had to announce his retirement from boxing. It would later surface that the chairman of the medical advisory board for the Nevada State Athletic Commission believed his condition to be consistent with HGH use.

However, watching a television show hosted by preacher Benny Hinn, Holyfield says he felt his heart heal. He and Hinn subsequently became friends, and he became a frequent visitor to Hinn's crusades. In fact, during this time, Holyfield went to a Benny Hinn crusade in Philadelphia, had Hinn lay hands on him, and gave Hinn a check for $265,000 after he was told he was healed. He then passed his next examination by the boxing commission. Holyfield would later state that his heart was misdiagnosed due to the morphine pumped into his body.

In 1995, Holyfield returned to the ring with a ten round decision win versus former Olympic gold medalist, Ray Mercer. He was the first man to knock down Mercer.

Holyfield and Bowe then had their rubber match. Holyfield knocked Bowe down with a single left hook but Bowe prevailed, by a knockout in eight. Holyfield would later claim that he contracted Hepatitis A before the fight.
Holyfield vs. Tyson I & II; The Bite Fight
Main articles: Tyson-Holyfield I and Holyfield-Tyson II
Poster publicizing the 28 June, 1997, Holyfield-Tyson II fight, dubbed The Sound and The Fury.

1996 was a very good year for Holyfield. First, he met former world champion Bobby Czyz, beating him by a knockout in six. Then, he and Mike Tyson finally met.

Tyson had recovered the WBC's and the WBA's world heavyweight championship and, after being stripped of the WBC title for not facing Lennox Lewis, defended the WBA title against Holyfield on November 9 of that year. Tyson was heavily favored to win, but Holyfield made history by defeating Tyson in an 11th round TKO decision and joining Muhammad Ali and Lennox Lewis as the only three men ever to become world heavyweight champions three times. He also joined Ali, former rival De Leon, Sugar Ray Robinson and Marvin Johnson among others, in the club of men who have reigned three or more times in the same division, with his victory.

Holyfield's next fight would also go into the annals of boxing as one of the most bizarre fights in history. Holyfield gave Tyson the rematch on June 28, 1997, in what became known as The Bite Fight. The infamous incident occurred in the third round, when Tyson bit Holyfield on one of his ears, and had two points deducted. The referee decided to disqualify Tyson initially, but after Holyfield and his doctor intervened saying they wanted to continue, relented and allowed the fight to go on. However, Tyson went on to bite Holyfield again, this time on the other ear. Tyson, with his teeth, tore off the top of his ear known as the helix and spitting the flesh out on the ring.

The immediate aftermath of the incident was greeted by instant bedlam. Tyson was disqualified and a melee ensued. Tyson claimed his bites were a retaliation to Holyfield's unchecked headbutts, which had cut him in both fight
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I remember when he got his ear chomped off from Mike Tyson in 1997. :o

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Written By: ninny on 10/19/09 at 4:32 pm

I love John Lithgow,he is so freakin funny in 3rd Rock From the Sun. ;D

That show was great :)

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Written By: ninny on 10/19/09 at 4:33 pm

I remember when he got his ear chomped off from Mike Tyson in 1997. :o

I'm sure he'll never forget it either ::)

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Written By: Howard on 10/19/09 at 4:33 pm

That show was great :)

And that guy John French,he was funny too.

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Written By: Howard on 10/19/09 at 4:34 pm

I'm sure he'll never forget it either ::)

Maybe he was hungry.

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Written By: Womble on 10/19/09 at 6:50 pm

I love John Lithgow,he is so freakin funny in 3rd Rock From the Sun. ;D

Loved him in the Twight Zone movie. He was so convincing as a terrified airplane passenger. Great acting!

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Written By: Frank on 10/20/09 at 1:17 am

I remember when he got his ear chomped off from Mike Tyson in 1997. :o

Mike Tyson is a little bit odd.

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Written By: Howard on 10/20/09 at 5:53 am

Mike Tyson is a little bit odd.

He was always odd.

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Written By: ninny on 10/20/09 at 6:18 am

The word of the day...Torpedoes
The torpedo, a self‐propelled and self‐guided underwater explosive device, was invented in 1866 by Robert Whitheead, a British engineer working for the Austro‐Hungarian Navy. The U.S. Navy evinced early interest in the device and established in 1869 the Torpedo Station at Newport, Rhode Island. After pursuing a technological dead‐end in the flywheel‐driven Howell type, the navy turned back to the Whitheead in 1892. Improved models soon followed, with turbine propulsion introduced in 1905 and an air heater in 1910 that quintupled the range to 4,000 yards.

As the torpedo increased in capability, it naturally grew in size: by 1912, the 18‐inch Mark 7 measured 17 feet in length, weighed 1,628 pounds, and carried a warhead of 326 pounds of TNT to a range of 6,000 yards at 35 knots. In 1914, the navy settled on a diameter of 21 inches for most of its new torpedoes—a standard that endured for the rest of the century.
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Written By: ninny on 10/20/09 at 6:21 am

The birthday of the day...Tom Petty
Thomas Earl "Tom" Petty (born October 20, 1950) is an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He is the frontman of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and was a founding member of the late 1980s supergroup Traveling Wilburys and Mudcrutch. He has also performed under the pseudonyms of Charlie T. Wilbury, Jr. and Muddy Wilbury.

He has recorded a number of hit singles with the Heartbreakers and as a solo artist, many of which remain heavily played on adult contemporary and classic rock radio. His music, notably his hits, has become increasingly popular among younger generations as he continues to host sold-out shows.

Petty and his band the Heartbreakers celebrated their thirtieth anniversary with a tour in 2006, though Petty has occasionally released solo work, such as 2006's Highway Companion, on which he performed most of the backing instrumentation. Members of the Heartbreakers have played on each of his solo albums and the band has always backed him when touring in support of those albums. He has also toured with Mudcrutch in order to promote their debut album.

Petty has been managed by Tony Dimitriades since 1976. On February 3, 2008, Petty and the Heartbreakers performed at the Super Bowl XLII Halftime show.
Shortly after he formed his musical aspiration, Petty formed a band known as the Sundowners, later to evolve into Mudcrutch. Although the band, which featured future heartbreakers Mike Campbell and Benmont Tench were popular in Gainesville, their recordings went unnoticed by a mainstream audience, although their only single, Depot Street, remains popular amongst fans. After Mudcrutch split up, Petty reluctantly agreed to pursue a solo career. Tench decided to form his own group , whose sound Petty appreciated. Eventually, Petty and Campbell collaborated with Tench and fellow members, Ron Blair and Stan Lynch resulting in the first line-up of the Heartbreakers. Their first album, simply titled Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, gained minute popularity amongst American audiences, achieving more success in Britain. The single "Breakdown" was re-released in 1977 and peaked at #40 in early 1978 after the band toured in the United Kingdom in support of Nils Lofgren. The debut album was released by Shelter Records, which at that time was distributed by ABC Records.

Their second album, You're Gonna Get It!, marked the band's first Top 40 album and featured the singles "I Need To Know" and "Listen To Her Heart". Their third album, Damn the Torpedoes, quickly went platinum, selling nearly two million copies; it includes their breakthrough singles "Don't Do Me Like That", "Here Comes My Girl" and "Refugee."

In September 1979, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers performed at a Musicians United for Safe Energy concert at Madison Square Garden in New York. Their rendition of "Cry To Me" was featured on the resulting No Nukes album.

1981's Hard Promises became a top-ten hit, going platinum and spawning the hit single "The Waiting." The album also featured Petty's first duet, "Insider" with Stevie Nicks.

Bass player Ron Blair quit the group, and was replaced on the fifth album (1982's Long After Dark) by Howie Epstein; the resulting line-up would last until 1994. In 1985, the band participated in Live Aid, playing four songs at Philadelphia's John F. Kennedy Stadium. Southern Accents was also released in 1985. This album included the hit single "Don't Come Around Here No More," which was produced by Dave Stewart. The song's video featured Petty dressed as the Mad Hatter, mocking and chasing Alice from the book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, then cutting and eating her as if she were a cake. The ensuing tour led to the live album Pack Up the Plantation: Live! and to an invitation from Bob Dylan; Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers joined him on his True Confessions tour and also played some dates with the Grateful Dead in 1986 and 1987. Also in 1987, the group released Let Me Up (I've Had Enough) which includes "Jammin' Me" which Petty wrote with Dylan.
Traveling Wilburys, solo career, and "return" to the Heartbreakers (1988–1991)
Main articles: Traveling Wilburys and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

In 1988, Petty became a founding member of the Traveling Wilburys, along with Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Roy Orbison, and Jeff Lynne. The band's first song, "Handle With Care," was intended as a B-side of one of Harrison's singles, but was judged too good for that purpose and the group decided to record a full album, Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1. A second Wilburys album, incongruously titled Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3 and recorded without the recently deceased Orbison, followed in 1990. The album was named Vol. 3 as a response to a series of bootlegged studio sessions being sold as Travelling Wilburys Vol. 2. In recent years, Petty has begun to incorporate Travelling Wilburys songs into his live shows, consistently playing "Handle With Care" in shows from 2003-2006, and for his 2008 tour making "End of the Line" a staple of the setlist.

In 1989, Petty released Full Moon Fever, which featured hits "I Won't Back Down," "Free Fallin'" and "Runnin' Down a Dream". It was nominally his first solo album, although several Heartbreakers and other well-known musicians participated: Mike Campbell co-produced the album with Petty and Jeff Lynne of Electric Light Orchestra, and backing musicians included Campbell, Lynne, and fellow Wilburys Roy Orbison and George Harrison (Ringo Starr appears on drums in the video for "I Won't Back Down," but they were actually performed by Phil Jones). Since all the original Traveling Wilburys except Bob Dylan participated on the album, it is sometimes considered the unofficial second Wilbury record.

Petty & the Heartbreakers reformed in 1991 and released Into the Great Wide Open, which was co-produced by Lynne and included the hit singles "Learning To Fly" and "Into The Great Wide Open", the latter featuring Johnny Depp, Gabrielle Anwar, Faye Dunaway, and Matt LeBlanc in the video.

Before leaving MCA Records, Tom and the Heartbreakers got together to record, live in the studio, two new songs for a "Greatest Hits" package. "Mary Jane's Last Dance" and Thunderclap Newman's "Something in the Air". This was Stan Lynch's last recorded performance with The Heartbreakers. Tom commented "He left right after the session without really saying goodbye." The package went on to sell over ten million copies, therefore receiving diamond certification by the RIAA.
Move to Warner Bros. Records (1991–present)

In 1989, while still under contract to MCA, Petty secretly signed a lucrative deal with Warner Bros. Records. His first album on his new label, 1994's Wildflowers (Petty's 2nd of 3 solo albums), included the singles "You Don't Know How It Feels," "You Wreck Me," "It's Good to Be King" and "A Higher Place". The album, produced by Rick Rubin, sold approximately 2.5 million copies in the U.S.

In 1996, Petty, with the Heartbreakers, released a soundtrack to the movie She's the One, starring Cameron Diaz and Jennifer Aniston (see Songs and Music from "She's the One"). The album's singles were "Walls (Circus)" (featuring Lindsey Buckingham), "Climb that Hill" and a song written by Lucinda Williams, "Change the Locks." The album also included a cover of "Asshole," a song by Beck. The same year, the band accompanied Johnny Cash on Unchained, for which Cash would win a Grammy for Best Country Album (Cash would later cover Petty's "I Won't Back Down" on American III: Solitary Man).
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers performing live in Indianapolis June 23, 2006.

In 1999, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers released their last album with Rubin at the helm, Echo. Two songs were released as singles in the U.S., "Room at the Top" and "Free Girl Now". The album reached number 10 in the U.S. album charts.

Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers played "I Won't Back Down" at the America: A Tribute to Heroes benefit concert for victims of the September 11, 2001 attacks. The following year, they played "Taxman," "I Need You," and "Handle With Care" (joined for the last by Jeff Lynne, Dhani Harrison, and Jim Keltner) at the Concert for George in honor of Petty's friend and former bandmate George Harrison.

2002's The Last DJ included several attacks on the music industry, criticizing it for greed, watering down music, and releasing pop music made by scantily-clad young women and reached number 9 on the U.S. charts. Tom has commented though that he didn't like being called "bitter" by the media and that The Last DJ is full of hope, if you look for it.

In 2005, Tom Petty began hosting his own show "Buried Treasure" on XM Radio, on which he shares selections from his personal record collection.

In February 2006, Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers agreed to be the headline act at the fifth annual Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival. Following that announcement came the itinerary for Tom & the Heartbreakers' "30th Anniversary Tour". Special guests included Stevie Nicks, Pearl Jam, The Allman Brothers, Trey Anastasio, The Derek Trucks Band, and The Black Crowes (who also opened for Petty on their 2005 Summer Tour). Stevie Nicks would join Tom and the Heartbreakers on stage for renditions of "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around" and "Insider," and "I Need to Know" where Nicks took the lead vocal spot. Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam also joined Tom and the Heartbreakers on stage at some shows where Vedder sang the lead on "The Waiting" (which is available on the Runnin' Down a Dream package: bonus features) and a verse in the concert-closer "American Girl."

In July 2006, Petty released a new solo album titled "Highway Companion", which included the hit "Saving Grace". It debuted at number 4 on the Billboard charts, becoming Petty's highest chart position since the introduction of the Nielsen SoundScan system for tracking album sales in 1991. "Highway Companion" was briefly promoted on the "30th Anniversary Tour" with the Heartbreakers in 2006 with performances of "Saving Grace," "Square One," "Down South," and "Flirting with Time".

In 2006, the American Broadcasting Company hired Petty to do the music for its National Basketball Association playoffs coverage.

During the summer of 2007, Tom Petty reunited with his old bandmates Tom Leadon and Randall Marsh along with Heartbreakers Benmont Tench & Mike Campbell to reform his pre-Heartbreakers band Mudcrutch. The band originally formed in 1967 in Gainesville, Florida before relocating to California where they released one single in 1974 before breaking up. The quintet recorded this self titled new album of fourteen songs that was released on April 29, 2008 (on iTunes, an additional song "Special Place" was available if the album was pre-ordered). The band supported the album with a brief tour of California in the spring of 2008.

In 2007, artists as diverse as Willie Nelson, Lucinda Williams, Norah Jones, Lenny Kravitz and Paul McCartney paid tribute to Fats Domino on the double-CD covers set Goin’ Home: A Tribute to Fats Domino. The album's sales helped buy instruments for students in New Orleans public schools and they contributed to the building of a community center in the city’s Hurricane Katrina-damaged Ninth Ward. Tom and the Heartbreakers’ contributed a critically acclaimed cover of “I’m Walkin’" to the package.

In January 2008, it was announced that the band would be embarking on a North American Tour which set to start on May 30 following the appearance at Super Bowl XLII..Steve Winwood served as the opening act, who joined Petty and the Heartbreakers on stage at select shows, starting on June 6, 2008 in Philadelphia, PA. Winwood's Spencer Davis Group hit "Gimme Some Lovin'" was performed and occasionally his Blind Faith hit "Can't Find my way Home" was performed before it.

On February 3, 2008, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers performed during the halftime-show of Super Bowl XLII (Super Bowl 42) at the University of Phoenix Stadium. During the halftime-show they played "American Girl," "I Won't Back Down," "Free Fallin'," and "Runnin' Down a Dream," in that order. 'I Won't Back Down' was used in the closing credits of the coverage on BBC2.

The Live Anthology is the most-recently announced project of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. Its announcement comes nearly a year after Petty's last record, Extended Play Live, by Mudcrutch
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Written By: ninny on 10/20/09 at 6:29 am

The co-birthday of the day...Dr. Joyce Brothers
Joyce Brothers (born October 20, 1927) is an American psychologist and advice columnist, publishing a daily syndicated newspaper column since 1960. She is professionally known as Dr. Joyce Brothers.
Brothers gained fame in late 1955 by winning The $64,000 Question game show, on which she appeared as an expert in the subject area of boxing. Originally, she had not planned to have boxing as her topic, but the sponsors suggested it, and she agreed. A voracious reader, she studied every reference book about boxing that she could find; she would later tell reporters that it was thanks to her good memory that she assimilated so much material and answered even the most difficult questions. In 1959, allegations that the quiz shows were rigged began to surface and stirred controversy. Despite these claims, Brothers insisted that she had never cheated, nor had she ever been given any answers to questions in advance. Subsequent investigations verified her assertions that she had won honestly. Her success on "The $64,000 Question" earned Brothers a chance to be the color commentator for CBS during the boxing match between Carmen Basilio and Sugar Ray Robinson. She was said to be the first woman to ever be a boxing commentator.

By August 1958, she was given her own TV show on a New York station, but her topic was not sports; she began doing an advice show about relationships, during which she answered questions from the audience. She would later claim that she had been the first television psychologist, explaining to the Washington Post that "...I invented media psychology. I was the first. The founding mother." She went on to explain how what she did on TV was unique for its time. The '50s were a very conservative era, and she was answering questions from viewers about subjects that were still considered taboo, such as impotence or menopause. Sponsors were nervous about whether a TV psychologist could succeed, she recalled, but viewers expressed their gratitude for her show, telling her she was giving them information they couldn't get elsewhere. She went on to do syndicated advice shows on both TV and radio, during a broadcasting career that has lasted more than four decades. Her shows went through a number of name changes over the years, from "The Dr. Joyce Brothers Show" to "Consult Dr. Brothers" to "Tell Me, Dr. Brothers" to "Ask Dr. Brothers" to "Living Easy with Dr. Joyce Brothers." But by whatever name, her audience found her a valuable resource, and she became an iconic figure, the TV psychologist whose name everyone seemed to know.

In addition to her radio and TV work, Brothers is also a prolific writer. She had a monthly column in Good Housekeeping magazine for almost four decades, and a syndicated newspaper column that she began writing in the 1970s, and which at its height was printed in more than 300 newspapers. She has published several best-selling books, including the 1982 "What Every Woman Should Know About Men," and a 1992 book called "Widowed," inspired by the loss of her husband; the book offered practical advice for widows and widowers, helping them to cope with their grief and create a new life for themselves. Today, Brothers continues to do guest appearances on television and radio talk shows.

In addition to being called upon for her expertise in psychology, she also has done comedic cameo appearances, including on such TV shows as Ellery Queen, Mama's Family, Taxi, Happy Days, Police Squad, The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!, Police Woman, Night Court, The Nanny, Frasier, The Andy Dick Show, The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson, One Life to Live, WKRP in Cincinnati, Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer, Married... with Children, Entourage, The Simpsons, All That, Kenan & Kel, The Steve Harvey Show, Melrose Place, The Lonely Guy and Late Night with Conan O'Brien. She has also appeared as an occasional celebrity guest on game shows such as Match Game, the 1968 revival of What's My Line?, The Gong Show and Hollywood Squares. She also appeared in a Sunday strip of the comic strip Blondie, where she was referred to by Dagwood Bumstead as "Brother Joyce Doctors". Brothers was the ninth most frequent guest on the Tonight Show when Carson retired.

As a psychologist, Brothers has been licensed in New York since 1958.
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Written By: Howard on 10/20/09 at 3:18 pm

The birthday of the day...Tom Petty
Thomas Earl "Tom" Petty (born October 20, 1950) is an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He is the frontman of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and was a founding member of the late 1980s supergroup Traveling Wilburys and Mudcrutch. He has also performed under the pseudonyms of Charlie T. Wilbury, Jr. and Muddy Wilbury.

He has recorded a number of hit singles with the Heartbreakers and as a solo artist, many of which remain heavily played on adult contemporary and classic rock radio. His music, notably his hits, has become increasingly popular among younger generations as he continues to host sold-out shows.

Petty and his band the Heartbreakers celebrated their thirtieth anniversary with a tour in 2006, though Petty has occasionally released solo work, such as 2006's Highway Companion, on which he performed most of the backing instrumentation. Members of the Heartbreakers have played on each of his solo albums and the band has always backed him when touring in support of those albums. He has also toured with Mudcrutch in order to promote their debut album.

Petty has been managed by Tony Dimitriades since 1976. On February 3, 2008, Petty and the Heartbreakers performed at the Super Bowl XLII Halftime show.
Shortly after he formed his musical aspiration, Petty formed a band known as the Sundowners, later to evolve into Mudcrutch. Although the band, which featured future heartbreakers Mike Campbell and Benmont Tench were popular in Gainesville, their recordings went unnoticed by a mainstream audience, although their only single, Depot Street, remains popular amongst fans. After Mudcrutch split up, Petty reluctantly agreed to pursue a solo career. Tench decided to form his own group , whose sound Petty appreciated. Eventually, Petty and Campbell collaborated with Tench and fellow members, Ron Blair and Stan Lynch resulting in the first line-up of the Heartbreakers. Their first album, simply titled Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, gained minute popularity amongst American audiences, achieving more success in Britain. The single "Breakdown" was re-released in 1977 and peaked at #40 in early 1978 after the band toured in the United Kingdom in support of Nils Lofgren. The debut album was released by Shelter Records, which at that time was distributed by ABC Records.

Their second album, You're Gonna Get It!, marked the band's first Top 40 album and featured the singles "I Need To Know" and "Listen To Her Heart". Their third album, Damn the Torpedoes, quickly went platinum, selling nearly two million copies; it includes their breakthrough singles "Don't Do Me Like That", "Here Comes My Girl" and "Refugee."

In September 1979, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers performed at a Musicians United for Safe Energy concert at Madison Square Garden in New York. Their rendition of "Cry To Me" was featured on the resulting No Nukes album.

1981's Hard Promises became a top-ten hit, going platinum and spawning the hit single "The Waiting." The album also featured Petty's first duet, "Insider" with Stevie Nicks.

Bass player Ron Blair quit the group, and was replaced on the fifth album (1982's Long After Dark) by Howie Epstein; the resulting line-up would last until 1994. In 1985, the band participated in Live Aid, playing four songs at Philadelphia's John F. Kennedy Stadium. Southern Accents was also released in 1985. This album included the hit single "Don't Come Around Here No More," which was produced by Dave Stewart. The song's video featured Petty dressed as the Mad Hatter, mocking and chasing Alice from the book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, then cutting and eating her as if she were a cake. The ensuing tour led to the live album Pack Up the Plantation: Live! and to an invitation from Bob Dylan; Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers joined him on his True Confessions tour and also played some dates with the Grateful Dead in 1986 and 1987. Also in 1987, the group released Let Me Up (I've Had Enough) which includes "Jammin' Me" which Petty wrote with Dylan.
Traveling Wilburys, solo career, and "return" to the Heartbreakers (1988–1991)
Main articles: Traveling Wilburys and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

In 1988, Petty became a founding member of the Traveling Wilburys, along with Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Roy Orbison, and Jeff Lynne. The band's first song, "Handle With Care," was intended as a B-side of one of Harrison's singles, but was judged too good for that purpose and the group decided to record a full album, Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1. A second Wilburys album, incongruously titled Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3 and recorded without the recently deceased Orbison, followed in 1990. The album was named Vol. 3 as a response to a series of bootlegged studio sessions being sold as Travelling Wilburys Vol. 2. In recent years, Petty has begun to incorporate Travelling Wilburys songs into his live shows, consistently playing "Handle With Care" in shows from 2003-2006, and for his 2008 tour making "End of the Line" a staple of the setlist.

In 1989, Petty released Full Moon Fever, which featured hits "I Won't Back Down," "Free Fallin'" and "Runnin' Down a Dream". It was nominally his first solo album, although several Heartbreakers and other well-known musicians participated: Mike Campbell co-produced the album with Petty and Jeff Lynne of Electric Light Orchestra, and backing musicians included Campbell, Lynne, and fellow Wilburys Roy Orbison and George Harrison (Ringo Starr appears on drums in the video for "I Won't Back Down," but they were actually performed by Phil Jones). Since all the original Traveling Wilburys except Bob Dylan participated on the album, it is sometimes considered the unofficial second Wilbury record.

Petty & the Heartbreakers reformed in 1991 and released Into the Great Wide Open, which was co-produced by Lynne and included the hit singles "Learning To Fly" and "Into The Great Wide Open", the latter featuring Johnny Depp, Gabrielle Anwar, Faye Dunaway, and Matt LeBlanc in the video.

Before leaving MCA Records, Tom and the Heartbreakers got together to record, live in the studio, two new songs for a "Greatest Hits" package. "Mary Jane's Last Dance" and Thunderclap Newman's "Something in the Air". This was Stan Lynch's last recorded performance with The Heartbreakers. Tom commented "He left right after the session without really saying goodbye." The package went on to sell over ten million copies, therefore receiving diamond certification by the RIAA.
Move to Warner Bros. Records (1991–present)

In 1989, while still under contract to MCA, Petty secretly signed a lucrative deal with Warner Bros. Records. His first album on his new label, 1994's Wildflowers (Petty's 2nd of 3 solo albums), included the singles "You Don't Know How It Feels," "You Wreck Me," "It's Good to Be King" and "A Higher Place". The album, produced by Rick Rubin, sold approximately 2.5 million copies in the U.S.

In 1996, Petty, with the Heartbreakers, released a soundtrack to the movie She's the One, starring Cameron Diaz and Jennifer Aniston (see Songs and Music from "She's the One"). The album's singles were "Walls (Circus)" (featuring Lindsey Buckingham), "Climb that Hill" and a song written by Lucinda Williams, "Change the Locks." The album also included a cover of "Asshole," a song by Beck. The same year, the band accompanied Johnny Cash on Unchained, for which Cash would win a Grammy for Best Country Album (Cash would later cover Petty's "I Won't Back Down" on American III: Solitary Man).
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers performing live in Indianapolis June 23, 2006.

In 1999, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers released their last album with Rubin at the helm, Echo. Two songs were released as singles in the U.S., "Room at the Top" and "Free Girl Now". The album reached number 10 in the U.S. album charts.

Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers played "I Won't Back Down" at the America: A Tribute to Heroes benefit concert for victims of the September 11, 2001 attacks. The following year, they played "Taxman," "I Need You," and "Handle With Care" (joined for the last by Jeff Lynne, Dhani Harrison, and Jim Keltner) at the Concert for George in honor of Petty's friend and former bandmate George Harrison.

2002's The Last DJ included several attacks on the music industry, criticizing it for greed, watering down music, and releasing pop music made by scantily-clad young women and reached number 9 on the U.S. charts. Tom has commented though that he didn't like being called "bitter" by the media and that The Last DJ is full of hope, if you look for it.

In 2005, Tom Petty began hosting his own show "Buried Treasure" on XM Radio, on which he shares selections from his personal record collection.

In February 2006, Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers agreed to be the headline act at the fifth annual Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival. Following that announcement came the itinerary for Tom & the Heartbreakers' "30th Anniversary Tour". Special guests included Stevie Nicks, Pearl Jam, The Allman Brothers, Trey Anastasio, The Derek Trucks Band, and The Black Crowes (who also opened for Petty on their 2005 Summer Tour). Stevie Nicks would join Tom and the Heartbreakers on stage for renditions of "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around" and "Insider," and "I Need to Know" where Nicks took the lead vocal spot. Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam also joined Tom and the Heartbreakers on stage at some shows where Vedder sang the lead on "The Waiting" (which is available on the Runnin' Down a Dream package: bonus features) and a verse in the concert-closer "American Girl."

In July 2006, Petty released a new solo album titled "Highway Companion", which included the hit "Saving Grace". It debuted at number 4 on the Billboard charts, becoming Petty's highest chart position since the introduction of the Nielsen SoundScan system for tracking album sales in 1991. "Highway Companion" was briefly promoted on the "30th Anniversary Tour" with the Heartbreakers in 2006 with performances of "Saving Grace," "Square One," "Down South," and "Flirting with Time".

In 2006, the American Broadcasting Company hired Petty to do the music for its National Basketball Association playoffs coverage.

During the summer of 2007, Tom Petty reunited with his old bandmates Tom Leadon and Randall Marsh along with Heartbreakers Benmont Tench & Mike Campbell to reform his pre-Heartbreakers band Mudcrutch. The band originally formed in 1967 in Gainesville, Florida before relocating to California where they released one single in 1974 before breaking up. The quintet recorded this self titled new album of fourteen songs that was released on April 29, 2008 (on iTunes, an additional song "Special Place" was available if the album was pre-ordered). The band supported the album with a brief tour of California in the spring of 2008.

In 2007, artists as diverse as Willie Nelson, Lucinda Williams, Norah Jones, Lenny Kravitz and Paul McCartney paid tribute to Fats Domino on the double-CD covers set Goin’ Home: A Tribute to Fats Domino. The album's sales helped buy instruments for students in New Orleans public schools and they contributed to the building of a community center in the city’s Hurricane Katrina-damaged Ninth Ward. Tom and the Heartbreakers’ contributed a critically acclaimed cover of “I’m Walkin’" to the package.

In January 2008, it was announced that the band would be embarking on a North American Tour which set to start on May 30 following the appearance at Super Bowl XLII..Steve Winwood served as the opening act, who joined Petty and the Heartbreakers on stage at select shows, starting on June 6, 2008 in Philadelphia, PA. Winwood's Spencer Davis Group hit "Gimme Some Lovin'" was performed and occasionally his Blind Faith hit "Can't Find my way Home" was performed before it.

On February 3, 2008, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers performed during the halftime-show of Super Bowl XLII (Super Bowl 42) at the University of Phoenix Stadium. During the halftime-show they played "American Girl," "I Won't Back Down," "Free Fallin'," and "Runnin' Down a Dream," in that order. 'I Won't Back Down' was used in the closing credits of the coverage on BBC2.

The Live Anthology is the most-recently announced project of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. Its announcement comes nearly a year after Petty's last record, Extended Play Live, by Mudcrutch
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My favorite song is "Free Fallin".

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Written By: gibbo on 10/20/09 at 3:35 pm

Always liked Tom Petty after hearing the song Breakdown on the FM Soundtrack album...

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Written By: nally on 10/20/09 at 10:37 pm

My favorite song is "Free Fallin".

I like that one too. Along with several songs of his. O0

That particular album (Full Moon Fever) also featured the singles "I Won't Back Down" and "Running Down A Dream", both of which were also great songs.

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Written By: ninny on 10/21/09 at 5:12 am

My favorite song is "Free Fallin".

That is a good song

I like that one too. Along with several songs of his. O0

That particular album (Full Moon Fever) also featured the singles "I Won't Back Down" and "Running Down A Dream", both of which were also great songs.

I agree, He has had lots of good songs,Don't Come Around Here No More,Refugee.

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Written By: ninny on 10/21/09 at 5:17 am

The word of the day...Postcard
A postcard or post card is a rectangular piece of thick paper or thin cardboard intended for writing and mailing without an envelope. In some places, it is possible to send them for a lower fee than for a letter. Stamp collectors distinguish between postcards (which require a stamp) and postal cards (which have the postage pre-printed on them). While a postcard is usually printed by a private company, individual or organization, a postal card is issued by the relevant postal authority. The United States Postal Service defines a postcard as: rectangular, at least 3½ inches high × 5 inches long × 0.007 inches thick and no more than 4¼ inches high × 6 inches long × 0.016 inches thick; (in metric; 12.7 cm × 8.9 cm). However, some postcards have deviated from this (for example, shaped postcards).
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Written By: ninny on 10/21/09 at 5:21 am

The birthday of the day...Carrie Fisher
Carrie Frances Fisher (born October 21, 1956) is an American actress, screenwriter and novelist. She is most famous for her portrayal of Princess Leia in the original Star Wars trilogy and her bestselling novel Postcards from the Edge.
Soon after, Fisher enrolled at London's Central School of Speech and Drama, which she attended for 18 months. She made her film debut in the Columbia comedy Shampoo (1975) starring Warren Beatty, Julie Christie and Goldie Hawn, with Lee Grant and Jack Warden. In 1977, Fisher starred as Princess Leia Organa in George Lucas' sci-fi film Star Wars opposite Mark Hamill and Harrison Ford, a part she sarcastically claims to have obtained by sleeping "with some nerd."

In May 1978, she appeared alongside John Ritter in the ABC-TV movie "Leave Yesterday Behind" as a horse trainer who helps Ritter's character after an accident leaves him a paraplegic. They eventually fall in love after a hate/hate early relationship.

The huge success of Star Wars made her internationally famous. The character of Princess Leia became a merchandising triumph; there were small plastic action figures of the Princess in toy stores across the United States. She appeared as Princess Leia in the 1978 made-for-TV movie, The Star Wars Holiday Special.

At this time Fisher appeared with Laurence Olivier and Joanne Woodward in the TV episode Laurence Olivier Presents: Come Back, Little Sheba.

In November 1978 Fisher was the guest host for Saturday Night Live with musical guests The Blues Brothers and special guest Don Novello as the Father Guido Sarducci. Dressed in a gold bikini, she reprised her Princess Leia character from Star Wars in "Beach Blanket Bimbo from Outer Space", a parody sketch of '60s beach party films. Bill Murray and Gilda Radner imitated the Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello characters. John Belushi played biker Eric Von Zipper, and Dan Aykroyd, with whom Fisher was romantically involved, portrayed Vincent Price.

Fisher appeared in the music video for Ringo Starr's cover of "You're Sixteen" as the love interest in 1978 on Ringo's TV special of that year.
1980s

Fisher later appeared in The Blues Brothers movie in a cameo role as Joliet Jake's vengeful ex-lover, listed in the credits as "Mystery Woman." She appeared on Broadway in Censored Scenes From King Kong in 1980. That year, she appeared again as Princess Leia in Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back. She made her third and final appearance as Leia in the series in Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi. After her appearance wearing a golden metal bikini, or slave girl outfit, that almost immediately rose to pop culture icon status, Fisher became a sex symbol for a short period. She is one of the few actors or actresses to star in movies with both John and Jim Belushi, later appearing with the latter in the movie The Man with One Red Shoe. She also was a replacement in the Broadway production of Agnes of God (1982). She appeared in the Woody Allen film Hannah and her Sisters in 1986.

In 1987, Fisher published her first novel, Postcards from the Edge. The book was semi-autobiographical in the sense that she fictionalized and satirized real life events such as her drug addiction of the late 1970s. It became a bestseller, and she received the Los Angeles Pen Award for Best First Novel. In 1989 Fisher played a major supporting role in When Harry Met Sally, and in the same year she played opposite Tom Hanks as his wife in The Burbs.
1990s

In 1990, Columbia Pictures released a movie version of Postcards from the Edge, adapted for the screen by Fisher and starring Meryl Streep, Shirley MacLaine, and Dennis Quaid. She also appeared in the movie Drop Dead Fred in 1991. In 1997, Fisher appeared as a therapist in Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery. During the 1990s Fisher also published the novels Surrender the Pink (1991) and Delusions of Grandma (1993).
2000s
Fisher at Star Wars Celebration IV, 2007

In the movie Scream 3 (2000), Fisher played an actress mistaken for Carrie Fisher. ("Yeah, I was up for the part of Princess Leia. But who gets it? The girl who slept with George Lucas!") Director's commentary on the Scream 3 DVD suggests that the sequence was in fact penned by Fisher herself.

In 2001, Fisher played a nun in the Kevin Smith comedy Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back. The title spoofs The Empire Strikes Back and the film, which includes Mark Hamill, satirizes many Hollywood movies, including the Star Wars series.

She also co-wrote the TV comedy movie These Old Broads (2001), of which she was also co-executive producer. It starred her mother, Debbie Reynolds, as well as Elizabeth Taylor, Joan Collins and Shirley MacLaine. In this, Taylor's character, an agent, explains to Reynolds' character, an actress, that she was in an alcoholic blackout when she married the actress's husband, "Freddy."

Besides acting and writing original works, Fisher was one of the top script doctors in Hollywood, working on the screenplays of other writers. She has done uncredited polishes on movies starting with The Wedding Singer and Sister Act, and was hired by the creator of Star Wars, George Lucas, to polish scripts for his 1992 TV series The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles. Her expertise in this area was why she was chosen as one of the interviewers for the screenwriting documentary Dreams on Spec in 2007. Though during an interview in 2004 she said that she no longer does much script doctoring.

Fisher also plays Peter Griffin's boss on the animated sitcom Family Guy and appeared in a book of photographs titled Hollywood Moms (2001) for which she wrote the introduction. Fisher published a sequel to Postcards, The Best Awful There Is in 2004.

Fisher wrote and performed in her one-woman play Wishful Drinking at the Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles from November 7, 2006, to January 14, 2007. Her show played at the Berkeley Repertory Theater through April, 2008. Wishful Drinking played July 2008 in San Jose, California, then at Hartford Stage in August 2008 before moving on to the Arena Stage in Washington, DC in September 2008 and Boston in October 2008. "Wishful Drinking" opened in New York in October 2009 at Studio 54.

In 2007 she was a full-time judge on FOX's filmmaking-competition reality TV series On the Lot.

Fisher recently joined Turner Classic Movies host Robert Osborne on Saturday evenings for The Essentials with informative and entertaining conversation on Hollywood's best films. She guest-starred in the episode titled "Sex and Another City" from season 3 of Sex and the City with Sarah Jessica Parker. This episode also featured Vince Vaughn, Hugh Hefner and Sam Seder in a guest role. On October 25, 2007, Fisher guest-starred on 30 Rock for the "Rosemary's Baby" Episode 4 of Season 2 for which she received an Emmy Award nomination. She starred as Rosemary Howard. Her last line in the show was a spoof from Star Wars: "Help me Liz Lemon, You're my only hope!". On April 28, 2008, she was a guest on Deal or No Deal.
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Written By: ninny on 10/21/09 at 5:26 am

The co-birthday of the day...Whitey Ford
Edward Charles "Whitey" Ford (born October 21, 1928) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who spent his entire 18-year career with the New York Yankees. He was voted into the Hall of Fame in 1974.
Eventually Ford went from the No. 4 pitcher on a great staff to the universally acclaimed No. 1 pitcher of the Yankees, becoming known as the "Chairman of the Board" for his ability to remain calm and in command during high-pressure situations. He was also known as "Slick" for his craftiness on the mound. Ford's guile was necessary because he did not have an overwhelming fastball, but being able to throw several other pitches very well gave him pinpoint control. Nonetheless, Ford was an effective strikeout pitcher for his time, tying the then-AL record for six consecutive strikeouts in 1956, and again in 1958. Ford pitched 2 consecutive one-hit games in 1955 to tie a record held by several pitchers. He never pitched a no-hitter.

In 1955, Ford led the American League in complete games and games won; in 1956 in earned run average and winning percentage; in 1958, in earned run average; and in both 1961 and 1963, in games won and winning percentage. Ford won the Cy Young Award in 1961; he likely would have won the 1963 AL Cy Young, but this was before the institution of a separate award for each league, and Ford could not match Sandy Koufax's numbers for the Los Angeles Dodgers of the National League. He would also have been a candidate in 1955, but this was before the award was created.

Some of Ford's totals were depressed by Yankees manager Casey Stengel who viewed Ford as his top pitching asset, and often reserved his ace left-hander for more formidable opponents such as the Tigers, Indians and White Sox. When he became manager in 1961, Ralph Houk promised Ford he would pitch every fourth day, regardless of opponent; after exceeding 30 starts only once in his nine seasons under Stengel, Ford had 39 in 1961. A career-best 25-4 record and the Cy Young Award ensued, but Ford's season was overshadowed by the home run battle between Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle. As a left-hander, Ford was also deft at keeping runners at their base: He set a record in 1961 by pitching 243 consecutive innings without allowing a stolen base.

At one point during the 1963 season, Ford pitched a shutout and announced he had given up smoking. He said, "My doctor told me that whenever I think of smoking, I should think of a bus starting up and blowing the exhaust in my face."
Career statistics

Ford won 236 games for New York (career 236-106), still a franchise record. Red Ruffing, the previous Yankee record-holder, still leads all Yankee right-handed pitchers, with 231 of his 273 career wins coming with the Yankees. Other Yankee pitchers have had more career wins (for example, Roger Clemens notched his 300th career victory as a Yankee), but amassed them for multiple franchises. David Wells tied Whitey Ford for 13th place in victories by a lefhander on August 26, 2007.

Among pitchers with at least 300 career decisions, Ford ranks first with a winning percentage of .690, the all-time highest percentage in modern baseball history. (Pedro Martínez ranked ahead of him for most of his career, but slipped to .006 behind Ford by the end of the 2008 season.)

Ford's career winning percentage cannot be attributed solely to being on a good team: The Yankees were 1,486-1,027 during his 16 years; without his 236-106, they had 1,250 wins and 921 losses, for a won-loss percentage of .576. Ford was thus 11.4 percentage points higher than his team's record, independent of his record.

Ford's 2.75 earned run average is the lowest among starting pitchers whose careers began after the advent of the Live Ball Era in 1920. Ford's worst-ever ERA was 3.24. Ford had 45 shutout victories in his career, including eight 1-0 wins.
World Series and All-Star Games

Ford's status on the Yankees was underscored by the World Series. Ford was New York's Game One pitcher in 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1961, 1962, 1963, and 1964. In the 1960 World Series against the Pittsburgh Pirates, Stengel altered this strategy by holding Ford back until Game Three, a decision that angered Ford. The Yankees' ace won both his starts in Games Three and Six with complete-game shutouts, but was then unavailable to relieve in the last game of an unexpected Yankees loss, Bill Mazeroski's walk-off home run in the bottom of the ninth winning the game—and the Series—for the Pirates. Ford always felt that had he been able to appear in three of the games instead of just two, the Yankees would have won. Upper management may have agreed: Stengel was fired following the Series.

For his career, Ford had 10 World Series victories, more than any other pitcher. Ford also leads all starters in World Series losses (8) and starts (22), as well as innings, hits, walks, and strikeouts. In 1961 he broke Babe Ruth's World Series record of 29 2/3 consecutive scoreless innings. (The record would eventually reach 33 2/3. It is still a World Series record, although Mariano Rivera broke it as a postseason record in 2000.) Ford won the 1961 World Series MVP. In addition to Yankee Stadium, Ford also pitched World Series games in seven other stadiums:

* Ebbets Field (1953 and 1956)
* Milwaukee County Stadium (1957 and 1958)
* Forbes Field (1960)
* Crosley Field (1961)
* Candlestick Park (1962)
* Dodger Stadium (1963)
* Busch Stadium (1964)

Ford appeared on eight AL All-Star teams between 1954 and 1964. One NL batter who was always happy to see him was Willie Mays, who at one point had seven consecutive hits off Ford.
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Written By: Howard on 10/21/09 at 6:52 am

The birthday of the day...Carrie Fisher
Carrie Frances Fisher (born October 21, 1956) is an American actress, screenwriter and novelist. She is most famous for her portrayal of Princess Leia in the original Star Wars trilogy and her bestselling novel Postcards from the Edge.
Soon after, Fisher enrolled at London's Central School of Speech and Drama, which she attended for 18 months. She made her film debut in the Columbia comedy Shampoo (1975) starring Warren Beatty, Julie Christie and Goldie Hawn, with Lee Grant and Jack Warden. In 1977, Fisher starred as Princess Leia Organa in George Lucas' sci-fi film Star Wars opposite Mark Hamill and Harrison Ford, a part she sarcastically claims to have obtained by sleeping "with some nerd."

In May 1978, she appeared alongside John Ritter in the ABC-TV movie "Leave Yesterday Behind" as a horse trainer who helps Ritter's character after an accident leaves him a paraplegic. They eventually fall in love after a hate/hate early relationship.

The huge success of Star Wars made her internationally famous. The character of Princess Leia became a merchandising triumph; there were small plastic action figures of the Princess in toy stores across the United States. She appeared as Princess Leia in the 1978 made-for-TV movie, The Star Wars Holiday Special.

At this time Fisher appeared with Laurence Olivier and Joanne Woodward in the TV episode Laurence Olivier Presents: Come Back, Little Sheba.

In November 1978 Fisher was the guest host for Saturday Night Live with musical guests The Blues Brothers and special guest Don Novello as the Father Guido Sarducci. Dressed in a gold bikini, she reprised her Princess Leia character from Star Wars in "Beach Blanket Bimbo from Outer Space", a parody sketch of '60s beach party films. Bill Murray and Gilda Radner imitated the Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello characters. John Belushi played biker Eric Von Zipper, and Dan Aykroyd, with whom Fisher was romantically involved, portrayed Vincent Price.

Fisher appeared in the music video for Ringo Starr's cover of "You're Sixteen" as the love interest in 1978 on Ringo's TV special of that year.
1980s

Fisher later appeared in The Blues Brothers movie in a cameo role as Joliet Jake's vengeful ex-lover, listed in the credits as "Mystery Woman." She appeared on Broadway in Censored Scenes From King Kong in 1980. That year, she appeared again as Princess Leia in Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back. She made her third and final appearance as Leia in the series in Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi. After her appearance wearing a golden metal bikini, or slave girl outfit, that almost immediately rose to pop culture icon status, Fisher became a sex symbol for a short period. She is one of the few actors or actresses to star in movies with both John and Jim Belushi, later appearing with the latter in the movie The Man with One Red Shoe. She also was a replacement in the Broadway production of Agnes of God (1982). She appeared in the Woody Allen film Hannah and her Sisters in 1986.

In 1987, Fisher published her first novel, Postcards from the Edge. The book was semi-autobiographical in the sense that she fictionalized and satirized real life events such as her drug addiction of the late 1970s. It became a bestseller, and she received the Los Angeles Pen Award for Best First Novel. In 1989 Fisher played a major supporting role in When Harry Met Sally, and in the same year she played opposite Tom Hanks as his wife in The Burbs.
1990s

In 1990, Columbia Pictures released a movie version of Postcards from the Edge, adapted for the screen by Fisher and starring Meryl Streep, Shirley MacLaine, and Dennis Quaid. She also appeared in the movie Drop Dead Fred in 1991. In 1997, Fisher appeared as a therapist in Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery. During the 1990s Fisher also published the novels Surrender the Pink (1991) and Delusions of Grandma (1993).
2000s
Fisher at Star Wars Celebration IV, 2007

In the movie Scream 3 (2000), Fisher played an actress mistaken for Carrie Fisher. ("Yeah, I was up for the part of Princess Leia. But who gets it? The girl who slept with George Lucas!") Director's commentary on the Scream 3 DVD suggests that the sequence was in fact penned by Fisher herself.

In 2001, Fisher played a nun in the Kevin Smith comedy Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back. The title spoofs The Empire Strikes Back and the film, which includes Mark Hamill, satirizes many Hollywood movies, including the Star Wars series.

She also co-wrote the TV comedy movie These Old Broads (2001), of which she was also co-executive producer. It starred her mother, Debbie Reynolds, as well as Elizabeth Taylor, Joan Collins and Shirley MacLaine. In this, Taylor's character, an agent, explains to Reynolds' character, an actress, that she was in an alcoholic blackout when she married the actress's husband, "Freddy."

Besides acting and writing original works, Fisher was one of the top script doctors in Hollywood, working on the screenplays of other writers. She has done uncredited polishes on movies starting with The Wedding Singer and Sister Act, and was hired by the creator of Star Wars, George Lucas, to polish scripts for his 1992 TV series The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles. Her expertise in this area was why she was chosen as one of the interviewers for the screenwriting documentary Dreams on Spec in 2007. Though during an interview in 2004 she said that she no longer does much script doctoring.

Fisher also plays Peter Griffin's boss on the animated sitcom Family Guy and appeared in a book of photographs titled Hollywood Moms (2001) for which she wrote the introduction. Fisher published a sequel to Postcards, The Best Awful There Is in 2004.

Fisher wrote and performed in her one-woman play Wishful Drinking at the Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles from November 7, 2006, to January 14, 2007. Her show played at the Berkeley Repertory Theater through April, 2008. Wishful Drinking played July 2008 in San Jose, California, then at Hartford Stage in August 2008 before moving on to the Arena Stage in Washington, DC in September 2008 and Boston in October 2008. "Wishful Drinking" opened in New York in October 2009 at Studio 54.

In 2007 she was a full-time judge on FOX's filmmaking-competition reality TV series On the Lot.

Fisher recently joined Turner Classic Movies host Robert Osborne on Saturday evenings for The Essentials with informative and entertaining conversation on Hollywood's best films. She guest-starred in the episode titled "Sex and Another City" from season 3 of Sex and the City with Sarah Jessica Parker. This episode also featured Vince Vaughn, Hugh Hefner and Sam Seder in a guest role. On October 25, 2007, Fisher guest-starred on 30 Rock for the "Rosemary's Baby" Episode 4 of Season 2 for which she received an Emmy Award nomination. She starred as Rosemary Howard. Her last line in the show was a spoof from Star Wars: "Help me Liz Lemon, You're my only hope!". On April 28, 2008, she was a guest on Deal or No Deal.
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Back in the days,Carrie Fisher was a hot Princess Leila. ;)

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Written By: Womble on 10/21/09 at 7:38 am

Back in the days,Carrie Fisher was a hot Princess Leila. ;)

Yes, and a fine actress too. Thanks for sharing, Ninny. :)

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Written By: ninny on 10/21/09 at 8:01 am

Back in the days,Carrie Fisher was a hot Princess Leila. ;)

Yes she was.
Yes, and a fine actress too. Thanks for sharing, Ninny. :)

Your welcome. :)

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Written By: Frank on 10/21/09 at 3:17 pm

The co-birthday of the day...Whitey Ford
Edward Charles "Whitey" Ford (born October 21, 1928) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who spent his entire 18-year career with the New York Yankees. He was voted into the Hall of Fame in 1974.
Eventually Ford went from the No. 4 pitcher on a great staff to the universally acclaimed No. 1 pitcher of the Yankees, becoming known as the "Chairman of the Board" for his ability to remain calm and in command during high-pressure situations. He was also known as "Slick" for his craftiness on the mound. Ford's guile was necessary because he did not have an overwhelming fastball, but being able to throw several other pitches very well gave him pinpoint control. Nonetheless, Ford was an effective strikeout pitcher for his time, tying the then-AL record for six consecutive strikeouts in 1956, and again in 1958. Ford pitched 2 consecutive one-hit games in 1955 to tie a record held by several pitchers. He never pitched a no-hitter.

In 1955, Ford led the American League in complete games and games won; in 1956 in earned run average and winning percentage; in 1958, in earned run average; and in both 1961 and 1963, in games won and winning percentage. Ford won the Cy Young Award in 1961; he likely would have won the 1963 AL Cy Young, but this was before the institution of a separate award for each league, and Ford could not match Sandy Koufax's numbers for the Los Angeles Dodgers of the National League. He would also have been a candidate in 1955, but this was before the award was created.

Some of Ford's totals were depressed by Yankees manager Casey Stengel who viewed Ford as his top pitching asset, and often reserved his ace left-hander for more formidable opponents such as the Tigers, Indians and White Sox. When he became manager in 1961, Ralph Houk promised Ford he would pitch every fourth day, regardless of opponent; after exceeding 30 starts only once in his nine seasons under Stengel, Ford had 39 in 1961. A career-best 25-4 record and the Cy Young Award ensued, but Ford's season was overshadowed by the home run battle between Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle. As a left-hander, Ford was also deft at keeping runners at their base: He set a record in 1961 by pitching 243 consecutive innings without allowing a stolen base.

At one point during the 1963 season, Ford pitched a shutout and announced he had given up smoking. He said, "My doctor told me that whenever I think of smoking, I should think of a bus starting up and blowing the exhaust in my face."
Career statistics

Ford won 236 games for New York (career 236-106), still a franchise record. Red Ruffing, the previous Yankee record-holder, still leads all Yankee right-handed pitchers, with 231 of his 273 career wins coming with the Yankees. Other Yankee pitchers have had more career wins (for example, Roger Clemens notched his 300th career victory as a Yankee), but amassed them for multiple franchises. David Wells tied Whitey Ford for 13th place in victories by a lefhander on August 26, 2007.

Among pitchers with at least 300 career decisions, Ford ranks first with a winning percentage of .690, the all-time highest percentage in modern baseball history. (Pedro Martínez ranked ahead of him for most of his career, but slipped to .006 behind Ford by the end of the 2008 season.)

Ford's career winning percentage cannot be attributed solely to being on a good team: The Yankees were 1,486-1,027 during his 16 years; without his 236-106, they had 1,250 wins and 921 losses, for a won-loss percentage of .576. Ford was thus 11.4 percentage points higher than his team's record, independent of his record.

Ford's 2.75 earned run average is the lowest among starting pitchers whose careers began after the advent of the Live Ball Era in 1920. Ford's worst-ever ERA was 3.24. Ford had 45 shutout victories in his career, including eight 1-0 wins.
World Series and All-Star Games

Ford's status on the Yankees was underscored by the World Series. Ford was New York's Game One pitcher in 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1961, 1962, 1963, and 1964. In the 1960 World Series against the Pittsburgh Pirates, Stengel altered this strategy by holding Ford back until Game Three, a decision that angered Ford. The Yankees' ace won both his starts in Games Three and Six with complete-game shutouts, but was then unavailable to relieve in the last game of an unexpected Yankees loss, Bill Mazeroski's walk-off home run in the bottom of the ninth winning the game—and the Series—for the Pirates. Ford always felt that had he been able to appear in three of the games instead of just two, the Yankees would have won. Upper management may have agreed: Stengel was fired following the Series.

For his career, Ford had 10 World Series victories, more than any other pitcher. Ford also leads all starters in World Series losses (8) and starts (22), as well as innings, hits, walks, and strikeouts. In 1961 he broke Babe Ruth's World Series record of 29 2/3 consecutive scoreless innings. (The record would eventually reach 33 2/3. It is still a World Series record, although Mariano Rivera broke it as a postseason record in 2000.) Ford won the 1961 World Series MVP. In addition to Yankee Stadium, Ford also pitched World Series games in seven other stadiums:

* Ebbets Field (1953 and 1956)
* Milwaukee County Stadium (1957 and 1958)
* Forbes Field (1960)
* Crosley Field (1961)
* Candlestick Park (1962)
* Dodger Stadium (1963)
* Busch Stadium (1964)

Ford appeared on eight AL All-Star teams between 1954 and 1964. One NL batter who was always happy to see him was Willie Mays, who at one point had seven consecutive hits off Ford.
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He broke Babe Ruth's record for scoreless innings in a World series, the same year Roger Maris broke Babe's HR record for a season (1961). Whitey was the #1 pitcher for the Yanks in the late 50' s to mid sixties when they went to many World Series.

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Written By: gibbo on 10/21/09 at 4:05 pm

Ah...getting into the Halloween spirit by choosing my favourite 'Carrie'... ;)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/22/09 at 4:24 am

The birthday of the day...Carrie Fisher
Carrie Frances Fisher (born October 21, 1956) is an American actress, screenwriter and novelist. She is most famous for her portrayal of Princess Leia in the original Star Wars trilogy and her bestselling novel Postcards from the Edge.
Soon after, Fisher enrolled at London's Central School of Speech and Drama, which she attended for 18 months. She made her film debut in the Columbia comedy Shampoo (1975) starring Warren Beatty, Julie Christie and Goldie Hawn, with Lee Grant and Jack Warden. In 1977, Fisher starred as Princess Leia Organa in George Lucas' sci-fi film Star Wars opposite Mark Hamill and Harrison Ford, a part she sarcastically claims to have obtained by sleeping "with some nerd."

In May 1978, she appeared alongside John Ritter in the ABC-TV movie "Leave Yesterday Behind" as a horse trainer who helps Ritter's character after an accident leaves him a paraplegic. They eventually fall in love after a hate/hate early relationship.

The huge success of Star Wars made her internationally famous. The character of Princess Leia became a merchandising triumph; there were small plastic action figures of the Princess in toy stores across the United States. She appeared as Princess Leia in the 1978 made-for-TV movie, The Star Wars Holiday Special.

At this time Fisher appeared with Laurence Olivier and Joanne Woodward in the TV episode Laurence Olivier Presents: Come Back, Little Sheba.

In November 1978 Fisher was the guest host for Saturday Night Live with musical guests The Blues Brothers and special guest Don Novello as the Father Guido Sarducci. Dressed in a gold bikini, she reprised her Princess Leia character from Star Wars in "Beach Blanket Bimbo from Outer Space", a parody sketch of '60s beach party films. Bill Murray and Gilda Radner imitated the Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello characters. John Belushi played biker Eric Von Zipper, and Dan Aykroyd, with whom Fisher was romantically involved, portrayed Vincent Price.

Fisher appeared in the music video for Ringo Starr's cover of "You're Sixteen" as the love interest in 1978 on Ringo's TV special of that year.
1980s

Fisher later appeared in The Blues Brothers movie in a cameo role as Joliet Jake's vengeful ex-lover, listed in the credits as "Mystery Woman." She appeared on Broadway in Censored Scenes From King Kong in 1980. That year, she appeared again as Princess Leia in Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back. She made her third and final appearance as Leia in the series in Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi. After her appearance wearing a golden metal bikini, or slave girl outfit, that almost immediately rose to pop culture icon status, Fisher became a sex symbol for a short period. She is one of the few actors or actresses to star in movies with both John and Jim Belushi, later appearing with the latter in the movie The Man with One Red Shoe. She also was a replacement in the Broadway production of Agnes of God (1982). She appeared in the Woody Allen film Hannah and her Sisters in 1986.

In 1987, Fisher published her first novel, Postcards from the Edge. The book was semi-autobiographical in the sense that she fictionalized and satirized real life events such as her drug addiction of the late 1970s. It became a bestseller, and she received the Los Angeles Pen Award for Best First Novel. In 1989 Fisher played a major supporting role in When Harry Met Sally, and in the same year she played opposite Tom Hanks as his wife in The Burbs.
1990s

In 1990, Columbia Pictures released a movie version of Postcards from the Edge, adapted for the screen by Fisher and starring Meryl Streep, Shirley MacLaine, and Dennis Quaid. She also appeared in the movie Drop Dead Fred in 1991. In 1997, Fisher appeared as a therapist in Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery. During the 1990s Fisher also published the novels Surrender the Pink (1991) and Delusions of Grandma (1993).
2000s
Fisher at Star Wars Celebration IV, 2007

In the movie Scream 3 (2000), Fisher played an actress mistaken for Carrie Fisher. ("Yeah, I was up for the part of Princess Leia. But who gets it? The girl who slept with George Lucas!") Director's commentary on the Scream 3 DVD suggests that the sequence was in fact penned by Fisher herself.

In 2001, Fisher played a nun in the Kevin Smith comedy Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back. The title spoofs The Empire Strikes Back and the film, which includes Mark Hamill, satirizes many Hollywood movies, including the Star Wars series.

She also co-wrote the TV comedy movie These Old Broads (2001), of which she was also co-executive producer. It starred her mother, Debbie Reynolds, as well as Elizabeth Taylor, Joan Collins and Shirley MacLaine. In this, Taylor's character, an agent, explains to Reynolds' character, an actress, that she was in an alcoholic blackout when she married the actress's husband, "Freddy."

Besides acting and writing original works, Fisher was one of the top script doctors in Hollywood, working on the screenplays of other writers. She has done uncredited polishes on movies starting with The Wedding Singer and Sister Act, and was hired by the creator of Star Wars, George Lucas, to polish scripts for his 1992 TV series The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles. Her expertise in this area was why she was chosen as one of the interviewers for the screenwriting documentary Dreams on Spec in 2007. Though during an interview in 2004 she said that she no longer does much script doctoring.

Fisher also plays Peter Griffin's boss on the animated sitcom Family Guy and appeared in a book of photographs titled Hollywood Moms (2001) for which she wrote the introduction. Fisher published a sequel to Postcards, The Best Awful There Is in 2004.

Fisher wrote and performed in her one-woman play Wishful Drinking at the Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles from November 7, 2006, to January 14, 2007. Her show played at the Berkeley Repertory Theater through April, 2008. Wishful Drinking played July 2008 in San Jose, California, then at Hartford Stage in August 2008 before moving on to the Arena Stage in Washington, DC in September 2008 and Boston in October 2008. "Wishful Drinking" opened in New York in October 2009 at Studio 54.

In 2007 she was a full-time judge on FOX's filmmaking-competition reality TV series On the Lot.

Fisher recently joined Turner Classic Movies host Robert Osborne on Saturday evenings for The Essentials with informative and entertaining conversation on Hollywood's best films. She guest-starred in the episode titled "Sex and Another City" from season 3 of Sex and the City with Sarah Jessica Parker. This episode also featured Vince Vaughn, Hugh Hefner and Sam Seder in a guest role. On October 25, 2007, Fisher guest-starred on 30 Rock for the "Rosemary's Baby" Episode 4 of Season 2 for which she received an Emmy Award nomination. She starred as Rosemary Howard. Her last line in the show was a spoof from Star Wars: "Help me Liz Lemon, You're my only hope!". On April 28, 2008, she was a guest on Deal or No Deal.
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"We have no time for sorrows, Commander. You must use the information in this R-2 unit to help plan the attack- it's our only hope."

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/22/09 at 4:25 am

I remember when he got his ear chomped off from Mike Tyson in 1997. :o
What's this 'ear?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 10/22/09 at 5:13 am

The word of the day...Cyberspace
The electronic medium of computer networks, in which online communication takes place.
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Written By: ninny on 10/22/09 at 5:16 am

The birthday of the day...Christopher Lloyd
Christopher Allen Lloyd (born October 22, 1938) is an American actor. He is widely known for his portrayals of characters such as Emmett "Doc" Brown in the Back to the Future trilogy, Judge Doom in Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Uncle Fester in The Addams Family and Addams Family Values, and Reverend Jim Ignatowski on television's Taxi. He also starred in the short-lived television series Deadly Games, where he played Jackal, a videogame villain brought to life.

His voice has also made him popular with animation, frequently voicing villains. He currently voices the character Hacker on the animated PBS series Cyberchase. He has won three Primetime Emmy Awards, an Independent Spirit Award, nominated for two Saturn Awards, and a Daytime Emmy Award.
He began acting by age 14 and started apprenticing in summer stock. He took acting classes in New York City at age 19, some at the Neighborhood Playhouse with Sanford Meisner. He appeared in several Broadway productions, including Happy End, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Red, White and Maddox, Kaspar , The Harlot and the Hunted, The Seagull, Total Eclipse , Macbeth, In the Boom Boom Room, Cracks , Professional Resident Company, What Every Woman Knows, And They Put Handcuffs on the Flowers, The Father , King Lear, and Power Failure.

His first major motion picture role was as a psychiatric patient in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. However, he may be most remembered for his roles as Reverend Jim Ignatowski, the ex-hippie cabbie on the TV sitcom Taxi, and the eccentric inventor Emmett "Doc" Brown in the Back to the Future trilogy of sci-fi films, for which he was nominated for a Saturn Award. He portrayed the villain Maj. Bartholomew 'Butch' Cavendish in The Legend of the Lone Ranger a role he has played numerous times in various spin-offs and incarnations. He also played notable roles as Klingon Commander Kruge in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, Professor Dimple in an episode of Road to Avonlea, the title role in The Pagemaster, the villain Judge Doom in Who Framed Roger Rabbit, a wacky sound effects man named Zoltan in Radioland Murders, and Uncle Fester in the big screen adaptations of The Addams Family. In 1999 Lloyd was reunited onscreen with Michael J. Fox in an episode of "Spin City" entitled "Back to the Future IV — Judgment Day" where Lloyd plays Owen Kingston, Mike Flaherty's (Fox's character) former mentor who stops by City Hall to see him, only to proclaim himself as God. Also in November 2007, Lloyd was reunited onscreen with his former Taxi co-star Judd Hirsch in the (Season 4 episode) "Graphic" of the TV series Numb3rs.

He recently played Ebenezer Scrooge in a 2008 production of A Christmas Carol at the Kodak Theatre with John Goodman and Jane Leeves. He also recently appeared in a trailer for a fake horror film, entitled Gobstopper, where he played Willy Wonka as a horror movie villain.
Filmography
Year Film Role Other notes
1975 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Max Taber
1978 Goin' South Deputy Towfield
Taxi (TV) Reverend Jim Ignatowski
Three Warriors Steve Chaffey
1979 The Onion Field Jailhouse lawyer
The Lady in Red Frognose
1981 The Legend of the Lone Ranger Maj. Bartholomew 'Butch' Cavendish
1983 Mr. Mom Larry
To Be or Not to Be S.S. Captain Schultz
1984 Star Trek III: The Search for Spock Klingon Commander Kruge
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension John Bigboote'
National Lampoon's Joy of Sex Coach Hindenberg
1985 Back to the Future Doctor Emmett "Doc" Brown
Clue Professor Plum
1986 Miracles Harry
1987 Walk Like a Man Reggie Shand / Henry Shand
1988 Track 29 Henry Henry
Eight Men Out Bill Burns
Who Framed Roger Rabbit Judge Doom
1989 The Dream Team Henry Sikorsky
Back to the Future Part II Doctor Emmett "Doc" Brown
1990 Back to the Future Part III Doctor Emmett "Doc" Brown
DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp Merlock the Magician
1991 Back to the Future: The Ride Doctor Emmett "Doc" Brown Simulator ride
Suburban Commando Charlie Wilcox
The Addams Family Uncle Fester Addams
1992 Amazing Stories: Book Two (TV) Professor B.O. Beanes
T bone 'N' Weasel William 'Weasel' Weasler
Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster Frank Iarossi
1993 Dennis the Menace Switchblade Sam Switchblade Sam is the only character in the film never referred to by his name.
Addams Family Values Uncle Fester Addams
Twenty Bucks Jimmy
1994 Angels in the Outfield Al "The Boss" Angel
Camp Nowhere Dennis Van Welker
The Pagemaster Mr. Dewey / The Pagemaster
In Search of Dr. Seuss Mr. Hunch
Radioland Murders Zoltan: Eccentric sound designer
1995 Rent-a-Kid Lawrence 'Larry' Kayvey
Deadly Games Jordan Kenneth Lloyd / Sebastian Jackal
Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead Pieces
1996 Cadillac Ranch Wood Grimes
Toonstruck Drew Blanc Point-and-click adventure game
1997 Quicksilver Highway Aaron Quicksilver
Anastasia Grigori Rasputin
Angels in the Endzone Al "The Boss" Angel
The Real Blonde Ernst
1999 My Favorite Martian Uncle Martin
Alice in Wonderland The White Knight
Baby Geniuses Heep
Man on the Moon Actor in Taxi Re-creation
Spin City Owen Kingston
It Came From the Sky Jarvis Moody
2001 Wit Dr. Harvey Kelekian
When Good Ghouls Go Bad Uncle Fred Walker
Kids World Leo
2002 Interstate 60 Ray
Wish You Were Dead Bruce
Hey Arnold!: The Movie Coroner
Cyberchase Hacker
2003 Haunted Lighthouse Cap'n Jack
Tremors (TV) Cletus Poffenberger
2004 I Dream (TV) Prof. Toone
Malcom in the Middle (TV) Hal's Father
2005 Stacked (TV) Professor Harold March
Here Comes Peter Cottontail: The Movie Seymour S. Sassafrass
Bad Girls From Valley High Mr. Chauncey
2006 A Perfect Day (TV) Michael
Valerie on the Stairs (TV) Everett Neely Episode of Masters of Horror
2007 Numb3rs (TV) Ross Moore
2008 The Simpsons Ride Doctor Emmett "Doc" Brown Simulator ride
Law & Order: Criminal Intent (TV) Carmine
Fly Me to the Moon Grandpa
The Tale of Despereaux Hovis
2009 Meteor (TV) Dr. Lehman
Knights of the Bloodsteel (TV) Tesselink
The Call of the Wild 'Grandpa' Bill Hale
Foodfight! Mr. Clipboard
Snowmen The Caretaker
Santa Buddies Stan Cruge
2010 Piranha 3-D Mr. Goodman (Rumored)
Awards

Primetime Emmy Awards

* (1982) Won - Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series / Taxi
* (1983) Won — Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series / Taxi
* (1992) Won - Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series / Road to Avonlea

Saturn Awards

* (1986) Nominated - Best Supporting Actor / Back to the Future
* (1990) Nominated — Best Supporting Actor / Who Framed Roger Rabbit?

Independent Spirit Awards

* (1994) Won - Best Supporting Male / Twenty Bucks

DVD Exclusive Awards

* (2001) Nominated — Best Actor / When Good Ghouls Go Bad

Daytime Emmy Awards

* (2008) Nominated — Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program / Cyberchase

Drama Desk Award

* (1973) Won - Drama Desk Award for Best Performance/ Kaspar

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Written By: ninny on 10/22/09 at 5:18 am

The co-birthday of the day...Joan Fontaine
Joan Fontaine (born October 22, 1917) is a British American actress. She became an American citizen in April 1943. She is the younger sister of actress Olivia de Havilland, also an Academy Award winner. Along with Luise Rainer, Gloria Stuart, Shirley Temple, Deanna Durbin and Olivia de Havilland, Fontaine is one of the last surviving female stars from Hollywood of the 1930s. She is notably the only actress to ever win an Academy Award for a performance in a film directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
Her film debut was a small role in No More Ladies (1935). She was selected to appear in a major role alongside Fred Astaire in his first RKO film without Ginger Rogers: A Damsel in Distress (1937) but audiences were disappointed and the film flopped. She continued appearing in small parts in about a dozen films but failed to make a strong impression and her contract was not renewed when it expired in 1939, the same year she married her first husband, the British actor Brian Aherne. That marriage was not a success.

Her luck changed one night at a dinner party when she found herself seated next to producer David O. Selznick.

She and Selznick began discussing the Daphne du Maurier novel Rebecca, and Selznick asked her to audition for the part of the unnamed heroine. She endured a grueling six-month series of film tests, along with hundreds of other actresses, before securing the part.

Rebecca marked the American debut of British director Alfred Hitchcock. In 1940, the film was released to glowing reviews and Joan was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress.

She didn't win that year (Ginger Rogers took home the award for Kitty Foyle) but Fontaine did win the following year for Best Actress in Suspicion, which was also directed by Hitchcock. This is the only Academy Award winning performance directed by Hitchcock.
Career rise
in the film Ivanhoe (1952)

She went on to continued success in the 1940s, during which she excelled in romantic melodramas. Among her memorable films during this time were The Constant Nymph (1943), Jane Eyre (1944), Ivy (1947), and Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948). Her film successes slowed a bit during the 1950s and she also began appearing in television and on the stage. She won good reviews for her role on Broadway in 1954 as Laura in Tea and Sympathy, opposite Anthony Perkins.

During the 1960s, she continued her stage appearances in several productions, among them Private Lives, Cactus Flower and an Austrian production of The Lion in Winter. Her last theatrical film was The Witches (1966), which she also co-produced. In 1956, she appeared with Eduard Franz in the NBC anthology series The Joseph Cotten Show. She appeared as herself in 1957 in the CBS sitcom Mr. Adams and Eve, starring Howard Duff and Ida Lupino. She had a guest role on ABC's short-lived sitcom, The Bing Crosby Show, in the 1964–1965 season. She continued appearing in the 1970s and 1980s and was nominated for an Emmy Award for the soap opera, Ryan's Hope in 1980.

Her autobiography, No Bed of Roses, was published in 1978.

She resides in Carmel, California, in relative seclusion, spending her time in her gardens, and with her dogs.
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Written By: Howard on 10/22/09 at 6:53 am

What's this 'ear?

Mike Tyson chomped off a bit of Evander Holyfield's ear in the boxing bout.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 10/22/09 at 6:55 am

The birthday of the day...Christopher Lloyd
Christopher Allen Lloyd (born October 22, 1938) is an American actor. He is widely known for his portrayals of characters such as Emmett "Doc" Brown in the Back to the Future trilogy, Judge Doom in Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Uncle Fester in The Addams Family and Addams Family Values, and Reverend Jim Ignatowski on television's Taxi. He also starred in the short-lived television series Deadly Games, where he played Jackal, a videogame villain brought to life.

His voice has also made him popular with animation, frequently voicing villains. He currently voices the character Hacker on the animated PBS series Cyberchase. He has won three Primetime Emmy Awards, an Independent Spirit Award, nominated for two Saturn Awards, and a Daytime Emmy Award.
He began acting by age 14 and started apprenticing in summer stock. He took acting classes in New York City at age 19, some at the Neighborhood Playhouse with Sanford Meisner. He appeared in several Broadway productions, including Happy End, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Red, White and Maddox, Kaspar , The Harlot and the Hunted, The Seagull, Total Eclipse , Macbeth, In the Boom Boom Room, Cracks , Professional Resident Company, What Every Woman Knows, And They Put Handcuffs on the Flowers, The Father , King Lear, and Power Failure.

His first major motion picture role was as a psychiatric patient in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. However, he may be most remembered for his roles as Reverend Jim Ignatowski, the ex-hippie cabbie on the TV sitcom Taxi, and the eccentric inventor Emmett "Doc" Brown in the Back to the Future trilogy of sci-fi films, for which he was nominated for a Saturn Award. He portrayed the villain Maj. Bartholomew 'Butch' Cavendish in The Legend of the Lone Ranger a role he has played numerous times in various spin-offs and incarnations. He also played notable roles as Klingon Commander Kruge in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, Professor Dimple in an episode of Road to Avonlea, the title role in The Pagemaster, the villain Judge Doom in Who Framed Roger Rabbit, a wacky sound effects man named Zoltan in Radioland Murders, and Uncle Fester in the big screen adaptations of The Addams Family. In 1999 Lloyd was reunited onscreen with Michael J. Fox in an episode of "Spin City" entitled "Back to the Future IV — Judgment Day" where Lloyd plays Owen Kingston, Mike Flaherty's (Fox's character) former mentor who stops by City Hall to see him, only to proclaim himself as God. Also in November 2007, Lloyd was reunited onscreen with his former Taxi co-star Judd Hirsch in the (Season 4 episode) "Graphic" of the TV series Numb3rs.

He recently played Ebenezer Scrooge in a 2008 production of A Christmas Carol at the Kodak Theatre with John Goodman and Jane Leeves. He also recently appeared in a trailer for a fake horror film, entitled Gobstopper, where he played Willy Wonka as a horror movie villain.
Filmography
Year Film Role Other notes
1975 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Max Taber
1978 Goin' South Deputy Towfield
Taxi (TV) Reverend Jim Ignatowski
Three Warriors Steve Chaffey
1979 The Onion Field Jailhouse lawyer
The Lady in Red Frognose
1981 The Legend of the Lone Ranger Maj. Bartholomew 'Butch' Cavendish
1983 Mr. Mom Larry
To Be or Not to Be S.S. Captain Schultz
1984 Star Trek III: The Search for Spock Klingon Commander Kruge
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension John Bigboote'
National Lampoon's Joy of Sex Coach Hindenberg
1985 Back to the Future Doctor Emmett "Doc" Brown
Clue Professor Plum
1986 Miracles Harry
1987 Walk Like a Man Reggie Shand / Henry Shand
1988 Track 29 Henry Henry
Eight Men Out Bill Burns
Who Framed Roger Rabbit Judge Doom
1989 The Dream Team Henry Sikorsky
Back to the Future Part II Doctor Emmett "Doc" Brown
1990 Back to the Future Part III Doctor Emmett "Doc" Brown
DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp Merlock the Magician
1991 Back to the Future: The Ride Doctor Emmett "Doc" Brown Simulator ride
Suburban Commando Charlie Wilcox
The Addams Family Uncle Fester Addams
1992 Amazing Stories: Book Two (TV) Professor B.O. Beanes
T bone 'N' Weasel William 'Weasel' Weasler
Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster Frank Iarossi
1993 Dennis the Menace Switchblade Sam Switchblade Sam is the only character in the film never referred to by his name.
Addams Family Values Uncle Fester Addams
Twenty Bucks Jimmy
1994 Angels in the Outfield Al "The Boss" Angel
Camp Nowhere Dennis Van Welker
The Pagemaster Mr. Dewey / The Pagemaster
In Search of Dr. Seuss Mr. Hunch
Radioland Murders Zoltan: Eccentric sound designer
1995 Rent-a-Kid Lawrence 'Larry' Kayvey
Deadly Games Jordan Kenneth Lloyd / Sebastian Jackal
Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead Pieces
1996 Cadillac Ranch Wood Grimes
Toonstruck Drew Blanc Point-and-click adventure game
1997 Quicksilver Highway Aaron Quicksilver
Anastasia Grigori Rasputin
Angels in the Endzone Al "The Boss" Angel
The Real Blonde Ernst
1999 My Favorite Martian Uncle Martin
Alice in Wonderland The White Knight
Baby Geniuses Heep
Man on the Moon Actor in Taxi Re-creation
Spin City Owen Kingston
It Came From the Sky Jarvis Moody
2001 Wit Dr. Harvey Kelekian
When Good Ghouls Go Bad Uncle Fred Walker
Kids World Leo
2002 Interstate 60 Ray
Wish You Were Dead Bruce
Hey Arnold!: The Movie Coroner
Cyberchase Hacker
2003 Haunted Lighthouse Cap'n Jack
Tremors (TV) Cletus Poffenberger
2004 I Dream (TV) Prof. Toone
Malcom in the Middle (TV) Hal's Father
2005 Stacked (TV) Professor Harold March
Here Comes Peter Cottontail: The Movie Seymour S. Sassafrass
Bad Girls From Valley High Mr. Chauncey
2006 A Perfect Day (TV) Michael
Valerie on the Stairs (TV) Everett Neely Episode of Masters of Horror
2007 Numb3rs (TV) Ross Moore
2008 The Simpsons Ride Doctor Emmett "Doc" Brown Simulator ride
Law & Order: Criminal Intent (TV) Carmine
Fly Me to the Moon Grandpa
The Tale of Despereaux Hovis
2009 Meteor (TV) Dr. Lehman
Knights of the Bloodsteel (TV) Tesselink
The Call of the Wild 'Grandpa' Bill Hale
Foodfight! Mr. Clipboard
Snowmen The Caretaker
Santa Buddies Stan Cruge
2010 Piranha 3-D Mr. Goodman (Rumored)
Awards

Primetime Emmy Awards

* (1982) Won - Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series / Taxi
* (1983) Won — Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series / Taxi
* (1992) Won - Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series / Road to Avonlea

Saturn Awards

* (1986) Nominated - Best Supporting Actor / Back to the Future
* (1990) Nominated — Best Supporting Actor / Who Framed Roger Rabbit?

Independent Spirit Awards

* (1994) Won - Best Supporting Male / Twenty Bucks

DVD Exclusive Awards

* (2001) Nominated — Best Actor / When Good Ghouls Go Bad

Daytime Emmy Awards

* (2008) Nominated — Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program / Cyberchase

Drama Desk Award

* (1973) Won - Drama Desk Award for Best Performance/ Kaspar

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To Me,He'll always be known as "Doc". :)

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Written By: ninny on 10/22/09 at 7:38 am

To Me,He'll always be known as "Doc". :)

Yep..his characters are very memorable.

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Written By: gibbo on 10/22/09 at 3:57 pm

To Me,He'll always be known as "Doc". :)

Same here. I enjoyed many of his roles but Back To The Future is memorable.

I also liked Joan Fontaine (and he sister Olivia De Haviland).

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Written By: CatwomanofV on 10/22/09 at 4:21 pm

My mother (and sisters) worked at a theatre and Joan Fontaine was one of the actresses who preformed. They met her but I don't think I did.

Cat

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Written By: Howard on 10/22/09 at 7:13 pm

Yep..his characters are very memorable.

I also liked him in Taxi.

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Written By: gibbo on 10/22/09 at 7:17 pm

My mother (and sisters) worked at a theatre and Joan Fontaine was one of the actresses who preformed. They met her but I don't think I did.

Cat

That would have been exciting for them... :)

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Written By: Frank on 10/23/09 at 12:54 am

To Me,He'll always be known as "Doc". :)

Yah, he was the best of the 7 dwarfs :D

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Written By: Howard on 10/23/09 at 5:52 am

Yah, he was the best of the 7 dwarfs :D

Doc in Back To The Future. ::)

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Written By: ninny on 10/23/09 at 6:18 am

The word of the day...Paradise
1. often Paradise The Garden of Eden.
2. Christianity.
1. The abode of righteous souls after death; heaven.
2. An intermediate resting place for righteous souls awaiting the Resurrection.
3. A place of ideal beauty or loveliness.
4. A state of delight.
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Written By: ninny on 10/23/09 at 6:25 am

The birthday of the day..."Weird Al" Yankovic
Alfred Matthew "Weird Al" Yankovic (pronounced /ˈjæŋkəvɪk/; born October 23, 1959) is an American singer-songwriter, music producer, actor, comedian, and satirist. Yankovic is known in particular for his humorous songs that make light of popular culture and that often parody specific songs by contemporary musical acts. Since his first-aired song parody in 1979, he has sold more than 12 million albums—more than any other comedy act in history— recorded more than 150 parody and original songs, and has performed more than 1,000 live shows. His works have earned him three Grammy Awards among nine nominations, four gold records, and six platinum records in the United States. Yankovic's first top ten Billboard album (Straight Outta Lynwood) and single ("White & Nerdy") were both released in 2006, nearly three decades into his career.

In addition to recording his albums, Yankovic has written and starred in his own film, UHF, and his own television show, The Weird Al Show, and directed music videos for himself and other artists including Ben Folds, Hanson, and The Presidents of the United States of America. He has also made guest appearances on many television shows, in addition to starring in his own Al TV specials.
While Yankovic's song parodies (such as "Eat It") have resulted in success on the Billboard charts (see List of singles by "Weird Al" Yankovic), he has actually recorded an equally large number of original humorous songs ("You Don't Love Me Anymore" and "One More Minute"). His work depends largely on the satirizing of popular culture, including television (see The TV Album), movies ("The Saga Begins"), food (see The Food Album), popular music ("Bohemian Polka", "Polkarama"), and sometimes issues in contemporary news ("Headline News"). Yankovic claims he has no intention of writing "serious" music. In his reasoning, "There's enough people that do unfunny music. I'll leave the serious stuff to Paris Hilton and Kevin Federline."

Although many of Yankovic's songs are parodies of contemporary radio hits, it is rare that the song's primary topic lampoons the original artist as a person, or the song itself. Most Yankovic songs consist of the original song's music, with a separate, unrelated set of amusing lyrics. Exceptions include "Smells Like Nirvana", which references unintelligible lyrics in "Smells Like Teen Spirit", "Achy Breaky Song", which refers to the song "Achy Breaky Heart", "(This Song's Just) Six Words Long", which refers to the repetitious lyrics in "Got My Mind Set on You", the unreleased "It's Still Billy Joel to Me", and "Confessions Part III", which references "Confessions" and "Confessions Part II" in the first few lines.

Yankovic's humor normally lies more in creating unexpected incongruity between an artist's image and the topic of the song, contrasting the style of the song with its content (such as the songs "Amish Paradise", "White & Nerdy", and "You're Pitiful"), or in pointing out trends or works which have become pop culture clichés (such as "eBay" and "Don't Download This Song").

Yankovic is the sole writer for all his songs, and for "legal and personal reasons" does not accept parody submissions or ideas from fans. There exists, however, one exception to this rule in the case of "Like a Surgeon." Madonna was reportedly talking with a friend and happened to wonder aloud when Yankovic was going to turn her "Like a Virgin" into "Like a Surgeon." Madonna's friend was a mutual friend of Yankovic's manager, Jay Levey, and eventually Yankovic himself heard the story from Levey.

Unlike other parody artists such as Allan Sherman, Yankovic strives to keep the backing music in his parodies the same as the original. While Sherman reproduced them orchestrally, Yankovic and his band essentially play the original song with new lyrics. Instead of using instrumental versions of the original songs, Yankovic and his band transcribe the original song by ear and re-record the song for Yankovic's parody version.

In addition to his parodies, Yankovic also includes a medley of various songs on most albums, each one reinterpreted as a polka, with the choruses or memorable lines of various songs juxtaposed for humorous effect. Yankovic has been known to say that converting these songs to polka was "…the way God intended." Because the polkas have become a staple of Yankovic's albums, he has said he tries to include one on each album because "fans would be rioting in the streets, I think, if I didn't do a polka medley."

Some of Yankovic's original songs are pastiches or "style parodies", for which he chooses a band's entire body of work to honor/parody, rather than any single hit by that band. Such bands include Devo with "Dare to Be Stupid", Talking Heads with "Dog Eat Dog", Frank Zappa with "Genius in France", and Nine Inch Nails with "Germs". Others are style parodies in the style of a genre of music, rather than a specific band (for example, country music with "Good Enough For Now" and charity records with "Don't Download This Song").

Yankovic has contributed original songs to several films ("This Is the Life" from Johnny Dangerously; "Polkamon" from the movie Pokémon: The Movie 2000, and a parody of the James Bond title sequence in Spy Hard), in addition to his own film, UHF. Other songs of his have appeared in films or television series as well, such as "Dare to Be Stupid" in The Transformers: The Movie.

One of Yankovic's recurring jokes involves the number 27; "Al" is the chemical symbol for aluminum, and the atomic weight of that element is 27. It is seen on the covers for Running With Scissors, Poodle Hat, and Straight Outta Lynwood. Other recurring jokes revolve around the names Bob (the Al TV interviews often mention the name), Frank (e.g. "Frank's 2000" TV"), and the surname "Finkelstein" (e.g. the music video for "I Lost on Jeopardy"). Also, a hamster called Harvey the Wonder Hamster is a recurring character in The Weird Al Show and the Al TV specials, as well as the subject of an original song on Alapalooza. Some other recurring jokes include Yankovic borrowing, or being owed, $5. In a number of Al TV interviews, he often asks if he can borrow $5, being turned down every time. This motif also occurs in Why Does This Always Happen to Me?, in which his deceased friend owes him $5. Another recurring joke is his attraction to female nostrils or nostrils in general. This also appears in numerous Al TV interviews as well as in several of his songs (Albuquerque, Wanna B Ur Lovr to name a few.) Yankovic also asks his celebrity guests if they could "shave his back for a nickel." This also appears in the song Albuquerque. Yankovic has also put two backmasking messages into his songs. The first, in "Nature Trail to Hell", said "Satan Eats Cheez Whiz"; the second, in "I Remember Larry", said "Wow, you must have an awful lot of free time on your hands."

Yankovic's career in novelty and comedy music has outlasted many of his "mainstream" parody targets, such as Toni Basil, MC Hammer, and Men Without Hats. While most novelty artists are one-hit wonders, Yankovic's continued success (including the top 10 single "White & Nerdy" and album Straight Outta Lynwood in 2006) has enabled him to escape the stigma often associated with novelty music
While Yankovic's musical parodies generally do not include references to the songs or the artists of the original songs, Yankovic's music videos will sometimes incorporate parodies of many elements of the original song's music video, or otherwise spoof the general style of the music. Most notably, the video for "Smells Like Nirvana" uses an extremely similar set to Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit", including using several of the same actors. This video contended with "Smells like Teen Spirit" at the 1992 MTV Video Music Awards for Best Male Video. Other videos that are parodies of their original song videos include "Eat It", "Fat", "Money for Nothing/Beverly Hillbillies*", "Bedrock Anthem", "Headline News", and "White & Nerdy". The video for "Dare to Be Stupid" is, as stated by Yankovic, a style parody in general of Devo videos. "It's All about the Pentiums" is a parody of "It's All about the Benjamins" by Puff Daddy. Recent videos have included notable celebrities in addition to Yankovic and his band; for example, Dick Van Patten is featured in both "Smells Like Nirvana" and "Bedrock Anthem", Drew Carey, Emo Philips and Phil LaMarr appear in "It's All About the Pentiums", and Keegan-Michael Key, Jordan Peele, Donny Osmond, Judy Tenuta and Seth Green appear in "White & Nerdy". Also, Ruth Buzzi and Pat Boone appear in "Gump".

While most videos that Yankovic creates are aired on music channels such as MTV and VH1, Yankovic has begun working with animation artists to create music videos for release with extended content albums. The DualDisc version of Straight Outta Lynwood features six videos set to songs from the release, including videos created by Bill Plympton and John Kricfalusi; one video, "Weasel Stomping Day" was created by the producers of the show Robot Chicken and used as a segment during one episode.
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Written By: ninny on 10/23/09 at 6:29 am

The co-birthday of the day... Pele
Edison Arantes do Nascimento , (born, Três Corações, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 23 October 1940), best known by his nickname Pelé (Brazilian Portuguese pronunciation: , usual English pronunciation: /ˈpɛleɪ/) is a Brazilian football player. He was given the title "Athlete of the Century" by the International Olympic Committee. In 1999 Time Magazine named Pelé one of the 100 Most Important People of the 20th Century. While his birth certificate shows his first name as Edison, he prefers to call himself Edson, but it is as Pelé that he has become a sporting legend.

In his native Brazil, Pelé is hailed as a national hero. He is known for his accomplishments and contributions to the game of football in addition to being officially declared football ambassador of the world by FIFA and a national treasure by the Brazilian government. He is also acknowledged for his vocal support of policies to improve the social conditions of the poor (when he scored his 1,000th goal he dedicated it to the poor children of Brazil). During his career, he became known as "The King of Football" (O Rei do Futebol), "The King Pelé" (O Rei Pelé) or simply "The King" (O Rei). He is also a member of the American National Soccer Hall of Fame.

Spotted by football star Waldemar de Brito, Pelé began playing for Santos at 15 and his national team at 16, and won his first World Cup at 17. Despite numerous offers from European clubs, the economic conditions and Brazilian football regulations at the time benefited Santos, thus enabling them to keep Pelé for almost two decades until 1974. Pelé played as an inside forward, striker, and what later became known as the playmaker position. Pelé's technique and natural athleticism have been universally praised and during his playing years he was renowned for his excellent dribbling and passing, his pace, powerful shot, exceptional heading ability, and prolific goalscoring.

He is the all-time leading scorer of the Brazil national football team and is the only footballer to be a part of three World Cup-winning teams. In 1962 he was on the Brazilian squad at the start of the World Cup but due to an injury suffered in the second match, he wasn't able to play the remainder of the tournament. In November 2007 FIFA announced that he would be awarded the 1962 medal retroactively, making him the only player in the world to have three World Cup winning medals.

Since his retirement in 1977, Pelé has been a worldwide ambassador for football and has undertaken various acting roles and commercial ventures.
Pelé's first international match was a 2–1 defeat against Argentina on 7 July 1957. In that match, he scored his first goal for Brazil aged 16 years and 9 months to become the youngest player to score in International football.
1958 World Cup

His first match in the World Cup was against USSR in the first round of the 1958 FIFA World Cup. He was the youngest player of that tournament, and at the time the youngest ever to play in the World Cup. He scored his first World Cup goal against Wales in quarterfinals, the only goal of the match, to help Brazil advance to semifinals, while becoming the youngest ever World Cup goalscorer at 17 years and 239 days. Against France in the semifinal, Brazil was leading 2–1 at halftime, and then Pelé scored a hat-trick, becoming the youngest in World Cup history to do so.

On 19 June 1958 Pelé became the youngest player to play in a World Cup final match at 17 years and 249 days. He scored two goals in the final as Brazil beat Sweden 5–2. His first goal, a lob over a defender followed by a precise volley shot, was selected as one of the best goals in the history of the World Cup. When the match ended, he passed out on the field, and had to be attended by the medical staff. He then recovered, and was visibly compelled by the victory, in tears as being congratulated by his teammates. He finished the tournament with six goals in four matches played, tied for second place, behind record-breaker Just Fontaine.
1962 World Cup

In the first match of the 1962 World Cup, against Mexico, Pelé assisted on the first goal and then scored the second one to go up 2–0 after a run past four defenders. He injured himself while attempting a long-range shot against Czechoslovakia. This would keep him out of the rest of the tournament, and forced coach Aymoré Moreira to make his only lineup change of the tournament. The substitute was Amarildo, who performed well for the rest of the tournament. Yet it was Garrincha who would take the leading role and carry Brazil to their second World Cup title.
1970 World Cup

When Pelé was called to the national team in early 1969, he first refused, but then accepted and played in six World Cup qualifying matches, scoring six goals. The 1970 tournament in Mexico was to be Pelé's last. Brazil's squad for the tournament featured major changes in relation to the 1966 squad. Players like Garrincha, Nilton Santos, Djalma Santos, and Gilmar had already retired, but the team, with Pelé, Rivelino, Jairzinho, Gérson, Tostão, and Clodoaldo, is widely considered one of the greatest football teams ever.

In the first match, against Czechoslovakia, Pelé gave Brazil a 2–1 lead after controlling Gerson's long pass with his chest. In this match, Pelé audaciously attempted to lob goalkeeper Ivo Victor from the half-way line, only narrowly missing the Czech goal. Brazil went on to win the match, 4–1. In the first half of the match against England, he nearly scored with a header that was spectacularly saved by Gordon Banks. In the second half, he assisted Jairzinho for the only goal of the match. Against Romania, he opened the score on a direct free kick goal, a strong strike with the outside of his right foot. Later on the match he scored again to put the score 3–1. Brazil won by a final score of 3–2. In quarterfinals against Peru, Brazil won 4–2, with Pelé assisting Tostão on his team's third goal. In the semi-finals, Brazil faced Uruguay for the first time since the 1950 World Cup final round match. Jairzinho put Brazil ahead 2–1, and Pelé assisted Rivelino for the 3–1. During that match, Pelé made one of his most famous plays. Tostão gave Pelé a through ball, and Uruguay's goalkeeper Ladislao Mazurkiewicz took notice of it. The keeper ran off of his line to get the ball before Pelé, but Pelé got there first, and without touching the ball, he caused it to go past the keeper, to the latter's left, while Pelé went right. Pelé went around the goalkeeper and took a shot while turning towards the goal, but he turned in excess as he shot, and the ball drifted just wide of the far post.

Brazil played Italy in the final, with Pelé scoring the opener on a header over defender Tarcisio Burgnich. He then made assists on Jairzinho's and Carlos Alberto's goals, the latter one after an impressive collective play. Brazil won the match 4–1, keeping the Jules Rimet Trophy indefinitely. Burgnich, who marked Pelé during the match, was quoted saying "I told myself before the game, he's made of skin and bones just like everyone else — but I was wrong".

Pelé's last international match was on 18 July 1971 against Yugoslavia in Rio de Janeiro. With Pelé on the field, the Brazilian team's record was 67 wins, 14 draws, and 11 losses, and went on to win three World Cups. Brazil never lost a match while fielding both Pelé and Garrincha.
South American Championship

Pelé also played in the South American Championship. In the 1959 competition he was top scorer with eight goals, as Brazil came second in the tournament..
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Written By: ninny on 10/23/09 at 6:34 am

Fall foliage for Friday

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Written By: Womble on 10/23/09 at 7:54 am

I like the Autumn pictures. Thanks, Ninny. :)

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Written By: gibbo on 10/23/09 at 7:55 am

I like the Autumn pictures. Thanks, Ninny. :)

I agree...it looks stunning!

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Written By: ninny on 10/23/09 at 8:04 am

I like the Autumn pictures. Thanks, Ninny. :)

I agree...it looks stunning!

I'm glad you like it. :)

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Written By: Howard on 10/23/09 at 9:19 am

The birthday of the day..."Weird Al" Yankovic
Alfred Matthew "Weird Al" Yankovic (pronounced /ˈjæŋkəvɪk/; born October 23, 1959) is an American singer-songwriter, music producer, actor, comedian, and satirist. Yankovic is known in particular for his humorous songs that make light of popular culture and that often parody specific songs by contemporary musical acts. Since his first-aired song parody in 1979, he has sold more than 12 million albums—more than any other comedy act in history— recorded more than 150 parody and original songs, and has performed more than 1,000 live shows. His works have earned him three Grammy Awards among nine nominations, four gold records, and six platinum records in the United States. Yankovic's first top ten Billboard album (Straight Outta Lynwood) and single ("White & Nerdy") were both released in 2006, nearly three decades into his career.

In addition to recording his albums, Yankovic has written and starred in his own film, UHF, and his own television show, The Weird Al Show, and directed music videos for himself and other artists including Ben Folds, Hanson, and The Presidents of the United States of America. He has also made guest appearances on many television shows, in addition to starring in his own Al TV specials.
While Yankovic's song parodies (such as "Eat It") have resulted in success on the Billboard charts (see List of singles by "Weird Al" Yankovic), he has actually recorded an equally large number of original humorous songs ("You Don't Love Me Anymore" and "One More Minute"). His work depends largely on the satirizing of popular culture, including television (see The TV Album), movies ("The Saga Begins"), food (see The Food Album), popular music ("Bohemian Polka", "Polkarama"), and sometimes issues in contemporary news ("Headline News"). Yankovic claims he has no intention of writing "serious" music. In his reasoning, "There's enough people that do unfunny music. I'll leave the serious stuff to Paris Hilton and Kevin Federline."

Although many of Yankovic's songs are parodies of contemporary radio hits, it is rare that the song's primary topic lampoons the original artist as a person, or the song itself. Most Yankovic songs consist of the original song's music, with a separate, unrelated set of amusing lyrics. Exceptions include "Smells Like Nirvana", which references unintelligible lyrics in "Smells Like Teen Spirit", "Achy Breaky Song", which refers to the song "Achy Breaky Heart", "(This Song's Just) Six Words Long", which refers to the repetitious lyrics in "Got My Mind Set on You", the unreleased "It's Still Billy Joel to Me", and "Confessions Part III", which references "Confessions" and "Confessions Part II" in the first few lines.

Yankovic's humor normally lies more in creating unexpected incongruity between an artist's image and the topic of the song, contrasting the style of the song with its content (such as the songs "Amish Paradise", "White & Nerdy", and "You're Pitiful"), or in pointing out trends or works which have become pop culture clichés (such as "eBay" and "Don't Download This Song").

Yankovic is the sole writer for all his songs, and for "legal and personal reasons" does not accept parody submissions or ideas from fans. There exists, however, one exception to this rule in the case of "Like a Surgeon." Madonna was reportedly talking with a friend and happened to wonder aloud when Yankovic was going to turn her "Like a Virgin" into "Like a Surgeon." Madonna's friend was a mutual friend of Yankovic's manager, Jay Levey, and eventually Yankovic himself heard the story from Levey.

Unlike other parody artists such as Allan Sherman, Yankovic strives to keep the backing music in his parodies the same as the original. While Sherman reproduced them orchestrally, Yankovic and his band essentially play the original song with new lyrics. Instead of using instrumental versions of the original songs, Yankovic and his band transcribe the original song by ear and re-record the song for Yankovic's parody version.

In addition to his parodies, Yankovic also includes a medley of various songs on most albums, each one reinterpreted as a polka, with the choruses or memorable lines of various songs juxtaposed for humorous effect. Yankovic has been known to say that converting these songs to polka was "…the way God intended." Because the polkas have become a staple of Yankovic's albums, he has said he tries to include one on each album because "fans would be rioting in the streets, I think, if I didn't do a polka medley."

Some of Yankovic's original songs are pastiches or "style parodies", for which he chooses a band's entire body of work to honor/parody, rather than any single hit by that band. Such bands include Devo with "Dare to Be Stupid", Talking Heads with "Dog Eat Dog", Frank Zappa with "Genius in France", and Nine Inch Nails with "Germs". Others are style parodies in the style of a genre of music, rather than a specific band (for example, country music with "Good Enough For Now" and charity records with "Don't Download This Song").

Yankovic has contributed original songs to several films ("This Is the Life" from Johnny Dangerously; "Polkamon" from the movie Pokémon: The Movie 2000, and a parody of the James Bond title sequence in Spy Hard), in addition to his own film, UHF. Other songs of his have appeared in films or television series as well, such as "Dare to Be Stupid" in The Transformers: The Movie.

One of Yankovic's recurring jokes involves the number 27; "Al" is the chemical symbol for aluminum, and the atomic weight of that element is 27. It is seen on the covers for Running With Scissors, Poodle Hat, and Straight Outta Lynwood. Other recurring jokes revolve around the names Bob (the Al TV interviews often mention the name), Frank (e.g. "Frank's 2000" TV"), and the surname "Finkelstein" (e.g. the music video for "I Lost on Jeopardy"). Also, a hamster called Harvey the Wonder Hamster is a recurring character in The Weird Al Show and the Al TV specials, as well as the subject of an original song on Alapalooza. Some other recurring jokes include Yankovic borrowing, or being owed, $5. In a number of Al TV interviews, he often asks if he can borrow $5, being turned down every time. This motif also occurs in Why Does This Always Happen to Me?, in which his deceased friend owes him $5. Another recurring joke is his attraction to female nostrils or nostrils in general. This also appears in numerous Al TV interviews as well as in several of his songs (Albuquerque, Wanna B Ur Lovr to name a few.) Yankovic also asks his celebrity guests if they could "shave his back for a nickel." This also appears in the song Albuquerque. Yankovic has also put two backmasking messages into his songs. The first, in "Nature Trail to Hell", said "Satan Eats Cheez Whiz"; the second, in "I Remember Larry", said "Wow, you must have an awful lot of free time on your hands."

Yankovic's career in novelty and comedy music has outlasted many of his "mainstream" parody targets, such as Toni Basil, MC Hammer, and Men Without Hats. While most novelty artists are one-hit wonders, Yankovic's continued success (including the top 10 single "White & Nerdy" and album Straight Outta Lynwood in 2006) has enabled him to escape the stigma often associated with novelty music
While Yankovic's musical parodies generally do not include references to the songs or the artists of the original songs, Yankovic's music videos will sometimes incorporate parodies of many elements of the original song's music video, or otherwise spoof the general style of the music. Most notably, the video for "Smells Like Nirvana" uses an extremely similar set to Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit", including using several of the same actors. This video contended with "Smells like Teen Spirit" at the 1992 MTV Video Music Awards for Best Male Video. Other videos that are parodies of their original song videos include "Eat It", "Fat", "Money for Nothing/Beverly Hillbillies*", "Bedrock Anthem", "Headline News", and "White & Nerdy". The video for "Dare to Be Stupid" is, as stated by Yankovic, a style parody in general of Devo videos. "It's All about the Pentiums" is a parody of "It's All about the Benjamins" by Puff Daddy. Recent videos have included notable celebrities in addition to Yankovic and his band; for example, Dick Van Patten is featured in both "Smells Like Nirvana" and "Bedrock Anthem", Drew Carey, Emo Philips and Phil LaMarr appear in "It's All About the Pentiums", and Keegan-Michael Key, Jordan Peele, Donny Osmond, Judy Tenuta and Seth Green appear in "White & Nerdy". Also, Ruth Buzzi and Pat Boone appear in "Gump".

While most videos that Yankovic creates are aired on music channels such as MTV and VH1, Yankovic has begun working with animation artists to create music videos for release with extended content albums. The DualDisc version of Straight Outta Lynwood features six videos set to songs from the release, including videos created by Bill Plympton and John Kricfalusi; one video, "Weasel Stomping Day" was created by the producers of the show Robot Chicken and used as a segment during one episode.
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My all time favorite is "Fat",you have to love that song and the video is quite hilarious. ;D

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Written By: ninny on 10/23/09 at 10:55 am

My all time favorite is "Fat",you have to love that song and the video is quite hilarious. ;D

Fat is good, I have lots of songs that I like by Weird Al including this one.Star Wars: The Saga Begins.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSwwa9RqyQU#

Weird Al Yankovic - A Complicated Song
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& Canadian Idiot
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Written By: CatwomanofV on 10/23/09 at 11:36 am

I think Weird Al is BRILLIANT! The guy is super intelligent (he was valedictorian in high school). It was so tragic what happened to his parents. I could not pick ONE song of his because I love so many of them (in no order):

-One More Minute
-Gonna Buy Me a Condo
-Amish Paradise
-Headline News
-I Lost on Jeopardy
-Another One Rides the Bus
-Eat It

Many more.

Cat

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Written By: Frank on 10/23/09 at 12:28 pm

I think Weird Al is BRILLIANT! The guy is super intelligent (he was valedictorian in high school). It was so tragic what happened to his parents. I could not pick ONE song of his because I love so many of them (in no order):

-One More Minute
-Gonna Buy Me a Condo
-Amish Paradise
-Headline News
-I Lost on Jeopardy
-Another One Rides the Bus
-Eat It

Many more.

Cat

One more minute: A classic. Maybe his best. I listen to it when I am down and it maks me laugh.
But me a Condo: Another classic.
Headline News and I Lost on Jeopardy, 2 more classics.
Another one rides the bus, his first great one.

We have the same taste in Weird Al music.

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Written By: ninny on 10/23/09 at 2:23 pm

I think Weird Al is BRILLIANT! The guy is super intelligent (he was valedictorian in high school). It was so tragic what happened to his parents. I could not pick ONE song of his because I love so many of them (in no order):

-One More Minute
-Gonna Buy Me a Condo
-Amish Paradise
-Headline News
-I Lost on Jeopardy
-Another One Rides the Bus
-Eat It

Many more.

Cat

One more minute: A classic. Maybe his best. I listen to it when I am down and it maks me laugh.
But me a Condo: Another classic.
Headline News and I Lost on Jeopardy, 2 more classics.
Another one rides the bus, his first great one.

We have the same taste in Weird Al music.

Yes he has so many great songs.

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Written By: Howard on 10/23/09 at 3:30 pm

He's like the King of Parody.

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Written By: ninny on 10/23/09 at 3:38 pm

He's like the King of Parody.

Not to many like him..Luke Ski is another parody singer

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Written By: Howard on 10/23/09 at 3:39 pm

Not to many like him..Luke Ski is another parody singer

Who's he?

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Written By: ninny on 10/23/09 at 5:04 pm

Who's he?

The great Luke Ski is the stage name of Luke Sienkowski, a parody, filk and rap musician who writes, records and performs comedy music. (The decapitalization of the word "great" in Sienkowski's stage name is his own preferred spelling, and the title has appeared as such on all of his albums to date.) He had the #1 most requested song on the Dr. Demento radio show in both 2002 and 2003.

Topics of his parodies have included The Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, Spider-Man, Keanu Reeves and Hamlet. He has, in one song, parodied all the Star Trek television shows. His parody songs are reminiscent of the pop music works of "Weird Al" Yankovic. Filking has been around since the 1950s. Luke helped bring parodies of rap and hip-hop to Science Fiction conventions. He does not play an instrument, and sings to pre-recorded music, often in costume or with props. Much of his work satirizes science fiction movies, television, and their marketing and are often from a fan perspective. Many of his longer works are snippets of song parodies collected together into an extended medley, such as Grease Wars or It's A Fanboy Christmas.

Since 1996, Luke has released numerous albums. He is a frequent performer at science fiction and gaming conventions. Luke is also a caricature artist, and has done the cover art for several of his own albums (with the notable exception of UnCONVENTIONal, which features the artwork of John Kovalic).

Luke Ski also hosts the weekly show Dementia Revolution on Dementia Radio, and has guest and co-hosted Manic Mondays--a weekly podcast created by comedy rap artist Tom Rockwell (aka Devo Spice of Sudden Death).

Luke portrayed P.T. Barnum on three episodes of The Radio Adventures of Dr. Floyd.

Luke appeared as several characters in the Shockwave Radio Theater production "Let's Play Doctor" at the 2004 Marscon.

He wrote and performed the theme song for the independent parody fanfilm The Dork of the Rings.

Luke achieved Dr. Demento's #1 "Funny 25" spot for two consecutive years (2002, 2003) with different songs.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/24/09 at 3:49 am

The word of the day...Cyberspace
The electronic medium of computer networks, in which online communication takes place.
Many of my e-mails have been lost there!

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/24/09 at 3:50 am

The word of the day...Cyberspace
The electronic medium of computer networks, in which online communication takes place.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/24/09 at 3:51 am

The birthday of the day...Christopher Lloyd
Christopher Allen Lloyd (born October 22, 1938) is an American actor. He is widely known for his portrayals of characters such as Emmett "Doc" Brown in the Back to the Future trilogy, Judge Doom in Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Uncle Fester in The Addams Family and Addams Family Values, and Reverend Jim Ignatowski on television's Taxi. He also starred in the short-lived television series Deadly Games, where he played Jackal, a videogame villain brought to life.

His voice has also made him popular with animation, frequently voicing villains. He currently voices the character Hacker on the animated PBS series Cyberchase. He has won three Primetime Emmy Awards, an Independent Spirit Award, nominated for two Saturn Awards, and a Daytime Emmy Award.
He began acting by age 14 and started apprenticing in summer stock. He took acting classes in New York City at age 19, some at the Neighborhood Playhouse with Sanford Meisner. He appeared in several Broadway productions, including Happy End, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Red, White and Maddox, Kaspar , The Harlot and the Hunted, The Seagull, Total Eclipse , Macbeth, In the Boom Boom Room, Cracks , Professional Resident Company, What Every Woman Knows, And They Put Handcuffs on the Flowers, The Father , King Lear, and Power Failure.

His first major motion picture role was as a psychiatric patient in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. However, he may be most remembered for his roles as Reverend Jim Ignatowski, the ex-hippie cabbie on the TV sitcom Taxi, and the eccentric inventor Emmett "Doc" Brown in the Back to the Future trilogy of sci-fi films, for which he was nominated for a Saturn Award. He portrayed the villain Maj. Bartholomew 'Butch' Cavendish in The Legend of the Lone Ranger a role he has played numerous times in various spin-offs and incarnations. He also played notable roles as Klingon Commander Kruge in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, Professor Dimple in an episode of Road to Avonlea, the title role in The Pagemaster, the villain Judge Doom in Who Framed Roger Rabbit, a wacky sound effects man named Zoltan in Radioland Murders, and Uncle Fester in the big screen adaptations of The Addams Family. In 1999 Lloyd was reunited onscreen with Michael J. Fox in an episode of "Spin City" entitled "Back to the Future IV — Judgment Day" where Lloyd plays Owen Kingston, Mike Flaherty's (Fox's character) former mentor who stops by City Hall to see him, only to proclaim himself as God. Also in November 2007, Lloyd was reunited onscreen with his former Taxi co-star Judd Hirsch in the (Season 4 episode) "Graphic" of the TV series Numb3rs.

He recently played Ebenezer Scrooge in a 2008 production of A Christmas Carol at the Kodak Theatre with John Goodman and Jane Leeves. He also recently appeared in a trailer for a fake horror film, entitled Gobstopper, where he played Willy Wonka as a horror movie villain.
Filmography
Year Film Role Other notes
1975 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Max Taber
1978 Goin' South Deputy Towfield
Taxi (TV) Reverend Jim Ignatowski
Three Warriors Steve Chaffey
1979 The Onion Field Jailhouse lawyer
The Lady in Red Frognose
1981 The Legend of the Lone Ranger Maj. Bartholomew 'Butch' Cavendish
1983 Mr. Mom Larry
To Be or Not to Be S.S. Captain Schultz
1984 Star Trek III: The Search for Spock Klingon Commander Kruge
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension John Bigboote'
National Lampoon's Joy of Sex Coach Hindenberg
1985 Back to the Future Doctor Emmett "Doc" Brown
Clue Professor Plum
1986 Miracles Harry
1987 Walk Like a Man Reggie Shand / Henry Shand
1988 Track 29 Henry Henry
Eight Men Out Bill Burns
Who Framed Roger Rabbit Judge Doom
1989 The Dream Team Henry Sikorsky
Back to the Future Part II Doctor Emmett "Doc" Brown
1990 Back to the Future Part III Doctor Emmett "Doc" Brown
DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp Merlock the Magician
1991 Back to the Future: The Ride Doctor Emmett "Doc" Brown Simulator ride
Suburban Commando Charlie Wilcox
The Addams Family Uncle Fester Addams
1992 Amazing Stories: Book Two (TV) Professor B.O. Beanes
T bone 'N' Weasel William 'Weasel' Weasler
Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster Frank Iarossi
1993 Dennis the Menace Switchblade Sam Switchblade Sam is the only character in the film never referred to by his name.
Addams Family Values Uncle Fester Addams
Twenty Bucks Jimmy
1994 Angels in the Outfield Al "The Boss" Angel
Camp Nowhere Dennis Van Welker
The Pagemaster Mr. Dewey / The Pagemaster
In Search of Dr. Seuss Mr. Hunch
Radioland Murders Zoltan: Eccentric sound designer
1995 Rent-a-Kid Lawrence 'Larry' Kayvey
Deadly Games Jordan Kenneth Lloyd / Sebastian Jackal
Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead Pieces
1996 Cadillac Ranch Wood Grimes
Toonstruck Drew Blanc Point-and-click adventure game
1997 Quicksilver Highway Aaron Quicksilver
Anastasia Grigori Rasputin
Angels in the Endzone Al "The Boss" Angel
The Real Blonde Ernst
1999 My Favorite Martian Uncle Martin
Alice in Wonderland The White Knight
Baby Geniuses Heep
Man on the Moon Actor in Taxi Re-creation
Spin City Owen Kingston
It Came From the Sky Jarvis Moody
2001 Wit Dr. Harvey Kelekian
When Good Ghouls Go Bad Uncle Fred Walker
Kids World Leo
2002 Interstate 60 Ray
Wish You Were Dead Bruce
Hey Arnold!: The Movie Coroner
Cyberchase Hacker
2003 Haunted Lighthouse Cap'n Jack
Tremors (TV) Cletus Poffenberger
2004 I Dream (TV) Prof. Toone
Malcom in the Middle (TV) Hal's Father
2005 Stacked (TV) Professor Harold March
Here Comes Peter Cottontail: The Movie Seymour S. Sassafrass
Bad Girls From Valley High Mr. Chauncey
2006 A Perfect Day (TV) Michael
Valerie on the Stairs (TV) Everett Neely Episode of Masters of Horror
2007 Numb3rs (TV) Ross Moore
2008 The Simpsons Ride Doctor Emmett "Doc" Brown Simulator ride
Law & Order: Criminal Intent (TV) Carmine
Fly Me to the Moon Grandpa
The Tale of Despereaux Hovis
2009 Meteor (TV) Dr. Lehman
Knights of the Bloodsteel (TV) Tesselink
The Call of the Wild 'Grandpa' Bill Hale
Foodfight! Mr. Clipboard
Snowmen The Caretaker
Santa Buddies Stan Cruge
2010 Piranha 3-D Mr. Goodman (Rumored)
Awards

Primetime Emmy Awards

* (1982) Won - Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series / Taxi
* (1983) Won — Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series / Taxi
* (1992) Won - Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series / Road to Avonlea

Saturn Awards

* (1986) Nominated - Best Supporting Actor / Back to the Future
* (1990) Nominated — Best Supporting Actor / Who Framed Roger Rabbit?

Independent Spirit Awards

* (1994) Won - Best Supporting Male / Twenty Bucks

DVD Exclusive Awards

* (2001) Nominated — Best Actor / When Good Ghouls Go Bad

Daytime Emmy Awards

* (2008) Nominated — Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program / Cyberchase

Drama Desk Award

* (1973) Won - Drama Desk Award for Best Performance/ Kaspar

I always thought taht he was in One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/24/09 at 3:52 am

The word of the day...Paradise
1. often Paradise The Garden of Eden.
2. Christianity.
1. The abode of righteous souls after death; heaven.
2. An intermediate resting place for righteous souls awaiting the Resurrection.
3. A place of ideal beauty or loveliness.
4. A state of delight.
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If paradise is half as nice?

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Written By: ninny on 10/24/09 at 5:52 am

This image hurts my eyes.

Good eye Phil,I never knew that.

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Written By: ninny on 10/24/09 at 5:56 am

The word or phrase of the day...Grand Canyon
The Grand Canyon is a huge gorge, approximately 1 mi/1.6 km deep, carved by the Colorado River, that winds through northwest Arizona. Its width ranges from 4–18 mi/6.4–29 km, and it runs some 280 mi/450 km from Marble Canyon, near the Arizona-Utah line, to Grand Wash Cliffs in Arizona's northern Mohave County.

In 1908, the Grand Canyon was designated as a national monument and, in 1919, the 1.2-million-acre/492,000-hectare Grand Canyon National Park was created by an Act of Congress. Some five million visitors make their way to the Grand Canyon each year. The South Rim is the more accessible and more popularly-traveled area of the park. According to the National Park Service website, there are several major ecosystems contained in the area, and more than 1,500 plant, 355 bird, 89 mammalian, 47 reptilian, 9 amphibian, and 17 fish species are found there.
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Written By: ninny on 10/24/09 at 5:59 am

The birthday of the day...Kevin Kline
Kevin Delaney Kline (born October 24, 1947) is an American theatre and film actor. He has won one Academy Award, two Tony Awards and was nominated for an Emmy Award in 2009.
In 1970, Kline was awarded a scholarship to the newly formed Drama Division at the Juilliard School in New York. In 1972, he joined with fellow Juilliard graduates, including Patti LuPone and David Ogden Stiers, and formed the City Center Acting Company (now The Acting Company), under the aegis of John Houseman. The Company traveled across the U.S. performing Shakespeare's plays, other classical works, and the musical The Robber Bridegroom, founding one of the most widely praised groups in American repertory theatre.

In 1976, Kline left The Acting Company and settled in New York City, doing a brief stint as the character "Woody Reed" in the now-defunct soap opera Search for Tomorrow. He followed this with a return to the stage in 1978 in the small role of "Bruce Granit", a matinée idol caricature, in Harold Prince's On the Twentieth Century, for which he won his first Tony Award. In 1981, Kline appeared with rock diva Linda Ronstadt and singer Rex Smith in the New York Shakespeare Festival's Central Park production of The Pirates of Penzance, winning another Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Musical, for his comically dashing portrayal of the Pirate King. In 1983, he played the role in a film version of the musical, also with Ronstadt and Smith, which had a limited theatrical release.

In the ensuing years, Kline appeared many times in New York Shakespeare Festival productions of Shakespeare, including starring roles in Richard III, Much Ado About Nothing, Henry V, two productions of Hamlet (one of which he also directed) and a Tony-nominated Falstaff in a production that combined the two parts of Henry IV.

Dubbed "the American Olivier" by New York Times theater critic Frank Rich for his stage acting, Kline finally ventured into film in 1982 in Alan J. Pakula's Sophie's Choice. He won the coveted role of the tormented and mercurial Nathan opposite Meryl Streep. Streep won an Academy Award for her performance in the film. Kline was nominated for a Golden Globe and BAFTA Award for best debut performance.
Kline and wife Phoebe Cates at the Academy Awards Governor's Ball party, 1989

During the 1980s and early 1990s, Kline made several films with director Lawrence Kasdan, including The Big Chill, Silverado, Grand Canyon, I Love You to Death, and French Kiss. In 1989, Kline won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in the British comedy A Fish Called Wanda, in which he played a painfully stupid American ex-CIA thug opposite John Cleese's genteel British barrister and Jamie Lee Curtis' femme fatale/con woman. In 2000, the American Film Institute ranked the film twenty-first on AFI's 100 Years... 100 Laughs.

Though he has been offered many roles that could have boosted him to box-office stardom, Kline has kept a wary distance from the Hollywood star-making machine. He developed a reputation for picking parts with discrimination (such as strong roles in Grand Canyon and Life as a House), leading to the industry nickname "Kevin Decline". Other awards have included Drama Desk Awards, Golden Globe awards, a Gotham Award, a Hasty Pudding Theatricals Man of the Year Award, and a St. Louis International Film Festival Lifetime Achievement Award. He also has a star on the St. Louis Walk of Fame.

Film reviewers have widely praised his talent. Newsday said Kline "has proved himself to be one of the most talented and versatile American actors of his generation."

Most recently, he played the title role in King Lear at the Public Theatre, and has played the lead role in a Broadway production of Cyrano de Bergerac opposite Jennifer Garner. That production was forced to close temporarily after only eleven performances as a result of the Broadway stagehands' strike, but subsequently reopened. Cyrano was filmed in 2008 and aired as part of PBS's Great Performances series in January 2009.

On January 27, 2008, Kline won a Screen Actors Guild award for his portrayal of Jaques in Kenneth Branagh's film As You Like It, adapted from Shakespeare's play. The film premiered theatrically in 2006 in Europe. It bypassed theatres and was sent straight to HBO in the U.S., where it was shown on August 21, 2007.

In December 2004 Kline became the 2,272nd recipient of a star on Hollywood Walk of Fame, located at 7000 Hollywood Boulevard.
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Written By: ninny on 10/24/09 at 6:02 am

The co-birthdays of the day...Bill Wyman
Bill Wyman (born William George Perks on 24 October 1936) is an English musician best known as the bass guitarist for the English rock and roll band The Rolling Stones from 1962 until 1992. Since 1997, he has recorded and toured with his own band, Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings. He has worked producing both records and film, and has scored music for film in movies and television.

Wyman has kept a journal since he was a child after the second World War. It has been useful to him as an author who has written seven books, selling two million copies. Wyman's love of art has additionally led to his profiency in photography, and his photographs have been hung in galleries around the world. Wyman's early interests, and lack of funds in his early years led him to create his own fretless bass guitar, an amplifier and much later, a patented metal detector. He became an amateur archaeologist and enjoys relic hunting; The Times published a letter about his hobby (Friday 2 March 2007). He markets a "Bill Wyman signature metal detector", which he has used to find relics from the time of the Romans in the English countryside. As a businessman, he owns several establishments, including the famous Sticky Fingers Café in 1989, a rock & roll-themed bistro serving American cuisine first in the Kensington area of London, which now has two additional locations in Cambridge and Manchester, England.
When drummer Tony Chapman told him that a rhythm and blues band called The Rolling Stones needed a bass player, he auditioned and was hired on 7 December 1962 as a successor to Dick Taylor. The band were impressed by his instrument and amplifiers, (one which Wyman built himself) but because he was married, employed and older, Wyman remained an outsider.

In addition to playing bass, Wyman frequently sang harmony on early records, and through 1967 in concert as well. He sang lead vocals on the track "In Another Land", on the Their Satanic Majesties Request album and a single. The song is one of two Wyman compositions recorded by the Rolling Stones; the second is "Downtown Suzie" (sung by Mick Jagger), on Metamorphosis, a collection of Rolling Stones outtakes. The title "Downtown Suzie" was chosen by the Rolling Stones' erstwhile manager Allen Klein without consulting Wyman or the band. The original title was "Sweet Lyle Lucy", named after Lyle Street, a street in the red light district in Soho, London.

Wyman kept a journal throughout his life, beginning when he was a child.and used it in writing his 1990 autobiography Stone Alone and his 2002 book Rolling with the Stones. In Stone Alone, Wyman claims to have composed the riff of "Jumpin' Jack Flash" with Brian Jones and drummer Charlie Watts. Wyman mentions that "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" was released as a single only after a 3-2 vote within the band: Wyman, Watts and Jones voted for, Jagger and Richards against, feeling it not sufficiently commercial. By the 1970s, Wyman tired of the monopolization of songwriting and production by Jagger and Richards, and began solo projects. In the 1970s and early 80s he made three solo albums, none commercially very successful but all well received by critics. In July 1981 his "(Si, Si) Je Suis Un Rock Star" became a top-20 hit in many countries.

In the mid-1960s, Wyman composed the score of the Ryan O'Neal-Omar Sharif film Green Ice. In the mid-80s, he composed music for films by Italian director Dario Argento: 1985's Phenomena and 1987's Terror At The Opera. Wyman made a cameo appearance in the 1987 British film Eat the Rich. He produced and managed groups such as Tucky Buzzard.

Wyman was close to Brian Jones; he and Watts were the only members at Jones' funeral in July 1969. Wyman was also friends with guitarist Mick Taylor. Like the Rolling Stones he has worked with Taylor after Taylor's departure from the band.

After the Rolling Stones' 1989-1990 Steel Wheels/Urban Jungle tours, Wyman called it a day; his decision was announced in December 1992. The Rolling Stones have continued to record and tour with Darryl Jones on bass.
Recent activity
Main article: Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings

Wyman continues to tour with The Rhythm Kings, which has featured such musicians as Martin Taylor, Albert Lee, Gary Brooker, Terry Taylor (formerly with Tucky Buzzard), Mike Sanchez and Georgie Fame.

Following his 70th birthday in October 2006, he undertook another British tour.

On 10 December 2007, Wyman and his band appeared alongside a reunited Led Zeppelin at the Ahmet Ertegun Tribute Concert at The O2 in London.

Wyman was also a judge for the 5th annual Independent Music Awards to support independent artists' careers.
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F Murray Abraham
ahrid Murray Abraham (in Arabic فريد مراد ابراهيم الاحمد Farīd Murād Ibrāhīm Al-Aḥmad; born October 24, 1939) is an American actor. He became known during the 1980s, after winning the Oscar for Best Actor for his role in Amadeus, and has since appeared in many roles, both leading and supporting, in films, television, and mainly on stage.
Abraham made his screen debut as a taxi driver in Neil Simon's The Prisoner of Second Avenue. Abraham can be seen as one of the undercover police officers along with Al Pacino in Sidney Lumet's Serpico (1973). He also appears very early in All the President's Men as one of the police officers who arrests the Watergate burglars in the offices of the Democratic National Headquarters.

Until his acclaimed role in Amadeus, Abraham was perhaps best known to audiences as a talking leaf in a series of television commercials for Fruit of the Loom underwear. He worked with Pacino again in the gangster film Scarface in 1983, playing drug dealer Omar Suarez. Abraham won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as Antonio Salieri in Amadeus (1984). After Amadeus he has mainly focused on classical theatre, and has starred in many Shakespearean productions such as Othello and Richard III, as well as many other plays by the likes of Samuel Beckett and Gilbert and Sullivan. He is also known for his roles in The Name of the Rose (1986), in which he played Bernardo Gui, nemesis to Sean Connery's William of Baskerville, Woody Allen's Mighty Aphrodite (1995), Ahdar Ru'afo in Star Trek: Insurrection (1998), and Gus Van Sant's Finding Forrester (2000), where he once again played nemesis to Connery.

Abraham has focused on stage work throughout his career, giving notable performances as Pozzo in Mike Nichols's production of Waiting for Godot, Malvolio in Twelfth Night for the New York Shakespeare Festival, and Shylock in The Merchant of Venice, for a New York-based theatre company called Theatre For A New Audience (TFANA) which was performed in March 2007, at The Swan Theatre, part of the Royal Shakespeare Company.

Abraham's relatively low-profile film career subsequent to his Academy Award has been held by many as an example of the so-called Oscar jinx. So linked is Abraham with the phenomenon of winning an Oscar and yet failing to maintain the trajectory toward a high-level film career that, according to film critic Leonard Maltin, it is referred to in Hollywood circles as the F. Murray Abraham syndrome. Abraham himself rejects this notion. He once told an interviewer:

The Oscar is the single most important event of my career. I have dined with kings, shared equal billing with my idols, lectured at Harvard and Columbia. If this is a jinx, I'll take two.

In the same interview, Abraham said:

Even though I won the Oscar, I can still take the subway, in New York, and nobody recognizes me. Some actors might find that disconcerting, but I find it refreshing.

Abraham most recently made a guest appearance on the popular television series Saving Grace, on which he played an angel, Matthew.
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/24/09 at 6:40 am

Good eye Phil,I never knew that.
It was first thing in the morning and my eyes had not recovered from sleep yet.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/24/09 at 6:42 am

The word or phrase of the day...Grand Canyon
The Grand Canyon is a huge gorge, approximately 1 mi/1.6 km deep, carved by the Colorado River, that winds through northwest Arizona. Its width ranges from 4–18 mi/6.4–29 km, and it runs some 280 mi/450 km from Marble Canyon, near the Arizona-Utah line, to Grand Wash Cliffs in Arizona's northern Mohave County.

In 1908, the Grand Canyon was designated as a national monument and, in 1919, the 1.2-million-acre/492,000-hectare Grand Canyon National Park was created by an Act of Congress. Some five million visitors make their way to the Grand Canyon each year. The South Rim is the more accessible and more popularly-traveled area of the park. According to the National Park Service website, there are several major ecosystems contained in the area, and more than 1,500 plant, 355 bird, 89 mammalian, 47 reptilian, 9 amphibian, and 17 fish species are found there.
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Are there any pictures of that glass walking platform that hangs over the canyon?

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Written By: Howard on 10/24/09 at 6:52 am

The birthday of the day...Kevin Kline
Kevin Delaney Kline (born October 24, 1947) is an American theatre and film actor. He has won one Academy Award, two Tony Awards and was nominated for an Emmy Award in 2009.
In 1970, Kline was awarded a scholarship to the newly formed Drama Division at the Juilliard School in New York. In 1972, he joined with fellow Juilliard graduates, including Patti LuPone and David Ogden Stiers, and formed the City Center Acting Company (now The Acting Company), under the aegis of John Houseman. The Company traveled across the U.S. performing Shakespeare's plays, other classical works, and the musical The Robber Bridegroom, founding one of the most widely praised groups in American repertory theatre.

In 1976, Kline left The Acting Company and settled in New York City, doing a brief stint as the character "Woody Reed" in the now-defunct soap opera Search for Tomorrow. He followed this with a return to the stage in 1978 in the small role of "Bruce Granit", a matinée idol caricature, in Harold Prince's On the Twentieth Century, for which he won his first Tony Award. In 1981, Kline appeared with rock diva Linda Ronstadt and singer Rex Smith in the New York Shakespeare Festival's Central Park production of The Pirates of Penzance, winning another Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Musical, for his comically dashing portrayal of the Pirate King. In 1983, he played the role in a film version of the musical, also with Ronstadt and Smith, which had a limited theatrical release.

In the ensuing years, Kline appeared many times in New York Shakespeare Festival productions of Shakespeare, including starring roles in Richard III, Much Ado About Nothing, Henry V, two productions of Hamlet (one of which he also directed) and a Tony-nominated Falstaff in a production that combined the two parts of Henry IV.

Dubbed "the American Olivier" by New York Times theater critic Frank Rich for his stage acting, Kline finally ventured into film in 1982 in Alan J. Pakula's Sophie's Choice. He won the coveted role of the tormented and mercurial Nathan opposite Meryl Streep. Streep won an Academy Award for her performance in the film. Kline was nominated for a Golden Globe and BAFTA Award for best debut performance.
Kline and wife Phoebe Cates at the Academy Awards Governor's Ball party, 1989

During the 1980s and early 1990s, Kline made several films with director Lawrence Kasdan, including The Big Chill, Silverado, Grand Canyon, I Love You to Death, and French Kiss. In 1989, Kline won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in the British comedy A Fish Called Wanda, in which he played a painfully stupid American ex-CIA thug opposite John Cleese's genteel British barrister and Jamie Lee Curtis' femme fatale/con woman. In 2000, the American Film Institute ranked the film twenty-first on AFI's 100 Years... 100 Laughs.

Though he has been offered many roles that could have boosted him to box-office stardom, Kline has kept a wary distance from the Hollywood star-making machine. He developed a reputation for picking parts with discrimination (such as strong roles in Grand Canyon and Life as a House), leading to the industry nickname "Kevin Decline". Other awards have included Drama Desk Awards, Golden Globe awards, a Gotham Award, a Hasty Pudding Theatricals Man of the Year Award, and a St. Louis International Film Festival Lifetime Achievement Award. He also has a star on the St. Louis Walk of Fame.

Film reviewers have widely praised his talent. Newsday said Kline "has proved himself to be one of the most talented and versatile American actors of his generation."

Most recently, he played the title role in King Lear at the Public Theatre, and has played the lead role in a Broadway production of Cyrano de Bergerac opposite Jennifer Garner. That production was forced to close temporarily after only eleven performances as a result of the Broadway stagehands' strike, but subsequently reopened. Cyrano was filmed in 2008 and aired as part of PBS's Great Performances series in January 2009.

On January 27, 2008, Kline won a Screen Actors Guild award for his portrayal of Jaques in Kenneth Branagh's film As You Like It, adapted from Shakespeare's play. The film premiered theatrically in 2006 in Europe. It bypassed theatres and was sent straight to HBO in the U.S., where it was shown on August 21, 2007.

In December 2004 Kline became the 2,272nd recipient of a star on Hollywood Walk of Fame, located at 7000 Hollywood Boulevard.
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Always enjoy seeing Kevin Kline,he's a pisser. ;D

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Written By: ninny on 10/24/09 at 7:42 am

Are there any pictures of that glass walking platform that hangs over the canyon?

the Skywalk

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/24/09 at 10:28 am

the Skywalk

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Thats the one. I will not walk on it.

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Written By: ninny on 10/24/09 at 10:30 am

Thats the one. I will not walk on it.

I'd like to go see the Grand Canyon someday, not sure if I would walk that either :-\\

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Written By: CatwomanofV on 10/24/09 at 12:18 pm

I LOVE Kevin Klein. He had the funniest love scene on film-with Jamie Lee Curtis in A Fish Called Wanda. I laugh so hard every time I watch it.

Thats the one. I will not walk on it.

I wouldn't walk on it either.

Cat

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/24/09 at 12:18 pm

He had the funniest love scene on film-with Jamie Lee Curtis in A Fish Called Wanda. I laugh so hard every time I watch it.

Cat
A truly great film.

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Written By: Frank on 10/24/09 at 12:49 pm

the Skywalk

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Never been to the Grand Canyon, but this sounds like fun, for sure I would try the skywalk..at least twice

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/24/09 at 1:21 pm

Never been to the Grand Canyon, but this sounds like fun, for sure I would try the skywalk..at least twice
....Look skywalker!

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Written By: CatwomanofV on 10/24/09 at 1:50 pm

....Look skywalker!

May the Force be with you?

Cat

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Written By: ninny on 10/24/09 at 2:12 pm

I LOVE Kevin Klein. He had the funniest love scene on film-with Jamie Lee Curtis in A Fish Called Wanda. I laugh so hard every time I watch it.

I wouldn't walk on it either.

Cat

A very good role for which he won for supporting actor.

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Written By: Howard on 10/24/09 at 6:57 pm

A very good role for which he won for supporting actor.

and also Pink Panther with Steve Martin.

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Written By: Womble on 10/24/09 at 7:56 pm

Beautiful scenic pictures. Thanks for posting them, Ninny. :)

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Written By: gibbo on 10/24/09 at 8:20 pm

I'd love to make it to the Grand Canyon one day.... It looks awesome!! :o

I would walk the skywalk ...right after checking the engineer's building plans for that structure! ;)

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Written By: ninny on 10/25/09 at 6:58 am

The word of the day...Topographic
Describing or pertaining to special regions.
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Written By: ninny on 10/25/09 at 7:01 am

The birthday of the day...Jon Anderson
Jon Anderson, born John Roy Anderson on 25 October 1944, is an English musician, best known as the lead singer of the progressive rock band Yes. He is also an accomplished solo artist, and has collaborated with artists such as the Greek musician Vangelis, among others.
In 1962, Anderson joined The Warriors (also known as The Electric Warriors), where he and his brother Tony shared the role of lead vocalist. He quit this band in 1967, released two solo singles in 1968 under the pseudonym Hans Christian Anderson, and then briefly sang for the bands The Gun and The Open Mind.

In March 1968, Anderson met bassist Chris Squire and joined him in a group called Mabel Greer's Toyshop, which had previously included guitarist Peter Banks. Anderson fronted this band, but ended up leaving again before the summer was over. He remarks on his website that his time with the band consisted of "too many drugs, not enough fun!".
Yes

Anderson, Squire, and Banks went on to form Yes, with drummer Bill Bruford and keyboardist Tony Kaye. Their debut album was released in 1969. He stayed with the group until 1980, and this period is now known as the classic period of Yes. Jon was a major creative force and band leader throughout the period (describing himself as the 'team captain'; nicknamed by his bandmates "Napoleon" for his diminutive stature and leadership of the band) and is recognized as the main instigator of the series of epics produced by Yes at the time. His role in creating such complex pieces as "Close to the Edge", "Awaken", and especially "The Gates of Delirium" is central, despite his limited instrumental abilities.
Jon Anderson performing in concert with Yes in 1977

He rejoined a reformed Yes in 1983, which produced their most commercially successful album 90125 with newcomer Trevor Rabin, and departed again in 1988 over the band's continued pursuit of major commercial success and mainstream radio play. In 1989, Anderson and other former Yes members formed the group Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman, Howe (ABWH), augmented by bassist Tony Levin who had played with drummer Bill Bruford in King Crimson. After the successful first ABWH album, a series of business deals caused ABWH to reunite with the then-current members of Yes, who had been out of the public eye while searching for a new lead singer. The resulting eight-man band assumed the name Yes, and the album Union (1991) was assembled from various pieces of an in-progress second ABWH album as well as recordings that "Yes proper" had been working on, without Anderson. A successful tour followed, but the eight-man lineup of Yes never recorded a complete album together before splintering in 1992. Many more personnel changes followed, but Anderson has been with the band ever since. He appears on all Yes albums except their 1980 album Drama.

Anderson was fond of experimenting within the band, also adding to what were at times conflicted relationships within the band and with management. He originally wanted to record the album Tales from Topographic Oceans in the middle of the woods, and instead decided to put hay and animal cut-outs all over the recording studio. In another incident, Anderson had tiles installed in the studio, to simulate the echo effect of one's vocals in a bathroom.

Anderson last performed with Yes in 2004. A tour planned for summer 2008 with Anderson was cancelled when he suffered acute respiratory failure. The band have since announced a tour without him and he has been replaced by Benoît David, singer in a Yes tribute act called Close to the Edge.
Vocal and lyrical style

It is a commonly held misconception that Jon Anderson sings falsetto, a vocal technique which artificially produces high, airy notes by using only the ligamentous edges of the vocal cords; however, Jon Anderson does not sing falsetto. His normal singing (and speaking) voice is naturally above the tenor range. In a 2008 interview with the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Jon stated, "I'm an alto tenor and I can sing certain high notes, but I could never sing falsetto, so I go and hit them high." Anderson's voice has been described as that of a "faerie on helium". He is also noted for singing in his original Lancastrian accent.

Anderson is also responsible for most of the mystically-themed lyrics and concepts which are part of many Yes releases. These elements are crucial components of the classic Yes sound, but have occasionally alienated some members of the band (most notably Bruford and Rick Wakeman), contributing to their leaving the group. The lyrics are frequently inspired by various books Anderson has enjoyed, from Tolstoy's War and Peace to Hermann Hesse's Siddhartha. A footnote in Paramahansa Yogananda's Autobiography of a Yogi inspired an entire double album Tales from Topographic Oceans (1973). Recurring themes include environmentalism, pacifism and sun-worship.
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Written By: ninny on 10/25/09 at 7:08 am

The co -birthdays of the day...Bobby Knight
Robert Montgomery "Bob" or "Bobby" Knight (born October 25, 1940) is a retired American basketball coach. Nicknamed "The General", Knight has won 902 NCAA Division I men's college basketball games, more than any other head coach. On January 1, 2007, he achieved his 880th victory, breaking the record held by Dean Smith. His 900th victory came on January 16, 2008.

He was most recently the head men's basketball coach at Texas Tech before announcing his retirement on February 4, 2008. He was previously the head coach at Indiana University and at the United States Military Academy.

From 1971–2000, Knight coached the Indiana Hoosiers, where he led his teams to three NCAA championships, one National Invitation Tournament (NIT) championship, and eleven Big Ten Conference championships. For his accomplishments, he received the National Coach of the Year honor four times and the Big Ten Coach of the Year honor six times. In 1984, he coached the USA men's Olympic team to a gold medal, becoming one of only three basketball coaches to win an NCAA title, NIT title, and an Olympic gold medal.

Knight was one of college basketball's most controversial coaches. He threw a chair across the court during a game, was arrested for assault, and displayed a combative nature during encounters with members of the press. On the other hand, Knight has been praised for running clean programs (none of his teams have ever been sanctioned by the NCAA for recruiting violations) and graduating most of his players. Knight still commands a following among fans of the Indiana Hoosiers basketball program.

In 2008, Knight joined ESPN as a men's college basketball studio analyst during Championship Week and for coverage of the NCAA Tournament.. For the 2008–09 season, he joined ESPN as a part-time color commentator as well as continuing his studio analyst duties.
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* Helen Reddy
Helen Reddy (born October 25, 1941) is an Australian/American singer-songwriter and actress. She has won a Grammy Award, appeared on Broadway and feature films, and been credited with writing and singing one of the most iconic and culturally significant songs of the 1970s, "I Am Woman".

Reddy became one of the world's most successful female singers of the 1970s music scene. Reddy scored many certified gold hit records including three #1 singles and fifteen Top 40 pop singles on Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. She has sold more than 15 million albums and 10 million singles worldwide. Selling a total of 25 million records worldwide. She also became the first Australian to have a #1 single in the United States, win a Grammy Award, and host her own variety show on United States television. Born and raised in Australia, Reddy became a naturalized United States citizen in 1974. In 2002, she retired from performing concerts and recording and now resides in Sydney, Australia.

She was inducted into the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) Hall of Fame in 2006.
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* Nancy Cartwright
Nancy Campbell Cartwright (born October 25, 1957) is an American film and television actress, comedian and voice artist. She is best known for her long-running role as Bart Simpson on the animated television series The Simpsons. Cartwright voices other characters for the show, including Nelson Muntz, Ralph Wiggum, Todd Flanders, Kearney and Database.

Born in Dayton, Ohio, Cartwright moved to Hollywood in 1978 and trained alongside voice actor Daws Butler. Her first professional role was voicing Gloria in the animated series Richie Rich, which she followed with a starring role in the television movie Marian Rose White (1982) and her first feature film, Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983).

After continuing to search for acting work, in 1987 Cartwright auditioned for a role in a series of animated shorts about a dysfunctional family that was to appear on The Tracey Ullman Show. Cartwright intended to audition for the role of Lisa Simpson, the elder daughter; when she arrived at the audition, she found the role of Bart—Lisa's brother—to be more interesting. Matt Groening, the series' creator, allowed her to audition for Bart and offered her the role on the spot. She voiced Bart for three seasons on The Tracey Ullman Show, and in 1989, the shorts were spun off into a half-hour show called The Simpsons. For her subsequent work as Bart, Cartwright received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance in 1992 and an Annie Award for Best Voice Acting in the Field of Animation in 1995.

Cartwright has voiced dozens of animated characters, including Chuckie Finster in Rugrats and All Grown Up!, Rufus in Kim Possible, Mindy in Animaniacs, Margo Sherman in The Critic and Chip in The Kellys. In 2000, she published her autobiography, My Life as a 10-Year-Old Boy, and four years later adapted it into a one-woman play.
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Written By: Womble on 10/25/09 at 7:45 am

Love the bio on Nancy Cartright. Thanks, Ninny.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/25/09 at 9:58 am

and also Pink Panther with Steve Martin.
Inspector Clousseau can never be replaced!

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Written By: ninny on 10/25/09 at 11:53 am

Love the bio on Nancy Cartright. Thanks, Ninny.

Your Welcome :)

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Written By: Howard on 10/25/09 at 2:44 pm

The co -birthdays of the day...Bobby Knight
Robert Montgomery "Bob" or "Bobby" Knight (born October 25, 1940) is a retired American basketball coach. Nicknamed "The General", Knight has won 902 NCAA Division I men's college basketball games, more than any other head coach. On January 1, 2007, he achieved his 880th victory, breaking the record held by Dean Smith. His 900th victory came on January 16, 2008.

He was most recently the head men's basketball coach at Texas Tech before announcing his retirement on February 4, 2008. He was previously the head coach at Indiana University and at the United States Military Academy.

From 1971–2000, Knight coached the Indiana Hoosiers, where he led his teams to three NCAA championships, one National Invitation Tournament (NIT) championship, and eleven Big Ten Conference championships. For his accomplishments, he received the National Coach of the Year honor four times and the Big Ten Coach of the Year honor six times. In 1984, he coached the USA men's Olympic team to a gold medal, becoming one of only three basketball coaches to win an NCAA title, NIT title, and an Olympic gold medal.

Knight was one of college basketball's most controversial coaches. He threw a chair across the court during a game, was arrested for assault, and displayed a combative nature during encounters with members of the press. On the other hand, Knight has been praised for running clean programs (none of his teams have ever been sanctioned by the NCAA for recruiting violations) and graduating most of his players. Knight still commands a following among fans of the Indiana Hoosiers basketball program.

In 2008, Knight joined ESPN as a men's college basketball studio analyst during Championship Week and for coverage of the NCAA Tournament.. For the 2008–09 season, he joined ESPN as a part-time color commentator as well as continuing his studio analyst duties.
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* Helen Reddy
Helen Reddy (born October 25, 1941) is an Australian/American singer-songwriter and actress. She has won a Grammy Award, appeared on Broadway and feature films, and been credited with writing and singing one of the most iconic and culturally significant songs of the 1970s, "I Am Woman".

Reddy became one of the world's most successful female singers of the 1970s music scene. Reddy scored many certified gold hit records including three #1 singles and fifteen Top 40 pop singles on Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. She has sold more than 15 million albums and 10 million singles worldwide. Selling a total of 25 million records worldwide. She also became the first Australian to have a #1 single in the United States, win a Grammy Award, and host her own variety show on United States television. Born and raised in Australia, Reddy became a naturalized United States citizen in 1974. In 2002, she retired from performing concerts and recording and now resides in Sydney, Australia.

She was inducted into the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) Hall of Fame in 2006.
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* Nancy Cartwright
Nancy Campbell Cartwright (born October 25, 1957) is an American film and television actress, comedian and voice artist. She is best known for her long-running role as Bart Simpson on the animated television series The Simpsons. Cartwright voices other characters for the show, including Nelson Muntz, Ralph Wiggum, Todd Flanders, Kearney and Database.

Born in Dayton, Ohio, Cartwright moved to Hollywood in 1978 and trained alongside voice actor Daws Butler. Her first professional role was voicing Gloria in the animated series Richie Rich, which she followed with a starring role in the television movie Marian Rose White (1982) and her first feature film, Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983).

After continuing to search for acting work, in 1987 Cartwright auditioned for a role in a series of animated shorts about a dysfunctional family that was to appear on The Tracey Ullman Show. Cartwright intended to audition for the role of Lisa Simpson, the elder daughter; when she arrived at the audition, she found the role of Bart—Lisa's brother—to be more interesting. Matt Groening, the series' creator, allowed her to audition for Bart and offered her the role on the spot. She voiced Bart for three seasons on The Tracey Ullman Show, and in 1989, the shorts were spun off into a half-hour show called The Simpsons. For her subsequent work as Bart, Cartwright received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance in 1992 and an Annie Award for Best Voice Acting in the Field of Animation in 1995.

Cartwright has voiced dozens of animated characters, including Chuckie Finster in Rugrats and All Grown Up!, Rufus in Kim Possible, Mindy in Animaniacs, Margo Sherman in The Critic and Chip in The Kellys. In 2000, she published her autobiography, My Life as a 10-Year-Old Boy, and four years later adapted it into a one-woman play.
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Pathmark could use a Bobbby Knight over there. ;D

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Written By: ninny on 10/25/09 at 2:56 pm

Pathmark could use a Bobbby Knight over there. ;D

Someone to keep everyone in line.

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Written By: Howard on 10/25/09 at 3:05 pm

Someone to keep everyone in line.

especially the cashiers and the cart guys.

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Written By: gibbo on 10/25/09 at 3:55 pm

I've been watching many video clips on youtube of Helen Reddy lately. I have gained a new appreciation of just how big she was in the U.S.

While I was a big ONJ fan at the time .... Reddy was better than I gave her credit for back then. :-[

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Written By: CatwomanofV on 10/25/09 at 4:49 pm

I've been watching many video clips on youtube of Helen Reddy lately. I have gained a new appreciation of just how big she was in the U.S.

While I was a big ONJ fan at the time .... Reddy was better than I gave her credit for back then. :-[

When I was about 12 or 13, I wanted Helen Reddy's Greatest Hits album in the worst way. A friend of the family bought it for me as a going away present when I moved from Conn. I still have the album-but I just replaced it on CD.

This is my fav of hers.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0GQ7BKmGNI

I am Woman! Hear me roar. Meow, damnit. :D ;D ;D ;D

Cat

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Written By: Frank on 10/25/09 at 11:52 pm

Helen Reddy has a distinctive voice and had many wonderful songs in the 70s.

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Written By: ninny on 10/26/09 at 6:15 am

When I was about 12 or 13, I wanted Helen Reddy's Greatest Hits album in the worst way. A friend of the family bought it for me as a going away present when I moved from Conn. I still have the album-but I just replaced it on CD.

This is my fav of hers.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0GQ7BKmGNI

I am Woman! Hear me roar. Meow, damnit. :D ;D ;D ;D

Cat

Angie Baby is a great song, I also like Delta Dawn.

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Written By: ninny on 10/26/09 at 6:21 am

The word of the day...Hook
1.
1. A curved or sharply bent device, usually of metal, used to catch, drag, suspend, or fasten something else.
2. A fishhook.
2. Something shaped like a hook, especially:
1. A curved or barbed plant or animal part.
2. A short angled or curved line on a letter.
3. A sickle.
3.
1. A sharp bend or curve, as in a river.
2. A point or spit of land with a sharply curved end.
4. A means of catching or ensnaring; a trap.
5. Slang.
1. A means of attracting interest or attention; an enticement: a sales hook.
2. Music. A catchy motif or refrain: "sugary hard rock melodies (Boston Globe).
6. Sports.
1. A short swinging blow in boxing delivered with a crooked arm.
2. The course of a ball that curves in a direction away from the dominant hand of the player propelling it, as to the left of a right-handed player.
3. A stroke that sends a ball on such a course.
4. A ball propelled on such a course.
5. In surfing, the lip of a breaking wave.
7. Baseball. A curve ball.
8. Basketball. A hook shot.
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Written By: ninny on 10/26/09 at 6:24 am

The birthday of the day...Bob Hoskins
Robert William "Bob" Hoskins, Jr. (born October 26, 1942) is an English actor, known for playing Cockney rough diamonds, psychopaths and gangsters, and for his performances in family films such as Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), Hook (1991), and Super Mario Bros. (1993).
According to the production notes on the Special Edition of Who Framed Roger Rabbit, his acting career started when he was sitting in a pub enjoying a beer when someone came up to him and told him to go upstairs to audition for a play. So he did and actually got the role. Before that day a career in acting was the last thing he ever thought he'd have.

After beginning his acting career on the London stage in the late 1960s, Hoskins first gained wide attention in the original BBC television serial version of Dennis Potter's Pennies from Heaven as sheet music salesman Arthur Parker and On the Move (both 1978), an educational series intended to tackle adult illiteracy. Later, he played Iago in Jonathan Miller's BBC Television Shakespeare production of Othello.

Hoskins' performances in British films such as The Long Good Friday (1980) and Mona Lisa (1986) won him the wider approval of the critics and, in the case of the latter, a Cannes Award, Best Actor Golden Globe and BAFTA Awards and an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor. He also delivered comic turns in Terry Gilliam's Brazil (1985) and Super Mario Bros. (1993). Hoskins was not initially aware that Super Mario Bros. was based on the popular video game of the same name. His son had asked him what film he was working on, and recognizing it, showed Hoskins the video game on the Nintendo video game console. In a 2007 interview, he revealed that despite getting praised for his performance on the film, he was extremely unhappy with the film and was greatly angered by his experiences making it, referring to it as the "worst thing I ever did". During the late 1980s and early 1990s he appeared in advertising for the recently privatised companies of British Gas and British Telecom (now BT Group).

Hoskins had a small role as a rock band's manager in the Pink Floyd film The Wall, with a two-word expletive spoken part. He has also directed films. He was slated to be a last-minute replacement in the film The Untouchables if star Robert De Niro had not decided to play Al Capone. When De Niro took the part, director Brian De Palma mailed Hoskins a cheque for £20,000 with a Thank You note, which prompted Hoskins to call up De Palma and ask him if there were any more movies he didn't want him to be in.

Hoskins' first appearance to mainstream American audiences was in Who Framed Roger Rabbit, for which he received a second Golden Globe nomination. Some of Hoskins' other notable appearances include playing opposite Cher in Mermaids (1990), boatswain Smee to Captain Hook in Hook (1991), and Uncle Bart, the psychopathic and violent "owner" of Jet Li in Unleashed aka Danny The Dog. He has also performed in several television productions for the BBC, including Dennis Potter's Pennies From Heaven, Flickers, David Copperfield, and The Wind in the Willows. He played Nikita Khrushchev in the movie Enemy at the Gates (2001). Khrushchev was shown in his political commissar days during the Battle of Stalingrad. He received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Mrs Henderson Presents.

Hoskins has done some of the voice-overs on advertisements for Tesco and more recently Argos. He also starred in the music video for Jamie T's Sheila, playing the eponymous girl's father and lip-syncing to the music.

In 2009, Hoskins made a return to British television in Jimmy McGovern's drama serial The Street, where he played a publican who stands up to a local gangster; his performance was widely praised by television critics.
Filmography

* Up the Front (1972) - Recruiting Sergeant
* Villains (1972) (TV)
* The National Health (1973) - Foster
* Crown Court (1973) (TV)
* New Scotland Yard (1973) (TV) - Eddie Wharton
* Softly Softly (1973) (TV) - Parker
* Inserts (1974) - Big Mac
* Shoulder to Shoulder (1974) (TV) - Jack Dunn
* Thick as Thieves (1974) (TV) - Dobbs
* Royal Flash (1975) - Police Constable
* Thriller (1976) (TV) - Sammy Draper
* The Crezz (1976) (TV) - Det. Sgt. Marble
* Van der Valk (1977) - Johnny Palmer
* Rock Follies of '77 (1977) (TV) - Johnny Britten
* On the Move (1978) (TV) - Alf
* Pennies from Heaven (1978) (TV) - Arthur Parker
* Of Mycenae and Men (1979) (TV) - Mr. Taramasalatopoulos
* Zulu Dawn (1979) - C.S.M. Williams
* Big Jim and the Figaro Club (1979) (TV) - Narrator
* Flickers (1980) (TV) - Arnie Cole
* The Long Good Friday (1980) - Harold
* Othello (1981) (TV) - Iago
* Pink Floyd The Wall (1982) - Rock and Roll Manager
* The Beggar's Opera (1983) (TV) - Beggar
* The Honorary Consul (1983) - Colonel Perez
* Lassiter (1984) - Inspector John Becker
* The Cotton Club (1984) - Owney Madden
* The Woman Who Married Clark Gable (1985) - George
* The Dunera Boys (1985) (TV) - Morrie Mendellsohn
* Brazil (1985) - Spoor
* Mussolini and I (1985) (TV) - Benito Mussolini
* Sweet Liberty (1986) - Stanley Gould
* Mona Lisa (1986) - George
* A Prayer for the Dying (1987) - Father Michael Da Costa
* The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne (1987) - James Madden
* Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) - Eddie Valiant
* The Raggedy Rawney (1988) - Darky
* Heart Condition (1990) - Jack Moony
* Mermaids (1990) - Lou Landsky
* The Favour, the Watch and the Very Big Fish (1991) - Louis Aubinard
* Shattered (1991) - Gus Klein (pet store owner/private investigator)
* Hook (1991) - Smee
* The Inner Circle (1991) - Beria
* Passed Away (1992) - Johnny Scanlan
* Blue Ice (1992) - Sam Garcia
* Super Mario Bros. (1993) - Mario
* The Big Freeze (1993) - Sidney, plumber's mate
* The Changeling (1994) (TV) - De Flores

* World War II - When Lions Roared (1994) (TV) - Winston Churchill
* The Forgotten Toys (1995-1999) (voice) - Teddy
* Nixon (1995) - J. Edgar Hoover
* Balto (1995) (voice) - Boris the Goose
* Tales from the Crypt (1996) (TV series)
* Rainbow (1996) - Frank Bailey
* The Secret Agent (1996) - Verloc
* Michael (1996) - Vartan Malt
* 24/7: Twenty Four Seven (1997) - Alan Darcy
* Spice World (1997) - Geri's Disguise
* Saturday Night Live (1998) (TV) - Captain Kidd
* Cousin Bette (1998) - Cesar Crevel
* Let the Good Times Roll (1999) -
* Parting Shots (1999) - Gerd Layton
* Captain Jack (1999) - Jack Armistead
* Felicia's Journey (1999) - Hilditch
* A Room for Romeo Brass (1999) - Steven Laws
* The White River Kid (1999) - Brother Edgar
* David Copperfield (1999) (TV) - Micawber
* American Virgin (2000) - Joey
* Noriega: God's Favorite (2000) (TV) - Manuel Noriega
* Don Quixote (2000) (TV) - Sancho Panza
* Enemy at the Gates (2001) - Nikita Khrushchev
* Last Orders (2001) - Ray 'Raysie' Johnson
* The Lost World (2001) (TV) - Prof. George Challenger
* Where Eskimos Live (2002) - Sharkey
* Maid in Manhattan (2002) - Lionel Bloch, Beresford Butler
* The Good Pope: Pope John XXIII (2003) (TV) - Angelo Roncalli/Pope John XXIII
* The Sleeping Dictionary (2003) - Henry
* Frasier (2003) (TV series) - Coach Fuller
* Den of Lions (2003) - Darius Paskevic
* Vanity Fair (2004) - Sir Pitt Crawley
* Beyond the Sea (2004) - Charlie Maffia
* Unleashed (2005) - Bart
* Son of the Mask (2005) - Odin
* Mrs Henderson Presents (2005) - Vivian Van Damm
* Stay (2005) - Dr. Leon Patterson
* Paris, je t'aime (2006) - Bob Leander (segment 'Pigalle')
* Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties (2006) (voice) - Winston
* Hollywoodland (2006) - Eddie Mannix
* The Wind in the Willows (2006) (TV) - Badger
* Sparkle (2007) - Vince
* Outlaw (2007) - Walter Lewis
* Ruby Blue (2007) - Jack
* Go Go Tales (2007) - The Baron
* Doomsday (2008) - Bill Nelson
* The Englishman's Boy (2008) (TV) - Damon Ira Chance
* Pinocchio (2008) (TV) - Geppetto
* The Street (2009) (TV) - Paddy Gargan
* A Christmas Carol (2009) - Mr. Fezziwig

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Written By: ninny on 10/26/09 at 6:26 am

The co-birthday of the day...Hillary Clinton
Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton (pronounced /ˈhɪləri daɪˈæn ˈrɒdəm ˈklɪntən/; born October 26, 1947) is the 67th United States Secretary of State, serving within the administration of President Barack Obama. She was a United States Senator for New York from 2001 to 2009. As the wife of the 42nd President of the United States, Bill Clinton, she served as First Lady of the United States from 1993 to 2001. In the 2008 election Clinton was a leading candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination.

A native of Illinois, Hillary Rodham attracted national attention in 1969 for her remarks as the first student commencement speaker at Wellesley College. She embarked on a career in law after graduating from Yale Law School in 1973. Following a stint as a Congressional legal counsel, she moved to Arkansas in 1974 and married Bill Clinton in 1975. Rodham cofounded the Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families in 1977, and became the first female chair of the Legal Services Corporation in 1978. Named the first female partner at Rose Law Firm in 1979, she was twice listed as one of the 100 most influential lawyers in America. First Lady of Arkansas from 1979 to 1981 and 1983 to 1992 with husband Bill as Governor, she successfully led a task force to reform Arkansas's education system. She sat on the board of directors of Wal-Mart and several other corporations.

In 1994 as First Lady of the United States, her major initiative, the Clinton health care plan, failed to gain approval from the U.S. Congress. However, in 1997 and 1999, Clinton played a role in advocating the establishment of the State Children's Health Insurance Program, the Adoption and Safe Families Act, and the Foster Care Independence Act. Her time as First Lady drew a polarized response from the American public. She is the only First Lady to have been subpoenaed, testifying before a federal grand jury in 1996 due to the Whitewater controversy, but was never charged with any wrongdoing in this or any of several other investigations during her husband's administration. The state of her marriage was the subject of considerable speculation following the Lewinsky scandal in 1998.

After moving to the state of New York, Clinton was elected as a U.S. Senator in 2000. That election marked the first time an American First Lady had run for public office; Clinton was also the first female senator to represent the state. In the Senate, she initially supported the Bush administration on some foreign policy issues, including a vote for the Iraq War Resolution. She subsequently opposed the administration on its conduct of the war in Iraq and on most domestic issues. Senator Clinton was reelected by a wide margin in 2006. In the 2008 presidential nomination race, Hillary Clinton won more primaries and delegates than any other female candidate in American history, but narrowly lost to Senator Barack Obama. As Secretary of State, Clinton became the first former First Lady to serve in a president's cabinet.
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Written By: CatwomanofV on 10/26/09 at 11:40 am

Angie Baby is a great song, I also like Delta Dawn.

I like Delta Dawn, too.

I knew Bob Hoskins was in a lot of things but I didn't know how much. His resumé is almost as long as the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Cat

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Written By: ninny on 10/26/09 at 12:37 pm

I like Delta Dawn, too.

I knew Bob Hoskins was in a lot of things but I didn't know how much. His resumé is almost as long as the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Cat

I know I couldn't believe it when I looked him up.

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Written By: Howard on 10/26/09 at 4:51 pm

Bob Hoskins also is known for making his voice sound normal.

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Written By: Frank on 10/26/09 at 5:05 pm

Bob Hoskins also is known for making his voice sound normal.

You mean..his normal voice?

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Written By: ninny on 10/27/09 at 6:16 am

The word of the day...circus
1.
1. A public entertainment consisting typically of a variety of performances by acrobats, clowns, and trained animals.
2. A traveling company that performs such entertainments.
3. A circular arena, surrounded by tiers of seats and often covered by a tent, in which such shows are performed.
2. A roofless oval enclosure surrounded by tiers of seats that was used in antiquity for public spectacles.
3. Chiefly British. An open circular place where several streets intersect.
4. Informal. Something suggestive of a circus, as in frenetic activity or noisy disorder: "The city is a circus of the senses" (William H. Gass).
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Written By: ninny on 10/27/09 at 6:20 am

The birthday of the day...John Cleese
John Marwood Cleese (pronounced /ˈkliːz/; born 27 October 1939) is an Academy Award-nominated English actor, comedian, writer, and film producer who is known for being a member of the group of comedians responsible for the sketch show Monty Python's Flying Circus and the four Monty Python films: And Now for Something Completely Different, Holy Grail, Life of Brian and The Meaning of Life.

Cleese co-wrote and starred in, with first wife Connie Booth, the much admired British sitcom Fawlty Towers. Later, he co-starred with Kevin Kline, Jamie Lee Curtis and former Python colleague Michael Palin in A Fish Called Wanda and Fierce Creatures, and has made significant appearances in many films, including two James Bond films, The World Is Not Enough and Die Another Day, two Harry Potter films, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone and Chamber of Secrets as Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington,also known as Nearly Headless Nick, and two Shrek films, Shrek 2 and Shrek 3 as Shrek's father-in-law, King Harold.

In Britain, he is also known for co-founding (with Yes Minister writer Antony Jay) the Video Arts production company, responsible for making training films.
Monty Python's Flying Circus ran for four seasons from October 1969 to December 1974 on BBC Television, though with only limited participation in the last six shows. Cleese's two primary characterizations were as a sophisticate and a stressed-out loony. He portrayed the former as a series of announcers, TV show hosts, government officials (for example, "The Ministry of Silly Walks"). The latter is perhaps best represented in the "Cheese Shop", and by Cleese's Mr Praline character, the man with a dead Norwegian Blue parrot and a menagerie of other animals all named "Eric". He was also known for his working-class "Sergeant Major" character, who worked as a Police Sergeant, Roman Centurion, etc. he is also seen as the opening announcer, with the now famous line: "And now for something completely different" a phrase that premiered in the classic sketch, "a man with three buttocks".
Partnership with Graham Chapman

The Dead Parrot sketch performed on Monty Python's Flying Circus in 1969
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Along with Gilliam's animations, Cleese's work with Chapman provided Python with its darkest and angriest moments, and many of his characters display the seething suppressed rage that later characterised his portrayal of Basil Fawlty. Many critics naturally make a connection with Cleese's own self-confessed neuroses (he has spoken openly about receiving psychoanalysis).

Unlike Palin and Jones, Cleese and Chapman actually wrote together, in the same room; Cleese claims that their writing partnership involved him sitting with pen and paper, doing most of the work, while Chapman sat back, not speaking for long periods, then suddenly coming out with an idea that often elevated the sketch to a different level. A classic example of this is the "Dead Parrot" sketch, envisaged by Cleese as a satire on poor customer service, which was originally to have involved a broken toaster, and later a broken car (this version was actually performed and broadcast, on the pre-Python special How To Irritate People). It was Chapman's suggestion to change the faulty item into a dead parrot, and he also suggested that the parrot be specifically a Norwegian Blue, giving the sketch a surreal air which made it far more memorable.

Their humour often involved ordinary people in ordinary situations behaving absurdly for no obvious reason. Like Chapman, Cleese's poker face, clipped middle-class accent and imposing height allowed him to appear convincing as a variety of authority figures - which he would then proceed to undermine. Many of his characters have a kind of incipient madness, but remain utterly straight-faced and impassive while behaving in a ludicrous fashion. Most famously, in the "Ministry of Silly Walks" sketch (actually written by Palin and Jones), Cleese exploits his extraordinary stature as the crane-legged civil servant performing a grotesquely elaborate walk to his office.

Chapman and Cleese also specialised in sketches where two characters would conduct highly articulate arguments over completely arbitrary subjects, such as in the "cheese shop", the "dead parrot" sketch and, perhaps most notably, "The Argument Sketch", where Cleese plays a stone-faced bureaucrat employed to sit behind a desk and engage people in pointless, infuriatingly trivial bickering. All of these roles were opposite Palin (who Cleese often claims is his favourite Python to work with) – the comic contrast between the towering Cleese's crazed aggression and diminutive Palin's shuffling inoffensiveness is a common feature in the series. Occasionally, the typical Cleese-Palin dynamic is reversed, as in "Fish Licence", wherein Palin plays the bureaucrat with whom Cleese is trying to work (though it is still Cleese who plays the "loony" half of the duo).

Though the programme lasted four series, by the start of series 3, Cleese was growing tired of coping with Chapman's alcoholism. According to Gilliam, Cleese was the "most Cambridge" of the Cambridge-educated members of the group (Cleese, Chapman and Idle), by which Gilliam meant that Cleese was the tallest (6'4") and most aggressive of the whole group. He felt, too, that the show's scripts had declined in quality. For these reasons, he became restless and decided to move on. Though he stayed for the third series, he officially left the group before the fourth season. Despite this, he remained friendly with the group, and all six began writing Monty Python and the Holy Grail; Cleese received a credit on episodes of the fourth series which used material from these sessions, and even makes a brief appearance in one episode as the voice of a cartoon in the "Hamlet" episode, though he was officially unconnected with the fourth series. Cleese returned to the troupe to co-write and co-star in the Monty Python films Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Monty Python's Life of Brian and Monty Python's The Meaning of Life, and participated in various live performances over the years.
Post-Python

From 1970 to 1973 Cleese served as rector of the University of St Andrews. While his election by the students might have seemed a prank, it proved a milestone for the University, revolutionising and modernising the post. For instance, the Rector was traditionally entitled to appoint an "Assessor", a deputy to sit in his place at important meetings in his absence. Cleese changed this into a position for a student, elected across campus by the student body, resulting in direct access and representation for the student body for the first time in over 500 years. This was one of many changes that Cleese brought in.

Cleese achieved greater prominence in the United Kingdom as the neurotic hotel manager Basil Fawlty in Fawlty Towers, which he co-wrote with his wife Connie Booth. The series created a sensation and is considered one of the finest examples of British comedy. It won three BAFTA awards when produced and in 2000, it topped the British Film Institute's list of the 100 Greatest British Television Programmes. The series also featured Prunella Scales as Basil's fire-breathing dragon of a wife Sybil, Andrew Sachs as the much abused Spanish waiter Manuel ("...he's from Barcelona"), and Booth as waitress Polly. Cleese based Basil Fawlty on a real person, Donald Sinclair, who he had encountered in 1970 while the Monty Python team were staying at the Gleneagles Hotel in Torquay while filming inserts for their television series. Reportedly, Cleese was inspired by Sinclair's mantra of "I could run this hotel just fine, if it weren't for the guests". He later described Sinclair as "the most wonderfully rude man I have ever met", although Sinclair's widow has said her husband was totally misrepresented in the series. During the Pythons' stay, Sinclair allegedly threw Idle's briefcase out of the hotel "in case it contained a bomb", complained about Gilliam's "American" table manners, and threw a bus timetable at another guest after they dared to ask the time of the next bus to town.

The first series was screened from 19 September 1975 on the BBC's second channel, initially to poor reviews, but gained momentum when repeated on the BBC's main television channel the following year. Despite this, a second series did not air until 1979, by which time Cleese's marriage to Booth had ended, but they revived their collaboration for the second series. Fawlty Towers consisted of only 12 episodes; Cleese and Booth both maintain that this was to avoid compromising the quality of the series.
Cleese as a Mexican maraca soloist as part of his 1977 guest appearance on The Muppet Show

In December 1977, Cleese appeared as a guest star on The Muppet Show. Cleese was a fan of the show, and co-wrote much of the episode. He appears in a "Pigs in Space" segment as a pirate trying to hijack the spaceship Swinetrek, and also helps Gonzo restore his arms to "normal" size after Gonzo's cannonball catching act goes a bit wrong. During the show's closing number, Cleese refuses to sing the famous show tune from Man of La Mancha, "The Impossible Dream". Kermit The Frog apologizes and the curtain re-opens with Cleese now costumed as a Viking trying some Wagnerian opera as part of a duet with Sweetums. Once again, Cleese protests to Kermit, and gives the frog one more chance. This time, as pictured opposite this text, he is costumed as a Mexican maraca soloist. He's finally had enough and protests that he's leaving the show, saying "You were supposed to be my host. How can you do this to me? Kermit - I am your guest!". The cast all joins in with their parody of The Impossible Dream singing "This is your guest, to follow that star...".

During the crowd's applause that follows the song, he pretends to strangle Kermit until he realizes the crowd loves him and accepts the accolades. During the show's finale, as Kermit thanks him, he shows up with a pretend album, his own new vocal record John Cleese: A Man & His Music, and encourages everyone to buy a copy of the album.

This would not be Cleese's final appearance with The Muppets. In their 1981 movie The Great Muppet Caper, Cleese does a cameo appearance as Neville, a local homeowner. As part of the appearance, Miss Piggy borrows his house as a way to impress Kermit The Frog

Cleese won the TV Times award for Funniest Man On TV - 1978 / 1979.
1980s and 1990s

During the 1980s and 1990s, Cleese focused on film, though he did work with Peter Cook in his one-off TV special Peter Cook and Co. in 1980. In the same year Cleese played Petruchio, in Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew in the BBC Television Shakespeare series. In 1981 he starred with Sean Connery and Michael Palin in the Terry Gilliam directed Time Bandits as Robin Hood. He also participated in Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl (1982), and starred in The Secret Policeman's Ball for Amnesty International.
Cleese at the 1989 Academy Awards

Timed with the 1987 UK elections, he appeared in a video promoting proportional representation.

During the 1987 UK general election, he recorded a nine minute party political broadcast for the SDP-Liberal Alliance, which talks about the similarities and failures of the other two parties in a more humorous tone than the standard political broadcast. He has since supported the Alliance's successor, the Liberal Democrats, narrating a radio election broadcast for the party during the 2001 UK general election.

In 1988 he wrote and starred in A Fish Called Wanda, as the lead, Archie Leach, along with Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline and Michael Palin. Wanda was a commercial and critical success, and Cleese was nominated for an Academy Award for his script. Cynthia Cleese starred as Leach's daughter.

Chapman was diagnosed with throat cancer in 1989; Cleese, Michael Palin, Peter Cook and Chapman's partner David Sherlock, witnessed Chapman's passing. Chapman's death occurred one day before the 20th anniversary of the first broadcast of Flying Circus with Jones commenting, "the worst case of party-pooping in all history." Cleese gave a stirring eulogy at Chapman's memorial service, in which he "became the first person ever at a British memorial service to say 'fudge.'"

Cleese would later play a supporting role in Kenneth Branagh's adaptation of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein alongside Branagh himself and Robert De Niro. He also produced and acted in a number of successful business training films, including Meetings, Bloody Meetings and More Bloody Meetings about how to set up and run successful meetings. These were produced by his company Video Arts.

With Robin Skynner, the group analyst and family therapist, Cleese wrote two books on relationships: Families and how to survive them, and Life and how to survive it. The books are presented as a dialogue between Skynner and Cleese.

In 1996, Cleese declined the British honour of Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE). The follow-up to A Fish Called Wanda, Fierce Creatures - which again starred Cleese himself alongside Kevin Kline, Jamie Lee Curtis and Michael Palin - was also released this year, but was greeted with mixed reception by critics and cinema-goers. Cleese has since often stated, that making that second movie had been a mistake. When asked by his friend, director and restaurant critic Michael Winner, what he would do differently if he could live his life again, Cleese responded, "I wouldn’t have married Alyce Faye Eichelberger and I wouldn’t have made Fierce Creatures."

In 1999, Cleese appeared in the James Bond movie, The World Is Not Enough as Q's assistant, referred to by Bond as R. In 2002, when Cleese reprised his role in Die Another Day, the character was promoted, making Cleese the new quartermaster (Q) of MI6. In 2004, Cleese was featured as Q in the video game James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing, featuring his likeness and voice. Cleese did not appear in the subsequent Bond films, Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace, and it is unknown whether Cleese will reprise the role in future Bond films.
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Written By: ninny on 10/27/09 at 6:48 am

The co-birthday of the day...Ruby Dee
Ruby Dee (born October 27, 1924) is an American actress, poet, playwright, screenwriter, journalist, and activist.
Dee made several appearances on Broadway before receiving national recognition for her role in the 1950 film The Jackie Robinson Story. Her career in acting has crossed all major forms of media over a span of eight decades, including the films A Raisin in the Sun, in which she recreated her stage role as a suffering housewife in the projects, and Edge of the City. She played both roles opposite Sidney Poitier. During the 1960s, Dee appeared in such politically charged films as Gone Are the Days and The Incident, which is recognized as helping pave the way for young African-American actors and filmmakers.

She appeared in one episode of The Golden Girls' sixth season. Dee has been nominated for eight Emmy Awards, winning once for her role in the 1990 TV film Decoration Day. She was nominated for her television guest appearance in the China Beach episode, "Skylark." Her husband Ossie Davis (1917-2005) also appeared in that episode.

In 2007 the winner of the Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album was tied between Dee and Ossie Davis for With Ossie And Ruby: In This Life Together, and former President Jimmy Carter.

She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 2007 for her portrayal of Mama Lucas in American Gangster. She won the SAG award for the same performance. At 83 years old, Dee is currently the second oldest nominee for Best Supporting Actress, behind Gloria Stuart who was 87 for her role in Titanic. This was Dee's first nomination.
Personal life and activism

Ruby Wallace married blues singer Frankie Dee in the mid 1940s but later divorced him and married actor Ossie Davis.

Together, Dee and Davis wrote an autobiography in which they discuss their political activism as well as insights on their open marriage. Together they had three children; son, blues musician Guy Davis, and two daughters, Nora Day, and Hasna Muhammad. Dee has survived breast cancer for more than 30 years.

Dee and Davis were well-known civil rights activists. Among others, Dee is a member of Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), the NAACP, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Dee and Davis were personal friends of both Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X, with Davis giving the eulogy at Malcom's funeral in 1965.

In November 2005 Dee was awarded along with her late husband the Lifetime Achievement Freedom Award, presented by the National Civil Rights Museum located in Memphis, TN. Dee, who is a long time resident of New Rochelle, New York, was inducted into the Westchester County Women’s Hall of Fame on March 30, 2007 joining the ranks with past honorees, Hillary Clinton, Sally Ziegler and Nita Lowey. In 2009 she received an Honorary Degree from Princeton University.
Work
Filmography

* America (2009)
* All About Us (2007)
* American Gangster (2007)
* Steam'' (2007)
* Flying Over Purgatory (2007)
* No. 2 (2006)
* Dream Street (2005)
* The Way Back Home (2005)
* Their Eyes Were Watching God (2005)
* Beah: A Black Woman Speaks (2003)
* Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives (2003)
* Baby of the Family (2002)
* The Unfinished Journey (1999)
* Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years (1999)
* Baby Geniuses (1999)
* A Time to Dance: The Life and Work of Norma Canner (1998)
* A Simple Wish (1997)
* Just Cause (1995)
* Tuesday Morning Ride (1995)
* The Stand (TV miniseries) (1993)
* Cop & 1/2 (1993)
* Jazztime Tale (1992)
* Jungle Fever (1991)
* Color Adjustment: Blacks in Primetime (1991)
* Love at Large (1990)
* The Golden Girls, episode "Wham Bam Thank You Mammy," as Mammy (1990)
* Do the Right Thing (1989)
* Cat People (1982)
* The Torture of Mothers (1980)

* Roots: The Next Generations (1979, TV)
* Countdown at Kusini (1976)
* Lorraine Hansberry: The Black Experience in the Creation of Drama (1975)
* It's Good to Be Alive (1974)
* Wattstax (1973)
* Black Girl (1972)
* Buck and the Preacher (1972)
* King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis (1970)
* Up Tight! (1968) (also writer and co-producer)
* The Incident (1967)
* Purlie Victorious (1963)
* Gone Are the Days! (1963)
* The Balcony (1963)
* A Raisin in the Sun (1961)
* Take a Giant Step (1959)
* St. Louis Blues (1958)
* Virgin Island (1958)
* Edge of the City (1957)
* The Great American Pastime (1956)
* Go, Man, Go! (1954)
* The Tall Target (1951)
* No Way Out (1950)
* The Jackie Robinson Story (1950)
* The Fight Never Ends (1949)
* That Man of Mine (1947)
* What a Guy (1939)

Stage productions

* South Pacific (1943)
* Anna Lucasta (1944)
* Jeb (1946)
* A Long Way From Home (1948)
* The Smile of the World (1949)
* A Raisin in the Sun (1959)
* Purlie Victorious (1961)
* Checkmates (1988)

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Written By: Howard on 10/27/09 at 6:49 am

You mean..his normal voice?

Yeah as in Who Framed Roger Rabbit.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 10/27/09 at 6:50 am

The word of the day...circus
1.
1. A public entertainment consisting typically of a variety of performances by acrobats, clowns, and trained animals.
2. A traveling company that performs such entertainments.
3. A circular arena, surrounded by tiers of seats and often covered by a tent, in which such shows are performed.
2. A roofless oval enclosure surrounded by tiers of seats that was used in antiquity for public spectacles.
3. Chiefly British. An open circular place where several streets intersect.
4. Informal. Something suggestive of a circus, as in frenetic activity or noisy disorder: "The city is a circus of the senses" (William H. Gass).
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Life is a circus.

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Written By: ninny on 10/27/09 at 6:51 am

*Honorable mention...Lara Parker
Lara Parker (born April 27, 1937) is an American television and film actress best known for her role as Angelique on the cult ABC-TV serial Dark Shadows which aired from 1966 to 1971. She was born Mary Lamar Rickey in Knoxville, Tennessee, and received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Rhodes College and a Master of Arts degree from the University of Iowa.

Parker played the role of "Laura Banner" in the opening sequence of the pilot for the TV series The Incredible Hulk (1977), and the fashion model/witch "Madelaine" in the Kolchak: The Night Stalker episode "The Trevi Collection". Her other TV work includes appearances on Kung Fu, Police Woman, Kojak, Alice, Quincy M.E., Hawaii Five-O, The Rockford Files, Highway to Heaven, Switch, Baretta, Galactica 1980 "The Night The Cylons Landed" Part I & II, the CBS daytime serial Capitol and the ABC daytime serial One Life to Live.

Ms. Parker reprised the role of Angelique in Night of Dark Shadows, the second feature film based on Dark Shadows. She was joined by her Dark Shadows cast mates Kate Jackson, David Selby, Grayson Hall, Nancy Barrett, John Karlen, and Thayer David. This film was more loosely based on the series than House of Dark Shadows was, and it did not fare as well at the box office as the first film did. Parker's best known film role came in the Oscar-winning drama Save the Tiger (1973), starring Jack Lemmon, in which she played a sympathetic prostitute who is devastated when her client suffers a near fatal heart attack. In 1975, she played the wife of Peter Fonda's character in Race With the Devil.

In 1998, Parker published a novel, Angelique's Descent. Its sequel, Dark Shadows: The Salem Branch, came out in July 2006. She has recently reprised the role of Angelique for a new series of Dark Shadows audio dramas, and is the reader for the audiobook recording of Angelique's Descent.
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 10/27/09 at 6:52 am

Life is a circus.

I thought life was a Cabaret..old chum ;D

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: CatwomanofV on 10/27/09 at 10:46 am

I LOVE John Cleese.

Karma Treat for mentioning Angelique. I LOVE Dark Shadows.

Cat

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 10/27/09 at 12:38 pm

I LOVE John Cleese.

Karma Treat for mentioning Angelique. I LOVE Dark Shadows.

Cat

Thanks
Treat for being a fan of Dark Shadows :)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/27/09 at 1:33 pm

I LOVE John Cleese.

Karma Treat for mentioning Angelique. I LOVE Dark Shadows.

Cat
I like him too!

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/27/09 at 1:39 pm

The birthday of the day...John Cleese
John Marwood Cleese (pronounced /ˈkliːz/; born 27 October 1939) is an Academy Award-nominated English actor, comedian, writer, and film producer who is known for being a member of the group of comedians responsible for the sketch show Monty Python's Flying Circus and the four Monty Python films: And Now for Something Completely Different, Holy Grail, Life of Brian and The Meaning of Life.

Cleese co-wrote and starred in, with first wife Connie Booth, the much admired British sitcom Fawlty Towers. Later, he co-starred with Kevin Kline, Jamie Lee Curtis and former Python colleague Michael Palin in A Fish Called Wanda and Fierce Creatures, and has made significant appearances in many films, including two James Bond films, The World Is Not Enough and Die Another Day, two Harry Potter films, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone and Chamber of Secrets as Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington,also known as Nearly Headless Nick, and two Shrek films, Shrek 2 and Shrek 3 as Shrek's father-in-law, King Harold.

In Britain, he is also known for co-founding (with Yes Minister writer Antony Jay) the Video Arts production company, responsible for making training films.
Monty Python's Flying Circus ran for four seasons from October 1969 to December 1974 on BBC Television, though with only limited participation in the last six shows. Cleese's two primary characterizations were as a sophisticate and a stressed-out loony. He portrayed the former as a series of announcers, TV show hosts, government officials (for example, "The Ministry of Silly Walks"). The latter is perhaps best represented in the "Cheese Shop", and by Cleese's Mr Praline character, the man with a dead Norwegian Blue parrot and a menagerie of other animals all named "Eric". He was also known for his working-class "Sergeant Major" character, who worked as a Police Sergeant, Roman Centurion, etc. he is also seen as the opening announcer, with the now famous line: "And now for something completely different" a phrase that premiered in the classic sketch, "a man with three buttocks".
Partnership with Graham Chapman

The Dead Parrot sketch performed on Monty Python's Flying Circus in 1969
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Along with Gilliam's animations, Cleese's work with Chapman provided Python with its darkest and angriest moments, and many of his characters display the seething suppressed rage that later characterised his portrayal of Basil Fawlty. Many critics naturally make a connection with Cleese's own self-confessed neuroses (he has spoken openly about receiving psychoanalysis).

Unlike Palin and Jones, Cleese and Chapman actually wrote together, in the same room; Cleese claims that their writing partnership involved him sitting with pen and paper, doing most of the work, while Chapman sat back, not speaking for long periods, then suddenly coming out with an idea that often elevated the sketch to a different level. A classic example of this is the "Dead Parrot" sketch, envisaged by Cleese as a satire on poor customer service, which was originally to have involved a broken toaster, and later a broken car (this version was actually performed and broadcast, on the pre-Python special How To Irritate People). It was Chapman's suggestion to change the faulty item into a dead parrot, and he also suggested that the parrot be specifically a Norwegian Blue, giving the sketch a surreal air which made it far more memorable.

Their humour often involved ordinary people in ordinary situations behaving absurdly for no obvious reason. Like Chapman, Cleese's poker face, clipped middle-class accent and imposing height allowed him to appear convincing as a variety of authority figures - which he would then proceed to undermine. Many of his characters have a kind of incipient madness, but remain utterly straight-faced and impassive while behaving in a ludicrous fashion. Most famously, in the "Ministry of Silly Walks" sketch (actually written by Palin and Jones), Cleese exploits his extraordinary stature as the crane-legged civil servant performing a grotesquely elaborate walk to his office.

Chapman and Cleese also specialised in sketches where two characters would conduct highly articulate arguments over completely arbitrary subjects, such as in the "cheese shop", the "dead parrot" sketch and, perhaps most notably, "The Argument Sketch", where Cleese plays a stone-faced bureaucrat employed to sit behind a desk and engage people in pointless, infuriatingly trivial bickering. All of these roles were opposite Palin (who Cleese often claims is his favourite Python to work with) – the comic contrast between the towering Cleese's crazed aggression and diminutive Palin's shuffling inoffensiveness is a common feature in the series. Occasionally, the typical Cleese-Palin dynamic is reversed, as in "Fish Licence", wherein Palin plays the bureaucrat with whom Cleese is trying to work (though it is still Cleese who plays the "loony" half of the duo).

Though the programme lasted four series, by the start of series 3, Cleese was growing tired of coping with Chapman's alcoholism. According to Gilliam, Cleese was the "most Cambridge" of the Cambridge-educated members of the group (Cleese, Chapman and Idle), by which Gilliam meant that Cleese was the tallest (6'4") and most aggressive of the whole group. He felt, too, that the show's scripts had declined in quality. For these reasons, he became restless and decided to move on. Though he stayed for the third series, he officially left the group before the fourth season. Despite this, he remained friendly with the group, and all six began writing Monty Python and the Holy Grail; Cleese received a credit on episodes of the fourth series which used material from these sessions, and even makes a brief appearance in one episode as the voice of a cartoon in the "Hamlet" episode, though he was officially unconnected with the fourth series. Cleese returned to the troupe to co-write and co-star in the Monty Python films Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Monty Python's Life of Brian and Monty Python's The Meaning of Life, and participated in various live performances over the years.
Post-Python

From 1970 to 1973 Cleese served as rector of the University of St Andrews. While his election by the students might have seemed a prank, it proved a milestone for the University, revolutionising and modernising the post. For instance, the Rector was traditionally entitled to appoint an "Assessor", a deputy to sit in his place at important meetings in his absence. Cleese changed this into a position for a student, elected across campus by the student body, resulting in direct access and representation for the student body for the first time in over 500 years. This was one of many changes that Cleese brought in.

Cleese achieved greater prominence in the United Kingdom as the neurotic hotel manager Basil Fawlty in Fawlty Towers, which he co-wrote with his wife Connie Booth. The series created a sensation and is considered one of the finest examples of British comedy. It won three BAFTA awards when produced and in 2000, it topped the British Film Institute's list of the 100 Greatest British Television Programmes. The series also featured Prunella Scales as Basil's fire-breathing dragon of a wife Sybil, Andrew Sachs as the much abused Spanish waiter Manuel ("...he's from Barcelona"), and Booth as waitress Polly. Cleese based Basil Fawlty on a real person, Donald Sinclair, who he had encountered in 1970 while the Monty Python team were staying at the Gleneagles Hotel in Torquay while filming inserts for their television series. Reportedly, Cleese was inspired by Sinclair's mantra of "I could run this hotel just fine, if it weren't for the guests". He later described Sinclair as "the most wonderfully rude man I have ever met", although Sinclair's widow has said her husband was totally misrepresented in the series. During the Pythons' stay, Sinclair allegedly threw Idle's briefcase out of the hotel "in case it contained a bomb", complained about Gilliam's "American" table manners, and threw a bus timetable at another guest after they dared to ask the time of the next bus to town.

The first series was screened from 19 September 1975 on the BBC's second channel, initially to poor reviews, but gained momentum when repeated on the BBC's main television channel the following year. Despite this, a second series did not air until 1979, by which time Cleese's marriage to Booth had ended, but they revived their collaboration for the second series. Fawlty Towers consisted of only 12 episodes; Cleese and Booth both maintain that this was to avoid compromising the quality of the series.
Cleese as a Mexican maraca soloist as part of his 1977 guest appearance on The Muppet Show

In December 1977, Cleese appeared as a guest star on The Muppet Show. Cleese was a fan of the show, and co-wrote much of the episode. He appears in a "Pigs in Space" segment as a pirate trying to hijack the spaceship Swinetrek, and also helps Gonzo restore his arms to "normal" size after Gonzo's cannonball catching act goes a bit wrong. During the show's closing number, Cleese refuses to sing the famous show tune from Man of La Mancha, "The Impossible Dream". Kermit The Frog apologizes and the curtain re-opens with Cleese now costumed as a Viking trying some Wagnerian opera as part of a duet with Sweetums. Once again, Cleese protests to Kermit, and gives the frog one more chance. This time, as pictured opposite this text, he is costumed as a Mexican maraca soloist. He's finally had enough and protests that he's leaving the show, saying "You were supposed to be my host. How can you do this to me? Kermit - I am your guest!". The cast all joins in with their parody of The Impossible Dream singing "This is your guest, to follow that star...".

During the crowd's applause that follows the song, he pretends to strangle Kermit until he realizes the crowd loves him and accepts the accolades. During the show's finale, as Kermit thanks him, he shows up with a pretend album, his own new vocal record John Cleese: A Man & His Music, and encourages everyone to buy a copy of the album.

This would not be Cleese's final appearance with The Muppets. In their 1981 movie The Great Muppet Caper, Cleese does a cameo appearance as Neville, a local homeowner. As part of the appearance, Miss Piggy borrows his house as a way to impress Kermit The Frog

Cleese won the TV Times award for Funniest Man On TV - 1978 / 1979.
1980s and 1990s

During the 1980s and 1990s, Cleese focused on film, though he did work with Peter Cook in his one-off TV special Peter Cook and Co. in 1980. In the same year Cleese played Petruchio, in Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew in the BBC Television Shakespeare series. In 1981 he starred with Sean Connery and Michael Palin in the Terry Gilliam directed Time Bandits as Robin Hood. He also participated in Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl (1982), and starred in The Secret Policeman's Ball for Amnesty International.
Cleese at the 1989 Academy Awards

Timed with the 1987 UK elections, he appeared in a video promoting proportional representation.

During the 1987 UK general election, he recorded a nine minute party political broadcast for the SDP-Liberal Alliance, which talks about the similarities and failures of the other two parties in a more humorous tone than the standard political broadcast. He has since supported the Alliance's successor, the Liberal Democrats, narrating a radio election broadcast for the party during the 2001 UK general election.

In 1988 he wrote and starred in A Fish Called Wanda, as the lead, Archie Leach, along with Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline and Michael Palin. Wanda was a commercial and critical success, and Cleese was nominated for an Academy Award for his script. Cynthia Cleese starred as Leach's daughter.

Chapman was diagnosed with throat cancer in 1989; Cleese, Michael Palin, Peter Cook and Chapman's partner David Sherlock, witnessed Chapman's passing. Chapman's death occurred one day before the 20th anniversary of the first broadcast of Flying Circus with Jones commenting, "the worst case of party-pooping in all history." Cleese gave a stirring eulogy at Chapman's memorial service, in which he "became the first person ever at a British memorial service to say 'fudge.'"

Cleese would later play a supporting role in Kenneth Branagh's adaptation of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein alongside Branagh himself and Robert De Niro. He also produced and acted in a number of successful business training films, including Meetings, Bloody Meetings and More Bloody Meetings about how to set up and run successful meetings. These were produced by his company Video Arts.

With Robin Skynner, the group analyst and family therapist, Cleese wrote two books on relationships: Families and how to survive them, and Life and how to survive it. The books are presented as a dialogue between Skynner and Cleese.

In 1996, Cleese declined the British honour of Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE). The follow-up to A Fish Called Wanda, Fierce Creatures - which again starred Cleese himself alongside Kevin Kline, Jamie Lee Curtis and Michael Palin - was also released this year, but was greeted with mixed reception by critics and cinema-goers. Cleese has since often stated, that making that second movie had been a mistake. When asked by his friend, director and restaurant critic Michael Winner, what he would do differently if he could live his life again, Cleese responded, "I wouldn’t have married Alyce Faye Eichelberger and I wouldn’t have made Fierce Creatures."

In 1999, Cleese appeared in the James Bond movie, The World Is Not Enough as Q's assistant, referred to by Bond as R. In 2002, when Cleese reprised his role in Die Another Day, the character was promoted, making Cleese the new quartermaster (Q) of MI6. In 2004, Cleese was featured as Q in the video game James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing, featuring his likeness and voice. Cleese did not appear in the subsequent Bond films, Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace, and it is unknown whether Cleese will reprise the role in future Bond films.

His family's surname was previously "Cheese", but his father changed his surname to "Cleese" in 1915, upon joining the Army to avoid ridicule. Now John Cleese when booking a table in a restaurant, he always reserves the table under the name of "Cheese" but in the language of the restaurant, so if the restaurant is French, the table is resevered under the name of "M. Fromage".

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Frank on 10/27/09 at 2:43 pm

The birthday of the day...John Cleese
John Marwood Cleese (pronounced /ˈkliːz/; born 27 October 1939) is an Academy Award-nominated English actor, comedian, writer, and film producer who is known for being a member of the group of comedians responsible for the sketch show Monty Python's Flying Circus and the four Monty Python films: And Now for Something Completely Different, Holy Grail, Life of Brian and The Meaning of Life.

Cleese co-wrote and starred in, with first wife Connie Booth, the much admired British sitcom Fawlty Towers. Later, he co-starred with Kevin Kline, Jamie Lee Curtis and former Python colleague Michael Palin in A Fish Called Wanda and Fierce Creatures, and has made significant appearances in many films, including two James Bond films, The World Is Not Enough and Die Another Day, two Harry Potter films, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone and Chamber of Secrets as Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington,also known as Nearly Headless Nick, and two Shrek films, Shrek 2 and Shrek 3 as Shrek's father-in-law, King Harold.

In Britain, he is also known for co-founding (with Yes Minister writer Antony Jay) the Video Arts production company, responsible for making training films.
Monty Python's Flying Circus ran for four seasons from October 1969 to December 1974 on BBC Television, though with only limited participation in the last six shows. Cleese's two primary characterizations were as a sophisticate and a stressed-out loony. He portrayed the former as a series of announcers, TV show hosts, government officials (for example, "The Ministry of Silly Walks"). The latter is perhaps best represented in the "Cheese Shop", and by Cleese's Mr Praline character, the man with a dead Norwegian Blue parrot and a menagerie of other animals all named "Eric". He was also known for his working-class "Sergeant Major" character, who worked as a Police Sergeant, Roman Centurion, etc. he is also seen as the opening announcer, with the now famous line: "And now for something completely different" a phrase that premiered in the classic sketch, "a man with three buttocks".
Partnership with Graham Chapman

The Dead Parrot sketch performed on Monty Python's Flying Circus in 1969
Play sound
listen to a clip from the sketch.
Problems listening to this file? See media help.

Along with Gilliam's animations, Cleese's work with Chapman provided Python with its darkest and angriest moments, and many of his characters display the seething suppressed rage that later characterised his portrayal of Basil Fawlty. Many critics naturally make a connection with Cleese's own self-confessed neuroses (he has spoken openly about receiving psychoanalysis).

Unlike Palin and Jones, Cleese and Chapman actually wrote together, in the same room; Cleese claims that their writing partnership involved him sitting with pen and paper, doing most of the work, while Chapman sat back, not speaking for long periods, then suddenly coming out with an idea that often elevated the sketch to a different level. A classic example of this is the "Dead Parrot" sketch, envisaged by Cleese as a satire on poor customer service, which was originally to have involved a broken toaster, and later a broken car (this version was actually performed and broadcast, on the pre-Python special How To Irritate People). It was Chapman's suggestion to change the faulty item into a dead parrot, and he also suggested that the parrot be specifically a Norwegian Blue, giving the sketch a surreal air which made it far more memorable.

Their humour often involved ordinary people in ordinary situations behaving absurdly for no obvious reason. Like Chapman, Cleese's poker face, clipped middle-class accent and imposing height allowed him to appear convincing as a variety of authority figures - which he would then proceed to undermine. Many of his characters have a kind of incipient madness, but remain utterly straight-faced and impassive while behaving in a ludicrous fashion. Most famously, in the "Ministry of Silly Walks" sketch (actually written by Palin and Jones), Cleese exploits his extraordinary stature as the crane-legged civil servant performing a grotesquely elaborate walk to his office.

Chapman and Cleese also specialised in sketches where two characters would conduct highly articulate arguments over completely arbitrary subjects, such as in the "cheese shop", the "dead parrot" sketch and, perhaps most notably, "The Argument Sketch", where Cleese plays a stone-faced bureaucrat employed to sit behind a desk and engage people in pointless, infuriatingly trivial bickering. All of these roles were opposite Palin (who Cleese often claims is his favourite Python to work with) – the comic contrast between the towering Cleese's crazed aggression and diminutive Palin's shuffling inoffensiveness is a common feature in the series. Occasionally, the typical Cleese-Palin dynamic is reversed, as in "Fish Licence", wherein Palin plays the bureaucrat with whom Cleese is trying to work (though it is still Cleese who plays the "loony" half of the duo).

Though the programme lasted four series, by the start of series 3, Cleese was growing tired of coping with Chapman's alcoholism. According to Gilliam, Cleese was the "most Cambridge" of the Cambridge-educated members of the group (Cleese, Chapman and Idle), by which Gilliam meant that Cleese was the tallest (6'4") and most aggressive of the whole group. He felt, too, that the show's scripts had declined in quality. For these reasons, he became restless and decided to move on. Though he stayed for the third series, he officially left the group before the fourth season. Despite this, he remained friendly with the group, and all six began writing Monty Python and the Holy Grail; Cleese received a credit on episodes of the fourth series which used material from these sessions, and even makes a brief appearance in one episode as the voice of a cartoon in the "Hamlet" episode, though he was officially unconnected with the fourth series. Cleese returned to the troupe to co-write and co-star in the Monty Python films Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Monty Python's Life of Brian and Monty Python's The Meaning of Life, and participated in various live performances over the years.
Post-Python

From 1970 to 1973 Cleese served as rector of the University of St Andrews. While his election by the students might have seemed a prank, it proved a milestone for the University, revolutionising and modernising the post. For instance, the Rector was traditionally entitled to appoint an "Assessor", a deputy to sit in his place at important meetings in his absence. Cleese changed this into a position for a student, elected across campus by the student body, resulting in direct access and representation for the student body for the first time in over 500 years. This was one of many changes that Cleese brought in.

Cleese achieved greater prominence in the United Kingdom as the neurotic hotel manager Basil Fawlty in Fawlty Towers, which he co-wrote with his wife Connie Booth. The series created a sensation and is considered one of the finest examples of British comedy. It won three BAFTA awards when produced and in 2000, it topped the British Film Institute's list of the 100 Greatest British Television Programmes. The series also featured Prunella Scales as Basil's fire-breathing dragon of a wife Sybil, Andrew Sachs as the much abused Spanish waiter Manuel ("...he's from Barcelona"), and Booth as waitress Polly. Cleese based Basil Fawlty on a real person, Donald Sinclair, who he had encountered in 1970 while the Monty Python team were staying at the Gleneagles Hotel in Torquay while filming inserts for their television series. Reportedly, Cleese was inspired by Sinclair's mantra of "I could run this hotel just fine, if it weren't for the guests". He later described Sinclair as "the most wonderfully rude man I have ever met", although Sinclair's widow has said her husband was totally misrepresented in the series. During the Pythons' stay, Sinclair allegedly threw Idle's briefcase out of the hotel "in case it contained a bomb", complained about Gilliam's "American" table manners, and threw a bus timetable at another guest after they dared to ask the time of the next bus to town.

The first series was screened from 19 September 1975 on the BBC's second channel, initially to poor reviews, but gained momentum when repeated on the BBC's main television channel the following year. Despite this, a second series did not air until 1979, by which time Cleese's marriage to Booth had ended, but they revived their collaboration for the second series. Fawlty Towers consisted of only 12 episodes; Cleese and Booth both maintain that this was to avoid compromising the quality of the series.
Cleese as a Mexican maraca soloist as part of his 1977 guest appearance on The Muppet Show

In December 1977, Cleese appeared as a guest star on The Muppet Show. Cleese was a fan of the show, and co-wrote much of the episode. He appears in a "Pigs in Space" segment as a pirate trying to hijack the spaceship Swinetrek, and also helps Gonzo restore his arms to "normal" size after Gonzo's cannonball catching act goes a bit wrong. During the show's closing number, Cleese refuses to sing the famous show tune from Man of La Mancha, "The Impossible Dream". Kermit The Frog apologizes and the curtain re-opens with Cleese now costumed as a Viking trying some Wagnerian opera as part of a duet with Sweetums. Once again, Cleese protests to Kermit, and gives the frog one more chance. This time, as pictured opposite this text, he is costumed as a Mexican maraca soloist. He's finally had enough and protests that he's leaving the show, saying "You were supposed to be my host. How can you do this to me? Kermit - I am your guest!". The cast all joins in with their parody of The Impossible Dream singing "This is your guest, to follow that star...".

During the crowd's applause that follows the song, he pretends to strangle Kermit until he realizes the crowd loves him and accepts the accolades. During the show's finale, as Kermit thanks him, he shows up with a pretend album, his own new vocal record John Cleese: A Man & His Music, and encourages everyone to buy a copy of the album.

This would not be Cleese's final appearance with The Muppets. In their 1981 movie The Great Muppet Caper, Cleese does a cameo appearance as Neville, a local homeowner. As part of the appearance, Miss Piggy borrows his house as a way to impress Kermit The Frog

Cleese won the TV Times award for Funniest Man On TV - 1978 / 1979.
1980s and 1990s

During the 1980s and 1990s, Cleese focused on film, though he did work with Peter Cook in his one-off TV special Peter Cook and Co. in 1980. In the same year Cleese played Petruchio, in Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew in the BBC Television Shakespeare series. In 1981 he starred with Sean Connery and Michael Palin in the Terry Gilliam directed Time Bandits as Robin Hood. He also participated in Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl (1982), and starred in The Secret Policeman's Ball for Amnesty International.
Cleese at the 1989 Academy Awards

Timed with the 1987 UK elections, he appeared in a video promoting proportional representation.

During the 1987 UK general election, he recorded a nine minute party political broadcast for the SDP-Liberal Alliance, which talks about the similarities and failures of the other two parties in a more humorous tone than the standard political broadcast. He has since supported the Alliance's successor, the Liberal Democrats, narrating a radio election broadcast for the party during the 2001 UK general election.

In 1988 he wrote and starred in A Fish Called Wanda, as the lead, Archie Leach, along with Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline and Michael Palin. Wanda was a commercial and critical success, and Cleese was nominated for an Academy Award for his script. Cynthia Cleese starred as Leach's daughter.

Chapman was diagnosed with throat cancer in 1989; Cleese, Michael Palin, Peter Cook and Chapman's partner David Sherlock, witnessed Chapman's passing. Chapman's death occurred one day before the 20th anniversary of the first broadcast of Flying Circus with Jones commenting, "the worst case of party-pooping in all history." Cleese gave a stirring eulogy at Chapman's memorial service, in which he "became the first person ever at a British memorial service to say 'fudge.'"

Cleese would later play a supporting role in Kenneth Branagh's adaptation of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein alongside Branagh himself and Robert De Niro. He also produced and acted in a number of successful business training films, including Meetings, Bloody Meetings and More Bloody Meetings about how to set up and run successful meetings. These were produced by his company Video Arts.

With Robin Skynner, the group analyst and family therapist, Cleese wrote two books on relationships: Families and how to survive them, and Life and how to survive it. The books are presented as a dialogue between Skynner and Cleese.

In 1996, Cleese declined the British honour of Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE). The follow-up to A Fish Called Wanda, Fierce Creatures - which again starred Cleese himself alongside Kevin Kline, Jamie Lee Curtis and Michael Palin - was also released this year, but was greeted with mixed reception by critics and cinema-goers. Cleese has since often stated, that making that second movie had been a mistake. When asked by his friend, director and restaurant critic Michael Winner, what he would do differently if he could live his life again, Cleese responded, "I wouldn’t have married Alyce Faye Eichelberger and I wouldn’t have made Fierce Creatures."

In 1999, Cleese appeared in the James Bond movie, The World Is Not Enough as Q's assistant, referred to by Bond as R. In 2002, when Cleese reprised his role in Die Another Day, the character was promoted, making Cleese the new quartermaster (Q) of MI6. In 2004, Cleese was featured as Q in the video game James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing, featuring his likeness and voice. Cleese did not appear in the subsequent Bond films, Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace, and it is unknown whether Cleese will reprise the role in future Bond films.
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Very funny man..silly walks...how to defend yourself against a fresh piece of fruit...Basil Fawlty (He's from Barcelona...classic line)

You Brits have the funniest people and the best musicians.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 10/27/09 at 7:00 pm

I always liked John Cleese.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Womble on 10/27/09 at 8:17 pm

I've always liked Lara Parker and thought she was so pretty in Dark Shadows. Thanks for the Bios, Ninny. :)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: gibbo on 10/27/09 at 8:34 pm

Cleese is among the funniest men on celluloid ever! Perhaps IMO ...the funniest! For some reason...I rate the Brit funnymen as the best ever...The Goons, Python team, Peter Sellers, The Two Ronnies ....all extremely witty. They tend to hit my funny bone more often....

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Frank on 10/28/09 at 12:22 am

Cleese is among the funniest men on celluloid ever! Perhaps IMO ...the funniest! For some reason...I rate the Brit funnymen as the best ever...The Goons, Python team, Peter Sellers, The Two Ronnies ....all extremely witty. They tend to hit my funny bone more often....

You Brits have the funniest people and the best musicians.

Yes gibbo, I also rate the Brit funnymen as the best ever. All those you listed are hilarious. "The Two Ronnies" was a very funny show.
We have the same taste in music and comedy.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 10/28/09 at 3:49 am

I always liked John Cleese.

Cleese is among the funniest men on celluloid ever! Perhaps IMO ...the funniest! For some reason...I rate the Brit funnymen as the best ever...The Goons, Python team, Peter Sellers, The Two Ronnies ....all extremely witty. They tend to hit my funny bone more often....

Yes gibbo, I also rate the Brit funnymen as the best ever. All those you listed are hilarious. "The Two Ronnies" was a very funny show.
We have the same taste in music and comedy.

He is one of the most talented men ever.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 10/28/09 at 3:50 am

I've always liked Lara Parker and thought she was so pretty in Dark Shadows. Thanks for the Bios, Ninny. :)

She left an impression on her audience, whether you were male or female.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 10/28/09 at 3:54 am

The word of the day...Pizza
A baked pie of Italian origin consisting of a shallow breadlike crust covered with toppings such as seasoned tomato sauce, cheese, sausage, or olives.
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Written By: ninny on 10/28/09 at 3:57 am

The birthday of the day...Julia Roberts
Julia Fiona Roberts (born October 28, 1967) is an American actress. She became well known during the early 1990s after starring in the romantic comedy Pretty Woman opposite Richard Gere, which grossed $463 million worldwide. After receiving Academy Award nominations for Steel Magnolias in 1990 and Pretty Woman in 1991, she won the Academy Award for Best Actress in 2001 for her performance in Erin Brockovich. Her films, which also include romantic comedies such as My Best Friend's Wedding, Mystic Pizza, Notting Hill, Runaway Bride, and crime films such as The Pelican Brief and Ocean's Eleven and Twelve have collectively brought box office receipts of over $2 billion, making her the most successful actress in terms of box office receipts.

Roberts had become one of the highest-paid actresses in the world, topping the Hollywood Reporter's annual "power list" of top-earning female stars from 2002 to 2005, until 2006, when Nicole Kidman won the top spot. Her fee for 1990's Pretty Woman was $300,000; in 2003, she was paid an unprecedented $25 million for her role in Mona Lisa Smile. As of 2007, Roberts's net worth was estimated to be $140 million.

Roberts was the first actress to appear on the cover of Vogue. GQ once erroneously claimed she was the first woman to appear on their cover, but later retracted the statement (Carol Channing appeared on a GQ cover in 1964). She has been named one of People magazine's "50 Most Beautiful People in the World" eleven times, tied with Halle Berry. In 2001 Ladies Home Journal ranked her as the 11th most powerful woman in America, beating out then national security advisor Condoleezza Rice and first lady Laura Bush. Roberts has a production company called Red Om Films, formerly Shoelace Productions ("Moder" spelled backwards, after her husband's last name).
Year Film Role Notes
1987 Firehouse Babs
1988 Blood Red Maria Collogero
Mystic Pizza Daisy Arujo Nominated — Independent Spirit Award for Best Lead Female
Satisfaction Daryle Also known as Girls of Summer
1989 Steel Magnolias Shelby Eatenton Latcherie Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture
Nominated — Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
1990 Flatliners Rachel Mannus Nominated — Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress
Pretty Woman Vivian Ward Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
Nominated — Academy Award for Best Actress
Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
1991 Hook Tinkerbell
Dying Young Hilary O'Neil
Sleeping with the Enemy Sara Waters/Laura Burney Nominated — Saturn Award for Best Actress
1992 The Player Cameo
1993 The Pelican Brief Darby Shaw
1994 Prêt-à-Porter Anne Eisenhower Also known as Ready to Wear
National Board of Review Award for Best Cast
I Love Trouble Sabrina Peterson
1995 Something to Talk About Grace King Bichon
1996 Everyone Says I Love You Von Sidell
Michael Collins Kitty Kiernan
Mary Reilly Mary Reilly
1997 Conspiracy Theory Alice Sutton
My Best Friend's Wedding Julianne Potter Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
1998 Stepmom Isabel Kelly
1999 Runaway Bride Maggie Carpenter
Notting Hill Anna Scott Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
2000 Erin Brockovich Erin Brockovich Academy Award for Best Actress
BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress
Empire Award for Best Actress
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress
National Board of Review Award for Best Actress
San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
Nominated — Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress
Nominated — Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress
Nominated — Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress
Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama
2001 Ocean's Eleven Tess Ocean Nominated — Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast
America's Sweethearts Kathleen "Kiki" Harrison
The Mexican Samantha Barzel
2002 Confessions of a Dangerous Mind Patricia Watson
Grand Champion Jolene
Full Frontal Catherine/Francesca
2003 Mona Lisa Smile Katherine Ann Watson
2004 Ocean's Twelve Tess Ocean Nominated — Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Cast
Closer Anna Cameron National Board of Review Award for Best Cast
Nominated — Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Cast
2006 Charlotte's Web Charlotte the Spider (voice)
Beslan: Three Days In September Narrator
The Ant Bully Hova (voice)
2007 Charlie Wilson's War Joanne Herring Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture
2008 Fireflies in the Garden Lisa Waechter
2009 Duplicity Claire Stenwick
2010 Valentine's Day Kate Filming
Eat, Pray, Love Elizabeth Gilbert Filming
Television
Year Film Role Notes
1987 Crime Story Tracy Episode "The Survivor" (1.19)
1996 Friends Susie Moss Episode "The One After the Superbowl: Part 2" (2.13)
1988 Miami Vice Polly Wheeler Season 4 episode 22: "Mirror Image"
Baja Oklahoma Candy Hutchins TV
1999 Law & Order Katrina Ludlow Episode "Empire"
Nominated — Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress – Drama Series
2003 Freedom: A History Of Us Virginia Eyewitness 2 episodes: "What Is Freedom?" (1.07); "Yearning to Breathe Free" (1.10)
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 10/28/09 at 4:02 am

The co-birthday's of the day...Joaquin Phoenix
Joaquin Rafael Phoenix, pronounced /hwɑːˈkiːn ˈfiːnɪks/, (born October 28, 1974), formerly credited as Leaf Phoenix, is a film actor, musician, and occasional rapper. He was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, where he lived for the first 4 years of his childhood. His family then moved to the continental United States, where he was raised. Among the many places in which he lived, because of his family's frequent moving, were Mexico and various countries in South America. Phoenix is from a family of performers which includes his older brother, the late River Phoenix.

Phoenix has ventured behind the camera, directing music videos as well as producing movies and television shows, and has recorded an album, the soundtrack to Walk the Line. He is also known for his work as a social activist, particularly as an advocate for animal rights. On October 27, 2008, he announced his retirement from film in order to focus on his rapping career
Phoenix's first acting jobs were guest appearances on two television shows with his brother River in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1982) and Backwards: The Riddle Of Dyslexia (1984). He made his big-screen debut in Space Camp (1986), playing the role of Max, after starring in an Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "A very happy ending" the same year. His first starring role was in Russkies (1987). He later co-starred in Ron Howard's Parenthood (1989), in which he was credited as Leaf Phoenix.

Early on in his career, Phoenix had often played supporting roles as conflicted, insecure characters with a dark side. He has earned positive reviews for his portrayals of various individuals: a troubled teen in Gus Van Sant's To Die For (1995) co-starring with Nicole Kidman, a small-town troublemaker in Oliver Stone's U-Turn, the cruel Roman emperor Commodus in Ridley Scott's Gladiator (2000) (for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor), a conflicted priest in Quills (2000), a washed-up baseball player in M. Night Shyamalan's Signs (2002), a lovestruck farmer in Shyamalan's The Village (2004), a disillusioned cameraman in Terry George's Hotel Rwanda (2004), and heroic firefighter in Ladder 49 (2004).

Upon being cast as Johnny Cash in Walk the Line after Cash himself approved, Phoenix responded by buying a guitar and learning how to play. Reese Witherspoon, who portrayed June Carter Cash in the film and won a Best Actress Oscar for her performance, stated during an interview that when they first performed in-character before a live audience, she was so impressed with his impersonation that she knew she "had to step it up a notch". All of Cash and Carter's vocal tracks in the movie and on the accompanying soundtrack are played and sung by Phoenix and Witherspoon. In 2005, he was nominated for the Best Actor Oscar, and won a Golden Globe in the same category in 2006.

In 2006, Phoenix was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. On October 27, 2008, at a benefit for Paul Newman's Association of Hole in the Wall Camps, Phoenix announced his retirement from acting and stated that he was going to be focusing on a music career.
Directing

He has directed music videos for the following bands: Ringside, She Wants Revenge, People in Planes, Arckid, Albert Hammond Jr. and Silversun Pickups.
Producing

Phoenix served as one of the executive producers of a television show called 4Real, a half-hour series which showcase celebrity guests on global adventures "in order to connect with young leaders who are creating social and economic change." He is also listed as a producer on the movie We Own the Night.
Music career

He recorded the soundtrack album Walk the Line and won a Grammy Award at the 49th Annual Grammy Awards for his work on the soundtrack.

In May 2008, it was reported that Phoenix had been recording songs he had written himself, with Mike Fox (of Little Knickers) handling lead vocals and Tim Burgess (The Charlatans) on backing vocals. No release date has been given for the project.

He is currently the subject of a documentary directed by his friend and brother-in-law Casey Affleck; the documentary will follow him as he moves to a career making hip-hop music while managed by rap icon Sean "Diddy" Combs. Filming began in late 2008.

Phoenix made his rap debut in mid-January 2009. Rumors circulated that it was an elaborate hoax, to which Phoenix stated "This is not a joke. Might I be ridiculous? Might my career in music be laughable? Yeah, that's possible, but that's certainly not my intention.
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* Bill Gates
William Henry "Bill" Gates III (born October 28, 1955) is an American business magnate, philanthropist, and chairman of Microsoft, the software company he founded with Paul Allen. He is ranked consistently one of the world's wealthiest people and the wealthiest overall as of 2009. During his career at Microsoft, Gates held the positions of CEO and chief software architect, and remains the largest individual shareholder with more than 8 percent of the common stock. He has also authored or co-authored several books.

Gates is one of the best-known entrepreneurs of the personal computer revolution. Although he is admired by many, a number of industry insiders criticize his business tactics, which they consider anti-competitive, an opinion which has in some cases been upheld by the courts (see Criticism of Microsoft). In the later stages of his career, Gates has pursued a number of philanthropic endeavors, donating large amounts of money to various charitable organizations and scientific research programs through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, established in 2000.

Bill Gates stepped down as chief executive officer of Microsoft in January, 2000. He remained as chairman and created the position of chief software architect. In June, 2006, Gates announced that he would be transitioning from full-time work at Microsoft to part-time work and full-time work at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. He gradually transferred his duties to Ray Ozzie, chief software architect and Craig Mundie, chief research and strategy officer. Gates' last full-time day at Microsoft was June 27, 2008. He remains at Microsoft as non-executive chairman.
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 10/28/09 at 7:04 am

The word of the day...Pizza
A baked pie of Italian origin consisting of a shallow breadlike crust covered with toppings such as seasoned tomato sauce, cheese, sausage, or olives.
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My favorite pizza is mushroom or pepperoni,those are delicious. :)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 10/28/09 at 7:49 am

My favorite pizza is mushroom or pepperoni,those are delicious. :)

I like cheese,black olives and sometimes mushrooms and onions.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: CatwomanofV on 10/28/09 at 11:34 am

I like cheese,black olives and sometimes mushrooms and onions.

That is exactly how we order ours-except we get EXTRA cheese.

Cat

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 10/28/09 at 1:35 pm

That is exactly how we order ours-except we get EXTRA cheese.

Cat

I ordered a piece once and the young lady who took my order actually asked if I wanted sauce on my pizza ::)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: CatwomanofV on 10/28/09 at 2:51 pm

TRUE STORY:

This guy who worked with my ex once ordered a pizza, when asked if he wanted it cut into 6 slices or 8, after thinking for a moment, he said, "6. I don't think I could eat 8."

Cat

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 10/28/09 at 3:09 pm

I once in a while put garlic or pepper on my pizza.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/28/09 at 3:09 pm

The word of the day...Pizza
A baked pie of Italian origin consisting of a shallow breadlike crust covered with toppings such as seasoned tomato sauce, cheese, sausage, or olives.

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I love pizza!

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/28/09 at 3:10 pm

At one stage last year, Pizza Hut was going to re-brand it's name and call it Pasta Hut.

Why?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 10/28/09 at 3:14 pm

At one stage last year, Pizza Hut was going to re-brand it's name and call it Pasta Hut.

Why?

What a ridiculous idea. ::)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/28/09 at 3:20 pm

What a ridiculous idea. ::)
Exactly, or may be it could have been that the British public needed to have more pasta in their diet?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 10/28/09 at 3:22 pm

Exactly, or may be it could have been that the British public needed to have more pasta in their diet?

Over here in our Pizza Hut,they have a pizza called The Pasta Pizza.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/28/09 at 3:24 pm

Over here in our Pizza Hut,they have a pizza called The Pasta Pizza.
How does it taste?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 10/28/09 at 3:26 pm

How does it taste?

I never tasted it before.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/28/09 at 3:30 pm

I never tasted it before.
I do not wish to try that.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: gibbo on 10/28/09 at 4:03 pm

Julia Roberts was in some pretty big movies... I like her as an actress. She can be very attractive when she smiles...

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Frank on 10/28/09 at 6:38 pm

TRUE STORY:

This guy who worked with my ex once ordered a pizza, when asked if he wanted it cut into 6 slices or 8, after thinking for a moment, he said, "6. I don't think I could eat 8."

Cat

One of "Yogi Berra's" funny lines.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: CatwomanofV on 10/28/09 at 7:27 pm

One of "Yogi Berra's" funny lines.

This guy wasn't quoting Yogi Berra-he really said that and he wasn't trying to make a joke.

Cat

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Womble on 10/28/09 at 8:14 pm

The word of the day...Pizza
A baked pie of Italian origin consisting of a shallow breadlike crust covered with toppings such as seasoned tomato sauce, cheese, sausage, or olives.
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Oh, wow! Spring Street! One of the places in New York I miss. Thanks for bringing back a nice memory, Ninny. :) :) :) :) :)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: karen on 10/28/09 at 10:13 pm

At one stage last year, Pizza Hut was going to re-brand it's name and call it Pasta Hut.

Why?

It was a marketing thing to promote their new range of pasta dishes

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Frank on 10/29/09 at 12:00 am

This guy wasn't quoting Yogi Berra-he really said that and he wasn't trying to make a joke.

Cat

Now that is funny! ;D

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 10/29/09 at 5:53 am

I wouldn't like pasta on my pizza.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 10/29/09 at 6:17 am

Oh, wow! Spring Street! One of the places in New York I miss. Thanks for bringing back a nice memory, Ninny. :) :) :) :) :)

I'm glad you liked it :)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 10/29/09 at 6:18 am

It was a marketing thing to promote their new range of pasta dishes

My husband enjoys their pasta's.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 10/29/09 at 6:22 am

I wouldn't like pasta on my pizza.

No, but pasta bowls are good.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 10/29/09 at 6:28 am

The word of the day...Graffiti
Term applied to an arrangement of institutionally illicit marks in which there has been an attempt to establish some sort of coherent composition; such marks are made by an individual or individuals (not generally professional artists) on a wall or other surface that is usually visually accessible to the public. The term 'graffiti' derives from the Greek graphein ('to write'). Graffiti (sing. graffito) or SGRAFFITO, meaning a drawing or scribbling on a flat surface, originally referred to those marks found on ancient Roman architecture.
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Written By: ninny on 10/29/09 at 6:37 am

The birthday of the day...Richard Dreyfuss
Richard Stephen Dreyfuss (born October 29, 1947) is an American actor best known for starring in a number of films, television and theater roles since the late 1960s. He is probably best known for his roles in the films Jaws, The Goodbye Girl, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Always, Mr. Holland's Opus, American Graffiti and Krippendorf's Tribe.

Dreyfuss won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1977 for The Goodbye Girl, and was nominated in 1995 for Mr. Holland's Opus. He has also won multiple Golden Globe Awards, BAFTA Awards, and Screen Actors Guild Awards for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor.
Dreyfuss's acting career began during his youth at the Beverly Hills Jewish Center. He debuted in the TV production In Mama's House when he was fifteen. He attended the San Fernando Valley State College (later re-named California State University, Northridge) for a year. He was a conscientious objector during the Vietnam War and worked in alternate service for two years as a clerk in a Los Angeles hospital. During this time, he acted in a few small TV roles on shows like Peyton Place, Gidget, Bewitched and The Big Valley. During the late 1960s and early 1970s, he also performed on stage on Broadway, off-Broadway, repertory, and improvisational theater.

Dreyfuss's first film part was a small, uncredited role in The Graduate and had one line, "Shall I call the cops? I'll call the cops." He was also briefly seen as a stage hand in Valley of the Dolls, in which he had a few lines. He appeared in the subsequent Dillinger, and landed a role in the 1973 hit American Graffiti, acting with other future stars such as Harrison Ford and Ron Howard. Dreyfuss played his first lead role in the Canadian film The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz.

He went on to star in the box office blockbusters Jaws and Close Encounters of the Third Kind, both directed by Steven Spielberg.

Dreyfuss won the 1978 Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of a struggling actor in The Goodbye Girl, becoming the youngest actor to do so. This record has since been surpassed by Adrien Brody.

Around 1978, Dreyfuss began using cocaine frequently; his addiction came to a head four years later, when he was arrested for possession of the drug at the scene of a collision between his car and a tree. He entered rehab and eventually made a Hollywood comeback with the film Down And Out In Beverly Hills in 1986 and Stakeout the following year.

He had a starring role opposite Bill Murray in the 1991 hit comedy What About Bob? as a psychiatrist who goes crazy while trying to cope with a particularly obsessive new patient. While growing up in Beverly Hills, he lived within six blocks of Michael Burns, who became a preeminent expert on the Dreyfus affair and the author of Dreyfus: A Family Affair, 1789-1945. Dreyfuss later worked with Burns as producer and took on the role of Georges Picquart in Prisoner of Honor, a HBO movie about the historical incident released in 1991.
Dreyfuss and Allan Carr at the Governor's Ball party after the 1989 Academy Awards

In 1994, Dreyfuss participated in the historic "Papal Concert to Commemorate the Shoah (Holocaust)" at the Vatican in the presence of Pope John Paul II, Rav Elio Toaf, chief rabbi of Rome, and Oscar Luigi Scalfaro, President of Italy. He recited Kaddish as part of a performance of Leonard Bernstein's Third Symphony with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Gilbert Levine. The event was broadcast worldwide.

Dreyfuss was nominated for an Oscar and a Golden Globe for his performance as Glenn Holland in Mr. Holland's Opus (1995). Since then he has continued working in the movies, television and on stage. In April 2004, he appeared in the revival of Sly Fox on Broadway (opposite Eric Stoltz, René Auberjonois, Bronson Pinchot and Elizabeth Berkley).

In 2001/2002, he played Max Bickford in the television drama The Education of Max Bickford.

In November 2004, he was scheduled to appear in The Producers in London, but withdrew from the production a week before the opening night. The media noted that Dreyfuss was still suffering from problems relating to an operation for a herniated disc in January, and that the part of Max Bialystock in the play is a physically demanding one. Both he and his assistant for the production stated that Dreyfuss was accumulating injuries that required him to wear physical therapy supports during rehearsals. Nathan Lane was brought in to replace Dreyfuss in the London production. It later emerged that he'd been fired.

Dreyfuss recorded the voiceover to the famous Apple, Inc., then Apple Computer, Inc., Think Different ad campaign in 1999. The text of the ad begins, "Here's to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels..."

In 2006, he appeared as one of the survivors in the 2006 film Poseidon. Dreyfuss portrayed U.S Vice President Dick Cheney in Oliver Stone's 2008 George W. Bush bio-pic W.

In early 2009, he appeared in the play Complicit (directed by Kevin Spacey) in London's Old Vic theatre. His participation in the play was subject to much controversy, owing to his use of an earpiece on stage, reportedly because of his inability to learn his lines in time.

He guest voiced as himself in the "Three Kings" episode of Family Guy in 2009.

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Written By: ninny on 10/29/09 at 6:43 am

The co-birthdays of the day...Winona Ryder
Winona Laura Horowitz (born October 29, 1971), better known under her professional name Winona Ryder, is an American actress who has appeared in film genres ranging from drama and comedy to science fiction. Her first significant role was as a goth teen in the 1988 Tim Burton film Beetlejuice, which won her critical and commercial recognition. After making various appearances in film and television, Ryder continued her career with the cult film Heathers (1989), a satire of teenage life. Ryder won a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress and an Academy Award nomination in the same category for her role in The Age of Innocence.

In 2000, Ryder received a star on the Walk of Fame in Hollywood, California. A 2001 shoplifting incident led to a hiatus from acting. In 2006, she returned to the screen in what several media outlets called "a remarkable comeback".
n 1985, Ryder sent a videotaped audition, where she recited a monologue from the novel Franny and Zooey by J. D. Salinger, to appear in the film Desert Bloom. She was rejected and the part went to Annabeth Gish. Despite her rejection, David Seltzer, a writer and director, soon noticed her talent and cast her in his 1986 film Lucas. When asked how she wanted her name to appear in the credits, she suggested "Ryder" as her surname as a Mitch Ryder album which belonged to her father was playing in the background. Her next movie was Square Dance (1987), where her teenage character creates a bridge between two different worlds — a traditional farm in the middle of nowhere and a large city. Ryder won acclaim for her role, and The Los Angeles Times called her performance in Square Dance "a remarkable debut". Both films, however, failed to gain Ryder any notice, and were only marginally successful commercially. Director Tim Burton decided to cast Ryder in his film Beetlejuice (1988), after being impressed with her performance in Lucas. In the film, she plays goth teenager Lydia Deetz. Lydia's family moves to a haunted house populated by ghosts played by Geena Davis, Alec Baldwin, and Michael Keaton. Lydia quickly finds herself the only human with a strong empathy toward the ghosts and their situation. The film was a success at the box office, and Ryder's performance and the overall film received mostly positive reviews from critics.

Ryder landed the role of Veronica Sawyer in the 1989 independent film Heathers. The film, a satirical take on teenage life, revolves around Veronica, who is ultimately forced to choose between the will of society and her own heart after her boyfriend (Christian Slater) begins killing popular high school students. Ryder's agent initially begged her to turn the role down, saying the film would "ruin her career". Reaction to the film was mostly lukewarm, but Ryder's performance was critically embraced, with The Washington Post stating Ryder is "Hollywood's most impressive inge'nue ... Ryder ... makes us love her teen-age murderess, a bright, funny girl with a little Bonnie Parker in her. She is the most likable, best-drawn young adult protagonist since the sexual innocent of Gregory's Girl." The film was a box office flop, yet achieved status as a predominant cult film. Later that year, she starred in Great Balls of Fire!, playing the 13-year-old bride (and cousin) of Jerry Lee Lewis. The film was a box office failure and received divided reviews from critics. In April 1989, she played the title role in the music video for Mojo Nixon's "Debbie Gibson Is Pregnant with My Two-Headed Love Child".

In 1990, Ryder was selected for four film roles. In Edward Scissorhands (1990), she played the leading female role alongside her then-boyfriend Johnny Depp. The film reunited Tim Burton and Ryder, who had previously worked together on Beetlejuice in 1988. Edward Scissorhands was a significant box office success, grossing US$56 million at the United States box office and receiving much critical devotion. Later that year, she withdrew from a role in Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather Part III (after traveling to Rome for filming) due to exhaustion. Eventually, Coppola's daughter Sofia Coppola was cast in the role. Ryder's third role was in the family comedy-drama Mermaids (1990), which co-starred Cher and Christina Ricci. Mermaids was a moderate box office success and was embraced critically. Ryder's performance was acclaimed; critic Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times wrote: "Winona Ryder, in another of her alienated outsider roles, generates real charisma." For her performance, Ryder received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. Ryder then performed alongside Cher and Christina Ricci in the video for "The Shoop Shoop Song", the theme from Mermaids. Following Mermaids she starred in the lead role in box office flop Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael (1991).
1991–1995

In 1991, Ryder played a young taxicab driver who dreams of becoming a mechanic in Jim Jarmusch's Night on Earth. The film was only given a limited release at the box office, but received critical praise. Ryder then starred in the dual roles of Count Dracula's reincarnated love interest Mina Murray and Dracula's past lover Princess Elisabeta, in Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992), a project she brought to director Francis Ford Coppola's attention. In 1993, she starred in the melodrama The House of the Spirits, based on Isabel Allende's novel. Ryder played the love interest of Antonio Banderas' character. Principal filming was done in Denmark and Portugal. The film was poorly reviewed and a box office flop, grossing just $6 million on its $40 million budget. Ryder starred in The Age of Innocence with Michelle Pfeiffer and Daniel Day-Lewis, a film based on a novel by Edith Wharton and helmed by director Martin Scorsese, whom Ryder considers "the best director in the world". Her role in this movie won her a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress as well as an Academy Award nomination in the same category.

Ryder's next role was in the Generation X drama Reality Bites (1994), directed by Ben Stiller, playing a young woman searching for direction in her life. Her performance received acclaim and the studio hoped the film would gross a substantial amount of money, yet it flopped. Bruce Feldman, Universal Pictures' Vice-President of Marketing said: "The media labeled it as a Generation X picture, while we thought it was a comedy with broad appeal." The studio placed TV ads during programs chosen for their appeal to 12–34-year-olds and in interviews Stiller was careful not to mention the phrase "Generation X". In 1994, Ryder was handpicked to play the lead role of Josephine March in Little Women, an adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's novel. The film received widespread praise; critic Janet Maslin of The New York Times wrote that the film was the greatest adaptation of the novel, and remarked on Ryder's performance: "Ms. Ryder, whose banner year also includes a fine comic performance in 'Reality Bites,' plays Jo with spark and confidence. Her spirited presence gives the film an appealing linchpin, and she plays the self-proclaimed 'man of the family' with just the right staunchness." She received an Best Actress Oscar nomination the following year. She made a guest appearance in The Simpsons episode "Lisa's Rival" as Allison Taylor, whose intelligence and over-achieving personality makes her a rival of Lisa's. Her next starring role was in How to Make an American Quilt (1995), an adaptation of the novel of the same name by Whitney Otto, co-starring Anne Bancroft. Ryder plays a college graduate who spends her summer hiatus at her grandmother's property to ponder on her boyfriend's recent marriage proposal. The film was not a commercial success, nor was it popular with critics.
1996–2000

Ryder made several film appearances in 1996, the first in Boys. The film failed to become a box office success and attracted mostly negative critical reaction. Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times stated that "Boys is a low-rent, dumbed-down version of Before Sunrise, with a rent-a-plot substituting for clever dialogue." Her next role was in Looking for Richard, Al Pacino's documentary on a production of Shakespeare's Richard III, which grossed only $1 million at the box office, but drew moderate critical acclaim. She starred in The Crucible with Daniel Day-Lewis and Joan Allen. The film, an adaptation of Arthur Miller's play, centered on the Salem witch trials. The film was expected to be a success, considering its budget, but became a large failure. Despite this, it received acclaim critically, and Ryder's performance was lauded, with Peter Travers of Rolling Stone saying, "Ryder offers a transfixing portrait of warped innocence." In December 1996, Ryder accepted a role as a humanoid robot in Alien Resurrection (1997), alongside Sigourney Weaver, who had appeared in the entire Alien trilogy. Ryder's brother, Yuri, was a major fan of the film series, and when asked, she took the role. The film became one of the least successful entries in the Alien film series, but was considered a success as it grossed $161 million worldwide. Weaver's and Ryder's performances drew mostly positive reviews, and Ryder won a Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Best Actress. Ryder then starred in Woody Allen's Celebrity (1998), after Drew Barrymore turned down Ryder's role, in an ensemble cast. The film satirizes the lives of several celebrities.

In 1999, she performed in and served as an executive producer for Girl, Interrupted, based on the 1993 autobiography of Susanna Kaysen. The film had been in project and post-production since late 1996, but it took time to surface. Ryder was deeply attached to the film, considering it her "child of the heart". Ryder starred as Kaysen, who has borderline personality disorder and was admitted to a psychiatric hospital for recovery. Ryder starred alongside Whoopi Goldberg and Angelina Jolie. While Ryder was expected to make her comeback with her leading role, the film instead became the "welcome-to-Hollywood coronation" for Jolie, who won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance. Jolie thanked Ryder in her acceptance speech. The same year, Ryder was parodied in South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut. The following year, she starred in the romantic comedy Autumn in New York, alongside Richard Gere. The film revolves around a relationship between an older man (Gere) and a younger woman (Ryder). Autumn in New York received mixed reviews, but was a commercial success, grossing $90 million at the worldwide box office. Ryder then played a nun of a secret society loosely connected to the Roman Catholic Church and determined to prevent Armageddon in Lost Souls (2000), which was a commercial failure. Ryder refused to do commercial promotion for the film. Later in 2000, she was one of several celebrities who made a small cameo appearance in Zoolander. On October 6, 2000, Ryder received her own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, located directly in front of the Johnny Grant building next to the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel on Hollywood Boulevard. She was the 2,165th recipient of this honor.
Hiatus, 2001–2005

Ryder had a hiatus after her shoplifting incident in 2001 (see below). The book Conversations with Woody Allen reports that in 2003 film director Woody Allen wanted to cast Robert Downey, Jr. and Ryder in his film Melinda and Melinda, but was unable to do so because "I couldn't get insurance on them ... We couldn't get bonded. The completion bonding companies would not bond the picture unless we could insure them. We were heartbroken because I had worked with Winona before and thought she was perfect for this and wanted to work with her again."

In 2002, Ryder appeared in two films. The first was a romantic comedy titled Mr. Deeds with Adam Sandler. This was her most commercially successful movie to date, earning over $126 million in the United States alone. She played a cynical reporter for an unscrupulous television program. The second film was the science fiction drama S1m0ne in which she portrayed a glamorous star who is replaced by a computer simulated actress due to the clandestine machinations of a director, portrayed by her Looking for Richard costar Al Pacino.
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* Denny Laine
Denny Laine (born Brian Frederick Arthur Hines, 29 October 1944, Holcombe Road, Tyseley, Birmingham) is an English songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, best known for his roles as former guitarist and lead singer of The Moody Blues and, later, co-founder (with Paul McCartney) of Wings. Laine was the only musician in Wings, along with Paul and Linda McCartney, who did not quit. Laine joined Wings in 1971 for their album Wild Life and stayed until 1980, when Wings broke up.
Denny Laine is of Romani descent, was educated at Yardley Grammar School in Birmingham, and took up the guitar as a boy under the influence of Gypsy jazz (Jazz manouche) legend Django Reinhardt; he had his first solo performance as a musician at the age of twelve and began his career as a professional musician fronting Denny & The Diplomats, which also included future The Move and Electric Light Orchestra drummer Bev Bevan.

In 1964, Laine left The Diplomats to join Mike Pinder in The Moody Blues and sang their first big hit, "Go Now"; other early highlights included "From The Bottom Of My Heart", "Can't Nobody Love You" and the harmonica-ripping "Bye Bye Bird". However, Denny's tenure with the MB's was short-lived and, after a number of comparative failures, Laine quit the band in August 1966 (the last record issued by The Moody Blues that featured Laine was "Life's Not Life"/"He Can Win" in January 1967, but the October 1966 "Boulevard De La Madeleine" single looked ahead to the fancier sounds for which The Moody Blues would later become famous).

After leaving The Moody Blues, he formed The Electric String Band, which featured Denny (guitar, vocals), Trevor Burton (guitar, another former member of The Move) and Viv Prince (drums), also featuring electrified strings in a format not dissimilar to what Electric Light Orchestra would later attempt. They made two singles, "Say You Don't Mind / Ask The People" (Apr 1967, Deram) and "Too Much In Love / Catherine's Wheel" (Jan 1968, Deram); and, in June 1967, they shared a bill with The Jimi Hendrix Experience and Procol Harum at the Saville Theatre in London. However, national attention was not to be, and the pioneering Electric String Band broke up. (There was apparently a third single recorded called "Why Did You Come?". Why it never released is unknown, but there have been rumours that the finished track - and probably the B side as well - was sent by post to Decca and was lost.) Laine and Burton then went on to the band Balls from 1969 until the band's breakup in 1971, with both also taking time to play in Ginger Baker's Air Force in 1970. (Only one single was issued by Balls; "Fight For My Country" / "Janie, Slow Down" on UK Wizard Records. Strangely, the top side was re-edited and reissued on UK Wizard and issued in the US on Epic under the name of Trevor Burton, which was odd since Laine and Burton shared lead vocals on the B side. The single was reissued again as B.L.W. as "Live In The Mountains" for a small Pye distributed label. There was supposed to have been a Balls album recorded, but it has never seen the light of day). Laine's 1967 song "Say You Don't Mind" was a hit when recorded in 1972 by ex-Zombie, Colin Blunstone.

In 1971, Denny joined Paul McCartney to found the group known as Wings, and would stay with them for a full ten years until they officially disbanded in 1981; Denny provided lead & rhythm guitars, backing vocals, keyboards, bass, writing and co-writing skills, as well as being a solid solo performer. Together with Paul and his wife, Linda, they formed the nucleus of the band, being called that "strange, 3-winged beast". It was with Wings that Denny enjoyed the biggest commercial and critical successes of his career, including co-writing the smash hit "Mull of Kintyre".

In January 1980, McCartney was arrested for possession of marijuana upon arrival at an airport for a tour in Japan. The tour was cancelled. Wings recorded through the year on new tracks as well as tracks still in the vaults, but a press release by Paul in early 1981 officially announced that Wings had broken up. The new tracks ended up on Paul's next two solo albums, and Laine's relationship with McCartney soured (speculation also has it that financial matters were close to the heart of this dissolution, similar to the McCartney/Jackson partnership).

Laine bought a large property outside of Calpe, Alicante, Spain in 1983 and brought with him a small group of followers who did not last long once they saw the money running out. The property alongside the N332 was originally a large farmhouse but was converted to basic dwellings and Laine occupied it for a few months before leaving without notice and the building was occupied by squatters. During his time in the Calpe area, Laine did a few musical sessions with the local bands, notably Rory Westerby and an occasional gig at the Manzanera open air free for all.

In 1985, Laine was back in Surrey with frequent sightings at the Woking KFC either driving a Rolls Royce or being dropped off by taxi as he was incapable of walking, talking or driving.

The title track of Denny's first solo album after Wings, called "Japanese Tears", appeared to be a visible attack on McCartney much like John Lennon's "How Do You Sleep?" in 1971; however, closer inspection to the lyrics shows that it more likely tells the tongue-in-cheek story of a Japanese fan's disappointment after Wings' tour got cancelled (or possibly even tears of excitement at Wings' arrival in Japan in the first place).

In 1986 Denny played at the Birmingham Heart Beat Charity Concert 1986 which was a very special day,raising money for the Birmingham Children`s Hospital.

Denny filed for bankruptcy in the mid-80s after selling his lucrative co-publishing rights to "Mull of Kintyre" to co-author McCartney. However, he has continued to record music at a prolific rate and has appeared at Beatles conventions and on tributes to both The Beatles and Wings. He is currently working on an autobiography.

He was briefly married to Jo Jo Laine (13 July 1953 — 29 October 2006), with whom he had a son, Laine Hines, and a daughter, Heidi Hines. He has three other children from other relationships: Lucianne Grant, Damian James, and Ainsley Laine-Adams. His current wife is Rosha.
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Written By: CatwomanofV on 10/29/09 at 10:21 am

One more pizza story: There is a tiny grocery/convenient store that is right around the corner from where I used to live. I don't know if they still have it but they used to have "Pizza Friday"-the first Friday of the month, they would make & sell pizzas. They had some already made or you could have them make you one-which is what I would do. I told them that I wanted one with "EVERYTHING" on. Then the conversation would go something like:

"Do you want this?"
"EVERYTHING".
"Do you want that?"
"EVERYTHING."
"Do you want...?"

What part of "EVERYTHING" don't you understand?

This happened EVERY TIME I would get a pizza from them.

Cat

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Written By: Frank on 10/29/09 at 1:33 pm

The Beatles wrote a wonderful song about Denny Laine.

"Denny Laine there is a barber showing photographs
Of every head he's had the pleasure to know.
And all the people that come and go
Stop and say Hello"
;)

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Written By: Howard on 10/29/09 at 7:50 pm

The birthday of the day...Richard Dreyfuss
Richard Stephen Dreyfuss (born October 29, 1947) is an American actor best known for starring in a number of films, television and theater roles since the late 1960s. He is probably best known for his roles in the films Jaws, The Goodbye Girl, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Always, Mr. Holland's Opus, American Graffiti and Krippendorf's Tribe.

Dreyfuss won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1977 for The Goodbye Girl, and was nominated in 1995 for Mr. Holland's Opus. He has also won multiple Golden Globe Awards, BAFTA Awards, and Screen Actors Guild Awards for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor.
Dreyfuss's acting career began during his youth at the Beverly Hills Jewish Center. He debuted in the TV production In Mama's House when he was fifteen. He attended the San Fernando Valley State College (later re-named California State University, Northridge) for a year. He was a conscientious objector during the Vietnam War and worked in alternate service for two years as a clerk in a Los Angeles hospital. During this time, he acted in a few small TV roles on shows like Peyton Place, Gidget, Bewitched and The Big Valley. During the late 1960s and early 1970s, he also performed on stage on Broadway, off-Broadway, repertory, and improvisational theater.

Dreyfuss's first film part was a small, uncredited role in The Graduate and had one line, "Shall I call the cops? I'll call the cops." He was also briefly seen as a stage hand in Valley of the Dolls, in which he had a few lines. He appeared in the subsequent Dillinger, and landed a role in the 1973 hit American Graffiti, acting with other future stars such as Harrison Ford and Ron Howard. Dreyfuss played his first lead role in the Canadian film The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz.

He went on to star in the box office blockbusters Jaws and Close Encounters of the Third Kind, both directed by Steven Spielberg.

Dreyfuss won the 1978 Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of a struggling actor in The Goodbye Girl, becoming the youngest actor to do so. This record has since been surpassed by Adrien Brody.

Around 1978, Dreyfuss began using cocaine frequently; his addiction came to a head four years later, when he was arrested for possession of the drug at the scene of a collision between his car and a tree. He entered rehab and eventually made a Hollywood comeback with the film Down And Out In Beverly Hills in 1986 and Stakeout the following year.

He had a starring role opposite Bill Murray in the 1991 hit comedy What About Bob? as a psychiatrist who goes crazy while trying to cope with a particularly obsessive new patient. While growing up in Beverly Hills, he lived within six blocks of Michael Burns, who became a preeminent expert on the Dreyfus affair and the author of Dreyfus: A Family Affair, 1789-1945. Dreyfuss later worked with Burns as producer and took on the role of Georges Picquart in Prisoner of Honor, a HBO movie about the historical incident released in 1991.
Dreyfuss and Allan Carr at the Governor's Ball party after the 1989 Academy Awards

In 1994, Dreyfuss participated in the historic "Papal Concert to Commemorate the Shoah (Holocaust)" at the Vatican in the presence of Pope John Paul II, Rav Elio Toaf, chief rabbi of Rome, and Oscar Luigi Scalfaro, President of Italy. He recited Kaddish as part of a performance of Leonard Bernstein's Third Symphony with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Gilbert Levine. The event was broadcast worldwide.

Dreyfuss was nominated for an Oscar and a Golden Globe for his performance as Glenn Holland in Mr. Holland's Opus (1995). Since then he has continued working in the movies, television and on stage. In April 2004, he appeared in the revival of Sly Fox on Broadway (opposite Eric Stoltz, René Auberjonois, Bronson Pinchot and Elizabeth Berkley).

In 2001/2002, he played Max Bickford in the television drama The Education of Max Bickford.

In November 2004, he was scheduled to appear in The Producers in London, but withdrew from the production a week before the opening night. The media noted that Dreyfuss was still suffering from problems relating to an operation for a herniated disc in January, and that the part of Max Bialystock in the play is a physically demanding one. Both he and his assistant for the production stated that Dreyfuss was accumulating injuries that required him to wear physical therapy supports during rehearsals. Nathan Lane was brought in to replace Dreyfuss in the London production. It later emerged that he'd been fired.

Dreyfuss recorded the voiceover to the famous Apple, Inc., then Apple Computer, Inc., Think Different ad campaign in 1999. The text of the ad begins, "Here's to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels..."

In 2006, he appeared as one of the survivors in the 2006 film Poseidon. Dreyfuss portrayed U.S Vice President Dick Cheney in Oliver Stone's 2008 George W. Bush bio-pic W.

In early 2009, he appeared in the play Complicit (directed by Kevin Spacey) in London's Old Vic theatre. His participation in the play was subject to much controversy, owing to his use of an earpiece on stage, reportedly because of his inability to learn his lines in time.

He guest voiced as himself in the "Three Kings" episode of Family Guy in 2009.

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A very fine actor. :)

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Written By: Womble on 10/29/09 at 8:37 pm

I like the Graffiti art. Thanks for posting, Ninny. :)

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Written By: ninny on 10/30/09 at 4:12 am

A very fine actor. :)

Yes he is. :)

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Written By: ninny on 10/30/09 at 4:13 am

I like the Graffiti art. Thanks for posting, Ninny. :)

Glad you enjoyed it..Hope you like the word for Friday :)

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Written By: ninny on 10/30/09 at 4:17 am

The word of the day...Surrealistic
1. Of or relating to surrealism.
2. Having an oddly dreamlike or unreal quality.
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Written By: ninny on 10/30/09 at 4:21 am

The birthday of the day ...Grace Slick
Grace Slick (born Grace Barnett Wing on October 30, 1939) is an American singer and songwriter, who was one of the lead singers of the rock groups The Great Society, Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship, and Starship, and as a solo artist, for nearly three decades, from the mid-1960s to the mid-1990s. Slick was an important figure in the 1960s psychedelic rock genre, and is known for her witty lyrics and powerful contralto vocals
By the summer of 1966 The Great Society was one of the best-known bands in San Francisco. The band recorded material, releasing one single in San Francisco; a precursor to the future Jefferson Airplane success "Somebody to Love" (titled "Someone To Love") written by Darby. During autumn, Jefferson Airplane's singer Signe Toly Anderson had left to start a family and the band asked Grace to join them. Slick stated part of the reason for leaving was because the Airplane was a much more professional band than The Great Society. She took two compositions from The Great Society: "White Rabbit" (which she is purported to have written in an hour), and "Somebody to Love" (both of which became huge hits) and the band began recording an album. By 1967, Surrealistic Pillow and its singles were great successes and Jefferson Airplane was one of the best-known bands in the country. Grace became one of the first popular female rock musicians. In addition to this, her beauty and stage persona also turned her into a sex symbol for the era.

Other notable songs that she recorded with Jefferson Airplane include "Two Heads", "Lather" and "Greasy Heart". The songs "Somebody to Love" and "White Rabbit" appeared on Rolling Stone's top 500 greatest songs of all time. Both songs were first performed by The Great Society; their version of "White Rabbit" featured an oboe solo by Slick.

Grace ended a performance of "Crown of Creation" on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour during 1968 with a Black Panther fist. Additionally, Slick was in black face. In a 1969 Dick Cavett Show performance, Grace became the first person to say "motherfudgeer" on live television during a performance of "We Can Be Together" as Jefferson Airplane.
Jefferson Starship and beyond

After Jefferson Airplane terminated, Slick along with other bandmates formed the even more popular Jefferson Starship. Slick's solo albums include Manhole, Dreams, Software and Welcome to the Wrecking Ball. Dreams, which was produced by Ron Frangipane and incorporated many of the ideas she encountered attending 12-step meetings, is the most personal of her solo albums and was nominated for a Grammy Award. The song "Do It the Hard Way" from Dreams is one example of Grace's music at the time.

Grace was given the nickname "The Chrome Nun" by David Crosby, who also referred to Paul Kantner as "Baron von Tollbooth". Their nicknames were used as the title of an album she made with bandmates Paul Kantner and David Freiberg entitled Baron Von Tollbooth and the Chrome Nun.

During the 1980s, Slick was the only former Jefferson Airplane member to be in Starship. The band went on to score three chart topping successes with "We Built This City", "Sara", and "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now". Despite the huge success, Grace has since spoken negatively about the experience and music. She left the group soon after their second number one success. In 1989, Slick and her former Jefferson Airplane band members reformed the group. They released a reunion album and a successful tour followed.
Run-ins with law enforcement

Slick and Tricia Nixon, former President Richard Nixon's daughter, are both alumnae of Finch College. Grace was invited to a tea party for the alumnae at the White House in 1969. She invited the political activist Abbie Hoffman to be her escort, and planned to spike President Richard Nixon's tea with 600 micrograms of LSD. The plan was thwarted when they were prevented from entering after being recognized by White House security personnel.

During 1971, after a long recording session, she crashed her car into a wall near the Golden Gate Bridge while racing with Jorma Kaukonen. Amazingly, she suffered only a concussion, and later used the incident as the basis of her "Never Argue with a German if You're Tired or European Song", which appears on the Bark album (1971).

While Slick had troubles with the law while acting as a part of Jefferson Airplane, she was arrested individually at least three times for what she has referred to as "TUI" ("Talking Under the Influence") and "Drunk Mouth". While technically the charges were DUI, the three arrests mentioned in her autobiography occurred when she was not actually inside a vehicle.

The first occurred after an argument in the car with then-partner Paul Kantner, who became tired of bickering, pulled the car keys from the ignition, and tossed them through the car window onto someone's front lawn. While Slick crawled around on the lawn looking for the keys, a police officer arrived and asked what was happening. Her response (laughter) didn't amuse the officer, and she was taken to jail.

The second time occurred after Slick neglected to check the oil level in her car engine and flames began leaping out from under the hood. When an officer arrived and, as previously, asked what was happening, her response that particular time was less amusing and more sarcastic. With her car belching fire, it seemed obvious to her what was happening. As a result of her quip, she was taken to the Marin County jail.

The third arrest happened after an officer caught her sitting against a tree trunk in the back woods of Marin County drinking wine, eating bread, and reading poetry. When the officer asked what she was doing, her sarcastic response got her another ride to the Marin County jail.

In 1978, Grace arrived drunk at a Jefferson Starship concert in Germany. She abused the crowd verbally and attempted to sing. The next day she left the group. She was admitted to a detoxification facility at least twice, once during the 1970s at Duffy's in Napa Valley and once in the 1990s with daughter China. Slick has publicly acknowledged her alcoholism, discussed her rehabilitation experiences, and commented on her use of LSD, marijuana and other substances in her autobiography, various interviews, and in several celebrity addiction and recovery books including The Courage to Change by Dennis Wholey and The Harder They Fall by Gary Stromberg and Jane Merrill.

She was reportedly arrested during 1994 for assault with a deadly weapon, after pointing an unloaded gun at a police officer (after, according to her, the officer came onto her property without explanation). A remarkably similar situation is described in Grace's song "Law Man", released on the Bark album in 1971.
Alongside her close contemporary Janis Joplin, Slick was an important figure in the development of rock music in the late 1960s and was one of the first female rock stars. Her distinctive vocal style and striking stage presence exerted a definite influence on other female performers, including Stevie Nicks, Patti Smith, Sandy Denny and Dolores O'Riordan. Like Joplin, Slick's uncompromising persona and powerful voice helped to open up new modes of expression for female performers, giving a new legitimacy to the role of the female lead singer in the male-dominated world of rock music.
Artistic accomplishments
Grace Slick in 2008

Slick's longevity in the music business helped her earn a rather unusual distinction: the oldest female vocalist on a Billboard Hot 100 chart topping single. "We Built This City" reached #1 on November 16, 1985, shortly after her 46th birthday. The previous record was age 44 for Tina Turner, with 1984's #1 smash, "What's Love Got To Do With It". Turner (who is, coincidentally within a month of Slick's age) turned 45 two months after the song topped the charts. Slick broke her own record in April of 1987 at age 47 when "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" topped the U.S. charts. Her record stood for 12 years, but was ultimately broken by Cher, who was 53 in 1999 when "Believe" hit #1.

Slick did vocals for a piece known as Jazzy Spies, a series of animated shorts about the numbers 2 through 10 (a #1 short was never made), which aired on Sesame Street. The segment for the number two appeared in the first episode of the first season of Sesame Street, November 10, 1969.

She was nominated for a Grammy award in 1980 as Best Rock Female Vocalist for her solo album Dreams.

She was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996 (as a member of Jefferson Airplane).

She was ranked #20 on VH1's 100 Greatest Women of Rock N Roll.

Aside from singing, she also sometimes played piano, keyboards, oboe, and recorder for the bands.
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Written By: ninny on 10/30/09 at 4:25 am

The co-birthday of the day...Henry Winkler
Henry Franklin Winkler (born October 30, 1945) is an American actor, director, producer, and author.

Winkler is best known for his role as Fonzie on the 1970s American sitcom Happy Days. "The Fonz", a leather-clad greaser and auto mechanic, started out as a minor character at the show's beginning, but had achieved top billing by the time the show ended.
Winkler started acting by appearing in a number of television commercials. In October 1973, he was cast for the role of Arthur Herbert Fonzarelli, nicknamed The Fonz or Fonzie, in the TV show Happy Days. The show was first aired in January 1974. During his decade on Happy Days, Winkler also starred in a number of movies, including The Lords of Flatbush (1974), playing a troubled Vietnam veteran in Heroes (1977), The One and Only (1978), and a morgue attendant in Night Shift (1982), which was directed by Happy Days co-star Ron Howard. Winkler was also one of the hosts of the 1979 Music for UNICEF Concert.

For Happy Days, director/producer Garry Marshall originally had in mind a completely opposite physical presence. Marshall sought to cast an Italian model-type male in the role of Fonzie, intended as a stupid foil to the real star, Ron Howard. However, when Winkler, a Yale MFA student, interpreted the role in auditions, Marshall immediately snapped him up. According to Winkler, "The Fonz was everybody I wasn't. He was everybody I wanted to be."

Winkler's character, though remaining very much a rough-hewn outsider, gradually became the focus of the show as time passed (in particular after the departure of Ron Howard). Initially, ABC executives did not want to see the Fonz wearing leather, thinking the character would appear to be a criminal. The first 13 episodes show Winkler wearing two different kinds of windbreaker jackets, one of which was green. As Winkler said in a TV Land interview, "It's hard to look cool in a green windbreaker". Marshall argued with the executives about the jacket. In the end, a compromise was made. Winkler could only wear the leather jacket in scenes with his motorcycle, and from that point on, the Fonz was never without his motorcycle.

After Happy Days, Winkler put his acting career on the back burner, as he began concentrating on producing and directing. He quickly worked on developing his own production company and, within months, he had opened Winkler-Rich Productions.

In 1979 Winkler appeared in the made-for-TV movie An American Christmas Carol, which was a modern remake of the Charles Dickens classic A Christmas Carol. An American Christmas Carol was set in Concord, New Hampshire during the Great Depression. Winkler played the role of Benedict Slade, the Ebenezer Scrooge equivalent of that film. He produced several television shows including MacGyver, So Weird and Mr. Sunshine, Sightings, and the game shows Wintuition and Hollywood Squares (the latter from 2002–2004 only). He also directed several movies including the Billy Crystal movie Memories of Me (1988) and Cop and a Half (1993) with Burt Reynolds.
Winkler, September 1990

As the 1990s continued, Winkler began a return to acting. in 1991, he starred in the controversial TV-movie Absolute Strangers, as a husband forced to make a decision regarding his comatose wife and his unborn baby. In 1994 he returned to TV with the short-lived right-wing comedy Monty on Fox which sank in mere weeks. Also in 1994, he co-starred with Katharine Hepburn in the holiday TV movie One Christmas, her last film.

He is good friends with horror movie director Wes Craven and played an uncredited role as a high school principal in Craven's 1996 movie Scream (1996). In 1998, Adam Sandler asked Winkler to play a college football coach, a supporting role in The Waterboy (1998). He would later appear in three other Sandler films, Little Nicky (2000) where he plays himself and is covered in bees, Click (2006, as the main character's father), and You Don't Mess with the Zohan (2008), again playing himself. He also played small roles in movies such as Down to You (2000), Holes (2003), and I Could Never Be Your Woman (2007).

Winkler recently had a recurring role as incompetent lawyer Barry Zuckerkorn in the Fox Television comedy Arrested Development. In one episode, his character hopped over a dead shark lying on a pier, a reference to his role in the origin of the phrase "jumping the shark". After that episode, Winkler in interviews stated that he was the only person to have "jumped the shark" twice.

When Winkler moved to CBS for one season to star in 2005–06's Out of Practice, his role as the Bluth family lawyer on Arrested Development was taken over by Happy Days co-star Scott Baio in the fall of 2005, shortly before the acclaimed but Nielsen-challenged show ceased production.

Winkler has guest-starred on television series such as Numb3rs, South Park, The Practice, The Simpsons (playing a member of a biker gang. In one scene, he calls Marge "Mrs. S", a reference to Fonzie calling "Happy Days" matriarch Marion Cunningham "Mrs. C"), Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Third Watch, Arrested Development, Crossing Jordan, Family Guy and King of the Hill. The Weezer video for 1994's "Buddy Holly" edited period footage of Henry Winkler as the Fonz, as well as a double shot from behind to create the illusion that Fonzie and other characters were watching Weezer as they performed in Arnold's restaurant.

Winkler's most recent appearances were on KTTV's Good Day L.A.. One time when substituting for Steve Edwards, Winkler reunited with fellow Happy Days cast member Marion Ross.Winkler made a cameo appearance in the band Say Anything's video for "Wow, I Can Get Sexual Too". Winkler has also made critically-acclaimed guest appearances on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson.

A close friend to actor John Ritter, the two led a Broadway ensemble cast in Neil Simon's The Dinner Party in 2000. Winkler was reunited as a guest star on Ritter's sitcom 8 Simple Rules (for Dating my Teenage Daughter) in 2003 by Ritter's request. Ritter became ill during filming, and unexpectedly died. A stunned, grief-stricken Winkler was interviewed by Mary Hart of Entertainment Tonight and various other entertainment news sources, and served as a soothing voice and champion of John's talent in September 2003.

Since 2003, Winkler has collaborated with Lin Oliver on a series of children's books about a 4th grade boy, Hank Zipzer, who is dyslexic. Winkler also has the learning disability, and said this was an unhappy part of his childhood. Winkler has published 16 books about his hero Zipzer, the "world's greatest underachiever."

In July 2008 Henry joined First News on their annual Reading Tour of schools where he read extracts from his Hank Zipzer books

In October 2008, Winkler appeared in a video on funnyordie.com with Ron Howard, reprising their roles as Fonzie and Richie Cunningham, encouraging people to vote for Barack Obama. The video entitled "Ron Howard’s Call to Action" also features Andy Griffith.

Winkler appeared in his first pantomime at the New Wimbledon Theatre, London in 2006, playing Captain Hook in Peter Pan, replacing David Hasselhoff who pulled out when he was offered a TV role by Simon Cowell. He reprised the role in Woking, England for Christmas 2007. For the 2008/2009 season he played Captain Hook at the Milton Keynes Theatre. Recently, he played the role of Judge Newman in Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh.

In 2009, Winkler provided the voice of Willard Deutschebog, a suicidal German teacher, in the Fox comedy series, Sit Down, Shut Up.
Honors and awards

* In 1996, Winkler was selected to be the Class Day speaker at Yale University, an honor usually accorded to distinguished Yale alumni.
* On August 3, 2008, Winkler was chosen to be the guest conductor at the Boston Pops by the Sea Concert in Hyannis, Massachusetts.
* On August 19, 2008, Milwaukeeans paid homage to their hometown hero and unveiled a life-sized, bronze statue of Fonzie along the Milwaukee Riverwalk.

Golden Globe Awards

* (1976) Won - Best Actor - Television Series Musical or Comedy / Happy Days
* (1977) Won - Best Actor - Television Series Musical or Comedy / Happy Days
* (1978) Nominated - Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama / Heroes
* (1983) Nominated - Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy / Night Shift

Primetime Emmy Awards

* (1976) Nominated - Outstanding Lead Actor - Comedy Series / Happy Days
* (1977) Nominated - Outstanding Lead Actor - Comedy Series / Happy Days
* (1978) Nominated - Outstanding Lead Actor - Comedy Series / Happy Days
* (1979) Nominated - Outstanding Informational Program / Who are the DeBolts? (And Where Did They Get 19 Kids?)
* (1997) Nominated - Outstanding Guest Actor - Drama Series / The Practice (as Henry Olson)

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Written By: ninny on 10/30/09 at 4:38 am

We'll try something new...Friday Funnies
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Written By: Howard on 10/30/09 at 8:03 am

The co-birthday of the day...Henry Winkler
Henry Franklin Winkler (born October 30, 1945) is an American actor, director, producer, and author.

Winkler is best known for his role as Fonzie on the 1970s American sitcom Happy Days. "The Fonz", a leather-clad greaser and auto mechanic, started out as a minor character at the show's beginning, but had achieved top billing by the time the show ended.
Winkler started acting by appearing in a number of television commercials. In October 1973, he was cast for the role of Arthur Herbert Fonzarelli, nicknamed The Fonz or Fonzie, in the TV show Happy Days. The show was first aired in January 1974. During his decade on Happy Days, Winkler also starred in a number of movies, including The Lords of Flatbush (1974), playing a troubled Vietnam veteran in Heroes (1977), The One and Only (1978), and a morgue attendant in Night Shift (1982), which was directed by Happy Days co-star Ron Howard. Winkler was also one of the hosts of the 1979 Music for UNICEF Concert.

For Happy Days, director/producer Garry Marshall originally had in mind a completely opposite physical presence. Marshall sought to cast an Italian model-type male in the role of Fonzie, intended as a stupid foil to the real star, Ron Howard. However, when Winkler, a Yale MFA student, interpreted the role in auditions, Marshall immediately snapped him up. According to Winkler, "The Fonz was everybody I wasn't. He was everybody I wanted to be."

Winkler's character, though remaining very much a rough-hewn outsider, gradually became the focus of the show as time passed (in particular after the departure of Ron Howard). Initially, ABC executives did not want to see the Fonz wearing leather, thinking the character would appear to be a criminal. The first 13 episodes show Winkler wearing two different kinds of windbreaker jackets, one of which was green. As Winkler said in a TV Land interview, "It's hard to look cool in a green windbreaker". Marshall argued with the executives about the jacket. In the end, a compromise was made. Winkler could only wear the leather jacket in scenes with his motorcycle, and from that point on, the Fonz was never without his motorcycle.

After Happy Days, Winkler put his acting career on the back burner, as he began concentrating on producing and directing. He quickly worked on developing his own production company and, within months, he had opened Winkler-Rich Productions.

In 1979 Winkler appeared in the made-for-TV movie An American Christmas Carol, which was a modern remake of the Charles Dickens classic A Christmas Carol. An American Christmas Carol was set in Concord, New Hampshire during the Great Depression. Winkler played the role of Benedict Slade, the Ebenezer Scrooge equivalent of that film. He produced several television shows including MacGyver, So Weird and Mr. Sunshine, Sightings, and the game shows Wintuition and Hollywood Squares (the latter from 2002–2004 only). He also directed several movies including the Billy Crystal movie Memories of Me (1988) and Cop and a Half (1993) with Burt Reynolds.
Winkler, September 1990

As the 1990s continued, Winkler began a return to acting. in 1991, he starred in the controversial TV-movie Absolute Strangers, as a husband forced to make a decision regarding his comatose wife and his unborn baby. In 1994 he returned to TV with the short-lived right-wing comedy Monty on Fox which sank in mere weeks. Also in 1994, he co-starred with Katharine Hepburn in the holiday TV movie One Christmas, her last film.

He is good friends with horror movie director Wes Craven and played an uncredited role as a high school principal in Craven's 1996 movie Scream (1996). In 1998, Adam Sandler asked Winkler to play a college football coach, a supporting role in The Waterboy (1998). He would later appear in three other Sandler films, Little Nicky (2000) where he plays himself and is covered in bees, Click (2006, as the main character's father), and You Don't Mess with the Zohan (2008), again playing himself. He also played small roles in movies such as Down to You (2000), Holes (2003), and I Could Never Be Your Woman (2007).

Winkler recently had a recurring role as incompetent lawyer Barry Zuckerkorn in the Fox Television comedy Arrested Development. In one episode, his character hopped over a dead shark lying on a pier, a reference to his role in the origin of the phrase "jumping the shark". After that episode, Winkler in interviews stated that he was the only person to have "jumped the shark" twice.

When Winkler moved to CBS for one season to star in 2005–06's Out of Practice, his role as the Bluth family lawyer on Arrested Development was taken over by Happy Days co-star Scott Baio in the fall of 2005, shortly before the acclaimed but Nielsen-challenged show ceased production.

Winkler has guest-starred on television series such as Numb3rs, South Park, The Practice, The Simpsons (playing a member of a biker gang. In one scene, he calls Marge "Mrs. S", a reference to Fonzie calling "Happy Days" matriarch Marion Cunningham "Mrs. C"), Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Third Watch, Arrested Development, Crossing Jordan, Family Guy and King of the Hill. The Weezer video for 1994's "Buddy Holly" edited period footage of Henry Winkler as the Fonz, as well as a double shot from behind to create the illusion that Fonzie and other characters were watching Weezer as they performed in Arnold's restaurant.

Winkler's most recent appearances were on KTTV's Good Day L.A.. One time when substituting for Steve Edwards, Winkler reunited with fellow Happy Days cast member Marion Ross.Winkler made a cameo appearance in the band Say Anything's video for "Wow, I Can Get Sexual Too". Winkler has also made critically-acclaimed guest appearances on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson.

A close friend to actor John Ritter, the two led a Broadway ensemble cast in Neil Simon's The Dinner Party in 2000. Winkler was reunited as a guest star on Ritter's sitcom 8 Simple Rules (for Dating my Teenage Daughter) in 2003 by Ritter's request. Ritter became ill during filming, and unexpectedly died. A stunned, grief-stricken Winkler was interviewed by Mary Hart of Entertainment Tonight and various other entertainment news sources, and served as a soothing voice and champion of John's talent in September 2003.

Since 2003, Winkler has collaborated with Lin Oliver on a series of children's books about a 4th grade boy, Hank Zipzer, who is dyslexic. Winkler also has the learning disability, and said this was an unhappy part of his childhood. Winkler has published 16 books about his hero Zipzer, the "world's greatest underachiever."

In July 2008 Henry joined First News on their annual Reading Tour of schools where he read extracts from his Hank Zipzer books

In October 2008, Winkler appeared in a video on funnyordie.com with Ron Howard, reprising their roles as Fonzie and Richie Cunningham, encouraging people to vote for Barack Obama. The video entitled "Ron Howard’s Call to Action" also features Andy Griffith.

Winkler appeared in his first pantomime at the New Wimbledon Theatre, London in 2006, playing Captain Hook in Peter Pan, replacing David Hasselhoff who pulled out when he was offered a TV role by Simon Cowell. He reprised the role in Woking, England for Christmas 2007. For the 2008/2009 season he played Captain Hook at the Milton Keynes Theatre. Recently, he played the role of Judge Newman in Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh.

In 2009, Winkler provided the voice of Willard Deutschebog, a suicidal German teacher, in the Fox comedy series, Sit Down, Shut Up.
Honors and awards

* In 1996, Winkler was selected to be the Class Day speaker at Yale University, an honor usually accorded to distinguished Yale alumni.
* On August 3, 2008, Winkler was chosen to be the guest conductor at the Boston Pops by the Sea Concert in Hyannis, Massachusetts.
* On August 19, 2008, Milwaukeeans paid homage to their hometown hero and unveiled a life-sized, bronze statue of Fonzie along the Milwaukee Riverwalk.

Golden Globe Awards

* (1976) Won - Best Actor - Television Series Musical or Comedy / Happy Days
* (1977) Won - Best Actor - Television Series Musical or Comedy / Happy Days
* (1978) Nominated - Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama / Heroes
* (1983) Nominated - Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy / Night Shift

Primetime Emmy Awards

* (1976) Nominated - Outstanding Lead Actor - Comedy Series / Happy Days
* (1977) Nominated - Outstanding Lead Actor - Comedy Series / Happy Days
* (1978) Nominated - Outstanding Lead Actor - Comedy Series / Happy Days
* (1979) Nominated - Outstanding Informational Program / Who are the DeBolts? (And Where Did They Get 19 Kids?)
* (1997) Nominated - Outstanding Guest Actor - Drama Series / The Practice (as Henry Olson)

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We'll always know him as The Fonz. :)

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Written By: ninny on 10/30/09 at 8:14 am

We'll always know him as The Fonz. :)

Yep..HEYYYYYYYY!

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Written By: Howard on 10/30/09 at 8:16 am

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Written By: ninny on 10/31/09 at 6:44 am

The word of the day...Halloween
Halloween (also spelled Hallowe'en) is an annual holiday celebrated on October 31. It has roots in the Celtic festival of Samhain and the Christian holy day of All Saints. It is largely a secular celebration but some have expressed strong feelings about perceived religious overtones.

The colours black and orange have become associated with the celebrations, perhaps because of the darkness of night and the colour of fire or of pumpkins, and maybe because of the vivid contrast this presents for merchandising. Another association is with the jack-o'-lantern. Halloween activities include trick-or-treating, wearing costumes and attending costume parties, ghost tours, bonfires, visiting haunted attractions, pranks, telling scary stories, and watching horror films.
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Written By: ninny on 10/31/09 at 6:48 am

The birthday of the day...Dan Rather
Daniel Irvin "Dan" Rather, Jr. (born October 31, 1931) is a journalist and former news anchor for the CBS Evening News and is now managing editor and anchor of a television news magazine, Dan Rather Reports, on the cable channel HDNet. Rather was anchor of the CBS Evening News for 24 years, from March 9, 1981, to March 9, 2005. He also contributed to CBS' 60 Minutes. Rather left CBS Evening News in 2005 and subsequently left the network in 2006.
After President Nixon's resignation, Rather took the assignment of chief correspondent for the documentary series CBS Reports. He later became a correspondent of the long-running Sunday night news show 60 Minutes, just as the program was moved from a Sunday afternoon time-slot to primetime. Success there (and a threat to bolt to ABC News) helped Rather pull ahead of longtime correspondent Roger Mudd in line to succeed Walter Cronkite as anchor and Managing Editor of CBS Evening News.

Good evening. President Reagan, still training his spotlight on the economy, today signed a package of budget cuts that he will send to Congress tomorrow. Lesley Stahl has the story.

-- Rather's first lines in his debut as anchor of The CBS Evening News

Rather assumed the position upon Cronkite's retirement, making his first broadcast on March 9, 1981. From the beginning of his tenure, it was clear that Rather had a significantly different style of reporting the news. In contrast to the avuncular Cronkite, who ended his newscast with "That's the way it is", Rather searched to find a broadcast ending more suitable to his tastes. For one week during the mid-1980s, Rather tried ending his broadcasts with the word "courage" and was roundly ridiculed for it. He eventually found a wrap-up phrase more modest than Cronkite's and more relaxed than his own previous attempt; for nearly two decades, Rather ended the show with "That's part of our world tonight."

While Rather had inherited Cronkite's ratings lead, the success of the Evening News with Rather at the helm fluctuated wildly. After a dip to second place, Rather regained the top spot in 1985 until 1989 when he ceded the ratings peak to rival Peter Jennings at ABC. By 1992, however, the Evening News had fallen to third place, where it remained.

The traditionally strong journalistic bench of CBS News was weakened in 1984, when new owner Lawrence Tisch oversaw layoffs of thousands of CBS News employees, including correspondents David Andelman, Fred Graham, Morton Dean and Ike Pappas. Fewer videotape crews were dispatched to cover stories and numerous bureaus were closed. Reporting by Peter Boyer of the New York Times indicates that Rather did relatively little to stop this, having already chosen to marginalize the people he considered to be "B" level correspondents.

For a short time from 1993 to 1995, Rather co-anchored the evening news with Connie Chung. Chung had previously been a Washington correspondent for CBS News and anchored short news updates on the west coast. On joining the CBS Evening News, however, she worked to report "pop news" stories that did not fit the style of the broadcast. In one incident, she was on an airplane interviewing Tonya Harding, who was accused of being behind the plot to injure fellow Olympic ice skater Nancy Kerrigan. Chung ultimately left the network, and Rather went back to doing the newscast alone.

At the end of Rather's time as anchor, the CBS Evening News lagged behind the NBC Nightly News and ABC World News Tonight in the ratings, although it was still drawing approximately 7 million viewers a night. Criticism of Rather reached a fever pitch after 60 Minutes II ran his report about President Bush's military record; numerous critics questioned the authenticity of the documents upon which the report was based. In the aftermath of the incident, CBS fired multiple members of the CBS News staff but allowed Rather to stay on. Rather retired under pressure as the anchor of the CBS Evening News on March 9, 2005.
Other current notes
Rather at South by Southwest 2007; discussing media, the internet, and asking the "hard questions."

Sam Houston State University renamed its mass communications building after Rather in 1994. The building houses The Houstonian and KSHU, the student-run radio and television stations.

Rather married his wife Jean in 1957. The have a son and daughter, and maintain homes in New York City and Austin, TX.

In May 2007, Rather received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from Siena College in Loudonville, New York, for his lifetime contributions to journalism.

Rather is also a columnist whose work is distributed by King Features Syndicate.

His daughter Robin is an environmentalist and community activist in Austin, Texas.

On May 28, 2007, Rather compared historical events to events in the Star Wars films in the History Channel special, "Star Wars: The Legacy Revealed".

Rather continues to speak out against alleged influence in journalism by corporations and governments. At a recent conference in Minneapolis, Minnesota, sponsored by the group Free Press, Rather criticized both local and national news organizations, stating, according to reports, that there is no longer incentive to do "good and valuable news."
Journalistic history and influence
Nixon

During the presidency of Richard Nixon, critics accused Rather of biased coverage against President Nixon. At a Houston news conference in March 1974, Nixon fielded a question from Rather, still CBS's White House correspondent, who said, "Thank you, Mr. President. Dan Rather, of CBS News. Mr. President.... Mr. President...." The room filled with jeers and applause, prompting Nixon to joke, "Are you running for something?" Rather replied "No, sir, Mr. President. Are you?". In his question, Rather accused Nixon of not cooperating with the grand jury investigation and the House Judiciary Committee in relation to the Watergate scandal.

According to NBC’s Tom Brokaw, the network considered hiring him, Brokaw, as its White House correspondent to replace Rather. But these plans were scrapped after word was leaked to the press. The controversy did little to dent Rather's overall tough coverage of the Watergate scandal, which helped to raise his profile.
Afghanistan, Reagan, and George H.W. Bush

During the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan, Rather was on camera wearing a traditional Mujahadeen headdress and garments while reporting from near the front lines. These reports helped Rather gain prominence with the Evening News audience (and the nickname "Gunga Dan"; Rather's reports were also spoofed by the comic strip Doonesbury). It later turned out that Rather's reports played a role in moving Congressman Charlie Wilson to try to help the struggling mujahideen, which led to the largest ever CIA covert operation in supplying aid and advanced arms to the mujahideen, which in turn eventually led to the Soviets quitting Afghanistan.

Rather's energy and spirit helped him out-compete Roger Mudd for the anchor spot on the Evening News. Mudd was a more senior correspondent and a frequent substitute anchor for Walter Cronkite on the Evening News, and he also anchored the Sunday evening broadcast. But it was Rather who traveled through Afghanistan when the news led there. A few years into his service as anchorman, Rather began wearing sweaters beneath his suit jacket to soften and warm his on-air perceptions by viewers.

Later during the 1980s, Rather gained further renown for his forceful and skeptical reporting on the Iran-Contra Affair, which eventually led to an on-air confrontation with then Vice President George H. W. Bush: Bush referred to Rather's "dead air incident" saying, "I want to talk about why I want to be President, why those 41 percent of the people are supporting me. And I don't think it's fair to judge my whole career by a rehash on Iran. How would you like it if I judged your career by those seven minutes when you walked off the set in New York?" Rather ignored Bush's comment.

Shortly after Iraq invaded Kuwait, Rather secured an interview with Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein.

There is no powerful and quick strike that a people could deliver, whatever their overall power. The United States depends on the Air Force. The Air Force has never decided a war in the history of wars.
—Saddam Hussein in an interview with Dan Rather on August 29, 1990

On February 24, 2003, Rather conducted another interview with Hussein before the 2003 Invasion of Iraq. In the interview, Hussein invited Rather to be the moderator of a live television debate between himself and George W. Bush. The debate never took place.
The Wall Within

On June 2, 1988, Rather hosted a CBS News special, The Wall Within. In it, he interviewed six former servicemen, each of whom said he had witnessed horrible acts in Vietnam. Two of the men said that they had killed civilians, and two others said that they had seen friends die. Each talked about the effects the war had upon their lives — including depression, unemployment, drug use and homelessness.

In their book Stolen Valor: How the Vietnam Generation Was Robbed of its Heroes and its History, authors B. G. Burkett and Glenna Whitley said they had obtained the service records of all six men, documenting where each was stationed during the Vietnam War. According to the records, the authors said, only one of the men was actually in Vietnam; he claimed to have been a 16-year-old Navy SEAL but, said Burkett and Whitley, the records listed him as an equipment repairer.
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Written By: ninny on 10/31/09 at 6:50 am

The co-birthday of the day...Jane Pauley
Margaret Jane Pauley (born October 31, 1950; Indianapolis, Indiana) is an American television journalist, and has been involved in news reporting since 1975. She is most known for her 13-year tenure on NBC's Today program and later 12 years of Dateline NBC, and has acknowledged publicly her struggle with mental health and bipolar disorder.

Pauley competed in debate and public speaking tournaments while enrolled at Warren Central High School in Indianapolis. Pauley graduated from Warren Central High School in 1968. She subsequently earned a scholarship to Indiana University, where she was involved in the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority. After college, she worked from 1972 to 1975 at WISH in Indianapolis and from 1975 to 1976 at WMAQ in Chicago; from there she joined network television.

From 1976 to 1989 Pauley was the co-host, with Tom Brokaw and later Bryant Gumbel, of NBC's The Today Show. Following in the footsteps, both in career and in style, of the first female anchor of the show, Barbara Walters, she became a symbol for professional women, more specifically female journalists, in the 1980s (In her autobiography, "And So It Goes", Pauley's colleague Linda Ellerbee wrote, "She (Pauley) is what I want to be when I grow up"). NBC briefly experimented with a trio of anchors, Pauley, Gumbel, and Chris Wallace, before returning to a co-anchor format with Gumbel and with Pauley serving in a deferential co-host capacity.

In 1989, following months of conjecture on Pauley's publicly reported dislike of the grueling morning assignment, and ambition to work in prime time television, she announced her resignation from Today. Speculation in the media seemed to imply that NBC executives had eased her out to advance younger NBC newscaster Deborah Norville, who had begun to play a larger role in the two hour morning program.

After leaving The Today Show, Pauley hosted Real Life with Jane Pauley and served as deputy anchor for NBC Nightly News.

From 1992 to 2003, Pauley co-hosted NBC's Dateline NBC. In 2004, she returned to television as host of The Jane Pauley Show, a syndicated daytime talk show. On the show, she discussed, at length, her problems in dealing with bipolar disorder.

Much like her earlier attempt at solo hosting following her Today tenure, The Jane Pauley Show never gained traction in the ratings, and was cancelled after one season. Since her talk show's cancellation, she has made few appearances on television programs. However, most recently she led a half-hour discussion on PBS' Depression: Out of the Shadows which aired in May 2008. She has also campaigned publicly for Barack Obama in her home state of Indiana and participates in the Smart Talk Lecture Series.

Most recently Jane lent her name to the Jane Pauley Community Health Center which is a facility in collaboration between the Community Health Network and the Metropolitan School District of Warren Township, Indiana. The center serves the local community, including students and their families, regardless of insurance or income, with an emphasis on integrating medical, dental and behavorial health. Pauley, who was diagonosed with bipolar disorder in 2001, insisted that the center address all aspects of wellness.

Pauley is known for revealing very little, if anything, of her private life, which made the disclosure of her bipolar disorder all the more unexpected. The timing of her announcement coincided with the release of her autobiography Skywriting: A Life Out of the Blue (2004) and the launch of her daytime talk show.

In October 2006, Pauley and her lawyers filed a lawsuit against The New York Times for allegedly duping her into lending her name and likeness to an advertising supplement popular with drug companies. Pauley maintains she believed she was being interviewed by a Times reporter.

Pauley is married to Doonesbury cartoonist Garry Trudeau, and they have three children: twins Ross and Rachel, born in 1983, and Thomas, born in 1986.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/31/09 at 9:51 am

My husband enjoys their pasta's.
I did not enjoy the time when I had pasta from there.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/31/09 at 9:52 am

The word of the day...Graffiti
Term applied to an arrangement of institutionally illicit marks in which there has been an attempt to establish some sort of coherent composition; such marks are made by an individual or individuals (not generally professional artists) on a wall or other surface that is usually visually accessible to the public. The term 'graffiti' derives from the Greek graphein ('to write'). Graffiti (sing. graffito) or SGRAFFITO, meaning a drawing or scribbling on a flat surface, originally referred to those marks found on ancient Roman architecture.

Graffiti is a nuisance.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/31/09 at 9:53 am

The birthday of the day...Richard Dreyfuss
Richard Stephen Dreyfuss (born October 29, 1947) is an American actor best known for starring in a number of films, television and theater roles since the late 1960s. He is probably best known for his roles in the films Jaws, The Goodbye Girl, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Always, Mr. Holland's Opus, American Graffiti and Krippendorf's Tribe.

Dreyfuss won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1977 for The Goodbye Girl, and was nominated in 1995 for Mr. Holland's Opus. He has also won multiple Golden Globe Awards, BAFTA Awards, and Screen Actors Guild Awards for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor.
Dreyfuss's acting career began during his youth at the Beverly Hills Jewish Center. He debuted in the TV production In Mama's House when he was fifteen. He attended the San Fernando Valley State College (later re-named California State University, Northridge) for a year. He was a conscientious objector during the Vietnam War and worked in alternate service for two years as a clerk in a Los Angeles hospital. During this time, he acted in a few small TV roles on shows like Peyton Place, Gidget, Bewitched and The Big Valley. During the late 1960s and early 1970s, he also performed on stage on Broadway, off-Broadway, repertory, and improvisational theater.

Dreyfuss's first film part was a small, uncredited role in The Graduate and had one line, "Shall I call the cops? I'll call the cops." He was also briefly seen as a stage hand in Valley of the Dolls, in which he had a few lines. He appeared in the subsequent Dillinger, and landed a role in the 1973 hit American Graffiti, acting with other future stars such as Harrison Ford and Ron Howard. Dreyfuss played his first lead role in the Canadian film The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz.

He went on to star in the box office blockbusters Jaws and Close Encounters of the Third Kind, both directed by Steven Spielberg.

Dreyfuss won the 1978 Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of a struggling actor in The Goodbye Girl, becoming the youngest actor to do so. This record has since been surpassed by Adrien Brody.

Around 1978, Dreyfuss began using cocaine frequently; his addiction came to a head four years later, when he was arrested for possession of the drug at the scene of a collision between his car and a tree. He entered rehab and eventually made a Hollywood comeback with the film Down And Out In Beverly Hills in 1986 and Stakeout the following year.

He had a starring role opposite Bill Murray in the 1991 hit comedy What About Bob? as a psychiatrist who goes crazy while trying to cope with a particularly obsessive new patient. While growing up in Beverly Hills, he lived within six blocks of Michael Burns, who became a preeminent expert on the Dreyfus affair and the author of Dreyfus: A Family Affair, 1789-1945. Dreyfuss later worked with Burns as producer and took on the role of Georges Picquart in Prisoner of Honor, a HBO movie about the historical incident released in 1991.
Dreyfuss and Allan Carr at the Governor's Ball party after the 1989 Academy Awards

In 1994, Dreyfuss participated in the historic "Papal Concert to Commemorate the Shoah (Holocaust)" at the Vatican in the presence of Pope John Paul II, Rav Elio Toaf, chief rabbi of Rome, and Oscar Luigi Scalfaro, President of Italy. He recited Kaddish as part of a performance of Leonard Bernstein's Third Symphony with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Gilbert Levine. The event was broadcast worldwide.

Dreyfuss was nominated for an Oscar and a Golden Globe for his performance as Glenn Holland in Mr. Holland's Opus (1995). Since then he has continued working in the movies, television and on stage. In April 2004, he appeared in the revival of Sly Fox on Broadway (opposite Eric Stoltz, René Auberjonois, Bronson Pinchot and Elizabeth Berkley).

In 2001/2002, he played Max Bickford in the television drama The Education of Max Bickford.

In November 2004, he was scheduled to appear in The Producers in London, but withdrew from the production a week before the opening night. The media noted that Dreyfuss was still suffering from problems relating to an operation for a herniated disc in January, and that the part of Max Bialystock in the play is a physically demanding one. Both he and his assistant for the production stated that Dreyfuss was accumulating injuries that required him to wear physical therapy supports during rehearsals. Nathan Lane was brought in to replace Dreyfuss in the London production. It later emerged that he'd been fired.

Dreyfuss recorded the voiceover to the famous Apple, Inc., then Apple Computer, Inc., Think Different ad campaign in 1999. The text of the ad begins, "Here's to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels..."

In 2006, he appeared as one of the survivors in the 2006 film Poseidon. Dreyfuss portrayed U.S Vice President Dick Cheney in Oliver Stone's 2008 George W. Bush bio-pic W.

In early 2009, he appeared in the play Complicit (directed by Kevin Spacey) in London's Old Vic theatre. His participation in the play was subject to much controversy, owing to his use of an earpiece on stage, reportedly because of his inability to learn his lines in time.

He guest voiced as himself in the "Three Kings" episode of Family Guy in 2009.

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Where is his half suntan?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/31/09 at 9:54 am

The Beatles wrote a wonderful song about Denny Laine.

"Denny Laine there is a barber showing photographs
Of every head he's had the pleasure to know.
And all the people that come and go
Stop and say Hello"
;)

You beat me to it!

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/31/09 at 9:55 am

The word of the day...Surrealistic
1. Of or relating to surrealism.
2. Having an oddly dreamlike or unreal quality.

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Salvador Dali, now you are talking.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/31/09 at 9:55 am

The word of the day...Halloween
Halloween (also spelled Hallowe'en) is an annual holiday celebrated on October 31. It has roots in the Celtic festival of Samhain and the Christian holy day of All Saints. It is largely a secular celebration but some have expressed strong feelings about perceived religious overtones.

The colours black and orange have become associated with the celebrations, perhaps because of the darkness of night and the colour of fire or of pumpkins, and maybe because of the vivid contrast this presents for merchandising. Another association is with the jack-o'-lantern. Halloween activities include trick-or-treating, wearing costumes and attending costume parties, ghost tours, bonfires, visiting haunted attractions, pranks, telling scary stories, and watching horror films.
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How can Halloween be happy?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/31/09 at 9:56 am

The word of the day...Halloween
Halloween (also spelled Hallowe'en) is an annual holiday celebrated on October 31. It has roots in the Celtic festival of Samhain and the Christian holy day of All Saints. It is largely a secular celebration but some have expressed strong feelings about perceived religious overtones.

The colours black and orange have become associated with the celebrations, perhaps because of the darkness of night and the colour of fire or of pumpkins, and maybe because of the vivid contrast this presents for merchandising. Another association is with the jack-o'-lantern. Halloween activities include trick-or-treating, wearing costumes and attending costume parties, ghost tours, bonfires, visiting haunted attractions, pranks, telling scary stories, and watching horror films.

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Oh, dear, that dog does not look very happy?

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Written By: Howard on 10/31/09 at 3:54 pm

happy halloween.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/31/09 at 3:57 pm

happy halloween.
Why Happy Halloween?

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Written By: Howard on 10/31/09 at 3:59 pm

Why Happy Halloween?

It's never happy on Halloween.

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Written By: Frank on 10/31/09 at 4:27 pm

Didn't realize Grace Slick was 70. Makes her older than any of the Beatles even.

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Written By: Womble on 10/31/09 at 5:36 pm

Nice Halloween photos, Ninny. Great job ! Thanks for posting them. :)

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Written By: ninny on 10/31/09 at 5:59 pm

Didn't realize Grace Slick was 70. Makes her older than any of the Beatles even.

Yep the older they get = the older we get :(

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Written By: ninny on 10/31/09 at 5:59 pm

Nice Halloween photos, Ninny. Great job ! Thanks for posting them. :)

Happy you like them :)

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Written By: gibbo on 10/31/09 at 6:05 pm

Oh, dear, that dog does not look very happy?

But pirates arrrrrrre notoriously unhappy.... ;)

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Written By: ninny on 10/31/09 at 6:15 pm

But pirates arrrrrrre notoriously unhappy.... ;)

ARRGH unless there's booze & woman :D

I just noticed I can "fudge" myself...I think I'll just be quiet now ::)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/01/09 at 2:58 am

Didn't realize Grace Slick was 70. Makes her older than any of the Beatles even.

Is she?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/01/09 at 2:58 am

But pirates arrrrrrre notoriously unhappy.... ;)
...and angry ?

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/01/09 at 6:14 am

ninny is late today.

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Written By: ninny on 11/01/09 at 7:03 am

The word of the day...Dream
1. A series of images, ideas, emotions, and sensations occurring involuntarily in the mind during certain stages of sleep.
2. A daydream; a reverie.
3. A state of abstraction; a trance.
4. A wild fancy or hope.
5. A condition or achievement that is longed for; an aspiration: a dream of owning their own business.
6. One that is exceptionally gratifying, excellent, or beautiful: Our new car runs like a dream.
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Written By: ninny on 11/01/09 at 7:04 am

ninny is late today.

Yes we have Daniel this weekend. :)

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Written By: ninny on 11/01/09 at 7:06 am

The birthday of the day...David Foster
David Walter Foster, OC, OBC (born November 1, 1949), is a 15 time Grammy award winning, Canadian musician, record producer, composer, singer, songwriter and arranger, noted for discovering singers, Celine Dion, Josh Groban and Michael Buble, and for producing some of the most successful artists in the world.
oster was a keyboardist for the pop group Skylark, whose song “Wildflower” was a top ten hit in 1972. He has worked as a producer with a wide range of musical stars, including Whitney Houston, Céline Dion, Cher, Andrea Bocelli, Chicago, Earth Wind and Fire, Chaka Khan, Barbra Streisand, Kenny Rogers, Charice, Boz Scaggs, Olivia Newton-John, Madonna, Mariah Carey, Michael Jackson, Janet Jackson, Bryan Adams, and Christina Aguilera (see "Artists produced," below).

He has produced debut albums for The Corrs, Michael Bublé, Renee Olstead, and Josh Groban, which were released under his own record label, 143 Records, and distributed through Warner Music. Foster helped launch Kevin Sharp's career after the two met through the Make-A-Wish Foundation.

In 1985, Rolling Stone magazine named Foster the "master of ... bombastic pop kitsch." That year, Foster composed the score for the film St. Elmo's Fire, including "Love Theme from St. Elmo's Fire" which hit #15 in US pop charts. Another song from the film, "St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion)", recorded by John Parr hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 on September 7, 1985. The following years, Foster continued turning out occasional film scores, including the Michael J Fox comedy The Secret of My Succe$s and the Jodie Foster / Mark Harmon drama Stealing Home, both of which spawned soundtrack albums with prominent Foster-penned contributions. He collaborated with then-wife Linda Thompson on the song "I Have Nothing", sung by Whitney Houston in the 1992 film The Bodyguard. The couple were nominated for a Grammy Award and an Academy Award for Best Song for the song. Foster, along with Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, composed "The Power of the Dream" as the official song of the 1996 Summer Olympics, with Thompson providing the lyrics (sung by Céline Dion). He also composed "Winter Games", the theme song for 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta. "Winter Games" is the soundtrack for a fountain show at the Bellagio resort in Las Vegas as well as a fountain show at Sea World Orlando. In 2001, he produced an album of his own arrangement of Canada's national anthem, O Canada, with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra and Lara Fabian. In 2003, Foster won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Music and Lyrics for The Concert for World Children's Day. His song "I Will Be There With You" (sung with Katharine McPhee) is being used by Japan Airlines to promote the introduction of new aircraft to its US flights.

During the 1990s he often performed acts with San Diego vocalist Warren Wiebe, whom he had discovered in the restroom of a hotel bar in 1987. In 1994 he had Wiebe put together a band called Millennium featuring Nita Whitaker and a few session vocalists, but the deal with Foster's record company led to the group's demise. Wiebe was Foster's "mouth" on many of his videos but committed suicide before he could release a solo album.

In 2009 it was revealed that Foster had worked with songwriter Diane Warren to produce records for Whitney Houston's upcoming album. It was then announced that her comeback single would be the Foster-produced "I Didn't Know My Own Strength"
It has been said that Foster's songs have made "many famous singers into superstars." Foster's work as a producer has been equally significant. He has produced the following singers and groups:

* Whitney Houston
* Céline Dion
* Barbra Streisand
* Cher
* Andrea Bocelli
* Christina Aguilera
* Josh Groban
* Charice
* Renee Olstead
* Sheena Easton
* Kenny Rogers
* Michael Bolton
* Deniece Williams
* Night Ranger
* Donna Summer
* Faith Hill
* The Corrs
* Vikki Moss
* Brandy
* Luis Miguel
* Peter Allen
* Richard Marx
* Cheryl Lynn
* Paul Anka

* The Bee Gees
* Mariah Carey
* Gordon Lightfoot
* Kenny G
* Destiny's Child
* Red Army Choir
* Vanessa Williams
* Anne Murray
* Olivia Newton-John
* Deborah Blando
* Lisa Marie Presley
* Lara Fabian
* Dolly Parton
* Julio Iglesias
* Jennifer Love Hewitt
* Michael Jackson
* Madonna
* Alice Cooper
* Gloria Estefan
* Blake Shelton
* George Harrison
* Rod Stewart
* Seiko Matsuda
* Laura Pausini

* All-4-One
* Ricardo Montaner
* John Parr
* Al Jarreau
* Kenny Loggins
* Az Yet
* Janet Jackson
* Natalie Cole
* Yolanda Adams
* The Tubes
* Michael Bublé
* Chicago
* Peter Cetera
* Katharine McPhee
* Air Supply
* Paul McCartney
* Joseph Williams
* Brian McKnight
* Backstreet Boys
* 'N Sync
* Kevin Sharp
* Peter Cincotti
* Dionne Warwick
* Chris Botti

* Boz Scaggs
* Toni Braxton
* Jessica Simpson
* Chaka Khan
* Earth Wind and Fire
* The Keane Brothers
* Seal
* Bryan Adams
* DeBarge
* Daryl Hall and John Oates
* Clay Aiken
* Kelly Clarkson
* Barry Manilow
* William Joseph
* Tommy Bolin
* Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds
* Marilyn Martin
* Gary Barlow
* John Travolta
* Leann Rimes
* Monica
* Roger Daltrey
* Restless Heart
* Katherine Jenkin
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 11/01/09 at 7:09 am

The co- birthday of the day...Toni Collette
Antonia "Toni" Collette (born November 1, 1972) is an Australian actress and musician, known for her acting work on stage, television and film as well as a secondary career as the lead singer of the band Toni Collette & the Finish. She is also known for her role as Tara Gregson on Showtime's United States of Tara, for which she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series.

Collette's acting career began in the early 1990s with comedic roles in films such as Spotswood (1992) and Muriel's Wedding (1994), for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress. Following her performances in Emma (1996) and The Boys (1998), Colette achieved international recognition as a result of her Academy Award-nominated portrayal of Lynn Sear in The Sixth Sense (1999). She has since established herself as one of the best-known and highest-paid Australian actresses in Hollywood, who has had her biggest commercial successes with thrillers such as Shaft (2000) and Changing Lanes (2001) and independent comedy films like About a Boy (2002) for which she received a BAFTA nomination, In Her Shoes (2005) and Little Miss Sunshine (2006).
Collette has won five Australian Film Institute awards, including the Australian Best Actress in a Lead Role for Muriel's Wedding in 1994, a role for which she gained 18kg (40lb) in seven weeks. In 1996, she was part of the ensemble cast of the comedy, Così. She received an Academy Award nomination for her role as the mother of a troubled boy in the U.S. film The Sixth Sense, which also starred Bruce Willis and Haley Joel Osment.

She has also received broad acclaim on Broadway, starring as Queenie in Michael John LaChiusa's musical work, The Wild Party. For this role, Collette received a Tony Award nomination for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical.
Collette at the 2005 Toronto Film Festival

Collette had to turn down the title role in Bridget Jones's Diary because she was committed to perform on Broadway at the time, the role eventually went to Renee Zellweger. She then auditioned for the role of ambitious murderess Roxie Hart in the hit film Chicago; She almost got the part but, because she wasn't a well known enough actress, she lost both roles to Renée Zellweger.

In 2006, she played Sheryl in Little Miss Sunshine, for which she received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress in a Comedy. After filming three films consecutively in the fall of 2006, Collette said in a recent interview that she wants to take a year off from acting and spend time with her friends and family. She has also stated that she wants to take roles in Australian films rather than mainstream US films. In October 2006, she began touring Australia to promote her first vocal album Beautiful Awkward Pictures, released on Hoola Hoop Records under the name Toni Collette & the Finish, a band for which her husband drums. Collette recently appeared on the Australian television show Cool Aid and performed the song "Look Up" off of her album. Collette and the Finish were a headlining act at the Sydney show of Live Earth. She sang T-Rex's "Children Of The Revolution" with The Finish.
“ Thank you so much, it is heartwarming to see so many people here today in the name of going green, and in the name of very necessary change. Just by being here today, just by turning up is helping to create awareness of this very life threatening situation. So I take my hat off to you. ”

Recently, Collette accepted the leading role in the Showtime series, United States of Tara. The show was created by Steven Spielberg and developed by the Academy Award-winning screenwriter of Juno, Diablo Cody. She plays a wife and mother of two with Dissociative Identity Disorder. Tara and her family cope with her four alters (alternate personalities) who began showing up more frequently after Tara stopped taking her medications (to increase her quality of life). Collette plays opposite John Corbett who portrays her husband Max. Filming began on 14 April 2008. The series was originally planned for a 12 episode season, but has recently been picked up for an additional 12 episode season (for 2010). She won the Emmy for best leading actress in a comedy on September 20, 2009 for her performance in this show.
Year Film Role Notes and Awards
1990 A Country Practice (TV series) Tracy
1992 Spotswood Wendy Robinson Nominated — Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
1993 The Thief and the Cobbler Mad Holy Old Witch (voice)
1994 This Marching Girl Thing (short film) Cindy
Muriel's Wedding Muriel Heslop Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
Film Critics Circle of Australia Award for Best Actor - Female
Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
1996 Così Julie
The Pallbearer Cynthia
Emma Harriet
Lilian's Story Young Lilian Singer Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
1997 Clockwatchers Iris Chapman
The James Gang Julia Armstrong
Diana & Me Diana Spencer
1998 The Boys Michelle Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Nominated — Film Critics Circle of Australia Award for Best Supporting Actor - Female
Velvet Goldmine Mandy Slade
1999 8½ Women Griselda/Sister Concordia
The Sixth Sense Lynn Sear Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Supporting Actress - Suspense
Nominated — Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
Nominated — Chlotrudis Award for Best Supporting Actress
Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture
2000 Shaft Diane Palmieri Nominated — Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Supporting Actress - Action
Hotel Splendide Kath
The Magic Pudding Meg Bluegum (voice)
2001 Dinner with Friends (TV film) Beth
2002 Changing Lanes Michelle
About a Boy Fiona Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture
Dirty Deeds Sharon Nominated — Film Critics Circle of Australia Award for Best Actor - Female
The Hours Kitty Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress
Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress
Nominated — Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast
Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
2003 Japanese Story Sandy Edwards Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
Film Critics Circle of Australia Award for Best Actor - Female
Inside Film Award for Best Actres
Nominated — Chlotrudis Award for Best Actress
Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama
2004 The Last Shot Emily French
Connie and Carla Carla
2005 In Her Shoes Rose Feller Nominated — Australian Film Institute International Award for Best Actress
Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama
2006 Little Miss Sunshine Sheryl Hoover Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
Nominated — Australian Film Institute International Award for Best Actress
Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Nominated — Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress
Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
The Night Listener Donna D. Logand
Like Minds Sally
The Dead Girl Arden
Tsunami: The Aftermath (TV series) Kathy Graham
Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress - Series, Miniseries or Television Film
Nominated — Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress - Miniseries or a Movie
2007 Evening Nina Mars
Towelhead Melina Hines
2008 The Black Balloon Maggie Mollison Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Hey, Hey, It's Esther Blueburger Mary
2009 Mary and Max Mary Daisy Dinkle (voice)
United States of Tara (TV series) Tara Gregson Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress - Comedy Series
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/01/09 at 7:46 am

Yes we have Daniel this weekend. :)
I was thinking that could be the reason.

Or after I posted that reply, I was wondering have the clocks gone back one hour yet?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/01/09 at 7:48 am

The word of the day...Dream
1. A series of images, ideas, emotions, and sensations occurring involuntarily in the mind during certain stages of sleep.
2. A daydream; a reverie.
3. A state of abstraction; a trance.
4. A wild fancy or hope.
5. A condition or achievement that is longed for; an aspiration: a dream of owning their own business.
6. One that is exceptionally gratifying, excellent, or beautiful: Our new car runs like a dream.
What a day for a daydream.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/01/09 at 7:48 am

The word of the day...Dream
1. A series of images, ideas, emotions, and sensations occurring involuntarily in the mind during certain stages of sleep.
2. A daydream; a reverie.
3. A state of abstraction; a trance.
4. A wild fancy or hope.
5. A condition or achievement that is longed for; an aspiration: a dream of owning their own business.
6. One that is exceptionally gratifying, excellent, or beautiful: Our new car runs like a dream.

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Oh dear!

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/01/09 at 7:49 am

The co- birthday of the day...Toni Collette
Antonia "Toni" Collette (born November 1, 1972) is an Australian actress and musician, known for her acting work on stage, television and film as well as a secondary career as the lead singer of the band Toni Collette & the Finish. She is also known for her role as Tara Gregson on Showtime's United States of Tara, for which she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series.

Collette's acting career began in the early 1990s with comedic roles in films such as Spotswood (1992) and Muriel's Wedding (1994), for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress. Following her performances in Emma (1996) and The Boys (1998), Colette achieved international recognition as a result of her Academy Award-nominated portrayal of Lynn Sear in The Sixth Sense (1999). She has since established herself as one of the best-known and highest-paid Australian actresses in Hollywood, who has had her biggest commercial successes with thrillers such as Shaft (2000) and Changing Lanes (2001) and independent comedy films like About a Boy (2002) for which she received a BAFTA nomination, In Her Shoes (2005) and Little Miss Sunshine (2006).
Collette has won five Australian Film Institute awards, including the Australian Best Actress in a Lead Role for Muriel's Wedding in 1994, a role for which she gained 18kg (40lb) in seven weeks. In 1996, she was part of the ensemble cast of the comedy, Così. She received an Academy Award nomination for her role as the mother of a troubled boy in the U.S. film The Sixth Sense, which also starred Bruce Willis and Haley Joel Osment.

She has also received broad acclaim on Broadway, starring as Queenie in Michael John LaChiusa's musical work, The Wild Party. For this role, Collette received a Tony Award nomination for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical.
Collette at the 2005 Toronto Film Festival

Collette had to turn down the title role in Bridget Jones's Diary because she was committed to perform on Broadway at the time, the role eventually went to Renee Zellweger. She then auditioned for the role of ambitious murderess Roxie Hart in the hit film Chicago; She almost got the part but, because she wasn't a well known enough actress, she lost both roles to Renée Zellweger.

In 2006, she played Sheryl in Little Miss Sunshine, for which she received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress in a Comedy. After filming three films consecutively in the fall of 2006, Collette said in a recent interview that she wants to take a year off from acting and spend time with her friends and family. She has also stated that she wants to take roles in Australian films rather than mainstream US films. In October 2006, she began touring Australia to promote her first vocal album Beautiful Awkward Pictures, released on Hoola Hoop Records under the name Toni Collette & the Finish, a band for which her husband drums. Collette recently appeared on the Australian television show Cool Aid and performed the song "Look Up" off of her album. Collette and the Finish were a headlining act at the Sydney show of Live Earth. She sang T-Rex's "Children Of The Revolution" with The Finish.
“ Thank you so much, it is heartwarming to see so many people here today in the name of going green, and in the name of very necessary change. Just by being here today, just by turning up is helping to create awareness of this very life threatening situation. So I take my hat off to you. ”

Recently, Collette accepted the leading role in the Showtime series, United States of Tara. The show was created by Steven Spielberg and developed by the Academy Award-winning screenwriter of Juno, Diablo Cody. She plays a wife and mother of two with Dissociative Identity Disorder. Tara and her family cope with her four alters (alternate personalities) who began showing up more frequently after Tara stopped taking her medications (to increase her quality of life). Collette plays opposite John Corbett who portrays her husband Max. Filming began on 14 April 2008. The series was originally planned for a 12 episode season, but has recently been picked up for an additional 12 episode season (for 2010). She won the Emmy for best leading actress in a comedy on September 20, 2009 for her performance in this show.
Year Film Role Notes and Awards
1990 A Country Practice (TV series) Tracy
1992 Spotswood Wendy Robinson Nominated — Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
1993 The Thief and the Cobbler Mad Holy Old Witch (voice)
1994 This Marching Girl Thing (short film) Cindy
Muriel's Wedding Muriel Heslop Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
Film Critics Circle of Australia Award for Best Actor - Female
Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
1996 Così Julie
The Pallbearer Cynthia
Emma Harriet
Lilian's Story Young Lilian Singer Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
1997 Clockwatchers Iris Chapman
The James Gang Julia Armstrong
Diana & Me Diana Spencer
1998 The Boys Michelle Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Nominated — Film Critics Circle of Australia Award for Best Supporting Actor - Female
Velvet Goldmine Mandy Slade
1999 8½ Women Griselda/Sister Concordia
The Sixth Sense Lynn Sear Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Supporting Actress - Suspense
Nominated — Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
Nominated — Chlotrudis Award for Best Supporting Actress
Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture
2000 Shaft Diane Palmieri Nominated — Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Supporting Actress - Action
Hotel Splendide Kath
The Magic Pudding Meg Bluegum (voice)
2001 Dinner with Friends (TV film) Beth
2002 Changing Lanes Michelle
About a Boy Fiona Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture
Dirty Deeds Sharon Nominated — Film Critics Circle of Australia Award for Best Actor - Female
The Hours Kitty Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress
Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress
Nominated — Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast
Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
2003 Japanese Story Sandy Edwards Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
Film Critics Circle of Australia Award for Best Actor - Female
Inside Film Award for Best Actres
Nominated — Chlotrudis Award for Best Actress
Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama
2004 The Last Shot Emily French
Connie and Carla Carla
2005 In Her Shoes Rose Feller Nominated — Australian Film Institute International Award for Best Actress
Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama
2006 Little Miss Sunshine Sheryl Hoover Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
Nominated — Australian Film Institute International Award for Best Actress
Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Nominated — Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress
Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
The Night Listener Donna D. Logand
Like Minds Sally
The Dead Girl Arden
Tsunami: The Aftermath (TV series) Kathy Graham
Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress - Series, Miniseries or Television Film
Nominated — Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress - Miniseries or a Movie
2007 Evening Nina Mars
Towelhead Melina Hines
2008 The Black Balloon Maggie Mollison Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Hey, Hey, It's Esther Blueburger Mary
2009 Mary and Max Mary Daisy Dinkle (voice)
United States of Tara (TV series) Tara Gregson Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress - Comedy Series
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Never heard of her!

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 11/01/09 at 8:15 am

Never heard of her!

I know her from Little Miss Sunshine & Muriel's Wedding.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/01/09 at 8:22 am

I know her from Little Miss Sunshine & Muriel's Wedding.
That is two films I have not seen.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: CatwomanofV on 11/01/09 at 11:21 am

What a day for a daydream.

What a day for a daydreamin' boy

Cat

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/01/09 at 11:58 am

What a day for a daydreamin' boy

Cat
And I'm lost in a daydream...

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: CatwomanofV on 11/01/09 at 12:01 pm

And I'm lost in a daydream...

Dreamin' 'bout my bundle of joy

Cat

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/01/09 at 12:04 pm

Dreamin' 'bout my bundle of joy

Cat
And even if time ain't really on my side...

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: CatwomanofV on 11/01/09 at 12:46 pm

And even if time ain't really on my side...

It's one of those days for takin' a walk outside.

Cat

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/01/09 at 12:50 pm

It's one of those days for takin' a walk outside.

Cat
I'm blowin' the day to take a walk in the sun...

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 11/01/09 at 1:30 pm

And fall on my face on somebody's new-mown lawn

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: CatwomanofV on 11/01/09 at 1:53 pm

And fall on my face on somebody's new-mown lawn

I've been havin' a sweet dream

Cat

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/01/09 at 2:12 pm

I've been havin' a sweet dream

Cat

I been dreamin' since I woke up today...

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: CatwomanofV on 11/01/09 at 2:33 pm

I been dreamin' since I woke up today...

It's starin' me and my sweet pea

Cat

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: gibbo on 11/01/09 at 2:34 pm

I know her from Little Miss Sunshine & Muriel's Wedding.

....and the Sixth Sense...(with Bruce Willis)...great movie.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/01/09 at 2:35 pm

It's starin' me and my sweet pea

Cat

'Cause she's the one that makes me feel this way...

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/01/09 at 2:35 pm

....and the Sixth Sense...(with Bruce Willis)...great movie.
I have seen that film!

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: CatwomanofV on 11/01/09 at 2:36 pm

'Cause she's the one that makes me feel this way...

and even if time is passin' me by alive

Cat

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/01/09 at 2:39 pm

and even if time is passin' me by alive

Cat
Are you a Daydream Believer?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: gibbo on 11/01/09 at 2:39 pm

I have seen that film!

Toni Collette was the little boy's mother.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 11/01/09 at 3:22 pm

What does everyione dream about?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/01/09 at 3:23 pm

Toni Collette was the little boy's mother.
I may end up watching it again.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/01/09 at 3:24 pm

What does everyione dream about?
My dreams just fade away during the course of the day.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 11/01/09 at 3:25 pm

I dream of the big blue sea.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/01/09 at 3:26 pm

I dream of the big blue sea.
The Pacific Ocean?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 11/01/09 at 3:28 pm

The Pacific Ocean?

no just a quiet ocean with peace and quiet.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/01/09 at 3:28 pm

I dream of the big blue sea.
...or deep blue sea?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/01/09 at 3:29 pm

no just a quiet ocean with peace and quiet.
Pacific does mean peaceful, as in pacify

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 11/01/09 at 3:31 pm

...or deep blue sea?

deep blue sea.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/01/09 at 3:35 pm

deep blue sea.
Is it only the sea you dream about?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 11/01/09 at 3:36 pm

Is it only the sea you dream about?

and quiet times alone.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/01/09 at 3:37 pm

and quiet times alone.
The gentle sound of the sea crashing onto a beach?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 11/01/09 at 3:40 pm

The gentle sound of the sea crashing onto a beach?

and seagulls up above.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/01/09 at 3:40 pm

and seagulls up above.
Squawking away?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 11/01/09 at 3:41 pm

Squawking away?

and me feeding them.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/01/09 at 3:42 pm

and me feeding them.
Seagulls are savengers and should be fed.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: CatwomanofV on 11/01/09 at 3:46 pm

http://www.inthe00s.com/index.php?topic=10717.0

Cat

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/01/09 at 3:48 pm

http://www.inthe00s.com/index.php?topic=10717.0

Cat
Ii knew there was a topic on this subject.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 11/01/09 at 4:13 pm

Seagulls are savengers and should be fed.

They are always fed in the parking lot.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/01/09 at 4:15 pm

They are always fed in the parking lot.
Seagulls are rats with wings!

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 11/01/09 at 4:18 pm

Seagulls are rats with wings!

and I've been calling them pet names like Lupe and Jorge. ;D

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 11/01/09 at 4:43 pm

....and the Sixth Sense...(with Bruce Willis)...great movie.

How did I forget that :-[

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/02/09 at 1:57 am

and I've been calling them pet names like Lupe and Jorge. ;D
Any reason for those given names?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 11/02/09 at 4:47 am

The word of the day...Salad
1.
1. A dish of raw leafy green vegetables, often tossed with pieces of other raw or cooked vegetables, fruit, cheese, or other ingredients and served with a dressing.
2. The course of a meal consisting of this dish.
2. A cold dish of chopped vegetables, fruit, meat, fish, eggs, or other food, usually prepared with a dressing, such as mayonnaise.
3. A green vegetable or herb used in salad, especially lettuce.
4. A varied mixture: "The Declaration of Independence was . . . a salad of illusions" (George Santayana).
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Written By: ninny on 11/02/09 at 4:50 am

The birthday of the day...Keith Emerson
Keith Noel Emerson (born 2 November 1944 in Todmorden, West Yorkshire) is a British keyboard player and composer. Formerly a member of the Keith Emerson Trio, John Brown's Bodies, The T-Bones, V.I.P.s, P.P. Arnold's backing band, and The Nice (which evolved from P.P.Arnold's band), he started Emerson, Lake & Palmer (ELP), one of the early supergroups, in 1970. Following the breakup of ELP, circa 1979, Emerson had modest success with Emerson, Lake & Powell in the 1980s. ELP reunited during the early 90s. Emerson also reunited The Nice in 2002 for a tour. He is currently on tour (as of Aug/Sept 2008) with The Keith Emerson Band and an album titled Keith Emerson Band Featuring Marc Bonilla was released in Aug/Sept 2008.
Emerson grew up in the seaside resort of Worthing, West Sussex, England. As a child, he learned western classical music, from which he derived a lot of inspiration to create his own style, combining classical music, jazz, and rock themes. Emerson became intrigued with the Hammond organ after hearing jazz organist Jack McDuff perform "Rock Candy" and it subsequently became his instrument of choice for performing in the late 60s. This blending of elements is illustrated in his participation in the 1969 Music From Free Creek "supersession" project, where Emerson performs with drummer Mitch Mitchell and bassist Chuck Rainey covering, among other tracks, the Eddie Harris instrumental "Freedom Jazz Dance".

In 1969, Emerson incorporated the Moog modular synthesizer into his battery of keyboards. While other artists such as The Beatles and The Rolling Stones had used the Moog in studio recordings, Emerson was the first artist to tour with one.
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto Canada February 3, 1978 Courtesy Jean-Luc Ourlin

He is known for his technical skill and for his live antics, including using knives to wedge down specific keys of his Hammond organ during solos, playing the organ upside down while having it lie over him and backwards while standing behind it. He also employed a special rig to rotate his piano end-over-end while he was playing it, and it worked because it was a synth in a piano's "body". Along with contemporaries Richard Wright of Pink Floyd, Tony Banks of Genesis, Billy Ritchie of Clouds and Rick Wakeman of Yes, Emerson is widely regarded as one of the top keyboard players of the progressive rock era. Allmusic refers to Emerson as "perhaps the greatest, most technically accomplished keyboardist in rock history".

Emerson has performed several notable rock arrangements of classical compositions, ranging from J. S. Bach via Modest Mussorgsky to 20th century composers such as Béla Bartók, Aaron Copland, Leoš Janáček and Alberto Ginastera. Occasionally Emerson has quoted from classical and jazz works without giving credit, particularly early in his career, from the late 1960s until 1972. The song "Rondo" by The Nice is a 4/4 interpretation of "Blue Rondo à la Turk" by the Dave Brubeck Quartet, originally in 9/8 time signature. The piece is introduced by an extensive quote from Bach's Italian Concerto, third movement. In fact, considering the Bach and Emerson's own improvisations, the Brubeck contribution is merely the anchoring theme.

On ELP's eponymous first album, Emerson's classical quotes went largely uncredited. "The Barbarian" is heavily influenced by Allegro barbaro by Bartók, and "Knife Edge" is virtually a note-for-note restatement of "Sinfonietta" by Janáček. Note-for-note extracts were taken from pieces by Bartók, Janáček and Bach, mixed in with some original material, and credited completely to Emerson, Lake, Palmer and roadie Richard Fraser. By 1971, with the releases Pictures at an Exhibition and Trilogy, Emerson began to fully credit classical composers, Modest Mussorgsky for the piano piece which inspired the first album, and Aaron Copland for "Hoedown" on the second. Emerson was adamant that he did not use Maurice Ravel's orchestration of Pictures at an Exhibition in developing his own version.

In 2004 Emerson published his autobiography entitled Pictures of an Exhibitionist, which deals with his entire career, particularly focusing on his early days with The Nice, and his nearly career-ending nerve-graft surgery in 1993.

Emerson has provided music for a number of films since 1980, including Dario Argento's Inferno and World of Horror, the 1981 thriller Nighthawks and, more recently, Godzilla: Final Wars. He was also the composer for the short-lived 1994 animated television series Iron Man.

Emerson has released a number of solo albums and is currently working on another with regular collaborator Marc Bonilla and producer Keith Wechsler. The new album titled Keith Emerson Band Featuring Marc Bonilla was released in August/September 2008. He currently on tours with his own band in Russia and Baltic (Aug/Sept 2008) and in Japan (Oct 2008). The current tour band members are Marc Bonilla (G/Vo), Travis Davis (B), Tony Pia (Dr).

The upcoming Keith Emerson Band tour has been cancelled due Keith Emerson's hand injury. As a result, further plans for a reunion tour with Emerson, Lake, and Palmer have been cancelled as well.

On June 30, 2009 Emerson appeared as a guest during Spinal Tap's 'One Night Only World Tour' at Wembley Arena, during the songs 'Short And Sweet' and 'Heavy Duty'. He concluded his guest spot by kicking over his weighty Hammond organ to the delight of the crowd.
Instrumentation and playing style

On stage Emerson started out on Hammond organ, with a grand piano toward the back of the stage. By the end of his time with The Nice, the standard arrangement was two Hammond organs, a C-3 and an L-100, placed facing each other with the C-3 to the left from the audience point of view. The L-100 took plenty of abuse during the stage act and was usually reinforced, to the point where it weighed so much that, on at least one occasion, Emerson became trapped beneath it and had to be rescued by a roadie. At any given time Emerson is said to have owned several L-100 models, in various stages of repair, to support his act. The C-3, in contrast, seems to have lasted for years.

Although the Hammond L-100 with its shorter manuals is considered a "poor man's" Hammond, Emerson not only played much of the early Nice music on his L-100, but also made good use of some of its unique features which his bigger Hammond C-3 does not provide. The L-100 has a self-starting motor, which - if turned off and on in short intervals - renders the whole organ into a wailing howl while the note generator, which is tied to a synchronous motor, tries to recover to pitch. The L-100 also features a spring-loaded reverb tank, which produces bomb-like noises if shaken. Both effects can be heard in abundance on "Rondo 69". On "Ars Longa Vita Brevis" Emerson even uses the reverb tank as a musical instrument, tapping the internal spring against the tank bottom in an effort to create a chromatic scale of "boings".

With ELP, Emerson added the Moog synthesiser behind the C-3 with the keyboard and ribbon controller stacked on the top of the organ. The ribbon controller allowed Emerson to vary pitch, volume or timbre of the output from the Moog by moving his finger up and down the length of a touch-sensitive strip. It also could be used as a phallic symbol, which quickly became a feature of the act. When the Minimoog entered the act it was placed where needed, such as on top of the grand piano. The same location was also used for an electric Clavinet keyboard, used almost exclusively for the encore piece Nut Rocker.

During the Brain Salad Surgery tour of 1974 (one show of which was documented on the 3-LP set, Welcome Back My Friends, to the Show That Never Ends), Emerson's keyboard setup included the Hammond C-3 organ, run through multiple Leslie speakers driven by HiWatt guitar amplifiers, the Moog 3C modular synthesiser (modified by addition of various modules and an oscilloscope) with ribbon controller, a Steinway concert grand piano with a Moog Minimoog synthesiser on top of it (used for the steel drum part on Karn Evil 9, 2nd Impression), an upright acoustic-electric piano that was used for honky-tonk piano sounds, a Hohner Clavinet and another Moog Minimoog synthesiser. Emerson also used a prototype polyphonic synthesiser produced by Moog, which was the test bed for the Moog Polymoog polyphonic synthesiser. The original synthesiser setup as envisioned by Moog was called the Constellation, and consisted of 3 instruments - the polyphonic synthesiser, called the Apollo, a monophonic lead synthesizer called the Lyra, and a bass-pedal synthesiser, called the Taurus. Moog eventually produced the Moog Taurus bass pedal synthesiser as a separate instrument, as well as the Polymoog Synthesiser and Polymoog Keyboard. The Apollo polyphonic synthesiser is currently at a keyboard museum in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Emerson still owns the Lyra synthesiser.

Occasionally Emerson used a pipe organ, when available. In particular, at the Newcastle City Hall he used the Harrison & Harrison pipe organ for the introductory section of Pictures at an Exhibition. The organ is located at the rear above the stage, at the top of a series of steps where choirs can stand. The end of the introductory passage is followed by a drum roll, covering the time while Emerson descended the steps. While all went well for the recording used to produce the album, the debut tour performance at the same venue ground to a halt as the power failed, just as Emerson arrived at the Hammond organ to open the next part of the piece. After a lengthy delay the performance continued with only the Hammond L-100 functioning.

Emerson also used the organ at the Royal Festival Hall for "The Three Fates" from the eponymous debut album by the group. He also used another pipe organ for "The Only Way (Hymn)" from the sophomore Tarkus album. It is not known if he used it in a live context outside of the aforementioned Pictures.

Amplifiers and speakers behind Emerson became more elaborate, including a Leslie unit. There was also a board attached to the front of the stack, intended as a target for his knife throwing. During the Brain Salad Surgery tour, at the end of the show, a sequencer in the Moog Modular synthesiser was set running at an increasing rate, with the Moog Synthesiser pivoting to face the audience while a large pair of silver bat wings was deployed at the back of the synthesiser.

As the technology of electronic keyboard instruments became more sophisticated, Emerson was quick to adopt new instruments, such as the Yamaha GX1 polyphonic synthesiser, one of which can be seen on the video promoting Fanfare for the Common Man. Emerson was reported to have spent $50,000 to buy the Yamaha GX-1 synthesiser at the time of the Works album. Emerson later bought a 2nd GX-1 from John Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin, to use to repair his GX-1, which was damaged by a tractor crash into Emerson's home studio. At the time that Emerson left England in the early 1990s to move to Santa Monica, California, he sold the majority of his keyboard equipment, though not the modular Moog. The original Yamaha GX-1 was bought by Hans Zimmer of movie soundtrack fame, while the John Paul Jones GX-1 was bought by a collector in Italy. Other more elaborate innovations have been previously described in this article.

In 1978 Emerson became the official endorser of the world's first fully polyphonic synthesisers, namely the Korg PS-3300 and PS-3100. He started recording with them around this time too and the Korg PS-3300 was heavily used on the ELP album Love Beach. Only 50 units were produced of this mega-monster of a synthesiser and it has achieved cult status today partly thanks to Emerson's endorsement. He carried on using it into the 80s, for example the Korg PS-3300 also dominates the 1981 film soundtrack for Nighthawks which starred Sylvester Stallone.

Even on the grand piano, Emerson refused to limit his technique to hitting the keys. He would sometimes reach into the interior and hit, pluck or strum the strings with his hand. The introduction to "Take a Pebble" includes chords and arpeggios played by pressing down on keys, to raise the dampers from the strings, and playing the strings inside the piano as one might play the autoharp. In the live performance of "Hang on to a Dream" with the Nice, recorded for the post-breakup album Elegy, he performed a cadenza of sorts hitting the piano strings with a small hammer, followed by a lengthy wind-down returning to the song in which he alternated keyboard arpeggios with blows directly on the bass strings. The standard finale to the song has him reaching into the piano with fingers spread on both hands to pluck the final chord, presumably depressing the sustain pedal at the same time to lift all the string dampers. This can be clearly seen on a performance filmed for the television show Beat Club.

He currently plays with his own group, the Keith Emerson Band featuring Marc Bonilla. Their newest self-titled album was released in Japan in August 2008, and Europe in September 2008.
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 11/02/09 at 4:54 am

The co-birthday of the day...Nelly
Cornell Haynes, Jr. (November 2, 1974), better known by his stage name Nelly, is a rapper, singer, actor and entrepreneur. He has performed with the rap group St. Lunatics since 1993 and signed to Universal Records in 1999. Under Universal, Nelly made his solo debut in 2000 with Country Grammar, the title track of which was a top ten hit. With his following albums, Nellyville (2002) and the same-day dual release Sweat and Suit (2004) and compilation Sweatsuit (2006), Nelly continued to generate many chart-topping hits. He won Grammy Awards in 2003 and 2004 and starred in the 2005 remake film The Longest Yard with Adam Sandler and Chris Rock. He has two clothing lines, Vokal and Apple Bottoms.
Country Grammar

He was soon signed to Universal Music Group, which released his major label debut Country Grammar in 2000. The success of its title track as a single (#7 on the Hot 100 and #1 Hot Rap Tracks) led to the album debuting at number three in the Billboard 200 in the U.S. Other singles from the album included "E.I.", "Ride Wit Me", and "Batter Up". The album was certified 9× platinum by the RIAA on April 27, 2004.
Nellyville

In 2002, Nelly's second album Nellyville was released, debuting at #1 on Billboard's Top 200 Music Albums ; its lead single "Hot in Herre" was a number-one hit. Other singles included "Dilemma" featuring Kelly Rowland of Destiny's Child, "Work It" featuring Justin Timberlake, "Air Force Ones" featuring Murphy Lee and the St. Lunatics, "Pimp Juice", and "#1". This album was highly successful and was certified 6x multi-platinum on June 27, 2003.
Da Derrty Versions: The Reinvention

In 2003 Nelly released Da Derrty Versions: The Reinvention. It featured the hit single "Iz U" from the soundtrack to Walt Disney's The Haunted Mansion. The music video for "Tip Drill" became a source of controversy due to perceptions of misogynistic depictions of women. The controversy forced Nelly to cancel an appearance at a bone marrow drive at Spelman College, a historically black college in Atlanta, Georgia. Similar claims of misogyny also surrounded Nelly's single "Pimp Juice".RIAA have certified the album Platinum.
Sweat/Suit

On September 14, 2004, Nelly released two albums, Sweat and Suit. Suit, an R&B-oriented album, debuted at number one on the Billboard albums chart, and Sweat, a rap-oriented album, debuted at number two. From Suit, the slow ballad "Over and Over", an unlikely duet with country music star Tim McGraw, became a crossover hit. On the 2004 NBC television concert special Tim McGraw: Here and Now, McGraw and Nelly performed the song. A feud with another St. Louis-based rapper, Chingy, came up near the end of the year. Tsunami Aid: A Concert for Hope, a 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake benefit concert special produced by NBC, featured Nelly. In the winter of 2005 came Sweatsuit, a compilation of tracks from Sweat and Suit with three new tracks. "Grillz", produced by Jermaine Dupri, was a number-one hit. To date both albums have sold over 5 million units in the United States.
Brass Knuckles

Brass Knuckles was released on September 16, 2008, after several delays, Initial release dates for the album targeted October 16 and November 13. Its original lead single was "Wadsyaname", a ballad-oriented track produced by Ron "NEFF-U" Feemstar and sampling the piano riff from "All My Life" by K-Ci & JoJo. Nelly later confirmed that "Wadsyaname" was never going to be on 'Brass Knuckles'. Nelly recorded Party People", featuring Fergie and produced by Polow da Don, which turned out to be his first official single off the album." Stepped On My J'z" was the next single, produced by Jermaine Dupri and featuring Dupri and Ciara; following that was "Body On Me", produced by Akon and featuring Akon and Ashanti. Nelly appeared on Rick Ross's third single "Here I Am" also featuring label mate Avery Storm.
Endorsements and business ventures
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Nike and Nelly agreed on a one-year deal in 2003 to release a limited-edition sneaker called the "Air Derrty" which was a retro remake of Charles Barkley's signature sneaker. Nelly later signed a shoe deal with Reebok.

Nelly has done ads for Got Milk and the Ford Motor Company. His energy drink Pimp Juice sells over 1 million cans a week in the United States Nelly owns Apple Bottoms, a female clothing line, and Vokal, which caters to men. He is one of the owners of the Charlotte Bobcats, along with Robert L. Johnson and Michael Jordan.

He is the Founder and C.E.O of Derrty Entertainment.

Nelly played in the Main Event at the 2007 World Series of Poker.
Charity work

Nelly runs the non-profit organization "4Sho4Kids Foundation." The "Jes Us 4 Jackie" campaign began in March 2003 by Nelly and his sister Jackie Donahue after Donahue was diagnosed with leukemia. The campaign attempts to educate African-Americans and other minorities about the need for bone marrow transplants, and to register more donors. Donahue lost her battle with leukemia on March 24, 2005, almost two years after the campaign began.
Acting career

Nelly starred in the 2005 remake of The Longest Yard starring Adam Sandler and Chris Rock. The soundtrack includes Nelly's song "Fly Away." In a June 2008 interview with Kiwibox.com, Nelly revealed that he is reluctant to continue his acting career, noting that he doesn't want to "take away from the culture of acting." In 2008, Nelly appeared in episodes of the CBS crime drama CSI: NY.

* Nelly starred in "Snipes" in 2001
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 11/02/09 at 5:49 am

Any reason for those given names?

I don't know.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 11/02/09 at 5:50 am

I love salad with bacon bits and olives. :)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 11/02/09 at 6:19 am

I love salad with bacon bits and olives. :)

Sounds good, I like a little bit of cheese in my salad. I also like Chicken salad sandwiches,fruit salad & Potato salad :)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 11/02/09 at 6:22 am

**** I may not be on her much longer, it has come to where Tim's hours have been cut and we had to choose between paying the cable/internet or paying the electric..we choose the electric,so in the next few days we will get turned off.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Womble on 11/02/09 at 8:16 am

**** I may not be on her much longer, it has come to where Tim's hours have been cut and we had to choose between paying the cable/internet or paying the electric..we choose the electric,so in the next few days we will get turned off.

Say it ain't so, Ninny! You can't leave us! We all love you! :\'( :\'( :\'(

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 11/02/09 at 10:03 am

Say it so, Ninny! You can't leave us! We all love you! :\'( :\'( :\'(

Still here for at least now..I love you all too

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: CatwomanofV on 11/02/09 at 10:59 am

Oh great, ninny. Now I'm hungry.

My favorite ELP song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aso4qltChjM

Cat

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/02/09 at 12:11 pm

The word of the day...Salad
1.
1. A dish of raw leafy green vegetables, often tossed with pieces of other raw or cooked vegetables, fruit, cheese, or other ingredients and served with a dressing.
2. The course of a meal consisting of this dish.
2. A cold dish of chopped vegetables, fruit, meat, fish, eggs, or other food, usually prepared with a dressing, such as mayonnaise.
3. A green vegetable or herb used in salad, especially lettuce.
4. A varied mixture: "The Declaration of Independence was . . . a salad of illusions" (George Santayana).

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Yummy!

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/02/09 at 12:12 pm

The birthday of the day...Keith Emerson
Keith Noel Emerson (born 2 November 1944 in Todmorden, West Yorkshire) is a British keyboard player and composer. Formerly a member of the Keith Emerson Trio, John Brown's Bodies, The T-Bones, V.I.P.s, P.P. Arnold's backing band, and The Nice (which evolved from P.P.Arnold's band), he started Emerson, Lake & Palmer (ELP), one of the early supergroups, in 1970. Following the breakup of ELP, circa 1979, Emerson had modest success with Emerson, Lake & Powell in the 1980s. ELP reunited during the early 90s. Emerson also reunited The Nice in 2002 for a tour. He is currently on tour (as of Aug/Sept 2008) with The Keith Emerson Band and an album titled Keith Emerson Band Featuring Marc Bonilla was released in Aug/Sept 2008.
Emerson grew up in the seaside resort of Worthing, West Sussex, England. As a child, he learned western classical music, from which he derived a lot of inspiration to create his own style, combining classical music, jazz, and rock themes. Emerson became intrigued with the Hammond organ after hearing jazz organist Jack McDuff perform "Rock Candy" and it subsequently became his instrument of choice for performing in the late 60s. This blending of elements is illustrated in his participation in the 1969 Music From Free Creek "supersession" project, where Emerson performs with drummer Mitch Mitchell and bassist Chuck Rainey covering, among other tracks, the Eddie Harris instrumental "Freedom Jazz Dance".

In 1969, Emerson incorporated the Moog modular synthesizer into his battery of keyboards. While other artists such as The Beatles and The Rolling Stones had used the Moog in studio recordings, Emerson was the first artist to tour with one.
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto Canada February 3, 1978 Courtesy Jean-Luc Ourlin

He is known for his technical skill and for his live antics, including using knives to wedge down specific keys of his Hammond organ during solos, playing the organ upside down while having it lie over him and backwards while standing behind it. He also employed a special rig to rotate his piano end-over-end while he was playing it, and it worked because it was a synth in a piano's "body". Along with contemporaries Richard Wright of Pink Floyd, Tony Banks of Genesis, Billy Ritchie of Clouds and Rick Wakeman of Yes, Emerson is widely regarded as one of the top keyboard players of the progressive rock era. Allmusic refers to Emerson as "perhaps the greatest, most technically accomplished keyboardist in rock history".

Emerson has performed several notable rock arrangements of classical compositions, ranging from J. S. Bach via Modest Mussorgsky to 20th century composers such as Béla Bartók, Aaron Copland, Leoš Janáček and Alberto Ginastera. Occasionally Emerson has quoted from classical and jazz works without giving credit, particularly early in his career, from the late 1960s until 1972. The song "Rondo" by The Nice is a 4/4 interpretation of "Blue Rondo à la Turk" by the Dave Brubeck Quartet, originally in 9/8 time signature. The piece is introduced by an extensive quote from Bach's Italian Concerto, third movement. In fact, considering the Bach and Emerson's own improvisations, the Brubeck contribution is merely the anchoring theme.

On ELP's eponymous first album, Emerson's classical quotes went largely uncredited. "The Barbarian" is heavily influenced by Allegro barbaro by Bartók, and "Knife Edge" is virtually a note-for-note restatement of "Sinfonietta" by Janáček. Note-for-note extracts were taken from pieces by Bartók, Janáček and Bach, mixed in with some original material, and credited completely to Emerson, Lake, Palmer and roadie Richard Fraser. By 1971, with the releases Pictures at an Exhibition and Trilogy, Emerson began to fully credit classical composers, Modest Mussorgsky for the piano piece which inspired the first album, and Aaron Copland for "Hoedown" on the second. Emerson was adamant that he did not use Maurice Ravel's orchestration of Pictures at an Exhibition in developing his own version.

In 2004 Emerson published his autobiography entitled Pictures of an Exhibitionist, which deals with his entire career, particularly focusing on his early days with The Nice, and his nearly career-ending nerve-graft surgery in 1993.

Emerson has provided music for a number of films since 1980, including Dario Argento's Inferno and World of Horror, the 1981 thriller Nighthawks and, more recently, Godzilla: Final Wars. He was also the composer for the short-lived 1994 animated television series Iron Man.

Emerson has released a number of solo albums and is currently working on another with regular collaborator Marc Bonilla and producer Keith Wechsler. The new album titled Keith Emerson Band Featuring Marc Bonilla was released in August/September 2008. He currently on tours with his own band in Russia and Baltic (Aug/Sept 2008) and in Japan (Oct 2008). The current tour band members are Marc Bonilla (G/Vo), Travis Davis (B), Tony Pia (Dr).

The upcoming Keith Emerson Band tour has been cancelled due Keith Emerson's hand injury. As a result, further plans for a reunion tour with Emerson, Lake, and Palmer have been cancelled as well.

On June 30, 2009 Emerson appeared as a guest during Spinal Tap's 'One Night Only World Tour' at Wembley Arena, during the songs 'Short And Sweet' and 'Heavy Duty'. He concluded his guest spot by kicking over his weighty Hammond organ to the delight of the crowd.
Instrumentation and playing style

On stage Emerson started out on Hammond organ, with a grand piano toward the back of the stage. By the end of his time with The Nice, the standard arrangement was two Hammond organs, a C-3 and an L-100, placed facing each other with the C-3 to the left from the audience point of view. The L-100 took plenty of abuse during the stage act and was usually reinforced, to the point where it weighed so much that, on at least one occasion, Emerson became trapped beneath it and had to be rescued by a roadie. At any given time Emerson is said to have owned several L-100 models, in various stages of repair, to support his act. The C-3, in contrast, seems to have lasted for years.

Although the Hammond L-100 with its shorter manuals is considered a "poor man's" Hammond, Emerson not only played much of the early Nice music on his L-100, but also made good use of some of its unique features which his bigger Hammond C-3 does not provide. The L-100 has a self-starting motor, which - if turned off and on in short intervals - renders the whole organ into a wailing howl while the note generator, which is tied to a synchronous motor, tries to recover to pitch. The L-100 also features a spring-loaded reverb tank, which produces bomb-like noises if shaken. Both effects can be heard in abundance on "Rondo 69". On "Ars Longa Vita Brevis" Emerson even uses the reverb tank as a musical instrument, tapping the internal spring against the tank bottom in an effort to create a chromatic scale of "boings".

With ELP, Emerson added the Moog synthesiser behind the C-3 with the keyboard and ribbon controller stacked on the top of the organ. The ribbon controller allowed Emerson to vary pitch, volume or timbre of the output from the Moog by moving his finger up and down the length of a touch-sensitive strip. It also could be used as a phallic symbol, which quickly became a feature of the act. When the Minimoog entered the act it was placed where needed, such as on top of the grand piano. The same location was also used for an electric Clavinet keyboard, used almost exclusively for the encore piece Nut Rocker.

During the Brain Salad Surgery tour of 1974 (one show of which was documented on the 3-LP set, Welcome Back My Friends, to the Show That Never Ends), Emerson's keyboard setup included the Hammond C-3 organ, run through multiple Leslie speakers driven by HiWatt guitar amplifiers, the Moog 3C modular synthesiser (modified by addition of various modules and an oscilloscope) with ribbon controller, a Steinway concert grand piano with a Moog Minimoog synthesiser on top of it (used for the steel drum part on Karn Evil 9, 2nd Impression), an upright acoustic-electric piano that was used for honky-tonk piano sounds, a Hohner Clavinet and another Moog Minimoog synthesiser. Emerson also used a prototype polyphonic synthesiser produced by Moog, which was the test bed for the Moog Polymoog polyphonic synthesiser. The original synthesiser setup as envisioned by Moog was called the Constellation, and consisted of 3 instruments - the polyphonic synthesiser, called the Apollo, a monophonic lead synthesizer called the Lyra, and a bass-pedal synthesiser, called the Taurus. Moog eventually produced the Moog Taurus bass pedal synthesiser as a separate instrument, as well as the Polymoog Synthesiser and Polymoog Keyboard. The Apollo polyphonic synthesiser is currently at a keyboard museum in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Emerson still owns the Lyra synthesiser.

Occasionally Emerson used a pipe organ, when available. In particular, at the Newcastle City Hall he used the Harrison & Harrison pipe organ for the introductory section of Pictures at an Exhibition. The organ is located at the rear above the stage, at the top of a series of steps where choirs can stand. The end of the introductory passage is followed by a drum roll, covering the time while Emerson descended the steps. While all went well for the recording used to produce the album, the debut tour performance at the same venue ground to a halt as the power failed, just as Emerson arrived at the Hammond organ to open the next part of the piece. After a lengthy delay the performance continued with only the Hammond L-100 functioning.

Emerson also used the organ at the Royal Festival Hall for "The Three Fates" from the eponymous debut album by the group. He also used another pipe organ for "The Only Way (Hymn)" from the sophomore Tarkus album. It is not known if he used it in a live context outside of the aforementioned Pictures.

Amplifiers and speakers behind Emerson became more elaborate, including a Leslie unit. There was also a board attached to the front of the stack, intended as a target for his knife throwing. During the Brain Salad Surgery tour, at the end of the show, a sequencer in the Moog Modular synthesiser was set running at an increasing rate, with the Moog Synthesiser pivoting to face the audience while a large pair of silver bat wings was deployed at the back of the synthesiser.

As the technology of electronic keyboard instruments became more sophisticated, Emerson was quick to adopt new instruments, such as the Yamaha GX1 polyphonic synthesiser, one of which can be seen on the video promoting Fanfare for the Common Man. Emerson was reported to have spent $50,000 to buy the Yamaha GX-1 synthesiser at the time of the Works album. Emerson later bought a 2nd GX-1 from John Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin, to use to repair his GX-1, which was damaged by a tractor crash into Emerson's home studio. At the time that Emerson left England in the early 1990s to move to Santa Monica, California, he sold the majority of his keyboard equipment, though not the modular Moog. The original Yamaha GX-1 was bought by Hans Zimmer of movie soundtrack fame, while the John Paul Jones GX-1 was bought by a collector in Italy. Other more elaborate innovations have been previously described in this article.

In 1978 Emerson became the official endorser of the world's first fully polyphonic synthesisers, namely the Korg PS-3300 and PS-3100. He started recording with them around this time too and the Korg PS-3300 was heavily used on the ELP album Love Beach. Only 50 units were produced of this mega-monster of a synthesiser and it has achieved cult status today partly thanks to Emerson's endorsement. He carried on using it into the 80s, for example the Korg PS-3300 also dominates the 1981 film soundtrack for Nighthawks which starred Sylvester Stallone.

Even on the grand piano, Emerson refused to limit his technique to hitting the keys. He would sometimes reach into the interior and hit, pluck or strum the strings with his hand. The introduction to "Take a Pebble" includes chords and arpeggios played by pressing down on keys, to raise the dampers from the strings, and playing the strings inside the piano as one might play the autoharp. In the live performance of "Hang on to a Dream" with the Nice, recorded for the post-breakup album Elegy, he performed a cadenza of sorts hitting the piano strings with a small hammer, followed by a lengthy wind-down returning to the song in which he alternated keyboard arpeggios with blows directly on the bass strings. The standard finale to the song has him reaching into the piano with fingers spread on both hands to pluck the final chord, presumably depressing the sustain pedal at the same time to lift all the string dampers. This can be clearly seen on a performance filmed for the television show Beat Club.

He currently plays with his own group, the Keith Emerson Band featuring Marc Bonilla. Their newest self-titled album was released in Japan in August 2008, and Europe in September 2008.

I have only just recently seen a concert with KE and his mates on tv.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: gibbo on 11/02/09 at 2:58 pm

**** I may not be on her much longer, it has come to where Tim's hours have been cut and we had to choose between paying the cable/internet or paying the electric..we choose the electric,so in the next few days we will get turned off.

I hope something happens to prevent this from occurring! This thread is an institution now and must stay... :(

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 11/02/09 at 3:16 pm

I hope something happens to prevent this from occurring! This thread is an institution now and must stay... :(

They called today, but Tim is working so because his name is on the bill they would not even talk to me.I pretty sure today will be my last day to post :( >:( because the lady said Tim promised to send money on Friday and she said they wouldn't wait till I get my disability money.I guess we need to check our mail more often, because we had plan on paying the cable till we got the electric bill on Friday (which was there since the Saturday before)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: gibbo on 11/02/09 at 3:19 pm

They called today, but Tim is working so because his name is on the bill they would not even talk to me.I pretty sure today will be my last day to post :( >:( because the lady said Tim promised to send money on Friday and she said they wouldn't wait till I get my disability money.I guess we need to check our mail more often, because we had plan on paying the cable till we got the electric bill on Friday (which was there since the Saturday before)

Yeah...why do all the bills come in in the run up to Christmas? It's a killer... :o So...you might be off-line for a while but back on when you get the disability payment? When is that?

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Written By: CatwomanofV on 11/02/09 at 4:07 pm

They called today, but Tim is working so because his name is on the bill they would not even talk to me.I pretty sure today will be my last day to post :( >:( because the lady said Tim promised to send money on Friday and she said they wouldn't wait till I get my disability money.I guess we need to check our mail more often, because we had plan on paying the cable till we got the electric bill on Friday (which was there since the Saturday before)

I hope it all works out. If you have to go, you will be missed and we will all be right here waiting for you when you can get back to us.

Cat

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 11/02/09 at 4:14 pm

Yeah...why do all the bills come in in the run up to Christmas? It's a killer... :o So...you might be off-line for a while but back on when you get the disability payment? When is that?

The 11th of Nov. If we pay now it's only a partial payment, but if they shut us offf we have to come up with the full amount but by that time my car insurance and minor bills are due, it's a never ending cycle

I hope it all works out. If you have to go, you will be missed and we will all be right here waiting for you when you can get back to us.

Cat

Thanks maybe they will be nice and let me slide to the 11th.. Tim is upset because he doesn't have the money to pay the cable plus the 4th is our 20th anniversary and we can't do anything..ugh

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 11/02/09 at 4:36 pm

Aw Ninny,you rocked,I hope you come back one day,this thread will keep on continuing,I love it and thank you. :)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 11/03/09 at 5:45 am

Aw Ninny,you rocked,I hope you come back one day,this thread will keep on continuing,I love it and thank you. :)

Thanks Howie, I wait every day so far so good :)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 11/03/09 at 5:58 am

The word of the day...Commentator
1. A broadcaster or writer who reports and analyzes events in the news.
2. One who writes or delivers a commentary or commentaries.
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Written By: ninny on 11/03/09 at 6:04 am

The birthday of the day...Dennis Miller
Dennis Miller (November 3, 1953) is a 5-time Emmy winning American stand-up comedian, political commentator, actor, sports commentator, and television and radio personality. He is known for his ability to improvise critical assessments laced with pop culture references. He rose to fame as a cast member of Saturday Night Live in 1985, and subsequently hosted a string of his own talk shows on HBO, CNBC and in syndication. He currently hosts a daily, three-hour, self-titled talk radio program, nationally syndicated by Westwood One.

In recent years, Miller has become known for his political opinions, emphasizing a hawkish stance on U.S. military action and supporting Republican presidential candidates. He is a regular political commentator on Fox News Channel's The O'Reilly Factor in a segment called "Miller Time", and formerly on the network's Hannity & Colmes in a segment called "Real Free Speech."
In the early 1980s, Miller hosted "The Trolley Show", a Saturday afternoon newsmagazine for teenagers, on Pittsburgh's KDKA-TV. He also produced humorous essays for the syndicated Evening Magazine television program. Miller then began performing standup in New York comedy clubs such as Catch A Rising Star and The Comic Strip, as well as in Los Angeles at The Comedy Store. He appeared on Star Search, where he lost out to fellow comedian Sinbad after the two tied with judges' scores, but Sinbad won with a higher studio audience approval rating.
Saturday Night Live

Miller's big break came in 1985, when he was discovered by Lorne Michaels at the Comedy Store. He landed a spot on Saturday Night Live, where he succeeded Christopher Guest as the Weekend Update anchor. The spot was supposed to go to comic Jon Lovitz, but Lovitz was scheduled for other parts on the show and needed the Update segment to do costume changes; so Miller was drafted to read the news. Miller began his fictional news reports with "Good evening, what can I tell you?" and closed with "That's the news, and I am outta here!" Fans of SNL became accustomed to his smirky delivery, high-pitched giggle, and frequently-primped hair — idiosyncrasies that would be spoofed by Dana Carvey, Tom Hanks, and Jimmy Fallon, all of whom have impersonated Miller on the show. When Miller left SNL in 1991, the anchor's chair was turned over to Kevin Nealon.

In 1988, Miller released a standup comedy CD, The Off-White Album, based on an HBO special titled Mr. Miller Goes To Washington, which drew heavily from the observational and metaphor-driven style he was known for on Saturday Night Live, and showed glimpses of the politically-based humor that would influence his later work. A well-received HBO special, Dennis Miller: Black and White, aired shortly after the release of the CD.

Although Miller spent much of his time on SNL behind the Weekend Update desk, he was included in some sketches and did a few recurring characters and celebrity impersonations.
Recurring characters

* Koko, one of the pixies in the recurring sketch, Miss Connie's Fable Nook
* Steve, one of The Stand-Ups (others include Jon Lovitz as Bob, Damon Wayans as Keith, and Tom Hanks as Paul)

Celebrity impersonations

* Gary Hart
* George Harrison

The Dennis Miller Show

In 1992, following his departure from Saturday Night Live, Miller launched a late night TV talk show, The Dennis Miller Show, syndicated by Tribune Entertainment. The Dennis Miller Show was among the first "alternative" talk shows, featuring cutting-edge bands and other groundbreaking guests not seen on other late-night programs of the time. For example, Toad the Wet Sprocket made their national television debut on the show, and Henry Rollins stopped by more than once to chat with Miller and perform spoken word.Andy Summers, formerly of the band The Police, led the house band, and Nick Bakay was the announcer. The show staff boasted a standard mix of past and future performers, writers, and producers of note including Nick Bakay, Todd Baker, Mark Brazill ("That '70s Show"), Eddie Feldmann, David Kohan & Max Mutchnick (creators of "Will & Grace"), Norm Macdonald, Bob Odenkirk ("Mr. Show"), John Riggi, Kevin Rooney, Herbert Sargent (Saturday Night Live), Drake Sather, and Dave Thomas (Second City TV).

The Dennis Miller Show had a limited audience. The show was canceled the same year it premiered due to poor ratings.
Dennis Miller Live
Main article: Dennis Miller Live

Beginning in 1994, Miller hosted Dennis Miller Live, a half-hour talk show on HBO. The show's theme song was the iconic Tears for Fears hit "Everybody Wants to Rule the World", and also used the song "Civilized" by Rollins Band. The show had a small set, no band, sparse lighting. It comprised mainly Miller, speaking to the largely unseen studio audience, on a darkened stage. He hosted one guest per show, either live in the studio or occasionally on air via satellite, whom Miller would quiz on the topic of the day. The show also had a call-in segment. The number was originally given as 1-800-LACTOSE. Later, he referred to it only by its numeric equivalent (1-800-522-8673). Within the time available, Miller typically could accommodate only two or three calls. He gradually eliminated call-ins entirely in the last few years of the show. Miller and his writing staff won five Emmy Awards while hosting the show, which aired 215 episodes during its nine-year run. HBO cancelled the show in 2002.
Monday Night Football

In 2000, Miller beat out Rush Limbaugh and Tony Kornheiser (among others) for a job as color commentator on ABC's Monday Night Football. His commentary was sprinkled with attempts at esoteric references. A common Miller-ism was after a Hail Mary pass fell incomplete, he would say "Hail Mary is denied -- separation of church and state." After two seasons with little success, Miller and former San Diego Chargers' quarterback Dan Fouts were replaced by the veteran football commentator John Madden.
CNBC show
Dennis Miller
Format Talk show
Starring Dennis Miller
Country of origin United States
No. of episodes 220
Production
Running time 60 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel CNBC
Original run January 26, 2004 – May 13, 2005

In 2003, Miller provided short-lived regular commentary for the Fox News show Hannity & Colmes before moving on to do a prime-time political show on CNBC in early 2004 called, simply, Dennis Miller. The hour-long show contained a daily news segment called "The Daily Rorschach", which was reminiscent of his Weekend Update segments. The show also featured a panel discussion dubbed "The Varsity", which offered a wide variety of political viewpoints on current topics. Frequent "Varsity" panelists included Ed Schultz, Gloria Allred, Willie Brown, David Horowitz, Mickey Kaus, Steven l. Katz, Lawrence O'Donnell, Phil Hendrie, and Harry Shearer. CNBC cancelled the show in May 2005 due to declining viewership.
Guest appearances and commercials

Miller has appeared as a guest or guest star on various shows, including Boston Public, The Daily Show, Hannity & Colmes, NewsRadio, The O'Reilly Factor, The Norm Show, Real Time with Bill Maher, SportsCenter, and late-night talk shows such as The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and Late Night with David Letterman.

Miller hosted the MTV Video Music Awards in 1995 and 1996. He also was the host of HBO's 1996 series of election specials, Not Necessarily the Election.

He has appeared in various commercials, serving as a spokesman for M&M's candies, 10-10-220 long distance service, and the Internet service provider NetZero. About these activities he has remarked: "Everybody has to sell out at some point to make a living. I'm a family man. I sold out to make an M&M commercial. They offer incredible amounts of money, and I say, ‘What can I do to sell one more piece of candy for you? Do you want me to hug the M&M?’ "
Return to Fox News

On September 21, 2006, Miller returned to Fox News, giving a two and a half minute commentary on illegal immigration during his "Real Free Speech" segment on Hannity & Colmes. He appeared on the Fox News comedy show The Half Hour News Hour on 13 of its 17 aired episodes. Currently, he has a weekly segment on The O'Reilly Factor called "Miller Time."
Game shows

Miller co-hosted the game show Grand Slam, which aired on GSN in 2007.

For one month, Miller hosted Amne$ia for NBC, but, again, the show was cancelled due to poor ratings.
Sports Unfiltered on Versus

Miller's days as a sports commentator did not end when he left Monday Night Football. In 2007, Versus, the cable network best known for its coverage of the National Hockey League tapped Miller to host Sports Unfiltered, a sports commentary show that airs Tuesdays at 10 pm Eastern Time. It debuted on November 6, 2007. Yet again, the show was cancelled due to poor ratings -- this time after one month.
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 11/03/09 at 6:12 am

The co-birthdays of the day...Lulu
Lulu Kennedy-Cairns, OBE (born Marie McDonald McLaughlin Lawrie on 3 November 1948 in Lennoxtown, East Dunbartonshire), best known by her stage name Lulu, is a Scottish singer–songwriter, actress, model and television personality who has been successful in the entertainment business from the 1960s through to the present day. She is most famous worldwide for her hit "To Sir, with Love" and in the UK for "Shout".
Lulu grew up in Glasgow, where she attended Whitheill Senior Secondary School, Dennistoun. Taken under the wing of Marion Massey, she shot to fame at the age of fifteen with her version of The Isley Brothers "Shout", delivered in a raucous and extraordinarily mature voice. Her backing group were called The Luvvers, but after several more British hits she left the group to become a solo artist. Massey would guide her career for more than 25 years, for most of which she was Lulu's equal partner as a business enterprise. Massey's husband Mark London also wrote many of Lulu's hits.

In 1966, Lulu toured Poland with the British rock and roll band The Hollies, making her the first British female singer to appear live behind the Iron Curtain. In the same year, she recorded two German language tracks, "Wenn Du Da Bist" and "So Fing es an" for the Decca Germany label. All of Lulu's Decca recordings were made available in 2009 on a 2-CD entitled Shout!, issued on RPM Records.

She left Decca after failing to place any singles on the chart in 1966 and signed with Columbia to be produced by Mickie Most who also hired Jimmy Page to play guitar on a few sessions. All of the 7 singles she cut and released with Most made the UK chart. Despite this, Lulu was disparaging about Most in her autobiography "I Don't Want To Fight", published in 2002. She described him as "cheap" and had little positive to say about their working relationship, which she ended in 1969 after her biggest UK solo hit. Nonetheless, when Mickie Most died in 2003, Lulu was full of praise for him and told the BBC they had been very close.

In 1967 she made her debut as a film actress in To Sir, with Love, a British vehicle for Sidney Poitier. She had a major hit with the title song "To Sir, with Love", which shot to number one in the United States; she makes notable use of melisma in the song, and decades later it remains the song for which she is best known in that country. (In the UK, it was released only on the B-side of "Let's Pretend", a # 11 hit.) In the meantime, she continued with a thriving pop career in the UK and several television series of her own. From 30 June to 2 July 1967, Lulu appeared on The Monkees tour at the Empire Pool, Wembley. Rumours of a romance and indeed an engagement with Davy Jones of The Monkees were rife, but it was a complete media fabrication, created by Jones himself, apparently with her tacit approval.
The Eurovision Song Contest

On 29 March 1969, she represented the United Kingdom by performing the song "Boom Bang-a-Bang" at the Eurovision Song Contest. The song was chosen by viewers of her BBC1 variety series Happening for Lulu from a shortlist of six entries. Lulu performed one song a week for six weeks and then on week seven, Michael Aspel presented Lulu performing all six songs, one after another. The performances were then repeated and viewers invited to send in postcard votes for their favourites. The six songs were: Are You Ready For Love?, March!, Come September, I Can't Go On Living Without You, Boom Bang-a-Bang and Bet Yer!. I Can't Go On... was written by Elton John and Bernie Taupin who were introduced by Aspel as Elton Jones and Bernie Poppins. Their song came last in the postcard vote, but was later recorded by Cilla Black, Sandie Shaw, Polly Brown, Lulu and Elton himself. Boom Bang-a-Bang, written by Peter Warne and Alan Moorhouse was declared the winner. On stage in Madrid, Lulu was accompanied by Sue and Sunny, two well-known backing singers who went on to be the first female members of Brotherhood of Man. The orchestra was conducted by Johnny Harris, Lulu's resident musical director.

Boom Bang-a-Bang was the winner - with three other songs. The entries from Spain, (Vivo cantando by Salomé), Netherlands, (De Troubadour by Lenny Kuhr) and France, (Un jour, un enfant by Frida Boccara) also finished in first place with 18 votes each. There had never been a tie before, and the rules were altered to prevent it ever happening again. According to John Kennedy O'Connor's The Eurovision Song Contest - The Official History, the result caused dismay and disgust, leading to Austria, Portugal, Norway, Sweden and Finland all refusing to enter the 1970 competition. Lulu had the biggest hit around the continent with her winner, recording German, French, Spanish and Italian versions alongside the original English.

In 1975 she hosted the BBC's A Song for Europe (now Eurovision: Your Country Needs You) contest, the qualifying heat for the Eurovision Song Contest, in which The Shadows performed six shortlisted songs. Lulu joined fellow Eurovision winners at a charity gala held in Norway in 1981. She was also a panellist at the 1989 UK heat, offering views on two of the competing eight entries. She told John Peel backstage that although she did not like Boom Bang-a-Bang, she'd have sung anything just so long as she won the contest. "I know it's a rotten song, but I won, so who cares? I'd have sung Baa Baa Black Sheep standing on my head if that's what it took to win.... I am just so glad I didn't finish second like all the other Brits before me, that would have been awful." Oddly enough, her potentially inflammatory statement only endeared her further to the European public.

Since then, Lulu rarely talks about her Eurovision experiences, or her song Boom Bang-a-Bang, which she then and now dislikes despite the fact that it was her biggest solo UK hit (reaching number two on the chart in 1969).

Below Lulu explains how she got into the contest, and about what came out (from the BBC Radio 2 special on 50 Years Of The Eurovision Song Contest):

I had a series on TV, and Bill Cotton was the Head of Light Entertainment , and he said to my manager: "I'd like her to do the Eurovision Song Contest, on the series". And she came to me and I went "Why? What do I want to do that for?"... and she said that he said that "you'll get good ratings, and he is the boss, and he wants you to have good ratings.

Maybe I could have said no, but I felt I didn't really have a choice in the matter. And I thought... I was full of myself, thinking ratings isn't what it's all about... But, you know, Elton John and Bernie Taupin wrote a great song that didn't go through...

I had this amazing band, like 20 pieces. We did all these different songs... every single one of us said "Which one is gonna win? Which one is gonna win?" and we all laughed and went: "Bet you it's that Boom boom bang a bang a bang a bang..." (Laughs) "But then it won. Somehow there was an intelligence working there... and it was a huge success.

In 2009, Lulu provided comment and support to the six acts shortlisted to represent the UK at Eurovision 2009 on the BBC1 show Eurovision: Your Country Needs You hosted by Graham Norton.
Late 1960s - mid 1970s

Only weeks before her Eurovision appearance, Lulu married fellow musical star Maurice Gibb of the Bee Gees in a ceremony in Gerrards Cross. Maurice's older brother Barry was opposed to their marriage as he believed them to be too young. Their honeymoon in Mexico had to be postponed because of Lulu's Eurovision commitment. Their careers and his heavy drinking forced them apart, and they divorced, childless, in 1973 but remained on good terms. In 1970 Lulu was back on the US charts with the top 30 hit, "Oh Me Oh My (I'm a Fool for You Baby)" (later covered by Aretha Franklin and also John Holt) and a collaboration with the Dixie Flyers on "Hum a Song (From Your Heart)." In 1969, she recorded New Routes an album recorded at Muscle Shoals studios; several of the songs featured slide guitarist Duane Allman, including a version of Jerry Jeff Walker's "Mr. Bojangles". A year later she followed with a similar album Melody Fair. Both were recorded for Atlantic's Atco label and were produced by Jerry Wexler, Tom Dowd and Arif Mardin. She also recorded four other German language tracks, ("Ich Brauche Deine Liebe", "Wach' ich oder träum' ich', "Warum Tust Du Mir Weh", and "Traurig Aber Wahr") on the Atlantic/WEA label. These songs again, went un-noticed in the German music market.

After appearing in a successful TV series, Three Of A Kind, which aired on the BBC in 1967, a format that featured music and comedy, Lulu was given her own TV series in 1968, which ran annually until 1975 under various titles including Lulu's Back In Town, Happening For Lulu, Lulu, and It's Lulu which featured Adrienne Posta. She later co-hosted a revived series of Oh Boy! for ITV in the early 1980s. Her BBC series featured music and comedy sketches and star guests. Her most famous guest was possibly Jimi Hendrix, who appeared in 1969, swore live on the show and refused to stick to the original songs that had been planned. In 1999, Lulu returned to BBC1 to host their Saturday night lottery/game show Red Alert which bombed and was very short-lived.

In 1972 she starred in the Christmas pantomime Peter Pan at the Palace Theatre, Manchester where the show was a huge success. She repeated her performance at the London Palladium in 1975, and returned to the same role in different London-based productions from 1987 to early 1989. Other notable London stage appearances came in the early 1980s in Andrew Lloyd Webber's Song and Dance and the Royal National Theatre's Guys and Dolls. She damaged her vocal cords while performing in the Webber show, requiring surgery that threatened her singing voice. She also made an appearance on the Morecambe and Wise Show in 1973, singing All the Things You Are and Happy Heart.

In 1974 she performed the title song in the James Bond movie The Man with the Golden Gun. Two slightly different versions of the song were used, at the start and end respectively - the end song actually name-checking James Bond.

Also during 1974, she did a cover of two of David Bowie's classic songs, "The Man Who Sold the World" and "Watch That Man". Bowie himself produced the recordings and played saxophone, and provided back-up vocals on it. There were also rumours that they had a brief affair at the time. Lulu confirmed these rumours in her 2002 autobiography. Bowie, perhaps characteristically, evaded comment on the subject.

"The Man Who Sold the World" peaked at number three on the UK chart, her first UK top 10 hit in five years and also her last until 1986.

In 1977, Lulu married John Frieda, who was previously her hairdresser, and remained with him for twenty years until divorcing him in 1995, having separated in 1991. They had one son, Jordan Frieda later in 1977. She became interested in Eastern mysticism and joined Siddha Yoga, a new religious movement.
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* Adam Ant
Adam Ant (born Stuart Leslie Goddard, 3 November 1954, Marylebone, London) is an English musician, who gained popularity as the lead singer of New Wave/post-punk group Adam and the Ants and later as a solo artist, scoring ten UK top ten hits between 1979 and 1983, including three No.1s. Goddard was also a star in America where he not only scored a string of hit singles and albums, but was once voted sexiest man in America by the viewers of MTV. He is also an actor, having appeared in two dozen films or television episodes between 1985 and 1999.
The first band the young Stuart Goddard joined was Bazooka Joe, in which he played bass. It was at a gig in November 1975 at St. Martin's College, London, that Stuart was witness to the first-ever public performance of the Sex Pistols, who were billed as Bazooka Joe's support act.

After leaving Bazooka Joe and forming a group called the B-Sides (which never gigged), Goddard married a fellow Hornsey student named Carol with whom he lived at her parents' residence in Muswell Hill. Shortly after, he suffered a nervous breakdown which led to a suicide attempt and hospitalization. Upon his discharge from the hospital, Goddard renamed himself Adam Ant. He formed Adam and the Ants in 1977 after seeing Siouxsie & the Banshees perform at the Vortex club in London's Covent Garden.
Adam and the Ants
Main article: Adam and the Ants

Adam and the Ants started as part of the burgeoning punk rock movement. Goddard later acted in Derek Jarman's "punk" film Jubilee in 1977, as Adam and the Ants were beginning to gig around London with manager Jordan from the Sex boutique on Kings Road. His debut as a recording artist was the song "Deutscher Girls", which featured on the film's soundtrack, along with "Plastic Surgery" which was performed in the film itself, and was re-released as a single in 1982. The band toured extensively around the UK, but proved to be unpopular with much of the British music press who disliked their fetishistic lyrics and imagery. Late 1979 saw the release of their début album Dirk Wears White Sox (1979, Do It Records).

Adam approached and asked Malcolm McLaren (the manager of The Sex Pistols) to manage the band. McLaren subsequently stole the rest of the Ants from under Adams feet when he introduced the singer Annabella Lwin and began the process of honing Bow Wow Wow for chart success. A new version of Adam and the Ants was formed with Marco Pirroni (guitar), Kevin Mooney (bass guitar), and two drummers, Terry Lee Miall and Chris Hughes (ex-Dalek I Love You), called also Merrick. The band signed a major label deal with CBS Records and recorded Kings of the Wild Frontier during the summer of 1980. That album was an enormous hit in the United Kingdom and the "Antmania" that ensued put the band at the forefront of the New Romantic movement. The single "Antmusic" went to #2 on the U.K. singles chart by December 1980.

In November 1981, Adam & the Ants released another highly successful album, Prince Charming. The album featured two United Kingdom #1 singles — "Stand and Deliver" and the title track "Prince Charming" — as well as the #3 UK hit "Ant Rap". This trio of singles were promoted by some of the most lavish music videos of the period, and paved the way for Adam Ant's later acting career.

In March 1982, feeling certain band members "lacked enthusiasm", Goddard disbanded the group. A few months after the split Goddard launched a solo career (though he retained Marco Pirroni as guitarist and co-songwriter). Merrick returned to the band Dalek I Love You and would subsequently produce many hits of Tears for Fears.
Solo career

After the split, Goddard went solo, taking his song writing partner Pirroni with him. His greatest chart success was 1982's Friend or Foe album, which included the hit single "Goody Two Shoes" which made it to #1 in the UK and Australia, and #12 in the U.S. Other hits from that album included the title song (which made #9 on the UK chart) and "Desperate But Not Serious".

Around this time, Goddard also received an endorsement contract from Honda to promote their new line of motor scooters, where he appeared with model Grace Jones. In the commercial, Goddard is being persuaded by Jones to try the new scooter. Goddard, who has never driven anything in life, finally submits. The commercial ends with Jones biting him on the ear, which was edited out for the American market, but left intact when it aired overseas. Goddard did successfully obtain a driver's license a short time after the commercials began airing.

In 1983, Goddard worked with Phil Collins and Richard James Burgess on the Strip album which was recorded at Polar Studios in Stockholm. The single "Puss 'N Boots" reached #5 on the UK charts, but the BBC banned both the video and the song for the follow-up single "Strip," which peaked at #41. Although Strip had some highlights and hit singles, it marked the end of his reign as one of Britain's top pop stars for a while. That same year, Goddard also memorably appeared as a guest performer on the NBC television network's Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever special that aired in May.

In 1985, he worked with veteran producer Tony Visconti on his third solo album, Vive Le Rock. He secured a spot at the Live Aid concert, but was asked to cut his set to one song. He chose his new single, "Vive le Rock." Vive Le Rock was intended to be his ultimate hard rock album but the single underwent a pressing error and the album received mixed reviews. As a result, Adam decided to end his career in music and focus on his acting career.
Acting career

As the 1980s wore on, Goddard's attention turned toward acting, especially television and movie roles. He spent three months in England on stage starring in Joe Orton's Entertaining Mr. Sloane. He also appeared on American television shows, notably The Equalizer, Sledge Hammer!, Tales from the Crypt and Northern Exposure. He began taking roles in films such as Nomads and Slamdance. He moved to Hollywood and appeared in a wide range of productions and shows, including his musical BeBopalula, designed by Michael Pearce.
Return to recording and touring

In 1989, whilst maintaining an interest in acting, Goddard returned to America and re-entered the pop music world with the album Manners & Physique, a collaboration with André Cymone, a solo artist and an early member of Prince's band. The album was another moderate success, and featured the UK and U.S. hit single "Room at the Top". "Rough Stuff" became the second single for the United States and Germany as "Can't Set Rules About Love" charted in the United Kingdom.

In 1993, he toured in support of a planned album called Persuasion. On account of a regime change at MCA, the record company made the unilateral decision not to release this album on the basis that Manners & Physique had failed to achieve a gold sales certification. Ant was subsequently released from his contract with MCA and later signed by EMI. Persuasion remains unreleased to this day and, as a result, it has become something of a lost legend among "Antpeople."

In 1995, Goddard released his last album to date, Wonderful, still under the stage name Adam Ant. The title track was a successful single, as was a tour of the U.S. in support of the album. While Goddard and his group (which retained longtime guitarist Pirroni) played in smaller venues than they had played in the 1980s, the houses were often packed with enthusiastic fans. The tour was cut short due to Goddard and Pirroni both contracted glandular fever. Goddard also played three shows at Shepherds Bush Empire in London and did a mini tour of Virgin Record Shops playing selected tunes from the album Wonderful and signing records. Adam and his band also played shows in Dublin, Glasgow, Middlesbrough and Stoke-on-Trent.
Arrests for causing affray and psychiatric hospitalisation

Goddard was poised to join the '80s-focused Here & Now tour in January 2002, but was unable to do so after he was charged with throwing a car alternator through a pub window and then threatening patrons with an imitation firearm (actually, his late father's World War II starter pistol). By his own account, he was in an agitated hypomanic state at the time and had gone to a pub in Camden to look for a man (apparently, the jealous husband of a female acquaintance) who had been bothering him with threatening telephone calls. When Goddard showed up, some of the pub patrons made fun of his appearance and told him that the man he was looking for was not present. Goddard angrily told them he would be back before storming off and finding the car alternator in the street.

Goddard was brought to court at Old Bailey, where his late father, Leslie Goddard, had been tried and sentenced fifteen years previously for having made indecent suggestions to a minor. The charges against him (which included criminal damage and threatening members of the public) were reduced to a single count of causing affray, to which he pleaded guilty. He was fined £500 and ordered to psychiatric care with a suspended sentence.

In June 2003, Goddard was arrested again by police after a conflict with a neighbour resulted in his attempting to smash the neighbour's patio door in with a shovel and then lying down on the concrete floor of a cafe basement with his trousers pulled down, curled up and trying to sleep. Once again he was charged with affray and criminal damage and spent time in psychiatric wards.

In September of that year, he was sectioned under the Mental Health Act 1983 and spent a further six months of in-patient psychiatric care. He was eventually granted a conditional discharge by the judge at Highbury Magistrates Court.
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 11/03/09 at 7:00 am

The word of the day...Commentator
1. A broadcaster or writer who reports and analyzes events in the news.
2. One who writes or delivers a commentary or commentaries.
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Commentators always do a good job.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 11/03/09 at 7:45 am

Commentators always do a good job.

Most of the time,sometimes they mess things up.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: CatwomanofV on 11/03/09 at 11:51 am

I can't stand Dennis Miller. Never even liked him when he was on SNL. 8-P 8-P

I sure Phillip will love the fact that co-birthday is Lulu and will post that photo of him & her together. ;) :D ;D ;D

Cat

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/03/09 at 2:34 pm

I sure Phillip will love the fact that co-birthday is Lulu and will post that photo of him & her together. ;) :D ;D ;D

Cat
If my picture is still on my computer after the last crash!

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/03/09 at 2:36 pm

The co-birthdays of the day...Lulu
Lulu Kennedy-Cairns, OBE (born Marie McDonald McLaughlin Lawrie on 3 November 1948 in Lennoxtown, East Dunbartonshire), best known by her stage name Lulu, is a Scottish singer–songwriter, actress, model and television personality who has been successful in the entertainment business from the 1960s through to the present day. She is most famous worldwide for her hit "To Sir, with Love" and in the UK for "Shout".
Lulu grew up in Glasgow, where she attended Whitheill Senior Secondary School, Dennistoun. Taken under the wing of Marion Massey, she shot to fame at the age of fifteen with her version of The Isley Brothers "Shout", delivered in a raucous and extraordinarily mature voice. Her backing group were called The Luvvers, but after several more British hits she left the group to become a solo artist. Massey would guide her career for more than 25 years, for most of which she was Lulu's equal partner as a business enterprise. Massey's husband Mark London also wrote many of Lulu's hits.

In 1966, Lulu toured Poland with the British rock and roll band The Hollies, making her the first British female singer to appear live behind the Iron Curtain. In the same year, she recorded two German language tracks, "Wenn Du Da Bist" and "So Fing es an" for the Decca Germany label. All of Lulu's Decca recordings were made available in 2009 on a 2-CD entitled Shout!, issued on RPM Records.

She left Decca after failing to place any singles on the chart in 1966 and signed with Columbia to be produced by Mickie Most who also hired Jimmy Page to play guitar on a few sessions. All of the 7 singles she cut and released with Most made the UK chart. Despite this, Lulu was disparaging about Most in her autobiography "I Don't Want To Fight", published in 2002. She described him as "cheap" and had little positive to say about their working relationship, which she ended in 1969 after her biggest UK solo hit. Nonetheless, when Mickie Most died in 2003, Lulu was full of praise for him and told the BBC they had been very close.

In 1967 she made her debut as a film actress in To Sir, with Love, a British vehicle for Sidney Poitier. She had a major hit with the title song "To Sir, with Love", which shot to number one in the United States; she makes notable use of melisma in the song, and decades later it remains the song for which she is best known in that country. (In the UK, it was released only on the B-side of "Let's Pretend", a # 11 hit.) In the meantime, she continued with a thriving pop career in the UK and several television series of her own. From 30 June to 2 July 1967, Lulu appeared on The Monkees tour at the Empire Pool, Wembley. Rumours of a romance and indeed an engagement with Davy Jones of The Monkees were rife, but it was a complete media fabrication, created by Jones himself, apparently with her tacit approval.
The Eurovision Song Contest

On 29 March 1969, she represented the United Kingdom by performing the song "Boom Bang-a-Bang" at the Eurovision Song Contest. The song was chosen by viewers of her BBC1 variety series Happening for Lulu from a shortlist of six entries. Lulu performed one song a week for six weeks and then on week seven, Michael Aspel presented Lulu performing all six songs, one after another. The performances were then repeated and viewers invited to send in postcard votes for their favourites. The six songs were: Are You Ready For Love?, March!, Come September, I Can't Go On Living Without You, Boom Bang-a-Bang and Bet Yer!. I Can't Go On... was written by Elton John and Bernie Taupin who were introduced by Aspel as Elton Jones and Bernie Poppins. Their song came last in the postcard vote, but was later recorded by Cilla Black, Sandie Shaw, Polly Brown, Lulu and Elton himself. Boom Bang-a-Bang, written by Peter Warne and Alan Moorhouse was declared the winner. On stage in Madrid, Lulu was accompanied by Sue and Sunny, two well-known backing singers who went on to be the first female members of Brotherhood of Man. The orchestra was conducted by Johnny Harris, Lulu's resident musical director.

Boom Bang-a-Bang was the winner - with three other songs. The entries from Spain, (Vivo cantando by Salomé), Netherlands, (De Troubadour by Lenny Kuhr) and France, (Un jour, un enfant by Frida Boccara) also finished in first place with 18 votes each. There had never been a tie before, and the rules were altered to prevent it ever happening again. According to John Kennedy O'Connor's The Eurovision Song Contest - The Official History, the result caused dismay and disgust, leading to Austria, Portugal, Norway, Sweden and Finland all refusing to enter the 1970 competition. Lulu had the biggest hit around the continent with her winner, recording German, French, Spanish and Italian versions alongside the original English.

In 1975 she hosted the BBC's A Song for Europe (now Eurovision: Your Country Needs You) contest, the qualifying heat for the Eurovision Song Contest, in which The Shadows performed six shortlisted songs. Lulu joined fellow Eurovision winners at a charity gala held in Norway in 1981. She was also a panellist at the 1989 UK heat, offering views on two of the competing eight entries. She told John Peel backstage that although she did not like Boom Bang-a-Bang, she'd have sung anything just so long as she won the contest. "I know it's a rotten song, but I won, so who cares? I'd have sung Baa Baa Black Sheep standing on my head if that's what it took to win.... I am just so glad I didn't finish second like all the other Brits before me, that would have been awful." Oddly enough, her potentially inflammatory statement only endeared her further to the European public.

Since then, Lulu rarely talks about her Eurovision experiences, or her song Boom Bang-a-Bang, which she then and now dislikes despite the fact that it was her biggest solo UK hit (reaching number two on the chart in 1969).

Below Lulu explains how she got into the contest, and about what came out (from the BBC Radio 2 special on 50 Years Of The Eurovision Song Contest):

I had a series on TV, and Bill Cotton was the Head of Light Entertainment , and he said to my manager: "I'd like her to do the Eurovision Song Contest, on the series". And she came to me and I went "Why? What do I want to do that for?"... and she said that he said that "you'll get good ratings, and he is the boss, and he wants you to have good ratings.

Maybe I could have said no, but I felt I didn't really have a choice in the matter. And I thought... I was full of myself, thinking ratings isn't what it's all about... But, you know, Elton John and Bernie Taupin wrote a great song that didn't go through...

I had this amazing band, like 20 pieces. We did all these different songs... every single one of us said "Which one is gonna win? Which one is gonna win?" and we all laughed and went: "Bet you it's that Boom boom bang a bang a bang a bang..." (Laughs) "But then it won. Somehow there was an intelligence working there... and it was a huge success.

In 2009, Lulu provided comment and support to the six acts shortlisted to represent the UK at Eurovision 2009 on the BBC1 show Eurovision: Your Country Needs You hosted by Graham Norton.
Late 1960s - mid 1970s

Only weeks before her Eurovision appearance, Lulu married fellow musical star Maurice Gibb of the Bee Gees in a ceremony in Gerrards Cross. Maurice's older brother Barry was opposed to their marriage as he believed them to be too young. Their honeymoon in Mexico had to be postponed because of Lulu's Eurovision commitment. Their careers and his heavy drinking forced them apart, and they divorced, childless, in 1973 but remained on good terms. In 1970 Lulu was back on the US charts with the top 30 hit, "Oh Me Oh My (I'm a Fool for You Baby)" (later covered by Aretha Franklin and also John Holt) and a collaboration with the Dixie Flyers on "Hum a Song (From Your Heart)." In 1969, she recorded New Routes an album recorded at Muscle Shoals studios; several of the songs featured slide guitarist Duane Allman, including a version of Jerry Jeff Walker's "Mr. Bojangles". A year later she followed with a similar album Melody Fair. Both were recorded for Atlantic's Atco label and were produced by Jerry Wexler, Tom Dowd and Arif Mardin. She also recorded four other German language tracks, ("Ich Brauche Deine Liebe", "Wach' ich oder träum' ich', "Warum Tust Du Mir Weh", and "Traurig Aber Wahr") on the Atlantic/WEA label. These songs again, went un-noticed in the German music market.

After appearing in a successful TV series, Three Of A Kind, which aired on the BBC in 1967, a format that featured music and comedy, Lulu was given her own TV series in 1968, which ran annually until 1975 under various titles including Lulu's Back In Town, Happening For Lulu, Lulu, and It's Lulu which featured Adrienne Posta. She later co-hosted a revived series of Oh Boy! for ITV in the early 1980s. Her BBC series featured music and comedy sketches and star guests. Her most famous guest was possibly Jimi Hendrix, who appeared in 1969, swore live on the show and refused to stick to the original songs that had been planned. In 1999, Lulu returned to BBC1 to host their Saturday night lottery/game show Red Alert which bombed and was very short-lived.

In 1972 she starred in the Christmas pantomime Peter Pan at the Palace Theatre, Manchester where the show was a huge success. She repeated her performance at the London Palladium in 1975, and returned to the same role in different London-based productions from 1987 to early 1989. Other notable London stage appearances came in the early 1980s in Andrew Lloyd Webber's Song and Dance and the Royal National Theatre's Guys and Dolls. She damaged her vocal cords while performing in the Webber show, requiring surgery that threatened her singing voice. She also made an appearance on the Morecambe and Wise Show in 1973, singing All the Things You Are and Happy Heart.

In 1974 she performed the title song in the James Bond movie The Man with the Golden Gun. Two slightly different versions of the song were used, at the start and end respectively - the end song actually name-checking James Bond.

Also during 1974, she did a cover of two of David Bowie's classic songs, "The Man Who Sold the World" and "Watch That Man". Bowie himself produced the recordings and played saxophone, and provided back-up vocals on it. There were also rumours that they had a brief affair at the time. Lulu confirmed these rumours in her 2002 autobiography. Bowie, perhaps characteristically, evaded comment on the subject.

"The Man Who Sold the World" peaked at number three on the UK chart, her first UK top 10 hit in five years and also her last until 1986.

In 1977, Lulu married John Frieda, who was previously her hairdresser, and remained with him for twenty years until divorcing him in 1995, having separated in 1991. They had one son, Jordan Frieda later in 1977. She became interested in Eastern mysticism and joined Siddha Yoga, a new religious movement.
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* Adam Ant
Adam Ant (born Stuart Leslie Goddard, 3 November 1954, Marylebone, London) is an English musician, who gained popularity as the lead singer of New Wave/post-punk group Adam and the Ants and later as a solo artist, scoring ten UK top ten hits between 1979 and 1983, including three No.1s. Goddard was also a star in America where he not only scored a string of hit singles and albums, but was once voted sexiest man in America by the viewers of MTV. He is also an actor, having appeared in two dozen films or television episodes between 1985 and 1999.
The first band the young Stuart Goddard joined was Bazooka Joe, in which he played bass. It was at a gig in November 1975 at St. Martin's College, London, that Stuart was witness to the first-ever public performance of the Sex Pistols, who were billed as Bazooka Joe's support act.

After leaving Bazooka Joe and forming a group called the B-Sides (which never gigged), Goddard married a fellow Hornsey student named Carol with whom he lived at her parents' residence in Muswell Hill. Shortly after, he suffered a nervous breakdown which led to a suicide attempt and hospitalization. Upon his discharge from the hospital, Goddard renamed himself Adam Ant. He formed Adam and the Ants in 1977 after seeing Siouxsie & the Banshees perform at the Vortex club in London's Covent Garden.
Adam and the Ants
Main article: Adam and the Ants

Adam and the Ants started as part of the burgeoning punk rock movement. Goddard later acted in Derek Jarman's "punk" film Jubilee in 1977, as Adam and the Ants were beginning to gig around London with manager Jordan from the Sex boutique on Kings Road. His debut as a recording artist was the song "Deutscher Girls", which featured on the film's soundtrack, along with "Plastic Surgery" which was performed in the film itself, and was re-released as a single in 1982. The band toured extensively around the UK, but proved to be unpopular with much of the British music press who disliked their fetishistic lyrics and imagery. Late 1979 saw the release of their début album Dirk Wears White Sox (1979, Do It Records).

Adam approached and asked Malcolm McLaren (the manager of The Sex Pistols) to manage the band. McLaren subsequently stole the rest of the Ants from under Adams feet when he introduced the singer Annabella Lwin and began the process of honing Bow Wow Wow for chart success. A new version of Adam and the Ants was formed with Marco Pirroni (guitar), Kevin Mooney (bass guitar), and two drummers, Terry Lee Miall and Chris Hughes (ex-Dalek I Love You), called also Merrick. The band signed a major label deal with CBS Records and recorded Kings of the Wild Frontier during the summer of 1980. That album was an enormous hit in the United Kingdom and the "Antmania" that ensued put the band at the forefront of the New Romantic movement. The single "Antmusic" went to #2 on the U.K. singles chart by December 1980.

In November 1981, Adam & the Ants released another highly successful album, Prince Charming. The album featured two United Kingdom #1 singles — "Stand and Deliver" and the title track "Prince Charming" — as well as the #3 UK hit "Ant Rap". This trio of singles were promoted by some of the most lavish music videos of the period, and paved the way for Adam Ant's later acting career.

In March 1982, feeling certain band members "lacked enthusiasm", Goddard disbanded the group. A few months after the split Goddard launched a solo career (though he retained Marco Pirroni as guitarist and co-songwriter). Merrick returned to the band Dalek I Love You and would subsequently produce many hits of Tears for Fears.
Solo career

After the split, Goddard went solo, taking his song writing partner Pirroni with him. His greatest chart success was 1982's Friend or Foe album, which included the hit single "Goody Two Shoes" which made it to #1 in the UK and Australia, and #12 in the U.S. Other hits from that album included the title song (which made #9 on the UK chart) and "Desperate But Not Serious".

Around this time, Goddard also received an endorsement contract from Honda to promote their new line of motor scooters, where he appeared with model Grace Jones. In the commercial, Goddard is being persuaded by Jones to try the new scooter. Goddard, who has never driven anything in life, finally submits. The commercial ends with Jones biting him on the ear, which was edited out for the American market, but left intact when it aired overseas. Goddard did successfully obtain a driver's license a short time after the commercials began airing.

In 1983, Goddard worked with Phil Collins and Richard James Burgess on the Strip album which was recorded at Polar Studios in Stockholm. The single "Puss 'N Boots" reached #5 on the UK charts, but the BBC banned both the video and the song for the follow-up single "Strip," which peaked at #41. Although Strip had some highlights and hit singles, it marked the end of his reign as one of Britain's top pop stars for a while. That same year, Goddard also memorably appeared as a guest performer on the NBC television network's Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever special that aired in May.

In 1985, he worked with veteran producer Tony Visconti on his third solo album, Vive Le Rock. He secured a spot at the Live Aid concert, but was asked to cut his set to one song. He chose his new single, "Vive le Rock." Vive Le Rock was intended to be his ultimate hard rock album but the single underwent a pressing error and the album received mixed reviews. As a result, Adam decided to end his career in music and focus on his acting career.
Acting career

As the 1980s wore on, Goddard's attention turned toward acting, especially television and movie roles. He spent three months in England on stage starring in Joe Orton's Entertaining Mr. Sloane. He also appeared on American television shows, notably The Equalizer, Sledge Hammer!, Tales from the Crypt and Northern Exposure. He began taking roles in films such as Nomads and Slamdance. He moved to Hollywood and appeared in a wide range of productions and shows, including his musical BeBopalula, designed by Michael Pearce.
Return to recording and touring

In 1989, whilst maintaining an interest in acting, Goddard returned to America and re-entered the pop music world with the album Manners & Physique, a collaboration with André Cymone, a solo artist and an early member of Prince's band. The album was another moderate success, and featured the UK and U.S. hit single "Room at the Top". "Rough Stuff" became the second single for the United States and Germany as "Can't Set Rules About Love" charted in the United Kingdom.

In 1993, he toured in support of a planned album called Persuasion. On account of a regime change at MCA, the record company made the unilateral decision not to release this album on the basis that Manners & Physique had failed to achieve a gold sales certification. Ant was subsequently released from his contract with MCA and later signed by EMI. Persuasion remains unreleased to this day and, as a result, it has become something of a lost legend among "Antpeople."

In 1995, Goddard released his last album to date, Wonderful, still under the stage name Adam Ant. The title track was a successful single, as was a tour of the U.S. in support of the album. While Goddard and his group (which retained longtime guitarist Pirroni) played in smaller venues than they had played in the 1980s, the houses were often packed with enthusiastic fans. The tour was cut short due to Goddard and Pirroni both contracted glandular fever. Goddard also played three shows at Shepherds Bush Empire in London and did a mini tour of Virgin Record Shops playing selected tunes from the album Wonderful and signing records. Adam and his band also played shows in Dublin, Glasgow, Middlesbrough and Stoke-on-Trent.
Arrests for causing affray and psychiatric hospitalisation

Goddard was poised to join the '80s-focused Here & Now tour in January 2002, but was unable to do so after he was charged with throwing a car alternator through a pub window and then threatening patrons with an imitation firearm (actually, his late father's World War II starter pistol). By his own account, he was in an agitated hypomanic state at the time and had gone to a pub in Camden to look for a man (apparently, the jealous husband of a female acquaintance) who had been bothering him with threatening telephone calls. When Goddard showed up, some of the pub patrons made fun of his appearance and told him that the man he was looking for was not present. Goddard angrily told them he would be back before storming off and finding the car alternator in the street.

Goddard was brought to court at Old Bailey, where his late father, Leslie Goddard, had been tried and sentenced fifteen years previously for having made indecent suggestions to a minor. The charges against him (which included criminal damage and threatening members of the public) were reduced to a single count of causing affray, to which he pleaded guilty. He was fined £500 and ordered to psychiatric care with a suspended sentence.

In June 2003, Goddard was arrested again by police after a conflict with a neighbour resulted in his attempting to smash the neighbour's patio door in with a shovel and then lying down on the concrete floor of a cafe basement with his trousers pulled down, curled up and trying to sleep. Once again he was charged with affray and criminal damage and spent time in psychiatric wards.

In September of that year, he was sectioned under the Mental Health Act 1983 and spent a further six months of in-patient psychiatric care. He was eventually granted a conditional discharge by the judge at Highbury Magistrates Court.
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/03/09 at 2:37 pm

If my picture is still on my computer after the last crash!
I still have the original photo, but Houston we have a problem.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/03/09 at 2:42 pm

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there you go!

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/03/09 at 2:43 pm

The 11th of Nov. If we pay now it's only a partial payment, but if they shut us offf we have to come up with the full amount but by that time my car insurance and minor bills are due, it's a never ending cycle
Thanks maybe they will be nice and let me slide to the 11th.. Tim is upset because he doesn't have the money to pay the cable plus the 4th is our 20th anniversary and we can't do anything..ugh
I understand.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: gibbo on 11/03/09 at 2:49 pm

Absolute love Lulu. Outside of Britain...she was under rated as a singer though. That pic (from to Sir With Love) doesn't feature Lulu though ... maybe a bit of her hair in the top left corner? ;D

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/03/09 at 2:51 pm

Absolute love Lulu. Outside of Britain...she was under rated as a singer though. That pic (from to Sir With Love) doesn't feature Lulu though ... maybe a bit of her hair in the top left corner? ;D
How about?

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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/03/09 at 2:52 pm

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Perfect.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: gibbo on 11/03/09 at 2:55 pm

^ & ^^ ....Now you're cookin'... :)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/03/09 at 2:56 pm

^ & ^^ ....Now you're cookin'... :)
Remember I saw the movie recently.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: CatwomanofV on 11/03/09 at 3:09 pm

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there you go!

You know Phillip, you were getting your photo taken with Lulu. The least you could have done was SMILE!!!! ;) :D :D ;D ;D ;D

Cat

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: gibbo on 11/03/09 at 3:11 pm

You know Phillip, you were getting your photo taken with Lulu. The least you could have done was SMILE!!!! ;) :D :D ;D ;D ;D

Cat

Oh...he's smiling on the inside! ;)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/03/09 at 3:14 pm

Oh...he's smiling on the inside! ;)
I was very happy that day.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: gibbo on 11/03/09 at 3:17 pm

I was very happy that day.

...and it's definitely easier to just own one photo that denotes ALL possible moods! ;)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/03/09 at 3:22 pm

...and it's definitely easier to just own one photo that denotes ALL possible moods! ;)
Need I say more?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 11/03/09 at 3:39 pm

http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm66/Phil_O-Sopher/LuluandMe.jpg

there you go!

very nice picture Phil. :)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 11/03/09 at 4:22 pm

http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm66/Phil_O-Sopher/LuluandMe.jpg

there you go!

Thank You Phil, I had a hard time finding a pic of her on Photobucket.
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: CatwomanofV on 11/03/09 at 4:22 pm

I was very happy that day.

You can't tell from that photo. You look like you just came from getting root canal done.

Cat

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 11/03/09 at 4:24 pm

I understand.

Good news Tim talked to a supervisor and they are going to let us stay on till the 11th :) :) :) :)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 11/03/09 at 4:26 pm

I can't stand Dennis Miller. Never even liked him when he was on SNL. 8-P 8-P

I sure Phillip will love the fact that co-birthday is Lulu and will post that photo of him & her together. ;) :D ;D ;D

Cat

I don't like Dennis Miller either, I was going to do Roseanne, not sure why I didn't.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: CatwomanofV on 11/03/09 at 4:27 pm

I don't like Dennis Miller either, I was going to do Roseanne, not sure why I didn't.

Don't like her, either.

Cat

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 11/03/09 at 4:29 pm

How about?

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I put that pic up, but for som reason they said the photobucket account was deleted

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 11/03/09 at 6:31 pm

Good news Tim talked to a supervisor and they are going to let us stay on till the 11th :) :) :) :)

Wonderful,But who will take over as word and person of the day? ???

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 11/03/09 at 8:07 pm

Wonderful,But who will take over as word and person of the day? ???

Nobody will have to take it over, because the cable company is not turning us off.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/04/09 at 1:32 am

I put that pic up, but for som reason they said the photobucket account was deleted
I acquired it from somewhere else.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/04/09 at 1:32 am

Good news Tim talked to a supervisor and they are going to let us stay on till the 11th :) :) :) :)
Brilliant!

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Written By: Howard on 11/04/09 at 5:49 am

Nobody will have to take it over, because the cable company is not turning us off.

and that means more Ninny. :)

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Written By: ninny on 11/04/09 at 5:58 am

The word of the day...Homeless
Having no home or haven.
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Written By: ninny on 11/04/09 at 5:59 am

Brilliant!

and that means more Ninny. :)

Yes and hopefully for a long time to come. :)

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Written By: ninny on 11/04/09 at 6:02 am

The birthday of the day...Doris Roberts
Doris May Roberts (born November 4, 1930) is an American actress, perhaps best known for playing Marie Barone on Everybody Loves Raymond.
Roberts's acting career began in 1952 with a role on the TV series Studio One. She also appeared on such programs as The Naked City (1958-63), Way Out (1961), Ben Casey (1963), and The Defenders (1962-63). In 1961, she made her film debut in Something Wild (1961) starring Carroll Baker. In 1968, she appeared in A Lovely Way to Die and No Way to Treat a Lady. She also appeared in the 1970 cult film The Honeymoon Killers starring Shirley Stoler and Tony Lo Bianco. In 1971, Roberts appeared in three films, Otto Preminger's Such Good Friends, Alan Arkin's Little Murders, and Elaine May's A New Leaf. She acted in a Walter Matthau vehicle again in 1974's The Taking of Pelham One Two Three. In 1978, she appeared in a film about John F. Kennedy's assassination, Ruby and Oswald, in which she played Jack Ruby's sister. She also appeared very briefly in The Rose, as the mother of the title character (played by Bette Midler).

Since then, she has usually been cast as a mother or mother-in-law. An example of this was when she played newsstand owner, Theresa Falco, mother of Donna Pescow on Angie. After Angie was cancelled, she appeared as Mildred Krebs on Remington Steele, which starred Pierce Brosnan and Stephanie Zimbalist. After that show's cancellation, she starred in the TV movie remake of If It's Tuesday, It Still Must Be Belgium (1987) and the National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989) with Chevy Chase and Beverly D'Angelo. She also appeared on Alice, playing the mother of the title character (played by former Broadway co-star Linda Lavin), the wife of a man who secretly went to a sex surrogate on Barney Miller, as well as Danny Tanner's mother on Full House. She played mother Flo Flotsky on four episodes of Soap, and she was lonely Aunt Edna on the ABC sitcom Step by Step.

Roberts is best-known and achieved national fame for her role as Marie Barone on Everybody Loves Raymond. She reportedly beat 100 other actresses for the role. For her work on the series, she has been nominated for seven Emmy Awards (and won four times) for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series. She also won an Emmy for a guest role on St. Elsewhere as a homeless woman, and she was nominated once for her role on Remington Steele. She was also nominated for appearances on the ABC sitcom, Perfect Strangers and a PBS special called The Sunset Gang. In 2003, she made a guest appearance as Gordo's grandmother in the Disney series, Lizzie McGuire. The same year, Roberts received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

In 2006, Roberts starred in the Adam Sandler-produced comedy Grandma's Boy alongside such other veteran actresses as Shirley Jones and Shirley Knight. In 2007, she made a guest appearance on Law & Order: Criminal Intent. In 2008, Roberts appeared in the romantic comedy Play the Game alongside Andy Griffith, who plays a lonely, widowed grandfather re-entering the dating world after a 60 year hiatus. She appeared in the 2009 film Aliens in the Attic, which was filmed in Auckland, New Zealand.
Stage career

Roberts' stage career began in the 1950s on Broadway. Roberts has appeared in numerous Broadway shows including the original productions of The Desk Set with Shirley Booth, Neil Simon's The Last of the Red Hot Lovers with James Coco and Linda Lavin as well as Terrence McNally's Bad Habits. She will next be seen in "Unusual Acts of Devotion" at the La Jolla Playhouse in June 2009.
Emmy Awards

* 1983 — Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series — St. Elsewhere
* 2001 — Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series — Everybody Loves Raymond
* 2002 — Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series — Everybody Loves Raymond
* 2003 — Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series — Everybody Loves Raymond
* 2005 — Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series — Everybody Loves Raymond

Emmy Award nominations

* 1985 — Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series — Remington Steele
* 1989 — Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series — Perfect Strangers
* 1991 — Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Special — The Sunset Gang
* 1999 — Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series — Everybody Loves Raymond
* 2000 — Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series — Everybody Loves Raymond
* 2004 — Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series — Everybody Loves Raymond

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Written By: ninny on 11/04/09 at 6:07 am

The co-birthdays of the day...Sean Combs
Sean John Combs (born November 4, 1969), known by his stage name Diddy, is an American record producer, rapper, actor, men's fashion designer, entrepreneur and dancer. He won three Grammy Awards and two MTV Video Music Awards, and his clothing line earned a Council of Fashion Designers of America award.

He was originally known as Puff Daddy and then as P. Diddy (Puff and Puffy being often used as a nickname, but never as recording names). In August 2005, he changed his stage name to "Diddy". He continues to use the name P. Diddy in New Zealand and the United Kingdom, the latter after a legal battle with another artist, Richard "Diddy" Dearlove. In June 2008 Combs' representative denied rumors of another name change.

His business interests under the umbrella of Bad Boy Entertainment Worldwide include Bad Boy Records; the clothing lines Sean John; Sean by Sean Combs, a movie production company; and two restaurants. He has taken the roles of recording executive, performer, producer of MTV's Making the Band, writer, arranger, clothing designer, and Broadway actor.

Combs is one of the richest hip-hop performers, having a net worth estimated at US $346 million in 2006. He was portrayed by Derek Luke in the biopic of The Notorious B.I.G. called Notorious.
In 1993, after being fired from Uptown, Combs established Bad Boy Records, taking new hip-hop artist The Notorious B.I.G. with him. Both The Notorious B.I.G. and Craig Mack quickly released hit singles, followed by similarly successful LPs, particularly B.I.G.'s Ready to Die. Combs began signing more acts to Bad Boy, including Carl Thomas, Faith Evans, Father MC, 112 and Total, as well as producing for Jodeci, Mary J. Blige, Usher, Lil' Kim, TLC, Mariah Carey, Boyz II Men, SWV, Aretha Franklin, and others, and forming The Hitmen, an in-house production team.

Mase and D-Block (then known as "The L.O.X.") joined Bad Boy just as a widely publicized rivalry with the West Coast's Death Row Records was beginning. Combs and B.I.G. were criticized and parodied by Tupac Shakur and Suge Knight in songs and interviews during the mid-1990s. During 1994–1995, he also helped produce songs for TLC's CrazySexyCool, which was the decade's best-selling R&B album. Songs he helped produced include "If I was Your Girlfriend" and "Can I Get A Witness".
"Puff Daddy"

In 1997 Combs recorded his first commercial vocal as a rapper under the name "Puff Daddy." His debut single, "Can't Nobody Hold Me Down" spent six weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. His debut album, No Way Out was a #1 album and won the 1998 Grammy Award for best rap album. His second single, "I'll Be Missing You", in memory of The Notorious B.I.G., debuted at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. He collaborated with Jimmy Page on the song "Come with Me" for the Godzilla film. The track, approved by Page, sampled the Led Zeppelin song "Kashmir". Producer Tom Morello supplied live guitar parts, playing bass on the song. Combs and Page filmed a video for "Come with Me", which reached #2 in the UK.

By the late 1990s he was receiving criticism for watering down and overly commercializing hip-hop and overusing guest appearances by other artists, samples and interpolations of past hits in his own hit songs. The Onion parodied this phenomenon in a 1997 article called "New rap song samples Billie Jean in its entirety, adds nothing."
Club New York

In December 1999 Combs was accused of assaulting Steve Stoute of Interscope Records. Stoute was the manager for Nas. Combs had filmed a video scene earlier that year for "Hate Me Now" that featured Nas being crucified but demanded that the images be removed. Stoute's refusal led to an argument and Puff Daddy's arrest for aggravated assault. This was followed by yet more negative publicity as The Lox left Bad Boy Records and a recording session with Lil' Kim and Lil' Cease, both of Biggie's Junior M.A.F.I.A. posse, was interrupted by gunfire.

On December 27, 1999, Combs and his then-girlfriend Jennifer Lopez were at Club New York, a midtown Manhattan nightclub, when gunfire broke out. After a police investigation, Combs and fellow rapper Shyne were arrested for weapons violations and other charges. The New York County District Attorney's Office, led by Assistant District Attorney Matthew Bogdanos, indicted Combs after his driver, Wardel Fenderson, claimed that Combs had tried to bribe him into taking the weapon after the shooting.

With a gag order in place, the highly-publicized trial began. His attorneys were Johnnie L. Cochran Jr. and Benjamin Brafman. After the trial was over, Combs was found not guilty on all charges; Shyne was convicted on the same charges and sentenced to ten years in prison. Combs and Lopez split shortly after. A lawsuit filed by Combs's driver, Fenderson, who said he suffered emotional damage after the club shooting, was settled in February 2004. Lawyers for both sides, having agreed to keep the settlement terms secret, would say only that the matter was resolved to the satisfaction of all parties.
"P. Diddy"

In 2001, after his acquittal on gun possession and bribery charges, Combs changed his stage name from "Puff Daddy" to "P. Diddy". He later appeared as a drug dealer in the film Made and starred with Halle Berry and Billy Bob Thornton in Monster's Ball. He tried to reinvent his image, but soon faced assault charges by a Michigan television host, Dr. Roger Mills, and then was arrested for driving on a suspended license in Florida. A gospel album, Thank You, was never released. After an accusation of reckless driving by the Miami police he began working with a series of unusual (for him) artists. A collaboration with David Bowie appeared on the soundtrack to Training Day and he also worked with Britney Spears and 'N Sync. He signed California-based pop girl group Dream to his record label. He was also an opening act for 'N Sync on their Spring 2002 Celebrity Tour.

Later in 2002, he made his own reality show on MTV called Making the Band 2, a sequel to the first Making the Band, in which contestants competed to be in a new group on Bad Boy Records. Six finalists were to come up with their name, CD and video (see Da Band). The group, maligned by comics and critics and drawing a skit on Chappelle's Show, was dissolved by Combs at the end of the series.

In 2003, Combs ran in the New York City Marathon and raised $2,000,000 for the educational system for the children of New York. On March 10, 2004, he appeared in The Oprah Winfrey Show to discuss the marathon, which he finished in four hours and eighteen minutes.

In 2004, Combs headed the campaign "Vote or Die" for the 2004 Presidential Election. The "Vote or Die" slogan was mocked by both The Daily Show and South Park as being too simplistic and encouraging young people to vote without knowing the issues. In a South Park episode entitled "Douche and Turd", Combs and his friends were depicted chasing Stan Marsh, one of the main characters, around with weapons, literally threatening to kill him if he wouldn't vote in his school election.
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* Laura Bush
Laura Lane Welch Bush (born November 4, 1946) is the wife of the forty-third President of the United States, George W. Bush, and was the First Lady of the United States from January 20, 2001 to January 20, 2009.

Mrs. Bush has had a love for books and reading since childhood, and her life and education have reflected that interest. She graduated from Southern Methodist University in 1968 with a Bachelor's degree in education, and soon took a job as a second grade school teacher. After attaining her Master's degree in Library Science at the University of Texas at Austin, she was employed as a librarian. She met George Walker Bush in 1977, and they were married later that year; in 1981, the couple had twin daughters.

Bush's political involvement began with her marriage. She campaigned in her husband's unsuccessful 1978 run for the United States Congress and later his successful Texas gubernatorial campaign. As First Lady of Texas, Bush implemented many initiatives focused on health, education, and literacy. In 1999, she aided her husband in campaigning for the presidency of the United States in a number of ways, most notably delivering a keynote address at the 2000 Republican National Convention; this gained her national attention. She became first lady after her husband defeated Democrat Al Gore in the 2000 election.

Polled by Gallup as one of the most popular first ladies, Laura Bush was involved in topics of both national and global concern during her tenure. She continued to advance her trademark interests of education and literacy by establishing the annual National Book Festival in 2001 and encouraged education on a worldwide scale. She also advanced women's causes through The Heart Truth and Susan G. Komen for the Cure. She represented the United States during her foreign trips, which tended to focus on HIV/AIDS and malaria awareness.
As First Lady, Laura Bush was involved in issues of concern to children and women, both nationally and internationally. Her major initiatives included education and women's health.
Education and children
Romanian children greet President and Mrs. Bush upon their landing in Bucharest, 2002
The First Lady shares a laugh with fifth graders in Des Moines, Iowa, 2005

Early into the administration, Bush made it known that she would focus much of her attention on education. This included recruiting highly qualified teachers to ensure that young children would be taught well. She also focused on early child development. In 2001, to promote reading and education, she partnered with the Library of Congress to launch the annual National Book Festival. To promote American patriotic heritage in schools, she helped launch the National Anthem Project.

Immediately following the September 11, 2001 attacks; Bush spoke regarding America's children:

"e need to reassure our children that they are safe in their homes and schools. We need to reassure them that many people love them and care for them, and that while there are some bad people in the world, there are many more good people."

The following day, she composed open letters to America's families, focusing on elementary and middle school students, which she distributed through state education officials. She took an interest in mitigating the emotional effects of the attacks on children, particularly the disturbing images repeatedly replayed on television. On the one-year anniversary, she encouraged parents to instead read to their children, and perhaps light a candle in memoriam, saying, "Don't let your children see the images, especially on September 11, when you know it'll probably be on television again and again — the plane hitting the building or the buildings falling."

Later in her tenure, she was honored by the United Nations, as the body named her honorary ambassador for the United Nation's Decade of Literacy. In this position, she announced that she would host a Conference on Global Literacy. The conference, held in September 2006, encouraged a constant effort to promote literacy and highlighted many successful literacy programs. She coordinated this as a result of her many trips abroad where she witnessed how literacy benefited children in poorer nations.
Women's health

Another of her signature issues were those relating to the health and well being of women. She established the Women's Health and Wellness Initiative and became involved with two major campaigns.
Laura Bush attends a Heart Truth event, February 15, 2006

She first became involved with The Heart Truth awareness campaign in 2003. It is an organization established by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute to raise awareness about heart disease in women, and how to prevent the condition. She serves in the honorary position of ambassador for the program leading the federal government's effort to give women a "wake up call" about the risk of heart disease. She commented on the disease: "Like many women, I assumed heart disease was a man's disease and cancer was what we would fear the most. Yet heart disease kills more women in our country than all forms of cancer combined. When it comes to heart disease, education, prevention, and even a little red dress can save lives." She has undertaken a signature personal element of traveling around the country and talking to women at hospital and community events featuring the experiences of women who live, or had lived, with the condition. This outreach was credited with saving the life of one woman who went to the hospital after experiencing symptoms of a heart attack.

With her predecessor, former First Lady Nancy Reagan, Bush dedicated the First Ladies Red Dress Collection at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in May 2005. It is an exhibit containing red suits worn by former First Ladies Lady Bird Johnson, Betty Ford, Rosalynn Carter, Nancy Reagan, Barbara Bush, Hillary Clinton, and Laura Bush meant to raise awareness by highlighting America's first ladies. She has participated in fashion shows displaying red dresses worn on celebrities as well.

Bush's mother, Jenna Welch, was diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 78. She endured surgery and currently has no further signs of cancer. Laura Bush has become a breast cancer activist on her mother's behalf through her involvement in the Susan G. Komen for the Cure. She applauded the foundation's efforts in eliminating cancer and said, "A few short years ago, a diagnosis of breast cancer left little hope of recovery. But thanks to the work of the Komen Foundation... more women and men are beating breast cancer and beating the odds." She used her position to gain international support for the foundation through the Partnership for Breast Cancer Awareness and Research of the Americas, an initiative that unites experts from the United States, Brazil, Costa Rica and Mexico.

In November 2001, she became the first person other than a president to deliver the weekly presidential radio address. She used the opportunity to discuss the plight of women in Afghanistan during the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan, saying, "The brutal oppression of women is a central goal of the terrorists." In May 2002, she made a speech to the people of Afghanistan through Radio Liberty, a radio station in Prague, Czech Republic.
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Written By: ninny on 11/04/09 at 6:29 am

I forgot a birthday :- born November 4, 1969) is an American actor. After a series of minor roles in the early 1990s (including his breakout role in Dazed and Confused, director Richard Linklater's second feature film), he appeared in films such as A Time to Kill, Contact, U-571, Sahara, and We Are Marshall. He also played the leading man in several romantic comedies, including The Wedding Planner, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003), Failure to Launch, Fool's Gold and Ghosts of Girlfriends Past.
Matthew McConaughey began his acting career in 1991, appearing in television commercials while attending College of Communication at The University of Texas at Austin, where he joined Delta Tau Delta International Fraternity, before being cast in Richard Linklater's film Dazed and Confused. After appearing in some smaller roles in Angels in the Outfield, Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation, Boys on the Side, and the television series Unsolved Mysteries, McConaughey's big break came as the lawyer "Jake Brigance" in the 1996 film A Time to Kill, based on the John Grisham novel of the same name.

McConaughey was cast in leading roles in many more movies: Contact, Amistad, The Newton Boys, Edtv, and U-571. By the early 2000s, he was frequently cast in romantic comedies, including The Wedding Planner and How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, both of which were successful at the box office. During this period, he appeared as a firefighter in the low-budget film Tiptoes, opposite Rene Russo, in Two For The Money as a protege to Al Pacino's gambling mogul, and in Frailty, cast against type as a serial killer, opposite Bill Paxton. McConaughey starred in the feature film Sahara, along with Steve Zahn and Penélope Cruz. Prior to the release of the movie, he promoted it by repeating some trips he took in the late 1990s, including sailing down the Amazon River and trekking to Mali. That same year, McConaughey was named People magazine's “Sexiest Man Alive” for 2005.

In 2006, he co-starred with Sarah Jessica Parker in the romantic comedy Failure to Launch, which was reasonably successful at the box office. McConaughey also provided voice work for an ad campaign of the Peace Corps in late 2006. Matthew's production company, j.k. livin, is currently in development on projects with Warner Bros., Universal, Paramount Pictures and Imagine Entertainment. McConaughey starred in the football drama We Are Marshall. He also appeared in Ben Stiller's Tropic Thunder, replacing Owen Wilson for the role.

On January 21, 2008, McConaughey became the new spokesman for the national radio campaign, "Beef: It's What's For Dinner", replacing actor Sam Elliot.

He has been cast to star as Thomas Magnum in the 2011 movie Magnum, P.I.

Matthew McConaughey has just signed on to replace Patrick Dempsey in the upcoming movie "Blood, Sweat and Tears." The film is a rags-to-riches story about an all-girl band that becomes one of the biggest music acts in the world. It is scheduled to begin filming in Chicago and Miami in early 2010.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/04/09 at 12:06 pm

and that means more Ninny. :)
Yippee!!

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Written By: Howard on 11/04/09 at 3:16 pm

The word of the day...Homeless
Having no home or haven.
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The Homeless are just about everywhere.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/05/09 at 1:28 am

The Homeless are just about everywhere.
It is believe that there is less homeless on the streets of London than ten years sgo.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/05/09 at 1:29 am

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Written By: ninny on 11/05/09 at 5:03 am

It is believe that there is less homeless on the streets of London than ten years sgo.

If so that is good news.

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Written By: ninny on 11/05/09 at 5:11 am

The word of the day...Heaven
1. The sky or universe as seen from the earth; the firmament. Often used in the plural.
2. Christianity.
1. often Heaven The abode of God, the angels, and the souls of those who are granted salvation.
2. An eternal state of communion with God; everlasting bliss.
3. Any of the places in or beyond the sky conceived of as domains of divine beings in various religions.
4.
1. Heaven God: Heaven help you!
2. heavens Used in various phrases to express surprise: Good heavens!
5. The celestial powers; the gods. Often used in the plural: The heavens favored the young prince.
6. A condition or place of great happiness, delight, or pleasure: The lake was heaven.
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The birthday of the day...Bryan Adams
Bryan Adams, OC, OBC (born Bryan Guy Adams on November 5, 1959) is a Canadian rock singer-songwriter and photographer. Adams was first nominated at the 28th Grammy Awards for Reckless and "It's Only Love" and won the Grammy and in 1992 won the award for "Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media". He has won numerous Junos, MTV, ASCAP, American Music and Ivor Novello awards. He has also been awarded the Order of Canada and the Order of British Columbia for contributions to popular music and philanthropic work via his own foundation, which helps improve education for people around the world. Adams was inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame in 1998 and in April 2006, he was inducted into the Music Hall of Fame at Canada's Juno Awards. He was nominated for his fifth Golden Globe in 2007 for songwriting on the film Bobby which was sung by Aretha Franklin and Mary J. Blige, and has been nominated three times for Academy Awards for writing music in film.
His self-titled debut album was released in February 1980, and marked the beginning of what was to become a long songwriting partnership between Adams and co-writer Jim Vallance. With the exception of "Remember" and "Wastin' Time", most of the album was recorded from October 29 to November 29, 1979 at Manta Studios in Toronto and co-produced by Adams and Vallance. The album was certified gold in Canada in 1986.

Adams' second album, You Want It You Got It, was recorded in New York City in two weeks and it marked Adams' first album co-produced by Bob Clearmountain. It was released in 1981 and contained the FM radio hit "Lonely Nights", but it was not until his third album that he achieved international recognition, popularity and sales.

Adams also co-wrote many songs for other bands during this time including "War Machine" and "Rock and Roll Hell" for Kiss, and "No Way To Treat A Lady" for Bonnie Raitt.

Cuts Like a Knife released in January 1983, was Adams' breakout album due mainly to the lead singles. "Straight from the Heart" was the most successful song reaching number ten on the Billboard Hot 100. Another single, "Cuts Like a Knife" charted at number fifteen. "This Time" also placed on the Hot 100. Music videos were released for four of the singles from the album. "Cuts Like a Knife" arguably became Adams' most recognizable and popular song from the album. Its music video received heavy airplay on music television channels. The album peaked at number eight on the Billboard 200 album chart and achieved three times platinum status in Canada, platinum in the United States and gold in Australia.

Adams' best-selling album, Reckless co-produced by Adams and Bob Clearmountain, peaked at number one on the Billboard 200. The album was released in November 1984 and featured the singles, "Run to You", and "Summer of '69". The hit single "It's Only Love" was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rock Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group. In 1986, the song won an MTV award for Best Stage Performance. After the release of the album, Adams was nominated for Best Male Rock Performance. The album is Adams best-selling album in the United States and was certified five times platinum.

Reckless included the hit singles "Run to You", "Heaven", "Summer of '69", "One Night Love Affair", and "It's Only Love", a duet with Tina Turner. All the singles had accompanying music videos and all charted on the Billboard Hot 100 but only "Run to You", "Summer of '69", and "Heaven" peaked in the top ten. "Heaven" would become the most successful single from Reckless at the time of its release on the pop charts, reaching number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and number nine on the mainstream rock chart.

In December 1984, Adams and his touring band which consists of Keith Scott, Dave Taylor, Pat Steward and Johnny Blitz played concerts in Chicago, Detroit, New York and Philadelphia. In early 1985, Adams' started a tour throughout the United States, then later Japan, Australia, Europe and at last Canada. After winning four Juno Awards Adams started a Canadian tour through major cities across that country. Later he headed south towards the American West Coast, culminating with two dates at the studded Paladium in Los Angeles.

After the tour in the United States, Adams traveled to Ethiopia to aid famine relief in the country. Adams was also part of a grand ensemble of Canadian artists named Northern Lights, who recorded the song "Tears Are Not Enough" for the African famine relief effort. Adams later headed back to Europe for a fifty-city concert tour with rock singer Tina Turner, culminating in April with his return to London to headline three sold-out shows at the Hammersmith Odeon in London. Adams began the first leg of his tour entitled "World Wide in 85" which started in Oklahoma and ended in October 1985. Adams would later visit Vancouver, Canada, and afterward returned to the American East Coast to play two sold-out concerts in New York.

The follow up album to Reckless was Into the Fire which was released in 1987 (see 1987 in music). The album was recorded at Cliffhanger Studios in Vancouver, British Columbia and mixed at AIR Studios in London and Warehouse Studio in Vancouver. This album contained the hit songs "Heat Of The Night" and "Hearts On Fire" and hit the Top 10 on both sides of the Atlantic.
1990s

Adams' next album, Waking Up the Neighbours, co-produced by Adams and Mutt Lange, sold over ten million copies worldwide and peaked at number six on the Billboard 200.. It was even more successful on the other side of the Atlantic, reaching number 1 on both big European markets, the UK and Germany. The album was released in September 1991 and featured the powerballad "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You". This song was featured in the movie Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, starring Kevin Costner and Alan Rickman. The single topped the charts in numerous countries around the world including big markets such as the US, the UK, France, Australia and Germany. "(Everything I Do) I Do It For You" spent a record-breaking sixteen weeks at number one on the UK Singles Chart. He also made the Miles Prower Pictures logo. It also achieved record-breaking sales of four million copies in the US. Canadian content regulations were revised in 1991 to allow radio stations to credit airplay of this album towards their legal requirements to play Canadian music. Adams won a Grammy Award in 1991 for Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or for Television.

Adams further supported the album with his tour, Waking Up the World which started on October 4, 1991, in Belfast, Northern Ireland. On December 18, 1991, Adams played two first-ever shows in Reykjavik, Iceland and then performed in the U.S. with a concert at the Ritz Theatre on the 10th of January. It was a sell-out in less than twenty minutes. In attendance were music legends Ben E. King and Nona Hendrix. The Canadian leg of the ‘Waking Up The World’ Tour kicked off in Sydney, Nova Scotia on January 13, 1992, and wrapped up with a standing room only concert in Vancouver, Canada, on the 31st. In February 1992, he started touring in New Zealand and Australia for seven dates—kicking off with a press conference in Sydney. On February 21, the tour headed to Japan for approximately a dozen shows in six cities. Bryan taped an interview with Much Music’s Terry Dave Mulligan in Calgary, Alberta and the air date was scheduled for mid-March. The tour continued through several European countries in June 1992, including Italy, Germany, Holland and Scandinavia, and in July 1992, Bryan performed for the first time in Hungary and Turkey (where he filmed his video for "Do I Have To Say The Words?"). During the long tour, further singles from the Waking Up the Neighbors album were released: In the US, the rocky "Can't Stop This Thing We Started" peaked at number 2, while the power-ballad "Do I Have to Say the Words?" reached number 11. In the UK, the mid tempo "Thought I Died and Gone to Heaven" was the most successful single behind "(Everything I Do) I Do it for You" by reaching the Top 10. In September through December 1993, the tour took place in the US. The Asian tour headed to Thailand, Singapore, Japan, and Hong Kong in February, 1993, before returning to the US during March through May.

In November 1993 Adams released a compilation album entitled So Far So Good, that again topped the Charts in numerous countries such as the UK, Germany and Australia. It included a brand new song called "Please Forgive Me", that became another number 1 single in Australia as well as reaching the Top 3 in the US, the UK and Germany. In 1994 he collaborated with Rod Stewart and Sting for the single "All for Love", another power ballad written for a movie. The single topped the charts worldwide. It was followed in 1995 by Adams 3rd movie song, "Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman?" (song released with the Motion Picture Soundtrack of the movie Don Juan DeMarco). It became another number 1 in the US and Australia as well as a Top 5 hit in the UK and Germany. Released in June 1996, the album 18 til I Die contained the UK Top 10 singles "The only thing that Looks Good on Me" and "Lets Make a Night to Remember". The album peaked only at number thirty-one on the Billboard 200 in the United States and held that position for three weeks. It was much more successful in Europe and Australia and reached the top spot on the UK charts which would be Adams' third #1 in a row. The album has been certified platinum in the United States and is Adams last studio effort which has been certified by the RIAA. 18 til I Die was certified three times platinum in Canada and Australia and two times platinum in the UK. In December 1997, Adams released MTV Unplugged with three new tracks: "Back to You", "A Little Love" and "When You Love Someone". "Back to You" was the first single, followed by "I'm Ready", an acoustic version of the Cut's Like A Knife track. The album was a top 10 success in Germany while both singles reached the top 20 in the UK.

On a Day Like Today was released in 1998 and was the first studio album since Cuts Like a Knife which wasn't certified by the RIAA. However it entered the Top 5 in Germany and was certified platinum in the UK. It generated two British Top 10 singles: "Cloud Number Nine" and "When You're Gone", a duet with Melanie C, from Spice Girls.

After the release of On A Day Like Today Adams released The Best of Me, a greatest hits collection that includes two new songs, the title track "The Best of Me" and the dance track "Don't Give Up". The album reached the Top 10 in Germany and was certified three times platinum in Canada and Platinum in the UK. The single from the album, "The Best of Me" became a very successful hit with the exception of the US, where it was not released as a single.
Recent years: 2000—present
Bryan Adams playing live in Hamburg, Germany.

In 2002, Adams wrote and performed the songs for the DreamWorks animated film, Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron. The songs were included on the film's soundtrack. The most successful single from the soundtrack was Here I am, a British Top 5 and German Top 20 hit.

Adams had a cameo role in the 2002 Russian-language film House of Fools.

Six years after the release of On a Day Like Today, Room Service was released on September 2004. It topped the charts in Germany and peaked at number four in the UK, selling 440,000 copies in its first week in Europe. The single, "Open Road", was the most successful single from the album and peaked at number one in Canada and number twenty-one in the UK. In May 2008, the album was also released in the US but charted only at #134 on the Billboard 200.

In 2005, Anthology, the first 2-disc compilation was released, containing two new tracks. The US release features a new version of "When You're Gone", a duet with Pamela Anderson. Also in 2005, Adams re-recorded the theme song for the second season of Pamela's FOX sitcom Stacked.

In 2006, Adams wrote and performed the theme song "Never Let Go" which was featured in the closing credits of the film The Guardian starring Kevin Costner and Ashton Kutcher. Adams also co-wrote the song "Never Gonna Break My Faith" for the film Bobby. The song was performed by the R&B singers Aretha Franklin and Mary J. Blige and earned him a Golden Globe Nomination in 2007.

Adams released his eleventh album internationally on March 17, 2008. It was appropriately called 11. The album was released in the US exclusively at Wal-Mart and Sam's Club retail stores on May 13, 2008. The first single released from the album was "I Thought I'd Seen Everything". Adams did an 11-day, 11-country European acoustic promotional tour to kick off the release of the album. The album debuted at number one in Canada (making it his first album to reach that position since Waking Up the Neighbours in 1991) as well as reaching number 2 in Germany. In the United States the album charted at number eighty. In May 2009 Bryan Adams announced on his Twitter account that he has started writing and recording a new album in Paris. Recently he was reported to be dating Australian model Elle Macpherson.

Adams will be one of the four musicians who will be pictured on the second series of the Canadian Recording Artist Series to be issued by ‎Canada Post stamps on July 2, 2009. The total estimated number of Bryan Adams stamps to be printed is one and one-half million.
Social activist
Most of Adams' philanthropic activity is dedicated to his foundation "The Bryan Adams Foundation", which aims to advance education and learning opportunities for children and young people worldwide, believing that an education is the best gift that a child can be given. The Foundation’s area of support is broad and far-reaching, enabling grants to be given for projects supporting the elderly, victims of war and natural disasters, and those suffering from mental or physical illness. The foundation is completely funded by his photographic activities.

Since the 1980s, Adams has participated in concerts and other activities to help raise money and awareness for a variety of causes. His first high profile charity appearance came in 1985 when he opened the US transmission of Live Aid from Philadelphia. In June of the next year, Adams participated in the two-week Amnesty International "A Conspiracy of Hope" tour alongside Sting, U2 and Peter Gabriel. His next appearance for Amnesty was in February 1987 on Rock For Amnesty with Paul McCartney, Sting and Dire Straits, among others.

Playing in the U.S. section of Live Aid, Adams did not get the chance to play at Wembley Stadium; however, another opportunity came in June 1987 when Adams played there at the 5th Annual Prince's Trust Rock Gala along with Elton John, George Harrison, Ringo Starr and others. Adams was to return to Wembley Stadium the following year when he performed at the Nelson Mandela birthday party concert.

Adams helped commemorate the fall of the Berlin Wall when, in 1990, he joined many other guests (including his songwriting partner Michael Kamen) for Roger Waters' massive performance of The Wall in Berlin, Germany. He performed on the song, "The Tide Is Turning" with Waters, Joni Mitchell, Cyndi Lauper, Van Morrison, Paul Carrack and others. He also performed Pink Floyd's Young Lust and reached #7 at Mainstream Rock Tracks.

On January 29, 2005, Adams joined the CBC benefit concert in Toronto for victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake. Twenty years after performing at Live Aid in the USA, Adams played at Canada's Live 8 show in Barrie, Ontario. Later that year, he performed in Qatar and raised £1.5M ($2,617,000) from the concert and the auction of a guitar that had been signed by many of the world's most prominent guitarists for this occasion. The money went to Qatar's "Reach Out to Asia" campaign to help the underprivileged across the continent. Money raised also went to some of his own projects like rebuilding a school in Thailand and building a new sports center in Sri Lanka, both of which had been devastated by the Indian Ocean tsunami.
"Historic Day." Adams in Karachi.

On January 29, 2006, Adams became the first Western artist to perform in Karachi, Pakistan, in conjunction with a benefit concert by Shehzad Roy to raise money for underprivileged children to go to school. Some of the proceeds of that concert also went to victims of the 2005 Pakistan earthquake.

On October 18, 2007, Adams was billed to perform in Tel Aviv and Jericho as part of the OneVoice Movement concerts, hoping to aid in solving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The peace concert for supporters of a two-state solution to the conflict with Israel was called off because of security concerns.

In the mid 1990s, Adams successfully campaigned for the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary with Greenpeace Chairman David McTaggart (the two distributed over 500,000 postcards at concerts around the world encouraging politicians to vote yes for the creation of the sanctuary).

Adams occasionally writes letter on behalf of the animal rights group PETA to support treatment of Animals. He wrote to KFC Canadian CEO in November 2007 asking them to become leaders in using more modern and more humane methods of killing. Adams has been a vegan for 17 years and was also featured as a nominee for PETA's Sexiest Vegetarians of the Year.

On May 25, 2005, Adams raised £1.3M with cousin Johnny Armitage, from a concert and auction entitled Rock by the River for the Royal Marsden Hospital in London. On May 15 of the next year, Adams returned to London to attend the Hope Foundation's event (hosted by designer Bella Freud), helping to raise a portion of the £250,000 to support the Palestinian refugee children. The following June, he offered individuals from the public the chance to bid to sing with him live in concert at three different charity auctions in London. Over £50,000 was raised with money going to the NSPCC, Children in Need, and the University College Hospital. On February 28, 2008 he appeared in One Night Live at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Canada with Josh Groban, Sarah McLachlan, Jann Arden and RyanDan in aid of the Sunnybrook Hospital Women and Babies Program.

To support the peace in Georgia, Adams played a special outdoor concert in Tbilisi, on September 19, 2008.

He is also to appear on CMT'S Crossroads with Jason Aldean
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Written By: ninny on 11/05/09 at 5:19 am

The co-birthdays of the day...Art Garfunkel
Arthur Ira "Art" Garfunkel (born November 5, 1941) is an American singer, poet and actor, best known as half of the folk duo Simon & Garfunkel.
n 1963, he and Simon reformed their duo under their own names as "Simon and Garfunkel" and released their first album, Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. on Columbia Records in October 1964. It was not a critical success, and the duo subsequently split again. The next year, producer Tom Wilson lifted the song "The Sound of Silence" from the record, dubbed an electric backing onto it, and released it as a single that went to #1 on the Billboard pop charts. Simon and Garfunkel reunited and went on to become one of the most popular acts of the 1960s, releasing four more studio albums. Citing personal differences and divergence in career interests, they split following the release of their most critically acclaimed album, Bridge over Troubled Water, in 1970.
Solo career
Art Garfunkel (center) with his band after the show at Liseberg fairground on June 4, 1998

Garfunkel pursued an acting career in the early 1970s, appearing in two Mike Nichols films Catch-22 (1970) and Carnal Knowledge (1971). He later appeared in Nicholas Roeg's Bad Timing: A Sensual Obsession (1980), Good to Go, (1986) directed by Blain Novak, Boxing Helena (1993) directed by Jennifer Chambers Lynch, and The Rebound (2009) directed by Bart Freundlich. He has recorded several solo albums, scoring hits with "I Only Have Eyes For You" (a 1934 song written by Harry Warren) and "Bright Eyes" (a song written by Mike Batt, both British #1 hit singles), and "All I Know" (#9 in the United States). A version of "Bright Eyes" also appeared in the movie (based on the famous novel) Watership Down. Garfunkel briefly reunited with Paul Simon for the 1975 hit "My Little Town"; Simon, and mutual friend James Taylor, also contributed backing vocals to Garfunkel's 1977 cover of Sam Cooke's "(What a) Wonderful World", which reached #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart and #17 pop.

Following disappointing sales of his 1981 album Scissors Cut (dedicated to Laurie Bird), Garfunkel reunited with Simon for The Concert in Central Park and a world tour. They had disagreements during the tour. In 1984 Stereo Review Magazine reported that Simon mixed out Garfunkel's voice from a new album, initially slated to be a Simon and Garfunkel studio reunion, but ultimately released as a Simon solo album (Hearts and Bones). Garfunkel then left the music scene until his 1988 album, Lefty and later 1993's Up 'til Now, neither of which received significant critical or commercial success. His live 1996 concert Across America, recorded at the registry hall on Ellis Island features musical guests James Taylor, Garfunkel's wife, Kim, and his son James.

Garfunkel performed the theme song for the 1991 television series, Brooklyn Bridge, and "The Ballad of Buster Baxter" for a 1998 episode of the children's educational television series Arthur, where he was depicted as a singing/narrator moose. Garfunkel's performance of Monty Python member Eric Idle's "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life" was used in the end credits of the 1997 film As Good as It Gets.
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* Peter Noone
eter Noone (born Peter Blair Denis Bernard Noone, 5 November 1947, at Park Hospital, Davyhulme, near Manchester) is an English singer, songwriter, guitarist, pianist and actor, best known as "Herman" of the successful 1960s rock group Herman's Hermits.
Career

The son of an accountant, Noone attended Wellacre Primary School in Flixton, Urmston and Stretford Grammar School near Manchester. He played a number of acting roles on television, including that of Stanley Fairclough in the soap opera Coronation Street. Noone studied voice and drama at St Bede's College, Manchester and Manchester School of Music, where he won the Outstanding Young Musician Award.

Early in his career, he used the stage name Peter Novak. At the age of 15, he became the lead singer, spokesman, and frontman of Herman's Hermits. As "Herman", the photogenic Noone appeared on the cover of many international publications, including Time Magazine.

After leaving Herman's Hermits, Noone recorded 4 singles for UK Rak, 1 single for UK and US Philips, and several singles for the small UK Bus Stop label. His first RAK single, Oh! You Pretty Things, was a hit in the UK; it was written by David Bowie, who also played piano on the track. Noone's subsequent singles were not successful.

During the 1970s, Noone also starred in various stage, TV and film productions, including ABC's musical version of The Canterville Ghost, the lead in Pinocchio, (1968 TV programme) and Hallmark Hall of Fame's presentation of Pinocchio). He starred in three films for MGM: Mrs. Brown, You've Got A Lovely Daughter, Hold On! and When The Boys Meet The Girls. He received favourable reviews in the lead role of Frederic in several Broadway theatre productions of The Pirates of Penzance during the 1980s. Also in the 1980s, Noone fronted a new-wave band called the Tremblers, and released a solo album, One of the Glory Boys.

He was the host of VH1's My Generation from 1989 to 1993, and in 2001 he was voted "VH1's Sexiest Artist. The Viewers' Choice award". He now lives in Santa Barbara, California, USA. One of his neighbors is Dennis Miller, and Noone occasionally appears on his radio programme.

He still tours with a group called Herman's Hermits starring Peter Noone. Noone appeared on the televised singing show American Idol on 20 March 2007 as a mentor for male contestants on the show. He performed "There's a Kind of Hush" on American Idol on 21 March 2007.

Noone has a fan base of self-proclaimed "Noonatics". Many of his fans follow him from city to city, with concert venues often containing several dozen colorfully dressed and vocal Noonatics. They meet on his website - peternoone.com - for chatroom discussions, photos, member map and concert information.
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Written By: Howard on 11/05/09 at 5:43 am

The word of the day...Heaven
1. The sky or universe as seen from the earth; the firmament. Often used in the plural.
2. Christianity.
1. often Heaven The abode of God, the angels, and the souls of those who are granted salvation.
2. An eternal state of communion with God; everlasting bliss.
3. Any of the places in or beyond the sky conceived of as domains of divine beings in various religions.
4.
1. Heaven God: Heaven help you!
2. heavens Used in various phrases to express surprise: Good heavens!
5. The celestial powers; the gods. Often used in the plural: The heavens favored the young prince.
6. A condition or place of great happiness, delight, or pleasure: The lake was heaven.
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Wow so beautiful. :)

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Written By: ninny on 11/05/09 at 7:34 am

Wow so beautiful. :)

Lets hope Heaven is.

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Written By: CatwomanofV on 11/05/09 at 12:08 pm

I love ALL the birthday boys today. It is interesting because I read in the paper just this morning that Bryan Adams is coming to the area. He will be here next March. Hopefully I can talk Carlos into going.

Cat

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 11/05/09 at 1:24 pm

I love ALL the birthday boys today. It is interesting because I read in the paper just this morning that Bryan Adams is coming to the area. He will be here next March. Hopefully I can talk Carlos into going.

Cat

Today was one of those days when I looked at the list and said yes, I like these people. There are days when it takes me a while to pick someone out,so I like days like this when it is easy.
Bryan Adams concert would be nice to go to,hope you get to go.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/05/09 at 1:30 pm

The birthday of the day...Bryan Adams
Bryan Adams, OC, OBC (born Bryan Guy Adams on November 5, 1959) is a Canadian rock singer-songwriter and photographer. Adams was first nominated at the 28th Grammy Awards for Reckless and "It's Only Love" and won the Grammy and in 1992 won the award for "Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media". He has won numerous Junos, MTV, ASCAP, American Music and Ivor Novello awards. He has also been awarded the Order of Canada and the Order of British Columbia for contributions to popular music and philanthropic work via his own foundation, which helps improve education for people around the world. Adams was inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame in 1998 and in April 2006, he was inducted into the Music Hall of Fame at Canada's Juno Awards. He was nominated for his fifth Golden Globe in 2007 for songwriting on the film Bobby which was sung by Aretha Franklin and Mary J. Blige, and has been nominated three times for Academy Awards for writing music in film.
His self-titled debut album was released in February 1980, and marked the beginning of what was to become a long songwriting partnership between Adams and co-writer Jim Vallance. With the exception of "Remember" and "Wastin' Time", most of the album was recorded from October 29 to November 29, 1979 at Manta Studios in Toronto and co-produced by Adams and Vallance. The album was certified gold in Canada in 1986.

Adams' second album, You Want It You Got It, was recorded in New York City in two weeks and it marked Adams' first album co-produced by Bob Clearmountain. It was released in 1981 and contained the FM radio hit "Lonely Nights", but it was not until his third album that he achieved international recognition, popularity and sales.

Adams also co-wrote many songs for other bands during this time including "War Machine" and "Rock and Roll Hell" for Kiss, and "No Way To Treat A Lady" for Bonnie Raitt.

Cuts Like a Knife released in January 1983, was Adams' breakout album due mainly to the lead singles. "Straight from the Heart" was the most successful song reaching number ten on the Billboard Hot 100. Another single, "Cuts Like a Knife" charted at number fifteen. "This Time" also placed on the Hot 100. Music videos were released for four of the singles from the album. "Cuts Like a Knife" arguably became Adams' most recognizable and popular song from the album. Its music video received heavy airplay on music television channels. The album peaked at number eight on the Billboard 200 album chart and achieved three times platinum status in Canada, platinum in the United States and gold in Australia.

Adams' best-selling album, Reckless co-produced by Adams and Bob Clearmountain, peaked at number one on the Billboard 200. The album was released in November 1984 and featured the singles, "Run to You", and "Summer of '69". The hit single "It's Only Love" was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rock Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group. In 1986, the song won an MTV award for Best Stage Performance. After the release of the album, Adams was nominated for Best Male Rock Performance. The album is Adams best-selling album in the United States and was certified five times platinum.

Reckless included the hit singles "Run to You", "Heaven", "Summer of '69", "One Night Love Affair", and "It's Only Love", a duet with Tina Turner. All the singles had accompanying music videos and all charted on the Billboard Hot 100 but only "Run to You", "Summer of '69", and "Heaven" peaked in the top ten. "Heaven" would become the most successful single from Reckless at the time of its release on the pop charts, reaching number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and number nine on the mainstream rock chart.

In December 1984, Adams and his touring band which consists of Keith Scott, Dave Taylor, Pat Steward and Johnny Blitz played concerts in Chicago, Detroit, New York and Philadelphia. In early 1985, Adams' started a tour throughout the United States, then later Japan, Australia, Europe and at last Canada. After winning four Juno Awards Adams started a Canadian tour through major cities across that country. Later he headed south towards the American West Coast, culminating with two dates at the studded Paladium in Los Angeles.

After the tour in the United States, Adams traveled to Ethiopia to aid famine relief in the country. Adams was also part of a grand ensemble of Canadian artists named Northern Lights, who recorded the song "Tears Are Not Enough" for the African famine relief effort. Adams later headed back to Europe for a fifty-city concert tour with rock singer Tina Turner, culminating in April with his return to London to headline three sold-out shows at the Hammersmith Odeon in London. Adams began the first leg of his tour entitled "World Wide in 85" which started in Oklahoma and ended in October 1985. Adams would later visit Vancouver, Canada, and afterward returned to the American East Coast to play two sold-out concerts in New York.

The follow up album to Reckless was Into the Fire which was released in 1987 (see 1987 in music). The album was recorded at Cliffhanger Studios in Vancouver, British Columbia and mixed at AIR Studios in London and Warehouse Studio in Vancouver. This album contained the hit songs "Heat Of The Night" and "Hearts On Fire" and hit the Top 10 on both sides of the Atlantic.
1990s

Adams' next album, Waking Up the Neighbours, co-produced by Adams and Mutt Lange, sold over ten million copies worldwide and peaked at number six on the Billboard 200.. It was even more successful on the other side of the Atlantic, reaching number 1 on both big European markets, the UK and Germany. The album was released in September 1991 and featured the powerballad "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You". This song was featured in the movie Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, starring Kevin Costner and Alan Rickman. The single topped the charts in numerous countries around the world including big markets such as the US, the UK, France, Australia and Germany. "(Everything I Do) I Do It For You" spent a record-breaking sixteen weeks at number one on the UK Singles Chart. He also made the Miles Prower Pictures logo. It also achieved record-breaking sales of four million copies in the US. Canadian content regulations were revised in 1991 to allow radio stations to credit airplay of this album towards their legal requirements to play Canadian music. Adams won a Grammy Award in 1991 for Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or for Television.

Adams further supported the album with his tour, Waking Up the World which started on October 4, 1991, in Belfast, Northern Ireland. On December 18, 1991, Adams played two first-ever shows in Reykjavik, Iceland and then performed in the U.S. with a concert at the Ritz Theatre on the 10th of January. It was a sell-out in less than twenty minutes. In attendance were music legends Ben E. King and Nona Hendrix. The Canadian leg of the ‘Waking Up The World’ Tour kicked off in Sydney, Nova Scotia on January 13, 1992, and wrapped up with a standing room only concert in Vancouver, Canada, on the 31st. In February 1992, he started touring in New Zealand and Australia for seven dates—kicking off with a press conference in Sydney. On February 21, the tour headed to Japan for approximately a dozen shows in six cities. Bryan taped an interview with Much Music’s Terry Dave Mulligan in Calgary, Alberta and the air date was scheduled for mid-March. The tour continued through several European countries in June 1992, including Italy, Germany, Holland and Scandinavia, and in July 1992, Bryan performed for the first time in Hungary and Turkey (where he filmed his video for "Do I Have To Say The Words?"). During the long tour, further singles from the Waking Up the Neighbors album were released: In the US, the rocky "Can't Stop This Thing We Started" peaked at number 2, while the power-ballad "Do I Have to Say the Words?" reached number 11. In the UK, the mid tempo "Thought I Died and Gone to Heaven" was the most successful single behind "(Everything I Do) I Do it for You" by reaching the Top 10. In September through December 1993, the tour took place in the US. The Asian tour headed to Thailand, Singapore, Japan, and Hong Kong in February, 1993, before returning to the US during March through May.

In November 1993 Adams released a compilation album entitled So Far So Good, that again topped the Charts in numerous countries such as the UK, Germany and Australia. It included a brand new song called "Please Forgive Me", that became another number 1 single in Australia as well as reaching the Top 3 in the US, the UK and Germany. In 1994 he collaborated with Rod Stewart and Sting for the single "All for Love", another power ballad written for a movie. The single topped the charts worldwide. It was followed in 1995 by Adams 3rd movie song, "Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman?" (song released with the Motion Picture Soundtrack of the movie Don Juan DeMarco). It became another number 1 in the US and Australia as well as a Top 5 hit in the UK and Germany. Released in June 1996, the album 18 til I Die contained the UK Top 10 singles "The only thing that Looks Good on Me" and "Lets Make a Night to Remember". The album peaked only at number thirty-one on the Billboard 200 in the United States and held that position for three weeks. It was much more successful in Europe and Australia and reached the top spot on the UK charts which would be Adams' third #1 in a row. The album has been certified platinum in the United States and is Adams last studio effort which has been certified by the RIAA. 18 til I Die was certified three times platinum in Canada and Australia and two times platinum in the UK. In December 1997, Adams released MTV Unplugged with three new tracks: "Back to You", "A Little Love" and "When You Love Someone". "Back to You" was the first single, followed by "I'm Ready", an acoustic version of the Cut's Like A Knife track. The album was a top 10 success in Germany while both singles reached the top 20 in the UK.

On a Day Like Today was released in 1998 and was the first studio album since Cuts Like a Knife which wasn't certified by the RIAA. However it entered the Top 5 in Germany and was certified platinum in the UK. It generated two British Top 10 singles: "Cloud Number Nine" and "When You're Gone", a duet with Melanie C, from Spice Girls.

After the release of On A Day Like Today Adams released The Best of Me, a greatest hits collection that includes two new songs, the title track "The Best of Me" and the dance track "Don't Give Up". The album reached the Top 10 in Germany and was certified three times platinum in Canada and Platinum in the UK. The single from the album, "The Best of Me" became a very successful hit with the exception of the US, where it was not released as a single.
Recent years: 2000—present
Bryan Adams playing live in Hamburg, Germany.

In 2002, Adams wrote and performed the songs for the DreamWorks animated film, Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron. The songs were included on the film's soundtrack. The most successful single from the soundtrack was Here I am, a British Top 5 and German Top 20 hit.

Adams had a cameo role in the 2002 Russian-language film House of Fools.

Six years after the release of On a Day Like Today, Room Service was released on September 2004. It topped the charts in Germany and peaked at number four in the UK, selling 440,000 copies in its first week in Europe. The single, "Open Road", was the most successful single from the album and peaked at number one in Canada and number twenty-one in the UK. In May 2008, the album was also released in the US but charted only at #134 on the Billboard 200.

In 2005, Anthology, the first 2-disc compilation was released, containing two new tracks. The US release features a new version of "When You're Gone", a duet with Pamela Anderson. Also in 2005, Adams re-recorded the theme song for the second season of Pamela's FOX sitcom Stacked.

In 2006, Adams wrote and performed the theme song "Never Let Go" which was featured in the closing credits of the film The Guardian starring Kevin Costner and Ashton Kutcher. Adams also co-wrote the song "Never Gonna Break My Faith" for the film Bobby. The song was performed by the R&B singers Aretha Franklin and Mary J. Blige and earned him a Golden Globe Nomination in 2007.

Adams released his eleventh album internationally on March 17, 2008. It was appropriately called 11. The album was released in the US exclusively at Wal-Mart and Sam's Club retail stores on May 13, 2008. The first single released from the album was "I Thought I'd Seen Everything". Adams did an 11-day, 11-country European acoustic promotional tour to kick off the release of the album. The album debuted at number one in Canada (making it his first album to reach that position since Waking Up the Neighbours in 1991) as well as reaching number 2 in Germany. In the United States the album charted at number eighty. In May 2009 Bryan Adams announced on his Twitter account that he has started writing and recording a new album in Paris. Recently he was reported to be dating Australian model Elle Macpherson.

Adams will be one of the four musicians who will be pictured on the second series of the Canadian Recording Artist Series to be issued by ‎Canada Post stamps on July 2, 2009. The total estimated number of Bryan Adams stamps to be printed is one and one-half million.
Social activist
Most of Adams' philanthropic activity is dedicated to his foundation "The Bryan Adams Foundation", which aims to advance education and learning opportunities for children and young people worldwide, believing that an education is the best gift that a child can be given. The Foundation’s area of support is broad and far-reaching, enabling grants to be given for projects supporting the elderly, victims of war and natural disasters, and those suffering from mental or physical illness. The foundation is completely funded by his photographic activities.

Since the 1980s, Adams has participated in concerts and other activities to help raise money and awareness for a variety of causes. His first high profile charity appearance came in 1985 when he opened the US transmission of Live Aid from Philadelphia. In June of the next year, Adams participated in the two-week Amnesty International "A Conspiracy of Hope" tour alongside Sting, U2 and Peter Gabriel. His next appearance for Amnesty was in February 1987 on Rock For Amnesty with Paul McCartney, Sting and Dire Straits, among others.

Playing in the U.S. section of Live Aid, Adams did not get the chance to play at Wembley Stadium; however, another opportunity came in June 1987 when Adams played there at the 5th Annual Prince's Trust Rock Gala along with Elton John, George Harrison, Ringo Starr and others. Adams was to return to Wembley Stadium the following year when he performed at the Nelson Mandela birthday party concert.

Adams helped commemorate the fall of the Berlin Wall when, in 1990, he joined many other guests (including his songwriting partner Michael Kamen) for Roger Waters' massive performance of The Wall in Berlin, Germany. He performed on the song, "The Tide Is Turning" with Waters, Joni Mitchell, Cyndi Lauper, Van Morrison, Paul Carrack and others. He also performed Pink Floyd's Young Lust and reached #7 at Mainstream Rock Tracks.

On January 29, 2005, Adams joined the CBC benefit concert in Toronto for victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake. Twenty years after performing at Live Aid in the USA, Adams played at Canada's Live 8 show in Barrie, Ontario. Later that year, he performed in Qatar and raised £1.5M ($2,617,000) from the concert and the auction of a guitar that had been signed by many of the world's most prominent guitarists for this occasion. The money went to Qatar's "Reach Out to Asia" campaign to help the underprivileged across the continent. Money raised also went to some of his own projects like rebuilding a school in Thailand and building a new sports center in Sri Lanka, both of which had been devastated by the Indian Ocean tsunami.
"Historic Day." Adams in Karachi.

On January 29, 2006, Adams became the first Western artist to perform in Karachi, Pakistan, in conjunction with a benefit concert by Shehzad Roy to raise money for underprivileged children to go to school. Some of the proceeds of that concert also went to victims of the 2005 Pakistan earthquake.

On October 18, 2007, Adams was billed to perform in Tel Aviv and Jericho as part of the OneVoice Movement concerts, hoping to aid in solving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The peace concert for supporters of a two-state solution to the conflict with Israel was called off because of security concerns.

In the mid 1990s, Adams successfully campaigned for the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary with Greenpeace Chairman David McTaggart (the two distributed over 500,000 postcards at concerts around the world encouraging politicians to vote yes for the creation of the sanctuary).

Adams occasionally writes letter on behalf of the animal rights group PETA to support treatment of Animals. He wrote to KFC Canadian CEO in November 2007 asking them to become leaders in using more modern and more humane methods of killing. Adams has been a vegan for 17 years and was also featured as a nominee for PETA's Sexiest Vegetarians of the Year.

On May 25, 2005, Adams raised £1.3M with cousin Johnny Armitage, from a concert and auction entitled Rock by the River for the Royal Marsden Hospital in London. On May 15 of the next year, Adams returned to London to attend the Hope Foundation's event (hosted by designer Bella Freud), helping to raise a portion of the £250,000 to support the Palestinian refugee children. The following June, he offered individuals from the public the chance to bid to sing with him live in concert at three different charity auctions in London. Over £50,000 was raised with money going to the NSPCC, Children in Need, and the University College Hospital. On February 28, 2008 he appeared in One Night Live at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Canada with Josh Groban, Sarah McLachlan, Jann Arden and RyanDan in aid of the Sunnybrook Hospital Women and Babies Program.

To support the peace in Georgia, Adams played a special outdoor concert in Tbilisi, on September 19, 2008.

He is also to appear on CMT'S Crossroads with Jason Aldean

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/05/09 at 1:34 pm

The word of the day...Heaven
1. The sky or universe as seen from the earth; the firmament. Often used in the plural.
2. Christianity.
1. often Heaven The abode of God, the angels, and the souls of those who are granted salvation.
2. An eternal state of communion with God; everlasting bliss.
3. Any of the places in or beyond the sky conceived of as domains of divine beings in various religions.
4.
1. Heaven God: Heaven help you!
2. heavens Used in various phrases to express surprise: Good heavens!
5. The celestial powers; the gods. Often used in the plural: The heavens favored the young prince.
6. A condition or place of great happiness, delight, or pleasure: The lake was heaven.

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Written By: CatwomanofV on 11/05/09 at 1:46 pm

I LOVE this song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hq2KgzKETBw

Cat

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/05/09 at 1:53 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKr-SEIgKCs

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Written By: Howard on 11/05/09 at 3:32 pm

Lets hope Heaven is.

Too much heaven.

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Written By: ninny on 11/05/09 at 4:54 pm

Everything he did he did for you! http://www.inthe00s.com/Smileys/nov5th/wink.gif

Good song :)
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One of the greatest songs ever
I LOVE this song.

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Cat

Love this song..I'll always associate this song with the winter guard at my kids school, I went one year with a friend and they preformed to this song and it always stuck with me. :)

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Written By: ninny on 11/05/09 at 4:56 pm

Too much heaven.

The Bee Gees :)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/06/09 at 1:30 am

Three Steps To Heaven ~ Eddie Cochran

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Written By: ninny on 11/06/09 at 5:46 am

The word of the day...Flying
1. Of or relating to aviation: a flying time of three hours between cities.
2. Capable of or engaged in flight: The bat is a flying mammal.
3. Situated, extending, or functioning in the air: a flying deck.
4.
1. Swiftly moving; fleet: played the difficult passage with flying fingers.
2. Done or performed swiftly in or as if in the air: crossed the goal line with a flying leap.
5. Brief; hurried: made a flying visit to the neighbors' house; took a flying glance at the report.
6. Capable of swift deployment or response; extremely mobile.
7. Nautical. Not secured by spars or stays. Used of a sail.

n.

1. Flight in an aircraft or spacecraft.
2. The piloting or navigation of an aircraft or spacecraft.
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Written By: ninny on 11/06/09 at 5:49 am

The birthday of the day...Sally Field
Sally Margaret Field (born November 6, 1946) is an American actress. She became a household name at the age of 20 as Sister Bertrille in the 1960s sitcom The Flying Nun. She has won two Academy Awards, one for Norma Rae in 1979, and another for Places in the Heart in 1984.

Field has won numerous awards, including Golden Globes, Primetime Emmy Awards and Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actress.

She won an Emmy Award for her guest appearances on ER and for her role as Nora Holden Walker on the ABC drama Brothers & Sisters, currently in its fourth season, as the Walker family matriarch.
Field got her start on television as the boy-struck surfer girl in the mid-1960s surf culture sitcom series, Gidget. She went on to star in her best-known television role as Sister Bertrille in The Flying Nun. In an interview included on the DVD release of The Flying Nun, she said that she would have preferred to continue playing Gidget. While starring on The Flying Nun, Sally tried her hand at singing, releasing an album on Colgems Records in 1967. The same year, she cracked the Billboard Hot 100 with one single, Felicidad. Later, she starred opposite John Davidson in a short-lived series called The Girl with Something Extra.

She made several guest appearances, including a recurring role on the western comedy Alias Smith and Jones, starring Pete Duel (with whom she had worked on Gidget) and Ben Murphy, and the Rod Serling's Night Gallery episode, Whisper.
...and at Expo 67.

Having played mostly comedic characters on television, Field had a difficult time being cast in dramatic roles. She studied with famed acting teacher Lee Strasberg, who had previously helped Marilyn Monroe go beyond the "bimbo" roles with which her career had begun.

Soon afterward, Field landed the title role in the 1976 TV film Sybil, the first of two films based on the book written by Flora Rheta Schreiber. Field's dramatic portrayal of Sybil, a young woman afflicted with multiple personality disorder, in the TV film not only garnered her an Emmy Award in 1977 but also enabled her to break through the typecasting she had experienced from her television sitcom roles.
Film

Field has enjoyed critical and commercial success in movies, particularly in the 1970s and '80s.

In 1977, she co-starred with Burt Reynolds, Jackie Gleason and Jerry Reed in that year's #2 grossing film, Smokey and the Bandit.

In 1979, she played a union organizer in Norma Rae, a successful film that established her status as a dramatic actress. Vincent Canby, in his review of the film for the New York Times, wrote: "Norma Rae is a seriously concerned contemporary drama, illuminated by some very good performances and one, Miss Field's, that is spectacular." She won the Best Female Performance Prize at the Cannes Film Festival and the Academy Award for Best Actress.

Field did three more of Reynolds' films (The End, Hooper and Smokey and the Bandit II), none particularly an acting challenge. In 1981, Field continued to change her image, playing a foul-mouthed prostitute opposite Tommy Lee Jones in the South-set film Back Roads, which received middling reviews and grossed $11 million at the box office.

She won Golden Globe nominations for the 1981 drama Absence of Malice and 1982 comedy Kiss Me Goodbye.

Then came a second Academy Award in 1985 for her starring role in Places in the Heart. Field's gushing acceptance speech is well-remembered for its earnestness. She said, "I haven't had an orthodox career, and I've wanted more than anything to have your respect. The first time I didn't feel it, but this time I feel it, and I can't deny the fact that you like me, right now, you like me!" The line ending in "...I can't deny the fact that you like me, right now, you like me!" is often misquoted as simply "You like me, you really like me!" which has subsequently been the subject of many parodies. (Field parodied the line herself in a commercial.)

Also in 1985, she co-starred with James Garner in the romantic comedy Murphy's Romance. In A&E's biography of Garner, she cited her on-screen kiss with Garner as the best cinematic kiss she had ever had.

Field appeared on the cover of the March 1986 issue of Playboy magazine – she was the interview subject in that month's issue. She did not appear as a pictorial subject inside the magazine, although she did wear the classic leotard and bunny-ears outfit on the cover.

For her role as the matriarch, M'Lynn, in the film version of Steel Magnolias (1989), she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress. She had supporting roles in a number of other movies, including Mrs. Doubtfire (1993) in which she played Miranda Hillard, the wife of Robin Williams's character and the love interest of Pierce Brosnan'ss character Stuart 'Stu' Dunmyer, followed by the role of Forrest's mother in Forrest Gump (1994). She is only 10 years older than Tom Hanks, with whom she had co-starred six years earlier in Punchline.

Her other films in the '90s included Not Without My Daughter, controversial suspense film, and Soapdish, a comedy in which Field plays the pampered star of a television soap opera.
Recent roles

On television, Field had a recurring role on ER in the 2000–2001 season as Dr. Abby Lockhart's mother Maggie, who is struggling to cope with bipolar disorder, a role for which she won an Emmy Award in 2001. After her critically acclaimed stint on the show, she returned to the role in 2003 and 2006. She also starred in the very short-lived 2002 series The Court.

Field has also ventured into the realm of directing. Her first directorial stint was for the television film The Christmas Tree (1996). She also directed the feature film Beautiful (2000) as well as an episode of the TV mini-series From the Earth to the Moon (1998).

Field was a late addition to the ABC drama Brothers & Sisters, which debuted in September 2006. In the show's pilot, the role of matriarch Nora Walker had been played by actress Betty Buckley. However, the producers of the show decided to take the character of Nora in another direction, and Field was cast in the role. She won the 2007 Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in her role as Nora Walker.

Field recently had a voice role as Marina del Ray, the villain in Disney's The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning, which was released in August 2008.

Currently, Field can be seen on television as the compensated spokesperson for Roche Laboratories' postmenopausal osteoporosis treatment medication, Boniva.
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Written By: ninny on 11/06/09 at 5:52 am

The co-birthday of the day...Mike Nichols
Mike Nichols (born 6 November 1931) is an American television, stage and film director, writer, and producer. Nichols is one of only ten people to have won all the major American entertainment awards: an Oscar, Grammy, Emmy and Tony Award.
Nichols formed a comedy team with Elaine May, with whom he appeared in nightclubs, on radio, released best-selling records, made guest appearances on several television programs and had their own show on Broadway, directed by Arthur Penn. They were accompanied by Chicago pianist Marty Rubenstein, host of the television show Marty's Place. Personal idiosyncrasies and tensions (the latter culminating in the out-of-town closing of A Matter of Position, a play written by May and starring Nichols) eventually drove the duo apart to pursue other projects in 1961. They later reconciled and worked together many times, with May scripting his films The Birdcage and Primary Colors. They appeared together at President Jimmy Carter's inaugural gala and in a 1980 New Haven stage revival of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? with Swoosie Kurtz and James Naughton.

Nichols was chosen to direct Neil Simon's Barefoot In The Park in 1963. He realized almost at once that directing was what he wanted to do for the rest of his life. Nichols's production of Simon's play was a blockbuster hit, running for 1530 performances. He went on to direct (and occasionally produce) many other Broadway hits, including several more by Simon. He has won numerous theatre awards, including the Tony Award for Best Direction for seven different productions.

Nichols' career as a film director began with Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? in 1966 for which he received an Oscar nomination, and The Graduate--the biggest hit film released in 1967—for which he won the Best Director Oscar. He's also won Emmy Awards for his direction of Wit (2001) and Angels in America (2003).

Nichols is a contributing blogger at The Huffington Post. He's also a co-founder of The New Actors Workshop in New York City, where he occasionally teaches.
Stage productions

* Barefoot in the Park (1963)
* Luv (1964)
* The Odd Couple (1965)
* The Apple Tree (1966)
* The Little Foxes (1967)
* Plaza Suite (1968)
* The Prisoner of Second Avenue (1971)
* Uncle Vanya (1973)
* Streamers (1976)
* Comedians (1976)
* Fools (1981)
* The Real Thing (1984)
* Hurlyburly (1984)
* Whoopi Goldberg (1984)
* Social Security (1986)
* Death and the Maiden (1992)
* The Seagull (2001)
* Spamalot (2005)
* Country Girl (2008)

Filmography
See also: Category:Films directed by Mike Nichols
Year Film Oscar
nominations Oscar
wins
1966 Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? 13 5
1967 The Graduate 7 1
1968 Teach Me!
1970 Catch-22
1971 Carnal Knowledge 1
1973 The Day of the Dolphin 2
1975 The Fortune
1980 Gilda Live
1983 Silkwood 5
1986 Heartburn
1988 Biloxi Blues
Working Girl 6 1
1990 Postcards from the Edge 2
1991 Regarding Henry
1994 Wolf
1996 The Birdcage 1
1998 Primary Colors 2
2000 What Planet Are You From?
2001 Wit
2003 Angels in America
2004 Closer 2
2007 Charlie Wilson's War 1
Awards and nominations

Awards

* 1961 Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album
* 1964 Tony Award for Best Director of a Play – Barefoot in the Park
* 1965 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play – Luv and The Odd Couple
* 1968 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play – Plaza Suite
* 1968 Academy Award for Best Director – The Graduate
* 1972 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play – The Prisoner of Second Avenue
* 1977 Tony Award for Best Musical – Annie
* 1977 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Play – Comedians
* 1977 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Musical – Annie
* 1984 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play – The Real Thing
* 1984 Tony Award for Best Play – The Real Thing
* 1984 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding New Play – The Real Thing
* 2001 Emmy Award for Direction for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special – Wit
* 2001 Emmy Award for Outstanding Made for Television Movie – Wit
* 2003 Kennedy Center Honors
* 2004 Emmy Award for Direction - Miniseries/Movie – Angels in America
* 2004 Emmy Award for Outstanding Miniseries – Angels in America
* 2005 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical – Spamalot
* 2010 American Film Institute Lifetime Achievement Award

Nominations

* 1967 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical – The Apple Tree
* 1967 Academy Award for Best Director – Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
* 1974 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play – Uncle Vanya
* 1976 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Play – Streamers
* 1977 Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series – Family
* 1977 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play – Comedians
* 1978 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play – The Gin Game
* 1978 Tony Award for Best Play – The Gin Game
* 1978 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Play – The Gin Game
* 1978 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding New Play – The Gin Game
* 1982 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding New Play – Grown Ups
* 1984 Academy Award for Best Director – Silkwood
* 1984 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Play – The Real Thing
* 1985 Tony Award for Best Play – Hurlyburly
* 1989 Academy Award for Best Director – Working Girl"
* 1994 Academy Award for Best Picture – The Remains of the Day
* 2001 Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing - Miniseries/Movie – Wit
* 2003 Tony Award for Best Special Theatrical Event – The Play What I Wrote
* 2003 Drama Desk Award for Unique Theatrical Experience – The Play What I Wrote
* 2005 Tony Award for Best Special Theatrical Event – Whoopi
* 2005 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Musical – Spamalot

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Written By: Howard on 11/06/09 at 6:47 am

The word of the day...Flying
1. Of or relating to aviation: a flying time of three hours between cities.
2. Capable of or engaged in flight: The bat is a flying mammal.
3. Situated, extending, or functioning in the air: a flying deck.
4.
1. Swiftly moving; fleet: played the difficult passage with flying fingers.
2. Done or performed swiftly in or as if in the air: crossed the goal line with a flying leap.
5. Brief; hurried: made a flying visit to the neighbors' house; took a flying glance at the report.
6. Capable of swift deployment or response; extremely mobile.
7. Nautical. Not secured by spars or stays. Used of a sail.

n.

1. Flight in an aircraft or spacecraft.
2. The piloting or navigation of an aircraft or spacecraft.
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I believe I can fly.

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Written By: Womble on 11/06/09 at 8:37 am

Great "Flying" pics, Ninny! Thanks for posting! :)

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Written By: CatwomanofV on 11/06/09 at 10:40 am

Sally Field looks terrific.

Cat

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/06/09 at 12:17 pm

The word of the day...Flying
1. Of or relating to aviation: a flying time of three hours between cities.
2. Capable of or engaged in flight: The bat is a flying mammal.
3. Situated, extending, or functioning in the air: a flying deck.
4.
1. Swiftly moving; fleet: played the difficult passage with flying fingers.
2. Done or performed swiftly in or as if in the air: crossed the goal line with a flying leap.
5. Brief; hurried: made a flying visit to the neighbors' house; took a flying glance at the report.
6. Capable of swift deployment or response; extremely mobile.
7. Nautical. Not secured by spars or stays. Used of a sail.

n.

1. Flight in an aircraft or spacecraft.
2. The piloting or navigation of an aircraft or spacecraft.

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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/06/09 at 12:19 pm

The birthday of the day...Sally Field
Sally Margaret Field (born November 6, 1946) is an American actress. She became a household name at the age of 20 as Sister Bertrille in the 1960s sitcom The Flying Nun. She has won two Academy Awards, one for Norma Rae in 1979, and another for Places in the Heart in 1984.

Field has won numerous awards, including Golden Globes, Primetime Emmy Awards and Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actress.

She won an Emmy Award for her guest appearances on ER and for her role as Nora Holden Walker on the ABC drama Brothers & Sisters, currently in its fourth season, as the Walker family matriarch.
Field got her start on television as the boy-struck surfer girl in the mid-1960s surf culture sitcom series, Gidget. She went on to star in her best-known television role as Sister Bertrille in The Flying Nun. In an interview included on the DVD release of The Flying Nun, she said that she would have preferred to continue playing Gidget. While starring on The Flying Nun, Sally tried her hand at singing, releasing an album on Colgems Records in 1967. The same year, she cracked the Billboard Hot 100 with one single, Felicidad. Later, she starred opposite John Davidson in a short-lived series called The Girl with Something Extra.

She made several guest appearances, including a recurring role on the western comedy Alias Smith and Jones, starring Pete Duel (with whom she had worked on Gidget) and Ben Murphy, and the Rod Serling's Night Gallery episode, Whisper.
...and at Expo 67.

Having played mostly comedic characters on television, Field had a difficult time being cast in dramatic roles. She studied with famed acting teacher Lee Strasberg, who had previously helped Marilyn Monroe go beyond the "bimbo" roles with which her career had begun.

Soon afterward, Field landed the title role in the 1976 TV film Sybil, the first of two films based on the book written by Flora Rheta Schreiber. Field's dramatic portrayal of Sybil, a young woman afflicted with multiple personality disorder, in the TV film not only garnered her an Emmy Award in 1977 but also enabled her to break through the typecasting she had experienced from her television sitcom roles.
Film

Field has enjoyed critical and commercial success in movies, particularly in the 1970s and '80s.

In 1977, she co-starred with Burt Reynolds, Jackie Gleason and Jerry Reed in that year's #2 grossing film, Smokey and the Bandit.

In 1979, she played a union organizer in Norma Rae, a successful film that established her status as a dramatic actress. Vincent Canby, in his review of the film for the New York Times, wrote: "Norma Rae is a seriously concerned contemporary drama, illuminated by some very good performances and one, Miss Field's, that is spectacular." She won the Best Female Performance Prize at the Cannes Film Festival and the Academy Award for Best Actress.

Field did three more of Reynolds' films (The End, Hooper and Smokey and the Bandit II), none particularly an acting challenge. In 1981, Field continued to change her image, playing a foul-mouthed prostitute opposite Tommy Lee Jones in the South-set film Back Roads, which received middling reviews and grossed $11 million at the box office.

She won Golden Globe nominations for the 1981 drama Absence of Malice and 1982 comedy Kiss Me Goodbye.

Then came a second Academy Award in 1985 for her starring role in Places in the Heart. Field's gushing acceptance speech is well-remembered for its earnestness. She said, "I haven't had an orthodox career, and I've wanted more than anything to have your respect. The first time I didn't feel it, but this time I feel it, and I can't deny the fact that you like me, right now, you like me!" The line ending in "...I can't deny the fact that you like me, right now, you like me!" is often misquoted as simply "You like me, you really like me!" which has subsequently been the subject of many parodies. (Field parodied the line herself in a commercial.)

Also in 1985, she co-starred with James Garner in the romantic comedy Murphy's Romance. In A&E's biography of Garner, she cited her on-screen kiss with Garner as the best cinematic kiss she had ever had.

Field appeared on the cover of the March 1986 issue of Playboy magazine – she was the interview subject in that month's issue. She did not appear as a pictorial subject inside the magazine, although she did wear the classic leotard and bunny-ears outfit on the cover.

For her role as the matriarch, M'Lynn, in the film version of Steel Magnolias (1989), she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress. She had supporting roles in a number of other movies, including Mrs. Doubtfire (1993) in which she played Miranda Hillard, the wife of Robin Williams's character and the love interest of Pierce Brosnan'ss character Stuart 'Stu' Dunmyer, followed by the role of Forrest's mother in Forrest Gump (1994). She is only 10 years older than Tom Hanks, with whom she had co-starred six years earlier in Punchline.

Her other films in the '90s included Not Without My Daughter, controversial suspense film, and Soapdish, a comedy in which Field plays the pampered star of a television soap opera.
Recent roles

On television, Field had a recurring role on ER in the 2000–2001 season as Dr. Abby Lockhart's mother Maggie, who is struggling to cope with bipolar disorder, a role for which she won an Emmy Award in 2001. After her critically acclaimed stint on the show, she returned to the role in 2003 and 2006. She also starred in the very short-lived 2002 series The Court.

Field has also ventured into the realm of directing. Her first directorial stint was for the television film The Christmas Tree (1996). She also directed the feature film Beautiful (2000) as well as an episode of the TV mini-series From the Earth to the Moon (1998).

Field was a late addition to the ABC drama Brothers & Sisters, which debuted in September 2006. In the show's pilot, the role of matriarch Nora Walker had been played by actress Betty Buckley. However, the producers of the show decided to take the character of Nora in another direction, and Field was cast in the role. She won the 2007 Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in her role as Nora Walker.

Field recently had a voice role as Marina del Ray, the villain in Disney's The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning, which was released in August 2008.

Currently, Field can be seen on television as the compensated spokesperson for Roche Laboratories' postmenopausal osteoporosis treatment medication, Boniva.

"Why don't you love me, Jenny? "

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/06/09 at 12:20 pm

The co-birthday of the day...Mike Nichols
Mike Nichols (born 6 November 1931) is an American television, stage and film director, writer, and producer. Nichols is one of only ten people to have won all the major American entertainment awards: an Oscar, Grammy, Emmy and Tony Award.
Nichols formed a comedy team with Elaine May, with whom he appeared in nightclubs, on radio, released best-selling records, made guest appearances on several television programs and had their own show on Broadway, directed by Arthur Penn. They were accompanied by Chicago pianist Marty Rubenstein, host of the television show Marty's Place. Personal idiosyncrasies and tensions (the latter culminating in the out-of-town closing of A Matter of Position, a play written by May and starring Nichols) eventually drove the duo apart to pursue other projects in 1961. They later reconciled and worked together many times, with May scripting his films The Birdcage and Primary Colors. They appeared together at President Jimmy Carter's inaugural gala and in a 1980 New Haven stage revival of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? with Swoosie Kurtz and James Naughton.

Nichols was chosen to direct Neil Simon's Barefoot In The Park in 1963. He realized almost at once that directing was what he wanted to do for the rest of his life. Nichols's production of Simon's play was a blockbuster hit, running for 1530 performances. He went on to direct (and occasionally produce) many other Broadway hits, including several more by Simon. He has won numerous theatre awards, including the Tony Award for Best Direction for seven different productions.

Nichols' career as a film director began with Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? in 1966 for which he received an Oscar nomination, and The Graduate--the biggest hit film released in 1967—for which he won the Best Director Oscar. He's also won Emmy Awards for his direction of Wit (2001) and Angels in America (2003).

Nichols is a contributing blogger at The Huffington Post. He's also a co-founder of The New Actors Workshop in New York City, where he occasionally teaches.
Stage productions

* Barefoot in the Park (1963)
* Luv (1964)
* The Odd Couple (1965)
* The Apple Tree (1966)
* The Little Foxes (1967)
* Plaza Suite (1968)
* The Prisoner of Second Avenue (1971)
* Uncle Vanya (1973)
* Streamers (1976)
* Comedians (1976)
* Fools (1981)
* The Real Thing (1984)
* Hurlyburly (1984)
* Whoopi Goldberg (1984)
* Social Security (1986)
* Death and the Maiden (1992)
* The Seagull (2001)
* Spamalot (2005)
* Country Girl (2008)

Filmography
See also: Category:Films directed by Mike Nichols
Year Film Oscar
nominations Oscar
wins
1966 Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? 13 5
1967 The Graduate 7 1
1968 Teach Me!
1970 Catch-22
1971 Carnal Knowledge 1
1973 The Day of the Dolphin 2
1975 The Fortune
1980 Gilda Live
1983 Silkwood 5
1986 Heartburn
1988 Biloxi Blues
Working Girl 6 1
1990 Postcards from the Edge 2
1991 Regarding Henry
1994 Wolf
1996 The Birdcage 1
1998 Primary Colors 2
2000 What Planet Are You From?
2001 Wit
2003 Angels in America
2004 Closer 2
2007 Charlie Wilson's War 1
Awards and nominations

Awards

* 1961 Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album
* 1964 Tony Award for Best Director of a Play – Barefoot in the Park
* 1965 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play – Luv and The Odd Couple
* 1968 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play – Plaza Suite
* 1968 Academy Award for Best Director – The Graduate
* 1972 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play – The Prisoner of Second Avenue
* 1977 Tony Award for Best Musical – Annie
* 1977 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Play – Comedians
* 1977 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Musical – Annie
* 1984 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play – The Real Thing
* 1984 Tony Award for Best Play – The Real Thing
* 1984 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding New Play – The Real Thing
* 2001 Emmy Award for Direction for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special – Wit
* 2001 Emmy Award for Outstanding Made for Television Movie – Wit
* 2003 Kennedy Center Honors
* 2004 Emmy Award for Direction - Miniseries/Movie – Angels in America
* 2004 Emmy Award for Outstanding Miniseries – Angels in America
* 2005 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical – Spamalot
* 2010 American Film Institute Lifetime Achievement Award

Nominations

* 1967 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical – The Apple Tree
* 1967 Academy Award for Best Director – Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
* 1974 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play – Uncle Vanya
* 1976 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Play – Streamers
* 1977 Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series – Family
* 1977 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play – Comedians
* 1978 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play – The Gin Game
* 1978 Tony Award for Best Play – The Gin Game
* 1978 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Play – The Gin Game
* 1978 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding New Play – The Gin Game
* 1982 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding New Play – Grown Ups
* 1984 Academy Award for Best Director – Silkwood
* 1984 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Play – The Real Thing
* 1985 Tony Award for Best Play – Hurlyburly
* 1989 Academy Award for Best Director – Working Girl"
* 1994 Academy Award for Best Picture – The Remains of the Day
* 2001 Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing - Miniseries/Movie – Wit
* 2003 Tony Award for Best Special Theatrical Event – The Play What I Wrote
* 2003 Drama Desk Award for Unique Theatrical Experience – The Play What I Wrote
* 2005 Tony Award for Best Special Theatrical Event – Whoopi
* 2005 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Musical – Spamalot

"Mrs. Robinson, you're trying to seduce me. Aren't you?"

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Frank on 11/06/09 at 6:07 pm

The birthday of the day...Sally Field
Sally Margaret Field (born November 6, 1946) is an American actress. She became a household name at the age of 20 as Sister Bertrille in the 1960s sitcom The Flying Nun. She has won two Academy Awards, one for Norma Rae in 1979, and another for Places in the Heart in 1984.

Field has won numerous awards, including Golden Globes, Primetime Emmy Awards and Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actress.

She won an Emmy Award for her guest appearances on ER and for her role as Nora Holden Walker on the ABC drama Brothers & Sisters, currently in its fourth season, as the Walker family matriarch.
Field got her start on television as the boy-struck surfer girl in the mid-1960s surf culture sitcom series, Gidget. She went on to star in her best-known television role as Sister Bertrille in The Flying Nun. In an interview included on the DVD release of The Flying Nun, she said that she would have preferred to continue playing Gidget. While starring on The Flying Nun, Sally tried her hand at singing, releasing an album on Colgems Records in 1967. The same year, she cracked the Billboard Hot 100 with one single, Felicidad. Later, she starred opposite John Davidson in a short-lived series called The Girl with Something Extra.

She made several guest appearances, including a recurring role on the western comedy Alias Smith and Jones, starring Pete Duel (with whom she had worked on Gidget) and Ben Murphy, and the Rod Serling's Night Gallery episode, Whisper.
...and at Expo 67.

Having played mostly comedic characters on television, Field had a difficult time being cast in dramatic roles. She studied with famed acting teacher Lee Strasberg, who had previously helped Marilyn Monroe go beyond the "bimbo" roles with which her career had begun.

Soon afterward, Field landed the title role in the 1976 TV film Sybil, the first of two films based on the book written by Flora Rheta Schreiber. Field's dramatic portrayal of Sybil, a young woman afflicted with multiple personality disorder, in the TV film not only garnered her an Emmy Award in 1977 but also enabled her to break through the typecasting she had experienced from her television sitcom roles.
Film

Field has enjoyed critical and commercial success in movies, particularly in the 1970s and '80s.

In 1977, she co-starred with Burt Reynolds, Jackie Gleason and Jerry Reed in that year's #2 grossing film, Smokey and the Bandit.

In 1979, she played a union organizer in Norma Rae, a successful film that established her status as a dramatic actress. Vincent Canby, in his review of the film for the New York Times, wrote: "Norma Rae is a seriously concerned contemporary drama, illuminated by some very good performances and one, Miss Field's, that is spectacular." She won the Best Female Performance Prize at the Cannes Film Festival and the Academy Award for Best Actress.

Field did three more of Reynolds' films (The End, Hooper and Smokey and the Bandit II), none particularly an acting challenge. In 1981, Field continued to change her image, playing a foul-mouthed prostitute opposite Tommy Lee Jones in the South-set film Back Roads, which received middling reviews and grossed $11 million at the box office.

She won Golden Globe nominations for the 1981 drama Absence of Malice and 1982 comedy Kiss Me Goodbye.

Then came a second Academy Award in 1985 for her starring role in Places in the Heart. Field's gushing acceptance speech is well-remembered for its earnestness. She said, "I haven't had an orthodox career, and I've wanted more than anything to have your respect. The first time I didn't feel it, but this time I feel it, and I can't deny the fact that you like me, right now, you like me!" The line ending in "...I can't deny the fact that you like me, right now, you like me!" is often misquoted as simply "You like me, you really like me!" which has subsequently been the subject of many parodies. (Field parodied the line herself in a commercial.)

Also in 1985, she co-starred with James Garner in the romantic comedy Murphy's Romance. In A&E's biography of Garner, she cited her on-screen kiss with Garner as the best cinematic kiss she had ever had.

Field appeared on the cover of the March 1986 issue of Playboy magazine – she was the interview subject in that month's issue. She did not appear as a pictorial subject inside the magazine, although she did wear the classic leotard and bunny-ears outfit on the cover.

For her role as the matriarch, M'Lynn, in the film version of Steel Magnolias (1989), she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress. She had supporting roles in a number of other movies, including Mrs. Doubtfire (1993) in which she played Miranda Hillard, the wife of Robin Williams's character and the love interest of Pierce Brosnan'ss character Stuart 'Stu' Dunmyer, followed by the role of Forrest's mother in Forrest Gump (1994). She is only 10 years older than Tom Hanks, with whom she had co-starred six years earlier in Punchline.

Her other films in the '90s included Not Without My Daughter, controversial suspense film, and Soapdish, a comedy in which Field plays the pampered star of a television soap opera.
Recent roles

On television, Field had a recurring role on ER in the 2000–2001 season as Dr. Abby Lockhart's mother Maggie, who is struggling to cope with bipolar disorder, a role for which she won an Emmy Award in 2001. After her critically acclaimed stint on the show, she returned to the role in 2003 and 2006. She also starred in the very short-lived 2002 series The Court.

Field has also ventured into the realm of directing. Her first directorial stint was for the television film The Christmas Tree (1996). She also directed the feature film Beautiful (2000) as well as an episode of the TV mini-series From the Earth to the Moon (1998).

Field was a late addition to the ABC drama Brothers & Sisters, which debuted in September 2006. In the show's pilot, the role of matriarch Nora Walker had been played by actress Betty Buckley. However, the producers of the show decided to take the character of Nora in another direction, and Field was cast in the role. She won the 2007 Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in her role as Nora Walker.

Field recently had a voice role as Marina del Ray, the villain in Disney's The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning, which was released in August 2008.

Currently, Field can be seen on television as the compensated spokesperson for Roche Laboratories' postmenopausal osteoporosis treatment medication, Boniva.
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I have always liked Sally Field, cute cheeks on her face.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 11/06/09 at 7:03 pm

I have always liked Sally Field, cute cheeks on her face.

She was best as The Flying Nun.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Frank on 11/06/09 at 11:03 pm

She was best as The Flying Nun.

She was good in Norma Rae, the Smokey and the Bandit films too.
She still looks great for her age.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/07/09 at 1:20 am

She was good in Norma Rae, the Smokey and the Bandit films too.
She still looks great for her age.
Is she working on a film at this moment?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Frank on 11/07/09 at 1:24 am

Is she working on a film at this moment?

Let me phone her and ask her :D ;D

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/07/09 at 1:25 am

Let me phone her and ask her :D ;D
I give the time to find out.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: gibbo on 11/07/09 at 3:08 am

Sally Field was always favourite of mine. I started liking her when she was in Gidget ... and have the first season of The Flying Nun on DVD. She currently stars in the TV show Brothers and Sisters...

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 11/07/09 at 6:48 am

Is she working on a film at this moment?

I don't think she is.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/07/09 at 6:51 am

Sally Field... ...currently stars in the TV show Brothers and Sisters...

I don't think she is.
She is working on the TV show Brothers and Sisters, as per info provided by the above reply.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 11/07/09 at 6:52 am

She is working on the TV show Brothers and Sisters, as per info provided by the above reply.

At least she's active at the moment.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 11/07/09 at 7:48 am

The word of the day...Taxi
1. To be transported by taxi.
2. To move slowly on the ground or on the surface of the water before takeoff or after landing: an airplane taxiing down the runway.

v.tr.

1. To transport by or as if by taxi: taxied the children to dance class; taxi documents to a law office.
2. To cause (an aircraft) to taxi.
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/07/09 at 7:51 am

The word of the day...Taxi
1. To be transported by taxi.
2. To move slowly on the ground or on the surface of the water before takeoff or after landing: an airplane taxiing down the runway.

v.tr.

1. To transport by or as if by taxi: taxied the children to dance class; taxi documents to a law office.
2. To cause (an aircraft) to taxi.

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I have seen an American NY Taxi here in London, it is used for publicity, etc.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 11/07/09 at 7:57 am

The birthday of the day...Joni Mitchell
Joni Mitchell, CC (born Roberta Joan Anderson on November 7, 1943) is a Canadian musician, songwriter, and painter.

Mitchell began singing in small nightclubs in her native Western Canada and then busking on the streets of Toronto. In the mid-1960s she left for New York City and its rich folk music scene, recording her debut album in 1968 and achieving fame first as a songwriter ("Urge for Going", "Chelsea Morning", "Both Sides Now", "Woodstock") and then as a singer in her own right. Finally settling in Southern California, Mitchell played a key part in the folk rock movement then sweeping the musical landscape. Blue, her starkly personal 1971 album, is regarded as one of the strongest and most influential records of the time. Mitchell also had pop hits such as "Big Yellow Taxi", "Free Man in Paris", and "Help Me", the last two from 1974's best-selling Court and Spark.

Mitchell's soprano vocals, distinctive harmonic guitar style, and piano arrangements all grew more complex through the 1970s as she was deeply influenced by jazz, melding it with pop, folk and rock on experimental albums like 1976's Hejira. She worked closely with jazz greats including Wayne Shorter, Jaco Pastorius, Herbie Hancock, and on a 1979 record released after his death, Charles Mingus. From the 1980s on, Mitchell reduced her recording and touring schedule but turned again toward pop, making greater use of synthesizers and direct political protest in her lyrics, which often tackled social and environmental themes alongside romantic and emotional ones.

Mitchell's work is highly respected both by critics and fellow musicians. Rolling Stone magazine called her "one of the greatest songwriters ever," while Allmusic said, "When the dust settles, Joni Mitchell may stand as the most important and influential female recording artist of the late 20th century." By the end of the century, Mitchell had a profound influence on artists in genres ranging from R&B to alternative rock to jazz. Mitchell is also a visual artist. She made the artwork for each of her albums, and in 2000 described herself as a "painter derailed by circumstance." A blunt critic of the music industry, Mitchell had stopped recording over the last several years, focusing more attention on painting, but in 2007 she released Shine, her first album of new songs in nine years.
In early 1967, Mitchell moved to New York City to pursue her musical dreams as a solo artist. She played venues up and down the East Coast, including Philadelphia, Boston, and Fort Bragg, North Carolina. She performed frequently in coffeehouses and folk clubs and, by this time creating her own material, became well known for her unique songwriting and her innovative guitar style. Oscar Brand featured her several times on his CBC television program Let's Sing Out in 1965 and 1966, broadening her exposure. Mitchell attended school at WVU for short period, which led to her song "Morning Morgantown".

Folk singer Tom Rush had met Mitchell in Toronto and was impressed with her songwriting ability. He took "Urge For Going" to popular folk act Judy Collins but she was not interested in the song at the time, so Rush recorded it himself. Country singer George Hamilton IV heard Rush performing it and recorded a hit country version. Other artists who recorded Mitchell songs in the early years were Buffy Sainte-Marie ("The Circle Game"), Dave Van Ronk ("Both Sides Now"), and eventually Judy Collins ("Both Sides Now", a top ten hit, included on her 1967 album Wildflowers). Collins also covered "Chelsea Morning", a recording which again eclipsed Mitchell's own commercial success early on.

While she was playing one night in "The Gaslight South", a club in Cocoanut Grove, Florida, David Crosby walked in and was immediately struck by her ability and her appeal as an artist. He took her back to Los Angeles, where he set about introducing her and her music to his friends. Crosby convinced a record company to agree to let Mitchell record a solo acoustic album without all the folk-rock overdubs that were in vogue at the time, and his clout earned him a producer's credit in March 1968, when Reprise Records released her debut album, alternately known as Joni Mitchell or Song to a Seagull.

Mitchell continued touring steadily to promote the LP. The tour helped create eager anticipation for Mitchell's second LP, Clouds, which was released in April 1969. It finally contained Mitchell's own versions of some of her songs already recorded and performed by other artists: "Chelsea Morning", "Both Sides Now", and "Tin Angel". The covers of both LPs, including a self-portrait on Clouds, were designed and painted by Mitchell, a marriage of her art and music which she would continue throughout her career.
1970–1974: Mainstream success
Mitchell's Court and Spark tour with the LA Express March 5, 1974 Anaheim Convention Center Photo: Matt Gibbons

In March 1970 Clouds won Joni Mitchell her first Grammy Award for Best Folk Performance. The following month, Reprise released her third album, Ladies of the Canyon. Mitchell's sound, still under the guidance of producer Crosby, was already beginning to expand beyond the confines of acoustic folk music and toward pop and rock, with more overdubs, percussion, and backing vocals, and for the first time, many songs composed on piano, which would become a hallmark of Mitchell's style in her most popular era. Her own version of "Woodstock", slower and darker than the Crosby, Stills & Nash cover, was performed on electric piano. The album also included the already-familiar song "The Circle Game" and the environmental anthem "Big Yellow Taxi", with its now-famous line, "they paved paradise and put up a parking lot".

Ladies of the Canyon was an instant smash on FM radio and sold briskly through the summer and fall, eventually becoming Joni's first gold album (selling over a half million copies). Mitchell made a decision to stop touring for a year and just write and paint, yet she was still voted "Top Female Performer" for 1970 by Melody Maker, the UK's leading pop music magazine. The songs she wrote during the months she took off for travel and life experience would appear on her next album, Blue, released in June 1971.

Blue was an almost instant critical and commercial success, peaking in the top 20 in the Billboard Album Charts in September and also hitting the British Top 3. Lushly-produced "Carey" was the single at the time, but musically, other parts of Blue departed further from the sounds of Ladies of the Canyon in favor of simpler, rhythmic acoustic parts allowing a focus on Joni's voice and emotions ("All I Want", "A Case of You"), while others such as "Blue", "River" and "The Last Time I Saw Richard" were sung to her rolling piano accompaniment. In its lyrics, the album was regarded as an inspired culmination of her early work, with depressed assessments of the world around her serving as counterpoint to exuberant expressions of romantic love (for example, in "California"). Mitchell later remarked, "At that period of my life, I had no personal defenses. I felt like a cellophane wrapper on a pack of cigarettes. I felt like I had absolutely no secrets from the world and I couldn't pretend in my life to be strong."

Mitchell made the decision to return to the live stage after the great success of Blue, and she presented many new songs on tour which would appear on her next album. Joni's fifth work, For the Roses, was released in October 1972 and immediately zoomed up the charts. She followed with the single, "You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio", which peaked at #25 in the Billboard Charts in February 1973, becoming her first bonafide hit single. The album was critically acclaimed and earned her success on her own terms, though it was somewhat overshadowed by the success of Blue and by Mitchell's next album.

Court and Spark, released in January 1974, would see Mitchell begin the flirtation with jazz and jazz fusion that marked her experimental period ahead, but it was also her most commercially successful recording, and among her most critically acclaimed. Court and Spark went to #1 on the Cashbox Album Charts. The LP made Joni Mitchell a widely popular act for perhaps the only time in her career, on the strength of popular tracks such as the rocker "Raised on Robbery", which was released right before Christmas 1973, and "Help Me", which was released in March of the following year, and became Joni's only Top 10 single when it peaked at #7 in the first week of June. "Free Man in Paris" was another hit single and staple in her catalog.

While recording Court and Spark, Mitchell had tried to make a clean break with her earlier folk sound, producing the album herself and employing jazz/pop fusion band the L.A. Express as what she called her first real backing group. In February 1974, her tour with the L.A. Express began, and they received rave notices as they traveled across the United States and Canada during the next two months. A series of shows at L.A.'s Universal Amphitheater from August 14-17 were recorded for a live album release. In November, Mitchell released a live album called Miles of Aisles, a two-record set including all but two songs from the L.A. concerts (one selection each from the Berkeley Community Center, on March 2, and the LA Music Center, on March 4, were also included in the set). The live album slowly moved up to #2, matching Court and Sparks's chart peak on Billboard. "Big Yellow Taxi", the live version, was also released as a single and did reasonably well (Mitchell would ultimately release yet another recording of "Big Yellow Taxi" in 2007).

In January 1975, Court and Spark received four nominations for Grammy Awards, including Grammy Award for Album of the Year, for which Mitchell was the only woman nominated. She won only the Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)
1975–1980: Jazz experimentation

Joni Mitchell went into the studio in the spring of 1975 to record acoustic demos of some songs she'd written since the Court and Spark tour ended. A few months later she recorded versions of the tunes with her band, which now included saxophonist Wayne Shorter. Mitchell's musical interests now were diverging from both the folk and the pop scene of the era, toward less structured, more jazz-inspired pieces, with a wider range of instruments. On "The Jungle Line", she also made an early effort at sampling a recording of African musicians, something that would become more commonplace among Western rock acts in the 1980s. Meanwhile, "In France They Kiss on Main Street" continued the lush pop sounds of Court and Spark, and efforts such as the title song and "Edith and the Kingpin" chronicled the underbelly of suburban lives in Southern California.

The new song cycle was released in November 1975 as The Hissing of Summer Lawns. The album was initially a big seller, peaking at #4 on the Billboard Album Charts, but it received mixed reviews at the time of its release. A common legend holds that Rolling Stone magazine declared it the "Worst Album of the Year"; in truth, it was called only the year's worst album title. However, Mitchell and Rolling Stone have had a contentious relationship, beginning years earlier when the magazine featured a "tree" illustrating all of Mitchell's alleged romantic partners, primarily other musicians, which the singer said "hurt my feelings terribly at the time". During 1975, Mitchell also participated in several concerts in the Rolling Thunder Revue tours featuring Bob Dylan and Joan Baez, and in 1976 she performed as part of The Last Waltz by The Band. In January 1976, Mitchell received one nomination for the Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for the album The Hissing of Summer Lawns, though the Grammy went to Linda Ronstadt.

In early 1976, Mitchell traveled with friends who were driving cross country to Maine. Afterwards, Mitchell drove back to California alone and composed several songs during her journey which would feature on her next album, 1976's Hejira. She states, "This album was written mostly while I was traveling in the car. That's why there were no piano songs..." Hejira was arguably Mitchell's most experimental album so far, due to her ongoing collaborations with legendary jazz virtuoso bass guitarist Jaco Pastorius on several songs including the first single, "Coyote", the atmospheric "Hejira", the disorienting, guitar-heavy "Black Crow," and the album's last song "Refuge of the Roads." The album climbed to No. 13 on the Billboard Charts, reaching gold status three weeks after release, and received airplay from album oriented FM rock stations. Yet "Coyote", backed with "Blue Motel Room", failed to chart on the Hot 100. While the album was greeted by many fans and critics as a "return to form", by the time she recorded it her days as a huge pop star were over. However, if Hejira "did not sell as briskly as Mitchell's earlier, more "radio friendly" albums, its stature in her catalogue has grown over the years." Mitchell herself believes the album to be unique. In 2006 she said, "I suppose a lot of people could have written a lot of my other songs, but I feel the songs on Hejira could only have come from me".

In the summer of 1977, Mitchell began work on new recordings, what would become her first double studio album. Close to completing her contract with Asylum Records, Mitchell felt that this album could be looser in feel than any album she'd done in the past and said, "This record followed on the tail of persecution, it's experimental, and it didn't really matter what I did, I just had to fulfill my contract". Don Juan's Reckless Daughter was released in December 1977. The album received mixed reviews but still sold relatively well, peaking at No. 25 in the US and going gold within three months. The cover of the album created its own controversy; Mitchell was featured in several photographs on the cover, including one where she was disguised as a black man (this is a reference to a character in one song on the album). Layered, atmospheric compositions such as "Overture / Cotton Avenue" featured more collaboration with Pastorius, while "Paprika Plains" was a 20-minute epic that stretched the boundaries of pop, owing more to Joni's memories of childhood in Canada and her study of classical music. "Dreamland" and "The Tenth World", featuring Chaka Khan on backing vocals, were percussion dominated tracks. Other songs continued the jazz-rock-folk collisions of Hejira. Mitchell also revived "Jericho", written but never recorded years earlier (a version is found on her 1974 live album).

A few months after the release of Don Juan's Reckless Daughter, Mitchell was contacted by jazz great Charles Mingus, who had heard the orchestrated song, "Paprika Plains", and wanted her to work with him. Mitchell began a collaboration with Mingus, who died before the project was completed in 1979. She finished the tracks (most were her own Mingus-inspired compositions, though "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat" is a Mingus instrumental standard to which Joni composed lyrics) and the resulting album, Mingus, was released in June 1979, though it was poorly received in the press. Fans were confused over such a major change in Mitchell's overall sound, and though the album topped out at No. 17 on the Billboard album charts—a higher placement than Don Juan's Reckless Daughter -- Mingus still fell short of gold status, making it her first album since the 1960s to not sell at least a half-million copies.

Mitchell's summer tour to promote Mingus began in August 1979 in Oklahoma City and concluded six weeks later with five shows at Los Angeles' Greek Theater, where she recorded and filmed the concerts. It was her first tour in several years, and with Pastorius, jazz guitar great Pat Metheny, and other members of her band, Mitchell also performed songs from her other jazz-inspired albums. When the tour ended she began a year of work, turning the tapes from the Los Angeles shows into a two-album set and a concert film, both to be called Shadows and Light. Her final release on Asylum Records and her second live double-album, it was released in September 1980, and made it up to No. 38 on the Billboard Charts. A single from the LP, "Why Do Fools Fall in Love?", Mitchell's duet with The Persuasions (her opening act for the tour), bubbled under on Billboard, just missing the Hot 100.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/07/09 at 8:00 am

The birthday of the day...Joni Mitchell
Joni Mitchell, CC (born Roberta Joan Anderson on November 7, 1943) is a Canadian musician, songwriter, and painter.

Mitchell began singing in small nightclubs in her native Western Canada and then busking on the streets of Toronto. In the mid-1960s she left for New York City and its rich folk music scene, recording her debut album in 1968 and achieving fame first as a songwriter ("Urge for Going", "Chelsea Morning", "Both Sides Now", "Woodstock") and then as a singer in her own right. Finally settling in Southern California, Mitchell played a key part in the folk rock movement then sweeping the musical landscape. Blue, her starkly personal 1971 album, is regarded as one of the strongest and most influential records of the time. Mitchell also had pop hits such as "Big Yellow Taxi", "Free Man in Paris", and "Help Me", the last two from 1974's best-selling Court and Spark.

Mitchell's soprano vocals, distinctive harmonic guitar style, and piano arrangements all grew more complex through the 1970s as she was deeply influenced by jazz, melding it with pop, folk and rock on experimental albums like 1976's Hejira. She worked closely with jazz greats including Wayne Shorter, Jaco Pastorius, Herbie Hancock, and on a 1979 record released after his death, Charles Mingus. From the 1980s on, Mitchell reduced her recording and touring schedule but turned again toward pop, making greater use of synthesizers and direct political protest in her lyrics, which often tackled social and environmental themes alongside romantic and emotional ones.

Mitchell's work is highly respected both by critics and fellow musicians. Rolling Stone magazine called her "one of the greatest songwriters ever," while Allmusic said, "When the dust settles, Joni Mitchell may stand as the most important and influential female recording artist of the late 20th century." By the end of the century, Mitchell had a profound influence on artists in genres ranging from R&B to alternative rock to jazz. Mitchell is also a visual artist. She made the artwork for each of her albums, and in 2000 described herself as a "painter derailed by circumstance." A blunt critic of the music industry, Mitchell had stopped recording over the last several years, focusing more attention on painting, but in 2007 she released Shine, her first album of new songs in nine years.
In early 1967, Mitchell moved to New York City to pursue her musical dreams as a solo artist. She played venues up and down the East Coast, including Philadelphia, Boston, and Fort Bragg, North Carolina. She performed frequently in coffeehouses and folk clubs and, by this time creating her own material, became well known for her unique songwriting and her innovative guitar style. Oscar Brand featured her several times on his CBC television program Let's Sing Out in 1965 and 1966, broadening her exposure. Mitchell attended school at WVU for short period, which led to her song "Morning Morgantown".

Folk singer Tom Rush had met Mitchell in Toronto and was impressed with her songwriting ability. He took "Urge For Going" to popular folk act Judy Collins but she was not interested in the song at the time, so Rush recorded it himself. Country singer George Hamilton IV heard Rush performing it and recorded a hit country version. Other artists who recorded Mitchell songs in the early years were Buffy Sainte-Marie ("The Circle Game"), Dave Van Ronk ("Both Sides Now"), and eventually Judy Collins ("Both Sides Now", a top ten hit, included on her 1967 album Wildflowers). Collins also covered "Chelsea Morning", a recording which again eclipsed Mitchell's own commercial success early on.

While she was playing one night in "The Gaslight South", a club in Cocoanut Grove, Florida, David Crosby walked in and was immediately struck by her ability and her appeal as an artist. He took her back to Los Angeles, where he set about introducing her and her music to his friends. Crosby convinced a record company to agree to let Mitchell record a solo acoustic album without all the folk-rock overdubs that were in vogue at the time, and his clout earned him a producer's credit in March 1968, when Reprise Records released her debut album, alternately known as Joni Mitchell or Song to a Seagull.

Mitchell continued touring steadily to promote the LP. The tour helped create eager anticipation for Mitchell's second LP, Clouds, which was released in April 1969. It finally contained Mitchell's own versions of some of her songs already recorded and performed by other artists: "Chelsea Morning", "Both Sides Now", and "Tin Angel". The covers of both LPs, including a self-portrait on Clouds, were designed and painted by Mitchell, a marriage of her art and music which she would continue throughout her career.
1970–1974: Mainstream success
Mitchell's Court and Spark tour with the LA Express March 5, 1974 Anaheim Convention Center Photo: Matt Gibbons

In March 1970 Clouds won Joni Mitchell her first Grammy Award for Best Folk Performance. The following month, Reprise released her third album, Ladies of the Canyon. Mitchell's sound, still under the guidance of producer Crosby, was already beginning to expand beyond the confines of acoustic folk music and toward pop and rock, with more overdubs, percussion, and backing vocals, and for the first time, many songs composed on piano, which would become a hallmark of Mitchell's style in her most popular era. Her own version of "Woodstock", slower and darker than the Crosby, Stills & Nash cover, was performed on electric piano. The album also included the already-familiar song "The Circle Game" and the environmental anthem "Big Yellow Taxi", with its now-famous line, "they paved paradise and put up a parking lot".

Ladies of the Canyon was an instant smash on FM radio and sold briskly through the summer and fall, eventually becoming Joni's first gold album (selling over a half million copies). Mitchell made a decision to stop touring for a year and just write and paint, yet she was still voted "Top Female Performer" for 1970 by Melody Maker, the UK's leading pop music magazine. The songs she wrote during the months she took off for travel and life experience would appear on her next album, Blue, released in June 1971.

Blue was an almost instant critical and commercial success, peaking in the top 20 in the Billboard Album Charts in September and also hitting the British Top 3. Lushly-produced "Carey" was the single at the time, but musically, other parts of Blue departed further from the sounds of Ladies of the Canyon in favor of simpler, rhythmic acoustic parts allowing a focus on Joni's voice and emotions ("All I Want", "A Case of You"), while others such as "Blue", "River" and "The Last Time I Saw Richard" were sung to her rolling piano accompaniment. In its lyrics, the album was regarded as an inspired culmination of her early work, with depressed assessments of the world around her serving as counterpoint to exuberant expressions of romantic love (for example, in "California"). Mitchell later remarked, "At that period of my life, I had no personal defenses. I felt like a cellophane wrapper on a pack of cigarettes. I felt like I had absolutely no secrets from the world and I couldn't pretend in my life to be strong."

Mitchell made the decision to return to the live stage after the great success of Blue, and she presented many new songs on tour which would appear on her next album. Joni's fifth work, For the Roses, was released in October 1972 and immediately zoomed up the charts. She followed with the single, "You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio", which peaked at #25 in the Billboard Charts in February 1973, becoming her first bonafide hit single. The album was critically acclaimed and earned her success on her own terms, though it was somewhat overshadowed by the success of Blue and by Mitchell's next album.

Court and Spark, released in January 1974, would see Mitchell begin the flirtation with jazz and jazz fusion that marked her experimental period ahead, but it was also her most commercially successful recording, and among her most critically acclaimed. Court and Spark went to #1 on the Cashbox Album Charts. The LP made Joni Mitchell a widely popular act for perhaps the only time in her career, on the strength of popular tracks such as the rocker "Raised on Robbery", which was released right before Christmas 1973, and "Help Me", which was released in March of the following year, and became Joni's only Top 10 single when it peaked at #7 in the first week of June. "Free Man in Paris" was another hit single and staple in her catalog.

While recording Court and Spark, Mitchell had tried to make a clean break with her earlier folk sound, producing the album herself and employing jazz/pop fusion band the L.A. Express as what she called her first real backing group. In February 1974, her tour with the L.A. Express began, and they received rave notices as they traveled across the United States and Canada during the next two months. A series of shows at L.A.'s Universal Amphitheater from August 14-17 were recorded for a live album release. In November, Mitchell released a live album called Miles of Aisles, a two-record set including all but two songs from the L.A. concerts (one selection each from the Berkeley Community Center, on March 2, and the LA Music Center, on March 4, were also included in the set). The live album slowly moved up to #2, matching Court and Sparks's chart peak on Billboard. "Big Yellow Taxi", the live version, was also released as a single and did reasonably well (Mitchell would ultimately release yet another recording of "Big Yellow Taxi" in 2007).

In January 1975, Court and Spark received four nominations for Grammy Awards, including Grammy Award for Album of the Year, for which Mitchell was the only woman nominated. She won only the Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)
1975–1980: Jazz experimentation

Joni Mitchell went into the studio in the spring of 1975 to record acoustic demos of some songs she'd written since the Court and Spark tour ended. A few months later she recorded versions of the tunes with her band, which now included saxophonist Wayne Shorter. Mitchell's musical interests now were diverging from both the folk and the pop scene of the era, toward less structured, more jazz-inspired pieces, with a wider range of instruments. On "The Jungle Line", she also made an early effort at sampling a recording of African musicians, something that would become more commonplace among Western rock acts in the 1980s. Meanwhile, "In France They Kiss on Main Street" continued the lush pop sounds of Court and Spark, and efforts such as the title song and "Edith and the Kingpin" chronicled the underbelly of suburban lives in Southern California.

The new song cycle was released in November 1975 as The Hissing of Summer Lawns. The album was initially a big seller, peaking at #4 on the Billboard Album Charts, but it received mixed reviews at the time of its release. A common legend holds that Rolling Stone magazine declared it the "Worst Album of the Year"; in truth, it was called only the year's worst album title. However, Mitchell and Rolling Stone have had a contentious relationship, beginning years earlier when the magazine featured a "tree" illustrating all of Mitchell's alleged romantic partners, primarily other musicians, which the singer said "hurt my feelings terribly at the time". During 1975, Mitchell also participated in several concerts in the Rolling Thunder Revue tours featuring Bob Dylan and Joan Baez, and in 1976 she performed as part of The Last Waltz by The Band. In January 1976, Mitchell received one nomination for the Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for the album The Hissing of Summer Lawns, though the Grammy went to Linda Ronstadt.

In early 1976, Mitchell traveled with friends who were driving cross country to Maine. Afterwards, Mitchell drove back to California alone and composed several songs during her journey which would feature on her next album, 1976's Hejira. She states, "This album was written mostly while I was traveling in the car. That's why there were no piano songs..." Hejira was arguably Mitchell's most experimental album so far, due to her ongoing collaborations with legendary jazz virtuoso bass guitarist Jaco Pastorius on several songs including the first single, "Coyote", the atmospheric "Hejira", the disorienting, guitar-heavy "Black Crow," and the album's last song "Refuge of the Roads." The album climbed to No. 13 on the Billboard Charts, reaching gold status three weeks after release, and received airplay from album oriented FM rock stations. Yet "Coyote", backed with "Blue Motel Room", failed to chart on the Hot 100. While the album was greeted by many fans and critics as a "return to form", by the time she recorded it her days as a huge pop star were over. However, if Hejira "did not sell as briskly as Mitchell's earlier, more "radio friendly" albums, its stature in her catalogue has grown over the years." Mitchell herself believes the album to be unique. In 2006 she said, "I suppose a lot of people could have written a lot of my other songs, but I feel the songs on Hejira could only have come from me".

In the summer of 1977, Mitchell began work on new recordings, what would become her first double studio album. Close to completing her contract with Asylum Records, Mitchell felt that this album could be looser in feel than any album she'd done in the past and said, "This record followed on the tail of persecution, it's experimental, and it didn't really matter what I did, I just had to fulfill my contract". Don Juan's Reckless Daughter was released in December 1977. The album received mixed reviews but still sold relatively well, peaking at No. 25 in the US and going gold within three months. The cover of the album created its own controversy; Mitchell was featured in several photographs on the cover, including one where she was disguised as a black man (this is a reference to a character in one song on the album). Layered, atmospheric compositions such as "Overture / Cotton Avenue" featured more collaboration with Pastorius, while "Paprika Plains" was a 20-minute epic that stretched the boundaries of pop, owing more to Joni's memories of childhood in Canada and her study of classical music. "Dreamland" and "The Tenth World", featuring Chaka Khan on backing vocals, were percussion dominated tracks. Other songs continued the jazz-rock-folk collisions of Hejira. Mitchell also revived "Jericho", written but never recorded years earlier (a version is found on her 1974 live album).

A few months after the release of Don Juan's Reckless Daughter, Mitchell was contacted by jazz great Charles Mingus, who had heard the orchestrated song, "Paprika Plains", and wanted her to work with him. Mitchell began a collaboration with Mingus, who died before the project was completed in 1979. She finished the tracks (most were her own Mingus-inspired compositions, though "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat" is a Mingus instrumental standard to which Joni composed lyrics) and the resulting album, Mingus, was released in June 1979, though it was poorly received in the press. Fans were confused over such a major change in Mitchell's overall sound, and though the album topped out at No. 17 on the Billboard album charts—a higher placement than Don Juan's Reckless Daughter -- Mingus still fell short of gold status, making it her first album since the 1960s to not sell at least a half-million copies.

Mitchell's summer tour to promote Mingus began in August 1979 in Oklahoma City and concluded six weeks later with five shows at Los Angeles' Greek Theater, where she recorded and filmed the concerts. It was her first tour in several years, and with Pastorius, jazz guitar great Pat Metheny, and other members of her band, Mitchell also performed songs from her other jazz-inspired albums. When the tour ended she began a year of work, turning the tapes from the Los Angeles shows into a two-album set and a concert film, both to be called Shadows and Light. Her final release on Asylum Records and her second live double-album, it was released in September 1980, and made it up to No. 38 on the Billboard Charts. A single from the LP, "Why Do Fools Fall in Love?", Mitchell's duet with The Persuasions (her opening act for the tour), bubbled under on Billboard, just missing the Hot 100.
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A very happy birthday to Joni Mitchell.

What great talent she has.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/07/09 at 8:01 am

A very happy birthday to Joni Mitchell.

What great talent she has.
...and voice.

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Written By: ninny on 11/07/09 at 8:02 am

The co-birthdays of the day...Joan Sutherland
Dame Joan Alston Sutherland, OM, AC, DBE (born 7 November 1926) is an Australian dramatic coloratura soprano noted for her contribution in the renaissance of the bel canto repertoire from the late 1950s through to the 1980s.

One of the most remarkable female opera singers of the 20th century, she was dubbed La Stupenda by a La Fenice audience in 1960 after an Alcina performance. She possessed a voice of beauty and power, combining extraordinary agility, accurate intonation, a splendid trill and a tremendous upper register, although music critics often complained about the imprecision of her diction. Her friend Luciano Pavarotti once called Sutherland the "Voice of the Century", while Montserrat Caballé described the Australian's voice as being like "heaven".
Joan Sutherland was born in Sydney, Australia, of Scots parents, where she attended St Catherine's School. As a child, she listened to and copied the singing exercises of her mother, a mezzo-soprano who had studied but never considered making a career. Sutherland was 18 when she started studying voice seriously with John and Aida Dickens. She made her concert debut in Sydney, as Dido in Purcell's Dido and Aeneas, in 1947. In 1951, she made her stage debut in Eugene Goossens's Judith. In 1951, after winning Australia's most important competition, the Sun Aria, she went to London to further her studies at the Opera School of the Royal College of Music with Clive Carey. She was engaged by the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, as a utility soprano, and made her debut there on 28 October 1952, as the First Lady in The Magic Flute, followed in November by a few performances as Clotilde in Vincenzo Bellini's Norma, with Maria Callas as Norma.

During her early career, she was training to be a Wagnerian dramatic soprano, following the steps of Kirsten Flagstad, whom she greatly admired. In December 1952, she sang her first leading role at the Royal Opera House, Amelia in Un ballo in maschera. Other roles included Agathe in Der Freischütz, the Countess in The Marriage of Figaro, Desdemona in Otello, Gilda in Rigoletto, Eva in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Pamina in The Magic Flute. In 1953, she sang in the world premiere of Benjamin Britten's Gloriana, and created the role of Jennifer in Michael Tippett's The Midsummer Marriage, on 27 January 1955.

Sutherland married Australian conductor and pianist, Richard Bonynge, on 16 October 1954. They had a son, Adam, born in 1956. Bonynge gradually convinced her that Wagner might not be her Fach after all, since she had such great ease with high notes and coloratura, and that she should perhaps explore the bel canto repertory.

In 1957, she appeared in Handel's Alcina with the Handel Opera Society, and in Donizetti's Emilia di Liverpool, in which performances her bel canto potential was clearly demonstrated, vindicating her husband's judgement. The following year she sang Donna Anna in Don Giovanni in Vancouver.

In 1958, she "stopped the show" with "The Bright Seraphim" from Handel's "Samson," an excedingly difficult and demanding aria. The crowd was on its feet for ten minutes and the show came to a stop. It was one of the most extraordinary ovations in the Royal Opera House. Her future as a diva at the Royal Opera House seemed assured afterward.
In 1959, she was invited to sing Lucia di Lammermoor at the Royal Opera House in a production conducted by Tullio Serafin and staged by Franco Zeffirelli. The role of Edgardo was sung by her fellow Australian Kenneth Neate, who had replaced the scheduled tenor at short notice. It was a breakthrough for Sutherland's career, and, upon the completion of the famous Mad Scene, she had become a star. In 1960, she recorded the album The Art of the Prima Donna, which remains today one of the most recommended opera albums ever recorded: the double LP set won the Grammy Award for Best Classical Performance — Vocal Soloist in 1962. The album, a collection consisting mainly of coloratura arias, provides an opportunity to listen to the young Sutherland at the beginning of her international career. It displays her seemingly effortless coloratura ability, high notes and opulent tones, as well as her exemplary trill, which she is identified by and for which she is widely admired.

By the beginning of the 1960s, Sutherland had already established a reputation as a diva with a voice out of the ordinary. She sang Lucia to great acclaim in Paris in 1960 and, in 1961, at La Scala and the Metropolitan Opera. Also in 1960, she sang a superb Alcina at La Fenice, Venice, where she was nicknamed La Stupenda ("The Stupendous One"). Sutherland would soon be praised as La Stupenda in newspapers around the world. Later that year (1960), Sutherland sang Alcina at the Dallas Opera, with which she made her US debut.

Her Metropolitan Opera debut took place on 26 November 1961, when she sang Lucia. After a total of 217 performances in a number of different operas, her last appearance there was on 19 December 1987, when she sang in Il trovatore. During 1978–82 period her relationship with the Met severely deteriorated when Sutherland had to decline the role of Constanze in Mozart's Die Entführung aus dem Serail, more than a year before the rehearsals were scheduled to start. The opera house management then declined to stage the operetta The Merry Widow especially for her, as requested; subsequently, she did not perform at the Met during that time at all, even though a production of Rossini's Semiramide had also been planned, but later she returned there to sing in other operas.

During the 1960s, Sutherland had added the greatest heroines of bel canto ("beautiful singing") to her repertoire: Violetta in Verdi's La traviata, Amina in Bellini's La sonnambula and Elvira in Bellini's I puritani in 1960; the title role in Bellini's Beatrice di Tenda in 1961; Marguerite de Valois in Meyerbeer's Les Huguenots and the title role in Rossini's Semiramide in 1962; Norma in Bellini's Norma and Cleopatra in Handel's Giulio Cesare in 1963. In 1966 she added Marie in Donizetti's La fille du régiment, which became one of her most adored roles, because of her perfect coloratura and lively, funny interpretation.

In 1965, Sutherland toured Australia with the Sutherland-Williamson Opera Company. Accompanying her was a young tenor named Luciano Pavarotti, and the tour proved to be a major milestone in Pavarotti's career. Every performance featuring Sutherland sold out.

During the 1970s, Sutherland strove to improve her diction, which had often been critizised, and increase the expressiveness of her interpretations. She continued to add dramatic bel canto roles to her repertoire, such as Donizetti's Maria Stuarda and Lucrezia Borgia, as well as Massenet's extremely difficult Esclarmonde, a role that few sopranos attempt. She recorded a very successful Turandot in 1972 under the baton of Zubin Mehta, though she never performed that role on stage.

Sutherland's early recordings show her to be possessed of a crystal-clear voice and excellent diction. However, by the early 1960s her voice lost some of this clarity in the middle register, and she often came under fire for having unclear diction. Some have attributed this to sinus surgery; however, her major sinus surgery was done in 1959, immediately after her breakthrough Lucia at Covent Garden. In fact, her first commercial recording of the first and final scene of Lucia reveals her voice and diction to be just as clear as prior to the sinus procedure. Her husband Richard Bonynge stated in an interview that her "mushy diction" occurred while striving to achieve perfect legato. According to him, it is because she earlier had a very Germanic "un-legato" way of singing. She clearly took the criticism to heart, as, within a few years, her diction improved markedly and she continued to amaze and thrill audiences throughout the world.

In the late 1970s, Sutherland's voice started to decline and her vibrato loosened to an intrusive extent. However, thanks to her vocal agility and solid technique, she continued singing the most difficult roles amazingly well. During the 1980s, she added Anna Bolena, Amalia in I masnadieri and Adriana Lecouvreur to her repertoire, and repeated Esclarmonde at the Royal Opera House performances in November and December 1983. Her last performance was as Marguerite de Valois (Les Huguenots) at the Sydney Opera House in 1990, at the age of 63. Her last public appearance, however, took place in a gala performance of Die Fledermaus on New Year's Eve, 1990, at Covent Garden, where she was accompanied by her colleagues Luciano Pavarotti and the mezzo-soprano Marilyn Horne.

According to her own words, given in an interview with The Guardian newspaper in 2002, her biggest achievement was to sing the title role in Esclarmonde. She considers those performances and recordings made as her best, being particularly fond of the love duets.
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* Johnny Rivers
Johnny Rivers (born John Henry Ramistella, 7 November 1942 in New York) is an American rock and roll singer, songwriter, guitarist, and record producer. He was versatile enough to do folk songs, blues, and revivals of old-time rock 'n' roll music songs and some original material. Rivers's greatest success came in the mid and late 1960s with a series of successful songs (including "Seventh Son", "Poor Side of Town", "Summer Rain", and "Secret Agent Man"), but he has continued to record and perform to the present.
During 1960, Rivers met fellow Louisianan James Burton, the guitar player for Ricky Nelson. Burton later recommended one of Rivers' songs to Nelson, who recorded it. During 1961, Rivers went to Los Angeles to meet Nelson, and then relocated there, working as a songwriter and studio musician. During 1963, Rivers's substituted temporarily for a jazz group at Bill Gazzarri's nightclub; the temporary gig became long-term due to positive customer response.

During 1963, Rivers was chosen by the producers of British television series "Danger Man," which starred Patrick McGoohan, to sing the theme song for the U.S. version, "Secret Agent." The show itself wasn't successful, but the theme song was. Although the song was only one verse (and after the chorus had been recorded), Rivers got the idea to add two more verses, then record live at the Whiskey A-Go-Go; this became his first Top Ten success (1964). "Secret Agent Man," scored number 4 on the charts, and helped begin Rivers' career as a profitable singer.

During 1964, Elmer Valentine gave Rivers a one-year contract to open in his new nightclub, Whisky a Go Go, on Sunset Strip in West Hollywood. The Whisky a Go Go opened three days before The Beatles released "I Want to Hold Your Hand" and the so-called "British Invasion" reduced the chart scores of almost every American musical artist. But Rivers was so popular that producer Lou Adler decided to issue Johnny Rivers Live At The Whiskey A Go Go. The live album scored #12 on the charts and the single "Memphis" reached the US Hit Parade #2 spot during July 1964. According to Elvis Presley's friend and employee Alan Fortas, Presley played his friend (Rivers) a test pressing of "Memphis" that Elvis had made but not released. Rivers was impressed and much to Presley's chagrin, Rivers recorded and released it, even copying the arrangement (Fortas writes: "After that, Johnny was on Elvis's sheesh list" and was persona non grata from then on). River's version greatly outsold the Chuck Berry original from August 1959 which stalled at #87 in the US. (Lonnie Mack's 1963 instrumental version of "Memphis" scored the US Hit Parade top five during July; the Chuck Berry original and its British rival cover version competed in the UK Hit parade during November 1963.

Rivers made a successful transition from nightclub entertainer to famous popular music singer and had created the so-called "Go Go sound", part of an act which included Go-Go dancers. During 1965, Rivers continued to record mostly live, Go-Go style records including "Maybellene" (another Berry cover), after which came "Mountain of Love", "Midnight Special", "Seventh Son" (written by Willie Dixon) and "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?" (written by Pete Seeger), all of which were successes.

Rivers wanted to try something different and adopted a more idiosyncratic style around 1966. He produced such successful portrayals as "Poor Side Of Town", which would be his greatest success ever and his only number one scoring record. Another success was "Secret Agent Man", the theme from the Secret Agent television series (written by P.F. Sloan and Steve Barri). He also started his own record company, Soul City Records, where he won a Grammy Award as the producer of the 5th Dimension, which eventually recorded "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In" and "Wedding Bell Blues", two number-one successes with Rivers's company. Johnny is also credited with giving songwriter Jimmy Webb major help when the 5th Dimension recorded Webb's song "Up, Up, and Away".

Johnny Rivers continued to record more successes, including "Baby I Need Your Lovin'" (cover of the Four Tops) and "The Tracks of My Tears" (cover of the Miracles), both went Top 10 in 1967. During 1968, Rivers released what many fans consider his best album, Realization, a number-five album on the LP charts that included the #14 popular music chart single album 'Summer Rain' written by a former member of the early 1960s Folk/Rock band The Mugwumps, James Hendricks (not to be confused with famous musician Jimi Hendrix). The album included some of the psychedelic influences of the time and marked a subtle change of his musical style, with more thoughtful types of songs, included such ballads as "Going Back to Big Sur".
1970s

During the 1970s, Rivers continued to record more songs and albums that were a success with music critics, but did not sell as well as some of his earlier successes. One of these albums, L.A. Reggae during 1972, scored the LP charts as a result of the #6 success "Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu", a cover version of the Huey "Piano" Smith And The Clowns song. Other successes at that time were "Blue Suede Shoes" (cover of Carl Perkins), during 1973, which would score the top 40 on the Billboard Hot 100, and "Help Me Rhonda" during 1975 (cover version of The Beach Boys) on which Brian Wilson helped with backup vocals. His last Top 10 entry was "Swayin' to the Music (Slow Dancing)" (cover version of the Funky Kings), which reached #10, followed by his last Hot 100 entry, "Curious Mind (Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um)" (cover of Major Lance), both during 1977. He also sang the title song to the late night concert influenced TV show The Midnight Special.
1980s to current

Rivers continued recording during the 1980s (e.g., 1980's Borrowed Time LP), although his recording career decreased. Despite his music not having scored the best seller charts for quite a while, Rivers is still touring, doing 50 to 60 shows a year. Increasingly he has returned to the blues that inspired him initially.

During 1998, Rivers reactivated his Soul City trade-name and released Last Train to Memphis.

During early 2000, Rivers recorded with Eric Clapton, Tom Petty, and Paul McCartney on a tribute album dedicated to Buddy Holly's backup band, "The Crickets".

In all, Rivers had nine Top 10 successes on the Billboard Hot 100 and 17 in the Top 40 from 1964 to 1977. In total, he has sold well over 30 million records.

Rivers is one of a small number of performers such as Paul Simon, Billy Joel, Pink Floyd (from 1975's Wish You Were Here onward), Queen, Genesis (though under the members' individual names and/or the pseudonym Gelring Limited) and Neil Diamond who have their name as the copyright owner on their recordings. (Most records have the recording company as the named owner of the recording.) This noteworthy development was spearheaded by supergroup The Bee Gees after their successful $200,000,000 lawsuit against RSO, which remains to this day the largest successful lawsuit against a record company by an artist/group.

On June 12, 2009, Johnny Rivers was inducted into The Louisiana Music Hall of Fame.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/07/09 at 8:08 am

The co-birthdays of the day...Joan Sutherland
Dame Joan Alston Sutherland, OM, AC, DBE (born 7 November 1926) is an Australian dramatic coloratura soprano noted for her contribution in the renaissance of the bel canto repertoire from the late 1950s through to the 1980s.

Another great voice.

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Written By: ninny on 11/07/09 at 8:09 am

A very happy birthday to Joni Mitchell.

What great talent she has.

...and voice.

She has a unique talent. :)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/07/09 at 8:10 am

She has a unique talent. :)
Big Yellow Taxi is one of those songs that bring back childhood memories.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/07/09 at 8:11 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgMEPk6fvpg

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/07/09 at 8:12 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgMEPk6fvpg
Let her re-tune her guitar first.

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Written By: ninny on 11/07/09 at 8:13 am

Great "Flying" pics, Ninny! Thanks for posting! :)

Your Welcome :)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/07/09 at 8:13 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoM1hYqpRSI

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/07/09 at 8:15 am

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I know that song, Enya has done a version of it called "I Dreamt I Dwelt in Marble Halls". On further research the song is an aria for the opera The Bohemian Girl.

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Written By: Howard on 11/07/09 at 7:40 pm

I've seen the Tv Show Taxi.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/08/09 at 1:20 am

I've seen the Tv Show Taxi.
I used to watch Taxi a long while back.

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Written By: ninny on 11/08/09 at 3:58 am

I used to watch Taxi a long while back.

Me too :)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/08/09 at 4:01 am

Me too :)
I grew to like Danny DeVito before I got to see him in films, etc.

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Written By: ninny on 11/08/09 at 4:02 am

The word of the day...Waltz
1.
1. A ballroom dance in triple time with a strong accent on the first beat.
2. A piece of music for this dance.
3. An instrumental or vocal composition in triple time.
2. Informal. Something that presents no difficulties and can be accomplished with little effort.
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Written By: ninny on 11/08/09 at 4:03 am

I grew to like Danny DeVito before I got to see him in films, etc.

He was great on Taxi,as was Christopher Lloyd.

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Written By: ninny on 11/08/09 at 4:05 am

The birthday of the day...Patti Page
Clara Ann Fowler (born November 8, 1927), known by her professional name Patti Page, is an American singer, one of the best-known female artists in traditional pop music. She was the best-selling female artist of the 1950s, and has sold over 100 million records.

Page signed with Mercury Records in 1947, and became their first successful female artist, starting with 1948's "Confess." In 1950, she had her first million-selling single with "With My Eyes Wide Open, I'm Dreaming," and would eventually have 14 additional million-selling singles between 1950 and 1965.

Page's signature song, "Tennessee Waltz," recorded in 1950, was one of the biggest-selling singles of the twentieth century, and is also one of the two official state songs of Tennessee. "Tennessee Waltz" spent 13 weeks atop the Billboard magazine's Best-Sellers List in 1950. Page had three additional #1 hit singles between 1950 and 1953, with "All My Love (Bolero)", "I Went to Your Wedding," and "(How Much Is That) Doggie in the Window."

Unlike most pop music singers, Page blended the styles of country music into many of her most popular songs. By doing this, many of Page's singles also made the Billboard Country Chart. Towards the 1970s, Page shifted her career towards country music, and she began charting on the country charts, up until 1982. Page is one of the few vocalists who have made the country charts in five separate decades. Other singers who have done this include Eddy Arnold and George Jones, both of whom are traditional country music singers.

When rock & roll music became popular during the second half of the 1950s, traditional pop music was becoming less popular. Page was one of the few traditional pop music singers who was able to sustain her success, continuing to have major hits into the mid-1960s with "Old Cape Cod," "Allegheny Moon," "A Poor Man's Roses (Or a Rich Man's Gold)," and "Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte."

In 1997, Patti Page was inducted into the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame.
Page recorded her first hit single in 1947 titled "Confess," during a strike meaning background singers were not available to provide harmony vocals for the song. Instead, Page and the label decided to overdub her vocals on the song, in harmony. Mitch Miller, who produced for Mercury Records, was able to overdub Page's voice, due to his well-known use of technology. Thus, Page became the first pop artist to overdub her vocals on a song. This idea would later be used on Page's biggest hit singles in the 1950s. In 1948, "Confess" became a Top 15 hit on Billboard magazine, peaking at #12 on the "Best-Sellers" chart, becoming her first major hit on the pop chart. Page followed the single with four more in 1948-1949, only one of which was a Top 20 hit, "So in Love" (1949). Page also had a Top 15 hit on the Billboard magazine country chart in 1949 with "Money, Marbles, and Chalk."

In 1950, Page had her first million-selling single with "With My Eyes Wide Open, I'm Dreaming," another song where she harmonized her vocals. Because she was overdubbing her vocals, Page's name would be listed on the Pop charts as a group name. According to one early-1950s' chart, Page was titled as "The Patti Page Quartet," among others. Towards the middle of 1950, Page's single, "All My Love (Bolero)" peaked at #1 on Billboard magazine, becoming her first #1 hit, spending five weeks there. That same year, she also had her first Top 10 hit with "I Don't Care If the Sun Don't Shine," as well as the Top 25 single, "Back in Your Own Backyard."
"Tennessee Waltz": 1950

Towards the end of 1950, Page's version of "Tennessee Waltz" became her second #1 hit, and her most-popular and biggest-selling single. "Tennessee Waltz" was originally recorded by country music band Pee Wee King & His Golden West Cowboys in 1947, becoming a minor hit on the country charts for them that year. It also became a minor country hit for country star Cowboy Copas around the same time. Page was presented the song by her record label, but it was recorded in a jazz version by jazz vocalist Erskine Hawkins. Page liked the song and she eventually recorded and released it as a single. The song spent 13 weeks at #1 between 1950 and 1951. "Tennessee Waltz" also became Page's second single to reach the country chart, becoming her biggest hit there, reaching #2. The song would later become one of the best-selling records of the time, selling seven million copies in the early '50s, which prompted various cover versions of the song to appear on the charts during the year. "Tennessee Waltz" has also represented the biggest commercial success for the overdubbing technique to date. Today, the song has come close to selling fifteen million copies. It also became the last song to sell one million copies of sheet music, due to the increasing popularity of recorded music. It was featured in the 1983 film The Right Stuff (film).
Breakthrough: 1951 – 1965

In 1951, Page released the follow-up single to "Tennessee Waltz" called "Would I Love You (Love You, Love You)," which was a Top 5 hit, and also sold a million copies. The next single, "Mockin' Bird Hill," (a cover of the version by Les Paul and Mary Ford was another major hit that year) was her fourth single that sold a million copies. Page had three additional Top 10 hits on Billboard magazine in 1951, starting with "Mister and Mississippi," which peaked at #8, "And So to Sleep Again", and "Detour," which had previously been recorded and made famous by Foy Willing and Elton Britt. Page's version became the most-popular and would become Page's seventh million-selling single. She also released her first studio album in 1951 titled, Folk Song Favorites, covers of Page's favorite Folk songs. In 1952, Page had a third #1 hit with "I Went to Your Wedding," which spent two months at the top spot. Recorded in a country ballad style, the song was the flip-side of Page's other hit that year, "You Belong to Me." "I Went to Your Wedding" became more successful, and the single became Page's eighth million-selling single in the United States. She had continued success that year, with four additional songs in the Top 10 with "Come What May," "Once In a While," "Why Don't You Believe Me" (the most popular version was recorded by Joni James), and "You Belong to Me" (the most well-known version was recorded by Jo Stafford the same year).

In 1953, a novelty tune, "(How Much Is That) Doggie In the Window" became Page's fourth #1 hit, selling over a million copies, and staying on the best-sellers chart for five months. The song included a dog barking in the recording, which helped make the song popular and one of her best-known and signature songs. The song was written by novelty tune specialist, Bob Merrill. It was originally recorded by Page for a children's album that year. She had a series of Top 20 hits that year. A final single that year reached the Top 5 titled "Changing Partners," which peaked at #3 and stayed on the charts for five months. The song was also recorded in a country melody, like many of Page's hits at the time. Into 1954, Page had further hits, including "Cross Over the Bridge," which also over-dubbed Page's vocals and became a major hit, peaking at #2, nearly reaching the top spot. Other Top 10 hits by Page that year included, "Steam Heat," and "Let Me Go Lover." In 1955 Page had one charting single with "Croce di Oro," due to the increasing popularity of Rock & Roll music. Unlike most traditional pop music singers at the time, Page was able to maintain her success in the late-50s (although not as successful as the early-50s), having three major hits in 1956, including the #2 hit "Allegheny Moon." In 1957 she had other major hits with "A Poor Man's Roses (Or a Rich Man's Gold)" (recorded the same year by Patsy Cline) and the Top 5 hit, "Old Cape Cod."

During the 1950s, Page regularly appeared on a series of network television shows and programs, including The Dean Martin Show, The Ed Sullivan Show, and The Steve Allen Show. This eventually led to Page acquiring some television specials of her own during the 1950s. Page would later have her own series, beginning with Scott Music Hall on NBC in the 1952-53 season, and a syndicated series for Oldsmobile in 1955 titled The Patti Page Show. However, the show only lasted one season, as did The Big Record on CBS (1957-58) and ABC's The Patti Page Olds Show (1958-59). Page also acted in fims during this time, given a role on the CBS show, Playhouse 90. Page made her film debut in the 60s, with the 1960 film, Elmer Gantry. Page also recorded the theme song for the film, Boys Night Out, in which Page also had a role, playing Joanne McIllenny.

In the early 1960s, Page's success began to decrease, having no major hits up until 1961's "You'll Answer to Me" and "Mom and Dad's Waltz." Page had her last major hit on the Billboard Pop Chart in 1965 with "Hush... Hush Sweet, Charlotte," from the film of the same name starring Bette Davis and Olivia De Havilland.http://i842.photobucket.com/albums/zz346/nclady1106/patti_page.jpg
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Written By: ninny on 11/08/09 at 4:09 am

The co-birthdays of the day...Bonnie Raitt
Bonnie Lynn Raitt (born November 8, 1949) is an American blues singer-songwriter, born in Burbank, California. During the 1970s, Raitt released a series of acclaimed roots-influenced albums which incorporated elements of blues, rock, folk and country, but she is perhaps best known for her more commercially accessible recordings in the late 1980s and '90s, including "Nick of Time", "Something to Talk About", "Love Sneakin' Up on You", and the ballad "I Can't Make You Love Me." Raitt has received nine Grammy Awards in her career and is an avid political activist.
1977's Sweet Forgiveness gave Raitt her first commercial breakthrough when it yielded a hit single in her cover of Del Shannon's "Runaway." Recast as a heavy R&B recording based on a rhythmic groove inspired by Al Green, Raitt's version of "Runaway" was disparaged by many critics, but its commercial success prompted a bidding war between Warner Bros. and Columbia Records. "There was this big Columbia – Warner war going on at the time", recalled Raitt in a 1990 interview. "James Taylor had just left Warner Bros. and made a big album for Columbia...And then, Warner signed Paul Simon away from Columbia, and they didn't want me to have a hit record for Columbia — no matter what! So, I renegotiated my contract, and they basically matched Columbia's offer. Frankly the deal was a really big deal."

Warner Bros. held higher expectations for Raitt's next album, 1979's The Glow, but it was released to poor reviews as well as modest sales. Raitt would have one commercial success in 1979 when she helped organize the five MUSE (Musicians United for Safe Energy) concerts at Madison Square Garden. The shows spawned a three-record gold album as well as a Warner Bros. feature film, No Nukes. The shows featured co-founders Jackson Browne, Graham Nash, John Hall, and Raitt as well as Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, The Doobie Brothers, Carly Simon, James Taylor, Gil Scott-Heron, and numerous others.

For her next record, 1982's Green Light, Raitt made a conscious attempt to revisit the sound of her earlier records, but to her surprise, many of her peers and members of the press would compare her new sound to the burgeoning New Wave movement. The album received her strongest reviews in years, but her sales did not improve and this would have a severe impact on her relationship with Warner Bros.
Drop from Warner Bros.

In 1983, as Raitt was finishing work on her follow-up album, titled Tongue & Groove, Warner Bros. cleaned house, dropping a number of major artists from their roster. Van Morrison and Arlo Guthrie were two of the most high-profile cases, and the day after mastering was completed on Tongue & Groove, Raitt was notified that she was to be dropped too. The album was shelved indefinitely, and Raitt was left without a label. By now, Raitt was also struggling with alcohol and drug abuse.

Despite her personal and professional problems, Raitt continued to tour and participate in political activism. In 1985, she sang and appeared in the video of "Sun City", the anti-apartheid record written and produced by Steven Van Zandt. Along with her participation in Farm Aid and Amnesty International concerts, Raitt would later travel to Moscow in 1987 as part of the first joint Soviet/American Peace Concert later shown on Showtime television. Also in 1987, Raitt would organize a benefit in Los Angeles, for Countdown '87 to Stop Contra Aid, featuring herself, Don Henley, Herbie Hancock, Holly Near and others.
Tongue and Groove's name change and release
Bonnie Raitt at 1990 Grammy Awards

Two years after dropping her from their label, Warner Bros. notified Raitt of their plans to release Tongue & Groove. "I said it wasn't really fair", recalled Raitt. "I think at this point they felt kind of bad. I mean, I was out there touring on my savings to keep my name up, and my ability to draw was less and less. So they agreed to let me go in and recut half of it, and that's when it came out as Nine Lives." A critical and commercial disappointment, 1986's Nine Lives would be Raitt's last new recording for Warner Bros.

In late 1987, she joined k.d. lang and Jennifer Warnes as female background vocals for Roy Orbison's television special, Roy Orbison and Friends, A Black and White Night. Following this highly acclaimed broadcast, she began working on new material. By now, Raitt was clean and sober, having broken her substance abuse — for which she would credit Stevie Ray Vaughan in a Minnesota State Fair concertref,ref the night after Vaughan's 1990 death. During this time, Raitt considered signing with Prince's own label, Paisley Park, but negotiations would ultimately fall through. Instead she began recording a bluesy mix of pop and rock under the production guidance of Don Was at Capitol Records.

Raitt had met Was through Hal Wilner, who was putting together Stay Awake, a tribute album to Disney music for A&M. Was and Wilner both wanted Raitt to sing lead on an adult-contemporary arrangement created by Was for "Baby Mine", the lullaby from Dumbo. Raitt was very pleased with the sessions, and she asked Don to produce her next album.
Peak commercial success

After nearly twenty years, Bonnie Raitt achieved belated commercial success with her tenth album, Nick of Time. Released in the spring of 1989, Nick Of Time went to the top of the U.S. charts following Raitt's Grammy sweep in early 1990. At the same time, she walked away with a fourth Grammy Award for her duet "In the Mood" with John Lee Hooker on his album The Healer. Nick Of Time has sold over six million copies in the US alone.

She followed up this success with three more Grammy Awards for her 1991 album, Luck of the Draw which has currently sold nearly 8 million copies in the United States. Three years later, in 1994, she added two more Grammys with her album Longing In Their Hearts, her second no. 1 album. Both of these albums were multi-platinum successes. Raitt's collaboration with Was would amicably come to an end with 1995's live release, Road Tested. Released to solid reviews, it sold well enough to be certified gold.

For her next studio album, Raitt hired Mitchell Froom and Tchad Blake as her producers. "I loved working with Don Was but I wanted to give myself and my fans a stretch and do something different", Raitt said. Her work with Froom and Blake was released on Fundamental in 1998.
Current era

In March 2000, Raitt was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Silver Lining was released in 2002 while Souls Alike was released in September 2005.

Australian Country Music Artist Graeme Connors has said, "Bonnie Raitt does something with a lyric no one else can do; she bends it and twists it right into your heart." (ABC Radio NSW Australia interview with Interviewer Chris Coleman on 18 January 2007)

Raitt appeared on the June 7, 2008 broadcast of Garrison Keillor's radio program "A Prairie Home Companion." She performed two blues songs with Kevin "Keb' Mo'" Moore: "No Getting Over You" and "There Ain't Nothin' in Ramblin'." Raitt also sang "Dimming of the Day" with Richard Thompson. The show is archived on the Prairie Home Companion web site.
Political activism

Raitt's web site urges fans to learn more about preserving the environment. She was a founding member of Musicians United for Safe Energy.

In 1994 at the urging of Dick Waterman Raitt funded the replacement of a headstone for one of her mentors, Fred McDowell through the Mt. Zion Memorial Fund. Raitt would later finance memorial headstones in Mississippi for Memphis Minnie, Sam Chatmon, and Tommy Johnson through the Mt. Zion Fund.

Bonnie Raitt is a staunch liberal. In July 2004, she drew thunderous applause at the Stockholm Jazz Festival for dedicating a classic to sitting (and later re-elected) U.S. President George W. Bush. She was quoted as saying, "We're gonna sing this for George Bush because he's out of here, people!" before she launched into the opening licks of "Your Good Thing (Is About to End)", a cover that was featured on her 1979 album The Glow. In 2002, she signed on as an official supporter of Little Kids Rock, a nonprofit organization that provides free musical instruments and free lessons to children in public schools throughout the U.S.A. She has visited children in the program and sits on the organization's board of directors as an honorary member.

Raitt worked with Reverb, a non-profit environmental organization, for her 2005 Fall/Winter and 2006 Spring/Summer/Fall tours.

Raitt is part of the No Nukes group which is against the expansion of nuclear power. In 2007 the group recorded a music video of a new version of the Buffalo Springfield song "For What It's Worth".

During the 2008 Democratic primary campaign Raitt, along with Jackson Browne, performed at campaign appearances for candidate John Edwards.
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* Roy Wood
Roy Wood (born Roy Adrian Wood, 8 November 1946, Kitts Green, Birmingham) is an English singer-songwriter and musician. He was particularly successful in the 1960s and 1970s as member and co-founder of the bands The Move, Electric Light Orchestra and Wizzard. As a songwriter, he contributed a number of hits to the repertoire of these bands.
Wood's first group in Birmingham in the early 1960s was The Falcons, which he left in 1963 to join Gerry Levene and the Avengers. He then moved to Mike Sheridan and the Nightriders (the band later became The Idle Race). During this period, Wood attended the Moseley College of Art, from which he was expelled in 1964.

From this basis, and other Birmingham-based groups, was formed The Move and they quickly entered the UK Singles Chart. Their single, "Night of Fear", climbed to #2 in early 1967. Their third hit, "Flowers in the Rain", helped launch BBC Radio 1 in 1967, and the band evolved over a three year period. After the departure of The Move's lead singer Carl Wayne, Wood's influence became more prominent. In 1967 Wood supplied backing vocals on the track, "You Got Me Floatin'", on The Jimi Hendrix Experience's album, Axis: Bold as Love.

Wood was keen on musical experimentation and was in this respect one of the most progressive musicians of his time, taking the 'pop group' into new areas. He was an early proponent of combining rock and roll and pop music with other styles, such as classical music, or the big band sound, and introduced classically-styled string and brass sections into the pop record.

When The Move was still on tour, he founded, together with his band colleagues Jeff Lynne and Bev Bevan, the Electric Light Orchestra (ELO), which was later to gain major commercial success. The original intention was to continue with both The Move and ELO, but the former soon ceased to exist.

ELO's early live performances were chaotic, and after increasing tensions, Wood left in July 1972 and formed a new group, Wizzard, which assembled cellists, brass players and a bigger rhythm section, with several drummers and percussionists. Wood emulated the wall of sound production style of Phil Spector whilst successfully, and affectionately, pastiching the rock and roll style of the early 1960s. Meanwhile, he released several solo albums, exploring further musical directions. His 1973 album, Boulders, was an almost entirely solo effort, right down to the sleeve artwork, with Wood playing a wide variety of musical instruments. A second solo album Mustard (1975), including contributions by Phil Everly and Annie Haslam, was less successful.

Wood was mentioned as singer as well as player of guitars, bass guitar, sitar, cello, double bass, saxophones, clarinet, trombone, tuba, recorders, oboe, French horn, banjo, mandolin, bassoon, drums, percussion, vibraphone, bagpipes and keyboards.

Earlier, in July 1972, Wood played bass guitar on all the tracks for Bo Diddley's Chess Records album The London Bo Diddley Sessions.

By the late 1970s, Wood was appearing less in public; commercial success faded away, and his musical experiments did not always match popular taste, but he remained productive in the studio as musician, producer and songwriter. He was a fan of Elvis Presley, but never succeeded in getting him to adopt one of his compositions. However, he was untiring as a producer for other acts, most successfully doo-wop revivalists Darts. In 1976, Wood recorded The Beatles songs "Lovely Rita" and "Polythene Pam" for the ill-fated musical documentary, All This and World War II.

In 1977 he formed the Wizzo Band, a jazz-rock ensemble, whose only live performance was a BBC simultaneous television and radio broadcast in stereo. The Wizzo Band split early the following year after cancelling a nationwide tour.

In the early 1980s Wood released a few singles under his own name and also as Roy Wood's Helicopters, and played some live dates under this name. The release of one of these singles, "Aerial Pictures", backed with "Airborne", was cancelled owing to the lack of chart success for its predecessors, but both sides appeared for the first time in 2006 on a compilation CD, Roy Wood - The Wizzard!. "Aerial Pictures", using the original backing track, subsequently became a solo single for former Move vocalist, Carl Wayne.

Wood also made a one-off rock and roll medley single with Phil Lynott, Chas Hodges and John Coghlan, credited to The Rockers, "We Are The Boys" (1983), and played a leading role in the Birmingham Heart Beat Charity Concert 1986, on 15 March 1986, which was later televised in part by the BBC. As well as designing the logo, Wood performed in a line-up which also included the Electric Light Orchestra and the Moody Blues.

After a period away from the limelight, following the release of the album Starting Up (1987), a cover version of the Len Barry hit "1-2-3", and a guest vocal appearance on one track on Rick Wakeman's The Time Machine, he went on the road with 'Roy Wood's Army'. He also recorded two tracks with Lynne around this time ("If You Can't Get What You Want" and "Me and You"), which were never released.

Collectively, hit records by The Move, Electric Light Orchestra, Wizzard, and Wood's own solo singles demonstrated an impressive chart run for an individual, both as composer and performer. Altogether he had more than 20 singles in the UK Singles Chart under various guises, including three UK #1 hits. His most regularly broadcasted song is the seasonal Wizzard single "I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday". In 1995 he released a new live version as the 'Roy Wood Big Band', which charted at #59, and in 2000 he joined forces with Mike Batt and The Wombles, for a re-working of "I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday" and of the Wombles' hit "Wombling Merry Christmas", together in one song which reached #22. Over Christmas 2007, Wood appeared in a catalogue advertisement for Argos, where he played the part of a rowdy neighbour playing guitar along to Wizzard's "I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday", and the song once again entered the UK Singles Chart.

Wood was awarded an honorary doctorate for his contribution to music by the University of Derby on the 18 January 2008.

Most recently, he has formed the Roy Wood Rock & Roll Band for occasional live dates and television performances in the UK. They were confirmed as the support act for Status Quo at several UK dates in November and December 2009.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/08/09 at 4:09 am

He was great on Taxi,as was Christopher Lloyd.
...was he!!!!

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/08/09 at 4:15 am

The word of the day...Waltz
1.
1. A ballroom dance in triple time with a strong accent on the first beat.
2. A piece of music for this dance.
3. An instrumental or vocal composition in triple time.
2. Informal. Something that presents no difficulties and can be accomplished with little effort.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHFJWCCsWWQ

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/08/09 at 4:17 am

The word of the day...Waltz
1.
1. A ballroom dance in triple time with a strong accent on the first beat.
2. A piece of music for this dance.
3. An instrumental or vocal composition in triple time.
2. Informal. Something that presents no difficulties and can be accomplished with little effort.

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b128/kimasabe/BSB%20in%20Los%20Angeles/CARTER%20CLAN/TV-radio/DWTS10-2009AARONKARINA-waltz.jpg

Strictly Come Dancing is a popular tv show over here.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/08/09 at 4:19 am

The birthday of the day...Patti Page
Clara Ann Fowler (born November 8, 1927), known by her professional name Patti Page, is an American singer, one of the best-known female artists in traditional pop music. She was the best-selling female artist of the 1950s, and has sold over 100 million records.

Page signed with Mercury Records in 1947, and became their first successful female artist, starting with 1948's "Confess." In 1950, she had her first million-selling single with "With My Eyes Wide Open, I'm Dreaming," and would eventually have 14 additional million-selling singles between 1950 and 1965.

Page's signature song, "Tennessee Waltz," recorded in 1950, was one of the biggest-selling singles of the twentieth century, and is also one of the two official state songs of Tennessee. "Tennessee Waltz" spent 13 weeks atop the Billboard magazine's Best-Sellers List in 1950. Page had three additional #1 hit singles between 1950 and 1953, with "All My Love (Bolero)", "I Went to Your Wedding," and "(How Much Is That) Doggie in the Window."

Unlike most pop music singers, Page blended the styles of country music into many of her most popular songs. By doing this, many of Page's singles also made the Billboard Country Chart. Towards the 1970s, Page shifted her career towards country music, and she began charting on the country charts, up until 1982. Page is one of the few vocalists who have made the country charts in five separate decades. Other singers who have done this include Eddy Arnold and George Jones, both of whom are traditional country music singers.

When rock & roll music became popular during the second half of the 1950s, traditional pop music was becoming less popular. Page was one of the few traditional pop music singers who was able to sustain her success, continuing to have major hits into the mid-1960s with "Old Cape Cod," "Allegheny Moon," "A Poor Man's Roses (Or a Rich Man's Gold)," and "Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte."

In 1997, Patti Page was inducted into the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame.
Page recorded her first hit single in 1947 titled "Confess," during a strike meaning background singers were not available to provide harmony vocals for the song. Instead, Page and the label decided to overdub her vocals on the song, in harmony. Mitch Miller, who produced for Mercury Records, was able to overdub Page's voice, due to his well-known use of technology. Thus, Page became the first pop artist to overdub her vocals on a song. This idea would later be used on Page's biggest hit singles in the 1950s. In 1948, "Confess" became a Top 15 hit on Billboard magazine, peaking at #12 on the "Best-Sellers" chart, becoming her first major hit on the pop chart. Page followed the single with four more in 1948-1949, only one of which was a Top 20 hit, "So in Love" (1949). Page also had a Top 15 hit on the Billboard magazine country chart in 1949 with "Money, Marbles, and Chalk."

In 1950, Page had her first million-selling single with "With My Eyes Wide Open, I'm Dreaming," another song where she harmonized her vocals. Because she was overdubbing her vocals, Page's name would be listed on the Pop charts as a group name. According to one early-1950s' chart, Page was titled as "The Patti Page Quartet," among others. Towards the middle of 1950, Page's single, "All My Love (Bolero)" peaked at #1 on Billboard magazine, becoming her first #1 hit, spending five weeks there. That same year, she also had her first Top 10 hit with "I Don't Care If the Sun Don't Shine," as well as the Top 25 single, "Back in Your Own Backyard."
"Tennessee Waltz": 1950

Towards the end of 1950, Page's version of "Tennessee Waltz" became her second #1 hit, and her most-popular and biggest-selling single. "Tennessee Waltz" was originally recorded by country music band Pee Wee King & His Golden West Cowboys in 1947, becoming a minor hit on the country charts for them that year. It also became a minor country hit for country star Cowboy Copas around the same time. Page was presented the song by her record label, but it was recorded in a jazz version by jazz vocalist Erskine Hawkins. Page liked the song and she eventually recorded and released it as a single. The song spent 13 weeks at #1 between 1950 and 1951. "Tennessee Waltz" also became Page's second single to reach the country chart, becoming her biggest hit there, reaching #2. The song would later become one of the best-selling records of the time, selling seven million copies in the early '50s, which prompted various cover versions of the song to appear on the charts during the year. "Tennessee Waltz" has also represented the biggest commercial success for the overdubbing technique to date. Today, the song has come close to selling fifteen million copies. It also became the last song to sell one million copies of sheet music, due to the increasing popularity of recorded music. It was featured in the 1983 film The Right Stuff (film).
Breakthrough: 1951 – 1965

In 1951, Page released the follow-up single to "Tennessee Waltz" called "Would I Love You (Love You, Love You)," which was a Top 5 hit, and also sold a million copies. The next single, "Mockin' Bird Hill," (a cover of the version by Les Paul and Mary Ford was another major hit that year) was her fourth single that sold a million copies. Page had three additional Top 10 hits on Billboard magazine in 1951, starting with "Mister and Mississippi," which peaked at #8, "And So to Sleep Again", and "Detour," which had previously been recorded and made famous by Foy Willing and Elton Britt. Page's version became the most-popular and would become Page's seventh million-selling single. She also released her first studio album in 1951 titled, Folk Song Favorites, covers of Page's favorite Folk songs. In 1952, Page had a third #1 hit with "I Went to Your Wedding," which spent two months at the top spot. Recorded in a country ballad style, the song was the flip-side of Page's other hit that year, "You Belong to Me." "I Went to Your Wedding" became more successful, and the single became Page's eighth million-selling single in the United States. She had continued success that year, with four additional songs in the Top 10 with "Come What May," "Once In a While," "Why Don't You Believe Me" (the most popular version was recorded by Joni James), and "You Belong to Me" (the most well-known version was recorded by Jo Stafford the same year).

In 1953, a novelty tune, "(How Much Is That) Doggie In the Window" became Page's fourth #1 hit, selling over a million copies, and staying on the best-sellers chart for five months. The song included a dog barking in the recording, which helped make the song popular and one of her best-known and signature songs. The song was written by novelty tune specialist, Bob Merrill. It was originally recorded by Page for a children's album that year. She had a series of Top 20 hits that year. A final single that year reached the Top 5 titled "Changing Partners," which peaked at #3 and stayed on the charts for five months. The song was also recorded in a country melody, like many of Page's hits at the time. Into 1954, Page had further hits, including "Cross Over the Bridge," which also over-dubbed Page's vocals and became a major hit, peaking at #2, nearly reaching the top spot. Other Top 10 hits by Page that year included, "Steam Heat," and "Let Me Go Lover." In 1955 Page had one charting single with "Croce di Oro," due to the increasing popularity of Rock & Roll music. Unlike most traditional pop music singers at the time, Page was able to maintain her success in the late-50s (although not as successful as the early-50s), having three major hits in 1956, including the #2 hit "Allegheny Moon." In 1957 she had other major hits with "A Poor Man's Roses (Or a Rich Man's Gold)" (recorded the same year by Patsy Cline) and the Top 5 hit, "Old Cape Cod."

During the 1950s, Page regularly appeared on a series of network television shows and programs, including The Dean Martin Show, The Ed Sullivan Show, and The Steve Allen Show. This eventually led to Page acquiring some television specials of her own during the 1950s. Page would later have her own series, beginning with Scott Music Hall on NBC in the 1952-53 season, and a syndicated series for Oldsmobile in 1955 titled The Patti Page Show. However, the show only lasted one season, as did The Big Record on CBS (1957-58) and ABC's The Patti Page Olds Show (1958-59). Page also acted in fims during this time, given a role on the CBS show, Playhouse 90. Page made her film debut in the 60s, with the 1960 film, Elmer Gantry. Page also recorded the theme song for the film, Boys Night Out, in which Page also had a role, playing Joanne McIllenny.

In the early 1960s, Page's success began to decrease, having no major hits up until 1961's "You'll Answer to Me" and "Mom and Dad's Waltz." Page had her last major hit on the Billboard Pop Chart in 1965 with "Hush... Hush Sweet, Charlotte," from the film of the same name starring Bette Davis and Olivia De Havilland.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AkLE4X-bbU

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/08/09 at 4:19 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AkLE4X-bbU
Over the years, I have never know what she looked like.

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Written By: ninny on 11/08/09 at 4:20 am

...was he!!!!

You didn't like Christopher's Rev. Jim?

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Written By: ninny on 11/08/09 at 4:22 am

Over the years, I have never know what she looked like.

She seems like a real nice lady.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/08/09 at 4:23 am

You didn't like Christopher's Rev. Jim?
I do not recall the real characters, only Danny DV stands out for me, I am heading to YouTube right now.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/08/09 at 4:24 am

She seems like a real nice lady.
Born 1927 and is still with us.

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Written By: ninny on 11/08/09 at 4:24 am

Strictly Come Dancing is a popular tv show over here.

We have dance programs here,but I don't watch them..they are popular here also.

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Written By: ninny on 11/08/09 at 4:26 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHFJWCCsWWQ

Just love this song. :)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/08/09 at 4:26 am

We have dance programs here,but I don't watch them..they are popular here also.
Dancing With The Stars ?

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/08/09 at 4:27 am

Just love this song. :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDAWszeZtNg

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Written By: danootaandme on 11/08/09 at 4:27 am

Just love this song. :)

Me Too!

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Written By: ninny on 11/08/09 at 4:44 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDAWszeZtNg

I hate to admit it, but I've never watched the whole movie :-[

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/08/09 at 5:12 am

I hate to admit it, but I've never watched the whole movie :-[
I have seen it many times and on DVD.

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Written By: Womble on 11/08/09 at 6:48 am

Interesting bio on Patti Page. Thanks for sharing, Ninny. :)

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Written By: Howard on 11/08/09 at 6:56 am

There was also The Minute Waltz.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/08/09 at 8:19 am

There was also The Minute Waltz.
...by Frederic Chopin

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/08/09 at 8:20 am

There was also The Minute Waltz.

...by Frederic Chopin
Better known as "Waltz in D flat major", opus 64, No. 1.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/08/09 at 8:22 am

There was also The Minute Waltz.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWrqtJTEmBk

You may all like this.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/08/09 at 8:23 am

There was also The Minute Waltz.
Minute as in small, not in the length of time.

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Written By: ninny on 11/08/09 at 9:26 am

Interesting bio on Patti Page. Thanks for sharing, Ninny. :)

I really didn't know much about her until I read her bio, I have heard a few of her songs.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/08/09 at 9:45 am

I really didn't know much about her until I read her bio, I have heard a few of her songs.
I know of the son gTennessee Waltz, but did not know she sang it.

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Written By: CatwomanofV on 11/08/09 at 10:55 am

Carlos ALWAYS waltzes with me. This was a song we waltz to at our wedding and we waltz to it whenever we get a chance.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKSq0LGNi9c

BTW-it is from the movie Anastasia NOT Labyrinth.

Cat

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/08/09 at 12:15 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwvazMc5EfE

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/08/09 at 12:17 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwvazMc5EfE
Which is not a waltz but is in 4/4 time (four beats to the bar).

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Written By: ninny on 11/08/09 at 1:36 pm

I know of the son gTennessee Waltz, but did not know she sang it.

Yes I knew that song and How Much Is The Doggie In the Window.

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Written By: ninny on 11/08/09 at 1:36 pm

Carlos ALWAYS waltzes with me. This was a song we waltz to at our wedding and we waltz to it whenever we get a chance.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKSq0LGNi9c

BTW-it is from the movie Anastasia NOT Labyrinth.

Cat

I never heard this song before, Thanks Cat. :)

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Written By: ninny on 11/08/09 at 1:43 pm

Here is a list of songs that Wikipedia composed of popular waltz's

The waltz was a familiar format in popular songs until the 1970s. Some waltzes which are well-known popular hits include:

From the first decades of the 20th century, "Kiss Me Again", "Beautiful Ohio", "I'm Falling in Love with Someone", "When I Lost You".

From the 1920s: "The Anniversary Waltz", "Are You Lonesome Tonight", "Always", "Remember", "What'll I Do", "All Alone", "The Song Is Ended", "Russian Lullaby", "Marie", "Together", "Lover", "Charmaine".

From the 1930s: "Falling in Love with Love", "Fascination", "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World", "Reaching for the Moon", "Someday My Prince Will Come", "The Touch of Your Hand", "Wait Till You See Her", "When I Grow Too Old to Dream".

From the 1940s: "Goodnight, Irene", "You Always Hurt the One You Love", "Oh What a Beautiful Morning", "Out of My Dreams", "Californ-i-ay", "Hello, Young Lovers", "The Carousel Waltz", "The Girl That I Marry", "The Girl Next Door", "Cruising Down the River", "Tenderly", "Let's Take an Old-Fashioned Walk", "It's a Big, Wide, Wonderful World", "You're Breaking My Heart". "This Nearly Was Mine", "A Wonderful Guy".

From the 1950s: "The Tennessee Waltz", "If", "I Went To Your Wedding", "(How Much Is) The Doggie in the Window", "Song from Moulin Rouge (Where Is Your Heart)", "True Love", "Allegheny Moon", "Rock and Roll Waltz", "Hot Diggity (Dog Ziggity Boom)", "Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)", "Tammy", "Around the World", "The Chipmunk Song", "El Paso", "Edelweiss", "My Favorite Things".

From the 1960s: "Moon River", "Charade", "Dear Heart", "Somewhere, My Love (Lara's Theme from Dr. Zhivago)", "The Sweetheart Tree", "What the World Needs Now Is Love", "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman", "Time to Get Alone", "Friends", "The Last Waltz", "Jean".

From the 1970s: "Time in a Bottle", "Annie's Song", "When I Need You", "You Light Up My Life", "If You Don't Know Me By Now", "Three Times a Lady", "Take It to the Limit", The Godfather Waltz.

From the 1980s: "Friends and Lovers (Both to Each Other)", "At This Moment".

Among popular composers, it seems they either wrote a lot of waltzes or almost none. Irving Berlin was known for his many waltzes, including "When I Lost You", "Always", "Remember", "What'll I Do", "All Alone", "The Song Is Ended", "Russian Lullaby", "Marie", "Reaching for the Moon", "The Girl That I Marry", "Let's Take an Old-Fashioned Walk", "(Just One Way To Say) I Love You", and "Let's Go Back to the Waltz". Similarly, Richard Rodgers wrote many waltzes, including "Lover", "Oh What a Beautiful Morning", "Out of My Dreams", "Edelweiss", "My Favorite Things", "Falling in Love with Love", "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World", "Wait Till You See Her" "This Nearly Was Mine", "A Wonderful Guy", "Hello, Young Lovers", and "The Carousel Waltz". Henry Mancini included many waltzes among his popular songs: "Moon River", "Charade", "Dear Heart", "The Sweetheart Tree", and "Whistling Away the Dark". In contrast, Jerome Kern, George Gershwin and Cole Porter wrote only a small number of waltzes each. Stephen Sondheim often uses the waltz in his music, particularly in A Little Night Music

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/08/09 at 1:47 pm

Here is a list of songs that Wikipedia composed of popular waltz's

The waltz was a familiar format in popular songs until the 1970s. Some waltzes which are well-known popular hits include:

From the first decades of the 20th century, "Kiss Me Again", "Beautiful Ohio", "I'm Falling in Love with Someone", "When I Lost You".

From the 1920s: "The Anniversary Waltz", "Are You Lonesome Tonight", "Always", "Remember", "What'll I Do", "All Alone", "The Song Is Ended", "Russian Lullaby", "Marie", "Together", "Lover", "Charmaine".

From the 1930s: "Falling in Love with Love", "Fascination", "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World", "Reaching for the Moon", "Someday My Prince Will Come", "The Touch of Your Hand", "Wait Till You See Her", "When I Grow Too Old to Dream".

From the 1940s: "Goodnight, Irene", "You Always Hurt the One You Love", "Oh What a Beautiful Morning", "Out of My Dreams", "Californ-i-ay", "Hello, Young Lovers", "The Carousel Waltz", "The Girl That I Marry", "The Girl Next Door", "Cruising Down the River", "Tenderly", "Let's Take an Old-Fashioned Walk", "It's a Big, Wide, Wonderful World", "You're Breaking My Heart". "This Nearly Was Mine", "A Wonderful Guy".

From the 1950s: "The Tennessee Waltz", "If", "I Went To Your Wedding", "(How Much Is) The Doggie in the Window", "Song from Moulin Rouge (Where Is Your Heart)", "True Love", "Allegheny Moon", "Rock and Roll Waltz", "Hot Diggity (Dog Ziggity Boom)", "Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)", "Tammy", "Around the World", "The Chipmunk Song", "El Paso", "Edelweiss", "My Favorite Things".

From the 1960s: "Moon River", "Charade", "Dear Heart", "Somewhere, My Love (Lara's Theme from Dr. Zhivago)", "The Sweetheart Tree", "What the World Needs Now Is Love", "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman", "Time to Get Alone", "Friends", "The Last Waltz", "Jean".

From the 1970s: "Time in a Bottle", "Annie's Song", "When I Need You", "You Light Up My Life", "If You Don't Know Me By Now", "Three Times a Lady", "Take It to the Limit", The Godfather Waltz.

From the 1980s: "Friends and Lovers (Both to Each Other)", "At This Moment".

Among popular composers, it seems they either wrote a lot of waltzes or almost none. Irving Berlin was known for his many waltzes, including "When I Lost You", "Always", "Remember", "What'll I Do", "All Alone", "The Song Is Ended", "Russian Lullaby", "Marie", "Reaching for the Moon", "The Girl That I Marry", "Let's Take an Old-Fashioned Walk", "(Just One Way To Say) I Love You", and "Let's Go Back to the Waltz". Similarly, Richard Rodgers wrote many waltzes, including "Lover", "Oh What a Beautiful Morning", "Out of My Dreams", "Edelweiss", "My Favorite Things", "Falling in Love with Love", "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World", "Wait Till You See Her" "This Nearly Was Mine", "A Wonderful Guy", "Hello, Young Lovers", and "The Carousel Waltz". Henry Mancini included many waltzes among his popular songs: "Moon River", "Charade", "Dear Heart", "The Sweetheart Tree", and "Whistling Away the Dark". In contrast, Jerome Kern, George Gershwin and Cole Porter wrote only a small number of waltzes each. Stephen Sondheim often uses the waltz in his music, particularly in A Little Night Music
Is Lucille by Kenny Rogers in 3/4 time (another waltz song?

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Written By: CatwomanofV on 11/08/09 at 2:12 pm

I love "Out Of My Dreams" from Oklahoma.

I also love all the music from A Little Night Music. (The movie sucked the big one-but the play is probably much better.)

Cat

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Written By: Howard on 11/08/09 at 2:12 pm

Was the minute waltz always a minute? ???

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/08/09 at 2:15 pm

Was the minute waltz always a minute? ???

Minute as in small, not in the length of time.
The recording I have of it is 1:50 long.

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Written By: CatwomanofV on 11/08/09 at 2:15 pm

BTW-Piano Man by Billy Joel is also a waltz. Carlos & I went to a wedding once and the dj had no idea what a waltz was ::) so the only one Carlos could think of at the time was Piano Man. It was a fast and LONG waltz. We were dying by the time it was over because we were the only ones on the dance floor and everyone was watching us so we couldn't stop. :D ;D ;D ;D

At his daughter's wedding in Aug. again, the dj didn't know what a waltz was ::) but had Waltz for Evita & Che from Evita so we waltz to that. Now, we learn to bring a copy of "Once Upon a December" when we know there will be dancing.

Cat

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Written By: Howard on 11/08/09 at 2:16 pm

The recording I have of it is 1:50 long.

It's that short?

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Written By: ninny on 11/08/09 at 3:14 pm

Is Lucille by Kenny Rogers in 3/4 time (another waltz song?

I do not find that listed

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Written By: ninny on 11/08/09 at 3:16 pm

BTW-Piano Man by Billy Joel is also a waltz. Carlos & I went to a wedding once and the dj had no idea what a waltz was ::) so the only one Carlos could think of at the time was Piano Man. It was a fast and LONG waltz. We were dying by the time it was over because we were the only ones on the dance floor and everyone was watching us so we couldn't stop. :D ;D ;D ;D

At his daughter's wedding in Aug. again, the dj didn't know what a waltz was ::) but had Waltz for Evita & Che from Evita so we waltz to that. Now, we learn to bring a copy of "Once Upon a December" when we know there will be dancing.

Cat

For some reason they did not have that with the other songs in the 1970's, but on a contemporary list. I would think it would be on the popular list :-\\

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Written By: nally on 11/08/09 at 3:21 pm

Is Lucille by Kenny Rogers in 3/4 time (another waltz song)?

I'm not sure; I don't know that song. I'd probably have to find it on Youtube. But I can think of several other songs (especially from the 1990s and 2000s, which aren't listed in the above blurb) that have triple meter:

"Kiss From A Rose" by Seal (1995)
"I'll Be" by Edwin McCain (1998)
"Iris" by the Goo Goo Dolls (1998)...it also has an instrumental segment with common (4/4) time; I always think change of meter is interesting
"I'm With You" by Avril Lavigne (2002)
"Breakaway" by Kelly Clarkson (2004)

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Written By: ninny on 11/08/09 at 7:03 pm

I'm not sure; I don't know that song. I'd probably have to find it on Youtube. But I can think of several other songs (especially from the 1990s and 2000s, which aren't listed in the above blurb) that have triple meter:

"Kiss From A Rose" by Seal (1995)
"I'll Be" by Edwin McCain (1998)
"Iris" by the Goo Goo Dolls (1998)...it also has an instrumental segment with common (4/4) time; I always think change of meter is interesting
"I'm With You" by Avril Lavigne (2002)
"Breakaway" by Kelly Clarkson (2004)

Thanks Jeff, I like all those songs. :)

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Written By: Frank on 11/09/09 at 12:30 am

"She's leaving home" by the Beatles is a beautiful waltz.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/09/09 at 1:30 am

I do not find that listed
I could not see it either.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/09/09 at 1:45 am

I'm not sure; I don't know that song. I'd probably have to find it on Youtube. But I can think of several other songs (especially from the 1990s and 2000s, which aren't listed in the above blurb) that have triple meter:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLKDFKRTdlo

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Written By: Howard on 11/09/09 at 6:45 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLKDFKRTdlo

good song.

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Written By: ninny on 11/09/09 at 7:23 am

The word of the day...Pitcher
1. One that pitches.
2. Baseball. The player who throws the ball from the mound to the batter.
3. Sports. A seven iron used in golf.
1. A container for liquids, usually having a handle and a lip or spout for pouring.
2. Botany. A pitcherlike part, such as the leaf of a pitcher plant.
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Written By: ninny on 11/09/09 at 7:26 am

The birthday of the day...Bob Gibson
Pack Robert "Bob" Gibson (born November 9, 1935) is a former right-handed baseball pitcher, having played for the St. Louis Cardinals from 1959 to 1975. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1981.

Gibson was a fierce competitor who rarely smiled and was known to throw close, fast inside pitches to let batters know who was in charge, similar to his contemporary and fellow Hall of Famer Don Drysdale. Even so, Gibson had good control and hit only 102 batters in his career (fewer than Drysdale's 154). Revered by St. Louis baseball fans, Gibson dominated with his fastball, sharp slider and a slow, looping curveball. He now resides in the Omaha suburb of Bellevue with his wife and son, and is a special instructor coach for the St. Louis Cardinals.
In the eight seasons from 1963 to 1970, he won 156 games and lost 81, for a .658 winning percentage. He won nine Gold Glove Awards, was awarded the World Series MVP Award in 1964 and 1967, and won Cy Young Awards in 1968 and 1970.

In Game 7 of St. Louis's World Series triumph on October 15, 1964, Gibson held on to earn the win despite allowing ninth-inning home runs to New York Yankees Phil Linz and Clete Boyer.

In 1967, Gibson made a remarkable recovery from a broken leg to become the premier pitcher in that year's World Series. Gibson's normal follow-through included landing hard on his right leg. On July 15, he was hit by a line drive off the bat of Roberto Clemente. The broken leg put Gibson on the disabled list until early September, while the Cardinals continued to play exceptionally well, with Nelson Briles who took Gibson's spot in the rotation, reeling off nine consecutive wins. With Gibson back in the lineup, the Cardinals secured the National League pennant on September 18, 10½ games ahead of the San Francisco Giants.

In the 1967 World Series against the Boston Red Sox, Gibson allowed only three earned runs and 14 hits over three complete game victories (Games 1, 4, and 7), the latter two marks tying Christy Mathewson's 1905 World Series record. He also hit a vital home run in Game 7.

The 1968 season became known as "The Year of the Pitcher", and Gibson was at the forefront of pitching dominance. His earned run average was 1.12, a live-ball era record, as well as the major league record in 300 or more innings pitched, and was the lowest major league ERA in 54 years (see Dutch Leonard). He threw 13 shutouts, just three behind Grover Alexander's 1916 major league record of 16, and in one phenomenal stretch allowed only two earned runs in 92 innings (0.20 ERA). Gibson also pitched 47 consecutive scoreless innings, at the time the third-longest scoreless streak in major league history, to Walter Johnson's 56 in 1913, and Don Drysdale's 58⅔ set earlier during the 1968 season. Gibson also won the National League MVP Award, the last MVP won by a National League pitcher to date. With the batting anemic even on the Cardinal team, Gibson lost nine games against 22 wins, despite his record-setting low 1.12 ERA; the team could not score many runs. He lost five 1-0 games, one of which was Gaylord Perry's no-hitter on September 17. Gibson was never "knocked from the box" in 34 starts.

In Game 1 of the 1968 World Series, Gibson struck out 17 Detroit Tigers to set a World Series record for strikeouts in one game, which still stands today (breaking Sandy Koufax's record of 15 in Game 1 of the 1963 World Series).

Gibson's 1968 season was so successful that his performance is widely cited in Major League Baseball's decision to lower the pitcher's mound by five inches in 1969 from 15 inches to 10 inches. The change had only a slight effect on him; he went 20-13 that year, with a 2.18 ERA, 4 shutouts and 28 complete games. Since then, Major League Baseball has put heavier emphasis on pitch counts and relief pitching; these, combined with other changes in baseball and ballparks, may make Gibson's 1968 record unrepeatable by another pitcher.

On May 12, 1969, Gibson struck out three batters on nine pitches in the seventh inning of a 6-2 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers. Gibson became the ninth National League pitcher and the 15th pitcher in Major League history to throw an immaculate inning.

Gibson achieved two highlights in August 1971. On the 4th of the month, he defeated the Giants 7-2 at Busch Memorial Stadium for his 200th career victory. Ten days later, he no-hit the Pittsburgh Pirates 11-0 at Three Rivers Stadium. Three of his 10 strikeouts in the game were to Willie Stargell, including the game's final out. The no-hitter was the first in Pittsburgh in more than 60 years; none had been pitched in the 62-year (mid-1909 to mid-1970) history of Three Rivers Stadium's predecessor, Forbes Field.

He was the second pitcher in Major League Baseball history, after Walter Johnson, to strike out over 3,000 batters, and the first to do so in the National League. He accomplished this at home, at Busch Stadium on July 17, 1974; the victim was César Gerónimo of the Cincinnati Reds. (Gerónimo would also become Nolan Ryan's 3,000th strikeout victim, in 1980.)

Gibson was a good hitter and was sometimes used by the Cardinals as a pinch-hitter. In 1970, he hit .303 for the season, which was over 100 points higher than his teammate, shortstop Dal Maxvill. For his career, he batted .206 (274-for-1,328) with 44 doubles, 5 triples, 24 home runs (plus two more in the World Series) and 144 RBIs, plus stealing 13 bases and walking 63 times for a .206/.243/.301 line. He is one of only two pitchers since World War II with a career batting average of .200 or higher, and with at least 20 home runs and 100 RBIs (Bob Lemon, who had broken into the majors as a third baseman, is the other at .232).

Gibson was above average as a baserunner and thus was occasionally used as a pinch runner, despite managers' general reluctance to risk injury to pitchers in this way.

The constant pounding on Gibson's right knee took its toll, eventually inflicting knee injuries that contributed to Gibson losing his effectiveness. In his final season 1975 he went 3-10 with a 5.04 ERA, and announced his retirement earlier that season. In his final appearance, Gibson was summoned as a reliever in a 6-6 game against the Cubs and gave up the game-winner to an unheralded player, most well known for his odd name and being the son of TV personality, Peter Marshall. “When I gave up a grand slam to Pete LaCock,” Bob Gibson said later, “I knew it was time to quit.”

The Cardinals honored him by declaring a "Bob Gibson Day" in September, 1975.
Don't mess with 'Hoot'

Gibson was known for pitching inside to batters. Dusty Baker received the following advice from Hank Aaron about facing Gibson: "'Don't dig in against Bob Gibson, he'll knock you down. He'd knock down his own grandmother if she dared to challenge him. Don't stare at him, don't smile at him, don't talk to him. He doesn't like it. If you happen to hit a home run, don't run too slow, don't run too fast. If you happen to want to celebrate, get in the tunnel first. And if he hits you, don't charge the mound, because he's a Gold Glove boxer.' I'm like, 'Damn, what about my 17-game hitting streak?' That was the night it ended."

Dick Allen stated that, "Bob Gibson was so mean he would knock you down and then meet you at home plate to see if you wanted to make something of it."

Gibson showed no mercy, even to players he liked. Gibson's closest friend on the Cardinals was first baseman Bill White, who was later traded to the Philadelphia Phillies. The first time White batted against Gibson as a Phillie, Gibson hit him on the arm with a fastball (there were no hard feelings, and the friends had dinner together that night).

Gibson was surly and brusque even with his teammates. When his catcher Tim McCarver went to the mound for a conference, Gibson brushed him off, saying "The only thing you know about pitching is you can't hit it."

Gibson maintained this image even into retirement. In 1992, an Old-Timers' game was played at Jack Murphy Stadium in San Diego as part of the All-Star Game festivities, and Reggie Jackson hit a home run off Gibson. When the Old-Timers' Day game was played in 1993, the 57-year-old Gibson threw the 47-year-old Jackson a brushback pitch. The pitch was not especially fast and did not hit Jackson, but the message was delivered, and Jackson did not get a hit.

Once, while providing commentary for a Cardinal baseball game on radio station KMOX, Gibson was queried by fellow announcer and former Cardinal, Mike Shannon, as to how Gibson might have faced home run king Babe Ruth. Shannon referred to Ruth's pointing to the centerfield bleachers (an indication that Ruth would hit the ball into the bleachers), to which Gibson responded, "If a batter ever pointed to the bleachers in front of me, he'd have some sore ribs.".

Gibson casually disregards his reputation for intimidation, though, saying that he made no concerted effort to seem intimidating. He recently joked that the only reason he made faces while pitching was because he needed glasses and could not see the catcher's signals which is given credence since Cardinal's catchers went to tapping for signals instead of the more usual hand signs.
Honors
Statue of Gibson outside Busch Stadium.
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Bob Gibson's number 45 was retired by the St. Louis Cardinals in 1981

His number 45 is retired by the St. Louis Cardinals, and in 1981, he was inducted into the Baseball Hall Of Fame.

In 1999, he ranked Number 31 on The Sporting News' list of the 100 Greatest Baseball Players, and was elected to the Major League Baseball All-Century Team.

He has a star on the St. Louis Walk of Fame. A bronze statue of Gibson by Harry Weber is located in front of Busch Stadium, commemorating Gibson along with other St. Louis Cardinals greats.

In 2004, he was named as the most intimidating pitcher of all time from the Fox Sports Net series The Sports List.

The street on the north side of Rosenblatt Stadium, home of the College World Series in his hometown of Omaha, is named Bob Gibson Boulevard.
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Written By: ninny on 11/09/09 at 7:30 am

The co-birthday of the day...Chris Jericho
Christopher Keith "Chris" Irvine (born November 9, 1970) better known by his ring name Chris Jericho, is an American-born Canadian professional wrestler, television and stage actor, author, radio host, television host and rock musician. He is currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), wrestling on its SmackDown brand, where he is one half of the Unified WWE Tag Team Champions along with Big Show. He is also known for his appearances with World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) and internationally in Canadian, Mexican, and Japanese promotions.

He is credited as being the first-ever Undisputed Champion in WWE. Also, he has won the WWE Intercontinental Championship a record nine times. Jericho is a five-time World Champion, having won the WCW World Heavyweight Championship twice, the World Wrestling Federation Championship once, and the World Heavyweight Championship twice. In addition, he is also the ninth Triple Crown Champion and the fourth Grand Slam Champion.

Outside of WWE, Jericho is the frontman of Fozzy, an American heavy metal band, and a star of the wrestling documentary Bloodstained Memoirs.
Jericho alternated between WCW and a number of Japanese tours before he debuted in the World Wrestling Federation. In the weeks before Jericho's debut, a clock labeled "countdown to the new millennium" appeared on WWF programming. On the home video, Break the Walls Down, Jericho states he was inspired to do this as his entrance when he saw a similar clock in a post office. Vince McMahon gave him the green light to use it as his intro to the WWF. The clock finally ran down on August 9, 1999 in Chicago, Illinois while The Rock was in the ring doing a promo. Jericho entered the arena and proclaimed himself "Y2J" (a play on the Y2K bug). The Rock proceeded to verbally mock him for his interruption.

Jericho feuded with Chyna for the Intercontinental Championship. After losing to Chyna at the Survivor Series 1999, Jericho won his first Intercontinental title at Armageddon. This feud with Chyna lasted for many months. It included a controversial decision during a rematch in which two separate referees declared each one of them the winner of a match for the title. As a result, they became co-owners of the title until Jericho attained sole ownership at the Royal Rumble. Jericho's subsequent alliance with Chyna, coupled with growing enthusiasm for his ring work and mic skills, effectively turned him into a face. Shortly thereafter, he began a feud with Kurt Angle, and lost the title to Angle at No Way Out.

On April 2, Jericho competed in a Triple Threat match against Chris Benoit and Angle at WrestleMania 2000. At the time, Angle held both the WWE European Championship and the WWF Intercontinental Championship. According to the match stipulations, the first man to score a pinfall or submission would win the Intercontinental Championship, and the second man to score a pinfall or submission would win the European Championship. Benoit pinned Jericho to win the Intercontinental Championship, and Jericho then pinned Benoit to win the European Championship. Jericho lost the title the next day to Eddie Guerrero on Raw after Chyna, claiming she could not resist Guerrero's Latino Heat, turned heel to side with him. On the April 17 edition of Raw, Jericho upset Triple H in a WWF Championship match. Referee Earl Hebner made a fast count when Jericho pinned Triple H, causing Jericho to win the title. After previous weeks of assault on referee Earl Hebner, Triple H told him that if Hebner reversed the decision, he would never touch Hebner while he was under contract. Hebner reversed the decision, and Triple H fired Hebner and assaulted him. Despite Jericho's pinfall win over Triple H, WWE does not recognize Jericho's reign as champion. After the controversial decision, Jericho feuded with Chris Benoit. On the May 4 edition of SmackDown!, Jericho defeated Benoit to become Intercontinental Champion for the third time, but lost the title to Benoit four days later on Raw.

Jericho's popularity skyrocketed when he feuded with Triple H and his wife (just married in the storyline at the time) Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley. Fans took particular delight in his promos toward Stephanie in which he showered her with insults, such as calling her a "filthy, dirty, disgusting, brutal, bottom-feeding, trash-bag ho" and throwing a pie in her face. He got the best of Triple H on more than one occasion, even helping the Brooklyn Brawler, a renowned jobber, gain an upset victory over the then four-time WWF Champion. Their feud climaxed at Fully Loaded, when they competed in a Last Man Standing match. Jericho lost the match to Triple H only by one second, despite the repeated assistance Stephanie provided Triple H in the match, especially in its final moments.
Undisputed Champion (2001–2002)
Jericho signing autographs

At the 2001 Royal Rumble, Jericho defeated Chris Benoit in a Ladder match to win the Intercontinental Championship for the fourth time. At WrestleMania X-Seven, he successfully defended his title in a match against William Regal, only to lose it four days later to Triple H.

At Judgment Day, Jericho and Benoit won a "Tag Team Turmoil" match and earned a shot at Stone Cold Steve Austin and Triple H for their WWF Tag Team Championship on Raw the next night. Benoit and Jericho won the match, in which Triple H legitimately tore his quadriceps and spent the rest of the year injured, and Jericho became WWF Tag Team Champion for the first time. The team defended their title in the first Fatal Four-Way Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match where Benoit sustained a year-long injury doing a diving headbutt through a table. Though Benoit was carried out on a stretcher, he returned to the match to climb the ladder and retain the championship. The duo lost the titles one month later to the Dudley Boyz on June 19, 2001.

In the following months, Jericho became a major force in The Invasion storyline in which WCW and ECW joined forces to overtake the WWF. Jericho remained on the side of the WWF despite previously competing in WCW and ECW and retained his status as a face. However, signs of a heel turn slowly became obvious as Jericho began to show jealousy toward fellow WWF member The Rock. The Rock repeatedly reminded Jericho that Jericho had never won "the big one" (a world championship) and wrote Jericho off as a "comedy act." Jericho faced The Rock in a match at No Mercy for the WCW Championship after Jericho defeated Rob Van Dam in a number one contenders match. Jericho won the WCW Championship when he pinned The Rock after debuting a new finisher, the Breakdown. One night later, the two put their differences aside and won the WWF Tag Team titles from the Dudley Boyz. After they lost the titles to Test and Booker T, they continued their feud. On the November 5 edition of Raw, The Rock defeated Jericho to regain the WCW Championship with a surprise roll up. Following the match, Jericho savagely attacked The Rock with a steel chair, thus marking a full-fledged heel turn that lasted for two years. At the Survivor Series, Jericho would almost cost The Rock, and the WWF, victory in their elimination matchup by attacking The Rock again. On December 9, at Vengeance, Chris Jericho defeated both The Rock for the WCW Championship (unbranded and only referred to as the World Championship following Survivor Series) and Stone Cold Steve Austin for his WWF Championship on the same night to become the first wrestler to hold both championships at the same time, which made him the first WWF Undisputed Champion. He fought both of the men he defeated at Vengeance on separate occasions and retained his title at the next two pay-per-views, Royal Rumble (vs. The Rock) and No Way Out (vs. Stone Cold).

Jericho lost the title to Triple H in the main event of WrestleMania X8. After his title loss, Jericho became a member of the SmackDown! roster and continued his feud with Triple H. He helped cost Triple H his newly won Undisputed Championship at Backlash. The rivalry culminated at Judgment Day when Triple H defeated Jericho in a Hell in a Cell match. Jericho then started a short feud with Edge. Shortly thereafter, Jericho was drafted back to Raw, where he won the Intercontinental Championship from Rob Van Dam and teamed with Christian to win the tag team titles from The Hurricane and Kane on October 14, 2002.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/09/09 at 12:47 pm

The birthday of the day...Bob Gibson
Pack Robert "Bob" Gibson (born November 9, 1935) is a former right-handed baseball pitcher, having played for the St. Louis Cardinals from 1959 to 1975. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1981.

Gibson was a fierce competitor who rarely smiled and was known to throw close, fast inside pitches to let batters know who was in charge, similar to his contemporary and fellow Hall of Famer Don Drysdale. Even so, Gibson had good control and hit only 102 batters in his career (fewer than Drysdale's 154). Revered by St. Louis baseball fans, Gibson dominated with his fastball, sharp slider and a slow, looping curveball. He now resides in the Omaha suburb of Bellevue with his wife and son, and is a special instructor coach for the St. Louis Cardinals.
In the eight seasons from 1963 to 1970, he won 156 games and lost 81, for a .658 winning percentage. He won nine Gold Glove Awards, was awarded the World Series MVP Award in 1964 and 1967, and won Cy Young Awards in 1968 and 1970.

In Game 7 of St. Louis's World Series triumph on October 15, 1964, Gibson held on to earn the win despite allowing ninth-inning home runs to New York Yankees Phil Linz and Clete Boyer.

In 1967, Gibson made a remarkable recovery from a broken leg to become the premier pitcher in that year's World Series. Gibson's normal follow-through included landing hard on his right leg. On July 15, he was hit by a line drive off the bat of Roberto Clemente. The broken leg put Gibson on the disabled list until early September, while the Cardinals continued to play exceptionally well, with Nelson Briles who took Gibson's spot in the rotation, reeling off nine consecutive wins. With Gibson back in the lineup, the Cardinals secured the National League pennant on September 18, 10½ games ahead of the San Francisco Giants.

In the 1967 World Series against the Boston Red Sox, Gibson allowed only three earned runs and 14 hits over three complete game victories (Games 1, 4, and 7), the latter two marks tying Christy Mathewson's 1905 World Series record. He also hit a vital home run in Game 7.

The 1968 season became known as "The Year of the Pitcher", and Gibson was at the forefront of pitching dominance. His earned run average was 1.12, a live-ball era record, as well as the major league record in 300 or more innings pitched, and was the lowest major league ERA in 54 years (see Dutch Leonard). He threw 13 shutouts, just three behind Grover Alexander's 1916 major league record of 16, and in one phenomenal stretch allowed only two earned runs in 92 innings (0.20 ERA). Gibson also pitched 47 consecutive scoreless innings, at the time the third-longest scoreless streak in major league history, to Walter Johnson's 56 in 1913, and Don Drysdale's 58⅔ set earlier during the 1968 season. Gibson also won the National League MVP Award, the last MVP won by a National League pitcher to date. With the batting anemic even on the Cardinal team, Gibson lost nine games against 22 wins, despite his record-setting low 1.12 ERA; the team could not score many runs. He lost five 1-0 games, one of which was Gaylord Perry's no-hitter on September 17. Gibson was never "knocked from the box" in 34 starts.

In Game 1 of the 1968 World Series, Gibson struck out 17 Detroit Tigers to set a World Series record for strikeouts in one game, which still stands today (breaking Sandy Koufax's record of 15 in Game 1 of the 1963 World Series).

Gibson's 1968 season was so successful that his performance is widely cited in Major League Baseball's decision to lower the pitcher's mound by five inches in 1969 from 15 inches to 10 inches. The change had only a slight effect on him; he went 20-13 that year, with a 2.18 ERA, 4 shutouts and 28 complete games. Since then, Major League Baseball has put heavier emphasis on pitch counts and relief pitching; these, combined with other changes in baseball and ballparks, may make Gibson's 1968 record unrepeatable by another pitcher.

On May 12, 1969, Gibson struck out three batters on nine pitches in the seventh inning of a 6-2 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers. Gibson became the ninth National League pitcher and the 15th pitcher in Major League history to throw an immaculate inning.

Gibson achieved two highlights in August 1971. On the 4th of the month, he defeated the Giants 7-2 at Busch Memorial Stadium for his 200th career victory. Ten days later, he no-hit the Pittsburgh Pirates 11-0 at Three Rivers Stadium. Three of his 10 strikeouts in the game were to Willie Stargell, including the game's final out. The no-hitter was the first in Pittsburgh in more than 60 years; none had been pitched in the 62-year (mid-1909 to mid-1970) history of Three Rivers Stadium's predecessor, Forbes Field.

He was the second pitcher in Major League Baseball history, after Walter Johnson, to strike out over 3,000 batters, and the first to do so in the National League. He accomplished this at home, at Busch Stadium on July 17, 1974; the victim was César Gerónimo of the Cincinnati Reds. (Gerónimo would also become Nolan Ryan's 3,000th strikeout victim, in 1980.)

Gibson was a good hitter and was sometimes used by the Cardinals as a pinch-hitter. In 1970, he hit .303 for the season, which was over 100 points higher than his teammate, shortstop Dal Maxvill. For his career, he batted .206 (274-for-1,328) with 44 doubles, 5 triples, 24 home runs (plus two more in the World Series) and 144 RBIs, plus stealing 13 bases and walking 63 times for a .206/.243/.301 line. He is one of only two pitchers since World War II with a career batting average of .200 or higher, and with at least 20 home runs and 100 RBIs (Bob Lemon, who had broken into the majors as a third baseman, is the other at .232).

Gibson was above average as a baserunner and thus was occasionally used as a pinch runner, despite managers' general reluctance to risk injury to pitchers in this way.

The constant pounding on Gibson's right knee took its toll, eventually inflicting knee injuries that contributed to Gibson losing his effectiveness. In his final season 1975 he went 3-10 with a 5.04 ERA, and announced his retirement earlier that season. In his final appearance, Gibson was summoned as a reliever in a 6-6 game against the Cubs and gave up the game-winner to an unheralded player, most well known for his odd name and being the son of TV personality, Peter Marshall. “When I gave up a grand slam to Pete LaCock,” Bob Gibson said later, “I knew it was time to quit.”

The Cardinals honored him by declaring a "Bob Gibson Day" in September, 1975.
Don't mess with 'Hoot'

Gibson was known for pitching inside to batters. Dusty Baker received the following advice from Hank Aaron about facing Gibson: "'Don't dig in against Bob Gibson, he'll knock you down. He'd knock down his own grandmother if she dared to challenge him. Don't stare at him, don't smile at him, don't talk to him. He doesn't like it. If you happen to hit a home run, don't run too slow, don't run too fast. If you happen to want to celebrate, get in the tunnel first. And if he hits you, don't charge the mound, because he's a Gold Glove boxer.' I'm like, 'Damn, what about my 17-game hitting streak?' That was the night it ended."

Dick Allen stated that, "Bob Gibson was so mean he would knock you down and then meet you at home plate to see if you wanted to make something of it."

Gibson showed no mercy, even to players he liked. Gibson's closest friend on the Cardinals was first baseman Bill White, who was later traded to the Philadelphia Phillies. The first time White batted against Gibson as a Phillie, Gibson hit him on the arm with a fastball (there were no hard feelings, and the friends had dinner together that night).

Gibson was surly and brusque even with his teammates. When his catcher Tim McCarver went to the mound for a conference, Gibson brushed him off, saying "The only thing you know about pitching is you can't hit it."

Gibson maintained this image even into retirement. In 1992, an Old-Timers' game was played at Jack Murphy Stadium in San Diego as part of the All-Star Game festivities, and Reggie Jackson hit a home run off Gibson. When the Old-Timers' Day game was played in 1993, the 57-year-old Gibson threw the 47-year-old Jackson a brushback pitch. The pitch was not especially fast and did not hit Jackson, but the message was delivered, and Jackson did not get a hit.

Once, while providing commentary for a Cardinal baseball game on radio station KMOX, Gibson was queried by fellow announcer and former Cardinal, Mike Shannon, as to how Gibson might have faced home run king Babe Ruth. Shannon referred to Ruth's pointing to the centerfield bleachers (an indication that Ruth would hit the ball into the bleachers), to which Gibson responded, "If a batter ever pointed to the bleachers in front of me, he'd have some sore ribs.".

Gibson casually disregards his reputation for intimidation, though, saying that he made no concerted effort to seem intimidating. He recently joked that the only reason he made faces while pitching was because he needed glasses and could not see the catcher's signals which is given credence since Cardinal's catchers went to tapping for signals instead of the more usual hand signs.
Honors
Statue of Gibson outside Busch Stadium.
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Bob Gibson's number 45 was retired by the St. Louis Cardinals in 1981

His number 45 is retired by the St. Louis Cardinals, and in 1981, he was inducted into the Baseball Hall Of Fame.

In 1999, he ranked Number 31 on The Sporting News' list of the 100 Greatest Baseball Players, and was elected to the Major League Baseball All-Century Team.

He has a star on the St. Louis Walk of Fame. A bronze statue of Gibson by Harry Weber is located in front of Busch Stadium, commemorating Gibson along with other St. Louis Cardinals greats.

In 2004, he was named as the most intimidating pitcher of all time from the Fox Sports Net series The Sports List.

The street on the north side of Rosenblatt Stadium, home of the College World Series in his hometown of Omaha, is named Bob Gibson Boulevard.
I am completely innocent of the world of baseball.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/09/09 at 12:48 pm

The word of the day...Pitcher
1. One that pitches.
2. Baseball. The player who throws the ball from the mound to the batter.
3. Sports. A seven iron used in golf.
1. A container for liquids, usually having a handle and a lip or spout for pouring.
2. Botany. A pitcherlike part, such as the leaf of a pitcher plant.
Pitcher yourself on a boat on a river....

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Written By: nally on 11/09/09 at 12:57 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLKDFKRTdlo

Thanks Phil. :)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/09/09 at 1:00 pm

Thanks Phil. :)
That is one of my favourite songs.

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Written By: nally on 11/09/09 at 1:13 pm

Thanks Jeff, I like all those songs. :)

that's nice. :) Of the ones I listed, I like "Breakaway" the best. :)

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Written By: nally on 11/09/09 at 1:14 pm

kenny rogers - lucille

That is one of my favourite songs.

One of the lines from that song, "4 hungry children and a crop in the field" has been misheard in several different ways.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/09/09 at 1:15 pm

One of the lines from that song, "4 hungry children and a crop in the field" has been misheard in several different ways.
There was a parody of Lucille done by the Barron Knights around about the time of that song's release, I am trying to remember the words to it.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/09/09 at 2:33 pm

The word of the day...Pitcher
1. One that pitches.
2. Baseball. The player who throws the ball from the mound to the batter.
3. Sports. A seven iron used in golf.
1. A container for liquids, usually having a handle and a lip or spout for pouring.
2. Botany. A pitcherlike part, such as the leaf of a pitcher plant.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLd0ok8GP8I

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Written By: ninny on 11/09/09 at 2:38 pm

One of the lines from that song, "4 hungry children and a crop in the field" has been misheard in several different ways.

Like 400 hundred children and a crop in the field ;D

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/09/09 at 2:39 pm

Like 400 hundred children and.... ;D
yes, that is one of the misheards.

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Written By: Howard on 11/09/09 at 3:40 pm

The co-birthday of the day...Chris Jericho
Christopher Keith "Chris" Irvine (born November 9, 1970) better known by his ring name Chris Jericho, is an American-born Canadian professional wrestler, television and stage actor, author, radio host, television host and rock musician. He is currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), wrestling on its SmackDown brand, where he is one half of the Unified WWE Tag Team Champions along with Big Show. He is also known for his appearances with World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) and internationally in Canadian, Mexican, and Japanese promotions.

He is credited as being the first-ever Undisputed Champion in WWE. Also, he has won the WWE Intercontinental Championship a record nine times. Jericho is a five-time World Champion, having won the WCW World Heavyweight Championship twice, the World Wrestling Federation Championship once, and the World Heavyweight Championship twice. In addition, he is also the ninth Triple Crown Champion and the fourth Grand Slam Champion.

Outside of WWE, Jericho is the frontman of Fozzy, an American heavy metal band, and a star of the wrestling documentary Bloodstained Memoirs.
Jericho alternated between WCW and a number of Japanese tours before he debuted in the World Wrestling Federation. In the weeks before Jericho's debut, a clock labeled "countdown to the new millennium" appeared on WWF programming. On the home video, Break the Walls Down, Jericho states he was inspired to do this as his entrance when he saw a similar clock in a post office. Vince McMahon gave him the green light to use it as his intro to the WWF. The clock finally ran down on August 9, 1999 in Chicago, Illinois while The Rock was in the ring doing a promo. Jericho entered the arena and proclaimed himself "Y2J" (a play on the Y2K bug). The Rock proceeded to verbally mock him for his interruption.

Jericho feuded with Chyna for the Intercontinental Championship. After losing to Chyna at the Survivor Series 1999, Jericho won his first Intercontinental title at Armageddon. This feud with Chyna lasted for many months. It included a controversial decision during a rematch in which two separate referees declared each one of them the winner of a match for the title. As a result, they became co-owners of the title until Jericho attained sole ownership at the Royal Rumble. Jericho's subsequent alliance with Chyna, coupled with growing enthusiasm for his ring work and mic skills, effectively turned him into a face. Shortly thereafter, he began a feud with Kurt Angle, and lost the title to Angle at No Way Out.

On April 2, Jericho competed in a Triple Threat match against Chris Benoit and Angle at WrestleMania 2000. At the time, Angle held both the WWE European Championship and the WWF Intercontinental Championship. According to the match stipulations, the first man to score a pinfall or submission would win the Intercontinental Championship, and the second man to score a pinfall or submission would win the European Championship. Benoit pinned Jericho to win the Intercontinental Championship, and Jericho then pinned Benoit to win the European Championship. Jericho lost the title the next day to Eddie Guerrero on Raw after Chyna, claiming she could not resist Guerrero's Latino Heat, turned heel to side with him. On the April 17 edition of Raw, Jericho upset Triple H in a WWF Championship match. Referee Earl Hebner made a fast count when Jericho pinned Triple H, causing Jericho to win the title. After previous weeks of assault on referee Earl Hebner, Triple H told him that if Hebner reversed the decision, he would never touch Hebner while he was under contract. Hebner reversed the decision, and Triple H fired Hebner and assaulted him. Despite Jericho's pinfall win over Triple H, WWE does not recognize Jericho's reign as champion. After the controversial decision, Jericho feuded with Chris Benoit. On the May 4 edition of SmackDown!, Jericho defeated Benoit to become Intercontinental Champion for the third time, but lost the title to Benoit four days later on Raw.

Jericho's popularity skyrocketed when he feuded with Triple H and his wife (just married in the storyline at the time) Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley. Fans took particular delight in his promos toward Stephanie in which he showered her with insults, such as calling her a "filthy, dirty, disgusting, brutal, bottom-feeding, trash-bag ho" and throwing a pie in her face. He got the best of Triple H on more than one occasion, even helping the Brooklyn Brawler, a renowned jobber, gain an upset victory over the then four-time WWF Champion. Their feud climaxed at Fully Loaded, when they competed in a Last Man Standing match. Jericho lost the match to Triple H only by one second, despite the repeated assistance Stephanie provided Triple H in the match, especially in its final moments.
Undisputed Champion (2001–2002)
Jericho signing autographs

At the 2001 Royal Rumble, Jericho defeated Chris Benoit in a Ladder match to win the Intercontinental Championship for the fourth time. At WrestleMania X-Seven, he successfully defended his title in a match against William Regal, only to lose it four days later to Triple H.

At Judgment Day, Jericho and Benoit won a "Tag Team Turmoil" match and earned a shot at Stone Cold Steve Austin and Triple H for their WWF Tag Team Championship on Raw the next night. Benoit and Jericho won the match, in which Triple H legitimately tore his quadriceps and spent the rest of the year injured, and Jericho became WWF Tag Team Champion for the first time. The team defended their title in the first Fatal Four-Way Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match where Benoit sustained a year-long injury doing a diving headbutt through a table. Though Benoit was carried out on a stretcher, he returned to the match to climb the ladder and retain the championship. The duo lost the titles one month later to the Dudley Boyz on June 19, 2001.

In the following months, Jericho became a major force in The Invasion storyline in which WCW and ECW joined forces to overtake the WWF. Jericho remained on the side of the WWF despite previously competing in WCW and ECW and retained his status as a face. However, signs of a heel turn slowly became obvious as Jericho began to show jealousy toward fellow WWF member The Rock. The Rock repeatedly reminded Jericho that Jericho had never won "the big one" (a world championship) and wrote Jericho off as a "comedy act." Jericho faced The Rock in a match at No Mercy for the WCW Championship after Jericho defeated Rob Van Dam in a number one contenders match. Jericho won the WCW Championship when he pinned The Rock after debuting a new finisher, the Breakdown. One night later, the two put their differences aside and won the WWF Tag Team titles from the Dudley Boyz. After they lost the titles to Test and Booker T, they continued their feud. On the November 5 edition of Raw, The Rock defeated Jericho to regain the WCW Championship with a surprise roll up. Following the match, Jericho savagely attacked The Rock with a steel chair, thus marking a full-fledged heel turn that lasted for two years. At the Survivor Series, Jericho would almost cost The Rock, and the WWF, victory in their elimination matchup by attacking The Rock again. On December 9, at Vengeance, Chris Jericho defeated both The Rock for the WCW Championship (unbranded and only referred to as the World Championship following Survivor Series) and Stone Cold Steve Austin for his WWF Championship on the same night to become the first wrestler to hold both championships at the same time, which made him the first WWF Undisputed Champion. He fought both of the men he defeated at Vengeance on separate occasions and retained his title at the next two pay-per-views, Royal Rumble (vs. The Rock) and No Way Out (vs. Stone Cold).

Jericho lost the title to Triple H in the main event of WrestleMania X8. After his title loss, Jericho became a member of the SmackDown! roster and continued his feud with Triple H. He helped cost Triple H his newly won Undisputed Championship at Backlash. The rivalry culminated at Judgment Day when Triple H defeated Jericho in a Hell in a Cell match. Jericho then started a short feud with Edge. Shortly thereafter, Jericho was drafted back to Raw, where he won the Intercontinental Championship from Rob Van Dam and teamed with Christian to win the tag team titles from The Hurricane and Kane on October 14, 2002.
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One half of the world tag team champions with Big Show,also known as Jeri-Show.

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Written By: Frank on 11/09/09 at 5:13 pm

The birthday of the day...Bob Gibson
Pack Robert "Bob" Gibson (born November 9, 1935) is a former right-handed baseball pitcher, having played for the St. Louis Cardinals from 1959 to 1975. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1981.

Gibson was a fierce competitor who rarely smiled and was known to throw close, fast inside pitches to let batters know who was in charge, similar to his contemporary and fellow Hall of Famer Don Drysdale. Even so, Gibson had good control and hit only 102 batters in his career (fewer than Drysdale's 154). Revered by St. Louis baseball fans, Gibson dominated with his fastball, sharp slider and a slow, looping curveball. He now resides in the Omaha suburb of Bellevue with his wife and son, and is a special instructor coach for the St. Louis Cardinals.
In the eight seasons from 1963 to 1970, he won 156 games and lost 81, for a .658 winning percentage. He won nine Gold Glove Awards, was awarded the World Series MVP Award in 1964 and 1967, and won Cy Young Awards in 1968 and 1970.

In Game 7 of St. Louis's World Series triumph on October 15, 1964, Gibson held on to earn the win despite allowing ninth-inning home runs to New York Yankees Phil Linz and Clete Boyer.

In 1967, Gibson made a remarkable recovery from a broken leg to become the premier pitcher in that year's World Series. Gibson's normal follow-through included landing hard on his right leg. On July 15, he was hit by a line drive off the bat of Roberto Clemente. The broken leg put Gibson on the disabled list until early September, while the Cardinals continued to play exceptionally well, with Nelson Briles who took Gibson's spot in the rotation, reeling off nine consecutive wins. With Gibson back in the lineup, the Cardinals secured the National League pennant on September 18, 10½ games ahead of the San Francisco Giants.

In the 1967 World Series against the Boston Red Sox, Gibson allowed only three earned runs and 14 hits over three complete game victories (Games 1, 4, and 7), the latter two marks tying Christy Mathewson's 1905 World Series record. He also hit a vital home run in Game 7.

The 1968 season became known as "The Year of the Pitcher", and Gibson was at the forefront of pitching dominance. His earned run average was 1.12, a live-ball era record, as well as the major league record in 300 or more innings pitched, and was the lowest major league ERA in 54 years (see Dutch Leonard). He threw 13 shutouts, just three behind Grover Alexander's 1916 major league record of 16, and in one phenomenal stretch allowed only two earned runs in 92 innings (0.20 ERA). Gibson also pitched 47 consecutive scoreless innings, at the time the third-longest scoreless streak in major league history, to Walter Johnson's 56 in 1913, and Don Drysdale's 58⅔ set earlier during the 1968 season. Gibson also won the National League MVP Award, the last MVP won by a National League pitcher to date. With the batting anemic even on the Cardinal team, Gibson lost nine games against 22 wins, despite his record-setting low 1.12 ERA; the team could not score many runs. He lost five 1-0 games, one of which was Gaylord Perry's no-hitter on September 17. Gibson was never "knocked from the box" in 34 starts.

In Game 1 of the 1968 World Series, Gibson struck out 17 Detroit Tigers to set a World Series record for strikeouts in one game, which still stands today (breaking Sandy Koufax's record of 15 in Game 1 of the 1963 World Series).

Gibson's 1968 season was so successful that his performance is widely cited in Major League Baseball's decision to lower the pitcher's mound by five inches in 1969 from 15 inches to 10 inches. The change had only a slight effect on him; he went 20-13 that year, with a 2.18 ERA, 4 shutouts and 28 complete games. Since then, Major League Baseball has put heavier emphasis on pitch counts and relief pitching; these, combined with other changes in baseball and ballparks, may make Gibson's 1968 record unrepeatable by another pitcher.

On May 12, 1969, Gibson struck out three batters on nine pitches in the seventh inning of a 6-2 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers. Gibson became the ninth National League pitcher and the 15th pitcher in Major League history to throw an immaculate inning.

Gibson achieved two highlights in August 1971. On the 4th of the month, he defeated the Giants 7-2 at Busch Memorial Stadium for his 200th career victory. Ten days later, he no-hit the Pittsburgh Pirates 11-0 at Three Rivers Stadium. Three of his 10 strikeouts in the game were to Willie Stargell, including the game's final out. The no-hitter was the first in Pittsburgh in more than 60 years; none had been pitched in the 62-year (mid-1909 to mid-1970) history of Three Rivers Stadium's predecessor, Forbes Field.

He was the second pitcher in Major League Baseball history, after Walter Johnson, to strike out over 3,000 batters, and the first to do so in the National League. He accomplished this at home, at Busch Stadium on July 17, 1974; the victim was César Gerónimo of the Cincinnati Reds. (Gerónimo would also become Nolan Ryan's 3,000th strikeout victim, in 1980.)

Gibson was a good hitter and was sometimes used by the Cardinals as a pinch-hitter. In 1970, he hit .303 for the season, which was over 100 points higher than his teammate, shortstop Dal Maxvill. For his career, he batted .206 (274-for-1,328) with 44 doubles, 5 triples, 24 home runs (plus two more in the World Series) and 144 RBIs, plus stealing 13 bases and walking 63 times for a .206/.243/.301 line. He is one of only two pitchers since World War II with a career batting average of .200 or higher, and with at least 20 home runs and 100 RBIs (Bob Lemon, who had broken into the majors as a third baseman, is the other at .232).

Gibson was above average as a baserunner and thus was occasionally used as a pinch runner, despite managers' general reluctance to risk injury to pitchers in this way.

The constant pounding on Gibson's right knee took its toll, eventually inflicting knee injuries that contributed to Gibson losing his effectiveness. In his final season 1975 he went 3-10 with a 5.04 ERA, and announced his retirement earlier that season. In his final appearance, Gibson was summoned as a reliever in a 6-6 game against the Cubs and gave up the game-winner to an unheralded player, most well known for his odd name and being the son of TV personality, Peter Marshall. “When I gave up a grand slam to Pete LaCock,” Bob Gibson said later, “I knew it was time to quit.”

The Cardinals honored him by declaring a "Bob Gibson Day" in September, 1975.
Don't mess with 'Hoot'

Gibson was known for pitching inside to batters. Dusty Baker received the following advice from Hank Aaron about facing Gibson: "'Don't dig in against Bob Gibson, he'll knock you down. He'd knock down his own grandmother if she dared to challenge him. Don't stare at him, don't smile at him, don't talk to him. He doesn't like it. If you happen to hit a home run, don't run too slow, don't run too fast. If you happen to want to celebrate, get in the tunnel first. And if he hits you, don't charge the mound, because he's a Gold Glove boxer.' I'm like, 'Damn, what about my 17-game hitting streak?' That was the night it ended."

Dick Allen stated that, "Bob Gibson was so mean he would knock you down and then meet you at home plate to see if you wanted to make something of it."

Gibson showed no mercy, even to players he liked. Gibson's closest friend on the Cardinals was first baseman Bill White, who was later traded to the Philadelphia Phillies. The first time White batted against Gibson as a Phillie, Gibson hit him on the arm with a fastball (there were no hard feelings, and the friends had dinner together that night).

Gibson was surly and brusque even with his teammates. When his catcher Tim McCarver went to the mound for a conference, Gibson brushed him off, saying "The only thing you know about pitching is you can't hit it."

Gibson maintained this image even into retirement. In 1992, an Old-Timers' game was played at Jack Murphy Stadium in San Diego as part of the All-Star Game festivities, and Reggie Jackson hit a home run off Gibson. When the Old-Timers' Day game was played in 1993, the 57-year-old Gibson threw the 47-year-old Jackson a brushback pitch. The pitch was not especially fast and did not hit Jackson, but the message was delivered, and Jackson did not get a hit.

Once, while providing commentary for a Cardinal baseball game on radio station KMOX, Gibson was queried by fellow announcer and former Cardinal, Mike Shannon, as to how Gibson might have faced home run king Babe Ruth. Shannon referred to Ruth's pointing to the centerfield bleachers (an indication that Ruth would hit the ball into the bleachers), to which Gibson responded, "If a batter ever pointed to the bleachers in front of me, he'd have some sore ribs.".

Gibson casually disregards his reputation for intimidation, though, saying that he made no concerted effort to seem intimidating. He recently joked that the only reason he made faces while pitching was because he needed glasses and could not see the catcher's signals which is given credence since Cardinal's catchers went to tapping for signals instead of the more usual hand signs.
Honors
Statue of Gibson outside Busch Stadium.
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Bob Gibson's number 45 was retired by the St. Louis Cardinals in 1981

His number 45 is retired by the St. Louis Cardinals, and in 1981, he was inducted into the Baseball Hall Of Fame.

In 1999, he ranked Number 31 on The Sporting News' list of the 100 Greatest Baseball Players, and was elected to the Major League Baseball All-Century Team.

He has a star on the St. Louis Walk of Fame. A bronze statue of Gibson by Harry Weber is located in front of Busch Stadium, commemorating Gibson along with other St. Louis Cardinals greats.

In 2004, he was named as the most intimidating pitcher of all time from the Fox Sports Net series The Sports List.

The street on the north side of Rosenblatt Stadium, home of the College World Series in his hometown of Omaha, is named Bob Gibson Boulevard.
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I got to "almost" meet him in 1973. I was standing above the STL dugout before a game, hoping to get an autograph. I got Lou Brock's, Ted Simmons (ex ball players) but asked for him several times as he walked by. he ignored everyone , all the kids.
Later on, I read he never spoke to anyone on the day he pitched a game. He was busy getting prepared.

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Written By: ninny on 11/09/09 at 8:17 pm

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One half of the world tag team champions with Big Show,also known as Jeri-Show.

I was changing channels and watched a little RAW tonight,I haven't watched that in years.

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Written By: ninny on 11/09/09 at 8:21 pm

I got to "almost" meet him in 1973. I was standing above the STL dugout before a game, hoping to get an autograph. I got Lou Brock's, Ted Simmons (ex ball players) but asked for him several times as he walked by. he ignored everyone , all the kids.
Later on, I read he never spoke to anyone on the day he pitched a game. He was busy getting prepared.

Wow you were lucky to get Lou Brock's & Ted Simmons autographs,the closest I came was Carl Yastremski (sic)but I chickened out.

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Written By: Frank on 11/09/09 at 11:59 pm

Wow you were lucky to get Lou Brock's & Ted Simmons autographs,the closest I came was Carl Yastremski (sic)but I chickened out.

Other Sports autographs I have are Pete Rose's, Johnny Bench, Joe Morgan, Steve Garvey, Willie Stargell, Wayne Gretzky, Maurice ( Rocket) Richard, Mario Lemieux.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/10/09 at 12:56 am

Other Sports autographs I have are Pete Rose's, Johnny Bench, Joe Morgan, Steve Garvey, Willie Stargell, Wayne Gretzky, Maurice ( Rocket) Richard, Mario Lemieux.
It is the same over here with collecting autographs, footballers and cricketers are the most collected.

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Written By: Frank on 11/10/09 at 1:00 am

It is the same over here with collecting autographs, footballers and cricketers are the most collected.

The closest I ever got a a footballers autograph was when I tried to get Roberto Bettega's in about 1983 when he played in Canada. Maybe someone out there heard of him? He played for Juventus in the 1970s

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/10/09 at 1:02 am

The closest I ever got a a footballers autograph was when I tried to get Roberto Bettega's in about 1983 when he played in Canada. Maybe someone out there heard of him? He played for Juventus in the 1970s
Probably the most famous footballers I have is Geoff Hurst (now Sir), it was he that scored the hattrick for England to win the World Cup back in 1966.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/10/09 at 1:03 am

Probably the most famous footballers I have is Geoff Hurst (now Sir), it was he that scored the hattrick for England to win the World Cup back in 1966.
Which I remember watching on a black and white television as a young boy.

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Written By: Frank on 11/10/09 at 1:06 am

Probably the most famous footballers I have is Geoff Hurst (now Sir), it was he that scored the hattrick for England to win the World Cup back in 1966.

Nice autograph to have.
I think my most famous autograph is Wayne Gretzky's or Maurice Richard (both Hockey). Richard is a god in the province of Quebec.

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Written By: ninny on 11/10/09 at 5:34 am

Other Sports autographs I have are Pete Rose's, Johnny Bench, Joe Morgan, Steve Garvey, Willie Stargell, Wayne Gretzky, Maurice ( Rocket) Richard, Mario Lemieux.

A fine list of people, growing up I idolized most on that list. :)

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Written By: ninny on 11/10/09 at 5:38 am

The word of the day...Conductor
1. One who conducts, especially:
1. One who is in charge of a railroad train, bus, or streetcar.
2. Music. One who directs an orchestra or other such group.
2. Physics. A substance or medium that conducts heat, light, sound, or especially an electric charge.
3. A lightning rod, as on a house or barn.
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Written By: Howard on 11/10/09 at 5:40 am

I was changing channels and watched a little RAW tonight,I haven't watched that in years.

Don't worry,you're not missing anything. :P

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Written By: Howard on 11/10/09 at 5:41 am

The word of the day...Conductor
1. One who conducts, especially:
1. One who is in charge of a railroad train, bus, or streetcar.
2. Music. One who directs an orchestra or other such group.
2. Physics. A substance or medium that conducts heat, light, sound, or especially an electric charge.
3. A lightning rod, as on a house or barn.
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They always need to stay aware.

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Written By: ninny on 11/10/09 at 5:42 am

The birthday of the day...Ennio Morricone
Ennio Morricone, OMRI (born November 10, 1928), is an Italian composer and conductor. He has composed and arranged scores for more than 500 film and television productions. Morricone is considered as one of the most influential film composers since the late 1950s. He is well-known for his long-term collaborations with international acclaimed directors such as Sergio Leone, Brian De Palma, Barry Levinson, and Giuseppe Tornatore.

He wrote the characteristic film scores of Leone's Spaghetti Westerns A Fistful of Dollars (1964), For a Few Dollars More (1965), The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966), Once Upon a Time in the West (1968), The Great Silence (1968), and My Name Is Nobody (1973). In the 80s, Morricone composed the scores for John Carpenter's horror movie The Thing (1982), Leone's Once Upon a Time in America (1984), Roland Joffé's The Mission (1986), Brian De Palma's The Untouchables (1987) and Giuseppe Tornatore's Cinema Paradiso (1988).

His more recent compositions include the scores for Oliver Stone's U Turn (1997), Tornatore's The Legend of 1900 (1998) and Malèna (2000), Mission to Mars (2000) by Brian De Palma, Fateless (2005), and Baaria - La porta del vento (2009). Ennio Morricone has won two Grammy Awards, two Golden Globes and five Anthony Asquith Awards for Film Music by BAFTA in 1979–1992. He has been nominated for five Academy Awards for Best Music, Original Score in 1979–2001. Morricone received the Honorary Academy Award in 2007 "for his magnificent and multifaceted contributions to the art of film music". He was the second composer to receive this award after its introduction in 1928.
Morricone was born in Rome, the son of Libera and Mario Morricone, a jazz trumpeter. He was educated at the National Academy of Santa Cecilia in the trumpet, composition, choral music, and choral direction under Goffredo Petrassi, who deeply influenced him and to whom Morricone has dedicated concert pieces.

Morricone was not just musically precocious. He wrote his first compositions when he was six years old, but he was deliberately encouraged to develop these natural talents and he was given a training that would prepare him to take over his father's roles both at home and at work.

Compelled by his father to take up the trumpet, he had first gone to Santa Cecilia to take lessons on the instrument at the age of nine. Morricone formally entered the conservatory in 1940 at the age of 12, enrolling in a four-year harmony program. According to various reports, he completed it in either two years or six months (date approximate). These were the difficult years of World War II in the heavily bombed "open city"; the composer remarked that what he mostly remembered of those years was the hunger. Many years were spent in study, giving him the extraordinary level of technical ability that his music exhibits. His wartime experiences influenced many of his scores for films set in that period.

After he graduated, he continued to work in classical composition and arrangement. In 1946, Morricone received his trumpet diploma and in the same year he composed "Il Mattino" ("The Morning") for voice and piano on a text by Fukuko, first in a group of 7 "youth" Lieder. Other ‘serious" compositions are "Imitazione" (1947) for voice and piano on a text by Giacomo Leopardi, "Intimita", for voice and piano on a text by Olinto Dini.

In the early 50s, Morricone begins writing his first background music for radio dramas. Nonetheless he continues composing classical pieces as "Distacco I e Distacco II" for voice and piano on a text by Ranieri Gnoli, "Verra' la Morte" for contralto and piano on a text by Cesare Pavese, "Oboe Sommerso" for baritone and five instruments on a text by Salvatore Quasimodo.

Although the composer had received the "Diploma in Instrumentation for Band" (fanfare) in 1952, his studies conclude in 1954 obtaining the diploma in Composition under the composer Goffredo Petrassi. In 1955 he started to write or arrange music for films credited to other already well-known composers (ghost writing). He occasionally adopted westernised pseudonyms such as Dan Savio and Leo Nichols.

Initially influenced by John Cage—particularly, the American's use of silence — he wrote more in the climate of the Italian avant-garde. Few of these compositions have been made available on CD, and some have yet to be premiered.
Early pop arrangements

"Se telefonando"
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In 1956, Morricone started to support his family by playing in a jazz band and arranging pop songs for the Italian broadcasting service RAI. He was hired by RAI in 1958, but quit his job on his first day at work when he was told that broadcasting of music composed by employees was forbidden by a company rule. Subsequently, Morricone became a top studio arranger at RCA, working with Renato Rascel, Rita Pavone, and Mario Lanza. A particular success was one of his own songs, "Se telefonando". Performed by Mina, it was the standout track of Studio Uno 66, the fifth-biggest-selling album of the year 1966 in Italy. Morricone's sophisticated arrangement of "Se telefonando" was a combination of melodic trumpet lines, Hal Blaine–style drumming, a string set, a '60s Europop female choir, and intensive subsonic-sounding trombones. The Italian Hitparade #7 song had eight transitions of tonality building tension throughout the chorus. During the following decades, the song was covered by several performers in Italy and abroad—most notably by Francoise Hardy and Iva Zanicchi (1966), Delta V (2005), Vanessa and the O's (2007), and Neil Hannon (2008). In the '60s, Morricone composed also songs for other artists like Milva, Gianni Morandi, Paul Anka, Amii Stewart, and Mireille Mathieu.
Leone film scores

Well-versed in a variety of musical idioms from his RCA experience, Morricone began composing film scores in the early '60s. Though his first films were undistinguished, Morricone's arrangement of an American folk song intrigued director and former schoolmate Sergio Leone. Leone hired Morricone, and together they created a distinctive score to accompany Leone's different version of the Western, A Fistful of Dollars (1964). As budget strictures limited Morricone's access to a full orchestra, he used gunshots, cracking whips, whistle, voices, Sicilian Jew's harp, trumpets, and the new Fender electric guitar, instead of orchestral arrangements of Western standards à la John Ford. Morricone used his special effects to punctuate and comically tweak the action—cluing in the audience to the taciturn man's ironic stance. Though sonically bizarre for a movie score, Morricone's music was viscerally true to Leone's vision.

The Good, The Bad and The Ugly main theme
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As memorable as Leone's close-ups, harsh violence, and black comedy, Morricone's work helped to expand the musical possibilities of film scoring. Morricone was initially billed on the film as Dan Savio.

Morricone composed music for about 40 Westerns (the last was North Star (1996))—most of them, Spaghetti Westerns. He scored Sergio Leone's Spaghetti Westerns and later films from A Fistful of Dollars (1964) to Once Upon a Time in America (1984)—including For a Few Dollars More (1965), The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966), and Once Upon a Time in the West (1968), and later ones such as A Fistful of Dynamite (1971), My Name Is Nobody (1973), and A Genius, Two Partners and a Dupe (1975). The collaboration with Leone is considered one of the examplary collaborations between a director and a composer.

In addition, Morricone composed music for many other, not so popular Spaghetti Westerns, including Duello nel Texas (1963), Le pistole non discutono (1964), A Pistol for Ringo (1965), The Return of Ringo (1965), Navajo Joe (1966), The Big Gundown, (1966), Face to Face (1967), Death Rides a Horse (1967), The Hellbenders (1967), A Bullet for the General (1967), The Mercenary (1968), Tepepa (1968), The Great Silence (1968), Guns for San Sebastian (1968), …And for a Roof a Sky Full of Stars (1968), The Five Man Army (1969), Queimada! (1969), Vamos a matar, compañeros (1970), Two Mules for Sister Sara (1970), Sonny and Jed (1972), and Buddy Goes West (1981).
The team

With the score of A Fistful of Dollars (1964), Morricone started his 10-year collaboration with his childhood friend Alessandro Alessandroni and his Cantori Moderni. Alessandroni provided the whistling and the twanging guitar on the film scores, while his Cantori Moderni were a flexible troupe of modern singers. Morricone specifically exploited the solo soprano of the group, Edda Dell'Orso, at the height of her powers—"an extraordinary voice at my disposal".
Other film scores

The Mission main theme - Gabriel's Oboe
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Most of Ennio Morricone's film scores of the '60s were composed outside the Spaghetti Western genre, while still using Alessandro Alessandroni's team. Their music included the themes for Il Malamondo (1964), Slalom (1965), The Battle of Algiers (1965), and Listen, Let's Make Love (1967). In 1968, Morricone reduced his work outside the movie business and wrote scores for 20 films in the same year. The scores included psychedelic accompaniment for Mario Bava's superhero romp Danger: Diabolik (1968). The next year marked the start of a series of evocative scores for Dario Argento's stylized thrillers, including The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1969), The Cat o' Nine Tails (1971), and Four Flies on Grey Velvet (1974). In 1970, Morricone wrote the score for Violent City. That same year, he received his first Nastro d'Argento for the music in Metti una sera a cena (Giuseppe Patroni Griffi, 1969) and his second only a year later for Sacco e Vanzetti (Giuliano Montaldo, 1971), in which he had made a memorable collaboration with the legendary American folk singer and activist Joan Baez. In 1973, he scored a theme for the crime film Revolver (1973). He received his first nomination for an Academy Award in 1979 for the score to Days of Heaven (Terrence Malick, 1978) and another in 1986 for The Mission (Roland Joffé, 1986), in 1987 for The Untouchables (Brian De Palma, 1987), in 1991 for Bugsy (Barry Levinson, 1991), and in 2001 for Malèna (Giuseppe Tornatore, 2000). Morricone composed the score for John Carpenter's science-fiction/horror movie The Thing (1982).

Morricone has worked for television—from a single title piece to variety shows and documentaries to TV series, including Moses (1974) and Marco Polo (1982). He wrote the score for the Mafia television series La piovra seasons 2 to 10 from 1985 to 2001, including the themes "Droga e sangue" ("Drugs and Blood"), "La morale", and "L'immorale". Morricone worked as the conductor of seasons 3 to 5 of the series. He also worked as the music supervisor for the television project La bibbia ("The Bible"). In the late 1990s, he collaborated with his son, Andrea, on the Ultimo crime dramas. Their collaboration yielded the BAFTA-winning Nuovo cinema Paradiso. In 2003, Ennio Morricone scored another epic—this one, for Japanese television—which was called Musashi and was the Taiga drama about Miyamoto Musashi, Japan's legendary warrior. A part of his "applied music" is now applied to Italian television films.
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Written By: ninny on 11/10/09 at 5:46 am

Don't worry,you're not missing anything. :P

I didn't think so ;D

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Written By: Howard on 11/10/09 at 5:47 am

I didn't think so ;D

Last night they had Ricky Hatton on.

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Written By: ninny on 11/10/09 at 5:49 am

The co-birthday of the day...Tim Rice
Sir Timothy Miles Bindon Rice (born 10 November 1944) is an English Academy Award, Golden Globe Award, Tony Award and Grammy Award-winning lyricist, author, radio personality and television gameshow panellist.

He is best known for his collaborations with Andrew Lloyd Webber, with whom he wrote Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Jesus Christ Superstar and Evita, and his work for The Walt Disney Company with Alan Menken (Aladdin), Elton John (The Lion King) and (Aida).
After studying for a year in Paris at the Sorbonne, Rice joined EMI Records as a management trainee in 1966. When EMI producer Norrie Paramor left to set up his own organisation in 1968, Rice joined him as an assistant producer, working with, among others, Cliff Richard.
Jesus Christ Superstar
Aladdin, A Whole New World
The Lion King, Circle of Life

He has collaborated with Andrew Lloyd Webber, with whom he wrote Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Jesus Christ Superstar and Evita, and his work for The Walt Disney Company with Alan Menken (Aladdin), Elton John (The Lion King). He also collaborated with Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson of ABBA on Chess and with Rick Wakeman on the concept albums 1984 and Cost of Living.

Along with his brother Jo and radio presenters Mike Read and Paul Gambaccini, he was a co-founder of the Guinness Book of British Hit Singles and served as an editor from 1977 to 1996. He has also been a frequent guest panelist for many years on the radio panel games Just a Minute and Trivia Test Match. Rice often jokes that he is most recognised in America for his appearance in the film About a Boy. The film includes several clips from a (real) edition of the game show Countdown on which he was the guest adjudicator. His other interests include cricket (he was President of the MCC in 2002) and maths. He wrote the foreword to the book Why Do Buses Come In Threes by Rob Eastaway and Jeremy Wyndham, and featured prominently in Tony Hawks' One Hit Wonderland, where he co-wrote the song which gave Hawks a top twenty hit in Albania.

He released his autobiography Oh What a Circus - The Autobiography of Tim Rice in 1998, which covered his childhood and early adult life until the opening of the original London production of Evita in 1978. He is currently working on a sequel, covering his life and career since then.

Rice was made a Knight Bachelor by Queen Elizabeth II in 1994 (entitling him to the address "Sir Tim Rice" or "Sir Tim"), was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1999 and was, in 2002, named a Disney Legend.

In 2008, Rice received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Tim is writing eight lyrics to Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's ballet, The Nutcracker. The working title is The Nutcracker: The Untold Story.
Musical theatre

* 1967 - Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber
* 1970 - Jesus Christ Superstar with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber
* 1976 - Evita with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber
* 1983 - Blondel with music by Stephen Oliver
* 1984 - Chess with music by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus
* 1986 - Cricket with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber
* 1992 - Tycoon
* 1993 - Beauty and the Beast with lyrics by Howard Ashman and Rice with music by Alan Menken
* 1996 - Heathcliff with music by John Farrar
* 1997 - The Lion King (musical) with music by Elton John
* 1997 - King David with music by Alan Menken
* 2000 - Aida with music by Elton John

'The Likes of Us' was his first ever musical was written with Andrew Lloyd Webber but was not released in the west end.
Film and television work

In addition to adaptations of his theatrical productions, Rice has worked on several original film and television projects:

* 1992 - Aladdin - music by Alan Menken. Completed work begun by Howard Ashman.
* 1994 - The Lion King - music by Elton John, score by Hans Zimmer.
* 2000 - The Road to El Dorado - Music by Elton John, score by Hans Zimmer and John Powell

Lyricist

* "The Golden Boy" and "The Fallen Priest", recorded on Freddie Mercury's solo album Barcelona
* 1981 concept album 1984 composed by Rick Wakeman and inspired by the George Orwell novel of the same title
* "The Second Time", "The Last One to Leave", "Hot As Sun" and "Falling Down to Earth" on Elaine Paige's 1981 self-titled album
* "All Time High", the theme tune to the James Bond film, Octopussy, written with John Barry and sung by Rita Coolidge (1983).

Other work

* Co-produced the 1986 London and 1988 Broadway productions of Chess as a partner in 3 Knights Ltd with Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus.
* Co-produced the 1989 London production of Anything Goes as a partner in Anchorage Productions with Elaine Paige.
* Co-produced, with Andrew Powell, Elaine Paige's 1981 self-titled album
* Occasionally appears as a panelist on the BBC Radio 4 panel game Just a Minute.

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Written By: ninny on 11/10/09 at 5:50 am

Last night they had Ricky Hatton on.

Yes that is the only part I saw.

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Written By: Howard on 11/10/09 at 5:51 am

Yes that is the only part I saw.

He was ok,just didn't care for him fighting Chavo Guerrero. ::)

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Written By: Womble on 11/10/09 at 6:37 am

Nice bios, Ninny. Thanks for sharing. :)

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Written By: ninny on 11/10/09 at 8:05 am

Nice bios, Ninny. Thanks for sharing. :)

I'm glad you like them,Thanks for checking them out.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/10/09 at 1:59 pm

The co-birthday of the day...Tim Rice
Sir Timothy Miles Bindon Rice (born 10 November 1944) is an English Academy Award, Golden Globe Award, Tony Award and Grammy Award-winning lyricist, author, radio personality and television gameshow panellist.

He is best known for his collaborations with Andrew Lloyd Webber, with whom he wrote Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Jesus Christ Superstar and Evita, and his work for The Walt Disney Company with Alan Menken (Aladdin), Elton John (The Lion King) and (Aida).
After studying for a year in Paris at the Sorbonne, Rice joined EMI Records as a management trainee in 1966. When EMI producer Norrie Paramor left to set up his own organisation in 1968, Rice joined him as an assistant producer, working with, among others, Cliff Richard.
Jesus Christ Superstar
Aladdin, A Whole New World
The Lion King, Circle of Life

He has collaborated with Andrew Lloyd Webber, with whom he wrote Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Jesus Christ Superstar and Evita, and his work for The Walt Disney Company with Alan Menken (Aladdin), Elton John (The Lion King). He also collaborated with Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson of ABBA on Chess and with Rick Wakeman on the concept albums 1984 and Cost of Living.

Along with his brother Jo and radio presenters Mike Read and Paul Gambaccini, he was a co-founder of the Guinness Book of British Hit Singles and served as an editor from 1977 to 1996. He has also been a frequent guest panelist for many years on the radio panel games Just a Minute and Trivia Test Match. Rice often jokes that he is most recognised in America for his appearance in the film About a Boy. The film includes several clips from a (real) edition of the game show Countdown on which he was the guest adjudicator. His other interests include cricket (he was President of the MCC in 2002) and maths. He wrote the foreword to the book Why Do Buses Come In Threes by Rob Eastaway and Jeremy Wyndham, and featured prominently in Tony Hawks' One Hit Wonderland, where he co-wrote the song which gave Hawks a top twenty hit in Albania.

He released his autobiography Oh What a Circus - The Autobiography of Tim Rice in 1998, which covered his childhood and early adult life until the opening of the original London production of Evita in 1978. He is currently working on a sequel, covering his life and career since then.

Rice was made a Knight Bachelor by Queen Elizabeth II in 1994 (entitling him to the address "Sir Tim Rice" or "Sir Tim"), was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1999 and was, in 2002, named a Disney Legend.

In 2008, Rice received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Tim is writing eight lyrics to Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's ballet, The Nutcracker. The working title is The Nutcracker: The Untold Story.
Musical theatre

* 1967 - Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber
* 1970 - Jesus Christ Superstar with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber
* 1976 - Evita with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber
* 1983 - Blondel with music by Stephen Oliver
* 1984 - Chess with music by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus
* 1986 - Cricket with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber
* 1992 - Tycoon
* 1993 - Beauty and the Beast with lyrics by Howard Ashman and Rice with music by Alan Menken
* 1996 - Heathcliff with music by John Farrar
* 1997 - The Lion King (musical) with music by Elton John
* 1997 - King David with music by Alan Menken
* 2000 - Aida with music by Elton John

'The Likes of Us' was his first ever musical was written with Andrew Lloyd Webber but was not released in the west end.
Film and television work

In addition to adaptations of his theatrical productions, Rice has worked on several original film and television projects:

* 1992 - Aladdin - music by Alan Menken. Completed work begun by Howard Ashman.
* 1994 - The Lion King - music by Elton John, score by Hans Zimmer.
* 2000 - The Road to El Dorado - Music by Elton John, score by Hans Zimmer and John Powell

Lyricist

* "The Golden Boy" and "The Fallen Priest", recorded on Freddie Mercury's solo album Barcelona
* 1981 concept album 1984 composed by Rick Wakeman and inspired by the George Orwell novel of the same title
* "The Second Time", "The Last One to Leave", "Hot As Sun" and "Falling Down to Earth" on Elaine Paige's 1981 self-titled album
* "All Time High", the theme tune to the James Bond film, Octopussy, written with John Barry and sung by Rita Coolidge (1983).

Other work

* Co-produced the 1986 London and 1988 Broadway productions of Chess as a partner in 3 Knights Ltd with Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus.
* Co-produced the 1989 London production of Anything Goes as a partner in Anchorage Productions with Elaine Paige.
* Co-produced, with Andrew Powell, Elaine Paige's 1981 self-titled album
* Occasionally appears as a panelist on the BBC Radio 4 panel game Just a Minute.

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Written By: ninny on 11/11/09 at 6:28 am

The word of the day...Aviator
One who operates an aircraft; a pilot.
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Written By: ninny on 11/11/09 at 6:31 am

The birthday of the day...Leonardo DiCaprio
Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio (born November 11, 1974) is an American actor and film producer whose career rose with his role in the television sit-com Growing Pains. His critically acclaimed breakthrough film performance came in This Boy's Life, and was quickly followed by What's Eating Gilbert Grape. His performance as the mentally handicapped brother of Gilbert (Johnny Depp), in the title role, brought him nominations for the Golden Globe and Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.

He gained fame for his role as Jack Dawson in Titanic, and has starred in many other successful films including Romeo + Juliet, Catch Me If You Can, and Blood Diamond, for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor. Another Academy Award nomination came for his role as Howard Hughes in The Aviator, directed by Martin Scorsese. He has also worked with Scorsese in films such as Gangs of New York and The Departed. This working partnership brought comparison to the earlier working relationship between Scorsese and actor Robert De Niro, who also benefited from roles in Scorsese films early in his career.

DiCaprio has also been nominated two times for BAFTA, three times for SAG, and seven Golden Globe Awards. He is a Golden Globe and a Silver Bear Award winner.
DiCaprio's career began with his appearing in several commercials and educational films. He got his break on television in 1990 when he was cast in the short-lived series based on the movie Parenthood. On set, he met another struggling child actor, Tobey Maguire. The two quickly became friends and made a pact to help each other find roles in TV and movies. After Parenthood, DiCaprio had bit parts on several shows, including The New Lassie and Roseanne, as well as a brief stint on the soap opera Santa Barbara, playing the young Mason Capwell.

His debut film role was Critters 3, a B-grade horror film, which later went straight to video. Soon after, in 1991, he became a recurring cast member on the hit ABC sitcom Growing Pains, playing Luke Brower, a homeless boy who is taken in by the Seavers.

His breakthrough came in 1992, when he beat out hundreds of other boys for the role of Toby Wolff in This Boy's Life, co-starring Robert De Niro and Ellen Barkin. His performance as the troubled, abused teenager was critically acclaimed and Hollywood soon took notice. Later in 1993, he co-starred as the mentally handicapped brother to Johnny Depp in What's Eating Gilbert Grape. His performance earned him both Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations for best supporting actor.

1995 was an eventful year for DiCaprio. That year he starred in four movies; in the first one, The Quick and the Dead, he played Gene Hackman's alleged son, Fee, starring alongside Sharon Stone and Russell Crowe.

After The Quick and The Dead, he starred in Total Eclipse, a fictionalized account of the homosexual relationship between Paul Verlaine (David Thewlis) and Arthur Rimbaud. River Phoenix was originally cast as Rimbaud, but died before production.

The black-and-white film Don's Plum, a low budget drama featuring the actor and his friends (including Tobey Maguire) was filmed between 1995 and 1996. Its release was blocked by DiCaprio and Maguire, who argued that they never intended to make it a theatrical release. Nevertheless, it premiered in Berlin in 2001.

Also in 1995, he starred as Jim Caroll in The Basketball Diaries, a life story of drugs and prostitution. Baz Luhrmann's 1996 film Romeo + Juliet, again featured DiCaprio as the male lead and was one of the first films to cash in on DiCaprio's future star-status, with a worldwide box office take of $147 million. Later that year he starred in Marvin's Room, reuniting with Robert De Niro and appearing alongside Meryl Streep and Diane Keaton.
Superstardom and "Leo-Mania"

The move from "star" to "superstar" came when DiCaprio played Jack Dawson in the 1997 blockbuster Titanic, alongside Kate Winslet as Rose DeWitt Bukater, which soon became the highest grossing film of all time and received 11 Oscars. In 1998, he made a cameo appearance in Woody Allen's satire Celebrity. That year he also starred in the dual roles of the villainous King Louis XIV and his secret, sympathetic twin brother Philippe in The Man in the Iron Mask. His popularity at the time was dubbed "Leo-mania", comparing his sudden fame and fan frenzy to that of the Beatles in the 1960s, known as Beatlemania. The Man in the Iron Mask may have benefited from Leo-Mania, considering its remarkably high worldwide box office gross (especially outside North-America) despite mediocre reviews.
DiCaprio, 2000

What came with fame were tales in the tabloids of excesses and indulgence. Time summed up the fame superhighway and its trappings in an interview with the actor in 2000, reporting:

DiCaprio still thinks of himself as an edgy indie actor, not the Tiger Beat cover boy. "I have no connection with me during that whole Titanic Phenomenon and what my face became around the world," DiCaprio commented, adding, "I'll never reach that state of popularity again, and I don't expect to. It's not something I'm going to try to achieve either."

Nonetheless, the headlines and controversy failed to let up, peaking when he starred in a project by Danny Boyle based on Alex Garland's backpacker cult classic The Beach that year. Because of clashes with the Thai authorities over the use of the island of Ko Phi Phi in 1999, the film garnered more bad press than expected. It was reported that permission granted to the film company to physically alter the environment inside Phi Phi Islands National Park was illegal.
Acting acclaim

In 2002, DiCaprio starred in Gangs of New York (directed by Martin Scorsese) and Catch Me If You Can (directed by Steven Spielberg). Both films were very well received by critics. Forging a collaboration with Scorsese, the two paired again for a biopic of American aviation pioneer Howard Hughes in The Aviator, a film that scored DiCaprio a second Academy Award nomination, for Best Actor.
DiCaprio at the Gangs of New York screening at the Cannes Film Festival with Martin Scorsese and Cameron Diaz

DiCaprio continued his run with Scorsese (some call him Scorsese's "new De Niro") in the 2006 film The Departed as Billy Costigan, a smart undercover cop in Boston. His next film was Blood Diamond, released in December 2006. The film itself received generally favorable reviews and DiCaprio was praised for the authenticity of his South African Afrikaner accent, known as a difficult accent to emulate.

In 2006, the Golden Globes and Broadcast Film Critics Association nominated DiCaprio twice in the same category: Best Actor for Blood Diamond and The Departed. Also in the same year, he received two nominations for the Screen Actors Guild Awards, a lead actor nomination for Blood Diamond and a supporting actor nomination for The Departed. He earned an Oscar nomination for lead actor in Blood Diamond and a BAFTA nod for lead actor for The Departed.
Recent work

DiCaprio starred in 2008's Body of Lies, directed by Ridley Scott and co-starring Russell Crowe, Vince Colosimo, and Golshifthe Farahani. The same year, he appeared in Revolutionary Road, an adaptation of Richard Yates' 1961 novel. The latter reunited DiCaprio with his Titanic costars Kate Winslet and Kathy Bates. DiCaprio was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama for his performance.

DiCaprio will star in Shutter Island, a film adaptation of the novel of the same name by Dennis Lehane. He will also play in the science-fiction film Inception, directed and produced by Christopher Nolan.
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Written By: ninny on 11/11/09 at 6:34 am

The co-birthdays of the day...Demi Moore
Demi Guynes Kutcher, professionally known as Demi Moore (born November 11, 1962) is an American actress.

After minor roles in film, and a role in the television drama series, General Hospital, Moore established her career in films such as St. Elmo's Fire (1985) and Ghost (1990), and in the early 1990s became one of the highest paid actresses in Hollywood following her successes in A Few Good Men (1992), Indecent Proposal (1993) and Disclosure (1994). By the end of the decade her films were less successful, but she returned to prominence with her role in Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003).

Moore took her professional name from her first husband, Freddy Moore, and is the mother of three daughters from her marriage to Bruce Willis. She has been married to actor Ashton Kutcher since 2005 and later took his last name in 2009.
Demi Moore's film debut was in the 1982 3-D science fiction/horror film, Parasite, which was a hit on the drive-in circuit, ultimately grossing $7 million. However, Moore was not widely known until she played the part of Jackie Templeton on the ABC soap opera, General Hospital, from 1982-1983. Moore also had an uncredited cameo at the end of the 1982 spoof Young Doctors in Love.
Demi Moore (1990)

In the mid-1980s, Moore appeared in the youth-oriented films St. Elmo's Fire and About Last Night, and she was often listed as one of the Brat Pack, a name the media dubbed a certain group of top young actors at the time. In 1988 Demi starred in The Seventh Sign directed by Carl Schultz. After the commercial success of Ghost, Moore was given more prominent roles in A Few Good Men, Indecent Proposal, Disclosure and The Hunchback of Notre Dame for which she was the first actress to reach the $10 million salary mark. During the early 1990s, she was the highest paid actress in Hollywood. She never duplicated the success of Ghost and had a string of less successful films like The Scarlet Letter, The Juror, Striptease, and G.I. Jane. Meanwhile, Moore's Passion of Mind co-star Joss Ackland lambasted Moore by describing her as being "not very bright or talented". although he worked with her again on Flawless in 2008. At the same time she produced and starred in a TV mini-series called If These Walls Could Talk, written by Nancy Savoca. A three-part series on abortion, Savoca directed two segments, including the one in which Moore played a single woman in the 1950s seeking a back-alley abortion. She was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Actress for that role.

Moore was a founding "celebrity investor" in the Planet Hollywood chain of international theme restaurants (modeled after the Hard Rock Cafe and launched in New York on October 22, 1991) along with Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger and then-husband Bruce Willis.

After a break from her acting career, Moore returned to the screen as a former member of Charlie's Angels gone bad in the 2003 film Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle. In 2006, she appeared in Bobby which featured an all-star cast including her husband Ashton Kutcher although they did not appear in any scenes together. She later starred in the thriller film Mr. Brooks, which was released on June 1, 2007. She appeared in Jon Bon Jovi's longform video "Destination Anywhere" as Janie.

In 2006, Moore became the new face for the Helena Rubinstein brand of cosmetics.
Vanity Fair controversy
See also: More Demi Moore and Demi's Birthday Suit
More Demi Moore
Demi's Birthday Suit

In August 1991, Moore appeared nude on the cover of Vanity Fair under the title More Demi Moore. Annie Leibovitz shot the picture while Moore was seven months pregnant with her daughter Scout LaRue, intending to portray "anti-Hollywood, anti-glitz" attitude. The cover sparked an intense controversy for Vanity Fair and Demi Moore. It was widely discussed on television, radio, and in newspaper articles. Some retailers pulled the issue from newsstands, while others only sold it in a brown paper bag. The frankness of Leibovitz' portrayal of a pregnant sex symbol led to divided opinions, ranging from complaints of sexual objectification to celebrations of the photograph as a symbol of empowerment.

The photograph was subject to numerous parodies, including the Spy magazine version, which placed Moore's then husband Bruce Willis' head on her body. In Leibovitz v. Paramount Pictures Corp., Leibovitz sued over one parody featuring Leslie Nielsen, made to promote the 1994 film Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult. In the parody, the model's body was attached to what is described as "the guilty and smirking face" of Mr. Nielsen. The teaser said "Due this March". The case was dismissed in 1996 because the parody relied "for its comic effect on the contrast between the original". In November 2009, Moroccan magazine Femmes du Maroc emulated the infamous pose with Moroccan news reporter Nadia Larguet, causing controversy in the majority Muslim nation. In August 1992, Moore would again appear nude on the cover of Vanity Fair, modeling for the world's leading body painting artist, Joanne Gair in Demi's Birthday Suit. The painting is considered by many to be the best-known example of modern body painting artwork
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* Jonathan Winters
He began comedy routines and acting while studying at Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio. He was also a local radio personality on WING (mornings, 6 to 8) in Dayton, Ohio and at WIZE in Springfield, Ohio. He performed as Johnny Winters on WBNS-TV in Columbus, Ohio for two years, quitting the station in 1953 when they refused him a $5.00 raise. After promising his wife that he would return to Dayton if he did not make it in a year, and with $56.36 in his pocket, he moved to New York City, staying with friends in Greenwich Village. After obtaining Martin Goodman as his agent, he began stand-up routines in various New York nightclubs. His big break occurred (with the revised name of Jonathan) when he worked for Alistair Cooke on the CBS Sunday morning show Omnibus. In 1957, he performed in the first color television show, a 15-minute routine sponsored by Tums.

As a stand-up comic with a madcap wildness, Winters recorded many classic comedy albums for the Verve Records label, starting in 1960. Probably the best-known of his characters from this period is Maude Frickert, the seemingly sweet old lady with the barbed tongue. He was a favorite of Jack Paar and appeared frequently on his television programs. In addition, he would often appear on the The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, usually in the guise of some character. Carson often did not know what Winters had planned and usually had to tease out the character's back story during a pretend interview.

Winters has appeared in nearly 50 movies and several television shows, including particularly notable roles in the film It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World and in the dual roles of Henry Glenworthy and his dark, scheming brother, the Rev. Wilbur Glenworthy, in the film adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's The Loved One. Fellow comedians who starred with him in "Mad World," such as Arnold Stang, claimed that in the long periods while they waited between scenes, Winters would entertain them for hours in their trailer by becoming any character that they would suggest to him.

On television, in the late sixties, he appeared as a regular (along with Woody Allen and Jo Anne Worley) on the Saturday morning children's program Hot Dog. In the seventies, he appeared in his own show, The Wacky World of Jonathan Winters (1972–74). Winters has also done some dramatic work, as evidenced in The Twilight Zone episode "A Game of Pool" (episode #3.5, October 13, 1961). He recorded Ogden Nash's The Carnival of the Animals poems to Camille Saint-Saëns' classical opus. He also made an appearance on a Dean Martin Comedy Roast. Winters appeared on ABC's The American Sportsman, hosted by Grits Gresham, who took celebrities on hunting, fishing, and shooting trips to exotic places around the world. Winters also appeared regularly as a panelist on The Hollywood Squares.

In the fourth and last season of the sci-fi-based TV comedy Mork & Mindy, Jonathan Winters (one of Robin Williams' idols) was brought in as Mork & Mindy's child, Mearth. Due to the different Orkan physiology, Mork laid an egg, which grew and hatched into the much older Winters. It had been previously explained that Orkans aged "backwards," thus explaining Mearth's appearance and that of his teacher, Miss Geespot (portrayed by then-11-year-old actress Luanne). Mork's infant son Mearth in Mork & Mindy was created in hopes of improving ratings and as an attempt to capitalize on Williams' comedic talents. Winters had previously guest-starred in Season 3, Episode 18 as Dave McConnell, Mindy's uncle. Although Robin Williams calls Jonathan Winters his greatest influence, the idea of Mearth didn't work, and the show was soon canceled, in 1982.

He was a regular on Hee Haw during the 1983–84 season. Shortly after this, in 1987, Winters was featured in NFL Films' The NFL TV Follies.

In 1991 and 1992, he was on Davis Rules, a sitcom that lasted two seasons (25 episodes). He played Gunny Davis, an eccentric grandfather who was helping raise his grandchildren after his son had lost his wife. In addition to his live action roles, he was also a guest star on The New Scooby-Doo Movies as a sweet old lady who was really the villain, and he was the narrator in Frosty Returns. Winters had also earlier appeared as himself on an episode of Scooby-Doo, where the Scooby Gang was looking forward to his promised performance as Maude Frickert. Along with numerous roles in Scooby-Doo, Winters also provided the voice for the thief in The Thief and the Cobbler (Miramax version).

From 1959 to 1964, Winters' voice could be heard in a series of popular television commercials for Utica Club beer. In the ads, he provided the voices of talking beer steins, named "Shultz and Dooley." Later, he became a spokesman for Hefty brand trash bags, for whom he appeared as a dapper garbageman known for collecting "gahr-bahj," as well as Maude Frickert and other characters.
Later years

In 1999, Winters was awarded the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. He now lives near Santa Barbara, California, and is often seen browsing and hamming for the crowd at the antique show on the Ventura County fairgrounds. He often entertains the tellers and other workers whenever he visits his local bank to make a deposit or withdrawal. He spends time painting, and has been presented in one-man shows of his art. In 1987, he published Winters' Tales: Stories and Observations for the Unusual. Other writings have followed, and he is said to be working on his autobiography.

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Written By: Howard on 11/11/09 at 6:40 am

Johnathan Winters was great on Mork And Mindy.

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Written By: ninny on 11/11/09 at 7:56 am

Johnathan Winters was great on Mork And Mindy.

I remember him on that show.

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Written By: CatwomanofV on 11/11/09 at 9:54 am

I have to say that I am very impressed by Leonardo DiCaprio's acting. When Titanic came out, I thought he was just another pretty boy. But, some of his work is very impressive. I think he is very underrated because he is such a pretty boy.

Cat

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/11/09 at 12:19 pm

The word of the day...Aviator
One who operates an aircraft; a pilot.
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Saw the film once and wish to again.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/11/09 at 12:20 pm

Saw the film once and wish to again.
The Aviator DVD image is not working!

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/11/09 at 12:21 pm

The birthday of the day...Leonardo DiCaprio
Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio (born November 11, 1974) is an American actor and film producer whose career rose with his role in the television sit-com Growing Pains. His critically acclaimed breakthrough film performance came in This Boy's Life, and was quickly followed by What's Eating Gilbert Grape. His performance as the mentally handicapped brother of Gilbert (Johnny Depp), in the title role, brought him nominations for the Golden Globe and Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.

He gained fame for his role as Jack Dawson in Titanic, and has starred in many other successful films including Romeo + Juliet, Catch Me If You Can, and Blood Diamond, for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor. Another Academy Award nomination came for his role as Howard Hughes in The Aviator, directed by Martin Scorsese. He has also worked with Scorsese in films such as Gangs of New York and The Departed. This working partnership brought comparison to the earlier working relationship between Scorsese and actor Robert De Niro, who also benefited from roles in Scorsese films early in his career.

DiCaprio has also been nominated two times for BAFTA, three times for SAG, and seven Golden Globe Awards. He is a Golden Globe and a Silver Bear Award winner.
DiCaprio's career began with his appearing in several commercials and educational films. He got his break on television in 1990 when he was cast in the short-lived series based on the movie Parenthood. On set, he met another struggling child actor, Tobey Maguire. The two quickly became friends and made a pact to help each other find roles in TV and movies. After Parenthood, DiCaprio had bit parts on several shows, including The New Lassie and Roseanne, as well as a brief stint on the soap opera Santa Barbara, playing the young Mason Capwell.

His debut film role was Critters 3, a B-grade horror film, which later went straight to video. Soon after, in 1991, he became a recurring cast member on the hit ABC sitcom Growing Pains, playing Luke Brower, a homeless boy who is taken in by the Seavers.

His breakthrough came in 1992, when he beat out hundreds of other boys for the role of Toby Wolff in This Boy's Life, co-starring Robert De Niro and Ellen Barkin. His performance as the troubled, abused teenager was critically acclaimed and Hollywood soon took notice. Later in 1993, he co-starred as the mentally handicapped brother to Johnny Depp in What's Eating Gilbert Grape. His performance earned him both Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations for best supporting actor.

1995 was an eventful year for DiCaprio. That year he starred in four movies; in the first one, The Quick and the Dead, he played Gene Hackman's alleged son, Fee, starring alongside Sharon Stone and Russell Crowe.

After The Quick and The Dead, he starred in Total Eclipse, a fictionalized account of the homosexual relationship between Paul Verlaine (David Thewlis) and Arthur Rimbaud. River Phoenix was originally cast as Rimbaud, but died before production.

The black-and-white film Don's Plum, a low budget drama featuring the actor and his friends (including Tobey Maguire) was filmed between 1995 and 1996. Its release was blocked by DiCaprio and Maguire, who argued that they never intended to make it a theatrical release. Nevertheless, it premiered in Berlin in 2001.

Also in 1995, he starred as Jim Caroll in The Basketball Diaries, a life story of drugs and prostitution. Baz Luhrmann's 1996 film Romeo + Juliet, again featured DiCaprio as the male lead and was one of the first films to cash in on DiCaprio's future star-status, with a worldwide box office take of $147 million. Later that year he starred in Marvin's Room, reuniting with Robert De Niro and appearing alongside Meryl Streep and Diane Keaton.
Superstardom and "Leo-Mania"

The move from "star" to "superstar" came when DiCaprio played Jack Dawson in the 1997 blockbuster Titanic, alongside Kate Winslet as Rose DeWitt Bukater, which soon became the highest grossing film of all time and received 11 Oscars. In 1998, he made a cameo appearance in Woody Allen's satire Celebrity. That year he also starred in the dual roles of the villainous King Louis XIV and his secret, sympathetic twin brother Philippe in The Man in the Iron Mask. His popularity at the time was dubbed "Leo-mania", comparing his sudden fame and fan frenzy to that of the Beatles in the 1960s, known as Beatlemania. The Man in the Iron Mask may have benefited from Leo-Mania, considering its remarkably high worldwide box office gross (especially outside North-America) despite mediocre reviews.
DiCaprio, 2000

What came with fame were tales in the tabloids of excesses and indulgence. Time summed up the fame superhighway and its trappings in an interview with the actor in 2000, reporting:

DiCaprio still thinks of himself as an edgy indie actor, not the Tiger Beat cover boy. "I have no connection with me during that whole Titanic Phenomenon and what my face became around the world," DiCaprio commented, adding, "I'll never reach that state of popularity again, and I don't expect to. It's not something I'm going to try to achieve either."

Nonetheless, the headlines and controversy failed to let up, peaking when he starred in a project by Danny Boyle based on Alex Garland's backpacker cult classic The Beach that year. Because of clashes with the Thai authorities over the use of the island of Ko Phi Phi in 1999, the film garnered more bad press than expected. It was reported that permission granted to the film company to physically alter the environment inside Phi Phi Islands National Park was illegal.
Acting acclaim

In 2002, DiCaprio starred in Gangs of New York (directed by Martin Scorsese) and Catch Me If You Can (directed by Steven Spielberg). Both films were very well received by critics. Forging a collaboration with Scorsese, the two paired again for a biopic of American aviation pioneer Howard Hughes in The Aviator, a film that scored DiCaprio a second Academy Award nomination, for Best Actor.
DiCaprio at the Gangs of New York screening at the Cannes Film Festival with Martin Scorsese and Cameron Diaz

DiCaprio continued his run with Scorsese (some call him Scorsese's "new De Niro") in the 2006 film The Departed as Billy Costigan, a smart undercover cop in Boston. His next film was Blood Diamond, released in December 2006. The film itself received generally favorable reviews and DiCaprio was praised for the authenticity of his South African Afrikaner accent, known as a difficult accent to emulate.

In 2006, the Golden Globes and Broadcast Film Critics Association nominated DiCaprio twice in the same category: Best Actor for Blood Diamond and The Departed. Also in the same year, he received two nominations for the Screen Actors Guild Awards, a lead actor nomination for Blood Diamond and a supporting actor nomination for The Departed. He earned an Oscar nomination for lead actor in Blood Diamond and a BAFTA nod for lead actor for The Departed.
Recent work

DiCaprio starred in 2008's Body of Lies, directed by Ridley Scott and co-starring Russell Crowe, Vince Colosimo, and Golshifthe Farahani. The same year, he appeared in Revolutionary Road, an adaptation of Richard Yates' 1961 novel. The latter reunited DiCaprio with his Titanic costars Kate Winslet and Kathy Bates. DiCaprio was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama for his performance.

DiCaprio will star in Shutter Island, a film adaptation of the novel of the same name by Dennis Lehane. He will also play in the science-fiction film Inception, directed and produced by Christopher Nolan.

I like him in Catch Me If You Can.

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Written By: ninny on 11/11/09 at 1:48 pm

The Aviator DVD image is not working!

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Written By: ninny on 11/11/09 at 1:50 pm

I have to say that I am very impressed by Leonardo DiCaprio's acting. When Titanic came out, I thought he was just another pretty boy. But, some of his work is very impressive. I think he is very underrated because he is such a pretty boy.

Cat

So true, he's been acting since he was young and he's proved that he has talent.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/11/09 at 2:25 pm

So true, he's been acting since he was young and he's proved that he has talent.
Is Gangs of New York worth watching?

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Written By: gibbo on 11/11/09 at 2:44 pm

I have to say that I am very impressed by Leonardo DiCaprio's acting. When Titanic came out, I thought he was just another pretty boy. But, some of his work is very impressive. I think he is very underrated because he is such a pretty boy.

Cat

Yes...now that he's a bit older his work is being recognized more. He needed some lines on his face...

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Written By: gibbo on 11/11/09 at 2:44 pm

Jonathon Winters cracks me up in "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World".... ;D

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/11/09 at 2:46 pm

The co-birthdays of the day...Demi Moore
Demi Guynes Kutcher, professionally known as Demi Moore (born November 11, 1962) is an American actress.

After minor roles in film, and a role in the television drama series, General Hospital, Moore established her career in films such as St. Elmo's Fire (1985) and Ghost (1990), and in the early 1990s became one of the highest paid actresses in Hollywood following her successes in A Few Good Men (1992), Indecent Proposal (1993) and Disclosure (1994). By the end of the decade her films were less successful, but she returned to prominence with her role in Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003).

Moore took her professional name from her first husband, Freddy Moore, and is the mother of three daughters from her marriage to Bruce Willis. She has been married to actor Ashton Kutcher since 2005 and later took his last name in 2009.
Demi Moore's film debut was in the 1982 3-D science fiction/horror film, Parasite, which was a hit on the drive-in circuit, ultimately grossing $7 million. However, Moore was not widely known until she played the part of Jackie Templeton on the ABC soap opera, General Hospital, from 1982-1983. Moore also had an uncredited cameo at the end of the 1982 spoof Young Doctors in Love.
Demi Moore (1990)

In the mid-1980s, Moore appeared in the youth-oriented films St. Elmo's Fire and About Last Night, and she was often listed as one of the Brat Pack, a name the media dubbed a certain group of top young actors at the time. In 1988 Demi starred in The Seventh Sign directed by Carl Schultz. After the commercial success of Ghost, Moore was given more prominent roles in A Few Good Men, Indecent Proposal, Disclosure and The Hunchback of Notre Dame for which she was the first actress to reach the $10 million salary mark. During the early 1990s, she was the highest paid actress in Hollywood. She never duplicated the success of Ghost and had a string of less successful films like The Scarlet Letter, The Juror, Striptease, and G.I. Jane. Meanwhile, Moore's Passion of Mind co-star Joss Ackland lambasted Moore by describing her as being "not very bright or talented". although he worked with her again on Flawless in 2008. At the same time she produced and starred in a TV mini-series called If These Walls Could Talk, written by Nancy Savoca. A three-part series on abortion, Savoca directed two segments, including the one in which Moore played a single woman in the 1950s seeking a back-alley abortion. She was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Actress for that role.

Moore was a founding "celebrity investor" in the Planet Hollywood chain of international theme restaurants (modeled after the Hard Rock Cafe and launched in New York on October 22, 1991) along with Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger and then-husband Bruce Willis.

After a break from her acting career, Moore returned to the screen as a former member of Charlie's Angels gone bad in the 2003 film Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle. In 2006, she appeared in Bobby which featured an all-star cast including her husband Ashton Kutcher although they did not appear in any scenes together. She later starred in the thriller film Mr. Brooks, which was released on June 1, 2007. She appeared in Jon Bon Jovi's longform video "Destination Anywhere" as Janie.

In 2006, Moore became the new face for the Helena Rubinstein brand of cosmetics.
Vanity Fair controversy
See also: More Demi Moore and Demi's Birthday Suit
More Demi Moore
Demi's Birthday Suit

In August 1991, Moore appeared nude on the cover of Vanity Fair under the title More Demi Moore. Annie Leibovitz shot the picture while Moore was seven months pregnant with her daughter Scout LaRue, intending to portray "anti-Hollywood, anti-glitz" attitude. The cover sparked an intense controversy for Vanity Fair and Demi Moore. It was widely discussed on television, radio, and in newspaper articles. Some retailers pulled the issue from newsstands, while others only sold it in a brown paper bag. The frankness of Leibovitz' portrayal of a pregnant sex symbol led to divided opinions, ranging from complaints of sexual objectification to celebrations of the photograph as a symbol of empowerment.

The photograph was subject to numerous parodies, including the Spy magazine version, which placed Moore's then husband Bruce Willis' head on her body. In Leibovitz v. Paramount Pictures Corp., Leibovitz sued over one parody featuring Leslie Nielsen, made to promote the 1994 film Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult. In the parody, the model's body was attached to what is described as "the guilty and smirking face" of Mr. Nielsen. The teaser said "Due this March". The case was dismissed in 1996 because the parody relied "for its comic effect on the contrast between the original". In November 2009, Moroccan magazine Femmes du Maroc emulated the infamous pose with Moroccan news reporter Nadia Larguet, causing controversy in the majority Muslim nation. In August 1992, Moore would again appear nude on the cover of Vanity Fair, modeling for the world's leading body painting artist, Joanne Gair in Demi's Birthday Suit. The painting is considered by many to be the best-known example of modern body painting artwork
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* Jonathan Winters
He began comedy routines and acting while studying at Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio. He was also a local radio personality on WING (mornings, 6 to 8) in Dayton, Ohio and at WIZE in Springfield, Ohio. He performed as Johnny Winters on WBNS-TV in Columbus, Ohio for two years, quitting the station in 1953 when they refused him a $5.00 raise. After promising his wife that he would return to Dayton if he did not make it in a year, and with $56.36 in his pocket, he moved to New York City, staying with friends in Greenwich Village. After obtaining Martin Goodman as his agent, he began stand-up routines in various New York nightclubs. His big break occurred (with the revised name of Jonathan) when he worked for Alistair Cooke on the CBS Sunday morning show Omnibus. In 1957, he performed in the first color television show, a 15-minute routine sponsored by Tums.

As a stand-up comic with a madcap wildness, Winters recorded many classic comedy albums for the Verve Records label, starting in 1960. Probably the best-known of his characters from this period is Maude Frickert, the seemingly sweet old lady with the barbed tongue. He was a favorite of Jack Paar and appeared frequently on his television programs. In addition, he would often appear on the The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, usually in the guise of some character. Carson often did not know what Winters had planned and usually had to tease out the character's back story during a pretend interview.

Winters has appeared in nearly 50 movies and several television shows, including particularly notable roles in the film It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World and in the dual roles of Henry Glenworthy and his dark, scheming brother, the Rev. Wilbur Glenworthy, in the film adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's The Loved One. Fellow comedians who starred with him in "Mad World," such as Arnold Stang, claimed that in the long periods while they waited between scenes, Winters would entertain them for hours in their trailer by becoming any character that they would suggest to him.

On television, in the late sixties, he appeared as a regular (along with Woody Allen and Jo Anne Worley) on the Saturday morning children's program Hot Dog. In the seventies, he appeared in his own show, The Wacky World of Jonathan Winters (1972–74). Winters has also done some dramatic work, as evidenced in The Twilight Zone episode "A Game of Pool" (episode #3.5, October 13, 1961). He recorded Ogden Nash's The Carnival of the Animals poems to Camille Saint-Saëns' classical opus. He also made an appearance on a Dean Martin Comedy Roast. Winters appeared on ABC's The American Sportsman, hosted by Grits Gresham, who took celebrities on hunting, fishing, and shooting trips to exotic places around the world. Winters also appeared regularly as a panelist on The Hollywood Squares.

In the fourth and last season of the sci-fi-based TV comedy Mork & Mindy, Jonathan Winters (one of Robin Williams' idols) was brought in as Mork & Mindy's child, Mearth. Due to the different Orkan physiology, Mork laid an egg, which grew and hatched into the much older Winters. It had been previously explained that Orkans aged "backwards," thus explaining Mearth's appearance and that of his teacher, Miss Geespot (portrayed by then-11-year-old actress Luanne). Mork's infant son Mearth in Mork & Mindy was created in hopes of improving ratings and as an attempt to capitalize on Williams' comedic talents. Winters had previously guest-starred in Season 3, Episode 18 as Dave McConnell, Mindy's uncle. Although Robin Williams calls Jonathan Winters his greatest influence, the idea of Mearth didn't work, and the show was soon canceled, in 1982.

He was a regular on Hee Haw during the 1983–84 season. Shortly after this, in 1987, Winters was featured in NFL Films' The NFL TV Follies.

In 1991 and 1992, he was on Davis Rules, a sitcom that lasted two seasons (25 episodes). He played Gunny Davis, an eccentric grandfather who was helping raise his grandchildren after his son had lost his wife. In addition to his live action roles, he was also a guest star on The New Scooby-Doo Movies as a sweet old lady who was really the villain, and he was the narrator in Frosty Returns. Winters had also earlier appeared as himself on an episode of Scooby-Doo, where the Scooby Gang was looking forward to his promised performance as Maude Frickert. Along with numerous roles in Scooby-Doo, Winters also provided the voice for the thief in The Thief and the Cobbler (Miramax version).

From 1959 to 1964, Winters' voice could be heard in a series of popular television commercials for Utica Club beer. In the ads, he provided the voices of talking beer steins, named "Shultz and Dooley." Later, he became a spokesman for Hefty brand trash bags, for whom he appeared as a dapper garbageman known for collecting "gahr-bahj," as well as Maude Frickert and other characters.
Later years

In 1999, Winters was awarded the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. He now lives near Santa Barbara, California, and is often seen browsing and hamming for the crowd at the antique show on the Ventura County fairgrounds. He often entertains the tellers and other workers whenever he visits his local bank to make a deposit or withdrawal. He spends time painting, and has been presented in one-man shows of his art. In 1987, he published Winters' Tales: Stories and Observations for the Unusual. Other writings have followed, and he is said to be working on his autobiography.

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We always watch Ghost when it is on.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/11/09 at 2:47 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhFdhfwRVhQ

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Written By: Frank on 11/11/09 at 3:16 pm

I like him in Catch Me If You Can.

Me too, my favorite movie of his.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/11/09 at 3:17 pm

Me too, my favorite movie of his.
It is one of those films I can watch over and over again.

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Written By: Frank on 11/11/09 at 3:20 pm

It is one of those films I can watch over and over again.

Same for me.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/11/09 at 3:21 pm

Same for me.
Like most of Spielberg's films.

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Written By: Frank on 11/11/09 at 3:35 pm

Like most of Spielberg's films.

Yes, most. He is a brilliant man.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/11/09 at 3:37 pm

Yes, most. He is a brilliant man.
I do not know how he does it.

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Written By: Frank on 11/11/09 at 3:38 pm

I do not know how he does it.

If we knew, we could do the same, that's why we are not brilliant (in that area)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/11/09 at 3:40 pm

If we knew, we could do the same, that's why we are not brilliant (in that area)
Not only directs the films, he has produced many others.

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Written By: ninny on 11/11/09 at 6:52 pm

Is Gangs of New York worth watching?

I've never seen the whole film,only bits & pieces.

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Written By: gibbo on 11/11/09 at 6:54 pm

Me too, my favorite movie of his.

He was great in that 'Gilbert Grape' movie too (with Johnny Depp).

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Written By: Howard on 11/11/09 at 6:59 pm

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Ah yes,the sexy pottery scene.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/12/09 at 1:36 am

Ah yes,the sexy pottery scene.
I hate the song!

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Written By: ninny on 11/12/09 at 5:59 am

The word of the day...Grunge
1. Filth; dirt.
2. A style of rock music that incorporates elements of punk rock and heavy metal, popularized in the early 1990s and often marked by lyrics exhibiting nihilism, dissatisfaction, or apathy.
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Written By: ninny on 11/12/09 at 6:02 am

The birthday of the day...Neil Young
Neil Percival Young, OM (born November 12, 1945) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, musician and film director. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a solo artist in 1995 and also as a member of Buffalo Springfield in 1997.

Young's work is characterized by deeply personal lyrics, distinctive guitar work, and signature tenor singing voice. Although he accompanies himself on several different instruments—including piano and harmonica, his clawhammer acoustic guitar style and often idiosyncratic electric guitar soloing are the linchpins of a sometimes ragged, sometimes polished sound. Although Young has experimented widely with differing music styles, including swing, jazz, rockabilly, blues, and electronic music throughout a varied career, his best known work usually falls into either of two distinct styles: acoustic folk/country ("Heart of Gold", "Harvest Moon" and "Old Man") and electric-charged hard rock (like "Cinnamon Girl", "Rockin' in the Free World" and "Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)"). In recent years, Young has adopted elements from newer styles like industrial, alternative country and grunge. Young's profound influence on the latter caused some to dub him "the Godfather of Grunge".

Young has directed (or co-directed) a number of films using the pseudonym Bernard Shakey, including Journey Through the Past (1973), Rust Never Sleeps (1979), Human Highway (1982), Greendale (2003), and CSNY Déjà Vu (2008). He is currently working on a documentary about electric car technology, tentatively titled Linc/Volt. The project involves a 1959 Lincoln Continental converted to hybrid technology, which Young plans to drive to Washington, DC as an example to lawmakers there.

He is also an outspoken advocate for environmental issues and small farmers, having co-founded in 1985 the benefit concert Farm Aid, and in 1986 helped found The Bridge School, and its annual supporting Bridge School Benefit concerts, together with his wife Pegi (in this, Young's involvement stems at least partially from the fact that both of his sons have cerebral palsy and his daughter, like Young himself, has epilepsy).

Although Young has lived in northern California since the 1970s and sings as frequently about U.S. themes and subjects as he does about his native country, he retains Canadian citizenship, which he has never wanted to relinquish
After the breakup of Buffalo Springfield, Young signed a solo deal with Reprise Records, home of his colleague and friend Joni Mitchell, with whom he shared a manager, Elliot Roberts, who manages Young to this day. Young and Roberts immediately began work on Young's first solo record, Neil Young (November 1968), which received mixed reviews. In a 1970 interview, Young deprecated the album as being "overdubbed rather than played," and the quest for music that expresses the spontaneity of the moment has long been a feature of his career. Nevertheless, the album contains some tunes that remain a staple of his live shows, most notably "The Loner."

For his next album, Young recruited three musicians from a band called The Rockets: Danny Whitten on guitar, Billy Talbot on bass guitar, and Ralph Molina on drums. These three took the name Crazy Horse (after the historical figure of the same name), and Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere (May 1969), is credited to "Neil Young with Crazy Horse." Recorded in just two weeks, the album opens with one of Young's most familiar songs, "Cinnamon Girl," and is dominated by two more, "Cowgirl in the Sand" and "Down by the River," that feature lengthy jams showcasing Young's idiosyncratic guitar soloing accompanied sympathetically by Crazy Horse. Young reportedly wrote all three songs on the same day, while nursing a high fever of 103 °F (39 °C) in bed.

Shortly after the release of Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere, Young reunited with Stephen Stills by joining Crosby, Stills, & Nash, who had already released one album as a trio. Young was originally offered a position as a sideman, but agreed to join only if he received full membership, and the group – winners of the 1969 "Best New Artist" Grammy Award - was renamed Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. The quartet debuted in Chicago on August 16, 1969, and later performed at the famous Woodstock Festival, during which Young skipped the acoustic set and refused to be filmed during the electric set, even telling the cameramen: "One of you fudgein' guys comes near me and I'm gonna fudgein' hit you with my guitar". During the making of their first album, Déjà Vu, the musicians frequently argued, particularly Young and Stills, who both fought for control. Stills continued throughout their lifelong relationship to criticize Young, saying that he "wanted to play folk music in a rock band". Despite the tension Young's tenure with CSN&Y coincided with the band's most creative and successful period, and greatly contributed to his subsequent success as a solo artist.

"Ohio" was written following the Kent State massacre on May 4, 1970, and was a staple of anti-war rallies in the 1970s. The song was quickly recorded by CSNY and immediately released as a single, even though CSNY's "Teach Your Children" was still climbing the singles charts. Many believe that the release of "Ohio" as a single cut into the sales of "Teach Your Children" and prevented that song from reaching the top ten. In the late 1970s and for much of the 1980s, Young refrained from performing "Ohio" live, as he considered the song to be dated. In the wake of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre, however, Young revived the song in concert, often dedicating it to the Chinese students who were killed in the massacre. Crosby, Stills & Nash, as a trio, also returned the song to their live repertoire around the same time, even though Young had provided the lead vocals on the original recording.

Also that year, Young released his third solo album, After the Gold Rush (1970), which featured, among others, a young Nils Lofgren, Stephen Stills, and CSNY bassist Greg Reeves. Young also recorded some tracks with Crazy Horse, but dismissed them early in the sessions. Aided by his newfound fame with CSNY, the album was a commercial breakthrough for Young and contains some of his best known work. Notable tracks include the title track, with dream-like lyrics that run a gamut of subjects from drugs and interpersonal relationships to environmental concerns, as well as Young’s controversial and acerbic condemnation of racism in "Southern Man," which, along with a later song entitled "Alabama," later prompted Lynyrd Skynyrd to decry Young by name in the lyrics to "Sweet Home Alabama." Young was one of Skynyrd's biggest influences, and Young was an admirer of Skynyrd's music. The respectful rivalry and friendship between Young and Skynyrd front man Ronnie Van Zant would serve as a recurring theme in the Drive-By Truckers' 2001 concept album Southern Rock Opera.
Solo album 'Harvest' leads to chart-topping success

With CSNY splitting up and Crazy Horse having signed their own record deal, Young began the year 1971 with a solo tour entitled "Journey Through the Past." Later, he recruited a new group of country-music session musicians, whom he christened The Stray Gators, to record much of the new material that had been premiered on tour for the album Harvest (1972). Harvest was a massive hit and "Heart of Gold" became a US number one single. It remains the only No. 1 hit in his long career.

Another notable song was "The Needle and the Damage Done," a somber lament on the pain caused by heroin addiction; inspired in part by the heavy heroin use of Crazy Horse member Danny Whitten, who would eventually die of an overdose.

The album's success, however, caught Young off guard, and his first instinct was to back away from stardom. In the handwritten liner notes to the Decade compilation, Young described "Heart of Gold" as the song that "put me in the middle of the road. Traveling there soon became a bore, so I headed for the ditch. A rougher ride but I saw more interesting people there."

On September 8, 1972, the actress Carrie Snodgress, with whom he had been living, gave birth to Neil Young's first child. The boy, Zeke, was later diagnosed with cerebral palsy. Young fell in love with Snodgress after seeing her in a movie, Diary of a Mad Housewife on television after which Young wrote the song "A Man Needs a Maid" from the Harvest album, featuring the lyric "I fell in love with the actress/she was playing a part that I could understand."
The Ditch Trilogy
Main article: Ditch Trilogy

Although a new tour had been planned to follow up on the success of Harvest, it became apparent during rehearsals that Danny Whitten could not function due to drug abuse. On November 18, 1972, shortly after he was fired from the tour preparations, Whitten was found dead of an overdose. Young described the incident to Rolling Stone’s Cameron Crowe in 1975: " were rehearsing with him and he just couldn't cut it. He couldn't remember anything. He was too out of it. Too far gone. I had to tell him to go back to L.A. 'It's not happening, man. You're not together enough.' He just said, 'I've got nowhere else to go, man. How am I gonna tell my friends?' And he split. That night the coroner called me from L.A. and told me he'd OD'd. That blew my mind. fudgeing blew my mind. I loved Danny. I felt responsible. And from there, I had to go right out on this huge tour of huge arenas. I was very nervous and ... insecure."

The album made in the aftermath of this incident, Time Fades Away (1973), has often been described by Young as "my least favorite record," and it is, in fact, one of only two of Young’s early recordings that has yet to be officially re-released on CD (the other being the soundtrack album Journey Through the Past). The album was recorded live over a tour where Young struggled with his voice and called David Crosby and Graham Nash to help perform the music. The tour featured Linda Ronstadt as the opening act. Time Fades Away occupies a unique position in Young’s discography as the first of three albums known collectively as the "Ditch Trilogy."

In the second half of 1973, Young formed The Santa Monica Flyers, with Crazy Horse's rhythm section augmented by Nils Lofgren on guitar. Deeply affected by the drug-induced deaths of Whitten and roadie Bruce Berry, Young recorded Tonight's the Night. The album's dark tone and rawness led Reprise to delay and Young had to pressure them for two years before they would release it. It received mixed reviews at the time, but is now regarded as a landmark album. In Young's own opinion, it was the closest he ever came to art.

While his record company delayed the release of Tonight's the Night, Young recorded On the Beach (1974), which dealt with themes such as the downside of fame and the Californian lifestyle. Like Time Fades Away and Tonight's the Night, it sold poorly but eventually became a critical favorite, presenting some of Young's most original work. A review of the 2003 re-release on CD of On the Beach described the music as "mesmerizing, harrowing, lucid, and bleary."
Return to prominence

After completing On the Beach, Young reunited with Harvest producer Elliot Mazer to record another acoustic album, Homegrown. Most of the songs were written after Young's breakup with Snodgress, and thus the tone of the album was somewhat dark. Though the album was entirely completed, Young decided to drop the album and release Tonight's the Night instead, at the suggestion of The Band bassist Rick Danko. Young further explained his move by saying: "It was a little too personal ... it scared me".
Neil Young in Austin, Texas on November 9, 1976

Young reformed Crazy Horse with Frank Sampedro on guitar as his backup band for Zuma (1975). Many of the songs are overtly concerned with failed relationships, and even the epic "Cortez the Killer," outwardly a retelling of the Spanish conquest of Mexico from the viewpoint of the Aztecs, can be seen as an allegory of love lost — something that didn’t save it, however, from being banned in Franco's Spain.

The following year, Young reunited with Stephen Stills for the album Long May You Run (1976), credited to The Stills-Young Band; the follow-up tour was ended midway through by Young, who sent Stills a telegram that read: "Funny how some things that start spontaneously end that way. Eat a peach, Neil."

In 1976, Young performed with Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, and numerous other rock musicians in the high profile all-star concert The Last Waltz, the final performance by The Band. The release of Martin Scorsese's movie of the concert was delayed while Scorsese unwillingly re-edited it to obscure the lump of cocaine that was clearly visible hanging from Young's nose during his performance of "Helpless." Young later said, "I'm not proud of that," according to one of his biographers.

American Stars 'N Bars (1977) contained two songs originally recorded for Homegrown album, "Homegrown" and "Star of Bethelehem," as well as newer material, including the future concert staple "Like A Hurricane". Performers included Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris and Young protégé Nicolette Larson along with Crazy Horse. Also in 1977, Young released Decade: a personally selected career summary of material spanning every aspect of his various interests and affiliations, including a handful of unreleased songs. Comes a Time (1978) also featured Nicolette Larson and Crazy Horse and became Young's most commercially accessible album in quite some time, marked by a return to his folk roots.

Young next set out on the lengthy "Rust Never Sleeps" tour, in which each concert was divided into a solo acoustic set and an electric set with Crazy Horse. Much of the electric set was later seen as a response to punk rock's burgeoning popularity. "Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)" compared the changing public perception of Johnny Rotten with that of the recently deceased Elvis Presley, who himself had once been disparaged as a dangerous influence only to later become an icon. Rotten, meanwhile, returned the favour by playing one of Young's records on a London radio show. The accompanying albums Rust Never Sleeps (new material, culled from live recordings, but featuring studio overdubs) and Live Rust (a mixture of old and new, and a genuine concert recording) captured the two sides of the concerts, with solo acoustic songs on side A, and fierce, uptempo, electric songs on side B. A movie version of the concerts, also called Rust Never Sleeps (1979), was directed by Young under the pseudonym Bernard Shakey.

Young was suddenly hip again, and the readers and critics of Rolling Stone voted him Artist Of The Year for 1979 (along with The Who), selected Rust Never Sleeps as Album Of The Year, and voted him Male Vocalist Of The Year as well. The Village Voice, meanwhile, honored Young as the Artist of the Decade.
1980s: experimental years

The 1980s were often difficult times for Young, both personally and professionally. At the start of the decade, distracted by domestic medical concerns relating to his disabled son, Ben, Young had little time to spend on writing and recording. After providing the incidental music to a 1980 biopic of Hunter S. Thompson entitled Where the Buffalo Roam, Young released Hawks & Doves, a short record pieced together from sessions going back to 1974. 1981's Re-ac-tor, an electric album recorded with Crazy Horse, also included material from the 1970s. Young did not tour in support of either album; in total, he played only one show, a set at the 1980 Bread and Roses Festival in Berkeley, between the end of his 1978 tour with Crazy Horse and the start of his tour with the Trans Band in mid-1982.

The 1982 album Trans, which incorporated vocoders, synthesizers, and electronic beats, was Young's first for new label Geffen Records and represented a distinct stylistic departure. Young later revealed that an inspiration for the album was the theme of technology and communication with his son Ben, who has severe cerebral palsy and cannot speak. An extensive tour preceded the release of the album, and was documented by the video Neil Young in Berlin, which saw release in 1986.

Young's next album, 1983's Everybody's Rockin', included several rockabilly covers and clocked in at less than twenty-five minutes in length. Young was backed by the Shocking Pinks for the supporting U.S. tour. Trans had already drawn the ire of label head David Geffen for its lack of commercial appeal, and with Everybody's Rockin' following only seven months later, Geffen Records sued Young for making music "unrepresentative" of himself. The album was also notable as the first for which Young made commercial music videos - Tim Pope directed the videos for "Wonderin'" and "Cry, Cry, Cry". Also premiered in 1983, though little seen, was an eclectic full-length comedy film Human Highway, co-directed and co-written by Young, and starring Young and members of Devo.

1984 was the first year without a Neil Young album since the start of Young's musical career with Buffalo Springfield in 1966. Young's lack of productivity was largely due to the ongoing legal battle with Geffen, although he was also frustrated that the label had rejected his 1982 country album Old Ways. Young spent most of 1984 and all of 1985 touring for Old Ways with his country band, the International Harvesters. The album was finally released in an altered form midway through 1985. Young also appeared at that year's Live Aid concert in Philadelphia, teaming up with Crosby, Stills and Nash for the quartet's first performance for a paying audience in over ten years.

Young's last two albums for Geffen were more conventional in genre, although they incorporated production techniques like synthesizers and echoing drums that were previously uncommon in Young's music. Young recorded 1986's Landing on Water without Crazy Horse, but reunited with the band for the subsequent year-long tour and final Geffen album, Life, which emerged in 1987. Young's album sales dwindled steadily throughout the eighties; today Life remains his all-time-least successful studio album, with an estimated four hundred thousand sales worldwide.

Switching back to his old label Reprise Records, Young continued to tour relentlessly, assembling a new blues band called The Bluenotes in mid-1987 (a legal dispute with musician Harold Melvin forced the eventual rechristening of the band as Ten Men Working midway through the tour). The addition of a brass section provided a new jazzier sound, and the title track of 1988's This Note's For You became Young's first hit single of the decade. Accompanied by a video that parodied corporate rock, the pretensions of advertising, and Michael Jackson, the song was initially unofficially banned by MTV for mentioning the brand names of some of their sponsors. Young wrote an open letter, "What does the M in MTV stand for: music or money?" Despite this, the video was eventually named best video of the year by the network in 1989.

Young reunited with Crosby, Stills and Nash to record the 1988 album American Dream and play two benefit concerts late in the year, but the group did not embark upon a full tour. The album was only the second-ever studio record for the quartet.
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Written By: ninny on 11/12/09 at 6:09 am

The co-birthdays of the day...Ryan Gosling
Ryan Thomas Gosling (born November 12, 1980) is a Canadian actor and musician. He is known for his roles in The Notebook and The Believer. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor and a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role and won Independent Spirit Award for Best Lead Male and a National Board of Review Award for Best Actor for his role in Half Nelson. He was nominated for another Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role for Lars and the Real Girl.
Gosling was a cast member on the hit 80's/90's show 'The Mickey Mouse Club' along side fellow stars; Christina Aguilera, Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake and Keri Russell. He was the last set of new Mickey Mousers to be admitted into the show before it finished. He used to sing, dance and act on the show.

Gosling has had no formal training as an actor. His fame spread to the United States after he starred in the 2001 controversial drama The Believer, which won the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival.

Gosling won the Best Actor category at the Spirit Awards (formerly known as the Independent Spirit Awards) for his role as a drug-addicted, junior high school history teacher in the 2006 film Half Nelson. For the same role he was nominated for an Academy Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a Broadcast Film Critics Association award as best actor.

On December 13, 2007, Gosling was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for Lars and the Real Girl. A week later, he was subsequently nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award. He had also received a Broadcast Film Critics Association nomination and won a Satellite Award for this performance as well. In February 2008, he was presented with the inaugural Independent Award at the Santa Barbara Film Festival. In her introduction, presenter Jenelle Riley called him "the most consistent and compelling actor working today."

On December 25, 2008 Gosling's band Dead Man's Bones released a music video and free download for their song “In The Room Where You Sleep,” and on April 4, 2009, the band released a music video for their song "Name In Stone" on MySpace and YouTube. The self-titled debut album from the band, featuring members of the Silverlake Conservatory of Music's children's choir, is set to be released on October 6, 2009 through ANTI- records.

He is currently filming Blue Valentine with Michelle Williams.
Year Film Role Notes
1996 Frankenstein and Me Kenny
1998 Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy Tommy Made for TV
1999 The Unbelievables Josh
2000 Remember the Titans Alan Bosley
2001 The Believer Danny Balint Nominated — Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Most Promising Performer also for Murder by Numbers
Nominated — Independent Spirit Award for Best Lead Male
2002 Murder by Numbers Richard Haywood Nominated — Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Most Promising Performer also for The Believer
The Slaughter Rule Roy Chutney
2003 The United States of Leland Leland P. Fitzgerald
2004 The Notebook Noah Calhoun
2005 Stay Henry Letham
2006 Half Nelson Dan Dunne Independent Spirit Award for Best Lead Male
Las Palmas Film Festival Award for Best Actor
National Board of Review Award for Best Actor
Nominated - Academy Award for Best Actor
Nominated — Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor
Nominated — Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor
Nominated — Chlotrudis Award for Best Actor
Nominated — Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor
Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama
Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
2007 Lars and the Real Girl Lars Lindstrom Satellite Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
Nominated — Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor
Nominated — Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor
Nominated — Chlotrudis Award for Best Actor
Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Fracture Willy Beachum
2010 All Good Things David Marks Completed
Blue Valentine Post-Production
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* Wallace Shawn
Wallace Michael Shawn (born November 12, 1943), sometimes credited as Wally Shawn, is an American comic character actor. He has pursued a parallel career as a playwright whose work is often dark, politically charged and controversial.
Shawn's involvement with theater began in 1970 when he met Andre Gregory, who has since directed several of his plays. As a stage actor, he has appeared mostly in his own plays and other projects with Gregory.

Shawn made his film debut in 1979, playing Diane Keaton's ex-husband in Woody Allen's Manhattan. His best-known film roles include the evil Vizzini in the fairy tale comedy The Princess Bride (1987) and debate teacher Mr. Hall in Clueless (1995). His rare non-comic film roles include two collaborations with Andre Gregory and Louis Malle: the semi-autobiographical dialogue My Dinner with Andre, and a combined production-and-backstage-drama of Uncle Vanya titled Vanya on 42nd Street.

Shawn quite often appears on television, where he has appeared in many genres and series. He has had recurring roles as the Ferengi Grand Nagus Zek on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, a comic ex-reporter on Murphy Brown, the Huxtables' neighbor on The Cosby Show, a psychiatrist on Crossing Jordan, and Marilu Henner's love interest on Taxi. He is also a voice actor for animated films and animated TV series, including Toy Story, Toy Story 2, Toy Story 3, Monsters, Inc. (cameo appearance as Rex the Green Dinosaur), Gilbert Huph in The Incredibles, and two episodes of Family Guy (as Stewie's half-brother Bertram). Shawn also cameoed as the voice of Principal Fetchit in Chicken Little and voiced the character of Munk in Happily N'Ever After. Another recent role was the megalomaniacal industrialist Baron von Westphalen in Southland Tales. Shawn has also appeared on "Gossip Girl" as Blair Waldorf's stepfather and her mother, Eleanor's, love interest.
Playwright
Wallace Shawn at the Miami Book Fair International of 1991

Shawn's early plays, such as Marie and Bruce (1978), portrayed emotional and sexual conflicts in an absurdist style, with language that was both lyrical and violent. In the conversations with Andre Gregory that became My Dinner with Andre, Shawn later referred to these plays as depicting "my interior life as a raging beast." Critical response was extremely polarized: some critics hailed Shawn as a major writer, while John Simon called Marie and Bruce "garbage" and described Shawn as "one of the worst and unsightliest actors in this city." His play A Thought in Three Parts caused a minor uproar in London in 1977 when the production was investigated by a vice squad and attacked in Parliament due to allegedly pornographic content.

His later plays became more overtly political, drawing parallels between the psychology of his characters and the behavior of governments and social classes. Among the best-known of these are Aunt Dan and Lemon (1985) and The Designated Mourner (1997). Shawn's political work has invited controversy, as he often presents the audience with several contradictory points of view: in Aunt Dan and Lemon, which Shawn described as a cautionary tale against fascism, the character Lemon explained her neo-Nazi beliefs with such conviction that some critics called the play effectively pro-fascist. The monologue The Fever, originally created by Shawn to be performed for small audiences in apartments, was dismissed by some critics as "liberal guilt." It describes a person who becomes sick while struggling to find a morally consistent way to live when faced with injustice, and harshly criticizes the record of the U.S. in supporting repressive anti-communist regimes.

Three of Shawn's plays have been adapted into films: The Designated Mourner (basically a film of David Hare's stage production), Marie and Bruce, and The Fever. Oscar winner Vanessa Redgrave stars in The Fever (2004), which first aired on HBO on June 13, 2007.

Shawn has also written political commentary for The Nation, and in 2004 he published the one-issue-only progressive political magazine Final Edition, which features interviews with and articles by Jonathan Schell, Noam Chomsky, Mark Strand, and Deborah Eisenberg.

Shawn is credited as translator of Bertolt Brecht's The Threepenny Opera, which opened at Studio 54 in Manhattan on March 25, 2006. He appears briefly in voiceover during "Song about the Futility of Human Endeavor."

Shawn published his first non-fiction work, Essays on September 1, 2009, a collection of essays that expresses his perceptions of politics and other subjects that reflect an aspect of his life.
Plays

* The Hotel Play (1970)
* Our Late Night (1975)
* A Thought in Three Parts (1976)
* Marie and Bruce (1978)
* Aunt Dan and Lemon (1985)
* The Fever (1990)
* The Designated Mourner (1997; film directed by David Hare, 1998)
* The Threepenny Opera (2006; new translation)
* Grasses of a Thousand Colors (2008)

Film and television roles

* All That Jazz (dir. Bob Fosse, 1979) - Assistant insurance man
* Manhattan (dir. Woody Allen, 1979) - Jeremiah
* Atlantic City (dir. Louis Malle, 1980) - Walter
* My Dinner with Andre (dir. Louis Malle 1981) - co-written with Andre Gregory
* The Fox and the Hound (film) (dir. Ted Berman) - Boomer (voice) (voice replaced by Paul Winchell)
* Strange Invaders (dir. Michael Laughlin, 1983) - Earl (Landlord)
* Crackers (dir. Louis Malle, 1984)
* The Cosby Show (TV series; guest appearances 1987-91) - Jeffrey Engels
* The Bostonians (dir. James Ivory, 1984)
* The Hotel New Hampshire (1984) - Freud
* Heaven Help Us (film) (1985)
* The Princess Bride (1987; dir. Rob Reiner) - Vizzini
* Radio Days (dir. Woody Allen) (1987) - Masked Avenger (radio-show character)
* Prick Up Your Ears (dir. Stephen Frears, 1987) - John Lahr
* The Moderns (dir. Alan Rudolph, 1988)
* She's out of control, (1989) - Dr. Fishbinder
* We're No Angels, (dir. Neil Jordan) (1989) - Translator
* Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills (dir. Paul Bartel, 1989)
* Shadows and Fog (dir. Woody Allen) (1991) - Simon Carr
* Nickel & Dime (1992) - Everett Willits
* Mom and Dad Save The World (1992) - Sibor
* Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (TV series, recurring role 1993-1999) - Grand Nagus Zek
* The Pink Panther (1993 TV series) - The Little Man
* Vanya on 42nd Street (dir. Louis Malle, 1994) - Uncle Vanya
* The Meteor Man (1993) - Mr. Little
* Canadian Bacon (1995) - Canadian Prime Minister Clark MacDonald
* Just Like Dad (1995) - The dad
* A Goofy Movie (1995) - voice of Principal Mazur
* The Wife (film) (dir. Tom Noonan, 1995) - Cosmo
* Toy Story (1995), Toy Story 2 (1999), and Toy Story 3 (2010) - voice of Rex
* House Arrest (1996)-Victor 'Vic' Finley
* Clueless (movie & TV series, 1996-97) - Mr. Hall
* Vegas Vacation (dir. Stephen Kessler, 1997) - Marty
* My Favorite Martian (1999) - Elliot Coleye
* The Curse of the Jade Scorpion (dir. Woody Allen, 2001) - George Bond
* Crossing Jordan (TV series, recurring role 2002- ) - Dr. Howard Stiles
* Duplex 2003 - Herman
* Napoleon - Echidna
* The Haunted Mansion (dir. Rob Minkoff) 2003 - Ezra
* The Incredibles (2004) - voice of Gilbert Huph, Bob Parr's boss
* Melinda and Melinda (dir. Woody Allen, 2004) - Sy
* Sex and the City (TV Series, 2004) - Martin Grable in "Splat"
* Desperate Housewives (2005) - Lonny Moon
* Stargate SG-1 - (2005) Appeared as Arlos in episode The Ties That Bind
* Family Guy (TV series; two appearances) - voice of Bertram, Stewie's half-brother
* Chicken Little (2005) - voice of Principal Fetchit
* Fat Actress (2005 Showtime series) - Doctor Von Oight
* Tom and Jerry: Shiver Me Whiskers (2006) - voice of Purple Pirate Paul
* Air Buddies (2006) - voice of Billy the Goat
* Happily N'Ever After (2007) - voice of Munk
* Southland Tales (dir. Richard Kelly, 2008) - Baron von Westphalen
* The L Word (2008) - William Halsey
* Kit Kittredge: An American Girl (2008) - Mr. Gibson
* Scooby-Doo and the Goblin King (2008) - Mr. Gibbles
* Gossip Girl (2008-2009) - Cyrus Rose
* ER (Patient)
* Capitalism: A Love Story (2009)- Himself

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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: CatwomanofV on 11/12/09 at 12:18 pm

I love Neil Young.

Cat

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/12/09 at 12:21 pm

The birthday of the day...Neil Young
Neil Percival Young, OM (born November 12, 1945) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, musician and film director. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a solo artist in 1995 and also as a member of Buffalo Springfield in 1997.

Young's work is characterized by deeply personal lyrics, distinctive guitar work, and signature tenor singing voice. Although he accompanies himself on several different instruments—including piano and harmonica, his clawhammer acoustic guitar style and often idiosyncratic electric guitar soloing are the linchpins of a sometimes ragged, sometimes polished sound. Although Young has experimented widely with differing music styles, including swing, jazz, rockabilly, blues, and electronic music throughout a varied career, his best known work usually falls into either of two distinct styles: acoustic folk/country ("Heart of Gold", "Harvest Moon" and "Old Man") and electric-charged hard rock (like "Cinnamon Girl", "Rockin' in the Free World" and "Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)"). In recent years, Young has adopted elements from newer styles like industrial, alternative country and grunge. Young's profound influence on the latter caused some to dub him "the Godfather of Grunge".

Young has directed (or co-directed) a number of films using the pseudonym Bernard Shakey, including Journey Through the Past (1973), Rust Never Sleeps (1979), Human Highway (1982), Greendale (2003), and CSNY Déjà Vu (2008). He is currently working on a documentary about electric car technology, tentatively titled Linc/Volt. The project involves a 1959 Lincoln Continental converted to hybrid technology, which Young plans to drive to Washington, DC as an example to lawmakers there.

He is also an outspoken advocate for environmental issues and small farmers, having co-founded in 1985 the benefit concert Farm Aid, and in 1986 helped found The Bridge School, and its annual supporting Bridge School Benefit concerts, together with his wife Pegi (in this, Young's involvement stems at least partially from the fact that both of his sons have cerebral palsy and his daughter, like Young himself, has epilepsy).

Although Young has lived in northern California since the 1970s and sings as frequently about U.S. themes and subjects as he does about his native country, he retains Canadian citizenship, which he has never wanted to relinquish
After the breakup of Buffalo Springfield, Young signed a solo deal with Reprise Records, home of his colleague and friend Joni Mitchell, with whom he shared a manager, Elliot Roberts, who manages Young to this day. Young and Roberts immediately began work on Young's first solo record, Neil Young (November 1968), which received mixed reviews. In a 1970 interview, Young deprecated the album as being "overdubbed rather than played," and the quest for music that expresses the spontaneity of the moment has long been a feature of his career. Nevertheless, the album contains some tunes that remain a staple of his live shows, most notably "The Loner."

For his next album, Young recruited three musicians from a band called The Rockets: Danny Whitten on guitar, Billy Talbot on bass guitar, and Ralph Molina on drums. These three took the name Crazy Horse (after the historical figure of the same name), and Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere (May 1969), is credited to "Neil Young with Crazy Horse." Recorded in just two weeks, the album opens with one of Young's most familiar songs, "Cinnamon Girl," and is dominated by two more, "Cowgirl in the Sand" and "Down by the River," that feature lengthy jams showcasing Young's idiosyncratic guitar soloing accompanied sympathetically by Crazy Horse. Young reportedly wrote all three songs on the same day, while nursing a high fever of 103 °F (39 °C) in bed.

Shortly after the release of Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere, Young reunited with Stephen Stills by joining Crosby, Stills, & Nash, who had already released one album as a trio. Young was originally offered a position as a sideman, but agreed to join only if he received full membership, and the group – winners of the 1969 "Best New Artist" Grammy Award - was renamed Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. The quartet debuted in Chicago on August 16, 1969, and later performed at the famous Woodstock Festival, during which Young skipped the acoustic set and refused to be filmed during the electric set, even telling the cameramen: "One of you fudgein' guys comes near me and I'm gonna fudgein' hit you with my guitar". During the making of their first album, Déjà Vu, the musicians frequently argued, particularly Young and Stills, who both fought for control. Stills continued throughout their lifelong relationship to criticize Young, saying that he "wanted to play folk music in a rock band". Despite the tension Young's tenure with CSN&Y coincided with the band's most creative and successful period, and greatly contributed to his subsequent success as a solo artist.

"Ohio" was written following the Kent State massacre on May 4, 1970, and was a staple of anti-war rallies in the 1970s. The song was quickly recorded by CSNY and immediately released as a single, even though CSNY's "Teach Your Children" was still climbing the singles charts. Many believe that the release of "Ohio" as a single cut into the sales of "Teach Your Children" and prevented that song from reaching the top ten. In the late 1970s and for much of the 1980s, Young refrained from performing "Ohio" live, as he considered the song to be dated. In the wake of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre, however, Young revived the song in concert, often dedicating it to the Chinese students who were killed in the massacre. Crosby, Stills & Nash, as a trio, also returned the song to their live repertoire around the same time, even though Young had provided the lead vocals on the original recording.

Also that year, Young released his third solo album, After the Gold Rush (1970), which featured, among others, a young Nils Lofgren, Stephen Stills, and CSNY bassist Greg Reeves. Young also recorded some tracks with Crazy Horse, but dismissed them early in the sessions. Aided by his newfound fame with CSNY, the album was a commercial breakthrough for Young and contains some of his best known work. Notable tracks include the title track, with dream-like lyrics that run a gamut of subjects from drugs and interpersonal relationships to environmental concerns, as well as Young’s controversial and acerbic condemnation of racism in "Southern Man," which, along with a later song entitled "Alabama," later prompted Lynyrd Skynyrd to decry Young by name in the lyrics to "Sweet Home Alabama." Young was one of Skynyrd's biggest influences, and Young was an admirer of Skynyrd's music. The respectful rivalry and friendship between Young and Skynyrd front man Ronnie Van Zant would serve as a recurring theme in the Drive-By Truckers' 2001 concept album Southern Rock Opera.
Solo album 'Harvest' leads to chart-topping success

With CSNY splitting up and Crazy Horse having signed their own record deal, Young began the year 1971 with a solo tour entitled "Journey Through the Past." Later, he recruited a new group of country-music session musicians, whom he christened The Stray Gators, to record much of the new material that had been premiered on tour for the album Harvest (1972). Harvest was a massive hit and "Heart of Gold" became a US number one single. It remains the only No. 1 hit in his long career.

Another notable song was "The Needle and the Damage Done," a somber lament on the pain caused by heroin addiction; inspired in part by the heavy heroin use of Crazy Horse member Danny Whitten, who would eventually die of an overdose.

The album's success, however, caught Young off guard, and his first instinct was to back away from stardom. In the handwritten liner notes to the Decade compilation, Young described "Heart of Gold" as the song that "put me in the middle of the road. Traveling there soon became a bore, so I headed for the ditch. A rougher ride but I saw more interesting people there."

On September 8, 1972, the actress Carrie Snodgress, with whom he had been living, gave birth to Neil Young's first child. The boy, Zeke, was later diagnosed with cerebral palsy. Young fell in love with Snodgress after seeing her in a movie, Diary of a Mad Housewife on television after which Young wrote the song "A Man Needs a Maid" from the Harvest album, featuring the lyric "I fell in love with the actress/she was playing a part that I could understand."
The Ditch Trilogy
Main article: Ditch Trilogy

Although a new tour had been planned to follow up on the success of Harvest, it became apparent during rehearsals that Danny Whitten could not function due to drug abuse. On November 18, 1972, shortly after he was fired from the tour preparations, Whitten was found dead of an overdose. Young described the incident to Rolling Stone’s Cameron Crowe in 1975: " were rehearsing with him and he just couldn't cut it. He couldn't remember anything. He was too out of it. Too far gone. I had to tell him to go back to L.A. 'It's not happening, man. You're not together enough.' He just said, 'I've got nowhere else to go, man. How am I gonna tell my friends?' And he split. That night the coroner called me from L.A. and told me he'd OD'd. That blew my mind. fudgeing blew my mind. I loved Danny. I felt responsible. And from there, I had to go right out on this huge tour of huge arenas. I was very nervous and ... insecure."

The album made in the aftermath of this incident, Time Fades Away (1973), has often been described by Young as "my least favorite record," and it is, in fact, one of only two of Young’s early recordings that has yet to be officially re-released on CD (the other being the soundtrack album Journey Through the Past). The album was recorded live over a tour where Young struggled with his voice and called David Crosby and Graham Nash to help perform the music. The tour featured Linda Ronstadt as the opening act. Time Fades Away occupies a unique position in Young’s discography as the first of three albums known collectively as the "Ditch Trilogy."

In the second half of 1973, Young formed The Santa Monica Flyers, with Crazy Horse's rhythm section augmented by Nils Lofgren on guitar. Deeply affected by the drug-induced deaths of Whitten and roadie Bruce Berry, Young recorded Tonight's the Night. The album's dark tone and rawness led Reprise to delay and Young had to pressure them for two years before they would release it. It received mixed reviews at the time, but is now regarded as a landmark album. In Young's own opinion, it was the closest he ever came to art.

While his record company delayed the release of Tonight's the Night, Young recorded On the Beach (1974), which dealt with themes such as the downside of fame and the Californian lifestyle. Like Time Fades Away and Tonight's the Night, it sold poorly but eventually became a critical favorite, presenting some of Young's most original work. A review of the 2003 re-release on CD of On the Beach described the music as "mesmerizing, harrowing, lucid, and bleary."
Return to prominence

After completing On the Beach, Young reunited with Harvest producer Elliot Mazer to record another acoustic album, Homegrown. Most of the songs were written after Young's breakup with Snodgress, and thus the tone of the album was somewhat dark. Though the album was entirely completed, Young decided to drop the album and release Tonight's the Night instead, at the suggestion of The Band bassist Rick Danko. Young further explained his move by saying: "It was a little too personal ... it scared me".
Neil Young in Austin, Texas on November 9, 1976

Young reformed Crazy Horse with Frank Sampedro on guitar as his backup band for Zuma (1975). Many of the songs are overtly concerned with failed relationships, and even the epic "Cortez the Killer," outwardly a retelling of the Spanish conquest of Mexico from the viewpoint of the Aztecs, can be seen as an allegory of love lost — something that didn’t save it, however, from being banned in Franco's Spain.

The following year, Young reunited with Stephen Stills for the album Long May You Run (1976), credited to The Stills-Young Band; the follow-up tour was ended midway through by Young, who sent Stills a telegram that read: "Funny how some things that start spontaneously end that way. Eat a peach, Neil."

In 1976, Young performed with Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, and numerous other rock musicians in the high profile all-star concert The Last Waltz, the final performance by The Band. The release of Martin Scorsese's movie of the concert was delayed while Scorsese unwillingly re-edited it to obscure the lump of cocaine that was clearly visible hanging from Young's nose during his performance of "Helpless." Young later said, "I'm not proud of that," according to one of his biographers.

American Stars 'N Bars (1977) contained two songs originally recorded for Homegrown album, "Homegrown" and "Star of Bethelehem," as well as newer material, including the future concert staple "Like A Hurricane". Performers included Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris and Young protégé Nicolette Larson along with Crazy Horse. Also in 1977, Young released Decade: a personally selected career summary of material spanning every aspect of his various interests and affiliations, including a handful of unreleased songs. Comes a Time (1978) also featured Nicolette Larson and Crazy Horse and became Young's most commercially accessible album in quite some time, marked by a return to his folk roots.

Young next set out on the lengthy "Rust Never Sleeps" tour, in which each concert was divided into a solo acoustic set and an electric set with Crazy Horse. Much of the electric set was later seen as a response to punk rock's burgeoning popularity. "Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)" compared the changing public perception of Johnny Rotten with that of the recently deceased Elvis Presley, who himself had once been disparaged as a dangerous influence only to later become an icon. Rotten, meanwhile, returned the favour by playing one of Young's records on a London radio show. The accompanying albums Rust Never Sleeps (new material, culled from live recordings, but featuring studio overdubs) and Live Rust (a mixture of old and new, and a genuine concert recording) captured the two sides of the concerts, with solo acoustic songs on side A, and fierce, uptempo, electric songs on side B. A movie version of the concerts, also called Rust Never Sleeps (1979), was directed by Young under the pseudonym Bernard Shakey.

Young was suddenly hip again, and the readers and critics of Rolling Stone voted him Artist Of The Year for 1979 (along with The Who), selected Rust Never Sleeps as Album Of The Year, and voted him Male Vocalist Of The Year as well. The Village Voice, meanwhile, honored Young as the Artist of the Decade.
1980s: experimental years

The 1980s were often difficult times for Young, both personally and professionally. At the start of the decade, distracted by domestic medical concerns relating to his disabled son, Ben, Young had little time to spend on writing and recording. After providing the incidental music to a 1980 biopic of Hunter S. Thompson entitled Where the Buffalo Roam, Young released Hawks & Doves, a short record pieced together from sessions going back to 1974. 1981's Re-ac-tor, an electric album recorded with Crazy Horse, also included material from the 1970s. Young did not tour in support of either album; in total, he played only one show, a set at the 1980 Bread and Roses Festival in Berkeley, between the end of his 1978 tour with Crazy Horse and the start of his tour with the Trans Band in mid-1982.

The 1982 album Trans, which incorporated vocoders, synthesizers, and electronic beats, was Young's first for new label Geffen Records and represented a distinct stylistic departure. Young later revealed that an inspiration for the album was the theme of technology and communication with his son Ben, who has severe cerebral palsy and cannot speak. An extensive tour preceded the release of the album, and was documented by the video Neil Young in Berlin, which saw release in 1986.

Young's next album, 1983's Everybody's Rockin', included several rockabilly covers and clocked in at less than twenty-five minutes in length. Young was backed by the Shocking Pinks for the supporting U.S. tour. Trans had already drawn the ire of label head David Geffen for its lack of commercial appeal, and with Everybody's Rockin' following only seven months later, Geffen Records sued Young for making music "unrepresentative" of himself. The album was also notable as the first for which Young made commercial music videos - Tim Pope directed the videos for "Wonderin'" and "Cry, Cry, Cry". Also premiered in 1983, though little seen, was an eclectic full-length comedy film Human Highway, co-directed and co-written by Young, and starring Young and members of Devo.

1984 was the first year without a Neil Young album since the start of Young's musical career with Buffalo Springfield in 1966. Young's lack of productivity was largely due to the ongoing legal battle with Geffen, although he was also frustrated that the label had rejected his 1982 country album Old Ways. Young spent most of 1984 and all of 1985 touring for Old Ways with his country band, the International Harvesters. The album was finally released in an altered form midway through 1985. Young also appeared at that year's Live Aid concert in Philadelphia, teaming up with Crosby, Stills and Nash for the quartet's first performance for a paying audience in over ten years.

Young's last two albums for Geffen were more conventional in genre, although they incorporated production techniques like synthesizers and echoing drums that were previously uncommon in Young's music. Young recorded 1986's Landing on Water without Crazy Horse, but reunited with the band for the subsequent year-long tour and final Geffen album, Life, which emerged in 1987. Young's album sales dwindled steadily throughout the eighties; today Life remains his all-time-least successful studio album, with an estimated four hundred thousand sales worldwide.

Switching back to his old label Reprise Records, Young continued to tour relentlessly, assembling a new blues band called The Bluenotes in mid-1987 (a legal dispute with musician Harold Melvin forced the eventual rechristening of the band as Ten Men Working midway through the tour). The addition of a brass section provided a new jazzier sound, and the title track of 1988's This Note's For You became Young's first hit single of the decade. Accompanied by a video that parodied corporate rock, the pretensions of advertising, and Michael Jackson, the song was initially unofficially banned by MTV for mentioning the brand names of some of their sponsors. Young wrote an open letter, "What does the M in MTV stand for: music or money?" Despite this, the video was eventually named best video of the year by the network in 1989.

Young reunited with Crosby, Stills and Nash to record the 1988 album American Dream and play two benefit concerts late in the year, but the group did not embark upon a full tour. The album was only the second-ever studio record for the quartet.

Many a great song!

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/12/09 at 12:22 pm

The word of the day...Grunge
1. Filth; dirt.
2. A style of rock music that incorporates elements of punk rock and heavy metal, popularized in the early 1990s and often marked by lyrics exhibiting nihilism, dissatisfaction, or apathy.
Not fond of Grunge.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/12/09 at 3:42 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6pphVs8bF0

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Written By: Howard on 11/12/09 at 3:43 pm

grunge is sort of like heavy metal.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/12/09 at 3:44 pm

grunge is sort of like heavy metal.
Too heavy for me!

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 11/12/09 at 3:45 pm

Too heavy for me!

and much too loud.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/12/09 at 3:45 pm

and much too loud.
Deafening!

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 11/12/09 at 3:46 pm

Deafening!

could cause earaches.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/12/09 at 3:48 pm

could cause earaches.
...and deafness!

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 11/12/09 at 3:48 pm

...and deafness!

just try to lower the volume.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/12/09 at 3:50 pm

just try to lower the volume.
The is locking the stable door after the horse has bolted.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 11/12/09 at 3:50 pm

The is locking the stable door after the horse has bolted.

what happens to the horse?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/12/09 at 3:51 pm

what happens to the horse?
It has escaped

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 11/12/09 at 3:53 pm

It has escaped

OH NO!!! :o :o

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/12/09 at 3:53 pm

OH NO!!! :o :o
Running wild down the country lanes....

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 11/12/09 at 3:54 pm

Running wild down the country lanes....

you must catch them.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/12/09 at 3:55 pm

you must catch them.
With great care.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 11/12/09 at 3:57 pm

With great care.

maybe use food to catch them.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/12/09 at 3:57 pm

maybe use food to catch them.
How about lassoes to catch them?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/12/09 at 3:59 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-pZA4VoaSg

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Written By: Howard on 11/12/09 at 4:00 pm

How about lassoes to catch them?

might get away.

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Written By: gibbo on 11/12/09 at 7:01 pm

Wallace Shawn as birthday of the day? Inconthievable! ;)

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Written By: Womble on 11/12/09 at 7:04 pm

Wallace Shawn as birthday of the day? Inconthievable! ;)

I love Radio Days

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/13/09 at 12:58 am

might get away.
Not with a good cowboy at hand ?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 11/13/09 at 6:28 am

The word of the day...Beaches
1. The shore of a body of water, especially when sandy or pebbly.
2. The sand or pebbles on a shore.
3. The zone above the water line at a shore of a body of water, marked by an accumulation of sand, stone, or gravel that has been deposited by the tide or waves.

tr.v., beached, beach·ing, beach·es.

1. To run, haul, or bring ashore: beached the rowboat in front of the cabin; hooked a big bluefish but was unable to beach it.
2. To leave stranded or helpless.
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Written By: ninny on 11/13/09 at 6:44 am

The birthday of the day...Garry Marshall
Garry Kent Marshall (born November 13, 1934) is an American actor, director, writer and producer. His credits include creating Happy Days and directing Nothing In Common, Pretty Woman, Runaway Bride, and The Princess Diaries.
Marshall began his career as a joke writer for such comedians as Joey Bishop and Phil Foster, and then became a writer for the Tonight Show with Jack Paar. In 1961 he moved to Hollywood, where he teamed up with Jerry Belson as a writer for television. The pair worked on The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Joey Bishop Show, The Danny Thomas Show, and The Lucy Show. They then adapted Neil Simon's play The Odd Couple for television. On his own, Marshall created Happy Days, Laverne and Shirley (starring his sister Penny), and Mork & Mindy, which were produced by his associates Thomas L. Miller, Robert L. Boyett, and Edward K. Milkis. He was also a co-creator of the short-lived sitcom Makin' It, which was also produced by the three men.

In 1984, Marshall had a movie hit as the writer and director of The Flamingo Kid. A consummate producer, Marshall wore many hats during this period of his career: most of his hit TV shows were created and executive produced by him. His first producing assignment came with the series, "Hey, Landlord" in 1966. He stepped up to the very next year, producing "The Lucy Show." Then came an avalanche of successes in producing: "The Odd Couple," "Laverne and Shirley," "Blansky's Beauties," "Mork & Mindy," "Angie," and, of course, "Happy Days." Marshall also launched independent productions, via his theatre (The Falcon in Toluca Lake) and in association with productions launched with talent he was grooming and working with for years. One such project was entitled, "Four Stars," which was directed by actress Lynda Goodfriend (who portrayed Lori Beth in "Happy Days"), based on a teleplay she had read at the Lee Strasberg Center, written by John Schulte and K. Mahony. It starred Julie Paris, the daughter of "Happy Days" director, Jerry Paris. Marshall went on to focus on directing, with a series of hits, such as Nothing in Common, Overboard, Beaches, Pretty Woman, Frankie and Johnny, Exit to Eden, The Princess Diaries and The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement, Raising Helen and most recently Georgia Rule.

Marshall is also an actor, appearing on the television series Murphy Brown and in such movies as Grand Theft Auto, Hocus Pocus, Tomcats, Lost in America, Never Been Kissed, Runaway Bride, Orange County, and Keeping Up With The Steins, as well as Jumpin' Jack Flash and A League of Their Own, both directed by his sister. Ironically, Garry played a day time soap opera producer in the 1991 movie "Soapdish". He also acts in stage productions. He was a permanent judge on FOX's filmmaking-competition reality TV series On the Lot, which aired in 2007. He also guest starred in The Simpsons episode Eight Misbehavin'.

Theater credits include Wrong Turn At Lungfish, which he wrote in collaboration with Lowell Ganz, The Roast with Jerry Belson, Shelves, and Happy Days: A New Musical with Paul Williams, which had its premiere at The Papermill Playhouse in Millburn, New Jersey in the Fall of 2007.

Marshall has a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame. His son, Scott Marshall is also a director. His sister is Penny Marshall, who starred as Laverne in the TV show Laverne and Shirley, and later directed hit movies such as Big and The Preacher's Wife.

He most recently co-starred in Race to Witch Mountain, out March 13 2009, as a government fringe scientist and UFO conspiracy theorist.
Directing credits

* Young Doctors in Love (1982)
* The Flamingo Kid (1984)
* Nothing In Common (1986)
* Overboard (1987)
* Beaches (1988)
* Pretty Woman (1990)
* Frankie and Johnny (1991)
* Exit to Eden (1994)
* Dear God (1996)
* The Other Sister (1999)
* Runaway Bride (1999)
* The Princess Diaries (2001)
* Raising Helen (2004)
* The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (2004)
* Georgia Rule (2007)
* Dear Eleanor (2009)
* Valentine's Day (2010)

Television credits (as Writer and/or Producer)

* The Tonight Show (with Jack Paar)
* The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961-1966)
* Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theater (1964)
* The Joey Bishop Show (1961-1964)
* The Danny Thomas Show (1953-1964) (also known as Make Room for Daddy)
* The Lucy Show (1962-1968)
* Hey Landlord! (1966)
* Sheriff Who? (1967)
* The Odd Couple (1970-1975)
* Me and the Chimp (1972)
* Evil Roy Slade (1972)
* Dominick's Dream (1974)
* Love, American Style (1974)
* The Brian Keith Show (1974)
* Happy Days (1974-1984)
* Wives (1975)
* Laverne and Shirley (1976-1983)
* Blansky's Beauties (1977)
* Who's Watching the Kids? (1978)
* Beanes of Boston (1979)
* Angie (1979-1980)
* Mork & Mindy (1978-1982)
* Out of the Blue (1979)
* Makin' It (1979)
* Mean Jeans (1981)
* Joanie Loves Chachi (1982-1983)
* The New Odd Couple (1982-1983)
* Herndon (1983)
* Nothing in Common (1986)

Acting credits

This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.

* "Hocus Pocus" (1993) - A man dressed up as the devil (Played as the husband of real-life sister, Penny Marshall)
* Orange County (film) (2002) - Arthur Gartner
* Happy Days: 30th Anniversary Reunion (2005)
* Chicken Little (2005) - Buck Cluck (voice)
* Race to Witch Mountain (2009) - Dr. Donald Harlan
* Keeping Up with the Steins (2006)
* Angelica and Susie's Pre-School Daze (2005-2008) - Fred (voice)

A League Of Their Own - Walter Harvey
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Written By: ninny on 11/13/09 at 6:47 am

The co-birthday of the day...Whoopi Goldberg
Whoopi Goldberg (born Caryn Elaine Johnson; November 13, 1955) is an American actress, comedienne, singer-songwriter, activist, and media personality.

Goldberg made her film debut in The Color Purple (1985) playing Celie, a mistreated black woman in the south. She received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress and won her first Golden Globe Award for her role in the film. In 1990, she starred as Oda Mae Brown, a psychic helping a slain man find his killer in the blockbuster film Ghost. This performance won her a second Golden Globe and an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Notable later films include Sister Act (1992) and its sequel (1993), Made in America (1993), How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998), Girl, Interrupted (1999) and Rat Race (2001). She is also acclaimed for her role as the bartender Guinan in Star Trek: The Next Generation.

Goldberg has been nominated for 13 Emmy Awards for her work in television. She was the co-producer and center square of the latest edition game show Hollywood Squares from 1998 to 2002. She has achieved success on Broadway and in the music industry, and is one of 10 people who have won Academy, Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Awards. In addition, she has won a British Academy Film Award, four People's Choice Awards and has been honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Currently, Goldberg is moderator and co-host of The View, which earned her an Emmy in 2009
Goldberg's on-screen talent first emerged in 1981-82 in Citizen: I'm Not Losing My Mind, I'm Giving It Away, an avant-garde ensemble feature by San Francisco filmmaker William Farley. Goldberg created The Spook Show, a one-woman show devised of different character monologues, in 1983. Director Mike Nichols was instantly impressed and offered to bring the show to Broadway. The self-titled show ran from October 24, 1984 to March 10, 1985 for a total of 156 sold-out performances. While on Broadway, Goldberg's performance caught the eye of director Steven Spielberg. He was about to direct the film The Color Purple, based on Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Alice Walker. Having read the novel, she was ecstatic at being offered a lead role in her first motion picture. Goldberg received compliments on her acting from Spielberg, Walker, and music consultant Quincy Jones. The Color Purple was released in late 1985, and was a critical and commercial success. It was later nominated for 11 Academy Awards including a nomination for Goldberg as Best Actress. The movie did not win any of its Academy Award nominations, but Goldberg won the Golden Globe Award.
A comedic and dramatic balance

Goldberg starred in Penny Marshall's directorial debut, 1986 Jumpin' Jack Flash, and began a relationship with David Claessen, a director of photography on the set, and the couple married later that year. The movie was a success, and during the next two years, three additional motion pictures featured Goldberg, Burglar, Fatal Beauty, and The Telephone. Though not as successful as her prior motion pictures, Goldberg still garnered awards from the NAACP Image Awards. Claessen and Goldberg divorced after the box office failure of The Telephone, which Goldberg was under contract to star in. She tried to sue the producers, but with no luck. The 1988 movie, Clara's Heart, was critically acclaimed, and featured a young Neil Patrick Harris. As the 1980s concluded, she participated in the numerous HBO specials of Comic Relief with fellow comedians Robin Williams and Billy Crystal.
Goldberg at Comic Relief in 2006

In January 1990, Goldberg starred with Jean Stapleton in the TV situation comedy Bagdad Cafe. The show ran for two seasons on CBS. Simultaneously, Goldberg starred in The Long Walk Home, portraying a woman in the Civil Rights Movement. She played a psychic in the 1990 film Ghost, and became the first black female to win the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in nearly 50 years. Premiere Magazine named her character, Oda Mae Brown, to the list of Top 100 best movie characters of all time.

Goldberg starred in Soapdish and had a recurring role on Star Trek: The Next Generation as Guinan which she would reprise in two Star Trek movies. On May 29, 1992, Sister Act was released. The motion pictured grossed well over US$100 million and Goldberg was nominated for a Golden Globe. Next, she starred in Sarafina!. During the next year, she hosted a late-night talk show, The Whoopi Goldberg Show and starred in two more motion pictures Made in America and Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit. From 1994 to 1995, Whoopi appeared in Corrina, Corrina, The Lion King (voice), The Pagemaster (voice), Boys on the Side, and Moonlight and Valentino. Goldberg became the first African-American female to host the Academy Awards in 1994. She hosted the Awards again in 1996, 1999, and 2002. Goldberg released four motion pictures in 1996: Bogus (with Gerard Depardieu and Haley Joel Osment), Eddie, The Associate (with Dianne Wiest) and Ghosts of Mississippi (with Alec Baldwin and James Woods). During the filming of Eddie, Goldberg began dating co-star Frank Langella, a relationship which lasted until early 2000. Goldberg wrote Book in October 1997, a collection featuring insights and opinions. In November and December 2005, Goldberg revived her one-woman show on Broadway at the Lyceum Theatre in honor of its 20th anniversary.

From 1998 to 2001, Goldberg took supporting roles in the How Stella Got Her Groove Back with Angela Basset, Girl, Interrupted with Winona Ryder and Angelina Jolie, Kingdom Come, and Rat Race with an all-star ensemble cast. She also played the voice of Liz on the first four seasons of popular PBS program The Magic Schoolbus. She starred in the successful ABC-TV versions of Cinderella, A Knight in Camelot, and the TNT Original Movie, Call Me Claus. In 1998, she gained a new audience when she became the "Center Square" on Hollywood Squares, hosted by Tom Bergeron. She also served as Executive Producer, for which she was nominated for 4 Emmys. She left the show in 2002, and the "Center Square" was filled in with celebrities for the last two on-air seasons without Goldberg. In 2003, Goldberg returned to television, starring in the NBC comedy, Whoopi, which was canceled after one season. On her 48th birthday, Goldberg was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. During the next two years, she became a spokeswoman for Slim Fast and produced two television sitcoms: Lifetime's original drama Strong Medicine that ran for six seasons and Whoopi's Littleburg, a Nickelodeon show for younger children. Goldberg made guest appearances on the Hit CW Network comedy, Everybody Hates Chris, as an elderly character named Louise Clarkson. She produced the Noggin sitcom Just For Kicks, in early 2006. She was a guest at Elton John's 60th birthday bash and concert at Madison Square Garden on March 25, 2007.
The View

On September 4, 2007, Goldberg became the new moderator and co-host of The View, replacing Rosie O'Donnell. O'Donnell stated on her official blog that she wanted Goldberg to be moderator. Goldberg's debut as moderator drew 3.4 million viewers, 1 million fewer than O'Donnell's debut ratings. After two weeks, however, The View was averaging 3.5 million total viewers under Goldberg, a 7% increase from 3.3 million under O'Donnell the previous season.

Goldberg's first appearance on the show was controversial when she made statements about Michael Vick's dogfighting as being "part of his cultural upbringing" and "not all that unusual" in parts of the South. Another comment that stirred controversy was the statement that the Chinese "have a very different relationship to cats" and that "you and I would be very pissed if somebody ate kitty."

Some defended Goldberg, including her co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck, saying that her comments were taken out of context by the press, because she repeated several times that she did not condone what Vick did.

On more than one occasion, Goldberg has expressed strong disagreement and irritation with different remarks made by Elisabeth Hasselbeck, such as on October 3, 2007, when Hasselbeck commented that Hillary Clinton's proposed US$ 5,000 baby entitlement might lead to fewer abortions because of women wanting to keep the money.

Goldberg also created controversy when on September 28, 2009, during a discussion of Roman Polanski's case, she opined that Polanski's rape of a thirteen year old in 1977 was not "rape-rape". Goldberg later clarified that she was "only referring" to the legal charge against Polanksi at the time 30 years ago, which was later classified as statutory rape, i.e. unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor, and that her comment was not in support of his freedom.
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Written By: Howard on 11/13/09 at 6:50 am

The birthday of the day...Garry Marshall
Garry Kent Marshall (born November 13, 1934) is an American actor, director, writer and producer. His credits include creating Happy Days and directing Nothing In Common, Pretty Woman, Runaway Bride, and The Princess Diaries.
Marshall began his career as a joke writer for such comedians as Joey Bishop and Phil Foster, and then became a writer for the Tonight Show with Jack Paar. In 1961 he moved to Hollywood, where he teamed up with Jerry Belson as a writer for television. The pair worked on The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Joey Bishop Show, The Danny Thomas Show, and The Lucy Show. They then adapted Neil Simon's play The Odd Couple for television. On his own, Marshall created Happy Days, Laverne and Shirley (starring his sister Penny), and Mork & Mindy, which were produced by his associates Thomas L. Miller, Robert L. Boyett, and Edward K. Milkis. He was also a co-creator of the short-lived sitcom Makin' It, which was also produced by the three men.

In 1984, Marshall had a movie hit as the writer and director of The Flamingo Kid. A consummate producer, Marshall wore many hats during this period of his career: most of his hit TV shows were created and executive produced by him. His first producing assignment came with the series, "Hey, Landlord" in 1966. He stepped up to the very next year, producing "The Lucy Show." Then came an avalanche of successes in producing: "The Odd Couple," "Laverne and Shirley," "Blansky's Beauties," "Mork & Mindy," "Angie," and, of course, "Happy Days." Marshall also launched independent productions, via his theatre (The Falcon in Toluca Lake) and in association with productions launched with talent he was grooming and working with for years. One such project was entitled, "Four Stars," which was directed by actress Lynda Goodfriend (who portrayed Lori Beth in "Happy Days"), based on a teleplay she had read at the Lee Strasberg Center, written by John Schulte and K. Mahony. It starred Julie Paris, the daughter of "Happy Days" director, Jerry Paris. Marshall went on to focus on directing, with a series of hits, such as Nothing in Common, Overboard, Beaches, Pretty Woman, Frankie and Johnny, Exit to Eden, The Princess Diaries and The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement, Raising Helen and most recently Georgia Rule.

Marshall is also an actor, appearing on the television series Murphy Brown and in such movies as Grand Theft Auto, Hocus Pocus, Tomcats, Lost in America, Never Been Kissed, Runaway Bride, Orange County, and Keeping Up With The Steins, as well as Jumpin' Jack Flash and A League of Their Own, both directed by his sister. Ironically, Garry played a day time soap opera producer in the 1991 movie "Soapdish". He also acts in stage productions. He was a permanent judge on FOX's filmmaking-competition reality TV series On the Lot, which aired in 2007. He also guest starred in The Simpsons episode Eight Misbehavin'.

Theater credits include Wrong Turn At Lungfish, which he wrote in collaboration with Lowell Ganz, The Roast with Jerry Belson, Shelves, and Happy Days: A New Musical with Paul Williams, which had its premiere at The Papermill Playhouse in Millburn, New Jersey in the Fall of 2007.

Marshall has a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame. His son, Scott Marshall is also a director. His sister is Penny Marshall, who starred as Laverne in the TV show Laverne and Shirley, and later directed hit movies such as Big and The Preacher's Wife.

He most recently co-starred in Race to Witch Mountain, out March 13 2009, as a government fringe scientist and UFO conspiracy theorist.
Directing credits

* Young Doctors in Love (1982)
* The Flamingo Kid (1984)
* Nothing In Common (1986)
* Overboard (1987)
* Beaches (1988)
* Pretty Woman (1990)
* Frankie and Johnny (1991)
* Exit to Eden (1994)
* Dear God (1996)
* The Other Sister (1999)
* Runaway Bride (1999)
* The Princess Diaries (2001)
* Raising Helen (2004)
* The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (2004)
* Georgia Rule (2007)
* Dear Eleanor (2009)
* Valentine's Day (2010)

Television credits (as Writer and/or Producer)

* The Tonight Show (with Jack Paar)
* The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961-1966)
* Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theater (1964)
* The Joey Bishop Show (1961-1964)
* The Danny Thomas Show (1953-1964) (also known as Make Room for Daddy)
* The Lucy Show (1962-1968)
* Hey Landlord! (1966)
* Sheriff Who? (1967)
* The Odd Couple (1970-1975)
* Me and the Chimp (1972)
* Evil Roy Slade (1972)
* Dominick's Dream (1974)
* Love, American Style (1974)
* The Brian Keith Show (1974)
* Happy Days (1974-1984)
* Wives (1975)
* Laverne and Shirley (1976-1983)
* Blansky's Beauties (1977)
* Who's Watching the Kids? (1978)
* Beanes of Boston (1979)
* Angie (1979-1980)
* Mork & Mindy (1978-1982)
* Out of the Blue (1979)
* Makin' It (1979)
* Mean Jeans (1981)
* Joanie Loves Chachi (1982-1983)
* The New Odd Couple (1982-1983)
* Herndon (1983)
* Nothing in Common (1986)

Acting credits

This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.

* "Hocus Pocus" (1993) - A man dressed up as the devil (Played as the husband of real-life sister, Penny Marshall)
* Orange County (film) (2002) - Arthur Gartner
* Happy Days: 30th Anniversary Reunion (2005)
* Chicken Little (2005) - Buck Cluck (voice)
* Race to Witch Mountain (2009) - Dr. Donald Harlan
* Keeping Up with the Steins (2006)
* Angelica and Susie's Pre-School Daze (2005-2008) - Fred (voice)

A League Of Their Own - Walter Harvey
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One of the best directors of all time.

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Written By: Howard on 11/13/09 at 6:51 am

The word of the day...Beaches
1. The shore of a body of water, especially when sandy or pebbly.
2. The sand or pebbles on a shore.
3. The zone above the water line at a shore of a body of water, marked by an accumulation of sand, stone, or gravel that has been deposited by the tide or waves.

tr.v., beached, beach·ing, beach·es.

1. To run, haul, or bring ashore: beached the rowboat in front of the cabin; hooked a big bluefish but was unable to beach it.
2. To leave stranded or helpless.
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Wow,for a second there I thought it was Bette Midler's birthday.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/13/09 at 12:43 pm

The word of the day...Beaches
1. The shore of a body of water, especially when sandy or pebbly.
2. The sand or pebbles on a shore.
3. The zone above the water line at a shore of a body of water, marked by an accumulation of sand, stone, or gravel that has been deposited by the tide or waves.

tr.v., beached, beach·ing, beach·es.

1. To run, haul, or bring ashore: beached the rowboat in front of the cabin; hooked a big bluefish but was unable to beach it.
2. To leave stranded or helpless.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiS8YokFzeY

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/13/09 at 12:43 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ITq7TZGhls

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/13/09 at 12:44 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ITq7TZGhls
...with Jason Mraz singing?

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/13/09 at 12:48 pm

The co-birthday of the day...Whoopi Goldberg
Whoopi Goldberg (born Caryn Elaine Johnson; November 13, 1955) is an American actress, comedienne, singer-songwriter, activist, and media personality.

Goldberg made her film debut in The Color Purple (1985) playing Celie, a mistreated black woman in the south. She received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress and won her first Golden Globe Award for her role in the film. In 1990, she starred as Oda Mae Brown, a psychic helping a slain man find his killer in the blockbuster film Ghost. This performance won her a second Golden Globe and an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Notable later films include Sister Act (1992) and its sequel (1993), Made in America (1993), How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998), Girl, Interrupted (1999) and Rat Race (2001). She is also acclaimed for her role as the bartender Guinan in Star Trek: The Next Generation.

Goldberg has been nominated for 13 Emmy Awards for her work in television. She was the co-producer and center square of the latest edition game show Hollywood Squares from 1998 to 2002. She has achieved success on Broadway and in the music industry, and is one of 10 people who have won Academy, Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Awards. In addition, she has won a British Academy Film Award, four People's Choice Awards and has been honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Currently, Goldberg is moderator and co-host of The View, which earned her an Emmy in 2009
Goldberg's on-screen talent first emerged in 1981-82 in Citizen: I'm Not Losing My Mind, I'm Giving It Away, an avant-garde ensemble feature by San Francisco filmmaker William Farley. Goldberg created The Spook Show, a one-woman show devised of different character monologues, in 1983. Director Mike Nichols was instantly impressed and offered to bring the show to Broadway. The self-titled show ran from October 24, 1984 to March 10, 1985 for a total of 156 sold-out performances. While on Broadway, Goldberg's performance caught the eye of director Steven Spielberg. He was about to direct the film The Color Purple, based on Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Alice Walker. Having read the novel, she was ecstatic at being offered a lead role in her first motion picture. Goldberg received compliments on her acting from Spielberg, Walker, and music consultant Quincy Jones. The Color Purple was released in late 1985, and was a critical and commercial success. It was later nominated for 11 Academy Awards including a nomination for Goldberg as Best Actress. The movie did not win any of its Academy Award nominations, but Goldberg won the Golden Globe Award.
A comedic and dramatic balance

Goldberg starred in Penny Marshall's directorial debut, 1986 Jumpin' Jack Flash, and began a relationship with David Claessen, a director of photography on the set, and the couple married later that year. The movie was a success, and during the next two years, three additional motion pictures featured Goldberg, Burglar, Fatal Beauty, and The Telephone. Though not as successful as her prior motion pictures, Goldberg still garnered awards from the NAACP Image Awards. Claessen and Goldberg divorced after the box office failure of The Telephone, which Goldberg was under contract to star in. She tried to sue the producers, but with no luck. The 1988 movie, Clara's Heart, was critically acclaimed, and featured a young Neil Patrick Harris. As the 1980s concluded, she participated in the numerous HBO specials of Comic Relief with fellow comedians Robin Williams and Billy Crystal.
Goldberg at Comic Relief in 2006

In January 1990, Goldberg starred with Jean Stapleton in the TV situation comedy Bagdad Cafe. The show ran for two seasons on CBS. Simultaneously, Goldberg starred in The Long Walk Home, portraying a woman in the Civil Rights Movement. She played a psychic in the 1990 film Ghost, and became the first black female to win the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in nearly 50 years. Premiere Magazine named her character, Oda Mae Brown, to the list of Top 100 best movie characters of all time.

Goldberg starred in Soapdish and had a recurring role on Star Trek: The Next Generation as Guinan which she would reprise in two Star Trek movies. On May 29, 1992, Sister Act was released. The motion pictured grossed well over US$100 million and Goldberg was nominated for a Golden Globe. Next, she starred in Sarafina!. During the next year, she hosted a late-night talk show, The Whoopi Goldberg Show and starred in two more motion pictures Made in America and Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit. From 1994 to 1995, Whoopi appeared in Corrina, Corrina, The Lion King (voice), The Pagemaster (voice), Boys on the Side, and Moonlight and Valentino. Goldberg became the first African-American female to host the Academy Awards in 1994. She hosted the Awards again in 1996, 1999, and 2002. Goldberg released four motion pictures in 1996: Bogus (with Gerard Depardieu and Haley Joel Osment), Eddie, The Associate (with Dianne Wiest) and Ghosts of Mississippi (with Alec Baldwin and James Woods). During the filming of Eddie, Goldberg began dating co-star Frank Langella, a relationship which lasted until early 2000. Goldberg wrote Book in October 1997, a collection featuring insights and opinions. In November and December 2005, Goldberg revived her one-woman show on Broadway at the Lyceum Theatre in honor of its 20th anniversary.

From 1998 to 2001, Goldberg took supporting roles in the How Stella Got Her Groove Back with Angela Basset, Girl, Interrupted with Winona Ryder and Angelina Jolie, Kingdom Come, and Rat Race with an all-star ensemble cast. She also played the voice of Liz on the first four seasons of popular PBS program The Magic Schoolbus. She starred in the successful ABC-TV versions of Cinderella, A Knight in Camelot, and the TNT Original Movie, Call Me Claus. In 1998, she gained a new audience when she became the "Center Square" on Hollywood Squares, hosted by Tom Bergeron. She also served as Executive Producer, for which she was nominated for 4 Emmys. She left the show in 2002, and the "Center Square" was filled in with celebrities for the last two on-air seasons without Goldberg. In 2003, Goldberg returned to television, starring in the NBC comedy, Whoopi, which was canceled after one season. On her 48th birthday, Goldberg was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. During the next two years, she became a spokeswoman for Slim Fast and produced two television sitcoms: Lifetime's original drama Strong Medicine that ran for six seasons and Whoopi's Littleburg, a Nickelodeon show for younger children. Goldberg made guest appearances on the Hit CW Network comedy, Everybody Hates Chris, as an elderly character named Louise Clarkson. She produced the Noggin sitcom Just For Kicks, in early 2006. She was a guest at Elton John's 60th birthday bash and concert at Madison Square Garden on March 25, 2007.
The View

On September 4, 2007, Goldberg became the new moderator and co-host of The View, replacing Rosie O'Donnell. O'Donnell stated on her official blog that she wanted Goldberg to be moderator. Goldberg's debut as moderator drew 3.4 million viewers, 1 million fewer than O'Donnell's debut ratings. After two weeks, however, The View was averaging 3.5 million total viewers under Goldberg, a 7% increase from 3.3 million under O'Donnell the previous season.

Goldberg's first appearance on the show was controversial when she made statements about Michael Vick's dogfighting as being "part of his cultural upbringing" and "not all that unusual" in parts of the South. Another comment that stirred controversy was the statement that the Chinese "have a very different relationship to cats" and that "you and I would be very pissed if somebody ate kitty."

Some defended Goldberg, including her co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck, saying that her comments were taken out of context by the press, because she repeated several times that she did not condone what Vick did.

On more than one occasion, Goldberg has expressed strong disagreement and irritation with different remarks made by Elisabeth Hasselbeck, such as on October 3, 2007, when Hasselbeck commented that Hillary Clinton's proposed US$ 5,000 baby entitlement might lead to fewer abortions because of women wanting to keep the money.

Goldberg also created controversy when on September 28, 2009, during a discussion of Roman Polanski's case, she opined that Polanski's rape of a thirteen year old in 1977 was not "rape-rape". Goldberg later clarified that she was "only referring" to the legal charge against Polanksi at the time 30 years ago, which was later classified as statutory rape, i.e. unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor, and that her comment was not in support of his freedom.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwuH07qIAUk

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/13/09 at 12:49 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwuH07qIAUk
Our favourite moment of Ghost.

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Written By: ninny on 11/13/09 at 1:33 pm

Wow,for a second there I thought it was Bette Midler's birthday.

lol ;D

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Written By: ninny on 11/13/09 at 1:35 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiS8YokFzeY

Nice song, it use to be my mother in law & sister in laws song..now they don't talk to each other. :-\\

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/13/09 at 1:37 pm

lol ;D
He-He!!

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Written By: ninny on 11/13/09 at 1:38 pm

...with Jason Mraz singing?

Very tranquil :)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/13/09 at 2:11 pm

Very tranquil :)
He has a soothing voice.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/13/09 at 2:12 pm

Wow,for a second there I thought it was Bette Midler's birthday.
That will be December 1st.

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Written By: Howard on 11/13/09 at 7:26 pm

That will be December 1st.

Oh Ok.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/13/09 at 10:19 pm

Oh Ok.
Which more than likely be included then.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/14/09 at 5:57 am

I've never seen the whole film,only bits & pieces.
I think it is a very long film.

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Written By: ninny on 11/14/09 at 6:53 am

The word of the day...Polo
1. A game played by two teams of three or four players on horseback who are equipped with long-handled mallets for driving a small wooden ball through the opponents' goal.
2. Water polo.
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Written By: Howard on 11/14/09 at 6:55 am

Are those equestrians?

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/14/09 at 6:56 am

The word of the day...Polo
1. A game played by two teams of three or four players on horseback who are equipped with long-handled mallets for driving a small wooden ball through the opponents' goal.
2. Water polo.

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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/14/09 at 6:56 am

Are those equestrians?

The word of the day...Polo
1. A game played by two teams of three or four players on horseback who are equipped with long-handled mallets for driving a small wooden ball through the opponents' goal.
2. Water polo.
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Written By: ninny on 11/14/09 at 7:02 am

The birthday of the day...Charles
Charles, Prince of Wales (Charles Philip Arthur George; born 14 November 1948) is the eldest child of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Since 1952, he has been heir apparent to the thrones of the Commonwealth realms. After earning a bachelor of arts from Trinity College, Cambridge, Charles served a tour of duty with Royal Navy in 1971-1976. He married Lady Diana Spencer before an enormous worldwide television audience in 1981. They had two children, Prince William of Wales in 1982 and Prince Harry of Wales in 1984. The couple separated in 1992 following numerous tabloid allegations concerning their relationship. They divorced in 1996 after Diana publicly accused the prince of having an affair with Camilla Parker Bowles. Diana died in a car crash in 1997 and in 2005 the Prince married Parker Bowles.

The prince is well known for his charity work and sponsors the Prince's Trust, The Prince's Regeneration Trust, and the Prince's Foundation for the Built Environment. He has been outspoken concerning architecture and the conservation of old buildings and has produced a book on the subject called A Vision of Britain (1989). He has also expressed controversial views concerning herbal and other alternative medical treatment. Since 1958, his major title has been HRH The Prince of Wales. However, he may use other titles depending on where he visits, for example The Duke of Rothesay when visiting Scotland, or The Duke of Cornwall when visiting South West England.
Charles was created Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester on 26 July 1958, though his investiture as such was not conducted until 1 July 1969, wherein he was crowned by his mother in a televised ceremony held at Caernarfon Castle, and gave his replies and speech in both Welsh and English. The following year he took his seat in the House of Lords, and later in the decade became the first member of the Royal Family since King George I to attend a British Cabinet meeting, having been invited by Prime Minister James Callaghan so that the Prince might see the workings of the British government and Cabinet at first hand. Charles also began to take on more public duties, founding his The Prince's Trust in 1976, and travelling to the United States in 1981.

Around the same time, the Prince expressed an interest in serving as Governor-General of Australia; Commander Michael Parker explained: "The idea behind the appointment was for him to put a foot on the ladder of monarchy, or being the future King and start learning the trade." However, because of a combination of nationalist feeling in Australia and the dismissal of the government by the Governor-General in 1975, nothing came of the proposal. Charles accepted the decision of the Australian ministers, if not without some regret; he reportedly stated: "What are you supposed to think when you are prepared to do something to help and you are told you are not wanted?" Conversely, Tom Gallagher wrote that Charles had been offered the Romanian throne by monarchists in that country; an offer that was reportedly turned down.

The Prince is at present the oldest man to hold the title of Prince of Wales since it became one that is granted to the heir apparent. He is also the oldest heir apparent in Commonwealth realms' history, the third longest serving heir apparent, and the third longest serving Prince of Wales in British history, in each case behind Edward VII and George IV. If he ascends to the throne after 18 September 2013, Charles would be the oldest monarch of the United Kingdom to do so; only William IV was older when he became monarch than Charles is now.
Military training and career
Prince Charles arrives at Andrews Air Force Base in the United States, 1981

Following in the tradition of Princes of Wales before him, Charles spent time in the navy and air force. After Royal Air Force training that he requested and received during his second year at Cambridge, on 8 March 1971 the Prince flew himself to the Royal Air Force College Cranwell to train as a jet pilot. After the passing out parade in September of that year, he then embarked on a naval career, enrolling in a six week course at the Royal Naval College Dartmouth and then serving on the guided missile destroyer HMS Norfolk (1971-1972) and the frigates HMS Minerva (1972-1973) and HMS Jupiter (1974). Charles also qualified as a helicopter pilot at RNAS Yeovilton in 1974, just prior to joining 845 Naval Air Squadron, operating from HMS Hermes, and on 9 February 1976, the Prince took command of the coastal minehunter HMS Bronington for his last nine months in the navy. In total, Prince Charles has qualified to fly a Chipmunk basic pilot trainer, a Harrier T Mk.4 V/STOL fighter, a BAC Jet Provost jet pilot trainer, a Nimrod maritime patrol aircraft, a F-4 Phantom II fighter jet, an Avro Vulcan jet bomber, and a Spitfire classic WWII fighter.
Early romances

Prince Charles' love life was always the subject of speculation and press fodder. In his youth, he was linked to a number of women, including Georgina Russell, daughter of the British Ambassador to Spain; Lady Jane Wellesley, daughter of Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington; Davina Sheffield; Fiona Watson, a model; Susan George; Lady Sarah Spencer; Princess Marie Astrid of Luxembourg; Dale, Baroness Tryon; Janet Jenkins; and Jane Ward. Irrespective of the truth of the romantic rumours, the hurdles of marriage made some of these matches manifestly implausible; as the heir apparent to the Commonwealth realms' thrones, Charles was expected to father future monarchs. Also, like other members of the Royal Family, he was legally obliged to obtain his mother's approval under the Royal Marriages Act 1772 before he could marry, and his choice would have to survive the immense popular interest any marriage proposal would immediately arouse.

Charles was given written advice on dating and the selection of a future consort from his father's "Uncle Dickie", Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma: "In a case like yours, the man should sow his wild oats and have as many affairs as he can before settling down, but for a wife he should choose a suitable, attractive, and sweet-charactered girl before she has met anyone else she might fall for... It is disturbing for women to have experiences if they have to remain on a pedestal after marriage." Mountbatten had a unique qualification for offering advice to this particular heir to the throne: he had invited George VI, Queen Elizabeth, and their daughters to visit Dartmouth Royal Naval College on 22 July 1939, having also detailed Cadet Prince Philip to keep the young princesses company, creating the first documented meeting of Charles' future parents. In early 1974, Mountbatten began corresponding with Elizabeth and Philip's eldest son about a potential marriage to Mountbatten's granddaughter, Hon. Amanda Knatchbull (b. 26 June 1957), and recommended that the twenty-five year old prince get done with his bachelor's experimentation. Charles dutifully wrote to Amanda's mother, Patricia Brabourne (who was also his godmother), about his interest in her daughter, to which she replied approvingly, though suggesting that a courtship was premature.

This did not daunt Mountbatten, who, four years later, obtained an invitation for himself and Amanda to accompany Charles on his 1980 tour of India. Both fathers, however, objected; Philip complaining that the Prince of Wales would be eclipsed by his famous uncle (who had served as the last British Viceroy and first Governor-General of India), while John, Baron Brabourne warned that a joint visit would rivet media attention on the cousins before they could decide on becoming a couple, thereby potentially dashing the very prospect for which Mountbatten hoped. However, before Charles was to depart alone for India, Mountbatten was assassinated in August 1979. When Charles returned, he proposed to Amanda. However, in addition to her grandfather, she had lost her paternal grandmother and youngest brother Nicholas in the attack and now recoiled from the prospect of becoming a core member of the Royal Family. In June 1980, Charles officially turned down Chevening House, placed at his disposal since 1974, as his future residence. Chevening, a stately home in Kent, was bequeathed, along with an endowment, to the Crown by the last Earl Stanhope, Amanda's childless great-uncle, in the hope that Charles would eventually occupy it.
First marriage

Although Charles first met Lady Diana Frances Spencer in 1977 – while visiting Diana's home, Althorp, as the companion of her elder sister, Sarah – he did not consider her romantically until the summer of 1980. While sitting together on a bale of hay at a friend's barbecue in July, he mentioned Mountbatten's death, to which Diana replied that Charles had looked forlorn and in need of care during his uncle's funeral. Soon, according to Charles' chosen biographer, Jonathan Dimbleby, "without any apparent surge in feeling, he began to think seriously of her as a potential bride." She accompanied the Prince on visits to Balmoral and Sandringham, eliciting enthusiastic responses from most of the Royal Family.

Although the Queen offered Charles no direct counsel, his cousin Norton Knatchbull (Amanda's eldest brother) and his wife, Penny, did. But Charles was angered by their objections that he did not seem in love with Diana and that she seemed too awestruck by his position. Meanwhile, the couple continued dating, amidst constant press speculation and paparazzi coverage. When Prince Philip told him that the intrusive media attention would injure her reputation if he did not come to a decision about marrying her soon, and realising that Diana met the Mountbatten criteria (and, apparently, the public's) for a proper royal bride, Charles construed his father's advice as a warning to proceed without further delay.
Engagement and wedding to Diana
Main article: Wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Lady Diana Spencer
Charles and Diana's wedding commemorated on a 1981 British Crown (25 pence).

Prince Charles proposed to Diana in February 1981, she accepted, and when he asked her father for her hand, he consented. After the British and Canadian privy councils gave their approval for the union (which was sought as the couple was expected to produce an heir to those countries' thrones), the Queen-in-Council gave the legally required assent, and, 29 July, Charles and Diana were married at St. Paul's Cathedral, before 3,500 invited guests and an estimated worldwide television audience of 750 million people. All of the Queen's Governors-General, as well as Europe's crowned heads, attended (save for King Juan Carlos I of Spain, who was advised not to attend because the newlyweds' honeymoon would involve a stop over in the disputed territory of Gibraltar). Most of Europe's elected heads of state were also amongst the guests, with the exceptions of the President of Greece, Constantine Karamanlis (who declined because Greece's exiled monarch, Constantine II, a kinsman and friend of the bridegroom, had been invited as "King of the Hellenes"), and the President of Ireland, Patrick Hillery (who was advised by Taoiseach Charles Haughey not to attend because of the dispute over the status of Northern Ireland).

The couple made their homes at Highgrove, near Tetbury, and Kensington Palace. Almost immediately, the new Princess of Wales became a star attraction, chased by the paparazzi, and her every move followed by millions through the mass media. The couple had two children: Princes William (born 21 June 1982) and Harry (born 15 September 1984). Charles set precedent by being the first royal father to be present at his children's births.
Separation and divorce

The union between the Prince and Princess of Wales soon became troubled; despite their similarities, such as their mutual devotion to charity work – Diana focusing on AIDS sufferers, while Charles devoted his efforts to marginalised groups in urban centres – within five years, the "fairytale" marriage was on the brink of collapse. The continued presence of Camilla Parker-Bowles in events and circumstances that also involved the royal couple became intolerable to Diana. Allies of Charles who spoke publicly, if anonymously, against Diana alleged that she was unstable and temperamental; one by one, she apparently dismissed each of Charles' long-standing staff members and fell out with his friends, as well as members of her own family – her father, mother, and brother – as well as members of the Royal Family, such as Sarah, Duchess of York. The Princess sought counsel outside of the generally accepted sources of advice, to the chagrin of the palace. In response to the succour sought by the Prince, Diana responded in kind. Charles, however, was also blamed for the marital troubles, as he resumed his adulterous affair with Parker-Bowles. Though they remained a couple in public, Charles and Diana had effectively separated by the late 1980s, the Prince living in Highgrove and the Princess at Kensington Palace. Their increased periods apart and obvious discomfort in each other's presence began to be noticed by the media, and this, plus evidence and recriminations of infidelity, were broadcast in tabloids and the news. By 1992 the marriage was over in all but name; in December of that year, then Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, John Major, announced in the British parliament the Prince and Princess' formal separation, after which the media began to take sides, starting what came to be known as the War of the Waleses. In October 1993, Diana wrote to a friend that she believed her husband was now in love with Tiggy Legge-Bourke and wanted to marry her. The marriage of Charles and Diana was formally ended in divorce on 28 August 1996.
Second marriage

In 1993, the British tabloids came into the possession of recordings of a 1989 mobile telephone conversation allegedly between the Prince of Wales and Camilla Parker-Bowles, in which Charles expressed regret for the indignities she had endured because of her relationship with him, and which revealed graphic expressions of a physical intimacy between the two. In a television interview the following year, Charles admitted that he had committed adultery "once it was clear the marriage had broken down," and said in the same interview that his father had approved of the taking of a mistress. This assertion, however, was vehemently denied by the Duke of Edinburgh, and the implication of condoned adultery caused a significant rift between father and son. When it was later confirmed that it had been Camilla Parker-Bowles with whom Charles was having an affair, her husband, Andrew, immediately demanded a divorce from his wife and thereafter remained silent on the subject of his wife's ongoing affair with the Prince.
Charles and Camilla in Jamaica, 13 March 2008.

On 31 August 1997, a year after the Prince and Princess divorced, Diana was killed in a car crash in Paris, along with her companion Dodi Fayed and driver Henri Paul. The Prince of Wales overruled the palace protocol experts – who argued that as Diana was no longer a member of the Royal Family, the responsibility for her funeral arrangements belonged to her blood relatives, the Spencers – and flew to Paris, with Diana's sisters, to accompany his ex-wife's body home. He also insisted that, as the mother of the presumed future king (her son William), she be given a formal royal funeral; a new category of formal funeral was especially created for her.

Charles attempted to make his relationship with Parker-Bowles more public and accepted, having her become his unofficial, occasional companion at events. This coming out temporarily ceased at the time of the Princess of Wales' death, but Charles and Parker-Bowles were photographed in public together in 1999, following a birthday party for Parker-Bowles' sister, Annabel Elliott; this was regarded as a sign that the relationship was now official, a feeling that was further enhanced when Parker-Bowles met the Queen in June 2000. Parker-Bowles moved into Charles' household in 2003, resulting in decorative changes to both homes, though Buckingham Palace was explicit in pointing out that public funds had not been used for the renovations. Marriage between the Prince of Wales and Parker-Bowles remained elusive, however: As the future Supreme Governor of the Church of England, the prospect of Charles marrying a divorcée, and one with whom he had conducted an illicit relationship, was seen as controversial. Opinion – of both the public and the church – shifted, though, to a point where civil marriage was seen as an agreeable solution.
Engagement and wedding to Camilla
Main article: Wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales and Camilla Parker Bowles

Clarence House announced on 10 February 2005 that Charles and Camilla Parker-Bowles were engaged; the Prince presented Parker-Bowles with an engagement ring that had belonged to his grandmother. In a Privy Council meeting on 2 March, the Queen's consent to the marriage (as required by the Royal Marriages Act 1772) was recorded. In Canada, however, the Department of Justice announced its decision that the Queen's Privy Council for Canada was not required to meet to give its consent to the marriage, as the union would not result in offspring and thus would have no impact on the succession to the Canadian throne.

The marriage was to have been on 8 April of that year, and was to take place in a civil ceremony at Windsor Castle, with a subsequent religious blessing at St George's Chapel. But, because the conduct of a civil marriage at Windsor Castle would oblige the venue thereafter to be available to anyone wishing to be married there, the location was changed to the Windsor Guildhall. On 4 April it was announced that the marriage would be delayed by one day to allow for the Prince of Wales and some of the invited dignitaries to attend the funeral of Pope John Paul II. Charles' parents did not attend the marriage ceremony; the Queen's reluctance to attend arising from her position as Supreme Governor of the Church of England. The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh did, however, attend the service of blessing, and held a reception for the newlyweds at Windsor Castle, afterwards. The wedding made Charles the first member of the Royal Family to be civilly wed in England. Official documents had been published by BBC that stated such a marriage was illegal, though these were dismissed by Clarence House, and explained to be obsolete by the sitting government.
The plight of various peoples has been a target of Charles' efforts, predominantly the long-term unemployed, people who have been in trouble with the law, people who are in difficulty at school, and people who have been in care. The Prince's Trust is the main outlet through which Charles works with young people, offering loans to groups, business people, and others who've had difficulty receiving outside support. Fundraising concerts are regularly held in benefit of the trust, with leading pop, rock, and classical musicians taking part. In Canada, Charles has also supported humanitarian projects, taking part, along with his two sons, in the ceremonies marking the 1998 International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, and helping to launch the Canadian Youth Business Foundation in Saskatchewan in 2001, when he also visited Scott Collegiate, an inner-city school in Regina.

After spending time in the Northwest Territories in 1975, Charles formed a special interest in the Canadian north, as well as Canada's Aboriginal Peoples, the leaders of which he met and sometimes took time to walk and meditate with. Reflecting this association, the Prince of Wales has been conferred with special titles from First Nations communities: in 1996, Cree and Ojibway students in Winnipeg named the Prince Leading Star, and in 2001 he was dubbed Pisimwa Kamiwohkitahpamikohk, or "the sun looks at him in a good way", during his first visit to the province of Saskatchewan. He was also one of the first world leaders to express strong concerns about the human rights record of Nicolae Ceauşescu, initiating objections in the international arena, and subsequently supported the FARA Foundation, which runs Romanian orphanages.

Charles attended the Bilderberg Group conference in 1986 specifically to attend a debate on the South Africa economic crisis.
Hobbies and sports

Since his youth, the Prince was an avid player of polo, as a part of competitive teams until 1992, and strictly for charity from then until 2005, after which he ceased to participate because of two notable injuries he suffered during play: in 1990 he broke his arm, and in 2001 was briefly unconscious after a fall. Charles also frequently took part in fox hunting, before the sport was banned in the United Kingdom in 2005. By the late 1990s, as opposition to the activity was growing, the Prince of Wales' participation in this activity was viewed as a "political statement" by those opposed to it, such as the League Against Cruel Sports, which launched the attack against Charles after he took his sons on the Beaufort Hunt in 1999, at a time when the government was trying to ban the hunting of foxes with hounds.

Charles has also pursued the visual arts, focusing on watercolour, and exhibiting and selling a number of his paintings, as well as publishing books on the subject. In university he dabbled in acting, appearing in amateur productions of a comedic nature, an enjoyment of which continued later into the Prince's life, as evidenced by his organising of a comedy gala to celebrate his 60th birthday. He also has an interest in illusionism, becoming a member of The Magic Circle after passing his audition by performing the cups and balls effect. The Prince acts today as patron of a number of theatres, acting troupes, and orchestral ensembles, including the Regina Symphony Orchestra, and the Royal Shakespeare Company, and is reportedly a fan of Canadian singer and song writer Leonard Cohen. He is also a collector of automobiles, particularly the British marque Aston Martin, having acquired numerous models and such tight connections with the brand – being a frequent visitor to the factory and its service department, and a guest of honour at most of the company's special launch events – that special Prince of Wales edition Aston Martins have been created on occasion. He is known to like Ipswich Town Football Club, after a visit to Portman Road after they were the first football club in England to support his supported charity.
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 11/14/09 at 7:03 am

Are those equestrians?

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The birthday of the day...Charles
Charles, Prince of Wales (Charles Philip Arthur George; born 14 November 1948) is the eldest child of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Since 1952, he has been heir apparent to the thrones of the Commonwealth realms. After earning a bachelor of arts from Trinity College, Cambridge, Charles served a tour of duty with Royal Navy in 1971-1976. He married Lady Diana Spencer before an enormous worldwide television audience in 1981. They had two children, Prince William of Wales in 1982 and Prince Harry of Wales in 1984. The couple separated in 1992 following numerous tabloid allegations concerning their relationship. They divorced in 1996 after Diana publicly accused the prince of having an affair with Camilla Parker Bowles. Diana died in a car crash in 1997 and in 2005 the Prince married Parker Bowles.

The prince is well known for his charity work and sponsors the Prince's Trust, The Prince's Regeneration Trust, and the Prince's Foundation for the Built Environment. He has been outspoken concerning architecture and the conservation of old buildings and has produced a book on the subject called A Vision of Britain (1989). He has also expressed controversial views concerning herbal and other alternative medical treatment. Since 1958, his major title has been HRH The Prince of Wales. However, he may use other titles depending on where he visits, for example The Duke of Rothesay when visiting Scotland, or The Duke of Cornwall when visiting South West England.
Charles was created Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester on 26 July 1958, though his investiture as such was not conducted until 1 July 1969, wherein he was crowned by his mother in a televised ceremony held at Caernarfon Castle, and gave his replies and speech in both Welsh and English. The following year he took his seat in the House of Lords, and later in the decade became the first member of the Royal Family since King George I to attend a British Cabinet meeting, having been invited by Prime Minister James Callaghan so that the Prince might see the workings of the British government and Cabinet at first hand. Charles also began to take on more public duties, founding his The Prince's Trust in 1976, and travelling to the United States in 1981.

Around the same time, the Prince expressed an interest in serving as Governor-General of Australia; Commander Michael Parker explained: "The idea behind the appointment was for him to put a foot on the ladder of monarchy, or being the future King and start learning the trade." However, because of a combination of nationalist feeling in Australia and the dismissal of the government by the Governor-General in 1975, nothing came of the proposal. Charles accepted the decision of the Australian ministers, if not without some regret; he reportedly stated: "What are you supposed to think when you are prepared to do something to help and you are told you are not wanted?" Conversely, Tom Gallagher wrote that Charles had been offered the Romanian throne by monarchists in that country; an offer that was reportedly turned down.

The Prince is at present the oldest man to hold the title of Prince of Wales since it became one that is granted to the heir apparent. He is also the oldest heir apparent in Commonwealth realms' history, the third longest serving heir apparent, and the third longest serving Prince of Wales in British history, in each case behind Edward VII and George IV. If he ascends to the throne after 18 September 2013, Charles would be the oldest monarch of the United Kingdom to do so; only William IV was older when he became monarch than Charles is now.
Military training and career
Prince Charles arrives at Andrews Air Force Base in the United States, 1981

Following in the tradition of Princes of Wales before him, Charles spent time in the navy and air force. After Royal Air Force training that he requested and received during his second year at Cambridge, on 8 March 1971 the Prince flew himself to the Royal Air Force College Cranwell to train as a jet pilot. After the passing out parade in September of that year, he then embarked on a naval career, enrolling in a six week course at the Royal Naval College Dartmouth and then serving on the guided missile destroyer HMS Norfolk (1971-1972) and the frigates HMS Minerva (1972-1973) and HMS Jupiter (1974). Charles also qualified as a helicopter pilot at RNAS Yeovilton in 1974, just prior to joining 845 Naval Air Squadron, operating from HMS Hermes, and on 9 February 1976, the Prince took command of the coastal minehunter HMS Bronington for his last nine months in the navy. In total, Prince Charles has qualified to fly a Chipmunk basic pilot trainer, a Harrier T Mk.4 V/STOL fighter, a BAC Jet Provost jet pilot trainer, a Nimrod maritime patrol aircraft, a F-4 Phantom II fighter jet, an Avro Vulcan jet bomber, and a Spitfire classic WWII fighter.
Early romances

Prince Charles' love life was always the subject of speculation and press fodder. In his youth, he was linked to a number of women, including Georgina Russell, daughter of the British Ambassador to Spain; Lady Jane Wellesley, daughter of Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington; Davina Sheffield; Fiona Watson, a model; Susan George; Lady Sarah Spencer; Princess Marie Astrid of Luxembourg; Dale, Baroness Tryon; Janet Jenkins; and Jane Ward. Irrespective of the truth of the romantic rumours, the hurdles of marriage made some of these matches manifestly implausible; as the heir apparent to the Commonwealth realms' thrones, Charles was expected to father future monarchs. Also, like other members of the Royal Family, he was legally obliged to obtain his mother's approval under the Royal Marriages Act 1772 before he could marry, and his choice would have to survive the immense popular interest any marriage proposal would immediately arouse.

Charles was given written advice on dating and the selection of a future consort from his father's "Uncle Dickie", Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma: "In a case like yours, the man should sow his wild oats and have as many affairs as he can before settling down, but for a wife he should choose a suitable, attractive, and sweet-charactered girl before she has met anyone else she might fall for... It is disturbing for women to have experiences if they have to remain on a pedestal after marriage." Mountbatten had a unique qualification for offering advice to this particular heir to the throne: he had invited George VI, Queen Elizabeth, and their daughters to visit Dartmouth Royal Naval College on 22 July 1939, having also detailed Cadet Prince Philip to keep the young princesses company, creating the first documented meeting of Charles' future parents. In early 1974, Mountbatten began corresponding with Elizabeth and Philip's eldest son about a potential marriage to Mountbatten's granddaughter, Hon. Amanda Knatchbull (b. 26 June 1957), and recommended that the twenty-five year old prince get done with his bachelor's experimentation. Charles dutifully wrote to Amanda's mother, Patricia Brabourne (who was also his godmother), about his interest in her daughter, to which she replied approvingly, though suggesting that a courtship was premature.

This did not daunt Mountbatten, who, four years later, obtained an invitation for himself and Amanda to accompany Charles on his 1980 tour of India. Both fathers, however, objected; Philip complaining that the Prince of Wales would be eclipsed by his famous uncle (who had served as the last British Viceroy and first Governor-General of India), while John, Baron Brabourne warned that a joint visit would rivet media attention on the cousins before they could decide on becoming a couple, thereby potentially dashing the very prospect for which Mountbatten hoped. However, before Charles was to depart alone for India, Mountbatten was assassinated in August 1979. When Charles returned, he proposed to Amanda. However, in addition to her grandfather, she had lost her paternal grandmother and youngest brother Nicholas in the attack and now recoiled from the prospect of becoming a core member of the Royal Family. In June 1980, Charles officially turned down Chevening House, placed at his disposal since 1974, as his future residence. Chevening, a stately home in Kent, was bequeathed, along with an endowment, to the Crown by the last Earl Stanhope, Amanda's childless great-uncle, in the hope that Charles would eventually occupy it.
First marriage

Although Charles first met Lady Diana Frances Spencer in 1977 – while visiting Diana's home, Althorp, as the companion of her elder sister, Sarah – he did not consider her romantically until the summer of 1980. While sitting together on a bale of hay at a friend's barbecue in July, he mentioned Mountbatten's death, to which Diana replied that Charles had looked forlorn and in need of care during his uncle's funeral. Soon, according to Charles' chosen biographer, Jonathan Dimbleby, "without any apparent surge in feeling, he began to think seriously of her as a potential bride." She accompanied the Prince on visits to Balmoral and Sandringham, eliciting enthusiastic responses from most of the Royal Family.

Although the Queen offered Charles no direct counsel, his cousin Norton Knatchbull (Amanda's eldest brother) and his wife, Penny, did. But Charles was angered by their objections that he did not seem in love with Diana and that she seemed too awestruck by his position. Meanwhile, the couple continued dating, amidst constant press speculation and paparazzi coverage. When Prince Philip told him that the intrusive media attention would injure her reputation if he did not come to a decision about marrying her soon, and realising that Diana met the Mountbatten criteria (and, apparently, the public's) for a proper royal bride, Charles construed his father's advice as a warning to proceed without further delay.
Engagement and wedding to Diana
Main article: Wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Lady Diana Spencer
Charles and Diana's wedding commemorated on a 1981 British Crown (25 pence).

Prince Charles proposed to Diana in February 1981, she accepted, and when he asked her father for her hand, he consented. After the British and Canadian privy councils gave their approval for the union (which was sought as the couple was expected to produce an heir to those countries' thrones), the Queen-in-Council gave the legally required assent, and, 29 July, Charles and Diana were married at St. Paul's Cathedral, before 3,500 invited guests and an estimated worldwide television audience of 750 million people. All of the Queen's Governors-General, as well as Europe's crowned heads, attended (save for King Juan Carlos I of Spain, who was advised not to attend because the newlyweds' honeymoon would involve a stop over in the disputed territory of Gibraltar). Most of Europe's elected heads of state were also amongst the guests, with the exceptions of the President of Greece, Constantine Karamanlis (who declined because Greece's exiled monarch, Constantine II, a kinsman and friend of the bridegroom, had been invited as "King of the Hellenes"), and the President of Ireland, Patrick Hillery (who was advised by Taoiseach Charles Haughey not to attend because of the dispute over the status of Northern Ireland).

The couple made their homes at Highgrove, near Tetbury, and Kensington Palace. Almost immediately, the new Princess of Wales became a star attraction, chased by the paparazzi, and her every move followed by millions through the mass media. The couple had two children: Princes William (born 21 June 1982) and Harry (born 15 September 1984). Charles set precedent by being the first royal father to be present at his children's births.
Separation and divorce

The union between the Prince and Princess of Wales soon became troubled; despite their similarities, such as their mutual devotion to charity work – Diana focusing on AIDS sufferers, while Charles devoted his efforts to marginalised groups in urban centres – within five years, the "fairytale" marriage was on the brink of collapse. The continued presence of Camilla Parker-Bowles in events and circumstances that also involved the royal couple became intolerable to Diana. Allies of Charles who spoke publicly, if anonymously, against Diana alleged that she was unstable and temperamental; one by one, she apparently dismissed each of Charles' long-standing staff members and fell out with his friends, as well as members of her own family – her father, mother, and brother – as well as members of the Royal Family, such as Sarah, Duchess of York. The Princess sought counsel outside of the generally accepted sources of advice, to the chagrin of the palace. In response to the succour sought by the Prince, Diana responded in kind. Charles, however, was also blamed for the marital troubles, as he resumed his adulterous affair with Parker-Bowles. Though they remained a couple in public, Charles and Diana had effectively separated by the late 1980s, the Prince living in Highgrove and the Princess at Kensington Palace. Their increased periods apart and obvious discomfort in each other's presence began to be noticed by the media, and this, plus evidence and recriminations of infidelity, were broadcast in tabloids and the news. By 1992 the marriage was over in all but name; in December of that year, then Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, John Major, announced in the British parliament the Prince and Princess' formal separation, after which the media began to take sides, starting what came to be known as the War of the Waleses. In October 1993, Diana wrote to a friend that she believed her husband was now in love with Tiggy Legge-Bourke and wanted to marry her. The marriage of Charles and Diana was formally ended in divorce on 28 August 1996.
Second marriage

In 1993, the British tabloids came into the possession of recordings of a 1989 mobile telephone conversation allegedly between the Prince of Wales and Camilla Parker-Bowles, in which Charles expressed regret for the indignities she had endured because of her relationship with him, and which revealed graphic expressions of a physical intimacy between the two. In a television interview the following year, Charles admitted that he had committed adultery "once it was clear the marriage had broken down," and said in the same interview that his father had approved of the taking of a mistress. This assertion, however, was vehemently denied by the Duke of Edinburgh, and the implication of condoned adultery caused a significant rift between father and son. When it was later confirmed that it had been Camilla Parker-Bowles with whom Charles was having an affair, her husband, Andrew, immediately demanded a divorce from his wife and thereafter remained silent on the subject of his wife's ongoing affair with the Prince.
Charles and Camilla in Jamaica, 13 March 2008.

On 31 August 1997, a year after the Prince and Princess divorced, Diana was killed in a car crash in Paris, along with her companion Dodi Fayed and driver Henri Paul. The Prince of Wales overruled the palace protocol experts – who argued that as Diana was no longer a member of the Royal Family, the responsibility for her funeral arrangements belonged to her blood relatives, the Spencers – and flew to Paris, with Diana's sisters, to accompany his ex-wife's body home. He also insisted that, as the mother of the presumed future king (her son William), she be given a formal royal funeral; a new category of formal funeral was especially created for her.

Charles attempted to make his relationship with Parker-Bowles more public and accepted, having her become his unofficial, occasional companion at events. This coming out temporarily ceased at the time of the Princess of Wales' death, but Charles and Parker-Bowles were photographed in public together in 1999, following a birthday party for Parker-Bowles' sister, Annabel Elliott; this was regarded as a sign that the relationship was now official, a feeling that was further enhanced when Parker-Bowles met the Queen in June 2000. Parker-Bowles moved into Charles' household in 2003, resulting in decorative changes to both homes, though Buckingham Palace was explicit in pointing out that public funds had not been used for the renovations. Marriage between the Prince of Wales and Parker-Bowles remained elusive, however: As the future Supreme Governor of the Church of England, the prospect of Charles marrying a divorcée, and one with whom he had conducted an illicit relationship, was seen as controversial. Opinion – of both the public and the church – shifted, though, to a point where civil marriage was seen as an agreeable solution.
Engagement and wedding to Camilla
Main article: Wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales and Camilla Parker Bowles

Clarence House announced on 10 February 2005 that Charles and Camilla Parker-Bowles were engaged; the Prince presented Parker-Bowles with an engagement ring that had belonged to his grandmother. In a Privy Council meeting on 2 March, the Queen's consent to the marriage (as required by the Royal Marriages Act 1772) was recorded. In Canada, however, the Department of Justice announced its decision that the Queen's Privy Council for Canada was not required to meet to give its consent to the marriage, as the union would not result in offspring and thus would have no impact on the succession to the Canadian throne.

The marriage was to have been on 8 April of that year, and was to take place in a civil ceremony at Windsor Castle, with a subsequent religious blessing at St George's Chapel. But, because the conduct of a civil marriage at Windsor Castle would oblige the venue thereafter to be available to anyone wishing to be married there, the location was changed to the Windsor Guildhall. On 4 April it was announced that the marriage would be delayed by one day to allow for the Prince of Wales and some of the invited dignitaries to attend the funeral of Pope John Paul II. Charles' parents did not attend the marriage ceremony; the Queen's reluctance to attend arising from her position as Supreme Governor of the Church of England. The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh did, however, attend the service of blessing, and held a reception for the newlyweds at Windsor Castle, afterwards. The wedding made Charles the first member of the Royal Family to be civilly wed in England. Official documents had been published by BBC that stated such a marriage was illegal, though these were dismissed by Clarence House, and explained to be obsolete by the sitting government.
The plight of various peoples has been a target of Charles' efforts, predominantly the long-term unemployed, people who have been in trouble with the law, people who are in difficulty at school, and people who have been in care. The Prince's Trust is the main outlet through which Charles works with young people, offering loans to groups, business people, and others who've had difficulty receiving outside support. Fundraising concerts are regularly held in benefit of the trust, with leading pop, rock, and classical musicians taking part. In Canada, Charles has also supported humanitarian projects, taking part, along with his two sons, in the ceremonies marking the 1998 International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, and helping to launch the Canadian Youth Business Foundation in Saskatchewan in 2001, when he also visited Scott Collegiate, an inner-city school in Regina.

After spending time in the Northwest Territories in 1975, Charles formed a special interest in the Canadian north, as well as Canada's Aboriginal Peoples, the leaders of which he met and sometimes took time to walk and meditate with. Reflecting this association, the Prince of Wales has been conferred with special titles from First Nations communities: in 1996, Cree and Ojibway students in Winnipeg named the Prince Leading Star, and in 2001 he was dubbed Pisimwa Kamiwohkitahpamikohk, or "the sun looks at him in a good way", during his first visit to the province of Saskatchewan. He was also one of the first world leaders to express strong concerns about the human rights record of Nicolae Ceauşescu, initiating objections in the international arena, and subsequently supported the FARA Foundation, which runs Romanian orphanages.

Charles attended the Bilderberg Group conference in 1986 specifically to attend a debate on the South Africa economic crisis.
Hobbies and sports

Since his youth, the Prince was an avid player of polo, as a part of competitive teams until 1992, and strictly for charity from then until 2005, after which he ceased to participate because of two notable injuries he suffered during play: in 1990 he broke his arm, and in 2001 was briefly unconscious after a fall. Charles also frequently took part in fox hunting, before the sport was banned in the United Kingdom in 2005. By the late 1990s, as opposition to the activity was growing, the Prince of Wales' participation in this activity was viewed as a "political statement" by those opposed to it, such as the League Against Cruel Sports, which launched the attack against Charles after he took his sons on the Beaufort Hunt in 1999, at a time when the government was trying to ban the hunting of foxes with hounds.

Charles has also pursued the visual arts, focusing on watercolour, and exhibiting and selling a number of his paintings, as well as publishing books on the subject. In university he dabbled in acting, appearing in amateur productions of a comedic nature, an enjoyment of which continued later into the Prince's life, as evidenced by his organising of a comedy gala to celebrate his 60th birthday. He also has an interest in illusionism, becoming a member of The Magic Circle after passing his audition by performing the cups and balls effect. The Prince acts today as patron of a number of theatres, acting troupes, and orchestral ensembles, including the Regina Symphony Orchestra, and the Royal Shakespeare Company, and is reportedly a fan of Canadian singer and song writer Leonard Cohen. He is also a collector of automobiles, particularly the British marque Aston Martin, having acquired numerous models and such tight connections with the brand – being a frequent visitor to the factory and its service department, and a guest of honour at most of the company's special launch events – that special Prince of Wales edition Aston Martins have been created on occasion. He is known to like Ipswich Town Football Club, after a visit to Portman Road after they were the first football club in England to support his supported charity.
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Written By: ninny on 11/14/09 at 7:06 am

The co-birthday of the day...Yanni
Yanni (born Yiannis Hrysomallis (pronounced Chrysomallis), (Greek: Γιάννης Χρυσομάλλης, classical transcription Giannis Chrysomallis), on November 14, 1954 in Kalamata, Greece) is a self-taught pianist, keyboardist, and composer. After receiving a B.A. in psychology, he would instead seek a life in music though he had no formal training and could not read a note.

He earned Grammy nominations for his 1992 album, Dare to Dream, and the 1993 follow-up, In My Time. His breakthrough success came with the 1994 release of Yanni Live at the Acropolis, deemed to be the second best-selling music video of all time, (behind Michael Jackson's video for Thriller with nine million units). Yanni has since performed live in concert before in excess of two million people in more than 20 countries around the world. He has accumulated more than 35 platinum and gold albums globally, with sales totaling over 20 million copies. Yanni is considered to be one of the top fundraisers of all time for public television. His compositions have been included in all Olympic Games television broadcasts since 1988, and his music has been used extensively in television and televised sporting events. His music is frequently described as "new age", though he prefers the term "contemporary instrumental". The regents of the University of Minnesota conferred upon Yanni the honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters.
Dare to Dream was released in 1992. It was Yanni’s first Grammy-nominated album and featured "Aria", a song based on The Flower Duet and popularized by an award-winning British Airways commercial. A second Grammy-nominated album, In My Time, was released in 1993. His music has been used extensively in television and televised sporting events, including the Super Bowl, Wide World of Sports, U.S. Open, Tour de France, World Figure Skating Championships, The Olympics, and ABC News.

Yanni's breakthrough commercial success came with the release of his album and video, Yanni Live at the Acropolis, filmed on September 23, 1993 at the 2,000-year-old Herod Atticus Theater in Athens, Greece, and released in 1994. This was Yanni’s first live album and utilized a full orchestra under the supervision of the Iranian conductor, Shahrdad Rohani, in addition to his core band. Subsequently, the concert was broadcast in the US on PBS and quickly became one of their most popular programs ever, having been seen in 65 countries by half a billion people. It has almost continuously remained on the charts since its release and is the second best-selling music video of all time, selling more than 7 million copies worldwide, (behind Michael Jackson's video for Thriller with nine million units). A composition from this album, "Acroyali/Standing in Motion", was determined to have the "Mozart Effect," by the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine because it is similar to Mozart's K 448 in tempo, structure, melodic and harmonic consonance and predictability. He has appeared on several major PBS Pledge TV Specials such as A Decade Of Excellence, including segments from Live at the Acropolis, Tribute, and Live at Royal Albert Hall, London.

In March 1997, Yanni became one of the few Western artists permitted to perform and record at the Taj Mahal in India. Later that year he performed at the Forbidden City in China. From these two events he created his next live album and video, Tribute, which was released in 1997. Armen Anassian, Conductor, concedes that he had some doubts about the artist's plans to perform at India's Taj Mahal and China's Forbidden City for Tribute: "To be honest, a few years ago when he was talking about it, the idea was so amazing. I myself was very skeptical, understandably so. But the truth is, it happened. We did it." Anassian describes Yanni as "very optimistic" and has observed that "nothing really fazes him." That outlook carries over naturally to his music. "I don't think it's a goal, per se. He's very honest with his own feelings. His music really comes from the heart. He writes music with ease, the music comes out with relative ease. The feel-good portion of the music is a by-product. It coincides with what the people love to hear." Lighting Designers Lee Rose and David "Gurn" Kaniski received an Emmy nomination for "Outstanding Individual Achievement in Lighting Direction (Electronic) for a Drama Series, Variety Series, Miniseries or a Special" for both Live at the Acropolis and Tribute .
2000s

In 2000, after a two-year sabbatical, Yanni released his first studio album in seven years: If I Could Tell You.

Yanni also toured in 2003–2004 with the debut of the Ethnicity album extending his "One World, One People" philosophy. This album sparked what would become the 4th largest concert tour of the year ranked by Billboard Magazine.

On May 6, 2004, the regents of the University of Minnesota conferred upon Yanni the honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters.

He kicked off his 2004–2005 "Yanni Live!" tour at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, Nevada, and his next live album and video, Yanni Live! The Concert Event was released in 2006.

On March 6, 2006, Yanni was arrested after a fight with his girlfriend, Silvia Barthes. On March 31, 2006, the domestic abuse charges against Yanni were dropped.

In 2008, in collaboration with producer Ric Wake, Yanni showcased vocal artists singing his songs on Yanni Voices. On March 24, 2009, Disney Pearl Imprint released Yanni Voices, the artist's first studio album in six years, and its Buena Vista Concerts division produces the tour that began in April 2009.
Autobiography
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Yanni's autobiography, Yanni in Words, co-authored by David Rensin, was released in February 2003. It is a memoir which includes information about his early childhood in Greece, his college years in Minnesota, his success as an international music artist with his exploration into the creative process by which he composes, and his nine-year relationship with actress Linda Evans. The book coincided with the release of his 13th album Ethnicity and was a New York Times best seller.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/14/09 at 8:06 am

The birthday of the day...Charles
Charles, Prince of Wales (Charles Philip Arthur George; born 14 November 1948) is the eldest child of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Since 1952, he has been heir apparent to the thrones of the Commonwealth realms. After earning a bachelor of arts from Trinity College, Cambridge, Charles served a tour of duty with Royal Navy in 1971-1976. He married Lady Diana Spencer before an enormous worldwide television audience in 1981. They had two children, Prince William of Wales in 1982 and Prince Harry of Wales in 1984. The couple separated in 1992 following numerous tabloid allegations concerning their relationship. They divorced in 1996 after Diana publicly accused the prince of having an affair with Camilla Parker Bowles. Diana died in a car crash in 1997 and in 2005 the Prince married Parker Bowles.

The prince is well known for his charity work and sponsors the Prince's Trust, The Prince's Regeneration Trust, and the Prince's Foundation for the Built Environment. He has been outspoken concerning architecture and the conservation of old buildings and has produced a book on the subject called A Vision of Britain (1989). He has also expressed controversial views concerning herbal and other alternative medical treatment. Since 1958, his major title has been HRH The Prince of Wales. However, he may use other titles depending on where he visits, for example The Duke of Rothesay when visiting Scotland, or The Duke of Cornwall when visiting South West England.
Charles was created Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester on 26 July 1958, though his investiture as such was not conducted until 1 July 1969, wherein he was crowned by his mother in a televised ceremony held at Caernarfon Castle, and gave his replies and speech in both Welsh and English. The following year he took his seat in the House of Lords, and later in the decade became the first member of the Royal Family since King George I to attend a British Cabinet meeting, having been invited by Prime Minister James Callaghan so that the Prince might see the workings of the British government and Cabinet at first hand. Charles also began to take on more public duties, founding his The Prince's Trust in 1976, and travelling to the United States in 1981.

Around the same time, the Prince expressed an interest in serving as Governor-General of Australia; Commander Michael Parker explained: "The idea behind the appointment was for him to put a foot on the ladder of monarchy, or being the future King and start learning the trade." However, because of a combination of nationalist feeling in Australia and the dismissal of the government by the Governor-General in 1975, nothing came of the proposal. Charles accepted the decision of the Australian ministers, if not without some regret; he reportedly stated: "What are you supposed to think when you are prepared to do something to help and you are told you are not wanted?" Conversely, Tom Gallagher wrote that Charles had been offered the Romanian throne by monarchists in that country; an offer that was reportedly turned down.

The Prince is at present the oldest man to hold the title of Prince of Wales since it became one that is granted to the heir apparent. He is also the oldest heir apparent in Commonwealth realms' history, the third longest serving heir apparent, and the third longest serving Prince of Wales in British history, in each case behind Edward VII and George IV. If he ascends to the throne after 18 September 2013, Charles would be the oldest monarch of the United Kingdom to do so; only William IV was older when he became monarch than Charles is now.
Military training and career
Prince Charles arrives at Andrews Air Force Base in the United States, 1981

Following in the tradition of Princes of Wales before him, Charles spent time in the navy and air force. After Royal Air Force training that he requested and received during his second year at Cambridge, on 8 March 1971 the Prince flew himself to the Royal Air Force College Cranwell to train as a jet pilot. After the passing out parade in September of that year, he then embarked on a naval career, enrolling in a six week course at the Royal Naval College Dartmouth and then serving on the guided missile destroyer HMS Norfolk (1971-1972) and the frigates HMS Minerva (1972-1973) and HMS Jupiter (1974). Charles also qualified as a helicopter pilot at RNAS Yeovilton in 1974, just prior to joining 845 Naval Air Squadron, operating from HMS Hermes, and on 9 February 1976, the Prince took command of the coastal minehunter HMS Bronington for his last nine months in the navy. In total, Prince Charles has qualified to fly a Chipmunk basic pilot trainer, a Harrier T Mk.4 V/STOL fighter, a BAC Jet Provost jet pilot trainer, a Nimrod maritime patrol aircraft, a F-4 Phantom II fighter jet, an Avro Vulcan jet bomber, and a Spitfire classic WWII fighter.
Early romances

Prince Charles' love life was always the subject of speculation and press fodder. In his youth, he was linked to a number of women, including Georgina Russell, daughter of the British Ambassador to Spain; Lady Jane Wellesley, daughter of Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington; Davina Sheffield; Fiona Watson, a model; Susan George; Lady Sarah Spencer; Princess Marie Astrid of Luxembourg; Dale, Baroness Tryon; Janet Jenkins; and Jane Ward. Irrespective of the truth of the romantic rumours, the hurdles of marriage made some of these matches manifestly implausible; as the heir apparent to the Commonwealth realms' thrones, Charles was expected to father future monarchs. Also, like other members of the Royal Family, he was legally obliged to obtain his mother's approval under the Royal Marriages Act 1772 before he could marry, and his choice would have to survive the immense popular interest any marriage proposal would immediately arouse.

Charles was given written advice on dating and the selection of a future consort from his father's "Uncle Dickie", Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma: "In a case like yours, the man should sow his wild oats and have as many affairs as he can before settling down, but for a wife he should choose a suitable, attractive, and sweet-charactered girl before she has met anyone else she might fall for... It is disturbing for women to have experiences if they have to remain on a pedestal after marriage." Mountbatten had a unique qualification for offering advice to this particular heir to the throne: he had invited George VI, Queen Elizabeth, and their daughters to visit Dartmouth Royal Naval College on 22 July 1939, having also detailed Cadet Prince Philip to keep the young princesses company, creating the first documented meeting of Charles' future parents. In early 1974, Mountbatten began corresponding with Elizabeth and Philip's eldest son about a potential marriage to Mountbatten's granddaughter, Hon. Amanda Knatchbull (b. 26 June 1957), and recommended that the twenty-five year old prince get done with his bachelor's experimentation. Charles dutifully wrote to Amanda's mother, Patricia Brabourne (who was also his godmother), about his interest in her daughter, to which she replied approvingly, though suggesting that a courtship was premature.

This did not daunt Mountbatten, who, four years later, obtained an invitation for himself and Amanda to accompany Charles on his 1980 tour of India. Both fathers, however, objected; Philip complaining that the Prince of Wales would be eclipsed by his famous uncle (who had served as the last British Viceroy and first Governor-General of India), while John, Baron Brabourne warned that a joint visit would rivet media attention on the cousins before they could decide on becoming a couple, thereby potentially dashing the very prospect for which Mountbatten hoped. However, before Charles was to depart alone for India, Mountbatten was assassinated in August 1979. When Charles returned, he proposed to Amanda. However, in addition to her grandfather, she had lost her paternal grandmother and youngest brother Nicholas in the attack and now recoiled from the prospect of becoming a core member of the Royal Family. In June 1980, Charles officially turned down Chevening House, placed at his disposal since 1974, as his future residence. Chevening, a stately home in Kent, was bequeathed, along with an endowment, to the Crown by the last Earl Stanhope, Amanda's childless great-uncle, in the hope that Charles would eventually occupy it.
First marriage

Although Charles first met Lady Diana Frances Spencer in 1977 – while visiting Diana's home, Althorp, as the companion of her elder sister, Sarah – he did not consider her romantically until the summer of 1980. While sitting together on a bale of hay at a friend's barbecue in July, he mentioned Mountbatten's death, to which Diana replied that Charles had looked forlorn and in need of care during his uncle's funeral. Soon, according to Charles' chosen biographer, Jonathan Dimbleby, "without any apparent surge in feeling, he began to think seriously of her as a potential bride." She accompanied the Prince on visits to Balmoral and Sandringham, eliciting enthusiastic responses from most of the Royal Family.

Although the Queen offered Charles no direct counsel, his cousin Norton Knatchbull (Amanda's eldest brother) and his wife, Penny, did. But Charles was angered by their objections that he did not seem in love with Diana and that she seemed too awestruck by his position. Meanwhile, the couple continued dating, amidst constant press speculation and paparazzi coverage. When Prince Philip told him that the intrusive media attention would injure her reputation if he did not come to a decision about marrying her soon, and realising that Diana met the Mountbatten criteria (and, apparently, the public's) for a proper royal bride, Charles construed his father's advice as a warning to proceed without further delay.
Engagement and wedding to Diana
Main article: Wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Lady Diana Spencer
Charles and Diana's wedding commemorated on a 1981 British Crown (25 pence).

Prince Charles proposed to Diana in February 1981, she accepted, and when he asked her father for her hand, he consented. After the British and Canadian privy councils gave their approval for the union (which was sought as the couple was expected to produce an heir to those countries' thrones), the Queen-in-Council gave the legally required assent, and, 29 July, Charles and Diana were married at St. Paul's Cathedral, before 3,500 invited guests and an estimated worldwide television audience of 750 million people. All of the Queen's Governors-General, as well as Europe's crowned heads, attended (save for King Juan Carlos I of Spain, who was advised not to attend because the newlyweds' honeymoon would involve a stop over in the disputed territory of Gibraltar). Most of Europe's elected heads of state were also amongst the guests, with the exceptions of the President of Greece, Constantine Karamanlis (who declined because Greece's exiled monarch, Constantine II, a kinsman and friend of the bridegroom, had been invited as "King of the Hellenes"), and the President of Ireland, Patrick Hillery (who was advised by Taoiseach Charles Haughey not to attend because of the dispute over the status of Northern Ireland).

The couple made their homes at Highgrove, near Tetbury, and Kensington Palace. Almost immediately, the new Princess of Wales became a star attraction, chased by the paparazzi, and her every move followed by millions through the mass media. The couple had two children: Princes William (born 21 June 1982) and Harry (born 15 September 1984). Charles set precedent by being the first royal father to be present at his children's births.
Separation and divorce

The union between the Prince and Princess of Wales soon became troubled; despite their similarities, such as their mutual devotion to charity work – Diana focusing on AIDS sufferers, while Charles devoted his efforts to marginalised groups in urban centres – within five years, the "fairytale" marriage was on the brink of collapse. The continued presence of Camilla Parker-Bowles in events and circumstances that also involved the royal couple became intolerable to Diana. Allies of Charles who spoke publicly, if anonymously, against Diana alleged that she was unstable and temperamental; one by one, she apparently dismissed each of Charles' long-standing staff members and fell out with his friends, as well as members of her own family – her father, mother, and brother – as well as members of the Royal Family, such as Sarah, Duchess of York. The Princess sought counsel outside of the generally accepted sources of advice, to the chagrin of the palace. In response to the succour sought by the Prince, Diana responded in kind. Charles, however, was also blamed for the marital troubles, as he resumed his adulterous affair with Parker-Bowles. Though they remained a couple in public, Charles and Diana had effectively separated by the late 1980s, the Prince living in Highgrove and the Princess at Kensington Palace. Their increased periods apart and obvious discomfort in each other's presence began to be noticed by the media, and this, plus evidence and recriminations of infidelity, were broadcast in tabloids and the news. By 1992 the marriage was over in all but name; in December of that year, then Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, John Major, announced in the British parliament the Prince and Princess' formal separation, after which the media began to take sides, starting what came to be known as the War of the Waleses. In October 1993, Diana wrote to a friend that she believed her husband was now in love with Tiggy Legge-Bourke and wanted to marry her. The marriage of Charles and Diana was formally ended in divorce on 28 August 1996.
Second marriage

In 1993, the British tabloids came into the possession of recordings of a 1989 mobile telephone conversation allegedly between the Prince of Wales and Camilla Parker-Bowles, in which Charles expressed regret for the indignities she had endured because of her relationship with him, and which revealed graphic expressions of a physical intimacy between the two. In a television interview the following year, Charles admitted that he had committed adultery "once it was clear the marriage had broken down," and said in the same interview that his father had approved of the taking of a mistress. This assertion, however, was vehemently denied by the Duke of Edinburgh, and the implication of condoned adultery caused a significant rift between father and son. When it was later confirmed that it had been Camilla Parker-Bowles with whom Charles was having an affair, her husband, Andrew, immediately demanded a divorce from his wife and thereafter remained silent on the subject of his wife's ongoing affair with the Prince.
Charles and Camilla in Jamaica, 13 March 2008.

On 31 August 1997, a year after the Prince and Princess divorced, Diana was killed in a car crash in Paris, along with her companion Dodi Fayed and driver Henri Paul. The Prince of Wales overruled the palace protocol experts – who argued that as Diana was no longer a member of the Royal Family, the responsibility for her funeral arrangements belonged to her blood relatives, the Spencers – and flew to Paris, with Diana's sisters, to accompany his ex-wife's body home. He also insisted that, as the mother of the presumed future king (her son William), she be given a formal royal funeral; a new category of formal funeral was especially created for her.

Charles attempted to make his relationship with Parker-Bowles more public and accepted, having her become his unofficial, occasional companion at events. This coming out temporarily ceased at the time of the Princess of Wales' death, but Charles and Parker-Bowles were photographed in public together in 1999, following a birthday party for Parker-Bowles' sister, Annabel Elliott; this was regarded as a sign that the relationship was now official, a feeling that was further enhanced when Parker-Bowles met the Queen in June 2000. Parker-Bowles moved into Charles' household in 2003, resulting in decorative changes to both homes, though Buckingham Palace was explicit in pointing out that public funds had not been used for the renovations. Marriage between the Prince of Wales and Parker-Bowles remained elusive, however: As the future Supreme Governor of the Church of England, the prospect of Charles marrying a divorcée, and one with whom he had conducted an illicit relationship, was seen as controversial. Opinion – of both the public and the church – shifted, though, to a point where civil marriage was seen as an agreeable solution.
Engagement and wedding to Camilla
Main article: Wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales and Camilla Parker Bowles

Clarence House announced on 10 February 2005 that Charles and Camilla Parker-Bowles were engaged; the Prince presented Parker-Bowles with an engagement ring that had belonged to his grandmother. In a Privy Council meeting on 2 March, the Queen's consent to the marriage (as required by the Royal Marriages Act 1772) was recorded. In Canada, however, the Department of Justice announced its decision that the Queen's Privy Council for Canada was not required to meet to give its consent to the marriage, as the union would not result in offspring and thus would have no impact on the succession to the Canadian throne.

The marriage was to have been on 8 April of that year, and was to take place in a civil ceremony at Windsor Castle, with a subsequent religious blessing at St George's Chapel. But, because the conduct of a civil marriage at Windsor Castle would oblige the venue thereafter to be available to anyone wishing to be married there, the location was changed to the Windsor Guildhall. On 4 April it was announced that the marriage would be delayed by one day to allow for the Prince of Wales and some of the invited dignitaries to attend the funeral of Pope John Paul II. Charles' parents did not attend the marriage ceremony; the Queen's reluctance to attend arising from her position as Supreme Governor of the Church of England. The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh did, however, attend the service of blessing, and held a reception for the newlyweds at Windsor Castle, afterwards. The wedding made Charles the first member of the Royal Family to be civilly wed in England. Official documents had been published by BBC that stated such a marriage was illegal, though these were dismissed by Clarence House, and explained to be obsolete by the sitting government.
The plight of various peoples has been a target of Charles' efforts, predominantly the long-term unemployed, people who have been in trouble with the law, people who are in difficulty at school, and people who have been in care. The Prince's Trust is the main outlet through which Charles works with young people, offering loans to groups, business people, and others who've had difficulty receiving outside support. Fundraising concerts are regularly held in benefit of the trust, with leading pop, rock, and classical musicians taking part. In Canada, Charles has also supported humanitarian projects, taking part, along with his two sons, in the ceremonies marking the 1998 International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, and helping to launch the Canadian Youth Business Foundation in Saskatchewan in 2001, when he also visited Scott Collegiate, an inner-city school in Regina.

After spending time in the Northwest Territories in 1975, Charles formed a special interest in the Canadian north, as well as Canada's Aboriginal Peoples, the leaders of which he met and sometimes took time to walk and meditate with. Reflecting this association, the Prince of Wales has been conferred with special titles from First Nations communities: in 1996, Cree and Ojibway students in Winnipeg named the Prince Leading Star, and in 2001 he was dubbed Pisimwa Kamiwohkitahpamikohk, or "the sun looks at him in a good way", during his first visit to the province of Saskatchewan. He was also one of the first world leaders to express strong concerns about the human rights record of Nicolae Ceauşescu, initiating objections in the international arena, and subsequently supported the FARA Foundation, which runs Romanian orphanages.

Charles attended the Bilderberg Group conference in 1986 specifically to attend a debate on the South Africa economic crisis.
Hobbies and sports

Since his youth, the Prince was an avid player of polo, as a part of competitive teams until 1992, and strictly for charity from then until 2005, after which he ceased to participate because of two notable injuries he suffered during play: in 1990 he broke his arm, and in 2001 was briefly unconscious after a fall. Charles also frequently took part in fox hunting, before the sport was banned in the United Kingdom in 2005. By the late 1990s, as opposition to the activity was growing, the Prince of Wales' participation in this activity was viewed as a "political statement" by those opposed to it, such as the League Against Cruel Sports, which launched the attack against Charles after he took his sons on the Beaufort Hunt in 1999, at a time when the government was trying to ban the hunting of foxes with hounds.

Charles has also pursued the visual arts, focusing on watercolour, and exhibiting and selling a number of his paintings, as well as publishing books on the subject. In university he dabbled in acting, appearing in amateur productions of a comedic nature, an enjoyment of which continued later into the Prince's life, as evidenced by his organising of a comedy gala to celebrate his 60th birthday. He also has an interest in illusionism, becoming a member of The Magic Circle after passing his audition by performing the cups and balls effect. The Prince acts today as patron of a number of theatres, acting troupes, and orchestral ensembles, including the Regina Symphony Orchestra, and the Royal Shakespeare Company, and is reportedly a fan of Canadian singer and song writer Leonard Cohen. He is also a collector of automobiles, particularly the British marque Aston Martin, having acquired numerous models and such tight connections with the brand – being a frequent visitor to the factory and its service department, and a guest of honour at most of the company's special launch events – that special Prince of Wales edition Aston Martins have been created on occasion. He is known to like Ipswich Town Football Club, after a visit to Portman Road after they were the first football club in England to support his supported charity.

Is he back home for his birthday for he has been touring Canada?

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/14/09 at 8:09 am

The birthday of the day...Charles

...is known to like Ipswich Town Football Club, after a visit to Portman Road after they were the first football club in England to support his supported charity.
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It Prince Charles supports Ipswich Town, why is he drinking for a Liverpool FC mug?

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/14/09 at 8:11 am

It Prince Charles supports Ipswich Town, why is he drinking for a Liverpool FC mug?
Ipswich Town FC would be the biggest football club to Sandringham.

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Written By: ninny on 11/14/09 at 9:13 am

It Prince Charles supports Ipswich Town, why is he drinking for a Liverpool FC mug?

he has to support every team.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/14/09 at 9:18 am

he has to support every team.
...in Wales?

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Written By: ninny on 11/14/09 at 10:31 am

...in Wales?

All of the United Kingdom?

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/14/09 at 10:34 am

All of the United Kingdom?
There are many major football teams in the UK, and loyal should be shown to only one club.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/14/09 at 1:50 pm

The word of the day...Polo
1. A game played by two teams of three or four players on horseback who are equipped with long-handled mallets for driving a small wooden ball through the opponents' goal.
2. Water polo.
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Written By: ninny on 11/15/09 at 5:12 am

There are many major football teams in the UK, and loyal should be shown to only one club.

I thought how he's royalty he might support more than one team in the United Kingdom, privately he can support one team.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/15/09 at 5:15 am

I thought how he's royalty he might support more than one team in the United Kingdom, privately he can support one team.
True, he has to show no bias between one side and another.

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Written By: ninny on 11/15/09 at 5:17 am

The word of the day...Subway
1.
1. An underground urban railroad, usually operated by electricity.
2. A passage for such a railroad.
2. An underground tunnel or passage, as for a water main or for pedestrians.
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Written By: ninny on 11/15/09 at 5:19 am

The birthday of the day...Petula Clark
Petula Clark, CBE (born 15 November 1932) is an English singer, actress, and composer whose career has spanned seven decades.

Clark's professional career began as an entertainer on BBC Radio during World War II. During the 1960s she became known internationally for her popular upbeat hits, including "Downtown," "I Know a Place," "My Love," "Colour My World," "A Sign of the Times," and "Don't Sleep in the Subway". With more than 70 million records sold worldwide, she is the most successful British female solo recording artist as cited in the Guinness Book of World Records.
In 1958, Clark was invited to appear at the Paris Olympia where, despite her misgivings and a bad cold, she was received with acclaim. The following day she was invited to the office of Vogue Records to discuss a contract. It was there that she met publicist Claude Wolff, to whom she was attracted immediately, and when told he would work with her if she signed with the label, she agreed. Her initial French recordings were huge successes, and in 1960 she embarked on a concert tour of France and Belgium with Sacha Distel, who remained a close friend until his death in 2004. Gradually she moved further into the continent, recording in German, French, Italian and Spanish, and establishing herself as a multi-lingual performer.
1962 EP

In June 1961, Clark married Wolff, first in a civil ceremony in Paris, then a religious one in her native England. Wanting to escape the strictures of child stardom imposed upon her by the British public, and anxious to escape the influence of her father, she relocated to France, where she and Wolff had two daughters, Barbara Michelle and Katherine Natalie, in quick succession. (Their son Patrick was born in 1972.) While Clark focused on her new career in France, she continued to achieve hit records in the U.K. into the early 1960s, developing a parallel career on both sides of the Channel. Her 1961 recording of "Sailor" became her first #1 hit in the U.K., while such follow-up recordings as "Romeo" and "My Friend the Sea" landed her in the British Top Ten later that year. In France, "Ya Ya Twist" (a French-language cover of the Lee Dorsey rhythm and blues song "Ya Ya" and the only successful recording of a twist song by a female) and "Chariot" (the original version of "I Will Follow Him") became smash hits in 1962, while German and Italian versions of her English and French recordings charted as well. Her recordings of several Serge Gainsbourg songs also were big sellers.

In 1964, Clark scored the French crime caper A Couteaux Tirés (aka Daggers Drawn) and played a cameo as herself in the movie. Although it was only a mild success, it added a new dimension — that of film composer — to her career. (In 1989 she composed the score for the French educational film Pétain; six of its themes were released on the CD In Her Own Write in 2007.)

In 1963 and 1964, Clark's British recording career foundered. The composer-arranger Tony Hatch, who had been assisting her with her work for "Vogue" in France and Pye Records in the U.K., flew to her home in Paris with new song material he hoped would interest her, but she found none of it appealing. Desperate, he played for her a few chords of an incomplete song that had been inspired by his recent first trip to New York City, which he suggested might be offered to "The Drifters". Upon hearing the melody, Clark told him that if he could write lyrics as good as the melody, she wanted to record the tune as her next single. Thus "Downtown" came into being.
"Downtown" era

Neither Clark, who was performing in Canada when the song first received major air-play, nor Hatch realized the impact the song would have on their respective careers. Released in four different languages in late 1964, "Downtown" was a success in the U.K., France (in both the English and the French versions), The Netherlands, Germany, Australia, Italy, and also Rhodesia, Japan, and India. During a visit to London, Warner Brothers executive Joe Smith heard it and acquired the rights for the United States. "Downtown" went to #1 on the American charts in January 1965, and three million copies were sold in America. It was the first of fifteen consecutive Top 40 hits Clark achieved in the United States, including "I Know a Place", "My Love", "A Sign of the Times", "I Couldn't Live Without Your Love", "This Is My Song" (from the Charles Chaplin film A Countess from Hong Kong), and "Don't Sleep in the Subway." The American recording industry honored her with Grammy Awards for "Best Rock & Roll Record" for "Downtown" in 1964 and for "Best Contemporary Female Vocal Performance" for "I Know a Place" in 1965. In 2003, her recording of "Downtown" was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.
Ad for the NBC-TV special that sparked controversy even before it aired

Clark's recording successes led to frequent appearances on American variety programs hosted by Ed Sullivan and Dean Martin, guest shots on Hullabaloo, Shindig!, The Kraft Music Hall, and The Hollywood Palace, and inclusion in musical specials such as The Best on Record and Rodgers and Hart Today.

In 1968, NBC-TV invited Clark to host her own special in the U.S., and in doing so she inadvertently made television history. While singing a duet of "On the Path of Glory," an anti-war song that she had composed, with guest Harry Belafonte, she touched his arm, to the dismay of a representative from the Chrysler Corp., the show's sponsor, who feared that the brief moment would offend Southern viewers at a time when racial conflict was still a major issue in the U.S. When he insisted that they substitute a different take, with Clark and Belafonte standing well away from one another, Clark and her husband Wolff, the producer of the show, refused, destroyed all other takes of the song, and delivered the finished program to NBC with the touch intact. The program aired on April 8, 1968, with high ratings and critical acclaim. (To commemorate the 40th anniversary of the original telecast, Clark and her husband, who had served as executive producer of the show, appeared at the Paley Center for Media in Manhattan on September 22, 2008, to discuss the broadcast and its impact, following a broadcast of the program.)

Clark later was the hostess of two more specials, another one for NBC, and one for ABC - one which served as a pilot for a projected weekly series. Clark declined the offer in order to please her children, who disliked living in Los Angeles, Calif.

Throughout the 1960s and 70s, Clark toured in concerts extensively throughout the States, and she often appeared in supper clubs such as the Copacabana in New York City, the Ambassador Hotel's Cocoanut Grove in Los Angeles, and the Empire Room at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, where she consistently broke house attendance records. During this period, she also appeared in print and radio ads for the Coca Cola Corp., television commercials for Plymouth automobiles, print and TV spots for Burlington Industries, television and print ads for Chrysler Sunbeam, and print ads for Sanderson Wallpaper in the U.K.

Clark revived her movie career in the late 1960s, starring in two big musical films. In Finian's Rainbow (1968), she starred opposite Fred Astaire, and she was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for her performance. The following year she was cast with Peter O'Toole in Goodbye, Mr. Chips, a musical adaptation of the classic James Hilton novella. (Her last film to date has been the British production Never Never Land, released in 1980.) After that, her output of musical hits in the States diminished markedly, although she continued to record and make television appearances into the 1970s. By the mid-1970s, Clark scaled back her career in order to devote more time to her family.

Herb Alpert and his A&M record label benefitted from Clark's interest in encouraging new talent. In 1968, she brought French composer/arranger Michel Colombier to the States to work as her musical director and introduced him to Alpert. (He went on to co-write Purple Rain with Prince, composed the acclaimed pop symphony Wings, and a number of soundtracks for American films.) Richard Carpenter publicly has credited her with bringing him and his sister, Karen, to Alpert's attention when they performed at a premiere party for Clark's film Goodbye, Mr. Chips.
Post-"Downtown" era

In 1954, Clark had starred in a stage production of The Constant Nymph, but it wasn't until 1981, at the urging of her children, that she returned to legitimate theatre, starring as Maria von Trapp in The Sound of Music in London's West End. Opening to rave reviews and what was then the largest advance sale in British theatre history, Clark — proclaimed by Maria Von Trapp herself as "the best Maria ever" — extended her initial six-month run to thirteen to accommodate the huge demand for tickets. In 1983, she took on the title role in George Bernard Shaw's Candida. Later stage work includes Someone Like You in 1989 and 1990, for which she composed the score; Blood Brothers, in which she made her Broadway debut in 1993 at the Music Box Theatre, followed by the American tour; and Andrew Lloyd Webber's Sunset Boulevard, appearing in both the West End and American touring productions from 1995 through 2000. In 2004, she repeated her performance of Norma Desmond in a production at the Cork Opera House in the Republic of Ireland, which was later broadcast by the BBC. With more than 2500 performances, she has played the role more often than any other actress.

In both 1998 and 2002, Clark toured extensively throughout the U.K. In 2000, she presented a self-written one-woman show, highlighting her life and career, to large critical and audience acclaim at the St. Denis Theater in Montreal. A 2003 concert appearance at the Olympia in Paris has been issued in both DVD and compact disc formats. In 2004, she toured Australia and New Zealand, appeared at the Hilton in Atlantic City, the Hummingbird Centre in Toronto, Humphrey's in San Diego, and the Mohegan Sun in Connecticut, and participated in a multi-performer tribute to the late Peggy Lee at the Hollywood Bowl. Following another British concert tour in early spring 2005, she appeared with Andy Williams in his Moon River Theater in Branson, Missouri, for several months, and she returned for another engagement in the fall of 2006, following scattered concert dates throughout the U.S. and Canada.

In November 2006, Clark was the subject of a BBC Four documentary entitled Petula Clark: Blue Lady and appeared with Michael Ball and Tony Hatch in a concert at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane broadcast by BBC Radio the following month. In December that year she made her first appearance in Iceland. Duets, a compilation including Dusty Springfield, Peggy Lee, Dean Martin, Bobby Darin, and the Everly Brothers, among others, was released in February 2007, and Solitude and Sunshine, a studio recording of all new material by composer Rod McKuen, was released in July of that year. She was the host of the March 2007 PBS pledge-drive special My Music: The British Beat, an overview of music's British invasion of the United States in the 1960s, followed by a number of concert dates throughout the U.S., the U.K., Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. She can be heard on the soundtrack of the 2007 independent film Downtown: A Street Tale. Une Baladine (in English, a wandering minstrel), an authorized pictorial biography by Francoise Piazza, was published in France and Switzerland in October 2007, and the following month Clark promoted it in bookshops and at book fairs.

Clark was presented with the 2007 Film & TV Music Award for Best Use of a Song in a Television Program for "Downtown" in the ABC series Lost. She completed a concert tour of England and Wales in Summer 2008, followed by concerts in Switzerland and the Philippines. Then & Now, a compilation of greatest hits and several new Clark compositions, entered the British album charts in June 2008 and won Clark her first-ever Silver Disc for an album. Open Your Heart: A Love Song Collection, a compilation of previously unreleased material and new and remixed recordings, was released in January 2009. Additionally, her 1969 NBC special Portrait of Petula, already released on DVD for Region 2 viewers, is also being produced for Region 1.

In 1998, Clark was honoured by Queen Elizabeth II by being made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/15/09 at 5:20 am

The word of the day...Subway
1.
1. An underground urban railroad, usually operated by electricity.
2. A passage for such a railroad.
2. An underground tunnel or passage, as for a water main or for pedestrians.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/15/09 at 5:21 am

The birthday of the day...Petula Clark
Petula Clark, CBE (born 15 November 1932) is an English singer, actress, and composer whose career has spanned seven decades.

Clark's professional career began as an entertainer on BBC Radio during World War II. During the 1960s she became known internationally for her popular upbeat hits, including "Downtown," "I Know a Place," "My Love," "Colour My World," "A Sign of the Times," and "Don't Sleep in the Subway". With more than 70 million records sold worldwide, she is the most successful British female solo recording artist as cited in the Guinness Book of World Records.
In 1958, Clark was invited to appear at the Paris Olympia where, despite her misgivings and a bad cold, she was received with acclaim. The following day she was invited to the office of Vogue Records to discuss a contract. It was there that she met publicist Claude Wolff, to whom she was attracted immediately, and when told he would work with her if she signed with the label, she agreed. Her initial French recordings were huge successes, and in 1960 she embarked on a concert tour of France and Belgium with Sacha Distel, who remained a close friend until his death in 2004. Gradually she moved further into the continent, recording in German, French, Italian and Spanish, and establishing herself as a multi-lingual performer.
1962 EP

In June 1961, Clark married Wolff, first in a civil ceremony in Paris, then a religious one in her native England. Wanting to escape the strictures of child stardom imposed upon her by the British public, and anxious to escape the influence of her father, she relocated to France, where she and Wolff had two daughters, Barbara Michelle and Katherine Natalie, in quick succession. (Their son Patrick was born in 1972.) While Clark focused on her new career in France, she continued to achieve hit records in the U.K. into the early 1960s, developing a parallel career on both sides of the Channel. Her 1961 recording of "Sailor" became her first #1 hit in the U.K., while such follow-up recordings as "Romeo" and "My Friend the Sea" landed her in the British Top Ten later that year. In France, "Ya Ya Twist" (a French-language cover of the Lee Dorsey rhythm and blues song "Ya Ya" and the only successful recording of a twist song by a female) and "Chariot" (the original version of "I Will Follow Him") became smash hits in 1962, while German and Italian versions of her English and French recordings charted as well. Her recordings of several Serge Gainsbourg songs also were big sellers.

In 1964, Clark scored the French crime caper A Couteaux Tirés (aka Daggers Drawn) and played a cameo as herself in the movie. Although it was only a mild success, it added a new dimension — that of film composer — to her career. (In 1989 she composed the score for the French educational film Pétain; six of its themes were released on the CD In Her Own Write in 2007.)

In 1963 and 1964, Clark's British recording career foundered. The composer-arranger Tony Hatch, who had been assisting her with her work for "Vogue" in France and Pye Records in the U.K., flew to her home in Paris with new song material he hoped would interest her, but she found none of it appealing. Desperate, he played for her a few chords of an incomplete song that had been inspired by his recent first trip to New York City, which he suggested might be offered to "The Drifters". Upon hearing the melody, Clark told him that if he could write lyrics as good as the melody, she wanted to record the tune as her next single. Thus "Downtown" came into being.
"Downtown" era

Neither Clark, who was performing in Canada when the song first received major air-play, nor Hatch realized the impact the song would have on their respective careers. Released in four different languages in late 1964, "Downtown" was a success in the U.K., France (in both the English and the French versions), The Netherlands, Germany, Australia, Italy, and also Rhodesia, Japan, and India. During a visit to London, Warner Brothers executive Joe Smith heard it and acquired the rights for the United States. "Downtown" went to #1 on the American charts in January 1965, and three million copies were sold in America. It was the first of fifteen consecutive Top 40 hits Clark achieved in the United States, including "I Know a Place", "My Love", "A Sign of the Times", "I Couldn't Live Without Your Love", "This Is My Song" (from the Charles Chaplin film A Countess from Hong Kong), and "Don't Sleep in the Subway." The American recording industry honored her with Grammy Awards for "Best Rock & Roll Record" for "Downtown" in 1964 and for "Best Contemporary Female Vocal Performance" for "I Know a Place" in 1965. In 2003, her recording of "Downtown" was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.
Ad for the NBC-TV special that sparked controversy even before it aired

Clark's recording successes led to frequent appearances on American variety programs hosted by Ed Sullivan and Dean Martin, guest shots on Hullabaloo, Shindig!, The Kraft Music Hall, and The Hollywood Palace, and inclusion in musical specials such as The Best on Record and Rodgers and Hart Today.

In 1968, NBC-TV invited Clark to host her own special in the U.S., and in doing so she inadvertently made television history. While singing a duet of "On the Path of Glory," an anti-war song that she had composed, with guest Harry Belafonte, she touched his arm, to the dismay of a representative from the Chrysler Corp., the show's sponsor, who feared that the brief moment would offend Southern viewers at a time when racial conflict was still a major issue in the U.S. When he insisted that they substitute a different take, with Clark and Belafonte standing well away from one another, Clark and her husband Wolff, the producer of the show, refused, destroyed all other takes of the song, and delivered the finished program to NBC with the touch intact. The program aired on April 8, 1968, with high ratings and critical acclaim. (To commemorate the 40th anniversary of the original telecast, Clark and her husband, who had served as executive producer of the show, appeared at the Paley Center for Media in Manhattan on September 22, 2008, to discuss the broadcast and its impact, following a broadcast of the program.)

Clark later was the hostess of two more specials, another one for NBC, and one for ABC - one which served as a pilot for a projected weekly series. Clark declined the offer in order to please her children, who disliked living in Los Angeles, Calif.

Throughout the 1960s and 70s, Clark toured in concerts extensively throughout the States, and she often appeared in supper clubs such as the Copacabana in New York City, the Ambassador Hotel's Cocoanut Grove in Los Angeles, and the Empire Room at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, where she consistently broke house attendance records. During this period, she also appeared in print and radio ads for the Coca Cola Corp., television commercials for Plymouth automobiles, print and TV spots for Burlington Industries, television and print ads for Chrysler Sunbeam, and print ads for Sanderson Wallpaper in the U.K.

Clark revived her movie career in the late 1960s, starring in two big musical films. In Finian's Rainbow (1968), she starred opposite Fred Astaire, and she was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for her performance. The following year she was cast with Peter O'Toole in Goodbye, Mr. Chips, a musical adaptation of the classic James Hilton novella. (Her last film to date has been the British production Never Never Land, released in 1980.) After that, her output of musical hits in the States diminished markedly, although she continued to record and make television appearances into the 1970s. By the mid-1970s, Clark scaled back her career in order to devote more time to her family.

Herb Alpert and his A&M record label benefitted from Clark's interest in encouraging new talent. In 1968, she brought French composer/arranger Michel Colombier to the States to work as her musical director and introduced him to Alpert. (He went on to co-write Purple Rain with Prince, composed the acclaimed pop symphony Wings, and a number of soundtracks for American films.) Richard Carpenter publicly has credited her with bringing him and his sister, Karen, to Alpert's attention when they performed at a premiere party for Clark's film Goodbye, Mr. Chips.
Post-"Downtown" era

In 1954, Clark had starred in a stage production of The Constant Nymph, but it wasn't until 1981, at the urging of her children, that she returned to legitimate theatre, starring as Maria von Trapp in The Sound of Music in London's West End. Opening to rave reviews and what was then the largest advance sale in British theatre history, Clark — proclaimed by Maria Von Trapp herself as "the best Maria ever" — extended her initial six-month run to thirteen to accommodate the huge demand for tickets. In 1983, she took on the title role in George Bernard Shaw's Candida. Later stage work includes Someone Like You in 1989 and 1990, for which she composed the score; Blood Brothers, in which she made her Broadway debut in 1993 at the Music Box Theatre, followed by the American tour; and Andrew Lloyd Webber's Sunset Boulevard, appearing in both the West End and American touring productions from 1995 through 2000. In 2004, she repeated her performance of Norma Desmond in a production at the Cork Opera House in the Republic of Ireland, which was later broadcast by the BBC. With more than 2500 performances, she has played the role more often than any other actress.

In both 1998 and 2002, Clark toured extensively throughout the U.K. In 2000, she presented a self-written one-woman show, highlighting her life and career, to large critical and audience acclaim at the St. Denis Theater in Montreal. A 2003 concert appearance at the Olympia in Paris has been issued in both DVD and compact disc formats. In 2004, she toured Australia and New Zealand, appeared at the Hilton in Atlantic City, the Hummingbird Centre in Toronto, Humphrey's in San Diego, and the Mohegan Sun in Connecticut, and participated in a multi-performer tribute to the late Peggy Lee at the Hollywood Bowl. Following another British concert tour in early spring 2005, she appeared with Andy Williams in his Moon River Theater in Branson, Missouri, for several months, and she returned for another engagement in the fall of 2006, following scattered concert dates throughout the U.S. and Canada.

In November 2006, Clark was the subject of a BBC Four documentary entitled Petula Clark: Blue Lady and appeared with Michael Ball and Tony Hatch in a concert at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane broadcast by BBC Radio the following month. In December that year she made her first appearance in Iceland. Duets, a compilation including Dusty Springfield, Peggy Lee, Dean Martin, Bobby Darin, and the Everly Brothers, among others, was released in February 2007, and Solitude and Sunshine, a studio recording of all new material by composer Rod McKuen, was released in July of that year. She was the host of the March 2007 PBS pledge-drive special My Music: The British Beat, an overview of music's British invasion of the United States in the 1960s, followed by a number of concert dates throughout the U.S., the U.K., Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. She can be heard on the soundtrack of the 2007 independent film Downtown: A Street Tale. Une Baladine (in English, a wandering minstrel), an authorized pictorial biography by Francoise Piazza, was published in France and Switzerland in October 2007, and the following month Clark promoted it in bookshops and at book fairs.

Clark was presented with the 2007 Film & TV Music Award for Best Use of a Song in a Television Program for "Downtown" in the ABC series Lost. She completed a concert tour of England and Wales in Summer 2008, followed by concerts in Switzerland and the Philippines. Then & Now, a compilation of greatest hits and several new Clark compositions, entered the British album charts in June 2008 and won Clark her first-ever Silver Disc for an album. Open Your Heart: A Love Song Collection, a compilation of previously unreleased material and new and remixed recordings, was released in January 2009. Additionally, her 1969 NBC special Portrait of Petula, already released on DVD for Region 2 viewers, is also being produced for Region 1.

In 1998, Clark was honoured by Queen Elizabeth II by being made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire

She recommended that you do not sleep in the subway.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/15/09 at 5:22 am

The word of the day...Subway
1.
1. An underground urban railroad, usually operated by electricity.
2. A passage for such a railroad.
2. An underground tunnel or passage, as for a water main or for pedestrians.

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Written By: ninny on 11/15/09 at 5:22 am

The co-birthday of the day...Ed Asner
Edward Asner (born November 15, 1929) is an American film and television actor and former President of the Screen Actors Guild, primarily known for his role as Lou Grant on The Mary Tyler Moore Show and its spin-off series, Lou Grant. More recently, he provided the voice of Carl Fredricksen in Pixar's newest film, Up.
Before he landed his role with Mary Tyler Moore, Asner guest starred in such television series as NBC's The Outlaws (1962) and in the series finale of CBS's The Reporter in the episode entitled "Vote for Murder." The Reporter focuses on a fictitious New York Globe newspaper as seen through the lives of two of its employees, played by Harry Guardino and Gary Merrill.

Asner is best best known for his character Lou Grant, who was first introduced on the The Mary Tyler Moore Show in 1970. In 1977, after the end of the Mary Tyler Moore show, Asner's character was given his own show, Lou Grant, which ran from 1977-1982. In contrast to the Mary Tyler Moore show, which was a thirty minute comedy, the Lou Grant show was an hour long award-winning drama about journalism.

Asner is also known for his acclaimed role as Captain Davies, from the mini-series Roots, the man who kidnapped Kunta Kinte and sold him into slavery, a role that earned Asner an Emmy Award. While Asner's character in Roots was highly developed, full of metaphors on tortured ethics and the morality of slavery, biographer Alex Haley would later admit he had no idea who the actual Captain was who had commanded the historic slaver which had kidnapped his ancestor.

Asner was a member of the Playwrights Theatre Company in Chicago, but left for New York before members of that company regrouped as the Compass Players in the mid-1950s. He later made guest appearances with the successor to Compass, The Second City, and is considered part of The Second City extended family. Asner has also had an extensive voice acting career. He provided the voices for J. Jonah Jameson on the 1990s animated television series Spider-Man, Hudson on Gargoyles, Jabba the Hutt on the radio version of Star Wars, Master Vrook from Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic and its sequel, Roland Daggett on Batman: The Animated Series, Cosgrove on Freakazoid!, Ed Wuncler on The Boondocks, and Granny Goodness in various DC Comics animated series. Both he and his late friend Linda Gary voiced many cartoons for the Filmation company. In 1993, he narrated the short documentary Legacy for Efrain, which explores the impact of the nonprofit world hunger organization Heifer International. In 2001 was the protagonist for "Papa Giovanni XXIII" fiction for Rai One (Italy). He made an appearance on the show Curb Your Enthusiasm in 2001. In February 2009, Asner guest-starred in the web series Star-ving. More recently, Asner provided the voice of Carl Fredricksen in the 2009 Pixar film Up. He received great critical praise for the role, with one critic going so far as to suggest "They should create a new category for this year's Academy Award for Best Vocal Acting in an animated film and name Asner as the first recipient." Asner is the only actor to win the Emmy award for a sitcom and a drama for the same role—Lou Grant.

In 2009, Asner was given the Lifetime Feel Good Achievement Award at that year's Feel Good Film Festival in Los Angeles.

Although popularly known as Ed Asner, professionally he prefers the name Edward Asner.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/15/09 at 5:41 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRtjDSuyvMA

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Written By: Howard on 11/15/09 at 6:55 am

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What a delicious word of the day. :)

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Written By: ninny on 11/15/09 at 7:35 am

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What a delicious word of the day. :)

;D

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Written By: ninny on 11/15/09 at 7:37 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRtjDSuyvMA

Great song :)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/15/09 at 7:47 am

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What a delicious word of the day. :)
That is too large for me to eat.

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Written By: ninny on 11/15/09 at 3:20 pm

That is too large for me to eat.

I can only eat one half at a time, it's usually good for later.

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Written By: Howard on 11/15/09 at 7:01 pm

I can only eat one half at a time, it's usually good for later.

That's why I get the $5 deal with Chips and drink(chips and drink not included)

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Written By: Frank on 11/15/09 at 7:04 pm

Petula Clark. Wonderful singer. Nice voice.

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Written By: Howard on 11/15/09 at 7:05 pm

Petula Clark. Wonderful singer. Nice voice.

I bet she eats Subway.

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Written By: Frank on 11/15/09 at 7:06 pm

I bet she eats Subway.

Don't sleep in the subway sandwich

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 11/15/09 at 7:07 pm

Don't sleep in the subway sandwich

eat Subway on a Subway. ;D

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Written By: CatwomanofV on 11/15/09 at 7:22 pm

I liked her in Finnian's Rainbow.

Cat

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Written By: ninny on 11/15/09 at 7:23 pm

I liked her in Finnian's Rainbow.

Cat

I remember that film. :)

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Written By: CatwomanofV on 11/15/09 at 7:24 pm

I remember that film. :)

I have a copy of it on VHS.

Cat

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Written By: CatwomanofV on 11/15/09 at 7:29 pm

Here is one of the songs from it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rS5jXMHXU84

Cat

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/16/09 at 1:15 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoSok_4wOVg

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/16/09 at 1:38 am

I liked her in Finnian's Rainbow.

Cat
Was Tommy Steele in that?

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Written By: ninny on 11/16/09 at 5:37 am

Was Tommy Steele in that?

Yes,along with Fred Astaire.

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Written By: ninny on 11/16/09 at 5:43 am

The word of the day...Coast
1.
1. Land next to the sea; the seashore.
2. Coast The Pacific coast of the United States.
2. A hill or other slope down which one may coast, as on a sled.
3. The act of sliding or coasting; slide.
4. Obsolete. The frontier or border of a country.
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Written By: Howard on 11/16/09 at 5:45 am

How about Coast Soap?

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Written By: ninny on 11/16/09 at 5:46 am

The birthday of the day...Martha Plimpton
Martha Campbell Plimpton (born November 16, 1970) is an American actress.
Plimpton began her career in modeling, securing an early 1980s campaign for Calvin Klein, making an impression as a sophisticated, but tomboyish little girl. She made her screen debut in 1981, when at the age of 11 she had a small part in the film Rollover, she appeared in the Deep South independent drama The River Rat opposite Tommy Lee Jones. Her breakthrough performance was as Stef Steinbrenner in the 1985 feature film The Goonies. She also appeared that year in a featured role on the television sitcom Family Ties.

This would begin a trend of Plimpton being repeatedly cast in the role of a rebellious tomboy for several years, beginning with her critically lauded performance as the Reverend Spellgood (Andre Gregory)'s daughter in the 1986 film The Mosquito Coast starring Harrison Ford. It was on the set of this film that she met her future real-life love interest, River Phoenix. A critically praised but commercially unsuccessful venture with Barbara Hershey in the 1987 film Shy People was followed by a performance in the quirky 1988 ensemble comedy Stars and Bars. This was released shortly before Plimpton's second collaboration with River Phoenix in the film Running on Empty, an Academy Award-nominated film for which she was nominated for a Young Artist Award.

Plimpton began what became a career trend, mixing small independent film appearances with supporting roles in big-budget films. She appeared in the 1989 Woody Allen film Another Woman; that year, she co-starred with Jami Gertz as a cancer patient in the German film Zwei Frauen (released in America as Silence Like Glass). The film was nominated for Outstanding Feature Film at the German Film Awards.

Plimpton's most high-profile performance since The Goonies was in the 1989 Steve Martin film Parenthood. Plimpton had shaved her head bald to play a cancer patient in Zwei Frauen, and her reputation for playing rebellious teenagers secured her the role of the indignant teenage daughter (who shaves her head) of Dianne Wiest. Coincidentally, Plimpton appeared alongside Joaquin Phoenix (then credited as Leaf Phoenix), the younger brother of her former boyfriend, River, where he portrayed her on-screen brother.
River Phoenix and Martha Plimpton on the red carpet at the 61st Academy Awards, 1989.

In 1991 Plimpton appeared in the Robert De Niro film Stanley & Iris in a supporting role. In 1992, Plimpton appeared as a lesbian terrorist in the independent film Inside Monkey Zetterland. She also played the starring role in the film Samantha.

The success of Samantha garnered Plimpton a variety of roles in 1993. She appeared with Cuba Gooding, Jr., in the television film Daybreak and was a part of the mostly improvised television film Chantilly Lace. She had a featured role in the big-budget films Josh and S.A.M. and played the lead in the critically blasted film adaptation of the Carolyn Chute novel The Beans of Egypt, Maine. As a testament to her own "indie cred", Plimpton also appeared that year as herself in the independent film My Life's in Turnaround, a movie about filmmakers trying to make a movie.

Plimpton continued to make appearances in featured roles in both independent films and mainstream movies from 1994 through 1997, most notably as a close friend of radical feminist Valerie Solanas in the film I Shot Andy Warhol.

In 1997 the Showtime Network cast Plimpton as the female lead in a television film called The Defenders: Payback. The show was a retooling of the classic television show by the same name, and the characters were descendants of character Lawrence Preston, a role reprised by actor E.G. Marshall. The intent was to spin the program off into a series akin to Law & Order, but Marshall died in 1998. Two additional episodes (The Defenders: Choice of Evils and The Defenders: Taking the First) were aired as specials that year. The decision was made to not continue production (despite high ratings and critical praise) due to Marshall's death.

Plimpton became involved with The Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago where she appeared in Hedda Gabler (2001) among others. In 1998 she appeared in the John Waters film Pecker; the film was lambasted but Plimpton's work was praised. This also occurred with her appearance in the 1999 crafty 200 Cigarettes. In 1999 Plimpton had a recurring role in the television drama ER as Meg Corwyn. In 2001, she co-starred with Jacqueline Bisset in The Sleepy Time Gal, which was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at Cannes Film Festival.

In 2002, she appeared in the documentary film Searching for Debra Winger and was nominated for an Emmy Award for her guest appearance on the television drama Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. Plimpton was the voice of Miss Crumbles in the 2004 animated film Hair High by Bill Plympton. In 2004, she also guest-starred on an episode of the program 7th Heaven; she received her first writing credit for a different episode of the show that year entitled "Red Socks." She continues to act in television, film and on stage. She has begun narrating audiobooks, notably the novel Diary by Chuck Palahniuk and Mrs. Kimble by Jennifer Haigh. Plimpton had a recurring role on the NBC show Surface, which aired in the 2005-06 season.

From October 2006 until May 2007, she was in The Coast of Utopia, a trilogy of plays by Tom Stoppard that played at the Lincoln Center. For her work in this play she won a Drama Desk Award and was nominated for a Tony award. (The Tony was awarded to fellow cast member Jennifer Ehle.)

In October 2007 Plimpton completed a starring role in A Midsummer Night's Dream on Broadway in New York City. She then began rehearsals for the play Cymbeline. She and friend Richard began a production company called Everything is Horrible. They have produced a number of short films for the internet.

In November 2008, she earned unanimously rave reviews as Gladys Bumps in the Roundabout Theatre Company production of the classical Rodgers and Hart musical Pal Joey on Broadway.

Plimpton is friends with singer Lucy Wainwright Roche. In 2008, she sang a duet with Roche on the Roche's E.P. 8 More singing the Bruce Springsteen song Hungry Heart.

Plimpton received her second nomination for a Tony Award in 2008, Best Performance by a Featured Actress In a Play, for her work in Top Girls at the Biltmore Theater.

Plimpton appeared in the 2008 Entertainment Weekly photo issue spread as one of "The Hardest Working Actors In Showbiz." In the spread she appears with Lance Reddick, Celia Weston, John Slattery, Bobby Cannavale, James Rebhorn, Lynn Cohen, Matt Servitto and Bob Balaban. Plimpton says in the write-up about her "I went to jury duty the other day, and somebody said, 'You always play drug addicts!' I've played a few on TV, and I imagine because the shows get replayed, it seems like more. But yeah, people tend to see me as this pregnant teenage heroin addict."

In 2009, Plimpton received her third consecutive Tony nomination, for Featured Actress in a Musical in Pal Joey.

She is referenced in the Lawrence Arms song "Light Breathing (Me and Martha Plimpton in a fancy elevator)," a song detailing the singer unexpectedly stepping into an elevator with her and being unable to overcome shyness to ask her out.

Plimpton is going to be in the 2009-2010 season of Grey's Anatomy. The director and writers have announced that she will be in a multi-episode arc as a young patient's mother.
Filmography
Year Film Role Other notes
1981 Rollover Fewster's Older Daughter
1984 The River Rat Jonsy
1985 The Goonies Stef Steinbrenner Nominated, Exceptional Performance by a Young Actress- Motion Picture, Young Artist Award
1986 A Life in the Day
The Mosquito Coast Emily Spellgood Nominated, Best Young Female Superstar in Motion Pictures, Young Artist Award
1987 Shy People Grace Nominated, Best Supporting Female, Independent Spirit Award
1988 Stars and Bars Bryant
Running on Empty Lorna Phillips Nominated, Best Young Actress in a Motion Picture- Drama Young Artist Award
Another Woman Laura
1989 Zwei Frauen Claudia Jacoby
Parenthood Julie Buckman
1990 Stanley and Iris Kelly King
1992 A Blink of Paradise Mother
Inside Monkey Zetterland Sofie
Samantha Samantha
1993 The Perfect Woman
Josh and S.A.M. Alison (The Liberty Maid)
1994 The Beans of Egypt, Maine Earlene Pomerleau
Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle Jane Grant
1995 The Last Summer in the Hamptons Chloe
1996 I Shot Andy Warhol Stevie
Beautiful Girls Jan
I'm Not Rappaport Laurie Campbell
1997 Colin Fitz Ann
Eye of God Ainsley Dupree
1998 Music from Another Room Karen Swan
Pecker Tina
1999 200 Cigarettes Monica
2001 The Sleepy Time Gal Rebecca
2004 Hair High Miss Crumbles Voice
2006 Marvelous Gwen
2007 Dante's Inferno Celia
2008 Gone to the Dogs Leslie
Puppy Love Leslie
2010 I Thought About You Gloria
Small Town Murder Scenes Sam
Remember Me Helen Craig
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Written By: Howard on 11/16/09 at 5:47 am

The birthday of the day...Martha Plimpton
Martha Campbell Plimpton (born November 16, 1970) is an American actress.
Plimpton began her career in modeling, securing an early 1980s campaign for Calvin Klein, making an impression as a sophisticated, but tomboyish little girl. She made her screen debut in 1981, when at the age of 11 she had a small part in the film Rollover, she appeared in the Deep South independent drama The River Rat opposite Tommy Lee Jones. Her breakthrough performance was as Stef Steinbrenner in the 1985 feature film The Goonies. She also appeared that year in a featured role on the television sitcom Family Ties.

This would begin a trend of Plimpton being repeatedly cast in the role of a rebellious tomboy for several years, beginning with her critically lauded performance as the Reverend Spellgood (Andre Gregory)'s daughter in the 1986 film The Mosquito Coast starring Harrison Ford. It was on the set of this film that she met her future real-life love interest, River Phoenix. A critically praised but commercially unsuccessful venture with Barbara Hershey in the 1987 film Shy People was followed by a performance in the quirky 1988 ensemble comedy Stars and Bars. This was released shortly before Plimpton's second collaboration with River Phoenix in the film Running on Empty, an Academy Award-nominated film for which she was nominated for a Young Artist Award.

Plimpton began what became a career trend, mixing small independent film appearances with supporting roles in big-budget films. She appeared in the 1989 Woody Allen film Another Woman; that year, she co-starred with Jami Gertz as a cancer patient in the German film Zwei Frauen (released in America as Silence Like Glass). The film was nominated for Outstanding Feature Film at the German Film Awards.

Plimpton's most high-profile performance since The Goonies was in the 1989 Steve Martin film Parenthood. Plimpton had shaved her head bald to play a cancer patient in Zwei Frauen, and her reputation for playing rebellious teenagers secured her the role of the indignant teenage daughter (who shaves her head) of Dianne Wiest. Coincidentally, Plimpton appeared alongside Joaquin Phoenix (then credited as Leaf Phoenix), the younger brother of her former boyfriend, River, where he portrayed her on-screen brother.
River Phoenix and Martha Plimpton on the red carpet at the 61st Academy Awards, 1989.

In 1991 Plimpton appeared in the Robert De Niro film Stanley & Iris in a supporting role. In 1992, Plimpton appeared as a lesbian terrorist in the independent film Inside Monkey Zetterland. She also played the starring role in the film Samantha.

The success of Samantha garnered Plimpton a variety of roles in 1993. She appeared with Cuba Gooding, Jr., in the television film Daybreak and was a part of the mostly improvised television film Chantilly Lace. She had a featured role in the big-budget films Josh and S.A.M. and played the lead in the critically blasted film adaptation of the Carolyn Chute novel The Beans of Egypt, Maine. As a testament to her own "indie cred", Plimpton also appeared that year as herself in the independent film My Life's in Turnaround, a movie about filmmakers trying to make a movie.

Plimpton continued to make appearances in featured roles in both independent films and mainstream movies from 1994 through 1997, most notably as a close friend of radical feminist Valerie Solanas in the film I Shot Andy Warhol.

In 1997 the Showtime Network cast Plimpton as the female lead in a television film called The Defenders: Payback. The show was a retooling of the classic television show by the same name, and the characters were descendants of character Lawrence Preston, a role reprised by actor E.G. Marshall. The intent was to spin the program off into a series akin to Law & Order, but Marshall died in 1998. Two additional episodes (The Defenders: Choice of Evils and The Defenders: Taking the First) were aired as specials that year. The decision was made to not continue production (despite high ratings and critical praise) due to Marshall's death.

Plimpton became involved with The Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago where she appeared in Hedda Gabler (2001) among others. In 1998 she appeared in the John Waters film Pecker; the film was lambasted but Plimpton's work was praised. This also occurred with her appearance in the 1999 crafty 200 Cigarettes. In 1999 Plimpton had a recurring role in the television drama ER as Meg Corwyn. In 2001, she co-starred with Jacqueline Bisset in The Sleepy Time Gal, which was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at Cannes Film Festival.

In 2002, she appeared in the documentary film Searching for Debra Winger and was nominated for an Emmy Award for her guest appearance on the television drama Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. Plimpton was the voice of Miss Crumbles in the 2004 animated film Hair High by Bill Plympton. In 2004, she also guest-starred on an episode of the program 7th Heaven; she received her first writing credit for a different episode of the show that year entitled "Red Socks." She continues to act in television, film and on stage. She has begun narrating audiobooks, notably the novel Diary by Chuck Palahniuk and Mrs. Kimble by Jennifer Haigh. Plimpton had a recurring role on the NBC show Surface, which aired in the 2005-06 season.

From October 2006 until May 2007, she was in The Coast of Utopia, a trilogy of plays by Tom Stoppard that played at the Lincoln Center. For her work in this play she won a Drama Desk Award and was nominated for a Tony award. (The Tony was awarded to fellow cast member Jennifer Ehle.)

In October 2007 Plimpton completed a starring role in A Midsummer Night's Dream on Broadway in New York City. She then began rehearsals for the play Cymbeline. She and friend Richard began a production company called Everything is Horrible. They have produced a number of short films for the internet.

In November 2008, she earned unanimously rave reviews as Gladys Bumps in the Roundabout Theatre Company production of the classical Rodgers and Hart musical Pal Joey on Broadway.

Plimpton is friends with singer Lucy Wainwright Roche. In 2008, she sang a duet with Roche on the Roche's E.P. 8 More singing the Bruce Springsteen song Hungry Heart.

Plimpton received her second nomination for a Tony Award in 2008, Best Performance by a Featured Actress In a Play, for her work in Top Girls at the Biltmore Theater.

Plimpton appeared in the 2008 Entertainment Weekly photo issue spread as one of "The Hardest Working Actors In Showbiz." In the spread she appears with Lance Reddick, Celia Weston, John Slattery, Bobby Cannavale, James Rebhorn, Lynn Cohen, Matt Servitto and Bob Balaban. Plimpton says in the write-up about her "I went to jury duty the other day, and somebody said, 'You always play drug addicts!' I've played a few on TV, and I imagine because the shows get replayed, it seems like more. But yeah, people tend to see me as this pregnant teenage heroin addict."

In 2009, Plimpton received her third consecutive Tony nomination, for Featured Actress in a Musical in Pal Joey.

She is referenced in the Lawrence Arms song "Light Breathing (Me and Martha Plimpton in a fancy elevator)," a song detailing the singer unexpectedly stepping into an elevator with her and being unable to overcome shyness to ask her out.

Plimpton is going to be in the 2009-2010 season of Grey's Anatomy. The director and writers have announced that she will be in a multi-episode arc as a young patient's mother.
Filmography
Year Film Role Other notes
1981 Rollover Fewster's Older Daughter
1984 The River Rat Jonsy
1985 The Goonies Stef Steinbrenner Nominated, Exceptional Performance by a Young Actress- Motion Picture, Young Artist Award
1986 A Life in the Day
The Mosquito Coast Emily Spellgood Nominated, Best Young Female Superstar in Motion Pictures, Young Artist Award
1987 Shy People Grace Nominated, Best Supporting Female, Independent Spirit Award
1988 Stars and Bars Bryant
Running on Empty Lorna Phillips Nominated, Best Young Actress in a Motion Picture- Drama Young Artist Award
Another Woman Laura
1989 Zwei Frauen Claudia Jacoby
Parenthood Julie Buckman
1990 Stanley and Iris Kelly King
1992 A Blink of Paradise Mother
Inside Monkey Zetterland Sofie
Samantha Samantha
1993 The Perfect Woman
Josh and S.A.M. Alison (The Liberty Maid)
1994 The Beans of Egypt, Maine Earlene Pomerleau
Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle Jane Grant
1995 The Last Summer in the Hamptons Chloe
1996 I Shot Andy Warhol Stevie
Beautiful Girls Jan
I'm Not Rappaport Laurie Campbell
1997 Colin Fitz Ann
Eye of God Ainsley Dupree
1998 Music from Another Room Karen Swan
Pecker Tina
1999 200 Cigarettes Monica
2001 The Sleepy Time Gal Rebecca
2004 Hair High Miss Crumbles Voice
2006 Marvelous Gwen
2007 Dante's Inferno Celia
2008 Gone to the Dogs Leslie
Puppy Love Leslie
2010 I Thought About You Gloria
Small Town Murder Scenes Sam
Remember Me Helen Craig
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She aged gracefully.

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Written By: ninny on 11/16/09 at 5:47 am

How about Coast Soap?

I use to use that years ago. I use body wash now,but not coast.
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Written By: ninny on 11/16/09 at 5:48 am

She aged gracefully.

Yes she did :)

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Written By: danootaandme on 11/16/09 at 5:48 am

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Written By: Howard on 11/16/09 at 5:49 am

Yes she did :)

And her Father is George Plimpton.

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Written By: ninny on 11/16/09 at 5:50 am

The co-birthday of the day...Diana Krall
Diana Jean Krall, OC, OBC (born November 16, 1964) is a Grammy Award-winning Canadian jazz pianist and singer. She is known for her contralto vocals
n 1993, Krall released her first album, Stepping Out, which she recorded with John Clayton and Jeff Hamilton. It caught the attention of producer Tommy LiPuma, who produced her second album, Only Trust Your Heart (1995).

Her third album, All for You: A Dedication to the Nat King Cole Trio (1996), was nominated for a Grammy and continued for 70 weeks in the Billboard jazz charts. Love Scenes (1997) quickly became a hit record with the trio of Krall, Russell Malone (guitar) and Christian McBride (bass).

In August 2000, Krall was paired on a 20-city tour with Tony Bennett. They were paired again for a song on the TV series Spectacle: Elvis Costello with...

Orchestral arrangements by Johnny Mandel provided the background on When I Look In Your Eyes (1999); more Grammy nominations came along, and she was rewarded as Best Jazz Musician of the Year. The band mix was kept, following arrangements on The Look of Love (2001) created by Claus Ogerman; this record achieved platinum status and reached the top 10 of the Billboard 200. The Look of Love went to number one on the Canadian album charts and went quadruple platinum in that country. The title track from the album, a cover of the Casino Royale standard popularized in the late 1960s by Dusty Springfield and Sergio Mendes, reached number 22 on the adult contemporary chart.

In September 2001, Krall began a world tour. Her concert at the Paris Olympia was recorded and released as her first live record. Diana Krall - Live in Paris topped the Billboard jazz charts, went top 20 on the Billboard 200 and went top five in Canada. It garnered her second Grammy (Best Vocal Jazz Record) and a Juno Award. The album included covers of Billy Joel's "Just The Way You Are" (a hit on U.S. smooth jazz radio) and Joni Mitchell's "A Case Of You."

After marrying Elvis Costello, she worked with him as a lyricist and started to compose her own songs, resulting in the album The Girl in the Other Room. The album, released in April 2004, quickly rose to the top five in the United Kingdom and made the Australian top 40 album charts.

She also joined Ray Charles on his Genius Loves Company album in 2004 on the song, "You Don't Know Me".

In late May 2007, Krall was featured in a Lexus ad campaign. She also sang, "Dream a Little Dream of Me" with piano accompaniment by pianist Hank Jones.

"Quiet Nights", her latest album, was released on 31 March 2009.

Krall also produced Barbra Streisand's album Love Is The Answer, released on 29 Sep 2009.
Grammy history
Diana Krall Grammy Award History
Year Category Title Label Result Notes
1996 Best Jazz Vocal Performance All for You Impulse! Nominated
1997 Jazz Vocal Performance Love Scenes Impulse! Nominated
1999 Jazz Vocal Performance When I Look in Your Eyes Verve Winner
1999 Album of the Year When I Look in Your Eyes Verve Nominated
2002 Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals "Better Than Anything" Umvd Labels Nominated on the album Ask A Woman Who Knows (Natalie Cole)
2002 Best Jazz Vocal Album Live in Paris Verve Winner
2005 Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s) "Why Should I Care" Verve Nominated arranger (Diana Krall)
From the Clint Eastwood film True Crime
2007 Best Jazz Vocal Album From This Moment On Verve Nominated
Honours

In 2000, she was awarded the Order of British Columbia. In 2003 she was given an honorary Ph.D. (Fine Arts) from the University of Victoria. In 2004, she was inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame. In 2005, she was made an Officer of the Order of Canada.

She is an honorary board member of the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation. Adella Krall, mother of Diana Krall, was diagnosed with multiple myeloma in 1996 and died May 2002 at the age of 61.
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Written By: ninny on 11/16/09 at 5:52 am

And her Father is George Plimpton.

No Keith Carradine,who is the brother of David is her father.

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Written By: ninny on 11/16/09 at 5:53 am

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Thanks, that brings back memories of sledding in my youth. :)

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Written By: danootaandme on 11/16/09 at 5:54 am

Martha is Keith Carradines daughter.

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Written By: Womble on 11/16/09 at 7:30 am

Nice Bio on Martha Plimpton, Ninny. She's a fine actress.

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Written By: ninny on 11/16/09 at 7:33 am

Nice Bio on Martha Plimpton, Ninny. She's a fine actress.

Yes I've always liked her. :)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/16/09 at 1:53 pm

The word of the day...Coast
1.
1. Land next to the sea; the seashore.
2. Coast The Pacific coast of the United States.
2. A hill or other slope down which one may coast, as on a sled.
3. The act of sliding or coasting; slide.
4. Obsolete. The frontier or border of a country.

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One of my favourite tv programs, Coast, which journies around the coast of the United Kingdom, uncovering stories that have made us the island nation we are today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/16/09 at 1:53 pm

How about Coast Soap?
Do you use it?

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/16/09 at 1:54 pm

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It's all high tech now.

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Written By: ninny on 11/16/09 at 3:04 pm

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One of my favourite tv programs, Coast, which journies around the coast of the United Kingdom, uncovering stories that have made us the island nation we are today.

Sounds interesting.

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Written By: Howard on 11/16/09 at 4:41 pm

Do you use it?

Our Family uses the body wash Coast.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/17/09 at 1:50 am

Sounds interesting.
The series shows varies areas of the coastline of the UK (and recently France and Norway).

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/17/09 at 1:51 am

The word of the day...Coast
1.
1. Land next to the sea; the seashore.
2. Coast The Pacific coast of the United States.
2. A hill or other slope down which one may coast, as on a sled.
3. The act of sliding or coasting; slide.
4. Obsolete. The frontier or border of a country.
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Written By: ninny on 11/17/09 at 5:28 am

This does not show up.

Yes, they have it now if the person who posted the pic originally has been inactive for a while the pic won't show up :-[

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Written By: ninny on 11/17/09 at 5:33 am

The word of the day...Raging
1. Very active and unpredicatable; volatile: a raging debate; a raging fire.
2. Remarkable; extraordinary: a raging hit on prime-time TV.
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Written By: Howard on 11/17/09 at 5:36 am

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Ah yes,Triple H,the best raging people in the wrestling business,aka The Cerebral Assassin.

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Written By: ninny on 11/17/09 at 5:37 am

The birthday of the day...Martin Scorsese
Martin Marcantonio Luciano Scorsese (born November 17, 1942) is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, actor, and film historian. He is the founder of the World Cinema Foundation, a recipient of the AFI Life Achievement Award for his contributions to the cinema and has won awards from the Oscars, Golden Globe, BAFTA, and Directors Guild of America. Scorsese is president of the Film Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to film preservation and the prevention of the decaying of motion picture film stock.

Scorsese's body of work addresses such themes as Italian American identity, Roman Catholic concepts of guilt and redemption, machismo, and violence. Scorsese is widely considered to be one of the most significant and influential American filmmakers of his era, directing landmark films such as Taxi Driver, Raging Bull and Goodfellas; all of which he collaborated on with actor Robert De Niro. He won the Academy Award for Best Director for The Departed and earned an MFA in film directing from the New York University Tisch School of the Arts.
Although the Vietnam War had started at the time, Scorsese (who had struggled with asthma since his childhood) did not serve in the military. He attended New York University's film school (B.A., English, 1964; M.F.A., film, 1966) making the short films What's a Nice Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This? (1963) and It's Not Just You, Murray! (1964). His most famous short of the period is the darkly comic The Big Shave (1967), which featured an unnamed man who shaves himself until profusely bleeding, ultimately slitting his own throat with his razor. The film is an indictment of America's involvement in Vietnam, suggested by its alternative title Viet '67.

Also in 1967, Scorsese made his first feature-length film, the black and white I Call First, which was later retitled Who's That Knocking at My Door with fellow student, actor Harvey Keitel, and editor Thelma Schoonmaker, both of whom were to become long-term collaborators. This film was intended to be the first of Scorsese's semi-autobiographical 'J.R. Trilogy', which also would have included his later film, Mean Streets. Even in embryonic form, the "Scorsese style" was already evident: a feel for New York Italian American street-life, rapid editing, an eclectic rock soundtrack, and a troubled male protagonist.
1970s

From there he became friends with the influential "movie brats" of the 1970s: Francis Ford Coppola, Brian De Palma, George Lucas, and Steven Spielberg. Indeed, it was Brian De Palma who introduced Scorsese to a young actor named Robert De Niro. During this period the director worked as one of the editors on the movie Woodstock and met actor-director John Cassavetes, who would also go on to become a close friend and mentor.
Mean Streets
Main article: Mean Streets

In 1972 Scorsese made the Depression-era exploiter Boxcar Bertha for B-movie producer Roger Corman, who had also helped directors such as Francis Ford Coppola, James Cameron, and John Sayles launch their careers. It was Corman who taught Scorsese that entertaining films could be shot with next to no money or time, preparing the young director well for the challenges to come with Mean Streets. Following the film's release, Cassavetes encouraged Scorsese to make the films that he wanted to make, rather than someone else's projects.

Championed by influential movie critic Pauline Kael, Mean Streets was a breakthrough for Scorsese, De Niro, and Keitel. By now the signature Scorsese style was in place: macho posturing, bloody violence, Catholic guilt and redemption, gritty New York locale (though the majority of Mean Streets was actually shot in Los Angeles), rapid-fire editing, and a rock soundtrack. Although the film was innovative, its wired atmosphere, edgy documentary style, and gritty street-level direction owed a debt to directors Cassavetes, Samuel Fuller, and early Jean-Luc Godard. (Indeed the film was completed with much encouragement from Cassavetes, who felt Boxcar Bertha was undeserving of the young director's prodigious talent.)

In 1974, actress Ellen Burstyn chose Scorsese to direct her in Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, for which she won an Academy Award for Best Actress. Although well regarded, the film remains an anomaly in the director's early career, as it focuses on a central female character. Returning to Little Italy to explore his ethnic roots, Scorsese next came up with Italianamerican, a documentary featuring his parents, Charles and Catherine Scorsese.
Taxi Driver
Main article: Taxi Driver

The iconic Taxi Driver followed in 1976 - Scorsese's dark, urban nightmare of one lonely man's slow, deliberate descent into insanity.

The film is important for various reasons. Foremost, it established Scorsese as an accomplished filmmaker operating on a highly skilled level along with cinematographer Michael Chapman whose style tends towards high contrasts, strong colors and complex camera movements. Also, the groundbreaking performance of Robert De Niro as the troubled and psychotic Travis Bickle, instantly became one of the cinema's most legendary turns. The film also co-starred Jodie Foster in a highly controversial role as an underage prostitute, and Harvey Keitel as her pimp, Matthew a.k.a. "Sport."

Taxi Driver also marked the start of a series of collaborations with writer Paul Schrader, whose influences included the diary of would-be assassin Arthur Bremer and Pickpocket a film by the French director Robert Bresson. Writer/director Schrader often returns to Bresson's work in films such as American Gigolo, Light Sleeper, and Scorsese's later Bringing Out the Dead.

Already controversial upon its release, Taxi Driver hit the headlines again five years later, when John Hinckley, Jr., made an assassination attempt on then-President Ronald Reagan. He subsequently blamed his act on his obsession with Jodie Foster's Taxi Driver character (in the film, De Niro's character, Travis Bickle, makes an assassination attempt on a senator).

Taxi Driver won the Palme d'Or at the 1976 Cannes film festival, also receiving four Oscar nominations, including Best Picture, although all were unsuccessful.

Scorsese was subsequently offered the role of Charles Manson in the movie Helter Skelter and a part in Sam Fuller's war movie The Big Red One, but he turned both down. However he did accept the role of a gangster in exploitation movie Cannonball directed by Paul Bartel. In this period there were also several directorial projects that never got off the ground including Haunted Summer, about Mary Shelley and a film with Marlon Brando about the Indian massacre at Wounded Knee.
New York, New York and The Last Waltz
Main articles: New York, New York (film) and The Last Waltz

The critical success of Taxi Driver encouraged Scorsese to move ahead with his first big-budget project: the highly stylized musical New York, New York. This tribute to Scorsese's home town and the classic Hollywood musical was a box-office failure.

New York, New York was the director's third collaboration with Robert De Niro, co-starring with Liza Minnelli (a tribute and allusion to her father, legendary musical director Vincente Minnelli). The film is best remembered today for the title theme song, which was popularized by Frank Sinatra. Although possessing Scorsese's usual visual panache and stylistic bravura, many critics felt its enclosed studio-bound atmosphere left it leaden in comparison to his earlier work. Often overlooked, it remains one of the director's early key studies in male paranoia and insecurity (and hence is in direct thematic lineage with Mean Streets, Taxi Driver, as well as the later Raging Bull and The Departed).

The disappointing reception New York, New York received drove Scorsese into depression. By this stage the director had also developed a serious cocaine addiction. However, he did find the creative drive to make the highly regarded The Last Waltz, documenting the final concert by The Band. It was held at the Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco, and featured one of the most extensive lineups of prominent guest performers at a single concert, including Eric Clapton, Neil Young, Neil Diamond, Ringo Starr, Muddy Waters, Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan, Paul Butterfield, Ronnie Wood and Van Morrison. However, Scorsese's commitments to other projects delayed the release of the film until 1978.

Another Scorsese-directed documentary entitled American Boy also appeared in 1978, focusing on Steven Prince, the cocky gun salesman who appeared in Taxi Driver. A period of wild partying followed, damaging the director's already fragile health.
1980s
Raging Bull
Main article: Raging Bull

By several accounts (Scorsese's included), Robert De Niro practically saved Scorsese's life when he persuaded Scorsese to kick his cocaine addiction to make what is widely considered his greatest film, Raging Bull. Convinced that he would never make another movie, he poured his energies into making this violent biopic of middleweight boxing champion Jake La Motta, calling it a Kamikaze method of film-making. The film is widely viewed as a masterpiece and was voted the greatest film of the 1980s by Britain's Sight & Sound magazine. It received eight Oscar nominations, including Best Picture, Best Actor for Robert De Niro, and Scorsese's first for Best Director. De Niro won, as did Thelma Schoonmaker for editing, but best director went to Robert Redford for Ordinary People.

Raging Bull, filmed in high contrast black and white, is where Scorsese's style reached its zenith: Taxi Driver and New York, New York had used elements of expressionism to replicate psychological points of view, but here the style was taken to new extremes, employing extensive slow-motion, complex tracking shots, and extravagant distortion of perspective (for example, the size of boxing rings would change from fight to fight). Thematically too, the concerns carried on from Mean Streets and Taxi Driver: insecure males, violence, guilt, and redemption.

Although the screenplay for Raging Bull was credited to Paul Schrader and Mardik Martin (who earlier co-wrote Mean Streets), the finished script differed extensively from Schrader's original draft. It was re-written several times by various writers including Jay Cocks (who went on to co-script later Scorsese films The Age of Innocence and Gangs of New York). The final draft was largely written by Scorsese and Robert De Niro.

The American Film Institute chose Raging Bull as the #1 sports film on their list of the top 10 sports films.
The King of Comedy
Main article: The King of Comedy (1983 film)

Scorsese's next project was his fifth collaboration with Robert De Niro, The King of Comedy (1983). A satire on the world of media and celebrity, it was an obvious departure from the more emotionally committed films he had become associated with. Visually, it was far less kinetic than the style Scorsese had developed up until this point, often using a static camera and long takes. The expressionism of his recent work here gave way to moments of almost total surrealism. It still bore many of Scorsese's trademarks, however, such as its focus on a troubled loner who ironically becomes famous through a criminal act (murder and kidnapping, respectively).

The King of Comedy failed at the box office, but has become increasingly well regarded by critics in the years since its release. German director Wim Wenders numbered it among his fifteen favourite films. Also, Scorsese apparently believes that this is the best performance De Niro ever gave for him.

Next Scorsese made a brief cameo appearance in the movie Pavlova: A Woman for All Time, originally intended to be directed by one of his heroes, Michael Powell. This led to a more significant role in Bertrand Tavernier's jazz movie Round Midnight.

In 1983 Scorsese began work on a long-cherished personal project, The Last Temptation of Christ, based on the 1951 (English translation 1960) novel written by Nikos Kazantzakis, who was introduced to the director by actress Barbara Hershey when they were both attending New York University in the late 1960s. The movie was slated to shoot under the Paramount Pictures banner, but shortly before principal photography was to commence, Paramount pulled the plug on the project, citing pressure from religious groups. In this aborted 1983 version, Aidan Quinn was cast as Jesus, and Sting was cast as Pontius Pilate. (In the 1988 version, these roles were played respectively by Willem Dafoe and David Bowie.
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Ah yes,Triple H,the best raging people in the wrestling business,aka The Cerebral Assassin.

Who was the guest host last night?

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Written By: Howard on 11/17/09 at 5:39 am

Who was the guest host last night?

Rowdy Roddy Piper.

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Written By: ninny on 11/17/09 at 5:42 am

The co-birthdays of the day...Lorne Michaels
Lorne Michaels, CM (born November 17, 1944) is a Canadian-American television producer, writer and comedian best known for creating and producing Saturday Night Live and producing the various film and TV projects that spun off from it.
n 1975, Michaels co-created (with fellow NBC employee Dick Ebersol and president of the network Herb Schlosser) the TV show NBC's Saturday Night, which in 1977 changed its name to Saturday Night Live. The show, which is performed live in front of a studio audience, immediately established a reputation for being cutting edge and unpredictable. It became a vehicle for launching the careers of some of the most successful comedians in the world.

Originally the producer of the show, Michaels was also a writer and later became executive producer. He occasionally appears on-screen as well, where he's known for being deadpan. Throughout the show's history, SNL has been nominated for more than 80 Emmy Awards and has won 18. It has consistently been one of the highest-rated late-night television programs. Michaels has been with SNL for all seasons except for his hiatus in the early 1980s (seasons 6–10).

His daughter Sophie once appeared in an episode, during the show's 30th season hosted by Johnny Knoxville during the monologue where Lorne introduces Johnny Knoxville to his daughter and Sophie shocks Knoxville with a taser.

Perhaps Michaels's best-known appearance occurred in the first season when he offered the Beatles $3000 - a deliberately paltry sum - to reunite on the show. He later upped his offer to $3200, but the money was never claimed. According to an interview in Playboy magazine, John Lennon and Paul McCartney happened to be in New York City that night and saw the show. They very nearly went, but changed their minds as it was getting too late to get to the show on time, and they were both tired.

He has had combative relationships with several cast members, and is generally portrayed by media onlookers as a harsh but effective boss. One source of conflict is his rather active disdain of improvisation during the performances of SNL, despite the extensive background and training in improvisational comedy many of SNL's performers have had.
Other work

Michaels started Broadway Video in 1979, producing such shows as The Kids in the Hall.

During his SNL hiatus, Michaels created another sketch show entitled The New Show, which debuted on Friday nights in prime time on NBC in January 1984.

In the 1980s, Michaels appeared in an HBO mockumentary titled The Canadian Conspiracy about the supposed subversion of the United States by Canadian-born media personalities, with Lorne Greene as the leader of the conspiracy. Michaels was identified as the anointed successor to Greene.

Michaels is also an Executive Producer of "Late Night" on NBC and also works as executive producer of the NBC show "30 Rock".
Honors

In 1999, Michaels was inducted into the Television Academy Hall of Fame. In 2002, Michaels was made a member of the Order of Canada for lifetime achievement, and awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

In 2003, he received a star on Canada's Walk of Fame.

In 2004, he was awarded the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor by the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Speaking at the awards ceremony, original Saturday Night Live cast member Dan Aykroyd described Michaels as "the primary satirical voice of the country."

In Canada, Michaels also received a 2006 Governor General's Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement.

In 2008, Michaels was awarded the Webby for Film & Video Lifetime Achievement. With the allotted 5-words allowed to each recipient, his five word acceptance speech was "Five words is not enough."
Michaels in popular culture

Dr. Evil, a character of Mike Myers's in the Austin Powers films, has been rumored to be partly based on Michaels. Myers has denied the rumors, saying that the two share only a voice.

Mark McKinney of the comedy team, The Kids in the Hall has stated that his character, Don Roritor, the president of Roritor Pharmaceuticals in the film Brain Candy, is based on Lorne Michaels.

Michaels was played by Ari Cohen in the 2002 TV movie Gilda Radner: It's Always Something.

Michaels has been featured on two episodes of The Simpsons:

* In season four's "Homer the Heretic", Homer initially drools over the prospect of an interview with Michaels in Playdude magazine, then exclaims "wait, that's no good!" and flips the page.
* In the season ten episode, "Homer to the Max", when Homer and Marge go to a garden party, they see Lorne Michaels (voiced by Harry Shearer, a former SNL castmember) and Homer says "uh-oh, here comes Lorne Michaels. Pretend you don't see him". When Michaels introduces himself, Homer loudly exclaims: "Anyway Marge, how do you feel about the economy?" And Michaels walks off sadly.

In the 2007 episode of The Office, The Job, Jim Halpert, played by John Krasinski, swears he saw Lorne Michaels at a bar in New York while out on the town with his then-girlfriend, Karen Fillipelli.

In a 2008 interview with Playboy Magazine, Tina Fey admitted that Alec Baldwin's character on 30 Rock is inspired by Michaels.
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* Gordon Lightfoot
Gordon Meredith Lightfoot, Jr., CC, O.Ont (born November 17, 1938) is a Canadian singer and songwriter who has achieved international success in folk, country, and popular music. As a singer-songwriter, he came to prominence in the 1960s, and entered the international music charts in the 1970s with songs such as "If You Could Read My Mind" (1970), "Sundown" (1974), "Carefree Highway" (1974), "Rainy Day People" (1975), and "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" (1976). His songs have been recorded by some of the world's most renowned recording artists, including Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Marty Robbins, George Hamilton IV, Jerry Lee Lewis, Bob Dylan, Judy Collins, Barbra Streisand, Johnny Mathis, Richie Havens, Harry Belafonte, Tony Rice, Sandy Denny (with Fotheringay), Scott Walker, Sarah McLachlan and John Mellencamp. Robbie Robertson of The Band declared that Lightfoot was one of his "favourite Canadian songwriters and is absolutely a national treasure." Lightfoot was a featured musical performer at the opening ceremonies of the 1988 Winter Olympic Games in Calgary, Alberta.
In 1965, Lightfoot signed a management contract with Albert Grossman, who also represented Bob Dylan. That same year, he signed a recording contract with United Artists and released his own version of "I'm Not Saying" as a single. Appearances at the Newport Folk Festival, the Tonight Show, and New York's Town Hall increased his following and his reputation. In 1966, he released his debut album Lightfoot!, which brought him increased recognition as both a singer and a songwriter. It featured many now-famous songs, including "For Lovin' Me," "Early Mornin' Rain," "Steel Rail Blues," and "Ribbon of Darkness." On the strength of the Lightfoot! album, which mixed Canadian and universal themes, Lightfoot became one of the first Canadian singers to achieve real stardom in his own country without having to move to the United States.

Between 1966 and 1969, Lightfoot recorded four additional albums for United Artists: The Way I Feel (1967), Did She Mention My Name? (1968), Back Here on Earth (1968), and the live recording Sunday Concert (1969). During those years, he consistently placed singles in the Canadian top 40, including "Go-Go Round", "Spin, Spin", and "The Way I Feel". His biggest hit of the era was a rendition of Bob Dylan's "Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues", which peaked at #3 on the Canadian charts in December 1965. Internationally, Lightfoot's albums from this time were well-received, but did not produce any hit singles. Outside of Canada, he remained better known as a songwriter than as a performer.

Lightfoot's success as a live performer continued to grow throughout the late 1960s. He embarked on his first Canadian national tour in 1967, and also performed in New York City. Between 1967 and 1974 Lightfoot toured Europe and was well-received on two tours of Australia.

UA would later consistently release "Best of" album compilations in the 1970s, after Gordon Lightfoot became a success on his next label Warner Bros./Reprise.
The Warner Bros./Reprise years

Lightfoot was signed to Warner Bros./Reprise in 1970 and had a major hit in the United States with his recording of "If You Could Read My Mind." The song was originally featured on his 1970 album Sit Down Young Stranger, which did not sell well. After the success of the song, the album was re-released under the new title If You Could Read My Mind. It reached #5 nationally and the success of the song represented a major turning point in Gordon Lightfoot's career. It also had only the second recorded version of "Me and Bobby McGee" as well as "The Pony Man","Your Love's Return" and "The Minstrel of The Dawn".

Over the next seven years, he recorded a series of successful albums that established him as a singer-songwriter:

* Summer Side of Life (1971), with songs "Ten Degrees and Getting Colder", "Miguel", "Cabaret", "Nous Vivons Ensemble" and the title track.
* Don Quixote (1972), with "Beautiful", "Looking At The Rain", "Christian Island (Georgian Bay)" and the title track which is a concert favorite.
* Old Dan's Records (1972), with the title track and also the two sided single "That Same Old Obsession"/"You Are What I Am" and the songs "It's Worth Believin'" and "Can't Depend On Love".
* Sundown (1974), besides the title track includes "Carefree Highway", "Seven Island Suite", "The Watchman's Gone", "High and Dry", "Circle Of Steel" and "Too Late for Prayin'" .
* Cold on the Shoulder (1975). Along with title track are songs "Bend In The Water", "The Soul Is The Rock", "Rainbow Trout", "All The Lovely Ladies" and the hit "Rainy Day People".
* A double compilation LP Gord's Gold (in 1975) containing nine rerecorded versions of his most popular songs from the United Artists era.
* Summertime Dream (1976), along with "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" are the songs "Race Among The Ruins", "Spanish Moss", "Never Too Close" and the title track.
* Endless Wire (1978) with "Daylight Katy", "If Children Had Wings", "Sweet Guenevire", "The Circle Is Small", and the title track.

During the 1970s, Lightfoot's songs covered a wide range of subjects, including "Don Quixote" about Cervantes' famous literary character, "Ode To Big Blue" about the widespread killing of whales, "Beautiful" about the simple joys of love, "Carefree Highway" about the freedom of the open road, "Protocol" about the futility of war, and "Alberta Bound" which was inspired by a lonely teenaged girl named Grace he met on a bus while travelling to Calgary in 1971.

In 1972, Lightfoot curtailed his touring schedule after contracting Bell's palsy, a condition that left his face partially paralyzed for a time. Despite his illness, Lightfoot had several major hits during the 1970s. In 1974, his classic single "Sundown" from the album Sundown, went to No.1 on the American and Canadian charts. He performed it twice on NBC's "The Midnight Special" series. "Carefree Highway" (about the actual highway in Phoenix, Arizona) was the follow-up single from the same album. It charted in the Top 10 in both countries. Lightfoot wrote it after traveling from Flagstaff, Arizona on Interstate 17 to Phoenix.

In 1976, Lightfoot had a hit song about a Lake Superior shipwreck. In late November 1975, Lightfoot read a Newsweek magazine article about the tragic loss of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald sinking during a severe storm on November 10, in which all 29 crew members died. His song, "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald," most of the lyrics of which were based on the facts contained in the article, reached #2 on the United States Billboard charts, and was a #1 hit in Canada. "Sundown" and "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" continue to receive heavy airplay on many classic rock stations. In 1978, Lightfoot had another top 40 hit on the United States Hot 100, "The Circle Is Small (I Can See It In Your Eyes)," which reached #33.

During the 1980s and 1990s, Lightfoot recorded six more original albums and a compilation for Warner Bros./Reprise: Dream Street Rose (1980), Shadows (1982), Salute (1983), East of Midnight (1986), another compilation Gord's Gold, Vol. 2 (1988), Waiting for You (1993), and A Painter Passing Through (1998).

The album Dream Street Rose has the folk-pop sound that Lightfoot established during the previous decade. In addition to the title song, it produced songs such as "Ghosts Of Cape Horn" and "On The High Seas". He also included the Leroy Van Dyke's 1950s composition "The Auctioneer," a bluegrass-like number that for Lightfoot was a concert staple from the mid 60s to the 80s, .

The album Shadows represents a departure from the acoustic sound of the 1970s and introduces an adult-contemporary sound. Songs like "Shadows" and "Thank You for the Promises" contain an underlying sadness and resignation. The 1982 American released single "Baby Step Back" marked his last time in the top 50 in that country. The 1983 album Salute produced no hit singles; the 1986 East Of Midnight album had several Adult Contemporary songs like "A Passing Ship","Morning Glory" and "I'll Tag Along" (East of Midnight). A single from East of Midnight, "Anything For Love" actually made the Billboard Country & Western chart.

In April 1987, Lightfoot filed a lawsuit against composer Michael Masser, claiming that Masser's melody for the song "The Greatest Love of All" — recorded by George Benson (1977) and Whitney Houston (1985) — stole 24 bars from Lightfoot's 1971 hit song "If You Could Read My Mind." The transitional section that begins "I decided long ago never to walk in anyone's shadow" of the Masser song has the exact same melody as "I don't know where we went wrong but the feeling's gone, and I just can't get it back" of Lightfoot's song. Lightfoot later stated that he didn't want people thinking that he had stolen his melody from Masser.

Lightfoot rounded out the decade with his follow-up compilation Gord's Gold, Vol. 2, in late 1988, which again contained re-recorded versions of his most popular songs, including a re-make of the 1970 song, "The Pony Man". The original had been brisk in pace, acoustic and only about three minutes long. This new version was slower, clocking in at around four minutes plus.

During the 90s Lightfoot returned to his acoustic roots and recorded two albums. Waiting for You (1993) includes songs like "Restless", "Wild Strawberries" and Bob Dylan's "Ring Them Bells." 1998's A Painter Passing Through reintroduced a sound more reminiscent of his early recordings, with songs like "Much To My Surprise", "Red Velvet", "Drifters", and "I Used To be a Country Singer". Throughout the decade, Lightfoot played about 50 concerts a year. In 1999 Rhino Records released Songbook, a four CD boxed set of Lightfoot recordings with rare and unreleased tracks from the 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s plus a small hardback booklet for his fans that described how he created his songs and gave facts about his career.

In April 2000, Lightfoot taped a live concert in Reno, Nevada — a one hour show that was broadcast by CBC in October, and as a PBS special across the United States. PBS stations offered a videotape of the concert as a pledge gift, and a tape and DVD were released in 2001 in Europe and North America. This was the first Lightfoot concert video ever released. In April 2001, Lightfoot performed at the Tin Pan South Legends concert at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, closing the show. In May, he performed "Ring Them Bells" at Massey Hall in honour of Bob Dylan's sixtieth birthday.
Illness and recovery

By January 2002, Lightfoot had written 30 new songs for his next studio album. He recorded guitar and vocal demos of some of these new songs. In September, before the second concert of a two-night stand in Orillia, Lightfoot suffered severe stomach pain and was airlifted to McMaster Medical Centre in Hamilton, Ontario. He underwent surgery for a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm, and he remained in serious condition in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). Lightfoot endured a six-week coma and a tracheotomy, and he underwent four surgical operations. All of his remaining 2002 concert dates were canceled. More than three months after being taken to the McMaster Medical Center, Lightfoot was released in December to continue his recovery at home.

In 2003, Lightfoot underwent follow-up surgery to continue the treatment of his abdominal condition. In November, he signed a new recording contract with Linus Entertainment and began rehearsing with his band for the first time since his illness.

In January 2004, Lightfoot completed work on his album Harmony, which he mostly recorded prior to his illness. The album was released on his new home label of Linus Records on May 11 of that year. It was his 20th original album. It included a single and new video for "Inspiration Lady." Other songs were "Clouds Of Loneliness," "Sometimes I Wish," "Flyin' Blind" and "No Mistake About It." The album also contained the upbeat yet reflective Marshall Tucker(Band)/Allman Brothers Band-sounding track called "End Of All Time," which was unlike what most people perceive as a Gordon Lightfoot song.

In July 2004, he made a surprise comeback performance since falling ill at Mariposa in Orillia, performing "I'll Tag Along" solo. In August, he performed a five-song solo set in Peterborough, Ontario, at the flood relief benefit. In November, he made his long-awaited return to the concert stage with two sold-out benefit shows in Hamilton, Ontario.

Lightfoot returned to the music business with his new album selling well and an appearance on Canadian Idol, where the six top contestants each performed a song of his, culminating in a group performance - on their own instruments - of his Canadian Railroad Trilogy. In 2005, he made a low-key tour called the Better Late Than Never Tour.

On September 14, 2006, while in the middle of a performance, Lightfoot suffered a minor stroke that eventually left him without the use of the middle and ring fingers on his right hand. He returned to performing nine days later and for a brief time used a substitute guitarist for more difficult guitar work. Since early 2007, however, Lightfoot has regained full use of his right hand and plays all of the guitar parts in concert as he originally wrote them. He has continued to perform well into 2009.

While a tour was being planned for 2008, Lightfoot's manager, Barry Harvey, died at age 56 on 4 December 2007. In late 2009, Lightfoot undertook a 26 city tour.
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Written By: ninny on 11/17/09 at 5:44 am

Rowdy Roddy Piper.

Is he still the same? Back in the 70's & 80's he had a big ego.

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Written By: Howard on 11/17/09 at 5:44 am

Lorne Michaels,one of the best in the business.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 11/17/09 at 5:45 am

Is he still the same? Back in the 70's & 80's he had a big ego.

I guess you haven't been watching,years ago,he suffered a hip problem and therefore needed hip replacement surgery,he just turned 55.

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Written By: ninny on 11/17/09 at 6:48 am

I guess you haven't been watching,years ago,he suffered a hip problem and therefore needed hip replacement surgery,he just turned 55.

No I haven't watched in years not since my son was about 10 years old (1999) I hope he is OK.

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Written By: Womble on 11/17/09 at 8:15 am

I like the raging photos. Thanks for sharing, Ninny. :)

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Written By: ninny on 11/17/09 at 9:06 am

I like the raging photos. Thanks for sharing, Ninny. :)

Thanks :)

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Written By: CatwomanofV on 11/17/09 at 10:45 am

I love Gordon Lightfoot.

Cat

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 11/17/09 at 12:30 pm

I love Gordon Lightfoot.

Cat

Me too,he has some great songs.
This is one of them
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2DjqB0SO9M&feature=related#

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/17/09 at 12:56 pm

Yes, they have it now if the person who posted the pic originally has been inactive for a while the pic won't show up :-[
Blast!

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/17/09 at 12:57 pm

The word of the day...Raging
1. Very active and unpredicatable; volatile: a raging debate; a raging fire.
2. Remarkable; extraordinary: a raging hit on prime-time TV.

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One film I have still not seen.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/17/09 at 12:58 pm

The birthday of the day...Martin Scorsese
Martin Marcantonio Luciano Scorsese (born November 17, 1942) is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, actor, and film historian. He is the founder of the World Cinema Foundation, a recipient of the AFI Life Achievement Award for his contributions to the cinema and has won awards from the Oscars, Golden Globe, BAFTA, and Directors Guild of America. Scorsese is president of the Film Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to film preservation and the prevention of the decaying of motion picture film stock.

Scorsese's body of work addresses such themes as Italian American identity, Roman Catholic concepts of guilt and redemption, machismo, and violence. Scorsese is widely considered to be one of the most significant and influential American filmmakers of his era, directing landmark films such as Taxi Driver, Raging Bull and Goodfellas; all of which he collaborated on with actor Robert De Niro. He won the Academy Award for Best Director for The Departed and earned an MFA in film directing from the New York University Tisch School of the Arts.
Although the Vietnam War had started at the time, Scorsese (who had struggled with asthma since his childhood) did not serve in the military. He attended New York University's film school (B.A., English, 1964; M.F.A., film, 1966) making the short films What's a Nice Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This? (1963) and It's Not Just You, Murray! (1964). His most famous short of the period is the darkly comic The Big Shave (1967), which featured an unnamed man who shaves himself until profusely bleeding, ultimately slitting his own throat with his razor. The film is an indictment of America's involvement in Vietnam, suggested by its alternative title Viet '67.

Also in 1967, Scorsese made his first feature-length film, the black and white I Call First, which was later retitled Who's That Knocking at My Door with fellow student, actor Harvey Keitel, and editor Thelma Schoonmaker, both of whom were to become long-term collaborators. This film was intended to be the first of Scorsese's semi-autobiographical 'J.R. Trilogy', which also would have included his later film, Mean Streets. Even in embryonic form, the "Scorsese style" was already evident: a feel for New York Italian American street-life, rapid editing, an eclectic rock soundtrack, and a troubled male protagonist.
1970s

From there he became friends with the influential "movie brats" of the 1970s: Francis Ford Coppola, Brian De Palma, George Lucas, and Steven Spielberg. Indeed, it was Brian De Palma who introduced Scorsese to a young actor named Robert De Niro. During this period the director worked as one of the editors on the movie Woodstock and met actor-director John Cassavetes, who would also go on to become a close friend and mentor.
Mean Streets
Main article: Mean Streets

In 1972 Scorsese made the Depression-era exploiter Boxcar Bertha for B-movie producer Roger Corman, who had also helped directors such as Francis Ford Coppola, James Cameron, and John Sayles launch their careers. It was Corman who taught Scorsese that entertaining films could be shot with next to no money or time, preparing the young director well for the challenges to come with Mean Streets. Following the film's release, Cassavetes encouraged Scorsese to make the films that he wanted to make, rather than someone else's projects.

Championed by influential movie critic Pauline Kael, Mean Streets was a breakthrough for Scorsese, De Niro, and Keitel. By now the signature Scorsese style was in place: macho posturing, bloody violence, Catholic guilt and redemption, gritty New York locale (though the majority of Mean Streets was actually shot in Los Angeles), rapid-fire editing, and a rock soundtrack. Although the film was innovative, its wired atmosphere, edgy documentary style, and gritty street-level direction owed a debt to directors Cassavetes, Samuel Fuller, and early Jean-Luc Godard. (Indeed the film was completed with much encouragement from Cassavetes, who felt Boxcar Bertha was undeserving of the young director's prodigious talent.)

In 1974, actress Ellen Burstyn chose Scorsese to direct her in Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, for which she won an Academy Award for Best Actress. Although well regarded, the film remains an anomaly in the director's early career, as it focuses on a central female character. Returning to Little Italy to explore his ethnic roots, Scorsese next came up with Italianamerican, a documentary featuring his parents, Charles and Catherine Scorsese.
Taxi Driver
Main article: Taxi Driver

The iconic Taxi Driver followed in 1976 - Scorsese's dark, urban nightmare of one lonely man's slow, deliberate descent into insanity.

The film is important for various reasons. Foremost, it established Scorsese as an accomplished filmmaker operating on a highly skilled level along with cinematographer Michael Chapman whose style tends towards high contrasts, strong colors and complex camera movements. Also, the groundbreaking performance of Robert De Niro as the troubled and psychotic Travis Bickle, instantly became one of the cinema's most legendary turns. The film also co-starred Jodie Foster in a highly controversial role as an underage prostitute, and Harvey Keitel as her pimp, Matthew a.k.a. "Sport."

Taxi Driver also marked the start of a series of collaborations with writer Paul Schrader, whose influences included the diary of would-be assassin Arthur Bremer and Pickpocket a film by the French director Robert Bresson. Writer/director Schrader often returns to Bresson's work in films such as American Gigolo, Light Sleeper, and Scorsese's later Bringing Out the Dead.

Already controversial upon its release, Taxi Driver hit the headlines again five years later, when John Hinckley, Jr., made an assassination attempt on then-President Ronald Reagan. He subsequently blamed his act on his obsession with Jodie Foster's Taxi Driver character (in the film, De Niro's character, Travis Bickle, makes an assassination attempt on a senator).

Taxi Driver won the Palme d'Or at the 1976 Cannes film festival, also receiving four Oscar nominations, including Best Picture, although all were unsuccessful.

Scorsese was subsequently offered the role of Charles Manson in the movie Helter Skelter and a part in Sam Fuller's war movie The Big Red One, but he turned both down. However he did accept the role of a gangster in exploitation movie Cannonball directed by Paul Bartel. In this period there were also several directorial projects that never got off the ground including Haunted Summer, about Mary Shelley and a film with Marlon Brando about the Indian massacre at Wounded Knee.
New York, New York and The Last Waltz
Main articles: New York, New York (film) and The Last Waltz

The critical success of Taxi Driver encouraged Scorsese to move ahead with his first big-budget project: the highly stylized musical New York, New York. This tribute to Scorsese's home town and the classic Hollywood musical was a box-office failure.

New York, New York was the director's third collaboration with Robert De Niro, co-starring with Liza Minnelli (a tribute and allusion to her father, legendary musical director Vincente Minnelli). The film is best remembered today for the title theme song, which was popularized by Frank Sinatra. Although possessing Scorsese's usual visual panache and stylistic bravura, many critics felt its enclosed studio-bound atmosphere left it leaden in comparison to his earlier work. Often overlooked, it remains one of the director's early key studies in male paranoia and insecurity (and hence is in direct thematic lineage with Mean Streets, Taxi Driver, as well as the later Raging Bull and The Departed).

The disappointing reception New York, New York received drove Scorsese into depression. By this stage the director had also developed a serious cocaine addiction. However, he did find the creative drive to make the highly regarded The Last Waltz, documenting the final concert by The Band. It was held at the Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco, and featured one of the most extensive lineups of prominent guest performers at a single concert, including Eric Clapton, Neil Young, Neil Diamond, Ringo Starr, Muddy Waters, Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan, Paul Butterfield, Ronnie Wood and Van Morrison. However, Scorsese's commitments to other projects delayed the release of the film until 1978.

Another Scorsese-directed documentary entitled American Boy also appeared in 1978, focusing on Steven Prince, the cocky gun salesman who appeared in Taxi Driver. A period of wild partying followed, damaging the director's already fragile health.
1980s
Raging Bull
Main article: Raging Bull

By several accounts (Scorsese's included), Robert De Niro practically saved Scorsese's life when he persuaded Scorsese to kick his cocaine addiction to make what is widely considered his greatest film, Raging Bull. Convinced that he would never make another movie, he poured his energies into making this violent biopic of middleweight boxing champion Jake La Motta, calling it a Kamikaze method of film-making. The film is widely viewed as a masterpiece and was voted the greatest film of the 1980s by Britain's Sight & Sound magazine. It received eight Oscar nominations, including Best Picture, Best Actor for Robert De Niro, and Scorsese's first for Best Director. De Niro won, as did Thelma Schoonmaker for editing, but best director went to Robert Redford for Ordinary People.

Raging Bull, filmed in high contrast black and white, is where Scorsese's style reached its zenith: Taxi Driver and New York, New York had used elements of expressionism to replicate psychological points of view, but here the style was taken to new extremes, employing extensive slow-motion, complex tracking shots, and extravagant distortion of perspective (for example, the size of boxing rings would change from fight to fight). Thematically too, the concerns carried on from Mean Streets and Taxi Driver: insecure males, violence, guilt, and redemption.

Although the screenplay for Raging Bull was credited to Paul Schrader and Mardik Martin (who earlier co-wrote Mean Streets), the finished script differed extensively from Schrader's original draft. It was re-written several times by various writers including Jay Cocks (who went on to co-script later Scorsese films The Age of Innocence and Gangs of New York). The final draft was largely written by Scorsese and Robert De Niro.

The American Film Institute chose Raging Bull as the #1 sports film on their list of the top 10 sports films.
The King of Comedy
Main article: The King of Comedy (1983 film)

Scorsese's next project was his fifth collaboration with Robert De Niro, The King of Comedy (1983). A satire on the world of media and celebrity, it was an obvious departure from the more emotionally committed films he had become associated with. Visually, it was far less kinetic than the style Scorsese had developed up until this point, often using a static camera and long takes. The expressionism of his recent work here gave way to moments of almost total surrealism. It still bore many of Scorsese's trademarks, however, such as its focus on a troubled loner who ironically becomes famous through a criminal act (murder and kidnapping, respectively).

The King of Comedy failed at the box office, but has become increasingly well regarded by critics in the years since its release. German director Wim Wenders numbered it among his fifteen favourite films. Also, Scorsese apparently believes that this is the best performance De Niro ever gave for him.

Next Scorsese made a brief cameo appearance in the movie Pavlova: A Woman for All Time, originally intended to be directed by one of his heroes, Michael Powell. This led to a more significant role in Bertrand Tavernier's jazz movie Round Midnight.

In 1983 Scorsese began work on a long-cherished personal project, The Last Temptation of Christ, based on the 1951 (English translation 1960) novel written by Nikos Kazantzakis, who was introduced to the director by actress Barbara Hershey when they were both attending New York University in the late 1960s. The movie was slated to shoot under the Paramount Pictures banner, but shortly before principal photography was to commence, Paramount pulled the plug on the project, citing pressure from religious groups. In this aborted 1983 version, Aidan Quinn was cast as Jesus, and Sting was cast as Pontius Pilate. (In the 1988 version, these roles were played respectively by Willem Dafoe and David Bowie.
One of my favourtie film directors.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/17/09 at 1:00 pm

The birthday of the day...Martin Scorsese
Martin Marcantonio Luciano Scorsese (born November 17, 1942) is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, actor, and film historian. He is the founder of the World Cinema Foundation, a recipient of the AFI Life Achievement Award for his contributions to the cinema and has won awards from the Oscars, Golden Globe, BAFTA, and Directors Guild of America. Scorsese is president of the Film Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to film preservation and the prevention of the decaying of motion picture film stock.

Scorsese's body of work addresses such themes as Italian American identity, Roman Catholic concepts of guilt and redemption, machismo, and violence. Scorsese is widely considered to be one of the most significant and influential American filmmakers of his era, directing landmark films such as Taxi Driver, Raging Bull and Goodfellas; all of which he collaborated on with actor Robert De Niro. He won the Academy Award for Best Director for The Departed and earned an MFA in film directing from the New York University Tisch School of the Arts.
Although the Vietnam War had started at the time, Scorsese (who had struggled with asthma since his childhood) did not serve in the military. He attended New York University's film school (B.A., English, 1964; M.F.A., film, 1966) making the short films What's a Nice Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This? (1963) and It's Not Just You, Murray! (1964). His most famous short of the period is the darkly comic The Big Shave (1967), which featured an unnamed man who shaves himself until profusely bleeding, ultimately slitting his own throat with his razor. The film is an indictment of America's involvement in Vietnam, suggested by its alternative title Viet '67.

Also in 1967, Scorsese made his first feature-length film, the black and white I Call First, which was later retitled Who's That Knocking at My Door with fellow student, actor Harvey Keitel, and editor Thelma Schoonmaker, both of whom were to become long-term collaborators. This film was intended to be the first of Scorsese's semi-autobiographical 'J.R. Trilogy', which also would have included his later film, Mean Streets. Even in embryonic form, the "Scorsese style" was already evident: a feel for New York Italian American street-life, rapid editing, an eclectic rock soundtrack, and a troubled male protagonist.
1970s

From there he became friends with the influential "movie brats" of the 1970s: Francis Ford Coppola, Brian De Palma, George Lucas, and Steven Spielberg. Indeed, it was Brian De Palma who introduced Scorsese to a young actor named Robert De Niro. During this period the director worked as one of the editors on the movie Woodstock and met actor-director John Cassavetes, who would also go on to become a close friend and mentor.
Mean Streets
Main article: Mean Streets

In 1972 Scorsese made the Depression-era exploiter Boxcar Bertha for B-movie producer Roger Corman, who had also helped directors such as Francis Ford Coppola, James Cameron, and John Sayles launch their careers. It was Corman who taught Scorsese that entertaining films could be shot with next to no money or time, preparing the young director well for the challenges to come with Mean Streets. Following the film's release, Cassavetes encouraged Scorsese to make the films that he wanted to make, rather than someone else's projects.

Championed by influential movie critic Pauline Kael, Mean Streets was a breakthrough for Scorsese, De Niro, and Keitel. By now the signature Scorsese style was in place: macho posturing, bloody violence, Catholic guilt and redemption, gritty New York locale (though the majority of Mean Streets was actually shot in Los Angeles), rapid-fire editing, and a rock soundtrack. Although the film was innovative, its wired atmosphere, edgy documentary style, and gritty street-level direction owed a debt to directors Cassavetes, Samuel Fuller, and early Jean-Luc Godard. (Indeed the film was completed with much encouragement from Cassavetes, who felt Boxcar Bertha was undeserving of the young director's prodigious talent.)

In 1974, actress Ellen Burstyn chose Scorsese to direct her in Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, for which she won an Academy Award for Best Actress. Although well regarded, the film remains an anomaly in the director's early career, as it focuses on a central female character. Returning to Little Italy to explore his ethnic roots, Scorsese next came up with Italianamerican, a documentary featuring his parents, Charles and Catherine Scorsese.
Taxi Driver
Main article: Taxi Driver

The iconic Taxi Driver followed in 1976 - Scorsese's dark, urban nightmare of one lonely man's slow, deliberate descent into insanity.

The film is important for various reasons. Foremost, it established Scorsese as an accomplished filmmaker operating on a highly skilled level along with cinematographer Michael Chapman whose style tends towards high contrasts, strong colors and complex camera movements. Also, the groundbreaking performance of Robert De Niro as the troubled and psychotic Travis Bickle, instantly became one of the cinema's most legendary turns. The film also co-starred Jodie Foster in a highly controversial role as an underage prostitute, and Harvey Keitel as her pimp, Matthew a.k.a. "Sport."

Taxi Driver also marked the start of a series of collaborations with writer Paul Schrader, whose influences included the diary of would-be assassin Arthur Bremer and Pickpocket a film by the French director Robert Bresson. Writer/director Schrader often returns to Bresson's work in films such as American Gigolo, Light Sleeper, and Scorsese's later Bringing Out the Dead.

Already controversial upon its release, Taxi Driver hit the headlines again five years later, when John Hinckley, Jr., made an assassination attempt on then-President Ronald Reagan. He subsequently blamed his act on his obsession with Jodie Foster's Taxi Driver character (in the film, De Niro's character, Travis Bickle, makes an assassination attempt on a senator).

Taxi Driver won the Palme d'Or at the 1976 Cannes film festival, also receiving four Oscar nominations, including Best Picture, although all were unsuccessful.

Scorsese was subsequently offered the role of Charles Manson in the movie Helter Skelter and a part in Sam Fuller's war movie The Big Red One, but he turned both down. However he did accept the role of a gangster in exploitation movie Cannonball directed by Paul Bartel. In this period there were also several directorial projects that never got off the ground including Haunted Summer, about Mary Shelley and a film with Marlon Brando about the Indian massacre at Wounded Knee.
New York, New York and The Last Waltz
Main articles: New York, New York (film) and The Last Waltz

The critical success of Taxi Driver encouraged Scorsese to move ahead with his first big-budget project: the highly stylized musical New York, New York. This tribute to Scorsese's home town and the classic Hollywood musical was a box-office failure.

New York, New York was the director's third collaboration with Robert De Niro, co-starring with Liza Minnelli (a tribute and allusion to her father, legendary musical director Vincente Minnelli). The film is best remembered today for the title theme song, which was popularized by Frank Sinatra. Although possessing Scorsese's usual visual panache and stylistic bravura, many critics felt its enclosed studio-bound atmosphere left it leaden in comparison to his earlier work. Often overlooked, it remains one of the director's early key studies in male paranoia and insecurity (and hence is in direct thematic lineage with Mean Streets, Taxi Driver, as well as the later Raging Bull and The Departed).

The disappointing reception New York, New York received drove Scorsese into depression. By this stage the director had also developed a serious cocaine addiction. However, he did find the creative drive to make the highly regarded The Last Waltz, documenting the final concert by The Band. It was held at the Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco, and featured one of the most extensive lineups of prominent guest performers at a single concert, including Eric Clapton, Neil Young, Neil Diamond, Ringo Starr, Muddy Waters, Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan, Paul Butterfield, Ronnie Wood and Van Morrison. However, Scorsese's commitments to other projects delayed the release of the film until 1978.

Another Scorsese-directed documentary entitled American Boy also appeared in 1978, focusing on Steven Prince, the cocky gun salesman who appeared in Taxi Driver. A period of wild partying followed, damaging the director's already fragile health.
1980s
Raging Bull
Main article: Raging Bull

By several accounts (Scorsese's included), Robert De Niro practically saved Scorsese's life when he persuaded Scorsese to kick his cocaine addiction to make what is widely considered his greatest film, Raging Bull. Convinced that he would never make another movie, he poured his energies into making this violent biopic of middleweight boxing champion Jake La Motta, calling it a Kamikaze method of film-making. The film is widely viewed as a masterpiece and was voted the greatest film of the 1980s by Britain's Sight & Sound magazine. It received eight Oscar nominations, including Best Picture, Best Actor for Robert De Niro, and Scorsese's first for Best Director. De Niro won, as did Thelma Schoonmaker for editing, but best director went to Robert Redford for Ordinary People.

Raging Bull, filmed in high contrast black and white, is where Scorsese's style reached its zenith: Taxi Driver and New York, New York had used elements of expressionism to replicate psychological points of view, but here the style was taken to new extremes, employing extensive slow-motion, complex tracking shots, and extravagant distortion of perspective (for example, the size of boxing rings would change from fight to fight). Thematically too, the concerns carried on from Mean Streets and Taxi Driver: insecure males, violence, guilt, and redemption.

Although the screenplay for Raging Bull was credited to Paul Schrader and Mardik Martin (who earlier co-wrote Mean Streets), the finished script differed extensively from Schrader's original draft. It was re-written several times by various writers including Jay Cocks (who went on to co-script later Scorsese films The Age of Innocence and Gangs of New York). The final draft was largely written by Scorsese and Robert De Niro.

The American Film Institute chose Raging Bull as the #1 sports film on their list of the top 10 sports films.
The King of Comedy
Main article: The King of Comedy (1983 film)

Scorsese's next project was his fifth collaboration with Robert De Niro, The King of Comedy (1983). A satire on the world of media and celebrity, it was an obvious departure from the more emotionally committed films he had become associated with. Visually, it was far less kinetic than the style Scorsese had developed up until this point, often using a static camera and long takes. The expressionism of his recent work here gave way to moments of almost total surrealism. It still bore many of Scorsese's trademarks, however, such as its focus on a troubled loner who ironically becomes famous through a criminal act (murder and kidnapping, respectively).

The King of Comedy failed at the box office, but has become increasingly well regarded by critics in the years since its release. German director Wim Wenders numbered it among his fifteen favourite films. Also, Scorsese apparently believes that this is the best performance De Niro ever gave for him.

Next Scorsese made a brief cameo appearance in the movie Pavlova: A Woman for All Time, originally intended to be directed by one of his heroes, Michael Powell. This led to a more significant role in Bertrand Tavernier's jazz movie Round Midnight.

In 1983 Scorsese began work on a long-cherished personal project, The Last Temptation of Christ, based on the 1951 (English translation 1960) novel written by Nikos Kazantzakis, who was introduced to the director by actress Barbara Hershey when they were both attending New York University in the late 1960s. The movie was slated to shoot under the Paramount Pictures banner, but shortly before principal photography was to commence, Paramount pulled the plug on the project, citing pressure from religious groups. In this aborted 1983 version, Aidan Quinn was cast as Jesus, and Sting was cast as Pontius Pilate. (In the 1988 version, these roles were played respectively by Willem Dafoe and David Bowie.
MS can be seen as the passenger watching silhouette in Taxi Driver.

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* Gordon Lightfoot
Gordon Meredith Lightfoot, Jr., CC, O.Ont (born November 17, 1938) is a Canadian singer and songwriter who has achieved international success in folk, country, and popular music. As a singer-songwriter, he came to prominence in the 1960s, and entered the international music charts in the 1970s with songs such as "If You Could Read My Mind" (1970), "Sundown" (1974), "Carefree Highway" (1974), "Rainy Day People" (1975), and "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" (1976). His songs have been recorded by some of the world's most renowned recording artists, including Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Marty Robbins, George Hamilton IV, Jerry Lee Lewis, Bob Dylan, Judy Collins, Barbra Streisand, Johnny Mathis, Richie Havens, Harry Belafonte, Tony Rice, Sandy Denny (with Fotheringay), Scott Walker, Sarah McLachlan and John Mellencamp. Robbie Robertson of The Band declared that Lightfoot was one of his "favourite Canadian songwriters and is absolutely a national treasure." Lightfoot was a featured musical performer at the opening ceremonies of the 1988 Winter Olympic Games in Calgary, Alberta.
In 1965, Lightfoot signed a management contract with Albert Grossman, who also represented Bob Dylan. That same year, he signed a recording contract with United Artists and released his own version of "I'm Not Saying" as a single. Appearances at the Newport Folk Festival, the Tonight Show, and New York's Town Hall increased his following and his reputation. In 1966, he released his debut album Lightfoot!, which brought him increased recognition as both a singer and a songwriter. It featured many now-famous songs, including "For Lovin' Me," "Early Mornin' Rain," "Steel Rail Blues," and "Ribbon of Darkness." On the strength of the Lightfoot! album, which mixed Canadian and universal themes, Lightfoot became one of the first Canadian singers to achieve real stardom in his own country without having to move to the United States.

Between 1966 and 1969, Lightfoot recorded four additional albums for United Artists: The Way I Feel (1967), Did She Mention My Name? (1968), Back Here on Earth (1968), and the live recording Sunday Concert (1969). During those years, he consistently placed singles in the Canadian top 40, including "Go-Go Round", "Spin, Spin", and "The Way I Feel". His biggest hit of the era was a rendition of Bob Dylan's "Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues", which peaked at #3 on the Canadian charts in December 1965. Internationally, Lightfoot's albums from this time were well-received, but did not produce any hit singles. Outside of Canada, he remained better known as a songwriter than as a performer.

Lightfoot's success as a live performer continued to grow throughout the late 1960s. He embarked on his first Canadian national tour in 1967, and also performed in New York City. Between 1967 and 1974 Lightfoot toured Europe and was well-received on two tours of Australia.

UA would later consistently release "Best of" album compilations in the 1970s, after Gordon Lightfoot became a success on his next label Warner Bros./Reprise.
The Warner Bros./Reprise years

Lightfoot was signed to Warner Bros./Reprise in 1970 and had a major hit in the United States with his recording of "If You Could Read My Mind." The song was originally featured on his 1970 album Sit Down Young Stranger, which did not sell well. After the success of the song, the album was re-released under the new title If You Could Read My Mind. It reached #5 nationally and the success of the song represented a major turning point in Gordon Lightfoot's career. It also had only the second recorded version of "Me and Bobby McGee" as well as "The Pony Man","Your Love's Return" and "The Minstrel of The Dawn".

Over the next seven years, he recorded a series of successful albums that established him as a singer-songwriter:

* Summer Side of Life (1971), with songs "Ten Degrees and Getting Colder", "Miguel", "Cabaret", "Nous Vivons Ensemble" and the title track.
* Don Quixote (1972), with "Beautiful", "Looking At The Rain", "Christian Island (Georgian Bay)" and the title track which is a concert favorite.
* Old Dan's Records (1972), with the title track and also the two sided single "That Same Old Obsession"/"You Are What I Am" and the songs "It's Worth Believin'" and "Can't Depend On Love".
* Sundown (1974), besides the title track includes "Carefree Highway", "Seven Island Suite", "The Watchman's Gone", "High and Dry", "Circle Of Steel" and "Too Late for Prayin'" .
* Cold on the Shoulder (1975). Along with title track are songs "Bend In The Water", "The Soul Is The Rock", "Rainbow Trout", "All The Lovely Ladies" and the hit "Rainy Day People".
* A double compilation LP Gord's Gold (in 1975) containing nine rerecorded versions of his most popular songs from the United Artists era.
* Summertime Dream (1976), along with "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" are the songs "Race Among The Ruins", "Spanish Moss", "Never Too Close" and the title track.
* Endless Wire (1978) with "Daylight Katy", "If Children Had Wings", "Sweet Guenevire", "The Circle Is Small", and the title track.

During the 1970s, Lightfoot's songs covered a wide range of subjects, including "Don Quixote" about Cervantes' famous literary character, "Ode To Big Blue" about the widespread killing of whales, "Beautiful" about the simple joys of love, "Carefree Highway" about the freedom of the open road, "Protocol" about the futility of war, and "Alberta Bound" which was inspired by a lonely teenaged girl named Grace he met on a bus while travelling to Calgary in 1971.

In 1972, Lightfoot curtailed his touring schedule after contracting Bell's palsy, a condition that left his face partially paralyzed for a time. Despite his illness, Lightfoot had several major hits during the 1970s. In 1974, his classic single "Sundown" from the album Sundown, went to No.1 on the American and Canadian charts. He performed it twice on NBC's "The Midnight Special" series. "Carefree Highway" (about the actual highway in Phoenix, Arizona) was the follow-up single from the same album. It charted in the Top 10 in both countries. Lightfoot wrote it after traveling from Flagstaff, Arizona on Interstate 17 to Phoenix.

In 1976, Lightfoot had a hit song about a Lake Superior shipwreck. In late November 1975, Lightfoot read a Newsweek magazine article about the tragic loss of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald sinking during a severe storm on November 10, in which all 29 crew members died. His song, "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald," most of the lyrics of which were based on the facts contained in the article, reached #2 on the United States Billboard charts, and was a #1 hit in Canada. "Sundown" and "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" continue to receive heavy airplay on many classic rock stations. In 1978, Lightfoot had another top 40 hit on the United States Hot 100, "The Circle Is Small (I Can See It In Your Eyes)," which reached #33.

During the 1980s and 1990s, Lightfoot recorded six more original albums and a compilation for Warner Bros./Reprise: Dream Street Rose (1980), Shadows (1982), Salute (1983), East of Midnight (1986), another compilation Gord's Gold, Vol. 2 (1988), Waiting for You (1993), and A Painter Passing Through (1998).

The album Dream Street Rose has the folk-pop sound that Lightfoot established during the previous decade. In addition to the title song, it produced songs such as "Ghosts Of Cape Horn" and "On The High Seas". He also included the Leroy Van Dyke's 1950s composition "The Auctioneer," a bluegrass-like number that for Lightfoot was a concert staple from the mid 60s to the 80s, .

The album Shadows represents a departure from the acoustic sound of the 1970s and introduces an adult-contemporary sound. Songs like "Shadows" and "Thank You for the Promises" contain an underlying sadness and resignation. The 1982 American released single "Baby Step Back" marked his last time in the top 50 in that country. The 1983 album Salute produced no hit singles; the 1986 East Of Midnight album had several Adult Contemporary songs like "A Passing Ship","Morning Glory" and "I'll Tag Along" (East of Midnight). A single from East of Midnight, "Anything For Love" actually made the Billboard Country & Western chart.

In April 1987, Lightfoot filed a lawsuit against composer Michael Masser, claiming that Masser's melody for the song "The Greatest Love of All" — recorded by George Benson (1977) and Whitney Houston (1985) — stole 24 bars from Lightfoot's 1971 hit song "If You Could Read My Mind." The transitional section that begins "I decided long ago never to walk in anyone's shadow" of the Masser song has the exact same melody as "I don't know where we went wrong but the feeling's gone, and I just can't get it back" of Lightfoot's song. Lightfoot later stated that he didn't want people thinking that he had stolen his melody from Masser.

Lightfoot rounded out the decade with his follow-up compilation Gord's Gold, Vol. 2, in late 1988, which again contained re-recorded versions of his most popular songs, including a re-make of the 1970 song, "The Pony Man". The original had been brisk in pace, acoustic and only about three minutes long. This new version was slower, clocking in at around four minutes plus.

During the 90s Lightfoot returned to his acoustic roots and recorded two albums. Waiting for You (1993) includes songs like "Restless", "Wild Strawberries" and Bob Dylan's "Ring Them Bells." 1998's A Painter Passing Through reintroduced a sound more reminiscent of his early recordings, with songs like "Much To My Surprise", "Red Velvet", "Drifters", and "I Used To be a Country Singer". Throughout the decade, Lightfoot played about 50 concerts a year. In 1999 Rhino Records released Songbook, a four CD boxed set of Lightfoot recordings with rare and unreleased tracks from the 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s plus a small hardback booklet for his fans that described how he created his songs and gave facts about his career.

In April 2000, Lightfoot taped a live concert in Reno, Nevada — a one hour show that was broadcast by CBC in October, and as a PBS special across the United States. PBS stations offered a videotape of the concert as a pledge gift, and a tape and DVD were released in 2001 in Europe and North America. This was the first Lightfoot concert video ever released. In April 2001, Lightfoot performed at the Tin Pan South Legends concert at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, closing the show. In May, he performed "Ring Them Bells" at Massey Hall in honour of Bob Dylan's sixtieth birthday.
Illness and recovery

By January 2002, Lightfoot had written 30 new songs for his next studio album. He recorded guitar and vocal demos of some of these new songs. In September, before the second concert of a two-night stand in Orillia, Lightfoot suffered severe stomach pain and was airlifted to McMaster Medical Centre in Hamilton, Ontario. He underwent surgery for a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm, and he remained in serious condition in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). Lightfoot endured a six-week coma and a tracheotomy, and he underwent four surgical operations. All of his remaining 2002 concert dates were canceled. More than three months after being taken to the McMaster Medical Center, Lightfoot was released in December to continue his recovery at home.

In 2003, Lightfoot underwent follow-up surgery to continue the treatment of his abdominal condition. In November, he signed a new recording contract with Linus Entertainment and began rehearsing with his band for the first time since his illness.

In January 2004, Lightfoot completed work on his album Harmony, which he mostly recorded prior to his illness. The album was released on his new home label of Linus Records on May 11 of that year. It was his 20th original album. It included a single and new video for "Inspiration Lady." Other songs were "Clouds Of Loneliness," "Sometimes I Wish," "Flyin' Blind" and "No Mistake About It." The album also contained the upbeat yet reflective Marshall Tucker(Band)/Allman Brothers Band-sounding track called "End Of All Time," which was unlike what most people perceive as a Gordon Lightfoot song.

In July 2004, he made a surprise comeback performance since falling ill at Mariposa in Orillia, performing "I'll Tag Along" solo. In August, he performed a five-song solo set in Peterborough, Ontario, at the flood relief benefit. In November, he made his long-awaited return to the concert stage with two sold-out benefit shows in Hamilton, Ontario.

Lightfoot returned to the music business with his new album selling well and an appearance on Canadian Idol, where the six top contestants each performed a song of his, culminating in a group performance - on their own instruments - of his Canadian Railroad Trilogy. In 2005, he made a low-key tour called the Better Late Than Never Tour.

On September 14, 2006, while in the middle of a performance, Lightfoot suffered a minor stroke that eventually left him without the use of the middle and ring fingers on his right hand. He returned to performing nine days later and for a brief time used a substitute guitarist for more difficult guitar work. Since early 2007, however, Lightfoot has regained full use of his right hand and plays all of the guitar parts in concert as he originally wrote them. He has continued to perform well into 2009.

While a tour was being planned for 2008, Lightfoot's manager, Barry Harvey, died at age 56 on 4 December 2007. In late 2009, Lightfoot undertook a 26 city tour.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/17/09 at 1:04 pm

I like the raging photos. Thanks for sharing, Ninny. :)
The top one will make a good wallpaper for the computer.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/17/09 at 1:05 pm

I love Gordon Lightfoot.

Cat
Ditto!

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Written By: CatwomanofV on 11/17/09 at 1:24 pm

Me too,he has some great songs.
This is one of them
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One of my favs, too.

Cat

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/17/09 at 1:26 pm

One of my favs, too.

Cat
Another great classic song.

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Written By: Howard on 11/17/09 at 3:01 pm

No I haven't watched in years not since my son was about 10 years old (1999) I hope he is OK.

he's ok.

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Written By: Frank on 11/17/09 at 3:41 pm

Lorne Michaels. I remember during the 1st season of SNL when he offered the Beatles to reunite on the show for like $300 ;D

Being from Canada, Gordon Lightfoot is an icon here. Great songs. Saw him in concert a few years back. Had a nice time.

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Written By: ninny on 11/17/09 at 4:04 pm

One of my favs, too.

Cat

Another great classic song.

On the episode of Cold Case I was watching this afternoon they played If You Could Read My Mind.

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Written By: ninny on 11/17/09 at 4:08 pm

Lorne Michaels. I remember during the 1st season of SNL when he offered the Beatles to reunite on the show for like $300 ;D

Being from Canada, Gordon Lightfoot is an icon here. Great songs. Saw him in concert a few years back. Had a nice time.

IVe always thought Gordon has lots of talent. :)
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Another great song

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Written By: Frank on 11/17/09 at 4:26 pm

IVe always thought Gordon has lots of talent. :)Another great song

Yes, and "If you read my mind" is his best song.
I also went to University with his son, Fred. He was a couple of years younger than me (Fred, not Gordon ;))

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Written By: ninny on 11/17/09 at 6:01 pm

Yes, and "If you read my mind" is his best song.
I also went to University with his son, Fred. He was a couple of years younger than me (Fred, not Gordon ;))

That's cool. :)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/18/09 at 1:13 am

Yes, and "If you read my mind" is his best song.
I also went to University with his son, Fred. He was a couple of years younger than me (Fred, not Gordon ;))
Wow!!!

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Written By: ninny on 11/18/09 at 6:08 am

The word of the day...Valley
1. An elongated lowland between ranges of mountains, hills, or other uplands, often having a river or stream running along the bottom.
2. An extensive area of land drained or irrigated by a river system.
3. A depression or hollow resembling or suggesting a valley, as the point at which the two slopes of a roof meet.
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Written By: ninny on 11/18/09 at 6:12 am

The birthday of the day...Linda Evans
Linda Evans (born on November 18, 1942) is an American actress known primarily for her roles on television. She rose to fame as Barbara Stanwyck's daughter, Audra Barkley, on the 1960s Western, The Big Valley (1965-1969). Evans' most prominent role was as Krystle Carrington on the 1980s ABC prime-time television soap opera Dynasty, a role she played from 1981-1989.
She was born Linda Evenstad in Hartford, Connecticut. The name Evenstad is Norwegian and Linda Evans is of Norwegian descent.

Evans' first guest-starring role was on an episode of Bachelor Father, which starred her future series' lead, John Forsythe. She would co-star with him on Dynasty, as the wife of a oil multimillionaire more than two decades later. Before then, she co-starred opposite longtime actress Barbara Stanwyck on The Big Valley. During her third and fourth and final seasons on air, her screen time had been reduced, due to her new marriage with Derek, but was on the show for the entire run.

During the 1980s, Linda Evans and her Dynasty co-star, Joan Collins, became the two most celebrated female television stars of the decade, displaying an on-screen adversarial chemistry. For her role as Krystle, Evans was nominated five times for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a TV Drama series (every year from 1982 to 1986), winning in 1982 in a tie with Barbara Bel Geddes of rival soap Dallas. Evans won five People's Choice Awards as Favorite Actress in a Drama Series in 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, and 1986, and was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead actress in a Drama Series in 1983.

Due to her character's name on Dynasty, she starred in an ad campaign for Crystal Light beverages, starting in 1984.

Evans has been married twice. She was first married to actor and film producer John Derek from 1968 to 1974. Evans' second marriage was to Stan Herman, a property executive, from 1976 to 1981. In the 1990s Linda dated Yanni.

Regularly listed as one of the most beautiful women in America, she appeared in Playboy magazine at the behest of her then-husband John Derek in 1971, those photos published a second time in 1982 when she was turning forty.
Melora Hardin as Evans (with Bartholomew John as John Forsythe) in Dynasty: The Making of a Guilty Pleasure (2005)

For her contribution to the television industry, Linda Evans has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6834 Hollywood Blvd. After she left Dynasty, Evans semi-retired from acting and only made occasional television appearances. She now resides in Rainier, Washington, and owns a small chain of fitness centers. In the 1990s, Evans hosted infomercials for Rejuvenique, a mask for toning facial muscles. She also published the "Linda Evans Beauty and Exercise" book in 1983.

In 2005 actress Melora Hardin portrayed Evans in Dynasty: The Making of a Guilty Pleasure, a fictionalized television movie based on the creation and behind the scenes production of Dynasty.

In 2006, Evans reunited with her Dynasty castmates for the non-fiction reunion special Dynasty: Catfights and Caviar. She then starred in the stage play Legends opposite her former Dynasty rival Collins.

In 2009, Evans appeared in and won the British TV programme Hell's Kitchen, working under Michelin-starred chef Marco Pierre White.
Filmography

* Twilight of Honor (1963)
* Those Calloways (1965)
* Beach Blanket Bingo (1965)
* Childish Things (1969)
* The Klansman (1974)
* Mitchell (1975)
* Avalanche Express (1979)
* Tom Horn (1980)
* Trekkies (1997, documentary)

Television work

* Bachelor Father in episode "A Crush on Bentley" with future Dynasty co-star John Forsythe (1960)
* The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet (5 episodes, 1960-1962)
* The Eleventh Hour as Joan Clayton in episode entitled "Where Ignornant Armies Clash" (1963)
* The Big Valley (1965-1969)
* Female Artillery (1973)
* Nakia (1974)
* The Rockford Files (first season) as Claire Prescott in episode "Claire" (1975)
* The Rockford Files (second season) as Audrey Wyatt in episode "The Farnsworth Strategem" (1975)
* The Big Rip-Off (1975)
* Hunter (1976, pilot for series)
* Hunter (1977, canceled after 8 episodes)
* Nowhere to Run (1978)
* Standing Tall (1978)
* Dynasty (1981-1989)
* Bare Essence (1982)
* Kenny Rogers as The Gambler: The Adventure Continues (1983)
* North and South, Book II (1986, miniseries)
* The Last Frontier (1986)
* She'll Take Romance (1990)
* Dynasty: The Reunion (1991)
* The Gambler Returns: Luck of the Draw (1991)
* Dazzle (1995)
* The Stepsister (1997)
* Hells Kitchen winner (UK) (2009)
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Written By: ninny on 11/18/09 at 6:15 am

The co-birthday of the day...Owen Wilson
Owen Cunningham Wilson (born November 18, 1968) is an American actor, comedian and writer.
Wilson's initial acting role was as "Dignan" in the Wes Anderson film Bottle Rocket. He also worked with Anderson as a creative collaborator on Anderson's next two directorial efforts, Rushmore and The Royal Tenenbaums, for which he was nominated for an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay.

Wilson did not appear as an actor in Rushmore, but he did make two "appearances": he and Anderson acknowledged on the Criterion Collection DVD audio commentary that Wilson appears as Rosemary Cross's dead husband, Edward Appleby. When Max Fischer visits Miss Cross in Appleby's boyhood bedroom, photographs of a young Owen Wilson are incorporated in the set for the scene. Wilson and Anderson can also be seen driving go-carts in the background during a shot of Max Fisher posing on his go-cart.

Wilson quickly landed roles in big-budget movies such as The Cable Guy, directed by Ben Stiller, an early admirer of Bottle Rocket. After minor appearances in action films like Anaconda, Armageddon and The Haunting, Wilson appeared in two dramatic roles: supporting actor in Permanent Midnight, which starred Stiller as a drug-addicted TV writer; and a role as a serial killer in The Minus Man. He also made a cameo in the Girl skateboarding video Yeah Right! in 2003.
Movie star
Wilson at the London premiere of You, Me and Dupree, 2006

Wilson got his big break with the 2000 comedy action hit Shanghai Noon, starring opposite Hong Kong action star Jackie Chan. The film grossed nearly US$100 million worldwide. His fame continued to rise after starring alongside Ben Stiller and Will Ferrell in the 2001 film Zoolander.

Gene Hackman took notice of Wilson's performance in Shanghai Noon and recommended Wilson to co-star in the 2001 action film Behind Enemy Lines. Also in 2001, Wilson and Anderson collaborated on their third film, The Royal Tenenbaums, which was a financial and critical success. The comedy featured an all-star cast, including Gene Hackman, Ben Stiller, Bill Murray, Anjelica Huston, Gwyneth Paltrow, Danny Glover, Seymour Cassel and brother Luke. Owen Wilson had a memorable supporting role in the film as Eli Cash, a drug-addled bon vivant who becomes a literary celebrity. It earned the writing team an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay.

Wilson returned to the buddy comedy genre in 2002 with the action comedy I Spy, co-starring Eddie Murphy. This big-screen remake of the television series flopped at the box office. He then reunited with Chan to make Shanghai Knights (2003) and the movie remake of the television series Starsky & Hutch (2004). Due to his busy schedule as an actor and an ongoing sinus condition, Wilson was unavailable to collaborate on the script for Wes Anderson's fourth feature, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou. The 2004 film was ultimately co-written by filmmaker Noah Baumbach. However, Wilson did star in the film as Bill Murray's would-be son, Ned Plimpton—a role written specifically for Wilson.

Wilson partnered with Vince Vaughn in the 2005 Wedding Crashers which grossed over $200 million in the US alone. Also in 2005, Owen collaborated with his brothers by appearing in The Wendell Baker Story, written by brother Luke, directed by Luke and brother Andrew. In 2006, Wilson provided the voice of Lightning McQueen in the Disney/Pixar film Cars, starred in You, Me and Dupree with Kate Hudson, and appeared with Stiller in Night at the Museum as Jedidiah, the cowboy, an uncredited role.

Wilson has appeared in nine movies with Stiller (a long-time friend) to date: The Cable Guy (1996), Permanent Midnight (1998), Meet the Parents (2000), Zoolander (2001), The Royal Tenenbaums (2001), Starsky & Hutch (2004), Meet the Fockers (2004), Night at the Museum (2006), and the sequel Night at the Museum 2: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009).

Wilson has appeared in another Wes Anderson film, The Darjeeling Limited, which screened at the 45th annual New York Film Festival, the Venice Film Festival and opened September 30, 2007, co-starring Jason Schwartzman and Adrien Brody. Wilson next starred in the Judd Apatow comedy, Drillbit Taylor, released in March 2008. He acted in Kyle Gulutzan and Sean George Casey's production of Roundabout, scheduled for release December 2008. He most recently released a film adaptation of John Grogan's best-selling memoir, Marley & Me (2009), co-starring Jennifer Aniston.

Wilson's many collaborations on high-grossing comedy movies have led the media to consider him part of the Frat Pack, along with other comedy actors such as Vince Vaughn, Luke Wilson, Jack Black, Ben Stiller and Will Ferrell.

Owen also provided the voice for the Whackbat Coach Skip in Wes Anderson's version of Fantastic Mr. Fox.
Filmography
Year Film Role Notes
1996 Bottle Rocket Dignan Also Executive producer/Writer
Also appeared in the short of the same name
The Cable Guy Robin's date
1997 Anaconda Gary Dixon
1998 Permanent Midnight Nicky
Armageddon Oscar
1999 Heat Vision and Jack Heat Vision Voice Only
Television film
The Haunting Luke Sanderson
Breakfast of Champions Monte Rapid
The Minus Man Vann Siegert
2000 Meet the Parents Kevin Rawley
Shanghai Noon Roy O'Bannon
2001 Behind Enemy Lines Lt. Chris Burnett
The Royal Tenenbaums Eli Cash Also Executive producer/Writer
Nominated - Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay
Nominated - BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay
Zoolander Hansel McDonald Nominated - MTV Movie Award for Best On-Screen Duo
2002 I Spy Alex Scott
2003 Shanghai Knights Roy O'Bannon Nominated - MTV Movie Award for Best On-Screen Duo
Yeah Right! Himself Cameo
2004 The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou Ned Plimpton Nominated - Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Cast
Meet the Fockers Kevin Rawley Cameo
Around the World in 80 Days Wilbur Wright Cameo
Starsky & Hutch Ken Hutchinson MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss
Nominated - MTV Movie Award for Best On-Screen Duo
The Big Bounce Jack Ryan
2005 The Wendell Baker Story Neil King
Wedding Crashers John Beckwith MTV Movie Award for Best On-Screen Duo
Nominated - MTV Movie Award for Best Comedic Performance
2006 Night at the Museum Jedediah Smith Uncredited
You, Me and Dupree Randolph Dupree Also Producer
Cars Lightning McQueen Voice Only
2007 The Darjeeling Limited Francis Whitman
2008 Drillbit Taylor Drillbit Taylor
Marley & Me John Grogan
2009 Night at the Museum 2 Jedediah Smith
Fantastic Mr. Fox Coach Skip Voice Only
2010 Little Fockers Kevin Rawley
2011 Cars 2 Lightning McQueen Voice Only
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Written By: danootaandme on 11/18/09 at 6:20 am

He's 41! He looks more like 25

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 11/18/09 at 6:49 am

The co-birthday of the day...Owen Wilson
Owen Cunningham Wilson (born November 18, 1968) is an American actor, comedian and writer.
Wilson's initial acting role was as "Dignan" in the Wes Anderson film Bottle Rocket. He also worked with Anderson as a creative collaborator on Anderson's next two directorial efforts, Rushmore and The Royal Tenenbaums, for which he was nominated for an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay.

Wilson did not appear as an actor in Rushmore, but he did make two "appearances": he and Anderson acknowledged on the Criterion Collection DVD audio commentary that Wilson appears as Rosemary Cross's dead husband, Edward Appleby. When Max Fischer visits Miss Cross in Appleby's boyhood bedroom, photographs of a young Owen Wilson are incorporated in the set for the scene. Wilson and Anderson can also be seen driving go-carts in the background during a shot of Max Fisher posing on his go-cart.

Wilson quickly landed roles in big-budget movies such as The Cable Guy, directed by Ben Stiller, an early admirer of Bottle Rocket. After minor appearances in action films like Anaconda, Armageddon and The Haunting, Wilson appeared in two dramatic roles: supporting actor in Permanent Midnight, which starred Stiller as a drug-addicted TV writer; and a role as a serial killer in The Minus Man. He also made a cameo in the Girl skateboarding video Yeah Right! in 2003.
Movie star
Wilson at the London premiere of You, Me and Dupree, 2006

Wilson got his big break with the 2000 comedy action hit Shanghai Noon, starring opposite Hong Kong action star Jackie Chan. The film grossed nearly US$100 million worldwide. His fame continued to rise after starring alongside Ben Stiller and Will Ferrell in the 2001 film Zoolander.

Gene Hackman took notice of Wilson's performance in Shanghai Noon and recommended Wilson to co-star in the 2001 action film Behind Enemy Lines. Also in 2001, Wilson and Anderson collaborated on their third film, The Royal Tenenbaums, which was a financial and critical success. The comedy featured an all-star cast, including Gene Hackman, Ben Stiller, Bill Murray, Anjelica Huston, Gwyneth Paltrow, Danny Glover, Seymour Cassel and brother Luke. Owen Wilson had a memorable supporting role in the film as Eli Cash, a drug-addled bon vivant who becomes a literary celebrity. It earned the writing team an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay.

Wilson returned to the buddy comedy genre in 2002 with the action comedy I Spy, co-starring Eddie Murphy. This big-screen remake of the television series flopped at the box office. He then reunited with Chan to make Shanghai Knights (2003) and the movie remake of the television series Starsky & Hutch (2004). Due to his busy schedule as an actor and an ongoing sinus condition, Wilson was unavailable to collaborate on the script for Wes Anderson's fourth feature, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou. The 2004 film was ultimately co-written by filmmaker Noah Baumbach. However, Wilson did star in the film as Bill Murray's would-be son, Ned Plimpton—a role written specifically for Wilson.

Wilson partnered with Vince Vaughn in the 2005 Wedding Crashers which grossed over $200 million in the US alone. Also in 2005, Owen collaborated with his brothers by appearing in The Wendell Baker Story, written by brother Luke, directed by Luke and brother Andrew. In 2006, Wilson provided the voice of Lightning McQueen in the Disney/Pixar film Cars, starred in You, Me and Dupree with Kate Hudson, and appeared with Stiller in Night at the Museum as Jedidiah, the cowboy, an uncredited role.

Wilson has appeared in nine movies with Stiller (a long-time friend) to date: The Cable Guy (1996), Permanent Midnight (1998), Meet the Parents (2000), Zoolander (2001), The Royal Tenenbaums (2001), Starsky & Hutch (2004), Meet the Fockers (2004), Night at the Museum (2006), and the sequel Night at the Museum 2: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009).

Wilson has appeared in another Wes Anderson film, The Darjeeling Limited, which screened at the 45th annual New York Film Festival, the Venice Film Festival and opened September 30, 2007, co-starring Jason Schwartzman and Adrien Brody. Wilson next starred in the Judd Apatow comedy, Drillbit Taylor, released in March 2008. He acted in Kyle Gulutzan and Sean George Casey's production of Roundabout, scheduled for release December 2008. He most recently released a film adaptation of John Grogan's best-selling memoir, Marley & Me (2009), co-starring Jennifer Aniston.

Wilson's many collaborations on high-grossing comedy movies have led the media to consider him part of the Frat Pack, along with other comedy actors such as Vince Vaughn, Luke Wilson, Jack Black, Ben Stiller and Will Ferrell.

Owen also provided the voice for the Whackbat Coach Skip in Wes Anderson's version of Fantastic Mr. Fox.
Filmography
Year Film Role Notes
1996 Bottle Rocket Dignan Also Executive producer/Writer
Also appeared in the short of the same name
The Cable Guy Robin's date
1997 Anaconda Gary Dixon
1998 Permanent Midnight Nicky
Armageddon Oscar
1999 Heat Vision and Jack Heat Vision Voice Only
Television film
The Haunting Luke Sanderson
Breakfast of Champions Monte Rapid
The Minus Man Vann Siegert
2000 Meet the Parents Kevin Rawley
Shanghai Noon Roy O'Bannon
2001 Behind Enemy Lines Lt. Chris Burnett
The Royal Tenenbaums Eli Cash Also Executive producer/Writer
Nominated - Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay
Nominated - BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay
Zoolander Hansel McDonald Nominated - MTV Movie Award for Best On-Screen Duo
2002 I Spy Alex Scott
2003 Shanghai Knights Roy O'Bannon Nominated - MTV Movie Award for Best On-Screen Duo
Yeah Right! Himself Cameo
2004 The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou Ned Plimpton Nominated - Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Cast
Meet the Fockers Kevin Rawley Cameo
Around the World in 80 Days Wilbur Wright Cameo
Starsky & Hutch Ken Hutchinson MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss
Nominated - MTV Movie Award for Best On-Screen Duo
The Big Bounce Jack Ryan
2005 The Wendell Baker Story Neil King
Wedding Crashers John Beckwith MTV Movie Award for Best On-Screen Duo
Nominated - MTV Movie Award for Best Comedic Performance
2006 Night at the Museum Jedediah Smith Uncredited
You, Me and Dupree Randolph Dupree Also Producer
Cars Lightning McQueen Voice Only
2007 The Darjeeling Limited Francis Whitman
2008 Drillbit Taylor Drillbit Taylor
Marley & Me John Grogan
2009 Night at the Museum 2 Jedediah Smith
Fantastic Mr. Fox Coach Skip Voice Only
2010 Little Fockers Kevin Rawley
2011 Cars 2 Lightning McQueen Voice Only
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He's a good actor.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 11/18/09 at 8:15 am

He's 41! He looks more like 25

I know :)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/18/09 at 12:11 pm

The word of the day...Valley
1. An elongated lowland between ranges of mountains, hills, or other uplands, often having a river or stream running along the bottom.
2. An extensive area of land drained or irrigated by a river system.
3. A depression or hollow resembling or suggesting a valley, as the point at which the two slopes of a roof meet.
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: nally on 11/18/09 at 12:15 pm

Like 400 hundred children and a crop in the field ;D

400 hundred children?!? That would be 40,000 altogether! :o :D ;D ;D

I was thinking more along the lines of "400 children..." and a crack in the field.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: nally on 11/18/09 at 12:16 pm

More piccys for wallpaper on the computer.

Of course!! I love scenic photos. Maybe I'll use one of those for my desktop when I get my own computer (whenever that is).

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/18/09 at 12:20 pm

400 hundred children?!? That would be 40,000 altogether! :o :D ;D ;D

I was thinking more along the lines of "400 children..." and a crack in the field.
Do we have a parody coming up?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/18/09 at 12:24 pm

400 hundred children?!? That would be 40,000 altogether! :o :D ;D ;D

I was thinking more along the lines of "400 children..." and a crack in the field.
Lucille as song by Kenny Rogers....

"In a bar in Toledo across from the depot
On a bar stool she took off her ring
I thought I'd get closer so I walked on over
I sat down and asked her name
When the drinks finally hit her
She said I'm no quitter
But I finally quit livin' on dreams
I'm hungry for laughter and here ever after
I'm after whatever the other life brings

In the mirror I saw him and I closely watched him
I thought how he looked out of place
He came to the woman who sat there beside me
He had a strange look on his face
The big hands were calloused
He looked like a mountain
For a minute I thought I was dead
But he started shaking, his big heart was breaking
He turned to the woman and said

You picked a fine time to leave me Lucille
With four hungry children and a crop in the field
I've had some bad times lived through some sad times
But this time your hurting won't heal
You picked a fine time to leave me Lucille

After he left us I ordered more whiskey
I thought how she'd made him look small
From the lights of the bar room to a rented hotel room
We walked without talking at all
She was a beauty but when she came to me
She must have thought I'd lost my mind
I couldn't hold her 'cos the words that he told her
Kept coming back time after time

You picked a fine time to leave me Lucille
With four hungry children and a crop in the field
I've had some bad times lived through some sad times
But this time your hurting won't heal
You picked a fine time to leave me Lucille"

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: nally on 11/18/09 at 12:42 pm

Do we have a parody coming up?

Let me check...

On Amiright, there are already 12 parodies of that song.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/18/09 at 12:44 pm

Let me check...

On Amiright, there are already 12 parodies of that song.
Twelve already?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/18/09 at 12:46 pm

Let me check...

On Amiright, there are already 12 parodies of that song.
I like "Loose Wheel".

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: nally on 11/18/09 at 12:47 pm

Twelve already?

The first one was written sometime in 2001 or '02 (before commentary was enabled on parodies), and the most recent one was submitted in March of 2009. So it probably hasn't gotten parodied very often.

I like "Loose Wheel".

I just looked at that one (www.amiright.com/parody/70s/kennyrogers12.shtml). The "4 hungry children" line was parodied as "4 old bald tires". Funny stuff.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/18/09 at 12:49 pm

The first one was written sometime in 2001 or '02 (before commentary was enabled on parodies), and the most recent one was submitted in March of 2009. So it probably hasn't gotten parodied very often.

I just looked at that one (www.amiright.com/parody/70s/kennyrogers12.shtml). The "4 hungry children" line was parodied as "4 old bald tires". Funny stuff.
I am still trying to find that British parody of the song, done at the time when the record was in the charts.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/18/09 at 1:04 pm

I am still trying to find that British parody of the song, done at the time when the record was in the charts.
Still looking.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: nally on 11/18/09 at 1:07 pm

Still looking.

Do you remember any words to it? If so, you could try googling a small phrase of the lyrics, with "quotation marks."

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/18/09 at 1:10 pm

Do you remember any words to it? If so, you could try googling a small phrase of the lyrics, with "quotation marks."
True, it was by the Barron Knights, who were known for parodies of pop songs, and it could had been them who sung the four hundred children.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: nally on 11/18/09 at 1:12 pm

True, it was by the Barron Knights, who were known for parodies of pop songs, and it could had been them who sung the four hundred children.

Oh, so they possibly made a parody with the misheard line? Sometimes mishearing a song lyric can inspire a parody.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: gibbo on 11/18/09 at 3:04 pm

We have a series of Big Valley (with Linda Evans) on DVD. By the look of some of her pics she is one of those actresses who seem to think she needs collagen shots in her top lip! I have no idea why they do this...it really alters their face ....and not in a desirable way! :-\\

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 11/18/09 at 3:07 pm

Of course!! I love scenic photos. Maybe I'll use one of those for my desktop when I get my own computer (whenever that is).

I just did for mine,I enjoy her scenic photos. :)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 11/18/09 at 4:30 pm

We have a series of Big Valley (with Linda Evans) on DVD. By the look of some of her pics she is one of those actresses who seem to think she needs collagen shots in her top lip! I have no idea why they do this...it really alters their face ....and not in a desirable way! :-\\

i use to watch that show every week.I had the hots for Heath :)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: gibbo on 11/18/09 at 4:31 pm

i use to watch that show every week.I had the hots for Heath :)

Now THERE'S a big surprize! .................NOT!!!!! ;D

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 11/18/09 at 4:31 pm

400 hundred children?!? That would be 40,000 altogether! :o :D ;D ;D

I was thinking more along the lines of "400 children..." and a crack in the field.

He'd have to sell crack just to raise the kids :D

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 11/18/09 at 4:32 pm

Now THERE'S a big surprize! .................NOT!!!!! ;D

Hey I could of said Jarrod or Nick

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 11/18/09 at 4:34 pm

Of course!! I love scenic photos. Maybe I'll use one of those for my desktop when I get my own computer (whenever that is).

Are you saving for one?...P.C. or Mac?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: gibbo on 11/18/09 at 6:19 pm

Hey I could of said Jarrod or Nick

Nope...it was ALWAYS Heath with the girls! ::)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: nally on 11/18/09 at 7:37 pm

I just did for mine,I enjoy her scenic photos. :)

Well, I don't have my own computer just yet, so I can't do it.

Are you saving for one?...P.C. or Mac?

When I get one, it'll be a P.C.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/19/09 at 1:38 am

Oh, so they possibly made a parody with the misheard line? Sometimes mishearing a song lyric can inspire a parody.
I will be asking colleagues at work now.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 11/19/09 at 4:29 am

The word of the day...Lane
1.
1. A narrow country road.
2. A narrow way or passage between walls, hedges, or fences.
2. A narrow passage, course, or track, especially:
1. A prescribed course for ships or aircraft.
2. A strip delineated on a street or highway to accommodate a single line of vehicles: a breakdown lane; an express lane.
3. Sports. One of a set of parallel courses marking the bounds for contestants in a race, especially in swimming or track.
4. Sports. A wood-surfaced passageway or alley along which a bowling ball is rolled.
5. Sports. An unmarked lengthwise area of a playing field or ice rink viewed as the main playing area for a particular position, such as a wing in soccer.
6. Basketball. The rectangular area marked on a court from the end line to the foul line.
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Written By: ninny on 11/19/09 at 4:33 am

The birthday of the day...Jodie Foster
Alicia Christian Foster, better known as Jodie Foster (born November 19, 1962), is an American actor, film director and producer.

Foster began acting in commercials at 3 years old, and her first significant role came in the 1976 film Taxi Driver as the preteen prostitute, Iris, for which she received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She won an Academy Award for Best Actress in 1989 for playing a rape survivor in The Accused. In 1991, she starred in The Silence of the Lambs as Clarice Starling, a gifted FBI trainee, assisting in a hunt for a serial killer. This performance received international acclaim and her second Academy Award for Best Actress. She received her fourth Academy Award nomination for playing a backwoods hermit in Nell (1994). Other popular films include Maverick (1994), Contact (1997), Panic Room (2002), Flightplan (2005), Inside Man (2006), The Brave One (2007) and Nim's Island (2008).

Foster's films have spanned a wide variety of genres, from family films to horror. She has also won three Bafta Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, a Screen Actors Guild Award, a People's Choice Award, and has received two Emmy nominations.
Foster made nearly 50 film and television appearances before she attended college. She began her career at age three as a Coppertone Girl in a television commercial and debuted as a television actress in a 1968 episode of Mayberry R.F.D. In 1969, she appeared in an episode of Gunsmoke, where she was credited as "Jody Foster". Although not a regular on The Courtship of Eddie's Father, she appeared from time to time as Eddie's friend Joey Kelly. She made her film debut in the 1970 TV movie Menace on the Mountain and was featured as Tallulah in Bugsy Malone in 1976. As a child, Foster made a number of Disney movies, including Napoleon and Samantha (1972) and One Little Indian (1973), and continued to star in Disney films into her early teens. She also co-starred with Christopher Connelly in the 1974 TV series Paper Moon and alongside Martin Sheen in the 1976 cult film The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane. As a teenager, Foster made several appearances on the French pop music circuit as a singer. Commenting on her years as a child actress, which she describes as an "actor's career", Foster has said that "it was very clear to me at a young age that I had to fight for my life and that if I didn't, my life would get gobbled up and taken away from me." She hosted Saturday Night Live at age 14, making her the youngest person to host at that time until Drew Barrymore hosted at the age of seven. She also said,

"I think all of us when we look back on our childhood, we always think of it as somebody else. It's just a completely different place. But I was lucky to be around in the '70s and to really be making movies in the '70s with some great filmmakers – the most exciting time, for me, in American Cinema. I learned a lot from some very interesting artists — and I learned a lot about the business at a young age, because, for whatever reason, I was paying attention; so it was kind of invaluable in my career."

Foster was originally considered for the role of Princess Leia in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, but was unable to pull out of her contract with Disney. She made her debut (and only official) musical recordings in France in 1977: two 7" singles, "Je T'attends Depuis la Nuit des Temps" b/w "La Vie C'est Chouette" and "When I Looked at Your Face" backed with "La Vie C'est Chouette." The A-side of the former is sung in French, the A-side of the latter in English. The B-side of both is mostly spoken word and is performed in both French and English. These three recordings were included on the soundtrack to Foster's 1977 French film Moi, fleur bleue.

Foster starred in three films in 1976 — Taxi Driver, Bugsy Malone, and Freaky Friday. She was nominated for the Academy Award For Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Taxi Driver. She won two British Academy Film Awards in 1977 — the BAFTA Award for Best Newcomer and the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her performances in Bugsy Malone opposite Scott Baio and Taxi Driver opposite Robert De Niro. She received a nomination for Golden Globe Award for Best Actress for her performance in Freaky Friday. As a teenager, she also starred in the Disney adventure Candleshoe (1977) and the coming-of-age drama Foxes (1980).
Reagan assassination attempt

John Hinckley, Jr. became obsessed with Foster after watching Taxi Driver a number of times, and stalked her while she attended Yale, sending her love letters to her campus mail box and even talking to her on the phone. On March 30, 1981, he attempted to assassinate U.S. President Ronald Reagan (shooting and wounding Reagan and three others) and claimed his motive was to impress Foster, then a Yale freshman. The media stormed the Yale campus in April "like a cavalry invasion," and followed Foster relentlessly. In 1982, Foster was called to testify during his trial. After she responded to a question by saying that "I don't have any relationship with John Hinckley," Hinckley threw a pen at her and yelled "I'll get you, Foster!"

Another man, Edward Richardson, followed Foster around Yale and planned to shoot her, but decided against it because she "was too pretty." This all caused intense discomfort to Foster, who has been known to walk out of interviews if Hinckley's name is even mentioned. In 1991, Foster cancelled an interview with NBC's Today Show when she discovered Hinckley would be mentioned in the introduction. Foster's only public reactions to this were a press conference afterwards and an article entitled "Why Me?" that she wrote for Esquire in December 1982. In that article she wrote that returning to work on the film Svengali with Peter O'Toole "made me fall in love with acting again" after the assassination attempt had shaken her confidence. In 1999, she discussed the experience with Charlie Rose of 60 Minutes II.
Adult career
At the 61st Academy Awards Governor's Ball, March 29, 1989

Unlike other child stars such as Shirley Temple or Tatum O'Neal, Foster successfully made the transition to adult roles, but not without initial difficulty. Several of the films in her early adult career were financially unsuccessful, such as The Hotel New Hampshire, Five Corners, and Stealing Home. She had to audition for her role in The Accused. She won the part and the first of her two Golden Globes and Academy Awards and a nomination for a BAFTA Award as Best Actress for her role as a rape survivor. She starred as FBI trainee Clarice Starling in the 1991 horror film The Silence of the Lambs, for which she won her second Academy Award and Golden Globe, and won her first BAFTA Award for Best Actress. This "sleeper" film marked a breakthrough in her career, grossing nearly $273 million in theaters and becoming her first blockbuster.

Foster made her directorial debut in 1991 with Little Man Tate, a critically acclaimed drama about a child prodigy, in which she also co-starred as the child's mother. She also directed Home for the Holidays (1995), a black comedy starring Holly Hunter and Robert Downey Jr. In 1992, Foster founded a production company called Egg Pictures in Los Angeles. It primarily produced independent films until it was closed in 2001. Foster said that she did not have the ambition to produce "big mainstream popcorn" movies, and as a child, independent films made her more interested in the movie business than mainstream ones. Foster played Laurel Sommersby in Sommersby opposite Richard Gere, who would comment that "She's very much a close-up actress, because her thoughts are clear."

She starred in two films in 1994, first in the hugely successful western spoof Maverick and later in Nell, in which she starred as an isolated woman who speaks an invented language and must return to civilization. Foster's performance earned her nominations for her fourth Academy Award, a Golden Globe, an MTV Movie Award and won her a Screen Actors Guild Award and a People's Choice Award. In 1997, she starred alongside Matthew McConaughey in the sci-fi movie Contact, based on the novel by scientist Carl Sagan. She portrayed a scientist searching for extraterrestrial life in the SETI project. She commented on the script that "I have to have some acute personal connection with the material. And that's pretty hard for me to find." Contact was her first science fiction film, and her first experience with a bluescreen. She commented,

"Blue walls, blue roof. It was just blue, blue, blue. And I was rotated on a lazy Susan with the camera moving on a computerized arm. It was really tough."

The film was another huge commercial success and earned Foster nominations for numerous awards, including a Golden Globe. In 1998, an asteroid, 17744 Jodiefoster, was named in her honor. In 1999, Foster starred in the non-musical remake of The King and I entitled Anna and the King, which became an international commercial success.

In 2002, Foster took over the lead role in the thriller Panic Room after Nicole Kidman dropped out due to a previous injury. The film costarred Dwight Yoakam, Forest Whitaker, Kristen Stewart and Jared Leto and was directed by David Fincher. It grossed over $30 million in its opening weekend in the United States, Foster's biggest box office opening success of her career so far. She then performed in the French-language film Un long dimanche de fiançailles (A Very Long Engagement) (2004), speaking French fluently throughout. Foster returned in the 2005 film Flightplan which opened once again in the top position at the U.S. box office and was a worldwide hit. Foster portrayed a woman whose daughter disappears on an airplane that her character, an engineer, had helped to design.

In 2006, she starred in Inside Man, a thriller directed by Spike Lee and co-starring Denzel Washington and Clive Owen, which again opened at the top of the U.S. box office and became another international hit. In 2007, she starred in The Brave One directed by Neil Jordan and co-starring Terrence Howard, another urban thriller that opened at #1 at the U.S. box office Foster's performance in the film would earn her a sixth Golden Globe for Best Actress nomination and another People's Choice nomination, for Favorite Female Action Star. Commenting on her latest roles, Foster has said that she enjoys appearing in mainstream genre films that have a "real heart to them".

In 2008, Foster starred in Nim's Island alongside Gerard Butler and Abigail Breslin, portraying a reclusive writer who is contacted by a young girl after her father goes missing at sea. The film was the first comedy that Foster has starred in since Maverick in 1994, and was also a commercial success.
Current projects

Foster was set to direct, as well as reunite with actor Robert De Niro, for the film Sugarland; however, the film was shelved indefinitely in 2007. Foster is developing a biopic of Leni Riefenstahl. She is set to star opposite and direct her Maverick co-star Mel Gibson in a black comedy entitled The Beaver.

Foster provided her voice in a tetralogy episode of The Simpsons entitled "Four Great Women and a Manicure".
Filmography
Actress
Year Film Role Notes
1968 Mayberry, R.F.D. bit parts in 2 episodes TV series
1970 Adam 12 Mary in Season 3 / Episode 6—Log 55 Missing Girl TV
1970 Menace on the Mountain Suellen McIver TV
1972 Kansas City Bomber Rita
Napoleon and Samantha Samantha
My Sister Hank Henrietta "Hank" Bennett TV
The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan Anne Chan (voice) TV series
1973 Rookie of the Year Sharon Lee TV
Alexander, Alexander Sue TV
The Addams Family Pugsley (voice) TV series
Kung Fu Alethea Patricia Ingram TV series
Tom Sawyer Becky Thatcher
One Little Indian Martha McIver
1974 Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore Audrey
Smile, Jenny, You're Dead Liberty Cole TV
Paper Moon Addie Loggins TV series
1975 The Secret Life of T.K. Dearing T.K. Dearing TV
1976 The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane Rynn Jacobs Saturn Award for Best Actress
Freaky Friday Annabel Andrews Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
Bugsy Malone Tallulah BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role also for Taxi Driver
Taxi Driver Iris Steensma BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role also for Bugsy Malone
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress
National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress
Nominated — Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
Echoes of a Summer Deirdre Striden aka The Last Castle
1977 Candleshoe Casey Brown
Casotto Teresina Fedeli aka Beach House
Stop Calling Me Baby! (Moi, fleur bleue) Isabelle Tristan (aka Fleur bleue)
1980 Foxes Jeanie Nominated — Young Artist Award for Best Young Actress in a Major Motion Picture
Carny Donna
1982 O'Hara's Wife Barbara O'Hara
1983 Svengali Zoe Alexander
1984 The Blood of Others (Le Sang des autres) Hélène Bertrand
The Hotel New Hampshire Frannie Berry
1986 Mesmerized Victoria Thompson
1987 Siesta Nancy
Five Corners Linda Independent Spirit Award for Best Lead Female
1988 The Accused Sarah Tobias Academy Award for Best Actress
David di Donatello for Best Foreign Actress
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama Tied with Sigourney Weaver for Gorillas in the Mist: The Story of Dian Fossey and Shirley MacLaine for Madame Sousatzka
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress
National Board of Review Award for Best Actress
Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
Stealing Home Katie Chandler
1990 Catchfire Anne Benton aka Backtrack
1991 Little Man Tate Dede Tate
The Silence of the Lambs Clarice Starling Academy Award for Best Actress
BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress
London Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress
New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress
Nominated — Saturn Award for Best Actress
1992 Shadows and Fog Prostitute
1993 Sommersby Laurel Sommersby
1994 Nell Nell Kellty David di Donatello for Best Foreign Actress
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
Southeastern Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress
Nominated — Academy Award for Best Actress
Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama
Maverick Mrs. Annabelle Bransford
1997 Contact Dr. Eleanor Arroway Saturn Award for Best Actress
Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama
The X-Files Betty (voice) episode "Never Again"
1998 The Uttmost Herself Documentary
Psycho Woman in background
1999 Anna and the King Anna Leonowens
2002 Panic Room Meg Altman Nominated — Saturn Award for Best Actress
The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys Sister Assumpta
Tusker Minnie animated voice over
2003 Abby Singer Herself
2004 A Very Long Engagement Elodie Gordes Un long dimanche de fiançailles
2005 Flightplan Kyle Pratt Nominated — Saturn Award for Best Actress
Statler and Waldorf: From the Balcony herself guest appearance in episode 8
2006 Inside Man Madeline White
2007 The Brave One Erica Bain Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama
Nominated — Irish Film Award for Best International Actress
2008 Nim's Island Alexandra Rover
2009 The Simpsons Maggie Simpson TV, animated voiceover
Producer
Year Title Notes
1986 Mesmerized co-producer
1994 Nell
1995 Home for the Holidays
1998 The Baby Dance (TV) executive producer
2000 Waking the Dead executive producer
2002 The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys
2007 The Brave One executive producer
Director
Year Title Notes
1988 Tales from the Darkside (1 episode, "Do Not Open This Box")
1991 Little Man Tate
1995 Home for the Holidays
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Written By: ninny on 11/19/09 at 4:39 am

The co-birthdays of the day...Meg Ryan
Margaret Mary Emily Anne Hyra (born November 19, 1961), professionally known as Meg Ryan, is an American film actress whose lead roles in five 1990s romantic comedies - When Harry Met Sally..., Sleepless in Seattle, French Kiss, City of Angels and You've Got Mail - grossed over $870 million worldwide.
At age 18, through her mother's connections, Ryan booked her first television commercial, doing chin-ups and giggling to promote "Tickle" deodorant.

After a role in Rich and Famous, Ryan played "Betsy Stewart" in the daytime drama As the World Turns, from 1982 to 1984; she was featured in a popular romantic story arc. Several TV film and smaller movie roles followed, including Amityville 3-D and Promised Land; for her role in the latter she received her first Independent Spirit Award nomination.

In 1986, she played, "Carole Bradshaw," (wife of naval aviator "Nick 'Goose' Bradshaw"; played by Anthony Edwards) in Top Gun, and appeared in several scenes. Ryan played "Lydia Maxwell" in the movie Innerspace, which also starred her former husband, Dennis Quaid. Ryan then appeared in a film-noir remake (D.O.A.) and an action film (The Presidio).
Hit films

Her first full-blown hit in a leading role was the romantic comedy When Harry Met Sally... (1989) which paired her with comedic leading man Billy Crystal. Her portrayal of Sally Albright, which earned her a Golden Globe nomination, is memorable for her depiction of a theatrically faked orgasm in Katz's Delicatessen in Manhattan.

Ryan then starred in The Doors and in Prelude to a Kiss. Both films were moderately successful. 1993 saw the release of the hugely successful romantic comedy Sleepless in Seattle, which paired Ryan with leading man Tom Hanks for the second of three times. (The first was in Joe Versus the Volcano, which earned a "cult following" but was a critical and commercial disappointment.)
Meg Ryan in 2006.

She made several attempts to break away from the romantic comedy ingenue stereotype and garnered critical acclaim for her work in When a Man Loves a Woman, in which she played an alcoholic, and in Courage Under Fire, portraying a captain in the Gulf War. Both films were substantial successes at the box office. Many of her films of the 1990s were hits not only in North America, but also abroad. In 1994, Ryan won Harvard's Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year. That same year, People Magazine dubbed her one of "the 50 most beautiful people in the world." In 1995, critic Richard Corliss called her "the current soul of romantic comedy." That same year, she appeared opposite Kevin Kline in Lawrence Kasdan's French Kiss, a romantic comedy that catered to her America's Sweetheart persona. The film grossed slightly over $100 million.

In 1997, Ryan voiced the lead role in the animated film Anastasia, which garnered good reviews and enjoyed box office success. In 1998, Ryan starred in two films. City of Angels drew positive reviews and became a financial success, topping nearly $200 million worldwide. You've Got Mail once again paired Ryan with Hanks, earning her a third Golden Globe nomination and making over $250 million worldwide. She also appeared in 1998's Hurlyburly with Sean Penn.

In 2000, Ryan starred in the action thriller Proof of Life opposite Russell Crowe. Though the film was a critical and commercial flop, her $15 million paycheck established her as one of the highest paid actresses in Hollywood.

That same year, Ryan starred opposite Diane Keaton in the comedy, Hanging Up, which received poor reviews, but grossed over $51 million. A year later, she once again returned to her romantic comedy roots in the film, Kate & Leopold. In 2003, she broke away from her usual roles, starring in Jane Campion's erotic crime thriller In the Cut. Though Ryan's decision to appear nude in a lengthy and rather graphic love scene for the first time in her career earned her much media attention, the movie failed with critics and grossed only $23 million in theaters. Ryan was quickly mentioned in Adam Sandler's 1995 movie Billy Madison. In the scene comedian Norm MacDonald asks Sandler "Who would you rather bone? Jack Nicholson or Meg Ryan?" Sandler says "Jack Nicholson now or 1974?" MacDonald says "74" Sandler then says "Meg Ryan".
Recent projects
Cheryl Hines and Ryan at the 2009 premiere of Serious Moonlight.

George Gallo's My Mom's New Boyfriend (originally titled Homeland Security, and released in Australia and New Zealand as My Spy) was shot in the fall of 2006, in Shreveport, Louisiana, and released in 2008. The romantic comedy stars Ryan opposite Antonio Banderas. Ryan was joined by former co-star Tom Hanks's son, Colin, who plays her son in the film. In 2007 she played the role of Sarah Hardwicke in In the Land of Women, co-starring Adam Brody and Kristen Stewart.

Ryan's next project was a remake of 1939's The Women and began filming in New York in August 2007. The $18 million remake of the George Cukor classic was directed by Murphy Brown creator Diane English and produced by the Rolling Stones' Mick Jagger. Ryan played the central character, Mary Haines, a wealthy woman who is one of the last to find out that her husband is cheating on her with a shop girl. The leading role was originally made famous by actress Norma Shearer. Annette Bening, Eva Mendes, Debra Messing and Candice Bergen also starred in the remake.

Ryan appeared in The Deal, which premiered at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. The film was never distributed but was released on DVD in 2009.

Her most recent film project is the upcoming comedy Serious Moonlight which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in April 2009.

In June 2009, it was reported that Ryan will guest star on the seventh season of Curb Your Enthusiasm
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* Ted Turner
Robert Edward "Ted" Turner III (born November 19, 1938) is an American media mogul and philanthropist. As a businessman, he is known as founder of the cable television network CNN, the first dedicated 24-hour cable news channel. In addition, he founded WTBS, which pioneered the superstation concept in cable television. As a philanthropist, he is known for his $1 billion gift to support UN causes, which created the United Nations Foundation, a public charity to broaden support for the UN. Turner serves as Chairman of the United Nations Foundation board of directors.

Turner's media empire began with his father's billboard business, which he took over at 24 after his father's suicide. The business, Turner Outdoor Advertising, was worth $1 million when Turner took it over in 1963. Purchase of an Atlanta UHF station in 1970 began the Turner Broadcasting System. Cable News Network revolutionized news media, covering the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster in 1986 and the Persian Gulf War in 1991. Turner turned the Atlanta Braves baseball team into a nationally popular franchise and launched the charitable Goodwill Games.

Turner's penchant for controversial statements earned him the nickname "The Mouth of the South".

In addition to donations, Turner has devoted his assets to environmentalism and capitalism. He owns more land than any other American and uses much of it for ranches to re-popularize bison meat (for his Ted's Montana Grill chain), amassing the largest herd in the world. He also created the environmental animated series Captain Planet and the Planeteers. Turner was inducted into the Junior Achievement U.S. Business Hall of Fame on April 26, 2007.
fter leaving Brown University, Turner returned to the South in late 1960 to become general manager of the Macon, Georgia branch of his father's business. Following his father's March 1963 suicide, Turner became president and chief executive of Turner Advertising Company when he was 24 and turned the firm into a global enterprise. He joined the Young Republicans because "he felt at ease among these budding conservatives and was merely following in Ed Turner's far-right footsteps," according to "It Ain't As Easy As It Looks."

During the Vietnam War Era, Turner’s business, which “had virtual monopolies in Savannah, Macon, Columbus, and Charleston” and was “the largest outdoor advertising company in the Southeast,” according to "It Ain’t As Easy As It Looks", prospered. The book observed that Turner “discovered his father had sheltered a substantial amount of taxable income over the years by personally lending it back to the company” and “discovered that the billboard business could be a gold mine, a tax-depreciable revenue stream that threw off enormous amounts of cash with almost no capital investment.” In the late 1960s, Turner used the profits to buy Southern radio and TV stations.

In 1975, after the FCC allowed Turner’s WTCG-TV-Channel 17 in Atlanta to use a satellite on December 27, 1976 to broadcast old movies, situation comedy reruns, cartoons, and sport nationwide to cable-TV subscribers, WTCG-TV Super-Station (later WTBS) was reaching two million subscribers and Turner was worth $100 million. He bought a 5,000-acre (20 km2) plantation in Jacksonboro, South Carolina for $2 million.

As cable systems developed, many carried his stations to free their schedules. This increased his viewers and advertising. He bought the Atlanta Braves and Atlanta Hawks in 1976 partially to provide programming for WTBS. For most of his first decade as owner of the Braves, Turner was a very hands-on owner. In 1977, he sent manager Dave Bristol on a "scouting trip" so he could manage the team himself. However, he only ran the team for one game (a loss) before National League president Chub Feeney told him that managers are not allowed to own financial interest in their club. He said, "Managing isn't that difficult; you just have to score more runs than the other guy". However, in the mid-1980s Turner began leaving day-to-day operations in the hands of the baseball operations staff.

Turner made the Braves a household name even before their run of success in the 1990s and early 2000s. He used WTBS' superstation status to beam Braves games into nearly every home in North America. At one point, he suggested to pitcher Andy Messersmith who wore number 17, that he change his surname to "Channel" to promote the television station. However, that didn't last long, as Feeney ordered him to scrap the promotion.

Turner Field, first used for the 1996 Summer Olympics as Centennial Olympic Stadium and then converted into a baseball-only facility for the Braves, is named after him.

Turner founded the Goodwill Games in 1986.
CNN

Turner created CNN in 1980. He said: "We won't be signing off until the world ends. We'll be on, and we will cover the end of the world, live, and that will be our last event... and when the end of the world comes, we'll play 'Nearer, My God, to Thee' before we sign off."

After five years, CNN outgrew its home, a former country club on the outskirts of Midtown, Atlanta. Turner purchased the Omni International from developer Tom Cousins and moved CNN there. The complex was rechristened the CNN Center. As Omni International, the complex had never succeeded. Cousins sold it to Turner along with the Atlanta Hawks. CNN moved into the end of the tower that once housed The World of Sid and Marty Krofft. Turner was instrumental in the revival of Atlanta's downtown.

In 1984, Turner launched Cable Music Channel, competition to MTV. The channel was short-lived, but helped mold and launch the original but now changed format of VH1.
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Written By: Howard on 11/19/09 at 5:50 am

The word of the day...Lane
1.
1. A narrow country road.
2. A narrow way or passage between walls, hedges, or fences.
2. A narrow passage, course, or track, especially:
1. A prescribed course for ships or aircraft.
2. A strip delineated on a street or highway to accommodate a single line of vehicles: a breakdown lane; an express lane.
3. Sports. One of a set of parallel courses marking the bounds for contestants in a race, especially in swimming or track.
4. Sports. A wood-surfaced passageway or alley along which a bowling ball is rolled.
5. Sports. An unmarked lengthwise area of a playing field or ice rink viewed as the main playing area for a particular position, such as a wing in soccer.
6. Basketball. The rectangular area marked on a court from the end line to the foul line.
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There's also Penny Lane.

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Written By: ninny on 11/19/09 at 6:07 am

There's also Penny Lane.

The 3rd to the last pic is Penny Lane

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Written By: Womble on 11/19/09 at 7:21 am

Nice "Lane" photos, Ninny. Very scenic. Thanks for sharing. :)

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Written By: CatwomanofV on 11/19/09 at 11:57 am

The birthday of the day...Jodie Foster
Alicia Christian Foster, better known as Jodie Foster (born November 19, 1962), is an American actor, film director and producer.

Foster began acting in commercials at 3 years old, and her first significant role came in the 1976 film Taxi Driver as the preteen prostitute, Iris, for which she received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She won an Academy Award for Best Actress in 1989 for playing a rape survivor in The Accused. In 1991, she starred in The Silence of the Lambs as Clarice Starling, a gifted FBI trainee, assisting in a hunt for a serial killer. This performance received international acclaim and her second Academy Award for Best Actress. She received her fourth Academy Award nomination for playing a backwoods hermit in Nell (1994). Other popular films include Maverick (1994), Contact (1997), Panic Room (2002), Flightplan (2005), Inside Man (2006), The Brave One (2007) and Nim's Island (2008).

Foster's films have spanned a wide variety of genres, from family films to horror. She has also won three Bafta Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, a Screen Actors Guild Award, a People's Choice Award, and has received two Emmy nominations.
Foster made nearly 50 film and television appearances before she attended college. She began her career at age three as a Coppertone Girl in a television commercial and debuted as a television actress in a 1968 episode of Mayberry R.F.D. In 1969, she appeared in an episode of Gunsmoke, where she was credited as "Jody Foster". Although not a regular on The Courtship of Eddie's Father, she appeared from time to time as Eddie's friend Joey Kelly. She made her film debut in the 1970 TV movie Menace on the Mountain and was featured as Tallulah in Bugsy Malone in 1976. As a child, Foster made a number of Disney movies, including Napoleon and Samantha (1972) and One Little Indian (1973), and continued to star in Disney films into her early teens. She also co-starred with Christopher Connelly in the 1974 TV series Paper Moon and alongside Martin Sheen in the 1976 cult film The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane. As a teenager, Foster made several appearances on the French pop music circuit as a singer. Commenting on her years as a child actress, which she describes as an "actor's career", Foster has said that "it was very clear to me at a young age that I had to fight for my life and that if I didn't, my life would get gobbled up and taken away from me." She hosted Saturday Night Live at age 14, making her the youngest person to host at that time until Drew Barrymore hosted at the age of seven. She also said,

"I think all of us when we look back on our childhood, we always think of it as somebody else. It's just a completely different place. But I was lucky to be around in the '70s and to really be making movies in the '70s with some great filmmakers – the most exciting time, for me, in American Cinema. I learned a lot from some very interesting artists — and I learned a lot about the business at a young age, because, for whatever reason, I was paying attention; so it was kind of invaluable in my career."

Foster was originally considered for the role of Princess Leia in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, but was unable to pull out of her contract with Disney. She made her debut (and only official) musical recordings in France in 1977: two 7" singles, "Je T'attends Depuis la Nuit des Temps" b/w "La Vie C'est Chouette" and "When I Looked at Your Face" backed with "La Vie C'est Chouette." The A-side of the former is sung in French, the A-side of the latter in English. The B-side of both is mostly spoken word and is performed in both French and English. These three recordings were included on the soundtrack to Foster's 1977 French film Moi, fleur bleue.

Foster starred in three films in 1976 — Taxi Driver, Bugsy Malone, and Freaky Friday. She was nominated for the Academy Award For Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Taxi Driver. She won two British Academy Film Awards in 1977 — the BAFTA Award for Best Newcomer and the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her performances in Bugsy Malone opposite Scott Baio and Taxi Driver opposite Robert De Niro. She received a nomination for Golden Globe Award for Best Actress for her performance in Freaky Friday. As a teenager, she also starred in the Disney adventure Candleshoe (1977) and the coming-of-age drama Foxes (1980).
Reagan assassination attempt

John Hinckley, Jr. became obsessed with Foster after watching Taxi Driver a number of times, and stalked her while she attended Yale, sending her love letters to her campus mail box and even talking to her on the phone. On March 30, 1981, he attempted to assassinate U.S. President Ronald Reagan (shooting and wounding Reagan and three others) and claimed his motive was to impress Foster, then a Yale freshman. The media stormed the Yale campus in April "like a cavalry invasion," and followed Foster relentlessly. In 1982, Foster was called to testify during his trial. After she responded to a question by saying that "I don't have any relationship with John Hinckley," Hinckley threw a pen at her and yelled "I'll get you, Foster!"

Another man, Edward Richardson, followed Foster around Yale and planned to shoot her, but decided against it because she "was too pretty." This all caused intense discomfort to Foster, who has been known to walk out of interviews if Hinckley's name is even mentioned. In 1991, Foster cancelled an interview with NBC's Today Show when she discovered Hinckley would be mentioned in the introduction. Foster's only public reactions to this were a press conference afterwards and an article entitled "Why Me?" that she wrote for Esquire in December 1982. In that article she wrote that returning to work on the film Svengali with Peter O'Toole "made me fall in love with acting again" after the assassination attempt had shaken her confidence. In 1999, she discussed the experience with Charlie Rose of 60 Minutes II.
Adult career
At the 61st Academy Awards Governor's Ball, March 29, 1989

Unlike other child stars such as Shirley Temple or Tatum O'Neal, Foster successfully made the transition to adult roles, but not without initial difficulty. Several of the films in her early adult career were financially unsuccessful, such as The Hotel New Hampshire, Five Corners, and Stealing Home. She had to audition for her role in The Accused. She won the part and the first of her two Golden Globes and Academy Awards and a nomination for a BAFTA Award as Best Actress for her role as a rape survivor. She starred as FBI trainee Clarice Starling in the 1991 horror film The Silence of the Lambs, for which she won her second Academy Award and Golden Globe, and won her first BAFTA Award for Best Actress. This "sleeper" film marked a breakthrough in her career, grossing nearly $273 million in theaters and becoming her first blockbuster.

Foster made her directorial debut in 1991 with Little Man Tate, a critically acclaimed drama about a child prodigy, in which she also co-starred as the child's mother. She also directed Home for the Holidays (1995), a black comedy starring Holly Hunter and Robert Downey Jr. In 1992, Foster founded a production company called Egg Pictures in Los Angeles. It primarily produced independent films until it was closed in 2001. Foster said that she did not have the ambition to produce "big mainstream popcorn" movies, and as a child, independent films made her more interested in the movie business than mainstream ones. Foster played Laurel Sommersby in Sommersby opposite Richard Gere, who would comment that "She's very much a close-up actress, because her thoughts are clear."

She starred in two films in 1994, first in the hugely successful western spoof Maverick and later in Nell, in which she starred as an isolated woman who speaks an invented language and must return to civilization. Foster's performance earned her nominations for her fourth Academy Award, a Golden Globe, an MTV Movie Award and won her a Screen Actors Guild Award and a People's Choice Award. In 1997, she starred alongside Matthew McConaughey in the sci-fi movie Contact, based on the novel by scientist Carl Sagan. She portrayed a scientist searching for extraterrestrial life in the SETI project. She commented on the script that "I have to have some acute personal connection with the material. And that's pretty hard for me to find." Contact was her first science fiction film, and her first experience with a bluescreen. She commented,

"Blue walls, blue roof. It was just blue, blue, blue. And I was rotated on a lazy Susan with the camera moving on a computerized arm. It was really tough."

The film was another huge commercial success and earned Foster nominations for numerous awards, including a Golden Globe. In 1998, an asteroid, 17744 Jodiefoster, was named in her honor. In 1999, Foster starred in the non-musical remake of The King and I entitled Anna and the King, which became an international commercial success.

In 2002, Foster took over the lead role in the thriller Panic Room after Nicole Kidman dropped out due to a previous injury. The film costarred Dwight Yoakam, Forest Whitaker, Kristen Stewart and Jared Leto and was directed by David Fincher. It grossed over $30 million in its opening weekend in the United States, Foster's biggest box office opening success of her career so far. She then performed in the French-language film Un long dimanche de fiançailles (A Very Long Engagement) (2004), speaking French fluently throughout. Foster returned in the 2005 film Flightplan which opened once again in the top position at the U.S. box office and was a worldwide hit. Foster portrayed a woman whose daughter disappears on an airplane that her character, an engineer, had helped to design.

In 2006, she starred in Inside Man, a thriller directed by Spike Lee and co-starring Denzel Washington and Clive Owen, which again opened at the top of the U.S. box office and became another international hit. In 2007, she starred in The Brave One directed by Neil Jordan and co-starring Terrence Howard, another urban thriller that opened at #1 at the U.S. box office Foster's performance in the film would earn her a sixth Golden Globe for Best Actress nomination and another People's Choice nomination, for Favorite Female Action Star. Commenting on her latest roles, Foster has said that she enjoys appearing in mainstream genre films that have a "real heart to them".

In 2008, Foster starred in Nim's Island alongside Gerard Butler and Abigail Breslin, portraying a reclusive writer who is contacted by a young girl after her father goes missing at sea. The film was the first comedy that Foster has starred in since Maverick in 1994, and was also a commercial success.
Current projects

Foster was set to direct, as well as reunite with actor Robert De Niro, for the film Sugarland; however, the film was shelved indefinitely in 2007. Foster is developing a biopic of Leni Riefenstahl. She is set to star opposite and direct her Maverick co-star Mel Gibson in a black comedy entitled The Beaver.

Foster provided her voice in a tetralogy episode of The Simpsons entitled "Four Great Women and a Manicure".
Filmography
Actress
Year Film Role Notes
1968 Mayberry, R.F.D. bit parts in 2 episodes TV series
1970 Adam 12 Mary in Season 3 / Episode 6—Log 55 Missing Girl TV
1970 Menace on the Mountain Suellen McIver TV
1972 Kansas City Bomber Rita
Napoleon and Samantha Samantha
My Sister Hank Henrietta "Hank" Bennett TV
The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan Anne Chan (voice) TV series
1973 Rookie of the Year Sharon Lee TV
Alexander, Alexander Sue TV
The Addams Family Pugsley (voice) TV series
Kung Fu Alethea Patricia Ingram TV series
Tom Sawyer Becky Thatcher
One Little Indian Martha McIver
1974 Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore Audrey
Smile, Jenny, You're Dead Liberty Cole TV
Paper Moon Addie Loggins TV series
1975 The Secret Life of T.K. Dearing T.K. Dearing TV
1976 The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane Rynn Jacobs Saturn Award for Best Actress
Freaky Friday Annabel Andrews Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
Bugsy Malone Tallulah BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role also for Taxi Driver
Taxi Driver Iris Steensma BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role also for Bugsy Malone
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress
National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress
Nominated — Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
Echoes of a Summer Deirdre Striden aka The Last Castle
1977 Candleshoe Casey Brown
Casotto Teresina Fedeli aka Beach House
Stop Calling Me Baby! (Moi, fleur bleue) Isabelle Tristan (aka Fleur bleue)
1980 Foxes Jeanie Nominated — Young Artist Award for Best Young Actress in a Major Motion Picture
Carny Donna
1982 O'Hara's Wife Barbara O'Hara
1983 Svengali Zoe Alexander
1984 The Blood of Others (Le Sang des autres) Hélène Bertrand
The Hotel New Hampshire Frannie Berry
1986 Mesmerized Victoria Thompson
1987 Siesta Nancy
Five Corners Linda Independent Spirit Award for Best Lead Female
1988 The Accused Sarah Tobias Academy Award for Best Actress
David di Donatello for Best Foreign Actress
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama Tied with Sigourney Weaver for Gorillas in the Mist: The Story of Dian Fossey and Shirley MacLaine for Madame Sousatzka
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress
National Board of Review Award for Best Actress
Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
Stealing Home Katie Chandler
1990 Catchfire Anne Benton aka Backtrack
1991 Little Man Tate Dede Tate
The Silence of the Lambs Clarice Starling Academy Award for Best Actress
BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress
London Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress
New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress
Nominated — Saturn Award for Best Actress
1992 Shadows and Fog Prostitute
1993 Sommersby Laurel Sommersby
1994 Nell Nell Kellty David di Donatello for Best Foreign Actress
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
Southeastern Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress
Nominated — Academy Award for Best Actress
Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama
Maverick Mrs. Annabelle Bransford
1997 Contact Dr. Eleanor Arroway Saturn Award for Best Actress
Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama
The X-Files Betty (voice) episode "Never Again"
1998 The Uttmost Herself Documentary
Psycho Woman in background
1999 Anna and the King Anna Leonowens
2002 Panic Room Meg Altman Nominated — Saturn Award for Best Actress
The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys Sister Assumpta
Tusker Minnie animated voice over
2003 Abby Singer Herself
2004 A Very Long Engagement Elodie Gordes Un long dimanche de fiançailles
2005 Flightplan Kyle Pratt Nominated — Saturn Award for Best Actress
Statler and Waldorf: From the Balcony herself guest appearance in episode 8
2006 Inside Man Madeline White
2007 The Brave One Erica Bain Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama
Nominated — Irish Film Award for Best International Actress
2008 Nim's Island Alexandra Rover
2009 The Simpsons Maggie Simpson TV, animated voiceover
Producer
Year Title Notes
1986 Mesmerized co-producer
1994 Nell
1995 Home for the Holidays
1998 The Baby Dance (TV) executive producer
2000 Waking the Dead executive producer
2002 The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys
2007 The Brave One executive producer
Director
Year Title Notes
1988 Tales from the Darkside (1 episode, "Do Not Open This Box")
1991 Little Man Tate
1995 Home for the Holidays
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I remember Napoleon and Samantha (with Johnny Whitaker who also was in just about everything-and Michael Douglas). I also remember the Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane-in fact, I saw that at the theatre. (Does that date me? :-\\ )

I thought she played Gloria Hickey on the Partridge Family but not according to the IMDB.

Cat

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Written By: ninny on 11/19/09 at 12:02 pm

Nice "Lane" photos, Ninny. Very scenic. Thanks for sharing. :)

I'm glad you like them :)

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Written By: Frank on 11/19/09 at 12:02 pm

I remember Napoleon and Samantha (with Johnny Whitaker who also was in just about everything-and Michael Douglas). I also remember the Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane-in fact, I saw that at the theatre. (Does that date me? :-\\ )

I thought she played Gloria Hickey on the Partridge Family but not according to the IMDB.

Cat

I think she also played a little girl in an episode of "The Courtship of Eddie's father", the one where he wanted to paint her...with no clothes on

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Written By: ninny on 11/19/09 at 12:14 pm

I remember Napoleon and Samantha (with Johnny Whitaker who also was in just about everything-and Michael Douglas). I also remember the Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane-in fact, I saw that at the theatre. (Does that date me? :-\\ )

I thought she played Gloria Hickey on the Partridge Family but not according to the IMDB.

Cat

from youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9niAG8Zymu0#
looks like Jodie to me.

IMDB says it Patti Cohoon, but I found this

Girl on the Balance Beam

Born: January 27, 1959
Birthplace: Whittier, CA
Contact Info: n/a
Current Projects: n/a
Other Webpages: Internet Movie Database

June 15th (1998) interview with Patti Cohoon

I was born in Whittier, California, January 27, 1959. The youngest of four girls: Terry, Judy, Susie and then ME. I understand my Mom was really hoping for a boy for a change, but my Dad was loving having a bunch of little girls running around who adored him.

As the story goes, since I started talking, I used to mimic every TV show, and especially commercials. None of the sisters seemed real interested in the TV, so finally, when I was nine-years-old, probably after driving everyone crazy, a friend of my Mom's, Meg, looked into how to get me started in television. Now, no one we knew was in the entertainment business so somewhere Meg found an advertisement for an actors organization called S.E.G (Screen Extras Guild--now not in existence) that said it was always looking for new talent.

My mom and Nana (Grandma) drove me from Orange County up to L.A. (about a fifty minute ride with no traffic) to meet with the guild, and they were so excited they got me a job immediately. On -- guess what -- the pilot episode of The Brady Bunch. I was Susan Olsen's stand-in. Well that was pretty fun, but not exactly what I had in mind. I wanted to be the one who had the lines when the camera started rolling. Fortunately the kids, and their mothers on The Brady Bunch set, were very nice and suggested that I meet with their agent Toni Kelman (four out of the six "Brady" kids were with her agency).

We met with Toni. I loved her, she loved me, my Mom loved us both and off we went. I did my first commercial in less than a month and booked the Here Comes the Brides series not long after.

I believe I was a pretty good little actress, but I think what helped me the most was that I was tiny, and very short for my age, so I could play much younger roles.

I've been trying to remember some interesting things about working on Emergency!, I know when I see the show again, I'll remember once more, what comes to mind right off was that I found it so ironic that I was hired to do this show (these were the days when I didn't have to audition for all parts on shows. I had done a lot of work by then and they were offered to me via my agent). About nine months before I did the show, I was practicing gymnastics with my High School team. I had qualified to go to the California State Championships for the balance beam and vault events and two days before the competition, I fell from the beam and broke my collar bone in three places. So here I am, doing a show where I fall off the balance beam. The Emergency! director loved the fact that I could do a lot of my own work on the beam. They did have a double on some of the stunts, not that I couldn't do them mind you, but they didn't want me to hurt myself and not finish the show. They did however, let me do the shot where I fall off the beam and look like I hit my head. I told them what I was best at, unfortunately, was falling off. They agreed and the shot was mine.

copyright 1997

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Series Regulars:
Here Comes the Brides
Glen Campbell Show
Apples Way
The Runaways

Movie of the Week
Death Takes a Holiday
The Hunted Lady

Variety Shows w/"The Mike Curb Congregation"
Sonny & Cher Show
Tony Bennett Special - Hawaii
Jose Feliciano Special - New York
1973 Grammy Awards Show
Michael LeGrande Special
1974 Academy Awards Show

Concerts w/MCC Group
Yahama Festival - Japan
Caesar's Palace - Las Vegas
(w/Sammy Davis Jr)
Caesar's Palace - Las Vegas
(w/Steve Lawrence and Edie Gourmet)
10 week tour with Liberace
Republican Convention - Miami
Presidential Inauguration Concerts
White House Concerts
Guest Star and Co-Star Roles:
Mayberry RFD
F.B.I.
Medical Center
Jackson 5 Special
Marcus Welby M.D.
Interns
Courtship of Eddie's Father
Night Gallery
The Girl with Something X-tra
Sigmond and the Sea Monsters
Gunsmoke (5 episodes)
Dirty Sally
Lucas Tanner
Live Option
P.J.& the President's Son
(ABC afterschool special w/Lance Kerwin)
Hallmark Hall of Fame
(w/Jason Robards)
Faith for Today
Dr. Dan (pilot)
Cat Ballou (pilot)
"Kid Power" Cartoon Series
(sang songs in several episodes)
No mention of The Partridge Family.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 11/19/09 at 3:07 pm

I remember when Jodie Foster started out as a little girl in films.

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Written By: nally on 11/19/09 at 4:50 pm

Nice "Lane" photos, Ninny. Very scenic. Thanks for sharing. :)

ditto that ;)

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Written By: ninny on 11/20/09 at 5:43 am

ditto that ;)

Thanks Jeff :)

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Written By: ninny on 11/20/09 at 5:54 am

The word of the day...Family
1.
1. A fundamental social group in society typically consisting of one or two parents and their children.
2. Two or more people who share goals and values, have long-term commitments to one another, and reside usually in the same dwelling place.
2. All the members of a household under one roof.
3. A group of persons sharing common ancestry. See Usage Note at collective noun.
4. Lineage, especially distinguished lineage.
5. A locally independent organized crime unit, as of the Cosa Nostra.
6.
1. A group of like things; a class.
2. A group of individuals derived from a common stock: the family of human beings.
7. Biology. A taxonomic category of related organisms ranking below an order and above a genus. A family usually consists of several genera.
8. Linguistics. A group of languages descended from the same parent language, such as the Indo-European language family.
9. Mathematics. A set of functions or surfaces that can be generated by varying the parameters of a general equation.
10. Chemistry. A group of elements with similar chemical properties.
11. Chemistry. A vertical column in the periodic table of elements.
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Written By: ninny on 11/20/09 at 5:57 am

The birthday of the day...Richard Dawson
Richard Dawson (born November 20, 1932) is a British-born American actor, comedian, game show panelist, and host. He is best known for his role as Bob Crane's British non-commissioned officer, Corporal Peter Newkirk, on the World War II situation comedy Hogan's Heroes, and as the original host of the Family Feud game show from 1976–1985 on ABC and in syndication, and again in syndication from 1994 to 1995, replacing Ray Combs. Dawson also appeared as a panelist on the 1970s version of Match Game on CBS, from 1973–1978.
aving married British sex symbol Diana Dors, Dawson moved to Los Angeles, California, where he gained fame in the hit show Hogan's Heroes as Cpl. Peter Newkirk, opposite Bob Crane's lead character. The war-related sitcom was one of the highest-rated shows on television during its six-year run from 1965 to 1971. Earlier, in 1963, a svelte, dapper young Dawson had appeared in an episode of The Dick Van Dyke Show in the role of Brit entertainer "Racy Tracy" Rattigan. In 1965, Dawson had a small role at the end of the film King Rat, starring George Segal, playing a 1st recon paratrooper, Capt. Weaver, sent to free allied POW's in a Japanese camp.
Late 1960s and early 1970s

In 1967, Dawson released a psychedelic 45rpm single including the songs "His Children's Parade" and "Apples & Oranges" on Carnation Records. Dawson was also in the movie The Devil's Brigade, as Private Hugh McDonald, in 1968. Dawson and Dors eventually divorced, and he gained custody of both their children, Gary and Mark. Immediately following the cancellation of Heroes, Dawson performed as a regular on the popular NBC variety show Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In from 1971 to 1973, and would also be a regular on The New Dick Van Dyke Show from 1973 to 1974. Dawson also appeared as a panelist on the 1972–73 syndicated revival of I've Got a Secret.
Mid-1970s to mid-1980s

After Laugh-In left the airwaves in 1973, game show pioneer Mark Goodson signed Dawson to appear as a regular on Match Game '73, alongside Brett Somers, Charles Nelson Reilly, and host Gene Rayburn. Dawson, who had already served a year as panelist for Goodson's revival of I've Got a Secret, proved to be a solid and funny gameplayer and was the frequent choice of contestants for the "Head-To-Head Match" portion of the show's "Super-Match" bonus round, in which, after winning prize money in the "Audience Match" portion, the contestant and Dawson (or any celebrity the contestant chose) had to obtain an exact match to the requested fill-in-the-blank prompt. In a classic episode of Match Game '77, he and fellow panelist Debralee Scott revolted when their answer "Finishing School" did not match the answer "school" in the judges's minds; thus sparking the "School Riot." On the show Dawson would sit in the lower middle seat, directly below fellow regular Somers.

Dawson hosted a one-season syndicated revival of Masquerade Party in 1974; the program featured regular panelists Bill Bixby, Lee Meriwether, and Nipsey Russell. Produced by Stefan Hatos and Monty Hall (of Let's Make a Deal fame), the program was not popular enough to warrant a second season.
Richard Dawson (host) and contestants from the 1976-1985 original version of Family Feud, his greatest professional success
Match Game (1975) and Family Feud (1976)

In 1975, during his tenure as one of Match Game's regular panelists, Dawson was hired by Mark Goodson to host an upcoming project titled Family Feud, which debuted on July 12, 1976, on ABC's daytime schedule. Unlike his flop with Masquerade Party, Family Feud became a breakout hit (particularly the syndicated nighttime version), eventually surpassing the ratings of Match Game in late 1977. In 1978 he left Match Game and won a Daytime Emmy Award for Best Game Show Host for his work on Family Feud. One of his trademarks, kissing all the female contestants, was one of the things that made the show appear to be a warm and friendly program. He was nicknamed The Kissing Bandit. However, Dawson was actually not averse to insulting contestants or sparking controversy, a fact which tended to escape references to the program. During 1983, Dawson made an appearance on Mama's Family as himself hosting an episode of Family Feud where the Harpers come in for a visit. After Dawson became a naturalized citizen of the United States in 1984, he showed his passport and photo during the introduction of an episode of Family Feud. He continued hosting the Feud until both editions were canceled, the ABC edition on Flag Day, 1985, and the syndicated edition on September 13, 1985.
Mid-1980s – present career

Dawson parodied his TV persona in 1987 by co-starring in the action movie The Running Man, in which he acted out the evil, egotistical, dark-sided game-show host Damon Killian. Of Dawson's performance, film critic Roger Ebert wrote, "Playing a character who always seems three-quarters drunk, Dawson chain-smokes his way through backstage planning sessions and then pops up in front of the cameras as a cauldron of false jollity. Working the audience, milking the laughs and the tears, he is not really much different than most genuine game show hosts--and that's the movie's private joke."

Dawson hosted an unsold pilot for a revival of the classic game show You Bet Your Life that was to air on NBC in 1988, but the network declined to pick up the show, which would eventually have two failed renditions with hosts Buddy Hackett and Bill Cosby. On September 12, 1994, Dawson, returned to the syndicated edition of Family Feud, replacing Ray Combs for what became the final season of the show's official second run (1988–1995). On Dawson's first show back, he received a 25 second standing ovation when he walked out. Afterwards, he said "If you do too much of that, I won't be able to do a show for you because I'll cry." The final episode aired on May 26, 1995. He was considered for the current version of Family Feud, but elected to retire instead of accepting the offer to host.
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Written By: ninny on 11/20/09 at 5:59 am

The co-birthday of the day...Estelle Parsons
Estelle Margaret Parsons (born November 20, 1927) is an American theatre, film and television actress, and occasional theatrical director.

After studying law, Parsons became a singer before deciding to pursue a career in acting. She worked for the television program Today and made her stage debut in 1961. During the 1960s, Parsons established her career on Broadway before progressing to film. She received an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Blanche Barrow in Bonnie and Clyde (1967), and was also nominated for her work in Rachel, Rachel (1968).

Parsons worked extensively in film and theatre during the 1970s and later directed several Broadway productions. More recently her television work includes a role in the award-winning sitcom Roseanne. Nominated on four occasions for a Tony Award, in 2004 Parsons was inducted into the American Theatre Hall of Fame.
Moving to New York City, she worked as a writer, producer and commentator for The Today Show. She began performing Off-Broadway in 1961, and received a Theatre World Award in 1963 for her performance in Whisper into My Good Ear/Mrs. Dally Has a Lover (1962).

Parsons has received Tony Award nominations for her work in The Seven Descents of Myrtle (1968), And Miss Reardon Drinks a Little (1971), Miss Margarida's Way (1978), and Morning's at Seven (2002). She played the Widow Begbick in the American premiere of the Weill – Brecht opera Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny (1970), and performed as Mrs. Peacham to Lotte Lenya's Jenny in Threepenny Opera on tour and in New York City. She also played "Ruth" in Gilbert & Sullivan's The Pirates of Penzance on Broadway in 1981. From June 17, 2008, through May 17, 2009, she played the role of "Violet Weston" in August: Osage County by Tracy Letts. She will continue playing the role during the show's national tour beginning July 24, 2009, in Denver.

As a director, Parsons has a number of Broadway credits, including a production of Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth and As You Like It in 1986. Off-Broadway, she directed Dario Fo's Orgasmo Adulto Escapes From the Zoo (1983). She also served as the Artistic Director of the Actors Studio for five years, ending in 2003.

Her film career includes an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of Blanche Barrow in Bonnie and Clyde (1967), and a nomination for Rachel, Rachel (1968). She also received a BAFTA Award nomination for her role in Watermelon Man (1970), and appeared in I Never Sang for My Father (1971), Two People (1973), A Memory of Two Mondays (1974), For Pete's Sake (1975), Dick Tracy (1990) and Boys on the Side (1995). She was also the original choice to play the part of Pamela Voorhees in the 1980 film Friday the 13th; the part later went to Betsy Palmer.

On television, Parsons played the part of Roseanne and Jackie's pretentious mother, Beverly, on the 1988-1997 sitcom Roseanne. Her other television credits include appearances in The Patty Duke Show, Frasier, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, All In The Family, Archie Bunker's Place, Open Admissions‎, the TV-movie The UFO Incident: The Story of Betty and Barney Hill (opposite James Earl Jones), and the PBS production of June Moon. In 1957 Parson's played opposite Phil Silvers on The Phil Silvers Show, Episode 76 - Bilko's Double Life.

In 2004, Parsons was inducted into the American Theatre Hall of Fame.
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 11/20/09 at 6:54 am

The word of the day...Family
1.
1. A fundamental social group in society typically consisting of one or two parents and their children.
2. Two or more people who share goals and values, have long-term commitments to one another, and reside usually in the same dwelling place.
2. All the members of a household under one roof.
3. A group of persons sharing common ancestry. See Usage Note at collective noun.
4. Lineage, especially distinguished lineage.
5. A locally independent organized crime unit, as of the Cosa Nostra.
6.
1. A group of like things; a class.
2. A group of individuals derived from a common stock: the family of human beings.
7. Biology. A taxonomic category of related organisms ranking below an order and above a genus. A family usually consists of several genera.
8. Linguistics. A group of languages descended from the same parent language, such as the Indo-European language family.
9. Mathematics. A set of functions or surfaces that can be generated by varying the parameters of a general equation.
10. Chemistry. A group of elements with similar chemical properties.
11. Chemistry. A vertical column in the periodic table of elements.
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We Are Family,I got my sisters and me.

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Written By: ninny on 11/20/09 at 8:48 am

We Are Family,I got my sisters and me.

Sister Sledge

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Written By: Frank on 11/20/09 at 12:06 pm

Richard Dawson was funny as Newkirk and in those Match game shows. Watching reruns of both still makes me laugh.

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Written By: ninny on 11/20/09 at 12:17 pm

Richard Dawson was funny as Newkirk and in those Match game shows. Watching reruns of both still makes me laugh.

I always liked him :)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/20/09 at 1:59 pm

The word of the day...Lane
1.
1. A narrow country road.
2. A narrow way or passage between walls, hedges, or fences.
2. A narrow passage, course, or track, especially:
1. A prescribed course for ships or aircraft.
2. A strip delineated on a street or highway to accommodate a single line of vehicles: a breakdown lane; an express lane.
3. Sports. One of a set of parallel courses marking the bounds for contestants in a race, especially in swimming or track.
4. Sports. A wood-surfaced passageway or alley along which a bowling ball is rolled.
5. Sports. An unmarked lengthwise area of a playing field or ice rink viewed as the main playing area for a particular position, such as a wing in soccer.
6. Basketball. The rectangular area marked on a court from the end line to the foul line.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ThLR2ekYQc

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/20/09 at 2:02 pm

The word of the day...Lane
1.
1. A narrow country road.
2. A narrow way or passage between walls, hedges, or fences.
2. A narrow passage, course, or track, especially:
1. A prescribed course for ships or aircraft.
2. A strip delineated on a street or highway to accommodate a single line of vehicles: a breakdown lane; an express lane.
3. Sports. One of a set of parallel courses marking the bounds for contestants in a race, especially in swimming or track.
4. Sports. A wood-surfaced passageway or alley along which a bowling ball is rolled.
5. Sports. An unmarked lengthwise area of a playing field or ice rink viewed as the main playing area for a particular position, such as a wing in soccer.
6. Basketball. The rectangular area marked on a court from the end line to the foul line.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jt93ozVf6DE ;D

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/20/09 at 2:06 pm

The birthday of the day...Jodie Foster
Alicia Christian Foster, better known as Jodie Foster (born November 19, 1962), is an American actor, film director and producer.

Foster began acting in commercials at 3 years old, and her first significant role came in the 1976 film Taxi Driver as the preteen prostitute, Iris, for which she received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She won an Academy Award for Best Actress in 1989 for playing a rape survivor in The Accused. In 1991, she starred in The Silence of the Lambs as Clarice Starling, a gifted FBI trainee, assisting in a hunt for a serial killer. This performance received international acclaim and her second Academy Award for Best Actress. She received her fourth Academy Award nomination for playing a backwoods hermit in Nell (1994). Other popular films include Maverick (1994), Contact (1997), Panic Room (2002), Flightplan (2005), Inside Man (2006), The Brave One (2007) and Nim's Island (2008).

Foster's films have spanned a wide variety of genres, from family films to horror. She has also won three Bafta Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, a Screen Actors Guild Award, a People's Choice Award, and has received two Emmy nominations.
Foster made nearly 50 film and television appearances before she attended college. She began her career at age three as a Coppertone Girl in a television commercial and debuted as a television actress in a 1968 episode of Mayberry R.F.D. In 1969, she appeared in an episode of Gunsmoke, where she was credited as "Jody Foster". Although not a regular on The Courtship of Eddie's Father, she appeared from time to time as Eddie's friend Joey Kelly. She made her film debut in the 1970 TV movie Menace on the Mountain and was featured as Tallulah in Bugsy Malone in 1976. As a child, Foster made a number of Disney movies, including Napoleon and Samantha (1972) and One Little Indian (1973), and continued to star in Disney films into her early teens. She also co-starred with Christopher Connelly in the 1974 TV series Paper Moon and alongside Martin Sheen in the 1976 cult film The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane. As a teenager, Foster made several appearances on the French pop music circuit as a singer. Commenting on her years as a child actress, which she describes as an "actor's career", Foster has said that "it was very clear to me at a young age that I had to fight for my life and that if I didn't, my life would get gobbled up and taken away from me." She hosted Saturday Night Live at age 14, making her the youngest person to host at that time until Drew Barrymore hosted at the age of seven. She also said,

"I think all of us when we look back on our childhood, we always think of it as somebody else. It's just a completely different place. But I was lucky to be around in the '70s and to really be making movies in the '70s with some great filmmakers – the most exciting time, for me, in American Cinema. I learned a lot from some very interesting artists — and I learned a lot about the business at a young age, because, for whatever reason, I was paying attention; so it was kind of invaluable in my career."

Foster was originally considered for the role of Princess Leia in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, but was unable to pull out of her contract with Disney. She made her debut (and only official) musical recordings in France in 1977: two 7" singles, "Je T'attends Depuis la Nuit des Temps" b/w "La Vie C'est Chouette" and "When I Looked at Your Face" backed with "La Vie C'est Chouette." The A-side of the former is sung in French, the A-side of the latter in English. The B-side of both is mostly spoken word and is performed in both French and English. These three recordings were included on the soundtrack to Foster's 1977 French film Moi, fleur bleue.

Foster starred in three films in 1976 — Taxi Driver, Bugsy Malone, and Freaky Friday. She was nominated for the Academy Award For Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Taxi Driver. She won two British Academy Film Awards in 1977 — the BAFTA Award for Best Newcomer and the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her performances in Bugsy Malone opposite Scott Baio and Taxi Driver opposite Robert De Niro. She received a nomination for Golden Globe Award for Best Actress for her performance in Freaky Friday. As a teenager, she also starred in the Disney adventure Candleshoe (1977) and the coming-of-age drama Foxes (1980).
Reagan assassination attempt

John Hinckley, Jr. became obsessed with Foster after watching Taxi Driver a number of times, and stalked her while she attended Yale, sending her love letters to her campus mail box and even talking to her on the phone. On March 30, 1981, he attempted to assassinate U.S. President Ronald Reagan (shooting and wounding Reagan and three others) and claimed his motive was to impress Foster, then a Yale freshman. The media stormed the Yale campus in April "like a cavalry invasion," and followed Foster relentlessly. In 1982, Foster was called to testify during his trial. After she responded to a question by saying that "I don't have any relationship with John Hinckley," Hinckley threw a pen at her and yelled "I'll get you, Foster!"

Another man, Edward Richardson, followed Foster around Yale and planned to shoot her, but decided against it because she "was too pretty." This all caused intense discomfort to Foster, who has been known to walk out of interviews if Hinckley's name is even mentioned. In 1991, Foster cancelled an interview with NBC's Today Show when she discovered Hinckley would be mentioned in the introduction. Foster's only public reactions to this were a press conference afterwards and an article entitled "Why Me?" that she wrote for Esquire in December 1982. In that article she wrote that returning to work on the film Svengali with Peter O'Toole "made me fall in love with acting again" after the assassination attempt had shaken her confidence. In 1999, she discussed the experience with Charlie Rose of 60 Minutes II.
Adult career
At the 61st Academy Awards Governor's Ball, March 29, 1989

Unlike other child stars such as Shirley Temple or Tatum O'Neal, Foster successfully made the transition to adult roles, but not without initial difficulty. Several of the films in her early adult career were financially unsuccessful, such as The Hotel New Hampshire, Five Corners, and Stealing Home. She had to audition for her role in The Accused. She won the part and the first of her two Golden Globes and Academy Awards and a nomination for a BAFTA Award as Best Actress for her role as a rape survivor. She starred as FBI trainee Clarice Starling in the 1991 horror film The Silence of the Lambs, for which she won her second Academy Award and Golden Globe, and won her first BAFTA Award for Best Actress. This "sleeper" film marked a breakthrough in her career, grossing nearly $273 million in theaters and becoming her first blockbuster.

Foster made her directorial debut in 1991 with Little Man Tate, a critically acclaimed drama about a child prodigy, in which she also co-starred as the child's mother. She also directed Home for the Holidays (1995), a black comedy starring Holly Hunter and Robert Downey Jr. In 1992, Foster founded a production company called Egg Pictures in Los Angeles. It primarily produced independent films until it was closed in 2001. Foster said that she did not have the ambition to produce "big mainstream popcorn" movies, and as a child, independent films made her more interested in the movie business than mainstream ones. Foster played Laurel Sommersby in Sommersby opposite Richard Gere, who would comment that "She's very much a close-up actress, because her thoughts are clear."

She starred in two films in 1994, first in the hugely successful western spoof Maverick and later in Nell, in which she starred as an isolated woman who speaks an invented language and must return to civilization. Foster's performance earned her nominations for her fourth Academy Award, a Golden Globe, an MTV Movie Award and won her a Screen Actors Guild Award and a People's Choice Award. In 1997, she starred alongside Matthew McConaughey in the sci-fi movie Contact, based on the novel by scientist Carl Sagan. She portrayed a scientist searching for extraterrestrial life in the SETI project. She commented on the script that "I have to have some acute personal connection with the material. And that's pretty hard for me to find." Contact was her first science fiction film, and her first experience with a bluescreen. She commented,

"Blue walls, blue roof. It was just blue, blue, blue. And I was rotated on a lazy Susan with the camera moving on a computerized arm. It was really tough."

The film was another huge commercial success and earned Foster nominations for numerous awards, including a Golden Globe. In 1998, an asteroid, 17744 Jodiefoster, was named in her honor. In 1999, Foster starred in the non-musical remake of The King and I entitled Anna and the King, which became an international commercial success.

In 2002, Foster took over the lead role in the thriller Panic Room after Nicole Kidman dropped out due to a previous injury. The film costarred Dwight Yoakam, Forest Whitaker, Kristen Stewart and Jared Leto and was directed by David Fincher. It grossed over $30 million in its opening weekend in the United States, Foster's biggest box office opening success of her career so far. She then performed in the French-language film Un long dimanche de fiançailles (A Very Long Engagement) (2004), speaking French fluently throughout. Foster returned in the 2005 film Flightplan which opened once again in the top position at the U.S. box office and was a worldwide hit. Foster portrayed a woman whose daughter disappears on an airplane that her character, an engineer, had helped to design.

In 2006, she starred in Inside Man, a thriller directed by Spike Lee and co-starring Denzel Washington and Clive Owen, which again opened at the top of the U.S. box office and became another international hit. In 2007, she starred in The Brave One directed by Neil Jordan and co-starring Terrence Howard, another urban thriller that opened at #1 at the U.S. box office Foster's performance in the film would earn her a sixth Golden Globe for Best Actress nomination and another People's Choice nomination, for Favorite Female Action Star. Commenting on her latest roles, Foster has said that she enjoys appearing in mainstream genre films that have a "real heart to them".

In 2008, Foster starred in Nim's Island alongside Gerard Butler and Abigail Breslin, portraying a reclusive writer who is contacted by a young girl after her father goes missing at sea. The film was the first comedy that Foster has starred in since Maverick in 1994, and was also a commercial success.
Current projects

Foster was set to direct, as well as reunite with actor Robert De Niro, for the film Sugarland; however, the film was shelved indefinitely in 2007. Foster is developing a biopic of Leni Riefenstahl. She is set to star opposite and direct her Maverick co-star Mel Gibson in a black comedy entitled The Beaver.

Foster provided her voice in a tetralogy episode of The Simpsons entitled "Four Great Women and a Manicure".
Filmography
Actress
Year Film Role Notes
1968 Mayberry, R.F.D. bit parts in 2 episodes TV series
1970 Adam 12 Mary in Season 3 / Episode 6—Log 55 Missing Girl TV
1970 Menace on the Mountain Suellen McIver TV
1972 Kansas City Bomber Rita
Napoleon and Samantha Samantha
My Sister Hank Henrietta "Hank" Bennett TV
The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan Anne Chan (voice) TV series
1973 Rookie of the Year Sharon Lee TV
Alexander, Alexander Sue TV
The Addams Family Pugsley (voice) TV series
Kung Fu Alethea Patricia Ingram TV series
Tom Sawyer Becky Thatcher
One Little Indian Martha McIver
1974 Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore Audrey
Smile, Jenny, You're Dead Liberty Cole TV
Paper Moon Addie Loggins TV series
1975 The Secret Life of T.K. Dearing T.K. Dearing TV
1976 The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane Rynn Jacobs Saturn Award for Best Actress
Freaky Friday Annabel Andrews Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
Bugsy Malone Tallulah BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role also for Taxi Driver
Taxi Driver Iris Steensma BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role also for Bugsy Malone
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress
National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress
Nominated — Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
Echoes of a Summer Deirdre Striden aka The Last Castle
1977 Candleshoe Casey Brown
Casotto Teresina Fedeli aka Beach House
Stop Calling Me Baby! (Moi, fleur bleue) Isabelle Tristan (aka Fleur bleue)
1980 Foxes Jeanie Nominated — Young Artist Award for Best Young Actress in a Major Motion Picture
Carny Donna
1982 O'Hara's Wife Barbara O'Hara
1983 Svengali Zoe Alexander
1984 The Blood of Others (Le Sang des autres) Hélène Bertrand
The Hotel New Hampshire Frannie Berry
1986 Mesmerized Victoria Thompson
1987 Siesta Nancy
Five Corners Linda Independent Spirit Award for Best Lead Female
1988 The Accused Sarah Tobias Academy Award for Best Actress
David di Donatello for Best Foreign Actress
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama Tied with Sigourney Weaver for Gorillas in the Mist: The Story of Dian Fossey and Shirley MacLaine for Madame Sousatzka
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress
National Board of Review Award for Best Actress
Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
Stealing Home Katie Chandler
1990 Catchfire Anne Benton aka Backtrack
1991 Little Man Tate Dede Tate
The Silence of the Lambs Clarice Starling Academy Award for Best Actress
BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress
London Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress
New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress
Nominated — Saturn Award for Best Actress
1992 Shadows and Fog Prostitute
1993 Sommersby Laurel Sommersby
1994 Nell Nell Kellty David di Donatello for Best Foreign Actress
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
Southeastern Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress
Nominated — Academy Award for Best Actress
Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama
Maverick Mrs. Annabelle Bransford
1997 Contact Dr. Eleanor Arroway Saturn Award for Best Actress
Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama
The X-Files Betty (voice) episode "Never Again"
1998 The Uttmost Herself Documentary
Psycho Woman in background
1999 Anna and the King Anna Leonowens
2002 Panic Room Meg Altman Nominated — Saturn Award for Best Actress
The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys Sister Assumpta
Tusker Minnie animated voice over
2003 Abby Singer Herself
2004 A Very Long Engagement Elodie Gordes Un long dimanche de fiançailles
2005 Flightplan Kyle Pratt Nominated — Saturn Award for Best Actress
Statler and Waldorf: From the Balcony herself guest appearance in episode 8
2006 Inside Man Madeline White
2007 The Brave One Erica Bain Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama
Nominated — Irish Film Award for Best International Actress
2008 Nim's Island Alexandra Rover
2009 The Simpsons Maggie Simpson TV, animated voiceover
Producer
Year Title Notes
1986 Mesmerized co-producer
1994 Nell
1995 Home for the Holidays
1998 The Baby Dance (TV) executive producer
2000 Waking the Dead executive producer
2002 The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys
2007 The Brave One executive producer
Director
Year Title Notes
1988 Tales from the Darkside (1 episode, "Do Not Open This Box")
1991 Little Man Tate
1995 Home for the Holidays

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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/20/09 at 2:08 pm

The 3rd to the last pic is Penny Lane
It's in heart!

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/20/09 at 2:12 pm

The word of the day...Family
1.
1. A fundamental social group in society typically consisting of one or two parents and their children.
2. Two or more people who share goals and values, have long-term commitments to one another, and reside usually in the same dwelling place.
2. All the members of a household under one roof.
3. A group of persons sharing common ancestry. See Usage Note at collective noun.
4. Lineage, especially distinguished lineage.
5. A locally independent organized crime unit, as of the Cosa Nostra.
6.
1. A group of like things; a class.
2. A group of individuals derived from a common stock: the family of human beings.
7. Biology. A taxonomic category of related organisms ranking below an order and above a genus. A family usually consists of several genera.
8. Linguistics. A group of languages descended from the same parent language, such as the Indo-European language family.
9. Mathematics. A set of functions or surfaces that can be generated by varying the parameters of a general equation.
10. Chemistry. A group of elements with similar chemical properties.
11. Chemistry. A vertical column in the periodic table of elements.

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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 11/20/09 at 2:28 pm

Sister Sledge had a number of hits.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/20/09 at 2:29 pm

Sister Sledge had a number of hits.
Frankie reached #1 over here.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/20/09 at 2:30 pm

Sister Sledge had a number of hits.
We Are Family only reached #8 over here.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 11/20/09 at 2:30 pm

Frankie reached #1 over here.

I'm talking hits from 1979-1984

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 11/20/09 at 3:23 pm

Frankie reached #1 over here.

I don't even know that song.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/20/09 at 3:25 pm

I don't even know that song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPCQHR0kuy4

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/20/09 at 3:26 pm

I don't even know that song.
A much better version, the actual single....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pFO1Y-ikiE

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 11/20/09 at 3:53 pm

A much better version, the actual single....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pFO1Y-ikiE

It's ok.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/20/09 at 3:54 pm

It's ok.
It has a good steady beat to it, which makes it a catchy song.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/21/09 at 4:38 am

Yesterday, last year.

The word or phrase of the day...Disco lights
I really don't see any definition,so basically lights at a disco

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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 11/21/09 at 6:24 am

Yesterday, last year.

WOW, really cool. :)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 11/21/09 at 6:29 am

The word of the day...cactus
# Any of various succulent, spiny, usually leafless plants native mostly to arid regions of the New World, having variously colored, often showy flowers with numerous stamens and petals.
# Any of several similar plants
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Written By: ninny on 11/21/09 at 6:33 am

The birthday of the day...Goldie Hawn
Goldie Jean Hawn (born November 21, 1945) is an American actress, film director and producer, whose career has spanned nearly four decades. Hawn is perhaps best known for her roles in Private Benjamin, Foul Play, Wildcats, Overboard, Bird on a Wire, Death Becomes Her, The First Wives Club, and The Banger Sisters. She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the 1969 film Cactus Flower. She is also the mother of actors Oliver Hudson and Kate Hudson. Hawn has maintained a relationship with her long-time boyfriend, actor Kurt Russell since 1983.
Hawn began her acting career as a cast member of the short-lived situation comedy Good Morning, World during the 1967-1968 television season, her role being that of the girlfriend of a radio disc jockey, with a stereotypical "dumb blonde" personality. Her next role, which brought her to international attention, was as one of the regular cast members on the 1960s sketch comedy show, Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In. On the show, she would often break out into high-pitched giggles in the middle of a joke, and deliver a polished performance a moment after. Noted equally for her chipper attitude as for her bikini and painted body, Hawn personified something of a 1960s "It" girl.

Hawn's Laugh-In persona was parlayed into three popular film appearances in the late 1960s and early 1970s: Cactus Flower, There's a Girl in My Soup and Butterflies Are Free. Hawn had made her feature film debut in a bit role as a giggling dancer in the 1968 film The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band, in which she was billed as "Goldie Jeanne", but in her first supporting role, in Cactus Flower (1969), she won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
1970s

After Hawn's Academy Award win, her film career took off. She starred in a string of above average and successful comedies starting with There's a Girl in My Soup (1970), $ (1971), Butterflies Are Free (1972) and Shampoo (1975) as well as proving herself in the dramatic league with the satirical dramas The Girl from Petrovka and The Sugarland Express both in 1974. She also hosted two television specials: Pure Goldie in 1971 and The Goldie Hawn Special in 1978. The latter was a sort of comeback for Hawn, who had been out of the spotlight for two years since the 1976 release of The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox, while she was focusing on her marriage and the birth of her son. On the special she performed show tunes and comedy bits alongside comic legend George Burns, teen matinee idol Shaun Cassidy, popular television star John Ritter (during his days on Three's Company) and even the Harlem Globetrotters joined her for a montage. The special later went on to be nominated for a prime-time Emmy. This came four months before the feature film release of Foul Play (with Chevy Chase), which became a box office smash and revived Hawn's career in the film industry. The plot centered around an innocent woman in San Francisco who becomes mixed up in a murder plot. Hawn's next film, Mario Monicelli's Lovers and Liars (1979), was a box office bomb. In 1972 Hawn recorded and released a solo country LP for Warner Brothers, titled Goldie. It was recorded with the help of Dolly Parton and Buck Owens. Allmusic gives the album a favorable review, calling it a "sweetly endearing country-tinged middle of the road pop record".
1980s

Hawn's popularity continued into the 1980s, starting with Private Benjamin (1980), a comedy which not only starred Hawn but was also her foray into producing. Private Benjamin, which also starred Eileen Brennan and Armand Assante, garnered Hawn her second Academy Award nomination, this time for Best Actress. Hawn's box office success continued with an assortment of pictures, including comedies like Seems Like Old Times (1980), Protocol (1984) and Wildcats (1986) (Hawn also served as executive producer on the latter two) and dramas like Best Friends (1982) and Swing Shift (1984).

At the age of thirty-nine, Hawn posed for the cover of Playboy's January 1985 issue, which went on to be one of their highest selling issues. Hawn posed in a giant martini glass wearing nothing but a white collar shirt, a loosened black tie, and a pair of red stilettos. The headline read: "A SPARKLING PLAYBOY INTERVIEW WITH GOLDIE HAWN". Her last film of the 1980s was opposite partner Kurt Russell (for the third time) in the 1987 comedy Overboard, a critical and box office disappointment which questioned the likability and bankability of the two paired together onscreen.
1990s

Hawn's career slowed down after 1987, but was revived somewhat in 1990 with the action comedy Bird on a Wire, a critically panned but commercially successful picture that paired Hawn with action favorite Mel Gibson. Hawn had mixed success in the early 1990s, with the thriller Deceived (1991) and the drama CrissCross (1992). But her role opposite Bruce Willis and Meryl Streep in 1992's film Death Becomes Her garnered her much attention. Earlier that year, she starred in HouseSitter (1992), a screwball comedy with Steve Martin, which was a commercial and critical success. Hawn was absent from the screen again for four years, while caring for her mother who died of cancer in 1994. Hawn made her entry back into the film business with producing the satirical comedy Something to Talk About starring Julia Roberts and Dennis Quaid, as well as making her foray into directing with the television film Hope (1997) starring Christine Lahti and Jena Malone.

Hawn returned to the screen again in 1996 as the aging, alcoholic actress Elise Elliot in the financially and critically successful The First Wives Club, opposite Bette Midler and Diane Keaton, with whom she covered the Lesley Gore hit "You Don't Own Me" for the film's soundtrack. Hawn also performed a cover version of the Beatles' song, "A Hard Day's Night", on George Martin's 1998 album, In My Life. She continued her tenure in the '90s with Woody Allen's musical Everyone Says I Love You (1996) and reuniting with Steve Martin for the comedy The Out-of-Towners (1999), a remake of the 1970 Neil Simon hit. The film was critically panned and was not successful at the box office.
2000s

In 2001, Hawn was reunited with former co-stars Warren Beatty (her co-star in $ and Shampoo) and Diane Keaton for the comedy Town & Country, a critical and financial fiasco. Budgeted at an estimated US$90 million, the film opened to little notice and grossed only $7 million in its North American theatrical run. As of 2009, her last film appearance was in The Banger Sisters (2002), opposite Susan Sarandon and Geoffrey Rush.

In 2005, Hawn's autobiography, A Lotus Grows in the Mud, was published. Hawn has said that the book is not a Hollywood tell-all, but rather a memoir and record of what she has learned in her life so far. Hawn announced in an interview with AARP's magazine that her next film project would be called Ashes to Ashes and co-star her partner Kurt Russell. The film is about a New York widow who loses her late husband's ashes in India.
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Written By: ninny on 11/21/09 at 6:37 am

The co-birthday of the day...Stan Musial
Stanley Frank "Stan" Musial (born November 21, 1920), born Stanisław Franciszek Musiał, (pronounced /ˈmjuːziəl/), is a retired Polish-American professional baseball player who was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1969. Nicknamed "Stan the Man", Musial played 22 seasons in Major League Baseball for the St. Louis Cardinals from 1941 to 1963. A 24-time All-Star selection, Musial accumulated 3,630 hits and 475 home runs during his career, was named the National League's Most Valuable Player three times, and was a member of three World Series championship teams.

Musial was born in Donora, Pennsylvania, where he frequently played baseball in both informal and organized settings, eventually playing on the baseball team at Donora High School. Signed to a professional contract by the St. Louis Cardinals as a pitcher in 1938, by the time Musial made his Major League debut on September 17, 1941, he had been converted into an outfielder. Musial quickly established himself as a consistent and productive hitter, leading the National League in six different offensive categories in 1943 while concurrently earning his first MVP award. After winning his second World Series in 1944, Musial missed the entire 1945 season while serving with the United States Navy.

Receiving his nickname of "The Man" from Brooklyn Dodger fans in 1946, Musial continued his consistent hitting and annual All-Star appearances. In 1948 Musial finished one home run shy of winning baseball's Triple Crown. After struggling offensively in 1959, Musial utilized a personal trainer to increase his productivity until deciding to retire in 1963. Musial served as the Cardinals' General Manager in 1966 and 1967, in addition to overseeing various businesses both before and after his playing career, such as a restaurant. Elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1969 on his first ballot, Musial was selected for the Major League Baseball All-Century Team in 1999.
Musial made his major league debut during the second game of a doubleheader at Sportsman's Park on September 17, 1941. The Cardinals were in the midst of a pennant race with the Brooklyn Dodgers; in twelve games, Musial collected 20 hits for a .426 batting average. Despite Musial's late contributions, the Cardinals finished two and one-half games behind the 100-game-winning Brooklyn Dodgers.

Cardinals manager Billy Southworth used Musial as the left fielder to begin 1942, sometimes lifting him for a pinch-hitter against left-handed pitching. Musial was hitting .315 by late June, as the Cardinals resumed battling the Dodgers for first place in the National League. The Cardinals took sole possession of first place on September 13, but it was only when Musial caught a fly ball to end the first game of a doubleheader on September 27 that they clinched the pennant with their 105th win of the season. Finishing the season with a .315 batting average and 72 RBIs in 140 games, Musial received national publicity in September when St. Louis Post-Dispatch sports editor J. Roy Stockton named Musial as his choice for Rookie of the Year in a Saturday Evening Post article.

The Cardinals played the American League champion New York Yankees in the 1942 World Series. Representing the winning run in the bottom of the ninth inning of Game 1 at Sportsman's Park, Musial grounded out with the bases loaded to seal a Yankees victory. Musial's first hit of the Series was an RBI single that provided the margin of victory in Game 2, allowing the Cardinals to tie the Series. Over the next three games at Yankee Stadium, Musial had three more hits as the Cardinals defeated the Yankees in the series four games to one, finishing the series with a .222 batting average and two runs scored.

Musial's 1943 started with a brief contract holdout in spring training. Musial was selected to his first All-Star Game in 1943 and finished the regular season leading the National League in hits (220), doubles (48), triples (20), total bases (347), on-base percentage (.425), and slugging percentage (.562). This performance earned him his first National League Most Valuable Player award, finishing ahead of teammate Walker Cooper in balloting. After romping to another National League pennant by 18 games, the Cardinals again faced the Yankees in the 1943 World Series. Musial had a single as part of the Cardinals' Game 1 loss, and scored a run in a Game 2 win. The Cardinals did not win another game in the Series, but the loser's bonus share paid to Cardinals players ($4,321.99) still amounted to nearly two-thirds of Musial's 1943 regular season salary.

The realities of World War II began to encroach on Musial's baseball career in 1944, as Musial underwent a physical examination as prelude to possible service in the United States armed forces. Musial ultimately remained with the Cardinals for the entire season, posting a .347 batting average with 197 hits. The Cardinals claimed the National League pennant for the third consecutive season, and faced St. Louis' other team, the Browns in the 1944 World Series. The Browns took a 2-1 lead, while Musial hit .250 with zero RBIs. Musial broke out in Game 4 with a two-run home run, single, double, and a walk as part of a 5-1 Cardinals win. The Cardinals went on to defeat the Browns in six games, with Musial posting a .304 batting average for the Series.

Musial entered the United States Navy on January 23, 1945, and was initially assigned to non-combat duty at the Naval Training Station in Bainbridge, Maryland. On ship repair duty at Pearl Harbor later in the year, Musial was able to play baseball every afternoon in the naval base's eight-team league. After being granted emergency leave to see his ailing father in January 1946, Musial spent a brief time assigned to the Philadelphia Navy Yard before being honorably discharged from the Navy in March.
1946-1949

Rejoining the Cardinals under new manager Eddie Dyer, Musial posted a .388 batting average by the middle of May 1946. Musial also became close friends with new teammate Red Schoendienst, who had joined the Cardinals during Musial's absence in 1945. During the season, Musial (who was under contract to the Cardinals for $13,500 in 1946) was offered a five-year, $125,000 contract, plus a $50,000 bonus to join the Mexican League. Musial declined the offer, and after manager Dyer spoke to club owner Sam Breadon, Musial was given a $5,000 raise later in 1946.
Every time Stan came up they chanted, Here comes the man!
—Cardinals traveling secretary Leo Ward relates Dodger fans' nickname for Musial to sportswriter Bob Broeg

It was also during the 1946 season that Musial acquired his nickname of the "The Man." During the June 23 game against the Dodgers at Ebbets Field, St. Louis Post-Dispatch sportswriter Bob Broeg heard Dodger fans chanting whenever Musial came to bat, but could not understand the words. Later that day over dinner, Broeg asked Cardinals traveling secretary Leo Ward if he had understood what the Dodger fans had been chanting. Ward said that, "Every time Stan came up they chanted, 'Here comes the man!'" "'That man,' you mean," Broeg said. "No, the man," replied Ward. Broeg mentioned this story in his Post-Dispatch column, and Musial was thereafter known as Stan "The Man."

In June 1946, Dyer began to use Musial as a first baseman. The Cardinals finished the season tied with the Brooklyn Dodgers, prompting a three-game playoff for the pennant. Musial's Game 1 triple and Game 2 double contributed to the Cardinals' two-games-to-none series victory. Facing the Boston Red Sox in the 1946 World Series, Musial had six hits and four RBI, as the Cardinals won the Series four games to three. Musial won his second MVP Award, receiving 22 out of a possible 24 first-place votes, and finishing ahead of Brooklyn's Dixie Walker.

Musial began the 1947 season by hitting .146 in April. On May 9, team doctor Dr. Robert Hyland confirmed a previous diagnosis of appendicitis, while also discovering that Musial was also suffering from tonsilitis. Musial received treatment for the conditions, yet did not have either the appendix or tonsils surgically removed until after the conclusion of the 1947 season. Despite his health woes, Musial finished the year with a batting average of .312.

Fully recovered from his previous ailments, Musial recorded his 1,000th career hit on April 25 of the 1948 season. After a May 7 St. Louis Globe-Democrat article criticized baseball players for appearing in cigarette advertisements, Musial made a personal decision to never again appear in such ads. By June 24, Musial's batting average was .408, prompting Brooklyn pitcher Preacher Roe to comically announce his new method for retiring Musial as: "Walk him on four pitches and pick him off first." Given a mid-season pay raise by new Cardinals owner Robert E. Hannegan for outstanding performance, Musial hit a home run in the 1948 All-Star Game. On September 22, Musial registered five hits in a game for the fourth time in the 1948 season, tying a mark set by Ty Cobb in 1922. Musial finished 1948 leading the major leagues in batting average (.376), hits (230), doubles (46), triples (18), total bases (429), and slugging percentage (.702). Winning the NL batting title by a 43-point margin, with an on-base percentage lead of 27 points and a 138-point slugging margin—the latter being the largest gap since Rogers Hornsby's 1925 season—Musial became the first National League player to win the N.L. MVP award for a third time.

If a home run Musial hit during a rainout game had been counted in his season totals, he would have won the Triple Crown by leading the National League in batting average, home runs, and runs batted in. Speaking to Peter Golenbock, Musial later recalled:

"In ‘48 I came within one home run of the Triple Crown. I had one home run rained out, actually, and Red Schoendienst reminded me that I hit another ball in Shibe Park in Philadelphia that hit the speakers of the PA system above the fence, and (umpire) Frank Dascoli called it a two-base hit. Red said it should have been a home run, or else I’d have led the league in everything."

In his memoirs, sportswriter Bob Broeg noted, "If it had counted, would have... been the only player of this century to lead the league in runs, hits, double, triples, and slugging percentage. What a year!"

Anticipating life after his baseball career, Musial began the first of several business partnerships with Julius "Biggie" Garagnani in January 1949, opening "Stan Musial & Biggie's" restaurant. Musial approached the 1949 season with the intent to consciously try to hit more home runs, stating he had hit 39 home runs the previous season "without trying." His new focus on hitting for power backfired, as pitchers began using the outside part of the plate to induce Musial to ground out to the first or second baseman. Musial soon stopped swinging for the fences, and regained his consistent offensive production by the end of May. Musial earned his sixth consecutive All-Star Game selection, and led the National League in hits (207) while playing in every game. However, the Cardinals finished one game behind the Dodgers in the standings.
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Written By: Howard on 11/21/09 at 6:44 am

The word of the day...cactus
# Any of various succulent, spiny, usually leafless plants native mostly to arid regions of the New World, having variously colored, often showy flowers with numerous stamens and petals.
# Any of several similar plants
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Cactuses are dangerous plants.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 11/21/09 at 6:48 am

Cactuses are dangerous plants.

I like the holiday cactus, but it needs lots of care.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 11/21/09 at 6:49 am

I like the holiday cactus, but it needs lots of care.

and plenty of water.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 11/21/09 at 6:54 am

and plenty of water.

So true.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 11/21/09 at 6:57 am

So true.

but cactuses don't grow like flowers too.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 11/21/09 at 8:16 am

but cactuses don't grow like flowers too.

Only the holiday cactus.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/21/09 at 8:21 am

The word of the day...cactus
# Any of various succulent, spiny, usually leafless plants native mostly to arid regions of the New World, having variously colored, often showy flowers with numerous stamens and petals.
# Any of several similar plants
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/21/09 at 8:22 am

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A Cactus Snow Globe

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/21/09 at 8:24 am

Cactuses are dangerous plants.
You can look but not touch ?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 11/21/09 at 8:46 am

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A Cactus Snow Globe

Nice,I've never seen one, they probably have a lot near the desert.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/21/09 at 8:47 am

Nice,I've never seen one, they probably have a lot near the desert.
The snow begs a question here.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 11/21/09 at 8:50 am

The snow begs a question here.

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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/21/09 at 8:50 am

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Solved!

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 11/21/09 at 8:57 am

Solved!

I found this on WikiAnswers

I used to live in the Sonoran Desert, which covers parts of California, Arizona and the state of Sonora in Mexico. It does snow there from time to time. In fact, we had a white out in Tucson, AZ on Easter 2000 or 2001. It was brief and didn't accumulate, but it DID snow.

The mountain ranges surrounding Tucson (Rincons, Santa Ritas, Tuscons, Catalinas and Tortolitas) all gather a bit of white at the peaks. I went for a hike in the Catalinas on Mt Lemmon, which reaches 9,157 ft above sea level. It was April but there was snow so deep that the waist high trail markers were protruding thru the snow, hovering an inch or so above the powder.

It also snows in the Mojave desert, which lies just north of the Sonoran, and covers parts of California, Utah, Nevada and Arizona. The Mojave Desert can be called the High Desert, with the Sonoran Desert referred to as the Low Desert.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/21/09 at 8:58 am

I found this on WikiAnswers

I used to live in the Sonoran Desert, which covers parts of California, Arizona and the state of Sonora in Mexico. It does snow there from time to time. In fact, we had a white out in Tucson, AZ on Easter 2000 or 2001. It was brief and didn't accumulate, but it DID snow.

The mountain ranges surrounding Tucson (Rincons, Santa Ritas, Tuscons, Catalinas and Tortolitas) all gather a bit of white at the peaks. I went for a hike in the Catalinas on Mt Lemmon, which reaches 9,157 ft above sea level. It was April but there was snow so deep that the waist high trail markers were protruding thru the snow, hovering an inch or so above the powder.

It also snows in the Mojave desert, which lies just north of the Sonoran, and covers parts of California, Utah, Nevada and Arizona. The Mojave Desert can be called the High Desert, with the Sonoran Desert referred to as the Low Desert.
I knew tha California has the extremes in the weather, but never in a desert.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 11/21/09 at 9:04 am

I knew tha California has the extremes in the weather, but never in a desert.

It sounds like it is a rare occurrence

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/21/09 at 9:04 am

It sounds like it is a rare occurrence
...and look at it another way, the weather climate are changing all over the world.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 11/21/09 at 9:07 am

...and look at it another way, the weather climate are changing all over the world.

So true,the ice is melting.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/21/09 at 9:09 am

So true,the ice is melting.
Have seen or heard of the flooding in the north of England, where it has been the wettest day since records have began.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 11/21/09 at 9:19 am

Have seen or heard of the flooding in the north of England, where it has been the wettest day since records have began.

It's gradually changing.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/21/09 at 9:35 am

It's gradually changing.
The real test for state of the weather is this winter, if we have another bad one (very snowy) I and we all can gather something is going on.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: CatwomanofV on 11/21/09 at 10:54 am

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These are all photos that I took in Puerto Rico.

Cat

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/21/09 at 10:56 am

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These are all photos that I took in Puerto Rico.

Cat
There in no snow thee.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: CatwomanofV on 11/21/09 at 11:13 am

There in no snow thee.

Nope. Doesn't snow in Puerto Rico.

Cat

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/21/09 at 11:14 am

Nope. Doesn't snow in Puerto Rico.

Cat
Only very hot.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: CatwomanofV on 11/21/09 at 11:22 am

Only very hot.

They have two seasons-hot and hotter.

Cat

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/21/09 at 11:24 am

They have two seasons-hot and hotter.

Cat
Not the place for me, I struggle with the British summer, if it does arrive.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: CatwomanofV on 11/21/09 at 11:32 am

Not the place for me, I struggle with the British summer, if it does arrive.

Tell me about it. I don't do heat well, myself. The things we do for love.

Cat

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 11/21/09 at 11:55 am

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These are all photos that I took in Puerto Rico.

Cat

Very nice :)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 11/21/09 at 11:56 am

Tell me about it. I don't do heat well, myself. The things we do for love.

Cat

I hate when it is really hot out.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 11/21/09 at 7:18 pm

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Why do cactuses never have flowers? ???

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: gibbo on 11/21/09 at 7:29 pm

I like Goldy Hawn .... but she another of those actresses that will not age gracefully and insists on altering her features to achieve a younger look. I just see it it as deforming their looks and it has a strange effect... :-\\

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Written By: wildcard on 11/21/09 at 7:30 pm

^^ cacti and and some have beautiful flowers

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: CatwomanofV on 11/21/09 at 7:30 pm

Why do cactuses never have flowers? ???

They do.

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BTW, these are NOT my photos.

Cat

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 11/21/09 at 7:32 pm

They do.

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BTW, these are NOT my photos.

Cat

Wow,those are really beautiful. :)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/22/09 at 7:35 am

They do.

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BTW, these are NOT my photos.

Cat
Do Cactus Flowers have a pleasant aroma?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 11/22/09 at 8:03 am

The word of the day...Time
1.
1. A nonspatial continuum in which events occur in apparently irreversible succession from the past through the present to the future.
2. An interval separating two points on this continuum; a duration: a long time since the last war; passed the time reading.
3. A number, as of years, days, or minutes, representing such an interval: ran the course in a time just under four minutes.
4. A similar number representing a specific point on this continuum, reckoned in hours and minutes: checked her watch and recorded the time, 6:17 A.M.
5. A system by which such intervals are measured or such numbers are reckoned: solar time.
2.
1. An interval, especially a span of years, marked by similar events, conditions, or phenomena; an era. Often used in the plural: hard times; a time of troubles.
2. times The present with respect to prevailing conditions and trends: You must change with the times.
3. A suitable or opportune moment or season: a time for taking stock of one's life.
4.
1. Periods or a period designated for a given activity: harvest time; time for bed.
2. Periods or a period necessary or available for a given activity: I have no time for golf.
3. A period at one's disposal: Do you have time for a chat?
5. An appointed or fated moment, especially of death or giving birth: He died before his time. Her time is near.
6.
1. One of several instances: knocked three times; addressed Congress for the last time before retirement.
2. times Used to indicate the number of instances by which something is multiplied or divided: This tree is three times taller than that one. My library is many times smaller than hers.
7.
1. One's lifetime.
2. One's period of greatest activity or engagement.
3. A person's experience during a specific period or on a certain occasion: had a good time at the party.
8.
1. A period of military service.
2. A period of apprenticeship.
3. Informal. A prison sentence.
9.
1. The customary period of work: hired for full time.
2. The period spent working.
3. The hourly pay rate: earned double time on Sundays.
10. The period during which a radio or television program or commercial is broadcast: "There's television time to buy" (Brad Goldstein).
11. The rate of speed of a measured activity: marching in double time.
12. Music.
1. The meter of a musical pattern: three-quarter time.
2. The rate of speed at which a piece of music is played; the tempo.
13. Chiefly British. The hour at which a pub closes.
14. Sports. A time-out.
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 11/22/09 at 8:06 am

The birthday of the day...Terry Gilliam
Terrence Vance "Terry" Gilliam (pronounced /ˈɡɪliəm/) (born 22 November 1940) is an American-born British writer, filmmaker, animator, actor and member of the Monty Python comedy troupe. Gilliam is also known for directing several well-regarded films including Time Bandits (1981), Brazil (1985), The Fisher King (1991), and 12 Monkeys (1995). He is the only "Python" not born in Britain, but gained British citizenship in 1968.
Terry Gilliam started his career as an animator and strip cartoonist; one of his early photographic strips for Help! featured future Python cast-member John Cleese. When Help! folded, Gilliam went to Europe, jokingly announcing in the very last issue that he was "being transferred to the European branch" of the magazine, which of course didn't exist. Moving to England, he animated features for Do Not Adjust Your Set, which also featured future Pythons Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin.
Monty Python

Gilliam was a part of Monty Python's Flying Circus since its outset, at first credited as an animator (his name was listed separately after the other five in the closing credits), later as a full member. His cartoons linked the show's sketches together, and defined the group's visual language in other media (such as LP and book covers, and the title sequences of their films). Gilliam's surreal animations have a distinctive, memorable style, mixing his own art, characterized by soft gradients and odd, bulbous shapes, with backgrounds and moving cutouts from antique photographs, mostly from the Victorian era.

Besides doing the animations, he also appeared in several sketches, though he rarely had any main roles and did considerably less acting in the sketches. He did however have some notable sketch roles such as Cardinal Fang of the Spanish Inquisition, "I Want More Beans!" and the Screaming Queen in a cape and mask singing "Ding dong merrily on high."

More frequently, he played parts that no one else wanted to play (generally because they required a lot of make-up or uncomfortable costumes, such as a recurring knight in armour who would end sketches by walking on and hitting one of the other characters over the head with a plucked chicken) and took a number of small roles in the films, including Patsy in Monty Python and the Holy Grail (which he also co-directed with Terry Jones, where Gilliam was responsible for photography, while Jones would guide the actors' performances) and the jailer in Life of Brian.
Directing

With the gradual break-up of the Python troupe between The Life of Brian in 1979 and The Meaning of Life in 1982, Gilliam went on to become a motion picture writer and director, especially building upon his experience in the field he had acquired during the making of Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

Gilliam says he used to think of his films in terms of trilogies, starting with Time Bandits in 1981. The 1980s saw Gilliam's self-written Trilogy of Imagination about "the ages of man" in Time Bandits (1981), Brazil (1985), and The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988). All are about the "craziness of our awkwardly ordered society and the desire to escape it through whatever means possible." All three movies focus on these struggles and attempts to escape them through imagination; Time Bandits, through the eyes of a child, Brazil, through the eyes of a thirty-something year old, and Munchausen, through the eyes of an elderly man.

Throughout the 1990s, Gilliam directed his Trilogy of Americana, The Fisher King (1991), 12 Monkeys (1995), and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998), which were based on scripts by other people, played on North American soil, and while still being surreal, had less fantastical plots than his previous trilogy.
Themes, philosophy, and style
Terry Gilliam at Cannes, 2001

"Well, I really want to encourage a kind of fantasy, a kind of magic. I love the term magic realism, whoever invented it - I do actually like it because it says certain things. It's about expanding how you see the world. I think we live in an age where we're just hammered, hammered to think this is what the world is. Television's saying, everything's saying 'That's the world.' And it's not the world. The world is a million possible things." - Terry Gilliam: Salman Rushdie talks with Terry Gilliam

As for his background and philosophy in writing and directing, Gilliam said on the TV show First Hand on RoundhouseTV: "There's so many film schools, so many media courses which I actually am opposed to. Because I think it's more important to be educated, to read, to learn things, because if you're gonna be in the media and if you'll have to say things, you have to know things. If you only know about cameras and 'the media', what're you gonna be talking about except cameras and the media? So it's better learning about philosophy and art and architecture literature, these are the things to be concentrating on it seems to me. Then, you can fly...!"

His films are usually highly imaginative fantasies. His long-time co-writer Charles McKeown comments about Gilliam's recurring interests, "the theme of imagination, and the importance of imagination, to how you live and how you think and so on that's very much a Terry theme." Most of Gilliam's movies include plot-lines that seem to occur partly or completely in the characters' imaginations, raising questions about the definition of identity and sanity. He often shows his opposition to bureaucracy and authoritarian regimes. He also distinguishes "higher" and "lower" layers of society, with a disturbing and ironic style. His movies usually feature a fight or struggle against a great power which may be an emotional situation, a human-made idol, or even the person himself, and the situations do not always end happily. There is often a dark, paranoid atmosphere and unusual characters who formerly were normal members of society. His scripts feature black comedy and often end with a dark tragicomic twist.

As Gilliam is fascinated with the Baroque due to the historical age's pronounced struggle between spirituality and logical rationality, there is often a rich baroqueness and dichotomous eclecticity about the movies, with, for instance, high-tech computer monitors equipped with low-tech magnifying lenses in Brazil, and in The Fisher King a red knight covered with flapping bits of cloth. He also is given to incongruous juxtapositions of beauty and ugliness, or antique and modern. Regarding Gilliam's theme of modernity's struggle between spirituality and rationality whereas the individual may become dominated by a tyrannical, soulless machinery of disenchanted society, film critic James Keith Hamel observed a specific affinity of Gilliam's movies with the writings of economic historian Arnold Toynbee and sociologist Max Weber, specifically the latter's concept of the Iron cage of modern rationality.

His films have a distinctive look not only in mise-en-scene but even moreso in photography, often recognizable from just a short clip; Roger Ebert has said "his world is always hallucinatory in its richness of detail." Most of his movies are shot almost entirely with extremely wide lenses of 28 mm focal length or less, and extremely deep focus. In fact, over the years, the 14mm lens has become informally known as "The Gilliam" among film-makers due to the director's frequent use of it since at least Brazil.
Production problems
Terry Gilliam at IFC Center. 4 October 2006.

Gilliam has made a few extremely expensive movies beset with production problems. After the lengthy quarreling with Universal Studios over Brazil, Gilliam's next picture, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen cost around US$46 million, and then earned only about US$8 million in US ticket sales, as it saw no wide domestic release due to financial issues at Columbia Pictures, which was in the process of being sold at the time.

In the mid-1990s, Gilliam and Charles McKeown developed a script for Time Bandits 2; the project never came to be, as several of the original actors had died. He also attempted to direct a version of Charles Dickens's A Tale of Two Cities, which collapsed due to disagreements over its budget and choice of lead actor.

In 1999, Gilliam attempted to film The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, budgeted at US$32.1 million, among the highest-budgeted films to use only European financing; but in the first week of shooting, the actor playing Don Quixote (Jean Rochefort) suffered a herniated disc, and a flood severely damaged the set. The film was canceled, resulting in an insurance claim worth US$15 million. Despite the cancellation, the story behind the whole production was filmed by a second crew hired by Gilliam to document the process. This production story was made into the documentary Lost in La Mancha. In recent years, both Gilliam and the film's co-lead, Johnny Depp, have expressed interest in reviving the project. However, the insurance company involved in the failed first attempt withheld the rights to the screenplay for several years. The production was finally restarted in 2008.

Gilliam has attempted twice to adapt Alan Moore's Watchmen comics into a film. Both attempts (in 1989 and 1996, respectively) were unsuccessful. Most recently, unforeseeable problems again befell a Gilliam project when actor Heath Ledger died in New York City during the filming of The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus.

Gilliam has encountered some successes though. His first successful feature, Time Bandits (1981), earned more than eight times its original budget in the United States alone, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988) was nominated for four Academy Awards (and won, among other European prizes, three BAFTA Awards), The Fisher King (1991) (his first film not to feature a member from Python) was nominated for five (and won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress), and 12 Monkeys went on to take over US$168 million worldwide whilst The Brothers Grimm, despite a mixed critical reception, grossed over US$105 million worldwide. However, according to Box Office Mojo, his films have grossed an average of $26,009,723.
Recurring collaborators in Gilliam's films

Ever since his first Python-independent feature Jabberwocky, Gilliam has shown a propensity to work with particular actors in numerous productions. Up until the 1990s, each of Gilliam's non-Python films was to feature at least one of his fellow Monty Python alumni (particularly Michael Palin, John Cleese, and Eric Idle), and for his finished projects Gilliam has worked with the following actors more than once (in order of first film appearance):

* Derrick O'Connor (Jabberwocky, Time Bandits, Brazil)
* Ian Holm (Time Bandits, Brazil)
* Peter Vaughan (Time Bandits, Brazil)
* Jack Purvis (Time Bandits, Brazil, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen)
* Jim Broadbent (Time Bandits, Brazil)
* Charles McKeown (Time Bandits, Brazil, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus)
* Katherine Helmond (Time Bandits, Brazil, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas)
* Jonathan Pryce (Brazil, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, The Brothers Grimm)
* Simon Jones (Brazil, Twelve Monkeys)
* Robin Williams (The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, The Fisher King; also was to play Cavaldi in The Brothers Grimm until objections by producers Bob and Harvey Weinstein)
* Jeff Bridges (The Fisher King, Tideland)
* Michael Jeter (The Fisher King, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas)
* Christopher Plummer (Twelve Monkeys, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus)
* Christopher Meloni (Twelve Monkeys, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas)
* Johnny Depp (Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus; held the title role in Gilliam's first attempt at directing The Man Who Killed Don Quixote in 2000)
* Verne Troyer (Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus)
* Heath Ledger (The Brothers Grimm, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus)
* Peter Stormare (The Brothers Grimm, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus)

Other notable recurring collaborators include Gilliam's cinematographers Roger Pratt (Brazil, The Fisher King, Twelve Monkeys) and Nicola Pecorini (Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, The Brothers Grimm, Tideland, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus), and his co-writer McKeown.
Gilliam and Harry Potter

J. K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter series, is a fan of Gilliam's work. Consequently, he was Rowling's first choice to direct Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone in 2000. Warner Bros. refused to consider Gilliam as director, instead selecting Chris Columbus for the job. Recently, Gilliam stated in relation to this episode, "I was the perfect guy to do Harry Potter. I remember leaving the meeting, getting in my car, and driving for about two hours along Mulholland Drive just so angry. I mean, Chris Columbus' versions are terrible. Just dull. Pedestrian."

Despite rumors to the contrary, Gilliam has stated that he will never direct any Potter film. In a 2005 interview with Total Film Magazine, he stated that he wouldn't enjoy working on such an expensive project due to interference from studio executives.
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Written By: ninny on 11/22/09 at 8:09 am

The co-birthday of the day...Jamie Lee Curtis
Jamie Lee Curtis (born November 22, 1958) is an American actress. Although she was initially known as a "scream queen" because of her starring roles in many horror films early in her career such as Halloween, The Fog, Prom Night and Terror Train, Curtis has since compiled a body of work that covers many genres. Her 1998 book, Today I Feel Silly, and Other Moods That Make My Day, made the best-seller list in The New York Times. She is married to actor Christopher Guest (Lord Haden-Guest) and, as the wife of a lord, is titled Lady Haden-Guest, but she chooses not to use the title when in the United States. She is currently the spokeswoman for Activia. She is also a blogger for The Huffington Post online newspaper.
Curtis's film debut was the 1978 horror Halloween, playing the role of Laurie Strode, the only central teenage character in the film who is not killed. The film was a major success and was considered the highest grossing independent film of its time, earning status as a classic horror film. Curtis was subsequently cast in several horror films, garnering her the title of a "scream queen".

Her next film following Halloween was the horror film, The Fog, which was directed by Halloween director John Carpenter. The film opened in February 1980 to mixed reviews but strong box office, further cementing Curtis as a horror film starlet. Her next film, Prom Night, was a low-budget Canadian slasher film released in July 1980. The film, for which she earned a Genie Award nomination for Best Performance by a Foreign Actress, was similar in style to Halloween, yet received negative reviews which marked it as a disposable entry in the then active "slasher film" genre. That year, Curtis also starred in Terror Train, which opened in October and met with a negative reaction akin to Prom Night. Both films performed only moderately well at the box office. Curtis had a similar function in both films - the main character whose friends are murdered, and is practically the only protagonist to survive. Film critic Roger Ebert, who had given negative reviews to all three of Curtis' 1980 films, said that Curtis "is to the current horror film glut what Christopher Lee was to the last one-or Boris Karloff was in the 1930s". Curtis later appeared in Halloween II, Halloween H20: 20 Years Later and Halloween: Resurrection, as well as giving an uncredited voice role in Halloween III: Season of the Witch.

Her role in 1983's Trading Places helped Curtis leave her horror queen image behind. 1988's A Fish Called Wanda achieved near cult status – while showcasing her as a first rate comic actress. She won a Golden Globe for her work in 1994's True Lies. Her recent successful film roles include Disney's Freaky Friday (2003), opposite Lindsay Lohan. The movie was filmed at Palisades High School in Pacific Palisades, California, near where Curtis and Guest make their home with their children. She was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy in this movie.

Spending Christmas with the Kranks, she convinced Reader's Digest "... that telling the truth is something she does all the time".

In October 2006, Curtis told Access Hollywood that she has closed the book on her acting career to focus on family. However, she returned to acting after she was cast in June 2007 in Disney's live-action-animated film, Beverly Hills Chihuahua, co-starring opposite Piper Perabo as one of two live-action characters in the film.
Television

Curtis made her TV debut in an episode of Columbo, but her first starring role was opposite Richard Lewis in the situation comedy Anything But Love, which ran for four seasons from 1989 through 1992. She appeared as nurse Lt. Duran in the short-lived television series of Operation Petticoat; based on the big-screen version which stars her real-life father. Her role as Hannah Miller received both a Golden Globe and People's Choice Award. She also earned a Golden Globe nomination for her work in TNT's adaptation of the Wendy Wasserstein play The Heidi Chronicles. More recently, Curtis starred in the CBS television movie Nicholas' Gift, for which she received an Emmy nomination. Curtis also appeared in the science fiction series, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, and an early episode of The Drew Carey Show. Jamie Lee Curtis also appeared as a panelist on episodes of Match Game.
Children's books

Working with illustrator Laura Cornell, Curtis has written a number of critically-acclaimed children's books, all published by HarperCollins Children's Books.

* When I was Little: A Four-Year Old's Memoir Of Her Youth, 1993.
* Tell Me Again About The Night I was Born, 1996.
* Today I Feel Silly, and Other Moods That Make My Day, 1998; listed on the New York Times best-seller list for 9 weeks.
* Where Do Balloons Go?: An Uplifting Mystery, 2000.
* I'm Gonna Like Me: Letting Off a Little Self-Esteem, 2002.
* It's Hard to Be Five: Learning How to Work My Control Panel, 2004.
* Is There Really A Human Race?, 2006.
* Big Words for Little People, ISBN 9780061127595, 2008.
* My Friend Jay, 2009, edition of one, presented to Jay Leno

Inventions

In 1987, Curtis filed a US patent application that subsequently issued as Patent No. 4,753,647. This is a modification of a diaper with a moisture proof pocket containing wipes that can be taken out and used with one hand. Curtis has refused to allow her invention to be marketed until companies start selling biodegradable diapers
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/22/09 at 8:22 am

The word of the day...Time
1.
1. A nonspatial continuum in which events occur in apparently irreversible succession from the past through the present to the future.
2. An interval separating two points on this continuum; a duration: a long time since the last war; passed the time reading.
3. A number, as of years, days, or minutes, representing such an interval: ran the course in a time just under four minutes.
4. A similar number representing a specific point on this continuum, reckoned in hours and minutes: checked her watch and recorded the time, 6:17 A.M.
5. A system by which such intervals are measured or such numbers are reckoned: solar time.
2.
1. An interval, especially a span of years, marked by similar events, conditions, or phenomena; an era. Often used in the plural: hard times; a time of troubles.
2. times The present with respect to prevailing conditions and trends: You must change with the times.
3. A suitable or opportune moment or season: a time for taking stock of one's life.
4.
1. Periods or a period designated for a given activity: harvest time; time for bed.
2. Periods or a period necessary or available for a given activity: I have no time for golf.
3. A period at one's disposal: Do you have time for a chat?
5. An appointed or fated moment, especially of death or giving birth: He died before his time. Her time is near.
6.
1. One of several instances: knocked three times; addressed Congress for the last time before retirement.
2. times Used to indicate the number of instances by which something is multiplied or divided: This tree is three times taller than that one. My library is many times smaller than hers.
7.
1. One's lifetime.
2. One's period of greatest activity or engagement.
3. A person's experience during a specific period or on a certain occasion: had a good time at the party.
8.
1. A period of military service.
2. A period of apprenticeship.
3. Informal. A prison sentence.
9.
1. The customary period of work: hired for full time.
2. The period spent working.
3. The hourly pay rate: earned double time on Sundays.
10. The period during which a radio or television program or commercial is broadcast: "There's television time to buy" (Brad Goldstein).
11. The rate of speed of a measured activity: marching in double time.
12. Music.
1. The meter of a musical pattern: three-quarter time.
2. The rate of speed at which a piece of music is played; the tempo.
13. Chiefly British. The hour at which a pub closes.
14. Sports. A time-out.
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/22/09 at 8:25 am

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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/22/09 at 8:27 am

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/22/09 at 8:29 am

The birthday of the day...Terry Gilliam
Terrence Vance "Terry" Gilliam (pronounced /ˈɡɪliəm/) (born 22 November 1940) is an American-born British writer, filmmaker, animator, actor and member of the Monty Python comedy troupe. Gilliam is also known for directing several well-regarded films including Time Bandits (1981), Brazil (1985), The Fisher King (1991), and 12 Monkeys (1995). He is the only "Python" not born in Britain, but gained British citizenship in 1968.
Terry Gilliam started his career as an animator and strip cartoonist; one of his early photographic strips for Help! featured future Python cast-member John Cleese. When Help! folded, Gilliam went to Europe, jokingly announcing in the very last issue that he was "being transferred to the European branch" of the magazine, which of course didn't exist. Moving to England, he animated features for Do Not Adjust Your Set, which also featured future Pythons Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin.
Monty Python

Gilliam was a part of Monty Python's Flying Circus since its outset, at first credited as an animator (his name was listed separately after the other five in the closing credits), later as a full member. His cartoons linked the show's sketches together, and defined the group's visual language in other media (such as LP and book covers, and the title sequences of their films). Gilliam's surreal animations have a distinctive, memorable style, mixing his own art, characterized by soft gradients and odd, bulbous shapes, with backgrounds and moving cutouts from antique photographs, mostly from the Victorian era.

Besides doing the animations, he also appeared in several sketches, though he rarely had any main roles and did considerably less acting in the sketches. He did however have some notable sketch roles such as Cardinal Fang of the Spanish Inquisition, "I Want More Beans!" and the Screaming Queen in a cape and mask singing "Ding dong merrily on high."

More frequently, he played parts that no one else wanted to play (generally because they required a lot of make-up or uncomfortable costumes, such as a recurring knight in armour who would end sketches by walking on and hitting one of the other characters over the head with a plucked chicken) and took a number of small roles in the films, including Patsy in Monty Python and the Holy Grail (which he also co-directed with Terry Jones, where Gilliam was responsible for photography, while Jones would guide the actors' performances) and the jailer in Life of Brian.
Directing

With the gradual break-up of the Python troupe between The Life of Brian in 1979 and The Meaning of Life in 1982, Gilliam went on to become a motion picture writer and director, especially building upon his experience in the field he had acquired during the making of Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

Gilliam says he used to think of his films in terms of trilogies, starting with Time Bandits in 1981. The 1980s saw Gilliam's self-written Trilogy of Imagination about "the ages of man" in Time Bandits (1981), Brazil (1985), and The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988). All are about the "craziness of our awkwardly ordered society and the desire to escape it through whatever means possible." All three movies focus on these struggles and attempts to escape them through imagination; Time Bandits, through the eyes of a child, Brazil, through the eyes of a thirty-something year old, and Munchausen, through the eyes of an elderly man.

Throughout the 1990s, Gilliam directed his Trilogy of Americana, The Fisher King (1991), 12 Monkeys (1995), and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998), which were based on scripts by other people, played on North American soil, and while still being surreal, had less fantastical plots than his previous trilogy.
Themes, philosophy, and style
Terry Gilliam at Cannes, 2001

"Well, I really want to encourage a kind of fantasy, a kind of magic. I love the term magic realism, whoever invented it - I do actually like it because it says certain things. It's about expanding how you see the world. I think we live in an age where we're just hammered, hammered to think this is what the world is. Television's saying, everything's saying 'That's the world.' And it's not the world. The world is a million possible things." - Terry Gilliam: Salman Rushdie talks with Terry Gilliam

As for his background and philosophy in writing and directing, Gilliam said on the TV show First Hand on RoundhouseTV: "There's so many film schools, so many media courses which I actually am opposed to. Because I think it's more important to be educated, to read, to learn things, because if you're gonna be in the media and if you'll have to say things, you have to know things. If you only know about cameras and 'the media', what're you gonna be talking about except cameras and the media? So it's better learning about philosophy and art and architecture literature, these are the things to be concentrating on it seems to me. Then, you can fly...!"

His films are usually highly imaginative fantasies. His long-time co-writer Charles McKeown comments about Gilliam's recurring interests, "the theme of imagination, and the importance of imagination, to how you live and how you think and so on that's very much a Terry theme." Most of Gilliam's movies include plot-lines that seem to occur partly or completely in the characters' imaginations, raising questions about the definition of identity and sanity. He often shows his opposition to bureaucracy and authoritarian regimes. He also distinguishes "higher" and "lower" layers of society, with a disturbing and ironic style. His movies usually feature a fight or struggle against a great power which may be an emotional situation, a human-made idol, or even the person himself, and the situations do not always end happily. There is often a dark, paranoid atmosphere and unusual characters who formerly were normal members of society. His scripts feature black comedy and often end with a dark tragicomic twist.

As Gilliam is fascinated with the Baroque due to the historical age's pronounced struggle between spirituality and logical rationality, there is often a rich baroqueness and dichotomous eclecticity about the movies, with, for instance, high-tech computer monitors equipped with low-tech magnifying lenses in Brazil, and in The Fisher King a red knight covered with flapping bits of cloth. He also is given to incongruous juxtapositions of beauty and ugliness, or antique and modern. Regarding Gilliam's theme of modernity's struggle between spirituality and rationality whereas the individual may become dominated by a tyrannical, soulless machinery of disenchanted society, film critic James Keith Hamel observed a specific affinity of Gilliam's movies with the writings of economic historian Arnold Toynbee and sociologist Max Weber, specifically the latter's concept of the Iron cage of modern rationality.

His films have a distinctive look not only in mise-en-scene but even moreso in photography, often recognizable from just a short clip; Roger Ebert has said "his world is always hallucinatory in its richness of detail." Most of his movies are shot almost entirely with extremely wide lenses of 28 mm focal length or less, and extremely deep focus. In fact, over the years, the 14mm lens has become informally known as "The Gilliam" among film-makers due to the director's frequent use of it since at least Brazil.
Production problems
Terry Gilliam at IFC Center. 4 October 2006.

Gilliam has made a few extremely expensive movies beset with production problems. After the lengthy quarreling with Universal Studios over Brazil, Gilliam's next picture, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen cost around US$46 million, and then earned only about US$8 million in US ticket sales, as it saw no wide domestic release due to financial issues at Columbia Pictures, which was in the process of being sold at the time.

In the mid-1990s, Gilliam and Charles McKeown developed a script for Time Bandits 2; the project never came to be, as several of the original actors had died. He also attempted to direct a version of Charles Dickens's A Tale of Two Cities, which collapsed due to disagreements over its budget and choice of lead actor.

In 1999, Gilliam attempted to film The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, budgeted at US$32.1 million, among the highest-budgeted films to use only European financing; but in the first week of shooting, the actor playing Don Quixote (Jean Rochefort) suffered a herniated disc, and a flood severely damaged the set. The film was canceled, resulting in an insurance claim worth US$15 million. Despite the cancellation, the story behind the whole production was filmed by a second crew hired by Gilliam to document the process. This production story was made into the documentary Lost in La Mancha. In recent years, both Gilliam and the film's co-lead, Johnny Depp, have expressed interest in reviving the project. However, the insurance company involved in the failed first attempt withheld the rights to the screenplay for several years. The production was finally restarted in 2008.

Gilliam has attempted twice to adapt Alan Moore's Watchmen comics into a film. Both attempts (in 1989 and 1996, respectively) were unsuccessful. Most recently, unforeseeable problems again befell a Gilliam project when actor Heath Ledger died in New York City during the filming of The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus.

Gilliam has encountered some successes though. His first successful feature, Time Bandits (1981), earned more than eight times its original budget in the United States alone, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988) was nominated for four Academy Awards (and won, among other European prizes, three BAFTA Awards), The Fisher King (1991) (his first film not to feature a member from Python) was nominated for five (and won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress), and 12 Monkeys went on to take over US$168 million worldwide whilst The Brothers Grimm, despite a mixed critical reception, grossed over US$105 million worldwide. However, according to Box Office Mojo, his films have grossed an average of $26,009,723.
Recurring collaborators in Gilliam's films

Ever since his first Python-independent feature Jabberwocky, Gilliam has shown a propensity to work with particular actors in numerous productions. Up until the 1990s, each of Gilliam's non-Python films was to feature at least one of his fellow Monty Python alumni (particularly Michael Palin, John Cleese, and Eric Idle), and for his finished projects Gilliam has worked with the following actors more than once (in order of first film appearance):

* Derrick O'Connor (Jabberwocky, Time Bandits, Brazil)
* Ian Holm (Time Bandits, Brazil)
* Peter Vaughan (Time Bandits, Brazil)
* Jack Purvis (Time Bandits, Brazil, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen)
* Jim Broadbent (Time Bandits, Brazil)
* Charles McKeown (Time Bandits, Brazil, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus)
* Katherine Helmond (Time Bandits, Brazil, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas)
* Jonathan Pryce (Brazil, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, The Brothers Grimm)
* Simon Jones (Brazil, Twelve Monkeys)
* Robin Williams (The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, The Fisher King; also was to play Cavaldi in The Brothers Grimm until objections by producers Bob and Harvey Weinstein)
* Jeff Bridges (The Fisher King, Tideland)
* Michael Jeter (The Fisher King, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas)
* Christopher Plummer (Twelve Monkeys, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus)
* Christopher Meloni (Twelve Monkeys, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas)
* Johnny Depp (Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus; held the title role in Gilliam's first attempt at directing The Man Who Killed Don Quixote in 2000)
* Verne Troyer (Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus)
* Heath Ledger (The Brothers Grimm, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus)
* Peter Stormare (The Brothers Grimm, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus)

Other notable recurring collaborators include Gilliam's cinematographers Roger Pratt (Brazil, The Fisher King, Twelve Monkeys) and Nicola Pecorini (Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, The Brothers Grimm, Tideland, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus), and his co-writer McKeown.
Gilliam and Harry Potter

J. K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter series, is a fan of Gilliam's work. Consequently, he was Rowling's first choice to direct Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone in 2000. Warner Bros. refused to consider Gilliam as director, instead selecting Chris Columbus for the job. Recently, Gilliam stated in relation to this episode, "I was the perfect guy to do Harry Potter. I remember leaving the meeting, getting in my car, and driving for about two hours along Mulholland Drive just so angry. I mean, Chris Columbus' versions are terrible. Just dull. Pedestrian."

Despite rumors to the contrary, Gilliam has stated that he will never direct any Potter film. In a 2005 interview with Total Film Magazine, he stated that he wouldn't enjoy working on such an expensive project due to interference from studio executives.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/22/09 at 8:29 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avNSz8MxlGo&feature=related

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/22/09 at 8:31 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avNSz8MxlGo&feature=related
One of the best bits with John Cleese playing Robin Hood as Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/22/09 at 8:32 am

The co-birthday of the day...Jamie Lee Curtis
Jamie Lee Curtis (born November 22, 1958) is an American actress. Although she was initially known as a "scream queen" because of her starring roles in many horror films early in her career such as Halloween, The Fog, Prom Night and Terror Train, Curtis has since compiled a body of work that covers many genres. Her 1998 book, Today I Feel Silly, and Other Moods That Make My Day, made the best-seller list in The New York Times. She is married to actor Christopher Guest (Lord Haden-Guest) and, as the wife of a lord, is titled Lady Haden-Guest, but she chooses not to use the title when in the United States. She is currently the spokeswoman for Activia. She is also a blogger for The Huffington Post online newspaper.
Curtis's film debut was the 1978 horror Halloween, playing the role of Laurie Strode, the only central teenage character in the film who is not killed. The film was a major success and was considered the highest grossing independent film of its time, earning status as a classic horror film. Curtis was subsequently cast in several horror films, garnering her the title of a "scream queen".

Her next film following Halloween was the horror film, The Fog, which was directed by Halloween director John Carpenter. The film opened in February 1980 to mixed reviews but strong box office, further cementing Curtis as a horror film starlet. Her next film, Prom Night, was a low-budget Canadian slasher film released in July 1980. The film, for which she earned a Genie Award nomination for Best Performance by a Foreign Actress, was similar in style to Halloween, yet received negative reviews which marked it as a disposable entry in the then active "slasher film" genre. That year, Curtis also starred in Terror Train, which opened in October and met with a negative reaction akin to Prom Night. Both films performed only moderately well at the box office. Curtis had a similar function in both films - the main character whose friends are murdered, and is practically the only protagonist to survive. Film critic Roger Ebert, who had given negative reviews to all three of Curtis' 1980 films, said that Curtis "is to the current horror film glut what Christopher Lee was to the last one-or Boris Karloff was in the 1930s". Curtis later appeared in Halloween II, Halloween H20: 20 Years Later and Halloween: Resurrection, as well as giving an uncredited voice role in Halloween III: Season of the Witch.

Her role in 1983's Trading Places helped Curtis leave her horror queen image behind. 1988's A Fish Called Wanda achieved near cult status – while showcasing her as a first rate comic actress. She won a Golden Globe for her work in 1994's True Lies. Her recent successful film roles include Disney's Freaky Friday (2003), opposite Lindsay Lohan. The movie was filmed at Palisades High School in Pacific Palisades, California, near where Curtis and Guest make their home with their children. She was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy in this movie.

Spending Christmas with the Kranks, she convinced Reader's Digest "... that telling the truth is something she does all the time".

In October 2006, Curtis told Access Hollywood that she has closed the book on her acting career to focus on family. However, she returned to acting after she was cast in June 2007 in Disney's live-action-animated film, Beverly Hills Chihuahua, co-starring opposite Piper Perabo as one of two live-action characters in the film.
Television

Curtis made her TV debut in an episode of Columbo, but her first starring role was opposite Richard Lewis in the situation comedy Anything But Love, which ran for four seasons from 1989 through 1992. She appeared as nurse Lt. Duran in the short-lived television series of Operation Petticoat; based on the big-screen version which stars her real-life father. Her role as Hannah Miller received both a Golden Globe and People's Choice Award. She also earned a Golden Globe nomination for her work in TNT's adaptation of the Wendy Wasserstein play The Heidi Chronicles. More recently, Curtis starred in the CBS television movie Nicholas' Gift, for which she received an Emmy nomination. Curtis also appeared in the science fiction series, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, and an early episode of The Drew Carey Show. Jamie Lee Curtis also appeared as a panelist on episodes of Match Game.
Children's books

Working with illustrator Laura Cornell, Curtis has written a number of critically-acclaimed children's books, all published by HarperCollins Children's Books.

* When I was Little: A Four-Year Old's Memoir Of Her Youth, 1993.
* Tell Me Again About The Night I was Born, 1996.
* Today I Feel Silly, and Other Moods That Make My Day, 1998; listed on the New York Times best-seller list for 9 weeks.
* Where Do Balloons Go?: An Uplifting Mystery, 2000.
* I'm Gonna Like Me: Letting Off a Little Self-Esteem, 2002.
* It's Hard to Be Five: Learning How to Work My Control Panel, 2004.
* Is There Really A Human Race?, 2006.
* Big Words for Little People, ISBN 9780061127595, 2008.
* My Friend Jay, 2009, edition of one, presented to Jay Leno

Inventions

In 1987, Curtis filed a US patent application that subsequently issued as Patent No. 4,753,647. This is a modification of a diaper with a moisture proof pocket containing wipes that can be taken out and used with one hand. Curtis has refused to allow her invention to be marketed until companies start selling biodegradable diapers
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I see a John Cleese connection here.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 11/22/09 at 9:11 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4vQ6y5gyoM

I love that movie, besides the Python connection,I'm also a fan of David Warner.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/22/09 at 9:14 am

I love that movie, besides the Python connection,I'm also a fan of David Warner.
The same David Warner as in The Omen?

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Written By: wildcard on 11/22/09 at 10:57 am

To everything turn tun turn

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/22/09 at 11:55 am

To everything turn tun turn
There is a season turn tun turn

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: CatwomanofV on 11/22/09 at 12:16 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJ5LmQmQZqg

When I first read that "Time" was the word of the day, my guess was Cyndi Lauper as the person of the day. (I always try to guess who the person of the day is.)

Jamie Lee Curtis is in one of my all-time favorite films-Trading Places. :D ;D ;D ;D

I love that movie, besides the Python connection,I'm also a fan of David Warner.

David Warner has a resumé as long as the Encyclopedia Britannica and it is amazing that most people don't know his name but they recognized his face.

http://www.inthe00s.com/index.php?topic=24735.0

Cat

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/22/09 at 12:19 pm

David Warner has a resumé as long as the Encyclopedia Britannica and it is amazing that most people don't know his name but they recognized his face.

http://www.inthe00s.com/index.php?topic=24735.0

Cat
Mr David Warner.

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Written By: ninny on 11/22/09 at 1:42 pm

The same David Warner as in The Omen?

Yes.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 11/22/09 at 1:48 pm

When I first read that "Time" was the word of the day, my guess was Cyndi Lauper as the person of the day. (I always try to guess who the person of the day is.)

Jamie Lee Curtis is in one of my all-time favorite films-Trading Places. :D ;D ;D ;D

David Warner has a resumé as long as the Encyclopedia Britannica and it is amazing that most people don't know his name but they recognized his face.

http://www.inthe00s.com/index.php?topic=24735.0

Cat

He does lot of villainous roles, I also liked him in Time After Time.

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Written By: Howard on 11/22/09 at 7:48 pm

Time is of the essence.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 11/22/09 at 8:30 pm

When I first read that "Time" was the word of the day, my guess was Cyndi Lauper as the person of the day. (I always try to guess who the person of the day is.)

Jamie Lee Curtis is in one of my all-time favorite films-Trading Places. :D ;D ;D ;D

David Warner has a resumé as long as the Encyclopedia Britannica and it is amazing that most people don't know his name but they recognized his face.

http://www.inthe00s.com/index.php?topic=24735.0

Cat

Time After Time..Great song :)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 11/23/09 at 5:30 am

The word of the day...Help
1. To give assistance to; aid: I helped her find the book. He helped me into my coat.
2. To contribute to the furtherance of; promote.
3. To give relief to: help the needy.
4. To ease; relieve: medication to help your cold.
5. To change for the better; improve: A fresh coat of paint will help a scarred old table.
6. To refrain from; avoid or resist. Used with can or cannot: couldn't help laughing.
7. To wait on, as in a store or restaurant.
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Written By: ninny on 11/23/09 at 5:35 am

I need HELP for today's birthday, I just don't know who to pick. Nobody really stands out for me. I hate to say out but one of the one's that stood out for me is Miley Cyrus. So if anyone would like to do the birthday & co-birthday of the day...please do so.Thanks.

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Written By: Howard on 11/23/09 at 5:40 am

Someone needs help.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 11/23/09 at 8:36 am

Someone needs help.

HELP!!!

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Written By: CatwomanofV on 11/23/09 at 10:43 am

Maxwell Caulfield
Chuck Schumer
Steve Landesberg

Cat

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 11/23/09 at 11:41 am

Maxwell Caulfield
Chuck Schumer
Steve Landesberg

Cat

We'll do Chuck Schumer as he is a senator from NY.
Charles Ellis "Chuck" Schumer (born November 23, 1950) is the senior U.S. Senator from the State of New York, serving since 1999. A Democrat, in 2005 he became chairman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. In November 2006, he was elected to the new post of Vice Chairman of the Senate Democratic Caucus. In this position, he is the third-ranking Democrat in the Senate, behind Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin.
In 1998, Schumer ran for Senate. He won the Democratic Senate primary with 51 percent of the votes against Geraldine Ferraro (21 percent) and Mark Green (19 percent). He then received 55 percent of the vote in the general election, defeating three-term incumbent Republican Al D'Amato (44 percent).

In 2004, Schumer handily won re-election against Republican Assemblyman Howard Mills of Middletown and Conservative Marilyn O'Grady. Many New York Republicans were dismayed by the selection of Mills over the conservative Michael Benjamin, who held significant advantages over Mills in both fundraising and organization. Benjamin publicly accused GOP Chairman Sandy Treadwell and Governor George Pataki of trying to muscle him out of the senate race and undermine the democratic process. Schumer defeated Mills, the second-place finisher, by 2.8 million votes and won reelection with 71 percent of the vote, the most lopsided margin ever for a statewide election in New York. Schumer won every county in the state except one, Hamilton County in the Adirondacks, the least populated and most Republican county in the state. Mills conceded defeat minutes after the polls closed, before returns had come in.

A SurveyUSA poll from April of 2009 placed Schumer's approval rating at 62%, with 31% disapproving.
Committee assignments

Schumer currently serves on the following Senate Committees in the 111th United States Congress:

* Committee on Finance
o Subcommittee on Health Care
o Subcommittee on Taxation, IRS Oversight, and Long-Term Growth
o Subcommittee on Social Security, Pensions and Family Policy
* Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
o Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation, and Community Development
o Subcommittee on Financial Institutions
o Subcommittee on Securities, Insurance and Investment
* Committee on the Judiciary
o Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the Courts
o Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights
o Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs
o Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees and Border Security (Chairman)
o Subcommittee on Terrorism, Technology and Homeland Security
* Committee on Rules and Administration (Chairman)
* Joint Committee on the Library (Vice Chair)
* Joint Committee on Printing (Chairman)
* Joint Economic Committee (Vice Chair)
* International Narcotics Control Caucus

Legislative record

While serving in the House of Representatives, Schumer authored the Assault Weapons Ban in 1994 with California Senator Dianne Feinstein, which expired in 2004. The National Rifle Association and other gun groups (see gun politics) have criticized him for allegedly not knowing much about guns, pointing to various errors regarding the subject. Supporters of gun control legislation, however, give him much of the credit for passage of both the Assault Weapons Ban and the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act despite intense lobbying from opponents. The Assault Weapons Ban, which banned semi-automatic rifles, shotguns, and handguns possessing certain cosmetic features, expired in September 2004 despite attempts by Schumer to extend it. He was one of 16 Senators to vote against the Vitter Amendment, which prohibited funding for the confiscation of legally owned firearms during a disaster.

Schumer is strongly pro-choice, and has been give a 100 percent rating by NARAL. He voted against the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act.

He was criticized by video game players for siding with Senator Joe Lieberman (ID-Connecticut), promoting regulation of video games. He is known to attack Eidos Interactive for the game 25 to Life, urging Sony Computer Entertainment and Microsoft to end their license agreements with Eidos Interactive.

Schumer has also focused on banking and consumer issues, counter-terrorism, and debate over confirmation of federal judges, as well as economic development in New York.

He received a "B" on the Drum Major Institute's 2005 Congressional Scorecard on middle-class issues.
Foreign policy

Schumer was a supporter of the Iraq War Resolution, is an AIPAC member, and a strident pro-Israel member of Congress, although he was very critical of President George W. Bush's strategy in the Iraq War; He suggested that a commission of ex-generals be appointed to review it. Nat Hentoff of the Village Voice has criticized Schumer for his stance on the issue of torture.

In 2006, Schumer led a bipartisan effort, with the help of Republicans like Congressman Peter T. King (NY), to stop a deal approved by the Bush administration to transfer control of six United States ports to a corporation owned by the government of United Arab Emirates (UAE), Dubai Ports World. (See Dubai Ports World controversy.) The 9/11 Commission reported that, despite recent alliances with the U.S., the UAE had strong ties to Osama bin Laden and Al Qaeda prior to the September 11, 2001 attacks on World Trade Center and the Pentagon. The measure in the House was H.R 4807, and in the Senate, S. 2333; these were introduced to require a 45 day review of this transfer of ownership. On March 9, 2006, Dubai Ports World withdrew its application to operate the ports. The senator also is involved with legislation to address the Darfur genocide. Last year, he cosponsored two bills calling for peace in Darfur. Both bills, S.455 and S.684, passed in the Senate. He also voted in favor of measures to help increase the efficiency of peace keepers serving in Darfur.
LGBT Issues
Schumer at New York City's gay pride parade in 2007.

Sen. Schumer recently reversed himself on the issue of same-sex marriage. At a private risotto dinner with gay leaders at the Gramercy Tavern on March 22, 2009, Schumer said he not only now supports same-sex marriage, but also backs a full reversal of the Defense of Marriage Act.
Political style

Schumer's propensity for publicity is the subject of a running joke among many commentators, leading Bob Dole to quip that "the most dangerous place in Washington is between Charles Schumer and a television camera." Barack Obama joked that Schumer brought along the press to a banquet as his "loved ones." Schumer frequently schedules media appearances on Sundays, in the hope of getting television coverage, typically on subjects other than legislative matters. His use of media has been cited by some as a successful way to raise a politician's profile nationally and among his constituents
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Written By: ninny on 11/23/09 at 11:44 am

The co birthday..Bruce Hornsby
Bruce Hornsby (born Bruce Randall Hornsby, November 23, 1954, Williamsburg, Virginia) is an American singer, pianist, accordion player, and songwriter. Known for the spontaneity and creativity of his live performances, Hornsby draws frequently from classical, jazz, bluegrass, folk, Motown, rock, blues, and jam band musical traditions with his songwriting and the seamless improvisations contained within.

Hornsby's recordings have been recognized on a number of occasions with industry awards, including the Best New Artist Grammy in 1987 with Bruce Hornsby and the Range, the Best Bluegrass Recording Grammy in 1989, and the Best Pop Instrumental Grammy in 1993.

Hornsby has also achieved recognition for his solo albums and performances, his current live act Bruce Hornsby & the Noise Makers, his bluegrass project with Ricky Skaggs, his jazz act The Bruce Hornsby Trio, and his appearances as a session- and guest-musician. He also collaborated with the Grateful Dead and was a part time member of the band from September 1990 to April 1992.
In 1984 he formed Bruce Hornsby and the Range, who were signed to RCA Records in 1985. Besides Hornsby, Range members were David Mansfield (guitar, mandolin, violin), George Marinelli (guitars and backing vocals), Joe Puerta (bass guitar and backing vocals), and John Molo (drums).

"The Way It Is" (1986)
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The song's discussion of the troubled economy and race relations resonated with the American public and it remains Hornsby's best-known song.
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Hornsby's recording career started with the biggest hit he has had to date, entitled "The Way It Is". It topped the American music charts in 1986. With a propulsive yet contemplative piano riff and the refrain, That's just the way it is / Some things will never change / That's just the way it is / But don't you believe them, the song was catchy and described aspects of the American Civil Rights movement and institutional racism. The song also hit a nerve with the American public, reflecting dissatisfaction with perceived economic decline in the early-to-mid 1980s. In years to come, the song would be sampled by at least six rap artists, including Tupac Shakur, E-40, and Mase.

With the success of the single worldwide, the album The Way It Is went multi-platinum and produced another top five hit with "Mandolin Rain" (co-written, as many of Hornsby's early songs were, with his brother John Hornsby). "Every Little Kiss" also did respectably well. Other tracks on the album helped establish what some labeled the "Virginia sound", a mixture of rock, jazz, and bluegrass with an observational Southern feel. Bruce Hornsby and the Range would go on to win the Grammy Award for Best New Artist in 1987, beating out Glass Tiger, Nu Shooz, Simply Red and Timbuk3.

Hornsby and the Range's sound is somewhat distinctive. For one, Hornsby's consistent use of syncopation in his piano solos was different from other pianists during the 1980s. Hornsby used a brighter piano sound, which was typical for 1980's Pop Music. There is also extensive use of synthesizers used as background for Hornsby's solos, most notable on the tracks "The Show Goes On" and "The Road Not Taken". John Molo's drumbeats were often looped throughout the recorded versions of songs. They are typical double-time beats, which allowed Hornsby and the rest of the band to do more with their solos.

Bruce Hornsby Timeline
1984-1991 Bruce Hornsby and the Range
1990-1992 Grateful Dead
1993-1995 Solo Albums: Harbor Lights & Hot House
1996-1998 Further Festivals & The Other Ones, Solo Album: Spirit Trail
1998-present Bruce Hornsby and the Noise Makers
2007-present Ricky Skaggs & Bruce Hornsby
2007-present The Bruce Hornsby Trio (with Christian McBride & Jack DeJohnette)

Hornsby and the Range's second album, Scenes From The Southside (on which Peter Harris replaced Mansfield) was released in 1988. It featured such hits as "Look Out Any Window" and "The Valley Road" which many critics noted due to their "more spacious" musical arrangements, allowing for "more expressive" piano solos from Hornsby. The song "Jacob's Ladder" was featured as well, having originally been written by Hornsby for musician friend Huey Lewis; Lewis' version became a number one hit from his album Fore!. Scenes was successful as an album, once again offering slices of "Americana" and "small-town nostalgia," but it would be the group's last album to perform so well in the singles market.

In 1988, Hornsby first appeared on stage with the Grateful Dead, a recurring collaboration that would continue until the band's dissolution. Hornsby went on to appear on stage frequently as a guest before becoming a regular fixture in the touring lineup for the Dead a few years later. During the late 1980s and early 1990s Hornsby worked extensively as a producer and sideman, notably producing a comeback album for Leon Russell, an idol of Hornsby's. In 1989 Hornsby co-wrote and played piano on Don Henley's big hit "The End of the Innocence," and in 1991 played piano on Bonnie Raitt's popular hit "I Can't Make You Love Me". Bruce continues to feature both of these songs in his own concerts. He also

During this era he slowly began to slip jazz and bluegrass elements into his music, first in live performance settings and later on studio work. In 1989, he first performed at the Telluride Bluegrass Festival. He also reworked his hit "The Valley Road" with the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band for their album Will the Circle Be Unbroken: Volume Two. The song won at the 1990 Grammy Awards for Best Bluegrass Recording.

A Night On The Town was released in 1990, on which he teamed up with jazz musicians Wayne Shorter and Charlie Haden as well as bluegrass pioneer Bela Fleck. A change in style became apparent as the album was much more rock- and guitar-driven, making use of Jerry Garcia's guitar work on a number of tracks, perhaps most prominently on the single "Across the River". In concert, Hornsby and the Range began to stretch out their songs, incorporating more and more "freewheeling musical exchanges." Critics received the album quite well, praising it for its production, its political relevance, and Hornsby's gestures toward expanding out of a strictly pop sound by incorporating jazz and bluegrass. Ultimately, though, the core "rock band" sound of the Range limited Hornsby's aspirations, and after a final three-week tour in 1991, Hornsby disbanded the outfit to enter a new phase of his career. Drummer John Molo continued to perform regularly with Hornsby for another few years, although other members pursued separate musical endeavors. Following Hornsby's and Molo's involvement with The Other Ones, Molo left Hornsby to become the primary drummer with Phil Lesh and Friends.
Hornsby playing accordion in New York's Central Park
The Grateful Dead

Bruce Hornsby played over a hundred shows with the Grateful Dead, beginning in 1988 and continuing until Jerry Garcia's death in 1995.

Between September 1990 and March 1992, Hornsby played piano (and frequently accordion) at every Grateful Dead gig, following the death of Brent Mydland. After that period, Vince Welnick became the sole keyboardist, although Hornsby still sat in with the band on occasion.

Hornsby's own music evolved significantly during this time period. Critics have suggested that Dead's vibrant tradition of melding folk music and the blues with psychedelic rock in "loose-knit expressions" and extended jamming "further pushed outside the confines of mainstream pop." Critics have also commented upon the "close musical connection" formed between Hornsby and Jerry Garcia, suggesting that Hornsby's particular style of jazz-fueled improvisation added to the band's repertoire, and helped to revitalize and refocus Jerry Garcia's guitar solos in the band's sound. Hornsby's friendship with Garcia would continue, both inside and outside the band, as the two would "challenge" each other to expand their musicianship through several other album and live collaborations. Above all, Hornsby's musical versatility and ability to slip in and out of extended freeform jams won over longtime Grateful Dead fans.

Hornsby originals "The Valley Road" and "Stander on the Mountain" appeared several times in the Dead's setlists. Hornsby also co-performs the improvisation "Silver Apples of the Moon" for the Grateful Dead's Infrared Roses.

Beginning in the early 1990s, and continuing to the present, Hornsby's own live shows have drawn Deadheads; he reflects upon this phenomenon as follows: "I've always liked the group of fans that we've drawn from the Grateful Dead time, because those fans are often adventurous music listeners." Hornsby has paid tribute to his time with the Dead by performing a number of their songs during his concerts and by various homages on studio and live albums.

In 1994 the Grateful Dead were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at the ninth annual induction dinner. Bruce Hornsby was their presenter. To this day, Hornsby continues to work with Dead-related projects, such as Bob Weir's Ratdog, Mickey Hart's solo projects, and in 2005 participated in a tribute concert to Jerry Garcia, "Comes a Time." He has also sat in with The Other Ones and The Dead.
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Written By: gibbo on 11/23/09 at 3:10 pm

Bruce Hornsby was home on the range!

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Frank on 11/23/09 at 4:25 pm

Bruce Hornsby was home on the range!

That's just the way it is with gibbo.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 11/23/09 at 4:31 pm

He had hits like Mandolin Rain and The Way It Is,Did he have any other hits beside those? ???

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Frank on 11/23/09 at 4:38 pm

He had hits like Mandolin Rain and The Way It Is,Did he have any other hits beside those? ???

Every little kiss was another one.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 11/23/09 at 4:38 pm

Every little kiss was another one.

oh yeah I remember that song.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/24/09 at 4:15 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXh4EuJa2TU

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/24/09 at 4:16 am

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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 11/24/09 at 5:39 am

The word of the day...String(s)
1. A cord usually made of fiber, used for fastening, tying, or lacing.
2. Something configured as a long, thin line: limp strings of hair.
3. A plant fiber.
4. A set of objects threaded together: a string of beads.
5. A series of similar or related acts, events, or items arranged or falling in or as if in a line. See synonyms at series.
6. Computer Science. A set of consecutive characters.
7. Informal.
1. A set of animals, especially racehorses, belonging to a single owner; a stable.
2. A scattered group of businesses under a single ownership or management: a string of boutiques.
8. Sports. A group of players ranked according to ability within a team: He made the second string.
9. Music.
1. A cord stretched on an instrument and struck, plucked, or bowed to produce tones.
2. strings The section of a band or orchestra composed of stringed instruments.
3. strings Stringed instruments or their players considered as a group.
10. Architecture.
1. A stringboard.
2. A stringcourse.
11. Games. The balk line in billiards.
12. Sports. A complete game consisting of ten frames in bowling.
13. Informal. A limiting or hidden condition. Often used in the plural: a gift with no strings attached.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/24/09 at 5:40 am

The word of the day...String(s)
1. A cord usually made of fiber, used for fastening, tying, or lacing.
2. Something configured as a long, thin line: limp strings of hair.
3. A plant fiber.
4. A set of objects threaded together: a string of beads.
5. A series of similar or related acts, events, or items arranged or falling in or as if in a line. See synonyms at series.
6. Computer Science. A set of consecutive characters.
7. Informal.
1. A set of animals, especially racehorses, belonging to a single owner; a stable.
2. A scattered group of businesses under a single ownership or management: a string of boutiques.
8. Sports. A group of players ranked according to ability within a team: He made the second string.
9. Music.
1. A cord stretched on an instrument and struck, plucked, or bowed to produce tones.
2. strings The section of a band or orchestra composed of stringed instruments.
3. strings Stringed instruments or their players considered as a group.
10. Architecture.
1. A stringboard.
2. A stringcourse.
11. Games. The balk line in billiards.
12. Sports. A complete game consisting of ten frames in bowling.
13. Informal. A limiting or hidden condition. Often used in the plural: a gift with no strings attached.
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How long is a piece of string?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 11/24/09 at 5:44 am

How long is a piece of string?

I think it can be any size.

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Written By: ninny on 11/24/09 at 6:03 am

The birthday of the day...Bev Bevan
Bev Bevan (born Beverley Bevan, 24 November 1944, Sparkhill, Birmingham, England) is an English rock musician, who was the drummer and one of the original members of The Move and the Electric Light Orchestra (ELO). After the end of ELO in 1986, he founded ELO Part II without the original ELO singer-songwriter, Jeff Lynne.

Bevan also served as the touring drummer for Black Sabbath from 1983-1984, and played percussion on The Eternal Idol album in 1987.
After education at Moseley Grammar School where he gained two O level passes, he worked as a trainee buyer in a city centre department store called The Beehive with school friend Jasper Carrott. His professional music career started with a stint with Denny Laine in his group Denny Laine and the Diplomats, then with Carl Wayne and The Vikings, followed by The Move in 1966. The Electric Light Orchestra released their first album in 1971, by which time The Move existed only as a recording outfit. They released their final single, "California Man" in 1972, and the subsequent successes of the Electric Light Orchestra, and the Roy Wood led Wizzard, led to their being laid to rest.

Bevan has a deeply pitched singing voice. While with The Move he lent lead vocals to two tracks: a remake Of "Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart" and the country and western spoof, "Ben Crawley Steel Co".

In 1980 Bevan published a biography of the Electric Light Orchestra. He also made a solo single in 1976, a cover version of the Sandy Nelson instrumental, "Let There Be Drums".

In 1983 he replaced Bill Ward from Black Sabbath for their Born Again tour. Bevan also appeared in two music videos ("Trashed" and "Zero the Hero").

After the death of Carl Wayne in 2004, he formed a new band, Bev Bevan's Move, with Phil Tree and former ELO Part II colleagues Phil Bates and Neil Lockwood, to play a set comprising mostly The Move classics on tour. Bates left in July 2007 to re-join ELO Part II, by then renamed to The Orchestra.

Bevan currently presents a radio show on BBC Radio West Midlands on Sunday afternoons. He also reviews records for the Midlands' Sunday Mercury and has a blog on their website.

Bevan played on all but one Electric Light Orchestra and ELO Part II albums (the exception being 2001's Zoom which marked Lynne's return to recording under the ELO name, with only Richard Tandy present from previous band line-ups).
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Written By: ninny on 11/24/09 at 6:06 am

The co-birthdays of the day...Penny Jones
Penny Halsall, née Penelope Jones (b. November 24, 1946 in Preston, Lancashire, England) better known by her pen name of Penny Jordan, is a best-selling and prolific English writer of over 200 romance novels. She started writing regency romances as Caroline Courtney, and now writes contemporary romances as Penny Jordan and historical romances as Annie Groves (her mother's maiden name). She has also signed novels as Melinda Wright and Lydia Hitchcock. Her books have sold over 70 million copies worldwide and has been translated into many languages.

Widowed, she lives in Nantwich, Cheshire, England, surrounded by her pets
By her early twenties, Jordan was writing for herself, but her writing career began in earnest when she was 30, encouraged and supported by her husband. He bought her, at a time when he could ill afford it, the small electric typewriter on which she typed her first books.

She entered a competition run by the Romantic Novelists' Association. Although she did not win, an agent, who was looking for a new-style Georgette Heyer, contacted the R.N.A..

In March 1979, she published her first novel under the pseudonym Caroline Courtney, Duchess in Disguise, the same year she published other 4 books. Under this penname she published 25 regency romances until 1986. Her novels was published by different editorials: Arlington Books, Warner Books, G.K. Hall, Corgi Books, Prior...

From 1981 to 1983, she signed 3 air-hostess romps as Melinda Wright and 2 thrillers as Lydia Hitchcock, published by Columbine House.
Falcon's Prey as Penny Jordan, 1981/08

In 1981, Mills & Boon accepted her first novel for them, Falcon's Prey signed as Penny Jordan. Since then, almost 70 million copies of her 167 Mills & Boon (or Harlequin) novels have been sold worldwide.

Some of Penny Jordan's novels are part of series, created by her or in collaboration with other authors. Her favourite Penny Jordan's Series is The Perfect Crightons. The surname for Crighton family came from her late mother in law as it was her family name prior to her marriage. The Crighton live in the fictional town Haslewich, inspired in Nantwich, the Hasle is a play on her own married surname.
Ellie Price as Annie Groves, 2003/08

Since 2003, she returned to writing historical novels as Annie Groves (she has adopted her mother's maiden-name). Jordan gains much of her inspiration from human interest stories in the news as well as her own family history. She adapted a story told by her grandmother Elsie Jones in Ellie Pride. This novel also begins a family saga.
Bibliography
As Caroline Courtney

Single novels

* Duchess in Disguise (1979)
* A Wager for Love (1979)
* Love Unmasked (1979)
* Guardian of the Heart (1979)
* Dangerous Engagement (1979)
* Love's Masquerade (1980)
* The Fortunes of Love (1980)
* The Romantic Rivals (1980)
* Heart of Honour (1981)
* Destiny's Duchess (1981)
* The Masquerading Heart (1981)
* Abandoned for Love (1981)
* The Tempestuous Affair (1981)
* Love of My Life (1981)
* Love Triumphant (1981)
* Lover's Victory (1981)
* The Courier of Love (1982)
* Love in Waiting (1982)
* Libertine in Love (1982)
* The Daring Heart (1982)
* Forbidden Love (1982)
* Hearts or Diamonds (1985)
* Prisoner of Passion (1985)
* Dual Enchantment (1985)
* Conspiracy of Kisses (1986)

As Melinda Wright

Single novels

* The Concorde Affair (1981)
* Love at 30,000 Feet (1982)
* Flight into Ecstasy (1983)

As Lydia Hitchcock

Single novels

* The Ducetti Lair (1981)
* The Geneva Touch (1982)

As Penny Jordan

Single Novels

* Falcon's Prey (1981)
* Tiger Man (1981)
* Marriage without Love (1981)
* Blackmail (1982)
* Long Cold Winter (1982)
* Caged Tiger (1982)
* Daughter of Hassan (1982)
* Northern Sunset (1982)
* Island of the Dawn (1982)
* An Unbroken Marriage (1982)
* Bought with His Name (1982)
* Escape from Desire (1982)
* Desire's Captive (1983)
* Forgotten Passion (1983)
* Man Hater (1983)
* Rescue Operation (1983)
* Flawed Marriage (1983)
* Phantom Marriage (1983)
* Sudden Engagement (1983)
* Passionate Protection (1983)
* Savage Atonement (1983)
* The Inward Storm (1984)
* Love's Choices (1984)
* Response (1984)
* Shadow Marriage (1984)
* Wanting (1984)
* Darker Side of Desire (1984)
* Rules of the Game (1984)
* Campaign for Loving (1985)
* Permission to Love (1985)
* Taken Over (1985)
* Time Fuse (1985)
* You Owe Me (1985)
* What You Made Me (1985)
* The Friendship Barrier (1985)
* Only One (1985)
* The Six-Month Marriage (1985)
* Exorcism (1985)
* Fire With Fire (1985)
* Injured Innocent (1985)
* The Hard Man (1985)
* Desire for Revenge (1985)
* Capable of Feeling (1986)
* A Man Possessed (1986)
* Return Match (1986)
* Desire Never Changes (1986)
* Research into Marriage (1986)
* A Reason for Marriage (1986)
* Loving (1986)
* Stronger Than Yearning (1986)
* Too Short a Blessing (1987)
* Passionate Relationship (1987)
* A Savage Adoration (1987)
* For One Night (1987)
* An Expert Teacher (1987)
* Substitute Lover (1987)
* Levelling the Score (1987)
* Fight for Love (1987)
* Payment in Love (1988)
* Special Treatment (1988)
* Force of Feeling (1988)
* Without Trust (1988)
* Potential Danger (1988)
* Lover's Touch (1988)
* Power Play (1988)
* A Reason for Being (1989)
* Beyond Compare (1989)
* Equal Opportunities (1989)
* Valentine's Night (1989)
* So Close and No Closer (1989)
* Free Spirit (1989)
* Bitter Betrayal (1989)
* Silver (1989)
* A Rekindled Passion (1989)
* Rival Attractions (1990)
* Time for Trust (1990)
* Unspoken Desire (1990)
* Breaking Away (1990)
* Out of the Night (1990)
* Game of Love (1990)
* The Hidden Years (1990)
* A Kind of Madness (1990)
* Second Time Loving (1990)
* Payment Due (1991)
* A Forbidden Loving (1991)
* A Time to Dream (1991)
* Dangerous Interloper (1991)
* Second-Best Husband (1991)
* A Cure for Love (1991)
* Stranger Form the Past (1991)
* Past Passion (1991)
* Law of Attraction (1992)
* Lesson to Learn (1992)
* Mistaken Adversary (1992)
* Lingering Shadows (1992)
* Past Loving (1992)
* Passionate Possession (1992)
* A Matter of Trust (1992)
* Tug of Love (1992)
* Yesterday's Echoes (1993)
* For Better for Worse (1993)
* French Leave (1994)
* Cruel Legacy (1994)
* Power Games (1995)
* Unwanted Wedding (1995)
* The Trusting Game (1995)
* Her Christmas Fantasy (1996)
* Stranger From The Past (1997)
* Mission: Make-Over (1997)
* To Love, Honour and Betray (1998)
* Wanting His Child (1999)
* One Intimate Night (1999)
* The City-Girl Bride (2001)
* Christmas Eve Wedding (2002)
* Now or Never (2003)
* Sweet Revenge (2005)
* The Christmas Bride (2006)
* Her Lover Her Husband (2006)
* The Italian Duke's Wife (2006)
* The Sheikh's Blackmailed Mistress (2008)
* The Boss's Marriage Arrangement (2008)

The Bride's Bouquet Series

1. Woman to Wed? (1996)
2. Best Man to Wed? (1996)
3. Too Wise to Wed? (1996)

* The Bride's Bouquet (Omnibus) (2000)
* Duet: Woman to Wed? / Best Man to Wed? (2005)

The Perfect Crightons Series

1. A Perfect Family (1997)
2. The Perfect Seduction (1997)
3. Perfect Marriage Material (1997)
4. The Perfect Match? (1997)
5. The Perfect Lover (1998)
6. The Perfect Sinner (1999)
7. The Ultimate Surrender (2000)
8. The Perfect Father (2000)
9. A Perfect Night (2000)
10. Coming Home (2000)
11. Starting Over (2001)

* The Crightons: The Perfect Seduction / Perfect Marriage Material / The Perfect Match? (by Request 3's) (2001)
* Women and Love: The perfect lover / The perfect father / The perfect night (2002)

Fantasy in the Night Series

1. Fantasy for Two (1998)
2. One Night in His Arms (1998)

Sweet Revenge Or Seduction Series

1. Mistress Assignment (1999)
2. Lover by Deception (1999)
3. A Treacherous Seduction (1999)
4. The Marriage Resolution (1999)

Sheikh's Arabian Nights Series

1. The Sheikh's Virgin Bride (2003)
2. One Night with the Sheikh (2003)
3. Possessed by the Sheikh (2005)
4. Taken By The Sheikh (2007)

Jet Set Wives Series

1. Bedding His Virgin Mistress (2005)
2. Expecting The Playboy's Heir (2005)
3. Blackmailing the Society Bride (2005)

* Jet Set Wives (Omnibus) (2008)

Silk Series

1. Silk (2008)
2. Sins (2009)

The Leopardi Brothers Saga

1. Captive At the Sicilian Billionaire's Command (2009)
2. The Sicilian Boss's Mistress (2009)
3. The Sicilian's Baby Bargain (2009)

For Her Eyes Only Series Multi-Author

* An Unforgettable Man (1995)

Dangerous Liaisons Series Multi-Author

* An Unforgettable Man (1995)

The Big Event Series Multi-Author

* Marriage Make Up (1998)

Amnesia Series Multi-Author

* Back in the Marriage Bed (2000)

Greek Tycoons Series Multi-Author

* The Demetrios Virgin (2001)
* The Mistress Purchase (2004)

Red-Hot Revenge Series Multi-Author

* The Marriage Demand (2001)

Wedlocked! Series Multi-Author

* The Blackmail Baby (2002)
* Marco's Convenient Wife (2002)
* Mistress to Her Husband (2004)

Do Not Disturb Series Multi-Author

* The Tycoon's Virgin (2002)

By Royal Command Series Multi-Author

* The Blackmail Marriage (2003)
* The Italian Duke's Mistress (2006)

Mistress to a Millonaire Series Multi-Author

* Mistress of Convenience (2004)
* The Mistress Purchase (2004)

Foreign Affairs Series Multi-Author

* Mistress of Convenience (2004)

Greek Tycoons Series Multi-Author

* The Mistress Purchase (2004)

Desert Brides Series Multi-Author

1. Prince of the Desert (2006)

Dinner At 8 Series Multi-Author

* The Christmas Bride (2006)

Uncut Series Multi-Author

* Master of Pleasure (2006)

The Royal House Of Niroli Series Multi-Author

1. The Future King's Pregnant Mistress (2007)
8. A Royal Bride At the Sheikh's Command (2008)

Mistress to a Millionaire Series Multi-Author

* Virgin For The Billionaire's Taking (2008)

Collections

* Penny Jordan Collection (1984)
* Best of Penny Jordan: Falcon's Prey / Tiger Man (1986)
* Penny Jordan Omnibus: Shadow Marriage / Man-hater / Passionate Protection (1992)
* Penny Jordan Collection: Fire with Fire / Capable of Loving / Substitute Lover (1993)
* Two complete stories by Penny Jordan: Game of Love / Time for Trust (1995)
* Mistletoe Magic (1996)
* Marriage of Convenience: Loving / Injured Innocent / The Six-Month Marriage (2000)
* Collector's edition: A Perfect Family / To Love, Honor and Betray / The Perfect Sinner (2000)
* A Collection: Shadow Marriage / Man-Hater / Passionate Protection (2002)
* Duet: Stronger Than Yearning / Silver (2004)
* Sweet Seduction (2005)
* Duet: Rules of the Game / Passionate Possession (2005)
* Duet: Perfect Family / Fantasy for Two (2006)
* The Sheikh's Bride (2006)

Omnibus in collaboration

* Sunsational (1991) (Fantasy by Emma Darcy / Rent-A-Bride by Emma Goldrick / You Owe Me by Penny Jordan / Lovers in the Afternoon by Carole Mortimer)
* Matched By Mistake (1996) (Passionate Protection by Penny Jordan / Hotline by Gina Wilkins / Forbidden Surrender by Carole Mortimer)
* Yours, Mine And Ours (1997) (Penny Jordan with Cathy Gillen Thacker and Marisa Carroll)
* Christmas Treats (1998) (Figgy Pudding by Penny Jordan / A man for all seasonings by Day Leclaire / All the trimmings by Lindsay Armstrong)
* Wedded Bliss (1999) (They're Wed Again by Penny Jordan / The Man She'll Marry by Carole Mortimer)
* A Man for Mum! (1999) (Wanting His Child by Penny Jordan / The Boss and the Baby by Leigh Michaels / One Mum Too Many by Vicki Lewis Thompson)
* Nearly Weds! (1999) (Making Sure of Sarah by Betty Neels / The Man She'll Marry by Carole Mortimer / They're Wed Again! by Penny Jordan
* Christmas Presents (1999) (Penny Jordan with Anne McAllister and Sally Wentworth)
* Latin Lovers (2000) (A Spanish Christmas by Penny Jordan / The Christmas Eve Bride by Lynne Graham / Christmas in Venice by Lucy Gordon)
* Wed Again! (2001) (They're Wed Again! by Penny Jordan / Anne Mather / The Man She'll Marry by Carole Mortimer)
* Christmas with a Latin Lover (2001) (The Christmas Eve Bride by Lynne Graham / A Spanish Christmas by Penny Jordan / Christmas in Venice by Lucy Gordon)
* What Women Want! (2002) (Penny Jordan with Darcy Maguire)
* City Girls (2002) (Penny Jordan with Liz Fielding and Jessica Hart)
* Winter Weddings (2002) (Christmas Eve Wedding by Penny Jordan / A Scandalous Courtship by Gail Whitiker / Snowbound Sweetheart by Judy Christenberry)
* For Love Or Money (2003) (Unwanted Wedding by Penny Jordan / The Borghese Bride by Sandra Marton)
* Greek Millionaires (2004) (Penny Jordan with Anne McAllister and Sara Craven)
* Strictly Business (2004) (The Temp and the Tycoon / The Fiance Deal by Liz Fielding with Penny Jordan and Hannah Bernard)
* Boardroom to Bedroom (2005) (The Boss's Marriage Arrangement by Penny Jordan / His Darling Valentine by Carole Mortimer)
* Plain Jane Makeover (2005) (Penny Jordan with Miranda Lee and Barbara McMahon)
* The Mills and Boon Collection: 3 Full-Length Stories (2006) (Penny Jordan with Margaret Way and Caroline Anderson)
* Marco's Convenient Wife Penny Jordan / The Mistress's Secret by Julia James) (2006)
* The Innocence Collection (2007) (Innocent Bride by Penny Jordan / Innocent Desires by Carole Mortimer / Innocent Seduction by Kay Thorpe)

Graphic Novels

* Response: Graphic Novel (2005) art by Takako Hashimoto

As Annie Groves

Pride Family Series

1. Ellie Pride, 2003
2. Connie's Courage, 2004
3. Hettie of Hope Street, 2005

World War II Series

1. Goodnight Sweetheart, 2006
2. Some Sunny Day;, 2006
3. The Grafton Girls, 2007
4. As Time Goes By, 2007

Single novels

* Across the Mersey, 2008
* Daughters of Liverpool, 2008
* The Heart of the Family, 2009
* Where the Heart Is, 2009
* I have no pics of her : :-[

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Written By: ninny on 11/24/09 at 6:10 am

The co-birthday of the day...Garret Dillahunt
Garret Dillahunt (born November 24, 1964) is an American actor. He is married to actress Michelle Hurd.
After spending years on and off Broadway, Dillahunt began pursuing television and film roles. He appeared as a regular in several short lived series on ABC and Showtime and landed guest spots on popular TV shows such as The X Files and NYPD Blue among others, before playing two distinct characters on the HBO series Deadwood; Jack McCall in 2004 and Francis Wolcott in 2005. He played a recurring role on the USA Network series The 4400.

Dillahunt portrayed Steve Curtis on several episodes of ER (2005, 2006). He followed that up with the role of Dr. Michael Smith in the 2007 HBO drama, John From Cincinnati. He played John Henry/Cromartie on FOX's Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. He has appeared on NBC's Life as Roman Nevikov, a Russian mobster.

Film roles include Ed Miller in The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford and Wendell in No Country For Old Men. Upcoming film roles include: Cormac McCarthy's The Road and Wes Craven's The Last House On The Left.

It was announced on August 20, 2009 that Garret will square off with Rosie Perez on an explosive episode of Law & Order: SVU this fall about pedophiles' rights. Garret will play the head of a pedophilia organization. "It's called 'Hardwired,'" executive producer Neal Baer says, "because they believe that pedophilia is .".
Accolades

Dillahunt was the subject of a short article in the September 2009 issue of Esquire magazine, in which the author admits his man-love for the actor.
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Written By: Howard on 11/24/09 at 6:49 am

The word of the day...String(s)
1. A cord usually made of fiber, used for fastening, tying, or lacing.
2. Something configured as a long, thin line: limp strings of hair.
3. A plant fiber.
4. A set of objects threaded together: a string of beads.
5. A series of similar or related acts, events, or items arranged or falling in or as if in a line. See synonyms at series.
6. Computer Science. A set of consecutive characters.
7. Informal.
1. A set of animals, especially racehorses, belonging to a single owner; a stable.
2. A scattered group of businesses under a single ownership or management: a string of boutiques.
8. Sports. A group of players ranked according to ability within a team: He made the second string.
9. Music.
1. A cord stretched on an instrument and struck, plucked, or bowed to produce tones.
2. strings The section of a band or orchestra composed of stringed instruments.
3. strings Stringed instruments or their players considered as a group.
10. Architecture.
1. A stringboard.
2. A stringcourse.
11. Games. The balk line in billiards.
12. Sports. A complete game consisting of ten frames in bowling.
13. Informal. A limiting or hidden condition. Often used in the plural: a gift with no strings attached.
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There's also Hanging On A String By Loose Ends.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/24/09 at 7:06 am

There's also Hanging On A String By Loose Ends.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S00JkAwSlCg

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/24/09 at 7:08 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRMz8fKkG2g

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 11/24/09 at 7:29 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S00JkAwSlCg

Thanks Phil,good old school music. ;)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/24/09 at 7:30 am

Thanks Phil,good old school music. ;)
...not my old school.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 11/24/09 at 7:31 am

...not my old school.

this is my old school music. :)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/24/09 at 7:34 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrs8CgpH980

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/24/09 at 7:35 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrs8CgpH980
The sound is out!

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 11/24/09 at 7:35 am

someone else did Puppet on A String,I forgot the name of the person. ???

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/24/09 at 7:37 am

someone else did Puppet on A String,I forgot the name of the person. ???
Sandie Shaw re-recorded "Puppet on a String" in early 2007 in honour of her 60th birthday. This took place after Shaw visited her friend, musician Howard Jones and found him playing some chords on his keyboard and humming a melody. He encouraged her to continue the melody and before long she realised that it was in fact "Puppet on a String." They recorded the new, slow-tempo electronic version of the song and sent it to producer/mixer Andy Gray who put the final touches on the song. Shaw stated that she loved the new version (having spent a great deal of her life hating the original) and released it exclusively for free download from her official website on the 26th February (her actual birthday). It was available for free download for sixty days. As a result of its popularity, Shaw continued to put out new songs on her website for download for the remaining months of her 61st year.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/24/09 at 7:39 am

More recent.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aluwpslpygQ

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/24/09 at 9:01 am

It was this day (November 24th) in 1991, that Freddie Mercury died.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/24/09 at 9:01 am

It was this day (November 24th) in 1991, that Freddie Mercury died.
:\'(

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Written By: ninny on 11/24/09 at 11:15 am

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/24/09 at 1:32 pm

It was this day (November 24th) in 1991, that Freddie Mercury died.

:\'(
Today a memorial to Freddie Mercury was unveiled in Feltham, West London, where FM spent his childhood years.

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Written By: ninny on 11/24/09 at 2:23 pm

Today a memorial to Freddie Mercury was unveiled in Feltham, West London, where FM spent his childhood years.

Is there a pic of this?

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/24/09 at 2:24 pm

Is there a pic of this?
No pictures yet, if I remember I will do my best to post them here.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/24/09 at 2:29 pm

No pictures yet, if I remember I will do my best to post them here.
Nothing yet on Flickr

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/24/09 at 2:30 pm

It was this day (November 24th) in 1991, that Freddie Mercury died.
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Written By: gibbo on 11/24/09 at 3:09 pm

Sandie Shaw re-recorded "Puppet on a String" in early 2007 in honour of her 60th birthday. This took place after Shaw visited her friend, musician Howard Jones and found him playing some chords on his keyboard and humming a melody. He encouraged her to continue the melody and before long she realised that it was in fact "Puppet on a String." They recorded the new, slow-tempo electronic version of the song and sent it to producer/mixer Andy Gray who put the final touches on the song. Shaw stated that she loved the new version (having spent a great deal of her life hating the original) and released it exclusively for free download from her official website on the 26th February (her actual birthday). It was available for free download for sixty days. As a result of its popularity, Shaw continued to put out new songs on her website for download for the remaining months of her 61st year.

Always liked that song... :)

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Written By: Howard on 11/24/09 at 3:12 pm

It was this day (November 24th) in 1991, that Freddie Mercury died.

18 years ago. :o

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Written By: Frank on 11/24/09 at 3:42 pm

18 years ago. :o

Doesn't seem that long ago, but 18 years is a long time

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/25/09 at 1:14 am

Doesn't seem that long ago, but 18 years is a long time
It seems like only yesteday, but the show must go on.

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Written By: Frank on 11/25/09 at 1:16 am

It seems like only yesteday, but the show must go on.

The show always goes on

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Written By: ninny on 11/25/09 at 5:30 am

The word of the day...Babysitter
1. A person engaged to care for one or more children in the temporary absence of parents or guardians.
2. A person who cares for or watches over someone or something that needs attention or guidance.
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Written By: ninny on 11/25/09 at 5:33 am

The birthday of the day...Christina Applegate
Christina Applegate (born November 25, 1971) is an American actress. She is known for playing Kelly Bundy on the Fox Broadcasting Company sitcom Married... with Children. She has since established a film and television career, with major roles in several pictures, including Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead, The Big Hit, The Sweetest Thing, Anchorman, Farce of the Penguins and Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel. She has also starred in numerous productions including the 2005 Broadway revival of the musical Sweet Charity. More recently, she played the lead character Samantha Newly in the ABC sitcom Samantha Who?.
Christina Applegate made her TV debut at the age of just three months, appearing with her mother in both the soap opera Days of Our Lives and a commercial for Playtex baby bottles. Her first big screen appearance followed at age 7, when she was seen in the 1979 film, Jaws of Satan (a.k.a. King Cobra), followed by 1981's Beatlemania. She debuted in a television movie as Young Grace Kelly in the biopic, Grace Kelly (1983, opposite Cheryl Ladd), and appeared on her first TV series in Showtime's political comedy, Washingtoon (1985), in which she played a Congressman's daughter. She was also spotted as a guest in the shows, Father Murphy (1981) and Charles in Charge (1984 and 1985).

In 1986, Applegate won the role of Robin Kennedy (1986-1987), a cop's daughter, on the police drama series Heart of the City. Meanwhile, she was also seen guest starring in the sitcoms All is Forgiven, Still the Beaver, Amazing Stories, and Family Ties episode Band on the Run (1987) as Kitten.

Applegate eventually scored her most memorable role of ditzy Kelly Bundy in Fox's comedy series Married... with Children. She portrayed her character for ten years (1987-1997). While working on the series, Applegate was seen in Dance 'Til Dawn (1988, NBC) and in Streets (1990), in which a teenage drug addict is stalked by a psychotic police officer. Applegate guest-starred in 21 Jump Street (1988), Top of the Heap (1991, as Kelly Bundy), and hosted Saturday Night Live (May 8, 1993) and Mad TV (1996).

The character of Sue Ellen Crandell in the comedy feature Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead (1991) was Applegate's first starring role in a mainstream film. She followed it up with films such as Vibrations (1995), Across the Moon (1995), Wild Bill (1995), Mars Attacks! (1996), and Nowhere (1997). After the sitcom Married... with Children was canceled in May 1997, Applegate starred as Claudine Van Doozen in the independent feature Claudine's Return (a.k.a. Kiss of Fire), was cast in the action-comedy The Big Hit, and played the fiancée of a Mob descendant in the Mafia satire Jane Austen's Mafia (1998).

In that same year, NBC handed her the title role in their sitcom Jesse. The series debuted in 1998, received rave reviews, and brought Applegate a People's Choice Award for Favorite Female Performer in a New TV series and the TV Guide Award for Star of a New Series as well as a nomination at the Golden Globe for Lead Actress in a Comedy. Though the series gained praise, it was canceled in 2000. Applegate was ambivalent about accepting the role:
“ This was a major commitment. I really had to sit and think about it. I eventually came to the conclusion that it came into my life for a reason. ”

The new millennium saw Applegate playing the dual role of a 12th-century noblewoman, Princess Rosalind, and her 21st-century descendant, Julia Malfete, in the time-travel comedy Just Visiting (2001). After gaining wide notice for playing Cameron Diaz's level-headed best friend, Courtney Rockcliffe, in The Sweetest Thing (2002), Applegate continued to win roles in such movies as Heroes (2002), the airplane comedy View from the Top (2003), Wonderland (2003), Grand Theft Parsons (2003), Surviving Christmas (2004) and Employee of the Month (2004). Behind the screen, she was the executive producer of Comforters, Miserable (2001).
Later career
Applegate in 2004

Applegate also guest-starred on two episodes of Friends, in the ninth (2002) and tenth (2003) seasons, titled "The One with Rachel's Other Sister" and "The One Where Rachel's Sister Babysits" as Amy Green, Rachel Green's (Jennifer Aniston) younger sister. She won the 55th Annual Prime Time Emmy Award for Best Guest Actress in a Comedy for her performance in "The One with Rachel's Other Sister". On the silver screen, she portrayed TV anchorwoman Veronica Corningstone in the 2004 films Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy and the DVD bonus film Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie (an alternative film comprising alternate takes and deleted scenes and story elements).

In addition to her screen work, Applegate has performed on stage in such productions as The Axeman's Jazz, Nobody Leaves Empty Handed, The Runthrough, as well as John Cassavetes' The Third Day (co-starring Gena Rowlands). In 2004, she debuted on the Broadway stage playing the title role of Charity Hope Valentine in a revival of the 1966 musical Sweet Charity. She eventually took home the 2005 Theatre World Award and was nominated for a 2005 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical.

Applegate was one of the founding members of the Pussycat Dolls, which debuted at the Viper Room on the Sunset Strip in 1995. Applegate emceed for the group when they moved to The Roxy in 2002.

While appearing in Sweet Charity, she broke her foot, and it was announced that the musical would close during previews. She persuaded the producers to rescind their decision, and on April 18, 2005, she made her Broadway debut. Sweet Charity ended its Broadway run on December 31, 2005. In 2006, she appeared in an advertising campaign for Hanes title "Look who we've got our Hanes on now". The campaign had started in 2005 but she, Jennifer Love Hewitt, and Kevin Bacon were added to the ads in 2006.

In 2006, Applegate appeared in Jessica Simpson's music video "A Public Affair", alongside Eva Longoria Parker, Ryan Seacrest and Christina Milian.
Current career

Applegate starred in the ABC comedy, Samantha Who?, until it was cancelled on May 18, 2009. The series costarred Jean Smart, Jennifer Esposito, and Melissa McCarthy. The series was about a 30-year-old who, after a hit-and-run accident, develops amnesia and has to rediscover her life, her relationships and herself. Shortly after the cancellation was announced, Applegate began a campaign to get the show back into production. As of June 25, 2009, the campaign has proven unsuccessful.

Applegate will play Elizabeth Montgomery of Bewitched fame, who died of colorectal cancer, in the upcoming film Everything Is Going to Be Just Fine, due to be released in 2009.

In January 2009, Applegate appeared with her TV brother David Faustino (Bud Bundy from Married with Children) in an episode of Faustino's show Star-ving.
On August 3, 2008, People magazine reported that Applegate had been diagnosed with breast cancer. This was confirmed by her representative, who said in a statement: "Christina Applegate was diagnosed with an early form of breast cancer. Benefiting from early detection through a doctor-ordered MRI, the cancer is not life-threatening. Christina is following the recommended treatment of her doctors and will have a full recovery. No further statement will be issued at this time".

On August 19, 2008. It was announced that Applegate is cancer free after a double mastectomy, even though cancer was found in only one breast. She has an inherited genetic fault, a BRCA1 mutation, which often triggers breast cancer. Her mother, Nancy Priddy, is a breast cancer survivor. Applegate said when she first was diagnosed "I was just shaking and — and then also immediately, I had to go into 'take-care-of-business-mode'" which included a change to a more healthy diet.

Applegate, who was given the all clear following the operation, is now scheduled to undergo reconstructive surgery over the next eight months. A spokesperson for Applegate states she will be "on a normal shooting schedule", adding that the procedure "is not affecting production". She had already completed filming five episodes for the upcoming season of her hit comedy show before stopping for a summer break at the end of June.

An ABC spokesperson confirms: "They’re on a scheduled hiatus and she’ll be back next month. It’s business as usual".
Charity work

In 1992, Applegate joined other celebrities in a benefit show for a Hollywood children's charity, acting as a special guest assistant to a local magician and taking part in a number of illusions including being sawed in half.

In 2003, she was the spokesperson for the Lee National Denim Day, which raises millions of dollars for breast cancer education and research.

Following her diagnosis with breast cancer, Applegate appeared on a television special entitled Stand Up to Cancer designed to raise funds for breast cancer research. The one hour special was broadcast on CBS, NBC, and ABC television networks on September 5.

In 2009, Applegate announced her plans to return as the ambassador for Lee National Denim Day.
Filmography
Film
Year Film Role Notes
1979 Jaws of Satan Kim Perry Film debut
1981 Beatlemania Fan Minor role
1983 Grace Kelly Young Grace Kelly Made-For-TV Movie
1988 Dance 'til Dawn Patrice Johnson Made-For-TV Movie; Starring role
1990 Streets Dawn Lead role
1991 Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead Sue Ellen Crandell Lead role
1995 Vibrations Anamika Lead role
Wild Bill Lurline Newcomb Supporting role
Across the Moon Kathy Lead role
1996 Mars Attacks! Sharona Minor role
1997 Nowhere Dingbat Supporting role
1998 Jane Austen's Mafia! Diane Steen Starring role
The Big Hit Pam Schulman Lead role
Claudine's Return Claudine Van Doozen Lead role
1999 Out in Fifty Lilah Supporting role
2000 The Brutal Truth Emily Lead role
American Psycho Prostitute (Young Woman) Placed on credits as Christina Mc Kay
2001 Sol Goode Unknown Uncredited
Prince Charming Kate Made-For-TV Movie; Lead role
Just Visiting Princess Rosalind/Julia Malfete Lead role
2002 The Sweetest Thing Courtney Rockcliffe Starring role
Heroes Wife Minor role
2003 Grand Theft Parsons Barbara Starring role
Wonderland Susan Launius Minor role
View from the Top Christine Montgomery Starring role
2004 Surviving Christmas Alicia Valco Starring role
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy Veronica Corningstone Starring role
Employee of the Month Sara Goodwin Starring role
2005 Tilt-A-Whirl Customer #1 Supporting role
Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas Dr. Suzanne Bedford Made-for-TV Movie; Lead role
2007 Farce of the Penguins Melissa (voice) Starring role
2008 The Rocker Kim Powell Supporting role
2009 Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel Brittany (voice) Post Production
2010 Everything Is Going to Be Just Fine Elizabeth Montgomery In production
Television
Year Title Role Notes
1972 Days of Our Lives Baby Screen debut, aged 3 months
1981 Father Murphy Unknown 1 Episode
1984 Charles In Charge Unknown 2 Episodes
1985 Washingtoon The Daughter 1 Season; Starring role
1986 Silver Spoons Jeannie Bolens 1 Episode: "A Family Affair"
All Is Forgiven Unknown 1 Episode
Still The Beaver Unknown 1 Episode
Amazing Stories Unknown 1 Episode
1986-1987 Heart of the City Robin Kennedy 1 Season; Starring role
1987 Family Ties Kitten 1 Episode: "Band On The Run"
1987-1997 Married... with Children Kelly Bundy 11 Seasons; Starring role
1988 21 Jump Street Unknown 1 Episode
1991 Top of the Heap Kelly Bundy 2 Episodes
1993 Saturday Night Live Herself Guest host: May 8, 1993
1996 Mad TV Herself Guest host
1998-2000 Jesse Jesse Warner 2 Seasons; Lead role
2002, 2003 Friends Amy Green 2 Episodes: "The One With Rachel's Other Sister"

and "The One Where Rachel's Sister Babysits"
2004 King of the Hill Colette/Attorney (voice) 1 Episode: "My Hair Lady"
2005 2005 Tony Awards Herself Presenter: June 5, 2005
2007 2007 Tony Awards Herself Presenter: June 10, 2007
2007-2009 Samantha Who? Samantha Newly 2 Seasons; Lead role
2008 Reno 911! Seemji 1 Episode: "Did Garcia Steal Dangle's Husband?'
2009 Star-ving Kelly Bundy Episode: ""Married with Children"..The Movie"
Awards and nominations
Awards

* Emmy Award 2003 Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series - Friends
* 35th People's Choice Awards "Favorite Female TV Star"

Nominations

* Emmy Award 2004 Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series - Friends
* Tony Awards 2005 Best Leading Actress In A Musical - Sweet Charity
* Golden Globes 2008 Best Actress in a Television Series - Comedy or Musical - Samantha Who?
* Screen Actors Guild Awards 2008 Best Actress in a TV Comedy Series - Samantha Who?
* Teen Choice Awards 2008 Choice TV Actress: Comedy - Samantha Who?
* Television Critics Association Awards 2008 Individual Achievement in Comedy - Samantha Who?
* Emmy Award 2008 Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series - Samantha Who?
* Golden Globes 2009 Best Actress in a Television Series - Comedy or Musical - Samantha Who?
* TV Land Award 2009 Innovator Award - Married... with Children
* Emmy Award 2009 Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series - Samantha Who?

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Written By: ninny on 11/25/09 at 5:35 am

The co-birthday of the day...John Laroquette
John Bernard Larroquette (born November 25, 1947) is an American film and television actor. His best known roles include Dan Fielding on the series Night Court, Mike McBride in the Hallmark Channel series McBride and Carl Sack in Boston Legal.
Larroquette's first role was uncredited, as a U.S. soldier in Follow Me, Boys! (1966). He also provided the opening voiceover narration for The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974). His most memorable non-comedy role was in the 1970s NBC program Baa Baa Black Sheep where he portrayed a WWII U.S. Marine Corps fighter pilot named 2nd Lt. Bob Anderson. Larroquette first broke into TV on the soap opera Doctors' Hospital. During the filming of the Bill Murray/John Candy hit comedy film Stripes (1981), his nose was nearly cut off in an accident. He was running down a hall into a door which was supposed to open, but it didn't, and his head went through the window in the door.
Night Court (1984-1992)

Larroquette is perhaps best known for his role as boorish, sex-obsessed attorney Dan Fielding on Night Court, a role for which he won Emmy Awards in 1985, 1986, 1987, and 1988. In 1989, he asked not to be considered for an Emmy. His four consecutive wins were, at the time, a record. Night Court ran on NBC from 1984 until 1992. Only Larroquette, Harry Anderson (as Judge Harry Stone), and Richard Moll (as Bull Shannon) appeared in every episode of the series.
The John Larroquette Show, other roles

Larroquette later starred on The John Larroquette Show as the character John Hemmingway. The show was lauded by critics and enjoyed a loyal cult following. In 1998, he guest-starred on three episodes of the legal drama The Practice. His portrayal of Joey Heric, a wealthy, wisecracking, narcissistic psychopath with a habit of stabbing his gay lovers to death, won him his fifth Emmy Award. He reprised the role for one episode in 2002, for which he was once again Emmy-nominated. He also appeared on several episodes of The West Wing as Lionel Tribbey, White House Counsel.

His starring roles include the 1989 movie Second Sight, with Bronson Pinchot, and Madhouse, with Kirstie Alley. Other movies Larroquette had significant roles in include: Blind Date, Stripes, Meatballs Part II, Summer Rental, Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, JFK, and Richie Rich.
McBride, Boston Legal, and other roles

In 2003, Larroquette narrated the remake of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. From 2004 to 2006, he played the title role in the McBride series of American TV movies. In 2007 he joined the cast of Boston Legal playing Carl Sack, a serious, ethical lawyer (the polar opposite of his more famous lawyer character, Dan Fielding). He also guest starred in the drama House where he played a previously catatonic father awakened to try to save his son, and on Chuck as veteran spy Roan Montgomery.
Filmography
Television

Starring

* Doctors' Hospital
* Baa Baa Black Sheep
* Night Court
* The John Larroquette Show
* Payne
* The 10th Kingdom
* The Incurable Collector
* Happy Family
* McBride
* Boston Legal

Guest roles

* Celebrity Bull Riding - Brian Kirchberg
* House - Vegetative State Guy (Gabriel Wozniak)
* The Practice - Joey Heric
* The West Wing- Lionel Tribbey, White House Counsel
* Dave's World
* Dallas
* Mork & Mindy
* Martin
* Three's Company
* Kojak
* Sanford and Son
* Chuck - Roan Montgomery
* Arrested Development (cameo, as himself)
* Joey
* Kitchen Confidential
* Match Game (1998 version, sub host)

Film

* Chappers On A Chopper (2009)
* Southland Tales (2007)
* The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning (2006) (uncredited)
* Wedding Daze (2004)
* A Recipe for Disaster (2003)
* The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)
* Beethoven's 5th (2003)
* The Heart Department (2001)
* The 10th Kingdom (2000)
* Walter and Henry (1999)
* Richie Rich (1994)
* JFK (1991)
* Tune in Tomorrow (1990)
* Madhouse (1990)
* Second Sight (1989)
* Blind Date (1987)
* Convicted (1986 TV)
* Summer Rental (1985)
* Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984)
* Choose Me (1984)
* Meatballs 2 (1984)
* Hysterical (1983)
* Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)
* Cat People (1982)
* Green Ice (1981)
* Stripes (1981)
* Altered States (1980)
* The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)

Larroquette has made many appearances on the The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson and on both of David Letterman's shows. He has hosted Saturday Night Live twice. He also won another Emmy Award for his guest spot on "The Practice."
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Written By: Howard on 11/25/09 at 6:42 am

The birthday of the day...Christina Applegate
Christina Applegate (born November 25, 1971) is an American actress. She is known for playing Kelly Bundy on the Fox Broadcasting Company sitcom Married... with Children. She has since established a film and television career, with major roles in several pictures, including Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead, The Big Hit, The Sweetest Thing, Anchorman, Farce of the Penguins and Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel. She has also starred in numerous productions including the 2005 Broadway revival of the musical Sweet Charity. More recently, she played the lead character Samantha Newly in the ABC sitcom Samantha Who?.
Christina Applegate made her TV debut at the age of just three months, appearing with her mother in both the soap opera Days of Our Lives and a commercial for Playtex baby bottles. Her first big screen appearance followed at age 7, when she was seen in the 1979 film, Jaws of Satan (a.k.a. King Cobra), followed by 1981's Beatlemania. She debuted in a television movie as Young Grace Kelly in the biopic, Grace Kelly (1983, opposite Cheryl Ladd), and appeared on her first TV series in Showtime's political comedy, Washingtoon (1985), in which she played a Congressman's daughter. She was also spotted as a guest in the shows, Father Murphy (1981) and Charles in Charge (1984 and 1985).

In 1986, Applegate won the role of Robin Kennedy (1986-1987), a cop's daughter, on the police drama series Heart of the City. Meanwhile, she was also seen guest starring in the sitcoms All is Forgiven, Still the Beaver, Amazing Stories, and Family Ties episode Band on the Run (1987) as Kitten.

Applegate eventually scored her most memorable role of ditzy Kelly Bundy in Fox's comedy series Married... with Children. She portrayed her character for ten years (1987-1997). While working on the series, Applegate was seen in Dance 'Til Dawn (1988, NBC) and in Streets (1990), in which a teenage drug addict is stalked by a psychotic police officer. Applegate guest-starred in 21 Jump Street (1988), Top of the Heap (1991, as Kelly Bundy), and hosted Saturday Night Live (May 8, 1993) and Mad TV (1996).

The character of Sue Ellen Crandell in the comedy feature Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead (1991) was Applegate's first starring role in a mainstream film. She followed it up with films such as Vibrations (1995), Across the Moon (1995), Wild Bill (1995), Mars Attacks! (1996), and Nowhere (1997). After the sitcom Married... with Children was canceled in May 1997, Applegate starred as Claudine Van Doozen in the independent feature Claudine's Return (a.k.a. Kiss of Fire), was cast in the action-comedy The Big Hit, and played the fiancée of a Mob descendant in the Mafia satire Jane Austen's Mafia (1998).

In that same year, NBC handed her the title role in their sitcom Jesse. The series debuted in 1998, received rave reviews, and brought Applegate a People's Choice Award for Favorite Female Performer in a New TV series and the TV Guide Award for Star of a New Series as well as a nomination at the Golden Globe for Lead Actress in a Comedy. Though the series gained praise, it was canceled in 2000. Applegate was ambivalent about accepting the role:
“ This was a major commitment. I really had to sit and think about it. I eventually came to the conclusion that it came into my life for a reason. ”

The new millennium saw Applegate playing the dual role of a 12th-century noblewoman, Princess Rosalind, and her 21st-century descendant, Julia Malfete, in the time-travel comedy Just Visiting (2001). After gaining wide notice for playing Cameron Diaz's level-headed best friend, Courtney Rockcliffe, in The Sweetest Thing (2002), Applegate continued to win roles in such movies as Heroes (2002), the airplane comedy View from the Top (2003), Wonderland (2003), Grand Theft Parsons (2003), Surviving Christmas (2004) and Employee of the Month (2004). Behind the screen, she was the executive producer of Comforters, Miserable (2001).
Later career
Applegate in 2004

Applegate also guest-starred on two episodes of Friends, in the ninth (2002) and tenth (2003) seasons, titled "The One with Rachel's Other Sister" and "The One Where Rachel's Sister Babysits" as Amy Green, Rachel Green's (Jennifer Aniston) younger sister. She won the 55th Annual Prime Time Emmy Award for Best Guest Actress in a Comedy for her performance in "The One with Rachel's Other Sister". On the silver screen, she portrayed TV anchorwoman Veronica Corningstone in the 2004 films Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy and the DVD bonus film Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie (an alternative film comprising alternate takes and deleted scenes and story elements).

In addition to her screen work, Applegate has performed on stage in such productions as The Axeman's Jazz, Nobody Leaves Empty Handed, The Runthrough, as well as John Cassavetes' The Third Day (co-starring Gena Rowlands). In 2004, she debuted on the Broadway stage playing the title role of Charity Hope Valentine in a revival of the 1966 musical Sweet Charity. She eventually took home the 2005 Theatre World Award and was nominated for a 2005 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical.

Applegate was one of the founding members of the Pussycat Dolls, which debuted at the Viper Room on the Sunset Strip in 1995. Applegate emceed for the group when they moved to The Roxy in 2002.

While appearing in Sweet Charity, she broke her foot, and it was announced that the musical would close during previews. She persuaded the producers to rescind their decision, and on April 18, 2005, she made her Broadway debut. Sweet Charity ended its Broadway run on December 31, 2005. In 2006, she appeared in an advertising campaign for Hanes title "Look who we've got our Hanes on now". The campaign had started in 2005 but she, Jennifer Love Hewitt, and Kevin Bacon were added to the ads in 2006.

In 2006, Applegate appeared in Jessica Simpson's music video "A Public Affair", alongside Eva Longoria Parker, Ryan Seacrest and Christina Milian.
Current career

Applegate starred in the ABC comedy, Samantha Who?, until it was cancelled on May 18, 2009. The series costarred Jean Smart, Jennifer Esposito, and Melissa McCarthy. The series was about a 30-year-old who, after a hit-and-run accident, develops amnesia and has to rediscover her life, her relationships and herself. Shortly after the cancellation was announced, Applegate began a campaign to get the show back into production. As of June 25, 2009, the campaign has proven unsuccessful.

Applegate will play Elizabeth Montgomery of Bewitched fame, who died of colorectal cancer, in the upcoming film Everything Is Going to Be Just Fine, due to be released in 2009.

In January 2009, Applegate appeared with her TV brother David Faustino (Bud Bundy from Married with Children) in an episode of Faustino's show Star-ving.
On August 3, 2008, People magazine reported that Applegate had been diagnosed with breast cancer. This was confirmed by her representative, who said in a statement: "Christina Applegate was diagnosed with an early form of breast cancer. Benefiting from early detection through a doctor-ordered MRI, the cancer is not life-threatening. Christina is following the recommended treatment of her doctors and will have a full recovery. No further statement will be issued at this time".

On August 19, 2008. It was announced that Applegate is cancer free after a double mastectomy, even though cancer was found in only one breast. She has an inherited genetic fault, a BRCA1 mutation, which often triggers breast cancer. Her mother, Nancy Priddy, is a breast cancer survivor. Applegate said when she first was diagnosed "I was just shaking and — and then also immediately, I had to go into 'take-care-of-business-mode'" which included a change to a more healthy diet.

Applegate, who was given the all clear following the operation, is now scheduled to undergo reconstructive surgery over the next eight months. A spokesperson for Applegate states she will be "on a normal shooting schedule", adding that the procedure "is not affecting production". She had already completed filming five episodes for the upcoming season of her hit comedy show before stopping for a summer break at the end of June.

An ABC spokesperson confirms: "They’re on a scheduled hiatus and she’ll be back next month. It’s business as usual".
Charity work

In 1992, Applegate joined other celebrities in a benefit show for a Hollywood children's charity, acting as a special guest assistant to a local magician and taking part in a number of illusions including being sawed in half.

In 2003, she was the spokesperson for the Lee National Denim Day, which raises millions of dollars for breast cancer education and research.

Following her diagnosis with breast cancer, Applegate appeared on a television special entitled Stand Up to Cancer designed to raise funds for breast cancer research. The one hour special was broadcast on CBS, NBC, and ABC television networks on September 5.

In 2009, Applegate announced her plans to return as the ambassador for Lee National Denim Day.
Filmography
Film
Year Film Role Notes
1979 Jaws of Satan Kim Perry Film debut
1981 Beatlemania Fan Minor role
1983 Grace Kelly Young Grace Kelly Made-For-TV Movie
1988 Dance 'til Dawn Patrice Johnson Made-For-TV Movie; Starring role
1990 Streets Dawn Lead role
1991 Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead Sue Ellen Crandell Lead role
1995 Vibrations Anamika Lead role
Wild Bill Lurline Newcomb Supporting role
Across the Moon Kathy Lead role
1996 Mars Attacks! Sharona Minor role
1997 Nowhere Dingbat Supporting role
1998 Jane Austen's Mafia! Diane Steen Starring role
The Big Hit Pam Schulman Lead role
Claudine's Return Claudine Van Doozen Lead role
1999 Out in Fifty Lilah Supporting role
2000 The Brutal Truth Emily Lead role
American Psycho Prostitute (Young Woman) Placed on credits as Christina Mc Kay
2001 Sol Goode Unknown Uncredited
Prince Charming Kate Made-For-TV Movie; Lead role
Just Visiting Princess Rosalind/Julia Malfete Lead role
2002 The Sweetest Thing Courtney Rockcliffe Starring role
Heroes Wife Minor role
2003 Grand Theft Parsons Barbara Starring role
Wonderland Susan Launius Minor role
View from the Top Christine Montgomery Starring role
2004 Surviving Christmas Alicia Valco Starring role
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy Veronica Corningstone Starring role
Employee of the Month Sara Goodwin Starring role
2005 Tilt-A-Whirl Customer #1 Supporting role
Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas Dr. Suzanne Bedford Made-for-TV Movie; Lead role
2007 Farce of the Penguins Melissa (voice) Starring role
2008 The Rocker Kim Powell Supporting role
2009 Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel Brittany (voice) Post Production
2010 Everything Is Going to Be Just Fine Elizabeth Montgomery In production
Television
Year Title Role Notes
1972 Days of Our Lives Baby Screen debut, aged 3 months
1981 Father Murphy Unknown 1 Episode
1984 Charles In Charge Unknown 2 Episodes
1985 Washingtoon The Daughter 1 Season; Starring role
1986 Silver Spoons Jeannie Bolens 1 Episode: "A Family Affair"
All Is Forgiven Unknown 1 Episode
Still The Beaver Unknown 1 Episode
Amazing Stories Unknown 1 Episode
1986-1987 Heart of the City Robin Kennedy 1 Season; Starring role
1987 Family Ties Kitten 1 Episode: "Band On The Run"
1987-1997 Married... with Children Kelly Bundy 11 Seasons; Starring role
1988 21 Jump Street Unknown 1 Episode
1991 Top of the Heap Kelly Bundy 2 Episodes
1993 Saturday Night Live Herself Guest host: May 8, 1993
1996 Mad TV Herself Guest host
1998-2000 Jesse Jesse Warner 2 Seasons; Lead role
2002, 2003 Friends Amy Green 2 Episodes: "The One With Rachel's Other Sister"

and "The One Where Rachel's Sister Babysits"
2004 King of the Hill Colette/Attorney (voice) 1 Episode: "My Hair Lady"
2005 2005 Tony Awards Herself Presenter: June 5, 2005
2007 2007 Tony Awards Herself Presenter: June 10, 2007
2007-2009 Samantha Who? Samantha Newly 2 Seasons; Lead role
2008 Reno 911! Seemji 1 Episode: "Did Garcia Steal Dangle's Husband?'
2009 Star-ving Kelly Bundy Episode: ""Married with Children"..The Movie"
Awards and nominations
Awards

* Emmy Award 2003 Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series - Friends
* 35th People's Choice Awards "Favorite Female TV Star"

Nominations

* Emmy Award 2004 Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series - Friends
* Tony Awards 2005 Best Leading Actress In A Musical - Sweet Charity
* Golden Globes 2008 Best Actress in a Television Series - Comedy or Musical - Samantha Who?
* Screen Actors Guild Awards 2008 Best Actress in a TV Comedy Series - Samantha Who?
* Teen Choice Awards 2008 Choice TV Actress: Comedy - Samantha Who?
* Television Critics Association Awards 2008 Individual Achievement in Comedy - Samantha Who?
* Emmy Award 2008 Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series - Samantha Who?
* Golden Globes 2009 Best Actress in a Television Series - Comedy or Musical - Samantha Who?
* TV Land Award 2009 Innovator Award - Married... with Children
* Emmy Award 2009 Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series - Samantha Who?

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I remember Christina was the ditsy blonde on Married With Children.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/25/09 at 7:51 am

The word of the day...Babysitter
1. A person engaged to care for one or more children in the temporary absence of parents or guardians.
2. A person who cares for or watches over someone or something that needs attention or guidance.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybfS7eYQuhY

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/25/09 at 7:53 am

The word of the day...Babysitter
1. A person engaged to care for one or more children in the temporary absence of parents or guardians.
2. A person who cares for or watches over someone or something that needs attention or guidance.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqNgAlMLjhk

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Written By: CatwomanofV on 11/25/09 at 11:18 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybfS7eYQuhY

I remember that song. I have it on a record somewhere.

Cat

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/25/09 at 11:22 am

I remember that song. I have it on a record somewhere.

Cat
One of the first songs I can remember.

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Written By: Frank on 11/25/09 at 11:40 am

John Laroquette was hilarious as Dan in Night Court.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/25/09 at 11:40 am

One of the first songs I can remember.
From 1961, I think.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/25/09 at 11:41 am

John Laroquette was hilarious as Dan in Night Court.
That is one program I have missed in my life

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Written By: Frank on 11/25/09 at 11:48 am

That is one program I have missed in my life

John portrays a sex crazed "low life" type lawyer.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/25/09 at 11:50 am

John portrays a sex crazed "low life" type lawyer.
There must be a good clip on YouTube.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: CatwomanofV on 11/25/09 at 11:56 am

John portrays a sex crazed "low life" type lawyer.

As I called the character Dan, a sleaziod. And John was outstanding in the role.

Cat

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Written By: Frank on 11/25/09 at 11:59 am

As I called the character Dan, a sleaziod. And John was outstanding in the role.

Cat

Yes he was

There must be a good clip on YouTube.

There must be a few.

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Written By: ninny on 11/25/09 at 4:43 pm

Yes he wasThere must be a few.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2P2dHYbn5c#

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Written By: Howard on 11/25/09 at 7:32 pm

Kelly Bundy was so hot. :o

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/26/09 at 1:50 am

Yes he wasThere must be a few.
Can you recommend a good clip?

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Written By: ninny on 11/26/09 at 5:51 am

The word of the day...River
# Abbr. R.) A large natural stream of water emptying into an ocean, lake, or other body of water and usually fed along its course by converging tributaries.
# A stream or abundant flow: a river of tears.
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Written By: Howard on 11/26/09 at 5:53 am

Wow,beautiful pictures. :)

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Written By: ninny on 11/26/09 at 5:55 am

The birthday of the day...Tina Turner
Tina Turner (born Anna Mae Bullock; November 26, 1939) is an American singer and actress whose career has spanned more than 50 years. She has won numerous awards and her achievements in the rock music genre have earned her the title "The Queen of Rock 'n' Roll".

Turner started out her music career with husband Ike Turner as a member of the Ike & Tina Turner Revue. Success followed with a string of hits including "River Deep, Mountain High" and the 1971 hit "Proud Mary". Allegations of spousal abuse following her split with Turner in 1977 arose with the publication of her autobiography I, Tina. Turner rebuilt her career, launching a string of hits beginning in 1983 with "Let's Stay Together" and the 1984 release of her album Private Dancer.

Her musical career led to film roles, beginning with a prominent role as The Acid Queen in the 1975 film Tommy, and an appearance in Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. She starred opposite Mel Gibson as Aunty Entity in Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome for which she received the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture, and her version of the film's theme, "We Don't Need Another Hero", was a hit single. She appeared in the 1993 film Last Action Hero.

One of the world's most popular entertainers, Turner has been called the most successful female rock artist and was named "one of the greatest singers of all time" by Rolling Stone. Her records have sold nearly 200 million copies worldwide. She has sold more concert tickets than any other solo music performer in history. She is known for her energetic stage presence, powerful vocals, career longevity, and widespread appeal. In 2008, Turner left semi-retirement to embark on her Tina!: 50th Anniversary Tour. Turner's tour has become one of the highest selling ticketed shows of 2008-2009
In 1960, when a singer scheduled to record the song, "A Fool in Love", didn't appear, Bullock stepped in and recorded the vocals instead. "A Fool in Love" was a huge R&B hit reaching #2, crossing over to the top 30 of the US pop chart. Ike changed Bullock's name to Tina Turner and that of his band to The Ike & Tina Turner Revue. In 1962, the two married in Tijuana, Mexico. (According to her Bio on Tina's Web site, the couple married in 1958. )

Turner raised four sons — Ike, Jr. and Michael (from Ike's previous relationship), Craig (born 1958, from her earlier relationship with Raymond Hill, a saxophone player in Ike's band), and Ronald (son of Ike and Tina; born 1961).

Throughout the 1960s and into the 1970s, Ike and Tina rose to stardom. As times and musical styles changed, Tina developed a unique stage persona as a singer-dancer-performer which thrilled audiences of the group's live concerts. Tina and the Revue's backup singers, the Ikettes, wove intricate and electrifying dance routines into their performances and influenced many other artists, including Mick Jagger (for whose 1966 UK tour they opened).

Ike and Tina Turner recorded a string of hits in the 1960s, including "A Fool in Love", "It's Gonna Work Out Fine", "I Idolize You", and the groundbreaking "River Deep, Mountain High" with producer Phil Spector in his Wall of Sound style. By the end of the decade, the couple incorporated modern rock styles into their act and began including their interpretations of "Come Together", "Honky Tonk Woman", and "I Want to Take You Higher" to their stage show.

In fact, their high-energy cover version of Creedence Clearwater Revival's 1968 "Proud Mary" remains Turner's signature hit and one of her longest enduring standards. "Proud Mary" was the duo's greatest commercial success, peaking at number four on the Billboard Hot 100 in March 1971. The single eventually won a Grammy for Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group.
Decline in popularity

While many of its original recordings failed to chart, the Ike and Tina Turner Revue was lauded by the Rolling Stones, David Bowie, Sly Stone, Janis Joplin, Cher, James Brown, Ray Charles, Elton John and Elvis Presley. A one night gig at a small, predominantly black supper club could be followed in the same week by a show at a major venue in Las Vegas or a national TV appearance. Ike acted as the group's manager and musical director, calling all the shots and ruling the act with an iron fist. While he was a fine musician and an early rock 'n' roll influence, Ike's control of the Revue's management, recording contracts and performances eventually led to their decline as his drug abuse worsened. This controlling (and often violent) atmosphere caused the musicians and backup singers to come and go frequently. Tina later reported being isolated and physically abused by Ike on a regular basis for most of their marriage.
Marital problems

By the mid-1970s, Tina's personal life and marriage began to fail. Ike's drug use led to increasingly erratic and physically abusive behavior. Their act was losing speed largely due to Ike's refusal to accept outside management of their recording or touring, as well as the cost of maintaining his allegedly voracious cocaine habit. Touring dates began to decline and record sales were low; their last success was "Nutbush City Limits", a song penned by Turner about her home town, that reached number twenty-two on the Hot 100 and number-four in the United Kingdom in 1973.

Having opened his own recording studio, Bolic (pronounced Bullock, after Tina's original surname) Sound, following the lucrative success of "Proud Mary", Ike produced Tina's first solo album, Tina Turns the Country On in 1974. It failed to make an impact on the charts, as did the follow-up, Acid Queen (1975), which was released to tie in with Tina's critically acclaimed big-screen debut in the role of the same name in The Who's rock opera, Tommy.

After a violent argument before an appearance in Dallas in July 1976, Tina abruptly left Ike, fleeing with nothing more than thirty-six cents and a gas-station credit card. She spent the next few months hiding from him while staying with various friends.

Tina would later credit her newfound Nichiren Buddhist faith and chanting Nam Myoho Renge Kyo, which she adopted while visiting a friend in 1974, with giving her the courage to strike out on her own. By walking out on Ike in the middle of a tour, she learned she was legally responsible to tour promoters for the canceled tour. Needing to earn a living, she became a solo performer, supplementing her income with TV appearances on shows such as The Hollywood Squares, Donny and Marie, The Sonny & Cher Show and The Brady Bunch Hour.

Her divorce was finalized in 1978 after sixteen years of marriage. She later accused Ike of years of severe spousal abuse and rampant drug addiction in her autobiography I, Tina. It was later adapted for the film What's Love Got to Do with It?. She parted ways with him, retaining only her stage name, and assuming responsibility for the debts incurred by the canceled tour as well as a significant IRS lien.
Life after the Revue

In 1978, Tina released her first album since her separation from Ike. That album, Rough, was a departure from the funky rhythm and blues sound of the Revue, and featured strong readings of rock songs, demonstrating the direction in which she wished her musical career to progress. The record did not sell well, and 1979's disco-infused Love Explosion also failed.

Tina began touring extensively around the world but her career stalled until teaming up in 1982 with B.E.F. for a remake of the Temptations' "Ball of Confusion". The producers were so impressed by the recording, they persuaded her to record a cover of Al Green's Let's Stay Together.

While she was largely considered to be unmarketable by the American recording industry, her popularity as a top stage act never faded in Europe and other parts of the world. Capitol signed her to a limited deal with their UK label. She divided her time between appearing at small venues in the US in order to keep herself in the public eye but continued to sell out major venues in Europe.

In December 1983, her cover of "Let's Stay Together" hit #6 in the U.K. and became a huge hit across all of Europe. Capitol Records still weren't interested in signing Turner until thousands of import copies flooded into the U.S. convincing Capitol to release it in America. In March 1984, Let's Stay Together hit the top thirty on the American pop charts. It hit the top five on both the R&B and dance charts. After the song's success, Capitol was quickly forced to review their previous assessment of Turner's chart ability and put forth the resources to let her record an album.
Return to prominence

In 1984, Turner staged what has been widely considered the most "amazing comeback in rock music history". In May, Capitol released the single "What's Love Got to Do with It" in the U.S. to promote the upcoming album. Only eleven radio stations had taken it to their playlists. Turner's manager, Roger Davies, forced Capitol to promote it more. Two weeks after its release, the song was on the play lists of over 100 radio stations. Eventually the single became a worldwide smash and in September, the song reached number-one on the Billboard Hot 100 becoming the first of Turner's songs to do so. It still remains her only number-one American hit.

At forty-four, she was the oldest female artist to have a number-one single. The song hit the top ten in several European countries. Private Dancer was released that June and went on to sell more than 11 million copies worldwide, though some sources stated the album has sold over twenty million making it her most successful album to date. Other than "Let's Stay Together" and "What's Love Got to Do With It", the album also yielded the hits "Better Be Good To Me", which hit the top five in the U.S. and the title track, "Private Dancer", written for her by rock musician Mark Knopfler. Turner would later win an MTV Video Music Award, two American Music Awards and four Grammy Awards, confirming her year as "the comeback queen". In February 1985, Turner embarked on her first solo world tour, the Private Dancer Tour, which met 170 dates in the U.S., Asia, Europe and Australia.

After the success of Private Dancer, Turner accepted the role of Aunty Entity, the ruler of Bartertown, in Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome. Upon its release, the film grossed $36 million and Turner received the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress. In July, Turner performed at Live Aid alongside Mick Jagger. In August, the first single "We Don't Need Another Hero" was released to promote the soundtrack for Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome. The single became yet another international smash hit for Turner, reaching number two in America and number three in England. The song received a Grammy nomination for Best Female Pop Vocal and received a nomination for a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song. Shortly after the soundtrack was released and reached the top forty in the U.S. and #47 in Canada, it sold over one million copies worldwide. In October the second single, "One of the Living", was released. It later won a Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance. In November, a new single was released entitled "It's Only Love", a duet with Bryan Adams. It received a Grammy nomination for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal.
Subsequent solo success
Turner and Clapton, on stage, sharing a microphone stand, singing.
Turner on tour with special guest Eric Clapton, June 17, 1987 in Wembley Stadium, England.

Following her biggest years of her career, Turner continued her widely successful solo career releasing the album, Break Every Rule, in 1986. That same year, Turner published her autobiography, I, Tina, which she talked about her early life and volatile marriage to Ike Turner. Later that summer, the singer received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Turner's Break Every Rule yielded the hits, "Typical Male", "Two People", "Back Where You Started" and "What You Get Is What You See" and reportedly sold over nine million copies worldwide. In March of the following year, Turner embarked on her Break Every Rule Tour in Munich. On January 16, 1988, Turner made history when she entered the Guinness World Records performing in front of the largest paying audience (over 184,000) to see a solo artist. In April, Turner's double live album, Tina Live in Europe, was released. In late 1989, Turner released her seventh studio album, Foreign Affair, which included the international smash, "The Best". The single became one of Turner's signature singles. In 1990, she embarked on a hugely successful European tour to promote the album playing to nearly four million fans and touring over 121 shows in Europe, beating records set by The Rolling Stones' last tours.

In 1991, Ike and Tina Turner were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Phil Spector accepted the award on their behalf. That same year, Turner released a compilation album, Simply the Best. Her modern dance-pop cover of "Nutbush City Limits" hit the top thirty in the UK. In 1993, Turner's life story was turned into a box-office film, What's Love Got to Do with It?. Based on I, Tina, the film painted a dark picture of Turner's marriage to singer Ike Turner and her overcoming the marriage through Nichiren Buddhism and chanting Nam Myoho Renge Kyo. While the film was given mixed reviews, its leading actors Angela Bassett, who played Tina, and Laurence Fishburne, who played Ike, ended up with Academy Award nominations for Best Actress and Best Actor, respectively, for their roles. Turner supervised the film's soundtrack, re-recording several songs from her Ike Turner days including "A Fool in Love", "It's Gonna Work Out Fine", "Nutbush City Limits" and "Proud Mary". She recorded a cover of The Trammps' "Disco Inferno" and two newer songs, the Lulu cover, "I Don't Wanna Fight" and the R&B ballad, "Why Must We Wait Until Tonight" (written by Bryan Adams). The soundtrack went platinum in America and yielded Turner's final top ten U.S. single, "I Don't Wanna Fight", which peaked at number nine. Later that year, Turner went out on a sold-out U.S. tour, her first in seven years, to promote the soundtrack. Afterwards, Turner moved to Switzerland and took a year off from the road at the end of the tour.
Turner's handprints at the Rotterdam Walk of Fame.

In 1995, Turner returned to recording with the title track for the James Bond flick, Goldeneye, written by U2's Bono and The Edge. "Goldeneye" hit the top ten in several European countries. In 1996, Turner's Wildest Dreams album was released. Due to its later successful world tour and a commercial where she promoted Hanes hosiery, the album hit gold in the U.S. while it went platinum in Europe based on the success of singles such as "Whatever You Want", the cover of John Waite's "Missing You", "Something Beautiful Remains" and the Barry White duet, "In Your Wildest Dreams". In May 1996, Turner embarked on a year-long world tour which again broke concert tickets. The tour lasted into April 1997 and grossed a combined total of $130 million in sales. At the end of the year, Turner and one of her musicians co-wrote an English version of the Italian ballad "Cose della vita" with Italian singer Eros Ramazzotti. Their duet became a European hit. In April 1999, Turner opened at the VH-1 special, Divas Live '99, performing several of her 1980s hits and performing with both Elton John and Cher to "Proud Mary". Turner later remarked that she was recording a new album. In November 1999, Turner released the dance single "When the Heartache Is Over," its parent album, "Twenty Four Seven," was released in Europe the following month. In February 2000, the album was released in America and was certified Gold by the RIAA. Later that year, Turner went out on one of her most successful tours of her career. By tour's end, the Twenty Four Seven Tour had become the highest-grossing tour of 2000 according to Pollstar grossing over $100 million. Later, Guinness World Records announced that Turner had sold more concert tickets than any other solo concert performer in music history.
Recent years

In 2001, Tennessee State Route 19 between Brownsville and Nutbush was named "Tina Turner Highway". In 2003, she teamed up with Phil Collins to record the song "Great Spirits" for the Disney film Brother Bear.

In 2004, Turner released a new compilation, All the Best, and released the single "Open Arms". The song became a modestly successful European hit and a modest R&B hit in America. In 2005, Turner briefly performed on shows such as The Oprah Winfrey Show and The View. All the Best became Turner's first album to go platinum in the U.S. in over eleven years.
U.S. President George W. Bush congratulates Turner during a reception for the Kennedy Center Honors in the East Room of the White House on December 4, 2005. From left, the honorees are singer Tony Bennett, dancer Suzanne Farrell, actress Julie Harris, and actor Robert Redford.

At the end of the year, Turner was recognized by the Kennedy Center Honors at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. and was elected to join an elite group of entertainers. President Bush commented on Turner's "natural skill, the energy and sensuality", and referred to her legs as "the most famous in show business".. Several artists paid tribute to her that night including Oprah Winfrey, Melissa Etheridge (who performed "River Deep - Mountain High" , Queen Latifah (who performed "What's Love Got to Do with It?"), Beyoncé (who performed "Proud Mary"), and the Reverend Al Green (who performed "Let's Stay Together"). Winfrey stated, "We don't need another hero. We need more heroines like you, Tina. You make me proud to spell my name w-o-m-a-n," and "Tina Turner didn't just survive, she triumphed." In November, Turner released All the Best - Live Collection and it was certified platinum by the RIAA.

In early 2006, the All the Invisible Children soundtrack was released. Turner sang "Teach Me Again" from the All the Invisible Children soundtrack with Elisa charted at #1 in Italy. In May 2007, Turner returned to the stage to headline a benefit concert for the Cauldwell Children's Charity at London's Natural History Museum. This was her first full show in seven years. Jazz pianist Herbie Hancock released an album paying tribute to singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell, entitled River: The Joni Letters on September 25, 2007, on which Turner contributed her vocals to a version of "Edith and The Kingpin". On October 16, 2007, Carlos Santana released an album entitled Ultimate Santana which featured Turner singing "The Game of Love", a song originally intended for her to sing, but which was instead released by Santana with Michelle Branch due to demands from the recording label.
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Written By: ninny on 11/26/09 at 5:57 am

Wow,beautiful pictures. :)

Thanks Howie :)..Happy Thanksgiving

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 11/26/09 at 5:57 am

The birthday of the day...Tina Turner
Tina Turner (born Anna Mae Bullock; November 26, 1939) is an American singer and actress whose career has spanned more than 50 years. She has won numerous awards and her achievements in the rock music genre have earned her the title "The Queen of Rock 'n' Roll".

Turner started out her music career with husband Ike Turner as a member of the Ike & Tina Turner Revue. Success followed with a string of hits including "River Deep, Mountain High" and the 1971 hit "Proud Mary". Allegations of spousal abuse following her split with Turner in 1977 arose with the publication of her autobiography I, Tina. Turner rebuilt her career, launching a string of hits beginning in 1983 with "Let's Stay Together" and the 1984 release of her album Private Dancer.

Her musical career led to film roles, beginning with a prominent role as The Acid Queen in the 1975 film Tommy, and an appearance in Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. She starred opposite Mel Gibson as Aunty Entity in Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome for which she received the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture, and her version of the film's theme, "We Don't Need Another Hero", was a hit single. She appeared in the 1993 film Last Action Hero.

One of the world's most popular entertainers, Turner has been called the most successful female rock artist and was named "one of the greatest singers of all time" by Rolling Stone. Her records have sold nearly 200 million copies worldwide. She has sold more concert tickets than any other solo music performer in history. She is known for her energetic stage presence, powerful vocals, career longevity, and widespread appeal. In 2008, Turner left semi-retirement to embark on her Tina!: 50th Anniversary Tour. Turner's tour has become one of the highest selling ticketed shows of 2008-2009
In 1960, when a singer scheduled to record the song, "A Fool in Love", didn't appear, Bullock stepped in and recorded the vocals instead. "A Fool in Love" was a huge R&B hit reaching #2, crossing over to the top 30 of the US pop chart. Ike changed Bullock's name to Tina Turner and that of his band to The Ike & Tina Turner Revue. In 1962, the two married in Tijuana, Mexico. (According to her Bio on Tina's Web site, the couple married in 1958. )

Turner raised four sons — Ike, Jr. and Michael (from Ike's previous relationship), Craig (born 1958, from her earlier relationship with Raymond Hill, a saxophone player in Ike's band), and Ronald (son of Ike and Tina; born 1961).

Throughout the 1960s and into the 1970s, Ike and Tina rose to stardom. As times and musical styles changed, Tina developed a unique stage persona as a singer-dancer-performer which thrilled audiences of the group's live concerts. Tina and the Revue's backup singers, the Ikettes, wove intricate and electrifying dance routines into their performances and influenced many other artists, including Mick Jagger (for whose 1966 UK tour they opened).

Ike and Tina Turner recorded a string of hits in the 1960s, including "A Fool in Love", "It's Gonna Work Out Fine", "I Idolize You", and the groundbreaking "River Deep, Mountain High" with producer Phil Spector in his Wall of Sound style. By the end of the decade, the couple incorporated modern rock styles into their act and began including their interpretations of "Come Together", "Honky Tonk Woman", and "I Want to Take You Higher" to their stage show.

In fact, their high-energy cover version of Creedence Clearwater Revival's 1968 "Proud Mary" remains Turner's signature hit and one of her longest enduring standards. "Proud Mary" was the duo's greatest commercial success, peaking at number four on the Billboard Hot 100 in March 1971. The single eventually won a Grammy for Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group.
Decline in popularity

While many of its original recordings failed to chart, the Ike and Tina Turner Revue was lauded by the Rolling Stones, David Bowie, Sly Stone, Janis Joplin, Cher, James Brown, Ray Charles, Elton John and Elvis Presley. A one night gig at a small, predominantly black supper club could be followed in the same week by a show at a major venue in Las Vegas or a national TV appearance. Ike acted as the group's manager and musical director, calling all the shots and ruling the act with an iron fist. While he was a fine musician and an early rock 'n' roll influence, Ike's control of the Revue's management, recording contracts and performances eventually led to their decline as his drug abuse worsened. This controlling (and often violent) atmosphere caused the musicians and backup singers to come and go frequently. Tina later reported being isolated and physically abused by Ike on a regular basis for most of their marriage.
Marital problems

By the mid-1970s, Tina's personal life and marriage began to fail. Ike's drug use led to increasingly erratic and physically abusive behavior. Their act was losing speed largely due to Ike's refusal to accept outside management of their recording or touring, as well as the cost of maintaining his allegedly voracious cocaine habit. Touring dates began to decline and record sales were low; their last success was "Nutbush City Limits", a song penned by Turner about her home town, that reached number twenty-two on the Hot 100 and number-four in the United Kingdom in 1973.

Having opened his own recording studio, Bolic (pronounced Bullock, after Tina's original surname) Sound, following the lucrative success of "Proud Mary", Ike produced Tina's first solo album, Tina Turns the Country On in 1974. It failed to make an impact on the charts, as did the follow-up, Acid Queen (1975), which was released to tie in with Tina's critically acclaimed big-screen debut in the role of the same name in The Who's rock opera, Tommy.

After a violent argument before an appearance in Dallas in July 1976, Tina abruptly left Ike, fleeing with nothing more than thirty-six cents and a gas-station credit card. She spent the next few months hiding from him while staying with various friends.

Tina would later credit her newfound Nichiren Buddhist faith and chanting Nam Myoho Renge Kyo, which she adopted while visiting a friend in 1974, with giving her the courage to strike out on her own. By walking out on Ike in the middle of a tour, she learned she was legally responsible to tour promoters for the canceled tour. Needing to earn a living, she became a solo performer, supplementing her income with TV appearances on shows such as The Hollywood Squares, Donny and Marie, The Sonny & Cher Show and The Brady Bunch Hour.

Her divorce was finalized in 1978 after sixteen years of marriage. She later accused Ike of years of severe spousal abuse and rampant drug addiction in her autobiography I, Tina. It was later adapted for the film What's Love Got to Do with It?. She parted ways with him, retaining only her stage name, and assuming responsibility for the debts incurred by the canceled tour as well as a significant IRS lien.
Life after the Revue

In 1978, Tina released her first album since her separation from Ike. That album, Rough, was a departure from the funky rhythm and blues sound of the Revue, and featured strong readings of rock songs, demonstrating the direction in which she wished her musical career to progress. The record did not sell well, and 1979's disco-infused Love Explosion also failed.

Tina began touring extensively around the world but her career stalled until teaming up in 1982 with B.E.F. for a remake of the Temptations' "Ball of Confusion". The producers were so impressed by the recording, they persuaded her to record a cover of Al Green's Let's Stay Together.

While she was largely considered to be unmarketable by the American recording industry, her popularity as a top stage act never faded in Europe and other parts of the world. Capitol signed her to a limited deal with their UK label. She divided her time between appearing at small venues in the US in order to keep herself in the public eye but continued to sell out major venues in Europe.

In December 1983, her cover of "Let's Stay Together" hit #6 in the U.K. and became a huge hit across all of Europe. Capitol Records still weren't interested in signing Turner until thousands of import copies flooded into the U.S. convincing Capitol to release it in America. In March 1984, Let's Stay Together hit the top thirty on the American pop charts. It hit the top five on both the R&B and dance charts. After the song's success, Capitol was quickly forced to review their previous assessment of Turner's chart ability and put forth the resources to let her record an album.
Return to prominence

In 1984, Turner staged what has been widely considered the most "amazing comeback in rock music history". In May, Capitol released the single "What's Love Got to Do with It" in the U.S. to promote the upcoming album. Only eleven radio stations had taken it to their playlists. Turner's manager, Roger Davies, forced Capitol to promote it more. Two weeks after its release, the song was on the play lists of over 100 radio stations. Eventually the single became a worldwide smash and in September, the song reached number-one on the Billboard Hot 100 becoming the first of Turner's songs to do so. It still remains her only number-one American hit.

At forty-four, she was the oldest female artist to have a number-one single. The song hit the top ten in several European countries. Private Dancer was released that June and went on to sell more than 11 million copies worldwide, though some sources stated the album has sold over twenty million making it her most successful album to date. Other than "Let's Stay Together" and "What's Love Got to Do With It", the album also yielded the hits "Better Be Good To Me", which hit the top five in the U.S. and the title track, "Private Dancer", written for her by rock musician Mark Knopfler. Turner would later win an MTV Video Music Award, two American Music Awards and four Grammy Awards, confirming her year as "the comeback queen". In February 1985, Turner embarked on her first solo world tour, the Private Dancer Tour, which met 170 dates in the U.S., Asia, Europe and Australia.

After the success of Private Dancer, Turner accepted the role of Aunty Entity, the ruler of Bartertown, in Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome. Upon its release, the film grossed $36 million and Turner received the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress. In July, Turner performed at Live Aid alongside Mick Jagger. In August, the first single "We Don't Need Another Hero" was released to promote the soundtrack for Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome. The single became yet another international smash hit for Turner, reaching number two in America and number three in England. The song received a Grammy nomination for Best Female Pop Vocal and received a nomination for a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song. Shortly after the soundtrack was released and reached the top forty in the U.S. and #47 in Canada, it sold over one million copies worldwide. In October the second single, "One of the Living", was released. It later won a Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance. In November, a new single was released entitled "It's Only Love", a duet with Bryan Adams. It received a Grammy nomination for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal.
Subsequent solo success
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Turner on tour with special guest Eric Clapton, June 17, 1987 in Wembley Stadium, England.

Following her biggest years of her career, Turner continued her widely successful solo career releasing the album, Break Every Rule, in 1986. That same year, Turner published her autobiography, I, Tina, which she talked about her early life and volatile marriage to Ike Turner. Later that summer, the singer received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Turner's Break Every Rule yielded the hits, "Typical Male", "Two People", "Back Where You Started" and "What You Get Is What You See" and reportedly sold over nine million copies worldwide. In March of the following year, Turner embarked on her Break Every Rule Tour in Munich. On January 16, 1988, Turner made history when she entered the Guinness World Records performing in front of the largest paying audience (over 184,000) to see a solo artist. In April, Turner's double live album, Tina Live in Europe, was released. In late 1989, Turner released her seventh studio album, Foreign Affair, which included the international smash, "The Best". The single became one of Turner's signature singles. In 1990, she embarked on a hugely successful European tour to promote the album playing to nearly four million fans and touring over 121 shows in Europe, beating records set by The Rolling Stones' last tours.

In 1991, Ike and Tina Turner were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Phil Spector accepted the award on their behalf. That same year, Turner released a compilation album, Simply the Best. Her modern dance-pop cover of "Nutbush City Limits" hit the top thirty in the UK. In 1993, Turner's life story was turned into a box-office film, What's Love Got to Do with It?. Based on I, Tina, the film painted a dark picture of Turner's marriage to singer Ike Turner and her overcoming the marriage through Nichiren Buddhism and chanting Nam Myoho Renge Kyo. While the film was given mixed reviews, its leading actors Angela Bassett, who played Tina, and Laurence Fishburne, who played Ike, ended up with Academy Award nominations for Best Actress and Best Actor, respectively, for their roles. Turner supervised the film's soundtrack, re-recording several songs from her Ike Turner days including "A Fool in Love", "It's Gonna Work Out Fine", "Nutbush City Limits" and "Proud Mary". She recorded a cover of The Trammps' "Disco Inferno" and two newer songs, the Lulu cover, "I Don't Wanna Fight" and the R&B ballad, "Why Must We Wait Until Tonight" (written by Bryan Adams). The soundtrack went platinum in America and yielded Turner's final top ten U.S. single, "I Don't Wanna Fight", which peaked at number nine. Later that year, Turner went out on a sold-out U.S. tour, her first in seven years, to promote the soundtrack. Afterwards, Turner moved to Switzerland and took a year off from the road at the end of the tour.
Turner's handprints at the Rotterdam Walk of Fame.

In 1995, Turner returned to recording with the title track for the James Bond flick, Goldeneye, written by U2's Bono and The Edge. "Goldeneye" hit the top ten in several European countries. In 1996, Turner's Wildest Dreams album was released. Due to its later successful world tour and a commercial where she promoted Hanes hosiery, the album hit gold in the U.S. while it went platinum in Europe based on the success of singles such as "Whatever You Want", the cover of John Waite's "Missing You", "Something Beautiful Remains" and the Barry White duet, "In Your Wildest Dreams". In May 1996, Turner embarked on a year-long world tour which again broke concert tickets. The tour lasted into April 1997 and grossed a combined total of $130 million in sales. At the end of the year, Turner and one of her musicians co-wrote an English version of the Italian ballad "Cose della vita" with Italian singer Eros Ramazzotti. Their duet became a European hit. In April 1999, Turner opened at the VH-1 special, Divas Live '99, performing several of her 1980s hits and performing with both Elton John and Cher to "Proud Mary". Turner later remarked that she was recording a new album. In November 1999, Turner released the dance single "When the Heartache Is Over," its parent album, "Twenty Four Seven," was released in Europe the following month. In February 2000, the album was released in America and was certified Gold by the RIAA. Later that year, Turner went out on one of her most successful tours of her career. By tour's end, the Twenty Four Seven Tour had become the highest-grossing tour of 2000 according to Pollstar grossing over $100 million. Later, Guinness World Records announced that Turner had sold more concert tickets than any other solo concert performer in music history.
Recent years

In 2001, Tennessee State Route 19 between Brownsville and Nutbush was named "Tina Turner Highway". In 2003, she teamed up with Phil Collins to record the song "Great Spirits" for the Disney film Brother Bear.

In 2004, Turner released a new compilation, All the Best, and released the single "Open Arms". The song became a modestly successful European hit and a modest R&B hit in America. In 2005, Turner briefly performed on shows such as The Oprah Winfrey Show and The View. All the Best became Turner's first album to go platinum in the U.S. in over eleven years.
U.S. President George W. Bush congratulates Turner during a reception for the Kennedy Center Honors in the East Room of the White House on December 4, 2005. From left, the honorees are singer Tony Bennett, dancer Suzanne Farrell, actress Julie Harris, and actor Robert Redford.

At the end of the year, Turner was recognized by the Kennedy Center Honors at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. and was elected to join an elite group of entertainers. President Bush commented on Turner's "natural skill, the energy and sensuality", and referred to her legs as "the most famous in show business".. Several artists paid tribute to her that night including Oprah Winfrey, Melissa Etheridge (who performed "River Deep - Mountain High" , Queen Latifah (who performed "What's Love Got to Do with It?"), Beyoncé (who performed "Proud Mary"), and the Reverend Al Green (who performed "Let's Stay Together"). Winfrey stated, "We don't need another hero. We need more heroines like you, Tina. You make me proud to spell my name w-o-m-a-n," and "Tina Turner didn't just survive, she triumphed." In November, Turner released All the Best - Live Collection and it was certified platinum by the RIAA.

In early 2006, the All the Invisible Children soundtrack was released. Turner sang "Teach Me Again" from the All the Invisible Children soundtrack with Elisa charted at #1 in Italy. In May 2007, Turner returned to the stage to headline a benefit concert for the Cauldwell Children's Charity at London's Natural History Museum. This was her first full show in seven years. Jazz pianist Herbie Hancock released an album paying tribute to singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell, entitled River: The Joni Letters on September 25, 2007, on which Turner contributed her vocals to a version of "Edith and The Kingpin". On October 16, 2007, Carlos Santana released an album entitled Ultimate Santana which featured Turner singing "The Game of Love", a song originally intended for her to sing, but which was instead released by Santana with Michelle Branch due to demands from the recording label.
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simply the best. :)

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Written By: ninny on 11/26/09 at 6:02 am

The Co-birthday of the day...Rich Little
Richard Caruthers "Rich" Little (born November 26, 1938 in Ottawa, Ontario) is a Canadian impressionist and voice actor. Little has long been known as a top impersonator of famous people throughout the world, which has earned him the nickname "The Man of a Thousand Voices," a name which notable voice actor Mel Blanc once held.
n 1966 and 1967, Little appeared in ABC-TV's Judy Carne sitcom Love on a Rooftop as the Willises' eccentric neighbor, Stan Parker.

Little was a frequent guest on variety and talk shows. He cracked up Johnny Carson by capturing the Tonight Show host's voice and many on-stage mannerisms perfectly (he later played Carson in the HBO TV-movie The Late Shift). One of his best known impressions is of U.S. President Richard Nixon. During the 1970s, Little made many television appearances portraying Nixon. He was a regular guest on Dean Martin's Celebrity Roasts in the 1970s and was also a semi-regular on the Emmy-winning ABC-TV variety series The Julie Andrews Hour in 1972-1973. This particular series proved to be a wonderful showcase for Little's talents as an impressionist. In fact, because of his uncanny yet brilliant imitation of Jack Benny, the legendary comedian sent Little an 18-carat gold money clip containing this message: "With Bob Hope doing my walk and you doing my voice, I can be a star and do nothing." He was named "Comedy Star of the Year" by the American Guild of Variety Artists in 1974.

His best-known continuing TV series was The Kopycats, hour-long segments of The ABC Comedy Hour, first broadcast in 1972. Taped in England, these comedy-variety shows consisted entirely of celebrity impersonations, with the actors in full costume and makeup for every sketch. The cast included Rich Little, Frank Gorshin, Marilyn Michaels, George Kirby, Joe Baker, Fred Travalena, Charlie Callas, and Peter Goodwright.

The Rich Little Show (1976) and The New You Asked for It (1981) were attempts to present Little in his own person, away from his gallery of characterizations.

Little has starred in various HBO specials including the 1978 one-man show, Rich Little's Christmas Carol. He has also appeared in several movies and released nine albums. When David Niven proved too ill for his voice to be used in his appearances in Trail of the Pink Panther (1982) and Curse of the Pink Panther (1983), Little provided the overdub; he rendered similar assistance for the 1991 TV special Christmas at the Movies by providing an uncredited dub for the aging actor/dancer Gene Kelly. As a native Canadian, he also lent his voice to the narration of two specials which were the forerunners for the animated series The Raccoons, The Christmas Raccoons , and The Raccoons on Ice . He was also briefly featured on Futurama, impersonating Howard Cosell in the 2000 episode Raging Bender.

Little was the host for the 2007 White House Correspondents' Association dinner. Although President Bush was reported to have enjoyed Little's performance, it was panned by some reviewers for "his ancient jokes and impressions of dead people (Johnny Carson, Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan).
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Written By: CatwomanofV on 11/26/09 at 12:21 pm

Tina STILL looks damn great at the age of 70. I hope I look half as good as she does when I am her age.

Cat

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/26/09 at 1:28 pm

The word of the day...River
# Abbr. R.) A large natural stream of water emptying into an ocean, lake, or other body of water and usually fed along its course by converging tributaries.
# A stream or abundant flow: a river of tears.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/26/09 at 1:32 pm

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/26/09 at 1:44 pm

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Written By: ninny on 11/26/09 at 2:13 pm

Tina STILL looks damn great at the age of 70. I hope I look half as good as she does when I am her age.

Cat

You & me both :)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/26/09 at 3:16 pm

Tina STILL looks damn great at the age of 70. I hope I look half as good as she does when I am her age.

Cat
...and still is performing today.

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Written By: Howard on 11/26/09 at 8:45 pm

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still looks good at 71. :)

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Written By: ninny on 11/27/09 at 6:41 am

The word or phrase of the day...Bow Tie
A short necktie fashioned into a bowknot close to the throat.
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Written By: ninny on 11/27/09 at 6:44 am

The birthday of the day...Bill Nye
William Sanford "Bill" Nye (born November 27, 1955), popularly known as "Bill Nye the Science Guy", is an American comedian, television host, science educator and mechanical engineer. He is best known as the host of the children's science show Bill Nye the Science Guy (1993–1997) and for his many subsequent appearances in popular media as a science educator
Nye began his professional entertainment career as an actor on a local sketch comedy television show in Seattle, Almost Live!; Nye corrected the host of Almost Live! after the host pronounced "gigawatt" as "jigowatt", a mispronunciation made common by the film Back to the Future. The character name came from the host's comment, "Who do you think you are? Bill Nye the Science Guy?" and Nye was thereafter known as such on the program. His other main recurring role on Almost Live! was as Speedwalker, a speedwalking Seattle superhero.

In 1992–1993, he appeared in the live-action educational segments of Back to the Future: The Animated Series with a non-speaking role as an assistant to Dr. Emmett Brown, played by Christopher Lloyd, where he would demonstrate science with Lloyd's voice-over.
Nye's catchphrase on the show, shown here on a T-shirt.

This national popularity led to Nye hosting the educational television program Bill Nye the Science Guy from 1993 to 1997. Each of the 100 episodes aimed to teach a specific topic in science to a preteen audience, yet it garnered a wide adult audience as well. The show was somewhat popular as a school resource and is still used to this day. He has written several books as The Science Guy. In addition to hosting the show, he was also a writer and producer for the series, which was filmed entirely in Seattle.

When portraying "the Science Guy", Nye wears a light blue lab coat and a bow tie and takes on the personality of an excited, jocular science educator. This popular image of Nye has been parodied by numerous sources, including the webcomic xkcd and the satirical news organization The Onion. In response to the fake headline "Crack Nearly Killed Me", Nye took the joke in good humor and sent The Onion an email thanking them for "dealing compassionately with this matter."

His Science Guy persona appeared alongside Ellen DeGeneres and Alex Trebek in Ellen's Energy Adventure, an attraction that has played since 1996 at the Universe of Energy pavilion inside Epcot at Walt Disney World. He also has a voice-over at the DINOSAUR attraction in Disney's Animal Kingdom park, where he tells guests about the dinosaurs while they queue for the ride. In addition, he appears in the "Design Lab" of CyberSpace Mountain inside DisneyQuest at Walt Disney World where he refers to himself as "Bill Nye the Coaster Guy."
Post Science Guy career

Nye remained interested in science education through entertainment. He created a 13-episode PBS KCTS-TV series about science, called The Eyes of Nye, aimed at an older audience than his previous show. Airing in 2005, it often featured episodes based on politically relevant themes such as genetically modified food, global warming, and race.

He played in Disney's 1998 TV movie The Principal Takes a Holiday; he made a hovercraft, in order to demonstrate science in an unusual classroom manner. From 2000 to 2002, Nye was the technical expert in BattleBots. In 2004 and 2005, Nye hosted 100 Greatest Discoveries, an award-winning series produced by THINKFilm for Discovery Channel-spinoff The Science Channel and in high definition on the Discovery HD Theater.

Nye has guest starred in several episodes of the crime drama Numb3rs as an engineering faculty member. A lecture Nye gave several years ago on exciting children about math was an inspiration for creating the Numb3rs show.

He was a regular in TV Land discussions. He has also made guest appearances on the VH1 reality show America's Most Smartest Model.

Nye appears in segments of The Climate Code on The Weather Channel telling his personal ways of saving energy. He still makes regular appearances on the show, often asking quiz questions.

As of fall 2008, Nye also appears on the daytime game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, as part of the show's re-introduced "Ask the Expert" lifeline. He currently hosts Stuff Happens, a show on the new Planet Green network.

In November 2008, Nye appeared in an acting role as himself in the fifth-season episode "Brain Storm" of Stargate Atlantis alongside fellow television personality and astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson.

Nye has appeared numerous times on the talk show Larry King Live, speaking about topics such as global warming and UFOs. He argued that global warming is an issue that should be addressed by governments of the world in part because it could be implicated in the record-setting 2005 Atlantic hurricane season. On UFOs he has been skeptical of extraterrestrial explanations for sightings such as those at Roswell and Malmstrom Air Force Base (1967).

In 2009, portions of Bill Nye's shows were used as lyrics and portions of the second Symphony of Science science education music video by composer John Boswell.

Nye recorded a short YouTube video (as himself, not his TV persona) advocating clean energy climate change legislation on behalf of Al Gore's Repower America campaign in October 2009.
Life outside television
Nye speaking at the University of Florida in 2007.

In the early 2000s, Nye assisted in the development of a small sundial that was included in the Mars Exploration Rover missions. Known as MarsDial, it included small colored panels to provide a basis for color calibration in addition to helping keep track of time. Since 2005 Nye has been the vice president of the Planetary Society, an organization that advocates space science research and the exploration of other planets, particularly Mars.

He holds several patents, including one for ballet shoes and another for a magnifying glass that uses water.

From 2001–2006 Nye served as Frank H.T. Rhodes Class of '56 University Professor at Cornell University.

When Pluto was reclassified from a planet to a dwarf planet by the International Astronomical Union in 2006, Nye came out in favor of the change. Nye held a conference in 2006 discussing his opinion on the issue.

Since 2006, Nye has lived in Los Angeles in a 1930s stucco home with ecologically-friendly modifications. As of July 2007, Nye and environmental activist Ed Begley, Jr. are engaging in a friendly competition "to see who could have the lowest carbon footprint," according to Begley. In a 2008 interview, Nye joked that he wants to "crush Ed Begley" in their environmental competition. But Nye and Begley are neighbors in Los Angeles, and sometimes dine together at a local vegetarian restaurant.
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Written By: ninny on 11/27/09 at 6:48 am

The co-birthday of the day...Curtis Armstrong
Curtis Armstrong (born November 27, 1953) is an American actor. Armstrong's first role came in the 1983 hit film Risky Business. However, he is probably best known for his next role, that of Dudley "Booger" Dawson in the 1984 hit comedy movie Revenge of the Nerds and its 1987 sequel Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise. He later reprised his role as Booger in the 1992 television movie Revenge of the Nerds III: The Next Generation and once again in the 1994 television movie Revenge of the Nerds IV: Nerds in Love. His other films include Better Off Dead, Big Bully, One Crazy Summer, Bad Medicine, National Lampoon's Van Wilder, Smokin' Aces, Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story, Jingle All The Way, Southland Tales, and Beer for My Horses. He also had a recurring role as Herbert Viola on the television series Moonlighting, and played the part of Ahmet Ertegün in the biographical film Ray (2004). He currently provides the voice for Mr. Moleguaco on the Disney Channel original series The Emperor's New School. Curtis was also in Akeelah and the Bee & Max Keeble's Big Move.

Armstrong plays a character named Snot in the animated sitcom American Dad!, parodying his role from Revenge of the Nerds. He also had a role as Double Wide in the cartoon series Stroker and Hoop on Cartoon Network. Armstrong appeared in the 2006 production of Akeelah and the Bee, playing principal Mr. Welch. He was on VH1's 100 Greatest Teen Stars despite being thirty when he played his first role. Recently, he played Mecklen, Buddy "Aces" Israel's attorney, in the 2007 film, Smokin' Aces.

In the feature film Ray, for preparation for his role as music executive Ahmet Ertegün, he had the top part of his head shaved to simulate male pattern baldness. He guest starred in episode 10 — "Much Too Much" and had a much smaller part in episode 11 — "Owner of a Lonely Heart" in season two of Grey's Anatomy. Armstrong played a deejay named Jerry Thunder in That '70s Show, episode 315, "Radio Daze." In 2009 he appeared in Ratko: The Dictator's Son, and Locker 13. He also played the part of fictional astronaut Chaz Dalton on an episode of the TV series My Name is Earl.

In addition to his acting career, Armstrong's affinity for the music of Harry Nilsson has prompted him to become an expert on Nilsson's work. He has written liner notes for CD reissues of Nilsson albums, and has been instrumental in archival and bonus track preparation for these reissues. Additionally, Armstrong is an avid fan of Washington Irving, Laurel and Hardy, and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories.

In 2009, Armstrong also played a paranoid character in a mental institution on the House season six premiere, Broken.
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Written By: CatwomanofV on 11/27/09 at 11:13 am

The co-birthday of the day...Curtis Armstrong
Curtis Armstrong (born November 27, 1953) is an American actor. Armstrong's first role came in the 1983 hit film Risky Business. However, he is probably best known for his next role, that of Dudley "Booger" Dawson in the 1984 hit comedy movie Revenge of the Nerds and its 1987 sequel Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise. He later reprised his role as Booger in the 1992 television movie Revenge of the Nerds III: The Next Generation and once again in the 1994 television movie Revenge of the Nerds IV: Nerds in Love. His other films include Better Off Dead, Big Bully, One Crazy Summer, Bad Medicine, National Lampoon's Van Wilder, Smokin' Aces, Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story, Jingle All The Way, Southland Tales, and Beer for My Horses. He also had a recurring role as Herbert Viola on the television series Moonlighting, and played the part of Ahmet Ertegün in the biographical film Ray (2004). He currently provides the voice for Mr. Moleguaco on the Disney Channel original series The Emperor's New School. Curtis was also in Akeelah and the Bee & Max Keeble's Big Move.

Armstrong plays a character named Snot in the animated sitcom American Dad!, parodying his role from Revenge of the Nerds. He also had a role as Double Wide in the cartoon series Stroker and Hoop on Cartoon Network. Armstrong appeared in the 2006 production of Akeelah and the Bee, playing principal Mr. Welch. He was on VH1's 100 Greatest Teen Stars despite being thirty when he played his first role. Recently, he played Mecklen, Buddy "Aces" Israel's attorney, in the 2007 film, Smokin' Aces.

In the feature film Ray, for preparation for his role as music executive Ahmet Ertegün, he had the top part of his head shaved to simulate male pattern baldness. He guest starred in episode 10 — "Much Too Much" and had a much smaller part in episode 11 — "Owner of a Lonely Heart" in season two of Grey's Anatomy. Armstrong played a deejay named Jerry Thunder in That '70s Show, episode 315, "Radio Daze." In 2009 he appeared in Ratko: The Dictator's Son, and Locker 13. He also played the part of fictional astronaut Chaz Dalton on an episode of the TV series My Name is Earl.

In addition to his acting career, Armstrong's affinity for the music of Harry Nilsson has prompted him to become an expert on Nilsson's work. He has written liner notes for CD reissues of Nilsson albums, and has been instrumental in archival and bonus track preparation for these reissues. Additionally, Armstrong is an avid fan of Washington Irving, Laurel and Hardy, and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories.

In 2009, Armstrong also played a paranoid character in a mental institution on the House season six premiere, Broken.
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No matter where I see him, I will always know him as "Booger." I remember him on Moonlighting and I would say, "There's Booger."

Cat

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Written By: snozberries on 11/27/09 at 11:32 am

No matter where I see him, I will always know him as "Booger." I remember him on Moonlighting and I would say, "There's Booger."

Cat

for me its Miles in Risky Business.

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Written By: CatwomanofV on 11/27/09 at 11:39 am

for me its Miles in Risky Business.

Well, sometimes you just have to say, "What the f***". ;) (I have that on a tee shirt. ;D ;D ;D)

Cat

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/27/09 at 12:49 pm

The birthday of the day...Bill Nye
William Sanford "Bill" Nye (born November 27, 1955), popularly known as "Bill Nye the Science Guy", is an American comedian, television host, science educator and mechanical engineer. He is best known as the host of the children's science show Bill Nye the Science Guy (1993–1997) and for his many subsequent appearances in popular media as a science educator
Nye began his professional entertainment career as an actor on a local sketch comedy television show in Seattle, Almost Live!; Nye corrected the host of Almost Live! after the host pronounced "gigawatt" as "jigowatt", a mispronunciation made common by the film Back to the Future. The character name came from the host's comment, "Who do you think you are? Bill Nye the Science Guy?" and Nye was thereafter known as such on the program. His other main recurring role on Almost Live! was as Speedwalker, a speedwalking Seattle superhero.

In 1992–1993, he appeared in the live-action educational segments of Back to the Future: The Animated Series with a non-speaking role as an assistant to Dr. Emmett Brown, played by Christopher Lloyd, where he would demonstrate science with Lloyd's voice-over.
Nye's catchphrase on the show, shown here on a T-shirt.

This national popularity led to Nye hosting the educational television program Bill Nye the Science Guy from 1993 to 1997. Each of the 100 episodes aimed to teach a specific topic in science to a preteen audience, yet it garnered a wide adult audience as well. The show was somewhat popular as a school resource and is still used to this day. He has written several books as The Science Guy. In addition to hosting the show, he was also a writer and producer for the series, which was filmed entirely in Seattle.

When portraying "the Science Guy", Nye wears a light blue lab coat and a bow tie and takes on the personality of an excited, jocular science educator. This popular image of Nye has been parodied by numerous sources, including the webcomic xkcd and the satirical news organization The Onion. In response to the fake headline "Crack Nearly Killed Me", Nye took the joke in good humor and sent The Onion an email thanking them for "dealing compassionately with this matter."

His Science Guy persona appeared alongside Ellen DeGeneres and Alex Trebek in Ellen's Energy Adventure, an attraction that has played since 1996 at the Universe of Energy pavilion inside Epcot at Walt Disney World. He also has a voice-over at the DINOSAUR attraction in Disney's Animal Kingdom park, where he tells guests about the dinosaurs while they queue for the ride. In addition, he appears in the "Design Lab" of CyberSpace Mountain inside DisneyQuest at Walt Disney World where he refers to himself as "Bill Nye the Coaster Guy."
Post Science Guy career

Nye remained interested in science education through entertainment. He created a 13-episode PBS KCTS-TV series about science, called The Eyes of Nye, aimed at an older audience than his previous show. Airing in 2005, it often featured episodes based on politically relevant themes such as genetically modified food, global warming, and race.

He played in Disney's 1998 TV movie The Principal Takes a Holiday; he made a hovercraft, in order to demonstrate science in an unusual classroom manner. From 2000 to 2002, Nye was the technical expert in BattleBots. In 2004 and 2005, Nye hosted 100 Greatest Discoveries, an award-winning series produced by THINKFilm for Discovery Channel-spinoff The Science Channel and in high definition on the Discovery HD Theater.

Nye has guest starred in several episodes of the crime drama Numb3rs as an engineering faculty member. A lecture Nye gave several years ago on exciting children about math was an inspiration for creating the Numb3rs show.

He was a regular in TV Land discussions. He has also made guest appearances on the VH1 reality show America's Most Smartest Model.

Nye appears in segments of The Climate Code on The Weather Channel telling his personal ways of saving energy. He still makes regular appearances on the show, often asking quiz questions.

As of fall 2008, Nye also appears on the daytime game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, as part of the show's re-introduced "Ask the Expert" lifeline. He currently hosts Stuff Happens, a show on the new Planet Green network.

In November 2008, Nye appeared in an acting role as himself in the fifth-season episode "Brain Storm" of Stargate Atlantis alongside fellow television personality and astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson.

Nye has appeared numerous times on the talk show Larry King Live, speaking about topics such as global warming and UFOs. He argued that global warming is an issue that should be addressed by governments of the world in part because it could be implicated in the record-setting 2005 Atlantic hurricane season. On UFOs he has been skeptical of extraterrestrial explanations for sightings such as those at Roswell and Malmstrom Air Force Base (1967).

In 2009, portions of Bill Nye's shows were used as lyrics and portions of the second Symphony of Science science education music video by composer John Boswell.

Nye recorded a short YouTube video (as himself, not his TV persona) advocating clean energy climate change legislation on behalf of Al Gore's Repower America campaign in October 2009.
Life outside television
Nye speaking at the University of Florida in 2007.

In the early 2000s, Nye assisted in the development of a small sundial that was included in the Mars Exploration Rover missions. Known as MarsDial, it included small colored panels to provide a basis for color calibration in addition to helping keep track of time. Since 2005 Nye has been the vice president of the Planetary Society, an organization that advocates space science research and the exploration of other planets, particularly Mars.

He holds several patents, including one for ballet shoes and another for a magnifying glass that uses water.

From 2001–2006 Nye served as Frank H.T. Rhodes Class of '56 University Professor at Cornell University.

When Pluto was reclassified from a planet to a dwarf planet by the International Astronomical Union in 2006, Nye came out in favor of the change. Nye held a conference in 2006 discussing his opinion on the issue.

Since 2006, Nye has lived in Los Angeles in a 1930s stucco home with ecologically-friendly modifications. As of July 2007, Nye and environmental activist Ed Begley, Jr. are engaging in a friendly competition "to see who could have the lowest carbon footprint," according to Begley. In a 2008 interview, Nye joked that he wants to "crush Ed Begley" in their environmental competition. But Nye and Begley are neighbors in Los Angeles, and sometimes dine together at a local vegetarian restaurant.
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Frank on 11/27/09 at 2:37 pm

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still looks good at 71. :)

I met Rich Little 4 years ago, in Ontario (Canada). He was very pleasant. (Only talked with him for a few seconds)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 11/27/09 at 3:18 pm

The co-birthday of the day...Curtis Armstrong
Curtis Armstrong (born November 27, 1953) is an American actor. Armstrong's first role came in the 1983 hit film Risky Business. However, he is probably best known for his next role, that of Dudley "Booger" Dawson in the 1984 hit comedy movie Revenge of the Nerds and its 1987 sequel Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise. He later reprised his role as Booger in the 1992 television movie Revenge of the Nerds III: The Next Generation and once again in the 1994 television movie Revenge of the Nerds IV: Nerds in Love. His other films include Better Off Dead, Big Bully, One Crazy Summer, Bad Medicine, National Lampoon's Van Wilder, Smokin' Aces, Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story, Jingle All The Way, Southland Tales, and Beer for My Horses. He also had a recurring role as Herbert Viola on the television series Moonlighting, and played the part of Ahmet Ertegün in the biographical film Ray (2004). He currently provides the voice for Mr. Moleguaco on the Disney Channel original series The Emperor's New School. Curtis was also in Akeelah and the Bee & Max Keeble's Big Move.

Armstrong plays a character named Snot in the animated sitcom American Dad!, parodying his role from Revenge of the Nerds. He also had a role as Double Wide in the cartoon series Stroker and Hoop on Cartoon Network. Armstrong appeared in the 2006 production of Akeelah and the Bee, playing principal Mr. Welch. He was on VH1's 100 Greatest Teen Stars despite being thirty when he played his first role. Recently, he played Mecklen, Buddy "Aces" Israel's attorney, in the 2007 film, Smokin' Aces.

In the feature film Ray, for preparation for his role as music executive Ahmet Ertegün, he had the top part of his head shaved to simulate male pattern baldness. He guest starred in episode 10 — "Much Too Much" and had a much smaller part in episode 11 — "Owner of a Lonely Heart" in season two of Grey's Anatomy. Armstrong played a deejay named Jerry Thunder in That '70s Show, episode 315, "Radio Daze." In 2009 he appeared in Ratko: The Dictator's Son, and Locker 13. He also played the part of fictional astronaut Chaz Dalton on an episode of the TV series My Name is Earl.

In addition to his acting career, Armstrong's affinity for the music of Harry Nilsson has prompted him to become an expert on Nilsson's work. He has written liner notes for CD reissues of Nilsson albums, and has been instrumental in archival and bonus track preparation for these reissues. Additionally, Armstrong is an avid fan of Washington Irving, Laurel and Hardy, and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories.

In 2009, Armstrong also played a paranoid character in a mental institution on the House season six premiere, Broken.
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Hey It's BOOGER! ;D

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: CatwomanofV on 11/27/09 at 3:47 pm

I met Rich Little 4 years ago, in Ontario (Canada). He was very pleasant. (Only talked with him for a few seconds)

In what voice? :D ;D ;D ;D

Cat

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/27/09 at 3:53 pm

I met Rich Little 4 years ago, in Ontario (Canada). He was very pleasant. (Only talked with him for a few seconds)
What did you ask him?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Frank on 11/27/09 at 4:59 pm

What did you ask him?

Well, I thought it ws him walking along the street, so I just said" Hi, are you Rich Little?". He said yes. I said "It's nice to meet you, I've enjoyed your impersonations throughout the years, you are great" or something to that effect. He said thank you, smiled, and he left ( he was with 2 other people, did not want to keep him too long)

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Written By: Womble on 11/27/09 at 6:26 pm

Great Bios, Ninny. I've always been a fan of Rich Little and it's nice to know a little about him. Thanks for sharing. :)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/27/09 at 11:14 pm

Well, I thought it ws him walking along the street, so I just said" Hi, are you Rich Little?". He said yes. I said "It's nice to meet you, I've enjoyed your impersonations throughout the years, you are great" or something to that effect. He said thank you, smiled, and he left ( he was with 2 other people, did not want to keep him too long)
Did you ask him for an autograph?

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Written By: Frank on 11/27/09 at 11:40 pm

Did you ask him for an autograph?

No I did not. I hadn't even thought about while briefly chatting with him. If I had to do it all over again, I would have asked him.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/27/09 at 11:47 pm

No I did not. I hadn't even thought about while briefly chatting with him. If I had to do it all over again, I would have asked him.
...and nowadays with digital cameras, photos can be be taken much easier.

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Written By: Frank on 11/27/09 at 11:52 pm

...and nowadays with digital cameras, photos can be be taken much easier.

Ah yes, one day I must buy a digital camera, still have the old kind, with film.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/27/09 at 11:55 pm

Ah yes, one day I must buy a digital camera, still have the old kind, with film.
...and wait ages for the prints to arrive back.

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Written By: Frank on 11/28/09 at 12:06 am

...and wait ages for the prints to arrive back.

I know a place nearby where the prints are ready in about 1 hour. $6.00 for a roll of 24, not bad. And I get a disk with the photos as well.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/28/09 at 12:07 am

I know a place nearby where the prints are ready in about 1 hour. $6.00 for a roll of 24, not bad. And I get a disk with the photos as well.
Brilliant!

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Written By: ninny on 11/28/09 at 4:36 am

The word of the day...Rock
1. Relatively hard, naturally formed mineral or petrified matter; stone.
2.
1. A relatively small piece or fragment of such material.
2. A relatively large body of such material, as a cliff or peak.
3. A naturally formed aggregate of mineral matter constituting a significant part of the earth's crust.
4. One that is similar to or suggestive of a mass of stone in stability, firmness, or dependability: The family has been his rock during this difficult time.
5. rocks Slang. Money.
6. Slang. A large gem, especially a diamond.
7. Slang. Crack cocaine.
8.
1. A varicolored stick candy.
2. Rock candy.
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Written By: ninny on 11/28/09 at 4:39 am

The birthday of the day...Ed Harris
Edward Allen "Ed" Harris (born November 28, 1950) is an American actor, writer and director, known for his performances in Appaloosa, Creepshow, The Rock, The Right Stuff, Enemy at the Gates, The Abyss, Glengarry Glen Ross, Apollo 13, Pollock, A Beautiful Mind, National Treasure: Book of Secrets, The Hours, Milk Money, and The Truman Show, among many others.
Harris's first important film role was in Borderline with Charles Bronson. In Knightriders he played the king of a motorcycle-riding renaissance-fair troupe in a role modeled after King Arthur.

In 1983, the actor became a star, playing astronaut John Glenn in The Right Stuff. Twelve years later, a film with a similar theme led to Harris being nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of NASA mission director Gene Kranz in Apollo 13.

Further Oscar nominations arrived in 1999, 2001 and 2003, for The Truman Show, Pollock and The Hours, respectively. More recently, he appeared as a vengeful mobster in David Cronenberg's A History of Violence and as a police officer alongside Casey Affleck and Morgan Freeman in Gone, Baby, Gone, directed by Ben Affleck. In 2007, he appeared in National Treasure: Book of Secrets as Mitch Wilkinson.

Along with theatrical films, he has starred in television adaptations of Riders of the Purple Sage (1996) and Empire Falls (2005).

Harris made his cinema directing debut in 2000 with Pollock, in which he starred as the acclaimed American artist Jackson Pollock. He also has portrayed such diverse real-life characters as William Walker, a 19th Century American who appointed himself president of Nicaragua, in the film Walker; Watergate figure E. Howard Hunt in the Oliver Stone biopic Richard Nixon and composer Ludwig van Beethoven in the film Copying Beethoven.

Harris has directed a number of theater productions as well as having an active stage acting career. Most notably, he starred in the production of Neil LaBute's one-man play Wrecks at the Public Theater in New York City. Wrecks premiered at the Everyman Theater in Cork, Ireland and then in the US at the Public Theater in New York.

Currently, Harris and wife Amy Madigan are starring together in Ash Adams' upcoming indie crime drama Once Fallen, alongside Brian Presley, Sharon Gless, Adams himself, and a large all-star cast. It is set for release in 2009.
Protests

Harris, along with good friend Nick Nolte and many others at the 71st Academy Awards, refused to stand up or applaud when Elia Kazan, who had informed on fellow filmmakers during the McCarthy Era, received his Lifetime Achievement award.
Awards and nominations
Academy Awards

* 1995: Best Supporting Actor (for playing Gene Kranz in Apollo 13, nominated)
* 1998: Best Supporting Actor (for playing "Christof" in The Truman Show, nominated)
* 2000: Best Actor (for playing Jackson Pollock in Pollock, nominated)
* 2002: Best Supporting Actor (for playing "Richard Brown" in The Hours, nominated)

BAFTA Awards

* 1998: Best Supporting Actor (for playing "Christof" in The Truman Show, nominated)
* 2002: Best Supporting Actor (for playing "Richard Brown" in The Hours, nominated)

Emmy Awards

* 2005: Outstanding Actor - Miniseries or Movie (for playing "Miles Roby" in Empire Falls, nominated)

Golden Globe Awards
Film awards

* 1989: Best Supporting Actor (for playing "David Flannigan" in Jacknife, nominated)
* 1995: Best Supporting Actor (for playing Gene Kranz in Apollo 13, nominated)
* 1998: Best Supporting Actor (for playing "Christof" in The Truman Show, won)
* 2002: Best Supporting Actor (for playing "Richard Brown" in The Hours, nominated)

Television awards

* 2006: Best Actor - Miniseries or TV Film (for playing "Miles Roby" in Empire Falls, nominated)

London Film Critics Circle

* 2003: Actor of the Year (for playing "Richard Brown" in The Hours, nominated)

National Board of Review

* 1998: Best Supporting Actor (for playing "Christof" in The Truman Show, won)

National Society of Film Critics

* 2005: Best Supporting Actor (for A History of Violence, won)

Online Film Critics Society

* 1998: Best Supporting Actor (for playing "Christof" in The Truman Show, nominated)

Phoenix Film Critics Society

* 2002: Best Cast (for The Hours, nominated)

San Francisco International Film Festival

* 2006: Harris received the Peter J. Owens Award, which honors an actor whose work exemplifies brilliance, independence and integrity. A Flash of Green was screened at the festival in his honor.

Satellite Awards
Film awards

* 2000: Best Actor - Drama (for playing Jackson Pollock in Pollock, nominated)
* 2001: Best Supporting Actor - Drama (for playing "Parcher" in A Beautiful Mind, nominated)

Television awards

* 2005: Outstanding Actor - Miniseries or TV Film (for playing "Miles Roby" in Empire Falls, nominated)

Screen Actors Guild
Film awards

* 1995: Outstanding Supporting Actor (for playing Gene Kranz in Apollo 13, won)
* 2001: Outstanding Cast (for A Beautiful Mind, nominated)
* 2002: Outstanding Cast (for The Hours, nominated)
* 2002: Outstanding Supporting Actor (for playing "Richard Brown" in The Hours, nominated)

Television awards

* 1996: Outstanding Actor - Miniseries or TV Film (for playing "Jim Lassiter" in Riders of the Purple Sage, nominated)
* 2005: Outstanding Actor - Miniseries or TV Film (for playing "Miles Roby" in Empire Falls, nominated)

Filmography

* Coma (1978)
* Borderline (1980)
* Knightriders (1981)
* Dream On! (1981)
* Creepshow (1982)
* The Right Stuff (1983)
* Under Fire (1983)
* Swing Shift (1985)
* Places in the Heart (1984)
* A Flash of Green (1984)
* Code Name: Emerald (1985)
* Alamo Bay (1985)
* Sweet Dreams (1985)
* Walker (1987)
* The Last Innocent Man (1987)
* To Kill a Priest (1988)
* Jacknife (1989)
* The Abyss (1989)
* State of Grace (1990)
* Paris Trout (1991)
* Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)
* Running Mates (1992)
* The Firm (1993)
* Needful Things (1993)
* Milk Money (1994)
* China Moon (1994)
* The Stand (1994)
* Nixon (1995)
* Apollo 13 (1995)
* Just Cause (1995)
* The Rock (1996)
* Eye for an Eye (1996)
* Absolute Power (1997)
* Physical Graffiti (1998)
* Stepmom (1998)
* The Truman Show (1998)
* The Third Miracle (1999)
* Pollock (2000) (also Director)
* The Prime Gig (2000)
* Waking the Dead (2000)
* A Beautiful Mind (2001)
* Buffalo Soldiers (2001)
* Enemy at the Gates (2001)
* The Hours (2002)
* Radio (2003)
* The Human Stain (2003)
* Masked and Anonymous (2003)
* Empire Falls (2005)
* Winter Passing (2005)
* A History of Violence (2005)
* Two Tickets to Paradise (2006)
* Copying Beethoven (2006)
* Gone Baby Gone (2007)
* Cleaner (2007)
* National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007)
* Touching Home (2008)
* Appaloosa (2008) (also Writer-Director)
* Once Fallen (2009)
* The Way Back (2010)
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/28/09 at 4:42 am

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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/28/09 at 4:44 am

The birthday of the day...Ed Harris
Edward Allen "Ed" Harris (born November 28, 1950) is an American actor, writer and director, known for his performances in Appaloosa, Creepshow, The Rock, The Right Stuff, Enemy at the Gates, The Abyss, Glengarry Glen Ross, Apollo 13, Pollock, A Beautiful Mind, National Treasure: Book of Secrets, The Hours, Milk Money, and The Truman Show, among many others.
Harris's first important film role was in Borderline with Charles Bronson. In Knightriders he played the king of a motorcycle-riding renaissance-fair troupe in a role modeled after King Arthur.

In 1983, the actor became a star, playing astronaut John Glenn in The Right Stuff. Twelve years later, a film with a similar theme led to Harris being nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of NASA mission director Gene Kranz in Apollo 13.

Further Oscar nominations arrived in 1999, 2001 and 2003, for The Truman Show, Pollock and The Hours, respectively. More recently, he appeared as a vengeful mobster in David Cronenberg's A History of Violence and as a police officer alongside Casey Affleck and Morgan Freeman in Gone, Baby, Gone, directed by Ben Affleck. In 2007, he appeared in National Treasure: Book of Secrets as Mitch Wilkinson.

Along with theatrical films, he has starred in television adaptations of Riders of the Purple Sage (1996) and Empire Falls (2005).

Harris made his cinema directing debut in 2000 with Pollock, in which he starred as the acclaimed American artist Jackson Pollock. He also has portrayed such diverse real-life characters as William Walker, a 19th Century American who appointed himself president of Nicaragua, in the film Walker; Watergate figure E. Howard Hunt in the Oliver Stone biopic Richard Nixon and composer Ludwig van Beethoven in the film Copying Beethoven.

Harris has directed a number of theater productions as well as having an active stage acting career. Most notably, he starred in the production of Neil LaBute's one-man play Wrecks at the Public Theater in New York City. Wrecks premiered at the Everyman Theater in Cork, Ireland and then in the US at the Public Theater in New York.

Currently, Harris and wife Amy Madigan are starring together in Ash Adams' upcoming indie crime drama Once Fallen, alongside Brian Presley, Sharon Gless, Adams himself, and a large all-star cast. It is set for release in 2009.
Protests

Harris, along with good friend Nick Nolte and many others at the 71st Academy Awards, refused to stand up or applaud when Elia Kazan, who had informed on fellow filmmakers during the McCarthy Era, received his Lifetime Achievement award.
Awards and nominations
Academy Awards

* 1995: Best Supporting Actor (for playing Gene Kranz in Apollo 13, nominated)
* 1998: Best Supporting Actor (for playing "Christof" in The Truman Show, nominated)
* 2000: Best Actor (for playing Jackson Pollock in Pollock, nominated)
* 2002: Best Supporting Actor (for playing "Richard Brown" in The Hours, nominated)

BAFTA Awards

* 1998: Best Supporting Actor (for playing "Christof" in The Truman Show, nominated)
* 2002: Best Supporting Actor (for playing "Richard Brown" in The Hours, nominated)

Emmy Awards

* 2005: Outstanding Actor - Miniseries or Movie (for playing "Miles Roby" in Empire Falls, nominated)

Golden Globe Awards
Film awards

* 1989: Best Supporting Actor (for playing "David Flannigan" in Jacknife, nominated)
* 1995: Best Supporting Actor (for playing Gene Kranz in Apollo 13, nominated)
* 1998: Best Supporting Actor (for playing "Christof" in The Truman Show, won)
* 2002: Best Supporting Actor (for playing "Richard Brown" in The Hours, nominated)

Television awards

* 2006: Best Actor - Miniseries or TV Film (for playing "Miles Roby" in Empire Falls, nominated)

London Film Critics Circle

* 2003: Actor of the Year (for playing "Richard Brown" in The Hours, nominated)

National Board of Review

* 1998: Best Supporting Actor (for playing "Christof" in The Truman Show, won)

National Society of Film Critics

* 2005: Best Supporting Actor (for A History of Violence, won)

Online Film Critics Society

* 1998: Best Supporting Actor (for playing "Christof" in The Truman Show, nominated)

Phoenix Film Critics Society

* 2002: Best Cast (for The Hours, nominated)

San Francisco International Film Festival

* 2006: Harris received the Peter J. Owens Award, which honors an actor whose work exemplifies brilliance, independence and integrity. A Flash of Green was screened at the festival in his honor.

Satellite Awards
Film awards

* 2000: Best Actor - Drama (for playing Jackson Pollock in Pollock, nominated)
* 2001: Best Supporting Actor - Drama (for playing "Parcher" in A Beautiful Mind, nominated)

Television awards

* 2005: Outstanding Actor - Miniseries or TV Film (for playing "Miles Roby" in Empire Falls, nominated)

Screen Actors Guild
Film awards

* 1995: Outstanding Supporting Actor (for playing Gene Kranz in Apollo 13, won)
* 2001: Outstanding Cast (for A Beautiful Mind, nominated)
* 2002: Outstanding Cast (for The Hours, nominated)
* 2002: Outstanding Supporting Actor (for playing "Richard Brown" in The Hours, nominated)

Television awards

* 1996: Outstanding Actor - Miniseries or TV Film (for playing "Jim Lassiter" in Riders of the Purple Sage, nominated)
* 2005: Outstanding Actor - Miniseries or TV Film (for playing "Miles Roby" in Empire Falls, nominated)

Filmography

* Coma (1978)
* Borderline (1980)
* Knightriders (1981)
* Dream On! (1981)
* Creepshow (1982)
* The Right Stuff (1983)
* Under Fire (1983)
* Swing Shift (1985)
* Places in the Heart (1984)
* A Flash of Green (1984)
* Code Name: Emerald (1985)
* Alamo Bay (1985)
* Sweet Dreams (1985)
* Walker (1987)
* The Last Innocent Man (1987)
* To Kill a Priest (1988)
* Jacknife (1989)
* The Abyss (1989)
* State of Grace (1990)
* Paris Trout (1991)
* Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)
* Running Mates (1992)
* The Firm (1993)
* Needful Things (1993)
* Milk Money (1994)
* China Moon (1994)
* The Stand (1994)
* Nixon (1995)
* Apollo 13 (1995)
* Just Cause (1995)
* The Rock (1996)
* Eye for an Eye (1996)
* Absolute Power (1997)
* Physical Graffiti (1998)
* Stepmom (1998)
* The Truman Show (1998)
* The Third Miracle (1999)
* Pollock (2000) (also Director)
* The Prime Gig (2000)
* Waking the Dead (2000)
* A Beautiful Mind (2001)
* Buffalo Soldiers (2001)
* Enemy at the Gates (2001)
* The Hours (2002)
* Radio (2003)
* The Human Stain (2003)
* Masked and Anonymous (2003)
* Empire Falls (2005)
* Winter Passing (2005)
* A History of Violence (2005)
* Two Tickets to Paradise (2006)
* Copying Beethoven (2006)
* Gone Baby Gone (2007)
* Cleaner (2007)
* National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007)
* Touching Home (2008)
* Appaloosa (2008) (also Writer-Director)
* Once Fallen (2009)
* The Way Back (2010)
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/28/09 at 4:46 am

The birthday of the day...Ed Harris
Edward Allen "Ed" Harris (born November 28, 1950) is an American actor, writer and director, known for his performances in Appaloosa, Creepshow, The Rock, The Right Stuff, Enemy at the Gates, The Abyss, Glengarry Glen Ross, Apollo 13, Pollock, A Beautiful Mind, National Treasure: Book of Secrets, The Hours, Milk Money, and The Truman Show, among many others.
Harris's first important film role was in Borderline with Charles Bronson. In Knightriders he played the king of a motorcycle-riding renaissance-fair troupe in a role modeled after King Arthur.

In 1983, the actor became a star, playing astronaut John Glenn in The Right Stuff. Twelve years later, a film with a similar theme led to Harris being nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of NASA mission director Gene Kranz in Apollo 13.

Further Oscar nominations arrived in 1999, 2001 and 2003, for The Truman Show, Pollock and The Hours, respectively. More recently, he appeared as a vengeful mobster in David Cronenberg's A History of Violence and as a police officer alongside Casey Affleck and Morgan Freeman in Gone, Baby, Gone, directed by Ben Affleck. In 2007, he appeared in National Treasure: Book of Secrets as Mitch Wilkinson.

Along with theatrical films, he has starred in television adaptations of Riders of the Purple Sage (1996) and Empire Falls (2005).

Harris made his cinema directing debut in 2000 with Pollock, in which he starred as the acclaimed American artist Jackson Pollock. He also has portrayed such diverse real-life characters as William Walker, a 19th Century American who appointed himself president of Nicaragua, in the film Walker; Watergate figure E. Howard Hunt in the Oliver Stone biopic Richard Nixon and composer Ludwig van Beethoven in the film Copying Beethoven.

Harris has directed a number of theater productions as well as having an active stage acting career. Most notably, he starred in the production of Neil LaBute's one-man play Wrecks at the Public Theater in New York City. Wrecks premiered at the Everyman Theater in Cork, Ireland and then in the US at the Public Theater in New York.

Currently, Harris and wife Amy Madigan are starring together in Ash Adams' upcoming indie crime drama Once Fallen, alongside Brian Presley, Sharon Gless, Adams himself, and a large all-star cast. It is set for release in 2009.
Protests

Harris, along with good friend Nick Nolte and many others at the 71st Academy Awards, refused to stand up or applaud when Elia Kazan, who had informed on fellow filmmakers during the McCarthy Era, received his Lifetime Achievement award.
Awards and nominations
Academy Awards

* 1995: Best Supporting Actor (for playing Gene Kranz in Apollo 13, nominated)
* 1998: Best Supporting Actor (for playing "Christof" in The Truman Show, nominated)
* 2000: Best Actor (for playing Jackson Pollock in Pollock, nominated)
* 2002: Best Supporting Actor (for playing "Richard Brown" in The Hours, nominated)

BAFTA Awards

* 1998: Best Supporting Actor (for playing "Christof" in The Truman Show, nominated)
* 2002: Best Supporting Actor (for playing "Richard Brown" in The Hours, nominated)

Emmy Awards

* 2005: Outstanding Actor - Miniseries or Movie (for playing "Miles Roby" in Empire Falls, nominated)

Golden Globe Awards
Film awards

* 1989: Best Supporting Actor (for playing "David Flannigan" in Jacknife, nominated)
* 1995: Best Supporting Actor (for playing Gene Kranz in Apollo 13, nominated)
* 1998: Best Supporting Actor (for playing "Christof" in The Truman Show, won)
* 2002: Best Supporting Actor (for playing "Richard Brown" in The Hours, nominated)

Television awards

* 2006: Best Actor - Miniseries or TV Film (for playing "Miles Roby" in Empire Falls, nominated)

London Film Critics Circle

* 2003: Actor of the Year (for playing "Richard Brown" in The Hours, nominated)

National Board of Review

* 1998: Best Supporting Actor (for playing "Christof" in The Truman Show, won)

National Society of Film Critics

* 2005: Best Supporting Actor (for A History of Violence, won)

Online Film Critics Society

* 1998: Best Supporting Actor (for playing "Christof" in The Truman Show, nominated)

Phoenix Film Critics Society

* 2002: Best Cast (for The Hours, nominated)

San Francisco International Film Festival

* 2006: Harris received the Peter J. Owens Award, which honors an actor whose work exemplifies brilliance, independence and integrity. A Flash of Green was screened at the festival in his honor.

Satellite Awards
Film awards

* 2000: Best Actor - Drama (for playing Jackson Pollock in Pollock, nominated)
* 2001: Best Supporting Actor - Drama (for playing "Parcher" in A Beautiful Mind, nominated)

Television awards

* 2005: Outstanding Actor - Miniseries or TV Film (for playing "Miles Roby" in Empire Falls, nominated)

Screen Actors Guild
Film awards

* 1995: Outstanding Supporting Actor (for playing Gene Kranz in Apollo 13, won)
* 2001: Outstanding Cast (for A Beautiful Mind, nominated)
* 2002: Outstanding Cast (for The Hours, nominated)
* 2002: Outstanding Supporting Actor (for playing "Richard Brown" in The Hours, nominated)

Television awards

* 1996: Outstanding Actor - Miniseries or TV Film (for playing "Jim Lassiter" in Riders of the Purple Sage, nominated)
* 2005: Outstanding Actor - Miniseries or TV Film (for playing "Miles Roby" in Empire Falls, nominated)

Filmography

* Coma (1978)
* Borderline (1980)
* Knightriders (1981)
* Dream On! (1981)
* Creepshow (1982)
* The Right Stuff (1983)
* Under Fire (1983)
* Swing Shift (1985)
* Places in the Heart (1984)
* A Flash of Green (1984)
* Code Name: Emerald (1985)
* Alamo Bay (1985)
* Sweet Dreams (1985)
* Walker (1987)
* The Last Innocent Man (1987)
* To Kill a Priest (1988)
* Jacknife (1989)
* The Abyss (1989)
* State of Grace (1990)
* Paris Trout (1991)
* Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)
* Running Mates (1992)
* The Firm (1993)
* Needful Things (1993)
* Milk Money (1994)
* China Moon (1994)
* The Stand (1994)
* Nixon (1995)
* Apollo 13 (1995)
* Just Cause (1995)
* The Rock (1996)
* Eye for an Eye (1996)
* Absolute Power (1997)
* Physical Graffiti (1998)
* Stepmom (1998)
* The Truman Show (1998)
* The Third Miracle (1999)
* Pollock (2000) (also Director)
* The Prime Gig (2000)
* Waking the Dead (2000)
* A Beautiful Mind (2001)
* Buffalo Soldiers (2001)
* Enemy at the Gates (2001)
* The Hours (2002)
* Radio (2003)
* The Human Stain (2003)
* Masked and Anonymous (2003)
* Empire Falls (2005)
* Winter Passing (2005)
* A History of Violence (2005)
* Two Tickets to Paradise (2006)
* Copying Beethoven (2006)
* Gone Baby Gone (2007)
* Cleaner (2007)
* National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007)
* Touching Home (2008)
* Appaloosa (2008) (also Writer-Director)
* Once Fallen (2009)
* The Way Back (2010)
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A few years back he was seen in London in Greenwich on location for the movie National Treasure: Book of Secrets

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Written By: ninny on 11/28/09 at 4:49 am

The co-birthday's of the day...Berry Gordy
Berry Gordy, Jr. (born November 28, 1929) is an American record producer, and the founder of the Motown record label, as well as its many subsidiaries.
rdy reinvested his songwriting success into producing. In 1957, he discovered The Miracles (originally known as The Matadors) and began building a portfolio of successful artists. On December 12, 1959, At Miracles leader Smokey Robinson's encouragement, Gordy borrowed an $800 loan from his family to create an R&B label called Tamla Records on December 14, 1959, which produced Marv Johnson's first hit, "Come To Me." This was picked up for national distribution by United Artists Records who also released the artist's more successful follow-up records such as "You Got What It Takes", co-produced and co-written by Gordy. Barrett Strong's "Money (That's What I Want)," after initially appearing on Tamla, charted on Gordy's sister's label Anna Records from February 1960. The Miracles' hit "Shop Around" peaked nationally at #1 on the R&B charts in late 1960 and at #2 on the Billboard pop charts on, January 16, 1961 (#1 Pop, Cash Box), and established Motown as an independent company worthy of notice. Later in 1961, The Marvelettes "Please Mr Postman" made it to the top of both charts.

In 1960, Gordy formed Motown Records as a second label, signed an unknown named Mary Wells who became the fledging label's first star with Smokey Robinson's penned hits like "You Beat Me to the Punch", "Two Lovers" and "My Guy". The Tamla and Motown labels was merged into a new company Motown Record Corporation which was incorporated on April 14, 1960.

Gordy did not cultivate white artists, although some were signed, such as Nick and the Jaguars, Chris Clark, Rare Earth, The Valadiers, Debbie Dean and Connie Haines. Kiki Dee became the first white female British singer to be signed to the Motown label. He also employed many white workers and managers at the company's headquarters, named Hitsville U.S.A., on Detroit's West Grand Boulevard. He largely promoted African-American artists but carefully controlled their public image, dress, manners and choreography for across-the-board appeal.

His gift for identifying and bringing together musical talent, along with the careful management of his artists' public image, made Motown initially a major national and then international success. Over the next decade, he signed such artists as Mary Wells, The Supremes, Marvin Gaye, Jimmy Ruffin, The Temptations, The Four Tops, Gladys Knight & the Pips, The Commodores, The Velvelettes, Martha and the Vandellas, Stevie Wonder and The Jackson 5.
Relocation to Los Angeles

In 1968, following the riots in Detroit, Gordy moved to Los Angeles, California, where he established expanded Motown offices. In June 1972, he closed Hitsville Studios and relocated the entire Motown Records company in Los Angeles. The following year, he reorganized the company as Motown Industries, an entertainment conglomerate that included record, movie, television and publishing divisions.

In 1972, Gordy produced the commercially successful Billie Holiday biography Lady Sings the Blues, starring Diana Ross (who was nominated for an Academy Award) and Richard Pryor, and introducing Billy Dee Williams. Initially the studio, over Gordy's objections, rejected Williams after several screen tests. However, Gordy, known for his tenacity, eventually prevailed and the film established Williams as a star. (Williams would also go on to portray Gordy in the 1992 miniseries The Jacksons: An American Dream.) Berry Gordy soon after produced and directed Mahogany, also starring Diana Ross. In 1985, he produced the cult martial arts film The Last Dragon, which starred martial artist Taimak and one of Prince's girls, Vanity.

Although Motown continued to produce major hits throughout the 1970s and 1980s by artists like the Jacksons, Rick James, Lionel Richie and long-term signings, Stevie Wonder and Smokey Robinson, the record company was no longer the major force it had been previously. Gordy sold his interests in Motown Records to MCA and Boston Ventures on June 28, 1988 for $61 million. He also later sold most of his interests in the Jobete publishing concern to EMI Publishing.

Gordy published an autobiography, To Be Loved, in 1994.
Awards and accolades

Gordy was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1988.

Gordy was inducted into the Junior Achievement U.S. Business Hall of Fame in 1998.

Gordy delivered the commencement address at Michigan State University on May 5, 2006 and at Occidental College on May 20, 2007. He received an honorary degree from each school.
Statements about Motown artists

On March 20, 2009, Gordy was in Hollywood, California, paying tribute to his first group, and first million-selling act, The Miracles,on their receiving a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame. Speaking in tribute to the group,Gordy said "Without The Miracles, Motown would not be the Motown it is today" .

He gave a speech during the Michael Jackson memorial service in Los Angeles on July 7, 2009. Gordy suggested that 'The King of Pop' was perhaps not the best description for Jackson in light of his achievements, rather calling him 'the greatest entertainer that has ever lived'
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* Judd Nelson
Judd Asher Nelson (born November 28, 1959) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as John Bender in The Breakfast Club, Alec Newbary in St. Elmo's Fire and Jack Richmond in Suddenly Susan.
Nelson was one of the 1980s "Brat Pack", starring in such films as Joel Schumacher's St. Elmo's Fire and John Hughes' The Breakfast Club (which was his most popular role as rebel "John Bender"), as well as providing the voice of Hot Rod/Rodimus Prime in Transformers: The Movie. He also starred in a film titled Making the Grade and co-starred alongside a young Kevin Costner in the road-trip movie Fandango.

Following his starring role in The Breakfast Club, Nelson's career failed to take off in a big way, as several of his films performed poorly at the box office, including Blue City (co-starring Breakfast Club alumna Ally Sheedy) and From the Hip, both of which garnered him Razzie nominations. His career lost momentum for a time, and in the 1990s he appeared in Flinch (1994) co-Starring Gina Gershon. He was also in urban-themed dramas such as New Jack City and Light It Up. However, in 1996 he received a starring role on the NBC television sitcom Suddenly Susan, which saw enormous success for a four-season run. Nelson made a cameo appearance in the 2001 film, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back; the film's writer and director, Kevin Smith, had been a long time fan of Nelson and the "Brat Pack" movies. Throughout the late 1990s and 2000s, Nelson mostly appeared in television roles such as NBC's Las Vegas (one of which was the popular TV series Moonlighting, in an episode entitled "Camille") and lower-budget films, although he also acted on stage.

Nelson also appeared in the television show CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as a friend of a murder victim and Eleventh Hour on November 20, 2008 as a psychologist researching soldiers returning from Iraq who suffer from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). He plays the host in The Real Fear Factor, a spoof on Fear Factor, in National Lampoon's TV: The Movie. In December '08 Nelson was reported to be cast in the upcoming sequel The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day.

Most recently, Nelson is reprised his role of Rodimus Prime from the 1986 Transformers movie for the newest Transformers television series: Transformers Animated.
Filmography
Year Title Role Notes
1984 Making the Grade Eddie Keaton
1985 The Breakfast Club John Bender MTV Silver Bucket of Excellence (2005)
St. Elmo's Fire Alec Newbary
Fandango Phil Hicks, Groover
1986 Transformers: The Movie Hot Rod/Rodimus Prime voice
Blue City Billy Turner
From the Hip Robin 'Stormy' Weathers
1987 Billionaire Boys Club Joe Hunt
1989 Relentless Arthur 'Buck' Taylor
1991 New Jack City Nick Peretti
The Dark Backward Marty Malt
1994 Airheads Jimmie Wing
Flinch Harry Mirapolsky
Blindfold: Acts of Obsession Dr. Jannings
Caroline at Midnight Phil Gallo
1996 Falcon Down Harold Peters
1997 Steel Nathaniel Burke
1999 Light It Up Ken Knowles
2000 Cabin by the Lake Stanley
2001 Lost Voyage Aaron Roberts
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back Sheriff
Return to Cabin by the Lake Stanley
Dark Asylum Quitz
2002 Deceived Jack Jones
2003 White Rush Brian Nathanson
2006 Black Hole Eric
2007 Netherbeast Incorporated Steven P.D. Landry
Nevermore Jonathon Usher
2008 The Caretaker Ella's dad
The Day the Earth Stopped Charlie
2009 Dirty Politics Billy
Transformers: Animated Rodimus Prime voice
A Single Woman Jewish reporter completed
Little Hercules in 3-D Kevin completed
The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day Concezio Yakavetta
Endure Emory Lane post-production
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*Jon Stewart
Jonathan "Jon" Stewart (born Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz; November 28, 1962) is an American political satirist, writer, television host, actor, media critic and stand-up comedian. He is best known as the host of The Daily Show, a satirical news program airing on Comedy Central.

Stewart started as a stand-up comedian but later branched out to television, hosting Short Attention Span Theater for Comedy Central. He went on to host his own show on MTV, called The Jon Stewart Show, and then hosted another show on MTV called You Wrote It, You Watch It. He has also had several film roles as an actor. Stewart became the host of The Daily Show on Comedy Central in early 1999. He is also a writer and co-producer of the show. After Stewart joined, The Daily Show steadily gained popularity and critical acclaim leading to his first Emmy Award in 2001.

Stewart himself has also gained significant acclaim as an acerbic satirical critic of personality-driven media shows, in particular the coverage of the U.S. news media networks CNN, Fox News Channel, and MSNBC. Critics say Stewart benefits from a double standard: he critiques other news shows from the safe, removed position of his "fake news" desk. Stewart himself agrees, countering that neither his show nor his channel purports to be anything other than satire and comedy. In spite of its self-professed entertainment mandate, The Daily Show has been nominated for a number of news and journalism awards. Stewart hosted the 78th Academy Awards and the 80th Academy Awards. He is the co-author of America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction, which was one of the best-selling books in the U.S in 2004.
In 1999, Stewart began hosting The Daily Show on Comedy Central when Craig Kilborn left the show to replace Tom Snyder on The Late Late Show. The show, which has been popular and successful in cable television since Stewart became the host, blends humor with the day's top news stories, usually in politics, while simultaneously poking fun at politicians and many newsmakers as well as the news media itself. In an interview on The O'Reilly Factor, Stewart denies the show has any intentional political agenda, saying the goal was "schnicks and giggles." "The same weakness that drove me into comedy also informs my show," meaning that he was uncomfortable talking without hearing the audience laugh.

Stewart has since hosted almost all airings of the program, except for a few occasions when correspondents such as Stephen Colbert, Rob Corddry, and, for one week, Steve Carell have filled in at the anchor desk. Stewart has won a total of ten Emmys for The Daily Show as either a writer or producer. In 2005, The Daily Show and Jon Stewart also received a Best Comedy Album Grammy Award for the audio book edition of America (The Book). In 2000 and 2004, the show won two Peabody Awards for its coverage of the presidential elections relevant to those years, called "Indecision 2000" and "Indecision 2004", respectively.

One of the show's most serious moments remains the September 20, 2001 show—the first show after the attacks of September 11, 2001. The show began with no introduction. Prior to this date, The Daily Show introduction included footage of a fly-in towards the World Trade Center and New York City. The first nine minutes of the show included a tearful Stewart discussing his personal view on the event. His remarks ended as follows:
“ The view... from my apartment... was the World Trade Center... and now it's gone, and they attacked it. This symbol of American ingenuity, and strength, and labor, and imagination and commerce, and it is gone. But you know what the view is now? The Statue of Liberty. The view from the South of Manhattan is now the Statue of Liberty. You can't beat that." ”

Another notable moment occurred on April 4, 2006, when Stewart confronted his longtime friend, US Senator John McCain, about his decision to appear at Liberty University, an institution founded by Jerry Falwell, a man who McCain had previously denounced as one of the "agents of intolerance," In the interchange, Stewart asked McCain, "You're not freaking out on us? Are you freaking out on us, because if you're freaking out and you're going into the crazy base world—are you going into crazy base world?" McCain replied, "I'm afraid so." The clip was played on CNN and created a surge of articles across the blogosphere.

More recently The Daily Show was involved in former correspondent Stephen Colbert's announcement that he would run for president in 2008.

On October 18, 2007, Stewart renewed his contract with Comedy Central and will continue to host The Daily Show through 2010.

Stewart is paid a reported $1.5 million for one season of The Daily Show. According to the Forbes list of Celebrities, he earns $14 million per year.
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 11/28/09 at 4:52 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMR5X6mdfnA

I need to see that movie.
A few years back he was seen in London in Greenwich on location for the movie National Treasure: Book of Secrets

I love that movie.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/28/09 at 4:54 am

I need to see that movie.
Seen it and love it!

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/28/09 at 4:55 am

I love that movie.
Haven't seen it, want to, but have seen the first one.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 11/28/09 at 5:01 am

Seen it and love it!

I heard it was great.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/28/09 at 5:03 am

I heard it was great.

An Oscar winning movie, I can see my DVD of it from I am sitting.

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Written By: Howard on 11/28/09 at 7:08 am

Berry Gordy is the most influential music producer of the 60's and 70's.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/28/09 at 8:55 am

Berry Gordy was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1988.

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Written By: CatwomanofV on 11/28/09 at 11:54 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMR5X6mdfnA

I have never seen that movie. It looks interesting.

The movie I love with Ed Harris is Swing Shift with Goldie Hawn. I recommend it.

Cat

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/28/09 at 12:33 pm

I have never seen that movie. It looks interesting.

Cat
The film is based on the life of John Forbes Nash, Jr., a Nobel Laureate in Economics. It was directed by Ron Howard and written by Akiva Goldsman. It was inspired by a bestselling, Pulitzer Prize-nominated 1998 book of the same name by Sylvia Nasar. The film stars Russell Crowe, along with Jennifer Connelly, Ed Harris, Christopher Plummer and Paul Bettany.

It was well-received by critics, grossed over $300 million worldwide, and went on to win four Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Supporting Actress. It was also nominated for Best Leading Actor, Best Editing, Best Makeup, and Best Score.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 11/28/09 at 7:31 pm

Berry Gordy was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1988.

He was a part of Motown.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/29/09 at 2:46 am

He was a part of Motown.
He was (or is) Motown!

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 11/29/09 at 3:21 am

The word of the day...Traffic
1.
1. The passage of people or vehicles along routes of transportation.
2. Vehicles or pedestrians in transit: heavy traffic on the turnpike; stopped oncoming traffic to let the children cross.
2.
1. The commercial exchange of goods; trade.
2. Illegal or improper commercial activity: drug traffic on city streets.
3.
1. The business of moving passengers and cargo through a transportation system. See synonyms at business.
2. The amount of cargo or number of passengers conveyed.
4.
1. The conveyance of messages or data through a system of communication: routers that manage Internet traffic.
2. Messages or data conveyed through such a system: a tremendous amount of telephone traffic on Mother's Day; couldn't download the file due to heavy Internet traffic.
5. Social or verbal exchange; communication: refused further traffic with the estranged friend.
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Written By: ninny on 11/29/09 at 3:25 am

The birthday of the day...Don Cheadle
Donald Frank "Don" Cheadle (born November 29, 1964) is an American actor, film producer, philanthropist, and author. Cheadle rose to prominence for his supporting roles in the Steven Soderbergh-directed films Out of Sight, Traffic, and Ocean's Eleven. In 2004, his lead role as Rwandan hotel manager Paul Rusesabagina in the genocide drama film Hotel Rwanda earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor. He also campaigns for the end of genocide in Darfur, Sudan, and co-authored a book concerning the issue titled Not On Our Watch: The Mission To End Genocide In Darfur And Beyond.
Cheadle acted in Hamburger Hill in 1987. He also played the role of "Jack" in the April 1, 1988 "Jung and the Restless" episode of Night Court. Although his character "Jack" was supposed to be 16 years old, Cheadle was 24 at the time.

Cheadle then played the role of 'Rocket' in the 1988 movie Colors. In 1989, he appeared in a video for Angela Winbush's #2 hit single "It's the Real Thing", performing dance moves in an orange jump suit, working at a car wash. In 1990, he appeared in an episode of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air titled "Homeboy, Sweet Homeboy", playing Will Smith's friend Ice Tray. In 1992, he received a supporting role in The Golden Girls spin-off The Golden Palace. Although the show was highly publicized, it was cancelled after one season. Cheadle subsequently played district attorney John Littleton on two seasons of Picket Fences.

Cheadle first received widespread notice for his portrayal of Mouse Alexander in the film Devil in a Blue Dress, for which he won Best Supporting Actor awards from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association and the National Society of Film Critics, and was nominated for similar awards from the Screen Actors Guild and the NAACP Image Awards. Following soon thereafter was his performance in the title role of the 1996 HBO TV movie Rebound: The Legend of Earl "The Goat" Manigault. A legend among American street basketball players, Manigault is considered by many to be the best streetball player that never reached the NBA as a professional.

Cheadle's fame spread with a recurring role as the district attorney on the television series Picket Fences. Cheadle's other television credits include Emmy-nominated performances in the movies The Rat Pack, A Lesson Before Dying, Things Behind the Sun and in a guest appearance on ER. The last of these spanned four episodes during the show's ninth season, in which he portrayed Paul Nathan, a medical student struggling to cope with Parkinson's disease. He has made appearances in films including Rosewood, The Family Man, Boogie Nights, a cameo appearance in the film Abby Singer, Out of Sight, Traffic, and Ocean's Eleven (2001). These last three were directed by Steven Soderbergh. In 2005, Cheadle was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Paul Rusesabagina in Hotel Rwanda. He also starred in, and was one of the producers of Crash, which won the 2005 Academy Award for Best Picture. Cheadle himself was nominated for Best Supporting Actor BAFTA and Screen Actors Guild Awards for his performance in Crash. He also played the main character in the movie Traitor.Cheadle also starred in the movie "Hotel for Dogs" by Dreamworks. In this movie, he played as a social worker who work with problem teens, trying to keep them out of trouble.

Cheadle was to make his directorial debut with the adaptation of Elmore Leonard's Tishomingo Blues. In a July, 2007 interview he stated, "'Tishomingo' is dead…"

Cheadle has also appeared in NFL commercials promoting the Super Bowl from 2002 to 2005. He so regularly appeared for the NFL in its Super Bowl advertising that in 2006, in a drive to have fans submit their own advertising ideas, the NFL sought his permission to reference his previous commercials to portray themselves as having no new ideas -- "he quickly signed off on the idea and found it funny." Abe Sutton (along with Etan Bednarsh), one of the finalists in this NFL contest, played on this commercial by proposing an ad where an entire team of football players are Don Cheadle.

In 2010, Don Cheadle will assume the role of James Rhodes in the film Iron Man 2, replacing Terrence Howard, his Crash co-star. Cheadle and Boondockscreator Aaron McGruder, are working together to launch a comedy show on NBC. The "project revolves around mismatched brothers who reunite to open a private security company." Cheadle will serve as an executive producer, along with McGruder, who will write the script.

Although considered by many to be a rather odd and indeed ugly man, editor of the British magazine The Edge of Entertainment, Charlie Edge, says of the Oscar nominated actor, 'Not only is Don Cheadle one of the finest actors to emerge from Hollywood in the past half century, but he is also without doubt the most beautiful man in the world.'
Filmography
Year Film Role Notes
1984 3 Days Angel
1985 Moving Violations Juicy Burgers Worker
1986 Punk
1987 Hamburger Hill Pvt. Washburn
1988 Colors Rocket
1992 Roadside Prophets Happy Days Manager
1993 The Meteor Man Goldilocks
Lush Life Jack (TV movie)
1995 Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead Rooster
Devil in a Blue Dress Mouse Alexander Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor
Nominated — NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture
National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor
Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
1996 Rebound: The Legend of Earl "The Goat" Manigault Earl "The Goat" Manigault (TV movie)
Nominated — NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special
1997 Volcano Emmit Reese
Rosewood Sylvester Carrier Nominated — NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture
Boogie Nights Buck Swope Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Cast
Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
1998 Out of Sight Maurice Miller
The Rat Pack Sammy Davis Jr. Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film
Nominated — Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor – Miniseries or a Movie
Nominated — NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special
Bulworth L.D. Nominated — NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture
1999 A Lesson Before Dying Grant Wiggins (TV movie)
Black Reel Award for Network/Cable - Best Actor
Nominated — Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor – Miniseries or a Movie
Nominated — NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special
Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film
2000 Traffic Montel Gordon Black Reel Award for Best Supporting Actor
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
Mission to Mars Luke Graham
Fail Safe Lt. Jimmy Pierce (TV movie)
The Family Man Cash
2001 Things Behind the Sun Chuck Nominated — Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor – Miniseries or a Movie
Nominated — Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male
Manic Dr. David Monroe
Swordfish Agent J.T. Roberts
Ticker Passenger
Rush Hour 2 Kenny (uncredited)
Ocean's Eleven Basher Tarr (uncredited)
2003 Abby Singer Himself (cameo)
The United States of Leland Pearl Madison
2004 Ocean's Twelve Basher Tarr Nominated — BET Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Theatrical Film
Nominated — Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Cast
Nominated — NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture
After the Sunset Henri Mooré
The Assassination of Richard Nixon Bonny Simmons
Hotel Rwanda Paul Rusesabagina Satellite Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
Nominated — Black Reel Award for Best Cast
Nominated — Academy Award for Best Actor
Nominated — Black Reel Award for Best Actor
Nominated — Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor
Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama
Nominated — London Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor also for Crash
Nominated — NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture
Nominated — Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor
Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Crash Det. Graham Waters Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Nominated — Black Movie Award for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Nominated — Black Reel Award for Best Actor
Nominated — Gotham Award for Best Ensemble Cast
Nominated — London Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor also for Hotel Rwanda
Nominated — NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture
2006 The Dog Problem Dr. Nourmand
King Leopold's Ghost Narrator
2007 Reign Over Me Alan Johnson
Talk to Me Petey Greene Gotham Award for Best Ensemble Cast
Nominated — Independent Spirit Award for Best Lead Male
Nominated — NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture
Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
Ocean's Thirteen Basher Tarr
Darfur Now Himself
2008 Traitor Samir Horn Nominated — Black Reel Award for Best Actor
Nominated — NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture
2009 Hotel for Dogs Bernie
Brooklyn's Finest Tango
2010 Iron Man 2 Col. James 'Rhodey' Rhodes/War Machine
2012 The Avengers Col. James 'Rhodey' Rhodes/War Machine
As producer
Year Film Role Notes
2004 Crash Producer Black Movie Award for Outstanding Motion Picture
Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature
Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Film
2007 Talk to Me Executive producer
Darfur Now Producer
2008 Traitor Producer
Crash Producer 2 Episodes (2008)
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Written By: ninny on 11/29/09 at 3:34 am

The co-birthdays of the day...Diane Ladd
Diane Ladd (born November 29, 1935) is an American actress, film director and producer. She has appeared in over 120 roles, in numerous popular TV shows or mini-series during 1958-2003, and several major feature films, including Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974), Wild at Heart, Rambling Rose (1991), Ghosts of Mississippi, Primary Colors, 28 Days (2000), American Cowslip (2008) and Jake's Corner (see below: Filmography). Married three times, Ladd is the mother of actress Laura Dern with ex-husband actor Bruce Dern, the father
In 1971, Ladd joined the cast of the CBS soap opera, "The Secret Storm." She was the second actress to play the role of Kitty Styles on the long-running daytime serial. Ladd had a supporting role in Roman Polanski's 1974 film Chinatown, and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her role as Flo in the film Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore. That film inspired the TV series Alice, in which Flo was portrayed by Polly Holliday. When Holliday left the TV series, Ladd succeeded her as waitress Isabelle "Belle" Dupree. In 1993, Ladd appeared in the episode "Guess Who's Coming to Chow?" of the CBS comedy/western series Harts of the West in the role of the mother of co-star Harley Jane Kozak. The 15-episode program, set on a dude ranch in Nevada starred Beau Bridges and Lloyd Bridges.

In 2004, Ladd played psychic Mrs. Druse in Stephen King's miniseries Kingdom Hospital. In April 2006, Ladd released her first book entitled: Spiraling Through The School Of Life: A Mental, Physical, and Spiritual Discovery. In 2007, she co-starred in the Lifetime Television film Montana Sky.

In addition to her Academy Award nomination for Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, she was also nominated (again in the Best Actress in a Supporting Role category) for both Wild at Heart and Rambling Rose, both of which she starred alongside her daughter Laura Dern. Dern received a nomination for Best Actress for Rambling Rose. The dual mother and daughter nominations for Ladd and Dern in Rambling Rose marked the first time in Academy Award history that such an event had occurred. They were also nominated for dual Golden Globe Awards in the same year.

Ladd has also worked on the stage. She made her Broadway debut in the play Carry Me Back to Morningside Heights in 1968. In 1976 she starred in the play A Texas Trilogy: Lu Ann Hampton Laverty Oberlander for which she received a Drama Desk Award nomination.
Filmography

* The Wild Angels (1966)
* The Reivers (1969)
* The Rebel Rousers (1970)
* Macho Callahan (1970)
* WUSA (1970)
* The Steagle (1971)
* White Lightning (1973)
* Chinatown (1974)
* Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974)
* Embryo (1976)
* All Night Long (1981)
* Sweetwater (1983)
* Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983)
* Black Widow (1987)
* Spies Inc. (1988)
* Plain Clothes (1988)
* Christmas Vacation (1989)
* Wild at Heart (1990)
* A Kiss Before Dying (1991)
* Rambling Rose (1991)
* Forever (1992)
* The Cemetery Club (1993)
* Carnosaur (1993)

* Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me (1993)
* Father Hood (1993)
* Mrs. Munck (1995)
* Raging Angels (1995)
* Citizen Ruth (1996)
* Mother (1996)
* Ghosts of Mississippi (1996)
* Primary Colors (1998)
* More Than Puppy Love (2000)
* 28 Days (2000)
* The Law of Enclosures (2000)
* Can't Be Heaven (2000)
* Daddy and Them (2001)
* Redemption of the Ghost (2002)
* The Virgin (2002)
* Charlie's War (2003)
* Gracie's Choice (2004)
* The World's Fastest Indian (2005)
* Come Early Morning (2006)
* When I Find the Ocean (2006)
* Inland Empire (2006)
* Jake's Corner (2008)
* American Cowslip
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* Tom Sizemore
Thomas Edward "Tom" Sizemore, Jr. (born November 29, 1964) is an American film and television actor and producer. He is known for his roles of soldiers in war films such as Saving Private Ryan, and Black Hawk Down.
One of Sizemore's early film roles was in Oliver Stone's Born on the Fourth of July in 1989. He has appeared in films such as Lock Up (1989), Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man (1991), True Romance (1993), Natural Born Killers (1994) and Strange Days (1995). He had a supporting role in Kevin Costner's Wyatt Earp as Bat Masterson. A succession of well-received supporting parts followed, perhaps the most well known being his portrayal of Michael Cheritto in Heat (1995). His first major leading role was as Vincent D'Agosta in 1997's The Relic. Sizemore had a recurring role on the television series China Beach (1988 to 1991) as an enlisted man named Charlie who was in love with Dana Delaney's character. Sizemore continued to play leading and character parts in many films, notably Bringing out the Dead, Saving Private Ryan, Witness Protection, Red Planet, Pearl Harbor, Devil in a Blue Dress, and Black Hawk Down. He had a voice part as Sonny Forelli in the video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. In 2001, Sizemore starred in Ticker, an action film directed by Albert Pyun, with Steven Seagal and Dennis Hopper. In 2002, Sizemore starred in the well-reviewed but short-lived television drama series Robbery Homicide Division. It was cancelled mid-way through its first season. He also played an undercover cop in the film Swindle opposite Sherilyn Fenn. In 2004 he starred in Paparazzi and in 2006 he starred in The Genius Club, playing a terrorist who taunts seven geniuses into solving the world's problems in one night. In 2007, the television network VH1 aired a six episode reality TV series called Shooting Sizemore, which depicted the life of the actor as he struggled to regain his career in the midst of a continuing battle with addiction. The series also covered an ongoing legal appeal on his conviction for an assault of former Hollywood madam Heidi Fleiss. Recent films include Red and American Son, both of which were screened at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. In 2008, Sizemore starring also The Last Lullaby, playing a killer, and appeared also in The Flyboys with Stephen Baldwin; In 2009 appared in comedy film Super Capers and starring in two films: in drama film Oranges (2009) directed from Joseph Merhi with Tom Arnold, Heather Locklear and Jill Hennessy and alongside martial arts actor Mark Dacascos in the action movie Shadows in Paradise (2009). In addition, Sizemore also appared in five episodes in drama tv series Crash with Dennis Hopper.
Music

Sizemore fronted the Hollywood rock band Day 8. Formed in 2002, the band recorded a 4-song EP produced and recorded by former Snot/Soulfly guitarist Mikey Doling. The group included Rod Castro, Alan Muffterson, Tyrone Tomke and Michael Taylor.
Sizemore, who had long battled drug addiction, was convicted in 2003 of assault and battery against his girlfriend, the former "Hollywood Madam" Heidi Fleiss. Sizemore was then sentenced to 17 months in jail and four months in drug treatment for repeatedly failing drug tests while on probation on March 25, 2005.

On May 8, 2007, while still on probation for a previous drug conviction, Sizemore was again arrested outside the Four Points Sheraton hotel in Bakersfield, California. Police found what appeared to be two bags of methamphetamine and three meth pipes in his 2004 Ford Mustang. Police were called after paroled dealer Jason Salcido challenged a hotel employee to a fight after being refused check-in. Police found a meth pipe on Salcido and found Sizemore waiting in his car outside the hotel. On June 25, Sizemore was sentenced to 16 months, but the sentence was reduced to nine months because he had already served 213 days behind bars. On January 25, 2009, Sizemore, represented by high-profile Beverly Hills attorney Mark McBride, avoided jail-time in the Bakersfield case for an alleged probation violation. He is currently under investigation by the Los Angeles Police Department for allegedly stealing multiple cell phones from a Verizon store in March 2009. On May 28, 2009, Sizemore was arrested in Los Angeles on an outstanding warrant for drug charges. Sizemore was found in the area with a friend. After cops quizzed the pair, it was discovered that there was a $25,000 warrant for the fallen star's arrest. A police search found Sizemore's friend in possession of narcotics. Sizemore himself did not have any narcotics in his possession, but was subsequently arrested on the outstanding 2007 warrant, and was later released.

On August 5, 2009, Sizemore was arrested in downtown Los Angeles on a misdemeanor charge of domestic violence. Sizemore was released the morning of August 6, 2009 on $20,000 bail, and is scheduled to appear in court on August 27, 2009.
Filmography
Film
Year Title Role Notes
1989 Blue Steel Wool Cap film debut
Lock Up Dallas
Rude Awakening Ian
Penn & Teller Get Killed 2nd Mugger Cameo
Born on the Fourth of July Vet - Villa Dulce
1990 A Matter of Degrees Zeno Stefanos
1991 Flight of the Intruder Boxman
Guilty by Suspicion Ray Karlin
Point Break DEA Agent Deets uncredited
Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man Chance Wilder
Where Sleeping Dogs Lie Eddie Hale
1992 Love Is Like That Lenny
Passenger 57 Sly Delvecchio
1993 Watch It Danny
Heart and Souls Milo Peck Nominated — Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor
True Romance Cody Nicholson
Striking Distance Detective Danny Detillo
1994 Wyatt Earp Bat Masterson
Natural Born Killers Detective Jack Scagnetti
1995 Devil in a Blue Dress DeWitt Albright
Strange Days Max Peltier
Heat Michael Cheritto
1997 The Relic Lt. Vincent D'Agosta
1998 Saving Private Ryan Sgt. Mike Horvath Online Film Critics Society Award – Best Ensemble Cast Performance
Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
Nominated — Golden Satellite Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture - Drama
Enemy of the State Boss Paulie Pintero uncredited
1999 The Florentine Teddy
The Match Buffalo
Bringing Out the Dead Tom Wolls
Play It to the Bone Joe Domino
2000 Get Carter Les Fletcher Voice only
uncredited
Red Planet Dr. Quinn Burchenal
2001 Pearl Harbor Sgt. Earl Sistern
Ticker Detective Ray Nettles
Black Hawk Down Colonel McKnight Nominated — Phoenix Film Critics Society Award – Best Acting Ensemble
2002 $windle Seth George
Welcome to America Zach
Big Trouble Snake Dupree
2003 Dreamcatcher Owen
2004 Paparazzi Rex Harper
2005 No Rules Kain Diamond
The Nickel Children Freedo
Piggy Banks Dad
2006 Furnace Frank Miller
Bottom Feeder Vince Stoker
Zyzzyx Road Joey
Ring Around the Rosie Pierce
Shut Up and Shoot! Himself
Splinter Detective Cunningham
The Genius Club Armand
2007 White Air Steve
Protecting the King Ronnie
2008 A Broken Life Max
American Son Dale
Red Mr. McCormack
The Flyboys Angelo Esposito
The Last Lullaby Price
Stiletto Large Bills
Toxic Van Sant
2009 Shadows in Paradise Col. Bunker
Oranges Burt
The Grind Chuck
Commute God
Good God Bad Dog Ezra Mann
Super Capers Roger Cheatem
Corrado Paolo awaiting release
Double Duty Craig awaiting release
The Saints of Mt. Christopher Richard Satler post-production
Television
Year Title Role Notes
1989 Gideon Oliver Paul Slocum TV debut
Guest
episode: "Sleep Well, Professor Oilver"
1989-1990 China Beach Sgt. Vinnie Ventresca, The Dog Man 6 episodes
1992 An American Story Jesse Meadows TV Movie
1998 Witness to the Mob John Gotti TV Movie
1999 Witness Protection Bobby Batton TV Movie
Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film
2002 Sins of the Father Tom Cherry TV Movie
Justice League Metamorpho Guest voice only
episodes: "Metamorphosis: Part 1"
"Metamorphosis: Part 2"
Robbery Homicide Division Lt. Sam Cole Ending in 2003
13 episodes
2004 Hustle Pete Rose TV Movie
Dr. Vegas Vic Moore Ending in 2006
6 episodes
2007 Superstorm Katzenberg 3 episodes
2008 CSI: Miami Kurt Rossi Guest
episode "Down to the Wire"
2008-2009 Crash Detective Adrian Cooper episode:
"Pissing in the Sandbox"
"F-36, Sprint Left, T-4"
"The Pain Won't Stop"
"The Future Is Free"
"Ring Dings"
2009 P Lo's House Himself
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* Kim Delaney
Kim Delaney (born November 29, 1961) is an American actress, perhaps best known for her role as Detective Diane Russell on the ABC drama N.Y.P.D. Blue. Early in her career, she endeared herself to daytime television viewers as Jenny Gardner, a hugely popular character on the ABC daytime drama All My Children, and the role which first brought her fame. After All My Children, Delaney appeared in numerous television and film roles, including the sole female lead in the dramatic series Philly. She currently stars on the Lifetime television drama Army Wives.
Delaney first became known for her stint as innocent teenager Jenny Gardner Nelson on the soap opera All My Children, a character she portrayed from August 1981 to August 1984 that earned her a Daytime Emmy Award nomination. After leaving the show, Delaney began acting in feature films. In 1985, she appeared with Emilio Estevez in That Was Then, This is Now. In 1986, she played a young nun in the military action movie The Delta Force, starring Chuck Norris.

In 1987, Delaney was cast as Amanda Jones in Some Kind of Wonderful opposite Peter Gallagher, but before filming new director Howard Deutch recast both roles with Lea Thompson and Craig Sheffer. In 1994, Delaney appeared in the film The Force.

Delaney became a regular on the CBS television series Tour of Duty in 1988. When she left that show in 1989 to have a child, her war journalist character was killed in an explosion, just as her All My Children character had died five years earlier. In 1995, Delaney began portraying the role of Det. Diane Russell on NYPD Blue. The role, originally meant to be short-term, became a regular job when her character's relationship with Det. Bobby Simone (Jimmy Smits) became a hit with viewers. In this role, she won her first Emmy Award, as Best Supporting Actress in a Drama, and was also nominated two other times. Once Smits left NYPD Blue, producer Steven Bochco chose Delaney for the lead in his new show Philly, co-created and produced by Alison Cross. Despite critical acclaim, the show lasted only one season.

After the show's cancellation, CBS courted Delaney to take on the female lead on its new fall drama CSI: Miami, a spin-off of sorts from the hit CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. She was written off the series during the first season after just ten episodes; Entertainment Weekly suggested that it had been due to a lack of chemistry between Delaney and star David Caruso. Delaney starred in the 2004 NBC miniseries 10.5, and its 2006 sequel, 10.5: Apocalypse. The following year, she began a recurring role on The O.C. In 2006, Delaney starred with Steven Weber in an episode of Nightmares and Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King entitled, "You Know They Got a Hell of a Band," about Rock and Roll Heaven. Delaney next appeared twice on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit in early 2007, guest-starring on the episodes "Philadelphia" and "Florida."

Delaney currently plays Claudia Joy Holden on Lifetime TV's Army Wives.
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Written By: Howard on 11/29/09 at 5:46 am

How about the group Traffic?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 11/29/09 at 6:37 am

How about the group Traffic?

With Steve Winwood.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/29/09 at 6:38 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8Doy_7sOoM

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/29/09 at 6:39 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crFnOPqipw4

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/29/09 at 6:40 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyaP64X0SGk

Getting the traffic to stop/

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/29/09 at 6:42 am

How about the group Traffic?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dx12o_4qOsU

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 11/29/09 at 6:47 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8Doy_7sOoM

Merge at your own risk.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dx12o_4qOsU

I like the song John Barleycorn Must Die
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/29/09 at 6:48 am

Merge at your own risk.
The roads in Manila are manic, I will try and find one later.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 11/29/09 at 6:52 am

The roads in Manila are manic, I will try and find one later.

I guess you would have to learn to take a chance and go,or you would be stuck waiting all day.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/29/09 at 8:52 am

I guess you would have to learn to take a chance and go,or you would be stuck waiting all day.
The rush hour there lasts all day!

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 11/29/09 at 11:20 am

The rush hour there lasts all day!

Good lord :o

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/29/09 at 12:07 pm

Good lord :o
The roads are manic, a true free-for-all.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/29/09 at 12:28 pm

Good lord :o
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One of the most well known roads in Manila or even the Philippines for that matter is Roxas Boulevard. Look out in peek hour, because Roxas Boulevard is not a place you want to be, traffic is unbelievable!

This photo was taken on the weekend so the traffic is not so daunting. The road is five lanes wide going in both directions, but it is not uncommon to see more than five vehicles abreast. Lane markers are not really adhered to....oh and do not, I repeat do not, walk out on to a zebra or pedestrian crossing, the traffic will not stop, be careful even if the lights say walk, because the cars will not always stop!

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/29/09 at 2:16 pm

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Like most Third World countries, if you are not familiar with the road system, it is best left to others. Manila drivers have a habit of not respecting stop lights, stop signs, or rights of ways, and are generally rude on the roads. Using public transportation is the best option, cheap, but, remember, the rush hours from 7 to 10am and 4 to 7pm are anything but a rush.

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Written By: gibbo on 11/29/09 at 2:53 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8Doy_7sOoM

;D I sometimes wish this was the way Brisbane could be.... I hate traffic lights and preferred the old 'give way' system. At least people knew the road rules...now they are regulated by lights EVERYWHERE!!!! :o

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Written By: ninny on 11/29/09 at 3:03 pm

http://www.philippines-travel-guide.com/images/roxas-traffic-north.jpg

One of the most well known roads in Manila or even the Philippines for that matter is Roxas Boulevard. Look out in peek hour, because Roxas Boulevard is not a place you want to be, traffic is unbelievable!

This photo was taken on the weekend so the traffic is not so daunting. The road is five lanes wide going in both directions, but it is not uncommon to see more than five vehicles abreast. Lane markers are not really adhered to....oh and do not, I repeat do not, walk out on to a zebra or pedestrian crossing, the traffic will not stop, be careful even if the lights say walk, because the cars will not always stop!

http://manila.travel/wiki/images/3/3c/Typical_busy_Manila_street.jpg

Like most Third World countries, if you are not familiar with the road system, it is best left to others. Manila drivers have a habit of not respecting stop lights, stop signs, or rights of ways, and are generally rude on the roads. Using public transportation is the best option, cheap, but, remember, the rush hours from 7 to 10am and 4 to 7pm are anything but a rush.

I'm not sure if I could get use to that.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/29/09 at 3:04 pm

I'm not sure if I could get use to that.
I witnessed that as a passenger....

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/29/09 at 3:04 pm

I witnessed that as a passenger....
...and I wanted to get off!

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Written By: Howard on 11/29/09 at 3:13 pm

I think New York has worse traffic than that one. :o

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/29/09 at 3:21 pm

I think New York has worse traffic than that one. :o
NY looks organised, Manila is mayhem!

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Written By: Howard on 11/29/09 at 3:22 pm

NY looks organised, Manila is mayhem!

You haven't seen NY yet or have you? ???

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/29/09 at 3:23 pm

You haven't seen NY yet or have you? ???
On films and tv coverage.

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Written By: Howard on 11/29/09 at 3:25 pm

On films and tv coverage.

I hope one day you get to see New York.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/29/09 at 3:26 pm

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Manila again...

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/29/09 at 3:27 pm

I hope one day you get to see New York.
I hope to as well.

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Written By: Howard on 11/29/09 at 3:27 pm

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Manila again...

Wow,that's dangerous! :o

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/30/09 at 12:58 am

Wow,that's dangerous! :o
Absolutely!

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Written By: ninny on 11/30/09 at 2:17 am

The word of the day...Matchstick
1. A short slender piece of wood from which a match is made.
2. Something similar to a matchstick, as in slenderness or strength.
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Written By: ninny on 11/30/09 at 2:20 am

The birthday of the day...Ridley Scott
Sir Ridley Scott (born 30 November 1937) is an English film director and producer known for his stylish visuals and an obsession for detail. His films include The Duellists (1977), Alien (1979), Blade Runner (1982), Thelma & Louise (1991), 1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992), Gladiator (2000), Hannibal (2001), Black Hawk Down (2001), Matchstick Men (2003), Kingdom of Heaven (2005), American Gangster (2007), and Body of Lies (2009). His younger brother is fellow film director Tony Scott
Scott left the BBC in 1968 and established a production company, Ridley Scott Associates (RSA), working with Alan Parker, Hugh Hudson, Hugh Johnson and employing his younger brother, Tony. After making television commercials in the UK during the 1970s, including most notably the 1974 Hovis advert, "Bike Round" (New World Symphony), which was filmed in Shaftesbury, Dorset, he moved to Hollywood, where he produced and directed a number of top box office films.
The Duellists
Main article: The Duellists

The Duellists of 1977 was Ridley Scott's first feature film. It was produced in Europe and won a Best Debut Film medal at the Cannes Film Festival but made limited commercial impact in the US. Set during the Napoleonic Wars, it featured two French Hussar officers, D'Hubert and Feraud (played by Keith Carradine and Harvey Keitel). Their quarrel over an initially minor incident turns into a bitter, long-drawn out feud over the following fifteen years, interwoven with the larger conflict that provides its backdrop. The film is lauded for its historically authentic portrayal of Napoleonic uniforms and military conduct, as well as its accurate early-nineteenth-century fencing techniques recreated by fight choreographer William Hobbs.
Alien
Main article: Alien (film)

Scott's box office disappointment with The Duellists was compounded by the success being enjoyed by Alan Parker with American-backed films — Scott admitted he was "ill for a week" with envy. Scott had originally planned to next adapt an opera, Tristan und Isolde, but after seeing Star Wars, he became convinced of the potential of large scale, effects-driven films. He therefore accepted the job of directing Alien, the ground-breaking 1979 horror/science-fiction film that would give him international recognition. The film was mostly shot in 1978, but Scott's production design and atmospheric visuals, and the film's emphasis on realism over movie heroics have given Alien almost ageless appeal.

While Scott would not direct the three Alien sequels, the female action hero Ellen Ripley (played by Sigourney Weaver), introduced in the first film, would become a cinematic icon. Scott was involved in the 2003 restoration and re-release of the film including media interviews for its promotion. At this time Scott indicated that he had been in discussions to make the fifth and final film in the Alien franchise. However, in a 2006 interview, the director remarked that he had been unhappy about Alien: The Director's Cut, feeling that the original was "pretty flawless" and that the additions were merely a marketing tool.
Blade Runner
Main article: Blade Runner

After a year working on the film adaptation of Dune, and following the sudden death of his brother Frank, Scott signed to direct the film version of Philip K. Dick's novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?. Starring Harrison Ford and featuring an acclaimed soundtrack by Vangelis, Blade Runner was a disappointment in theatres in 1982 and was pulled shortly thereafter. Scott's notes were used by Warner Brothers to create a rushed director's cut in 1991 which removed the voiceovers and modified the ending. Scott personally supervised a digital restoration of Blade Runner and approved the Final Cut. This version which was released in Los Angeles, New York and Toronto cinemas on 5 October 2007, and as an elaborate DVD release on 18 December 2007. Today Blade Runner is often ranked by critics as one of the most important science fiction films of the 20th century and is usually discussed along with William Gibson's novel Neuromancer as initiating the cyberpunk genre. Scott regards Blade Runner as his "most complete and personal film".
"1984" Apple Macintosh commercial
Main article: 1984 (television commercial)

In 1984 Scott directed the television commercial 1984, written by Steve Hayden and Lee Clow, produced by Chiat/Day, and starring Anya Major as the unnamed heroine and David Graham as "Big Brother". It was released for a single airing in the United States on 22 January 1984 during the third quarter of Super Bowl XVIII. It introduced the Macintosh for the first time and is now considered a "watershed event" and a "masterpiece".

1984 used the unnamed heroine to represent the coming of the Macintosh (indicated by her white tank top with a Picasso-style picture of Apple’s Macintosh computer on it) as a means of saving humanity from "conformity" (Big Brother).

These images were an allusion to George Orwell's noted novel, Nineteen Eighty-Four, which described a dystopian future ruled by a fictional "Big Brother".
Legend
Main article: Legend (film)

In 1985 Scott directed Legend, a fantasy film produced by Arnon Milchan. Having not tackled the fairy tale genre, Scott decided to create a "once upon a time" film set in a world of fairies, princesses, and goblins. Scott cast Tom Cruise as the film's hero, Jack, Mia Sara as Princess Lily, and Tim Curry as the Satan-like Lord of Darkness. But a series of problems with both principal photography, including the destruction of the forest set by fire, and post-production (including heavy editing and substitution of Jerry Goldsmith's original score with a score by Tangerine Dream) hampered the film's release and as a result Legend received scathing reviews. It has since become a cult classic thanks to a DVD release that restores Scott's original, intended vision.
1987 - 1992

Hungry for a real box office hit and also for respect from the press which considered him a commercial filmmaker devoted only to fantastic visuals without much substance, Scott decided to postpone further incursions into the science fiction and fantasy genre, in order to avoid being typecast, by focusing more in down-to-earth, mature, suspense thrillers.

Among them came Someone to Watch Over Me, a romantic police drama starring Tom Berenger, Lorraine Bracco and Mimi Rogers in 1987, and Black Rain, a 1989 cop drama starring Michael Douglas and Andy Garcia, shot partially in Tokyo and Osaka, Japan. Both met with mild success at the box office.

Again, Scott was praised for his lavish visuals, but was still being criticised for making films that were little more than extended versions of his glossy TV commercials, which he kept directing due to the lucrative nature of the advertising business.

Thelma & Louise (1991) starring Geena Davis as Thelma, and Susan Sarandon as Louise, proved to be a success and revived Scott's reputation as a film maker. However, his next project was less successful. He oversaw the making of an independent movie 1492: Conquest of Paradise. It is a visually striking film about the story of Christopher Columbus. However it is considered to be his slowest-paced movie. Scott would not release another film for four years.
Recent career

In 1995, together with his brother Tony, Scott formed the film and television production company Scott Free Productions in Los Angeles. All of his subsequent feature films, starting with White Squall and G.I. Jane starring Demi Moore and Viggo Mortensen, have been produced under the Scott Free banner. Also in 1995 the two brothers purchased a controlling interest in Shepperton Studios, which were later merged with Pinewood Studios. Scott and his brother have produced, since 2005, the CBS series Numb3rs — a crime drama focused on a mathematical genius who helps the FBI solve crimes.
Gladiator and subsequent works

The huge success of Scott's film Gladiator (2000) has been credited with the revival of the nearly defunct genre of the "sword and sandal" historical epic. Scott then turned to Hannibal, the sequel to Jonathan Demme's The Silence of the Lambs. 2001 also saw the release of Scott's war film Black Hawk Down (2001), which further established Scott's position as both a critically and financially successful film maker and went on to earn two Oscars.

In 2003 Scott directed Matchstick Men, adapted from the novel by Eric Garcia and starring Nicolas Cage, Sam Rockwell and Alison Lohman. It received mostly positive reviews and performed moderately at the box office.

In 2005 the director made the internationally successful Kingdom of Heaven, a movie about the Crusades which consciously sought to connect history to current events. The Moroccan government also sent the Moroccan cavalry as extras in the epic battle scenes.

Unhappy with the theatrical version of the film (which he blamed on paying too much attention to the opinions of preview audiences), Scott supervised a director's cut of Kingdom of Heaven, which was released on DVD in 2006. In an interview to promote the latter, when asked if he was against previewing in general, Scott stated:

"It depends who's in the driving seat. If you've got a lunatic doing my job, then you need to preview. But a good director should be experienced enough to judge what he thinks is the correct version to go out into the cinema."

A Good Year, American Gangster and Body of Lies

Scott teamed up again with actor Russell Crowe, directing the movie A Good Year, which is based on the best-selling book. The film was released on 10 November 2006, with a score by Marc Streitenfeld. Rupert Murdoch, chairman of News Corp and Subsidiary studio 20th Century Fox (who backed the film) dismissed A Good Year as "a flop" at a shareholders' meeting only a few days after the film was released.

Scott's next directorial work was on American Gangster, the story of real-life drug kingpin Frank Lucas. He was the third director to attempt the project after Antoine Fuqua and Terry George. Denzel Washington and Benicio del Toro had been cast in the initial Steven Zaillian-scripted project under the working title Tru Blu, both actors having been paid salaries of $20m and $15m respectively without doing any production on the film. Following the departure of George, Scott took over the project in early 2006. Scott brought Zaillian back on board to rewrite the script to focus on the dynamic between Frank Lucas and Richie Roberts. Washington signed back on to the project as Lucas and Crowe signed on to play Roberts. The film finally premiered in November 2007 to positive reviews and good box office. In late 2008 Scott released the espionage thriller Body of Lies again starring Crowe, and Leonardo DiCaprio and which opened to luke-warm ticket-sales as well as mixed reviews.
Planned projects

Scott is set to direct an adaptation of Robin Hood called Robin Hood which will be starring Russell Crowe as Robin Hood and Cate Blanchett as Maid Marian. Mark Strong is also set to star as Sir Godfrey along with William Hurt, and Eileen Atkins.

In April 2008, Scott announced his new project The Kind One, a period drama set for release in 2010. The film will star recent Academy Award nominee Casey Affleck. Also, he will be making his first science fiction movie since Blade Runner, an adaptation of the novel The Forever War, which he has been trying to pursue the rights for since the early 1980s. Another science fiction project to which Scott has been attached is an adaptation of Aldous Huxley's Brave New World, with DiCaprio also attached.

In January 2009, it was announced Ridley, along with his brother Tony, would be producing the film adaptation of the 1980s TV cult classic The A-Team.

On July 31, 2009, news of a prequel to Alien surfaced with Ridley attached to direct., the movie is developed from 20th Century Fox.

It was announced on 15 October 2009 he will direct the remake of the Trilogy from Red Riding.
Awards

Scott has been nominated for three Academy Awards for Directing: for Thelma & Louise, Gladiator and Black Hawk Down, as well as a Golden Globe, BAFTA and Emmy Award. He was knighted in the 2003 New Year honours.
Ridley Scott box office
Date ↓ Movie ↓ Studio ↓ United States gross ↓ Worldwide gross ↓ Theatres ↓ Opening weekend ↓ Opening theatres ↓ Budget ↓
2012 Untitled Alien Prequel Fox N/A
14 May 2010 Robin Hood Uni. $130,000,000
10 October 2008 Body of Lies WB $39,394,666 $115,321,950 2,714 $12,884,416 2,710 $70,000,000
2 November 2007 American Gangster Uni. $130,164,645 $265,697,825 3,110 $43,565,115 3,054 $100,000,000
10 November 2006 A Good Year Fox $7,459,300 $42,056,466 2,067 $3,721,526 2,066 $35,000,000
6 May 2005 Kingdom of Heaven Fox $47,398,413 $211,652,051 3,219 $19,635,996 3,216 $130,000,000
12 September 2003 Matchstick Men WB $36,906,460 $65,565,672 2,711 $13,087,307 2,711 N/A
28 December 2001 Black Hawk Down SonR $108,638,745 $172,989,651 3,143 $179,823 4 $92,000,000
9 February 2001 Hannibal MGM $165,092,268 $351,692,268 3,292 $58,003,121 3,230 $87,000,000
5 May 2000 Gladiator DW $187,705,427 $457,640,427 3,188 $34,819,017 2,938 $103,000,000
22 August 1997 G.I. Jane BV $48,169,156 2,043 $11,094,241 1,945 $50,000,000
2 February 1996 White Squall BV $10,292,300 1,524 $3,908,514 1,524 $38,000,000
9 October 1992 1492: Conquest of Paradise Par. $7,191,399 1,008 $3,002,680 1,008 $47,000,000
24 May 1991 Thelma & Louise MGM $45,360,915 1,180 $6,101,297 1,179 $16,500,000
22 September 1989 Black Rain Par. $46,212,055 $134,212,055 1,760 $9,677,102 1,610 $30,000,000
9 October 1987 Someone to Watch Over Me Col. $10,278,549 894 $2,908,796 892 $17,000,000
18 April 1986 Legend Uni. $15,502,112 1,187 $4,261,154 1,187 $30,000,000
25 June 1982 Blade Runner WB $32,768,670 $33,139,618 1,325 $6,150,002 1,295 $28,000,000
25 May 1979 Alien Fox $80,931,801 $104,931,801 757 $3,527,881 91 $11,000,000
31 August 1977 The Duellists Par. $900,000
Filmography
Year Film Oscars
Nominations Wins
1977 The Duellists
1979 Alien 2 1
1982 Blade Runner 2
1985 Legend 1
1987 Someone to Watch Over Me
1989 Black Rain 2
1991 Thelma & Louise 6 1
1992 1492: Conquest of Paradise
1996 White Squall
1997 G.I. Jane
2000 Gladiator 12 5
2001 Hannibal
Black Hawk Down 4 2
2003 Matchstick Men
2005 Kingdom of Heaven
2006 A Good Year
2007 American Gangster 2
2008 Body of Lies
2010 Robin Hood
2012 Untitled Alien Prequel
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Written By: ninny on 11/30/09 at 2:28 am

The co-birthdays of the day...Dick Clark
Richard Wagstaff "Dick" Clark (born November 30, 1929) is an American television, radio personality, game show host and businessman; he served as chairman and CEO of Dick Clark Productions, which he has sold part of in recent years. He is best known for hosting long-running television shows such as American Bandstand, five versions of the Pyramid game show, and Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve.

Clark has long been known for his departing catchphrase, "For now, Dick Clark...so long," delivered with a military salute, and for his youthful appearance, earning the moniker "America's Oldest Teenager", until he suffered a stroke late in 2004. With some speech ability still impaired, Clark returned to his New Year's Rockin' Eve show on December 31, 2005 and January 1, 2006. Subsequently, he has appeared at the Emmy Awards on August 27, 2006 and the New Year's Rockin' Eve show on December 31, 2006 and January 1, 2007, as well as in 2007/2008 and 2008/2009.
n 1952 Dick Clark moved to Philadelphia and took a job as a disc jockey at radio station WFIL. WFIL had an affiliated television station with the same call sign which began broadcasting a show called Bob Horn's Bandstand in 1952. Clark was a regular substitute host on the show and when Horn left, Clark became the full time host on July 9, 1956. The show was picked up by ABC and was first aired nationally on August 5, 1957 and renamed American Bandstand. A high point on the show was Clark's interview with Elvis Presley.

Clark also began investing in the music publishing and recording business in the 1950s. In 1959, the United States Senate opened investigations into "payola", the practice of music producing companies paying broadcasting companies to favor their product. Clark was a shareholder in the Jamie-Guyden Distributing Corporation, which nationally distributed Jamie and other non-owned labels. Clark sold his shares back to the corporation when ABC suggested that his participation might be considered as creating a conflict of interest. In 1960, when charges were levied against Clark by the Congressional Payola Investigations, he quietly divested himself of interests and signed an affidavit denying involvement. Clark was not charged with any illegal activities.

Unaffected by the investigation, American Bandstand was a major success, running daily Monday through Friday until 1963, then weekly on Saturdays until 1987. In 1964, the show moved from Philadelphia to Hollywood. A spin-off of the show, Where the Action Is, aired from 1965 to 1967, also on ABC. Charlie O'Donnell, a close friend of Clark's and an up-and-coming fellow Philadelphia disc jockey, was chosen to be the announcer, which he served for ten years. O'Donnell was one of the announcers on the 1980s versions of Clark's Pyramid game show. To this day, he continues to work with Clark on various specials and award shows.

Clark produced Bandstand for syndication and later the USA cable network until 1989, again hosting in 1987–88 before giving up the emcee reins to David Hirsch in its final year.
Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve
Main article: Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest

In 1972 Clark produced and hosted Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve, the first of an ongoing series of specials still broadcast on New Year's Eve. The program has typically consisted of live remotes of Dick Clark in Times Square in New York City, counting down until the New Year ball comes down. After the ball drops, the focus of the program switches to musical segments taped prior to the show in Hollywood. The special is live in the Eastern Standard Time zone, and it is delayed for the other time zones so that they can ring in the New Year with Clark when midnight strikes in their area.

ABC broadcast the event on every New Year's Eve since 1972 except in 1999 due to the airing of ABC 2000 Today, news coverage of the milestone year hosted by Peter Jennings. However during the broadcast Clark along with ABC's Jack Ford announced his signature countdown to the new year as a correspondent, according to the transcript of the broadcast released by ABC News. Ford had been assigned to Times Square during the broadcast and thus Clark's role was limited. However he won a Peabody Award for his coverage.

In the more than three decades it has been on the air the show has become a mainstay in U.S. New Year's Eve celebrations. Watching the ball in Times Square drop on Clark's show is considered an annual cultural tradition for the New Year's Eve and New Year's Day holiday.

At the end of 2004 Clark was unable to appear on the program while recovering from his stroke; Regis Philbin filled in as host that year. The following year Clark returned to the show though Ryan Seacrest took over as primary host.
Pyramid game shows
Main article: Pyramid (game show)

Before Pyramid, Clark had two brief runs as a quiz-show host, presiding over The Object Is and then Missing Links. In a near twist of irony, on Missing Links, he replaced his former Philadelphia neighbor and subsequent TV's Bloopers & Practical Jokes co-host, Ed McMahon, when the game show switched networks from NBC to ABC; NBC replaced Missing Links with Jeopardy!.

Clark later became host of The $10,000 Pyramid, which premiered on CBS March 26, 1973 (the same day as The Young and the Restless). The show — a word association game created and produced by daytime TV producer Bob Stewart — moved to ABC from 1974 to 1980, during which time the top prize was upgraded to $20,000. After a brief 1981 syndicated run as The $50,000 Pyramid, the show returned to CBS in 1982 as The $25,000 Pyramid, and continued through 1988, save for a three month break. From 1985 to 1988, Clark hosted both the CBS $25,000 version and a daily $100,000 Pyramid in syndication.

Clark's daytime versions of Pyramid won nine Emmy Awards for best game show, a mark that is eclipsed only by the 11 won by the syndicated version of Jeopardy!. It also won Clark three Emmy Awards for best game show host.

Clark would return to Pyramid as a guest in later incarnations. During the premiere of the John Davidson version in 1990, Clark sent a pre-recorded message wishing Davidson well in hosting the show. In 2002, Clark played as a celebrity guest for three days on the Donny Osmond version.
Other radio programs

Clark also had a long stint as a top 40 radio countdown show host. He began in 1963, hosting a radio program called The Dick Clark Radio Show. It was produced by Mars Broadcasting of Stamford, Connecticut. Despite his enormous popularity on American Bandstand, the show was only picked up by a few dozen stations and lasted less than a year. It remains, however, one of the earliest attempts at radio syndication.

Clark hosted one episode of American Top 40 in 1972, substituting for Casey Kasem. Several years later, Clark would become one of AT40's most enduring rivals. In 1981, he created The Dick Clark National Music Survey for the Mutual Broadcasting System, which counted down the Top 30 contemporary hits of the week, in direct competition with American Top 40. After he left Mutual in 1986, he turned over National Music Survey duties to Charlie Tuna, and took over hosting duties of another show, Countdown America, whose previous host John Leader had left to create yet another similar program, Countdown USA. By the 1990s, Clark hosted U.S. Music Survey, which he hosted up until his 2004 stroke.

On February 14, 1982, Clark launched a weekly weekend radio program distributed by his own syndicator, The United Stations Radio Networks. It was a four hour oldies show entitled Dick Clark's Rock, Roll, and Remember (named after his 1976 autobiography). At first, the program was co-hosted by Los Angeles radio veteran Mark Elliot, with he and Clark alternating segments. By 1985, Clark hosted the entire show which was written and produced by Pam Miller. After his 2004 stroke, United Stations began re-issuing old episodes of Rock, Roll, and Remember to affiliates, and these reruns continue to this day.

On December 17, 2008, Clark announced that he would merge the production of Rock, Roll, and Remember with Rewind with Gary Bryan, a syndicated program hosted by Los Angeles radio personality Gary Bryan. The new show is entitled Dick Clark Presents Rewind with Gary Bryan. Bryan serves as host, while Clark contributes profile segments. The move effectively ended the run of Rock, Roll, and Remember. However, Clark still continues to syndicate the hundreds of shows produced between 1982 and 2004 to terrestrial and satellite radio stations.
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* Billy Idol
William Michael Albert Broad (30 November 1955), better known as Billy Idol, is an English rock musician. He first achieved fame in the punk rock era as a member of the band Generation X. He then embarked on a successful solo career, aided by a series of stylish music videos, making him one of the first MTV stars. Idol continues to tour with guitarist Steve Stevens and has a worldwide fan base.
Idol first joined the punk rock band Siouxsie & the Banshees (before the band had decided on that name) in 1976, but soon quit and joined Chelsea in 1977 as a guitarist. However, he and Chelsea bandmate Tony James soon quit that group and co-founded Generation X, with Idol switching from guitarist to lead singer.

Generation X signed to Chrysalis Records and released three albums and performed in the 1980 film, D.O.A., before disbanding. Idol moved to New York and began working as a solo artist and working with Steve Stevens, soon becoming an MTV staple with "White Wedding" and "Dancing with Myself". The latter had originally been recorded with Generation X.

In 1983, in an effort to introduce Idol to American audiences not yet as familiar with him as those in England, Idol's label released "Dancing With Myself" in the U.S. in conjunction with a music video (directed by Tobe Hooper, produced by Jeffrey Abelson, and conceptualised by Keith Williams) that played in heavy rotation on MTV for six months. That video, in fact, sparked a new era of feature film directors trying their hand at music videos. Along with "White Wedding," the "Dancing With Myself" and "Eyes Without A Face" videos helped make Idol a household name in America.

In the 2001 recording of VH1 Storytellers, Idol rejects the rumour that "White Wedding" was a "nasty put down" directed at his sister for thinking that getting married was the answer to getting pregnant. He said her wedding was simply inspiration for the song, which quickly took on its own form. Years after the video, Idol's sister is still married with three children.
Steve Stevens and Billy Idol

Idol's second LP, Rebel Yell (1983) was a major success and established Idol's superstar status in the United States with hits like "Eyes Without a Face," "Flesh For Fantasy", and the title cut. Idol also became very popular in Europe thanks to this album and its singles, particularly in Germany, Italy, Switzerland, and later in his native UK.

Idol released Whiplash Smile in 1986, which sold very well. The album included the hits "To Be a Lover," "Don't Need a Gun" and the country-flavoured "Sweet Sixteen." Idol filmed a video featuring "Sweet Sixteen" (which he also wrote) in Florida's Coral Castle. The song was inspired by the story of Edward Leedskalnin's former love, Agnes Scuffs, who was the main reason Leedskalnin built the structure over a period of decades, starting years after she jilted him the day before their scheduled wedding in their native Latvia.

A remix album was released in 1987 called, "Vital Idol." The album featured a live cover of Tommy James' "Mony Mony." The single topped the US charts in 1987.

Stevens parted ways with Idol after Whiplash Smile. In 1986, Stevens appeared with Harold Faltermeyer on the Top Gun soundtrack. Their contribution was the instrumental, "Top Gun Anthem." Stevens decided to go solo, creating his own band, Steve Stevens and the Atomic Playboys.

Idol was involved in a serious motorcycle accident which nearly cost him a leg in February 1990 in Hollywood, California; he was hit by a car while driving home from the studio one night when he ran a stop sign, requiring a steel rod to be placed in his leg.. Shortly prior to this, film director James Cameron had chosen Idol to play the T-1000 character in Terminator 2: Judgment Day and had drawn storyboards to resemble him, but the accident prevented Idol from accepting. However, against his doctors' advice, Idol managed to promote his latest album.

The new release, Charmed Life, was due for release and a video for the single, "Cradle of Love" had to be shot. The song had been featured in the Andrew Dice Clay film, The Adventures of Ford Fairlane. Since Idol was unable to walk, he was shot from the waist up. The video would feature video footage of him singing in large frames throughout an apartment while the very young and beautiful Betsy Lynn George was trying to seduce a modest and mild mannered business man. The video was a huge hit and was placed in heavy rotation on MTV. Idol and Betsy Lynn George recreated the opening of the video for the 1991 American Music Awards.

Idol had always been a huge Doors fan, and he was asked to take part in the new movie The Doors, directed by Oliver Stone. Billy Idol, though recovering from a motorcycle accident, threw himself into the role of Jim Morrison's drinking buddy, Cat.

Against his doctor's orders, Idol decided to tour behind the Charmed Life album. Idol could be seen walking with a cane onstage. He also had a special gauntlet made for his hand. This tour would be the first without Stevens. Mark Younger-Smith had become Idol's new guitarist.

Idol's stage show was quite elaborate. A massive fist was designed to hang over the crowd. The words "Rude Dude" were written across the fingers. During the show the fist would rotate and flip off the audience. The hand can be seen in the video for "Prodigal Blues".
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* Ben Stiller
Benjamin Edward "Ben" Stiller (born November 30, 1965) is an American comedian, actor, writer, film director, and producer. He is the son of veteran comedians and actors Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara.

After beginning his acting career with a play, Stiller wrote several mockumentaries, and was offered two of his own shows, both entitled The Ben Stiller Show. After acting in a few films, Stiller had his directorial debut with Reality Bites, and has since written, starred in, directed, and/or produced over fifty films and television shows. His films have grossed more than $2.1 billion, with an average of $78 million per film. In 2008, he starred in the film Tropic Thunder, which he also co-wrote, co-produced, and directed.

Stiller is a member of the comedic acting brotherhood colloquially known as the Frat Pack. With multiple cameos in music videos, television shows, and films, he may be best known for his roles in There's Something About Mary, Meet the Parents, Zoolander, Dodgeball, Tropic Thunder and Night at the Museum. Throughout his career, he has received several awards and honors including an Emmy Award, several MTV Movie Awards, and a Teen Choice Award.
Stiller landed a role in the Broadway revival of John Guare's The House of Blue Leaves, alongside John Mahoney; the production would garner four Tony Awards. During its run, Stiller produced a satirical mockumentary whose principal was fellow actor Mahoney. His comedic work was so well received by the cast and crew of the play that he followed up with a 10 minute short called The Hustler of Money, a parody of the Martin Scorsese film The Color of Money. The film featured him in a send-up of Tom Cruise's character and Mahoney in the Paul Newman role, only this time as a bowling hustler instead of a pool shark. The short got the attention of Saturday Night Live, which aired it in 1987, and two years later offered him a spot as a writer. In the meantime, he also had a bit part in Steven Spielberg's Empire of the Sun.

In 1989, Stiller wrote and appeared on a season of Saturday Night Live as a featured performer. However, since the show did not want him to make more short films for the show, he left after five shows. He then put together Elvis Stories, a short film about a fictitious tabloid focused on recent sightings of Elvis Presley. The film starred friends and co-stars John Cusack, Jeremy Piven, Mike Myers, Andy Dick, and Jeff Kahn. The film was considered a success, and led him to develop another film entitled Back to Brooklyn for MTV.
The Ben Stiller Show
Main article: The Ben Stiller Show

MTV was so impressed with Back to Brooklyn that they offered producer Jim Jones and director Stiller's No Puzzle Productions a 13-episode show in the experimental "vid-com" format. Entitled The Ben Stiller Show, this series mixed comedy sketches with music videos. The show parodied various television shows, music stars, and films. It starred Stiller, along with main writer Jeff Khan and Harry O'Reilly with occasional appearances by his parents Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara, sister Amy Stiller, as well as cameos by Melina Kanakaredes, "Grandpa" Al Lewis, and the multitude of Club MTV dancers including Camille Donatacci, future wife of Kelsey Grammer. Notable were Stiller's impersonations of Tom Cruise, Al Pacino, and William Shatner, and the 1990 Fox lineup of shows including Booker, Alien Nation and Married with Children. This show was the proving ground for much of Stiller's earliest style development and new gag ideas.

Although the show was canceled after its first season, it led to another show entitled The Ben Stiller Show on the Fox Network in 1992. The Ben Stiller Show aired 12 episodes on Fox, with a 13th unaired episode broadcast by Comedy Central in a later revival. Among the principal writers on The Ben Stiller Show were Stiller and Judd Apatow, with the show featuring the ensemble cast of Stiller, Janeane Garofalo, Andy Dick, and Bob Odenkirk, along with utility player John F. O'Donohue, a former New York City cop with whom Stiller first worked on Back to Brooklyn. Both Denise Richards and Jeanne Tripplehorn appeared as extras in various episodes. Throughout its short run, The Ben Stiller Show frequently appeared at the bottom of the ratings, even as it garnered critical acclaim and eventually won the Emmy for "Outstanding Individual Achievement in Writing in a Variety or Music Program" after it was canceled.
Directorial debut

After a few minor film roles in the early 1990s, such as Stella, Highway to Hell, and a cameo in The Nutt House, Stiller devoted his time to writing, fund raising, recruiting cast members, and directing Reality Bites. The film was produced by Danny DeVito (who later directed Stiller's 2003 film Duplex and produced the 2004 film Along Came Polly). Stiller acted in the film, which was praised by some critics.

He joined his parents in the family film Heavyweights, in which he played two roles, and then had a brief uncredited role in Adam Sandler's Happy Gilmore.

Next, he had lead roles in If Lucy Fell and Flirting with Disaster, before tackling his next directorial effort with The Cable Guy which starred Jim Carrey. Stiller once again was featured in his own film as twins. The film received mixed reviews, but was noted for being the film for which the highest salary was paid to a star for his work in just one film. Jim Carrey received $20 million for his work in the film. The film also connected Stiller with future Frat Pack members Jack Black and Owen Wilson.

Also in 1996, MTV invited Stiller to host the VH1 Fashion Awards. Along with SNL writer Drake Sather, Stiller developed a short film for the awards about a male model known as Derek Zoolander. It was so well received that Stiller developed another short film about the character for the 1997 VH1 Fashion Awards and finally remade the skit into a film.
Comedy career

In 1998, Stiller put aside his directing ambitions to star in There's Something About Mary alongside Cameron Diaz, which accelerated Stiller's acting career. That year he also starred in several dramas including Zero Effect, Your Friends & Neighbors, and Permanent Midnight. Stiller was invited to take part in hosting the Music Video awards, for which he developed a parody of the Backstreet Boys and performed a sketch with his father, commenting on his current career.
Stiller is facing the camera and smiling. He is wearing a baseball cap and a blue shirt with a white t-shirt underneath.
Stiller in December 2008

In 1999, he starred in three films, including Mystery Men, where he played a superhero wannabe called Mr. Furious. He returned to directing with a new spoof television series for Fox entitled Heat Vision and Jack, starring Jack Black, however, the show was not picked up by Fox after its pilot episode and the series was cancelled.

2000 would be a better year for Stiller as he starred in four more films including one of his most recognizable roles, as a male nurse named Greg Focker in Meet the Parents opposite Robert De Niro. MTV again invited him to make another short film and he developed Mission: Improbable, a spoof of Tom Cruise's roles in the films Risky Business, Magnolia, Cocktail, and Mission: Impossible.

In 2001, Stiller would direct his third feature film, Zoolander, which focused on the character Derek Zoolander (played by Stiller) that he developed for the VH1 Fashion Awards. The film featured multiple cameos from a variety of celebrities including Donald Trump, Paris Hilton, Lenny Kravitz, Heidi Klum, and David Bowie among others. The film was banned in Malaysia (as the plot centered on an assassination attempt of a Malaysian prime minister) while shots of the World Trade Center were digitally removed and hidden for the film's release after the September 11 terrorist attacks.

After Stiller invited Owen Wilson to star in Zoolander, Wilson returned the favor and invited Stiller to play Chas Tenenbaum in The Royal Tenenbaums. Over the next two years, Stiller continued with the lackluster box office film Duplex and several cameos in Orange County and Nobody Knows Anything!. He also guest-starred on several television shows, including an appearance in an episode of the television series King Of Queens in a flashback as the father of the character Arthur (played by Jerry Stiller). He also made a guest appearance on World Wrestling Entertainment's WWE Raw.

In 2004, Stiller appeared in six different films, all of which were comedies, and include some of his highest grossing films. They include Starsky & Hutch, Envy, Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story, an uncredited cameo in Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, Along Came Polly, and Meet the Fockers. While Envy only grossed $14.5 million worldwide, his most successful film of the year was Meet the Fockers, which grossed over $516.6 million worldwide. In 2005, Stiller would begin his first attempt at a computer-animated film with Madagascar, which performed so well at the box office that it resulted in a sequel released in 2008.

In 2006, Stiller had cameo roles in School for Scoundrels, and Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny, for which he served as executive producer. In December, Stiller starred in the lead role of Night at the Museum. Although not a critical favorite, it earned over $115 million in ten days. In 2007, Stiller starred alongside Malin Akerman in the romantic comedy The Heartbreak Kid. Tropic Thunder, a film he directed, co-wrote and co-produced, and in which he starred with Robert Downey Jr. and Jack Black, was released on August 13, 2008. In May 2009, he starred with Amy Adams in the sequel Night at the Museum 2: Battle of the Smithsonian.
Upcoming films

Stiller has several upcoming films, including Little Fockers, a sequel to Meet the Fockers. In 2010, he will star alongside Tom Cruise in a comedy adaptation of The Hardy Boys entitled The Hardy Men, while also producing Oobermind.
The Frat Pack
Main article: Frat Pack

Stiller is the "acknowledged leader" of the Frat Pack, a core group of actors that has worked together in multiple films. The group includes Jack Black, Will Ferrell, Vince Vaughn, Owen Wilson, Luke Wilson, and Steve Carell. Stiller has been acknowledged as the leader of the group due to his multiple cameos and for his consistent use of the other members in roles in films which he produces and directs. He has appeared the most with Owen Wilson, in nine films including: The Cable Guy (1996), Permanent Midnight (1998), Heat Vision and Jack (1999 television pilot), Meet the Parents (2000), Zoolander (2001), The Royal Tenenbaums (2001), Starsky & Hutch (2004), Meet the Fockers (2004), Night at the Museum (2006), and Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009). Of the 35 primary films that are considered Frat Pack films, Stiller has been involved with 20, in some capacity. He is also the only member of this group to have appeared in a Brat Pack film (Fresh Horses).
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Written By: Howard on 11/30/09 at 5:49 am

Dick Clark is not the way he used to be. :(

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Written By: ninny on 11/30/09 at 6:29 am

Dick Clark is not the way he used to be. :(

No sadly he had a stroke years back.

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Written By: CatwomanofV on 11/30/09 at 10:14 am

No sadly he had a stroke tears back.

He was doing remarkable well-considering.

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Cat

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Written By: ninny on 11/30/09 at 11:47 am

He was doing remarkable well-considering.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPiXGC5Qgo0&feature=related

Cat

Yes he is :)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/30/09 at 1:44 pm

The word of the day...Matchstick
1. A short slender piece of wood from which a match is made.
2. Something similar to a matchstick, as in slenderness or strength.
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Matchstalk Men And Matchstalk Cats And Dogs by Brian And Michael (1978)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/30/09 at 1:45 pm

The birthday of the day...Ridley Scott
Sir Ridley Scott (born 30 November 1937) is an English film director and producer known for his stylish visuals and an obsession for detail. His films include The Duellists (1977), Alien (1979), Blade Runner (1982), Thelma & Louise (1991), 1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992), Gladiator (2000), Hannibal (2001), Black Hawk Down (2001), Matchstick Men (2003), Kingdom of Heaven (2005), American Gangster (2007), and Body of Lies (2009). His younger brother is fellow film director Tony Scott
Scott left the BBC in 1968 and established a production company, Ridley Scott Associates (RSA), working with Alan Parker, Hugh Hudson, Hugh Johnson and employing his younger brother, Tony. After making television commercials in the UK during the 1970s, including most notably the 1974 Hovis advert, "Bike Round" (New World Symphony), which was filmed in Shaftesbury, Dorset, he moved to Hollywood, where he produced and directed a number of top box office films.
The Duellists
Main article: The Duellists

The Duellists of 1977 was Ridley Scott's first feature film. It was produced in Europe and won a Best Debut Film medal at the Cannes Film Festival but made limited commercial impact in the US. Set during the Napoleonic Wars, it featured two French Hussar officers, D'Hubert and Feraud (played by Keith Carradine and Harvey Keitel). Their quarrel over an initially minor incident turns into a bitter, long-drawn out feud over the following fifteen years, interwoven with the larger conflict that provides its backdrop. The film is lauded for its historically authentic portrayal of Napoleonic uniforms and military conduct, as well as its accurate early-nineteenth-century fencing techniques recreated by fight choreographer William Hobbs.
Alien
Main article: Alien (film)

Scott's box office disappointment with The Duellists was compounded by the success being enjoyed by Alan Parker with American-backed films — Scott admitted he was "ill for a week" with envy. Scott had originally planned to next adapt an opera, Tristan und Isolde, but after seeing Star Wars, he became convinced of the potential of large scale, effects-driven films. He therefore accepted the job of directing Alien, the ground-breaking 1979 horror/science-fiction film that would give him international recognition. The film was mostly shot in 1978, but Scott's production design and atmospheric visuals, and the film's emphasis on realism over movie heroics have given Alien almost ageless appeal.

While Scott would not direct the three Alien sequels, the female action hero Ellen Ripley (played by Sigourney Weaver), introduced in the first film, would become a cinematic icon. Scott was involved in the 2003 restoration and re-release of the film including media interviews for its promotion. At this time Scott indicated that he had been in discussions to make the fifth and final film in the Alien franchise. However, in a 2006 interview, the director remarked that he had been unhappy about Alien: The Director's Cut, feeling that the original was "pretty flawless" and that the additions were merely a marketing tool.
Blade Runner
Main article: Blade Runner

After a year working on the film adaptation of Dune, and following the sudden death of his brother Frank, Scott signed to direct the film version of Philip K. Dick's novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?. Starring Harrison Ford and featuring an acclaimed soundtrack by Vangelis, Blade Runner was a disappointment in theatres in 1982 and was pulled shortly thereafter. Scott's notes were used by Warner Brothers to create a rushed director's cut in 1991 which removed the voiceovers and modified the ending. Scott personally supervised a digital restoration of Blade Runner and approved the Final Cut. This version which was released in Los Angeles, New York and Toronto cinemas on 5 October 2007, and as an elaborate DVD release on 18 December 2007. Today Blade Runner is often ranked by critics as one of the most important science fiction films of the 20th century and is usually discussed along with William Gibson's novel Neuromancer as initiating the cyberpunk genre. Scott regards Blade Runner as his "most complete and personal film".
"1984" Apple Macintosh commercial
Main article: 1984 (television commercial)

In 1984 Scott directed the television commercial 1984, written by Steve Hayden and Lee Clow, produced by Chiat/Day, and starring Anya Major as the unnamed heroine and David Graham as "Big Brother". It was released for a single airing in the United States on 22 January 1984 during the third quarter of Super Bowl XVIII. It introduced the Macintosh for the first time and is now considered a "watershed event" and a "masterpiece".

1984 used the unnamed heroine to represent the coming of the Macintosh (indicated by her white tank top with a Picasso-style picture of Apple’s Macintosh computer on it) as a means of saving humanity from "conformity" (Big Brother).

These images were an allusion to George Orwell's noted novel, Nineteen Eighty-Four, which described a dystopian future ruled by a fictional "Big Brother".
Legend
Main article: Legend (film)

In 1985 Scott directed Legend, a fantasy film produced by Arnon Milchan. Having not tackled the fairy tale genre, Scott decided to create a "once upon a time" film set in a world of fairies, princesses, and goblins. Scott cast Tom Cruise as the film's hero, Jack, Mia Sara as Princess Lily, and Tim Curry as the Satan-like Lord of Darkness. But a series of problems with both principal photography, including the destruction of the forest set by fire, and post-production (including heavy editing and substitution of Jerry Goldsmith's original score with a score by Tangerine Dream) hampered the film's release and as a result Legend received scathing reviews. It has since become a cult classic thanks to a DVD release that restores Scott's original, intended vision.
1987 - 1992

Hungry for a real box office hit and also for respect from the press which considered him a commercial filmmaker devoted only to fantastic visuals without much substance, Scott decided to postpone further incursions into the science fiction and fantasy genre, in order to avoid being typecast, by focusing more in down-to-earth, mature, suspense thrillers.

Among them came Someone to Watch Over Me, a romantic police drama starring Tom Berenger, Lorraine Bracco and Mimi Rogers in 1987, and Black Rain, a 1989 cop drama starring Michael Douglas and Andy Garcia, shot partially in Tokyo and Osaka, Japan. Both met with mild success at the box office.

Again, Scott was praised for his lavish visuals, but was still being criticised for making films that were little more than extended versions of his glossy TV commercials, which he kept directing due to the lucrative nature of the advertising business.

Thelma & Louise (1991) starring Geena Davis as Thelma, and Susan Sarandon as Louise, proved to be a success and revived Scott's reputation as a film maker. However, his next project was less successful. He oversaw the making of an independent movie 1492: Conquest of Paradise. It is a visually striking film about the story of Christopher Columbus. However it is considered to be his slowest-paced movie. Scott would not release another film for four years.
Recent career

In 1995, together with his brother Tony, Scott formed the film and television production company Scott Free Productions in Los Angeles. All of his subsequent feature films, starting with White Squall and G.I. Jane starring Demi Moore and Viggo Mortensen, have been produced under the Scott Free banner. Also in 1995 the two brothers purchased a controlling interest in Shepperton Studios, which were later merged with Pinewood Studios. Scott and his brother have produced, since 2005, the CBS series Numb3rs — a crime drama focused on a mathematical genius who helps the FBI solve crimes.
Gladiator and subsequent works

The huge success of Scott's film Gladiator (2000) has been credited with the revival of the nearly defunct genre of the "sword and sandal" historical epic. Scott then turned to Hannibal, the sequel to Jonathan Demme's The Silence of the Lambs. 2001 also saw the release of Scott's war film Black Hawk Down (2001), which further established Scott's position as both a critically and financially successful film maker and went on to earn two Oscars.

In 2003 Scott directed Matchstick Men, adapted from the novel by Eric Garcia and starring Nicolas Cage, Sam Rockwell and Alison Lohman. It received mostly positive reviews and performed moderately at the box office.

In 2005 the director made the internationally successful Kingdom of Heaven, a movie about the Crusades which consciously sought to connect history to current events. The Moroccan government also sent the Moroccan cavalry as extras in the epic battle scenes.

Unhappy with the theatrical version of the film (which he blamed on paying too much attention to the opinions of preview audiences), Scott supervised a director's cut of Kingdom of Heaven, which was released on DVD in 2006. In an interview to promote the latter, when asked if he was against previewing in general, Scott stated:

"It depends who's in the driving seat. If you've got a lunatic doing my job, then you need to preview. But a good director should be experienced enough to judge what he thinks is the correct version to go out into the cinema."

A Good Year, American Gangster and Body of Lies

Scott teamed up again with actor Russell Crowe, directing the movie A Good Year, which is based on the best-selling book. The film was released on 10 November 2006, with a score by Marc Streitenfeld. Rupert Murdoch, chairman of News Corp and Subsidiary studio 20th Century Fox (who backed the film) dismissed A Good Year as "a flop" at a shareholders' meeting only a few days after the film was released.

Scott's next directorial work was on American Gangster, the story of real-life drug kingpin Frank Lucas. He was the third director to attempt the project after Antoine Fuqua and Terry George. Denzel Washington and Benicio del Toro had been cast in the initial Steven Zaillian-scripted project under the working title Tru Blu, both actors having been paid salaries of $20m and $15m respectively without doing any production on the film. Following the departure of George, Scott took over the project in early 2006. Scott brought Zaillian back on board to rewrite the script to focus on the dynamic between Frank Lucas and Richie Roberts. Washington signed back on to the project as Lucas and Crowe signed on to play Roberts. The film finally premiered in November 2007 to positive reviews and good box office. In late 2008 Scott released the espionage thriller Body of Lies again starring Crowe, and Leonardo DiCaprio and which opened to luke-warm ticket-sales as well as mixed reviews.
Planned projects

Scott is set to direct an adaptation of Robin Hood called Robin Hood which will be starring Russell Crowe as Robin Hood and Cate Blanchett as Maid Marian. Mark Strong is also set to star as Sir Godfrey along with William Hurt, and Eileen Atkins.

In April 2008, Scott announced his new project The Kind One, a period drama set for release in 2010. The film will star recent Academy Award nominee Casey Affleck. Also, he will be making his first science fiction movie since Blade Runner, an adaptation of the novel The Forever War, which he has been trying to pursue the rights for since the early 1980s. Another science fiction project to which Scott has been attached is an adaptation of Aldous Huxley's Brave New World, with DiCaprio also attached.

In January 2009, it was announced Ridley, along with his brother Tony, would be producing the film adaptation of the 1980s TV cult classic The A-Team.

On July 31, 2009, news of a prequel to Alien surfaced with Ridley attached to direct., the movie is developed from 20th Century Fox.

It was announced on 15 October 2009 he will direct the remake of the Trilogy from Red Riding.
Awards

Scott has been nominated for three Academy Awards for Directing: for Thelma & Louise, Gladiator and Black Hawk Down, as well as a Golden Globe, BAFTA and Emmy Award. He was knighted in the 2003 New Year honours.
Ridley Scott box office
Date ↓ Movie ↓ Studio ↓ United States gross ↓ Worldwide gross ↓ Theatres ↓ Opening weekend ↓ Opening theatres ↓ Budget ↓
2012 Untitled Alien Prequel Fox N/A
14 May 2010 Robin Hood Uni. $130,000,000
10 October 2008 Body of Lies WB $39,394,666 $115,321,950 2,714 $12,884,416 2,710 $70,000,000
2 November 2007 American Gangster Uni. $130,164,645 $265,697,825 3,110 $43,565,115 3,054 $100,000,000
10 November 2006 A Good Year Fox $7,459,300 $42,056,466 2,067 $3,721,526 2,066 $35,000,000
6 May 2005 Kingdom of Heaven Fox $47,398,413 $211,652,051 3,219 $19,635,996 3,216 $130,000,000
12 September 2003 Matchstick Men WB $36,906,460 $65,565,672 2,711 $13,087,307 2,711 N/A
28 December 2001 Black Hawk Down SonR $108,638,745 $172,989,651 3,143 $179,823 4 $92,000,000
9 February 2001 Hannibal MGM $165,092,268 $351,692,268 3,292 $58,003,121 3,230 $87,000,000
5 May 2000 Gladiator DW $187,705,427 $457,640,427 3,188 $34,819,017 2,938 $103,000,000
22 August 1997 G.I. Jane BV $48,169,156 2,043 $11,094,241 1,945 $50,000,000
2 February 1996 White Squall BV $10,292,300 1,524 $3,908,514 1,524 $38,000,000
9 October 1992 1492: Conquest of Paradise Par. $7,191,399 1,008 $3,002,680 1,008 $47,000,000
24 May 1991 Thelma & Louise MGM $45,360,915 1,180 $6,101,297 1,179 $16,500,000
22 September 1989 Black Rain Par. $46,212,055 $134,212,055 1,760 $9,677,102 1,610 $30,000,000
9 October 1987 Someone to Watch Over Me Col. $10,278,549 894 $2,908,796 892 $17,000,000
18 April 1986 Legend Uni. $15,502,112 1,187 $4,261,154 1,187 $30,000,000
25 June 1982 Blade Runner WB $32,768,670 $33,139,618 1,325 $6,150,002 1,295 $28,000,000
25 May 1979 Alien Fox $80,931,801 $104,931,801 757 $3,527,881 91 $11,000,000
31 August 1977 The Duellists Par. $900,000
Filmography
Year Film Oscars
Nominations Wins
1977 The Duellists
1979 Alien 2 1
1982 Blade Runner 2
1985 Legend 1
1987 Someone to Watch Over Me
1989 Black Rain 2
1991 Thelma & Louise 6 1
1992 1492: Conquest of Paradise
1996 White Squall
1997 G.I. Jane
2000 Gladiator 12 5
2001 Hannibal
Black Hawk Down 4 2
2003 Matchstick Men
2005 Kingdom of Heaven
2006 A Good Year
2007 American Gangster 2
2008 Body of Lies
2010 Robin Hood
2012 Untitled Alien Prequel
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One great movie director!

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/30/09 at 1:50 pm

* Billy Idol
William Michael Albert Broad (30 November 1955), better known as Billy Idol, is an English rock musician. He first achieved fame in the punk rock era as a member of the band Generation X. He then embarked on a successful solo career, aided by a series of stylish music videos, making him one of the first MTV stars. Idol continues to tour with guitarist Steve Stevens and has a worldwide fan base.
Idol first joined the punk rock band Siouxsie & the Banshees (before the band had decided on that name) in 1976, but soon quit and joined Chelsea in 1977 as a guitarist. However, he and Chelsea bandmate Tony James soon quit that group and co-founded Generation X, with Idol switching from guitarist to lead singer.

Generation X signed to Chrysalis Records and released three albums and performed in the 1980 film, D.O.A., before disbanding. Idol moved to New York and began working as a solo artist and working with Steve Stevens, soon becoming an MTV staple with "White Wedding" and "Dancing with Myself". The latter had originally been recorded with Generation X.

In 1983, in an effort to introduce Idol to American audiences not yet as familiar with him as those in England, Idol's label released "Dancing With Myself" in the U.S. in conjunction with a music video (directed by Tobe Hooper, produced by Jeffrey Abelson, and conceptualised by Keith Williams) that played in heavy rotation on MTV for six months. That video, in fact, sparked a new era of feature film directors trying their hand at music videos. Along with "White Wedding," the "Dancing With Myself" and "Eyes Without A Face" videos helped make Idol a household name in America.

In the 2001 recording of VH1 Storytellers, Idol rejects the rumour that "White Wedding" was a "nasty put down" directed at his sister for thinking that getting married was the answer to getting pregnant. He said her wedding was simply inspiration for the song, which quickly took on its own form. Years after the video, Idol's sister is still married with three children.
Steve Stevens and Billy Idol

Idol's second LP, Rebel Yell (1983) was a major success and established Idol's superstar status in the United States with hits like "Eyes Without a Face," "Flesh For Fantasy", and the title cut. Idol also became very popular in Europe thanks to this album and its singles, particularly in Germany, Italy, Switzerland, and later in his native UK.

Idol released Whiplash Smile in 1986, which sold very well. The album included the hits "To Be a Lover," "Don't Need a Gun" and the country-flavoured "Sweet Sixteen." Idol filmed a video featuring "Sweet Sixteen" (which he also wrote) in Florida's Coral Castle. The song was inspired by the story of Edward Leedskalnin's former love, Agnes Scuffs, who was the main reason Leedskalnin built the structure over a period of decades, starting years after she jilted him the day before their scheduled wedding in their native Latvia.

A remix album was released in 1987 called, "Vital Idol." The album featured a live cover of Tommy James' "Mony Mony." The single topped the US charts in 1987.

Stevens parted ways with Idol after Whiplash Smile. In 1986, Stevens appeared with Harold Faltermeyer on the Top Gun soundtrack. Their contribution was the instrumental, "Top Gun Anthem." Stevens decided to go solo, creating his own band, Steve Stevens and the Atomic Playboys.

Idol was involved in a serious motorcycle accident which nearly cost him a leg in February 1990 in Hollywood, California; he was hit by a car while driving home from the studio one night when he ran a stop sign, requiring a steel rod to be placed in his leg.. Shortly prior to this, film director James Cameron had chosen Idol to play the T-1000 character in Terminator 2: Judgment Day and had drawn storyboards to resemble him, but the accident prevented Idol from accepting. However, against his doctors' advice, Idol managed to promote his latest album.

The new release, Charmed Life, was due for release and a video for the single, "Cradle of Love" had to be shot. The song had been featured in the Andrew Dice Clay film, The Adventures of Ford Fairlane. Since Idol was unable to walk, he was shot from the waist up. The video would feature video footage of him singing in large frames throughout an apartment while the very young and beautiful Betsy Lynn George was trying to seduce a modest and mild mannered business man. The video was a huge hit and was placed in heavy rotation on MTV. Idol and Betsy Lynn George recreated the opening of the video for the 1991 American Music Awards.

Idol had always been a huge Doors fan, and he was asked to take part in the new movie The Doors, directed by Oliver Stone. Billy Idol, though recovering from a motorcycle accident, threw himself into the role of Jim Morrison's drinking buddy, Cat.

Against his doctor's orders, Idol decided to tour behind the Charmed Life album. Idol could be seen walking with a cane onstage. He also had a special gauntlet made for his hand. This tour would be the first without Stevens. Mark Younger-Smith had become Idol's new guitarist.

Idol's stage show was quite elaborate. A massive fist was designed to hang over the crowd. The words "Rude Dude" were written across the fingers. During the show the fist would rotate and flip off the audience. The hand can be seen in the video for "Prodigal Blues".
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/30/09 at 1:52 pm

Dick Clark is not the way he used to be. :(
Since his stroke in 2004.

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Written By: ninny on 11/30/09 at 3:00 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdphvuyaV_I

The video didn't work,hopefully this one does.
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Written By: ninny on 11/30/09 at 3:01 pm

One great movie director!

Yes he is.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/30/09 at 3:02 pm

The video didn't work,hopefully this one does.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_P9B2ZdNC6o#
I leave it there, thanks for the new link.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/30/09 at 3:03 pm

Yes he is.
..and I still have to Blade Runner.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/30/09 at 3:04 pm

..and I still have to Blade Runner.
The digitally remastered definitive Final Cut of Blade Runner.

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Written By: Howard on 11/30/09 at 4:48 pm

Since his stroke in 2004.

Will he able to attend this year's New Year's Rockin Eve? ???

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Written By: ninny on 11/30/09 at 5:48 pm

Will he able to attend this year's New Year's Rockin Eve? ???

I hope so, Ryan Seacrest has taking over hosting it, but Dick still shows up.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/01/09 at 1:17 am

Will he able to attend this year's New Year's Rockin Eve? ???
I am sorry, I cannot answer that.

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Written By: ninny on 12/01/09 at 5:58 am

The word of the day...Bananas
1. Any of several treelike Asian herbs of the genus Musa, especially M. acuminata, having a terminal crown of large, entire leaves and a hanging cluster of fruits.
2. The elongated, edible fruit of these plants, having a thick yellowish to reddish skin and white, aromatic, seedless pulp.
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Written By: ninny on 12/01/09 at 6:01 am

The birthday of the day...Woody Allen
Woody Allen (born Allen Stewart Konigsberg; December 1, 1935) is an American screenwriter, film director, actor, comedian, writer, musician, and playwright.

Allen's distinctive films, which run the gamut from dramas to screwball sex comedies, have made him one of the most respected living American directors. He is also distinguished by his rapid rate of production and his very large body of work. Allen writes and directs his movies and has also acted in the majority of them. For inspiration, Allen draws heavily on literature, sexuality, philosophy, psychology, Jewish identity, and the history of cinema, among a wealth of other fields of interest.

Allen is also a jazz clarinetist. What began as a teenage avocation has led to regular public performances at various small venues in his hometown of Manhattan, with occasional appearances at various jazz festivals. Allen joined the Preservation Hall Jazz Band and the New Orleans Funeral Ragtime Orchestra in performances that provided the film score for his 1973 comedy Sleeper, and a rare European tour in 1996 featuring Allen was the subject of the documentary Wild Man Blues.
His first movie production was What's New, Pussycat? in 1965, for which he wrote the initial screenplay. He was hired by Warren Beatty to re-write a script, and to appear in a small part in the movie. Over the course of the re-write, Beatty's part grew smaller and Allen's grew larger. Beatty was upset and quit the production. Peter O'Toole was hired for the Beatty role, and Peter Sellers was brought in as well; Sellers was a big enough star to demand many of Woody Allen's best lines/scenes, prompting hasty re-writes.

Allen's first directorial effort was What's Up, Tiger Lily? (1966 co-written with Mickey Rose), in which an existing Japanese spy movie (Kokusai himitsu keisatsu: Kagi no kagi — "International Secret Police: Key of Keys") was redubbed in English by Allen and his friends with completely new, comic dialogue.

He acted in the James Bond spoof, Casino Royale.
1960s and 1970s

Allen directed Take the Money and Run (1969), and then Bananas, Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask), Sleeper, and Love and Death. Take the Money and Run and Bananas were both co-written by his childhood friend, Mickey Rose.

In 1972, he starred in the film version of Play It Again, Sam, which was directed by Herbert Ross. All of Allen's early films were pure comedies that relied heavily on slapstick, inventive sight gags, and non-stop one-liners. Among the many notable influences on these films are Bob Hope, Groucho Marx (as well as, to some extent, Harpo Marx) and Humphrey Bogart. In 1976, he starred in The Front directed by Martin Ritt), a humorous and poignant account of Hollywood blacklisting during the 1950s.

Annie Hall won four Academy Awards in 1977, including Best Picture and Best Actress in a Leading Role for Diane Keaton. Annie Hall set the standard for modern romantic comedy, and also started a minor fashion trend with the unique clothes worn by Diane Keaton in the film (the offbeat, masculine clothing, such as ties with cardigans, was actually Keaton's own). While in production, its working title was "Anhedonia," a term that means the inability to feel pleasure, and its plot revolved around a murder mystery. Apparently, as filmed, the murder mystery plot did not work (and was later used in his 1993 Manhattan Murder Mystery), so Allen re-cut the movie after production ended to focus on the romantic comedy between Allen's character, Alvy Singer, and Keaton's character, Annie Hall. The new version, retitled Annie Hall (named after Keaton, Hall being her given last name and Annie a nickname), still deals with the theme of the inability to feel pleasure. Ranked at No. 35 on the American Film Institute' s "100 Best Movies" and at No. 4 on the AFI list of "100 Best Comedies," Annie Hall is considered to be among Allen's best.

Manhattan, released in 1979, is a black-and-white film that can be viewed as an homage to New York City, which has been described as the true "main character" of the movie. As in many other Allen films, the main characters are upper-class academics. Even though it makes fun of pretentious intellectuals, the story is packed with obscure references which makes it less accessible to a general audience. The love-hate opinion of cerebral persons found in Manhattan is characteristic of many of Allen's movies including Crimes and Misdemeanors and Annie Hall. Manhattan focuses on the complicated relationship between a middle-aged Isaac Davis (Allen) and a 17-year-old Tracy (Mariel Hemingway).

Between Annie Hall and Manhattan, Allen wrote and directed the gloomy drama Interiors (1978), in the style of the late Swedish director Ingmar Bergman, one of Allen's major influences. Interiors represented a significant departure from Allen's "earlier, funnier comedies" (a line from 1980s Stardust Memories).
1980s

Allen's 1980s films, even the comedies, have somber and philosophical undertones. Some, like September and Stardust Memories, are heavily influenced by the works of European directors, most notably Ingmar Bergman and Federico Fellini.

Stardust Memories features as a main character Sandy Bates, a successful filmmaker played by Allen, who expresses resentment and scorn for his fans. Overcome by the recent death of a friend from illness, the character states, "I don't want to make funny movies any more," and a running gag throughout the film has various people (including a group of visiting space aliens) telling Bates that they appreciate his films, "especially the early, funny ones." To this day, Allen believes this to be one of his very best films.

However, by the mid-1980s, Allen had begun to combine tragic and comic elements with the release of such films as Hannah and Her Sisters and Crimes and Misdemeanors, in which he tells two different stories that connect at the end. He also produced a vividly idiosyncratic tragi-comical parody of documentary, titled Zelig.

He also made three films about show business. The first is Broadway Danny Rose, in which he plays a New York show business agent; the second is The Purple Rose of Cairo, a movie that shows the importance of the cinema during the Depression through the character of the naive Cecilia. Lastly, Allen made Radio Days, which is a film about his childhood in Brooklyn, and the importance of the radio. Purple Rose was named by Time Magazine as one of the 100 best films of all time, and Allen has described it as one of his three best films, along with Stardust Memories and Match Point. (Allen defines them as "best" not in terms of quality, but because they came out the closest to his original vision.)

Before the end of the '80s, he made other movies that were strongly inspired by Ingmar Bergman's films. September resembles Autumn Sonata, and Allen uses many elements from Wild Strawberries in Another Woman. Similarly, the Federico Fellini classic Amarcord strongly inspired Radio Days.
1990s

His 1992 film Shadows and Fog is a black-and-white homage to German expressionists and features the music of Kurt Weill. Allen then made his critically acclaimed drama Husbands and Wives (1992), which received two Oscar nominations: Best Supporting Actress for Judy Davis and Best Original Screenplay for Allen. His film Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993) combined suspense with dark comedy, and marked the return of Diane Keaton, Alan Alda and Anjelica Huston.

Next, he returned to lighter movies, such as Bullets Over Broadway (1994), which earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Director, followed by a musical, Everyone Says I Love You (1996). The singing and dancing scenes in Everyone Says I Love You are similar to many musicals starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. The comedy Mighty Aphrodite (1995), in which the Greek drama plays a large role, won an Academy Award for Mira Sorvino. Allen's 1999 jazz-based comedy-drama Sweet and Lowdown was also nominated for two Academy Awards for Sean Penn (Best Actor) and Samantha Morton (Best Supporting Actress). In contrast to these lighter movies, Allen veered into darker satire towards the end of the decade with Deconstructing Harry (1997) and Celebrity (1998). Allen made his only sitcom "appearance" to date (2009) via telephone on the show Just Shoot Me!, in a 1997 episode, "My Dinner with Woody," which paid tribute to several of his films. Allen also provided the lead voice in the 1998 animated film Antz, which featured many actors he had previously worked with and had Allen play a character that was very similar to his earlier neurotic roles, only as an insect.
2000s

Small Time Crooks (2000) was his first film with DreamWorks SKG studio and represented a change in direction: Allen began giving more interviews and made an apparent attempt to return to his slapstick comedy roots. Small Time Crooks was a relative success, grossing over $17 million domestically, but Allen's next four films foundered at the box office, including Allen's most expensive film to date, The Curse of the Jade Scorpion (with a budget of $33 million). Hollywood Ending, Anything Else, and Melinda and Melinda were given "rotten" ratings from film-review website Rotten Tomatoes and each earned less than $5 million domestically. Some critics claimed that Allen's films since 1999's Sweet and Lowdown were subpar and expressed concern that Allen's best years were now behind him. Woody gave his godson, Quincy Rose, a small part in Melinda and Melinda.
Woody Allen in concert in New York City, 2006

Match Point (2005) was one of Allen's most successful films in the past 10 years and generally received very positive reviews. Set in London, it starred Jonathan Rhys-Meyers and Scarlett Johansson. It is also markedly darker than Allen's first four films under the DreamWorks SKG banner. In Match Point, Allen shifts his focus from the intellectual upper class of New York to the moneyed upper class of London. While different from Allen's many critical satires, Match Point still has undertones of social critique. This is clearest in the theme of luck which works on several levels in the film. Match Point earned more than $23 million domestically (more than any of his films in nearly 20 years) and earned over $62 million in international box office sales. Match Point earned Allen his first Academy Award nomination since 1998 for Best Writing - Original Screenplay and also earned directing and writing nominations at the Golden Globes, his first Globe nominations since 1987. In an interview with Premiere Magazine, Allen stated this was the best film he has ever made.

Allen returned to London to film Scoop, which also starred Johansson, as well as Hugh Jackman, Ian McShane and Kevin McNally. The film was released on July 28, 2006, and received mixed reviews. He has also filmed Cassandra's Dream in London. Cassandra's Dream stars Colin Farrell, Ewan McGregor, and Tom Wilkinson and was released in November 2007.

After finishing his third London film, Allen headed to Spain. He reached an agreement to film Vicky Cristina Barcelona in Avilés, Barcelona and Oviedo, where shooting started on July 9, 2007. The movie stars international actors and actresses, including Scarlett Johansson, Javier Bardem, Rebecca Hall, and Penélope Cruz. Speaking of his experience there, Allen said: "I'm delighted at being able to work with Mediapro and make a film in Spain, a country which has become so special to me." Vicky Cristina Barcelona was well received, winning "Best Musical or Comedy" at the Golden Globe awards. Penélope Cruz received the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the film.

Allen has said that he "survives" on the European market. Audiences there have tended to be more receptive to Allen's films, particularly in Spain and France, both countries where he has a large fan base (something joked about in Hollywood Ending). "In the United States things have changed a lot, and it's hard to make good small films now," Allen said in a 2004 interview. "The avaricious studios couldn't care less about good films – if they get a good film they're twice as happy, but money-making films are their goal. They only want these $100 million pictures that make $500 million."

In April 2008, he began filming for a movie focused more towards older audiences starring Larry David, Patricia Clarkson and Evan Rachel Wood. He revealed in July 2008 the title of this film, to be released in 2009: Whatever Works, described as a dark comedy, follows the story of a botched suicide attempt turned messy love triangle. Whatever Works was written by Allen in the 1970s and the character now played by Larry David was originally written for Zero Mostel, who died the year Annie Hall came out.

Allen's current project, You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger, filmed in London, stars Antonio Banderas, Josh Brolin, Sir Anthony Hopkins, Anupam Kher, Freida Pinto and Naomi Watts. Filming started in July 2009.

Reports also suggest that Woody Allen's next two projects will be filmed in Europe, in the summers of 2010 and 2011, respectively.
Distinction in the film world
Main article: List of awards won by Woody Allen
Life-size statue of Woody Allen in Oviedo.
Close up of Allen's statue in Oviedo (Asturias, Spain).

Over the course of his career, Allen has received a considerable number of awards and distinctions in film festivals and yearly national film awards ceremonies, saluting his work as a director, screenwriter, and actor. When premiering his films at festivals, Allen does not screen his motion pictures in competition, thus deliberately taking them out of consideration for potential awards.

* Allen's film Annie Hall won four Academy Awards in 1977, including best picture.
* Allen won the 1978 O. Henry Award for his short story "The Kugelmass Episode," published in The New Yorker on May 2, 1977.
* Allen twice won the César Award for Best Foreign Film, the first in 1980 for Manhattan and the second in 1986 for The Purple Rose of Cairo. Seven other of his movies were nominated for the prize.
* In 1986, Allen won the Golden Globe for Best Screenplay for The Purple Rose of Cairo, and in 2009 he won the same award for Best Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical for Vicky Christina Barcelona. He was also nominated four times as Best Director, four times for Best Screenplay and twice for Best Actor (Comedy/musical).
* At the 1995 Venice Film Festival, Allen received a Career Golden Lion for lifetime achievement.
* In 1996, Allen received a lifetime achievement award from the Directors Guild of America.
* In 2002, Allen won the Prince of Asturias Award. Subsequently, the city of Oviedo, Spain, erected a life-size statue of Allen.
* In 2002, Allen received the Palme des Palmes, a special lifetime achievement award granted by the Cannes Festival and whose sole other recipient is Ingmar Bergman.
* In a 2005 poll The Comedian's Comedian, Allen was voted the third greatest comedy act ever by fellow comedians and comedy insiders.
* In June 2007, Allen received a Ph.D. degree Honoris Causa from Pompeu Fabra University (Barcelona, Spain).

Academy Awards

Woody Allen has won three Academy Awards and been nominated a total of 21 times: 14 as a screenwriter, six as a director, and one as an actor. He has more screenwriting Academy Award nominations than any other writer; all are in the "Best Original Screenplay" category. He is tied for fifth all-time with six Best Director nominations. His actors have regularly received both nominations and Academy Awards for their work in Allen films, particularly in the Best Supporting categories.

Annie Hall won four Academy Awards (Best Picture, Best Screenplay, Best Director and Best Actress). The film received a fifth nomination, for Allen as Best Actor. Hannah and Her Sisters won three, for Best Screenplay and both Best Supporting Actor categories; it was nominated in four other categories, including Best Picture and Best Director.

Despite friendly recognition from the Academy, Allen has consistently refused to attend the ceremony or acknowledge his Oscar wins. He broke this pattern only once. At the Academy Awards ceremony in 2002, Allen made an unannounced appearance, making a plea for producers to continue filming their movies in New York City after the 9-11 attacks. He was given a standing ovation before introducing a montage of movie clips featuring New York.
Best Original Screenplay

* Won: Annie Hall (1977)
* Nominated: Interiors (1978)
* Nominated: Manhattan (1979)
* Nominated: Broadway Danny Rose (1984)
* Nominated: The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985)
* Won: Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
* Nominated: Radio Days (1987)
* Nominated: Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)
* Nominated: Alice (1990)
* Nominated: Husbands and Wives (1992)
* Nominated: Bullets Over Broadway (1994)
* Nominated: Mighty Aphrodite (1995)
* Nominated: Deconstructing Harry (1997)
* Nominated: Match Point (2005)

Best Actor

* Nominated: Annie Hall (1977)

Best Director

* Won: Annie Hall (1977)
* Nominated: Interiors (1978)
* Nominated: Broadway Danny Rose (1984)
* Nominated: Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
* Nominated: Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)
* Nominated: Bullets Over Broadway (1994)

* Five actors have won six Academy Awards for their work in Allen films: Diane Keaton (Best Actress, Annie Hall), Michael Caine (Best Supporting Actor, Hannah and Her Sisters), Dianne Wiest (Best Supporting Actress, Hannah and Her Sisters and Bullets Over Broadway), Mira Sorvino (Best Supporting Actress, Mighty Aphrodite), and Penélope Cruz (Best Supporting Actress, Vicky Cristina Barcelona).

* Eleven actors have received Academy Award nominations for their work in Allen films: Allen himself (Best Actor, Annie Hall), Geraldine Page (Best Actress, Interiors), Martin Landau (Best Supporting Actor, Crimes and Misdemeanors), Chazz Palminteri (Best Supporting Actor, Bullets Over Broadway), Maureen Stapleton (Best Supporting Actress, Interiors), Mariel Hemingway (Best Supporting Actress, Manhattan), Judy Davis (Best Supporting Actress, Husbands and Wives), Jennifer Tilly (Best Supporting Actress, Bullets Over Broadway), Sean Penn (Best Actor, Sweet and Lowdown), and Samantha Morton (Best Supporting Actress, Sweet and Lowdown).

BAFTA

Allen has won a number of British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) awards and nominations for best picture, best director, best actor, and best screenplay. In 1997, he received the honorary BAFTA Fellowship for his work.

* 1978 — Won — Best Film — Annie Hall
* 1978 — Won — Best Screenplay — Annie Hall (with Marshall Brickman)
* 1978 — Won — Best Direction — Annie Hall
* 1980 — Won — Best Film — Manhattan
* 1980 — Won — Best Screenplay — Manhattan (with Marshall Brickman)
* 1985 — Won — Best Screenplay — Broadway Danny Rose
* 1986 — Won — Best Film — The Purple Rose of Cairo
* 1986 — Won — Best Screenplay — The Purple Rose of Cairo
* 1987 — Won — Best Screenplay — Hannah and Her Sisters
* 1987 — Won — Best Direction — Hannah and Her Sisters
* 1993 — Won — Best Screenplay — Husbands and Wives
* Nominated for best film for Hannah and Her Sisters, Radio Days, Crimes and Misdemeanors.
* Nominated for best actor for Annie Hall, Manhattan, Hannah and Her Sisters.
* Nominated for best director for Manhattan, Crimes and Misdemeanors.
* Nominated for best screenplay for Zelig, Radio Days, Crimes and Misdemeanors, Bullets Over Broadway (with Douglas McGrath).
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Written By: ninny on 12/01/09 at 6:06 am

The co-birthday of the day...Bette Midler
Bette Midler (born December 1, 1945) is an American singer, actress and comedienne, also known (by her informal stage name) as The Divine Miss M. During her career, she has been nominated for two Academy Awards; and won four Grammy Awards, four Golden Globes, three Emmy Awards, and a special Tony Award.
In the summer of 1965, Midler relocated to New York City, using the money from playing an extra in the film Hawaii. She landed her first professional onstage role in Tom Eyen's Off-Off-Broadway plays in 1965, Miss Nefertiti Regrets and Cinderella Revisited, a children's play by day and an adult show by night. From 1966 to 1969, she played the role of Tzeitel in Fiddler on the Roof on Broadway; during this period her sister Judith, visiting New York to see her perform, was killed by a taxi cab.

In the summer of 1970, Midler began singing in the Continental Baths, a gay bathhouse in the city, where she became close to her piano accompanist, Barry Manilow. He later produced her first album, 1972's The Divine Miss M. It was during her time at the Continental Baths that she built up a core following. In the late 1990s, during the release of her album Bathhouse Betty, Midler commented on her time performing there:

"Despite the way things turned out , I'm still proud of those days. I feel like I was at the forefront of the gay liberation movement, and I hope I did my part to help it move forward. So, I kind of wear the label of 'Bathhouse Betty' with pride" .

In 1971, Midler starred in the first professional production of The Who's rock opera Tommy with director Richard Pearlman and the Seattle Opera. It was during the run of Tommy that Midler was asked to appear on the The Tonight Show. She proved to be so popular that her career immediately skyrocketed.
1970-1990 Success

Midler released her debut album The Divine Miss M on Atlantic Records in December 1972. It streaked into Billboard's Top 10 and became a million-selling Platinum-certified album, making her a star in the process and earning Midler the 1973 Grammy Award for Best New Artist. It featured two hit singles with "Do You Want To Dance?" and "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" which became Bette's first #1 Adult Contemporary hit.
Bette Midler at the premiere of The Rose.

In 1975, she received a Special Tony Award for her contribution to Broadway with Clams on the Half Shell Revue playing at the Minskoff Theater. From 1975–1978, she also provided the voice of Woody the Spoon on the PBS educational series Vegetable Soup.

In 1979, Midler made her first motion picture, starring in the 1960s-era rock and roll tragedy The Rose, as a drug-addicted rock star modeled after Janis Joplin. Soon afterwards she left to go on a world concert tour, with one of the shows (in Pasadena) being filmed and released as the concert film Divine Madness. Also in 1980, she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for The Rose. The film's acclaimed soundtrack album sold over two million copies in the United States alone, earning a Double Platinum certification. The single version of the song held the #1 position on Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart for five consecutive weeks and reached #3 on Billboard's Hot 100. It earned Midler her first Gold single.

In 1981, Midler worked on the troubled project Jinxed!, a comedy in which she did not get along with her co-star (Ken Wahl) or the film's director (veteran Don Siegel). Released in 1982, the film was a major flop. Midler wouldn't appear in another film until 1986, and concentrated on her music career.

In 1985, she was a performer on USA for Africa's fund-raising single "We Are the World", and participated at the 'Live Aid' event at JFK stadium in Philadelphia.

Also in 1985, she signed a multi-picture deal with Touchstone Pictures. She was subsequently cast by director Paul Mazursky in Down and Out in Beverly Hills, beginning a successful comedic acting career. She followed that with Ruthless People (1986), Outrageous Fortune (1987), and Big Business (1988). She scored a hit with the 1988 tearjerker Beaches, co-starring Barbara Hershey.
Bette Midler in Los Angeles, 1990

Midler lent her voice to the animated character Georgette, a snobbish poodle, in Disney's Oliver & Company (1989). In 1990, she co-starred with Woody Allen in Scenes from a Mall, again for Mazursky. She earned another Academy Award nomination for Best Actress for 1991's For the Boys co-starring with James Caan and directed by Mark Rydell, who had also directed The Rose. She reportedly turned down the lead role in 1992's Sister Act, which instead went to Whoopi Goldberg.

Other films include Stella (1990), Hocus Pocus (1993), The First Wives Club (1996), and The Stepford Wives (2004). Her television work includes an Emmy-nominated version of the stage musical Gypsy and a guest appearance as herself in Fran Drescher's The Nanny.

Midler won an Emmy Award in 1992 for her memorable performance on the next-to-last episode of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson in May 1992; during which she sang an emotion-laden "One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)" to Johnny Carson. Another memorable event occurred that night, Midler began singing Here's That Rainy Day, Carson's favorite song. Carson then joined a few lyrics later, and a piano soon after. She appeared on Seinfeld in the episode "The Understudy," which was the season finale of that show's sixth season in 1995.
2000

Midler has guest-starred in various sitcoms over the years, including The Simpsons in the episode "Krusty Gets Kancelled" (she is first seen traversing a highway picking up trash when she is approached by Bart and Lisa with a request for Midler to appear on a show to revive Krusty's dying career). She also appeared on The Nanny in the aptly titled episode "You Bette Your Life". In 2000, Midler starred in her own sitcom, Bette. Airing on CBS, initial ratings were high but soon declined and the show did not last a full season, being cancelled in early 2001. During the show's short lifespan, Bette's daughter (played by Lindsay Lohan in the pilot, then by Marina Malota starting with the third episode) and her husband were recast (Robert Hays succeeded Kevin Dunn in the final episode aired). The show was also reportedly rocked by backstage turmoil.

Also in 2001, Bette or Bust, a book chronicling Midler's "Divine Miss Millennium Tour" was released.

Midler is to play Carrie Bradshaw's mother in the Sex and the City sequel.
Music

Midler has won four Grammy Awards including the 1973 Best New Artist and the prestigious Record of the Year in 1989 for her Platinum-certified #1 Pop hit "Wind Beneath My Wings", the theme from Beaches. Her rendition of the 1990 "From a Distance" also earned a Grammy award (for the song's composer Julie Gold), and became her longest running #1 - six consecutive weeks - on Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart. It also reached #2 Pop and was another Platinum-selling single for Bette. When the American Film Institute announced "The 100 Years of the Greatest Songs" on June 22, 2004, two of Midler's recordings were selected by the board: "Wind Beneath My Wings" (#44) and "The Rose" (#83). However, after years of erratic record sales, Midler was dropped from the Warner Brothers label in 2001.

After a long-standing feud with Barry Manilow, the two joined forces for the first time in twenty years in 2003 to record "Bette Midler Sings the Rosemary Clooney Songbook." Of the project, Manilow said he'd had a dream that he was recording with Midler again, so he called her up with the idea and she agreed that it was due time to work together again. Now signed to Columbia Records, the album was an instant success, being certified gold in only a few weeks. One of the Clooney Songbook selections, "This Ole House," became Midler's first Christian radio single shipped by Rick Hendrix and his positive music movement. The album was nominated for a Grammy the following year. worldwide .

In 2003–2004, Midler toured the U.S. in her new show, Kiss My Brass, to sell-out audiences. In early 2005, an Australian tour, Kiss My Brass Down Under, was equally successful. Midler joined forces again with Manilow for another tribute album, Bette Midler Sings the Peggy Lee Songbook. Released in October 2005, the album sold 55,000 copies the first week of release and debuted at #10.
Recent work

In 2006, a new Christmas album Cool Yule was released by Midler featuring the title song (written by Steve Allen) and a duet with Johnny Mathis of "Winter Wonderland/Let It Snow". Midler next starred in the 2007 film Then She Found Me, directed by Helen Hunt and starring Hunt, Matthew Broderick and Colin Firth, and appeared on the American Idol (season 6) finale, singing "The Wind Beneath My Wings" live at the Kodak Theatre.

On December 6, 2007, Midler's album Cool Yule received a Grammy nomination for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album.

Midler has a Vegas show titled "Bette Midler: The Showgirl Must Go On" at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace. The show has approximately 400 shows in a two year run. The show comprises The Staggering Harlettes, twenty female dancers and a thirteen piece band. Midler is reportedly being paid $40 million per year for her 200 shows The show debuted on February 20, 2008 .

A new "best of" album, "Jackpot: The Best Bette", was released in 2008 and reached #66 on the U.S. charts, and #6 in the U.K., where it was certified Platinum.

In June 2009, Midler appeared on the Bravo TV show "My Life on the D-List" with Kathy Griffin.

Bette has confirmed that she will be releasing a new album in 2010, an album of new love songs, which will be entitled 'Leaving Las Vegas'.
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Written By: CatwomanofV on 12/01/09 at 11:20 am

The house we just bought in Puerto Rico has a banana tree in the backyard-but it is more like plantain bananas-you have to cook them rather than just pick & eat it.

The co-birthday of the day...Bette Midler
Bette Midler (born December 1, 1945) is an American singer, actress and comedienne, also known (by her informal stage name) as The Divine Miss M. During her career, she has been nominated for two Academy Awards; and won four Grammy Awards, four Golden Globes, three Emmy Awards, and a special Tony Award.
In the summer of 1965, Midler relocated to New York City, using the money from playing an extra in the film Hawaii. She landed her first professional onstage role in Tom Eyen's Off-Off-Broadway plays in 1965, Miss Nefertiti Regrets and Cinderella Revisited, a children's play by day and an adult show by night. From 1966 to 1969, she played the role of Tzeitel in Fiddler on the Roof on Broadway; during this period her sister Judith, visiting New York to see her perform, was killed by a taxi cab.

In the summer of 1970, Midler began singing in the Continental Baths, a gay bathhouse in the city, where she became close to her piano accompanist, Barry Manilow. He later produced her first album, 1972's The Divine Miss M. It was during her time at the Continental Baths that she built up a core following. In the late 1990s, during the release of her album Bathhouse Betty, Midler commented on her time performing there:

"Despite the way things turned out , I'm still proud of those days. I feel like I was at the forefront of the gay liberation movement, and I hope I did my part to help it move forward. So, I kind of wear the label of 'Bathhouse Betty' with pride" .

In 1971, Midler starred in the first professional production of The Who's rock opera Tommy with director Richard Pearlman and the Seattle Opera. It was during the run of Tommy that Midler was asked to appear on the The Tonight Show. She proved to be so popular that her career immediately skyrocketed.
1970-1990 Success

Midler released her debut album The Divine Miss M on Atlantic Records in December 1972. It streaked into Billboard's Top 10 and became a million-selling Platinum-certified album, making her a star in the process and earning Midler the 1973 Grammy Award for Best New Artist. It featured two hit singles with "Do You Want To Dance?" and "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" which became Bette's first #1 Adult Contemporary hit.
Bette Midler at the premiere of The Rose.

In 1975, she received a Special Tony Award for her contribution to Broadway with Clams on the Half Shell Revue playing at the Minskoff Theater. From 1975–1978, she also provided the voice of Woody the Spoon on the PBS educational series Vegetable Soup.

In 1979, Midler made her first motion picture, starring in the 1960s-era rock and roll tragedy The Rose, as a drug-addicted rock star modeled after Janis Joplin. Soon afterwards she left to go on a world concert tour, with one of the shows (in Pasadena) being filmed and released as the concert film Divine Madness. Also in 1980, she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for The Rose. The film's acclaimed soundtrack album sold over two million copies in the United States alone, earning a Double Platinum certification. The single version of the song held the #1 position on Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart for five consecutive weeks and reached #3 on Billboard's Hot 100. It earned Midler her first Gold single.

In 1981, Midler worked on the troubled project Jinxed!, a comedy in which she did not get along with her co-star (Ken Wahl) or the film's director (veteran Don Siegel). Released in 1982, the film was a major flop. Midler wouldn't appear in another film until 1986, and concentrated on her music career.

In 1985, she was a performer on USA for Africa's fund-raising single "We Are the World", and participated at the 'Live Aid' event at JFK stadium in Philadelphia.

Also in 1985, she signed a multi-picture deal with Touchstone Pictures. She was subsequently cast by director Paul Mazursky in Down and Out in Beverly Hills, beginning a successful comedic acting career. She followed that with Ruthless People (1986), Outrageous Fortune (1987), and Big Business (1988). She scored a hit with the 1988 tearjerker Beaches, co-starring Barbara Hershey.
Bette Midler in Los Angeles, 1990

Midler lent her voice to the animated character Georgette, a snobbish poodle, in Disney's Oliver & Company (1989). In 1990, she co-starred with Woody Allen in Scenes from a Mall, again for Mazursky. She earned another Academy Award nomination for Best Actress for 1991's For the Boys co-starring with James Caan and directed by Mark Rydell, who had also directed The Rose. She reportedly turned down the lead role in 1992's Sister Act, which instead went to Whoopi Goldberg.

Other films include Stella (1990), Hocus Pocus (1993), The First Wives Club (1996), and The Stepford Wives (2004). Her television work includes an Emmy-nominated version of the stage musical Gypsy and a guest appearance as herself in Fran Drescher's The Nanny.

Midler won an Emmy Award in 1992 for her memorable performance on the next-to-last episode of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson in May 1992; during which she sang an emotion-laden "One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)" to Johnny Carson. Another memorable event occurred that night, Midler began singing Here's That Rainy Day, Carson's favorite song. Carson then joined a few lyrics later, and a piano soon after. She appeared on Seinfeld in the episode "The Understudy," which was the season finale of that show's sixth season in 1995.
2000

Midler has guest-starred in various sitcoms over the years, including The Simpsons in the episode "Krusty Gets Kancelled" (she is first seen traversing a highway picking up trash when she is approached by Bart and Lisa with a request for Midler to appear on a show to revive Krusty's dying career). She also appeared on The Nanny in the aptly titled episode "You Bette Your Life". In 2000, Midler starred in her own sitcom, Bette. Airing on CBS, initial ratings were high but soon declined and the show did not last a full season, being cancelled in early 2001. During the show's short lifespan, Bette's daughter (played by Lindsay Lohan in the pilot, then by Marina Malota starting with the third episode) and her husband were recast (Robert Hays succeeded Kevin Dunn in the final episode aired). The show was also reportedly rocked by backstage turmoil.

Also in 2001, Bette or Bust, a book chronicling Midler's "Divine Miss Millennium Tour" was released.

Midler is to play Carrie Bradshaw's mother in the Sex and the City sequel.
Music

Midler has won four Grammy Awards including the 1973 Best New Artist and the prestigious Record of the Year in 1989 for her Platinum-certified #1 Pop hit "Wind Beneath My Wings", the theme from Beaches. Her rendition of the 1990 "From a Distance" also earned a Grammy award (for the song's composer Julie Gold), and became her longest running #1 - six consecutive weeks - on Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart. It also reached #2 Pop and was another Platinum-selling single for Bette. When the American Film Institute announced "The 100 Years of the Greatest Songs" on June 22, 2004, two of Midler's recordings were selected by the board: "Wind Beneath My Wings" (#44) and "The Rose" (#83). However, after years of erratic record sales, Midler was dropped from the Warner Brothers label in 2001.

After a long-standing feud with Barry Manilow, the two joined forces for the first time in twenty years in 2003 to record "Bette Midler Sings the Rosemary Clooney Songbook." Of the project, Manilow said he'd had a dream that he was recording with Midler again, so he called her up with the idea and she agreed that it was due time to work together again. Now signed to Columbia Records, the album was an instant success, being certified gold in only a few weeks. One of the Clooney Songbook selections, "This Ole House," became Midler's first Christian radio single shipped by Rick Hendrix and his positive music movement. The album was nominated for a Grammy the following year. worldwide .

In 2003–2004, Midler toured the U.S. in her new show, Kiss My Brass, to sell-out audiences. In early 2005, an Australian tour, Kiss My Brass Down Under, was equally successful. Midler joined forces again with Manilow for another tribute album, Bette Midler Sings the Peggy Lee Songbook. Released in October 2005, the album sold 55,000 copies the first week of release and debuted at #10.
Recent work

In 2006, a new Christmas album Cool Yule was released by Midler featuring the title song (written by Steve Allen) and a duet with Johnny Mathis of "Winter Wonderland/Let It Snow". Midler next starred in the 2007 film Then She Found Me, directed by Helen Hunt and starring Hunt, Matthew Broderick and Colin Firth, and appeared on the American Idol (season 6) finale, singing "The Wind Beneath My Wings" live at the Kodak Theatre.

On December 6, 2007, Midler's album Cool Yule received a Grammy nomination for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album.

Midler has a Vegas show titled "Bette Midler: The Showgirl Must Go On" at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace. The show has approximately 400 shows in a two year run. The show comprises The Staggering Harlettes, twenty female dancers and a thirteen piece band. Midler is reportedly being paid $40 million per year for her 200 shows The show debuted on February 20, 2008 .

A new "best of" album, "Jackpot: The Best Bette", was released in 2008 and reached #66 on the U.S. charts, and #6 in the U.K., where it was certified Platinum.

In June 2009, Midler appeared on the Bravo TV show "My Life on the D-List" with Kathy Griffin.

Bette has confirmed that she will be releasing a new album in 2010, an album of new love songs, which will be entitled 'Leaving Las Vegas'.
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Bette is an outstanding all around performer. She is one of my all-time favorites.

Some of my favorite Bette movies that I HIGHLY recommend:

-Ruthless People
-For The Boys
-Hocus Pocus
-Big Business
-Beaches (well, if you like to cry :D ;D ;D )

I have yet to see the Rose.

Cat

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Written By: ninny on 12/01/09 at 2:23 pm

The house we just bought in Puerto Rico has a banana tree in the backyard-but it is more like plantain bananas-you have to cook them rather than just pick & eat it.

Bette is an outstanding all around performer. She is one of my all-time favorites.

Some of my favorite Bette movies that I HIGHLY recommend:

-Ruthless People
-For The Boys
-Hocus Pocus
-Big Business
-Beaches (well, if you like to cry :D ;D ;D )

I have yet to see the Rose.

Cat

Banana Bread,or banana pudding sounds good.

I love the Rose, one of Missy favorite movies is Hocus Pocus.

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Written By: Howard on 12/01/09 at 2:55 pm

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Written By: gibbo on 12/01/09 at 3:00 pm

very 'apeeling' topic Janine! ;)

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Written By: Howard on 12/01/09 at 3:04 pm

Yes We have No Bananas.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: gibbo on 12/01/09 at 3:07 pm

Yes We have No Bananas.

No bananas today.... :(

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Written By: Howard on 12/01/09 at 3:09 pm

No bananas today.... :(

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she has a banana. :o

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Written By: Frank on 12/01/09 at 3:53 pm

No bananas today.... :(

Remember this one?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zb510ju771o

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/02/09 at 1:03 am

The word of the day...Bananas
1. Any of several treelike Asian herbs of the genus Musa, especially M. acuminata, having a terminal crown of large, entire leaves and a hanging cluster of fruits.
2. The elongated, edible fruit of these plants, having a thick yellowish to reddish skin and white, aromatic, seedless pulp.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbU5CzPi0zM

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/02/09 at 1:04 am

The word of the day...Bananas
1. Any of several treelike Asian herbs of the genus Musa, especially M. acuminata, having a terminal crown of large, entire leaves and a hanging cluster of fruits.
2. The elongated, edible fruit of these plants, having a thick yellowish to reddish skin and white, aromatic, seedless pulp.
I had a banana yesterday.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/02/09 at 1:05 am

The birthday of the day...Woody Allen
Woody Allen (born Allen Stewart Konigsberg; December 1, 1935) is an American screenwriter, film director, actor, comedian, writer, musician, and playwright.

Allen's distinctive films, which run the gamut from dramas to screwball sex comedies, have made him one of the most respected living American directors. He is also distinguished by his rapid rate of production and his very large body of work. Allen writes and directs his movies and has also acted in the majority of them. For inspiration, Allen draws heavily on literature, sexuality, philosophy, psychology, Jewish identity, and the history of cinema, among a wealth of other fields of interest.

Allen is also a jazz clarinetist. What began as a teenage avocation has led to regular public performances at various small venues in his hometown of Manhattan, with occasional appearances at various jazz festivals. Allen joined the Preservation Hall Jazz Band and the New Orleans Funeral Ragtime Orchestra in performances that provided the film score for his 1973 comedy Sleeper, and a rare European tour in 1996 featuring Allen was the subject of the documentary Wild Man Blues.
His first movie production was What's New, Pussycat? in 1965, for which he wrote the initial screenplay. He was hired by Warren Beatty to re-write a script, and to appear in a small part in the movie. Over the course of the re-write, Beatty's part grew smaller and Allen's grew larger. Beatty was upset and quit the production. Peter O'Toole was hired for the Beatty role, and Peter Sellers was brought in as well; Sellers was a big enough star to demand many of Woody Allen's best lines/scenes, prompting hasty re-writes.

Allen's first directorial effort was What's Up, Tiger Lily? (1966 co-written with Mickey Rose), in which an existing Japanese spy movie (Kokusai himitsu keisatsu: Kagi no kagi — "International Secret Police: Key of Keys") was redubbed in English by Allen and his friends with completely new, comic dialogue.

He acted in the James Bond spoof, Casino Royale.
1960s and 1970s

Allen directed Take the Money and Run (1969), and then Bananas, Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask), Sleeper, and Love and Death. Take the Money and Run and Bananas were both co-written by his childhood friend, Mickey Rose.

In 1972, he starred in the film version of Play It Again, Sam, which was directed by Herbert Ross. All of Allen's early films were pure comedies that relied heavily on slapstick, inventive sight gags, and non-stop one-liners. Among the many notable influences on these films are Bob Hope, Groucho Marx (as well as, to some extent, Harpo Marx) and Humphrey Bogart. In 1976, he starred in The Front directed by Martin Ritt), a humorous and poignant account of Hollywood blacklisting during the 1950s.

Annie Hall won four Academy Awards in 1977, including Best Picture and Best Actress in a Leading Role for Diane Keaton. Annie Hall set the standard for modern romantic comedy, and also started a minor fashion trend with the unique clothes worn by Diane Keaton in the film (the offbeat, masculine clothing, such as ties with cardigans, was actually Keaton's own). While in production, its working title was "Anhedonia," a term that means the inability to feel pleasure, and its plot revolved around a murder mystery. Apparently, as filmed, the murder mystery plot did not work (and was later used in his 1993 Manhattan Murder Mystery), so Allen re-cut the movie after production ended to focus on the romantic comedy between Allen's character, Alvy Singer, and Keaton's character, Annie Hall. The new version, retitled Annie Hall (named after Keaton, Hall being her given last name and Annie a nickname), still deals with the theme of the inability to feel pleasure. Ranked at No. 35 on the American Film Institute' s "100 Best Movies" and at No. 4 on the AFI list of "100 Best Comedies," Annie Hall is considered to be among Allen's best.

Manhattan, released in 1979, is a black-and-white film that can be viewed as an homage to New York City, which has been described as the true "main character" of the movie. As in many other Allen films, the main characters are upper-class academics. Even though it makes fun of pretentious intellectuals, the story is packed with obscure references which makes it less accessible to a general audience. The love-hate opinion of cerebral persons found in Manhattan is characteristic of many of Allen's movies including Crimes and Misdemeanors and Annie Hall. Manhattan focuses on the complicated relationship between a middle-aged Isaac Davis (Allen) and a 17-year-old Tracy (Mariel Hemingway).

Between Annie Hall and Manhattan, Allen wrote and directed the gloomy drama Interiors (1978), in the style of the late Swedish director Ingmar Bergman, one of Allen's major influences. Interiors represented a significant departure from Allen's "earlier, funnier comedies" (a line from 1980s Stardust Memories).
1980s

Allen's 1980s films, even the comedies, have somber and philosophical undertones. Some, like September and Stardust Memories, are heavily influenced by the works of European directors, most notably Ingmar Bergman and Federico Fellini.

Stardust Memories features as a main character Sandy Bates, a successful filmmaker played by Allen, who expresses resentment and scorn for his fans. Overcome by the recent death of a friend from illness, the character states, "I don't want to make funny movies any more," and a running gag throughout the film has various people (including a group of visiting space aliens) telling Bates that they appreciate his films, "especially the early, funny ones." To this day, Allen believes this to be one of his very best films.

However, by the mid-1980s, Allen had begun to combine tragic and comic elements with the release of such films as Hannah and Her Sisters and Crimes and Misdemeanors, in which he tells two different stories that connect at the end. He also produced a vividly idiosyncratic tragi-comical parody of documentary, titled Zelig.

He also made three films about show business. The first is Broadway Danny Rose, in which he plays a New York show business agent; the second is The Purple Rose of Cairo, a movie that shows the importance of the cinema during the Depression through the character of the naive Cecilia. Lastly, Allen made Radio Days, which is a film about his childhood in Brooklyn, and the importance of the radio. Purple Rose was named by Time Magazine as one of the 100 best films of all time, and Allen has described it as one of his three best films, along with Stardust Memories and Match Point. (Allen defines them as "best" not in terms of quality, but because they came out the closest to his original vision.)

Before the end of the '80s, he made other movies that were strongly inspired by Ingmar Bergman's films. September resembles Autumn Sonata, and Allen uses many elements from Wild Strawberries in Another Woman. Similarly, the Federico Fellini classic Amarcord strongly inspired Radio Days.
1990s

His 1992 film Shadows and Fog is a black-and-white homage to German expressionists and features the music of Kurt Weill. Allen then made his critically acclaimed drama Husbands and Wives (1992), which received two Oscar nominations: Best Supporting Actress for Judy Davis and Best Original Screenplay for Allen. His film Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993) combined suspense with dark comedy, and marked the return of Diane Keaton, Alan Alda and Anjelica Huston.

Next, he returned to lighter movies, such as Bullets Over Broadway (1994), which earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Director, followed by a musical, Everyone Says I Love You (1996). The singing and dancing scenes in Everyone Says I Love You are similar to many musicals starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. The comedy Mighty Aphrodite (1995), in which the Greek drama plays a large role, won an Academy Award for Mira Sorvino. Allen's 1999 jazz-based comedy-drama Sweet and Lowdown was also nominated for two Academy Awards for Sean Penn (Best Actor) and Samantha Morton (Best Supporting Actress). In contrast to these lighter movies, Allen veered into darker satire towards the end of the decade with Deconstructing Harry (1997) and Celebrity (1998). Allen made his only sitcom "appearance" to date (2009) via telephone on the show Just Shoot Me!, in a 1997 episode, "My Dinner with Woody," which paid tribute to several of his films. Allen also provided the lead voice in the 1998 animated film Antz, which featured many actors he had previously worked with and had Allen play a character that was very similar to his earlier neurotic roles, only as an insect.
2000s

Small Time Crooks (2000) was his first film with DreamWorks SKG studio and represented a change in direction: Allen began giving more interviews and made an apparent attempt to return to his slapstick comedy roots. Small Time Crooks was a relative success, grossing over $17 million domestically, but Allen's next four films foundered at the box office, including Allen's most expensive film to date, The Curse of the Jade Scorpion (with a budget of $33 million). Hollywood Ending, Anything Else, and Melinda and Melinda were given "rotten" ratings from film-review website Rotten Tomatoes and each earned less than $5 million domestically. Some critics claimed that Allen's films since 1999's Sweet and Lowdown were subpar and expressed concern that Allen's best years were now behind him. Woody gave his godson, Quincy Rose, a small part in Melinda and Melinda.
Woody Allen in concert in New York City, 2006

Match Point (2005) was one of Allen's most successful films in the past 10 years and generally received very positive reviews. Set in London, it starred Jonathan Rhys-Meyers and Scarlett Johansson. It is also markedly darker than Allen's first four films under the DreamWorks SKG banner. In Match Point, Allen shifts his focus from the intellectual upper class of New York to the moneyed upper class of London. While different from Allen's many critical satires, Match Point still has undertones of social critique. This is clearest in the theme of luck which works on several levels in the film. Match Point earned more than $23 million domestically (more than any of his films in nearly 20 years) and earned over $62 million in international box office sales. Match Point earned Allen his first Academy Award nomination since 1998 for Best Writing - Original Screenplay and also earned directing and writing nominations at the Golden Globes, his first Globe nominations since 1987. In an interview with Premiere Magazine, Allen stated this was the best film he has ever made.

Allen returned to London to film Scoop, which also starred Johansson, as well as Hugh Jackman, Ian McShane and Kevin McNally. The film was released on July 28, 2006, and received mixed reviews. He has also filmed Cassandra's Dream in London. Cassandra's Dream stars Colin Farrell, Ewan McGregor, and Tom Wilkinson and was released in November 2007.

After finishing his third London film, Allen headed to Spain. He reached an agreement to film Vicky Cristina Barcelona in Avilés, Barcelona and Oviedo, where shooting started on July 9, 2007. The movie stars international actors and actresses, including Scarlett Johansson, Javier Bardem, Rebecca Hall, and Penélope Cruz. Speaking of his experience there, Allen said: "I'm delighted at being able to work with Mediapro and make a film in Spain, a country which has become so special to me." Vicky Cristina Barcelona was well received, winning "Best Musical or Comedy" at the Golden Globe awards. Penélope Cruz received the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the film.

Allen has said that he "survives" on the European market. Audiences there have tended to be more receptive to Allen's films, particularly in Spain and France, both countries where he has a large fan base (something joked about in Hollywood Ending). "In the United States things have changed a lot, and it's hard to make good small films now," Allen said in a 2004 interview. "The avaricious studios couldn't care less about good films – if they get a good film they're twice as happy, but money-making films are their goal. They only want these $100 million pictures that make $500 million."

In April 2008, he began filming for a movie focused more towards older audiences starring Larry David, Patricia Clarkson and Evan Rachel Wood. He revealed in July 2008 the title of this film, to be released in 2009: Whatever Works, described as a dark comedy, follows the story of a botched suicide attempt turned messy love triangle. Whatever Works was written by Allen in the 1970s and the character now played by Larry David was originally written for Zero Mostel, who died the year Annie Hall came out.

Allen's current project, You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger, filmed in London, stars Antonio Banderas, Josh Brolin, Sir Anthony Hopkins, Anupam Kher, Freida Pinto and Naomi Watts. Filming started in July 2009.

Reports also suggest that Woody Allen's next two projects will be filmed in Europe, in the summers of 2010 and 2011, respectively.
Distinction in the film world
Main article: List of awards won by Woody Allen
Life-size statue of Woody Allen in Oviedo.
Close up of Allen's statue in Oviedo (Asturias, Spain).

Over the course of his career, Allen has received a considerable number of awards and distinctions in film festivals and yearly national film awards ceremonies, saluting his work as a director, screenwriter, and actor. When premiering his films at festivals, Allen does not screen his motion pictures in competition, thus deliberately taking them out of consideration for potential awards.

* Allen's film Annie Hall won four Academy Awards in 1977, including best picture.
* Allen won the 1978 O. Henry Award for his short story "The Kugelmass Episode," published in The New Yorker on May 2, 1977.
* Allen twice won the César Award for Best Foreign Film, the first in 1980 for Manhattan and the second in 1986 for The Purple Rose of Cairo. Seven other of his movies were nominated for the prize.
* In 1986, Allen won the Golden Globe for Best Screenplay for The Purple Rose of Cairo, and in 2009 he won the same award for Best Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical for Vicky Christina Barcelona. He was also nominated four times as Best Director, four times for Best Screenplay and twice for Best Actor (Comedy/musical).
* At the 1995 Venice Film Festival, Allen received a Career Golden Lion for lifetime achievement.
* In 1996, Allen received a lifetime achievement award from the Directors Guild of America.
* In 2002, Allen won the Prince of Asturias Award. Subsequently, the city of Oviedo, Spain, erected a life-size statue of Allen.
* In 2002, Allen received the Palme des Palmes, a special lifetime achievement award granted by the Cannes Festival and whose sole other recipient is Ingmar Bergman.
* In a 2005 poll The Comedian's Comedian, Allen was voted the third greatest comedy act ever by fellow comedians and comedy insiders.
* In June 2007, Allen received a Ph.D. degree Honoris Causa from Pompeu Fabra University (Barcelona, Spain).

Academy Awards

Woody Allen has won three Academy Awards and been nominated a total of 21 times: 14 as a screenwriter, six as a director, and one as an actor. He has more screenwriting Academy Award nominations than any other writer; all are in the "Best Original Screenplay" category. He is tied for fifth all-time with six Best Director nominations. His actors have regularly received both nominations and Academy Awards for their work in Allen films, particularly in the Best Supporting categories.

Annie Hall won four Academy Awards (Best Picture, Best Screenplay, Best Director and Best Actress). The film received a fifth nomination, for Allen as Best Actor. Hannah and Her Sisters won three, for Best Screenplay and both Best Supporting Actor categories; it was nominated in four other categories, including Best Picture and Best Director.

Despite friendly recognition from the Academy, Allen has consistently refused to attend the ceremony or acknowledge his Oscar wins. He broke this pattern only once. At the Academy Awards ceremony in 2002, Allen made an unannounced appearance, making a plea for producers to continue filming their movies in New York City after the 9-11 attacks. He was given a standing ovation before introducing a montage of movie clips featuring New York.
Best Original Screenplay

* Won: Annie Hall (1977)
* Nominated: Interiors (1978)
* Nominated: Manhattan (1979)
* Nominated: Broadway Danny Rose (1984)
* Nominated: The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985)
* Won: Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
* Nominated: Radio Days (1987)
* Nominated: Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)
* Nominated: Alice (1990)
* Nominated: Husbands and Wives (1992)
* Nominated: Bullets Over Broadway (1994)
* Nominated: Mighty Aphrodite (1995)
* Nominated: Deconstructing Harry (1997)
* Nominated: Match Point (2005)

Best Actor

* Nominated: Annie Hall (1977)

Best Director

* Won: Annie Hall (1977)
* Nominated: Interiors (1978)
* Nominated: Broadway Danny Rose (1984)
* Nominated: Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
* Nominated: Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)
* Nominated: Bullets Over Broadway (1994)

* Five actors have won six Academy Awards for their work in Allen films: Diane Keaton (Best Actress, Annie Hall), Michael Caine (Best Supporting Actor, Hannah and Her Sisters), Dianne Wiest (Best Supporting Actress, Hannah and Her Sisters and Bullets Over Broadway), Mira Sorvino (Best Supporting Actress, Mighty Aphrodite), and Penélope Cruz (Best Supporting Actress, Vicky Cristina Barcelona).

* Eleven actors have received Academy Award nominations for their work in Allen films: Allen himself (Best Actor, Annie Hall), Geraldine Page (Best Actress, Interiors), Martin Landau (Best Supporting Actor, Crimes and Misdemeanors), Chazz Palminteri (Best Supporting Actor, Bullets Over Broadway), Maureen Stapleton (Best Supporting Actress, Interiors), Mariel Hemingway (Best Supporting Actress, Manhattan), Judy Davis (Best Supporting Actress, Husbands and Wives), Jennifer Tilly (Best Supporting Actress, Bullets Over Broadway), Sean Penn (Best Actor, Sweet and Lowdown), and Samantha Morton (Best Supporting Actress, Sweet and Lowdown).

BAFTA

Allen has won a number of British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) awards and nominations for best picture, best director, best actor, and best screenplay. In 1997, he received the honorary BAFTA Fellowship for his work.

* 1978 — Won — Best Film — Annie Hall
* 1978 — Won — Best Screenplay — Annie Hall (with Marshall Brickman)
* 1978 — Won — Best Direction — Annie Hall
* 1980 — Won — Best Film — Manhattan
* 1980 — Won — Best Screenplay — Manhattan (with Marshall Brickman)
* 1985 — Won — Best Screenplay — Broadway Danny Rose
* 1986 — Won — Best Film — The Purple Rose of Cairo
* 1986 — Won — Best Screenplay — The Purple Rose of Cairo
* 1987 — Won — Best Screenplay — Hannah and Her Sisters
* 1987 — Won — Best Direction — Hannah and Her Sisters
* 1993 — Won — Best Screenplay — Husbands and Wives
* Nominated for best film for Hannah and Her Sisters, Radio Days, Crimes and Misdemeanors.
* Nominated for best actor for Annie Hall, Manhattan, Hannah and Her Sisters.
* Nominated for best director for Manhattan, Crimes and Misdemeanors.
* Nominated for best screenplay for Zelig, Radio Days, Crimes and Misdemeanors, Bullets Over Broadway (with Douglas McGrath).
In the recent years, Woody Allen has been filming in London, and has been seen by friends of mine.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/02/09 at 1:07 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmRq15K8zP4

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Written By: ninny on 12/02/09 at 3:32 am

very 'apeeling' topic Janine! ;)

Cute ;D

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she has a banana. :o

Imagine Howie having a pic like this :o ;D

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A nice blast from the past :)

I had a banana yesterday.

I would like to eat more, but they give me gas.

In the recent years, Woody Allen has been filming in London, and has been seen by friends of mine.

I see that he is filming You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger in London.

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Written By: ninny on 12/02/09 at 3:37 am

The word of the day...Camera
1. An apparatus for taking photographs, generally consisting of a lightproof enclosure having an aperture with a shuttered lens through which the image of an object is focused and recorded on a photosensitive film, plate, or sensor.
2. The part of a television transmitting apparatus that receives the primary image on a light-sensitive cathode-ray tube and transforms it into electrical impulses.
3. Camera obscura.
4. pl., -er·ae (-ə-rē). A judge's private chamber.
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Written By: ninny on 12/02/09 at 3:41 am

The birthday of the day...Julie Harris
Julie Harris (born December 2, 1925) is an American stage, screen, and television actress. She has won five Tony Awards and three Emmy Awards, and was nominated for an Academy Award. She is a member of the American Theatre Hall of Fame. She also received the 2002 Special Lifetime Achievement Tony Award
Harris's screen debut was in 1952, repeating her Broadway success as the monumentally lonely teenage girl Frankie in Carson McCullers' The Member of the Wedding, for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress. That film also preserves the original Broadway cast performances of Ethel Waters and Brandon DeWilde. That same year, she won her first Best Actress Tony for originating the role of insouciant Sally Bowles in I Am a Camera, the stage version of Christopher Isherwood's Goodbye to Berlin (later musicalized as Cabaret on Broadway in 1966 and, in the 1972 film, with Liza Minnelli as Sally Bowles.) Harris repeated her stage role in the 1955 film version of I Am a Camera. She also appeared in such seminal films as East of Eden (1955), with film icon James Dean (with whom she became close friends), Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962) and Reflections in a Golden Eye (1967).

Horror film fans remember Harris as the ethereal Eleanor Lance in The Haunting, director Robert Wise's 1963 screen adaptation of a novel by Shirley Jackson, now considered a classic of the horror genre. Another cast member recalled Harris maintaining a social distance from the other actors while not on set, later explaining that she had done so as a method of emphasizing the alienation from the other characters experienced by her character in the film.

She reprised her Tony-winning role as Mary Todd Lincoln in 1973's play The Last of Mrs. Lincoln in the film version, which appeared in 1976. Another noteworthy film appearance was in the World War II drama The Hiding Place (1975).

Harris has received more Tony Award nominations (ten) and wins (five) than any other performer and in 1966 won the Sarah Siddons Award for her work in Chicago theatre. Her Broadway credits include The Playboy of the Western World, Macbeth, The Member of the Wedding, A Shot in the Dark, Skyscraper, And Miss Reardon Drinks a Little, Forty Carats, The Glass Menagerie, and The Gin Game.
President George W. Bush and Laura Bush pose with the Kennedy Center honorees, from left to right, actress Julie Harris, actor Robert Redford, singer Tina Turner, ballet dancer Suzanne Farrell and singer Tony Bennett on December 4, 2005, during the reception in the Blue Room at the White House.

Of particular note is her Tony-winning performance in The Belle of Amherst, a one-woman play (written by William Luce and directed by Charles Nelson Reilly) based on the life and poetry of Emily Dickinson. She first performed the play in 1976 and subsequently appeared in other solo shows, including Luce's Bronte.

On television, she is known for her role as Lilimae Clements, the mother of Valene Ewing (played by Joan Van Ark) on the CBS nighttime soap opera Knots Landing. The role was as a recurring character from 1980 to 1981 and as a series regular from 1981-1987. For her television work, Harris has won three Emmy Awards and has been nominated eleven times. One of her most famous television roles was as Queen Victoria, in the 1961 Hallmark Hall of Fame production of Laurence Housman's Victoria Regina, for which she won an Emmy. Earlier, also for the Hallmark Hall of Fame, she starred as Nora Helmer opposite Christopher Plummer in a 90-minute 1959 television adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House. She made more appearances in leading roles on the Hallmark program than any other actress, also appearing in two different adaptations of the play Little Moon of Alban.

On December 5, 2005, she was named a Kennedy Center Honoree. At a White House ceremony, President George W. Bush remarked, "It's hard to imagine the American stage without the face, the voice, and the limitless talent of Julie Harris. She has found happiness in her life's work, and we thank her for sharing that happiness with the whole world."

Julie Harris continues to work - recently narrating five historical documentaries by Christopher Seufert and Mooncusser Films, as well as being active as a director on the board of the independent Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater. She has also done extensive voice work for documentary maker Ken Burns, in doing the voices of Ann Lee in The Shakers: Hands to Work, Hearts to God, Susan B. Anthony in Not For Ourselves Alone: Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony and most notably as Southern diarist Mary Boykin Chesnut for Burns' 1990 series The Civil War.

In the summer of 2008, Ms. Harris appeared on-stage again in her hometown of Chatham as Nanny in Monomoy Theater's production of The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds.
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Written By: ninny on 12/02/09 at 3:53 am

The co-birthdays of the day...Monica Seles
Monica Seles (Hungarian: Szeles Mónika, Serbo-Croatian:Monika Seleš, pronounced , born December 2, 1973) is a former World No. 1 professional tennis player and a member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame. She was born in Novi Sad, Yugoslavia (now Serbia) to Hungarian parents and became a naturalized United States citizen in 1994. According to published reports in Canadian and Hungarian news media (including two newspapers of record), she also received Hungarian citizenship in June 2007. She won nine Grand Slam singles titles, winning eight of them while a citizen of Yugoslavia and one while a citizen of the United States.

She became the youngest-ever champion at the 1990 French Open at the age of 16. She was the World No. 1 player in the women's game during 1991 and 1992, but in 1993 she was forced out of the sport for more than two years following an on-court attack in which a German spectator stabbed her in the back with a 10-inch-long knife. She enjoyed some success after returning to the tour in 1995, including a Grand Slam singles title at the 1996 Australian Open, but was unable to consistently reproduce her best form. Seles played her last professional match at the 2003 French Open, but her official retirement announcement was not issued until February 2008.
Seles won her first Grand Slam singles title at the 1990 French Open. Facing World No. 1 Steffi Graf in the final, Seles saved four set points in a first set tiebreaker, which she won 8–6, and went on to take the match in straight sets. In doing so, she became the youngest-ever French Open singles titlist at the age of 16 years, 6 months. She also won the 1990 year-ending Virginia Slims Championships, defeating Gabriela Sabatini in five sets. She finished the year ranked World No. 2.

1991 was the first of two years in which Seles dominated the women's tour. She started out by winning the Australian Open in January, beating Jana Novotná in the final. In March, she replaced Graf as the World No. 1. She then successfully defended her French Open title, beating the former youngest-ever winner, Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, in the final. Instead of playing at Wimbledon, however, Seles took a six-week break, blaming shin splints. But she was back in time for the US Open, which she won by beating Martina Navratilova in the final to cement her position at the top of the world rankings. She also won the year-ending Virginia Slims Championships, defeating Navratilova in four sets.

1992 was an equally dominant year. Seles successfully defended her titles at the Australian Open, the French Open, and the US Open. She also reached the final at Wimbledon but lost to Graf 6–2, 6–1. Two opponents (including Navratilova in the semifinals) had strongly complained about Seles's grunting.

From January 1991 through February 1993, Seles won 22 titles and reached 33 finals out of the 34 tournaments she played. She compiled a 159–12 win-loss record (92.9% winning percentage), including a 55–1 win-loss record in Grand Slam tournaments. In the broader context of her first four years on the circuit (1989–1992), Seles had a win-loss record of 231–25 (90.2% winning percentage) and collected 30 titles.
1993 stabbing

Seles was the top women's player heading into 1993, having won the French Open three consecutive years and both the US Open and Australian Open in consecutive years. In January 1993, Seles defeated Graf in the final of the Australian Open, which to date was her third win in four Grand Slam finals with Graf.

However on April 30 during a quarterfinal match with Magdalena Maleeva in Hamburg in which Seles was leading 6–4, 4–3, Günter Parche, an obsessed fan of Steffi Graf, ran from the middle of the crowd to the edge of the court during a break between games and stabbed Seles with a boning knife between her shoulder blades, to a depth of 1.5 cm (.59 inches). Parche admitted that he stabbed Seles to help Graf regain the No.1 ranking. She was quickly rushed to a hospital. Although her physical injuries took only a few weeks to heal, she did not return to competitive tennis for more than two years.

Parche was charged following the incident but was not jailed because he was found to be psychologically abnormal and was instead sentenced to two years' probation and psychological treatment. The incident prompted a significant increase in the level of security at tour events. Seles vowed never to play tennis in Germany again, criticizing the German legal system. "What people seem to be forgetting is that this man stabbed me intentionally and he did not serve any sort of punishment for it... I would not feel comfortable going back. I don't foresee that happening."

Young Elders, a band from Melbourne, Australia sent their song called "Fly Monica Fly" to Seles while she was recuperating from the 1993 stabbing incident. According to her autobiography, the song provided inspiration to her at that time and Seles subsequently met the band (who later changed their name to The Monicas) following her victory at the Australian Open in 1996.

The stabbing incident is also the subject of Dan Bern's 1998 tribute to Seles, Monica. Additionally, Detroit dreampop band Majesty Crush paid tribute with "Seles" from the 1993 album Love-15.
Comeback

Seles returned to the tour in August 1995 and won her first comeback tournament, the Canadian Open, beating Amanda Coetzer in the final 6–0, 6–1. The following month at the US Open, Seles lost the final to Graf 6-7, 6-0, 3-6 after failing to capitalize on a set point in the first set.
Seles at the 2001 Canada Masters

In January 1996, Seles won her fourth Australian Open, beating Anke Huber in the final. But this was her last Grand Slam title. Seles struggled to recapture her best form on a consistent basis. Her difficulties were compounded by having to cope with her father and long-term coach Károly being stricken by cancer and eventually dying in 1998. Seles was the runner-up at the US Open to Graf again in 1996. Her last Grand Slam final came at the French Open in 1998 (a few weeks after her father's death). She defeated World No. 3 Jana Novotná in three sets and World No. 1 Martina Hingis in straight sets before losing to Arantxa Sánchez Vicario in the three-set final.

While she did not reach another Grand Slam singles final, she did consistently reach the quarterfinal and semifinal stages in those tournaments and was a fixture in the WTA Tour's top 10. In 2002, her last full year on the tour, she finished the year ranked World No. 7 and defeated Venus Williams, Martina Hingis, Jennifer Capriati, Justine Henin, Maria Sharapova, Kim Clijsters, and Lindsay Davenport and reached at least the quarterfinals at each Grand Slam tournament.

After becoming a U.S. citizen in 1994, Seles helped the U.S. team win the Fed Cup in 1996, 1999, and 2000. She also won a bronze medal at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney.
Period of hiatus
Seles in the 2007 exhibition against Navratilova in New Orleans, Louisiana

In the spring of 2003, Seles sustained a foot injury that sidelined her from the tour before the 2003 French Open. She never again played an official tour match.

In February 2005, Seles played two exhibition matches in New Zealand against Navratilova. Despite losing both matches, she played competitively and announced that she could return to the game early in 2006; however, she did not do so. She played three exhibition matches against Navratilova in 2007. On April 5, she defeated Navratilova in Houston, Texas on clay 7–6 (1), 2–6, 10–1 (tiebreak). On September 14, Seles defeated Navratilova on an indoor court in New Orleans, Louisiana 6–2, 6–4. On September 16, she defeated Navratilova on clay in Bucharest, Romania 3–6, 6–3, 10–7 (tiebreak).

In December 2007, Seles said to the press that Lindsay Davenport's successful return to the tour had inspired her to consider her own limited comeback to play Grand Slam tournaments and the major warm-up events for those tournaments. However, on February 14, 2008, Seles announced her official retirement from professional tennis.
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*Nelly Furtado
Nelly Kim Furtado (born December 2, 1978) is a Portuguese-Canadian singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress. She has sold over 18 million albums worldwide, and currently resides in Toronto. Furtado grew up in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.

Furtado came to fame in 2000 with the release of her debut album Whoa, Nelly!, which featured her breakthrough Grammy Award-winning single "I'm Like a Bird". After becoming a mother and releasing the less commercially successful Folklore (2003), she returned to prominence in 2006 with the release of Loose and its hit singles "Promiscuous", "Maneater," "All Good Things (Come to an End)" and "Say It Right."

In 2009, Furtado released her first full-length Spanish album "Mi Plan", Which contains her first solo number 1 on the Billboard Hot Latin Tracks, "Manos al Aire", staying on the Top position for 4 consecutive weeks.

Furtado is known for experimenting with different instruments, sounds, genres, vocal styles, and languages. This diversity has been influenced by her wide-ranging musical taste and her interest in different cultures.
Furtado continued the collaboration with Eaton and West, who co-produced her debut album, Whoa, Nelly!, which was released in October 2000. Following the release of the album, Furtado headlined the "Burn in the Spotlight Tour" and also appeared on Moby's Area:One tour.

The album was an international success, supported by three international singles: "I'm like a Bird", "Turn off the Light", and "...On the Radio (Remember the Days)". It received four Grammy Award nominations in 2002, and her debut single won for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. Furtado's work was also critically acclaimed for her innovative mixture of various genres and sounds. Slant Magazine called the album "a delightful and refreshing antidote to the army of 'pop princesses' and rap-metal bands that had taken over popular music at the turn of the millennium".

The sound of the album was strongly influenced by musicians who had traversed cultures and "the challenge of making heartfelt, emotional music that's upbeat and hopeful". According to Maclean's magazine, Whoa, Nelly! had sold five million copies worldwide as of August 2006.

Portions of the song "Scared of You" are in Portuguese, while "Onde Estás" is entirely in Portuguese, reflecting Furtado's Portuguese heritage. The International Release of "Whoa Nelly" featured fellow Canadian Esthero on the song titled "I Feel You".

In 2002, Furtado appeared on the song "Thin Line", on underground hip hop group Jurassic 5's album Power in Numbers. The same year, Furtado provided her vocals to the Paul Oakenfold's song "The Harder They Come" from the album "Bunkka" and also made the song "These words are my own". She also had a collaboration with Colombian artist Juanes, in the song "Fotografia" where she showed her diversity of yet another language.
2003–2005: Folklore

Furtado's second album, Folklore, was released in November 2003. The final track on the album, "Childhood Dreams", was dedicated to her daughter, Nevis. The album includes the single "Força" (meaning "strength" or "carry on" in Portuguese), the official anthem of the 2004 European Football Championship. Furtado performed this song in Lisbon at the championship's final, in which the Portugal national team played. The lead single is "Powerless (Say What You Want)" and the second single is the ballad "Try". The album was not as successful as her debut, partly due to the album's less "poppy" sound, as well as underpromotion from her label DreamWorks Records. DreamWorks had just been sold to Universal Music Group. In 2005, DreamWorks Records, along with many of its artists including Furtado, was absorbed into Geffen Records.

"Powerless (Say What You Want)" was later remixed, featuring Colombian rocker Juanes, who had previously worked with Furtado on his track "Fotografía" ("Photograph"). The two would collaborate again on "Te Busqué" ("I searched for you"), a single from Furtado's 2006 album Loose.
2006–2008: Loose

Furtado's third album, Loose, was released in June 2006. She named it after the spontaneous, creative decisions she made while creating the album. Some have labeled her a "sellout" for seemingly abandoning her folk and rock roots in favour of hip hop and R&B, while others have accused her of attempting to "sex up" her music and appearance to sell more records. In this album, primarily produced by Timbaland, Furtado experiments with sounds from R&B, hip hop, and 1980s music. Furtado herself describes the album's sound as punk-hop, described as "modern, poppy, spooky" and as having "a mysterious, after-midnight vibe... extremely visceral". She attributed the youthful sound of the album to the presence of her two-year-old daughter. The album received generally positive reviews from critics, with some citing the "revitalising" effect of Timbaland on Furtado's music, and others calling it "slick, smart and surprising".
Nelly performing at Rock am Ring in 2006

Loose has become the most successful album of Furtado's career so far, as it reached number one not only in Canada and the United States, but also several countries worldwide. The album produced her first number-one hit in the United States, "Promiscuous", as well as her first number-one hit in the United Kingdom, "Maneater". The single "Say It Right" eventually became Furtado's most successful song worldwide, due to its huge success in Europe and in the United States, where it became her second number-one hit. "All Good Things (Come to an End)" became her most successful song in Europe, topping single charts in numerous countries there.

On February 16, 2007, Furtado embarked on the "Get Loose Tour". She returned in March 2007 to her hometown of Victoria to perform a concert at the Save-On Foods Memorial Centre. In honour of her visit, local leaders officially proclaimed March 21, 2007, the first day of spring, as Nelly Furtado Day. After the tour, she released her first live DVD/CD named Loose the Concert. On April 1, 2007, Furtado was a performer at and host of the 2007 Juno Awards in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. She won all five awards for which she was nominated, including Album of the Year and Single of the Year. She also appeared on stage at the Concert for Diana at Wembley Stadium in London on July 1, 2007, where she performed "Say It Right", "Maneater", and "I'm like a Bird".

In 2007, Furtado and Justin Timberlake were featured on Timbaland's single "Give It to Me", which became her third number-one single in the U.S. and second in the UK. In late 2008, Furtado collaborated with James Morrison on a song called "Broken Strings" for his album "Songs for You, Truths for Me". The single was released on December 8 and peaked at #2 on the UK Singles Chart in early January.

In 2007, Furtado leaked plans to Flare regarding a song she was set to duet for Kylie Minogue's return. However, the song was not featured on her album X but Minogue says the aforementioned song "is still outstanding" and has plans to pursue it. She said "I am looking forward to getting in the studio and doing it because I know Nelly and I would have a great time together".
2009–present: Mi Plan and fifth Studio album
Mi Plan co-writer Alex Cuba

On December 31, 2008, El Diario La Prensa posted an article that Furtado is planning on recording songs in English and Spanish for her upcoming album and that it is "expected to launch on September 15, 2009".

Furtado made a guest appearance on Flo Rida's new album, R.O.O.T.S., which was released on March 31, 2009. The track is titled "Jump". Furtado has also made a guest appearance on Divine Brown's Love Chronicles, co-writing and singing on the background of the song "Sunglasses".

In early March, a song called "Gotta Know" leaked onto the Internet and was said to be Nelly's. As response, on March 4, 2009, Furtado stated on her MySpace blog that the song is not hers and that she is recording two new albums: one in Spanish, and the other in Portuguese. Nelly Furtado announced via the Perez Hilton blog, that the Spanish album would be titled Mi Plan and the first single titled "Manos Al Aire" (in Spanish, meaning "Hands in the Air"). The album will have twelve new songs, all in Spanish, as stated by Nelly in a message left in her official website The second single "Más" was released on July 21, as it was announced on Nelly's official myspace. The third single "Mi Plan" (ft. Alex Cuba) was released on iTunes on August 11, 2009 and "Bajo Otra Luz" (ft. Julieta Venegas and La Mala Rodriguez) is the fourth and final countdown single and it was released on September 1, 2009. She also invited the Mexican star Alejandro Fernandez to sing a duet song named "Sueños" ("Dreams"). The videoclip for "Manos Al Aire" premiered on July 29 on It's On with Alexa Chung.

She made a guest appearance on Canadian singer k-os's new album Yes!, collaborating alongside Saukrates on the song "I Wish I Knew Natalie Portman," released in early July 2009. Nelly Furtado will make a guest appearance on Tiësto's single "Who Wants To Be Alone" on his new album Kaleidoscope which was released on October 6, 2009.

Nelly was also invited to record "Manos Al Aire" in Simlish for the new Sims 3 expansion, World Adventures

In a recent video, Nelly said "I’m also writing an English album," she says "Timbaland and I hooked up in the studio about three months ago and we wrote 20 songs in two days. It was really inspired. I think maybe some of that material will be on my English album."
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* Britney Spears
Britney Jean Spears (born December 2, 1981) is an American singer and entertainer. Born in Mississippi and raised in Louisiana, Spears first appeared on national television in 1992 as a contestant on the Star Search program, and went on to star in Disney Channel's television series The New Mickey Mouse Club from 1993 to 1994. In 1997, Spears signed a recording contract with Jive, releasing her debut album ...Baby One More Time in 1999. The album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 and has sold over 25 million copies worldwide. Her success continued with the release of her sophomore album, Oops!... I Did It Again in 2000, which established her as a pop icon and credited for influencing the revival of teen pop in the late 1990s.

In 2001, she released Britney and played the starring role in the film Crossroads. She assumed creative control of her fourth studio album, In the Zone released in 2003, which made her the only female artist of the Nielsen Soundscan era to have her first four albums debut at number one. Her fifth studio album, Blackout was released in 2007. Her sixth studio album, Circus released in 2008, also debuted at number one in the Billboard 200 albums chart.

According to Zomba Label Group and Sony Music, Spears has sold over 85 million records worldwide. She is ranked as the eighth best-selling female recording artist in the U.S. with 32 million copies of her albums certified by the RIAA, and is currently the fifth best-selling artist act of the decade in the country, as well as the top-selling female artist. Spears is also ranked by Forbes 2009 issue as the 13th most powerful celebrity, and with earnings of over $35 million dollars in 2009, the 2nd-highest earning young musician of the year.
Spears released her debut single, "...Baby One More Time", in October 1998 which peaked at number-one on the Billboard Hot 100 in January 1999 and topped the chart for two weeks. It opened at number-one in the UK Singles Chart selling over 460,000 copies, a record for a female act at the time, and became the top-selling single of 1999 and the 25th most successful song of all time in British chart history with over 1.45 million units sold. Gillian G. Gaar, author of She's a Rebel: The History of Women in Rock & Roll (2002), documented that "eyebrows were raised over the schoolgirl-in-heat persona Spears projected in her , along with an increasingly revealing series of stage outfits". Spears's debut album ...Baby One More Time peaked at number one on the Billboard 200 in January 1999. Rolling Stone magazine, in a review of the album, wrote: "While several Cherion-crafted kiddie-funk jams serve up beefy hooks, shameless schlock slowies, like E-Mail My Heart, are pure spam". NME commented " are the kind of soullessness that saturates Stateside charts and consists of nothing but over-chewed bubblegum beats and saccharine sensibilities". In contrast, Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic wrote: "Like many teen pop albums, ...Baby One More Time has its share of well-crafted filler, but the singles, combined with Britney's burgeoning charisma, make this a pretty great piece of fluff". ...Baby One More Time was later certified fourteen times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America, denoting fourteen million units shipped within the United States. Spears posed for the cover of Rolling Stone magazine in April 1999, shot by photographer David LaChapelle. Geoff Boucher of The Los Angeles Times reported, "there was no mistaking the titillation factor in the recent Spears cover story and accompanying photos in the April 15 issue of Rolling Stone, which sent eyebrows arching throughout the music industry, where several executives half-jokingly called it "child pornography". Gillian G. Gaar reported, "The American Family Association charged that the pictures, which showed Spears in push-up bras and a minuscule pair of shorts with 'Baby' in rhinestones on the bottom, presented a 'disturbing mix of childhood innocence and adult sexuality' and asked that all 'God-loving Americans' boycott stores carrying her albums". More controversy arose when Spears declared that she would "remain a virgin until marriage". This pledge has been questioned due to her apparently sexual relationship with fellow pop singer Justin Timberlake.

In late 1999, Spears appeared in the teen sitcom, Sabrina, the Teenage Witch and performed the song "(You Drive Me) Crazy"; this cameo was a cross-promotion for the film Drive Me Crazy, which starred Sabrina's Melissa Joan Hart and was named after the song. In December 1999, she won four Billboard Music Awards, including Female Artist of the Year. A month later, she received the Favorite Pop/Rock New Artist award at the American Music Awards.

Following the success of her previous album, Spears released the album Oops!... I Did It Again in May 2000. It debuted at number one in the U.S. by selling 1,319,193 units during its first week of sales, breaking the SoundScan record for the highest album sales in its debut week by any solo artist. The RIAA awarded the album with a diamond certification with over 10 million copies sold in the U.S. Allmusic gave it awarded the album 4 out of 5 stars, saying that the album "has the same combination of sweetly sentimental ballads and endearingly gaudy dance-pop that made "...Baby One More Time." Rolling Stone gave the album 3.5 stars out of 5 by noting the album as "fantastic pop cheese" and "Britney's demand for satisfaction is complex, fierce and downright scary." The album's lead single "Oops!... I Did It Again" broke the record for most radio station additions in a single day, and quickly became a top ten hit in the U.S. and other countries. The same year, Spears launched her first world tour, the "Oops!... I Did It Again World Tour". During the tour, she made a stop in New York for the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards. As part of her performance, she ripped off a black suit to reveal a provocative nude-colored and crystal-adorned outfit that generated much controversy. Spears earned two Billboard Music Awards for Oops!... I Did It Again.
On the evening of January 3, 2008, after not sleeping for over four days, Spears refused to relinquish custody of her children to Federline's representatives. In response, police were called to Spears's home. She was hospitalized at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center after she "appeared to be under the influence of an unknown substance", though blood tests tested negative for any illicit substances. She was held for psychiatric evaluation for two days. Pending a February 19 hearing, Commissioner Scott Gordon issued an order on January 14 stating that her visitation rights have been suspended indefinitely. On January 31, a court placed Spears under temporary co-conservatorship of her father James Spears and attorney Andrew Wallete, giving them complete control of her assets. As a result of an order placed by her psychiatrist, she was taken to UCLA Medical Center to be put on a 5150 involuntary psychiatric hold for the second time that month. On February 1, a restraining order was issued against Sam Lutfi, a prominent figure in Spears's life. She was released from the hospital on February 6, amid speculation that she has bipolar disorder, although medical records are confidential, and no confirmation has been made. Her parents expressed disappointment and concern at the decision to release her. She has regained some visitation rights after coming to an agreement with Federline and his counsel. On July 18, 2008, Spears and Federline reached a custody settlement in which Federline retains sole custody while Spears keeps her visitation rights.

Vanessa Grigoriadis reported in "The Tragedy of Britney Spears" (2008), her cover story for Rolling Stone, that "more than any other star today, Britney epitomizes the crucible of fame for the famous: loving it, hating it and never quite being able to stop it from destroying you". Grigoriadis wrote that "every day in L.A., at least a hundred paparazzi, reporters and celebrity-magazine editors dash after her" and that paparazzi estimated Spears generated "up to twenty percent of their coverage for the past year". She further documented that in addition to tabloid journalists, the Associated Press declared that everything Spears does is considered news. "The paparazzi feed the celebrity magazines, which feed the mainstream press, while sources sell their dirtiest material to British tabloids, and then it trickles back to America," wrote Grigoriadis, "She's the canary in the coal mine of our culture, the most vivid representation of the excess of the past decade."

On September 7, 2008, Spears opened the MTV Video Music Awards for the third time. Although having not performed, a sketch comedy with Jonah Hill was pre-taped, as well as an introduction speech to the official opening of the show. Spears won Best Female Video, Best Pop Video and Video Of The Year for "Piece of Me". On September 15, Jive released a statement announcing the title of her sixth studio album, Circus as well as the first single, "Womanizer". The single was released to radio stations on September 26, and the release date for the album is December 2, Spears's 27th birthday. On October 15, the song made a record-breaking jump to number one on the Billboard Hot 100, breaking the record set by T.I.'s Live Your Life. It also garnered first-week download sales of 286,000, the biggest opening-week tally by a female artist since Nielsen SoundScan began tracking digital downloads in 2003. It marked Spears's first number one single on the Hot 100 since her debut, "...Baby One More Time".

On October 21, 2008, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge James Steele declared a mistrial and dismissed the August 2007 driving without a license misdemeanor charges against Spears, who was represented by attorney J. Michael Flanagan. Spears claimed she had a valid Louisiana license and a California permit was not required.

On November 6, 2008, Spears won two awards at the MTV Europe Music Awards 2008, "Album of The Year" for Blackout and "Act of 2008", and despite not being present, two acceptance videos were taped and shown at the show. Circus debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 selling 505,000 copies in its first week. This became Spears's fifth number one album, making her the only act in Nielsen SoundScan history to have four albums debuted with 500,000 copies or more. It is also Spears's second album, the first being ...Baby One More Time, to have charted two top-ten singles as "Circus", the follow up single to the number-one hit "Womanizer", debuted at number three on the Hot 100, making it her highest debut on the chart as well as her seventh top ten hit.
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Written By: Howard on 12/02/09 at 7:00 am

The word of the day...Camera
1. An apparatus for taking photographs, generally consisting of a lightproof enclosure having an aperture with a shuttered lens through which the image of an object is focused and recorded on a photosensitive film, plate, or sensor.
2. The part of a television transmitting apparatus that receives the primary image on a light-sensitive cathode-ray tube and transforms it into electrical impulses.
3. Camera obscura.
4. pl., -er·ae (-ə-rē). A judge's private chamber.
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Wow,I remember when cameras were old school,just click and shoot,now everything is computerized.

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Written By: ninny on 12/02/09 at 8:24 am

Wow,I remember when cameras were old school,just click and shoot,now everything is computerized.

I've never owned a camera :( :( :\'( :\'( >:(

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Written By: CatwomanofV on 12/02/09 at 11:10 am

Would this be a good time to give another shameless plug for my photography on Flickr? :D ;D ;D ;D

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/02/09 at 12:32 pm

I see that he is filming You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger in London.
I will look around for him.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/02/09 at 12:33 pm

I had a banana yesterday.
I had another one today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/02/09 at 12:34 pm

Imagine Howie having a pic like this :o ;
I wonder too.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/02/09 at 12:36 pm

The word of the day...Camera
1. An apparatus for taking photographs, generally consisting of a lightproof enclosure having an aperture with a shuttered lens through which the image of an object is focused and recorded on a photosensitive film, plate, or sensor.
2. The part of a television transmitting apparatus that receives the primary image on a light-sensitive cathode-ray tube and transforms it into electrical impulses.
3. Camera obscura.
4. pl., -er·ae (-ə-rē). A judge's private chamber.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_zYM6uEimU

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/02/09 at 12:38 pm

The co-birthdays of the day...Monica Seles
Monica Seles (Hungarian: Szeles Mónika, Serbo-Croatian:Monika Seleš, pronounced , born December 2, 1973) is a former World No. 1 professional tennis player and a member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame. She was born in Novi Sad, Yugoslavia (now Serbia) to Hungarian parents and became a naturalized United States citizen in 1994. According to published reports in Canadian and Hungarian news media (including two newspapers of record), she also received Hungarian citizenship in June 2007. She won nine Grand Slam singles titles, winning eight of them while a citizen of Yugoslavia and one while a citizen of the United States.

She became the youngest-ever champion at the 1990 French Open at the age of 16. She was the World No. 1 player in the women's game during 1991 and 1992, but in 1993 she was forced out of the sport for more than two years following an on-court attack in which a German spectator stabbed her in the back with a 10-inch-long knife. She enjoyed some success after returning to the tour in 1995, including a Grand Slam singles title at the 1996 Australian Open, but was unable to consistently reproduce her best form. Seles played her last professional match at the 2003 French Open, but her official retirement announcement was not issued until February 2008.
Seles won her first Grand Slam singles title at the 1990 French Open. Facing World No. 1 Steffi Graf in the final, Seles saved four set points in a first set tiebreaker, which she won 8–6, and went on to take the match in straight sets. In doing so, she became the youngest-ever French Open singles titlist at the age of 16 years, 6 months. She also won the 1990 year-ending Virginia Slims Championships, defeating Gabriela Sabatini in five sets. She finished the year ranked World No. 2.

1991 was the first of two years in which Seles dominated the women's tour. She started out by winning the Australian Open in January, beating Jana Novotná in the final. In March, she replaced Graf as the World No. 1. She then successfully defended her French Open title, beating the former youngest-ever winner, Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, in the final. Instead of playing at Wimbledon, however, Seles took a six-week break, blaming shin splints. But she was back in time for the US Open, which she won by beating Martina Navratilova in the final to cement her position at the top of the world rankings. She also won the year-ending Virginia Slims Championships, defeating Navratilova in four sets.

1992 was an equally dominant year. Seles successfully defended her titles at the Australian Open, the French Open, and the US Open. She also reached the final at Wimbledon but lost to Graf 6–2, 6–1. Two opponents (including Navratilova in the semifinals) had strongly complained about Seles's grunting.

From January 1991 through February 1993, Seles won 22 titles and reached 33 finals out of the 34 tournaments she played. She compiled a 159–12 win-loss record (92.9% winning percentage), including a 55–1 win-loss record in Grand Slam tournaments. In the broader context of her first four years on the circuit (1989–1992), Seles had a win-loss record of 231–25 (90.2% winning percentage) and collected 30 titles.
1993 stabbing

Seles was the top women's player heading into 1993, having won the French Open three consecutive years and both the US Open and Australian Open in consecutive years. In January 1993, Seles defeated Graf in the final of the Australian Open, which to date was her third win in four Grand Slam finals with Graf.

However on April 30 during a quarterfinal match with Magdalena Maleeva in Hamburg in which Seles was leading 6–4, 4–3, Günter Parche, an obsessed fan of Steffi Graf, ran from the middle of the crowd to the edge of the court during a break between games and stabbed Seles with a boning knife between her shoulder blades, to a depth of 1.5 cm (.59 inches). Parche admitted that he stabbed Seles to help Graf regain the No.1 ranking. She was quickly rushed to a hospital. Although her physical injuries took only a few weeks to heal, she did not return to competitive tennis for more than two years.

Parche was charged following the incident but was not jailed because he was found to be psychologically abnormal and was instead sentenced to two years' probation and psychological treatment. The incident prompted a significant increase in the level of security at tour events. Seles vowed never to play tennis in Germany again, criticizing the German legal system. "What people seem to be forgetting is that this man stabbed me intentionally and he did not serve any sort of punishment for it... I would not feel comfortable going back. I don't foresee that happening."

Young Elders, a band from Melbourne, Australia sent their song called "Fly Monica Fly" to Seles while she was recuperating from the 1993 stabbing incident. According to her autobiography, the song provided inspiration to her at that time and Seles subsequently met the band (who later changed their name to The Monicas) following her victory at the Australian Open in 1996.

The stabbing incident is also the subject of Dan Bern's 1998 tribute to Seles, Monica. Additionally, Detroit dreampop band Majesty Crush paid tribute with "Seles" from the 1993 album Love-15.
Comeback

Seles returned to the tour in August 1995 and won her first comeback tournament, the Canadian Open, beating Amanda Coetzer in the final 6–0, 6–1. The following month at the US Open, Seles lost the final to Graf 6-7, 6-0, 3-6 after failing to capitalize on a set point in the first set.
Seles at the 2001 Canada Masters

In January 1996, Seles won her fourth Australian Open, beating Anke Huber in the final. But this was her last Grand Slam title. Seles struggled to recapture her best form on a consistent basis. Her difficulties were compounded by having to cope with her father and long-term coach Károly being stricken by cancer and eventually dying in 1998. Seles was the runner-up at the US Open to Graf again in 1996. Her last Grand Slam final came at the French Open in 1998 (a few weeks after her father's death). She defeated World No. 3 Jana Novotná in three sets and World No. 1 Martina Hingis in straight sets before losing to Arantxa Sánchez Vicario in the three-set final.

While she did not reach another Grand Slam singles final, she did consistently reach the quarterfinal and semifinal stages in those tournaments and was a fixture in the WTA Tour's top 10. In 2002, her last full year on the tour, she finished the year ranked World No. 7 and defeated Venus Williams, Martina Hingis, Jennifer Capriati, Justine Henin, Maria Sharapova, Kim Clijsters, and Lindsay Davenport and reached at least the quarterfinals at each Grand Slam tournament.

After becoming a U.S. citizen in 1994, Seles helped the U.S. team win the Fed Cup in 1996, 1999, and 2000. She also won a bronze medal at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney.
Period of hiatus
Seles in the 2007 exhibition against Navratilova in New Orleans, Louisiana

In the spring of 2003, Seles sustained a foot injury that sidelined her from the tour before the 2003 French Open. She never again played an official tour match.

In February 2005, Seles played two exhibition matches in New Zealand against Navratilova. Despite losing both matches, she played competitively and announced that she could return to the game early in 2006; however, she did not do so. She played three exhibition matches against Navratilova in 2007. On April 5, she defeated Navratilova in Houston, Texas on clay 7–6 (1), 2–6, 10–1 (tiebreak). On September 14, Seles defeated Navratilova on an indoor court in New Orleans, Louisiana 6–2, 6–4. On September 16, she defeated Navratilova on clay in Bucharest, Romania 3–6, 6–3, 10–7 (tiebreak).

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Written By: ninny on 12/02/09 at 12:39 pm

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Very nice Cat, Hmm what kind of leaf was that?

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Written By: ninny on 12/02/09 at 12:41 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vl-2uVhNLJI

She's lucky it was not worse.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/02/09 at 12:42 pm

* Britney Spears
Britney Jean Spears (born December 2, 1981) is an American singer and entertainer. Born in Mississippi and raised in Louisiana, Spears first appeared on national television in 1992 as a contestant on the Star Search program, and went on to star in Disney Channel's television series The New Mickey Mouse Club from 1993 to 1994. In 1997, Spears signed a recording contract with Jive, releasing her debut album ...Baby One More Time in 1999. The album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 and has sold over 25 million copies worldwide. Her success continued with the release of her sophomore album, Oops!... I Did It Again in 2000, which established her as a pop icon and credited for influencing the revival of teen pop in the late 1990s.

In 2001, she released Britney and played the starring role in the film Crossroads. She assumed creative control of her fourth studio album, In the Zone released in 2003, which made her the only female artist of the Nielsen Soundscan era to have her first four albums debut at number one. Her fifth studio album, Blackout was released in 2007. Her sixth studio album, Circus released in 2008, also debuted at number one in the Billboard 200 albums chart.

According to Zomba Label Group and Sony Music, Spears has sold over 85 million records worldwide. She is ranked as the eighth best-selling female recording artist in the U.S. with 32 million copies of her albums certified by the RIAA, and is currently the fifth best-selling artist act of the decade in the country, as well as the top-selling female artist. Spears is also ranked by Forbes 2009 issue as the 13th most powerful celebrity, and with earnings of over $35 million dollars in 2009, the 2nd-highest earning young musician of the year.
Spears released her debut single, "...Baby One More Time", in October 1998 which peaked at number-one on the Billboard Hot 100 in January 1999 and topped the chart for two weeks. It opened at number-one in the UK Singles Chart selling over 460,000 copies, a record for a female act at the time, and became the top-selling single of 1999 and the 25th most successful song of all time in British chart history with over 1.45 million units sold. Gillian G. Gaar, author of She's a Rebel: The History of Women in Rock & Roll (2002), documented that "eyebrows were raised over the schoolgirl-in-heat persona Spears projected in her , along with an increasingly revealing series of stage outfits". Spears's debut album ...Baby One More Time peaked at number one on the Billboard 200 in January 1999. Rolling Stone magazine, in a review of the album, wrote: "While several Cherion-crafted kiddie-funk jams serve up beefy hooks, shameless schlock slowies, like E-Mail My Heart, are pure spam". NME commented " are the kind of soullessness that saturates Stateside charts and consists of nothing but over-chewed bubblegum beats and saccharine sensibilities". In contrast, Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic wrote: "Like many teen pop albums, ...Baby One More Time has its share of well-crafted filler, but the singles, combined with Britney's burgeoning charisma, make this a pretty great piece of fluff". ...Baby One More Time was later certified fourteen times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America, denoting fourteen million units shipped within the United States. Spears posed for the cover of Rolling Stone magazine in April 1999, shot by photographer David LaChapelle. Geoff Boucher of The Los Angeles Times reported, "there was no mistaking the titillation factor in the recent Spears cover story and accompanying photos in the April 15 issue of Rolling Stone, which sent eyebrows arching throughout the music industry, where several executives half-jokingly called it "child pornography". Gillian G. Gaar reported, "The American Family Association charged that the pictures, which showed Spears in push-up bras and a minuscule pair of shorts with 'Baby' in rhinestones on the bottom, presented a 'disturbing mix of childhood innocence and adult sexuality' and asked that all 'God-loving Americans' boycott stores carrying her albums". More controversy arose when Spears declared that she would "remain a virgin until marriage". This pledge has been questioned due to her apparently sexual relationship with fellow pop singer Justin Timberlake.

In late 1999, Spears appeared in the teen sitcom, Sabrina, the Teenage Witch and performed the song "(You Drive Me) Crazy"; this cameo was a cross-promotion for the film Drive Me Crazy, which starred Sabrina's Melissa Joan Hart and was named after the song. In December 1999, she won four Billboard Music Awards, including Female Artist of the Year. A month later, she received the Favorite Pop/Rock New Artist award at the American Music Awards.

Following the success of her previous album, Spears released the album Oops!... I Did It Again in May 2000. It debuted at number one in the U.S. by selling 1,319,193 units during its first week of sales, breaking the SoundScan record for the highest album sales in its debut week by any solo artist. The RIAA awarded the album with a diamond certification with over 10 million copies sold in the U.S. Allmusic gave it awarded the album 4 out of 5 stars, saying that the album "has the same combination of sweetly sentimental ballads and endearingly gaudy dance-pop that made "...Baby One More Time." Rolling Stone gave the album 3.5 stars out of 5 by noting the album as "fantastic pop cheese" and "Britney's demand for satisfaction is complex, fierce and downright scary." The album's lead single "Oops!... I Did It Again" broke the record for most radio station additions in a single day, and quickly became a top ten hit in the U.S. and other countries. The same year, Spears launched her first world tour, the "Oops!... I Did It Again World Tour". During the tour, she made a stop in New York for the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards. As part of her performance, she ripped off a black suit to reveal a provocative nude-colored and crystal-adorned outfit that generated much controversy. Spears earned two Billboard Music Awards for Oops!... I Did It Again.
On the evening of January 3, 2008, after not sleeping for over four days, Spears refused to relinquish custody of her children to Federline's representatives. In response, police were called to Spears's home. She was hospitalized at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center after she "appeared to be under the influence of an unknown substance", though blood tests tested negative for any illicit substances. She was held for psychiatric evaluation for two days. Pending a February 19 hearing, Commissioner Scott Gordon issued an order on January 14 stating that her visitation rights have been suspended indefinitely. On January 31, a court placed Spears under temporary co-conservatorship of her father James Spears and attorney Andrew Wallete, giving them complete control of her assets. As a result of an order placed by her psychiatrist, she was taken to UCLA Medical Center to be put on a 5150 involuntary psychiatric hold for the second time that month. On February 1, a restraining order was issued against Sam Lutfi, a prominent figure in Spears's life. She was released from the hospital on February 6, amid speculation that she has bipolar disorder, although medical records are confidential, and no confirmation has been made. Her parents expressed disappointment and concern at the decision to release her. She has regained some visitation rights after coming to an agreement with Federline and his counsel. On July 18, 2008, Spears and Federline reached a custody settlement in which Federline retains sole custody while Spears keeps her visitation rights.

Vanessa Grigoriadis reported in "The Tragedy of Britney Spears" (2008), her cover story for Rolling Stone, that "more than any other star today, Britney epitomizes the crucible of fame for the famous: loving it, hating it and never quite being able to stop it from destroying you". Grigoriadis wrote that "every day in L.A., at least a hundred paparazzi, reporters and celebrity-magazine editors dash after her" and that paparazzi estimated Spears generated "up to twenty percent of their coverage for the past year". She further documented that in addition to tabloid journalists, the Associated Press declared that everything Spears does is considered news. "The paparazzi feed the celebrity magazines, which feed the mainstream press, while sources sell their dirtiest material to British tabloids, and then it trickles back to America," wrote Grigoriadis, "She's the canary in the coal mine of our culture, the most vivid representation of the excess of the past decade."

On September 7, 2008, Spears opened the MTV Video Music Awards for the third time. Although having not performed, a sketch comedy with Jonah Hill was pre-taped, as well as an introduction speech to the official opening of the show. Spears won Best Female Video, Best Pop Video and Video Of The Year for "Piece of Me". On September 15, Jive released a statement announcing the title of her sixth studio album, Circus as well as the first single, "Womanizer". The single was released to radio stations on September 26, and the release date for the album is December 2, Spears's 27th birthday. On October 15, the song made a record-breaking jump to number one on the Billboard Hot 100, breaking the record set by T.I.'s Live Your Life. It also garnered first-week download sales of 286,000, the biggest opening-week tally by a female artist since Nielsen SoundScan began tracking digital downloads in 2003. It marked Spears's first number one single on the Hot 100 since her debut, "...Baby One More Time".

On October 21, 2008, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge James Steele declared a mistrial and dismissed the August 2007 driving without a license misdemeanor charges against Spears, who was represented by attorney J. Michael Flanagan. Spears claimed she had a valid Louisiana license and a California permit was not required.

On November 6, 2008, Spears won two awards at the MTV Europe Music Awards 2008, "Album of The Year" for Blackout and "Act of 2008", and despite not being present, two acceptance videos were taped and shown at the show. Circus debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 selling 505,000 copies in its first week. This became Spears's fifth number one album, making her the only act in Nielsen SoundScan history to have four albums debuted with 500,000 copies or more. It is also Spears's second album, the first being ...Baby One More Time, to have charted two top-ten singles as "Circus", the follow up single to the number-one hit "Womanizer", debuted at number three on the Hot 100, making it her highest debut on the chart as well as her seventh top ten hit.
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Cannot be bother!!!!

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/02/09 at 12:43 pm

She's lucky it was not worse.
That is true, it could had been a worse situation.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/02/09 at 12:43 pm

I will look around for him.
Cannot see him yet.

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Written By: nally on 12/02/09 at 12:44 pm

*Nelly Furtado
Nelly Kim Furtado (born December 2, 1978) is a Portuguese-Canadian singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress. She has sold over 18 million albums worldwide, and currently resides in Toronto. Furtado grew up in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.

Furtado came to fame in 2000 with the release of her debut album Whoa, Nelly!, which featured her breakthrough Grammy Award-winning single "I'm Like a Bird". After becoming a mother and releasing the less commercially successful Folklore (2003), she returned to prominence in 2006 with the release of Loose and its hit singles "Promiscuous", "Maneater," "All Good Things (Come to an End)" and "Say It Right."

In 2009, Furtado released her first full-length Spanish album "Mi Plan", Which contains her first solo number 1 on the Billboard Hot Latin Tracks, "Manos al Aire", staying on the Top position for 4 consecutive weeks.

Furtado is known for experimenting with different instruments, sounds, genres, vocal styles, and languages. This diversity has been influenced by her wide-ranging musical taste and her interest in different cultures.
Furtado continued the collaboration with Eaton and West, who co-produced her debut album, Whoa, Nelly!, which was released in October 2000. Following the release of the album, Furtado headlined the "Burn in the Spotlight Tour" and also appeared on Moby's Area:One tour.

The album was an international success, supported by three international singles: "I'm like a Bird", "Turn off the Light", and "...On the Radio (Remember the Days)". It received four Grammy Award nominations in 2002, and her debut single won for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. Furtado's work was also critically acclaimed for her innovative mixture of various genres and sounds. Slant Magazine called the album "a delightful and refreshing antidote to the army of 'pop princesses' and rap-metal bands that had taken over popular music at the turn of the millennium".

The sound of the album was strongly influenced by musicians who had traversed cultures and "the challenge of making heartfelt, emotional music that's upbeat and hopeful". According to Maclean's magazine, Whoa, Nelly! had sold five million copies worldwide as of August 2006.

Portions of the song "Scared of You" are in Portuguese, while "Onde Estás" is entirely in Portuguese, reflecting Furtado's Portuguese heritage. The International Release of "Whoa Nelly" featured fellow Canadian Esthero on the song titled "I Feel You".

In 2002, Furtado appeared on the song "Thin Line", on underground hip hop group Jurassic 5's album Power in Numbers. The same year, Furtado provided her vocals to the Paul Oakenfold's song "The Harder They Come" from the album "Bunkka" and also made the song "These words are my own". She also had a collaboration with Colombian artist Juanes, in the song "Fotografia" where she showed her diversity of yet another language.
2003–2005: Folklore

Furtado's second album, Folklore, was released in November 2003. The final track on the album, "Childhood Dreams", was dedicated to her daughter, Nevis. The album includes the single "Força" (meaning "strength" or "carry on" in Portuguese), the official anthem of the 2004 European Football Championship. Furtado performed this song in Lisbon at the championship's final, in which the Portugal national team played. The lead single is "Powerless (Say What You Want)" and the second single is the ballad "Try". The album was not as successful as her debut, partly due to the album's less "poppy" sound, as well as underpromotion from her label DreamWorks Records. DreamWorks had just been sold to Universal Music Group. In 2005, DreamWorks Records, along with many of its artists including Furtado, was absorbed into Geffen Records.

"Powerless (Say What You Want)" was later remixed, featuring Colombian rocker Juanes, who had previously worked with Furtado on his track "Fotografía" ("Photograph"). The two would collaborate again on "Te Busqué" ("I searched for you"), a single from Furtado's 2006 album Loose.
2006–2008: Loose

Furtado's third album, Loose, was released in June 2006. She named it after the spontaneous, creative decisions she made while creating the album. Some have labeled her a "sellout" for seemingly abandoning her folk and rock roots in favour of hip hop and R&B, while others have accused her of attempting to "sex up" her music and appearance to sell more records. In this album, primarily produced by Timbaland, Furtado experiments with sounds from R&B, hip hop, and 1980s music. Furtado herself describes the album's sound as punk-hop, described as "modern, poppy, spooky" and as having "a mysterious, after-midnight vibe... extremely visceral". She attributed the youthful sound of the album to the presence of her two-year-old daughter. The album received generally positive reviews from critics, with some citing the "revitalising" effect of Timbaland on Furtado's music, and others calling it "slick, smart and surprising".
Nelly performing at Rock am Ring in 2006

Loose has become the most successful album of Furtado's career so far, as it reached number one not only in Canada and the United States, but also several countries worldwide. The album produced her first number-one hit in the United States, "Promiscuous", as well as her first number-one hit in the United Kingdom, "Maneater". The single "Say It Right" eventually became Furtado's most successful song worldwide, due to its huge success in Europe and in the United States, where it became her second number-one hit. "All Good Things (Come to an End)" became her most successful song in Europe, topping single charts in numerous countries there.

On February 16, 2007, Furtado embarked on the "Get Loose Tour". She returned in March 2007 to her hometown of Victoria to perform a concert at the Save-On Foods Memorial Centre. In honour of her visit, local leaders officially proclaimed March 21, 2007, the first day of spring, as Nelly Furtado Day. After the tour, she released her first live DVD/CD named Loose the Concert. On April 1, 2007, Furtado was a performer at and host of the 2007 Juno Awards in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. She won all five awards for which she was nominated, including Album of the Year and Single of the Year. She also appeared on stage at the Concert for Diana at Wembley Stadium in London on July 1, 2007, where she performed "Say It Right", "Maneater", and "I'm like a Bird".

In 2007, Furtado and Justin Timberlake were featured on Timbaland's single "Give It to Me", which became her third number-one single in the U.S. and second in the UK. In late 2008, Furtado collaborated with James Morrison on a song called "Broken Strings" for his album "Songs for You, Truths for Me". The single was released on December 8 and peaked at #2 on the UK Singles Chart in early January.

In 2007, Furtado leaked plans to Flare regarding a song she was set to duet for Kylie Minogue's return. However, the song was not featured on her album X but Minogue says the aforementioned song "is still outstanding" and has plans to pursue it. She said "I am looking forward to getting in the studio and doing it because I know Nelly and I would have a great time together".
2009–present: Mi Plan and fifth Studio album
Mi Plan co-writer Alex Cuba

On December 31, 2008, El Diario La Prensa posted an article that Furtado is planning on recording songs in English and Spanish for her upcoming album and that it is "expected to launch on September 15, 2009".

Furtado made a guest appearance on Flo Rida's new album, R.O.O.T.S., which was released on March 31, 2009. The track is titled "Jump". Furtado has also made a guest appearance on Divine Brown's Love Chronicles, co-writing and singing on the background of the song "Sunglasses".

In early March, a song called "Gotta Know" leaked onto the Internet and was said to be Nelly's. As response, on March 4, 2009, Furtado stated on her MySpace blog that the song is not hers and that she is recording two new albums: one in Spanish, and the other in Portuguese. Nelly Furtado announced via the Perez Hilton blog, that the Spanish album would be titled Mi Plan and the first single titled "Manos Al Aire" (in Spanish, meaning "Hands in the Air"). The album will have twelve new songs, all in Spanish, as stated by Nelly in a message left in her official website The second single "Más" was released on July 21, as it was announced on Nelly's official myspace. The third single "Mi Plan" (ft. Alex Cuba) was released on iTunes on August 11, 2009 and "Bajo Otra Luz" (ft. Julieta Venegas and La Mala Rodriguez) is the fourth and final countdown single and it was released on September 1, 2009. She also invited the Mexican star Alejandro Fernandez to sing a duet song named "Sueños" ("Dreams"). The videoclip for "Manos Al Aire" premiered on July 29 on It's On with Alexa Chung.

She made a guest appearance on Canadian singer k-os's new album Yes!, collaborating alongside Saukrates on the song "I Wish I Knew Natalie Portman," released in early July 2009. Nelly Furtado will make a guest appearance on Tiësto's single "Who Wants To Be Alone" on his new album Kaleidoscope which was released on October 6, 2009.

Nelly was also invited to record "Manos Al Aire" in Simlish for the new Sims 3 expansion, World Adventures

In a recent video, Nelly said "I’m also writing an English album," she says "Timbaland and I hooked up in the studio about three months ago and we wrote 20 songs in two days. It was really inspired. I think maybe some of that material will be on my English album."
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Nelly Furtado has some great songs. My favourite one is "Turn Off The Light", which uses an eclectic combination of instruments. I have thought about getting a copy of the album Whoa Nelly.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/02/09 at 12:44 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxiYBcJi8y4&feature=fvst

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Written By: nally on 12/02/09 at 12:45 pm

Nelly Furtado has some great songs. My favourite one is "Turn Off The Light", which uses an eclectic combination of instruments. I have thought about getting a copy of the album Whoa Nelly.

by the way, that is a nice picture of her, even though there is an "inactive photobucket account" inscription on the bottom portion

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/02/09 at 12:45 pm

Nelly Furtado has some great songs. My favourite one is "Turn Off The Light", which uses an eclectic combination of instruments. I have thought about getting a copy of the album Whoa Nelly.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dv68UJLxpb0

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Written By: nally on 12/02/09 at 12:48 pm

Here is the longer version...which probably appears on the album...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AM1_w0fZ1BU

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Written By: ninny on 12/02/09 at 12:59 pm

Nelly Furtado has some great songs. My favourite one is "Turn Off The Light", which uses an eclectic combination of instruments. I have thought about getting a copy of the album Whoa Nelly.

I really don't know any of her music.

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Written By: nally on 12/02/09 at 1:02 pm

I really don't know any of her music.

No??

She has been well known in North America for about 9 years now.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/02/09 at 1:09 pm

No??

She has been well known in North America for about 9 years now.
...and over here.

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Written By: Frank on 12/02/09 at 1:19 pm

...and over here.

and in Canada too

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/02/09 at 1:21 pm

and in Canada too
She was born in the Canadian city of Victoria, British Columbia to Portuguese parents.

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Written By: nally on 12/02/09 at 1:21 pm

and in Canada too

I just said in my above post, she was popular in North America (which of course includes Canada, where she is from).

As I also said, I like "Turn Off The Light" the best, with "I'm Like A Bird" a close second. :)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/02/09 at 1:23 pm

and in Canada too
She has appeared as an actress on tv.

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Written By: ninny on 12/02/09 at 2:39 pm

No??

She has been well known in North America for about 9 years now.

It's not really the type of music I listen to.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/02/09 at 2:44 pm

It's not really the type of music I listen to.
Radio 2 (in the UK) play her all the time.

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Written By: Howard on 12/02/09 at 2:45 pm

I had another one today.

I had a banana with my breakfast.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/02/09 at 2:45 pm

I had a banana with my breakfast.
Mine was at lunchtime

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/02/09 at 2:46 pm

I had a banana with my breakfast.
...and another very soon

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Written By: Howard on 12/02/09 at 2:47 pm

Mine was at lunchtime

they have potassium and vitamins.

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Written By: gibbo on 12/02/09 at 2:48 pm

Would this be a good time to give another shameless plug for my photography on Flickr? :D ;D ;D ;D

http://www.flickr.com/photos/23251068@N02/

Cat

You never miss a trick... ;D

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/02/09 at 2:50 pm

they have potassium and vitamins.
There are none left now!

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Written By: Howard on 12/02/09 at 2:50 pm

I really don't know any of her music.

me neither,I barely hear her on the radio.

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Written By: Howard on 12/02/09 at 2:51 pm

There are none left now!

We have a half a bunch left.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/02/09 at 2:52 pm

We have a half a bunch left.
I think will still have some plums left over.

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Written By: gibbo on 12/02/09 at 2:52 pm

Nelly Furtado also sand a duet on one of Michael Bubble's albums ...I think it was the song 'Quando'. It was quite good I recall...

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Written By: Howard on 12/02/09 at 2:53 pm

I think will still have some plums left over.

plums are in season?

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Written By: gibbo on 12/02/09 at 2:53 pm

We have a half a bunch left.

I ate our second to last banana for breakfast 20 minutes ago....

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Written By: Howard on 12/02/09 at 2:55 pm

I ate our second to last banana for breakfast 20 minutes ago....

Yes you have no bananas?

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/02/09 at 2:57 pm

Yes you have no bananas?
Yes we have no bananas.

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Written By: gibbo on 12/02/09 at 2:58 pm

Yes you have no bananas?

Yes we have no bananas.

Oh no....here we go again! ;D

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/02/09 at 2:59 pm

Oh no....here we go again! ;D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTTrXAE7OPU

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/02/09 at 3:00 pm

Oh no....here we go again! ;D
Why not, bananas are good for you.

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Written By: gibbo on 12/02/09 at 3:02 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTTrXAE7OPU

You just HAD to post it...didn't you? ;D

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Written By: Howard on 12/02/09 at 3:03 pm

Why not, bananas are good for you.

and they have vitamins.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/02/09 at 3:07 pm

You just HAD to post it...didn't you? ;D
Oh yes!

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Written By: Howard on 12/02/09 at 3:19 pm

Oh yes!

Yes he had no bananas.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/02/09 at 3:23 pm

You just HAD to post it...didn't you? ;D
Can there be more?

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Written By: Howard on 12/02/09 at 3:24 pm

Can there be more?

more bananas? ;D

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Written By: CatwomanofV on 12/02/09 at 4:00 pm

You never miss a trick... ;D

Nope. :D ;D ;D ;D

I love bananas-they are one of my favorite fruit, but don't eat them in the summer (or when I am in Puerto Rico). Mosquitoes are attracted to the bananas and they love me anyway so when I eat bananas, they REALLY chow down on me. :-\\

Cat

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Written By: ninny on 12/02/09 at 7:10 pm

Nope. :D ;D ;D ;D

I love bananas-they are one of my favorite fruit, but don't eat them in the summer (or when I am in Puerto Rico). Mosquitoes are attracted to the bananas and they love me anyway so when I eat bananas, they REALLY chow down on me. :-\\

Cat

I wish I could have a banana, but the gas kills me.

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Written By: Womble on 12/02/09 at 9:16 pm

Nice job as usual, Ninny. Thanks for sharing. :)

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Written By: Frank on 12/03/09 at 12:22 am

Remember those bic banana pens?

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/03/09 at 1:06 am

Remember those bic banana pens?
Nope!

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/03/09 at 1:06 am

more bananas? ;D
Other fruit.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/03/09 at 1:07 am

I wish I could have a banana, but the gas kills me.
The answer my friend is blowing in the wind.

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Written By: ninny on 12/03/09 at 3:22 am

The answer my friend is blowing in the wind.

More like belching in the wind ;D

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Written By: ninny on 12/03/09 at 3:33 am

The word of the day...Train
1. A series of connected railroad cars pulled or pushed by one or more locomotives.
2. A long line of moving people, animals, or vehicles.
3. The personnel, vehicles, and equipment following and providing supplies and services to a combat unit.
4. A part of a gown that trails behind the wearer.
5. A staff of people following in attendance; a retinue.
6.
1. An orderly succession of related events or thoughts; a sequence. See synonyms at series.
2. A series of consequences wrought by an event; aftermath.
7. A set of linked mechanical parts: a train of gears.
8. A string of gunpowder that acts as a fuse for exploding a charge.
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Written By: ninny on 12/03/09 at 3:39 am

The birthday of the day...Ozzy Osbourne
John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne (born 3 December 1948) is an English singer-songwriter, whose career has spanned four decades. Osbourne rose to prominence as lead vocalist of pioneering British heavy metal band Black Sabbath, and eventually achieved a multi-platinum solo career between the early 1980s and mid 1990s which revolutionized the heavy metal genre. As a result he is known as the "Godfather of Heavy Metal", and, because of some of his material, the "Prince of Darkness". In the early 2000s, his career as a celebrity hit a new zenith when he became a star in his own reality show, The Osbournes, alongside wife/manager Sharon and two of their three children, Kelly and Jack. In August 2008, Osbourne stated in USA Today that he intends to retire from his music career after two more albums.
Despite only a modest investment from US record label Warner Bros. Records, Black Sabbath met with swift and enduring success. Built around Tony Iommi's guitar riffs, Geezer Butler's lyrics, and topped by Osbourne's eerie vocals, early records such as their eponymous debut album and Paranoid sold huge numbers, as well as getting airplay.
Early solo career

In 1979, Osbourne was fired from Black Sabbath largely for unreliability due to substance abuse. All the members in the band did drugs, but Osbourne did them to a much greater extent than other members of the band. He was replaced by former Rainbow singer Ronnie James Dio.

In the late 1970s, the band Necromandus rehearsed with Ozzy Osbourne and briefly became the first incarnation of his Blizzard of Ozz solo project. The Ozzy Osbourne Band began as The Blizzard of Ozz, formed by Osbourne's new manager and future wife, Sharon Arden. The first line-up of the band featured drummer Lee Kerslake (of Uriah Heep), bassist/lyricist Bob Daisley (of Rainbow and later Uriah Heep), keyboardist Don Airey and guitarist Randy Rhoads (of Quiet Riot). The record company would eventually title the record Blizzard of Ozz credited simply under Osbourne's name. Largely written by Daisley and Rhoads, Osbourne met with considerable success on his first solo effort, the debut collection selling well with heavy metal fans. A second album, Diary of a Madman featured more of Bob Daisley's song writing and guitar work by Randy Rhoads, who was ranked the 85th greatest guitarist of all time by Rolling Stone magazine in 2003.

In March 1982, while in Florida for the follow-up album Diary of a Madman tour, and a week away from playing Madison Square Garden in New York City, a light aircraft taken without its owner's consent carrying guitarist Randy Rhoads crashed while performing low passes over the band's tour bus. In a prank turned deadly, the right wing of the aircraft clipped the bus, causing the plane to crash into a tree and finally a nearby house, killing Rhoads as well as the pilot, Andrew Aycock, and the band's hairdresser, Rachel Youngblood. On autopsy, cocaine was found to be present in Aycock's urine. Learning of the death of his close friend and band mate, Osbourne once again fell into deep depression. The record company gave Osbourne a break from performing to mourn for his late band member, but Osbourne stopped work for only one week.

Ex-Gillan guitarist Bernie Torme was the first guitarist to replace Randy once the tour resumed. Torme however, found the pressure of learning the band's songs so quickly and the idea of appearing before fans still mourning the loss of Rhoads unsettling. His tenure with the band would last less than one month.

During an audition for guitarists in a hotel room, Osbourne selected Brad Gillis, (who went on to be one of two guitarists in Night Ranger) to finish the tour. The tour continued, culminating in the release of the 1982 live album, Speak of the Devil recorded at the Ritz in New York City. A live tribute album for Rhoads was later released. This album would also feature a studio song by Randy, taken from studio outtakes, called "Dee" in honour of his mother.

Also, in an August 2008 interview with Total Guitar Magazine Osbourne was asked if he wanted to say something about Randy Rhoads, the rock star said: "I have no regrets except I wasn't able to keep Randy from getting onto that plane."
Further solo career

In the 1980s and 1990s, Osbourne's career was an effort on two fronts: continuing to make music without Rhoads, and becoming sober. The 1981 concerts were recorded with a live album in mind. Entitled Speak of the Devil, known in the United Kingdom as Talk of the Devil, was originally planned to consist of live recordings from 1981, primarily from Osbourne's solo work. With news of Black Sabbath also about to release a live album titled "Live Evil" however, Osbourne and Sharon decided to pre-empt his former band's efforts, and the album ended up consisting entirely of Black Sabbath cover material, recorded with Gillis, bassist Rudy Sarzo, and drummer Tommy Aldridge. In the same Guitar Player interview where Brad Gillis discussed how he came to play for Osbourne, he discussed the live album, and admitted that everyone in the band wanted to rework some parts, but were not given the opportunity. Speak of the Devil was musically left alone. Osbourne later commented (inside the cover of "Tribute") "I don't give a fudge about that album. It was just a bunch of bullsheesh Sabbath covers." He also stated that it was the recording company that wanted a new album, and that he was unwilling to release the tapes of performances live with Rhoads, believing this would dishonour his memory.

In 1982, Osbourne was the guest vocalist on the Was (Not Was) pop dance track "Shake Your Head (Let's Go to Bed)" with Madonna performing backing vocals. Osbourne's cut was remixed and re-released in the early 1990s for a Was (Not Was) greatest hits album in Europe, and it cracked the UK pop chart. Madonna asked that her vocal not be restored for the hits package, so new vocals by Kim Basinger were added to complement Osbourne's lead.

Jake E. Lee, formerly of Ratt and Rough Cutt, was a more successful recruit than Torme or Gillis, recording 1983's Bark at the Moon (co-writing the album with Bob Daisley, and also featuring Tommy Aldridge, and former Rainbow keyboard player Don Airey). 1986's The Ultimate Sin followed (with bassist Phil Soussan and drummer Randy Castillo), and touring behind both albums with ex-Uriah Heep keyboardist John Sinclair joining prior to the Ultimate Sin tour.

In late 1986, Osbourne was the target in the first of a series of US lawsuits brought against him, alleging that one of his songs, "Suicide Solution", drove two more American teenagers to commit suicide because of its "subliminal lyrics". The cases were decided in Osbourne's favour, essentially on the premise that Osbourne cannot be held accountable for a listener's actions. It also helped that the song was clearly about alcohol abuse and "suicide solution" was a play on words. Soon after, Osbourne publicly acknowledged that he wrote the song about his friend, AC/DC lead singer Bon Scott, who died from alcohol abuse, and that solution referred to both alcohol as a solution to problems and as a chemical solution. Bob Daisley, however, asserts that he wrote this song and that it was about his concerns over Osbourne's own ongoing battle with substance abuse.

Lee and Osbourne parted ways in 1987, however, reportedly due to musical differences. Osbourne continued to struggle with his chemical dependencies, and commemorated the fifth anniversary of Rhoads' death with Tribute, the live recordings from 1981 that had gone unreleased for years. In 1988, Osbourne appeared in The Decline of Western Civilization II: The Metal Years and told the director, Penelope Spheeris, that "sobriety fudgeing sucks." Meanwhile, Osbourne found his most enduring replacement for Rhoads to date — a guitarist named Zakk Wylde. Wylde joined Osbourne for his 1988 effort, No Rest for the Wicked, in which Castillo remained on drums, Sinclair on keyboards and Daisley once more returned to co-writing/bass duties fresh from a stint in Black Sabbath the previous year. The subsequent tour saw Osbourne reunited with erstwhile Black Sabbath bandmate Geezer Butler on bass, and a live EP (entitled Just Say Ozzy) featuring this lineup was released two years later. Geezer continued to tour with Osbourne for the subsequent four tours, and was a major stage presence throughout. In 1989, Ozzy Osbourne performed as part of the Moscow Music Peace Festival.
Later solo career and Black Sabbath reunion

While very successful as a heavy metal act through the 1980s, Osbourne sustained commercial success into the 1990s, starting with 1991's No More Tears, which enjoyed much radio and MTV exposure. It also initiated a practice of bringing in outside composers to help pen Osbourne's solo material, instead of relying solely upon his recording ensemble to write and arrange the music. The album was mixed by veteran rock producer Michael Wagener, who also mixed the Live and Loud album which followed in 1993. It went platinum four times over, and ranked at number 10 on that year's Billboard rock charts. Osbourne was awarded his only Grammy for the track "I Don't Want to Change the World" from No More Tears for Best Metal Performance of 1994.

At this point Osbourne expressed his fatigue with the process of touring, and proclaimed his "retirement tour" (which was to be short-lived). It was comically called "No More Tours", a pun on his No More Tears album. Prior to the tour Mike Inez took over on bass and Kevin Jones on keyboards as Sinclair was touring with The Cult. Osbourne's entire CD catalogue was remastered and reissued in 1995. Also that year, he released Ozzmosis and went on stage again, dubbing his concert performances "The Retirement Sucks Tour". The lineup on "Ozzmosis" was Wylde, Butler (who had just quit Black Sabbath again) and ex-Bad English, Steve Vai and Hardline drummer Deen Castronovo, now in Journey. Keyboards were played by Yes's Rick Wakeman and producer Michael Beinhorn. The tour maintained Butler and Castronovo and saw Sinclair return, but a major change was new guitarist ex-David Lee Roth man Joe Holmes. Wylde was debating on an offer to join Guns N' Roses and Ozzy could wait no longer and replaced him. In early 1996, Butler and Castronovo left and Inez (by now in Alice In Chains since 1993)and Castillo filled in. Ultimately, Faith No More's Mike Bordin and ex-Suicidal Tendencies bassist Robert Trujillo joined on drums and bass respectively. A greatest hits package, The Ozzman Cometh was issued in 1997.

Osbourne's biggest financial success of the 1990s was a venture named Ozzfest, created and managed by his wife/manager Sharon and assisted loosely by his son Jack. Ozzfest was a quick hit with metal fans, spurring up-and-coming groups like Incubus and Slipknot to broad exposure and commercial success. Some acts shared the bill with a reformed Black Sabbath during the 1997 Ozzfest tour, beginning in West Palm Beach, Florida. Osbourne reunited with the original members of Sabbath in 1997 and has performed periodically with the band ever since.

Since its start, five million people have attended Ozzfest, which has grossed over US$100 million. The festival also helped promote many new hard rock and heavy metal acts of the late 1990s and early 2000s, including System of a Down, Drowning Pool, Limp Bizkit, Korn, Disturbed, HIM, Linkin Park, Atreyu, Papa Roach, P.O.D., Velvet Revolver, Godsmack, Avenged Sevenfold, Otep, and Slipknot. Up until the 2006 tour, Osbourne was always the headlining artist (either solo or with Black Sabbath), and it has featured other artists such as Metallica, Danzig, Sepultura, Marilyn Manson, Pantera, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Slayer, and Megadeth. Ozzfest helped Osbourne to become the first hard rock and heavy metal star to hit $50 million in merchandise sales.

Osbourne's first album of new studio material in seven years, 2001's Down to Earth, met with only moderate success, as did its live follow up, Live at Budokan.

In 2003, Osbourne recruited former Metallica bassist Jason Newsted after he left the band in 2000. Both Newsted and Osbourne were enthusiastic about recording an album together, despite the fact that Newsted left shortly after touring with Osbourne towards the end of 2003.

On 8 December 2003, Osbourne was rushed into emergency surgery at Wexham Park Hospital in Slough, England when he had an accident with his all-terrain vehicle on his estate in Chalfont St Peter in Buckinghamshire. Osbourne broke his collar bone, eight ribs, and a neck vertebra. An operation was performed to lift the collarbone, which was believed to be resting on a major artery and interrupting blood flow to the arm. Sharon later revealed that Osbourne had stopped breathing following the crash and was resuscitated by Osbourne's then personal bodyguard, Sam Ruston.

While in hospital, Osbourne achieved his first ever UK number one single, a duet of the Black Sabbath ballad, "Changes" with daughter Kelly. In doing so, he broke the record of the longest period between an artist's first UK chart appearance (with Black Sabbath's "Paranoid", number four in August 1970) and their first number one hit: a gap of 33 years.

Since the accident, he has fully recovered and headlined the 2004 Ozzfest, where he again reunited with Black Sabbath. In 2005, he released a box set called Prince of Darkness. The first and second discs are collections of live performances, B-sides, demos and singles. The third disc contained duets and other odd tracks with other artists, including "Born to Be Wild" with Miss Piggy. The fourth disc is entirely new material where Osbourne covers his favourite songs by his biggest influences and favourite bands, including The Beatles, John Lennon, David Bowie and others.

He and wife Sharon starred in yet another MTV show, this time a competition reality show entitled "Battle for Ozzfest". A number of yet unsigned bands send one member to compete in a challenge to win a spot on the 2005 Ozzfest and a possible recording contract.

In 2004, Osbourne received an NME award for "godlike genius".

Shortly after Ozzfest 2005, Osbourne announced that he will no longer headline Ozzfest. Although he announced his retirement from Ozzfest, Osbourne came back for one more year, 2006, albeit only closing for just over half the concerts, leaving the others to be closed by System of a Down. He also played the closing act for the second stage at Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, CA on 1 July as well as Randall's Island, NY on 29 July. After the concert in Bristow, Virginia, Osbourne announced he would return for another year of Ozzfest in 2007. Tickets for the 2007 tour were offered to fans free of charge, which led to some controversy. In 2008, Ozzfest was reduced to a one-day event in Dallas, Texas, where Osbourne played, along with Metallica.

In 2005, he was inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame along with Black Sabbath where he mooned the crowd because of their poor reception while they were playing.

In March 2006, he said that he hopes to release a new studio album soon with long time on-off guitarist, Zakk Wylde of Black Label Society. In October 2006, it was announced that Tony Iommi, Ronnie James Dio, Vinny Appice, and Geezer Butler would be touring together again, though not as Black Sabbath, but under the moniker 'Heaven and Hell (the title of Dio's first Black Sabbath album). The response to the news on Osbourne's website was that Osbourne wished Tony and Ronnie well and that there is only one Sabbath.

The album, titled Black Rain, was released on 22 May 2007. Osbourne's first new studio album in almost six years, it featured a more serious tone than previous albums. "I thought I'd never write again without any stimulation...But you know what? Instead of picking up the bottle I just got honest and said, 'I don't want life to go (to pieces)'", Osbourne stated in a Billboard interview.
Osbourne on tour in Japan
Birmingham Walk of Stars.

On 24 May 2007, Osbourne was honoured at the second annual VH1 Rock Honors, along with Genesis, Heart, and ZZ Top. It was announced on 18 May 2007 that Osbourne would be the first inductee into The Birmingham Walk of Stars. In a ceremony conducted on 6 July 2007, a bronze star honouring Osbourne was placed on Broad Street in his home city of Birmingham, England, in his presence. Ozzy Osbourne is the first artist to be honoured on Birmingham's Hollywood-style Walk of Fame. He was presented with the honour by the Lord Mayor of Birmingham. "I am really honoured," he said, "All my family is here and I thank everyone for this reception - I'm absolutely knocked out".

Osbourne was also a judge for the 6th annual Independent Music Awards to support independent artists' careers.

In July 2008, it was announced that Ozzy Osbourne would be the recipient of the prestigious 'Living Legend' award in the Classic Rock Roll of Honour this year. Osbourne follows the likes of Jimmy Page and Alice Cooper.

On 20 August 2008, Affliction Clothing announced that Osbourne would be the musical guest at their 11 October Affliction: Day of Reckoning mixed martial arts event to be held at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas.

In 2009 it was announced that there would not be an Ozzfest 2009, but that Ozzfest would return in 2010

Osbourne revealed in July 2009 that he was currently seeking a new guitar player. While he states that he has not fallen out with Zakk Wylde, he said he felt his songs were beginning to sound like Black Label Society and fancied a change.

Osbourne performed at the gaming festival, BlizzCon 2009.

Osbourne provides his voice and likeness to the 2009 video game, Brutal Legend, where he stars as The Guardian of Metal.

Slash's new single to be released in January 2010 will feature Osbourne on vocals.

On November 2, 2009, Osbourne and his wife Sharon were the guest hosts of WWE Monday Night Raw.
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Written By: ninny on 12/03/09 at 3:47 am

The co-birthdays of the day...Julianne Moore
She began her acting career in 1983 in minor roles, before joining the cast of the soap opera, As the World Turns, for which she won a Daytime Emmy Award in 1988. She began to appear in supporting roles in films during the early 1990s, achieving recognition in several independent films before her performance in Boogie Nights (1997) brought her widespread attention and nominations for several major acting awards.

Her success continued with films such as The End of the Affair (1999) and Magnolia (1999). She was acclaimed for her portrayal of a betrayed wife in Far from Heaven (2002), winning several critic awards as best actress of the year, in addition to several other nominations, including the Academy Award, Golden Globe, and Screen Actors Guild Award. The same year she was also nominated for several awards as best supporting actress for her work in The Hours.

Moore remains active in film making, with films scheduled for release in 2009 and 2010, yet she has explained that she has curtailed her work in order to spend more time with her children.
Moore moved to New York City in 1983, working as a waitress and bit parts before being cast in the dual roles of Frannie Hughes and Sabrina Hughes on the soap opera As the World Turns, for which she won a Daytime Emmy Award; she played the roles from 1985 to 1988. In 1987 she was part of the junior company in the New York premiere of Caryl Churchill's Serous Money at The Public Theater. Because of Screen Actors Guild rules, she had to change her name, since there were already actresses named "Julie Smith" and "Julianne Smith". She chose her father's middle name, "Moore", but because there was already another actress named "Julie Moore", she finally settled on "Julianne Moore."

Moore began starring in feature films in the early 1990s, mostly appearing in supporting roles in films like The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, Benny & Joon, and The Fugitive. Her part in 1993's Short Cuts gained her critical acclaim and recognition, and she was cast in several high-profile Hollywood films, including 1995's romantic comedy Nine Months, and 1997's summer blockbuster The Lost World: Jurassic Park. Her first role as the central lead, Carol White, in the well-reviewed independent film Safe also attracted critical attention. The role was called the ancestor of one of Moore's best-praised roles, Cathy Whitaker, in another Todd Haynes film, Far from Heaven. Critics noted the importance of this role in establishing her as an actress to take seriously. In addition, her performance on Vanya on 42nd Street, a filmed version of Chekhov's play, earned her critical recognition as being more than just a "blockbuster film" actress, with film critic Kenneth Turan calling her work in the film "a revelation". For this role, Moore won "Best Actress" from the Boston Society of Film Critics.
Moore at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival

During the late 1990s and early 2000s, Moore appeared in a series of films that received Oscar recognition, including her roles in Boogie Nights (Best Supporting Actress nomination), The End of the Affair (Best Actress nomination), and her two 2002 films, The Hours (Best Supporting Actress nomination) and Far from Heaven (Best Actress nomination), for which she also won "Best Actress" from numerous critics groups (see below for a list) and from the Venice Film Festival. During this period, she also appeared in the commercial successes Hannibal (replacing Jodie Foster as Clarice Starling) and The Forgotten, in Paul Thomas Anderson's follow-up to Boogie Nights, Magnolia, and in the Coen brothers cult hit, The Big Lebowski.

Her film Freedomland opened in February 2006 to mixed reviews. Another film, Trust the Man, directed by her husband, Bart Freundlich, featured her son, Caleb. In March 2006, it was announced Moore would make her Broadway debut in the world premiere of David Hare's new play The Vertical Hour. The play opened in November 2006 and was directed by Sam Mendes. Also in 2006, Moore appeared as Julian Taylor in the film Children of Men. She most recently appeared opposite Nicolas Cage and Jessica Biel in Next, a science fiction action film based on The Golden Man, a short story by Philip K. Dick; and the controversial incest film Savage Grace, the story of a high-society mother and son whose Oedipal relationship ends in tragedy. In 2008, she starred in Blindness, a thriller from director Fernando Meirelles, costarring Mark Ruffalo. It premiered at Cannes and the Toronto International Film Festival.

Moore has been a celebrity spokesmodel for Revlon since 2002. She has appeared in print ads and commercials that also include Halle Berry, Susan Sarandon, Kate Bosworth, and Jessica Alba. She is signed to IMG Models in New York City.

In October 2007, Moore made her literary debut with the publication of Freckleface Strawberry, a children's book based on her experiences as a child. In April 2009, Moore followed up with a second children's book titled Freckleface Strawberry and the Dodgeball Bully.
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* Brendan Fraser
Brendan James Fraser (born December 3, 1968) is a Canadian-American actor of stage and screen. He has starred in many major Hollywood films, including The Mummy film series, Crash, Dudley Do-Right, Looney Tunes: Back in Action, George of the Jungle and Journey to the Center of the Earth.
Fraser's first film role was a brief cameo in an America's Most Wanted Reenactment (1988) he played friend to Rodney Mark Peterson, who was murdered. He has since garnered over 30 film credits. He had his first lead role in Encino Man (1992). That same year, he starred opposite Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, and Chris O'Donnell in School Ties. In 1994, he co-starred alongside Steve Buscemi and Adam Sandler in the comedy Airheads. He went on to play supporting roles starring alongside Viggo Mortensen and Ashley Judd in Philip Ridley's The Passion of Darkly Noon (1995), and Jennifer Beals in The Twilight of the Golds (1997). He got his breakthrough role with the hit comedy film George of the Jungle (1997). He went on to appear in several comedy films such as Blast from the Past (1999), Bedazzled (2000) and Monkeybone (2001).

Fraser also played a dramatic role in Gods and Monsters (1998), alongside Ian McKellen. The film was based on the life of the filmmaker James Whale (McKellen), who made the 1931 film Frankenstein. This film was written and directed by Bill Condon (Dreamgirls) and was a story about the loss of creativity, ambiguous sexuality and unlikely bonds between a heterosexual gardener and a gay, tortured and ailing filmmaker.

His biggest commercial success came with the action adventure horror film (co-starring Rachel Weisz) The Mummy (1999) and its sequel The Mummy Returns (2001), both of which were hugely successful at the box office. He has starred in two films based on Jay Ward creations, George of the Jungle and Dudley Do-Right although he did not reprise his role in the former's sequel.

In 2004, he appeared in the Academy Award-winning film Crash. He has also made guest appearances on the television shows Scrubs, King of the Hill, and The Simpsons.

In March 2006, he was inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame, the first American-born actor to receive the honor. However, as of 2008, he does not have a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. After a six year hiatus in the franchise, Fraser returned for the second sequel to The Mummy released in August 2008 and titled The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor. Filming started in Montreal on July 27, 2007 and the movie also starred Jet Li as Emperor Han. The last Mummy film grossed over $102 million in the USA and over $400 million worldwide.

Fraser also starred as "Brick" in the West End production of Tennessee Williams's Cat on a Hot Tin Roof in September, 2001, directed by Anthony Page. Castmates included Ned Beatty, Frances O'Connor, and Gemma Jones. The show closed on January 12, 2002, with Fraser garnering many excellent reviews.
Filmography
Year Film Role Notes
1991 Dogfight Sailor #1 as Brendon Fraser
1992 Encino Man Link
School Ties David Greene
1993 Twenty Bucks Sam Mastrewski
Son in Law Link uncredited
Younger and Younger Winston Younger
1994 With Honors Montgomery 'Monty' Kessler
Airheads Chester 'Chazz' Darvey
In the Army Now Link uncredited
The Scout Steve Nebraska
1995 The Passion of Darkly Noon Darkly Noon
Now and Then Vietnam veteran uncredited
1996 Brain Candy Placebo patient Cameo - uncredited
Mrs. Winterbourne Bill/Hugh Winterbourne
Glory Daze Doug
1997 George of the Jungle George of the Jungle
The Twilight of the Golds David Gold
Still Breathing Fletcher McBracken
1998 Gods and Monsters Clayton Boone
1999 Blast from the Past Adam Webber
The Mummy Richard 'Rick' O'Connell
Dudley Do-Right Dudley Do-Right
2000 Bedazzled Elliot Richards / Jefe / Mary
Sinbad: Beyond the Veil of Mists Sinbad voice
2001 Monkeybone Stu Miley
The Mummy Returns Richard 'Rick' O'Connell
2002 The Quiet American Alden Pyle
2003 Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star Himself uncredited
Looney Tunes: Back in Action DJ Drake / Himself /
Voice of Tasmanian Devil and She-Devil
2004 Crash Rick Cabot Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
Black Reel Awards - Best Ensemble
2005 Beach Bunny Beach bum voice
2006 Journey to the End of the Night Paul
The Last Time Jamie
2007 The Air I Breathe Pleasure
2008 Journey to the Center of the Earth Prof. Trevor Anderson
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor Richard 'Rick' O'Connell
2009 Inkheart Mortimer Folchart
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra Sgt. Stone Cameo
2010 Extraordinary Measures John Crowley
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 12/03/09 at 7:05 am

The word of the day...Train
1. A series of connected railroad cars pulled or pushed by one or more locomotives.
2. A long line of moving people, animals, or vehicles.
3. The personnel, vehicles, and equipment following and providing supplies and services to a combat unit.
4. A part of a gown that trails behind the wearer.
5. A staff of people following in attendance; a retinue.
6.
1. An orderly succession of related events or thoughts; a sequence. See synonyms at series.
2. A series of consequences wrought by an event; aftermath.
7. A set of linked mechanical parts: a train of gears.
8. A string of gunpowder that acts as a fuse for exploding a charge.
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There's also an R & B singer called D-Train".

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 12/03/09 at 7:06 am

The birthday of the day...Ozzy Osbourne
John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne (born 3 December 1948) is an English singer-songwriter, whose career has spanned four decades. Osbourne rose to prominence as lead vocalist of pioneering British heavy metal band Black Sabbath, and eventually achieved a multi-platinum solo career between the early 1980s and mid 1990s which revolutionized the heavy metal genre. As a result he is known as the "Godfather of Heavy Metal", and, because of some of his material, the "Prince of Darkness". In the early 2000s, his career as a celebrity hit a new zenith when he became a star in his own reality show, The Osbournes, alongside wife/manager Sharon and two of their three children, Kelly and Jack. In August 2008, Osbourne stated in USA Today that he intends to retire from his music career after two more albums.
Despite only a modest investment from US record label Warner Bros. Records, Black Sabbath met with swift and enduring success. Built around Tony Iommi's guitar riffs, Geezer Butler's lyrics, and topped by Osbourne's eerie vocals, early records such as their eponymous debut album and Paranoid sold huge numbers, as well as getting airplay.
Early solo career

In 1979, Osbourne was fired from Black Sabbath largely for unreliability due to substance abuse. All the members in the band did drugs, but Osbourne did them to a much greater extent than other members of the band. He was replaced by former Rainbow singer Ronnie James Dio.

In the late 1970s, the band Necromandus rehearsed with Ozzy Osbourne and briefly became the first incarnation of his Blizzard of Ozz solo project. The Ozzy Osbourne Band began as The Blizzard of Ozz, formed by Osbourne's new manager and future wife, Sharon Arden. The first line-up of the band featured drummer Lee Kerslake (of Uriah Heep), bassist/lyricist Bob Daisley (of Rainbow and later Uriah Heep), keyboardist Don Airey and guitarist Randy Rhoads (of Quiet Riot). The record company would eventually title the record Blizzard of Ozz credited simply under Osbourne's name. Largely written by Daisley and Rhoads, Osbourne met with considerable success on his first solo effort, the debut collection selling well with heavy metal fans. A second album, Diary of a Madman featured more of Bob Daisley's song writing and guitar work by Randy Rhoads, who was ranked the 85th greatest guitarist of all time by Rolling Stone magazine in 2003.

In March 1982, while in Florida for the follow-up album Diary of a Madman tour, and a week away from playing Madison Square Garden in New York City, a light aircraft taken without its owner's consent carrying guitarist Randy Rhoads crashed while performing low passes over the band's tour bus. In a prank turned deadly, the right wing of the aircraft clipped the bus, causing the plane to crash into a tree and finally a nearby house, killing Rhoads as well as the pilot, Andrew Aycock, and the band's hairdresser, Rachel Youngblood. On autopsy, cocaine was found to be present in Aycock's urine. Learning of the death of his close friend and band mate, Osbourne once again fell into deep depression. The record company gave Osbourne a break from performing to mourn for his late band member, but Osbourne stopped work for only one week.

Ex-Gillan guitarist Bernie Torme was the first guitarist to replace Randy once the tour resumed. Torme however, found the pressure of learning the band's songs so quickly and the idea of appearing before fans still mourning the loss of Rhoads unsettling. His tenure with the band would last less than one month.

During an audition for guitarists in a hotel room, Osbourne selected Brad Gillis, (who went on to be one of two guitarists in Night Ranger) to finish the tour. The tour continued, culminating in the release of the 1982 live album, Speak of the Devil recorded at the Ritz in New York City. A live tribute album for Rhoads was later released. This album would also feature a studio song by Randy, taken from studio outtakes, called "Dee" in honour of his mother.

Also, in an August 2008 interview with Total Guitar Magazine Osbourne was asked if he wanted to say something about Randy Rhoads, the rock star said: "I have no regrets except I wasn't able to keep Randy from getting onto that plane."
Further solo career

In the 1980s and 1990s, Osbourne's career was an effort on two fronts: continuing to make music without Rhoads, and becoming sober. The 1981 concerts were recorded with a live album in mind. Entitled Speak of the Devil, known in the United Kingdom as Talk of the Devil, was originally planned to consist of live recordings from 1981, primarily from Osbourne's solo work. With news of Black Sabbath also about to release a live album titled "Live Evil" however, Osbourne and Sharon decided to pre-empt his former band's efforts, and the album ended up consisting entirely of Black Sabbath cover material, recorded with Gillis, bassist Rudy Sarzo, and drummer Tommy Aldridge. In the same Guitar Player interview where Brad Gillis discussed how he came to play for Osbourne, he discussed the live album, and admitted that everyone in the band wanted to rework some parts, but were not given the opportunity. Speak of the Devil was musically left alone. Osbourne later commented (inside the cover of "Tribute") "I don't give a fudge about that album. It was just a bunch of bullsheesh Sabbath covers." He also stated that it was the recording company that wanted a new album, and that he was unwilling to release the tapes of performances live with Rhoads, believing this would dishonour his memory.

In 1982, Osbourne was the guest vocalist on the Was (Not Was) pop dance track "Shake Your Head (Let's Go to Bed)" with Madonna performing backing vocals. Osbourne's cut was remixed and re-released in the early 1990s for a Was (Not Was) greatest hits album in Europe, and it cracked the UK pop chart. Madonna asked that her vocal not be restored for the hits package, so new vocals by Kim Basinger were added to complement Osbourne's lead.

Jake E. Lee, formerly of Ratt and Rough Cutt, was a more successful recruit than Torme or Gillis, recording 1983's Bark at the Moon (co-writing the album with Bob Daisley, and also featuring Tommy Aldridge, and former Rainbow keyboard player Don Airey). 1986's The Ultimate Sin followed (with bassist Phil Soussan and drummer Randy Castillo), and touring behind both albums with ex-Uriah Heep keyboardist John Sinclair joining prior to the Ultimate Sin tour.

In late 1986, Osbourne was the target in the first of a series of US lawsuits brought against him, alleging that one of his songs, "Suicide Solution", drove two more American teenagers to commit suicide because of its "subliminal lyrics". The cases were decided in Osbourne's favour, essentially on the premise that Osbourne cannot be held accountable for a listener's actions. It also helped that the song was clearly about alcohol abuse and "suicide solution" was a play on words. Soon after, Osbourne publicly acknowledged that he wrote the song about his friend, AC/DC lead singer Bon Scott, who died from alcohol abuse, and that solution referred to both alcohol as a solution to problems and as a chemical solution. Bob Daisley, however, asserts that he wrote this song and that it was about his concerns over Osbourne's own ongoing battle with substance abuse.

Lee and Osbourne parted ways in 1987, however, reportedly due to musical differences. Osbourne continued to struggle with his chemical dependencies, and commemorated the fifth anniversary of Rhoads' death with Tribute, the live recordings from 1981 that had gone unreleased for years. In 1988, Osbourne appeared in The Decline of Western Civilization II: The Metal Years and told the director, Penelope Spheeris, that "sobriety fudgeing sucks." Meanwhile, Osbourne found his most enduring replacement for Rhoads to date — a guitarist named Zakk Wylde. Wylde joined Osbourne for his 1988 effort, No Rest for the Wicked, in which Castillo remained on drums, Sinclair on keyboards and Daisley once more returned to co-writing/bass duties fresh from a stint in Black Sabbath the previous year. The subsequent tour saw Osbourne reunited with erstwhile Black Sabbath bandmate Geezer Butler on bass, and a live EP (entitled Just Say Ozzy) featuring this lineup was released two years later. Geezer continued to tour with Osbourne for the subsequent four tours, and was a major stage presence throughout. In 1989, Ozzy Osbourne performed as part of the Moscow Music Peace Festival.
Later solo career and Black Sabbath reunion

While very successful as a heavy metal act through the 1980s, Osbourne sustained commercial success into the 1990s, starting with 1991's No More Tears, which enjoyed much radio and MTV exposure. It also initiated a practice of bringing in outside composers to help pen Osbourne's solo material, instead of relying solely upon his recording ensemble to write and arrange the music. The album was mixed by veteran rock producer Michael Wagener, who also mixed the Live and Loud album which followed in 1993. It went platinum four times over, and ranked at number 10 on that year's Billboard rock charts. Osbourne was awarded his only Grammy for the track "I Don't Want to Change the World" from No More Tears for Best Metal Performance of 1994.

At this point Osbourne expressed his fatigue with the process of touring, and proclaimed his "retirement tour" (which was to be short-lived). It was comically called "No More Tours", a pun on his No More Tears album. Prior to the tour Mike Inez took over on bass and Kevin Jones on keyboards as Sinclair was touring with The Cult. Osbourne's entire CD catalogue was remastered and reissued in 1995. Also that year, he released Ozzmosis and went on stage again, dubbing his concert performances "The Retirement Sucks Tour". The lineup on "Ozzmosis" was Wylde, Butler (who had just quit Black Sabbath again) and ex-Bad English, Steve Vai and Hardline drummer Deen Castronovo, now in Journey. Keyboards were played by Yes's Rick Wakeman and producer Michael Beinhorn. The tour maintained Butler and Castronovo and saw Sinclair return, but a major change was new guitarist ex-David Lee Roth man Joe Holmes. Wylde was debating on an offer to join Guns N' Roses and Ozzy could wait no longer and replaced him. In early 1996, Butler and Castronovo left and Inez (by now in Alice In Chains since 1993)and Castillo filled in. Ultimately, Faith No More's Mike Bordin and ex-Suicidal Tendencies bassist Robert Trujillo joined on drums and bass respectively. A greatest hits package, The Ozzman Cometh was issued in 1997.

Osbourne's biggest financial success of the 1990s was a venture named Ozzfest, created and managed by his wife/manager Sharon and assisted loosely by his son Jack. Ozzfest was a quick hit with metal fans, spurring up-and-coming groups like Incubus and Slipknot to broad exposure and commercial success. Some acts shared the bill with a reformed Black Sabbath during the 1997 Ozzfest tour, beginning in West Palm Beach, Florida. Osbourne reunited with the original members of Sabbath in 1997 and has performed periodically with the band ever since.

Since its start, five million people have attended Ozzfest, which has grossed over US$100 million. The festival also helped promote many new hard rock and heavy metal acts of the late 1990s and early 2000s, including System of a Down, Drowning Pool, Limp Bizkit, Korn, Disturbed, HIM, Linkin Park, Atreyu, Papa Roach, P.O.D., Velvet Revolver, Godsmack, Avenged Sevenfold, Otep, and Slipknot. Up until the 2006 tour, Osbourne was always the headlining artist (either solo or with Black Sabbath), and it has featured other artists such as Metallica, Danzig, Sepultura, Marilyn Manson, Pantera, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Slayer, and Megadeth. Ozzfest helped Osbourne to become the first hard rock and heavy metal star to hit $50 million in merchandise sales.

Osbourne's first album of new studio material in seven years, 2001's Down to Earth, met with only moderate success, as did its live follow up, Live at Budokan.

In 2003, Osbourne recruited former Metallica bassist Jason Newsted after he left the band in 2000. Both Newsted and Osbourne were enthusiastic about recording an album together, despite the fact that Newsted left shortly after touring with Osbourne towards the end of 2003.

On 8 December 2003, Osbourne was rushed into emergency surgery at Wexham Park Hospital in Slough, England when he had an accident with his all-terrain vehicle on his estate in Chalfont St Peter in Buckinghamshire. Osbourne broke his collar bone, eight ribs, and a neck vertebra. An operation was performed to lift the collarbone, which was believed to be resting on a major artery and interrupting blood flow to the arm. Sharon later revealed that Osbourne had stopped breathing following the crash and was resuscitated by Osbourne's then personal bodyguard, Sam Ruston.

While in hospital, Osbourne achieved his first ever UK number one single, a duet of the Black Sabbath ballad, "Changes" with daughter Kelly. In doing so, he broke the record of the longest period between an artist's first UK chart appearance (with Black Sabbath's "Paranoid", number four in August 1970) and their first number one hit: a gap of 33 years.

Since the accident, he has fully recovered and headlined the 2004 Ozzfest, where he again reunited with Black Sabbath. In 2005, he released a box set called Prince of Darkness. The first and second discs are collections of live performances, B-sides, demos and singles. The third disc contained duets and other odd tracks with other artists, including "Born to Be Wild" with Miss Piggy. The fourth disc is entirely new material where Osbourne covers his favourite songs by his biggest influences and favourite bands, including The Beatles, John Lennon, David Bowie and others.

He and wife Sharon starred in yet another MTV show, this time a competition reality show entitled "Battle for Ozzfest". A number of yet unsigned bands send one member to compete in a challenge to win a spot on the 2005 Ozzfest and a possible recording contract.

In 2004, Osbourne received an NME award for "godlike genius".

Shortly after Ozzfest 2005, Osbourne announced that he will no longer headline Ozzfest. Although he announced his retirement from Ozzfest, Osbourne came back for one more year, 2006, albeit only closing for just over half the concerts, leaving the others to be closed by System of a Down. He also played the closing act for the second stage at Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, CA on 1 July as well as Randall's Island, NY on 29 July. After the concert in Bristow, Virginia, Osbourne announced he would return for another year of Ozzfest in 2007. Tickets for the 2007 tour were offered to fans free of charge, which led to some controversy. In 2008, Ozzfest was reduced to a one-day event in Dallas, Texas, where Osbourne played, along with Metallica.

In 2005, he was inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame along with Black Sabbath where he mooned the crowd because of their poor reception while they were playing.

In March 2006, he said that he hopes to release a new studio album soon with long time on-off guitarist, Zakk Wylde of Black Label Society. In October 2006, it was announced that Tony Iommi, Ronnie James Dio, Vinny Appice, and Geezer Butler would be touring together again, though not as Black Sabbath, but under the moniker 'Heaven and Hell (the title of Dio's first Black Sabbath album). The response to the news on Osbourne's website was that Osbourne wished Tony and Ronnie well and that there is only one Sabbath.

The album, titled Black Rain, was released on 22 May 2007. Osbourne's first new studio album in almost six years, it featured a more serious tone than previous albums. "I thought I'd never write again without any stimulation...But you know what? Instead of picking up the bottle I just got honest and said, 'I don't want life to go (to pieces)'", Osbourne stated in a Billboard interview.
Osbourne on tour in Japan
Birmingham Walk of Stars.

On 24 May 2007, Osbourne was honoured at the second annual VH1 Rock Honors, along with Genesis, Heart, and ZZ Top. It was announced on 18 May 2007 that Osbourne would be the first inductee into The Birmingham Walk of Stars. In a ceremony conducted on 6 July 2007, a bronze star honouring Osbourne was placed on Broad Street in his home city of Birmingham, England, in his presence. Ozzy Osbourne is the first artist to be honoured on Birmingham's Hollywood-style Walk of Fame. He was presented with the honour by the Lord Mayor of Birmingham. "I am really honoured," he said, "All my family is here and I thank everyone for this reception - I'm absolutely knocked out".

Osbourne was also a judge for the 6th annual Independent Music Awards to support independent artists' careers.

In July 2008, it was announced that Ozzy Osbourne would be the recipient of the prestigious 'Living Legend' award in the Classic Rock Roll of Honour this year. Osbourne follows the likes of Jimmy Page and Alice Cooper.

On 20 August 2008, Affliction Clothing announced that Osbourne would be the musical guest at their 11 October Affliction: Day of Reckoning mixed martial arts event to be held at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas.

In 2009 it was announced that there would not be an Ozzfest 2009, but that Ozzfest would return in 2010

Osbourne revealed in July 2009 that he was currently seeking a new guitar player. While he states that he has not fallen out with Zakk Wylde, he said he felt his songs were beginning to sound like Black Label Society and fancied a change.

Osbourne performed at the gaming festival, BlizzCon 2009.

Osbourne provides his voice and likeness to the 2009 video game, Brutal Legend, where he stars as The Guardian of Metal.

Slash's new single to be released in January 2010 will feature Osbourne on vocals.

On November 2, 2009, Osbourne and his wife Sharon were the guest hosts of WWE Monday Night Raw.
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All Aboard the Crazy Train.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 12/03/09 at 7:55 am

There's also an R & B singer called D-Train".

Don't know him.

All Aboard the Crazy Train.

That's what we're on. or is that the lunatic bus.

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Written By: CatwomanofV on 12/03/09 at 11:48 am

I don't know if it is still true or not but there was a while that Ozzy was not allowed in San Antonio, Texas because the last time he was there, he p!ssed on the Alamo.

Cat

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Written By: Frank on 12/03/09 at 11:55 am

I don't know if it is still true or not but there was a while that Ozzy was not allowed in San Antonio, Texas because the last time he was there, he p!ssed on the Alamo.

Cat

If there any place he hasn't pissed on? :D

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/03/09 at 12:52 pm

The word of the day...Train
1. A series of connected railroad cars pulled or pushed by one or more locomotives.
2. A long line of moving people, animals, or vehicles.
3. The personnel, vehicles, and equipment following and providing supplies and services to a combat unit.
4. A part of a gown that trails behind the wearer.
5. A staff of people following in attendance; a retinue.
6.
1. An orderly succession of related events or thoughts; a sequence. See synonyms at series.
2. A series of consequences wrought by an event; aftermath.
7. A set of linked mechanical parts: a train of gears.
8. A string of gunpowder that acts as a fuse for exploding a charge.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvCwEO1Ia-U

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/03/09 at 12:53 pm

The word of the day...Train
1. A series of connected railroad cars pulled or pushed by one or more locomotives.
2. A long line of moving people, animals, or vehicles.
3. The personnel, vehicles, and equipment following and providing supplies and services to a combat unit.
4. A part of a gown that trails behind the wearer.
5. A staff of people following in attendance; a retinue.
6.
1. An orderly succession of related events or thoughts; a sequence. See synonyms at series.
2. A series of consequences wrought by an event; aftermath.
7. A set of linked mechanical parts: a train of gears.
8. A string of gunpowder that acts as a fuse for exploding a charge.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BY6ROhJ5jw

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/03/09 at 12:54 pm

The birthday of the day...Ozzy Osbourne
John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne (born 3 December 1948) is an English singer-songwriter, whose career has spanned four decades. Osbourne rose to prominence as lead vocalist of pioneering British heavy metal band Black Sabbath, and eventually achieved a multi-platinum solo career between the early 1980s and mid 1990s which revolutionized the heavy metal genre. As a result he is known as the "Godfather of Heavy Metal", and, because of some of his material, the "Prince of Darkness". In the early 2000s, his career as a celebrity hit a new zenith when he became a star in his own reality show, The Osbournes, alongside wife/manager Sharon and two of their three children, Kelly and Jack. In August 2008, Osbourne stated in USA Today that he intends to retire from his music career after two more albums.
Despite only a modest investment from US record label Warner Bros. Records, Black Sabbath met with swift and enduring success. Built around Tony Iommi's guitar riffs, Geezer Butler's lyrics, and topped by Osbourne's eerie vocals, early records such as their eponymous debut album and Paranoid sold huge numbers, as well as getting airplay.
Early solo career

In 1979, Osbourne was fired from Black Sabbath largely for unreliability due to substance abuse. All the members in the band did drugs, but Osbourne did them to a much greater extent than other members of the band. He was replaced by former Rainbow singer Ronnie James Dio.

In the late 1970s, the band Necromandus rehearsed with Ozzy Osbourne and briefly became the first incarnation of his Blizzard of Ozz solo project. The Ozzy Osbourne Band began as The Blizzard of Ozz, formed by Osbourne's new manager and future wife, Sharon Arden. The first line-up of the band featured drummer Lee Kerslake (of Uriah Heep), bassist/lyricist Bob Daisley (of Rainbow and later Uriah Heep), keyboardist Don Airey and guitarist Randy Rhoads (of Quiet Riot). The record company would eventually title the record Blizzard of Ozz credited simply under Osbourne's name. Largely written by Daisley and Rhoads, Osbourne met with considerable success on his first solo effort, the debut collection selling well with heavy metal fans. A second album, Diary of a Madman featured more of Bob Daisley's song writing and guitar work by Randy Rhoads, who was ranked the 85th greatest guitarist of all time by Rolling Stone magazine in 2003.

In March 1982, while in Florida for the follow-up album Diary of a Madman tour, and a week away from playing Madison Square Garden in New York City, a light aircraft taken without its owner's consent carrying guitarist Randy Rhoads crashed while performing low passes over the band's tour bus. In a prank turned deadly, the right wing of the aircraft clipped the bus, causing the plane to crash into a tree and finally a nearby house, killing Rhoads as well as the pilot, Andrew Aycock, and the band's hairdresser, Rachel Youngblood. On autopsy, cocaine was found to be present in Aycock's urine. Learning of the death of his close friend and band mate, Osbourne once again fell into deep depression. The record company gave Osbourne a break from performing to mourn for his late band member, but Osbourne stopped work for only one week.

Ex-Gillan guitarist Bernie Torme was the first guitarist to replace Randy once the tour resumed. Torme however, found the pressure of learning the band's songs so quickly and the idea of appearing before fans still mourning the loss of Rhoads unsettling. His tenure with the band would last less than one month.

During an audition for guitarists in a hotel room, Osbourne selected Brad Gillis, (who went on to be one of two guitarists in Night Ranger) to finish the tour. The tour continued, culminating in the release of the 1982 live album, Speak of the Devil recorded at the Ritz in New York City. A live tribute album for Rhoads was later released. This album would also feature a studio song by Randy, taken from studio outtakes, called "Dee" in honour of his mother.

Also, in an August 2008 interview with Total Guitar Magazine Osbourne was asked if he wanted to say something about Randy Rhoads, the rock star said: "I have no regrets except I wasn't able to keep Randy from getting onto that plane."
Further solo career

In the 1980s and 1990s, Osbourne's career was an effort on two fronts: continuing to make music without Rhoads, and becoming sober. The 1981 concerts were recorded with a live album in mind. Entitled Speak of the Devil, known in the United Kingdom as Talk of the Devil, was originally planned to consist of live recordings from 1981, primarily from Osbourne's solo work. With news of Black Sabbath also about to release a live album titled "Live Evil" however, Osbourne and Sharon decided to pre-empt his former band's efforts, and the album ended up consisting entirely of Black Sabbath cover material, recorded with Gillis, bassist Rudy Sarzo, and drummer Tommy Aldridge. In the same Guitar Player interview where Brad Gillis discussed how he came to play for Osbourne, he discussed the live album, and admitted that everyone in the band wanted to rework some parts, but were not given the opportunity. Speak of the Devil was musically left alone. Osbourne later commented (inside the cover of "Tribute") "I don't give a fudge about that album. It was just a bunch of bullsheesh Sabbath covers." He also stated that it was the recording company that wanted a new album, and that he was unwilling to release the tapes of performances live with Rhoads, believing this would dishonour his memory.

In 1982, Osbourne was the guest vocalist on the Was (Not Was) pop dance track "Shake Your Head (Let's Go to Bed)" with Madonna performing backing vocals. Osbourne's cut was remixed and re-released in the early 1990s for a Was (Not Was) greatest hits album in Europe, and it cracked the UK pop chart. Madonna asked that her vocal not be restored for the hits package, so new vocals by Kim Basinger were added to complement Osbourne's lead.

Jake E. Lee, formerly of Ratt and Rough Cutt, was a more successful recruit than Torme or Gillis, recording 1983's Bark at the Moon (co-writing the album with Bob Daisley, and also featuring Tommy Aldridge, and former Rainbow keyboard player Don Airey). 1986's The Ultimate Sin followed (with bassist Phil Soussan and drummer Randy Castillo), and touring behind both albums with ex-Uriah Heep keyboardist John Sinclair joining prior to the Ultimate Sin tour.

In late 1986, Osbourne was the target in the first of a series of US lawsuits brought against him, alleging that one of his songs, "Suicide Solution", drove two more American teenagers to commit suicide because of its "subliminal lyrics". The cases were decided in Osbourne's favour, essentially on the premise that Osbourne cannot be held accountable for a listener's actions. It also helped that the song was clearly about alcohol abuse and "suicide solution" was a play on words. Soon after, Osbourne publicly acknowledged that he wrote the song about his friend, AC/DC lead singer Bon Scott, who died from alcohol abuse, and that solution referred to both alcohol as a solution to problems and as a chemical solution. Bob Daisley, however, asserts that he wrote this song and that it was about his concerns over Osbourne's own ongoing battle with substance abuse.

Lee and Osbourne parted ways in 1987, however, reportedly due to musical differences. Osbourne continued to struggle with his chemical dependencies, and commemorated the fifth anniversary of Rhoads' death with Tribute, the live recordings from 1981 that had gone unreleased for years. In 1988, Osbourne appeared in The Decline of Western Civilization II: The Metal Years and told the director, Penelope Spheeris, that "sobriety fudgeing sucks." Meanwhile, Osbourne found his most enduring replacement for Rhoads to date — a guitarist named Zakk Wylde. Wylde joined Osbourne for his 1988 effort, No Rest for the Wicked, in which Castillo remained on drums, Sinclair on keyboards and Daisley once more returned to co-writing/bass duties fresh from a stint in Black Sabbath the previous year. The subsequent tour saw Osbourne reunited with erstwhile Black Sabbath bandmate Geezer Butler on bass, and a live EP (entitled Just Say Ozzy) featuring this lineup was released two years later. Geezer continued to tour with Osbourne for the subsequent four tours, and was a major stage presence throughout. In 1989, Ozzy Osbourne performed as part of the Moscow Music Peace Festival.
Later solo career and Black Sabbath reunion

While very successful as a heavy metal act through the 1980s, Osbourne sustained commercial success into the 1990s, starting with 1991's No More Tears, which enjoyed much radio and MTV exposure. It also initiated a practice of bringing in outside composers to help pen Osbourne's solo material, instead of relying solely upon his recording ensemble to write and arrange the music. The album was mixed by veteran rock producer Michael Wagener, who also mixed the Live and Loud album which followed in 1993. It went platinum four times over, and ranked at number 10 on that year's Billboard rock charts. Osbourne was awarded his only Grammy for the track "I Don't Want to Change the World" from No More Tears for Best Metal Performance of 1994.

At this point Osbourne expressed his fatigue with the process of touring, and proclaimed his "retirement tour" (which was to be short-lived). It was comically called "No More Tours", a pun on his No More Tears album. Prior to the tour Mike Inez took over on bass and Kevin Jones on keyboards as Sinclair was touring with The Cult. Osbourne's entire CD catalogue was remastered and reissued in 1995. Also that year, he released Ozzmosis and went on stage again, dubbing his concert performances "The Retirement Sucks Tour". The lineup on "Ozzmosis" was Wylde, Butler (who had just quit Black Sabbath again) and ex-Bad English, Steve Vai and Hardline drummer Deen Castronovo, now in Journey. Keyboards were played by Yes's Rick Wakeman and producer Michael Beinhorn. The tour maintained Butler and Castronovo and saw Sinclair return, but a major change was new guitarist ex-David Lee Roth man Joe Holmes. Wylde was debating on an offer to join Guns N' Roses and Ozzy could wait no longer and replaced him. In early 1996, Butler and Castronovo left and Inez (by now in Alice In Chains since 1993)and Castillo filled in. Ultimately, Faith No More's Mike Bordin and ex-Suicidal Tendencies bassist Robert Trujillo joined on drums and bass respectively. A greatest hits package, The Ozzman Cometh was issued in 1997.

Osbourne's biggest financial success of the 1990s was a venture named Ozzfest, created and managed by his wife/manager Sharon and assisted loosely by his son Jack. Ozzfest was a quick hit with metal fans, spurring up-and-coming groups like Incubus and Slipknot to broad exposure and commercial success. Some acts shared the bill with a reformed Black Sabbath during the 1997 Ozzfest tour, beginning in West Palm Beach, Florida. Osbourne reunited with the original members of Sabbath in 1997 and has performed periodically with the band ever since.

Since its start, five million people have attended Ozzfest, which has grossed over US$100 million. The festival also helped promote many new hard rock and heavy metal acts of the late 1990s and early 2000s, including System of a Down, Drowning Pool, Limp Bizkit, Korn, Disturbed, HIM, Linkin Park, Atreyu, Papa Roach, P.O.D., Velvet Revolver, Godsmack, Avenged Sevenfold, Otep, and Slipknot. Up until the 2006 tour, Osbourne was always the headlining artist (either solo or with Black Sabbath), and it has featured other artists such as Metallica, Danzig, Sepultura, Marilyn Manson, Pantera, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Slayer, and Megadeth. Ozzfest helped Osbourne to become the first hard rock and heavy metal star to hit $50 million in merchandise sales.

Osbourne's first album of new studio material in seven years, 2001's Down to Earth, met with only moderate success, as did its live follow up, Live at Budokan.

In 2003, Osbourne recruited former Metallica bassist Jason Newsted after he left the band in 2000. Both Newsted and Osbourne were enthusiastic about recording an album together, despite the fact that Newsted left shortly after touring with Osbourne towards the end of 2003.

On 8 December 2003, Osbourne was rushed into emergency surgery at Wexham Park Hospital in Slough, England when he had an accident with his all-terrain vehicle on his estate in Chalfont St Peter in Buckinghamshire. Osbourne broke his collar bone, eight ribs, and a neck vertebra. An operation was performed to lift the collarbone, which was believed to be resting on a major artery and interrupting blood flow to the arm. Sharon later revealed that Osbourne had stopped breathing following the crash and was resuscitated by Osbourne's then personal bodyguard, Sam Ruston.

While in hospital, Osbourne achieved his first ever UK number one single, a duet of the Black Sabbath ballad, "Changes" with daughter Kelly. In doing so, he broke the record of the longest period between an artist's first UK chart appearance (with Black Sabbath's "Paranoid", number four in August 1970) and their first number one hit: a gap of 33 years.

Since the accident, he has fully recovered and headlined the 2004 Ozzfest, where he again reunited with Black Sabbath. In 2005, he released a box set called Prince of Darkness. The first and second discs are collections of live performances, B-sides, demos and singles. The third disc contained duets and other odd tracks with other artists, including "Born to Be Wild" with Miss Piggy. The fourth disc is entirely new material where Osbourne covers his favourite songs by his biggest influences and favourite bands, including The Beatles, John Lennon, David Bowie and others.

He and wife Sharon starred in yet another MTV show, this time a competition reality show entitled "Battle for Ozzfest". A number of yet unsigned bands send one member to compete in a challenge to win a spot on the 2005 Ozzfest and a possible recording contract.

In 2004, Osbourne received an NME award for "godlike genius".

Shortly after Ozzfest 2005, Osbourne announced that he will no longer headline Ozzfest. Although he announced his retirement from Ozzfest, Osbourne came back for one more year, 2006, albeit only closing for just over half the concerts, leaving the others to be closed by System of a Down. He also played the closing act for the second stage at Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, CA on 1 July as well as Randall's Island, NY on 29 July. After the concert in Bristow, Virginia, Osbourne announced he would return for another year of Ozzfest in 2007. Tickets for the 2007 tour were offered to fans free of charge, which led to some controversy. In 2008, Ozzfest was reduced to a one-day event in Dallas, Texas, where Osbourne played, along with Metallica.

In 2005, he was inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame along with Black Sabbath where he mooned the crowd because of their poor reception while they were playing.

In March 2006, he said that he hopes to release a new studio album soon with long time on-off guitarist, Zakk Wylde of Black Label Society. In October 2006, it was announced that Tony Iommi, Ronnie James Dio, Vinny Appice, and Geezer Butler would be touring together again, though not as Black Sabbath, but under the moniker 'Heaven and Hell (the title of Dio's first Black Sabbath album). The response to the news on Osbourne's website was that Osbourne wished Tony and Ronnie well and that there is only one Sabbath.

The album, titled Black Rain, was released on 22 May 2007. Osbourne's first new studio album in almost six years, it featured a more serious tone than previous albums. "I thought I'd never write again without any stimulation...But you know what? Instead of picking up the bottle I just got honest and said, 'I don't want life to go (to pieces)'", Osbourne stated in a Billboard interview.
Osbourne on tour in Japan
Birmingham Walk of Stars.

On 24 May 2007, Osbourne was honoured at the second annual VH1 Rock Honors, along with Genesis, Heart, and ZZ Top. It was announced on 18 May 2007 that Osbourne would be the first inductee into The Birmingham Walk of Stars. In a ceremony conducted on 6 July 2007, a bronze star honouring Osbourne was placed on Broad Street in his home city of Birmingham, England, in his presence. Ozzy Osbourne is the first artist to be honoured on Birmingham's Hollywood-style Walk of Fame. He was presented with the honour by the Lord Mayor of Birmingham. "I am really honoured," he said, "All my family is here and I thank everyone for this reception - I'm absolutely knocked out".

Osbourne was also a judge for the 6th annual Independent Music Awards to support independent artists' careers.

In July 2008, it was announced that Ozzy Osbourne would be the recipient of the prestigious 'Living Legend' award in the Classic Rock Roll of Honour this year. Osbourne follows the likes of Jimmy Page and Alice Cooper.

On 20 August 2008, Affliction Clothing announced that Osbourne would be the musical guest at their 11 October Affliction: Day of Reckoning mixed martial arts event to be held at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas.

In 2009 it was announced that there would not be an Ozzfest 2009, but that Ozzfest would return in 2010

Osbourne revealed in July 2009 that he was currently seeking a new guitar player. While he states that he has not fallen out with Zakk Wylde, he said he felt his songs were beginning to sound like Black Label Society and fancied a change.

Osbourne performed at the gaming festival, BlizzCon 2009.

Osbourne provides his voice and likeness to the 2009 video game, Brutal Legend, where he stars as The Guardian of Metal.

Slash's new single to be released in January 2010 will feature Osbourne on vocals.

On November 2, 2009, Osbourne and his wife Sharon were the guest hosts of WWE Monday Night Raw.

Any offers on the songs from YouTube?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/03/09 at 12:59 pm

Don't know him.That's what we're on. or is that the lunatic bus.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sjSHazjrWg

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/03/09 at 1:00 pm

I don't know if it is still true or not but there was a while that Ozzy was not allowed in San Antonio, Texas because the last time he was there, he p!ssed on the Alamo.

Cat
I doubt that he will remember... ?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 12/03/09 at 2:19 pm

I don't know if it is still true or not but there was a while that Ozzy was not allowed in San Antonio, Texas because the last time he was there, he p!ssed on the Alamo.

Cat

I heard that story too.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 12/03/09 at 2:21 pm

Some Crazy Train
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MLp7YNTznE#

I doubt that he will remember... ?

The Alamo, or the incident?

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Written By: Howard on 12/03/09 at 2:22 pm

Don't know him.That's what we're on. or is that the lunatic bus.

How about The Crazy Bus?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/03/09 at 2:40 pm

Some Crazy Train
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MLp7YNTznE#
The Alamo, or the incident?
Both!

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 12/03/09 at 2:46 pm

I doubt that he will remember... ?

years of drinking and drugs.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/03/09 at 2:48 pm

years of drinking and drugs.
Both!

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/04/09 at 1:09 am

The word of the day...Vaudeville

Stage entertainment offering a variety of short acts such as slapstick turns, song-and-dance routines, and juggling performances.
A theatrical performance of this kind; a variety show.
A light comic play that often includes songs, pantomime, and dances.
A popular, often satirical song.
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The word for this day last year.

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Written By: ninny on 12/04/09 at 5:04 am

The word of the day...Mirror
A mirror is a flat piece of glass which reflects light, so that when you look at it you can see yourself reflected in it.

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He absent-mindedly looked at himself in the mirror.
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He checked his mirror and saw that a dark coloured van was immediately behind him.
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Written By: ninny on 12/04/09 at 5:07 am

The birthday of the day...Jeff Bridges
effrey Leon "Jeff" Bridges (born December 4, 1949) is an American actor and musician. His most notable films include The Last Picture Show, Tron, Against All Odds, Starman, The Fabulous Baker Boys, The Fisher King, Fearless, The Big Lebowski, The Contender, and Iron Man.
As a teenager, Bridges appeared, along with his brother Beau, on their father's CBS anthology series, The Lloyd Bridges Show (1962-1963).

His first major role was in the 1971 movie The Last Picture Show for which he garnered a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He was nominated again for the same award for his performance opposite Clint Eastwood in the 1974 film Thunderbolt and Lightfoot. One of his better known roles was in the 1982 science-fiction cult classic Tron, in which he played Kevin Flynn, a video game programmer. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1984 for playing the alien in Starman. He was also acclaimed for his roles in the thriller Against All Odds and the crime drama Jagged Edge. His role in Fearless is recognized by some critics to be one of his best performances. One critic dubbed it a masterpiece; Pauline Kael wrote that he 'may be the most natural and least self-conscious screen actor that has ever lived'. He also starred as "The Dude" in the Coen Brothers' classic cult film The Big Lebowski.

In 2000, he received his fourth Academy Award nomination for his role in The Contender. He also starred in the 2005 Terry Gilliam movie Tideland, his second with the director (the first being 1991's The Fisher King). He plays the role of Obadiah Stane/Iron Monger in the 2008 Marvel motion picture, Iron Man. In July 2008 and July 2009 he was shown in the Comic Con teaser for Tron Legacy, the upcoming sequel to Tron; leading fans to assume he would reprise the role of Flynn from the 1982 classic film.
Other work

In his off time while on set, he has opened up a serious business with technology. He began taking pictures on set during Starman, at the suggestion of co-star Karen Allen. He has published many of these photographs online and in print titled "Pictures".

Bridges is also a cartoonist. Some of his "doodles" have appeared in various films, such as K-PAX and The Door in the Floor (a short story-within-story by John Irving).

Bridges narrated the documentary Lost in La Mancha (2002), a singular filmographic witness of the "unmaking" of a Terry Gilliam retelling of Don Quixote, tentatively titled The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, which would have starred Johnny Depp as Sancho Panza and Jean Rochefort as the quixotic hero. Bridges has worked with Gilliam on The Fisher King and Tideland. Bridges also narrated the documentaries Lewis & Clark: Great Journey West (2002, IMAX), Raising the Mammoth (2000, TV), and The Heroes of Rock and Roll (1979, TV). He also voiced the character Big Z in the animated picture Surf's Up.

Bridges has performed voice-over work as well: he was behind Hyundai's 2007 "Think About It" ad campaign, and has done all of the Duracell ads in the "Trusted Everywhere" campaign (2006-current).

In the film The Contender, in which he co-starred, he recorded a version of Johnny Cash's standard "Ring of Fire" with Kim Carnes that played over the pivotal opening credits. As of 2008, the song has not been released commercially outside of the film.
Filmography

* The Company She Keeps (1951) uncredited
* The Yin and Yang of Mr. Go (1970)
* Halls of Anger (1970)
* The Last Picture Show (1971)
* In Search Of America (1971)
* Fat City (1972)
* Bad Company (1972)
* Lolly-Madonna XXX (1973)
* The Last American Hero (1973)
* The Iceman Cometh (1973)
* Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974)
* Hearts of the West (1975)
* Rancho Deluxe (1975)
* Stay Hungry (1976)
* King Kong (1976)
* Somebody Killed Her Husband (1978)
* Winter Kills (1979)
* The American Success Company (1980)
* Heaven's Gate (1980)
* Cutter's Way (1981)
* Tron (1982)
* The Last Unicorn (1982) (voice)
* Kiss Me Goodbye (1982)
* Against All Odds (1984)
* Starman (1984)
* Jagged Edge (1985)
* 8 Million Ways to Die (1986)
* The Morning After (1986)
* The Thanksgiving Promise (1986)
* Nadine (1987)
* Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988)
* See You in the Morning (1989)
* Cold Feet (1989) (Cameo)
* The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989)
* Texasville (1990)
* Picture This: The Times of Peter Bogdanovich in Archer City, Texas (1991) (documentary)
* The Fisher King (1991)

* American Heart (1992)
* The Vanishing (1993)
* Fearless (1993)
* Blown Away (1994)
* Wild Bill (1995)
* White Squall (1996)
* The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996)
* Hidden in America (1996)
* The Big Lebowski (1998)
* Arlington Road (1999)
* The Muse (1999)
* Simpatico (1999)
* The Contender (2000)
* Scenes of the Crime (2001)
* K-PAX (2001)
* Lost in La Mancha (2002) (documentary) (narrator)
* Lewis & Clark: Great Journey West (2002) (short subject) (narrator)
* Masked and Anonymous (2003)
* Seabiscuit (2003)
* The Door in the Floor (2004)
* Final Cut: The Making and Unmaking of Heaven's Gate (2004) (documentary)
* Backstage at the Bowl (2005) (documentary) (narrator)
* The Amateurs (also known as The Moguls, 2005)
* Tideland (2005)
* Stick It (2006)
* Chasing the Lotus (2006) (documentary) (narrator)
* Surf's Up (2007) (voice)
* A Dog Year (2008)
* Iron Man (2008)
* How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (2008)
* The Open Road (2008)
* Crazy Heart (2009)
* The Men Who Stare at Goats (2009)
* The Giver (2010)
* Tron Legacy (2010)
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Written By: ninny on 12/04/09 at 5:14 am

The co-birthdays of the day...Deanna Durbin
Deanna Durbin (born December 4, 1921) is a Canadian singer and actress, nicknamed the "sensational Canadian songbird," who appeared in a number of musical films in 1930s and 1940s singing standards as well as operatic arias.

Durbin made her first film appearance in 1936 with Judy Garland in Every Sunday, and subsequently signed a contract with Universal Studios. Her success in films such as Three Smart Girls (1936) was credited with saving the studio from bankruptcy and in 1938, Durbin was awarded the Academy Juvenile Award.

By the mid 1940s, Durbin had grown dissatisfied with the adolescent roles assigned to her, and attempted to portray a more mature and sophisticated style, but the film noir Christmas Holiday (1944) and the whodunit Lady on a Train (1945) were not as successful as her musical films. Her dissatisfaction with Hollywood led to her early departure from the limelight and retirement from acting in 1948. During WWII, British prisoners of war were told (by their Japanese captors) that Durbin had died in childbirth.

Durbin married film director Charles David in 1950 and following her marriage moved to a farmhouse in the outskirts of Paris. Since then she has withdrawn from public life.
Durbin signed a contract with MGM in 1935 and made her first film appearance in a short subject, Every Sunday (1936), with another contractee, Judy Garland. The film was to serve as an extended screen test for the pair as studio executives were questioning the wisdom of having two female singers on the roster. Ultimately Louis B. Mayer decreed that both girls would be kept, but by the time that decision was made Durbin's contract option had elapsed.

Durbin was quickly signed to a contract with Universal Studios and made her first feature-length film Three Smart Girls in 1936. The huge success of her films was reported to have saved the studio from bankruptcy. In 1938 she received a special Academy Juvenile Award, along with Mickey Rooney. Such was Durbin's international fame and popularity that diarist Anne Frank pasted her picture to her bedroom wall in the Achterhuis where the Frank family hid during World War II. The picture can still be seen there today, and was pointed out by Frank's friend Hannah Pick-Goslar in the documentary film Anne Frank Remembered.

Joe Pasternak who produced many of the early Deanna Durbin movies said about her:

"Deanna's genius had to be unfolded, but it was hers and hers alone, always has been, always will be, and no one can take credit for discovering her. You can't hide that kind of light under a bushel. You just can't, no matter how hard you try!"

In 1936, Durbin auditioned to provide the vocals for Snow White in Disney's animated film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs but was ultimately rejected by Walt Disney, who declared the 15 year old Durbin's voice "too old" for the part.

Durbin is perhaps best known for her singing voice—a voice described variously as light but full, sweet, unaffected and artless. With the technical skill and vocal range of a legitimate lyric soprano, she performed everything from popular standards to operatic arias. Dame Sister Mary Leo in New Zealand was so taken with Durbin's technique that she trained all her students to sing in this way. Sister Mary Leo produced a large number of famous sopranos including Dames Malvina Major and Kiri Te Kanawa, all of whom were said to sound like her.

The Russian cellist/conductor Mstislav Rostropovich in a late 1980s interview cited Deanna as one of his most important musical influences, stating: "She helped me in my discovery of myself. You have no idea of the smelly old movie houses I patronized to see Deanna Durbin. I tried to create the very best in my music, to try and recreate, to approach her purity."

Durbin was the heroine of two 1941 novels, Deanna Durbin and the Adventure of Blue Valley and Deanna Durbin and the Feather of Flame, both written by Kathryn Heisenfelt and published by Whitman Publishing Company. "The heroine has the same name and appearance as the famous actress but has no connection ... it is as though the famous actress has stepped into an alternate reality in which she is an ordinary person." The stories were probably written for a young teenage audience and are reminiscent of the adventures of Nancy Drew. They are part of a series known as "Whitman Authorized Editions", 16 books published between 1941-1947 that featured a film actress as heroine.

The star-making five-year association of Deanna Durbin, producer Joe Pasternak and director Henry Koster ended following the film "It Started With Eve" in 1941. After Pasternak moved from Universal to MGM, Durbin went on suspension between October 16, 1941 and early February 1942 for refusing to appear in "They Lived Alone," planned to be directed by Koster. Ultimately, the project was canceled when Durbin and Universal settled their differences. In the agreement, Universal conceded to Durbin the approval of her directors, stories and songs.

Durbin married an assistant director, Vaughn Paul, in 1941 and they were divorced in 1943. Her second marriage, to film writer-producer-actor Felix Jackson in 1945, produced a daughter, Jessica Louise Jackson, and ended in divorce in 1949.

In private life, Durbin continued to use her given name; salary figures printed annually by the Hollywood trade publications listed the actress as "Edna Mae Durbin, player." Her studio continued to cast her in musicals, and filmed two sequels to her original success, Three Smart Girls. The second sequel was a wartime story called Three Smart Girls Join Up, but Durbin issued a press release announcing that she was no longer inclined to participate in these team efforts and was now performing as a solo artist. The Three Smart Girls Join Up title was changed to Hers to Hold.

Joseph Cotten, who played alongside Deanna Durbin in wartime drama "Hers to Hold", praised her integrity and character in his autobiography.

She made her only film in Technicolor in 1944, Can't Help Singing, featuring some of the last songs written by Jerome Kern. A musical comedy in a Western setting, this production was filmed mostly on location in southern Utah. Her co-star was Robert Paige, who is better known for his work in television dramas in the 1950s.

Durbin then tried to assume a more sophisticated film persona in such films as the film noir Christmas Holiday (1944) and the whodunit Lady on a Train (1945), but the public preferred her in light musicals. In 1946, her employers merged with two other companies to create Universal-International, and the new regime discontinued much of Universal's familiar product and scheduled few musicals. Durbin stayed on for another four pictures released in 1947 and 1948. Durbin's new bosses sued her for wages they had paid in advance, but Durbin settled the suit amicably by agreeing to make three more pictures, including one to be filmed on location in Paris.

Durbin did go to Paris, but not for professional reasons. In 1950, she married Charles David, who had directed her in Lady on a Train. Durbin vowed that she would never return to show business, so the three films were never made.

She and her husband raised the two children, Jessica and Peter. Since then, she has resisted numerous offers to perform, including to costar with Mario Lanza, and she has granted only one brief interview in 1983, to film historian David Shipman, steadfastly asserting her right to privacy. She maintains that privacy today, declining to be profiled on Internet websites. However, she made it known that she did not like the Hollywood studio system and decided to retire. Durbin has emphasised that she does not and never did identify herself with the persona that the media created around her. She speaks of the Deanna persona in third person and considers the movie character Deanna Durbin as a by-product of her youth and not her true self.

Her husband, director Charles David, died in Paris on March 1, 1999.

Deanna Durbin has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1722 Vine Street.

Frank Tashlin's 1937 Warner Bros. cartoon The Woods are Full of Cuckoos contains an avian caricature of Deanna Durbin called "Deanna Terrapin".

Durbin's name found its way into the introduction to a song written by satirical writer Tom Lehrer in 1965. Prior to singing "Whatever Became of Hubert?", Lehrer said that Vice President Hubert Humphrey had been relegated to "those where-are-they-now columns: Whatever became of Deanna Durbin, and Hubert Humphrey, and so on."
Filmography
Year Film Role Other notes
1936 Every Sunday Edna short subject (opposite Judy Garland)
Three Smart Girls Penelope "Penny" Craig Academy Juvenile Award
1937 One Hundred Men and a Girl Patricia Cardwell
1938 Mad About Music Gloria Harkinson
That Certain Age Alice Fullerton
1939 Three Smart Girls Grow Up Penny Craig
For Auld Lang Syne: No. 4 Herself short subject
First Love Constance "Connie" Harding
1940 It's a Date Pamela Drake (a short subject, Gems of Song, was excerpted from this feature in 1949)
Spring Parade Ilonka Tolnay
1941 Nice Girl? Jane "Pinky" Dana
A Friend Indeed Herself short subject for the American Red Cross
It Started with Eve Anne Terry
1943 The Amazing Mrs. Holliday Ruth Kirke Holliday
Show Business at War Herself short subject
Hers to Hold Penny Craig
His Butler's Sister Ann Carter
1944 Road to Victory Herself short subject
Christmas Holiday Jackie Lamont/Abigail Martin
Can't Help Singing Caroline Frost her only film in Technicolor
1945 Lady on a Train Nikki Collins/Margo Martin
1946 Because of Him Kim Walker
1947 I'll Be Yours Louise Ginglebusher
Something in the Wind Mary Collins
1948 Up in Central Park Rosie Moore
For the Love of Mary Mary Peppertree
1999 Love is All Snowqueen singing voice
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* Jay-Z
Shawn Corey Carter (born December 4, 1969), better known by his stage name Jay-Z, is an American rapper and entrepreneur. He is one of the most financially successful hip hop artists and entrepreneurs in America, having a net worth of over $150 million, selling over 30 million copies of his albums in the United States alone and receiving several Grammy Awards for his musical work.

Jay-Z co-owns The 40/40 Club and the NBA's New Jersey Nets and is also the creator of the clothing line Rocawear. He is the former CEO of Def Jam Recordings, one of the three founders of Roc-A-Fella Records and recently, the founder of his new venture Roc Nation. He is also the current holder for the record of most number one albums by a solo artist on the Billboard 200. Jay-Z also had 4 number ones on the Billboard Hot 100, one as lead artist. ("Heartbreaker" with Mariah Carey, "Crazy in Love" with Beyonce, "Umbrella" with Rihanna and "Empire State of Mind" featuring Alicia Keys.)

Along with his financial and musical success, Jay-Z is known for being involved in the feud between him and fellow New York rapper Nas, which was eventually settled in 2005. He married singer Beyoncé Knowles on April 4, 2008.
In 1998, Jay-Z released Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life which spawned the biggest hit of his career at the time, "Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)". He relied more on flow and wordplay, and he continued with his penchant for mining beats from the popular producers of the day such as Swizz Beatz, an upstart in-house producer for Ruff Ryders, and Timbaland. Other producers include: DJ Premier, Erick Sermon, The 45 King, and Kid Capri. Charting hits from this album included "Can I Get A...", featuring Ja Rule and Amil, and "Nigga What, Nigga Who", which featured Amil too. Vol. 2 would eventually become Jay-Z's most commercially successful album; it was certified 5× Platinum in the United States and has to date sold over five million copies. The album went on to win a Grammy Award, although Jay-Z boycotted the ceremony protesting DMX's failure to garner a Grammy nomination.

In 1999, Jay-Z released Vol. 3... Life and Times of S. Carter, the album proved to be successful and sold over 3 million records. Vol. 3's most successful single was "Big Pimpin'", featuring UGK. Around the same time, Jay-Z was accused of stabbing record executive Lance "Un" Rivera for what Jay-Z perceived was Rivera's bootlegging of Vol. 3... Life and Times of S. Carter. The stabbing allegedly occurred at the record release party for Q-Tip's debut solo album Amplified at the Kit Kat Klub, a now defunct night club in Times Square, New York City, on December 9. Jay-Z's associates at the party were accused of causing a commotion within the club, which Jay-Z allegedly used as cover when he supposedly stabbed Rivera in the stomach with a five-inch (127 mm) blade.

Jay-Z initially denied the incident and pleaded not guilty when a grand jury returned the indictment. Jay-Z and his lawyers contended he was nowhere around Rivera during the incident and they had witnesses and videotape evidence from the club that showed Jay-Z's whereabouts during the disturbance. Nevertheless, he later pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge that resulted in a sentence of three years probation. In 2000, Jay-Z released The Dynasty: Roc La Familia, which was originally intended to become a compilation album for Roc-A-Fella artists but somehow turned into another Jay-Z album. The album helped to introduce newcomer producers The Neptunes, Just Blaze, Kanye West and Bink!, which have all gone on to achieve notable success. This is also the first album where Jay-Z utilizes a more soulful sound than his previous albums. The Dynasty: Roc La Familia sold over two million units in the U.S. alone.
2001–02: Feud with Nas, The Blueprint and The Blueprint²

In 2001, Jay-Z spoke out against Prodigy after he took an issue with a Jay-Z line from "Money, Cash, Hoes" that he felt were subliminal shots at Mobb Deep and referenced Mobb Deep's beef with Tupac Shakur, Snoop Dogg, and Death Row Records. He later performed a song "Takeover," at Summer Jam 2001, which initially attacked Prodigy and revealed photos of Prodigy dressed like Michael Jackson. A line at the end of "Takeover" referenced Nas, who criticized him on "We Will Survive". Nas responded with a diss track called "Stillmatic" and almost instantly, Jay-Z added a verse to "Takeover" which dissed Nas and would start a feud between the two rappers. Jay-Z later released his sixth studio album The Blueprint which was later considered by many to be one of hip hop's "classic" albums, receiving the coveted 5 mic review from The Source magazine. Released during the wake of September 11 attacks, the album managed to debut at number one on the Billboard 200, selling more than 427,000 units; the album's success was overshadowed by the tragic event. The Blueprint has been certified 3x Platinum in the United States. The Blueprint was applauded for its production and the balance of "mainstream" and "hardcore" rap, receiving recognition from both audiences. The Blueprint was written in only two days. Eminem was the only guest rapper on the album, producing and rapping on the song "Renegade". Four of the thirteen tracks on the album were produced by Kanye West and represents one of West's first major breaks in the industry.The Blueprint includes the popular songs "Izzo (H.O.V.A.)", "Girls, Girls, Girls, Jigga That Nigga and Song Cry.

Jay-Z's next solo album was 2002's 3 million (U.S. only) selling The Blueprint²: The Gift & the Curse, a double-album. The album debuted on the Billboard 200 at number one, selling over 545,000 units and surpassing The Blueprint. It was later reissued in a single-disc version, The Blueprint 2.1, which retained half of the tracks from the original. The album spawned two massive hit singles, "Excuse Me Miss" and "Bonnie & Clyde" featuring Jay-Z's girlfriend of four years Beyoncé Knowles. "Guns & Roses", a track featuring rock musician Lenny Kravitz, and "Hovi Baby" were two successful radio singles as well. The album features the tracks "A Dream", featuring Faith Evans and a recording of the late The Notorious B.I.G.; and "The Bounce", featuring Kanye West. The Blueprint 2.1 features tracks that do not appear on The Blueprint²: The Gift & the Curse, such as "Stop", "La La La (Excuse Me Again)", "What They Gonna Do, Part II" and "Beware" produced by and featuring Panjabi MC
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Written By: Howard on 12/04/09 at 5:49 am

The word of the day...Mirror
A mirror is a flat piece of glass which reflects light, so that when you look at it you can see yourself reflected in it.

*
He absent-mindedly looked at himself in the mirror.
*
He checked his mirror and saw that a dark coloured van was immediately behind him.
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Mirror,Mirror On The Wall.

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Written By: ninny on 12/04/09 at 7:47 am

Mirror,Mirror On The Wall.

Whose The Fairest of them all?

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Written By: CatwomanofV on 12/04/09 at 10:45 am

Whose The Fairest of them all?

Cat ninny.

Cat

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/04/09 at 12:05 pm

The word of the day...Mirror
A mirror is a flat piece of glass which reflects light, so that when you look at it you can see yourself reflected in it.

*
He absent-mindedly looked at himself in the mirror.
*
He checked his mirror and saw that a dark coloured van was immediately behind him.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNjF4Ak2tx0

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Written By: ninny on 12/04/09 at 12:05 pm

Cat ninny.

Cat

No you were right the first time ;)

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Written By: ninny on 12/04/09 at 12:07 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNjF4Ak2tx0

Thanks Phil,you come up with some great songs.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/04/09 at 12:09 pm

The co-birthdays of the day...Deanna Durbin
Deanna Durbin (born December 4, 1921) is a Canadian singer and actress, nicknamed the "sensational Canadian songbird," who appeared in a number of musical films in 1930s and 1940s singing standards as well as operatic arias.

Durbin made her first film appearance in 1936 with Judy Garland in Every Sunday, and subsequently signed a contract with Universal Studios. Her success in films such as Three Smart Girls (1936) was credited with saving the studio from bankruptcy and in 1938, Durbin was awarded the Academy Juvenile Award.

By the mid 1940s, Durbin had grown dissatisfied with the adolescent roles assigned to her, and attempted to portray a more mature and sophisticated style, but the film noir Christmas Holiday (1944) and the whodunit Lady on a Train (1945) were not as successful as her musical films. Her dissatisfaction with Hollywood led to her early departure from the limelight and retirement from acting in 1948. During WWII, British prisoners of war were told (by their Japanese captors) that Durbin had died in childbirth.

Durbin married film director Charles David in 1950 and following her marriage moved to a farmhouse in the outskirts of Paris. Since then she has withdrawn from public life.
Durbin signed a contract with MGM in 1935 and made her first film appearance in a short subject, Every Sunday (1936), with another contractee, Judy Garland. The film was to serve as an extended screen test for the pair as studio executives were questioning the wisdom of having two female singers on the roster. Ultimately Louis B. Mayer decreed that both girls would be kept, but by the time that decision was made Durbin's contract option had elapsed.

Durbin was quickly signed to a contract with Universal Studios and made her first feature-length film Three Smart Girls in 1936. The huge success of her films was reported to have saved the studio from bankruptcy. In 1938 she received a special Academy Juvenile Award, along with Mickey Rooney. Such was Durbin's international fame and popularity that diarist Anne Frank pasted her picture to her bedroom wall in the Achterhuis where the Frank family hid during World War II. The picture can still be seen there today, and was pointed out by Frank's friend Hannah Pick-Goslar in the documentary film Anne Frank Remembered.

Joe Pasternak who produced many of the early Deanna Durbin movies said about her:

"Deanna's genius had to be unfolded, but it was hers and hers alone, always has been, always will be, and no one can take credit for discovering her. You can't hide that kind of light under a bushel. You just can't, no matter how hard you try!"

In 1936, Durbin auditioned to provide the vocals for Snow White in Disney's animated film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs but was ultimately rejected by Walt Disney, who declared the 15 year old Durbin's voice "too old" for the part.

Durbin is perhaps best known for her singing voice—a voice described variously as light but full, sweet, unaffected and artless. With the technical skill and vocal range of a legitimate lyric soprano, she performed everything from popular standards to operatic arias. Dame Sister Mary Leo in New Zealand was so taken with Durbin's technique that she trained all her students to sing in this way. Sister Mary Leo produced a large number of famous sopranos including Dames Malvina Major and Kiri Te Kanawa, all of whom were said to sound like her.

The Russian cellist/conductor Mstislav Rostropovich in a late 1980s interview cited Deanna as one of his most important musical influences, stating: "She helped me in my discovery of myself. You have no idea of the smelly old movie houses I patronized to see Deanna Durbin. I tried to create the very best in my music, to try and recreate, to approach her purity."

Durbin was the heroine of two 1941 novels, Deanna Durbin and the Adventure of Blue Valley and Deanna Durbin and the Feather of Flame, both written by Kathryn Heisenfelt and published by Whitman Publishing Company. "The heroine has the same name and appearance as the famous actress but has no connection ... it is as though the famous actress has stepped into an alternate reality in which she is an ordinary person." The stories were probably written for a young teenage audience and are reminiscent of the adventures of Nancy Drew. They are part of a series known as "Whitman Authorized Editions", 16 books published between 1941-1947 that featured a film actress as heroine.

The star-making five-year association of Deanna Durbin, producer Joe Pasternak and director Henry Koster ended following the film "It Started With Eve" in 1941. After Pasternak moved from Universal to MGM, Durbin went on suspension between October 16, 1941 and early February 1942 for refusing to appear in "They Lived Alone," planned to be directed by Koster. Ultimately, the project was canceled when Durbin and Universal settled their differences. In the agreement, Universal conceded to Durbin the approval of her directors, stories and songs.

Durbin married an assistant director, Vaughn Paul, in 1941 and they were divorced in 1943. Her second marriage, to film writer-producer-actor Felix Jackson in 1945, produced a daughter, Jessica Louise Jackson, and ended in divorce in 1949.

In private life, Durbin continued to use her given name; salary figures printed annually by the Hollywood trade publications listed the actress as "Edna Mae Durbin, player." Her studio continued to cast her in musicals, and filmed two sequels to her original success, Three Smart Girls. The second sequel was a wartime story called Three Smart Girls Join Up, but Durbin issued a press release announcing that she was no longer inclined to participate in these team efforts and was now performing as a solo artist. The Three Smart Girls Join Up title was changed to Hers to Hold.

Joseph Cotten, who played alongside Deanna Durbin in wartime drama "Hers to Hold", praised her integrity and character in his autobiography.

She made her only film in Technicolor in 1944, Can't Help Singing, featuring some of the last songs written by Jerome Kern. A musical comedy in a Western setting, this production was filmed mostly on location in southern Utah. Her co-star was Robert Paige, who is better known for his work in television dramas in the 1950s.

Durbin then tried to assume a more sophisticated film persona in such films as the film noir Christmas Holiday (1944) and the whodunit Lady on a Train (1945), but the public preferred her in light musicals. In 1946, her employers merged with two other companies to create Universal-International, and the new regime discontinued much of Universal's familiar product and scheduled few musicals. Durbin stayed on for another four pictures released in 1947 and 1948. Durbin's new bosses sued her for wages they had paid in advance, but Durbin settled the suit amicably by agreeing to make three more pictures, including one to be filmed on location in Paris.

Durbin did go to Paris, but not for professional reasons. In 1950, she married Charles David, who had directed her in Lady on a Train. Durbin vowed that she would never return to show business, so the three films were never made.

She and her husband raised the two children, Jessica and Peter. Since then, she has resisted numerous offers to perform, including to costar with Mario Lanza, and she has granted only one brief interview in 1983, to film historian David Shipman, steadfastly asserting her right to privacy. She maintains that privacy today, declining to be profiled on Internet websites. However, she made it known that she did not like the Hollywood studio system and decided to retire. Durbin has emphasised that she does not and never did identify herself with the persona that the media created around her. She speaks of the Deanna persona in third person and considers the movie character Deanna Durbin as a by-product of her youth and not her true self.

Her husband, director Charles David, died in Paris on March 1, 1999.

Deanna Durbin has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1722 Vine Street.

Frank Tashlin's 1937 Warner Bros. cartoon The Woods are Full of Cuckoos contains an avian caricature of Deanna Durbin called "Deanna Terrapin".

Durbin's name found its way into the introduction to a song written by satirical writer Tom Lehrer in 1965. Prior to singing "Whatever Became of Hubert?", Lehrer said that Vice President Hubert Humphrey had been relegated to "those where-are-they-now columns: Whatever became of Deanna Durbin, and Hubert Humphrey, and so on."
Filmography
Year Film Role Other notes
1936 Every Sunday Edna short subject (opposite Judy Garland)
Three Smart Girls Penelope "Penny" Craig Academy Juvenile Award
1937 One Hundred Men and a Girl Patricia Cardwell
1938 Mad About Music Gloria Harkinson
That Certain Age Alice Fullerton
1939 Three Smart Girls Grow Up Penny Craig
For Auld Lang Syne: No. 4 Herself short subject
First Love Constance "Connie" Harding
1940 It's a Date Pamela Drake (a short subject, Gems of Song, was excerpted from this feature in 1949)
Spring Parade Ilonka Tolnay
1941 Nice Girl? Jane "Pinky" Dana
A Friend Indeed Herself short subject for the American Red Cross
It Started with Eve Anne Terry
1943 The Amazing Mrs. Holliday Ruth Kirke Holliday
Show Business at War Herself short subject
Hers to Hold Penny Craig
His Butler's Sister Ann Carter
1944 Road to Victory Herself short subject
Christmas Holiday Jackie Lamont/Abigail Martin
Can't Help Singing Caroline Frost her only film in Technicolor
1945 Lady on a Train Nikki Collins/Margo Martin
1946 Because of Him Kim Walker
1947 I'll Be Yours Louise Ginglebusher
Something in the Wind Mary Collins
1948 Up in Central Park Rosie Moore
For the Love of Mary Mary Peppertree
1999 Love is All Snowqueen singing voice
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* Jay-Z
Shawn Corey Carter (born December 4, 1969), better known by his stage name Jay-Z, is an American rapper and entrepreneur. He is one of the most financially successful hip hop artists and entrepreneurs in America, having a net worth of over $150 million, selling over 30 million copies of his albums in the United States alone and receiving several Grammy Awards for his musical work.

Jay-Z co-owns The 40/40 Club and the NBA's New Jersey Nets and is also the creator of the clothing line Rocawear. He is the former CEO of Def Jam Recordings, one of the three founders of Roc-A-Fella Records and recently, the founder of his new venture Roc Nation. He is also the current holder for the record of most number one albums by a solo artist on the Billboard 200. Jay-Z also had 4 number ones on the Billboard Hot 100, one as lead artist. ("Heartbreaker" with Mariah Carey, "Crazy in Love" with Beyonce, "Umbrella" with Rihanna and "Empire State of Mind" featuring Alicia Keys.)

Along with his financial and musical success, Jay-Z is known for being involved in the feud between him and fellow New York rapper Nas, which was eventually settled in 2005. He married singer Beyoncé Knowles on April 4, 2008.
In 1998, Jay-Z released Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life which spawned the biggest hit of his career at the time, "Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)". He relied more on flow and wordplay, and he continued with his penchant for mining beats from the popular producers of the day such as Swizz Beatz, an upstart in-house producer for Ruff Ryders, and Timbaland. Other producers include: DJ Premier, Erick Sermon, The 45 King, and Kid Capri. Charting hits from this album included "Can I Get A...", featuring Ja Rule and Amil, and "Nigga What, Nigga Who", which featured Amil too. Vol. 2 would eventually become Jay-Z's most commercially successful album; it was certified 5× Platinum in the United States and has to date sold over five million copies. The album went on to win a Grammy Award, although Jay-Z boycotted the ceremony protesting DMX's failure to garner a Grammy nomination.

In 1999, Jay-Z released Vol. 3... Life and Times of S. Carter, the album proved to be successful and sold over 3 million records. Vol. 3's most successful single was "Big Pimpin'", featuring UGK. Around the same time, Jay-Z was accused of stabbing record executive Lance "Un" Rivera for what Jay-Z perceived was Rivera's bootlegging of Vol. 3... Life and Times of S. Carter. The stabbing allegedly occurred at the record release party for Q-Tip's debut solo album Amplified at the Kit Kat Klub, a now defunct night club in Times Square, New York City, on December 9. Jay-Z's associates at the party were accused of causing a commotion within the club, which Jay-Z allegedly used as cover when he supposedly stabbed Rivera in the stomach with a five-inch (127 mm) blade.

Jay-Z initially denied the incident and pleaded not guilty when a grand jury returned the indictment. Jay-Z and his lawyers contended he was nowhere around Rivera during the incident and they had witnesses and videotape evidence from the club that showed Jay-Z's whereabouts during the disturbance. Nevertheless, he later pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge that resulted in a sentence of three years probation. In 2000, Jay-Z released The Dynasty: Roc La Familia, which was originally intended to become a compilation album for Roc-A-Fella artists but somehow turned into another Jay-Z album. The album helped to introduce newcomer producers The Neptunes, Just Blaze, Kanye West and Bink!, which have all gone on to achieve notable success. This is also the first album where Jay-Z utilizes a more soulful sound than his previous albums. The Dynasty: Roc La Familia sold over two million units in the U.S. alone.
2001–02: Feud with Nas, The Blueprint and The Blueprint²

In 2001, Jay-Z spoke out against Prodigy after he took an issue with a Jay-Z line from "Money, Cash, Hoes" that he felt were subliminal shots at Mobb Deep and referenced Mobb Deep's beef with Tupac Shakur, Snoop Dogg, and Death Row Records. He later performed a song "Takeover," at Summer Jam 2001, which initially attacked Prodigy and revealed photos of Prodigy dressed like Michael Jackson. A line at the end of "Takeover" referenced Nas, who criticized him on "We Will Survive". Nas responded with a diss track called "Stillmatic" and almost instantly, Jay-Z added a verse to "Takeover" which dissed Nas and would start a feud between the two rappers. Jay-Z later released his sixth studio album The Blueprint which was later considered by many to be one of hip hop's "classic" albums, receiving the coveted 5 mic review from The Source magazine. Released during the wake of September 11 attacks, the album managed to debut at number one on the Billboard 200, selling more than 427,000 units; the album's success was overshadowed by the tragic event. The Blueprint has been certified 3x Platinum in the United States. The Blueprint was applauded for its production and the balance of "mainstream" and "hardcore" rap, receiving recognition from both audiences. The Blueprint was written in only two days. Eminem was the only guest rapper on the album, producing and rapping on the song "Renegade". Four of the thirteen tracks on the album were produced by Kanye West and represents one of West's first major breaks in the industry.The Blueprint includes the popular songs "Izzo (H.O.V.A.)", "Girls, Girls, Girls, Jigga That Nigga and Song Cry.

Jay-Z's next solo album was 2002's 3 million (U.S. only) selling The Blueprint²: The Gift & the Curse, a double-album. The album debuted on the Billboard 200 at number one, selling over 545,000 units and surpassing The Blueprint. It was later reissued in a single-disc version, The Blueprint 2.1, which retained half of the tracks from the original. The album spawned two massive hit singles, "Excuse Me Miss" and "Bonnie & Clyde" featuring Jay-Z's girlfriend of four years Beyoncé Knowles. "Guns & Roses", a track featuring rock musician Lenny Kravitz, and "Hovi Baby" were two successful radio singles as well. The album features the tracks "A Dream", featuring Faith Evans and a recording of the late The Notorious B.I.G.; and "The Bounce", featuring Kanye West. The Blueprint 2.1 features tracks that do not appear on The Blueprint²: The Gift & the Curse, such as "Stop", "La La La (Excuse Me Again)", "What They Gonna Do, Part II" and "Beware" produced by and featuring Panjabi MC

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lT_b_MWrJQU

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/04/09 at 12:09 pm

Thanks Phil,you come up with some great songs.
Songs from my childhood.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/04/09 at 12:10 pm

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/04/09 at 12:11 pm

Songs from my childhood.
...and songs that I enjoy now.

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Written By: ninny on 12/04/09 at 1:01 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lT_b_MWrJQU

One of mine & my mothers favorite songs. :)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/04/09 at 1:07 pm

One of mine & my mothers favorite songs. :)
We had it played at our wedding.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/04/09 at 1:09 pm

We had it played at our wedding.
Not but Deanna Durbin!

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Written By: Frank on 12/04/09 at 1:11 pm

We had it played at our wedding.

We almost chose this song as well but decided on another, personal preference of this couple who sang.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/04/09 at 1:15 pm

We almost chose this song as well but decided on another, personal preference of this couple who sang.
When my wife hears Ave Maria she always says "I don't like that for it is always played at funerals", I remind her that it was played at our wedding.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/04/09 at 1:16 pm

When my wife hears Ave Maria she always says "I don't like that for it is always played at funerals", I remind her that it was played at our wedding.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8k13AsNCgdM

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Written By: ninny on 12/04/09 at 3:14 pm

When my wife hears Ave Maria she always says "I don't like that for it is always played at funerals", I remind her that it was played at our wedding.

We had someone sing it at my mothers funeral.

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Written By: Howard on 12/04/09 at 3:16 pm

Whose The Fairest of them all?

I thought the mirror was.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/04/09 at 3:18 pm

I thought the mirror was.
Reflectively?

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Written By: Howard on 12/04/09 at 3:19 pm

Reflectively?

Snow White was talking to the mirror.

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Written By: nally on 12/04/09 at 3:19 pm

Snow White was talking to the mirror.

And naturally, she would've been in it.

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Written By: Howard on 12/04/09 at 3:21 pm

And naturally, she would've been in it.

Wasn't that Alice in Wonderland?

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Written By: nally on 12/04/09 at 3:22 pm

Wasn't that Alice in Wonderland?

Different story.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/04/09 at 3:22 pm

Wasn't that Alice in Wonderland?
You are thinking of Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There.

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Written By: Howard on 12/04/09 at 3:23 pm

You are thinking of Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There.

oh that's right.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/04/09 at 3:26 pm

oh that's right.
It is the sequel to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865). Although it makes no reference to the events in the earlier book, the themes and settings of Through the Looking-Glass make it a kind of mirror image of Wonderland.

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Written By: Howard on 12/04/09 at 3:26 pm

Disney's version was good.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/04/09 at 3:27 pm

Disney's version was good.
Disney always produce a good film.

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Written By: Howard on 12/04/09 at 3:48 pm

Disney always produce a good film.

and I like seeing it.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/04/09 at 3:53 pm

and I like seeing it.
Many a Disney film has been made.

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Written By: Howard on 12/04/09 at 3:56 pm

Many a Disney film has been made.

which one haven't they made a version of?

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/04/09 at 3:57 pm

which one haven't they made a version of?
In 1936 Disney made a short version of Through the Looking Glass

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Written By: Howard on 12/04/09 at 3:59 pm

In 1936 Disney made a short version of Through the Looking Glass

is it available on DVD?

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/04/09 at 4:00 pm

is it available on DVD?
Other versions are.

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Written By: Howard on 12/04/09 at 4:01 pm

Other versions are.

there other versions? ???

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/04/09 at 4:05 pm

there other versions? ???

Alice Through the Looking Glass

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/04/09 at 4:07 pm

there other versions? ???
From imdb:

Titles (Exact Matches) (Displaying 5 Results)
1.
Alice in Wonderland (1985) (TV)
aka "Alice Through the Looking Glass" - USA (video title) (second part title)

2.
Alice Through the Looking Glass (1998) (TV)

3.
Alice Through the Looking Glass (1966) (TV)
4. Alice Through the Looking Glass (1974) (TV)

5.
Alice Through the Looking Glass (1987) (TV)

Titles (Partial Matches) (Displaying 1 Result)
1.
Fairy Tales on Ice: Alice Through the Looking Glass (1996) (V)

Titles (Approx Matches) (Displaying 14 Results) 1. Alice Through a Looking Glass (1928)
aka "Alice Thru a Looking Glass" - USA (alternative spelling)

2.
Blind Guardian: Imaginations Through the Looking Glass (2004) (V)
3. Running Scared: Through the Looking Glass (2006) (V)
4. Velvet Moment (Through the Looking Glass) (2009)
5. The Velvet Vampire (1971)
aka "Through the Looking Glass"
6. Through the Looking Glass (1985)
7. Through the Looking Glass (2006)
8. In Vivo: Through the Looking Glass (2009)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/04/09 at 4:07 pm

From imdb:

Titles (Exact Matches) (Displaying 5 Results)
1.
Alice in Wonderland (1985) (TV)
aka "Alice Through the Looking Glass" - USA (video title) (second part title)

2.
Alice Through the Looking Glass (1998) (TV)

3.
Alice Through the Looking Glass (1966) (TV)
4. Alice Through the Looking Glass (1974) (TV)

5.
Alice Through the Looking Glass (1987) (TV)

Titles (Partial Matches) (Displaying 1 Result)
1.
Fairy Tales on Ice: Alice Through the Looking Glass (1996) (V)

Titles (Approx Matches) (Displaying 14 Results) 1. Alice Through a Looking Glass (1928)
aka "Alice Thru a Looking Glass" - USA (alternative spelling)

2.
Blind Guardian: Imaginations Through the Looking Glass (2004) (V)
3. Running Scared: Through the Looking Glass (2006) (V)
4. Velvet Moment (Through the Looking Glass) (2009)
5. The Velvet Vampire (1971)
aka "Through the Looking Glass"
6. Through the Looking Glass (1985)
7. Through the Looking Glass (2006)
8. In Vivo: Through the Looking Glass (2009)

Please note that the Disney version is not listed.

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Written By: CatwomanofV on 12/04/09 at 4:13 pm

It is the sequel to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865). Although it makes no reference to the events in the earlier book, the themes and settings of Through the Looking-Glass make it a kind of mirror image of Wonderland.

I swear Lewis Carroll was smoking something when he wrote both of those. I never understood WHY people always insist these are children's stories. They are NOT! They are for adults because children just won't GET them. (Well, some adults don't GET them either. :-\\ )

Cat

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/04/09 at 4:15 pm

I swear Lewis Carroll was smoking something when he wrote both of those. I never understood WHY people always insist these are children's stories. They are NOT! They are for adults because children just won't GET them. (Well, some adults don't GET them either. :-\\ )

Cat
He did suffer from migraine and epilepsy.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/04/09 at 4:16 pm

I swear Lewis Carroll was smoking something when he wrote both of those. I never understood WHY people always insist these are children's stories. They are NOT! They are for adults because children just won't GET them. (Well, some adults don't GET them either. :-\\ )

Cat
Various forms of opium were in common use at the time.

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Written By: CatwomanofV on 12/04/09 at 4:17 pm

He did suffer from migraine and epilepsy.

One pill makes you larger
And one pill makes you small
And the ones that mother gives you
Don't do anything at all
Go ask Alice
When she's ten feet tall

And if you go chasing rabbits
And you know you're going to fall
Tell 'em a hookah smoking caterpillar
Has given you the call
Call Alice
When she was just small

When men on the chessboard
Get up and tell you where to go
And you've just had some kind of mushroom
And your mind is moving low
Go ask Alice
I think she'll know

When logic and proportion
Have fallen sloppy dead
And the White Knight is talking backwards
And the Red Queen's "off with her head!"
Remember what the dormouse said:
"Feed your head
Feed your head
Feed your head"

Cat

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/04/09 at 4:19 pm

One pill makes you larger
And one pill makes you small
And the ones that mother gives you
Don't do anything at all
Go ask Alice
When she's ten feet tall

And if you go chasing rabbits
And you know you're going to fall
Tell 'em a hookah smoking caterpillar
Has given you the call
Call Alice
When she was just small

When men on the chessboard
Get up and tell you where to go
And you've just had some kind of mushroom
And your mind is moving low
Go ask Alice
I think she'll know

When logic and proportion
Have fallen sloppy dead
And the White Knight is talking backwards
And the Red Queen's "off with her head!"
Remember what the dormouse said:
"Feed your head
Feed your head
Feed your head"

Cat
Maybe be he was taking opiates to relieve himself of the pain and you cna guess what happened.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/04/09 at 4:27 pm

I swear Lewis Carroll was smoking something when he wrote both of those. I never understood WHY people always insist these are children's stories. They are NOT! They are for adults because children just won't GET them. (Well, some adults don't GET them either. :-\\ )

Cat
...and not wacky baccy!

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Written By: ninny on 12/05/09 at 4:55 am

Snow White was talking to the mirror.

The witch was talking to the mirror.

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Written By: ninny on 12/05/09 at 5:00 am

The word of the day...Little
1 : not big: as a : small in size or extent : tiny <has little feet> b : young <was too little to remember> c of a plant or animal : small in comparison with related forms —used in vernacular names d : having few members or inhabitants <a little group> <little towns> e : small in condition, distinction, or scope <big business trampling on the little fellow> f : narrow, mean <the pettiness of little minds> g : pleasingly small <a cute little thing> h —used as an intensive <why, you little devil!>
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Written By: ninny on 12/05/09 at 5:03 am

The birthday of the day...Little Richard
Richard Wayne Penniman (born December 5, 1932), known by the stage name Little Richard, is an American singer, songwriter, pianist and recording artist, considered key in the transition from rhythm and blues to rock and roll in the 1950s. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame web site entry on Richard states that:

"More than any other performer - save, perhaps, Elvis Presley, Little Richard blew the lid off the Fifties, laying the foundation for rock and roll with his explosive music and charismatic persona. On record, he made spine-tingling rock and roll. His frantically charged piano playing and raspy, shouted vocals on such classics as "Tutti Frutti", "Long Tall Sally" and "Good Golly, Miss Molly" defined the dynamic sound of rock and roll."

Richard began his recording career in 1951 by imitating the gospel-influenced style of late-40s jump blues artist Billy Wright, but did not achieve commercial success until 1955, when, under the guidance of Robert "Bumps" Blackwell, he began recording in a style he had been performing onstage for years, featuring varied rhythm, a heavy backbeat, funky saxophone grooves, over-the-top Gospel-style singing, moans, screams, and other emotive inflections, accompanied by a combination of boogie-woogie and rhythm and blues music. This new music, which included an original injection of funk into the rock and roll beat, inspired James Brown, Elvis Presley, and generations of other rhythm & blues, rock and soul music artists. He was subsequently among the seven initial inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1986 and was one of only four of these honorees (along with Ray Charles, James Brown, and Fats Domino) to also receive the Rhythm and Blues Foundation's Pioneer Lifetime Achievement Award.

In 1957, while at the height of stardom, Penniman abruptly quit rock and roll music and became a born-again Christian. He enrolled in and attended Bible college to become a preacher and evangelist, and began recording and performing only gospel music for a number of years. He then moved back and forth from rock and roll to the ministry, until he was able to reconcile the two roles in later life
In October 1951, at the age of 18, Little Richard began recording jump blues records for RCA Camden. His father was shot to death while he was in a recording session on January 12, 1952. In 1953, he began recording with Peacock Records. He formed a road band during this period that he called "The Upsetters," which included saxophonists Grady Gaines, Wilbert 'Lee Diamond' Smith, and Clifford 'Gene' Burks, along with New Orleans drummer Charles 'Chuck' Connors, Olsie 'Baysee' Robinson on bass, and Nathaniel 'Buster' Douglas on guitar. Records were released each year from 1951-54, but none were significant hits.

At Lloyd Price's suggestion, Little Richard recorded a demo for gospel/R&B label Specialty Records on February 9, 1955. Specialty's owner, Art Rupe, loaned him money to buy out his contract from Peacock Records and placed his career in the hands of Specialty's A&R man Robert "Bumps" Blackwell,

Rupe and Blackwell originally pictured Little Richard as a commercial rival to Ray Charles, who was experiencing success with Atlantic Records by taking gospel songs and developing them in a bluesy setting with a beat. Little Richard told Rupe he liked Fats Domino's sound, so Rupe and Blackwell booked Cosimo Matassa's J & M Recording Studio in New Orleans, and hired studio musicians who had worked with Domino (including Earl Palmer on drums and Lee Allen on sax) rather than members of Little Richard's road band.

Following some recording that did not satisfy Blackwell, they took a break. Penniman began pounding out a boogie woogie rhythm on piano and hollering out impromptu recital of "Tutti Frutti", a song he wrote and had been performing on stage for years. Blackwell was so impressed with the sound that he had Little Richard record the song. However, in order to make it commercially acceptable, he had Little Richard's lyrics changed from "tutti-frutti, good booty" to "tutti frutti, aw rooty." (All rooty was hipster slang for "all right".) The song featured a powerhouse acappella intro "Awop-Bop-a-Loo-Mop Alop-Bam-Boom!" that had also been altered slightly to make it commercially acceptable. The recording was released on Specialty in October 1955.

Little Richard's "Tutti Frutti" climbed to the top of Billboard's R&B chart. Sixteen more hit singles followed in less than three years, seven of which reached number 1. While most of these hits were characterized by a driving piano, boogie-woogie bass line, a variety of rhythmic drumbeats, and wild screams before Lee Allen's funky sax solos, such as Rip It Up", "Lucille", "Jenny, Jenny", "Good Golly, Miss Molly" and "Keep A-Knockin'", a few of them were slower in tempo and more soulful, such as "Slippin' and Slidin'", "Send Me Some Lovin'" and "True Fine Mama". During this period, he also appeared performing his hit songs in three films, including The Girl Can't Help It (1956), in which he sang the hit title track, Don't Knock the Rock (1956), and Mister Rock and Roll (1957).

"Tutti Frutti" was quickly covered by both Elvis Presley and Pat Boone. While Presley's versions only appeared as album tracks, Boone's covers were released as singles and his "Tutti Frutti" single outdid the source record on Billboard's Top 100 pop chart. Boone also released a version of "Long Tall Sally" with slightly bowdlerized lyrics, but this time, the Little Richard original version outperformed the cover on the Billboard pop chart. Presley and Bill Haley tackled Little Richard's fourth R&B chart topper, "Rip It Up", but Little Richard's single was the hit. With the record-buying public's preference established, Little Richard's subsequent releases did not face the same chart competition.

Little Richard, along with his road band, performed his hits in sports stadiums and concert venues across the United States through 1956 and 1957. He brought the races together at his concerts, at a time in the United States when laws still dictated that public facilities (including concert venues) be divided into separate "white" and "colored" domains. Little Richard's audiences would start out segregated in the building, usually with one race on the floor and the other on the balcony, but most of the time, by the end of the night they were mixed together. Racists in the south, such as The North Alabama White Citizens Council, responded by putting out statements on television, warning the public that "Rock n Roll is part of a test to undermine the morals of the youth of our nation. It is sexualistic, unmoralistic and ... brings people of both races together." The demand for him was so great, however, that even in the south where segregation was most rampant, the taboos against black artists appearing in white venues were being shattered.

Penniman was an innovative and charismatic performer, appearing in sequined capes under flicker lights that he brought from show business into the music world. He would run off and on the stage, jumping, yelling, and whipping the audience into a frenzy. At a concert in Baltimore, Maryland, US concert history was made when excited people had to be restrained from jumping off the balconies, and the police had to stop the show twice to remove dozens of girls that had climbed onstage to try to rip souvenirs from Penniman. Later in the show, girls began to throw their undergarments onto the stage.

While on the road in the mid-50s, Penniman would have notorious parties, replete with orgies, in hotel rooms wherever they appeared. In late 1956, he met a voluptuous high school graduate in Savannah, Georgia by the name of Angel Lee. She became his girlfriend and started travelling on the road with him. Penniman would invite attractive men to his parties and would enjoy watching them having sex with his girlfriend.

In early October 1957, on the fifth date of a two week tour of Australia, Little Richard was flying from Melbourne to appear in front of forty thousand fans in concert in Sydney. Shocked by the red hot appearance of the engines against the night sky, he envisioned angels holding up the plane. Then, while he performed at the stadium, he was shaken by the sight of a ball of fire that he watched streak across the sky overhead. He took what was actually the Russian rocket Sputnik as another sign to quit show business and follow God. The following day he departed Sydney on a ferry and threw his ring in the water to show his band members that he was serious about quitting. The plane that he was originally scheduled to fly back home on ended up crashing in the Pacific Ocean, which he took as confirmation that he was doing what God wanted him to do.

The news of him quitting at the height of his career had broken all over the world by the time he returned to the United States. He attended one more recording session for Specialty on October 18, 1957, and, at the request of DJ Alan Freed, performed a farewell concert at the Apollo Theatre in New York. He then had his roadies drive his Cadillacs across the United States to a property he bought for his mother in California and gave her the keys. He formed the Little Richard Evangelistic Team, travelling across the country preaching, and helped people locally through a ministry on skid row in Los Angeles.

From October 1957 through to 1962, Little Richard recorded gospel music for Goldner, Little Star, Mercury, and Atlantic Records. He also enrolled in Oakwood College, in Hunstville, Alabama, where he planned to take a three year course which was to culminate in ordination. In November 1957, he met Ernestine Campbell at an evangelistic meeting in Washington. They were married on July 11, 1959.
ittle Richard influenced the development of a variety of musical genres. James Brown, who called Little Richard his idol, stated that he was the first to put the funk in the rock and roll beat via his mid-1950s road band. Otis Redding, whose inspiration was Little Richard, indicated that he contributed significantly to the development of soul music. Richie Unterberger of allmusic.com stated that Little Richard "was crucial in upping the voltage from high-powered R&B into the similar, yet different, guise of rock & roll."

Little Richard has been recognized for his musical contributions by many other high-profile artists. In 1989, Ray Charles introduced him at the Legends of Rock n Roll concert in Rome, Italy, as "a man that started a kind of music that set the pace for a lot of what's happening today." Bo Diddley stated that "Little Richard was a one-of-a-kind show business genius. He influenced so many people in the business." Paul McCartney said that he idolized Little Richard when he was in school and always wanted to sing like him. In his high school year book, Bob Dylan declared that his ambition was "to join Little Richard". Mick Jagger, Bob Seger, John Fogerty, David Bowie and Rod Stewart are among the other artists who have stated that Little Richard was a primary rock 'n' roll influence. In 1979, as he began to develop his solo career, Michael Jackson was quoted as saying that Little Richard was a huge influence on him.
Awards and Honors

* In 1956, Cashbox awarded Little Richard the Cashbox Triple Crown Award for his second hit single "Long Tall Sally".
* In 1986, Little Richard was one of the first group of recording artists inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
* In 1990, Little Richard was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
* In 1993, he then received an Honorary Lifetime Achievement Grammy Award from the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences.
* In 1994, Little Richard was the fourth recording artist (the others being Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin and James Brown) to be recognized with the Lifetime Achievement Pioneer Award by the Rhythm and Blues Foundation.
* In 1995, he received two Keys to the City of Providence, Rhode Island; one was awarded spontaneously, on stage, by Mayor Vincent "Buddy" Cianci
* In 1997, he received the American Music Award of Merit.
* In 2002, BMI, during the 50th Annual BMI Pop Awards celebration, Little Richard, along with Bo Diddley and Chuck Berry, were awarded the first BMI Icon Awards in recognition of their “unique and indelible influence on generations of music makers.”
* In 2002, Little Richard received the NAACP Image Award - Hall of Fame Award for having "distinguished himself as not only an unparalleled musical genius, but also as a unique and innovative performing artist—fusing pure vocal talent with exhilarating showmanship."
* In 2003, Little Richard was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
* In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked Little Richard #8 on their list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.
* In 2006, Little Richard was inducted into the Apollo Theater Legends Hall of Fame, at the same time as Ella Fitzgerald (who was one of the first winners of 'Amateur Night at the Apollo' in 1934) and Gladys Knight & the Pips.
* In 2007, Little Richard's 1955 original hit "Tutti Frutti" topped Mojo's The Top 100 Records That Changed The World.
* In 2009, Little Richard was formally inducted into the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame
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Written By: ninny on 12/05/09 at 5:06 am

The co-birthdays of the day...J.J. Cale
J.J. Cale (born John Weldon Cale on December 5, 1938, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) is a Grammy Award-winning American singer-songwriter and musician best known for writing two songs that Eric Clapton made famous, "After Midnight" and "Cocaine", as well as the Lynyrd Skynyrd hits "Call Me the Breeze" and " I Got the Same Old Blues". Some sources incorrectly give his real name as "Jean Jacques Cale". In fact, a Sunset Strip nightclub owner employing Cale in the mid-1960s came up with the "J.J." moniker to avoid confusion with the Velvet Underground's John Cale. In the 2006 documentary, To Tulsa and Back: On Tour with J.J. Cale, Rocky Frisco tells the same version of the story mentioning the other John Cale but without further detail.

Cale is one of the originators of the Tulsa Sound, a very loose genre drawing on blues, rockabilly, country, and jazz influences. Cale's personal style has often been described as "laid back", and is characterized by shuffle rhythms, simple chord changes, understated vocals, and clever, incisive lyrics. Cale is also a very distinctive and idiosyncratic guitarist, incorporating both Travis-like fingerpicking and gentle, meandering electric solos. His recordings also reflect his stripped-down, laid-back ethos; his album versions are usually quite succinct and often recorded entirely by Cale alone, using drum machines for rhythm accompaniment. Live, however, as evidenced on his 2001 Live album and 2006 To Tulsa And Back film, he and his band regularly stretch the songs out and improvise heavily.

Artists including Eric Clapton, Mark Knopfler, Neil Young , Tom Petty, and Bryan Ferry, have noted Cale's influence on their music; several artists in addition to Clapton have made hits of Cale songs, and many more have covered them. His most covered songs include "Call Me the Breeze", "Sensitive Kind", "After Midnight", and "Cocaine".
J.J. Cale in Munich, 1975

Cale is also well known for his longstanding aversion to stardom, extensive touring, and even continual recording. He has happily remained a relatively obscure cult artist for the last 35 years.

The release of his album, To Tulsa and Back in 2004, his appearance at Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival, and the 2006 release of the film documentary, To Tulsa and Back: On Tour with J.J. Cale, have brought his understated discography and songwriting to a new audience. This mainstream exposure continued into late 2006 with the release of a collaborative album with Eric Clapton, The Road to Escondido, which won Best Contemporary Blues Album at the 50th Grammy Awards in 2008. February 2009 saw the release of his 23rd album, Roll On, including the previously unreleased title track recorded with Eric Clapton.

Early on he was known for playing a heavily modified Harmony guitar. He is currently playing a Casio 360 MIDI guitar from ca. 1980.
Songs by Cale have been covered by the following artists:

* Asha Puthli: "Right Down Here", "Lies"
* Brad Absher: "Sensitive Kind"
* Chet Atkins: "After Midnight"
* The Band: "Crazy Mama"
* Band of Horses: "Thirteen Days"
* Beck: "Magnolia"
* The Barcodes: "Don't Go To Strangers"
* Tom Barman (dEUS): "Magnolia" & "After Midnight"
* Jimmy Boyd: "Will I Cry"
* Brother Phelps: "Any Way the Wind Blows"
* Francis Cabrel: "Mama Don't" (lyrics translated to French by Cabrel: "Madame n'aime pas")
* Captain Beefheart: "Same Old Blues"
* Larry Carlton: "Crazy Mama"
* Johnny Cash: "Call Me The Breeze"
* Eric Clapton: "After Midnight", "Cocaine" (on Slowhand), "I'll Make Love To You Anytime", "Travelin' Light", "Any Way the Wind Blows" (with Cale on The Road to Escondido)
* Clyde Cotton Band: "River Runs Deep"
* David Allen Coe: "Call Me The Breeze"
* Randy Crawford: "Cajun Moon"
* Daddy's Favorite: "Let Me Do It To You"
* Deep Purple: "Magnolia"
* Dr. Feelgood: "No Time"
* Dr. Hook: "Call Me The Breeze", "Clyde"
* Bob Dylan: "Cocaine"
* Jose Feliciano: "Magnolia"
* Bryan Ferry: "Same Old Blues"
* Fistula: "Cocaine"
* Jerry Garcia Band: "After Midnight"
* Clarence Gatemouth Brown: "Don't Cry Sister"
* Cissy Houston with Herbie Mann: "Cajun Moon"
* Waylon Jennings: "Call Me The Breeze", "Clyde, Louisiana Women"
* Kalinov most: "Sensitive Kind" (with original Russian lyrics, as "Devochka letom" - "Girl in Summertime")
* Kansas: "Bringing It Back"
* Freddie King: "Same Old Blues"
* David Kitt: "Magnolia"
* Christine Lakeland "Borrowed Time", "Ain't Love Funny"
* Lefay: "Cocaine"
* Lynyrd Skynyrd: "Bringing It Back", "Call Me The Breeze", "Same Old Blues"
* Magna Carta:"Magnolia", "Call Me The Breeze"
* Harry Manx: "Tijuana" (Harry Manx & Friends: Live at the Glenn Gould Studio)
* John Mayall: "Sensitive Kind"
* Sergio Mendes: "After Midnight"
* moe.: "Call Me The Breeze"
* Maria Muldaur: "Cajun Moon"
* Nazareth: "Cocaine""
* James Otto: "Call Me The Breeze" (Larry The Cable Guy: Health Inspector Soundtrack)
* Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers: "Thirteen Days", "Call Me The Breeze," "I'd Like to Love You, Baby"
* Poco: "Cajun Moon", "Magnolia"
* Phish: "After Midnight", "Ain't Love Funny"
* Toni Price: "Like You Used To"
* The Radiators: "After Midnight, "Crazy Mama", "Magnolia"
* Ramshackle: "Lies"
* Redbone: "Crazy Mama"
* Johnny Rivers: "Crazy Mama", "Don't Go To Strangers"
* Santana: "Sensitive Kind"
* Merl Saunders with Jerry Garcia: "After Midnight"
* Seldom Scene: "After Midnight"
* Chris Smither: "Magnolia"
* Spiritualized: "Call Me The Breeze" performed and recorded as "Run"
* George Thorogood and the Destroyers: "Devil in Disguise"
* Pat Travers: "Magnolia"
* Widespread Panic: "Ride Me High" (on Live in the Classic City), "Travelin' Light" (live on Light Fuse, Get Away and studio version on Space Wrangler)
* Bob Wilber Quintet: "After Midnight"
* Wire: "After Midnight"
* Bill Wyman and The Rhythm Kings: "Anyway The Wind Blows"
* Yonder Mountain String Band: "If You're Ever in Oklahoma"
* Burns & Erwin: "I'll Make Love To You Anytime"
* Claire Lynch and the Front Porch String Band: "If You're Ever in Oklahoma"

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Written By: ninny on 12/05/09 at 5:09 am

The co-birthday of the day...Frankie Muniz
Francisco "Frankie" Muniz IV (born December 5, 1985) is an American actor and racecar driver. He is known as the star of the FOX television family sitcom, Malcolm in the Middle. In 2003, Muniz was considered "one of Hollywood's most bankable teens". In 2007, he put his acting career on hold to pursue a racing career. He currently competes in the Atlantic Championship.
Fox premiered Malcolm in the Middle on January 9, 2000, as a mid-season replacement, and the show was quickly overcome with accolades. The premiere episode was watched by 23 million and the second episode by 26 million. Muniz then won many awards for the series, including young star awards, young artist awards and kids' choice awards. Muniz anchored the show with his narration and central role in many of the series' plots, although he has said that he does not consider himself a comic actor and does not find himself funny. He was nominated for Golden Globes in 2000 and 2001, the Emmy Awards in 2001, and was honored with the Hollywood Reporter "Young Star Award" for his work in the series.

Throughout his television career Muniz made guest appearances on the shows Lizzie McGuire, Sabrina, the Teenage Witch, and MADtv. His first starring role in a feature film was as Willie Morris in the family period piece My Dog Skip (2000), released around the same time as the pilot for Malcolm In The Middle. He won a Young star award for his work on the movie. Muniz then contributed a voice to the animal cast of Dr. Dolittle 2 (2001). He had a moderate hit with the 2002 release Big Fat Liar, which teamed him with teen actress Amanda Bynes as a pair of students seeking revenge on a sleazy movie producer (Paul Giamatti). He was nominated for many awards but did not win any of them. He was also part of the ensemble for the gang film, Deuces Wild, released that same year. In 2003, he made a cameo appearance as Cher's underage boyfriend in Stuck on You. Also in 2003, Muniz appeared on the first episode of the MTV series Punk'd, hosted by Ashton Kutcher. Kutcher tricked Muniz into thinking that his car had been stolen. What Muniz didn't know is that his car was being secretly driven around by Ashton Kutcher's field agent, BJ Novak. After the joke had escalated Muniz became upset and began spewing profanity at which point Kutcher told Muniz that he had been "punk'd."

Muniz subsequently played the title role in the film Agent Cody Banks, as well as its sequel, Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London. The first film opened in March 2003 and grossed $47 million; the sequel, which opened a year later, grossed $23 million. Muniz trained in martial arts for the films, and performed most of his own stunts; he also commented that it was the point in his career where he should "make the transition from child actor to an adult actor or a respectable actor."

Muniz had a cameo in the comedy Stuck on You and voiced a racing zebra, 'Stripes' in the 2005 film Racing Stripes. He then went on to play a part in the horror movie Stay Alive, which opened on March 24, 2006. Malcolm in the Middle finished its run May 14, 2006. Muniz expressed a desire to leave traditional Hollywood film roles behind, saying:
“ Growing up has never scared me until last year. I started thinking about getting older, being an adult, and it scared me. Hopefully things will work out in my career. If they don't, then it was never meant to be. ”

Muniz made a guest appearance on the Arrested Development episode "Mr. F" where Michael and his girlfriend Rita were taking a studio tram tour through the fictional Tantamount Studios when the tour disrupted a filming of Malcolm in the Middle (although none of the footage was actually seen in Malcolm in the Middle). After the filming equipment is cleared to make way for the tram, Muniz sarcastically says, "It's more important to show how we film the show than actually film it." He then mutters under his breath, "fudge Tantamount."

In April 2006, Muniz began filming My Sexiest Year, an independent film which also stars Oscar nominee Harvey Keitel as Muniz's father. Muniz's character has a love scene in the film. The same month, Muniz announced he was taking a break from acting to pursue a career in race car driving, with a full-time two year racing deal with Jensen Motorsport in the Formula BMW competition, saying:
“ Truthfully, I think it will be easier for me to leave for a while and come back to acting when I'm 23, 24 and be an adult and start fresh. ”

In May 2006, despite his announcement to temporarily leave acting, Muniz signed on to star in the R-rated, raunchy teen sex comedy Extreme Movie. The film was originally planned to be released in 2007 by Dimension Films but was ultimately released straight to DVD in February 2009.

In late 2007, he made a significant guest appearance in an episode of the popular and critically acclaimed CBS crime drama, Criminal Minds. The episode, entitled "True Night", featured Muniz playing a famous comic book writer who becomes a violent serial killer that preys on a group of local gang-bangers after they force him to watch while they rape and murder his pregnant fiancee. In December 2007 he made a cameo appearance in the movie Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story, playing Buddy Holly.

Muniz also voiced Manu in the movie The Legend of Secret Pass, a straight to DVD release in 2008.
Muniz's career in car racing traces back to 2005, when he won the Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race as a celebrity participant. While investigating the possibility of joining a racing team as an owner, Muniz was granted a test in a car and instead signed a two year deal with Jensen Motorsport as a driver.

Muniz entered fourteen races during the 2006 Formula BMW USA series and failed to finish in a points scoring position. Muniz was selected as one of the thirty–six drivers to compete in the annual Formula BMW World Final, despite his poor performance in the national series. The event, dominated by German Christian Vietoris, saw Muniz make a small impact, as he finished twenty–ninth.

For 2007, Muniz moved up to the more competitive Champ Car Atlantic Series where he competed in the entire season of 12 races. For the season, his best finish was ninth place and he officially earned a total of 41 points and $17,000 in prize money. Even though he made little progress moving from the bottom half of the pack, by avoiding breakdowns and accidents he was able to log 351 season laps. This was more race mileage than most other drivers except for the winners, indicating more endurance and consistency but less outright speed than other drivers of similar performance.

In January 2007, he placed second at the Sebring Winter National SCCA race.

Muniz signed with Atlantic Championship winning team Pacific Coast Motorsports in January 2008 with a goal to compete consistently in the top-ten in the 2008 Cooper Tires Presents the Atlantic Championship Powered by Mazda. He finished the 2008 season in eleventh place.

At the end of the 2008 season, Muniz won the Jovy Marcelo Sportsmanship Award, an award for sportsmanship voted on by fellow drivers named in memory of the 1991 Atlantic Championship winner who was killed while practicing for the 1992 Indianapolis 500.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/05/09 at 6:01 am

The word of the day...Little
1 : not big: as a : small in size or extent : tiny <has little feet> b : young <was too little to remember> c of a plant or animal : small in comparison with related forms —used in vernacular names d : having few members or inhabitants <a little group> <little towns> e : small in condition, distinction, or scope <big business trampling on the little fellow> f : narrow, mean <the pettiness of little minds> g : pleasingly small <a cute little thing> h —used as an intensive <why, you little devil!>
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/05/09 at 6:11 am

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Written By: Howard on 12/05/09 at 7:00 am

The birthday of the day...Little Richard
Richard Wayne Penniman (born December 5, 1932), known by the stage name Little Richard, is an American singer, songwriter, pianist and recording artist, considered key in the transition from rhythm and blues to rock and roll in the 1950s. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame web site entry on Richard states that:

"More than any other performer - save, perhaps, Elvis Presley, Little Richard blew the lid off the Fifties, laying the foundation for rock and roll with his explosive music and charismatic persona. On record, he made spine-tingling rock and roll. His frantically charged piano playing and raspy, shouted vocals on such classics as "Tutti Frutti", "Long Tall Sally" and "Good Golly, Miss Molly" defined the dynamic sound of rock and roll."

Richard began his recording career in 1951 by imitating the gospel-influenced style of late-40s jump blues artist Billy Wright, but did not achieve commercial success until 1955, when, under the guidance of Robert "Bumps" Blackwell, he began recording in a style he had been performing onstage for years, featuring varied rhythm, a heavy backbeat, funky saxophone grooves, over-the-top Gospel-style singing, moans, screams, and other emotive inflections, accompanied by a combination of boogie-woogie and rhythm and blues music. This new music, which included an original injection of funk into the rock and roll beat, inspired James Brown, Elvis Presley, and generations of other rhythm & blues, rock and soul music artists. He was subsequently among the seven initial inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1986 and was one of only four of these honorees (along with Ray Charles, James Brown, and Fats Domino) to also receive the Rhythm and Blues Foundation's Pioneer Lifetime Achievement Award.

In 1957, while at the height of stardom, Penniman abruptly quit rock and roll music and became a born-again Christian. He enrolled in and attended Bible college to become a preacher and evangelist, and began recording and performing only gospel music for a number of years. He then moved back and forth from rock and roll to the ministry, until he was able to reconcile the two roles in later life
In October 1951, at the age of 18, Little Richard began recording jump blues records for RCA Camden. His father was shot to death while he was in a recording session on January 12, 1952. In 1953, he began recording with Peacock Records. He formed a road band during this period that he called "The Upsetters," which included saxophonists Grady Gaines, Wilbert 'Lee Diamond' Smith, and Clifford 'Gene' Burks, along with New Orleans drummer Charles 'Chuck' Connors, Olsie 'Baysee' Robinson on bass, and Nathaniel 'Buster' Douglas on guitar. Records were released each year from 1951-54, but none were significant hits.

At Lloyd Price's suggestion, Little Richard recorded a demo for gospel/R&B label Specialty Records on February 9, 1955. Specialty's owner, Art Rupe, loaned him money to buy out his contract from Peacock Records and placed his career in the hands of Specialty's A&R man Robert "Bumps" Blackwell,

Rupe and Blackwell originally pictured Little Richard as a commercial rival to Ray Charles, who was experiencing success with Atlantic Records by taking gospel songs and developing them in a bluesy setting with a beat. Little Richard told Rupe he liked Fats Domino's sound, so Rupe and Blackwell booked Cosimo Matassa's J & M Recording Studio in New Orleans, and hired studio musicians who had worked with Domino (including Earl Palmer on drums and Lee Allen on sax) rather than members of Little Richard's road band.

Following some recording that did not satisfy Blackwell, they took a break. Penniman began pounding out a boogie woogie rhythm on piano and hollering out impromptu recital of "Tutti Frutti", a song he wrote and had been performing on stage for years. Blackwell was so impressed with the sound that he had Little Richard record the song. However, in order to make it commercially acceptable, he had Little Richard's lyrics changed from "tutti-frutti, good booty" to "tutti frutti, aw rooty." (All rooty was hipster slang for "all right".) The song featured a powerhouse acappella intro "Awop-Bop-a-Loo-Mop Alop-Bam-Boom!" that had also been altered slightly to make it commercially acceptable. The recording was released on Specialty in October 1955.

Little Richard's "Tutti Frutti" climbed to the top of Billboard's R&B chart. Sixteen more hit singles followed in less than three years, seven of which reached number 1. While most of these hits were characterized by a driving piano, boogie-woogie bass line, a variety of rhythmic drumbeats, and wild screams before Lee Allen's funky sax solos, such as Rip It Up", "Lucille", "Jenny, Jenny", "Good Golly, Miss Molly" and "Keep A-Knockin'", a few of them were slower in tempo and more soulful, such as "Slippin' and Slidin'", "Send Me Some Lovin'" and "True Fine Mama". During this period, he also appeared performing his hit songs in three films, including The Girl Can't Help It (1956), in which he sang the hit title track, Don't Knock the Rock (1956), and Mister Rock and Roll (1957).

"Tutti Frutti" was quickly covered by both Elvis Presley and Pat Boone. While Presley's versions only appeared as album tracks, Boone's covers were released as singles and his "Tutti Frutti" single outdid the source record on Billboard's Top 100 pop chart. Boone also released a version of "Long Tall Sally" with slightly bowdlerized lyrics, but this time, the Little Richard original version outperformed the cover on the Billboard pop chart. Presley and Bill Haley tackled Little Richard's fourth R&B chart topper, "Rip It Up", but Little Richard's single was the hit. With the record-buying public's preference established, Little Richard's subsequent releases did not face the same chart competition.

Little Richard, along with his road band, performed his hits in sports stadiums and concert venues across the United States through 1956 and 1957. He brought the races together at his concerts, at a time in the United States when laws still dictated that public facilities (including concert venues) be divided into separate "white" and "colored" domains. Little Richard's audiences would start out segregated in the building, usually with one race on the floor and the other on the balcony, but most of the time, by the end of the night they were mixed together. Racists in the south, such as The North Alabama White Citizens Council, responded by putting out statements on television, warning the public that "Rock n Roll is part of a test to undermine the morals of the youth of our nation. It is sexualistic, unmoralistic and ... brings people of both races together." The demand for him was so great, however, that even in the south where segregation was most rampant, the taboos against black artists appearing in white venues were being shattered.

Penniman was an innovative and charismatic performer, appearing in sequined capes under flicker lights that he brought from show business into the music world. He would run off and on the stage, jumping, yelling, and whipping the audience into a frenzy. At a concert in Baltimore, Maryland, US concert history was made when excited people had to be restrained from jumping off the balconies, and the police had to stop the show twice to remove dozens of girls that had climbed onstage to try to rip souvenirs from Penniman. Later in the show, girls began to throw their undergarments onto the stage.

While on the road in the mid-50s, Penniman would have notorious parties, replete with orgies, in hotel rooms wherever they appeared. In late 1956, he met a voluptuous high school graduate in Savannah, Georgia by the name of Angel Lee. She became his girlfriend and started travelling on the road with him. Penniman would invite attractive men to his parties and would enjoy watching them having sex with his girlfriend.

In early October 1957, on the fifth date of a two week tour of Australia, Little Richard was flying from Melbourne to appear in front of forty thousand fans in concert in Sydney. Shocked by the red hot appearance of the engines against the night sky, he envisioned angels holding up the plane. Then, while he performed at the stadium, he was shaken by the sight of a ball of fire that he watched streak across the sky overhead. He took what was actually the Russian rocket Sputnik as another sign to quit show business and follow God. The following day he departed Sydney on a ferry and threw his ring in the water to show his band members that he was serious about quitting. The plane that he was originally scheduled to fly back home on ended up crashing in the Pacific Ocean, which he took as confirmation that he was doing what God wanted him to do.

The news of him quitting at the height of his career had broken all over the world by the time he returned to the United States. He attended one more recording session for Specialty on October 18, 1957, and, at the request of DJ Alan Freed, performed a farewell concert at the Apollo Theatre in New York. He then had his roadies drive his Cadillacs across the United States to a property he bought for his mother in California and gave her the keys. He formed the Little Richard Evangelistic Team, travelling across the country preaching, and helped people locally through a ministry on skid row in Los Angeles.

From October 1957 through to 1962, Little Richard recorded gospel music for Goldner, Little Star, Mercury, and Atlantic Records. He also enrolled in Oakwood College, in Hunstville, Alabama, where he planned to take a three year course which was to culminate in ordination. In November 1957, he met Ernestine Campbell at an evangelistic meeting in Washington. They were married on July 11, 1959.
ittle Richard influenced the development of a variety of musical genres. James Brown, who called Little Richard his idol, stated that he was the first to put the funk in the rock and roll beat via his mid-1950s road band. Otis Redding, whose inspiration was Little Richard, indicated that he contributed significantly to the development of soul music. Richie Unterberger of allmusic.com stated that Little Richard "was crucial in upping the voltage from high-powered R&B into the similar, yet different, guise of rock & roll."

Little Richard has been recognized for his musical contributions by many other high-profile artists. In 1989, Ray Charles introduced him at the Legends of Rock n Roll concert in Rome, Italy, as "a man that started a kind of music that set the pace for a lot of what's happening today." Bo Diddley stated that "Little Richard was a one-of-a-kind show business genius. He influenced so many people in the business." Paul McCartney said that he idolized Little Richard when he was in school and always wanted to sing like him. In his high school year book, Bob Dylan declared that his ambition was "to join Little Richard". Mick Jagger, Bob Seger, John Fogerty, David Bowie and Rod Stewart are among the other artists who have stated that Little Richard was a primary rock 'n' roll influence. In 1979, as he began to develop his solo career, Michael Jackson was quoted as saying that Little Richard was a huge influence on him.
Awards and Honors

* In 1956, Cashbox awarded Little Richard the Cashbox Triple Crown Award for his second hit single "Long Tall Sally".
* In 1986, Little Richard was one of the first group of recording artists inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
* In 1990, Little Richard was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
* In 1993, he then received an Honorary Lifetime Achievement Grammy Award from the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences.
* In 1994, Little Richard was the fourth recording artist (the others being Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin and James Brown) to be recognized with the Lifetime Achievement Pioneer Award by the Rhythm and Blues Foundation.
* In 1995, he received two Keys to the City of Providence, Rhode Island; one was awarded spontaneously, on stage, by Mayor Vincent "Buddy" Cianci
* In 1997, he received the American Music Award of Merit.
* In 2002, BMI, during the 50th Annual BMI Pop Awards celebration, Little Richard, along with Bo Diddley and Chuck Berry, were awarded the first BMI Icon Awards in recognition of their “unique and indelible influence on generations of music makers.”
* In 2002, Little Richard received the NAACP Image Award - Hall of Fame Award for having "distinguished himself as not only an unparalleled musical genius, but also as a unique and innovative performing artist—fusing pure vocal talent with exhilarating showmanship."
* In 2003, Little Richard was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
* In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked Little Richard #8 on their list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.
* In 2006, Little Richard was inducted into the Apollo Theater Legends Hall of Fame, at the same time as Ella Fitzgerald (who was one of the first winners of 'Amateur Night at the Apollo' in 1934) and Gladys Knight & the Pips.
* In 2007, Little Richard's 1955 original hit "Tutti Frutti" topped Mojo's The Top 100 Records That Changed The World.
* In 2009, Little Richard was formally inducted into the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame
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I think he still looks good at 77.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/05/09 at 8:25 am

I think he still looks good at 77.
I cannot believe that he is 77.

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Written By: ninny on 12/05/09 at 9:21 am

I cannot believe that he is 77.

Yes. that is hard to believe.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/05/09 at 9:22 am

Yes. that is hard to believe.
Is he istill in the public eye or gracefully retired?

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Written By: ninny on 12/05/09 at 10:23 am

Is he istill in the public eye or gracefully retired?

He performed in June, but is suppose to be having hip surgery.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/05/09 at 11:23 am

He performed in June, but is suppose to be having hip surgery.
So it will be no more landing his foot on the piano?

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Written By: ninny on 12/05/09 at 1:56 pm

So it will be no more landing his foot on the piano?

Was that him,or Jerry Lee Lewis?
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/05/09 at 1:58 pm

Was that him,or Jerry Lee Lewis?
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Sorry, I have my piano players mixed up.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/05/09 at 3:40 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFq5O2kabQo

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/05/09 at 3:45 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFq5O2kabQo
In this filmed clip, is Little Richard actually playing the piano?

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Written By: ninny on 12/05/09 at 3:46 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFq5O2kabQo

In this filmed clip, is Little Richard actually playing the piano?

I wonder why he is looking to the side.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/05/09 at 3:47 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ACOWsMUGE4

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/05/09 at 3:48 pm

I wonder why he is looking to the side.
The lyrics are written on boards there?

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/05/09 at 3:49 pm

I wonder why he is looking to the side.
Waiting for directions for the tv director?

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/05/09 at 3:51 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFL047fmsgg

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/05/09 at 3:51 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFL047fmsgg
Another old clip.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/05/09 at 3:51 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFL047fmsgg
Same piano, same stage as above.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/05/09 at 3:53 pm

I wonder why he is looking to the side.
Waiting for his pay packet?

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/05/09 at 3:53 pm

I wonder why he is looking to the side.
Drinks are on the way?

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/05/09 at 3:55 pm

Have we had Lucille yet?

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/05/09 at 3:55 pm

Have we had Lucille yet?
Nope!

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/05/09 at 3:55 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3-OaNevkfg

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/05/09 at 3:58 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1JiH8ByVx8

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/05/09 at 4:06 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z12R2-JtOJM

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Written By: gibbo on 12/05/09 at 5:16 pm

Little Richard? ....not a fan! I don't really mind his sound...but I can't abide when artists try so hard to remain youthful looking!

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/05/09 at 5:17 pm

Little Richard? ....not a fan! I don't really mind his sound...but I can't abide when artists try so hard to remain youthful looking!
Has he paid good money for his youthful looking?

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Written By: gibbo on 12/05/09 at 5:19 pm

Has he paid good money for his youthful looking?

...and yet, ...it still looks just wrong!

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/05/09 at 5:24 pm

...and yet, ...it still looks just wrong!
He has a face of a million dollars..... ?

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Written By: Howard on 12/05/09 at 7:18 pm

Has he paid good money for his youthful looking?

a lot of money,probably thousands.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/06/09 at 2:12 am

a lot of money,probably thousands.
Paid from royalties.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/06/09 at 2:14 am

a lot of money,probably thousands.
In 1957, while at the height of stardom, he abruptly quit rock and roll music and became a born-again Christian. He enrolled in and attended Bible college to become a preacher and evangelist, and began recording and performing only gospel music for a number of years. He then moved back and forth from rock and roll to the ministry, until he was able to reconcile the two roles in later life.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/06/09 at 2:27 am

The word of the day..Cocoon
protective case of silk or similar fibrous material spun by the larvae of moths and other insects that serves as a covering for their pupal stage.
A similar natural protective covering or structure, such as the egg case of a spider.
A protective plastic coating that is placed over stored military or naval equipment.
Something suggestive of a cocoon in appearance or purpose: “a congressionally mandated process that will gradually strip these institutions of a cocoon of regulations” (Edward Meadows).
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This day last year.

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Written By: gibbo on 12/06/09 at 3:17 am

I didn't read the above quote and went looking back over the last few pages for the Cocoon pics.....I was wondering how Philip could repond to a non-existent quote!! But it was 2008..... :o

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/06/09 at 3:27 am

I didn't read the above quote and went looking back over the last few pages for the Cocoon pics.....I was wondering how Philip could repond to a non-existent quote!! But it was 2008..... :o
Yes last year, just in case...

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/06/09 at 4:15 am

He has a face of a million dollars..... ?
...for that is how much it has cost?

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/06/09 at 4:18 am

From a report of the funeral of Lou Rawls:

January 2006 - Family, friends and fans were all in shock January 13, when Little Richard arrived at the funeral for Lou Rawls. And this time it wasn't his choice of fashion or his sudden outbursts of song that had people concerned.

It appears, Little Richard had a little too much work done during his last trip to the plastic surgeon and now he's unable to blink.
"It took me a while to figure out what seemed off about Richard," said Reverend Jesse Jackson who officiated the funeral. "I was talking to him and he seemed to have a lizard like quality to him. That's when I realized that after several minutes, he hadn't blinked even once."

Other guests, including Della Reese and Lou Gossett, confirmed that Richard didn't blink and never took off his sunglasses.

Little Richard's reps confirmed that it was Little Richard's own vanity that led to the problem.

"After so many facelifts to keep him "young," Little Richard just had one too many surgeries. His face is so unnaturally tight that his eyes no longer close," said one representative.

The surgeons offered to correct the problem, but it would mean Little Richard actually letting his face sag a bit and looking his true age.

"He just wouldn't hear of it. He'd rather spend the rest of his life wearing sunglasses all the time and using drops to keep his eyes from drying out," a source close to the family said.

"It really is a horrible tragedy," said Stevie Wonder, who was also at the funeral. "It's a shame he's so preoccupied with looking young, especially when blind people like me have no idea what he looked like to begin with. Who cares about how he looks, at least he's still got his sight."

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/06/09 at 4:21 am

From a report of the funeral of Lou Rawls:

January 2006 - Family, friends and fans were all in shock January 13, when Little Richard arrived at the funeral for Lou Rawls. And this time it wasn't his choice of fashion or his sudden outbursts of song that had people concerned.

It appears, Little Richard had a little too much work done during his last trip to the plastic surgeon and now he's unable to blink.
"It took me a while to figure out what seemed off about Richard," said Reverend Jesse Jackson who officiated the funeral. "I was talking to him and he seemed to have a lizard like quality to him. That's when I realized that after several minutes, he hadn't blinked even once."

Other guests, including Della Reese and Lou Gossett, confirmed that Richard didn't blink and never took off his sunglasses.

Little Richard's reps confirmed that it was Little Richard's own vanity that led to the problem.

"After so many facelifts to keep him "young," Little Richard just had one too many surgeries. His face is so unnaturally tight that his eyes no longer close," said one representative.

The surgeons offered to correct the problem, but it would mean Little Richard actually letting his face sag a bit and looking his true age.

"He just wouldn't hear of it. He'd rather spend the rest of his life wearing sunglasses all the time and using drops to keep his eyes from drying out," a source close to the family said.

"It really is a horrible tragedy," said Stevie Wonder, who was also at the funeral. "It's a shame he's so preoccupied with looking young, especially when blind people like me have no idea what he looked like to begin with. Who cares about how he looks, at least he's still got his sight."

From cynicalsarah, which does not exist anymore, but can still be seen chached on Google.

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Written By: ninny on 12/06/09 at 4:51 am

The word of the day...Quartet
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A quartet is a group of four people who play musical instruments or sing together. N-COUNT N-COUNT-COLL with sing or pl verb
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...a string quartet.
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...a quartet of singers. + 'of'
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A quartet is a piece of music for four instruments or four singers. N-COUNT
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A quartet of people or things is a group or set of four people or things. N-COUNT usu N 'of' n written
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...a quartet of books.
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...a quartet of local women in their mid-forties.
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Written By: ninny on 12/06/09 at 4:54 am

The birthday of the day...Dave Brubeck
David Warren Brubeck (born December 6, 1920), known as Dave Brubeck, is an American jazz pianist. He has written a number of jazz standards, including "In Your Own Sweet Way" and "The Duke". Brubeck's style ranges from refined to bombastic, reflecting his mother's attempts at classical training and his improvisational skills. His music is known for employing unusual time signatures, and superimposing contrasting rhythms, meters, and tonalities.

His long-time musical partner, alto saxophonist Paul Desmond, wrote the Dave Brubeck Quartet's best remembered piece, "Take Five", which is in 5/4 time and has endured as a jazz classic. Brubeck experimented with time signatures throughout his career, recording "Pick Up Sticks" in 6/4, "Unsquare Dance" in 7/4, and "Blue Rondo à la Turk" in 9/8. He is also a respected composer of orchestral and sacred music, and wrote soundtracks for television such as Mr. Broadway and the animated miniseries This Is America, Charlie Brown.
After graduating in 1942, Brubeck was drafted into the army and served overseas in George Patton's Third Army. He was spared from service in the Battle of the Bulge when he volunteered to play piano at a Red Cross show; he was such a hit he was ordered to form a band. Thus he created one of the armed forces' first integrated bands, "The Wolfpack". While serving, Brubeck met Paul Desmond in early 1944. He returned to college after serving nearly four years in the army, this time attending Mills College and studying under Darius Milhaud, who encouraged him to study fugue and orchestration, but not classical piano.

After completing his studies under Milhaud, Brubeck helped to establish Berkeley, California's Fantasy Records. He worked with an octet (the recording bears his name only because Brubeck was the best-known member at the time), and a trio including Cal Tjader and Ron Crotty. Highly experimental, the group made few recordings and got even fewer paying jobs. The trio was often joined by Paul Desmond on the bandstand, at Desmond's prodding.
Quartet era
Dave Brubeck Quartet 1967. From left to right: Joe Morello, Eugene Wright, Brubeck and Paul Desmond.

Following a near-fatal swimming accident which incapacitated him for several months, Brubeck organized The Dave Brubeck Quartet in 1951, with Desmond on saxophone. They took up a long residency at San Francisco's Black Hawk nightclub and gained great popularity touring college campuses, recording a series of albums with such titles as Jazz at Oberlin (1953), Jazz at College of the Pacific (1953), and Brubeck's debut on Columbia Records, Jazz Goes to College (1954). In that same year, he was featured on the cover of Time magazine, the second jazz musician to be so honored (the first was Louis Armstrong on February 21, 1949.)

Early bassists for the group included Ron Crotty, Bob Bates, and Bob's brother Norman Bates; Lloyd Davis and Joe Dodge held the drum chair. In 1956, Brubeck hired Joe Morello, who had been working with Marian McPartland; Morello's presence made possible the rhythmic experiments that were to come. In 1958 Eugene Wright joined for the group's U.S. State Department tour of Europe and Asia; Wright would become a permanent member in 1959, making the "classic" Quartet's personnel complete.

Wright is African-American; in the late 1950s and early 1960s Brubeck canceled several concerts because the club owners or hall managers resisted the idea of an integrated band on their stages. He also canceled a television appearance when he found out that the producers intended to keep Wright off-camera.

In 1959, the Dave Brubeck Quartet recorded Time Out, an album their label was enthusiastic about but nonetheless hesitant to release. Featuring the album art of Neil Fujita, the album contained all original compositions, almost none of which were in common time. Nonetheless, on the strength of these unusual time signatures (the album included "Take Five", "Blue Rondo à la Turk", and "Three To Get Ready"), it quickly went platinum.

At this time, Dave Brubeck and his wife Iola were developing a jazz musical, The Real Ambassadors, based in part on experiences of themselves and colleagues during foreign tours on behalf of the U.S. State Department. The soundtrack album, which featured Louis Armstrong, Lambert, Hendricks & Ross, and Carmen McRae was recorded in 1961; the musical itself was performed at the 1962 Monterey Jazz Festival.

Time Out was followed by several albums with a similar approach, including Time Further Out: Miro Reflections (1961), Countdown: Time in Outer Space (dedicated to John Glenn) (1962), Time Changes (1963), and Time In (1965). These albums were also known for using contemporary paintings as cover art, featuring the work of Joan Miró on Time Further Out, Franz Kline on Time in Outer Space, and Sam Francis on Time Changes, though the fifth album, Time In, did not feature an artist's work.

A high point for the group was their 1963 live album At Carnegie Hall, described by critic Richard Palmer as "arguably Dave Brubeck's greatest concert".

Apart from the Jazz Goes to College and the 'Time' series, Brubeck recorded several records featuring his compositions based on the group's travels, and the local music they encountered. Jazz Impressions of the USA (1956, Morello's debut with the group), Jazz Impressions of Eurasia (1958), Jazz Impressions of Japan (1964), and Jazz Impressions of New York (1964) are less well-known albums, but all are brilliant examples of the quartet's studio work, and they produced Brubeck standards such as "Summer Song," "Brandenburg Gate," "Koto Song," and "Theme From Mr. Broadway." (Brubeck wrote, and the Quartet performed, the theme song for the Craig Stevens CBS drama series; the music from the series became material for the "New York" album.)

In 1961 Dave Brubeck appeared in a few scenes of the British Jazz/Beat film All Night Long, which starred Patrick McGoohan and Richard Attenborough. Brubeck merely plays himself, and his piano playing includes closeups of his fingerings. Brubeck performs "It's a Raggy Waltz" from the Time Further Out album and duets briefly with bassist Charles Mingus in "Non-Sectarian Blues".

In the early 1960s Dave Brubeck was the program director of WJZZ-FM radio (now WEZN). He achieved his vision of an all jazz format radio station along with his friend and neighbor John E. Metts, one of the first African Americans in senior radio management.

The final studio album for Columbia by the Desmond/Wright/Morello quartet was Anything Goes (1966) featuring Cole Porter songs. A few concert recordings followed, and The Last Time We Saw Paris (1967) was the "Classic" Quartet's swansong.
Later career
Dave Brubeck (1990)

Brubeck's disbanding of the Quartet at the end of 1967 allowed him more time to compose the longer, extended orchestral and choral works that were occupying his attention. Another reason for the break up was Brubeck's desire to spend more time with his young family, when America was affected by political turmoil. February 1968 saw the premiere of The Light in the Wilderness for baritone solo, choir, organ, the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra conducted by Erich Kunzel, and Brubeck improvising on certain themes within. The piece is an oratorio on Jesus's teachings. The next year, Brubeck produced The Gates of Justice, a cantata mixing Biblical scripture with the words of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr..

Further works followed, including the 1971 cantata Truth Is Fallen, dedicated to the memory of the Kent State shootings and Jackson State killings of May 1970. The work was premiered in Midland, Michigan on May 1, 1971 and released on LP in 1972.

Brubeck's jazz playing did not cease. He was quickly prevailed upon by Newport Jazz Festival producer George Wein to tour with Gerry Mulligan. A Brubeck "Trio" was soon formed: Jack Six on bass, and Alan Dawson on drums. From 1968 until 1973, The Dave Brubeck Trio featuring Gerry Mulligan performed extensively, releasing several concert albums (including one with guest Desmond) and one studio album.

In 1973 Brubeck formed another group with three of his sons, Darius on keyboards, Dan on drums, and Chris on electric bass or bass trombone. This group often included Perry Robinson, clarinet, and Jerry Bergonzi, saxophone. Brubeck would record and tour with this "Two Generations of Brubeck" group until 1978.

Brubeck and Desmond recorded an album of duets in 1975, then the Classic Quartet reassembled for a 25th anniversary reunion in 1976. Desmond died in 1977.

Brubeck's Quartet has remained vital, a primary creative outlet for the pianist. Bergonzi became a member and remained with the band until 1982. This version featured Chris Brubeck, and Randy Jones on drums. Jones joined in 1979 and is still with the band after almost 30 years. Replacing Bergonzi was Brubeck's old friend Bill Smith, who knew Brubeck at Mills College and was a member of Brubeck's Octet in the late 1940s; he remained in the group through the '80s and recorded with it off and on until 1995. The best recording of this Smith/Brubeck/Jones Quartet is probably their remarkable Moscow Night concert of 1987, released on Concord Records.

The Quartet currently includes alto saxophonist and flautist Bobby Militello, bassist Michael Moore (who replaced Alec Dankworth), and Randy Jones.

In 1994, Brubeck was inducted into the Down Beat Jazz Hall of Fame.

Brubeck continues to write new works, including orchestral and ballet scores. He has worked extensively with the London Symphony Orchestra and tours about 80 cities each year.

At the 49th Monterey Jazz Festival in September 2006, Brubeck debuted his commissioned work, Cannery Row Suite, a jazz opera drawn from the characters in John Steinbeck's American classic writing about Monterey's roots as a sardine fishing and packing town. Iola (née Whitlock), Brubeck's wife since 1942, is his personal secretary, manager and lyricist, and co-authored the Cannery Row Suite with Dave. His performance of this as well as a number of jazz standards with his current quartet was the buzz of the Festival (an event Brubeck helped launch in 1958).

On April 3, 2009, Brubeck was scheduled to play the album Time Out in its entirety to commemorate its 50th anniversary at the annual Brubeck Festival, but was not able to due to being hospitalized with a viral infection. His son Darius filled in on piano with the rest of his quartet
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Written By: ninny on 12/06/09 at 4:56 am

The co-birthdays of the day...JoBeth Williams
JoBeth Williams (born December 6, 1948) is an American television and film actress and director, and current President of the Screen Actors Guild Foundation.
Williams' first television role was on the Boston-produced first-run syndicated children's television series Jabberwocky, which debuted in 1974. Her character was named, appropriately enough, JoBeth. She joined the "Jabberwocky" cast in season two, replacing the original hostess, Joanne Sopko. The series ran until 1978. She was a regular on two soap operas, playing Carrie Wheeler on Somerset and Brandi Sheloo on Guiding Light. Williams' feature film debut came in 1979's Kramer vs. Kramer as a girlfriend of Dustin Hoffman's character, memorably quizzed by his son after being discovered walking nude to the bathroom.

She is perhaps most recognized for her roles in Stir Crazy (1980) with Gene Wilder and Poltergeist (1982) as suburban housewife Diane Freeling (she reprised her character in the sequel, Poltergeist II: The Other Side, 1986). A year later she was part of the ensemble comedy-drama The Big Chill (1983). This led to her only major starring role in a studio feature film, American Dreamer (1984), opposite Tom Conti.

Williams continued with a number of performances in notable television movies, including the nuclear holocaust film The Day After (1983), Murder Ordained (1987), and My Name is Bill W. (1989). She earned Emmy nominations for starring as real-life characters Reve Walsh (the wife of John Walsh) in the film Adam (1983) and Mary Beth Whitheead in Baby M (1988). She also had an Emmy-nominated guest starring role on Frasier and played Reggie Love in the short-lived TV version of the film The Client.

In 1995 she was nominated for an Academy Award for her 1994 live-action short, On Hope. It was her debut as a director. She appeared on an episode of 24 as Christopher Henderson (Peter Weller)'s wife, Miriam, who literally takes a (non-fatal) bullet for her husband.

She appeared in one episode of the 1998 TV mini-series From the Earth to the Moon as Marge Slayton, the wife of Deke Slayton. The episode is part 11 of the series and titled 'The Original Wives Club.'

She directed the 1994 short film, On Hope, starring Annette O'Toole, for which she was nominated for an Academy Award.

She was elected President of the non-profit SAG Foundation in April 2008.
* Private Practice (2009) - Bizzy Montgomery (Episode: "Blowups")
* Sybil (2007) - Hattie
* The Nine (2006-2007) - Sheryl Kates
* Fever Pitch (2005) - Maureen Meeks
* It Came From the Sky - (1999) - Alice Bridges
* From the Earth to the Moon (1998) - Marge Slayton
* When Danger Follows You Home - (1997) - Anne Werden
* Jungle 2 Jungle (1997) - Dr. Patricia Cromwell
* Wyatt Earp (1994) - Bessie Earp
* Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot (1992) - Lt. Gwen Harper
* Dutch (1991) - Natalie
* Switch (1991) - Margo Brofman
* My Name is Bill W. (1989) (TV Movie)- Lois (Bernham) Wilson
* Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986) - Diane Freeling
* Desert Bloom (1986)
* American Dreamer (1984) - Cathy Palmer/Rebecca Ryan
* Teachers (1984) - Lisa Hammond
* The Big Chill (1983) - Karen
* The Day After (1983) (TV) - Nurse Nancy Bauer
* Poltergeist (1982) - Diane Freeling
* Endangered Species (1982) - Harriet Purdue
* The Dogs of War (1980) - Jesse Shannon
* Stir Crazy (1980) - Meredith
* Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) - Phyllis Bernard
* Jabberwocky (TV Series) (1974) - JoBeth

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And * Judd Apatow
Judd Apatow (born December 6, 1967) is an American film producer, director, and screenwriter. He is well-known for making a distinct series of critically and commercially successful comedy films, including The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Knocked Up, and Funny People. He has also produced films such as Superbad, Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, Step Brothers and Pineapple Express. He is the founder of Apatow Productions, a film production company that also developed the critically acclaimed cult television series Freaks and Geeks and Undeclared.
After finding little success as a performer himself, Apatow began writing jokes for others including up-and-coming star Roseanne Barr. He appeared on HBO's 15th Annual Young Comedians Special in 1992. In 1990, Apatow met Ben Stiller outside of an Elvis Costello show, and they became friends. In 1992, Apatow produced The Ben Stiller Show for Fox. Although the show was critically acclaimed and earned Apatow and the rest of the writing staff an Emmy Award, Fox canceled the show in 1993. In 1994, Apatow served as consulting producer and staff writer for the animated comedy The Critic, starring Jon Lovitz.

Apatow's manager, Jimmy Miller, introduced him to comedian Garry Shandling, who hired Apatow as a writer and producer for The Larry Sanders Show in 1993. Apatow worked on the show for five years until the show's end in 1998. Apatow credits Garry Shandling as his mentor for influencing him to write comedy that is more character-driven. Apatow earned six Emmy nominations for his work on Larry Sanders.

Apatow was hired to re-write the script for the movie The Cable Guy, which was released in 1996. He expected the film to be a huge success, but it ultimately had a mediocre box office success and poor reviews. It was during the shooting of the film, however, that Apatow met his wife, actress Leslie Mann.

Apatow's next script was entitled Making Amends and had Owen Wilson attached as a man in Alcoholics Anonymous who decides to apologize to everyone he has ever hurt. However, the film was never made. Apatow did an uncredited rewrite of the 1998 Adam Sandler comedy The Wedding Singer.

From 1999 to 2002, he produced the short-lived television series Freaks and Geeks and Undeclared. Both shows received critical acclaim but were canceled after a season because of low ratings; USA Today media critic Susan Wloszczyna called the shows "two of the most acclaimed TV series to ever last only one season".

He additionally wrote and produced 3 TV pilots that were never aired: "North Hollywood", "Sick in the Head" and "Life on Parole" (with Brent Forrester). Apatow has screened and introduced them at "The Other Network", a festival of un-aired TV pilots produced by Un-Cabaret.

He has previously vowed to include a penis in every one of his movies.
2004–2007

In 2004, Apatow produced the hit comedy Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, starring Will Ferrell and directed by Adam McKay, making his first major comedy hit after a string of critically acclaimed, relatively obscure shows. In 2005, he directed and co-wrote the comedy The 40-Year-Old Virgin with Steve Carell, which was nominated for best original screenplay by the Writers Guild of America. The 40-Year-Old Virgin was a sleeper hit, grossing $177,378,645 worldwide and making many critics' Top 10 lists for the year. His film Knocked Up was released in June 2007 to wide critical acclaim. Apatow wrote the initial draft of the film on the set of Talladega Nights. In addition to being a critical success, the film was also a commercial hit, continuing Apatow's newfound mainstream success.

In August 2007, Apatow produced the film Superbad, which was written by Seth Rogen and his writing partner Evan Goldberg. A concept Rogen and Goldberg had created as teens, Apatow convinced Rogen to write the film as a vehicle for himself in 2000. Rogen and Goldberg finished writing the film, but were unable to find a studio interested in producing it. Apatow then enlisted Rogen and Goldberg to write Pineapple Express, a stoner action movie that he felt would be more commercial. After the success of Anchorman and The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Apatow was still unable to sell both Superbad and Pineapple Express; it was only after he produced the commercial hit Talladega Nights that Sony Pictures Entertainment decided to produce both. At this point, Rogen was unable to play the lead for Superbad, as he had grown too old to play the part of Seth. Subsequently, he was cast in a supporting role as a police officer and friend Jonah Hill took his role as the high school student. Apatow credits Rogen for influencing him to make his work more "outrageously dirty." In August 2007, Superbad opened at #1 in the box office to critical acclaim, taking in $33 million in its opening weekend. Industry insiders claimed Apatow was now a brand unto himself, creating movies geared toward older audiences, who would watch his movies even when the films delved into the teen genre.

Discussing the balance his films strike between R-rated vulgarity and a more wholesome sentimentality, Apatow explained his position as, "I like movies that are, you know, uplifting and hopeful...and I like filth!"

He has helped to foster the acting careers of Steve Carell, Paul Rudd, Seth Rogen, Jonah Hill, and Jason Segel, and also tends to work with his close friends. He has frequently worked with producer Shauna Robertson, whom he met on the set of Elf. He reunited with Jason Segel and Amy Poehler for the 2001 Fox sitcom pilot, North Hollywood. He tries to keep a low budget on his projects and usually makes his movies about the work itself rather than using big stars. After his success in film, he hired the entire writing staff from Undeclared to write movies for Apatow Productions. He never fires writers and he keeps them on projects through all stages of productions. Apatow is not committed to any specific studio, but his projects are typically set up at Universal and Sony.
2008–2009

Apatow served as producer and writer for the musician biopic spoof Walk Hard starring John C. Reilly and Jenna Fischer, which was released in December 2007. While the film received positive reviews, it was a commercial failure, having only made back half of its budget. More recently, he served as producer for Drillbit Taylor starring Owen Wilson and his wife Leslie Mann and written by Seth Rogen, which opened in March 2008 to mostly negative reviews. For the rest of 2008, he produced the films Forgetting Sarah Marshall starring former Freaks and Geeks star Jason Segel and former Veronica Mars star Kristen Bell; Step Brothers, which reunites Talladega Nights co-stars Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly; and Pineapple Express starring Seth Rogen and James Franco, both of whom starred on Freaks and Geeks. In addition, he served as co-writer for the Adam Sandler starrer You Don't Mess with the Zohan, which Sandler and Robert Smigel also co-wrote.

Apatow served as producer for the Harold Ramis-directed biblical comedy Year One, starring Jack Black and Superbad star Michael Cera, which was released June 19, 2009 to negative reviews. He released his third directorial feature on July 31 that same year, titled Funny People. He wrote the film by himself, and it starred Adam Sandler and Seth Rogen as a pair of standup comedians, one of whom has a terminal illness. Other co-stars included his wife Leslie Mann and Eric Bana, who was a stand up comedian in Australia before appearing in American films. The film contained more dramatic elements than Apatow's previous directorial efforts.

New York Magazine noted that Mike White ... was "disenchanted" by Apatow's later films, "objecting to the treatment of women and gay men in Apatow's recent movies", saying of Knocked Up, "At some point it starts feeling like comedy of the bullies, rather than the bullied."

Apatow has claimed to strive to avoid marginalizing women in his work and to develop authentic female characters. Following many of these accusations, in a highly publicized Vanity Fair interview, lead actress Katherine Heigl admitted that though she enjoyed working with Apatow, she had a hard time enjoying Knocked Up itself, calling the movie, "a little sexist," claiming that the film "paints the women as shrews, as humorless and uptight." In response to accusations of sexism, Apatow did not initially deny the validity of such accusations, saying flippantly, "I'm just shocked she used the word 'shrew.' I mean, what is this, the sixteen-hundreds?"
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/06/09 at 5:41 am

The word of the day...Quartet
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A quartet is a group of four people who play musical instruments or sing together. N-COUNT N-COUNT-COLL with sing or pl verb
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...a string quartet.
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...a quartet of singers. + 'of'
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A quartet is a piece of music for four instruments or four singers. N-COUNT
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A quartet of people or things is a group or set of four people or things. N-COUNT usu N 'of' n written
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...a quartet of books.
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...a quartet of local women in their mid-forties.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/06/09 at 5:44 am

The birthday of the day...Dave Brubeck
David Warren Brubeck (born December 6, 1920), known as Dave Brubeck, is an American jazz pianist. He has written a number of jazz standards, including "In Your Own Sweet Way" and "The Duke". Brubeck's style ranges from refined to bombastic, reflecting his mother's attempts at classical training and his improvisational skills. His music is known for employing unusual time signatures, and superimposing contrasting rhythms, meters, and tonalities.

His long-time musical partner, alto saxophonist Paul Desmond, wrote the Dave Brubeck Quartet's best remembered piece, "Take Five", which is in 5/4 time and has endured as a jazz classic. Brubeck experimented with time signatures throughout his career, recording "Pick Up Sticks" in 6/4, "Unsquare Dance" in 7/4, and "Blue Rondo à la Turk" in 9/8. He is also a respected composer of orchestral and sacred music, and wrote soundtracks for television such as Mr. Broadway and the animated miniseries This Is America, Charlie Brown.
After graduating in 1942, Brubeck was drafted into the army and served overseas in George Patton's Third Army. He was spared from service in the Battle of the Bulge when he volunteered to play piano at a Red Cross show; he was such a hit he was ordered to form a band. Thus he created one of the armed forces' first integrated bands, "The Wolfpack". While serving, Brubeck met Paul Desmond in early 1944. He returned to college after serving nearly four years in the army, this time attending Mills College and studying under Darius Milhaud, who encouraged him to study fugue and orchestration, but not classical piano.

After completing his studies under Milhaud, Brubeck helped to establish Berkeley, California's Fantasy Records. He worked with an octet (the recording bears his name only because Brubeck was the best-known member at the time), and a trio including Cal Tjader and Ron Crotty. Highly experimental, the group made few recordings and got even fewer paying jobs. The trio was often joined by Paul Desmond on the bandstand, at Desmond's prodding.
Quartet era
Dave Brubeck Quartet 1967. From left to right: Joe Morello, Eugene Wright, Brubeck and Paul Desmond.

Following a near-fatal swimming accident which incapacitated him for several months, Brubeck organized The Dave Brubeck Quartet in 1951, with Desmond on saxophone. They took up a long residency at San Francisco's Black Hawk nightclub and gained great popularity touring college campuses, recording a series of albums with such titles as Jazz at Oberlin (1953), Jazz at College of the Pacific (1953), and Brubeck's debut on Columbia Records, Jazz Goes to College (1954). In that same year, he was featured on the cover of Time magazine, the second jazz musician to be so honored (the first was Louis Armstrong on February 21, 1949.)

Early bassists for the group included Ron Crotty, Bob Bates, and Bob's brother Norman Bates; Lloyd Davis and Joe Dodge held the drum chair. In 1956, Brubeck hired Joe Morello, who had been working with Marian McPartland; Morello's presence made possible the rhythmic experiments that were to come. In 1958 Eugene Wright joined for the group's U.S. State Department tour of Europe and Asia; Wright would become a permanent member in 1959, making the "classic" Quartet's personnel complete.

Wright is African-American; in the late 1950s and early 1960s Brubeck canceled several concerts because the club owners or hall managers resisted the idea of an integrated band on their stages. He also canceled a television appearance when he found out that the producers intended to keep Wright off-camera.

In 1959, the Dave Brubeck Quartet recorded Time Out, an album their label was enthusiastic about but nonetheless hesitant to release. Featuring the album art of Neil Fujita, the album contained all original compositions, almost none of which were in common time. Nonetheless, on the strength of these unusual time signatures (the album included "Take Five", "Blue Rondo à la Turk", and "Three To Get Ready"), it quickly went platinum.

At this time, Dave Brubeck and his wife Iola were developing a jazz musical, The Real Ambassadors, based in part on experiences of themselves and colleagues during foreign tours on behalf of the U.S. State Department. The soundtrack album, which featured Louis Armstrong, Lambert, Hendricks & Ross, and Carmen McRae was recorded in 1961; the musical itself was performed at the 1962 Monterey Jazz Festival.

Time Out was followed by several albums with a similar approach, including Time Further Out: Miro Reflections (1961), Countdown: Time in Outer Space (dedicated to John Glenn) (1962), Time Changes (1963), and Time In (1965). These albums were also known for using contemporary paintings as cover art, featuring the work of Joan Miró on Time Further Out, Franz Kline on Time in Outer Space, and Sam Francis on Time Changes, though the fifth album, Time In, did not feature an artist's work.

A high point for the group was their 1963 live album At Carnegie Hall, described by critic Richard Palmer as "arguably Dave Brubeck's greatest concert".

Apart from the Jazz Goes to College and the 'Time' series, Brubeck recorded several records featuring his compositions based on the group's travels, and the local music they encountered. Jazz Impressions of the USA (1956, Morello's debut with the group), Jazz Impressions of Eurasia (1958), Jazz Impressions of Japan (1964), and Jazz Impressions of New York (1964) are less well-known albums, but all are brilliant examples of the quartet's studio work, and they produced Brubeck standards such as "Summer Song," "Brandenburg Gate," "Koto Song," and "Theme From Mr. Broadway." (Brubeck wrote, and the Quartet performed, the theme song for the Craig Stevens CBS drama series; the music from the series became material for the "New York" album.)

In 1961 Dave Brubeck appeared in a few scenes of the British Jazz/Beat film All Night Long, which starred Patrick McGoohan and Richard Attenborough. Brubeck merely plays himself, and his piano playing includes closeups of his fingerings. Brubeck performs "It's a Raggy Waltz" from the Time Further Out album and duets briefly with bassist Charles Mingus in "Non-Sectarian Blues".

In the early 1960s Dave Brubeck was the program director of WJZZ-FM radio (now WEZN). He achieved his vision of an all jazz format radio station along with his friend and neighbor John E. Metts, one of the first African Americans in senior radio management.

The final studio album for Columbia by the Desmond/Wright/Morello quartet was Anything Goes (1966) featuring Cole Porter songs. A few concert recordings followed, and The Last Time We Saw Paris (1967) was the "Classic" Quartet's swansong.
Later career
Dave Brubeck (1990)

Brubeck's disbanding of the Quartet at the end of 1967 allowed him more time to compose the longer, extended orchestral and choral works that were occupying his attention. Another reason for the break up was Brubeck's desire to spend more time with his young family, when America was affected by political turmoil. February 1968 saw the premiere of The Light in the Wilderness for baritone solo, choir, organ, the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra conducted by Erich Kunzel, and Brubeck improvising on certain themes within. The piece is an oratorio on Jesus's teachings. The next year, Brubeck produced The Gates of Justice, a cantata mixing Biblical scripture with the words of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr..

Further works followed, including the 1971 cantata Truth Is Fallen, dedicated to the memory of the Kent State shootings and Jackson State killings of May 1970. The work was premiered in Midland, Michigan on May 1, 1971 and released on LP in 1972.

Brubeck's jazz playing did not cease. He was quickly prevailed upon by Newport Jazz Festival producer George Wein to tour with Gerry Mulligan. A Brubeck "Trio" was soon formed: Jack Six on bass, and Alan Dawson on drums. From 1968 until 1973, The Dave Brubeck Trio featuring Gerry Mulligan performed extensively, releasing several concert albums (including one with guest Desmond) and one studio album.

In 1973 Brubeck formed another group with three of his sons, Darius on keyboards, Dan on drums, and Chris on electric bass or bass trombone. This group often included Perry Robinson, clarinet, and Jerry Bergonzi, saxophone. Brubeck would record and tour with this "Two Generations of Brubeck" group until 1978.

Brubeck and Desmond recorded an album of duets in 1975, then the Classic Quartet reassembled for a 25th anniversary reunion in 1976. Desmond died in 1977.

Brubeck's Quartet has remained vital, a primary creative outlet for the pianist. Bergonzi became a member and remained with the band until 1982. This version featured Chris Brubeck, and Randy Jones on drums. Jones joined in 1979 and is still with the band after almost 30 years. Replacing Bergonzi was Brubeck's old friend Bill Smith, who knew Brubeck at Mills College and was a member of Brubeck's Octet in the late 1940s; he remained in the group through the '80s and recorded with it off and on until 1995. The best recording of this Smith/Brubeck/Jones Quartet is probably their remarkable Moscow Night concert of 1987, released on Concord Records.

The Quartet currently includes alto saxophonist and flautist Bobby Militello, bassist Michael Moore (who replaced Alec Dankworth), and Randy Jones.

In 1994, Brubeck was inducted into the Down Beat Jazz Hall of Fame.

Brubeck continues to write new works, including orchestral and ballet scores. He has worked extensively with the London Symphony Orchestra and tours about 80 cities each year.

At the 49th Monterey Jazz Festival in September 2006, Brubeck debuted his commissioned work, Cannery Row Suite, a jazz opera drawn from the characters in John Steinbeck's American classic writing about Monterey's roots as a sardine fishing and packing town. Iola (née Whitlock), Brubeck's wife since 1942, is his personal secretary, manager and lyricist, and co-authored the Cannery Row Suite with Dave. His performance of this as well as a number of jazz standards with his current quartet was the buzz of the Festival (an event Brubeck helped launch in 1958).

On April 3, 2009, Brubeck was scheduled to play the album Time Out in its entirety to commemorate its 50th anniversary at the annual Brubeck Festival, but was not able to due to being hospitalized with a viral infection. His son Darius filled in on piano with the rest of his quartet
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/06/09 at 5:47 am

The co-birthdays of the day...JoBeth Williams
JoBeth Williams (born December 6, 1948) is an American television and film actress and director, and current President of the Screen Actors Guild Foundation.
Williams' first television role was on the Boston-produced first-run syndicated children's television series Jabberwocky, which debuted in 1974. Her character was named, appropriately enough, JoBeth. She joined the "Jabberwocky" cast in season two, replacing the original hostess, Joanne Sopko. The series ran until 1978. She was a regular on two soap operas, playing Carrie Wheeler on Somerset and Brandi Sheloo on Guiding Light. Williams' feature film debut came in 1979's Kramer vs. Kramer as a girlfriend of Dustin Hoffman's character, memorably quizzed by his son after being discovered walking nude to the bathroom.

She is perhaps most recognized for her roles in Stir Crazy (1980) with Gene Wilder and Poltergeist (1982) as suburban housewife Diane Freeling (she reprised her character in the sequel, Poltergeist II: The Other Side, 1986). A year later she was part of the ensemble comedy-drama The Big Chill (1983). This led to her only major starring role in a studio feature film, American Dreamer (1984), opposite Tom Conti.

Williams continued with a number of performances in notable television movies, including the nuclear holocaust film The Day After (1983), Murder Ordained (1987), and My Name is Bill W. (1989). She earned Emmy nominations for starring as real-life characters Reve Walsh (the wife of John Walsh) in the film Adam (1983) and Mary Beth Whitheead in Baby M (1988). She also had an Emmy-nominated guest starring role on Frasier and played Reggie Love in the short-lived TV version of the film The Client.

In 1995 she was nominated for an Academy Award for her 1994 live-action short, On Hope. It was her debut as a director. She appeared on an episode of 24 as Christopher Henderson (Peter Weller)'s wife, Miriam, who literally takes a (non-fatal) bullet for her husband.

She appeared in one episode of the 1998 TV mini-series From the Earth to the Moon as Marge Slayton, the wife of Deke Slayton. The episode is part 11 of the series and titled 'The Original Wives Club.'

She directed the 1994 short film, On Hope, starring Annette O'Toole, for which she was nominated for an Academy Award.

She was elected President of the non-profit SAG Foundation in April 2008.
* Private Practice (2009) - Bizzy Montgomery (Episode: "Blowups")
* Sybil (2007) - Hattie
* The Nine (2006-2007) - Sheryl Kates
* Fever Pitch (2005) - Maureen Meeks
* It Came From the Sky - (1999) - Alice Bridges
* From the Earth to the Moon (1998) - Marge Slayton
* When Danger Follows You Home - (1997) - Anne Werden
* Jungle 2 Jungle (1997) - Dr. Patricia Cromwell
* Wyatt Earp (1994) - Bessie Earp
* Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot (1992) - Lt. Gwen Harper
* Dutch (1991) - Natalie
* Switch (1991) - Margo Brofman
* My Name is Bill W. (1989) (TV Movie)- Lois (Bernham) Wilson
* Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986) - Diane Freeling
* Desert Bloom (1986)
* American Dreamer (1984) - Cathy Palmer/Rebecca Ryan
* Teachers (1984) - Lisa Hammond
* The Big Chill (1983) - Karen
* The Day After (1983) (TV) - Nurse Nancy Bauer
* Poltergeist (1982) - Diane Freeling
* Endangered Species (1982) - Harriet Purdue
* The Dogs of War (1980) - Jesse Shannon
* Stir Crazy (1980) - Meredith
* Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) - Phyllis Bernard
* Jabberwocky (TV Series) (1974) - JoBeth

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Jabberwocky not the Terry Gilliam movie.

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Jabberwocky not the Terry Gilliam movie.
Which brings us back to Lewis Carroll.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/06/09 at 5:52 am

The birthday of the day...Dave Brubeck
David Warren Brubeck (born December 6, 1920), known as Dave Brubeck, is an American jazz pianist. He has written a number of jazz standards, including "In Your Own Sweet Way" and "The Duke". Brubeck's style ranges from refined to bombastic, reflecting his mother's attempts at classical training and his improvisational skills. His music is known for employing unusual time signatures, and superimposing contrasting rhythms, meters, and tonalities.

His long-time musical partner, alto saxophonist Paul Desmond, wrote the Dave Brubeck Quartet's best remembered piece, "Take Five", which is in 5/4 time and has endured as a jazz classic. Brubeck experimented with time signatures throughout his career, recording "Pick Up Sticks" in 6/4, "Unsquare Dance" in 7/4, and "Blue Rondo à la Turk" in 9/8. He is also a respected composer of orchestral and sacred music, and wrote soundtracks for television such as Mr. Broadway and the animated miniseries This Is America, Charlie Brown.
After graduating in 1942, Brubeck was drafted into the army and served overseas in George Patton's Third Army. He was spared from service in the Battle of the Bulge when he volunteered to play piano at a Red Cross show; he was such a hit he was ordered to form a band. Thus he created one of the armed forces' first integrated bands, "The Wolfpack". While serving, Brubeck met Paul Desmond in early 1944. He returned to college after serving nearly four years in the army, this time attending Mills College and studying under Darius Milhaud, who encouraged him to study fugue and orchestration, but not classical piano.

After completing his studies under Milhaud, Brubeck helped to establish Berkeley, California's Fantasy Records. He worked with an octet (the recording bears his name only because Brubeck was the best-known member at the time), and a trio including Cal Tjader and Ron Crotty. Highly experimental, the group made few recordings and got even fewer paying jobs. The trio was often joined by Paul Desmond on the bandstand, at Desmond's prodding.
Quartet era
Dave Brubeck Quartet 1967. From left to right: Joe Morello, Eugene Wright, Brubeck and Paul Desmond.

Following a near-fatal swimming accident which incapacitated him for several months, Brubeck organized The Dave Brubeck Quartet in 1951, with Desmond on saxophone. They took up a long residency at San Francisco's Black Hawk nightclub and gained great popularity touring college campuses, recording a series of albums with such titles as Jazz at Oberlin (1953), Jazz at College of the Pacific (1953), and Brubeck's debut on Columbia Records, Jazz Goes to College (1954). In that same year, he was featured on the cover of Time magazine, the second jazz musician to be so honored (the first was Louis Armstrong on February 21, 1949.)

Early bassists for the group included Ron Crotty, Bob Bates, and Bob's brother Norman Bates; Lloyd Davis and Joe Dodge held the drum chair. In 1956, Brubeck hired Joe Morello, who had been working with Marian McPartland; Morello's presence made possible the rhythmic experiments that were to come. In 1958 Eugene Wright joined for the group's U.S. State Department tour of Europe and Asia; Wright would become a permanent member in 1959, making the "classic" Quartet's personnel complete.

Wright is African-American; in the late 1950s and early 1960s Brubeck canceled several concerts because the club owners or hall managers resisted the idea of an integrated band on their stages. He also canceled a television appearance when he found out that the producers intended to keep Wright off-camera.

In 1959, the Dave Brubeck Quartet recorded Time Out, an album their label was enthusiastic about but nonetheless hesitant to release. Featuring the album art of Neil Fujita, the album contained all original compositions, almost none of which were in common time. Nonetheless, on the strength of these unusual time signatures (the album included "Take Five", "Blue Rondo à la Turk", and "Three To Get Ready"), it quickly went platinum.

At this time, Dave Brubeck and his wife Iola were developing a jazz musical, The Real Ambassadors, based in part on experiences of themselves and colleagues during foreign tours on behalf of the U.S. State Department. The soundtrack album, which featured Louis Armstrong, Lambert, Hendricks & Ross, and Carmen McRae was recorded in 1961; the musical itself was performed at the 1962 Monterey Jazz Festival.

Time Out was followed by several albums with a similar approach, including Time Further Out: Miro Reflections (1961), Countdown: Time in Outer Space (dedicated to John Glenn) (1962), Time Changes (1963), and Time In (1965). These albums were also known for using contemporary paintings as cover art, featuring the work of Joan Miró on Time Further Out, Franz Kline on Time in Outer Space, and Sam Francis on Time Changes, though the fifth album, Time In, did not feature an artist's work.

A high point for the group was their 1963 live album At Carnegie Hall, described by critic Richard Palmer as "arguably Dave Brubeck's greatest concert".

Apart from the Jazz Goes to College and the 'Time' series, Brubeck recorded several records featuring his compositions based on the group's travels, and the local music they encountered. Jazz Impressions of the USA (1956, Morello's debut with the group), Jazz Impressions of Eurasia (1958), Jazz Impressions of Japan (1964), and Jazz Impressions of New York (1964) are less well-known albums, but all are brilliant examples of the quartet's studio work, and they produced Brubeck standards such as "Summer Song," "Brandenburg Gate," "Koto Song," and "Theme From Mr. Broadway." (Brubeck wrote, and the Quartet performed, the theme song for the Craig Stevens CBS drama series; the music from the series became material for the "New York" album.)

In 1961 Dave Brubeck appeared in a few scenes of the British Jazz/Beat film All Night Long, which starred Patrick McGoohan and Richard Attenborough. Brubeck merely plays himself, and his piano playing includes closeups of his fingerings. Brubeck performs "It's a Raggy Waltz" from the Time Further Out album and duets briefly with bassist Charles Mingus in "Non-Sectarian Blues".

In the early 1960s Dave Brubeck was the program director of WJZZ-FM radio (now WEZN). He achieved his vision of an all jazz format radio station along with his friend and neighbor John E. Metts, one of the first African Americans in senior radio management.

The final studio album for Columbia by the Desmond/Wright/Morello quartet was Anything Goes (1966) featuring Cole Porter songs. A few concert recordings followed, and The Last Time We Saw Paris (1967) was the "Classic" Quartet's swansong.
Later career
Dave Brubeck (1990)

Brubeck's disbanding of the Quartet at the end of 1967 allowed him more time to compose the longer, extended orchestral and choral works that were occupying his attention. Another reason for the break up was Brubeck's desire to spend more time with his young family, when America was affected by political turmoil. February 1968 saw the premiere of The Light in the Wilderness for baritone solo, choir, organ, the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra conducted by Erich Kunzel, and Brubeck improvising on certain themes within. The piece is an oratorio on Jesus's teachings. The next year, Brubeck produced The Gates of Justice, a cantata mixing Biblical scripture with the words of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr..

Further works followed, including the 1971 cantata Truth Is Fallen, dedicated to the memory of the Kent State shootings and Jackson State killings of May 1970. The work was premiered in Midland, Michigan on May 1, 1971 and released on LP in 1972.

Brubeck's jazz playing did not cease. He was quickly prevailed upon by Newport Jazz Festival producer George Wein to tour with Gerry Mulligan. A Brubeck "Trio" was soon formed: Jack Six on bass, and Alan Dawson on drums. From 1968 until 1973, The Dave Brubeck Trio featuring Gerry Mulligan performed extensively, releasing several concert albums (including one with guest Desmond) and one studio album.

In 1973 Brubeck formed another group with three of his sons, Darius on keyboards, Dan on drums, and Chris on electric bass or bass trombone. This group often included Perry Robinson, clarinet, and Jerry Bergonzi, saxophone. Brubeck would record and tour with this "Two Generations of Brubeck" group until 1978.

Brubeck and Desmond recorded an album of duets in 1975, then the Classic Quartet reassembled for a 25th anniversary reunion in 1976. Desmond died in 1977.

Brubeck's Quartet has remained vital, a primary creative outlet for the pianist. Bergonzi became a member and remained with the band until 1982. This version featured Chris Brubeck, and Randy Jones on drums. Jones joined in 1979 and is still with the band after almost 30 years. Replacing Bergonzi was Brubeck's old friend Bill Smith, who knew Brubeck at Mills College and was a member of Brubeck's Octet in the late 1940s; he remained in the group through the '80s and recorded with it off and on until 1995. The best recording of this Smith/Brubeck/Jones Quartet is probably their remarkable Moscow Night concert of 1987, released on Concord Records.

The Quartet currently includes alto saxophonist and flautist Bobby Militello, bassist Michael Moore (who replaced Alec Dankworth), and Randy Jones.

In 1994, Brubeck was inducted into the Down Beat Jazz Hall of Fame.

Brubeck continues to write new works, including orchestral and ballet scores. He has worked extensively with the London Symphony Orchestra and tours about 80 cities each year.

At the 49th Monterey Jazz Festival in September 2006, Brubeck debuted his commissioned work, Cannery Row Suite, a jazz opera drawn from the characters in John Steinbeck's American classic writing about Monterey's roots as a sardine fishing and packing town. Iola (née Whitlock), Brubeck's wife since 1942, is his personal secretary, manager and lyricist, and co-authored the Cannery Row Suite with Dave. His performance of this as well as a number of jazz standards with his current quartet was the buzz of the Festival (an event Brubeck helped launch in 1958).

On April 3, 2009, Brubeck was scheduled to play the album Time Out in its entirety to commemorate its 50th anniversary at the annual Brubeck Festival, but was not able to due to being hospitalized with a viral infection. His son Darius filled in on piano with the rest of his quartet

Is Dave Brubeck know for any other tunes?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/06/09 at 5:59 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwNrmYRiX_o
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Take_Five_piano_part_.jpg/250px-Take_Five_piano_part_.jpg

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/06/09 at 5:59 am

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Take_Five_piano_part_.jpg/250px-Take_Five_piano_part_.jpg
A jazz piece written by Paul Desmond

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/06/09 at 6:00 am

A jazz piece written by Paul Desmond
...and not Dave Brubeck as I had always thought.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/06/09 at 6:01 am

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Take_Five_piano_part_.jpg/250px-Take_Five_piano_part_.jpg
This piece became one of the group's best-known records, famous for its distinctive, catchy saxophone melody and use of the unusual quintuple (5/4) time, from which its name is derived.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/06/09 at 6:01 am

This piece became one of the group's best-known records, famous for its distinctive, catchy saxophone melody and use of the unusual quintuple (5/4) time, from which its name is derived.
While "Take Five" was not the first jazz composition to use this meter, it was one of the first in the United States to achieve mainstream significance, reaching number five on Billboard's Adult Contemporary Singles chart.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/06/09 at 6:15 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFL047fmsgg
Long Tall Sally by Little Richard is on the radio right now.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/06/09 at 6:34 am

This piece became one of the group's best-known records, famous for its distinctive, catchy saxophone melody and use of the unusual quintuple (5/4) time, from which its name is derived.
I never got round to playing this on the piano.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 12/06/09 at 6:53 am

And * Judd Apatow
Judd Apatow (born December 6, 1967) is an American film producer, director, and screenwriter. He is well-known for making a distinct series of critically and commercially successful comedy films, including The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Knocked Up, and Funny People. He has also produced films such as Superbad, Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, Step Brothers and Pineapple Express. He is the founder of Apatow Productions, a film production company that also developed the critically acclaimed cult television series Freaks and Geeks and Undeclared.
After finding little success as a performer himself, Apatow began writing jokes for others including up-and-coming star Roseanne Barr. He appeared on HBO's 15th Annual Young Comedians Special in 1992. In 1990, Apatow met Ben Stiller outside of an Elvis Costello show, and they became friends. In 1992, Apatow produced The Ben Stiller Show for Fox. Although the show was critically acclaimed and earned Apatow and the rest of the writing staff an Emmy Award, Fox canceled the show in 1993. In 1994, Apatow served as consulting producer and staff writer for the animated comedy The Critic, starring Jon Lovitz.

Apatow's manager, Jimmy Miller, introduced him to comedian Garry Shandling, who hired Apatow as a writer and producer for The Larry Sanders Show in 1993. Apatow worked on the show for five years until the show's end in 1998. Apatow credits Garry Shandling as his mentor for influencing him to write comedy that is more character-driven. Apatow earned six Emmy nominations for his work on Larry Sanders.

Apatow was hired to re-write the script for the movie The Cable Guy, which was released in 1996. He expected the film to be a huge success, but it ultimately had a mediocre box office success and poor reviews. It was during the shooting of the film, however, that Apatow met his wife, actress Leslie Mann.

Apatow's next script was entitled Making Amends and had Owen Wilson attached as a man in Alcoholics Anonymous who decides to apologize to everyone he has ever hurt. However, the film was never made. Apatow did an uncredited rewrite of the 1998 Adam Sandler comedy The Wedding Singer.

From 1999 to 2002, he produced the short-lived television series Freaks and Geeks and Undeclared. Both shows received critical acclaim but were canceled after a season because of low ratings; USA Today media critic Susan Wloszczyna called the shows "two of the most acclaimed TV series to ever last only one season".

He additionally wrote and produced 3 TV pilots that were never aired: "North Hollywood", "Sick in the Head" and "Life on Parole" (with Brent Forrester). Apatow has screened and introduced them at "The Other Network", a festival of un-aired TV pilots produced by Un-Cabaret.

He has previously vowed to include a penis in every one of his movies.
2004–2007

In 2004, Apatow produced the hit comedy Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, starring Will Ferrell and directed by Adam McKay, making his first major comedy hit after a string of critically acclaimed, relatively obscure shows. In 2005, he directed and co-wrote the comedy The 40-Year-Old Virgin with Steve Carell, which was nominated for best original screenplay by the Writers Guild of America. The 40-Year-Old Virgin was a sleeper hit, grossing $177,378,645 worldwide and making many critics' Top 10 lists for the year. His film Knocked Up was released in June 2007 to wide critical acclaim. Apatow wrote the initial draft of the film on the set of Talladega Nights. In addition to being a critical success, the film was also a commercial hit, continuing Apatow's newfound mainstream success.

In August 2007, Apatow produced the film Superbad, which was written by Seth Rogen and his writing partner Evan Goldberg. A concept Rogen and Goldberg had created as teens, Apatow convinced Rogen to write the film as a vehicle for himself in 2000. Rogen and Goldberg finished writing the film, but were unable to find a studio interested in producing it. Apatow then enlisted Rogen and Goldberg to write Pineapple Express, a stoner action movie that he felt would be more commercial. After the success of Anchorman and The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Apatow was still unable to sell both Superbad and Pineapple Express; it was only after he produced the commercial hit Talladega Nights that Sony Pictures Entertainment decided to produce both. At this point, Rogen was unable to play the lead for Superbad, as he had grown too old to play the part of Seth. Subsequently, he was cast in a supporting role as a police officer and friend Jonah Hill took his role as the high school student. Apatow credits Rogen for influencing him to make his work more "outrageously dirty." In August 2007, Superbad opened at #1 in the box office to critical acclaim, taking in $33 million in its opening weekend. Industry insiders claimed Apatow was now a brand unto himself, creating movies geared toward older audiences, who would watch his movies even when the films delved into the teen genre.

Discussing the balance his films strike between R-rated vulgarity and a more wholesome sentimentality, Apatow explained his position as, "I like movies that are, you know, uplifting and hopeful...and I like filth!"

He has helped to foster the acting careers of Steve Carell, Paul Rudd, Seth Rogen, Jonah Hill, and Jason Segel, and also tends to work with his close friends. He has frequently worked with producer Shauna Robertson, whom he met on the set of Elf. He reunited with Jason Segel and Amy Poehler for the 2001 Fox sitcom pilot, North Hollywood. He tries to keep a low budget on his projects and usually makes his movies about the work itself rather than using big stars. After his success in film, he hired the entire writing staff from Undeclared to write movies for Apatow Productions. He never fires writers and he keeps them on projects through all stages of productions. Apatow is not committed to any specific studio, but his projects are typically set up at Universal and Sony.
2008–2009

Apatow served as producer and writer for the musician biopic spoof Walk Hard starring John C. Reilly and Jenna Fischer, which was released in December 2007. While the film received positive reviews, it was a commercial failure, having only made back half of its budget. More recently, he served as producer for Drillbit Taylor starring Owen Wilson and his wife Leslie Mann and written by Seth Rogen, which opened in March 2008 to mostly negative reviews. For the rest of 2008, he produced the films Forgetting Sarah Marshall starring former Freaks and Geeks star Jason Segel and former Veronica Mars star Kristen Bell; Step Brothers, which reunites Talladega Nights co-stars Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly; and Pineapple Express starring Seth Rogen and James Franco, both of whom starred on Freaks and Geeks. In addition, he served as co-writer for the Adam Sandler starrer You Don't Mess with the Zohan, which Sandler and Robert Smigel also co-wrote.

Apatow served as producer for the Harold Ramis-directed biblical comedy Year One, starring Jack Black and Superbad star Michael Cera, which was released June 19, 2009 to negative reviews. He released his third directorial feature on July 31 that same year, titled Funny People. He wrote the film by himself, and it starred Adam Sandler and Seth Rogen as a pair of standup comedians, one of whom has a terminal illness. Other co-stars included his wife Leslie Mann and Eric Bana, who was a stand up comedian in Australia before appearing in American films. The film contained more dramatic elements than Apatow's previous directorial efforts.

New York Magazine noted that Mike White ... was "disenchanted" by Apatow's later films, "objecting to the treatment of women and gay men in Apatow's recent movies", saying of Knocked Up, "At some point it starts feeling like comedy of the bullies, rather than the bullied."

Apatow has claimed to strive to avoid marginalizing women in his work and to develop authentic female characters. Following many of these accusations, in a highly publicized Vanity Fair interview, lead actress Katherine Heigl admitted that though she enjoyed working with Apatow, she had a hard time enjoying Knocked Up itself, calling the movie, "a little sexist," claiming that the film "paints the women as shrews, as humorless and uptight." In response to accusations of sexism, Apatow did not initially deny the validity of such accusations, saying flippantly, "I'm just shocked she used the word 'shrew.' I mean, what is this, the sixteen-hundreds?"
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v515/danagracemarie/judd-apatow.jpg
http://i624.photobucket.com/albums/tt325/mealmaraz15/judd-apatow.jpg

Judd Apatow is great,love his films. :)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 12/06/09 at 7:10 am

This piece became one of the group's best-known records, famous for its distinctive, catchy saxophone melody and use of the unusual quintuple (5/4) time, from which its name is derived.

I listen to the song quit a bit.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 12/06/09 at 7:11 am

Judd Apatow is great,love his films. :)

He has had some good ones. My son is a fan of his.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 12/06/09 at 7:12 am

He has had some good ones. My son is a fan of his.

40 year Old Virgin.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/06/09 at 7:12 am

I listen to the song quit a bit.
Once again, it is one of those I remember from younger days, of which was the closes I got to listening to jazz back then

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 12/06/09 at 7:13 am

Didn't he make Zack And Miri? ???

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/06/09 at 7:14 am

And * Judd Apatow
Judd Apatow (born December 6, 1967) is an American film producer, director, and screenwriter. He is well-known for making a distinct series of critically and commercially successful comedy films, including The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Knocked Up, and Funny People. He has also produced films such as Superbad, Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, Step Brothers and Pineapple Express. He is the founder of Apatow Productions, a film production company that also developed the critically acclaimed cult television series Freaks and Geeks and Undeclared.
After finding little success as a performer himself, Apatow began writing jokes for others including up-and-coming star Roseanne Barr. He appeared on HBO's 15th Annual Young Comedians Special in 1992. In 1990, Apatow met Ben Stiller outside of an Elvis Costello show, and they became friends. In 1992, Apatow produced The Ben Stiller Show for Fox. Although the show was critically acclaimed and earned Apatow and the rest of the writing staff an Emmy Award, Fox canceled the show in 1993. In 1994, Apatow served as consulting producer and staff writer for the animated comedy The Critic, starring Jon Lovitz.

Apatow's manager, Jimmy Miller, introduced him to comedian Garry Shandling, who hired Apatow as a writer and producer for The Larry Sanders Show in 1993. Apatow worked on the show for five years until the show's end in 1998. Apatow credits Garry Shandling as his mentor for influencing him to write comedy that is more character-driven. Apatow earned six Emmy nominations for his work on Larry Sanders.

Apatow was hired to re-write the script for the movie The Cable Guy, which was released in 1996. He expected the film to be a huge success, but it ultimately had a mediocre box office success and poor reviews. It was during the shooting of the film, however, that Apatow met his wife, actress Leslie Mann.

Apatow's next script was entitled Making Amends and had Owen Wilson attached as a man in Alcoholics Anonymous who decides to apologize to everyone he has ever hurt. However, the film was never made. Apatow did an uncredited rewrite of the 1998 Adam Sandler comedy The Wedding Singer.

From 1999 to 2002, he produced the short-lived television series Freaks and Geeks and Undeclared. Both shows received critical acclaim but were canceled after a season because of low ratings; USA Today media critic Susan Wloszczyna called the shows "two of the most acclaimed TV series to ever last only one season".

He additionally wrote and produced 3 TV pilots that were never aired: "North Hollywood", "Sick in the Head" and "Life on Parole" (with Brent Forrester). Apatow has screened and introduced them at "The Other Network", a festival of un-aired TV pilots produced by Un-Cabaret.

He has previously vowed to include a penis in every one of his movies.
2004–2007

In 2004, Apatow produced the hit comedy Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, starring Will Ferrell and directed by Adam McKay, making his first major comedy hit after a string of critically acclaimed, relatively obscure shows. In 2005, he directed and co-wrote the comedy The 40-Year-Old Virgin with Steve Carell, which was nominated for best original screenplay by the Writers Guild of America. The 40-Year-Old Virgin was a sleeper hit, grossing $177,378,645 worldwide and making many critics' Top 10 lists for the year. His film Knocked Up was released in June 2007 to wide critical acclaim. Apatow wrote the initial draft of the film on the set of Talladega Nights. In addition to being a critical success, the film was also a commercial hit, continuing Apatow's newfound mainstream success.

In August 2007, Apatow produced the film Superbad, which was written by Seth Rogen and his writing partner Evan Goldberg. A concept Rogen and Goldberg had created as teens, Apatow convinced Rogen to write the film as a vehicle for himself in 2000. Rogen and Goldberg finished writing the film, but were unable to find a studio interested in producing it. Apatow then enlisted Rogen and Goldberg to write Pineapple Express, a stoner action movie that he felt would be more commercial. After the success of Anchorman and The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Apatow was still unable to sell both Superbad and Pineapple Express; it was only after he produced the commercial hit Talladega Nights that Sony Pictures Entertainment decided to produce both. At this point, Rogen was unable to play the lead for Superbad, as he had grown too old to play the part of Seth. Subsequently, he was cast in a supporting role as a police officer and friend Jonah Hill took his role as the high school student. Apatow credits Rogen for influencing him to make his work more "outrageously dirty." In August 2007, Superbad opened at #1 in the box office to critical acclaim, taking in $33 million in its opening weekend. Industry insiders claimed Apatow was now a brand unto himself, creating movies geared toward older audiences, who would watch his movies even when the films delved into the teen genre.

Discussing the balance his films strike between R-rated vulgarity and a more wholesome sentimentality, Apatow explained his position as, "I like movies that are, you know, uplifting and hopeful...and I like filth!"

He has helped to foster the acting careers of Steve Carell, Paul Rudd, Seth Rogen, Jonah Hill, and Jason Segel, and also tends to work with his close friends. He has frequently worked with producer Shauna Robertson, whom he met on the set of Elf. He reunited with Jason Segel and Amy Poehler for the 2001 Fox sitcom pilot, North Hollywood. He tries to keep a low budget on his projects and usually makes his movies about the work itself rather than using big stars. After his success in film, he hired the entire writing staff from Undeclared to write movies for Apatow Productions. He never fires writers and he keeps them on projects through all stages of productions. Apatow is not committed to any specific studio, but his projects are typically set up at Universal and Sony.
2008–2009

Apatow served as producer and writer for the musician biopic spoof Walk Hard starring John C. Reilly and Jenna Fischer, which was released in December 2007. While the film received positive reviews, it was a commercial failure, having only made back half of its budget. More recently, he served as producer for Drillbit Taylor starring Owen Wilson and his wife Leslie Mann and written by Seth Rogen, which opened in March 2008 to mostly negative reviews. For the rest of 2008, he produced the films Forgetting Sarah Marshall starring former Freaks and Geeks star Jason Segel and former Veronica Mars star Kristen Bell; Step Brothers, which reunites Talladega Nights co-stars Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly; and Pineapple Express starring Seth Rogen and James Franco, both of whom starred on Freaks and Geeks. In addition, he served as co-writer for the Adam Sandler starrer You Don't Mess with the Zohan, which Sandler and Robert Smigel also co-wrote.

Apatow served as producer for the Harold Ramis-directed biblical comedy Year One, starring Jack Black and Superbad star Michael Cera, which was released June 19, 2009 to negative reviews. He released his third directorial feature on July 31 that same year, titled Funny People. He wrote the film by himself, and it starred Adam Sandler and Seth Rogen as a pair of standup comedians, one of whom has a terminal illness. Other co-stars included his wife Leslie Mann and Eric Bana, who was a stand up comedian in Australia before appearing in American films. The film contained more dramatic elements than Apatow's previous directorial efforts.

New York Magazine noted that Mike White ... was "disenchanted" by Apatow's later films, "objecting to the treatment of women and gay men in Apatow's recent movies", saying of Knocked Up, "At some point it starts feeling like comedy of the bullies, rather than the bullied."

Apatow has claimed to strive to avoid marginalizing women in his work and to develop authentic female characters. Following many of these accusations, in a highly publicized Vanity Fair interview, lead actress Katherine Heigl admitted that though she enjoyed working with Apatow, she had a hard time enjoying Knocked Up itself, calling the movie, "a little sexist," claiming that the film "paints the women as shrews, as humorless and uptight." In response to accusations of sexism, Apatow did not initially deny the validity of such accusations, saying flippantly, "I'm just shocked she used the word 'shrew.' I mean, what is this, the sixteen-hundreds?"
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v515/danagracemarie/judd-apatow.jpg
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From his filmography I see that I have not seen any of his films.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 12/06/09 at 7:15 am

Didn't he make Zack And Miri? ???

That was Kevin Smith.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/06/09 at 7:16 am

Didn't he make Zack And Miri? ???
I have never heard of that film.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/06/09 at 7:16 am

That was Kevin Smith.
Are the two similar?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 12/06/09 at 7:17 am

From his filmography I see that I have not seen any of his films.

I have seen a few, I think my kids have seen most if not all of them.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 12/06/09 at 7:17 am

That was Kevin Smith.

Sorry,wrong director.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/06/09 at 7:18 am

I have seen a few, I think my kids have seen most if not all of them.
Is this a generation thing, like the the younger generation prefer this kind of film?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 12/06/09 at 7:20 am

Are the two similar?

He is also know as Silent Bob and is in the Clerks movies, Jay and Silent Bob.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/06/09 at 7:20 am

He is also know as Silent Bob and is in the Clerks movies, Jay and Silent Bob.
Still does not mean a thing to me.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 12/06/09 at 7:21 am

He is also know as Silent Bob and is in the Clerks movies, Jay and Silent Bob.

Clerks I saw,very funny film.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 12/06/09 at 7:22 am

Is this a generation thing, like the the younger generation prefer this kind of film?

I would think so, the two I saw weren't bad, but I probably would wait to see them on the movie channels and not pay to see them.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/06/09 at 7:23 am

I would think so, the two I saw weren't bad, but I probably would wait to see them on the movie channels and not pay to see them.
Ben Stiller is the same for me.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 12/06/09 at 7:23 am

I would think so, the two I saw weren't bad, but I probably would wait to see them on the movie channels and not pay to see them.

which film is that?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 12/06/09 at 7:23 am

Still does not mean a thing to me.

I only know them through my kids, they have some of the films on DVD.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 12/06/09 at 7:24 am

Ben Stiller is the same for me.

Ben Stiller is funny.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 12/06/09 at 7:25 am

which film is that?

I've seen Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy and The 40 Year Old Virgin.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 12/06/09 at 7:26 am

I've seen Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy and The 40 Year Old Virgin.

Anchorman is hilarious.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 12/06/09 at 7:27 am

Ben Stiller is the same for me.

Ben Stiller is funny.

I could take him or leave him, some stuff I like,some I could care less about.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 12/06/09 at 7:28 am

Anchorman is hilarious.

It is one of my son's favorite movies. I think he went around quoting it for at least 6 months, maybe longer.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/06/09 at 7:30 am

I could take him or leave him, some stuff I like,some I could care less about.
I have only seen two films of his "Along Came Polly" which was dire and "The Night At The Museum" which I did like.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 12/06/09 at 7:35 am

I could take him or leave him, some stuff I like,some I could care less about.

What's that film where he got his thing stuck in his pants?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/06/09 at 7:37 am

40 year Old Virgin.
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/06/09 at 7:37 am

What's that film where he got his thing stuck in his pants?
Someone should know?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 12/06/09 at 8:04 am

What's that film where he got his thing stuck in his pants?

There's Something About Mary

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/06/09 at 8:16 am

There's Something About Mary
I was thinking in one sense, it would be a scene that Howard would remember.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/06/09 at 8:16 am

There's Something About Mary
btw, another film I have not seen.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 12/06/09 at 10:02 am

btw, another film I have not seen.

I've saw it a while back, it's funny

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/06/09 at 10:08 am

I've saw it a while back, it's funny
jSomething tells me it is not my kind of film.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/06/09 at 10:55 am

There's Something About Mary
A 1998 romantic comedy film, directed by the Farrelly brothers, Bobby and Peter. Starring Cameron Diaz, Matt Dillon and Ben Stiller, it is a combination of romantic comedy and gross-out film.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/06/09 at 10:56 am

There's Something About Mary
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/06/09 at 10:57 am

Didn't he make Zack And Miri? ???
Is that a certain kind of film?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/06/09 at 10:58 am

He is also know as Silent Bob and is in the Clerks movies, Jay and Silent Bob.
How silent was Bob?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/06/09 at 10:59 am

I've seen Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy and The 40 Year Old Virgin.
That was Will Ferrell

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/06/09 at 11:00 am

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2588/4125400760_754fdd6579_m.jpg
Are there clips from this film on YouTube?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: CatwomanofV on 12/06/09 at 11:33 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwNrmYRiX_o

I was going to post that but you beat me to it. I LOVE this piece.

The follow-up to that:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tnygv7J6VNg

Cat

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/06/09 at 12:15 pm

I was going to post that but you beat me to it. I LOVE this piece.

Cat
Great tune, bringing great young memories for me.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/06/09 at 12:16 pm

The follow-up to that:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tnygv7J6VNg

Cat
One that I have not heard yet and will do soon.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 12/06/09 at 12:48 pm

I was going to post that but you beat me to it. I LOVE this piece.

The follow-up to that:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tnygv7J6VNg

Cat

Thanks for posting these Cat, they were great. :)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 12/06/09 at 12:49 pm

A 1998 romantic comedy film, directed by the Farrelly brothers, Bobby and Peter. Starring Cameron Diaz, Matt Dillon and Ben Stiller, it is a combination of romantic comedy and gross-out film.

Yeah it was funny & gross ;D

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 12/06/09 at 12:49 pm

How silent was Bob?

Very

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 12/06/09 at 12:50 pm

That was Will Ferrell

Yes it was.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: snozberries on 12/06/09 at 12:52 pm

Are there clips from this film on YouTube?

I don't think this film works when seen in clips...taken out of context it seems more vulgar than funny but in context its downright hilarious.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/06/09 at 12:52 pm

Yeah it was funny & gross ;D
Too gross for me?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/06/09 at 12:52 pm

Very
How "very" silent?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/06/09 at 12:53 pm

I don't think this film works when seen in clips...taken out of context it seems more vulgar than funny but in context its downright hilarious.
Vulgar, for members only?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 12/06/09 at 12:54 pm

Are there clips from this film on YouTube?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Xuah8LC-Cw#

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 12/06/09 at 12:55 pm

How "very" silent?

I don't believe he speaks at all, I'm not really a big fan so I maybe wrong.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: snozberries on 12/06/09 at 12:58 pm

Vulgar, for members only?

what do you mean for members only... basically the comedy doesn't play outside of the context of film's plot.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/06/09 at 12:58 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Xuah8LC-Cw#
Is it safe?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/06/09 at 12:59 pm

what do you mean for members only... basically the comedy doesn't play outside of the context of film's plot.
The vulgar clips can be seen only be signed up members of YouTube?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/06/09 at 12:59 pm

I don't believe he speaks at all, I'm not really a big fan so I maybe wrong.
A silent film?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: snozberries on 12/06/09 at 1:02 pm

I don't believe he speaks at all, I'm not really a big fan so I maybe wrong.

Silent Bob talks in this but I have no idea what its from... love the guy playing Kevin Smith while Kevin Smith is playing Jay.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6FWd5EpHvg&feature=related

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: snozberries on 12/06/09 at 1:02 pm

A silent film?

no just a silent character.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: snozberries on 12/06/09 at 1:02 pm

The vulgar clips can be seen only be signed up members of YouTube?

I don't think so...

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: snozberries on 12/06/09 at 1:03 pm

Is it safe?

fairly safe...

yeah its safe its just the trailer.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/06/09 at 1:06 pm

fairly safe...

yeah its safe its just the trailer.
That is good news.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: snozberries on 12/06/09 at 1:08 pm

That is good news.

you may be misinterpreting my use of the word vulgar. the comedy is low brow but done in a smart way. there are a couple of cringe worthy moments and one close up we could all do with out but this film is not by any means xrated

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/06/09 at 1:09 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Xuah8LC-Cw#
Ah yes, the one with the dog.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/06/09 at 1:10 pm

you may be misinterpreting my use of the word vulgar. the comedy is low brow but done in a smart way. there are a couple of cringe worthy moments and one close up we could all do with out but this film is not by any means xrated
It is suggestive and down right rude.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/06/09 at 1:11 pm

Silent Bob talks in this but I have no idea what its from... love the guy playing Kevin Smith while Kevin Smith is playing Jay.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6FWd5EpHvg&feature=related
Certainly talking there.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: snozberries on 12/06/09 at 1:11 pm

It is suggestive and down right rude.

and that's pretty much what the comedy is but in the R sense not the X rated sense of the word.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 12/06/09 at 1:13 pm

It is suggestive and down right rude.

That's what makes it raunchy & funny.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/06/09 at 1:14 pm

and that's pretty much what the comedy is but in the R sense not the X rated sense of the word.
...and the trailer shows the sequence Howard mentioned about.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/06/09 at 1:15 pm

That's what makes it raunchy & funny.
...like the Carry On films?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 12/06/09 at 1:18 pm

...like the Carry On films?

I never heard of them, so I looked them up this one sounds more like a porn film: Carry On Emmannuelle, I know my husband has mentioned movies with her.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: snozberries on 12/06/09 at 1:21 pm

I never heard of them, so I looked them up this one sounds more like a porn film: Carry On Emmannuelle, I know my husband has mentioned movies with her.

I remember Emmannuelle she was quite Active in the 80s... yeah this film is nothing like that... :o

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/06/09 at 1:22 pm

I never heard of them, so I looked them up this one sounds more like a porn film: Carry On Emmannuelle, I know my husband has mentioned movies with her.
That was a poke at the fun of the porn movie industy.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/06/09 at 1:23 pm

I remember Emmannuelle she was quite Active in the 80s... yeah this film is nothing like that... :o
Where is Sylvia Kristel now?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: snozberries on 12/06/09 at 1:24 pm

Where is Sylvia Kristel now?

I don't know and I'm going to google her for you :P

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/06/09 at 1:25 pm

I don't know and I'm going to google her for you :P
Do not use Google Image please.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: snozberries on 12/06/09 at 1:26 pm

Do not use Google Image please.

oops I was typing too fast I meant to say I am NOT going to google her for you ;D

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/06/09 at 1:48 pm

oops I was typing too fast I meant to say I am NOT going to google her for you ;D
I would have to agree with you there.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 12/06/09 at 2:16 pm

Where is Sylvia Kristel now?

getting old ;D..last played Emmanuelle in the early 1990s.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: snozberries on 12/06/09 at 2:22 pm

getting old ;D..last played Emmanuelle in the early 1990s.

;D

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: gibbo on 12/06/09 at 2:56 pm

Where is Sylvia Kristel now?

Yep...big difference between 'Carry On Emmanuel' and 'Emmanuelle' .... ::)

getting old ;D..last played Emmanuelle in the early 1990s.

She'll be forever young ...in my dirty mind.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 12/06/09 at 7:16 pm

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2478/3714834308_faba7ecfa8_m.jpg

love that film.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 12/06/09 at 7:17 pm

Is that a certain kind of film?

It was a comedy.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 12/06/09 at 7:19 pm

oops I was typing too fast I meant to say I am NOT going to google her for you ;D

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51GneNDNN2L._SL500.jpg

I did. ;)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/07/09 at 1:00 am

oops I was typing too fast I meant to say I am NOT going to google her for you ;D
Collecting her pension?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/07/09 at 1:01 am

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51GneNDNN2L._SL500.jpg

I did. ;)
Waht about Priscilla, Queen of the Desert?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 12/07/09 at 4:13 am

The word of the day...Fountain
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A fountain is an ornamental feature in a pool or lake which consists of a long narrow stream of water that is forced up into the air by a pump. N-COUNT
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A fountain of a liquid is an amount of it which is sent up into the air and falls back. N-COUNT literary
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Synonym
jet
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The volcano spewed a fountain of molten rock 650 feet in the air. + 'of'
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If you describe a person or thing as a fountain of something, you mean they are an important source of it and supply a lot of it. N-COUNT N 'of' n literary
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You are a fountain of ideas.
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Written By: ninny on 12/07/09 at 4:16 am

The birthday of the day...Ellen Burstyn
Ellen Burstyn (born December 7, 1932) is an American stage and film actress.
Burstyn debuted on Broadway in 1957 and joined Lee Strasberg's The Actor's Studio in 1967. In 1975, she won a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for her performance in Same Time, Next Year (a role she would reprise in the film version, three years later). In 1990 she won the Sarah Siddons Award for her work in Chicago theatre. Until 1970, she was credited as "Ellen McRae" in nearly all her film and TV appearances.

Burstyn received Oscar nominations for Best Supporting Actress in 1971 for her role in The Last Picture Show and for Best Actress in 1973 for the horror movie The Exorcist. She won the Academy Award for Best Actress in 1974 for her performance in Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, directed by Martin Scorsese. She was nominated again in 1978 for Same Time, Next Year, in 1980 for Resurrection, and for Requiem for a Dream in 2000.
Burstyn at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival.

In the early to mid 1960s, Burstyn played Dr. Kate Bartok on the NBC soap opera, The Doctors. She worked on several primetime television shows of the 1960s, including guest appearances on Perry Mason, Maverick, Wagon Train, 77 Sunset Strip, The Big Valley and Gunsmoke. She hosted Saturday Night Live in 1980. In 1986, she had her own ABC sitcom, The Ellen Burstyn Show costarring Megan Mullally as her daughter and Elaine Stritch as her mother. It was canceled after one season. From 2000 to 2002, Burstyn appeared in the CBS television drama That's Life. In 2006, she starred as a bishop in the controversial NBC comedy-drama The Book of Daniel.

Recently, Burstyn appeared in The Fountain, directed by Darren Aronofsky, with whom she worked in Requiem for a Dream. She also appeared on a 2007 episode of the HBO series Big Love, playing the mother of polygamist wife Barbara Henrickson. She provides a supporting role as the mother of two sons in the The Elephant King. The movie originally premiered at the 2006 Tribeca Film Festival but did not open in U.S. theaters until October 2008. At the time, it was credited as receiving the highest per-screen opening gross as any movie in the country.

In 2008, Burstyn returned to the stage in Stephen Adly Guirgis's The Little Flower of East Orange, directed by Philip Seymour Hoffman in a co-production by LAByrinth Theater Company and The Public Theater in New York City. The off-Broadway production ran from March 18 - May 4. Burstyn played the title role of Marie Therese. In addition to her stage work, Burstyn portrayed former First Lady Barbara Bush in director Oliver Stone's film W. She earned an Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series in 2009 as the bipolar estranged mother of Detective Elliot Stabler on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. With this win, Burstyn became the 18th actor to win the Triple Crown of Acting.
Emmy Awards and controversy

Burstyn was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Actress in a Miniseries or Special, for the TV movie The People vs. Jean Harris (1981) and again for another TV movie, Pack of Lies (1987).

In 2006, she was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Special for HBO's Mrs. Harris as Dr. Tarnower's "Ex-Lover #3." (She had played the title character in The People vs Mrs Jean Harris). She was nominated for a performance that consisted of 14 seconds of screen time, two lines of dialogue and a total of 38 words. This is the shortest nominated performance in the history of the Emmy Awards.

Soon after the nominations were announced, an outcry ensued from the press and the public regarding the worthiness of the nomination. One explanation for the nomination was that people were honoring Burstyn for her nominated but non-winning performance from the first Harris telefilm. A more popular accusation was that the nominating committee was either confused in their recollection, or merely "threw in" her name from sheer recognition, assuming a worthy performance without actually seeing it.

The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences initially insisted that "based on the popular vote, this is a legitimate nomination." Meanwhile, HBO deflected the blame for submitting the nomination to the movie production company. Burstyn's own reaction ranged from initial silence to comments such as, "I thought it was fabulous. My next ambition is to get nominated for seven seconds, and ultimately I want to be nominated for a picture in which I don't even appear," and "This doesn't have anything to do with me. I don't even want to know about this. You people work it out yourself."

Ultimately, Kelly Macdonald, who starred in The Girl in the Cafe, won the award. In March 2007, the Academy officially announced that eligibility for a Primetime Emmy Award in any long-form supporting-actor category required nominees to appear on-screen in at least 10 percent of the project (9 minutes in a typical 90-minute telefilm).

Many critics still cite this incident to criticize the Emmy nomination process, claiming that name recognition has played an increasingly visible role over the years.
Filmography
Year Film Role Notes
1963 The Greatest Show on Earth TV
1964 Goodbye Charlie Franzie Salzman
For Those Who Think Young Dr. Pauline Thayer
1969 The Winner Ellen McLeod
1970 Alex in Wonderland Beth Morrison
Tropic of Cancer Mona Miller
1971 The Last Picture Show Lois Farrow National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress
New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress
Nominated — Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture
1972 The King of Marvin Gardens Sally
1973 The Exorcist Chris MacNeil Nominated — Academy Award for Best Actress
Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama
1974 Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore Alice Hyatt Academy Award for Best Actress
BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama
Harry and Tonto Shirley Mallard
Thursday's Game Lynne Evers TV
1977 Providence Sonia Lngham
1978 A Dream of Passion Brenda
Same Time, Next Year Doris Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
Nominated — Academy Award for Best Actress
Nominated — American Movie Award for Best Actress
1980 Resurrection Edna Mae McCauley Nominated — Academy Award for Best Actress
Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama
Nominated — Saturn Award for Best Actress
1981 Silence of the North Olive Frederickson Nominated — Genie Award for Best Performance by a Foreign Actress
The People vs. Jean Harris Jean Harris Nominated — Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress – Miniseries or a Movie
Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film
1984 The Ambassador Alex Hacker
Terror in the Aisles archival footage
1985 Into Thin Air Joan Walker TV
Twice in a Lifetime Kate MacKenzie
1986 The Ellen Burstyn Show Ellen Brewer TV
Act of Vengeance Margaret Yablonski TV
Something in Common Lynn Hollander TV
1987 Look away Mary Todd Lincoln TV
Pack of Lies Barbara Jackson Nominated — Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress – Miniseries or a Movie
1988 Hannah's War Katalin
1990 When You Remember Me Nurse Cooder TV
1991 Grand Isle Mademoiselle Reisz
Dying Young Mrs. O'Neil
Mrs. Lambert Remembers Love Lillian "Lil" Lambert TV
1992 Taking Back My Life: The Nancy Ziegenmeyer Story Wilma TV
1993 Shattered Trust: The Shari Karney Story Joan Delvecchio TV
The Cemetery Club Esther Moskowitz
1994 Trick of the Eye Frances Griffin TV
Getting Gotti Jo Giaclone TV
When a Man Loves a Woman Emily
Getting Out Arlie's Mother TV
The Color of Evening Kate O'Reilly
1995 How to Make an American Quilt Hy Dodd Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
The Baby-Sitters Club Emily Haberman
Follow the River Gretel TV
My Brother's Keeper Helen TV
Roommates Judith
1996 Timepiece Maud Gannon TV
Our Son, the Matchmaker TV
The Spitfire Grill Hannah Ferguson
1997 Flash Laura Strong TV
Deceiver Mook
A Deadly Vision Yvette Watson TV
1998 Playing by Heart Mildred
The Patron Saint of Liars June Clatterbuck TV
You Can Thank Me Later Shirley Cooperberg
1999 Walking Across Egypt Mattie Rigsbee
Night Ride Home Maggie TV
2000 Mermaid Trish Gill TV
Requiem for a Dream Sara Goldfarb Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress
Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress
Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress
Independent Spirit Award for Best Lead Female
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress
Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress
Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress
Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress
Satellite Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama
Southeastern Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress
Nominated — Academy Award for Best Actress
Nominated — Chlotrudis Award for Best Actress
Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama
Nominated — Saturn Award for Best Actress
Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
The Yards Val Handler
2001 Within These Walls Joan Thomas TV
Dodson's Journey Mother
2002 Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood Viviane Joan 'Vivi' Abbott Walker
Red Dragon Grandma Dolarhyde (voice only)
2003 Brush with Fate Rika TV
2004 The Five People You Meet in Heaven Ruby TV
The Madam's Family: The Truth About the Canal Street Brothel Tommie TV
2005 Mrs. Harris Ex-lover #3 Nominated — Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie
Down in the Valley Ma
Our Fathers Mary Ryan TV
2006 The Fountain Dr. Lilian Guzetti
The Wicker Man Sister Summersisle
The Elephant King Diana Hunt
30 Days Maura
2007 The Stone Angel Hagar Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Mitch Albom's For One More Day Pauline Benetto Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film
Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie
2008 Lovely, Still Mary
The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond Miss Adie
W. Barbara Bush
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Bernie Stabler Episode "Swing"
Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress – Drama Series
2009 The Velveteen Rabbit Swan voice
Greta Katherine awaiting release
Main Street Georgiana Carr
2010 The Mighty Macs Mother St. John completed
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 12/07/09 at 4:19 am

The co-birthday of the day...Tom Waits
Thomas Alan "Tom" Waits (born December 7, 1949) is an American singer-songwriter, composer and actor. Waits has a distinctive voice, described by critic Daniel Durchholz as sounding "like it was soaked in a vat of bourbon, left hanging in the smokehouse for a few months, and then taken outside and run over with a car." With this trademark growl, his incorporation of pre-rock music styles such as blues, jazz, and vaudeville, and experimental tendencies verging on industrial music, Waits has built up a distinctive musical persona. He has worked as a composer for movies and musical plays and as a supporting actor in films, including Down By Law and Bram Stoker's Dracula. He was nominated for an Academy Award for his soundtrack work on One from the Heart.

Lyrically, Waits' songs frequently present atmospheric portrayals of grotesque, often seedy characters and places – although he has also shown a penchant for more conventional ballads. He has a cult following and has influenced subsequent songwriters despite having little radio or music video support. His songs are best-known to the general public in the form of cover versions by more visible artists, "Jersey Girl," performed by Bruce Springsteen and "Downtown Train," performed by Rod Stewart. Although Waits' albums have met with mixed commercial success in his native United States, they have occasionally achieved gold album sales status in other countries. He has been nominated for a number of major music awards and has won Grammy Awards for two albums, Bone Machine and Mule Variations.

Waits currently lives in Sonoma County, California with his wife, Kathleen Brennan, and three children.
After serving with the Coast Guard, he took his newly formed act to Monday nights at The Troubadour in Los Angeles, where musicians would line up all day for the opportunity to perform on stage that night. In 1971, Waits moved to the Echo Park neighborhood of L.A. (at the time, also home to musicians Glenn Frey of the Eagles, J. D. Souther, Jackson Browne, and Frank Zappa) and signed with Herb Cohen at the age of 21. From August to December 1971, Waits made a series of demo recordings for Cohen's Bizarre/Straight label, including many songs for which he would later become known. These early tracks were eventually to be released twenty years later on The Early Years, Volume One and Volume Two.
1970s: The Asylum Years

Waits signed to Asylum Records in 1972, and after numerous abortive recording sessions, his first record — the jazzy, folk-tinged Closing Time — was released in 1973. The album, which was produced and arranged by former Lovin' Spoonful member Jerry Yester, received positive reviews, but Waits did not gain widespread attention until a number of the album's tracks were covered by more prominent artists. Later in 1973, Tim Buckley released the album Sefronia, which contained a cover version of Waits' song "Martha" from Closing Time, the first-ever cover of a Tom Waits song by a known artist. The album's opening track, "Ol' '55," was recorded by his labelmates the Eagles in 1974 for their On the Border album.

He began touring and opening for such artists as Charlie Rich, Martha and the Vandellas, and Frank Zappa. Waits received increasing critical acclaim and gathered a loyal cult following with his subsequent albums. The Heart of Saturday Night (1974), featuring the song "(Looking for) The Heart of Saturday Night," revealed Waits's roots as a nightclub performer, with half-spoken and half-crooned ballads often accompanied by a jazz backup band. Waits described the album as:

...a comprehensive study of a number of aspects of this search for the center of Saturday night, which Jack Kerouac relentlessly chased from one end of this country to the other, and I've attempted to scoop up a few diamonds of this magic that I see.

In 1975, Waits moved to the Tropicana Motel on Santa Monica Boulevard and released the double album Nighthawks at the Diner, recorded in a studio with a small audience in order to capture the ambience of a live show. The record exemplifies this phase of his career, including the lengthy spoken interludes between songs that punctuated his live act. That year, he also contributed backing vocals to Bonnie Raitt's "Sweet and Shiny Eyes," from her album Home Plate.

By this time, Waits was drinking heavily, and life on the road was starting to take its toll. Waits, looking back at the period, has said,

I was sick through that whole period It was starting to wear on me, all the touring. I'd been traveling quite a bit, living in hotels, eating bad food, drinking a lot — too much. There's a lifestyle that's there before you arrive and you're introduced to it. It's unavoidable.

In reaction to these hardships, Waits recorded Small Change (1976), which finds him in a much more cynical and pessimistic mood, lyrically, with many songs such as "The Piano Has Been Drinking (Not Me) (An Evening With Pete King)" and "Bad Liver and a Broken Heart (In Lowell)". With the album, Waits asserted that he "tried to resolve a few things as far as this cocktail lounge, maudlin, crying-in-your-beer image that I have. There ain't nothin' funny about a drunk I was really starting to believe that there was something amusing and wonderfully American about being a drunk. I ended up telling myself to cut that sheesh out." The album, which also included long-time fan favorite "Tom Traubert's Blues (Four Sheets to the Wind in Copenhagen)," featured famed drummer Shelly Manne and was, like his previous albums, heavily influenced by jazz.

Small Change, which was accompanied by the double A-side single "Step Right Up"/"The Piano Has Been Drinking," was a critical and commercial success and far outsold any of Waits's previous albums. With it, Waits broke onto Billboard's Top 100 Albums chart for the first time in his career (a feat Waits would not repeat until 1999 with the release of Mule Variations). This resulted in a much higher public profile, which brought with it interviews and articles in Time, Newsweek, and Vogue. Waits put together a regular touring band, The Nocturnal Emissions, which featured Frank Vicari on tenor saxophone, Fitzgerald Jenkins on bass guitar, and Chip White on drums and vibraphone. Tom Waits and the Nocturnal Emissions toured the United States and Europe extensively from October 1976 until May 1977, including a performance of "The Piano Has Been Drinking" on cult BBC2 television music show the Old Grey Whistle Test in May 1976.

Foreign Affairs (1977) was musically in a similar vein to Small Change, but showed further artistic refinement and exploration into jazz and blues styles. Particularly noteworthy is the long cinematic spoken-word piece, "Potter's Field", set to an orchestral score. The album also features Bette Midler singing a duet with Waits on "I Never Talk to Strangers." The album Blue Valentine (1978) displayed Waits's biggest musical departure to date, with much more focus on electric guitar and keyboards than on previous albums and nearly no strings (with the exception of album-opener "Somewhere" — a cover of Leonard Bernstein's song from West Side Story — and "Kentucky Avenue") for a darker, more blues-oriented sound. The song "Blue Valentines" was also unique for Waits in that it featured a desolate arrangement of solo electric guitar played by Ray Crawford, accompanied by Waits' vocal. Around this time, Waits had a high-profile romantic relationship with Rickie Lee Jones (who appears on the sleeve art of the Foreign Affairs and Blue Valentine albums). In 1978, Waits also appeared in his first film role, in Paradise Alley as Mumbles the pianist, and contributed the original compositions "(Meet Me in) Paradise Alley" and "Annie's Back in Town" to the film's soundtrack.

Heartattack and Vine, Waits's last studio album for Asylum, was released in 1980, featuring a developing sound that included both ballads ("Jersey Girl") and rougher-edged rhythm and blues. The same year, he began a long working relationship with Francis Ford Coppola, who asked Waits to provide music for his film One from the Heart. For Coppola's film, Waits originally wanted to work with Bette Midler; She was unavailable due to prior engagements, however. Waits ended up working with singer/songwriter Crystal Gayle as his vocal foil for the album.
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Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: gibbo on 12/07/09 at 4:20 am

How about the fountain of youth?

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Written By: ninny on 12/07/09 at 4:24 am

* Honorable mention*...Johnny Bench
Johnny Lee Bench (born December 7, 1947 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) is a former professional baseball catcher who played in the Major Leagues for the Cincinnati Reds from 1967 to 1983 and is a member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Bench, a 14-time All-Star selection and a two-time National League Most Valuable Player, was the best offensive and defensive catcher of the 1970s, and was a key member of the The Big Red Machine, which won six division titles, four National League pennants, and two World Series championships.Bench won the 1968 National League Rookie of the Year Award, batting .275 with 15 home runs and 82 RBIs, marking the first time the award had been won by a catcher. He also won the 1968 National League Gold Glove Award for catchers, marking the first time the award had been won by a rookie. 1970 was Bench's finest statistical season; he became the youngest man to win the National League Most Valuable Player Award, hit .293, led the National League with 45 home runs and 148 Runs batted in, and helped the Reds win the National League West Division. The Reds swept the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1970 National League Championship Series, but lost to the Baltimore Orioles in the World Series.

Bench had another strong year in 1972, again winning the Most Valuable Player Award and leading the National League in home runs (40) and RBIs (125), to help propel the Reds to another National League West Division title, and a five game victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1972 National League Championship Series. One of his most dramatic home runs was likely his ninth-inning, lead off, opposite field home run in the final game of the 1972 National League Championship Series. The solo shot tied the game 3-3, in a game the Reds went on to win later in the inning on a wild pitch, 4-3. It was hailed after the game as "one of the great clutch home runs of all time." However, the Reds would lose in the World Series to a strong Oakland Athletics team in seven games.

The Reds once again won the National League West Division in 1973, with Bench producing another hundred-plus RBI season, however they faltered in the 1973 National League Championship Series, and were upset by the statistically weaker New York Mets team. In 1974, Bench led the league with 129 RBI, but the Reds finished the year second to the Los Angeles Dodgers in the National League West Division. By 1975, the Reds were at the peak of their powers and became known as the "Big Red Machine", with Bench contributing 28 home runs and 110 RBIs. The Reds swept the Pirates in three games to win the 1975 National League Championship Series, and defeated the Boston Red Sox in a memorable seven game World Series.

Bench had one of his worst years in 1976, hitting only 16 home runs and 74 RBIs, however, he recovered in the 1976 National League Championship Series to hit for a .385 batting average against the Philadelphia Phillies. The 1976 World Series provided a head to head match up with the New York Yankees and their catcher, Thurmon Munson. Bench rose to the occasion, hitting .533 with two home runs to Munson's .529 average. Bench led the Reds to the world championship and was awarded the World Series Most Valuable Player Award for his performance. At the post-World Series press conference, Reds manager Sparky Anderson was asked by a journalist to compare Munson with his catcher, Johnny Bench. Anderson replied, "You don't compare anyone to Johnny Bench. You don't want to embarrass anybody".

He bounced back to hit 31 home runs and 109 RBIs in 1977, but the Reds would only reach the post-season once more during Bench's career, when the 1979 Reds were swept in three games by the Pirates in the 1979 National League Championship Series. By the latter part of his career, Johnny Bench was being compared to the greatest catchers in baseball history, but the years behind the plate began taking their toll on his knees, which is a common ailment for catchers. For the last three seasons of his career, Bench caught only 13 games and played mostly first base or third base. The Cincinnati Reds proclaimed September 17, 1983, "Johnny Bench Night" at Riverfront Stadium. During the game he hit his 389th and final home run. He retired at the end of the season.
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* Larry Bird
Larry Joe Bird (born December 7, 1956) is a retired American NBA basketball player. Drafted into the NBA sixth overall by the Boston Celtics in 1978, Bird started at small forward and power forward for thirteen seasons, teaming with legendary center Robert Parish and forward Kevin McHale. Due to back problems, he retired as a player from the NBA in 1992. Bird was voted to the NBA's 50th Anniversary All-Time Team in 1996 and inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1998. He served as head coach of the Indiana Pacers from 1997 to 2000. In 2003, he assumed the role of president of basketball operations for the Pacers, which he currently still holds.
The additions of Bird and Johnson rejuvenated the NBA, which had suffered from low attendance and minimal television interest through much of the 1970s. Immediately upon their entry into the league, the two players became repeating presences in the NBA Finals. Johnson's Lakers won the championship in 1980, Bird's Celtics captured the NBA title in 1981, and Johnson's Lakers wrested it back in 1982. Bird and Johnson first dueled in the 1979 NCAA title game; as professional basketball players, they would face off numerous times during the 1980s, including the NBA Finals of 1984, 1985 and 1987. Lakers versus Celtics, and specifically Bird versus Magic, quickly became one of the greatest rivalries in the history of professional sports.

In 1984, the Celtics defeated the Lakers in a seven-game Finals, winning game seven 111–102. Bird averaged 27.4 points on .484 shooting and 14 rebounds a game during the series, earning the award of Finals Most Valuable Player (MVP). Bird was also named the league regular season MVP for that year. In 1985, however, the Lakers avenged the loss, defeating the Celtics in game 6 of the Finals in the Boston Garden. In a losing effort against Los Angeles, Bird averaged 23.8 points on .449 shooting, 8.8 rebounds and 5.0 assists per game. That year, the NBA again named Bird the league MVP.

Boston would have another great season the next year, with help from another Hall of Famer, Bill Walton. Walton had been refused by the Lakers, and as a last chance, called Celtics president and general manager Red Auerbach. Auerbach was initially unwilling to take a risk on Walton, who had been plagued for years by foot injuries. But Bird, who happened to be in Auerbach's office at the time of Walton's call, urged him to sign Walton, saying that if Walton felt he was healthy enough to play, it was all Bird needed to hear.

With Walton backing up Kevin McHale and Robert Parish, the Celtics would return to the finals in 1986, albeit not against Johnson and the Lakers, who lost in the Western Conference Finals to the Houston Rockets. The 1986 Celtic team, which finished the regular season 67–15 and defeated the Rockets in six games, is generally considered to be the best of Bird's career. Bird again was named the Finals' MVP for that year, averaging 24 points on .482 shooting, 9.7 rebounds and 9.5 assists per game for the series. He also won his third consecutive league MVP award, a feat matched only by the great Celtic center Bill Russell and the dominant Wilt Chamberlain, who played for Philadelphia and Los Angeles.

In 1987, the Celtics made their last Finals appearance of Bird's career, fighting through difficult series against the Milwaukee Bucks and Detroit Pistons but as they reached the NBA Finals, the Celtics, plagued by devastating injuries, lost to a dominant Lakers team which had won 65 games during the season. The Celtics ended up losing to the Lakers in six games, with Bird averaging 24.2 points on .445 shooting, 10 rebounds and 5.5 assists per game in the championship series. The Celtics would fall short in 1988 losing to the Pistons in 6 games in the Eastern Conference Finals as the Pistons made up from the heartbreak the previous season. Between them, Bird and Johnson captured eight NBA championships during the 1980s, with Magic getting five and Bird three. During the 1980s, either Boston or Los Angeles appeared in every NBA Finals.

Throughout the 1980s, contests between the Celtics and the Lakers—both during the regular season and in the Finals—attracted enormous television audiences. The first regular season game between the Celtics and the Lakers in the 1987-88 season proved to be a classic with Magic Johnson banking in an off balance shot from near the 3-point line at the buzzer for a 115-114 Lakers win at Boston Garden. The historical rift between the teams, which faced each other several times in championship series of the 1960s, fueled fan interest in the rivalry. Not since Russell squared off against Chamberlain had professional basketball enjoyed such a marquee matchup. The apparent contrast between the two players and their respective teams seemed scripted for television: Bird, the introverted small-town hero with the blue-collar work ethic, fitted perfectly with the throwback, hard-nosed style of the Celtics, while the stylish, gregarious Johnson ran the Lakers' fast-paced "Showtime" offense amidst the bright lights and celebrities of Los Angeles. A 1986 Converse commercial for its "Weapon" line of basketball shoes (endorsed by both Bird and Johnson) reflected the perceived dichotomy between the two players. In the commercial, Bird is practicing alone on a rural basketball court when Johnson pulls up in a sleek limousine and challenges him to a one-on-one match.

Despite the intensity of their rivalry, Bird and Johnson became friends off the court. Their friendship blossomed when the two players worked together to film the 1986 Converse commercial, which depicted them as archenemies. Johnson appeared at Bird's retirement ceremony on February 4, 1993 and emotionally described Bird as a "friend forever."
1988–1992: The twilight
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Written By: ninny on 12/07/09 at 4:25 am

How about the fountain of youth?

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That's good. I think I've been to the wrong fountain.

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Written By: ninny on 12/07/09 at 4:33 am

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Some news on Dave Brubeck
Nearly 40 years ago, a Kenyan father was visiting his son in Hawaii and took him to his first jazz concert. The boy was Barack Obama and the performer was jazz great Dave Brubeck.

"I've been a jazz fan ever since," the president said Sunday, crediting the pianist and composer with bringing jazz into the mainstream and transforming it with new rhythms. "The world that he opened up for a 10-year-old boy was spectacular."

Obama greeted Brubeck at the White House on the musician's 89th birthday. The musician was lauded with the Kennedy Center Honors, along with rocker Bruce Springsteen, actor Robert De Niro, comic genius Mel Brooks and opera singer Grace Bumbry.

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Written By: Howard on 12/07/09 at 5:40 am

Three Coins In the Fountain Bleu.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: CatwomanofV on 12/07/09 at 10:55 am

Some news on Dave Brubeck
Nearly 40 years ago, a Kenyan father was visiting his son in Hawaii and took him to his first jazz concert. The boy was Barack Obama and the performer was jazz great Dave Brubeck.

"I've been a jazz fan ever since," the president said Sunday, crediting the pianist and composer with bringing jazz into the mainstream and transforming it with new rhythms. "The world that he opened up for a 10-year-old boy was spectacular."

Obama greeted Brubeck at the White House on the musician's 89th birthday. The musician was lauded with the Kennedy Center Honors, along with rocker Bruce Springsteen, actor Robert De Niro, comic genius Mel Brooks and opera singer Grace Bumbry.

Read that in the paper this morning and I thought of this thread.

The birthday of the day...Ellen Burstyn
Ellen Burstyn (born December 7, 1932) is an American stage and film actress.
Burstyn debuted on Broadway in 1957 and joined Lee Strasberg's The Actor's Studio in 1967. In 1975, she won a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for her performance in Same Time, Next Year (a role she would reprise in the film version, three years later). In 1990 she won the Sarah Siddons Award for her work in Chicago theatre. Until 1970, she was credited as "Ellen McRae" in nearly all her film and TV appearances.

Burstyn received Oscar nominations for Best Supporting Actress in 1971 for her role in The Last Picture Show and for Best Actress in 1973 for the horror movie The Exorcist. She won the Academy Award for Best Actress in 1974 for her performance in Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, directed by Martin Scorsese. She was nominated again in 1978 for Same Time, Next Year, in 1980 for Resurrection, and for Requiem for a Dream in 2000.
Burstyn at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival.

In the early to mid 1960s, Burstyn played Dr. Kate Bartok on the NBC soap opera, The Doctors. She worked on several primetime television shows of the 1960s, including guest appearances on Perry Mason, Maverick, Wagon Train, 77 Sunset Strip, The Big Valley and Gunsmoke. She hosted Saturday Night Live in 1980. In 1986, she had her own ABC sitcom, The Ellen Burstyn Show costarring Megan Mullally as her daughter and Elaine Stritch as her mother. It was canceled after one season. From 2000 to 2002, Burstyn appeared in the CBS television drama That's Life. In 2006, she starred as a bishop in the controversial NBC comedy-drama The Book of Daniel.

Recently, Burstyn appeared in The Fountain, directed by Darren Aronofsky, with whom she worked in Requiem for a Dream. She also appeared on a 2007 episode of the HBO series Big Love, playing the mother of polygamist wife Barbara Henrickson. She provides a supporting role as the mother of two sons in the The Elephant King. The movie originally premiered at the 2006 Tribeca Film Festival but did not open in U.S. theaters until October 2008. At the time, it was credited as receiving the highest per-screen opening gross as any movie in the country.

In 2008, Burstyn returned to the stage in Stephen Adly Guirgis's The Little Flower of East Orange, directed by Philip Seymour Hoffman in a co-production by LAByrinth Theater Company and The Public Theater in New York City. The off-Broadway production ran from March 18 - May 4. Burstyn played the title role of Marie Therese. In addition to her stage work, Burstyn portrayed former First Lady Barbara Bush in director Oliver Stone's film W. She earned an Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series in 2009 as the bipolar estranged mother of Detective Elliot Stabler on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. With this win, Burstyn became the 18th actor to win the Triple Crown of Acting.
Emmy Awards and controversy

Burstyn was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Actress in a Miniseries or Special, for the TV movie The People vs. Jean Harris (1981) and again for another TV movie, Pack of Lies (1987).

In 2006, she was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Special for HBO's Mrs. Harris as Dr. Tarnower's "Ex-Lover #3." (She had played the title character in The People vs Mrs Jean Harris). She was nominated for a performance that consisted of 14 seconds of screen time, two lines of dialogue and a total of 38 words. This is the shortest nominated performance in the history of the Emmy Awards.

Soon after the nominations were announced, an outcry ensued from the press and the public regarding the worthiness of the nomination. One explanation for the nomination was that people were honoring Burstyn for her nominated but non-winning performance from the first Harris telefilm. A more popular accusation was that the nominating committee was either confused in their recollection, or merely "threw in" her name from sheer recognition, assuming a worthy performance without actually seeing it.

The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences initially insisted that "based on the popular vote, this is a legitimate nomination." Meanwhile, HBO deflected the blame for submitting the nomination to the movie production company. Burstyn's own reaction ranged from initial silence to comments such as, "I thought it was fabulous. My next ambition is to get nominated for seven seconds, and ultimately I want to be nominated for a picture in which I don't even appear," and "This doesn't have anything to do with me. I don't even want to know about this. You people work it out yourself."

Ultimately, Kelly Macdonald, who starred in The Girl in the Cafe, won the award. In March 2007, the Academy officially announced that eligibility for a Primetime Emmy Award in any long-form supporting-actor category required nominees to appear on-screen in at least 10 percent of the project (9 minutes in a typical 90-minute telefilm).

Many critics still cite this incident to criticize the Emmy nomination process, claiming that name recognition has played an increasingly visible role over the years.
Filmography
Year Film Role Notes
1963 The Greatest Show on Earth TV
1964 Goodbye Charlie Franzie Salzman
For Those Who Think Young Dr. Pauline Thayer
1969 The Winner Ellen McLeod
1970 Alex in Wonderland Beth Morrison
Tropic of Cancer Mona Miller
1971 The Last Picture Show Lois Farrow National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress
New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress
Nominated — Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture
1972 The King of Marvin Gardens Sally
1973 The Exorcist Chris MacNeil Nominated — Academy Award for Best Actress
Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama
1974 Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore Alice Hyatt Academy Award for Best Actress
BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama
Harry and Tonto Shirley Mallard
Thursday's Game Lynne Evers TV
1977 Providence Sonia Lngham
1978 A Dream of Passion Brenda
Same Time, Next Year Doris Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
Nominated — Academy Award for Best Actress
Nominated — American Movie Award for Best Actress
1980 Resurrection Edna Mae McCauley Nominated — Academy Award for Best Actress
Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama
Nominated — Saturn Award for Best Actress
1981 Silence of the North Olive Frederickson Nominated — Genie Award for Best Performance by a Foreign Actress
The People vs. Jean Harris Jean Harris Nominated — Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress – Miniseries or a Movie
Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film
1984 The Ambassador Alex Hacker
Terror in the Aisles archival footage
1985 Into Thin Air Joan Walker TV
Twice in a Lifetime Kate MacKenzie
1986 The Ellen Burstyn Show Ellen Brewer TV
Act of Vengeance Margaret Yablonski TV
Something in Common Lynn Hollander TV
1987 Look away Mary Todd Lincoln TV
Pack of Lies Barbara Jackson Nominated — Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress – Miniseries or a Movie
1988 Hannah's War Katalin
1990 When You Remember Me Nurse Cooder TV
1991 Grand Isle Mademoiselle Reisz
Dying Young Mrs. O'Neil
Mrs. Lambert Remembers Love Lillian "Lil" Lambert TV
1992 Taking Back My Life: The Nancy Ziegenmeyer Story Wilma TV
1993 Shattered Trust: The Shari Karney Story Joan Delvecchio TV
The Cemetery Club Esther Moskowitz
1994 Trick of the Eye Frances Griffin TV
Getting Gotti Jo Giaclone TV
When a Man Loves a Woman Emily
Getting Out Arlie's Mother TV
The Color of Evening Kate O'Reilly
1995 How to Make an American Quilt Hy Dodd Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
The Baby-Sitters Club Emily Haberman
Follow the River Gretel TV
My Brother's Keeper Helen TV
Roommates Judith
1996 Timepiece Maud Gannon TV
Our Son, the Matchmaker TV
The Spitfire Grill Hannah Ferguson
1997 Flash Laura Strong TV
Deceiver Mook
A Deadly Vision Yvette Watson TV
1998 Playing by Heart Mildred
The Patron Saint of Liars June Clatterbuck TV
You Can Thank Me Later Shirley Cooperberg
1999 Walking Across Egypt Mattie Rigsbee
Night Ride Home Maggie TV
2000 Mermaid Trish Gill TV
Requiem for a Dream Sara Goldfarb Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress
Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress
Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress
Independent Spirit Award for Best Lead Female
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress
Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress
Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress
Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress
Satellite Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama
Southeastern Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress
Nominated — Academy Award for Best Actress
Nominated — Chlotrudis Award for Best Actress
Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama
Nominated — Saturn Award for Best Actress
Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
The Yards Val Handler
2001 Within These Walls Joan Thomas TV
Dodson's Journey Mother
2002 Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood Viviane Joan 'Vivi' Abbott Walker
Red Dragon Grandma Dolarhyde (voice only)
2003 Brush with Fate Rika TV
2004 The Five People You Meet in Heaven Ruby TV
The Madam's Family: The Truth About the Canal Street Brothel Tommie TV
2005 Mrs. Harris Ex-lover #3 Nominated — Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie
Down in the Valley Ma
Our Fathers Mary Ryan TV
2006 The Fountain Dr. Lilian Guzetti
The Wicker Man Sister Summersisle
The Elephant King Diana Hunt
30 Days Maura
2007 The Stone Angel Hagar Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Mitch Albom's For One More Day Pauline Benetto Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film
Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie
2008 Lovely, Still Mary
The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond Miss Adie
W. Barbara Bush
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Bernie Stabler Episode "Swing"
Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress – Drama Series
2009 The Velveteen Rabbit Swan voice
Greta Katherine awaiting release
Main Street Georgiana Carr
2010 The Mighty Macs Mother St. John completed
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With her VERY long resumé, I always think of her from Same Time, Next Year.

BTW, I thought Person of the Day should be Q. ;)

Cat

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Written By: Frank on 12/07/09 at 11:03 am

Read that in the paper this morning and I thought of this thread.

With her VERY long resumé, I always think of her from Same Time, Next Year.

BTW, I thought Person of the Day should be Q. ;)

Cat

I think of her in "Same Time, Next Year" as well. Nice film that was.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 12/07/09 at 11:05 am

Read that in the paper this morning and I thought of this thread.

With her VERY long resumé, I always think of her from Same Time, Next Year.

BTW, I thought Person of the Day should be Q. ;)

Cat

Q would make a good person of the day. Do you have any pics of her?
I remember going to the movie theater to see Same Time,Next Year.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: CatwomanofV on 12/07/09 at 12:17 pm

Q would make a good person of the day. Do you have any pics of her?
I remember going to the movie theater to see Same Time,Next Year.

Go to the photo board. There are plenty of photos of her.

Cat

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Frank on 12/07/09 at 12:18 pm

I remember going to the movie theater to see Same Time,Next Year.

There was also a Chinese (Hong Kong) remake of that film, pretty much the same stuff, also quite good

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/07/09 at 1:23 pm

The word of the day...Fountain
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A fountain is an ornamental feature in a pool or lake which consists of a long narrow stream of water that is forced up into the air by a pump. N-COUNT
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A fountain of a liquid is an amount of it which is sent up into the air and falls back. N-COUNT literary
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Synonym
jet
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The volcano spewed a fountain of molten rock 650 feet in the air. + 'of'
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If you describe a person or thing as a fountain of something, you mean they are an important source of it and supply a lot of it. N-COUNT N 'of' n literary
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You are a fountain of ideas.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YxRNdgY5vg

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/07/09 at 1:24 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YxRNdgY5vg
The clip shows more than just Dean Martin

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/07/09 at 1:25 pm

Anyone for a chocolate fountain?

http://mymagicaldroplets.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/chocolate-fountain-strawberry.jpg

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/07/09 at 1:26 pm

The birthday of the day...Ellen Burstyn
Ellen Burstyn (born December 7, 1932) is an American stage and film actress.
Burstyn debuted on Broadway in 1957 and joined Lee Strasberg's The Actor's Studio in 1967. In 1975, she won a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for her performance in Same Time, Next Year (a role she would reprise in the film version, three years later). In 1990 she won the Sarah Siddons Award for her work in Chicago theatre. Until 1970, she was credited as "Ellen McRae" in nearly all her film and TV appearances.

Burstyn received Oscar nominations for Best Supporting Actress in 1971 for her role in The Last Picture Show and for Best Actress in 1973 for the horror movie The Exorcist. She won the Academy Award for Best Actress in 1974 for her performance in Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, directed by Martin Scorsese. She was nominated again in 1978 for Same Time, Next Year, in 1980 for Resurrection, and for Requiem for a Dream in 2000.
Burstyn at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival.

In the early to mid 1960s, Burstyn played Dr. Kate Bartok on the NBC soap opera, The Doctors. She worked on several primetime television shows of the 1960s, including guest appearances on Perry Mason, Maverick, Wagon Train, 77 Sunset Strip, The Big Valley and Gunsmoke. She hosted Saturday Night Live in 1980. In 1986, she had her own ABC sitcom, The Ellen Burstyn Show costarring Megan Mullally as her daughter and Elaine Stritch as her mother. It was canceled after one season. From 2000 to 2002, Burstyn appeared in the CBS television drama That's Life. In 2006, she starred as a bishop in the controversial NBC comedy-drama The Book of Daniel.

Recently, Burstyn appeared in The Fountain, directed by Darren Aronofsky, with whom she worked in Requiem for a Dream. She also appeared on a 2007 episode of the HBO series Big Love, playing the mother of polygamist wife Barbara Henrickson. She provides a supporting role as the mother of two sons in the The Elephant King. The movie originally premiered at the 2006 Tribeca Film Festival but did not open in U.S. theaters until October 2008. At the time, it was credited as receiving the highest per-screen opening gross as any movie in the country.

In 2008, Burstyn returned to the stage in Stephen Adly Guirgis's The Little Flower of East Orange, directed by Philip Seymour Hoffman in a co-production by LAByrinth Theater Company and The Public Theater in New York City. The off-Broadway production ran from March 18 - May 4. Burstyn played the title role of Marie Therese. In addition to her stage work, Burstyn portrayed former First Lady Barbara Bush in director Oliver Stone's film W. She earned an Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series in 2009 as the bipolar estranged mother of Detective Elliot Stabler on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. With this win, Burstyn became the 18th actor to win the Triple Crown of Acting.
Emmy Awards and controversy

Burstyn was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Actress in a Miniseries or Special, for the TV movie The People vs. Jean Harris (1981) and again for another TV movie, Pack of Lies (1987).

In 2006, she was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Special for HBO's Mrs. Harris as Dr. Tarnower's "Ex-Lover #3." (She had played the title character in The People vs Mrs Jean Harris). She was nominated for a performance that consisted of 14 seconds of screen time, two lines of dialogue and a total of 38 words. This is the shortest nominated performance in the history of the Emmy Awards.

Soon after the nominations were announced, an outcry ensued from the press and the public regarding the worthiness of the nomination. One explanation for the nomination was that people were honoring Burstyn for her nominated but non-winning performance from the first Harris telefilm. A more popular accusation was that the nominating committee was either confused in their recollection, or merely "threw in" her name from sheer recognition, assuming a worthy performance without actually seeing it.

The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences initially insisted that "based on the popular vote, this is a legitimate nomination." Meanwhile, HBO deflected the blame for submitting the nomination to the movie production company. Burstyn's own reaction ranged from initial silence to comments such as, "I thought it was fabulous. My next ambition is to get nominated for seven seconds, and ultimately I want to be nominated for a picture in which I don't even appear," and "This doesn't have anything to do with me. I don't even want to know about this. You people work it out yourself."

Ultimately, Kelly Macdonald, who starred in The Girl in the Cafe, won the award. In March 2007, the Academy officially announced that eligibility for a Primetime Emmy Award in any long-form supporting-actor category required nominees to appear on-screen in at least 10 percent of the project (9 minutes in a typical 90-minute telefilm).

Many critics still cite this incident to criticize the Emmy nomination process, claiming that name recognition has played an increasingly visible role over the years.
Filmography
Year Film Role Notes
1963 The Greatest Show on Earth TV
1964 Goodbye Charlie Franzie Salzman
For Those Who Think Young Dr. Pauline Thayer
1969 The Winner Ellen McLeod
1970 Alex in Wonderland Beth Morrison
Tropic of Cancer Mona Miller
1971 The Last Picture Show Lois Farrow National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress
New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress
Nominated — Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture
1972 The King of Marvin Gardens Sally
1973 The Exorcist Chris MacNeil Nominated — Academy Award for Best Actress
Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama
1974 Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore Alice Hyatt Academy Award for Best Actress
BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama
Harry and Tonto Shirley Mallard
Thursday's Game Lynne Evers TV
1977 Providence Sonia Lngham
1978 A Dream of Passion Brenda
Same Time, Next Year Doris Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
Nominated — Academy Award for Best Actress
Nominated — American Movie Award for Best Actress
1980 Resurrection Edna Mae McCauley Nominated — Academy Award for Best Actress
Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama
Nominated — Saturn Award for Best Actress
1981 Silence of the North Olive Frederickson Nominated — Genie Award for Best Performance by a Foreign Actress
The People vs. Jean Harris Jean Harris Nominated — Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress – Miniseries or a Movie
Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film
1984 The Ambassador Alex Hacker
Terror in the Aisles archival footage
1985 Into Thin Air Joan Walker TV
Twice in a Lifetime Kate MacKenzie
1986 The Ellen Burstyn Show Ellen Brewer TV
Act of Vengeance Margaret Yablonski TV
Something in Common Lynn Hollander TV
1987 Look away Mary Todd Lincoln TV
Pack of Lies Barbara Jackson Nominated — Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress – Miniseries or a Movie
1988 Hannah's War Katalin
1990 When You Remember Me Nurse Cooder TV
1991 Grand Isle Mademoiselle Reisz
Dying Young Mrs. O'Neil
Mrs. Lambert Remembers Love Lillian "Lil" Lambert TV
1992 Taking Back My Life: The Nancy Ziegenmeyer Story Wilma TV
1993 Shattered Trust: The Shari Karney Story Joan Delvecchio TV
The Cemetery Club Esther Moskowitz
1994 Trick of the Eye Frances Griffin TV
Getting Gotti Jo Giaclone TV
When a Man Loves a Woman Emily
Getting Out Arlie's Mother TV
The Color of Evening Kate O'Reilly
1995 How to Make an American Quilt Hy Dodd Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
The Baby-Sitters Club Emily Haberman
Follow the River Gretel TV
My Brother's Keeper Helen TV
Roommates Judith
1996 Timepiece Maud Gannon TV
Our Son, the Matchmaker TV
The Spitfire Grill Hannah Ferguson
1997 Flash Laura Strong TV
Deceiver Mook
A Deadly Vision Yvette Watson TV
1998 Playing by Heart Mildred
The Patron Saint of Liars June Clatterbuck TV
You Can Thank Me Later Shirley Cooperberg
1999 Walking Across Egypt Mattie Rigsbee
Night Ride Home Maggie TV
2000 Mermaid Trish Gill TV
Requiem for a Dream Sara Goldfarb Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress
Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress
Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress
Independent Spirit Award for Best Lead Female
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress
Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress
Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress
Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress
Satellite Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama
Southeastern Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress
Nominated — Academy Award for Best Actress
Nominated — Chlotrudis Award for Best Actress
Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama
Nominated — Saturn Award for Best Actress
Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
The Yards Val Handler
2001 Within These Walls Joan Thomas TV
Dodson's Journey Mother
2002 Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood Viviane Joan 'Vivi' Abbott Walker
Red Dragon Grandma Dolarhyde (voice only)
2003 Brush with Fate Rika TV
2004 The Five People You Meet in Heaven Ruby TV
The Madam's Family: The Truth About the Canal Street Brothel Tommie TV
2005 Mrs. Harris Ex-lover #3 Nominated — Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie
Down in the Valley Ma
Our Fathers Mary Ryan TV
2006 The Fountain Dr. Lilian Guzetti
The Wicker Man Sister Summersisle
The Elephant King Diana Hunt
30 Days Maura
2007 The Stone Angel Hagar Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Mitch Albom's For One More Day Pauline Benetto Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film
Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie
2008 Lovely, Still Mary
The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond Miss Adie
W. Barbara Bush
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Bernie Stabler Episode "Swing"
Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress – Drama Series
2009 The Velveteen Rabbit Swan voice
Greta Katherine awaiting release
Main Street Georgiana Carr
2010 The Mighty Macs Mother St. John completed

The Exorcist, now there is a horror film!

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/07/09 at 1:27 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrkThaBWa5c

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/07/09 at 1:28 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrkThaBWa5c
...but the song he is singing is called some other title.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/07/09 at 1:31 pm

I always think of her from Same Time, Next Year.

Cat
I saw a play version of Same Time, Next Year on the stage in London starring Michael Crawford and Michelle Dotrice, the two stars from Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/07/09 at 1:32 pm

Q would make a good person of the day. Do you have any pics of her?
I remember going to the movie theater to see Same Time,Next Year.
There are photos in the Meeting Celebs thread.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: CatwomanofV on 12/07/09 at 2:47 pm

I saw a play version of Same Time, Next Year on the stage in London starring Michael Crawford and Michelle Dotrice, the two stars from Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em.

I saw it on stage, too a long time ago. I can't remember who the woman was but she reminding me of Ellen Burstyn. She was a good actress. The guy was someone my mother worked with years before-which was the reason we went to see it. He was AWFUL!!!! :-\\

Cat

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 12/07/09 at 4:15 pm

I saw it on stage, too a long time ago. I can't remember who the woman was but she reminding me of Ellen Burstyn. She was a good actress. The guy was someone my mother worked with years before-which was the reason we went to see it. He was AWFUL!!!! :-\\

Cat

Did he ruin the Play?

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 12/07/09 at 4:35 pm

Anyone for a chocolate fountain?

http://mymagicaldroplets.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/chocolate-fountain-strawberry.jpg

I love a Chocolate Fountain. :)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: CatwomanofV on 12/07/09 at 5:17 pm

Did he ruin the Play?

Unfortunately, he did.

Cat

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Womble on 12/07/09 at 7:28 pm

Nice job, Ninny. Thanks for sharing. :)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Frank on 12/07/09 at 7:31 pm

Nice job, Ninny. Thanks for sharing. :)

ninny rocks.! :)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Womble on 12/07/09 at 7:55 pm

ninny rocks.! :)

She's AWESOME!!!!! :) :) :) :) :) :)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/08/09 at 1:01 am

Did he ruin the Play?
No, but at one part he was exercising on a beam in the room, he (Michael Crawford) paused and said "Oh" in the same manner of Frank Spencer.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/08/09 at 1:02 am

Nice job, Ninny. Thanks for sharing. :)
She does a grand job everyday.

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: ninny on 12/08/09 at 5:22 am

She does a grand job everyday.

Nice job, Ninny. Thanks for sharing. :)

ninny rocks.! :)

She's AWESOME!!!!! :) :) :) :) :) :)

Ahh Gee Thanks guys,you guys are super :)

I'm going to the radio station with Stacey, will post word & birthdays of the day later. :)

Subject: Re: ninny's Person & Word of the Day

Written By: Howard on 12/08/09 at 7:00 am

Ahh Gee Thanks guys,you guys are super :)

I'm going to the radio station with Stacey, will post word & birthdays of the day later. :)

see you later.

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